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LITTLE HOPE OF

SETTLEMENT

DELEGATES DESPAIR

OF AFRICA PEACE ·

BRITAIN WILL GUARD HER INTERESTS

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinancs,

Received, July 31, 8 dm.

Geneva, July 80.

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 Abyssinia.

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

It is considered significant that the delegates' main hope, is the postponing of the collapse of negotiations rather than the solving of the problem.

on

A United Press staff corres pondent, Edward Beattle, 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 Europeen reverses in Africa the native tribes might get the idea of attacking the whites every where," said a French ometal. That was the reason for the pre cautions at Djibouti, sukan u

that It is reliably learned

past five months of during the preparation for an African cam- paign, the Italian Government has sent 179 ships through the Suez Canal carrying 179,000 troops, civilians and

United Press. ***

BRITISH

OFFICERS VOLUNTEER

WILL FIGHT FOR

ABYSSINIA

ORGANISE AT CAPETOWN

Capetown, July 30. The Emperor of Abyssinia has war supplies.--cabled asking for the urgent despatch of the British white men PROTECTING INTERESTS who are being recruited here as Paris, July 30, officers for the Abyssinian Army, "Semi-official "Egyptian-sources-Arrangements- have been made the enlisted state that the British Government to equip and rush is prepared to send troops into officers by air to Addis Ababa at Abyssinia to protect British in-an estimated cost of terests and British nationals there, man, and particularly the Lake Tsana

offensive.

£200

per

Meanwhile a fast effort seems

region, in the event of an Italian to be being made to win Abyssinia The Lake is the headwaters of away from her determination to the Blue Nile and is vital to the defend her independence. A pro- Sudan posal has been made in Addis irrigation of the

Ababa to the Emperor, from un- United Prezz.

disclosed Rources, suggesting a Leaguo mandate in Abyssinia, without political powers, but special economic concessions for Italy on the understanding that

NEAR AGREEMENT

Paris, July 30. As a result of what is described as "a distinctly useful" hour's talk between Bir. Anthony Eden and M. Piore Laval, in which they discussed all aides and angles of the Abyssinia dispute, it is learned that the Anglo-French standpoints are much nearer than

three weeks they were Reuter.

ago

Grumbling Colonists

Are Warned

STERN MEASURES IN ERITREA

ITALY'S WORRIES

I to "Telegraph”) (Spesial

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

Was

Abyssinia will be safeguarded from foreign aggression.

The Emperor morely acknow- ledged the proposal. But he told an interviewer that he did not

to the object

of principle European

influence, provided economic, It remained purely Abyssinians preferred to prosper under European guidance than to remain poor with Independence.

completo

establish The proposal to League mandate in Abyssinia la supported by Sir Hesketh Bell, the British expert on colonial con. stitutions. In a letter to the Timos he suggests that the League of Nations should declare a pro- visional mandate in Abyssinia under which the legitimato com- plaints and rights of Italy should be satisfied.Reuter.

VOLUNTEER AIRMEN

Paris, July 80 Harold Du Berrier, the stunt filer, is organising a number of American aviators into a fighting unit to assist the Ethiopian forces in action against the Italians. United Press.

BOMBER GROUNDED

London, July 30, An order has been issued and

The Exchange Telegraph service spread throughout Eritrea and Italian Somaliland, and threatens reports, from Bucharest that a Immediate repatriation, to all who gigantic German bombing.plane complain against the colonial re had temporarily been grounded there owing to engine trouble, Meanwhile the High Commis It later flow on to Istanbul, ap- sioner of Eritrea, Signor De-Boho,parently en route to. Addis Ababa.

has established a special tribunal In Eritrea and has fasted a state- ment declaring that there is no Lopestion of sh Italian occupation of African territory in order to

te thaland from the na Italians were being mo the colony for their

United Press,

WANT NO MANDATE Galopécial to "Talagraph”)

Rome, July 30. Et Polvereli, „in: ar

that Abyssinia'

to

卅月七英浩律

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1935.

日二月七

AMERICA

The Suez Canal, where scores of Italian transports pass on their way to the Somaliland ports, may be closed to Italian warships in the aven of war in Africa, it has been

rumoured. This is the entrance to the Canal, showing the Status of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer, who built the waterway.

Sir Robert

Ho Tung's

Soldier Son

GRADUATES AT U.S. COLLEGE

RETURNING TO COLONY News has just been received from America that Major Shai- lai Ho, younger

of Bir Robert Ho Tung, bas graduated from the famous American Staft College, the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth,

Kansas, USA.

Bon

Major Ho has had a very exten- alve military education. After receiving his early education at Queen's College, he went to the Royal Military Academy at Wool- wich for a couple of years; after that be completed a tank course at the Artillery School for officers at Larkhill. On his graduation,

TREADS WARILY

FEARS POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS

DISCREET SILENCE

(Special to "Tulagraph")

Washington, July 30. The Administration is doing its utmost to avold political reversos: due to religious disputes abroad, the United Press Washington cor- respondent learned to-day.

