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A MIGHTY SALA OF BRITISH HEROISM {" ELEVEN BRITISH CAVALRY MEN LOST ON. THE BURNING SANDS OF HELL !

MIGHTY! BLAZING ! GLORIOUS !

These men actually lived their roics, in the swoltering heat of she desert Touchingly simple,

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WORLD TRADE

IMPROVED POSITION OF JAPAN

should therefore be accepted merely os showing "trends" rather than al- solute figures, the Journal exhibits the following table in each caso the average volume of production for the three years, 1027 to 1929, is taken as equal to 100). Country

1020 1920 3931 1932 1933 pan. 1100 1012, n. 196.5 125.0

.A

Britain 103,2 DAG 36.7 14.3 DO.0

146,4 55,7

67.2 $0.7 202.0 51. 84,4

75,7 100.0 $2.4 77.3 ES.J 43.7 111,7 98.0 70.6 80730 60.0 $52

55,9 57.7

Great

Germany

110

99.0

..... 302,3

London, May 16. With a sense of thieliness unusual) in a Government publication, the British Board of Trade Journal con- tributos to the current discussion of m Japunesc trade expansion 200110 CANAR comparative tables showing the con- France trast between Japanese. Industrial Poland expansion in 1933 and the moderata. Next comes textiles, Hero the Improvement shown by the other Journal remarks that while textiles principal manufacturing countries, play a negligible part in the volume While the tables are much tan of manufactured goods in Canada, they technical to interest "the man in the nimount to about one-third in the caso street," the London press reproduce of Japan. The comparitive Index them at considerable length and they numbers constructed similarly to the aro nimost certainly being studied by frat table, run as follows; the statisticians of the banks

and Country

1930 1910 1931 1932 1933 major industries.

Japan

107.8 07.4 0.5 108,4 110.0 Great Britain 08.0 70.0 17.0 The

65.1 19.6 Board of Trade's first table is A

103.0 81.4 84.2 74.5 $7.7 one covering, the volume of physcial Bellum

10.7 74.3 98.2

-43.1 04.2 production, as measured by official or

18.0 74.7 72.0 73.0

Canada

France

semi-official index numbers furnished Germany for Japan. United Kingdom, United Poland

98,0 20.1

01.1 10.0 63.7 72.0 60,0 87,1 19.8 SPA 73.4 69.3 40.5

42.4

States, Belgium, Canada, France, But the most startling increase Germany and Poland. For Japan the shown is in the production of crudo index uned is that of the Misubishi | steel, as rovenlod by the officialj Economic Research Bureau; for the figures of the different countries. United Kingdom, the Bourd of Trado; Japan's Increase over the average for the United States, the Federal Ro-production of crude steel in 1927 to norve Board: Tor Belgium, the In. 1829 in so great as to leave the other stitut. do Sciencos Economiques Lou-steel: producing countries almost vian: for Canada, the Dominion "atanding still The Board of Bureau of Statistics; for France, the Trade's tablo follows: Statistique Generator for Germany. FROM 117.0 1148 38.5 3137 165.3

Country

1029 1930 1931 1951. İDA the Institut fur Konjunkturforschung: a fritain 190.1 0.6 07.1 67.9 27.1 and for Poland, the Institut de Re-USA. 10.7 72.8 50.3 20.9 48.1 chorches

sur le Mouvement

Belgium. 198.8 9.0 79.6 de France & Bare 100.1

71,9 $9.9 Affairs.

101.6 83.4 Germany... 203.5 TAK SZE Showing Trends,

38.5 48.5 As a Government publication, the With the preliminary remark Board of Trade Journal refrains from that the various oficial indexes used any specific comment on the facts To for "volume of production of goods" vealed by the Index numbora are not all constructed. allko and United Press.

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FARVERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 7 aan 8, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1934.

TRAFFIC IN ARMS

GENEVA JOURNAL'S

SURVEY

· ARMAMENT FIRM PROFITS

(Spaciat to "Telegraph”)",

Genova, May 17.

"The Armaments industry", states the German Voelkerbund published in Geneva, "provides a

ROOSEVELT'S SILVER OFFER

AGREEMENT STOCK MARKET

REACHED o

BIMETALLISM POLICY

MANDATORY

high-level island in the sea of RISE IN · LOCAL

depression".

This conclusion is based on an exhaustive...stuly- · of · profits, production figures and exports of

DOLLAR

the leading armaments firms bo-Bullish news from Ameri- fore and during the world trade ca regarding silver caused a crisis. The total world trade in

Ama and munitions, reports this rise of a farthing in the magazine, fell only about 25 por Hongkong dollar this morn cent in 1933 compared / to 1928

whereas the total value of worlding, the opening quotation trade decreased nearly 6 per cent. being 1s. 4d. during the sampled,

CONTROL

SENATE REVISION OF BILL

RESISTED BY PRESIDENT

Washington, Này 16. Attempts in the Senate to alter the Stock Exchange Control Bill in fundamental features are being strongly resisted by the Pre- sident,

Mr. Roosevelt wants regulation by the Federal Trade Commission and. trong marginal requiroments, He fa objecting to any alteration of the Bill as passed by the House of Representatives,

"The production of foreign arma- President Roosevelt is reported ments industry is rising," the to have drafted a declaration on Voelkerbund states, "while world silver, which is expected to be The President declared emphati- trade in war material is increasing.issued immediately.

cally 10-day that he is in favour If further proof of the progressive

The Message, which It. is pre-of regulation of the Stock Ex- incrense in the armaments of sumed will be sent to Congress, is changes by the Federal Trade Com- foreign countries were required, we represented to imply a virtual mission as proposed in the House's may state that the military expendi- agreement for, legislation during version of the Bill, instead of by ture of the world-according to the the present session of Congress. a now Commission as the Senato data at present.available-increased. It is said to provide for a man-favours. further from 1932 to 1933; it was datory declaration of policy In The President likewise informed about 10 per cent. higher, than which silver will be included as mombers of both Houses in а

part of the metallic base of the spectal conference to-day that hey country's currency,

desires the stringest marginal re- Silver prices advanced th in quirements of 45 per cent. New York, but in London there specilled in the House version. of was a decline of 3/16ths, the the Dill. Washington news coming after

1920."

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A joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives will now meet to adjust the differences in the rival measures.-Ranter.

The figures presented by the German magazine, formerly the weekly journal of the German League of Nations Union, attempt to show that the depression' profits of the armaments firms were only the close of the market. slightly less than. the lucrative years just preceding the world wart when every nation was feverishly bathing picnics on Saturday, leaving St. Andrew's Club will commence equipping its military forces-Police Pier, Kowloon, at 3.30pm. United Presa.

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- DEPUTIES LAUGH AT THREAT OF REVOLT-

Screenplay by William Hurlburt, Directed bý Kurt Neumann, Prapt sented by Carltonamla.; -A UNIVERSAS PICTURE,

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