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EDEN DENIES SECRET AGREEMENTS

REMOVING LIBYA DIVISION

(Continued from Pago 1.). informed Britain that it has given the order for the withdrawal of one of the three divisions in

(Continued from Page 1.)

of the parties; China. did not rupture her relations with Japan and did not invoke Articlo XVI

of the Covenant. Moreover, there | Libya, were practical considerations to be remembered at the time, since two of the great states bordering on the Pacific were not League members, and the essential condi- tions for collective action werd absent,'

RUMOUR IN ROME

Rome, Oct. 23. It is rumoured here that Signor Mussolini has withdrawn four regiments, comprising 8,000 in fantry, from the Egyptian fron- tier of Libya, though the troops still remain in Libya. -Reuter.

HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT Ro-echoing Sir Samuel Hoare's

LAVAL'S HOPES hopo for a "settlement in the European dispute, Mr. Eden sald

Paris, Oct. 29. there was no need for suspicion M. Pierre Laval to-day expressed with respect to the negotiations. the hope that Britain will respond "Thero is no question of a bar-to the Italian gesture and withdraw gain being made, and still less of some of her warships from the some imperialistic deal......The Mediterranean. only assurance given to italy is that we shall not act alone."

He revealed that long ago he had warned italy against continuance

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1935.

NEW YORK STOCK ARMED BANDITS

· EXCHANGE

MARKET UPWARD

YESTERDAY

New York, Oct. 23.

1

ANOTHER HOLD-UP ON

TAIPO ROAD

Another bandit raid was per-

RADIO BROADCAST

This Evening

petrated in the Colony last night Children's Studio Concert The following reports on the New and three armed Chinese again York Stock Market have been re-made a successful getaway with ceived through Messrs. Swan, Culbert-the loot. son and Fritz:

n new

re-

At five o'clock yesterday after- The Wall Street Journal Report on noon a public car was stopped by yesterday's markets: Stocks to-day means of a tree thrown across the The Industrial average has were higher, led by automobile shares. highway near Kowloon Works;

renched three Chinese brandishing high lovel for the period since volvers ordered the three passen. 1931. Oil shares were strong. Railroads willstood a reorganisation for to dismount, and searched petilon by the New York, New Haven them and the driver and took $14 and Hartford Railroad. Stocks on in cash and a gold ring. They the curb, exchange were irregularly then removed the tree and told higher, while the bonds market ruled the victims to clear off in their strong,

had The lender of the gang white paint smeared on his face as a disguine.

of

Mr. Lloyd George interposed: of the Ethiopian enimpaign, saying sent. The l'ackard Motor Com

"You sald that before."

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This is the fourth attack by armed men within a fortnight and Is thought by the police to be the work of the same kank. Although nobody was injured, and the loss an in this last case was insignificant, McIntyre

Z.E.K. PROGRAMME

From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 356 metres (846 kilocycles):

Danco 5-6 p.m. longkong Hotel Orchenten.

6-6.30 p.m. Children's Studio Concert.

Mr. Eden retorted: "We said it the part of Leaguo nations, in which share in the September quarter the circumstances point to the Vienna-Medley; 4. Sunshine Susie

again. Mr. Lloyd George may buo astonished but he would not be if he rend the Italian press."

Those engaged in this unhappy dispute cannot have much enthu- slaam for their task, he declared,

The debate

morrow, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, having refuse time for a debate of the Labour motion of censure on, unemploy ment.

CABINET UNITED

COUTBA

NO. DECISION

London, Oct. 29.

A decision is expected to be jo-morrow, announced

it and hinges upon whether the number of troops withdrawn from Libya

is sufficient to warrant action, and upon other causes of feet concentration which may or may not have altered suficiently to warrant withdrawals. United Press.

received

tree

The facts of yesterday's incident are briefly these

8.05-10.30 13.m. Chinese Studio

Concert.

6.30-7 p.m. Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra.