There are 4,000,000 Jews in the country, 20,000,000 Roman Catho lics and probably 2,000,000. pro- Nazis, all of whom might easily be offended the United States officially expressed any opinion with respect to the and anti-Catholic' demonstrations In Germany, or the alleged perse- cution of these groups by Nazis.

Picture shows gold from Faris ber far unloaded from a plane at the Croydon aerodrome during the recent

French financial crisis.

anti-Jewish Continued

Help For

Industry

America must walk carefully in the italo-Abyssinian dispute, for if she takes sides against Italy the Administration will incur the enmity of 3,000,000 pro-Italians and if she does not show sympathy for Abyssinia who will offend the 11,000,000 negro voters of the Union. All of these elements exert immense political pressure. Their feelings cannot be ignored.

ORIENTAL PROBLEM Then there is the constant prob- lem of the Orental farmers in the West Coare country.

The Administration is frankly with problems of perplexed statecraft abroad, and political judgment at home; but thus far President Roosevelt and Mr. Cor. dell Hull, the Secretary of State, have avoided trouble by maintain ing a discreet allence.-United

Press.

DR. BROCK KILLED IN

Mujar Ho returned to Hongkong AIR CRASH

for a short while In 1928. Then in the same year he went on to another celebrated military school -one founded by Napoleon-the Ecole d'Application d'Artillerie Fontainebleau, where three nt years were spent.

On the completion of his course in France. Major Ho returned to the Far East and was for a while with Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang. Then, in order to widen his mili- tary knowledge, Major Ho decided to concentrate on staff work and in 1932 went to Fort Leavenworth, U.S.A., from which he has just graduated.

WHIP OF HUNT

NOTED CANADIAN GEOLOGIST

FORMERLY IN HONGKONG

•

་

Vancouver, July 31. Dr. Reginald Walter Brock, the eminent geologist and Chairman of the Harbour Commission, has been killed in an aeroplane crash on Alta Lake.

SUBSIDY FOR BEET SUGAR PRODUCER

PARLEY WITH DOMINIONS?

(Special to "Telegraph”). (By Theprash, Copyright. Telegraphia Ordinaneta 1884. Reseleod," "July

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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 Eliot, Minister for Agriculture, in the House of Com- mons to-day. Lord De Is Warr made

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.

An independent sugar commis sion will be appointed to execute the Government policy. Beet Bugar factories will be amalgamat- 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

augar.

Meanwhile the Government pro- poses to invite the Governments of the sugar exporting dominions and colonics

the to examine possibility of joint endeavour to reopen the International negotia- tions with respect to sugar pro- duction and marketing.-Reuter.

LIMITS SET

-London, July 30.,

In the House of Commons to-

Mr. Walter Elliott, announced the to day, the Minister of Agriculture, decision of the Government as the future of the sugar beet industry The Government had concluded it was desirable, on agricultural grounds, to continue

BINGIN DOFT 16 CENTE 22.10 PER ANNUM

DUNLOP FORT

This new tyre men. Ex the a omdat runs para duted by marised car eflicten A

90

BRITAIN MINING HER PETROL

BIRTH OF PROMISING INDUSTRY

ALREADY GIVES WORK TO THOUSANDS

1803.

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH”)

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Massages Ordinance,

Received, July 31, 8.18a.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.

T

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

GERMAN PROTEST

TO U.S.

STRONG, NOTE TO WASHINGTON

INSULT TO FLAG

(Special to "Telegraph")

to distributors bad. Delivery commenced on April 9, said the. Minister, and 6,000,000 gallons) had already been marketed.

The petrol is of the first grade of quality and requires no further. blending or treatment of any sort argi it is anticipated that opera tions on a full scale, which will produca 46,000,000 gallons ́an- nually, will be attained within a few months, he said.

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

FURTHER DETAILS

London, July 80. The Secretary for Mines," Cap—" tain Crookshank, in a. ParliamenTM tary answer, furnished an in-s teresting statement by Imperiali Chemical Industries, Ltd, show- ing the prograss which has been made in the extraction of oil from coal at Hts Billingham works. Production began on February this year and since that date total quantity of seven which three Communista boarded half million gallons of petrol has the giant German liner Bremon in been manufactured. New York harbour and tore down to distributors commenced in and destroyed the swastika dag. April, and six million gallons have

been marketed to date.

Washington, July 30. The German charge d'affaires, Herr Rudolf Leitner, delivered to the State Department to-day Ger many's protest over last week's

incident on the waterfront,

in

The State Department Indicated that the protest would not be made- pubilc owing to the vigorous language used by the German Goy ernment and because of fear of arousing fealing.

