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六號二月六英港香

SATURDAY, JUNE 2,

*1934.

日一廿月四

China Building.

ROOSEVELT WAR LLOYD GEORGE'S SURREY

DEBT POLICY HOME MENACED BY FIRE

SACRED OBLIGATION

EXPECTS SUBSTANTIAL

SACRIFICE BY DEBTORS

MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

(Special to "Telegraph")

(By Telepraph. Copyright, Telegraphis Mom

Ordinance,

Hersired June 2.247 A.M.)

Washington, June 1. America's present war debt policy as enunciated by President Roosevelt to-day is not likely to provoke any excitement either in the United States or abroad.

Adherence to the doctrine that if debtors can afford heavy arma- ments bills they enn afford to meet their obligations is the principal feature.

President Roosevelt's views on war debta were expressed to-day in a Message to Congress, in which he warns debtor nations that the

United States would be swayed In Judging the matter of revision of existing agreements by the extent to which debtors diverted their natural resources to armament ex- penditures, and to other 1872- productive purposes.

AMERICA EXPECTS.

FOUR BATSMEN

EXCEED 200

Seventeen. Centurios

In Three Days

London, June 1.

In first-class cricket matches which ended to- day scores of four batsmen exceeded 200 runs and cen- turies were made by thir teen others. The Austra lian, McCabe, made 240 runs out of total of 629 against Surrey who declared at 475 for 7 and then made 162 for two wickets when match was declared drawn, -British Wireless,

SIGNING

VETERAN

M.P: IN ROLE OF FIREMAN

TROOPS FIGHT HEATH OUTBREAK

6-HOUR BATTLE

(Special to "Telegraph")

( Tagrupa. Lopyright. Telegraphia Mem

Ordinance, JSK Herrived 2. 9.14 ...

London, June 2. Mr. Llyod George, the veteran Liberal leader, took a prominent role as fire-fighter yesterday when fire broke out on a thou- sand-acre Surrey common yes-

OWN DEATH terday

WARRANT

SENATE DECLINES

PRIVILEGE

IRISH POLITICAL BATTLE

(Special to "Telegraph")

The President does not recom-i mend any legislation, but lengthily reviews the whole war debit eltun- tion and draws attention to the fact that all developments had been jope Ordinaker, made public as soon as they curred.

ac-

He concludes: "The American people are not disposed to place an

(By Tekegropa. Copyright. Telegraphio Mem

10.

Received 2. 2017 (36)

The fire started on the common near Mr. Lloyd George's home at Churl and he superintended the labours of his farm stuff, armed with spades, in trying to beat out the flames which attained extensive proportiona.

Mr. Lloyd George, whose country hame in Surrey is menaced by heath- land fires.

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

ROOSEVELT POLICY CRITICISM

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LEAVE GENEVA

SIR JOHN SIMON LEAVES

Mr. Eden Heads British Delogation

London, Juno 1. The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, Is leaving Geneva to-night and will arrive in London to- morrow in order to attend the

BRITISH VIEWS King's birthday celebrations on

(Special to "Telegraph")

London, June 1. President Roosevelt's plans for ja Hawaiian hóliday has financial

London Puzzled.

Those who watch the numerous "American charta" sprinkled through the financial district, with American commodity prices and the Federal Reserve Board indices zigzagging up and down

TOLEDO APPEAL TO to think this is a strange time to

Troops were rushed from Alder- short and fire brigades from all the district round, as well as milltary fire brigades from Aldershot as-pes sisted in combatting the outbreak.

TROOPS HARD WORKED.

PRESIDENT

INTERVENTION

REQUESTED.

(Special to slograph"}

(by Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphia Xian- Ortner, 3434, Recelerd Jana

adjourn Congress, slam down the | rolltop desk and sail to Hawaił.

