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FOUNDED 1981. 五拜禮號七月六英港香 FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1935.

No. 14497

U.S. KEEPS WATCH Evil Luck

ON N. CHINA

Still Dogs

Endeavour

FEARS OCCUPATION MAINMAST CARRIES

BY JAPANESE

TENSION IN TIENTSIN STILL REMAINS

AWAY IN RACE

ONE DROWNS: YANKEE WINS

(Special to "Telegraph”)

(Dy Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphio Messager Ordinance, 1894. Neenivad, June

7. a.m.) Washington, June 6. The State Department is watching with interest the increasingly tense situation in North China.

In the event that the Japanese occupy the Tientsin and Peiping areas, vigorous diplomatic proteste will probably be made. It is believed Great Britain has expressed her intention of taking similar action.

Officials decline to comment, but made no effort to conceal the opinion that a crisis was approaching.

It is felt that the United States troops in Tientsin and the Legation Guard in Peiping would be jeopardised by an occupation of the so-called demilitarised zone. Official news from the North | China front la much slower than press despatches, and on these latter the Administration is large- ly depending United Press.

MILITARY CONCLAVE

Tientsin. June 7. Lieut-General Uematsu. com- manding officer of the Japanese- garrison forces in North China, has called a conference at military headquarters for to-morrow.

At this partoy will be devinod measures to be taken in con- sequence of the allegedly unaatia factory reply of General Ho Ying- ching, Chineso War Minister, in answer to Japanese representa- tions recently made to the Chinese authorities,

LAVAL TO FORM NEW CABINET

PIETRI FAILS IN TANGLED TASK

TWO DECLINE TO TRY

Paris, June 6.

London, June. 6.

The weather played an alarming prank in the big yacht race at Southend in which the British Endeavour met the American Yan- kee in the American yacht's first race in British waters.

When the boats reached open water, beyond the Nore, Mr. T. 0. M. Sopwith's Endeavour was lead- ing.

travelling at a flying pace. Suddenly, with a crack like a gun- shot, mainmast and canvas carried away In the fierce wind.

The other competitors frantically furled sails and a man aboard the Astra went overboard and was drowned.

All the yachts retired except the Velsheds, which finished the course in tonso excitement, fighting her way through what was by now a gale.

Officials declared the race aban- dowed and awarded the victory to the Yankee, leader in the first round. Renter Spacial.

The Inte Viscount Byng of Vimy, whose death occurred yesterday,‹ following an operation.

BRITISH CABINET SELECTED

PROBABLE LIST OF NEW MINISTRY

BALDWIN TO BE PREMIER

London, June 6. - Mr. Ramsey MacDonald, the Prime Minister is expected to resiga to-morrow after the House rises at 4 o'clock.

ANOTHER VERSION

London, June 6.

Immediately afterwards, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, now Lord Presi- The French political crisis still | Mr. Sopwith's famous yacht According to an official Japanese continues. following M. Pietri's Astra had a steward washed over-moned to Buckingham Palace and Endeavour was dismanted and the dent of the Council, will be sum- announcement, Colonel Isogal, intimation to President Leburn board and drowned during the will hand to His Majesty a list Colonel Sakai, Colonel Giga, Lieut. that he is unable to form " Col. Ishii, Major Takahashi and Cabinet, after which the President race for J class yachts at Southend other high military officers are again summoned M. Bauisson to Regatta to-day, the first event in of Ministers.

British waters in which the attending to-morrow's important the Elysee, but the latter refused

the invitation. military conclave,

American yacht Yankee was com It is understood that complete peting... Meanwhile, it is reported from agreement was reached in prin- The Nanking that pending the assumpciple between M. Pietri and the when the accident happened. She Jending tion of the office of mayor of Radicals when the latter raised was taken in tow by a pleasure Tientsin by Wang Ko-min, General dimculties regarding the personnel steamer off the Mouse Lightship. Shang Cheng will act as mayor of the new Government. M. Pietri The Yankee reached home ahead of Tientsin and garrison common was thus unable to proceed further of the Valsheds, the only other der. Instructions to this effect with the task. were telegraphed by General Ho

competitor, and was awarded the

Endeavour

wns

Ying-ching to General ShaȘANISALANI ESTESANAIS VENLAFunt | race.—British Wireless.