However, it is understood that Germany is not demanding an

and a

Deliveries

The petrol is taken over by the oil companies to specification of their first grade marketed spirit. and needs no further blending of treatment. The coal required. when the plant is in full operation: will, including that required for the treatment of creosote and low, temperature tar, amount to well over half a million tone, represent The German Government has ing employment for about 1,950 formally protested to the United miners. The number of person States, against the demonstrations now employed on the plant which occurred in New York on about a thousand, and employs Saturday prior to the sailing of ment in secondary industries will.

be found for a considerable num the German liner Bremen.

ppology.--United Press.

Washington, July 31.

A thousand Communiets, it willber of people-British Wireless, be recalled, clashed with the police when making a demonstration in the course of which three men reached the bow of the Bremen and ripped the German flag from the pole, throwing it into the Hudson River.

Major Ho was raised to the The pilot of the machine was also rank of Major in 1981 and though killed, while Mr. David Sloan, he is primarily an artillery officer, manager of the Pioneer Times, was yet his able horesmanship and seriously injured.

The late Dr. Brock was Dean of his popularity with the American officers at Fort Leavenworth re-the College of Applied Science, Uni- sulted in his being elected to the versity of British Columbia, Van- Whip of the Ofcors' Hunt--one couver, and has held numerous posts of the coveted honours of the in leading geological institutions in to assist the industry without. School.

various parts of the world. He was any limitation of period, but It Major Ho has travelled exten-formerly Director of the Geological was necessary to set a limit to sively in Europe, America and Survey of Canada and in 1914 the volume of directly-assisted

It is understood that in its pro- China. His knowledge of military was Deputy Minister of Mines in production. The limit would be

test the German Government does tactics is of the latest and he the Canadian Government.

the equivalent of 560,000 tons of In 1926-27 and in 1932.22 he white sugar-the estimated pro- not demand an apology for the returns to the Far East with the

incident, for which regret has al- which undertook special geological surveys | duce of 1985. best military education

An independent Sugar Commiss-ready been expressed, but the Note England, France and America for the Hongkong Government.-

lon would be entrusted with such have to give..

powers in relation to the sugar beet industry as might be necessary ment's policy. It has been decld- ed to adopt the recommendations of the Committee of Enquiry that the beet sugar factory companies should be amalgamated in a single. corporation.

Major Ho is expected to return to Hongkong in about September. He is at the moment visiting Shanghai and renewing old friend-

ships.

Router.

requests the State Department to do its utmost to ensure the pro- secution and punishment of thōse

S'HAI EXCHANGE for the carrying out of the Govern- responsible-Reuter.

MARKET

STEADY AT CLOSE OF MORNING

THE ALHAMBRA EQUIPMENT

SOLD BY AUCTION TO-DAY

PROSPERITY TAXES

AMERICA EXPECTS. BIG REVENUE

(#pecial to "Telegraph”)--

"Washington, July 80%

The Ways and Means Committ to-day reported favourably on "Tax the Wealthy" BIH. ST Speaker of the House of Represe tatives to-day said that the would probably be taken up. Wednesday and Thursday,

whio ancient In civilisation

The Bill remains wide open. Abyssinia is ancient in barbarism."

amendment The Houset hope, Questioned regarding the pro-

FINANCIAL ASPECT

to pass the Bill by next Satur tectorate scheme advanced by some

so that it will reach thei The financial arrangemente pro- quarters, Italian officials do not

Shanghai, July 81.

House about August-204- consider that League of Nations control in Abyssinia would settle The foreign axahange market is posed were based on the assump

Mr. Lay Yum-sang this morning The schedules of the im the problems which have arisen be steady this morning There Is a tion that as from April 1, 1986, tween that country and Italy and strong feeling apparent that yester- there i would be a trabeltional

porlod of not more than five years. acquired the motion pictura equipe provide for the yield of $110.00 would not prevent their arising day's decline was overdone, again...200

***The market continued steady at During this period, assistancement and machinery of the Hong-000, from inheritance URUGUAY

Alhambra Theatre, for $1,000. corporation taxes. $15,000 The article points out that Signor 10.35 m There are indications would be given upon a diminishing kong Amusements Ltd. at the excess profite tax $100.000% Mussolini recently declared that that speculator are preparing to scale, based upon certain standard protectorate administered by any gul out of the market: US dollars levels for the world price of sugar. The equipment and machinery were personal incomes $50,000,00

Lammert Bros. auction rooms, and córporations with ner of group of pawers 87-11/10 Bterling: 1/6-8/18, Gold Bubsequently, the basic rate of offered in one lot at Messrs. Personal Incomes abov“.

It has already been advertised above $15,000, or more than Bars 8890.80, 400, an assistance would be subject to re- Point-of-view in that The closing rates werd U. S. view at triennial intervals. · For:

United Pro38) dollars 87-15/16, Sterling 1/6-3/8, the purpose of its immediate sugar that a new syndicate will re-opeix per cent pronta,

the Theatre on Saturday, (Continued on Page 7) cial Gold Bare #882.00, United Press,