7-7.17 p.m. "Peer Gynt Suite No. 2. Op. 55 (Grieg). 3. C. and F. New York. Ofee

Four Songs 7.17 p.m.-7.30 p.m. Cables: Stocks were in renewed de-

by Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone). mand and traders are bullish. The

1. Star-O' Robbie Burns (Dooth); September quarter carnings of the

2. The Auld Hoose (Nairne): 3. Phillips Petroleum Company were $1.16 per share as against 41 cents

Our River Thames (Hennessy) 1.

per share for the same quarter

Young Briton's Heritage (llennessy). 7.30-7.45 p.m. A Jazz Pinno Recital by Rale da Costa. last it would bring enflective action on

pany showed a profit of 3 cents par

1. I had to change the Words; 2. One Minute to

one: 3. Goodnight France would be bound to partici-ngainst

n loss inst

year, pate.-United Press.

Parcupine

upine "showed a profit of $1.15 probability that the men were-Mediey; &. Butterflies in the Rain. share for the same quarter as prepared to go to any lengths. 7.45.8 p.m. Instrumental Variety, sgainst as profit of $1.20 for the same

Xylophone Solo-Dancing Butterfly. When they placed the period last year. The New York,

Rudy Starita. Now Haven and Hartford

across the road they did not know Railroad The Cabinet Defence Com-has

was approaching or they Violin Solo-Remembrance. Bled a petition for reorganisation, who

Albert Sandler. but here was a duty and it had | mittee, it is learned in reliable after a loan bad been denied.

would not have bothered to hold

for such a small Organ Solo-Grasshoppers Dance. to be done. He was loudly cheer-quarters, is deliberating whether New York and Chicago commodity up. the ear

Sydney Gustard. ed here.

the Italian withdrawals in Libya | reporta

therefore Messrs. amount. They were

Orchestra-Hawaiian Love Bird. served through

King Nawahi's luwalians. continues to-justify the removal of HMS. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz:

rendy to encounter anybody and to Cottun; There was a Hood and H.M.S. Renown from demand on a forecast of heavy frost

.8 p.m. Local Time and Weather broadening meet resistance with firearms.

Closing Local Stock the Mediterranean.

in the South-West. Hedge selling is

Report; · Quotations, declining. There was an active de.

Wan Chol, 37, a driver living at mad for spots ant the spot hasis is unyielding,

Kung Ling Village, Fanling, was

10.30 p.m. Close Down. Wheat:

Export figures are snull engaged by three Chinese to take

8.05-10 p.m. European Pro- and the Canadian surplus is increas them from Kowloon to Shataukok.gramme from Z.E.K. on a fre- ing. The Argenting crop outlook is The passengers were Chan Tam.

quency of 640 kilocycles. Improving. There is al present general lack of interest on this both of Shataukok, and another tion" played by The Arcadian Follies. shopkeeper and a man named Chan

H.83-8.18 p.m. "A Blackpool Selec- market.

Corn: Further rains in the Central man named- Pang, A travelling 8.18-8.35 p.m. Hawaiian Music. Hell and December short-covering will | salesman.

On the Dreamy Morna Shore. probably strengthen neur positions, When about five miles out of Tropical Ilulna. but we doubt if there will be

South Sen Islanders, any Kowloon the driver SKW A free material advance in price,

Hilo Hanakahi. placed across his path and threg

Waikiki Stone-Wall Boys, Rubber: There has been brond netivity on the rubber market on the men standing in the road with Drifting and Dreaming.

revolvers levelked at him. He Chiquita-Waltz. part of dealers and commission- houses. The restriction meeting has stopped and the men surrounded been postponed until November 26th. the car and ordered the occupants as there is no necessity to hold it to dismount. They then thorough- sooner. Prices

present looky searched the men and the car, higher.

Luking their loose cash and a gold Special Average daily petroleum ring from the driver's finger. production for the

week ending October 19th. was estimated at 2,-

The robbers then moved the tree 783,000 barrels, an against 2,782,000 to the side of the road and ordered barrels the previous week. The the driver to proceed. A report. Edison Electric Institute estimates was made at the next police station weekly electricity production: at and investigations were imme- 1,803,000,000 kw.h, which ja

an diately set afoot increase of 11.7 per cent over the It is stated that the gold ring corresponding period of last year. bore Chinese characters meaning Wang Pang Fai and Pai Man. Two of the gangsters were dress- ed in striped grey cotton jackets. A reward of $250 has been offer- Get. 23, ed for the apprehension of the

139.58 robbers.