Cheng to-day.

•

The Executive Yuan later naked

General Shang to

assume

duties immediately.-Reuter,

POPULACE ALARMED

Tientsin, June 7.

his

The Chinese inhabitants here

CABINET FORMED

Paris, June 6.

statesman, has succeeded in form- ing a new Government.-United Press.

M. Pierre Laval, veteran French Windsor Lad

Wins Again

DEFEATS EASTON IN CORONATION CUP

(Speakal to "Telegraph")"

Telegraph, Goveright. Telegraphis Alessages Ordinance, 188$. Ressivad. Jusa

to

For the second time, M. Layal are continuing to remove their has undertaken the formation of families into the foreign con-a new Government of National cessions as a precaution against Union, extending from the Radi- any untoward development.

cals on the Left to the group on the Right, inclusive. "It is a duty The city is full of rumours, I cannot shirk," M. Laval an- which the local police authorities nounced after leaving the Elysee, have taken every effort to dispel. following the fallure of M.

Colonel Sakai, Chief of Staff of Pletri's two-day effort.

7, # Dm.) Prior to M. Laval agreeing to the Headquarters of the Japanese form & Cabinet, M. Herriot had Garrison Forces stationed in North China, haa just concluded refused the task, as also had M. Yvon Dolboa, President of the negotiations with General Ho Ying-ching, Chairman of the Pei-Radical Socialist groups in ping Military Council, regarding Chamber,

It is believed that M. Laval will the recent incident created by the Japaneso demarche. Col. Sakal retain charge of foreign affairs if has submitted a report on the he succeeds in forming a new Gov.

results of the negotiations to the Japanese War Office and is await- ing ita instructions before taking another move-Central News.

NEW POST

ernment.Reuter.

·THE CABINET

Paris, June 6,

the

The new Cabinet formed by M. Laval is as follows:

Epsom, June G.

His Majesty, the King to-day saw Windsor Lad confirm last year's Derby victory by beating Lord Woolavington's Easton by one and a half lengths In the Coronation Cup.

Caymanas was third and Mr.

Although entire accuracy is not yet to be guaranteed, the selection of the new Cabinet-is, believed-on the best authority to be as follows:

Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin; Lord President of the Council, Mr. MacDonald;

日七初月五:

Free State's

New Powers

Are Defined

ABLE TO ABROGATE

IRISH TREATY

LORD SANKEY'S RULING

London, June 6,',

The Lord Chancellor to-day de- fivored two extremely important judgments in the Privy Council the effect of which is that Canada will hanceforth have the right / to abolish uppeals to the Privy Council in criminal cases, and the | Irish Free State has the power, since the passing of the statute of Westminster, to abolish the right of appeal to the Privy Council from all Southern Irish Courts.

The Irish Treaty preserved the rights of Free State citizens to petition His Majesty-in-Council; but the effort of the Statute of Westminster was to removo the fetter on the Irish Free State Legislature which could now pass acte repugnant to Imperial acts, and in the cage under considera. tion they had done so, said the Lord Chancellor.

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$36.00 PER ANNUM

UNLOP

greatest

possible

TYRE ECONOMY

U. S. BACKS NEW

SKELETON N.R.A.

ROOSEVELT SEEKING MORE REVENUE

BUSINESS SUFFERS AS CODES DISSOLVE

Washington, June 6.

A resolution extending the skeleton National Re- covery Act organisation until April, 1936, but repealing all the presidential powers to prescribe, approve or enforce codes, was agreed upon to-day by the House of Representatives and Senate and Administration leaders.

Earlier, study of the possibility of preserving labour standards through inter-state compacts, bolster- ed by federal co-operation, was initiated by President Roosevelt.

Congressional leaders declared that President Roosevelt may soon send a message to the House and Senate advocating an increased inheritance tax with a view to raising revenue and to replace the N.R.A, as a means of distributing income.-Reuter.

Lord Sankey went on to state H.K.

that the simplest way of stating the situation was to, say that the Statute of Westminster gave the Free State power whereunder it could abrogate the Irish Treaty and that, as a matter of law, it had availed itself of that power- Reuter.

Quetta City Of Dead

POPULATION - FULLY EVACUATED

London, June 6. :.

