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No. 1476

二拜禮 號十月二十英港香

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ETHIOPIA WON'T CEDE TERRITORY

PEACE FORMULA

IMPEDIMENT

PARIS PROPOSALS PLEASE ITALY

BRITAIN INSISTS ON UNANIMITY

Addis Ababa, Dec. 9.

Emperor Haile Selassio will rofuse to cede any territory whatever to Italy, according to a statement from Government circles.

Commenting on the reported Anglo-French agreement, engineered by M. Pierre Laval, the French Prime Minister, and Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Foreign Secretary, official ciroles here believe. Signor Mussolini will accept and that thereafter the force of the League of Nations' sanctions will gradually be diminished.

The Ethiopians feel it is unreasonable that they should be expected to cede territory. They insist that the Italian successes have hitherto been negligible.-Reuter.

SUSPENDED JUDGMENT

Rome, Dec. 9. Italy is suspending judgment of the Anglo-French peace formulá until the terms are made known officially. It is expected they will be communicated to the Italian Government to-morrow.

Absolute reserve is maintained in political quarters, but an authorita- tive spokesman admitted there were signs of goodwill 011 ail sides. Reuter is informed

that the 1030-

posals will be studied by Rome to dis cover if they 'car he made to appro ximate reasonably Italy's minimum demands.--Reuter.

DEFENDING INTERESTS

Rome, Dec. 9.

Signor Beniteussolint, in sech before the Senute to-day, de- cinred:

can assure the Senate that the Italing interests in, Africa will be strenuously defended."

is

come

SABOTAGE ON U. S. WARSHIP

CRUISER BADLY DAMAGED

(Special to "Telegraph")

On the

H umission of controversial utler-

Boston (Mass.), Dec. 9. Jnces strengthened the hopes that

might something

from the

heels of the incident at Anglo-French effort at mediation. It Devonport Dockyard, where nets of likewise considered significant that sabotage resulted in damage to the quoted electrical installation on the battle. official news broadcast official quarters in Paris as expressing ships, Royal Oak, and the submarine, the belief that the peace proposals

comes news of the ruin of the turbine reducing would be satisfactory to Italy.

gears of the new heavy craiser, U.S.S. Quincy, at Fore River shipyard here.

The damage was so extensive that it will cost £10,000 to repair.

nuts It appears that loose steel were so placed that vibration set up

electrical; by the starting of the machine caused them to fall into s vital part of the revolving mechanismi.

Reuter Special,

It is believed that Signor Mussolin will shortly instruct Baron Aloisi to proceed to Geneva.United Press.

PARIS IS HOPEFUL

Paris; Dre, 9.

Official circles atnte they are hope ful that Signor Mussolini will accept the Anglo-Frenel peace plan ns. " basis for discussion at least.

BRITISH CABINET MEÈTS

London, Dec. 9.

fre

French authorities are convinced 11 Duce will not reject what is considered endorsed by the British Cabinet but here to be the most advantageous unofficial reports from Paris purpurt- offer yet made to Italy, or that it is ing to describe the Anglo-French treated with nekotiations possible to make-Reuter.

scepticism in Parliamentary circles.

It is announced that Mr. Anthony Eden, Minister for League of Nations Affairs, is proceeding to Geneva on December 11. Thus the rumour that he intended to resign in consequence of the decision of the Cabinet to sup the understanding reached by M. Fort and Sir Samuel Hoare in Paris is effectively removed.--Renter.

A specini Cabinet meeting has been called to consider the Anglo-French: peace proposals. It met in the Prime Minister's room In the House of Commons at 8 1.01, and dispersed at 9.16 p.m.

The Cabinet is belleved to have endorsed the result of the Paris con- versations between M. Laval and Sir Samuel Hoare.

Later,

After the meeting of the Cabinet

COMMONS QUESTIONS

London, Doc. 9. Week-end discussions in Paris be tween the Foreign Secretary, Sir

to consider the Hoare-Laval agree Samuel Hoare, and the French Prime ment, ne official confirmation or denial Minister, M, Laval, and formulae of was obtainable regarding the accuracy the

the formula.

of the Italo-Abyssinian

or otherwise of the reported terms of settlePosed basis for a negotiated It was emphasised that the policy dispute, approved by the two states- of the British Government had not men for mimlesion to the interested changed and that any settlement must parties, were the subject of a question Leader of the Opposition

the

be accepted by the three parties to Major Attlee, in the House of Com the dispute, Italy, Ethiopia and the mons this afternoon. League of Nations.

