1935-07-31 — Page 1

Thongkong Telegraph.

FAR EAST MOTORS

26 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Telephone 59101.

FOUNDED · I981

No. 14441

號一卅月七英麻費

WEDNESDAY, JUL

日二初月七

·SINGLE DÖŞE

DUNLOP FORT 190

thermonucučiams pu

da, ed by increased

LITTLE HOPE OF

SETTLEMENT

DELEGATES DESPAIR OF AFRICA PEACE

1.

BRITAIN WILL GUARD HER INTERESTS

(By Teisproph. Copyright,' Telegraphic Mentages OrdinancD, 1894. Recored, July 31, 8 a.m.

Geneva, July 30.

Delegates are arriving here to-day prepared to make a despairing effort, when the League of Nations Council meets to-morrow, to avert a war between Italy and Abyssiniai --

It is rellably reported that Mr. Anthony Eden, the British. Minister for League of Nations affairs and Britain's chief delegate to the Council, has prepared demand that Italy promise to make no attack upon Abyssinia while negotiations are proceeding.

a

It is considered significant that the delegates' main

The Sue Canal," where scores of

Italian transporis pass on their way

to the Somaliland ports," 'may be closed to italian warships in the event of war in Africa, it has” bean

rumoured. This is the entrense to the Canal, showing the Status of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Freeb

engineer, who built the waterway.

hope is the postponing of the collapse of negotiations Grumbling

rather than the solving of the problem.

A United Press staff corres- pondent, Edward

Beattie,

ép route to Addis Ababa, arrived in Djibouti, French Somaliland, - to- day. He found the French troops there unloading artillery and barbed wire from trains which also brought fighting men to the city.

"In the event of continued European reverdon in Africa the native tribes might get the idea of attacking the whites every- where," said French omotal. That was the reason for the pre- cautions at Ejibouti. :-

BRITISH

OFFICERS

VOLUNTEER

WILL FIGHT FOR

ABYSSINIA

ORGANISE AT CAPETOWN

Colonists

Are Warned

STERN MEASURES IN ERITREA

(Special të "Telegraph")

Rome, July 80. A vigorous attack agafant “chat- terers" and "people who spread lies" WAS made to-day by General. Graziani, commander-in-chief of the Italian land forces in Africa.

An order has been issued, and spread throughout Eritrea and Italian Somaliland, and threatens immediate repatriation to all who complain against the colonial re gime.

It In reliably learned that during the past five months of preparation for an African Com- paign, the Italian Government has sent 179 ships through the

Capetown, July 80. Suez Canal carrying 179,000 troops; The Emperor of Abyssinia has civilians And war supplies cabled asking for the urgent -United-PreLE="

despatch of the British white men | SAPROTECTING INTERESTS

who are being recruited here as Meanwhile the High Commis- Paris, July 30.

officers for the Abyssinian Army, aloner of Eritrea, Signor De Bono, Bemi-official Egyptian sources Arrangements have been made has established a.special tribunal state that the British Government to equip and rush the enlisted in Eritrea, and has issued a state- is prepared to send troops into officers by air to Addis Ababa at ment declaring that there is no

£200 Abyssinia to protect British in-an. estimated cost of

question of an Italian occupation of terests and British nationale there, mai,

African territory in order to and particularly the Lake Tsana Meanwhile a last effort seeme take. the land from the region, in the event of an Italian to be being made to win Abyssinia tives. Italians were being sent to offensive.

away from her determination to develop the colony for the good of The Lake is the headwaters of defend her independence. A pro- all the Blue Nile and le vital to the posal has been made in Addis He has instituted a lottery in irrigation of the Sudan-Ababa to the Emperor, from un- which the best workers receive United Press.

disclosed sources, suggesting a prizes.--Renter Special. League mandate in

per

Abyssinia,

NEAR AGREEMENT

Paris, July 30. without political powers, but As a result of what is described specin) economic concessions for as a distinctly useful" hour's Italy on the understanding that safeguarded talk between Mr. Anthony Eden Abyssinia will be and M. Piere Laval, in which they from foreign aggression. discussed all sides and angles of The Emperor merely acknow. the Abyssinia dispute, It is ledged the proposal. But he told learned. that the Anglo-French an interviewer that ha did not standpoints are much nearer than object

the principle Di they were three

| ago. ~~~ | EuropeanTM influence,

provided it remained purely economic.. Abyssinians preferred to prosper under European guldance than to remain poor with

complete independence.