Still more perplexing to tлau- eial circlos here, is the President's action in placing the Stock Ex- change Dil ahead of other.

which seem, to Transatlantic eye, more fundamen tal to his recovery programme.

measures

VINDICTIVE PASSIONS,

the

The Financial News voices this perplexity as follows:

than

"the"

Toledo, Qlito, June 1. Hundreds of troops from the The strike situation is

"We cannot fall to notice in the Welch and Wiltshire Regiments, again becoming threatening, President a current tendency to wearing steel helmets and equipped the workers showing grow buses rather than to finding a devote himself to checking 1929 tronches to check the spread of the ing dissatisfaction with the way out of the 1934 depression, to with gan-maaks, feverishly dug

James, which was rendered exfailure of their leaders to indulgo vindictive passions rather

ceedingly diffleult owing to tho

to work out Con secure acceptance of their structive ideas. It would repay dryness of the undergrowth. Dublin, June 1.

Acroplanes directed the Arc-demands.

President over and over The Senate to-night re-fighting effectively,

again to have Industry and finance As a result of the unrest, the wholeheartedly on his side at this impossible burden upon debtors, jected Mr. de Valera's Bill the danger zone and were practical leaders, represented on the Central stage, even if he intended to curts

Mr. Lloyd George's houses were in but nevertheless we are justified providing for its own aboli-ly smoked out, but they were un- Labour Union, have telegraphed their

liberties severely In asking that

thefire waste President Roosevelt asking for Much of his current policy while later. sacrifice should be made by debtion.

damaged when tore in order

controlled about six hours after his intervention in the local strike not bad in Itself, is ill-timed, and to meet

the outbreak.-Renter Special. · in order to prevent a obligation."-United Press,

general it suggests caution in making strike and new riots,

American commitments. The President's Intervention has On the prospects of Americun also been sought by the steel and stock speculators invading the textile interests on the labour side, London market, opinton is divided. according to A message from Washington.

substantial

SACRED OBLIGATIONS.

their

Washington, June 1. President Roosevelt's long- awaited War Debt Message de clares that legislation in the pre- sent session is neither necessary nor desirable.

Government spokesmen argued persuasively. but made no im- pression on the great majority of the members of the Second Cham- ber.

The Bill was finally rejected by 3 votes to fifteen, and it wil thus be a year before constitutional procedure will permit Mr. de Valera to give the Bill the force

measure.

REPUBLIC THE COAL

"We are using every means to of law. pereunde our debtors of the The Opposition throughout the sacredness of their obligations debate vehemently attacked the and to assure them of

our willingness to discuss frankly and fully special circumstances. relat- ing to the means of payment.

The

Mr. Connolly, the Minister for the debts repayment of has gravely complicated our trade of the Senate's destructive treat- Lands and Fisheries, complained and financial relationships with ment of the Government's legisla borrowing nations for many years.tion and declared that the Irish FINLAND THE PARAGON. people accepted the Anglo-Irish

Treaty of 1922 a stepping "Finland remains the only stone to national freedom. foreign government which has

The Government did not propose met all payments punctually and

to halt on the way to an Irish fully.

Republic any longer than "The American people will cer- necessary. tainly be swayed by the use that

Mr. de Valera, winding-up the debtors make of their available debate, said, that the Bill had been resources, whether they are introduced to enable the Irish applied for purposes of recovery people to march along a road which and reasonable payment on a debt they had determined for them owed, or unrenroductive nation-selves.-Renter Special, alistic expen itüre."--Reuter,

STOCK EXCHANGE CONTROL

BILL

CONGRESS APPROVES

Washington, June 1.

ANGLO-FRENCH TRADE

TALKS PROGRESSING

WELL

London, June 1. Colonal Colville, Parliamentary Conxress saw the last of the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Stock Market Control Bill yester; is the principal British delegate day, when the House of Represen-In, the converantions which are tatives adopted it and the Senate proceeding in London between approved the conference report. Anglo-French departmental, ex- perts to prepare the way for negotiating new commercial agree-

The Bill now goes to President Roosevelt for algnature-Reuter.

ments.

