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U.S. Political Appointees

SPEAKER OF HOUSE SELECTED

ELECTION

ASSURED

(Special to "Telegraph")

Washington, Jan. 2. Democralle. members of the House of Representatives to-day elected Representativo Joseph W. Byrns of Nashville, Tennessee, to be Speaker of the House.

The Democratic delegation from Pennsylvania at a special meeting voted to support Representative William B. Bankhead of Alabama for the important post of majority party leader in the House. Friends of Representative Bankhead declare that the action of the Pennsylvania delegation makes the Alabama-Con- gressman's election as leader cor- tajn.

the

Republican members of House at a party caucus re-elected Representative, Bertrand Snell of New York as leader of the minority party.

Senate Democrats, besides re- electing Senator Robinson of Arkansas as majority leader, re- appointed Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois as party whip.

At the caucus of Senate Demo- crats, Senator Key Pittman of Nevada was nominated president pro tempore of the Senate, which post be held during the last session of Congress. The formality of his ro-olection by the Senate as a whole will occur later.

Republican Senators at their party caucus re-elected Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon as leader of the minority party in the Senate.

Democratic members of the Senate at a caucus re-elected Sena tor Joseph T. Robinson of Arkanssa to be majority leader of the Senate. -United Proan.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,

PACT FOR PEACE

OF EUROPE

AUSTRIAN INTEGRITY

· GUARANTEED

FRANCE AND ITALY ON

COMMON GROUND

AMERICA'S FIGHT FOR RECOVERY

DEPRESSION HAS BEEN BEATEN

ROOSEVELT'S REASSURANCE

(Spacket to "Telegraph”).

Washington, Jan, 2. From a reliable source, the

President Roosevelt In his annual message on Friday will give strong reassurances that the nation in

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphie Mesnapes Ordinance.United Press learned to-day that 1894. Received, January 3, 0.30 a.m.)

London, Jan. 2.

it ja understood, the foremost

JANUARY

$1935.

RADIO MEMO DATE BLOCKS BROADCAST FOR 1935

Children's Concert From The Studio

ZEK. PROGRAMME

From ZD.W. a wavelength of 355 metres (845 kilocycles).

5-6 p.m. Hongkong Hotel Daner Orchestra.

Children's Studio Con-

6-6.80 p.m. jeert.

6.30-7 p.m. Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra.

7 p.m. Stock Quotations, 7.09-7.40 p.m. Quintette In E Flat Major, Op. 44 (Schumann)

1x

Ossip Gabrilowitsch and

Flonzales Quartet. Movement-Allegro

brillante.

d'una Marela,

'molto vivace.

3rd

2nd Movement-in medo

Movement-Scherzo

Movement-Final-

Allegro ma non troppo.

4th

Along with the news that M. Laval, the French emerging from the depression.

Unemployment, and now mea- Foreign Minister, will go to Rome to-morrow, Paris re-sures with which the Governmerit ports make it clear that the Franco-Italian agreement plans to combat it, will constitute, for the protection of Austrian independence and in- tople to be dealt with in the pre- tegrity has, in effect, been reached. It is now conceded sidential message.. that not only the outstanding Franco-Italian difficulties, The annual budget message is to but those of the states surrounding Austria, and stand-eant to Congress next Monday. us alone? ing in the way of complete understanding, have been

overcome.

-United Press.

MESSAGE FOR NATION

Washington, Jan. 2. President Roosevelt to-day an- nounced that he will deliver his toannual message on the state of the nation before a joint session of both Houses of Congress bo-

Difficulties with regard to the question of treaty revision have been met by omitting any reference frontiers.

Details of the agreement will not be revealed until after M. Laval and Signor Mussolini have met, but Reuter has been informed that it is "a very precise, clear and unequivocal" thing.

The agreement is described by be invited to participate in the authority In Paris ns "a new non-interferenco pact, in- tremendous step towards the ap-tinted by France and Italy, for peasement of Europe and a new the protection of Austria and for chapter in the history of din the safe-guarding of the pence of armament."