Sir Samuel Hoare, Mr.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Walter Baldwin, in reply, referred to the Runciman And Sir Bolton Eyren statement issued at the close of the Monsell were absent from the meet-conversations, to the effect that there ing-Reuter.

LEAGUE COUNCIL CALLED

Geneva, Dec. D. The League of Nations Council has been convened for December 17, ostensibly to discuss a settlement of the Arsyria-Iran dispute.

could be no question of publishing the terms of the proposals, which had yat to be approved by the British Govern. ment, and said the documents drawn up la Paris had reached London carly to-day and were receiving urgent con- aideration. He would profer not to make any further statement at pre-

Earlier, to-day the Prime Minister a consultation at 10, 'Downing Street with the Minister for League

But it is pointed out here that the convening of the Council will mean

principal Langus states will had: be on hand to deal with any fresh turns the Italo-Ethiopian dispute may take.Router.

GREAT SECRECY

Mr. Edon, and Mr. Peterson,

Yin Ju-keng, leader of the auto- nomy mbrement in North Chin, against whom Peiping students havi

been demonstrating.

SILVER PRICE DECLINE

AMERICA DELAYS

PURCHASES

MARKET MUCH

PERTURBED.

London, Dec. 1. Silver circles to-day oro com. pletely mystified at to-day's netion of the United States Treasury with respect to prices of the white metal.

S net

as ukfl and reported

heavy general sel

selling.

but

these merican buying orders for offerings were made; with a view to preventing a price collapse.

Brokers decided to wait and see whether Amerien would not change her mind and eventually buy

EGYPTIAN RIOTING PERSISTS

BUT WOMEN TAKE MEN'S PLACES

POLICE USING STICKS

(Special to "Telegraph")

Cairo, Dec. V.

Schoolgirls and other female stu- dents to-day repinced their male re latives and friends in the principal anti-British and antl-Government de monstrations.

The police Ind to uso sticks when the girl students got out of hand Hear St. Mary's Cathedral. The students worked themselves into a state of hysteria, reviling the police, crying, weeping copiously and shriek. ing patriotic eries,

Some of the wilder elements vented their wrath on tramcars and street, lumps.

Elsewhere, schoolgirls refused to enter their classrooms and screamed Nationalist war cries at the police

stationed outsile the bulldings. The constables indulgently smiled but stop-į ped the students when they tried to leave.

In the

·Premier, meantime, the Nessim Pasha, who will see Sir Miles Lampron, the British High Commis | aloner, to-dBg", maintains his cus- tomary silence ritarding his inten- | Cons-Router Spovini.

ASTORS WIN! $10,000,000

LAW SUIT

"LONG FIGHT WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT

DEATH DUTIES Later the U.S. Treasury did send in buying orders, for gradually in

WON BACK at receding creasing amounts but

4.46 prices. Finally, arcand

us been

13.m.

General Ho Ying-dhin, Chinese Minister for War, who is being praised for his handling of the

North China situation.

DEFENDS DEMOCRAT POLICIES

ROOSEVELT REPLIES TO CRITICS

HELP FOR FARMERS

f

(Special, to "Telegraph")

Chicago, Dec. 9, President Roosevelt's speech

10

WAR even

| 12,600 delegates of the Farm Burenu

Federation here to-day more poiried than his speech at Atlanta City, In which he inferred that_bankers_and_industrialista...waru. crying “Wolf!! while economie gains increased.

The President revlewed the Ad. ministration's achievements as a bian-

ket reply to all his critics. He sald: "Lifting form prices to a level where. the fariner cun-live, has been opposed

MTA by Amenien

chielly by a few who profitted heavily all offerings

Washington, Dec. 9.

from the depression. They are doing Lord Astor and Major John Astor their best to ferment the city people The City is wondering whether to won a victory over the United States against the farmers' programme. day's developments portimi a change) Government to-day after a ten-year yet I know that the great muss of battle to obtain a refund or $10,000,-|

In the American silver buying policy and the market is consequently very nervous, and is awalbing a statement from-Washington.—feifer,

MAKING NO STATEMENT

Washington, Dec. 9. The United States Treasury will nike-no statement with respect to its silver policy,

Its delay in absorbing the silver offerings today is not explained

Renter.

