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二拜禮 號四月九英港香 TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER`· 24,

1935.

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BRITAIN FEARS "ZERO HOUR” NEAR AT HAND

PEACE-MAKERS

DESPAIR

ITALY BLOCKS ALL OVERTURES

"DEVASTATING" ANSWER

TO LEAGUE PLAN

Zero hour approaches.

London, Sept. 24.

The cessation of the rains in Ethiopia, coinciding

Britain has just issued an explanatory statement regarding the movement of warships in the Mediterranean. Picture shows vessels of the Mediterranean Fleet in the Grand Harbour at Malta, with HIM.S. Queen Elizabeth, the flagship, in the foreground. ·

with the Italians' attitude, which has forced the dogged MOSUL OIL

Committee of Five to abandon its task of negotiating peace, forces this conclusion upon observers in Britain.

It is at présent impossible to ascertain whether Sir Eric Drummond's conversation with Signor Mussolini, on behalf of Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Foreign Minister, portends a last attempt to reorientate the dis- pute, or whether, as suggested in some quarters, Sir Eric's conversation with II Duce was merely for the purpose of reiterating the assurance of His Majesty's Government that British naval activity in the Mediter ranean did not imply aggressive intentions against Italy.

CONTROL RETAINED.

COMPANY REMAINS

BRITISH

NOT SOLD TO ITALIANS

London, Sept. 23. It is, learned that statements re- warding the control of the Mosul Development Company, which ru- mour said had passed into the hands

VAST SUM

PLOTTERS

FOR AFRICA ROB AGED· · CAMPAIGN BENEFACTOR

ITALy's ́staggering OBTAIN THOUSANDS

FROM WIDOW. "WAR" VOTE

COASTAL DEFENCE

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Rome, Sept. 23. Additional expenditure of 2,500,- 000,000 lire for the, East Africa decree issued to-day.

SEVERE SENTENCES

London, Sept. 23.

It is known, however, that the Committee of Five has abandoned its mission after a period of perplexity, Oilfields Limited and the British Oil campaign is announced in a Royal petrated on an 84-year-old widow in which it endeavoured to discover whether Baron Aloisi's verbal statement that Italy would not accept the League's compromise was official and final.

It is reported that Baron Aloisi'a objections were "so devestating" that MrAnthony Eden, the British spokesman at Geneva and representative on the Committee of Five, was reluctant to belleve they were official. Upon learning that they were indeed oflleial, the Com-. mittee of Five despaired.

CABINET GATHERS

The British Cabinet to-day holds Its first full meeting since August 22, following th break-down of the three party conversations In Paris at which a solution of the. Italo- Ethiopian deadlock was sought.

An editorial in The Times deal- ing with this event says:

OLD GOLD

A huge, callous fraud per- was revealed in the course of a The money, which will have to be seven-day trial which has just The defendants, Thomas Impey, of Italian Interests carly in Septem- found during the 1985-36 financial concluded at the Old Bailey.

year, includes 1,000,000,000 lire for ber, are without foundation.

two the Miniatry of Colonies, 1,060,000,- aged 35, Mrs. Lilian Burton, 48, The resignations of the

com-000 lire for the War Ministry, and Richard Rogers, 35, were British directors of these panies, reported on September 16, 150,000,000 lire for the Ministry found guilty and sentenced to Impey was given five years' penal dates back to May, and is in no way of Marine, and 300,000,000 lire for varying terms of imprisonment, dus to the supposed nequisition of the Air Ministry.

Another decree provides for the servitude, Mrs. Burton four years' expenditure of 12,000,000 lire for penal servitude, and Rogers twelvo stock in these concerns.

It is also learned that negotiations "extraordinary and urgent public months' imprisonment.

This sum, it is rumoured, between the Mosul Oilfields Limited worics."

STANDARD control by Italy of the bulk of the

DANGERS

and the Iraq Government for the is for coastal defences-Reuter, construction of a railway connec ting the company's oilfields with the

PRICE SHOULD NOT Mediterranean coast, financing for

BE FIXED

NOTABLES ADDRESSED

"It would have been better had the League Covenant never been attempted rather than that it should now be permitted to fail. It is beyond conception that the realities for which the peace-makers | are striving, whether by concilia- tion or determination not to con done an offence against the law, Mining Congress here to-day, Mr. should be sacrificed to search for Frank Gannet, one of America's i the easiest and cheapest way out of leading publishers said: the diMculty.

(Special to "Telegraph")

Chicago, Sept. 23. In a speech to the American

which has already been arranged, are now well advanced. The com- pany has adopted this method of transport as it has been found even more economical than a pipe-llnc.