Reuter

weeks

COLIJN STILL

AT HELM

REFORMS HOLLAND'S

CABINET

The Hague, July 30,

to

The proposal to

Пан

New G.O.C.

Appointed

For China

а establish League mandate in Abyssinia Is Supported by Sir Hesketh Bell, the

colonial con-

MAJOR-GENERAL

A.W. BARTHOLOMEW

SPLENDID RECORD

British expert on

London, July 30, stitutions, in a letter to the The War Office announces that Times he suggests that the League Major-General Arthur Wollaston Dr. Colijn, who recently resigned of Nations should declare a pro Bartholomew, C... C.M.D., G., the Premiership, has succeeded in visional mandate in Abyssinia go, who has been Inspector of forming a new Cabinet on a broad under which the legitimate com- Royal Artillery at the War Office. basis, as requested by Queen plaints and rights of Italy should since 1933, has been appointed

be satisfied.-Router.

Wilhelmina.

The Cabinet Includes new Minis- tors belonging to the Catholic and Liberal Democratic Parties,

ment Reuter,Beij

WANT NO MANDATE (Special to "Telugraph").

Rome, July 30

General Officer Commanding the British Troops In China, in suc- cension to Lieutenant-General O. C Borrett. The appointment takes effect towards the end of the year20

"The Catholk Parliamentary!

The Fascist Polverelit, in an group has decided to support the

article (in the semi-official Popolo Major-General Batholomew, who now Government. S

It la expected that the Lower D'Italia, suggests that Abyssinia was born on May 5, 1878, was House will be asked to reconsider should fubil role similar to educated at Marlborough and at the Economie Bill, which led to Egypt's, which would be an hon Trinity College, Oxford. Ha en the downfall of the last Govern our for her, as Erypt is a land tered the Royal Artillery in 1900 ancient in civilisation while was promoted Captain in 1911, Later. Abyssinia' is ancient in harbarism." Major in 1914, Lieutenant-Colonel new: Cabinet comprises Dr. Questioned regarding the pro in 1927, Colonel In 1929, and who is Minister for Colonies tectorate scheme advanced by some Major-General in 1982.9 temporarily, Minister of Des quarters, Italian omials do not In the Great War, he was men Nur. A. C. D. de Graca, consider that 1 argue of Nations tioned in despatches six times, byssinia" would settle and received the C.M.G, the CB.E. Minister Dr. E. J. H. Control

which have arisen bo- and D.2.0, decorations in Bastad Minister of Justice; Dr. the pr

Wilde,Minister uthe JARED

ntry and Italy and He was appointed Instructor of woul

their arising the Senior Officers School at Dr. P. J. Oud, Mialatel C

Sheerness" In 1920-30, and co that Signor manded the Royal Artillery,

1980 to

Decker

|

European

Lost Off

Ferryboat

FRUITLESS SEARCH IN HARBOUR

ELUDES WOULD- BE RESCUERS

A distressing, tragedy occurred In the harbour shortly after mid- night, when Mr. Dave Wolff, of the Gloucester Hotel orchestra, jump- ad overboard, all efforts to save him proving in vain. The body has not yet been recovered.

Mr. Wolff was a passenger on the ferry launch which left Hong- kong at 12.15.m.; and when the boat had reached the middle of the harbour ho was seen to leave his seat suddenly, divest himself of his cost, climb over the railings, and leap into the harbour,

sensing Portuguese passenger, Mr. Wolf's intention, made efforts to drag him back, but these were without avail.