SHARP BREAKS There were sharp breaks yesterday on the Montreal sind Rambay silver markets, according to the Reuter tables received to-day,

to.

In Montreal December silver drop- ped from 65 75/84 to 83 30/70, January silver from 65 60/70 60.00 (nominal). March and May de- clined approximately five points.

In Bombay silver fell to 62.13 for ready metal from the previous day's price of 64.14.

Another Crisis In Spain

ANOTHER CABINET.

RESIGNS

(Special to "Telegraph")

Madrid, Dec. D. Sohor J. Chapaprieta and his Cabinet resigned to-day, despite protests that the crisis thus precipitated would be Inopportune, due to the uneasy in- ternal and international altuntions. United Prent, plea

ALL NIGHT SESSION.

Madrid, Dec. 9. The Cabinet rosigned to-day follow ing an all night aedalon, following the discovery that the former Colonial Under Secretary, Senor Calvo, had

implicated in the misuso official' funds..

of the Abyssing Department of-boon the Foreign Offen, who returned from Parts overnight, and this evening

· London, Dec. 9. Cabinet members mot in the House of The greatest recrecy la being main- Commons to consider the proposals in tained regarding the peace proposals) detail British Wireless.

of

The Prime Minister's economic men sures are aho thought to have been partly responsible for the crisis United Press.

MOVE TO REDUCE WORLD NAVIES

JAPAN OPPOSED TO BRITISH PLAN

OFFERING ALTERNATIVE

SUGGESTIONS

London, Dec. 9.

The London Naval Conference is quickly coming to grips with the major issues. This is evidenced by the fact that the first business to-morrow is expected to be the British proposal for quantitative limitation of varios categories of ships of the world's navies.

These proposals will probably have the United States backing, but are bound to be opposed by the Japanese, whose insistence on parity with the United States was announced when a similar proposal was put forward last year at a pre- paratory conference.

Commentators are busily discussing President Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Norman Davis, written last year, suggesting a twenty per cent. cut in all navica. But it is understood that although that is what the United States would like to ac complish, the American delegation has no intențion of pressing the subject at present.

LABOUR'S CHALLENGE

IN HOUSE

GOVT. POLICY ATTACKED.

Tko American course, it is believed," will depend upon, the reception given, to the British quantitative proposals.

Reuter,

JAPANESE SUPPORT

Tokyo, Dec, 0.

It is the forecast here that Japan will amprove Mr. Stanley Baldwin's -. proposal for an agreement against the misuse of submarines.

But Japan will strongly oppose President Roosevelt's suggestion of a twenty per cent. reduction for all tennage, and niso the Britisk scheme. for quantitative or qualitative reducs tlu of submarines,

FIRST DIVISION and mand an increase of submarino

OF SESSION

►

Japan may take the contrary stand, tonnage for herself to a 78,000 ton, level falling a British and American agreement to large quantitative and qualitative reductions in capital ships,

nircraft carriera which Japan

And

London, Dec. 9. Resuming the debate on the Labour considers offensive weapons.Router. amendment to the Address in the

LITTLE HOPE OF ACCORD", House of Commons to-day, the Oppost. tion Leader, Major Attlee, sald his

Honolulu, Dec. 9. held that the sickness of the

Returning from a visit to Japan, world was

really due far

more to

Senator Nye, chairman of the Senato political causes, and Munitions Commission, approved of they challenged the whole position on Mr. Norman Davis proposal for a 000 in death duties paid on their people are fuir-minded. They, like

which the Government stood. There at reduction of naval tonnage but father's estate with respect to two yourselves, suffered deeply from the trust funds valued at $46,000,000, depression, I believe with

all my

was no indication in their foreign

tho policy that the Government said he had little hope th created for his two sons and their heart that the millions struggling back three daughters.

towards better dayk, resent the at thinking of the grave perils facing the naval conference would be success-

ful. Lon Astor und Mr. John

world, or of how to remove the grow Astor tempts at personal advantage and

He added that Japan would acquire petitioned the

ing sense of fear.

naval

parity whether she were allowed United States Supreme Court of the the seekers of profit who heap ridi- to review the enge or cule, upon the efforts all of us are

In home affairs, there was the same it or not provided, of course, sho allow n new trial in the lower court.muking."

The United States Government, on

lack of a co-ordinate plan or polley, could afford it or thought she should The Government had no proposals for have it for national security.