POLICE

OFFICER KILLED

DIES OF BULLET WOUND IN HEAD

THIRD TRAGEDY:

IN YEAR

that he took his own life, the body Under circumstances indieating

of Crown Sergeant James Francis

PRICES CRASH

New York, June 6. Rotail petrol prices broke badly in the Los Angeles area to-day. involving all the major, oil.com- panies in a series of reductions ranging from one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half cents per gallon, following the dissolution of the Pacific Coust Petrol Refiners' Agreement.

The agreement was cancelled. bocause it was rendered wholly Inoperative owing to the suspen- sion of the oil code, following the Supreme Court's N.I.A, decision.

-Router.

BUSINESS DECLINE

Washington, June 6.

ion of business activity from the Commerce notes a moderate recen- A survey of the Department of

Kennedy, of the Hongkong Police Spring peak, with indices of the automobile and steel manufactur- Force, was found in his room at Mongkok Police Station shortly be ly while cotton cloth productionTM Ing industries declining sensorial- fore midnight, with a bullet wound continued to near the low level in his head. A revolver was found reached at the end of April, and lying by his sido.

lumber production was reduced by This is the third suicide of an labour. troubles on the Pacife Between 4,000 and 5.000 people

last year. already have been exacuated, officer of the Force since November | coast.--Reuter.

No living soul now remains in Quetta, round which a Military cordon has been placed.

The late Sergeant Kennedy, who

:

Chancellor of the Exchequer, arrangements having been made Mr. Neville Chamberlain;

NEW PROPOSALS Lord Chancellor, Lord Hail- for their reception and care by

Washington, Juño 6. authorities in Punjab and Sind. sham';

was 37 years of age, unmarried, The House Ways and Means Home Secretary and Deputy Thousands of refugees are ab was a native of Castledown, Committee by a vote of 19-6 ap- Leader in the House, Sir Johnsolutely destitute and although the Mullingar, Ireland, and was former-proved the resolution to extend the Simon;

Government of India is using alily in the Royal Irish Constabulary, skeletonised N.R.A. Foreign Secretary, Sir Samuel its resources to meet their im He joined the Hongkong Police in There were three proposals to Hoare;

mediate needs, swift and large re- December, 1922, and had been in maintain the N.R.A. principles in Secretary for India, Murquess sponse to the Viceory's appeal is the Criminal Investigation Depart-a codeless business world, namely: Zetland;

essential.

ment since 1926.

taxation, voluntary agreementa and inter-state compacts. These An extremely popular and

emerged from a walter of sug- for registration of claims for efficient officer, the late Sergeant gested remedies subjects of. property lost in the earthquake. Kennedy had been twice commend-official commment.. Bavlage work in connection with ed by the Inspector General of The Executive Council of tho these claims is being carried out Police, for work in connection with American Federation of Labour to the maximum extent cem the arrest of armed robbers, once in has assembled to study the inter- Secretary, for the Dominions,mensurate with safety and publie 1926 and again in the following state labour compliance plan, un- Mr. J. H. Thomas;

health.

Colonial Secretary, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald;

Air Minister, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister (who may re- ceive a peerage);

Minister of Education, Mr. Oliver Stanley;

Secretary for Labour, Mr. Ernest Brown; ?

Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Walter Elliot:

Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Anthony Eden.

The remainder of the Cabinet appointments will probably be unchanged.-Reutery

Borson a second horse, Beresfoll (he GUARDING SWISS

also owns Windsor Lad) was fourth and last. There were only the four startors..

FRANC

M. Laval, Premior and Foreign stable companion, and

Burcafell set the pace for his Paotingfu, June 6

allowed WILL CLING TO GOLD General Yu Hsueh-chung, who Minister of Finance: M. Pietri, the top of the hill. The winner Minister; M. Marcel Regnier, Windsor Lad to take the lead at

BASIS.. has just been relieved of his post Minister of Marine; Colonel Fabry, made the rest of the running and as Governor of Hopol and reap- Minister for War: General Donnin, pointed as Commander of the Anti-Air Minister; and MM. Herriot, 33 1/5 secs, which is just 1/5 of

Borne, June 6. won easily, with a time of 2 mins. Shenal and Kanau Border Dia Without Portfolio-Reuter tricta, arrived here today from

A bureau has been establshed

year.