A

FRUITLESS EFFORTS

.2 Immediately the Incident oc- curred, the ferry-boat put back and searched the vicinity, and a fire- man named Cheung Hung jumped In after Mr. Wolf, but on getting within six feet of him Mr. Wolff sank. Later, other ferryboats and, acene, appeared on the with the aid of searchlights, the search was continued, but, without виссова, ..:

At first, the identity of the miss- man was unknown, but later it was established from the fact that in a grey striped tweed coat which he left on the ferry-boat there was found a wallet containing- eight visiting carda bearing Mr. Wolff's name, together with a receipt made out in Mr. Wold's favour. The wallet also contained visiting card bearing the name of Norval U. Norval, of the a.a. Brelviken.

NATURALISED BRITON

The late Mr. David James Wolff was born in Holland, of Jewish extraction, and was a naturalised British subject. He was 39 years: of age and leaves a widow and a small daughter. He was formerly in Shanghai and then went to Borneo from where he came to Hongkong three months ago. He organized the popular Gloucester

'coliist, Trio, boing the formerly lived in Kowloon Tong and only yesterday moved to a new residence in Hankow Road.

Picture shows gold from Parla ber Ing: unloaded from a plane at the Craydon aerodrome during the recent French Anancial crisis,

Continued

Help For

Industry

SUBSIDY FOR BEET. SUGAR PRODUCER

PARLEY WITH DOMINIONS?

(Sprain! to "Telegraph")

{By '-Telegraph, Cavyright. Telegraphie Sommara Ordinance, 1513. Kusninad, July

London, July 30,

The Government has decided to continue to assist the beet sugar industry for an unlimited period.

This announcement was made by Mr. Walter Elliot, Minister for Agriculture, in the House of Com- -mons to-day. Lord De la Warr made -a similar......announcement in the House of Lords during the after-

noon.

Production will be limited to 560,000 tons of white sugar which It is estimated the 1936 crop will produce.

BRITAIN MINING HER PETROL

BIRTH OF PROMISING INDUSTRY

ALREADY GIVES WORK TO THOUSANDS

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH").

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, July 31, 8.16.m.

London, July 30.

Seven and a half million gallons of petrol has been manufactured from British coal by the Imperial Chemical Industries since its hydro-genaton plant was put into operation on February 2,

This was the information given to the House of Commons to-day by the Secretary of Mines, Capt. H.F.C. Crookshank.

He was replying to a question as to the success of the Imperial Chemical Industries' experiments in the production of petrol from coal.

DANGEROUS

TAXATION OPPOSED

MINERS MIGHT: BE RUINED

SILVER BLOC TO ACT

(Special to "Telagraph")

Delivery to distributors had commenced on April 9 said the. Minister, and 6,000,000; gallona. had already been marketed.

The petrol te of the first grade. of quality and requires no further blanding or traaimant 'of any sort and it is anticipated that opera, tioht on a full scale, which will prodúce 45,000,000!: gatlans, ane nually, will be attained within few months, he said.

The new industry will employ about 2,000 miners and another 1,000 men in the plants, besides many others in the secondary in- dustries--Resler: Special!!

FURTHER DETAILS

ay, London, July 30.”. The Secretary for Minen.. Capë tala, Crookshank, in' a Parliämen".. tary="answer, "fornished gan fuses teresting statement by Imperial .. Chemical Industries, Ltd.,' show- Washington, July 30. Congressional delegates from the ing, the progress which has been mining states to-day started a has-made in the extraction of oil from tily planned fight against the pro-coal at its Billingham works. HeAn independent sugar commis-visions of President Roosevelt's Production began on February 7 sion will be appointed to execute Tax Bill which, they contend, would this year and since that date a the Government policy. Beet mean ruin for the Western gold and total quantity of seven, and a half million gallons of petrol has sagar factories will be amalgamat- sliver mines if enacted. ed into a single corporation before April of 1936.

Assistance will be given the industry on a diminishing scale, based upon the world's price of sugar.