He saw no threat to America or dealing with the paradox of poverty

any other western power in Japan's in the midst of plenty.

the other hand, appealed to the The President sald that the Cana- Supreme Court to direct the lower din reciprocal trade Trenty would courts to dismiss the sult entirely. benefit agriculture and called its

The Supreme Court dismissed the critics "dispensers of discord.". Gavernment's cross appeal-Reuter-

NEW NANKING CABINET

LATEST PREDICTION ON PERSONNEL

Nanking, Dec. 10. The latest information in political: circles here is that Mr. Chen Li-fu will probably become

Secretary General of the Executive Yuan, Shao Li-tze will be Minister of the Interior, and Mr. Chen Kung-po will remain as Minister of Industries.

Also, it is reported, General Ho Ying ohing will almost cartainly main as Minister for War.-Reuter

basin

CONGO BASIS. TREATIES

NO UNILATERAL ABROGATION

10-

Defending the Government's policy, demand for naval strength compar the Attorney General, Sir Thomas uble with the United Stater, he said. Inskip, said there were more people--Reuter.

in

The nation applauds the swift dealing with kidnappers and

employment than ever before. The. racketgers; applauds the saving of Government was not idle. in finding innocent victims from wild-cat bank-new trade channels for the distressed ing, watered stocks and other kinda of confidence games.

"It applauds the maintenance of fair rewards for labour; and applauda the efforts, to give greator social security to the aged and unemployed." He said that he used the organised power of the nation because forty- oight separato States were unable to thor individual laws administer adequately to balance the agricultural life of the entire nation-United Pross

Hauptmann -Can Appeal

U.S. SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT

Washington, Doc. 9. London, Dec 0. Questioned in the House of Com-sentenced to die for the murder of Bruno Hauptman, the man who is mans on the abrogation of the Congo the lost child of Colonel and Mrs. treaties, the Parliamentary Charles Lindbergh, has won a point Secretary to the Board of Trade in his fight for life, Captain Euan Wallace, said the Gav

The Supreme Court of the United ernment were advised that the trantles could not be terminated or modified States to-day allowed his application except with the consent of all parties, for a review of the casa. including Belgium, France, Ithly.

Ha may how appeal to, tha - New. States. Under these conditions, no Jersey Court of Pardons for com- Japan, Portogual and the United effective steps appeared to be opon.mutation of the death penalty British Wireless.

Router.

arens. egarding

Unemployment! and the "means Sir Hin said Thomas

Inskip

uch Information much had become available from the work- ing of the present system, and the Government would bring forward their proposals at an early date.

Ho declared that by the proposed unification of mining royalties," - the` Government meant purchase of royal-

BLOW TO NEW

DEAL

SUPREME COURT'S

DECISION...

Washington, Dec. 9.

tles by the State, Involving a change The United States Supreme Court from ownership and control by some to-day struck another blow to the New fourteen thousand private persons to Deal by ruling Invalid the section of single ownership and control by the the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1033 Stato, in the Interest of the com-authorising the Federal incorporation, munity-British Wireless,

of building and loan associations. against the wishes of a

a State. The Court unanimously supported the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that three Milwaukee bulding and

ROYALTIES DECISION

London, Dec. 9.

In the House of Commons, during loan associations must remain under the debate on the Labour amendment, State control because they wore the Attorney General, Sir Thomas chartered as State corperations.---.

announced the effect of the Reuter,

Inskipment's plan for dealing with mining

and

NEW CLIPPER DEPARTS

contemplated the

the purchase of royalt Jos by the State and their control beroafter by the

the State, involving a change of ownership from about fourteen thousand private persona

The mattor

had

been the subject of discussion for many

Alameda, Dec. 9. State years, control had been recommended by various Royal and other Commissione plane to the China Clipper, took off The Philippine Clipper, sister sen- dealing with mining problema... to-night on the second trans-Pacife Replying to cries of "Sociallsın!" ar malt fight for Manila, carrying from the Labour benches, Sir Thomas 15,000 pieces of mall-Reuter. Inskip said the decision was no ling more than an outstanding example taken in the House of Commons to of one of the consequences of National night. Government.—-Router Special

The result was that the Labour London, Dec. 9... amendment on the address in reply to Adivision on the first Opposition the Speech from the Throne was re challenge to the new Government was jocted by 382 votes to 140-Bexter,