DROUGHT PERIL IN RUSSIA

PRICE OF BREAD

DOUBLED

RAIN PARTIALLY ALLEVIATES

Moscow, June - 2. which is ruining American wheat crops is also menacing large areas in Russia.

The devastation of the trough

Considerble damage has already been done although the situation is not apparently no severe as in the United States,

.

All the principal grain-growing districts in Ruanin are affected in greater or less degree and as a result, the price of white bread

per cent. while the cost of black|

eent.

.TEXTILES AND STEEL,

The labour leaders are confident that the President will do his utmost to arbitrate in the steel Industry and texile industry con- Allets affecting almost A million workers as soon as he returns to Washington on Monday,

negotiations similar to those that

It is believed that he will start

prevented the strike in the au tomobile industry-United Frens.

"BAD MONEY",

Evening Standard thinks it a fine idea, but several financial editora point out severely that it would be bad money" and London can do without it.

The truth is that share privès

Monday. The Lord Privy Sca), Mr. Anthony Eden, will remain in Geneva as the head of the British Delegation. Britial Wireless.

SVEN HEDIN'S EXPERIENCES

MADE PRISONER BY GEN. MA

BADLY TREATED IN SINKIANG

Stockholm, June 1.

It is revealed that Sven Hedin experienced extraordinary dif- ficulties on his expedition in Central Asia.

He was taken prisoner by the rebel Chinese leader in Sinklang, the rival forces of the Sinklang General Ma, when he encountered Government and General Ma at Korla, in Eastern Turkestan.

badly, also seizing the expedition's General Ma treated him very und two Swedish and two Mongolian drives. into service for sixteen dayo.

pressing them When the Government troops Easter, the party was released. were defeated by the rebels atj

Sven Hedin is continuing his of a motor road from Sinklang to journey, exploring the possibilities the Yellow Sea. Reuter.

WATER SHORTAGE

AT HOME

MINISTRY OF HEALTH ACTIVE

London, June 1.

The authorities responsible for are so high that investment ad-water.supplies are framing plans visors are at their wits' and to for making use of fresh sources, and they make prudent recommendations, and conserving existing ones,

don't want further places where there is or may be acceleration.

Professor Spahr's book attack-

in

DEBATE ADJOURNED

TO TRY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY

BUREAU GIVEN NEW TASK

(Special to "Telegraph”).

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Ordinance, 1893. Recalord Рама 2. E. 6.Mj

Geneva, June 1.

Many of the most pro minent Government dele. gates to the Disarmament Conference

ате leaving Geneva, indicating that hope of saving anything ja practically nil

The General Commission has been postponed until Wednesday, Tucaday having first been decided

upon.

The Bureau of the Conference. will be expected to submit recom- mendations on Wednesday and the extra day was thought necessary tank. to enable them to complete the

Mr. Henderson explained that a number of new proposals have. been submitted that will require careful study.

GRAVE SITUATIOs, Earlier on, announcing the ad-

Henderson said that the Bureau. mission until Tuesday, Mr. Arthur journment of the. General Com

(Continued on. Page 7.)

STOP PRESS

has been

H.M.S. Wild Swan rushed to the Pratas this morning following the receipt of an S.0.3. call from Japanese steamer Tone Maru.

No details of the mishap have been received, but it is believed that the vessel has been wrecked In fog.

The Tone Maru is a 4.070 tous steamer owned. by the Mitsui Bassan Kaisha.

Later.

The Tone Maru, on her way a shortage.

to Singapore went Sir Hilton Young, Minister of from. Milke ing from the "orthodox" point of Health, speaking at Windsor, said aground at about 10.10 p.m. yes- view, Professor Warren's currency applications for

torday about five miles from

orders under

PORTUGUESE her surprisingly emergency cases passed by Parlin- Pratas Lighthouse, and sent out

POISONED

ELDERLY MAN TAKEN

TO HOSPITAL

criticised in the conservative English financial papers.

