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Increased

Silver Price

Favoured

WOULD-NOT-REALLY INJURE CHINA

BRITISH OFFICER

RELEASED

|LIEUT. CHAMBERLAIN'S ADVENTURE

-London,-July 21..

It is understood that Lieutenant Joseph Chamberlain, son of Sir Austen Chamberlain, who was ar rested by Wahabis when he crossed with A patrol from Akaba into

MR. CROMWELL'S Hedjaz territory, has now been

OPINIONS

Higher silver prices, not for the sake of silver itself, nor as a sop to the U.S. Silver States, are favoured by Mr. James H. R. Cromwell, described in some circles as "America's Financial

ordered released,

It was feared that the release of Lieut. Chamberlain might be do layed owing to

frontier the negotiations at present proceeding between the British authorities and King Ibn Saud.

It là explained that Lieut. Cham- Bolshevik," who is at present on berisin inadvertently crossed the a visit to the Colony, together frontier. on July 13 In an Army with his wife, formerly Miss transport car and was arrested by Doris Duke, sole heir to the Duke the Saudi authorities. A search- millions.

ing car, sent to find Lieut Cham-

was also detained.

In the course of an interviewberlain, with the Telegraph, Mr. Cromwell, Reuter. who is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Sound Money

EFFORT TO AVERT.

WAR

League, stated that drastic and BRITAIN MAKES FINAL immediato financial reform is the only antidote to the Impending world revolution. His method of securing the revival of world prosperity is to break the corner in gold and to unde the mischief wrought by gold "riggers" and hoarders so that with a fall in the price of gold there would be a corresponding rise in the price of commodities.

(Continued from Page 1

and the British and French Am- basяndors there. No basis such talks has yet been however.

for found,

·THE - HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY~~ 22; ~~·1985;

HUNTING AIRWAY SHORT-CUTS

Wiley Post And Wife On Daring Voyage

(Special to "Talograph") Burbank, Cal.. July 21.

Following the announce- ment that three Soviet air- men would jointly attempt a flight from Moscow to San Francisco, non-stop, by way of the North Pole. the well-known American Indian airman Wiley Post

SNATCHER GIVES WARNING

TELLS POLICE OF

PLAN TO STEAL

Chung Wing-cheung, unemployed, n recent arrival from Bingapore finding himself unable to obtain employment and being without food for the past four days, hit upon an unusual method of finding tempor nry relief.

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RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of Daventry News Bulletin

A CINEMA REVIEW

From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of About 10 p.m. yesterday, he ap-855 metros (845 kilocycles):

5-7 pm. Reley of the Hongkong proached a Chinese constable in Hotel Dance Orchertrm.

7-7.30

Orchestral Queen's Road East, near Areenal

pm. Light Street, and informed him that he Music. was going to snatch a bag from a Poet and Possant Overture (Suppe), Indy, and asked the, constable to A Worki of Romanc arrest him after he did it, and take Spanish Dance No. 3 (Granados),

on Melodies of Johann him to the station, where he would Fantasia an adventurous

Strau

(Wober), undertaking of the same get something to eat.

7.80-7.43 p.m. Les Allen (Bark-

. sort.

tone) with Sydney Torch (Organ). 2. 1. Josephine ("Little Women"); Slumberland; 3. Little Man, You're

announces

He and his wife, he says, propose to start to-morrow on a flight across Alaska and Siberia to Moscow. to examine the possibilities of a short-cut air route over the top. of the world,-er Reuter Special,

Character Cleared

day; 4. Radio Requests. 7.43-772

pm. Sone of the Brave March (Bidgood) and Entry of the GladiatorsMarch (Fuckk), 7.50-8 p.m. From the Studio. "A

Review" by Silhouette.

The constable made no reply to his request, but remained in the vicinity little while. Shortly had

& after, he heard shouts of "Snatch- Ing!" and, runnlug into Queen's Road East, saw a man and woman atruggling. As he approached, the man broke away from the woman, and ran off. Ho gave chase and Time and Weather Report, arrested him. The man was Chung Wing-cheung,

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В

Stock Quotations. 8.03-10.30

Concert,

10.80 p.m.

p.m. Chinese

Studio

Close Down. 8.30-10 p.m. European ProgTRIA- me from Z.E.K. on a frequency of 640 kllocycles,

8.30-8.47 p.m. Two Chopin Ballads played by Alfred Cortot. 1. Ballado In A flat Major (Op. 47); 2. Ballado in F Minor (Op, G2).