Europe-Reuter,

The agreement is at present in the form of an aide-memoire which | will later be transformed into #

LONDON SATIFACTION

London, Jan. 2.

draft protocol for submission to B Negotiations between France Central European discussion for and Italy for sponsoring a multi- approval. It covers, purely Franco-lateral pact guaranteering the Italian problems, such A the integrity of Austria have been status of Italian subjects in Tunis actively continuing and at the and certain colonial frontier conclusion of a French Cabinet Washington, Jan. 2. demarcations, and a guarantee of meeting this afternoon it WOB Mr. Joseph Byrns. Democratic the independence of Austria by announced in Paris that an Representative

Tennessee, means [rom

of a central

European invitation extended to the French was nominated for the Speakership pact In which outside states, Foreign Minister, Laval, by Signor of the House of Representatives such as Great Britain, Rumanin, Mussolini, to visit Rome, had been to-day by the Democratic Party, Turkey and others, will eventually accepted. M. Laval will according. who then assured his election when he invited to subscribe.

ly leave Paris to-morrow night. Congress meets to-morrow, in view of the preponderance of Democrats in the House.--Reuter,

MOTOR THIEVES SECRETS

RACKETEERING IN ENGLAND

RING OF CROOKS

(Special to "Telegraph")

tween noon and 3 p.m. on January 4. The exact hour at which the President will begin to speak will be made known later.

The President anid that he had not yet finished writing his mes- enge.

7,10-8 p.m. Variety. Songs-Why don't they leave

Songs-I was in the mood.

Hildegarde (Soprano). Piano Solos-Billy Mayor's own

Selection.

Billy Mayerl

Songs-Stumberland. Song-Josephine.

Les Allen (Baritone).' 8 p.m. Time Weather Report. 8.03.10.30 p.m. Chinese

Concert.

9.30 p.m. 10.30 p.m. Quotations.

Press Bulletins,

Studio

Press Bulletins, Stock

10.35 p.m. Close Down..

Z.E.K. PROGRAMME 8.30-10 p.m. European recorded The President has invited pro-music from ZE.K. on a frequency of minent members of Congress to a 610 k.e's.

8.30-9.08 p.m. Grand Opera. conference at the White House on Friday night, when he plans to re-Orchestral--"Carmen"-March of

the Smugglers (fizet). view the recommendations he will then have made in his messago

Orchestral"Carmen"-Souliers Changing the Guard (Bizel). and survey the legislative program- Aria-Ave Maria (Hail Mary) me generally--United 'Prenn.

("Othello") (Verdi), Aria-Un Bel Di Vedremo (One Fine

NEW ANTARCTIC

EXPEDITION

BYRD TO SAIL ON -FAR ADVENTURE

A

(Special to "Telegraph")

(lly Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphis Mee After the meeting of M. Laval An announcement in Ilome

sages Ondirunte. 1871, Brçsired, Junuary and Signor Mussolini in Rome, statod be will have important). Kan ama M. Flandin, the French Premier, interviews with the head of the

Dunedin. Jan, 2. and M. Laval, will come to London | Italian state on questions affect-

been new expedition ba to report on the outcome of the ing the two countries and that in planned by Admiral Byrd, provided Rome conversations and try to particular it will be directed the ice is favourable. make further progress in smooth towards concluding conversations He intends to take his wooden ing out international problems which have recently been in pro-ship "Bear of Oakland" to King Reuter Special..

grens between the two chancelEdward VII Land, finishing t leries.

Valparaiso, Chile--Reuter Special.

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION

News' of. M. Laval's projected Rome, Jan. 2. visit hus been received in London

the internal affairs of Austria or

:

· BOOM ON... BOURSE

FRENCH RENTES

SOARING

! Day) ("Madam Butterfly") ·

(Puccini).

Margaret Sheridan (Soprano). Orchestral "Prince Igor"—Överture

(Borodin).

Aria-O Parodino! (Oh Paradise!)

. ("L'Africana"- Meyerbeer). Arin-Addio Fiorito Asil (Farewell,

oh happy home) (Madame

Butterfly) (Puccini). Alessandra Valente (Tenor). Orchestral--"Die Fledermaus"-The

Bat-You and You-Waltz

(Strauss),

9.08-9.30 p.m. Pianoforte Recital

by Benno Moiseivitch.

"Grillen

Polonaise in B Flat

Major

Impromptu in A Fi..

Flirtations in a Chinese

Garden ...

Schumann.

Chopin,

..Chopin.

Chaine.

Rush Hour in Hongkong...Charina. Inaliens Lieliestad.........Liszt,

9.30 p.m. Press Bulletins, Stock

Quatations.

