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一拜禮號一月四英港香

MONDAY, APRIL

1935,

MOSCOW PARLEY SUCCESSFUL

EDEN LEAVES FOR POLISH CAPITAL

LITVINOFF INDICATES AGREEMENT REACHED

Moscow, March 30,

A brief sentence or two of the farewell which M. Maxim Litvinoff; Russian Foreign Commissar, addressed to the British Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Anthony Eden, to-night, indicated as clearly as an' official communique that the Anglo-Russian conversations, designed to perpetuate the peace of Europe, had met with a large measure of success.

Mr. Eden, who has been conducting negotiations with the Russian Government for the past few days, left for Warsaw at 10.45 p.m. to-night, where he will carry on his Government's endeavours to assure all nations of security.

DARWIN-

LYMPNE

RECORD

BRITISH PLANE'S FAST TIME

TAKES JUST OVER WEEK

(Special to "Telegraph")

(239 Telegraph, ("weight Teleurenhir Meampra Orationer, 195 Hereford, Apr

to the Hym

London, March 30.

A new record for an Australia -England solo flight has been established by the English air- man H. L. Brooke, who left Port Darwin at 8.05 p.m. G.M.T. on March 23 and landed at Lympne at 3.55 p.m. to-day.

He thus broke the old unofficial

record set by C. J. Melrose, the young Australian flier, by thirteca hours ten minutes. Meiroso, last September, flew from Australia to England in eight days nine hours.

Both Melrose and Brooke were entered in the Englund to Aus- tralia Air Derby last year. that occasion Melrose won

On

M. Litvinoff, the chief Russian figure in the parleys, and Lord Chilston, the British Ambassador at Moscow, together with high Soviet officials_and diplomats, were at the station to bid Mr. Eden solo prize and Brooke took 26 days farewell.

The platform to the waiting train was carpeted and a picked, quard of honour, was draws up along its length, while Union Jack Auttered alongside the Ang of Red Bussin,

A little group of busy motion pleture cameramen ground awny to perpetuate the scene for thou sands who have read of the Angin-ussian talks and who will want to the principals.

Ju a brief broadenst address. Mr. Eden thanked the Soviet for is hospitality, and M. Litvinoff replied: "I wish you success. Your success will in our Buceras

11 WDA fudicated th the Russing and--British spokesmeni understood one another and hand at least reached firm ground in the formulating of a comnioti policy for the

preservation of peace-Renter

Wall Street Review

LESS ACTIVITY ON EXCHANGE

(Special to "Telegraph").

NOODLES FORGER'S UNDOING

TOOK OFF BEARD

FOR MEAL

BIG GANG ROUND-UP

(Special to "Telegraph")

Telegraph; Copyright. Strangen Undianner,

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the

20 hours for the passage to Port Ontsin.

Brooke was to-day flying a new type of Miles Hawk machine, one of the speedflest and atradiest of modern models.--Renter Special.

ADMIRALTY'S PROMOTIONS

SIR DUDLEY POUND TO MEDITERRANEAN FLEET

---Mar-10-

Sir Dudley Pound, K.C.B., Second Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Personnel at the Admiralty since 1932, has been appointed Can TABL. Receted, Aprimander-in-Chief of the Mediter

ranean fleet in succession Tokyo, April 1. Admiral Sir William. Fisher, K.C.B. C.H., CV.D., M.V.D., who has served in that capacity since 1932.

to

A gang leader's love of noodles resulted to-day in the round-up of five forgers and the seizure of millions of yen in forged Govern-bar-Nasmith has been appointed ment bonds,

Lord Commissioner of the Ad-

The gang chief, Isa Ohonda had eluded the police for three years, although his face and record was known to them. He had been wearing a false beard all this while and mixing freely about the jeity; it transpires,

But he removed the false beard while in a restaurant last night Reflecting the lessening activity in order to more comiortubiy

New York, March 31.

Vice-Admiral Sir Martin Du

miralty and Chief of the Naval Personnel in succession to Admiral Sir Dudley Pund-Reuter,

NO INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATE

on the New York Stock Exchange, eat a dish of steaming, fragrant the nett loss for the year 1931 is noodles. Somebody recognised U.S. reported as $1,060,890 as compared him.

with $199,121 for the year 1933. i A few minutes inter Ohonda was Hesitancy among traders still in police custody and to-day his continute in Wall Street and is confederates, and their stock of preventing the making of any spurious bonds, were also under

jack and key.—United Press. definite market policten."

Favourable market factors

include:-

(1) Intreasing lumber orders CHINA DISTILLERY and shipment expectations;

(2) Additional refunding opera-)

tions;

(3) Automobile production con tinues high.

Unfavourable factura include:- (1) Chain store sales for Marchi are likely to prove unsatisfac- tory owing to the international monotary situation;

(2) Contiqued threats of strikes; (3) Foreign operators holding

aloof.

Cotton prices were two points up to nine points lower on the New York Cotton Exchange yo terday.

Trading was featured by the continued steadiness of old poal- ona and the renewed easiness of the now months.

