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Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1801 六拜禮 四廿月一十英港香 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1934. 日八十月十

No 14453

SINGLE COP? 10 CENTS $36.00 1ER ANNÚM

PRICES DOWN

AT

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW &

CO., LTD.

WE ARE GIVING our customers

THE BENEFIT OF THE

HIGH EXCHANGE

PRICES DOWN

IN EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE STORE.

"NAVAL REDUCTION" ONLY SAFE WAY TO PEACE

JAPAN WILL SCRAP HALF HER SHIPS

BUT INSISTS

ON PARITY

SAITO'S DECLARATION

OF TOKYO POLICY

NO DESIRE TO OWN

THE PHILIPPINES

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messager Ordinance, 1894. Received, Nov. 25, 7.65 m.)

Washington, Nov. 23.

The Japanese Ambassador to Washington, Mr. Saito, told the Academy of Political Science to-day that his Government would announce its intention of termina. ting the Washington Treaty "regardless of developments at London."

"But," he added, "Jap an also proposes to reduce her fighting sea forces by fifty per cent. if such a move is made possible."

Mr. Saito said Japan would cut in half her 800,000 tons of naval strength, would slash 250,000 tons of capital ships, 70,000 tons of aircraft carriers and some heavy cruiser tonnage, provided she obtained fleet parity by corresponding British and United States reductions.

Mr. Saito said the Anglo- American attitude was that they could be trusted in possession of large flect ratios, whereas Japan could not.

"The fear appears to be in not knowing what action Japan may take In Chion and in other parts of the Far East," said Mr. Salto. "The tendency to regard Jupan -ax a country which might run amok at any moment-which is Rome. thing the Japanese ausceptibility cannot tolerate is too often evident," the Ambassador warned,

'SAFEST POLICY

Mr. Saito urged a naval redue- tion policy as the best basis for reducing the wor menace armaments' cost.

He pointed out that the United States did not need large vessela, except for offence, and indicated

that the question of protecting the Philippine Islands was irrelevant, since the United States had pledged itself. to grant thai country independence within ten years,

"Furthermore," said Mr. Saito, "Japan does not covet the Philip- pine Islands, Japan is always prepared to conclude in any agree- iment a safeguard for the Philip· pines' immunity from outside

molestation."

INVASION JUSTIFIED

He expressed the opinion that! the restoration of stability and thei economic improvement and__in]

Mr. Sailo.

ANGLO-

creased arder of affairs in Man AMERICAN

AMITY

FRIENDLINESS RECIPROCATED

HULL PAYS COMPLIMENT

WATCHING

AMERICA

Baldwin's Naval

Policy

(Special to "Telegraph")

this Telenoph. Coeuriphi. Telegraphie Stra Page Urimmer, 1991. Rreriret, November

...f

Glasgow, Nov 23-

Mr Stanley Baldwin. Conservative leader in i speech here to-day in which he spoke of the prospects for peace in the Far East. electrified his audience when he said.

"As far as this country s concerned, so long as I am in a responsible' position in The Government, never will | sanction the British Navy being used in any war any- where until I know what the United States or America is going to do,"

The statement was wild- ly cheered.-Brited Prisa,

Pleads For Insulls Freedom

DEFENCE ENDS ITS FIGHT

Chiengo, Nov, 23.

A final plea for the acquittal-of Samuet Insull, his son, and Martin Insul, the brother of the fallen utilities magnate; was made-by-the leading counsel for their defence, to-day.

Mr. Floyd E. Thompson, pleading for the Insulls, naked Judge Wilker- sun"to remove this stain.

"Send this old man back to the home his son has prepared for i him," urged Mr. Thompson, indicat- ing the white-haired figure of the senior Insull,

Then, painting dramatically to the son of the head of the Insull firms, he demanded: "Send this young man back to his job and to his motherless boy!"

"These men were caught by un uncontrollable depression," declared Mr. Thompson. They could not de. fend their holdings, though they ruined themselves in the attempt. Mrs. Insull wept silently during counsel's address,--Reuter.

PEAK JEWEL THEFT

FROM MR. T.E. PEARCE'S HOUSE

FIVE AND A HALF BILLION FRANCS ARMS BUDGET

Rafael Loper de Onate, formar Hongkong student, now a cinema actor, is here swem with Mira Elsa McAdoo, grand- daughter of the lite President Woodrow Wilson. Their romance fe threatened to

ba wracked following protests by the girl's parenti.

GORGEOUS GIFTS

RECEPTION FOR ROYAL COUPLE

ROYALTY GATHERS

(Special to "Telegraph"}

FRANCE NEEDS NEW WEAPONS

ALLIANCE WITH SOVIET DOES NOT EXIST

PARIS REPORTS

CONTRADICTED

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH") '`.

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance. 1891. Received, Nov. 24, 7.27 0.m.)

Paris, Nov. 23. The Chamber of Deputies to-day passed the military budget, amounting to 5,690,000,000 franes.