Brought before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Central Magistracy this morning and charged with the theft of a handbag, containing $7 in money, a $10 eash coupon, a purse, powder box and lipstick from Pang Wai-hung, single woman, defendant admitted the offence, and said he had no other alternative but to snatch the bag. He had return- ed from Singapore about seven months ago. He had spent all his ac-money, and was without food for

the past, four days.

1. Looking for you (Sanderson); Mr. Schofield: I think he should. An Old Violin (Fisher): 3.0

LIONEL DA SILVA FREE OF CHARGE Lionel da Silva, aged 23, countant of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

8.17.9 p.m. Summer Day'a Sulto (Erle Cantun).

in.

9-9.16 p.m. Doventry News Bullot-

9.15-9.35

p.m., Albert Sandler

Arthur Fear (Baritone).

Violin); Olive Cituves (Soprano);

Mr. Cromwell urges that the

Britain insists that any settle. United States should buy silver and sell gold, the effect of whichment of the present dispute must would be to turn the stampede of be founded on the Kellogg Pact. money hoarders from gold to whereas Italy is maintaining that silver. He suggests "Gold only the 1906 Treaty hetween Stabilisation Plan," which is not Haly, France and Britain beary of China, Shell House, Hongkonk get an extra light sentence in view Mistress Fond and Fair-"Casanova" the same as bimetallism, symme- upon the matter.-linifed Preun..

tallism, fixed ratios, currency in- flation or other silver utilisation proposals which have been put forward in the past.

PROVOCATIVE SPEECH

was this morning discharged at the Central Magistracy, without a stain on his character, when a charge of alleged embezzelement against him was withdrawn.

of the warning he had given the constable of his intention to steal.

Inspector Logan: I think he We don't deserves consideration. usually get these warnings.

Mr. Schofield imposed a sentence six weeks' hard labour on of defendant.

Rome, July 21 The Halian Government has instructed its "Minister at Addis Aiba to protest strongly to the virtue Ethiopian Government respecting cusation the speech of Emperor Selassie $266.20, the money of his delivered to the Parliament of the players. Ethiopians on July 18.

Silva had been arrested by

of a warrant on a cof

embezzlement of

It is understood that Signor Mussolini has compared the officin) text with the newspaper versions and has found the official text highly provocative.

ent-

When the case came before Mr.

Macfadyen this morning, Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for the defence, with Mr. W. K. Robinson. for the prosecution.

LOCAL DOLLAR

UNCHANGED

MARKET REMAINS

QUIET

J. Strauss); 4. The Memory of

Kiss "Caranova" (J. Strauss);

Violin The

Song (from "T") Exquise (Rubens): 1. L'Heure (Hahn).

9.30-10 p.m. Extracts from "A short Survey of Modern Rhythm."

10 p.m. Press Bulletinn. 10.05 p.m. Close Down.

J

ZEESEN PROGRAMMES This Evening's Broadcast From The German Short-Wavers

Special

fur Far Programmer

Eastern Listeners wil be broadcast from Zoeken Follow:

STABILITY ASSURED Under his plan, gold will con tinue to be the sole international monetary yardstick, but its price and purchasing power will bo fixed or stabilised by the open market purchase and sale of both monetary metals. The purchasing power of gold, he says, can be Atabilised solely by buying and

The protest ju particularly Mr. Robinson made an applica- selling it in exchange for the only nined against Emperor Selassie's tion for withdrawal of the case, other money commodity, namely, charge that Italy has been con- and Mr. M. A. da Silva stated that allver, and vice veran. A steady templating the invasion of infairness to his client, it should