When seen by a Telegraph repor ter this morning, the Manager of the Gloucester Hotel could throw no light on the tragedy. He stated that "Mr. Wolff left a lot of things addressed to his wife in the office on the ground floor."

STEAMERS PREPARED FOR GALE

TYPHOON ALARMS IN COLONY

SHIPS QUIT DOCKS

Early, risers this morning were surprised to see the NYK liner Chichibu Maru steaming up the harbour. The ship was scheduled to save Hongkong for America at midnight,

Actually the Chichibu Maru spent the night in Kowloon Bay, leaving Kowloon Wharf at 6 pm. yesterday.

i

The fight started through Re-been manufactured. Deliveries presentative James G. Scrugham,. to distributors commenced. In Democrat of Nevada, discovering April, and six million gallons have that under the present provisions boen marketed to date, LANDS The petrol is taken over by the of the BI, the Government, through the Excess Profits Tax, oil companies to specification be Meanwhile the Government pro- could seize a large percentage of their first grade marketed spirit, poses to invite the Governments the nett revenue obtained through and needs no further blending or

The coal required; of the sugar exporting dominions the development of any vein, poc treatment and colonies to examine the ket or placer deposit of gold or when the plant is in full operation

will, including that required for: possibility of joint endeavour to silver. reopen the International negotia. Representative Scrugham prompt the treatment of creosote and low tions with respect to sugar, pro-ly asked the Ways and Means Com-temperature tar, amount to well duction and marketing-Reuter. mittee to consider the question over half a million tons, represent- again prior to reporting on the ing employment for about 1,950 Bill to the House of Representa-miners. The number of persona tives.

now employed on the plant de

LIMITS SET

Hey! London, July 80. In the House of Commons te

He was, however, told that it was about a thousand, and employ

ment in secondary Industries will: day, the Minister of Agriculture, too late.

PROSPERITY TAXES

Mr. Walter Elliott, announced the He therefore called a conference be found for a considerable num- decision of the Government as to of the silver bloc in the House this ber of people-British Wireless the future of the sugar beet morning to formulate plans for amendments identical with those Industry. The Government had which were inserted In the Revenue concluded It was desirable, on Act of 1818.DADA agricultural grounds, to continues. On of these amendmente exempta to assist the industry without from Excess Profits Tax that pár- any limitation of period, but I tion of any mining corporation's was necessary to set limit to income which is derived from the the volume of directly-assisted mining of gold or silver,—United production. The limit would be the equivalent of 550,000 tons of white sugar-the cetimated · pro- duce of 1985. ···

An independent Sugar Commlas ion would be entrusted with such powers In relation to the sugar beet Industry as might be necessary for the carrying out of the Govern ment's policy. It has been decid This morning Captain Yed to adopt the recommendations of the Committee of Enquiry that Arakida stated that he would have proferred, to leave Hongkong al the beet sugar factory companies together, yesterday evening and should be amalgamated in a single meet the possible typhoon in the corporation, s

y open sea or more probably go round it. It was impossible to get

CEANCIAL ASPECTS

the passengers aboard – in such → The inancial arrani short notice, however, and he was forced to return. This morning posed were based on

tion that Ad from Apr the ship barthed again at Kowloon

there would as it was consider

period of not more tha verilent to, tako.

Duthig

WOULD

ATTACKING TAXATION

BIG PACKERS START

ACTIONS

Chicago, July. 80. Sixteen big packers, including the powerful and rich Swift and Armour corporations, have fled sults attacking the validity of the processing tax on pork products.

On the other hand, the Texas Agricultural Association intende to file suit to test the Constitu tionality of the protect admitting that the acti taliation to the sixila filte

Cturers against

ing taxes. Association content

AMERICA EXPECTS

·BIG" REVENUE

(Sporlát in Talagraph"

Washington, July 30, ~The Wayn and Means Committee to-day reported favourably, on the "Tax__"^"the Wealthy"", "BILAT

· Speaker of the House of Represaj tatives to-day sa that the B would probably be taki

be: Bill Tem