1935-10-31 — Page 3

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1935.

Sprawling Tientsin Is East's Greatest

City Of Intrigue

The Prince of Wales, seen arriving there, was an enger listener na-British delegates sought in Lengüe of Nations council at Genevo to out-manoeuvre Italy in the Intest European diplomatłe war, which has Ethiopin ng prizr.'

PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT

Headquarters Of Foreign Concessions

Great Narcotic

Trade Ring

Responsible For

Situation?

Tientsin, Oct. 30.

Tientsin, sprawling commercial seaport on the banks of the slatternly Haiho River, is rapidly carning the nick- name, "City of Intrigue", where grandiose schemes, plots, counter-plots and conspiracies are hatched and nurtured by the score.

Most of these schemes wither and die, some have blossomed into full "incidents" and others are only now coming into bloom. Tientsin is a haven and sanctuary for all manner of political exile and outcast due to the

protection of its foreign concessions, including British,

Italian, French, Japanese and the former Austrian, Bel-

MR. KORDA TO SIGN UP gian and German concessions which still have three police

Visits

KING VIDOR

by Marlene Dietrich and

Paulette Goddard

PLANS FOR CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Mr. Alexander Korda talked enthusiastically of his many plans when interviewed in London on his return from Hollywood.

During his stay there he was made a partner in United Artists Corporation of the United States, with Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Samuel Goldwyn.

Mr. Korda was accompanied on his arrival in London by Sid.

Connon Guthrie, who represents Stan Laurel

the investment of the Prudential

Assurance Company in London Twice Weds

Film Productions, and who has been appointed to the hoard of United Artists.

Same Woman

Florence (Arizona) Oct. 22.

administrations separate from regular Chinese territory

Fugitives from one national authority take refuge in another and are adequately protected. The Japanese Concession is full of outlawed Chinese "wanted" by Nanking. The other foreign concessions are full of persons wanted by both Chinese and Japanese authority, and so on.

of volution against Chinese Government in Nanking are even now busy with their project in the concessions here.

Three former Presidente of

China, members of the one-time

motorious Anfu and Chihli

cliques, former warlords, tuchuns md politicians whose names oner rung around the world, and living The underground work and here, some in exile planning a foundation for any scheme or comeback. Peiping officials who of an opium caravan to revolution discuss often come to Tintain for plan, ranging from organisation have important secret plans to

ainst the government, is Inid that purpose.

At the present in Tientsin-but. Peiping, gets all writing, General Sung Chel-yuan, the credit. It was always thus Commander of the Peiping Even during the Boxer Rebellion, | Tientsin Garrison, General Chin (the siege of Tientsin was far more Teh-chuan, Governor of Chahur. severe than the siege of Peiping, and Mr. lisino Chen-ying, member but Peiping had all the authors of the Peiping Military Council, and newspaper men at that time are here in a four-day conferendu and received all the glory. Few They know where to contact the people know anything about Tien- string-pullers. tsin's suffering.

Peiping is loved because it has.

Japanese Headquarters

all thu atmosphere" and the his. The Japanese military head- torical background of old Chian whereas Tientsin is

quarters which directs Japaness an ugly. tawdry, foreignized staport, de-licy in North China is in Tien- void of all charm

tsin and the Japanese Consulate- and beauty. Tourists avoid it like a plague.

General has jurisdiction over Pei- ping.

Peking Club Cocktails

Headquarters of the great nar- colic traffic throughout the north Most of the North China corres- į is in this city. This is also the Sir Connop said that. the

pondants live in Peiping per-centre of the pleasure and gayely immediate result of the Holly)

manently, seldom visiting hero, in the north, sing-song houses wood negotiations would be that 20 hrst-class films would Stanley Laurel, of the Laurel threatened in North China, the scattered eliques and leaders who When any trouble breaks out or is being popular meeting places for be produced yearly, at angespartnership-to-day - Shanghal correspondents run to profer not to go to the other fel- cost of £2,000,000, at the new

Mrs. married

Virginia Ruth Piping where there are cocktails low's house. Tientsin du lacked- studios being built at Denham, Rogers, of Hollywood.

of superlative quality at Buckinghamshire.