DJN market for Ethiopin for forty years. Italy be mentioned that he was arrested demand and supply the two metals will not only en-claims that, no troops were moved by mistake. sure a correct level of comparata Afries until the Ualual in- In making his application for tive values, but will likewise tend cidents, in which Abyssinians are withdrawal of the charge,

that necused be to maintain the stability of both.alleged to have attacked Italian Robinson asked

Asked his views on the Roose-

discharged without a stain on his velt Administration's present sil Observers here declare the character. ver policy, Mr. Cromwell said that situation NORV

The Magistrate ngreed, and the charge this policy fixes the maximum dangerous.-United Press,

was Recordingly to be priev

paid for silver at

drawn. $1.29 par ounce.

is con- trary to the purpose of the sug

That

gested Gold Stabiliantion

Plan,

settlementa.

even

more

WON'T SERVE

Athens, July 21.

Greeks of military age are re-

THUNDER SHOWERS

Mr.

with-

the object of which is to stabi ported to be secretly leaving the

A weak anticyclone covers the lise the value of gold, not of sil

Fixing a price or ratio feralihn lalands in the Aegean Sea Pacific to the east and south-east silver in terms of gold is, anys because of a proclamation issuet | of Japan. The typhoon at 6 a.m. Mr. Cromwell, altogether without calling them to serve

ver.

justification.

THE CASE OF CHINA

Questioned na to his opinions

The Hongkong dollar was

Un-

changed this morning. Business rates were about 28, 1.5/80. sellers and 2. 1.11/16d. buyers. The market is very quiet, with little business passing.

un-

In London, spot silver was changed on Saturday, but the for- ward rate was down 1/16th. India and Chinn sold, white America bought, the market being steady, New York silver prices were......un- changed.

REDS ROUTED?

Shanghai, July 22. It is stated in reports from that Government

with the

was situated about 100 miles to the Italian Army in the African cast of North Formosa, moving colonies.Reuter Special.

W.N.W. or N.W. Another typhoon | Chungking. is situated about 200 miles to the troops have recaptured Welchow, south of Guam, moving W.N.W. 100 miles north-west of Chengtu Local forecast:- S. W. winds, and that the Red leader Hau moderate; cloudy, loen thunder Talang-chlen has been severely

wounded. Reuter. showers.

CORN PURCHASES

Sofia, July 21. on the possible harmful effects of

Italy has purchased 13,000 tons higher silver prices on China, Mr. of corn for her troops in Africa. Cromwell said: "The question of it is reported here.-Reuter Special. whether our silver purchasing

plan will hurt or help China seems

power

OUT

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

OF է.

ARE LIKE CHILDREN

CONSCIOUSNESS.—

Four cases of Typhold (one im- ported) were reported to the local Ilealth authorities on Friday.

The P. and O. Ilner Ranchi in due here from Singapore with the Eng- lish mails at noon on Wednesday,

The second recital by Mr. Arthur Rubinstein, famous pianist, at the Hongkong Hotel, has been postponed to Monday, July 29.

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4.45 p.m.

5 p.m. Foth Maste

2.30 pm New in Engllah.

4.14 p.m. Tentral Talk.

p.m. Pinne Music.

4.45 p.m. News In German. 7 p.m.

Concert of Light Musle, p.m. News In Engfish.

a.15 p.m. Clone dawns DJB, DIN (Germ..

Engl.)

EAST ABIA, ZONE

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D1Q, DJ Announcement (Germ., Engl) German Folk Bong. Pro gramme Forecast (Germ. Engl.) 9.15 p.m. Hitler Youth Programmer Volk

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9.43 p.m. Nowa in English un DJQ and

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1 p.m. "When Love Commands." Operetta

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11.5 p..

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11.10 p.m. Current Eventa.

11.15 p.m. "Blebenburger Flatsen,” by 31er-

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12 a.m. How sweetly sound the violin

Good Night? 12.15 .m. News in English an D3Q and

in Dutch on Din. 12.30 am. Close down DJQ, DJD (Germ.

Fingl),

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

To-day's Broadcasting From Four Transmissions

The following wave-lengths and frequencion are aboureed by Daventry.