OPENED

TAKES CARE OF DOMESTIC NEEDS

Shanghai, March 31,

Ceremonies presided over by Mr.

#

of

General von Smuckt, forinne Milviker

any kiume meat, who is

fueabal members of the German Ne

Lion Detence Council.

Abyssinia

Again Calls

To League

ASKS IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION

DISPUTE WITH ITALY

Geneva, March 30,

The Abyssinian Government. having broken off direct negotia- tions with Rome over the Italian Somaliland frontier dispute, has addressed a fresh comatunicution to the League of Nations,

The measage states that with rogad to the dispute with Italy I wishes the Council to take up its appeal under Article XV" without delay..

WAA

Earlier Rome despatches stated that while Abyssinia's demands seemed to indicate that a Com mission of Arbitration might be. appointed, it doubtful if any such body could be always very acceptable to both Italy Abyssinnia, and whose decisions and would be respected as being final. lilian troops, meanwhile, have are prepared for any eventuality. been hurried to North Africa and

has been mobilising her fighting while for some time pust Abyssinia men to meet a possible encroach- ment on her territory.-enter.

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MORE THAN SCORE GERMANY READY BY

DROWNED

MANY STILL MISSING

(Special to "Telegraph")

illu Telegraph, Coppefaler, Meget Ordinance. 1894. feceived, Aard Tramphir

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Rome, March 30. Twenty-three persons were drowned to-day when a violent cyclone swept the western coast or the Adriatic Sea.

Immense wnves overwhelmed and sank a number of shing boats and much damage to property resulted from the farious wind. Sea alde dwellings were in some places demolished,

Twenty fishing boats, with fifty men aboard, are still misslax. I la hoped they have made shelter i in Bome out-of-the-way place; which will account for their not having communicated with their base as yet.

As a result of the gale thera was a phenomenally low the in Venice,

causing many of the canals to run dry and resulting in inconvenience. Rritter Special.

REHABILITATION OF KIANGSI

INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS

CONTEMPLATED

Shanghai, Apr. 1.' -

In tatement made to prassmen, Mr Kung Hsuch-sui, Commissioner o Construction the Kiangal

who

2011 Government. here to discuss detailed matters in connection with $2,200,000 an

to trance the construction of A

NEXT MARCH

BUILDING UP GIGANTIC STOCKS. FOR WAR

(Dy Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphio Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, April 1, 9.20 am)

Geneva, March 30.

A canvass of the Disarmament Conference military attaches has revealed the consensus of opinion that Germany will ready for a major war by next March.

It is baldly stated here that the German War Ministry began larg October from bluenints prepar

e scale mik itary production last fed a long time before.

At present the Government is building and assembling gigantic stocks of

war materials of all sorts. Including the regular army p

ilots and the reserve,

it is estimated that Germany has 3,300 flying men, perfectly trained, compared to the 2,200 which Great Britain can t into the air, and the 5,000 which France has available.

.

GERMAN MILITARY

French authorities state that ns lack bombers at the the Germ

ut that they are building moment b

in very parlor typo as rapidly that that is

A possile, and

regarded 08 籍 serious affair, -United PC.

MACHINE HUG SUM Needed

CALLING THOUSANDS

COLOURS

LUDENDORFF AND VON SEECKT

Berlin. March 30.

According to rehable sources, from the Chinese Finance Company Germany's military conscription water-works and an electric power programme will be carried out plant in Nanchang, declares that in the following manner: negotiations were in progre with

On April 1 the clans of 1915 will certain German Rerzkants for the

be called up, totalling 680.000 men supply of machinery, and other

in all, 300,000 of whom will be kept mechanical equipment for th

with the colours; these

Ese two enterprises.

He went on to my thus song ide with the rehabilitation of the former Red distracts in ti pro-

Berith, March 30,

In view of the enormous aum the Germans Finance Ministry required for the Army and Navy,

nnnounced today that it was wracking its brine to find a means to balance the budget..

In order to enafle the country to carry on, meanwhile, a special inw has hose promulgated authorising, among other things, that the Minister of Finance should assunte certs

ample for the purple guarantees. man's export trade, and that up able for this purpose.

to 20,000,000 marks be made avail-

Tin to 199.005,000 marks will be allowed for work purposes and up to 88,000,000 to creating assist agriculture.-Reuter.

HEAVY DEFICIT

Berlin, Mar, 30, Reich expenditure for the month

The classes of 1901 to 1909 will not exceeding eight weeks, in the be trained in short service periods,

course of the next few years;

The 1901 class will be called up of February exceeded revenue by vince, the Provincial Government of on October 1. and another batch | 58,000,000 marks. Kiangai would proceed with other of the later class will be summoned ambitious industrial development to service on April 1, 1936.

This makes a totul deficit for the present year of 109,000,000 marks. plan, including the building of a paper mill, timber yard and force tensive consideration will be given

-United Pres Selection will be severe and ex. Iactory. The Government to married and professional men, hoped that capitalists would en operate with the Governinest i carrying out this industrial develop ment programme.-Central News.