the quarters for "Tsai Pang," the Laurel first married Mrs. Rogers Peking Club and dancing on the great

underworld organisation at Agua Caliente, Mexico, in April roof of the Peking Hotel, and whose tentacles reach into every He added that Mr. Charlie

191. But at the same time he write long interpretive stories hamlot of Chaplin, hopes to be in London announced that they were not go about, North China. To

North China. Tho for the presentation of his new ling to live together in California Tientsin is only a whistling station negotiations with Chinese officials thum Kwantung Army conducts its Alm, "Modern Times," before the until his divorce from his first or watertank stop. end of the year, and that it is wife. Mrs. Lois Laurel, became

in Tientsin. This elty is also the likely he will direct at Denham afinal.

Yet those who pull the strings centre of at least two and possibly "Then film starring Paulette Goddard,

going are in this hotbed of intrigue and three important espionage myslims through another ceremony,' he conspiracy.

The abortive robel- in the North. wid.

lion and attack on Peiping last Nobody claims Peiping is the Mr. Lois Laurel got a divores spring was hatchind Mr. Korda said that, in addition from her husband, in October 1983. The Japanese "bloodless invasion" believe that Tientsin 'Is this most In Tientsin. most "over-written" city but many to the Benham studios, colour (She said that life with a comedian shortly before, had ita nerve "under-written" elty in the Far laboratories would be completed, was anything but funny--Rater.centre in Tientsin. und that the first British all-

The plotters | East-United Press,

All-Colour Film

on a

colour film would probably be buscit

religious subject, written by Miss Mary Borden, and directed by Mr. Victor Senstrom.

"Next year," said Mr. Korda, "we shall have at Denham such famous directors as Mr. King Vidor of "The Big Parade,' Mr. William K. "Howard of "Vanessa' and Trans-atlantic,' Mr. Henry D'Arrast, who worked with Mr. Chaplin in producing 'A Woman of Paris,' and, most probably Mr. Frank Lloyd, who directed 'Caval- cade.'

"I have also arranged for Mr. Edmund Goulding, of 'Grand Hotel and 'Riptide", to direct, next spring, the first Denham film starring Miss Merle Oberon, while Miss Marlene Dietrich will arrive for one film to begin next April.

"The most remarkable feature of my visit to Hollywood has been the change of attitude to British films. When I worked in Holly- wood it was generally said that films could not be made in Lon- don. Now every American pro- ducer is looking forward to the day when he can work here.

"I think the British film indus- try may look forward to increasing revenue from the United States. In the past 15 years Amèrican film companies have taken $120,-) 000,000 out of British cinemas, And it is only fair that there should be some mora equitable j exchange of flims between Britain; and the United States,"

we tre

QUITS LABOUR PARTY

Lord Ponsonby, who has resigned. the Leadership of the Socialist Party in the House of Lords owing to his "serious differenees with the porty on foreign policy."

Briton's Two Years In Spanish Gaol

SEQUEL TO RAID ON RESTAURANT

·

Barcelona, Oct. 20. For more than two years a young Englishman has lain in jail at Barcelona awaiting trial on a charge of murder, Only now has the date of his trial been fixed.

He is Mr. William Robert Lamb, aged twenty-five. native of Beeston, Notts. It was on August 13, 1929, that he was arrested after a bandit raid on a Barcelona restaurant, in which the cashier was futally wounded. The young Englishman was accused of dring the shot which killed the cashier,

Mr. Lamb was alleged to have made the raid with four Spaniards. He was rescued from an, angry imob after the shooting,

At the time a British diplo matic protest was made, and it was pointed out that Lamb was not a bandit, but was actually trying to capture the fleeing robbers when he was set upon by the excited mob and then arrested.

17 Years Sentenco ?—- The Barcelona-authorities, deny this, alleging that Lamb and the four Spaniards, Angel Mascar- boure, Pedro Campo, Adolfo Val- lane, and a fourth nicknamed "E! Gallego", who fled from Spain, entered the cafe together.

They further allege that, when the enshier refused to hand over the contents of the till, Lamb-ahot him on the orders of "El Gallego." The Public Prosecutor has made.

it known that he will demand a sentence of 17 years and a day) upon Lamb and the Spaniards,

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