Prequency 6.030 k.. *.310 k.. #585 kc. 11.76 .. 21,883

Wavelength 49.59 metres 21.85 matron 3150 metres 25,53 mattres 23.36 miro

Call Kign

CRA

GAB

GBC

GSD

GBE

GAP

13,140 k..

GRO

GAR

17.790 k.. 21,470 k..

16.88 metras

CRI

GSJ

GAL

16,210, 21,510 *. 4.310 k..

19.12 metrow

13.97 metres. 18.60 TĪTIE 11.03 metres

49.10 metres

Transmission 5

(G.8.3. and GAO)

7 a.m. 1 Ben. The

Oreboten.

n.n.c. Empire

A

talk

by

7.4 .. 8ummertime at Home-No. 1.

The Casstryside."

A. G. Street.

Greenwich Time Rignal at 12 Midnight

A Reman Cathelic Service.

3.41 km. Weekly Nowelsiter and Sports

1.5. Close den.

Be

Transmission σ

to be of more importance to some Congress skill create « Central Americana that the question of Bank, owned by the Government, OUR DEEUS the economic survival of their but politically independent, which THAT ARE BORN TO US; THEY LIVE own country. Commodity prices by legislative mandate, shall issue AND ACT APART FROM OUR OWN WILL. in China will," he said, "fall in and maintain a supply of money NAY, CHILDREN MAY BE STRANGLED, ratio to the internal rise of sil-sufficient to guarantee full employ-T DEEDS NEVER; THEY HAVE AN ver, but it is difficult to see how ment at an equitable wage and INDESTRUCTIBLE LIFE BOTH IN AND this will seriously affect the price level, living standards of more than one "This can be accomplished by | George Eliot. out of a hundred Chinese. The the Central Bank issuing, through fact that the purchasing

routine Government expenditures. Warder T. Pile, residing at 7 East of his hidden savings may be

an amount of new money each quarters, Breezy Point, has reported doubled or trebled will not bring year equal to the increase in the to the police that between July 1 and suffering to the average Chinose." production of our nation's finish- July 14 some person stole from his

Referring to the complaints ed goods. So long as

private dressing table two rings, valued at The forthcoming wedding is_ah=;

by $200, a pair of goki cuff links, valued nounced between Mr. Ernest Robert raised by foreign capitalists in banks Increase production

nt $30, a watch valued at $80 and Tinkham, entomologist, Lingnam Shanghai against high silver creating new money and are then three opal stones, valued $10, to the University, Canton, and Virginia prices, Mr. Cromwell said: estopped by gold Insufficiency total value of $320.

Francis Dunn, en route to the Colony the world in to gain the benefits from furnishing the additional

by the C.P.S. Empress of Canada. of the great increase of trade and money required to purchase the

The Japanese cruiser Tatsule, commerce guaranteed by a stable new production thus created, just fagship of Rear Admiral Shosuke Messrs.. Benjamin and Potts re- international monotary yardstick, so long must our modern economy Shimomura, commander-in-Chief of ceived the following welling and buy. those nations or persona who have endure these man-made cycles of the 6th. Destroyer Flotilla, left for ing rates from thoir Manila agents

Hainan this afternoon at 3 p.m. with temporarily profited through deprosperity and depression,"

this morningi-Benguet Congels., "the Admiral on board. During the 12.20, 12.10; Artamaks 78, The Sound Money League," preciated money must go through

254, 24: Gold the pains of readjustment in said Mr. Cromwell, "Is opposed to week-end, Admiral Shimomura visited, Baguio Golds order to participate in the more the Central Bank competing with Macao-on the river gunboat Saga, Rivers 4, 1. lasting good. This is inevitable, | private or commercial banks, returning to Hongkong this morning.

While out, swimming at Big Wave which should continue to 'ronder and there is no way to avoid it."

