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IN
Sir James M. Barrie's
HONGKONG
SILVER SENATORS
ANSWERED:
(Continued from Pape. 1.)
In connection with urgent leginia-
tion
United Prous, V
THE OTHER SIDE.
ELEGRAPH SATURDAY:
HUPEH'S FLOODS
1985.
BRITAIN HAS FIVE YEAR PLAN
(Continued from Page 1.) "long tarliT club" among the
WBETORSE THAN 1931 nations.
New York, July 26.||
VISITATION
A New York Trust Company] bulletin to-day chargos that the United States silver policy, has harmed world trade' and Incrdaaed; the possibilities of inflation. Pos- ribly, says this authority, the Administration is paving the way Bide by side with enormous for departure from "the gold
standard. de
An artificial price structure been created and it might Japse, the bulletin says.
PEACE IDEALS
In agriculture, encouragement should be given to forms of pro duction for which the country is DROUGHT AND
spocially suited, particularly milk, FLOOD
eggs, fruits, and vegetables.
Educational proposals include Nanking, July 27. the raising of the school ago.
As regards the organisation of j areas which Bro completely peace, the programme favours uc- inundated by the flood waters of captance of International super- had northern rivers, there are districts vision of armaments, co-operation colin Hupeh suffering from prolong- in restraining violation of the dia-
ed drought.
Armament convention, and inter-
The Administration may prove to have been ill-advised entirely, as it was in its earlier view that its silver polley would benefit China-United Press,
།
near
The present floods in Hupeh nationalisation of civil aviation. are more serious than the catas- The publication of the pro- trophe of 1981, doclared Mr. Kao gramme has no political significa Yi-han, member of the Control ance, the object of the signatories Yuan, on his return from a trip being educational and Ita
coincidence Into the Yangtse Valley.
with Mr. Lloyd He stated that 49 of the pro-Georgo's new deal proposals is vince's 70 district wore com- understood to be necidental, pletely inundated, while a few of though many details are common the districts which escaped the to both plans,
drought.
WOMAN CHARGED
ALLEGED THEFT OF CLOTH- ING THROUGH A BUSE
flood are at present juffering from Commenting on the programme In a leading article the Times the witnesse Allegations that
It Was officially 'announced Į says it is "symptomatic of the were taught by a Chiness detective
two what to say in Court, were made by earlier that 7,000,000 refugees movement of thought in
from narrow Lam Sap, aged 40, widow, when she were clamouring for help in Hupeh directions-away was brought before Mr. Macfadyen and that the loss of life in the party grooves and towards a sense at the Central Magistracy yesterday floods ran into thousands. Famine (of nationhood, which recognises afternoon on a charge of larceny and postilence are inevitable. The social welfare as an increasing
of clothing, belonging authorities An-am, nged 20, singie Woman effort to relieve the situation.vinen politicans to attend to the are bending every obligation of the State" and ad-
Mak residing at 6 Fat
Sana Reuter. Baldwin sp.
Dotective Street.
for the peared
and stated that on the evening of July 23 defendant became aquainted with an old woman cigarette hawker named Chan YI! She told Chan Yị that she was look-
for someone to fill a vacancy in the house of her employer. Chan] YI then
then took defendant to woman, named Lo. So, who was well-known as an employment agent. About 7 p.m. Lo So brought defendant to
FEAR OF AFRICA CLASH TEMPORARILY REMOVED
(Continued from Page ti
intrant's house where they wore a crowd of over 100,000, has now i
Defendant told complainant
there was a job across the harbour, enormous forces
attitude of mind more than to the actual proposals, British Wire- lens..
KWEICHOW CURRENCY
DEPRECIATION CAUSES HEAVY LOCAL, LOSS
Canton, July 26. The financial state of the Kwol-
been reduced to six Caribineers. that It is noteworthy that while the
Kuarded the chow government is in some con- and asked her if she would like to Japanese Embassy and the fusion owing to the heavy de- All it. Complainant agreed, and Abyssinian - Legation yesterday, preciation of the provincial bank- no notes Issued by the former gov-
under the Pernment
General Wang and Chla-lich. For years Kweichow
faced internal war their his
and Communist bandit disturbances, which drained the resources of the government.
after packing several ploces of
the excited crowd showed clothing left the house with de-i fendant. Lo So
was left in the signs of hostility towards complainant' foreign diplomatic centres with
in attempted no move
подко aunt.
house talking
a
As they were proceeding along direction,--Reuter. Hollywood Road defendant inquired
COUNCIL CALLED
to whether complainant had brought with her a toothbrush and
London, July 26, When General Wang Chin-leh towel. Complainant replied that
It is announced from Geneva was dismissed by General Chiang she had forgotten. to do so in her
some weeks ago the hurry, and was told to return to the that the President of the League Kal-shok house for the articles.
Council, M. Maxim Litvinoff, has Kwelchow government banknotea Complainant wa reluctant to convpked a special meeting of the depreciated to 25 cents par dollar. leave her property
property with defendant, Council in connection with the Italo- Holders of the $1,000,000 worth; but was eventually persuaded to do Abyssinian dispute.
of provincial banknotes therefore so. She went home, leaving de- fendant with her things in the street. When she returned to the spot, fendant and the property had
A report was made Next day about 8 p.m. a Chinese
carrying'
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The notice proposes that a meet-jsuffered a tremendous loss. When Ing be held on Wednesday or General Chiang Kai-shek enterod Thursday of next week. It is un- Kwaiyang" recently and took over derstood in London that the British the provincial government, Government favours a meeting on ordered merchants to accept, bank- Wednesday.
nutes, including those of other The Council will be apprised of provinces, brought into Kwelchow
"THE LITTLE detective, daw, a woman caption developments since its meeting in by the Nanking soldiers, at par
MINISTER"
with
JOHN BEAL
tailled with that in the police report, May, including reports on the ad- value, as a means of restoring the Immediately went with Lo So to Journment, without agreement, of value of the Kwalchow notes. Wanchal where defendant was found the Conciliation Commission set up and Identified. The clothing was under the Italo-Abyssinian treaty troops circulated in Kweichow It is estimated that Nanking valued at about $10 and has not boen of 1928, time limfts for the pro- $8,000,000 recovered.
worth of banknotes was taken, and defendant ceedings of which were provided issued by provincial banks in in her Hes the evidence of the witnesses, and notes received in the last few days Kwelchow. Faced with financial ALAN HALE ald they were told what to say by by the League Secretariat from the chaos the Kwelyang Chamber of the detective, who had a grudge Ethiopian and Italian Governments. Commerce and other commercial against ber and had falsely arrested
The Minister for League of Na-bodies have and acensed her.
tions Affairs, Mr. Anthony Eden, la General Chiang Kai-shek against now protested to She declared that she did not expected to attend the council as the entry of depreciated notes know the witnesses, and that they the British representative.-British from other provinces, could
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ere identify her in the presence Wireless.
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This was refuted by the Sergeant,
after which his Worship doelded to
adjourn the case until this morning
to enable defendant to call witnesses
she declared who had.
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The petitioners say that unless the Government gives adequate silver backing for all banknotes circulated the latter's depreciation will be impossible-Wah Kiu Yat
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