Colonel Jean Fabry, President of the Army Com- mission, declared:

"We lack aeroplanes, and especially bombers.

We must increase the recruiting of trained specialists to hold our frontier defences.

"We need better organisation of the defence system of the country against tanks and against gas.”—United Press.

NO ALLIANCE

Paris, Nov. 23. On the heels of the announce- ment in the Paris Chamber of De- putics that Russia had offered to France the support of her solid

GERMANY'S PROTEST

and well-equipped army in the M. ARCHIMBAUD.

REPROACHED

German re-armament.

SIX KILLED

IN FALL

Scaffold Fails In Brussels.

Brussels, Nov. 23. Six persons were killed and ten seriously injured here when a scaffolding collapsed upon which a num- ber of men were working..

The scaffolding was erec ted in connection with buildings for the Interna- tional Exhibition to be held here next year.-Reiter,

SAAR ABLAZE

CAMPAIGN FOR PLEBISCITE

RIVAL PARTIES PREPARATIONS

(Special to "Telegraph")

(By Talegraph, Copyright. Telegraphia Mo sapu Ordinance, fèri, Hassivoć, November

si aste.m.)

Saarbrucken, Nov. 23.

The Saar is ablaze with various posters, such as: "Vote for Ger- many!" or "Vote Against Hitler's Germany!" "Vote For the Status |Quo!”

These are a part of the cam- paigns of rival factions preparing for the Saar plebiscite.

for

The German Front has rented side walls of innumerable-houses- on which have been painted in event of war with Germany, in

letters a yard high, surmounted return for a French guarantee of

by the German engle, exhortations support in a defensive alliance

Berlin. Nov, 23.

to the electorate, such as: "Two jagzinst the same Power, comes Wilhelmstrasse circles ridicule million German brothers died for

the surprising statement from M.

Archimbaud's astronomical you and your country. Woe be Moscow that some doubt exists figuras, given to the French Cham-tide the people who betray their as to the the truth of the French ber of Deputies, in connection with loyalty ideclaration.

selfish onds;" or, "Rather die loyal than wilt un- The fact that an understand-i M. Archimbaud, rapporteur on rooted." jing had been reached was credits for the War Ministry, anid The Plehiselte Commission has mentioned by M. Archimbaud, that Germany would be able to issued a reminder that the exer. rapporteur on credits in the raise an army of 5,500,000 men in tion of pressure upon anyone for Ministry of War in the course of 1995. He also said that Germany the purpose of making him reveal fly Telegraph, Copyright. Istographie Masa debate. It was well-informed. was building an enormous Beet how he is going to vote will be 24 Azt mond

It is now stated, in Moscow that of aeroplanes.

| punishable by the maximum sen- London, Nov. 23. doubt exlats in semi-official cireles The Wilhelmstrasse protests tence of three years' imprison- The Diplomatic Corps to the that any offer of military aid was strongly against any doubt being mont-Reuter Special. Court of St. James has presented ever made to France.

caat upon Germany's peaceful In- wedding gift consisting of three

tentions-Reuter. huge silver soup tureons to the

FALSE ASSUMPTION Duke of Kent and Princess Marina,) who, with the parents of the linnee

Absolutely no Franco-Soviet al-[

military Princess, attended a reception at exisis, a high French authority the Brazilian Embassy to-night informed Reuter to-day, referring where Afty-four nations were to M, Archimbaud's speech in the. represented.

Chamber.

yen Girdinance, 1993. Recriend, November

or

London, Nov. 23. A deputation representing the League of Nations Union called upon the Foreign Secretary and discussed with him a number of

Forthcoming Saar Plebiscite which (appeared to them likely to give rise to dlfeulty.--British Wireless,

FRANCES SEEKSlots in connection with the

CONTRACTS

· MISSION GOING TO MANCHUKUO

Paris, Nov. 23.

The Prince and Princess are

The French Goverrument never being given a beautiful present accepted the Soviet's tentative by the Navles of the Empire. The suggestions for a military alli- wift is being exhibited at the ance, to which many members of Sometime during yesterday Admiralty and consists of a tare, the Chamber believed M. Archim- afternoon, a thief or thieves stole antique silver tea service, fitted baud referred when he spoke of a It is proposed to send a French) from No. 299 The Peak, the into an oak cheat and inscribed Soviet "offer."

trade. mission to Manchuku residence of Mr. and Mrs. T: E. with the names of the Royal Navy

It was further announced that presently, for the purpose of study- Pearce, jewellry and other property and Dominion and Indinaavien France was continuing to explore, ing the possibilities of develop to the value of between $200 und Reuter Spacial.

with the Soviet, avenues of ap-ment of economic relations with! $250,

proach to, an Eastern European that state, which France, however, The articles stolen were a yellow

London, Nov. 23.

Pact, which would include Poland does not officially recognise, gold and a white gold brooch, both The Lord Mayor of London, and Germany---Reuter.