Observed to put his hand into the Bay yesterday Mr. 1. A. Edwards, of Mr. Cromwell added that he to the nation their Indispensable did not desire at the moment to services of exchanging the people's pocket of a man named Lam Piu at No. 65D-Wong Nei Chong Road, was

Bonham Strand Weat by a

district comment further

the victim of a thief, who stole a Chinese cheques and cashing and loaning watchman, L Fak, aged 49, unein watch, money, and a pair of spectacles, objections to higher silver prices, their savings.

ployed, was arrested on Saturday and to the value of $92, from the pocket but he hoped when in Nanking to

Mr. and Mrs. Cromwell are at charged before Mr: Macfadyen at of his shirt which was left hanging. discuss the matter with leading present staying at the Repulse the Central Magistracy this morning on a tree. members of the Chinese Govern delighted with the beauties of plainant of a small mirror resembling Bay Hotel, and both are greatly with theft from the pocket of com-

Chan Chin, aged 18, unemployed, Hongkong, which, they say, Is the Hongkong silver dollar. Sentenco 'SOUND MONEY LEAGUE most attractive centre they have of six weeks' hard labour was passed. appeared before Mr. Macfadyen at the Central Magistracy this morning yet visited in the course of their Sub-Inspector Walsh prosecuted.

charged with the theft of a metal Regarding the Sound Money extended honeymoon tour. They A total of 12 weeks' hard labour wrist watch from the counter of 17, League, Mr. Cromwell stated that plan to leave for Canton on this is a non-partisan organisation Wednesday, and to fly from there waployed, when he appeared before was Yuen Chik-tsang. Inspector A was passed on Chan Kal, 24, un-1 Queen's Road West, The complainant which proposes to hasten the end to Shanghai, lator visiting Poiping. Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon W. Smith stated that yesterday, tho of the present depression, to relieve On Saturday night, Mr. and Mrs. Magistrohe theft of a pair

So defendant went into the shop and ask- this morning and pleaded unemployment, to restore values Cromwell wore entertained in-guilty to

of buffalo

to be shown some watches. The 0.8.B. 12.1 zm.)

10 p.m. Big Ben, "Remale Cornero-No. 1,70 and to fight both inflation and de- formally to a Chinese dinner at horns and to the theft of a silk jacket complainant showed him a tray con- flation. The League demands that the Roof Garden of the Hongkong from lighter No.

Hard Lab 34, Congress exercise Its constitutional Hotel by the United Prose, Those duty to issue and regulate the value present. In addition to the guests pleaded guilty to receiving the horns, blows police whistle, and had defen of money, a duty heretofore left to of honour, were Mr. Harold Guard, First defendant stated that he stole cant arrested. It was proved that do the decretion of the provately-Mr. and Mrs Alfred Hicks, Mr. the horns from a Japanese ship at „owned Federal Reserve System

and Mrs. D. M. Biggar, Miss Mary Kowloon godowns and handed them fundant had a previous conviction in To ensure theme ende," said Mr. Knight, and Mrs. Mary Wong, to second accused. Detective-86-June last. Sentence of six weeks' Cromwell," "the League urges that daughter of Sir Robert Ho Tung, geant Davies prosecuted.

'hard labour, was imposed.

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20 watches, and defendant

One month'A SIZ be ran out of the shop.

up one, After pretending to

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stroet coolle, when he

He was seen by complainant, who

11 m. Big Ben. А Памел Catholic

Bervice. Cromwich Time Bignal at 3.30 0.1. 11.4% a.m. Workly Nowalsiter and Sparta

13.8 p.m. Close down.

Stadfe

Transmission 2

The Bentlich 7 p.m. Big Ban

Orchestra. 7.30 5.m." laydn Heard 'and his Dané.

Greenwich Tiwa flamulat 12 Neam 8.15 pm. The U.D.C. Midland Orchestru.

.. The News, - 8.15 p.m. Artbue Ballebory and his Or

chestra. 1.43 pm. Closs down.

Transmission 31

(G.8., 10-11,45 p.m.1 G.B.E. 10 pm-1 mm,{

10.15 p.. Raya! Muole. Harry Dywa

(Pine). The B.D.C. Northern Ireland Orekasten.

11 p.m. The. Hungaria Clipsy Band.

p.m. Dallas Canceri, Ellen Filchar (Centralie) and Ernest Hargrvaros

· 11.4

12.15 .m. The J. II. Bewire Coleste Detek.

· Lesnart Gawings (Tuso).

* from wallTimo Signal at 430 p.m. --

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