The company recently brought in a single well which it is estimated will give an output of at least 1,000,- 000 tons of oil per year.--Reuter,

China Asks For Aid

"Europe offers concrete proof APPEAL TO LEAGUE

that the old gold standard does not work and causes deflation and de-

"It is those who are suffering

OF NATIONS

Louisiana Scramble

POLITICIANS FIGHT FOR POWER

RECOURSE TO VIOLENCE

The prosecution alleged that de

fendants defrauded Mrs. Harriet Eyre-Williams, of £34,000. Mrs. Wiliams, who was always interest- ed in ex-officers, met Impey in 1925 and accommodated. him in her house for two years. In 1929, he returned and told her he wanted to marry Mrs. Burton, who was divorcing her husband, and who was alleged to be worth £7,000,000, which sum was held in trust.

years.

STRONG SUPPORT OF COVENANT

TALKS WITH ALOISI BEAR NO FRUITS

LAVAL FIRMLY DEFENDS LEAGUE PRINCIPLES

Geneva, Sept. 23. The failure of the efforts of the Committee of Five now lead to the most delicate and difficult situation for the League of Nations' peacemakers, who, in effect, will have only two alternatives-to sink their principles and allow Italy to have her way, or to uphold the Covenant and let Italy walk out of the League.

The choice is not easy; but there is no doubt which way the consensus of opinion is inclined.

It was expected that the Secretariat of the League would publish the text of Baron Aloisi's remarks to Senor de Madariaga, the chairman of the Committee. of Five, to-night. But there was a slight change in the text, and after consultation with Baron Aloisj, publication was postponed until to-morrow.

BRITISH CABINET SESSION

DEFENCE CHIEFS IN CONFERENCE

BUSY DAY IN DOWNING ST.

London, Sept. 23,

1

The Committee may. take two days to draw up its report to the Council. After that move, commission of the present Com- mittee of Five, or a larger one, will formulate recommendations regarding the future proceduto at Geneva.

There is a possibility that the Ethiopian demand that observers. should be sent to the spot to in-, vraticate the cause of conflict may be entertained, provided both A des vive an undertaking not to have recourse to war meanwhile,

Reuter...

FRUITLESS TALKS

Geneva, Sept. 23. The Secretariat of the League will publish shortly the text of As a preliminary to to-morrow's the proposal of the Committee of full Cabinet meeting, the Prime Five. They will follow the lines Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, already forecast and published in held a conference at No. 10 Down the press, and will show that in ing Street to-day with Mr. Ram-the Committee's opinion provision say MacDonald, Mr. Neville Cham- might be made for the League berlain, Sir Samuci Hoare and Sir Council to review any compromise

plan at the end of five years. John Simon.

Sir Samuel Hoare interviewed

MONEY HANDED OVER

It is understood that Sonor de Impey said Mrs. Burton had a hold over her husband which could the Prime Minister before the Madariaga, the chairman of the Baron Aloisi, the Italian spokes- compel him to pay half of the meeting, which lasted less than an Committee of Five, interviewed sum named to her, but the trust hour.

But their con- the Committee. needed money to release it. Mrs. All three defence Ministere, Sir man, after the morning meeting of Williams parted with £6,000 in 1929 Bolton Eyres-Monsell, Lord of veraations bore no fruits.

It is stated in League circles. various other suma during the the Admiralty, Lord Halifax, War New York, Sept. 23.

next five

The story Minister, and Sir Philip Cunliffe- The bad feeling generated by the scramble for the remnants of changed as time went on, but the Lister, Air. Minister, attended a that M. Laval, the French Prime whole story was rubbish, according second consultation of membera Minister and delegate to the Com

when attitude

addressing that Senator Huey Long's dictatorial

nemarked the money, Impey and Mrs. Burton at No. 10.

One observer group. power in Louisiana was typified into the prosecution. After receiving of the Cabinet during the evening mittee of Five, took a very strong Monroe, where two leading ns-

For ninety minutes the Minis-that he spoke less like the French a man named spent it on jewellery, care and pirants for power,

furs, like water. 'NATURAL Safeguard

Kilpatrick, and the Lleutenant-

Mrs. Burton was formerly Mrs. ters were closeted in consultation.Minister and more like the cham- Reports from Addis Ababa state pression.

Besides those already mention-pion of the League Covenant.- Bamberger. Governor, Mr. Noe, came to blows.

Before being sea- Geneva, Sept. 23. that one of the foremost medical

tenced, she handed a written state- ed. and the Prime Minister, Sir Reuter. authorities in Ethiopia believes from a money illusion who are An appeal to the competent Noe was knocked senseless.

Some 10,000 devotees of Long's

the Judge, who remarked: Samuel Hoare, Mr. Walter Runci- ment that war is out of the question for advocating that the United States organs of the League of Nations at least another month because the return to the gold standard.". to give attention to the problems share-the-wealth plan had arrived

facts of this case. Whatever Trade, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, termination of the rainy season

He paid that the creation of a facing China in the present crisis from neighbouring cotton farms I am dealing with you on the man, President of the Board of brings violent malaria and cholern

Simon were present.-Reuter. to the Geraki Smith explain his policy as penalty for your offence.-Reuter, speech to many parts of the country, instemanetary authority to fix the price was made by Dr. W. W. Yon in the and oil fields to hear the happened in 1920, you paid the Colonial Secretary, and Sir John

of gold in accordance with the course_ ing until the end of October.

basic commodities would prevent Assembly's technical committee in Senator Long'a successor.