The mission will be strictly set with precious stones, a gold wearing his robes of office, and the

private, but will enjoy semi- finger-ring, a gold wrist-watch, Buckingham Palace to-day in four Sheriffa and Aldermen, drove to

official support. three pairs of gold cuff-links, and conches followed by members of pair of horn-rimmed spectacles..

M.

NO COMMENT

Geneva, Nov. 23. It will be composed of represen- Maxim Litvinoff, Russia'etatives of leading French indus- All the property was kept in a the City Corporation in fifteen chief delegate to the League of Na-trial and commercial undertakings drawer of the dressing table in the motor cars, to present formally tions, declined to comment on the Reuter, bedroom, which appears to have the City's wedding gift of plate statement made by M. Archimbaud been the only one disturbed,

und jewellery to the Duke of Kent that France and Russin had a de- Discovery of the theft was made and Princess Marina.

fensive understanding.

by Mr. Pearce at about 8 pm, It is many years since the Lord The majority of opinion here The loss is covered by insurances. Mayor has made a semi-state visit regards the utterance in the

to the Palace,

French Chamber as a political

STRANGE EPIDEMIC

DEAD IN HOPEI

Tiantain, Nov. 24.

Fighting Big Insurance Claims

POOR WIRING IN BURNED LINER

Paris, Nov. 23. "Electricity "was wandering all over the ship at its own sweet w" declared the counsel for the Insurers of the burned French liner, Atlantique, during the continued hearing of a lawsuit in the Appeal Court here to-day.

He alleged that Insulation on certain electric cables aboard the vessel were only 4,000 ohms. whereas 500,000 ohms was insisted

chukuo had justified Japan's von- tentions that Japan's action in that territory were solely for purposes of maintaining the peace of Asit

The "Open Door" will be main- tained in Manchukdo, although, Mr. Salto admitted, in the circum- stanees it is probable that Japan-t ese goods will command the market for the most part.--United Preas. ANGLO-AMERICAN CONTACT London, Nov; 24..

and friendly relations between The Prime Minister and the

Other doputations bearing manoeuvre designed to commit the delegations of the three parti- presenta, including Mr. Montagu M. Laval, the Foreign Minister HUNDRED ALREADY upon by Veritas and 1,000,000 by, Foreign Secretary, two of the Bri- tish delegates in the conversations

cipating Powers,

to a pro-Russian policy, favoured Washington, Nov. 23.

Norman as Governor of the Bank by M. Herriot and the late M. Sir John Simon's-references to of England, were also received by Barthou, the predecessors in now proceeding in London, met the The Secretary of State, Mr. the armaments industry were con- the Duke and Princess. American delegates, Mr. Norman Cordell Hull, declared to-day that sidered friendly and courageous, Davis and Mr. Ray Atherton, this he had read the speech of the Bri- said Mr. Hull,

office. The King of Norway, who is to "M. Laval heretofore hae shown a An outbreak of a curious kind the state of the electric wiring morning, when the Americans were tish Foreign Secretary, Sir John

attend next wook's wedding arrived tendency to follow a more indepen- of epidemic is reported near automatically annulled the policy informed of what had passed in the Simon, delivered in the House of that the British Government at-

"When Mr. MacDonald states {ut North Shielda to-day.

Province. of over £1,000,000 under which the dent line, and has not excluded the Yutienbalen, Hopei recent talks with the Japanese dele-Commons yesterday, with parti- taches the highest value to close aro due on Monday,

The King and Queen of Sweden possibility of a better understand. The epidemic had already taken luxury liner was protected against toll of 100 lives, mostly among fire loss. There were 124 miles of Baton.

icular interest.

on the Atlantique, Etted Frlondship and co-operation with On the evening of that day the ing with Germany-Reutor. It was a lucid exposition of the the United States, I can assure King and Queen are giving a of the position up to date, and, after difficulties of

most unsatisfactorily. Also there seven or eight discussion, both delegations decided said Mr. Hull.--

the naval talka, thlm that this.

Government hoartily | state. banquet, at. Buckingham

Any person who contracts this was too much wood in the ship The Bankruptcy Court has appoint- that it was worth while continuing

reciprocates," said Mr. Hull, Palace in honour of the King and ed December 10-at-10-am for the disease invariably feels head and too much nitro-cellulose paint, One of the bright spots of the commenting on the friendly spirit Queen of Denmark, who are also hearing of the application for dis ache at first and the majority which the Government had since

shown by the British Prime to be their guests, for wedding charge of Mr. Robert George Witchell, succumb within two or three prohibited for use in ships. negotiations had boon the close

29 | Minister.-Reuter,

British Wireless,

clark, of the Airlie Hotel, Kowloon, hours-Central News.

Reuter.

This was followed by a review

the conversations.

(Continued on Page 7.)

Germanien.

Lloyd's, the chief insurer, con- tended that the non-disclosure of

women and chimp in the past wiring