APRIL DAY T. V. SOONG JOINS

FOR YEARS

CHILL SPELL MAY

RAILWAY' PLANS TURNED DOWN

Washington, March 31.

By

vote

Ave to four the Inter-State Commerce Commission disapproved of the railroads application for a ten per cent. increase in freight rates, is at

The cold snap which Hongkong present experiencing is At the same time the Com- most unusual for this time of the mission authorised additional year. emergency charges.-United Press.

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KING INTERVENES

ERRATA

LAST TWO DAYS

This morning, at 7 o'clock, the Royal Observatory registered a temperature of 67 degrees, which in the lowest recorded for any April since 1925. In that year, a temperature of 52.4 was registered on April 9.

The lowest April temperature ever recorded in Hongkong was

Actually. It

this morning, for at 8 pm, a tem Was colder Jast

perature of 56.6 was recorded at the Observatory,

Observatory officials expect the cold snap to continue for another two days at least:

Brussels, Mar. 30. The Belgian Cabinet apparently Chen Kung po, Minister of Inclinched its victory regarding the dustry, were held here this after currency devaluation when King 51.8, In 1905. noon in connection inauguration of the first Chinese intervened dramatically at the with the Leopold, from reports received, Spirit Manufacturing Plant, at eleventh hour after the Senate had night than in the early hours of equipment and machinery of which made no response to the Cham- were purchased from England.

This is partially a Government ber's approval of M. Van Zeeland's enterprise and is financed with monetary plans. United Press. capital of $1,500,000. The capa city.of the plant is said to be 700,- The tight spot situation and the 000 gallons of spirit daily, which is atraddling operations by foreign sufficient to meet domestic de Interests on, the export subsidy mands.

Through an unfortunate slip. plan together with the growing

the reading matter accompanying In a speech delivered before the two lustrations in Saturday's opposition to the processing tax, opening Mr. Chen Kung-po ex-lasue of the Telegraph Pictorial brought sufficitat buying to the rassed the hope that the Chinese Supplement became transposed.

REPEAL'S HARVEST near months to hold thom steady Spiritt Manufacturing Plant repro-The group in which Lady Peel was above the previous levels by a few sents the first step toward develop.described as sitting third from the

Washington, March $1. points.

Taxes on liquor and beer have Most of the liquidation came industry in China through co-the St. Stephen's Girls' School, in of $600,000,000 during the last

ing various

branches of the right was in reality the staff of yielded the Government a revenuo from traders profit-taking and operation between the Government which her ladyship did not, of twenty-three months, it was re- from the South and New Orleans. and the merchants and industrial course, appear. We regret the vealed by the Treasury to-day- -United Press.

ists-Central Newca.

United Press. ·

error.

BANK OF CHINA

LOAN ISSUE ENTIRELY TAKEN UP

of the

Shanghai, Apr. 1. It is reliably learned that Mr. T. V. Soong has accepted the ap- pointment as chairman Board of Directors of the Bank of China, while the governorship of the Bank is to, be offered to Mr. Sonng Tan-nhang.

When Interviewed, Dr. H. H. Kung, Finance Minister, expressed the belief that the Ministry of Finance would likely confirm the resolution adopted by, the extraor- dinary meeting of shareholders of the Bank of China, authorleing the increase of its rearrve capital from $25.000.000 to $40,000,000.

The $100,000,000 worth of loan honds were issued from to-day, but will not be placed for sale in the market as they will be fully China; the Bank of China and absorbed by the Central Bank of the Bank of Communications, Central News.

WORK RELIEF BILL

Washington, March 31,

It is now thought that the Ger- 750,000 men. man armed forces will reach

Preparations for the accommoda- tion of the new army are well ad vanced.

S'HAI MARKET REPORT

EXCHANCE RATES RISE SLIGHTLY

The now defence law will an luence the creation of a National Defence Council, in which the famous strategist, Field Marshal Erich-Friedrich Wilhelm Laden-

Shanghai, April 1 dorff, and former Chief of the Army and in this morning, dus to Saturday's

General

Rates are up alightly on the Hans von Seeckt, Foreign Exchange Market here charge of re-cognisation of the Reichswehr in 1920-22, will be most rise in London silver prices. influential members.

Traders, however, are awaiting

United Press. developments of a definito tend ency before making commitments.

Ludendorff was Chief of Staff to During the War. Field Marshal Field Marshal von Hindenburg, General von Seeckt was Chief of Staff to the Third Army during the War and was, until recently mill-.. tary adviser to General Chiang Kai-shek-Reuter.

MORGAN ART TREASURES

MÁGNATE SELLING

POSSESSIONS

New York, Mar, 81, Mr. J. Plerpont More his art treasure and is now tryły in making. I heritance tax Rumours:t

deport to t England false.

Mr. M

It was learned here to-day, that inless-n change takes place In the that A Sensta tuntion. the lenders of from

the House of Representatives will

acerpt the $4.880,000,000 Work |Relief Bill-United Press...

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