34.72 Police are Intensifying their 20.82 search in the New Territories DG.06 where it is thought that the men

have a hide-out.

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, In the

of a lengthy speech, said every word which Sir Samuel Hoare uscl yesterday had the full and united support of the Cabinet. Mr.

Eden had been in constant touch, while at Geneva, with his London colleagues, who unanimously en- dorsed his actions during the last few weeks, and yesterday's debute had shown conclusively that the Government's policy had general support in Britain and the whole British Empire..

The day had gone, said Mr. Baldwin, when

we gave instruc-

tions to component parts of the

Empire. The Dominions play

CORRESPONDENCE

Passing The Buck

(To The Editor,

2.

Hongkong Telegraph) Sir.-In poker, the possession of the buck is usually an asset for it their part at Geneva with true

allows the holder to name the devotion to the Lengue and strict

game when it is next his turn to regard to their obligations under deal. At the Manchurian session, the Covenant. By their presence the Americans sat open-mouthed at Geneva they had taken their

in dismay when the Japanese stand as supporting the system of

raked in the pot, buck and all. collective action. In the Italo-without any voiced opposition. Ethiopian dispute, they had up- Moreover, they suspected that hesitatingly played their part in the creation of # plan of ordinated sanctions.

Co-

Continuing, Mr. Baldwin said!- "We have taken the only possible course of action by abolute loyalty for the Covenant, with a readiness to seize any legitimate opportunity for a settlement. Such a settle ment must be fair to the three parties--Italy, Ethiopia and League of Nations.

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some of the other players had slipped a few aces under the table to Japan, "just in case" she need

them,

In short, it was painfully evident that "house rules" were in effect. Amerien was not a member of the League Club,-but-had-boon-invited- to play under Kellogg rules, the agreed to by all the players. It is not the first instance of the stranger being taken by the home talent.

of

its

NOT ACTING ALONE

"We are not dealing with the League in the plentitude strength envisaged by founders. It is obvious that what would be easily possible in the Lengue as originally contemplated is not possible in the present Lea- gue, which has been left aside by three most important world Powers. We have no intention of neting by ourselves or of going further than we can get the whole We have never had League to go. war in mind."

in for

Mr. Baldwin deprecated the use of the world "war," which could only encourage dangerous condi

expecially tions of mini, countries which depended their news on what may be sub- mitted to them by their Govern- ments.

Is there any possible basis for

REUTER QUOTATIONS Dow Jones Averages

30 Idustrials 20 Rails

20 Utilities

40 Bonds 11 Commodity

Index

Oct. 22. 138.77

$4.00

27.06 95.90

56.57

50.70

RECONSTRUCTION

the suggestion that America would FIVE MILLION DOLLAR ISSUE

not have joined in the imposition she would not have done her share of sanctions against-Japan or that had such action led to war?

KNAVES WIN.

RED CROSS UNITS FOR ETHIOPIA

SWISS PARTY NOW ON WAY

BY KWANGTUNG -

Canton, Oct. 28. According to a report here to day the issue of $5,000,000 IC- construction loan bonda is likely

AIR LINER'S PERIL

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS PLANE FORCED DOWN

Vienna, Oct. 23. The passengers of the Imperial Airways liner had a miraculous escape from death when the plane in which they were travelling from Vienna to London crashed to take place on December 1 this in wooded country in Lower

Austria, The issue has been

year,

approved

The machine

from

Was

certain death

driving

and

by the Central Government and through a storm when heavy cakes the proceeds will be used for of ico formed on the wings and carrying out reconstruction schemes outlined in the three she was gradually forced down.

Only the skill and coolness of year-plan. The printing of the bonds has been entrusted to Com the pilot saved the passengerg mercial Press Limited Company reaped without a scratch, al- in Shanghai. Paris, Oct. 2.