9.35-10 p.m. Talkle. Tunes. Songs-Lover Come Back to Me. Songs-Wanting You--- ("The New Moon").

Lawrence Tibbett (Haritone). Selection-The Big Broadcast. Vocal Duct-The Thought Never

Eatered my Head ("The Houre

That Jack Built"). Winnie Molville and Derek

Okthani. 10 p.m.

Cluse Down. Banished last year for a period of turned, was sentenced to nine Central ten years, Kan. Chung-hing, who re- by Mr. Wynne-Jones in infer was Magistracy this morning. It

to-day.

previous conviction for stealing $715 French Kontes gained as much from the Central Market. He WAR an 135 centimos and other securi-arrested in Des Voeux Rond Central ties followed suit--Reuter. at 4 a.m. yesterday,

Paris, Jan. 2. The announcement of the ap- pointment of a new President of Tannery, followed by news of the the Bank of France, M. Jean far reaching Franco-Italian agree-

It is understood that the Franco-with special satisfaction as it is Italian agreement, which, it was taken as indicating the probability expected, would be signed during of a successful outcome of Franco- the visit of M. Laval, the French Italian negotiations, in which the Foreign Minister, to Rome, will British Government has been comprise a more forcible restate-taking an active interest. ment of France-italian principles European questions under dis- in connection with Austrian In- tegrity and independence. It is cussion between Paris and Rome) further stated that the agreement were the subject of a conversation between the British Foreign includes a guarantee that Italy; Secretary, Sir John Simon, and Yugo-Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia and the French Premier and Foreign Hungary will not interfere with Minister during Sir John Simon's each other, and will not initint brief stay in Paris on his wayment, led to a boom on the Bourse stated that the defendant had a

frum London to the Riviera, where any aggression.

The Franco-Italian negotiations he is at present on holiday. The were held up for twenty-four Foreign Secretary has since kept in close touch with French and 'How car stealers contrive to hours because Austria Was -un-

Italian Government. - British get authentic registration num- willing, or reluctant, to agree to

Wircléas. bera was disclosed at the Lam- any guarantee of independence beth Police Court today, when by her Balkan neighbours, But four men who had been charged Signor Mussolini, Premier and remanded should have made Italy, has drafted a formula along the above lines, it is undertsood, another appearance.

which Austria has now accepted. This will enable M. Laval to go to tome and complete the negotia- tions which, until today, were belleved to have been deadlocked.

ily Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphia Mra anges Ordinance, 1814. Received," January

. . .J

London, Jun. 2.

One of the men, however, named Henry Simmons, WAS found drowned at Brighton yesterday. and a verdict of suicide returned at the inquest.

WEISMULLER'S

·FAR-REACHING EFFECTS

of

NICARAGUA CANAL NOT

NECESSARY

BUT VINSON TO URGE PROJECT

SWANSON'S VIEWS

(Special to "Telegraph")

DAY BY DAY

NEWS IN BRIEF

WE WOUND OUR MODESTY AND{ MAKE FOUL THE CLEARNESS OF OUR DESERVINGS, WHEN OF OURSELVES WE PUBLISH THEM-Shakespeare.

The U.S.S. Tulsa leaves Hongkong to-day for the North.

The aircraft carrier Hermes in on passage from Singapore to the Colony

off and is expected to arrive on Sunday.

the

There has been an exchange telegrams conveying Now Year Greetings between Their Excellencies! The rainfall registered at

the Governor of Hongkong and the Botanic Gardens during December totalled only 0.56-inch, spread over Governor of Macao.

three days.

ar-

The U.S. armed yacht Isabel rived in Hongkong last night from

The cruisers Kent and Suffolk, the Canton. As he sleamed into the destroyer Bruce and four submarines harbour she fired a royat salute of left port yesterday for exorcises and 21 guns which was replied to from will return to the Colony on Saturday. Blackhend Fort.

4.B.

The wedding is announced to take place shortly of Mr. Herbert Cyril Smith, marino engineer of the Hopsang, and Miss Emma Hopton, who is en route to the Colony on the 5.8. Changte.

The destroyers Duncan, Diamond, Buchess, Dainty, Defender, Daring, Decoy and Delight, of the 8th Flotilla, formerly the 1st. Destroyer Flotile attached to the Mediterrancan Flect, arrived in Hongkong from

Tho Euro-American Returned Manila shortly before 10a.m. to-day. Students Union is giving a dinner at

Will those who received our invitation to apply for these please do so before January 7th. A few spare copies will be available after that date.