Noe overnwed the Rev. Smith Italian troops are already report another economie collapse. The debate on the work of the

while he himself addressed the ed to be suffering from malarla, but fixed value of gold was the cause League's financial and economic and got him to remain at a hotel noat competent observars bolleve, of the depression und fixing it again organs during the past year,

Dr. Yen said China would co-party adherents. Later he became Rev. Mr, novertheless, that the country will "puts us in danger from the same not enjoy another month of peace evils from which we suffered when operate in any measures of inter-enraged because the unless Geneva's negotiations are it was fixed at the former price," national action designed to free Smith had not left the town and the world from the present crisis, suspecting Mr. Kilpatrick was res- speedily brought to a successful ho explained.

China continued to feel the world ponsible, he attacked him in a conclusion-Reuter,

Over 2,000 attended the four-day depression, but the universal altun hotel loungo. Mr. Kilpatrick laid meeting at which the most notable tion was showing a very substan- him low-Reuter. persons were: Mr. Harold L. Ickes, tial improvement. It was impor- Geneva, Sept. 23, the Secretary of the Interior, Mrtant; however, to discover how The Committee of Five meets John Linch, the Director the much of this was due to the arma- Tuesday to draft reports. It in-Bureau of Mines, Dr., G. K. Leithments industries. tends to publish all material, in- of the National Resources Board, Referring to the silver crisis, cluding the Ethiopian acceptance and Mr. A. G. McGregor, the Dr. Yen described the measures and the Italian rejection of the famous engineer from London taken by the National Govern- compromise plan, leaving Italy in United Press.

REJECTION OF PEACE

BARRYMORE - DENIALS

of

ment to deal with this despite which, combined with the adverse trado balance, the prices of Chi- nese goods had declined, as had the purchasing power, of the Chi- neso people.--Reuter.

FOUND SHOT DEAD

SHANGHAI TRAGEDY

DISCLOSED ..

Shanghai, Sept. 24.

New Flying Fleet

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS

улун.

EXPANSION

(Special to "Taiograph”)

London, Sept. 23.

M. WILDEN PASSES

FRENCH MINISTER

TO CHINA

MESSAGE FROM HOARE

Rome, Sept. 23. A personal message has been conveyed from Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Foreign Minister, to Signor Mussolini. It was deliver ed this evening by Sir Eric Drum- mond, the British Ambassador, who remained with Duco for. nearly an hour. No-one else was present,

A despatch from 'Rome, received. in Paris, says that. Italian diplomatic circles consider that if henceforth Brita takes ac- count of the Italian lutorest in Ethiopia, the method most likely to give good results would be tri-party talks between Britain, M. Heuri Wilden, French Minis France and Italy, within the ter to China, died during the night. framework of the League. This suggestion is only tentative, The end came. suddenly, due to heart failure.

however. Router.

Pelping, Sept. 24.

A fleet of now lying boats, for use on the main Empire air lines, has been ordered by Imperial Air

M. Wilden, who had been Minie- The new machines will be con-

NOT QUITTING LEAGUE the position of rejecting Peace.

The Committee's abandonment

Rome, Sept. 23, siderably larger and faster thinter since July, 1930, had been ill of its efforts returns the wholo'

There is no Immediate prospect situation to the position of crisis."

Mr. Kenneth Dabelatoin, of the any at present in service, Thoy a good part of the past year and It is noteworthy that if Ethiopia

Shanghai office of the Dollar will have a loaded weight of 17 during the early part of this sum- Steamship Company, was found tons, a range of 1,000 miles, and mer he had been pulled down by of Italy withdrawing from the accepts and Italy rejects the final

ed. recently, however, and appeared She will not do so until sho compromise offer., Italy cannot

shot dead in the bathroom of his are expected to have a flying speed pneumonia. He had fully recover-League.

o'clock this morning. A of nearly 200 miles an hour.

fools driven to it. Her attitudo home at legally Invade Ethiopia, ns far as filed

The exact number of machines in good health. the League is concerned. All Costello's divorce suit. He denies

Not many days ago he was is at present correct, if not cor New York, Sept. 23 servant discovered the tragedy.

dial. It is noteworthy that the League members are pledend to that Barrymore over struck her, or Mr. James M. Landis has..suc- A letter was found addressed to required will not be known until

question of hor withdrawal bas ald Ethionin, ag a matter of fnet

(Continued on: Page 1) that he was intemperate, and also ceeded to the chairmanship of his mother, who is believed to have offatione now proceeding with playing golf. is

pletedRouter, Special, Meanwhile the conviction disputes suddenly laat ni

few days ago-Reiler, elon-United Press. property.United Press.

(Continued on Page 7.)

San Francisco, Sept. 23. John Barrymory's attorney' has.

miswer

Dolores

.in

Lo

S.E.C. HEAD

night

In his Legation home. — Reuter,"