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der which conformation, with SAFETY MEASURES

The deceased had for some time specified labour standarde, would The Under Secretary for Inda, been suffering from heart trouble, be required in manufacturing Mr. R. A. Butier, promised in the and it is believed that he suffered goods entering Into Inter-state House of Commoita to-day to com- an attack last night just before municate to the Government of he took his life.

Tho funeral will pasa

India two suggestions put forward.

questions. One was that the by Mr. Charlton in parliamentary monument at 5 o'clock to-day. Selamological' Association" a‡ ́ ̧ Ox- Society of

the

commerce.

Favouring the Thomas Oil Con- trol Bill, Mr. Harold Ickes, Secre tary for the Interior,. said the measure was now undergoing re- vision in the light of the N.R.A. decision.Reuter...

ford and the Geological ther American Open HONGKONG DOLLAR

into fact that earthquake shocks

in regions known to be subject to

Golf Tourney

OUTSIDER LEADING NOTABLE FIELD Oakmont Park, Pittsburgh,

Juno G.

DECLINES

BUT MARKET. QUITE STEADY

bandit Forces in tho Szechuan, Marin, and Flandin, Ministers a second outside the course record, Switzerland to maintain the Swisstandardised steel frame or other. Krueger of Wisconsin, lands the The market opened at 28,8%d,

Tientsin in order to wind up his

affairs.

He said in an interview that the

GUARDS PREPARED

United Press. ›

Windsor Lad and Easton both atarted at evens, but Caymanas was twenty-to-one.-Reider Special.

CARRIES ART TREASURE

Paris, Juno 0. headquarters of his now post will In view of the possibility of bo established at Stanfu, where he trouble arising, mobile guards are would find it most convenient to massed in the Place de la Operu. direct the anti-bandit operations. Following the removal of the sent of the "Hopel Provincial Goyorn-

NAVAL TALKS

Shanghal June 7.. | ment, the Headquarters of the. 1st Army Corps fas also been re

London, June 0. H.MS. Suffolk left for England moved to Paotingfa together with The Anglo-German talks were re- to-day carrying the art treasures, all units under this commandsumed at the Admiralty this even valued at many millions sterling, Central Nima

In=British Wireless Blogroll for exhibition in London, ----Reuter.

them are generally preceded by minor tremors detectable on edit- able instruments, thus permitting the public to be warned. The other suggestion was that e Technical Commission containing members with experience of erect- Ing earthquake buildings in New Zealand; Japan, California and The strong determination of make proposals for development of elsewhere ahould be set up to

was voiced by the Finance Coun- private enterprisa in Quetta and franc on its present gold baste buildings at a cost within reach of elllor, Dr. Albert Moyer, when the other neighbourhoods. British 1984 National Account, which Wireless.. showed a defeit of Fr. 27,000,000, |was considered (and) approved.

The Council, by 82 votes to 57, approved the minority report of| the Finance Commission disap proving a special credit to enable |_ Switzerland" to participate in the

forthcoming Olymple Games IA bulletin laud to-day states Berlin and the winter, gamer see that the Princess Royal continues Hion of the Olymplat at Gasbisch Lo make satisfactory progress Montie Dutra, Gene Saruten have Hagow have 77. Leo Diegel has 822

75, Byd Brewa, of South Africa Ler.

Reuter

PRINCESS ROYAL

The Hongkong dollar declined a halfpenny this morning, tho, offelal A little known player, Alvin rate on opening being 26 8148. sellers and 2x. 8.7/8d buyers, but American Open Golf Champion There was a lot of speculative bus) field in the first round of the

later it steadied up to 28. 4.8/104. ship with a score of 71 for a par ness done yesterday, but this mor- a con Mackenzie, Washington, ning the market was much quieter. is second, with 72, and Jiminy In London, silver prices declined Thompson, Horton Smith, Hermin 9/16the yesterday, China sold and Barron, of New York, and Cliff India bought, the market closing Spencer, Maryland, are third with steady, scores of 78.9, NA

72. course,

London, June 6. Foulis, linols E. D. Dudley Craig Wood, Paul Ruyan, Ray Tommy Armour and MacDonald Mangrum of Los Angeles have Smith, have scores of 74% and 78, and Goodman fand

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