In connection with the issue of though the pilot and the tele- sustained superficial The advance guard of thethese bonds it is understood that graphist

injuries.-Reuter. Swedish Red Cross units passed | Mr. Chan' Chung-pick, director of

England-Australia through Paris to-day en route for the Canton City Bank, will leave for Shanghai shortly to bring

London, Oct. 23. Ethiopia.

back the newly printed bonds and Sir Charles Kingsford also for negotiating with the the famous Australian Shanghai bankers for selling the accompanied by Mr. J. T. Pethy- bonds in Shanghai.Wah Kiu Yai bridge as co-pilot, took off at Croy- don at 7 a.m. to-day in his plane "Lady Southern Cross" for Aus- tralia.

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The lesson of this crisis has shown that, in the interests of

It is proposed to establish a field world peace, it is essential that our defenalve acrvices should be hospital with a hundred beds near stronger than they are to-day. Harrar. The remainder of the I am not speaking of any klud units will sall from Marseilles on of unilateral action directed, October 30.-Reuter Special. either in reality or in imagination, against any particular country. Itions policy. "Economic sanctions am speaking of strengthening or are an economic war--and you defensive services within the frame have declared it. You are work of the League, for the sake of

organising strangle-hold O' for not international peace, and

Italy. You have brought fifty selfish needs. We have taken

nations together to break her Tisk for peace, and the Government down, and you call it a lull," sees no other course than to adopt He concluded with a barrage of BODY BEING

questions; "Ifave we promised to withdraw the fleet from the

the

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arrangement?

What's

SURPRISED

our

STATE FUNERAL FOR CARSON

ED TO IRELAND

Mr. Eden said: "Mr. Lloydment has passed a special measure George's figures surprise me." to enable Lord Carson to be given However, he added there was no a State funeral. Reuter Special. question of French breach of faith, and then went on to explain Britain's diplomatic activities.

Ferers and Pnaluki. 8.35-9 p.m. Orchestral Items. Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (Beethoven), Overture "Finn's Cave", Op. 26 Carneval Overture (Dvorak).

(Mendelssohn).

9.9.15 p.m.

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The Hermit (Schmalstich), Forest Idyll (Esslinger). Gounod in Vienna (arr. Walter). Glow Worm-Intermezzo (Lincke). Indian Mail-Descriptive (Lamothe).

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SEAT FOR CANADA:

London, Oct. 23. According to a Genova telegram, Ofice the International Labour has decided that Canada shall re- celve a permanent seat, in place of Germany, on the Governing body.- British Wireless.:

CONVEY-reduce by a few hours the record of two days 23 hours established a policy, so far as the League can

by C.W.A. Scott and T. Campbell carry it out, of collective security

Black during the Melbourne Cen- "While I am prepared to pursue Mediterranean? What's the

London, Oct. 23. tenary England-Melbourne flight. that policy with all my heart and

The remains of the late Lord-Reuter, soul, I would not pursue it if not promisc? What assurances have Carson will be conveyed to Belfast given the power to remedy

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for burial in Belfast Cathedral. vices since the Great War.

The Northern Ireland Pari League falls this time, It, behoves us to Bee what can be done to make the League adequate.”—Renter.

LLOYD GEORGE ATTACKS

London, Oct. 29. Speaking in the Foreign Affairs debate, Mr. Lloyd George to-day charged that Franco had supplied Italy with high explosives between

London, Oct. 23. January and September 20, but

Regarding Mr. Lloyd George's The Foreign Secretary, in reply- Mr. Eden quickly defended query respecting the Fleet, he ing to a question, said he was glad Franco, explaining there was no apid: "The only assurance ¥°t Lo say the position in the Memel prohibition of such supplies unt! have given Italy...if it can be Territory had greatly improved. the League applied sanctions.***** 'called an "assurance is the The Government would continue to Mr. Lloyd George castigated the assurance that we will take no keep a careful watch on the situa- Government on its economic sanc-action alone."-United Press.

"How could anyone charge that we had failed to manifest in the clearest terms our opposition to Signor Mussolini?" he asked,

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