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The police, in outlining the case, alleged that they had traced 250 The non-interference agreement stolen cars to the four defend- may well be very far-reaching, not ants. They asserted that the anly in the easing of tension in stealers would purchase a new the Balkans, but in the Improve- car, and use tradesmen's papers ment of the dangerous Italian- to accure innumerable registration Yugo-Slavian relations, and pos- numbers in different diatricis for albly may be developed, during stolen and disguised cars,

M. Laval'a visit to Home, into a They would діно purchase consultative pact. This would smashed care for the sake of the mean that the powers concerned, number plates, which thoy affixed Italy. Yugo-Slavis, Czocho- to almliar types of atolon vehicles. Slovakia.. Austria and Hungary The three defendants who re-would agree to confer before any appeared in Court to-day were intended political step, was taken

Washington; Jan. 2. again remanded-Reuter Spesial, by any party concerned

Representative Carl Vinson It is agreed that Rumania

A Burns Dinner will be held under the Chineas Merchants' Club to should be excluded from the declared to-day that he would the auspices of St. Andrew's Society morrow (Friday) at 7 p.m. in honour of Dr. Chiang Mang-lin and Dr agreement, at least for the pre-introduce to Congress to-morrow in the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Herman Lig. sent, as sho is not Immediately a resolution asking for the study Hotel on Friday, January 26, Thu

The Secretary of the concorned with. Austrian border of the Nicaraguan Canal project. Immortal Memory" of Scotland's Bard will, on this occasion, be pro- Interviewed, the Secretary of the posed by Hin Honour, Mr. A. D. A. Division of the St. John Ambulance with many It in added that France and Navy, Mr. Carl Swanson, indicated Macgregor, Chief Justice..

Brigado acknowledgen thanks the receipt of a donation of Italy will most certainly endeavour that he saw no necessity for the

$16.00 worth of chocolates from the to incluido. Germany in the non-immediate for the immediate con- Facing a charge of stealing. Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed interference pact, but at present truction of such a costly canal, in quantity of motoring accossories from Milk Co. it la uncertain whether Germany view of the state of world com-lorry No. 3432 yesterday, Wong Sin- would be prepared to be drawn merce at present. He said, too, kong, 29, unemployed, pleaded guilty One case of Small-pox (Imported), into such an agreement.-Reuter. that the Navy, had taken no definite Central Polico Court this morning deaths (two imported), one case of before Mr. Wynno-Jones in the seven cases of Diphtheria with two position in the matter. WIDER UNDERSTANDING -

and was sentenced to three months Typhoid with three deaths, ons case He admitted, however, that a hard Inbour. Detectivo-Sergeant of Meningitis, and 57 deaths from Vienna, Jan. 2, canal through Nicaragua would be Baldwin stated that when searched Tuberculosis, were reported

The following ships are expect-yuen, Shinkyo It is officially announced here a boon to the Navy and that it the defendant had a pair of pliers in local Health authoritice last wacked to be in wireless communication Harrison, Tamara, Johnny Weismuller, a little more that Austria and all her neigh- would unquestionably be necessary box one, they hack on the too. During Monday and Tuesday three with Hongkong, to-day-Kwel- Terukun Haro, Sauthis, Momade, than A year ago, is suing for bours, including Germany, and to build such a cut within the next box on the lorry bad been broken care of Meningitis

Admítted, a', previous divorce, it was announced to-day probably also Great Britain, ifty years owing to the expansion vielen for unlawful press con each of Small-por and Diphtheris yang, Bremerhaven, Hawali Maru Van Houtas, Wier Lee Selatan.

Szechuen; General Sherman, Llangchow, Bulyang, Tean were also reported; ---United Preis.

France, Rumania and Poland, will of commerce United Press,

ROMANCE

SHORT-LIVED HAPPINESS

(Special to "Talograph")-

Los Angeles, Jan. 2. Mies Ipe Veloz, the Mexican

acroen star, who married the

famous swimmer and Tarzan man,

problema.

motoring toaks.

Y.M.CIA.

to the

and one case

It has a pleasant taste, and is there fore readily taken even by children.

IN WIRELESS TOUCH

Hakozaki Maru, Worcestershire, Langanger, Conte