REW CURRENCY IDEAS. While they have no love for Pro. fessor Warren's theories, they pint out that there is a red monetary factor in depression and that nothing is to be gained by simply advising further deflation, These reviewa suggest that

in Moscow rose to-day by 120 Early this morning, Mr. London is more hospitable to now bread jumped by one hundred per Julio Guerreiro, aged 53, a currency ideas than it was, say, two years ago, though it is still a Portuguese, was removed long way from Professors Warren Recent rains seem to have saved the situation partially and from his home at Mongkok and Rogers-United Press. to have prevented a repetition of to the Kowloon Hospital in the famine such as caused, the deaths of over a million people

condition, the REV. MARIO ZANIN Ja serious last Spring, but in certain re victim of yet another case IN TIENTSIN gions, where rains have been less of poisoning. plentiful lately, the people are already becoming bloated by starvation.-Reuter,

GERMAN FIBRE IMPORTS

SPECIAL PERMITS

FETED BY CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

WAB

were coming in. He was a wireless message soon after. arranging for starting a con-wards stating that she was mak ference

of three representative ing water in No. 1. hold. bodles the British Waterworks

Attempts were being made to Association, the Institute of En-refloat her undor her own power. gineering,' and the Water Com At 1a.m. this morning, how- panien Ansociation-to take action over, a further message in co-operation with the Ministry received asking that a salvage boat He had also appointed a specini be despatched. officer of the Ministry to promote the formation of regional water committees,--British Wireless.

SAAR PLEBISCITE AGREEMENT

FRENCH AND GERMANS DECIDE ON DATE

(Special to "Telegraph"}

(By Tatecrash. Copyright, Telegraphia Mem sagre Ordinaner, 214. Received June

Geneva, June 1. French and German sources confirm that an agreement has been reached whereby the Sanr plebiscite will be held on January 13 next year.--United Press,

Mr Guerreiro was in aa un- eongelous condition when found by his brother-in-law, who shares a fat with him at No. 370; Portland

Tluntain, June 1. Street.

The relative went to the H.E. Rev. Marlo Zanin, Aposto- Letod Mongkok Station where he re-lle Delegate to China, was ported the discovery, giving the by the Catholic community on his opinion at the same time that he arrival hore today.. thought Mr. Guerreiro 100 After attending masa at the autering from poisoning, pro-Catholic Church ho paid an These preliminary negotiations,

NECESSARY

duced by an overdose of oplum, official visit to General Yu Hsuch which were resumed on Wednes London, June 1..

He had boon sick for a considorn chung, the Governor of Hopei day

after their suspension during

Berlin, June 2. ble time.....

Province, this afternoon.-Cen-

A young married The total amount applied for in the

woman, Mrs. Easter holidays, are making The Import embargo

bast At the Hospital it was stated tral Netop.

Young Dal-shi, riding through Kow tenders for £40,000,000 Treasury slow but adequate progress, and fibres and fabrics expirect yesterday. this morning that Mr. Guerreiro's

loon Tong yesterday on a push-bicycle, bills at three months was £37,725,- It may prove possible to carry

met with a serious; mishap-when she 000, the average rate per cent. them through without rocating future

A special pormit is neccessary in condition was fair,

Rainfall recorded, at the Botanie collided with a car owned and driven bolag 17/2 67d. as compared with M. Lamoureux, Froach of Minister Manila fibres, New Zealand hemp, relre was at ono

for importe of bisal, It is understood that Mr. Guer Gardens during May totalled 0.89 by Mr, K. T. Chen in Waterloo Road, 17/8.45d, last wook.-British Wire of Commerce, to London. British cocoanut fibres, and ramie fibres. employ. of

time in the inches. This was spread over eight she received injuries to the hoad and the China Light & | days, the heaviest fall being “. 6.44 | body and was admitted to the Kowloon ....Wireless...

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Hospital.

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The Wild Swan was on exercises when she received instructions to proceed to the scene, where she has arrived.

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