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THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

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Italian princess Marie Jose, who has entered the Red Cross, is seen Above in her uniform on board the Italian lazaretto ship "Tevere", which has arrived at Naples with wounded noldiers from East Africa,

FOR TAXPAYERS

NAVY PARLEY ́ FAILURE WILL ADD TO BURDEN

NON-FORTIFICATION CLAUSE AND

EAST

THE FAR

For thirteen years, owing to the Washington treaty, the world's great naval powers have avoided a wild race in worship- building. At the end of 1936, the agreement to limit floots comes to an and in accordance with Japan's notice." At the same time the London accord, restricting the number and size of smaller fighting craft among the United States, Britain and Japan, oleo expires. Will the present naval conference in Lon- don, result in a new limitation, pact? If so, what will be its characters? Or will there be an unhampered scramble by each great power as quickly as possible to construct a vast fleet con- faining vessels of gigantic size? ... These are among the questions examined in the following article, fourth of a series of six in which the United Press scrapes the diplomatic, veneer off the ruthless struggle for sca-power.

Experis privately admit justifien-

London, Dec. 10. tion for Japan's suspicion that the

WHITE ARMY AS the delegates to the unfolding of naval-building plans in

LEADER

IN LONDON AFTER 15 YEARS

His Theory-of

Mystery Vanished Gei

General Denikin, the o viving leader of Russia's Army in the war again. Bolshevists, has gone to La after an absence of 15 years, to meet a thousand of his fellow exiles who live in England.

He Is 70, but is as virile as the crisply-pointed white wings of his moustache and energetic walk of his stocky figure sug- gest.

Since his exile he has lived in Brussels, writing of the various phases on the civil war in 1919 and closely watching the trend of international politics.

The White Russian colony in London sent an' invitution to General Deriikin to meet them -on the eve of the Armistice and to talk to them about the present position.

wo

"WE BELIEVE IN RUSSIA" "Wo still believe in Russia,” -hö said in an Interview, "and think there must be a great future for such a country if only wise counsels prøvall.

DECEMBER 11, 1935.

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NETHERLANDS TO FORTIFY FAR

EAST POSSESSIONS

Amsterdam, Dec. 1.

would be a method for five-power naval confer- perpetuating the naval ratio system ference are in session the to abolish. For the construction pro- which the Japanese are determined structure of naval limitation grammes would be announced only after their scope had previously been by treaty, creaking and fixed in secret negotiation. And in DEFENCE WILL BE IN THE-SKIES trembling for the past year, those negotiations, beyond a doubt, is beginning to tumble. In the United States would insist on re- taining its present superiority over ruins.

Japan's fleet. Avold allpping into this alleged trap, Japan has been Taxpayers who have been groaning declaring that she could beneath the burden of their govern to notify her building projects to ments armament expenditures may other powers only if the others first Moon be buried under those ruins. yielded to Japan's claim for aval And if one looks farther ahead, he equality with the United States and discerns the spectre of war on the high seas on a nenie undreamt-of even in modern times. As one ebin-

Britain.

consent

Mutual Suspicions mentatur put it, the governments These mutual suspicions and

which have been frightening the tax- clashes of ambition would in them-: payer into financing new armamenta selves probably suffice to thwart they by crying, "Money or your life," inny British desire for advance agreement soon be shouting, "Money and your on building programmes for ve

life!"

or six years. But other differences make such an accord even more up- likely.

Saved Millions Of Dollars

As a counter-proposal to the Bri- The Washington and London navul tish suggestion that each seapower treaties, Inpsing ln a year, have saved taxpayers millions of dollars. Na-close its building schemes up to tionllatie and maritime rivalries to- day are far more intense that when those two agreements were signed respectively in 1923 and 1910. And

1942, France has been urging advance

notification of only one or at the most two years. Italy is understond to support the French proposal, United

THE Netherlands government will begin,

construction soon of a fleet of modern fighting and commercial airplanes to fortify the defences and transportation facilities of Holland and the Dutch East Indies.

It has been indicated, following the return from the United States of three leaders in naval and civil aviation affairs, that the Netherlands means to be one of the world's aeronautical centres.

States lasul authorities, questioned SOVIET yet the fence, which confined fleets by the United Press, have intimated! and individual types of warships that the maximum which may be within fixe

fixed limits, is now being torn feasible in this respect is an agree down. And if all available evidence fea

trench nement whereby

power would can be believed, no new fence will be serve notice merely one month in ad-

CURRENCY

erected that is worthy of the name. vance of laying down the keel of a CHANGES

With the gater to virtually unres new warship.

Kaval

a 35,000 ton limit with a view to long-

ROUBLE WILL BE

WORTH 934d.

Moscow, Dec. 1.

The delegation to the United States included Vice Admiral Fexwarda who will nssume com- mand of the Netherlands Indien floet early next year; A. Plesman, I director of the Royal Netherlandal Airlines, K.L.M., and Anthony Foltker, the nation's famous air- plane builder.

tricted

construction ajar, Slightly more hope is attached to only the resources of

national trea- the possibility of some fresh gree xuries may ultin

ultimately impose,a limit

The foresight of Holland's plane vament on qualitative limitation, though to an otherwise unfettered

builders was pointed out to the And it is already the difficulties on this score may re armaments race.

United Press by Fokker, who said certai athat the limit will be far bequire hard and long bargaining. But

no rea

real compromise is deemed possible.

that American, builders only re- yond the present level.

The British have demanded reduc Reduction of navies has, by tacit tion of the size of capital ships to but universal consent, been shelved as 25,000 tons, as compared with the By a decreo just issued, the cently have concentrated on four 15,000 allowed by the Washington paper rouble, which has been motor ships of moderate size treaty. The United States Blisista on growing in strength during the whereas Netherlands builders have rango action in the Pacifle without last two years, appears to be been building such plaños for five adequate naval bases in the western moving in the direction of a gold years.

standard.

The development of four motor "Unfortunately only a handful of iple for y want accord in print section of that ocean.

are predicting that the

Under the decree Soviet banks ships in the United States, he said, grammes. Secondly, they with a new/.per troaty limits for battle!

will be authorised from Jan. 1 has been hinded by a belief that may be retained, in other words that to exchange foreign currency at the fast, two-motor ship such as navica with smaller types will be the rate of three French francs the Douglas or Boeing would be the outstanding aircraft of the constrained to build bigger vessels (9d.) to the paper rouble. if they are to keep up their com petitive fighting prowess.

The internal paper rouble will future. hereafter constitute the *sole medium of exchange within the

us recognised in 1918 how grava Tho was the Bolshevist menace. original White Army was formed by a group of officers and men who between them had only £40 in roubles for the campaign. But wo were inspired by the Justice of

our cause,

"Although the White Army grew to-n strength of 200,000 rliles it was found that our effort to bring about freedom was not recognised generally by the Russian-people-

In place of quintitative restriction, the British are atriving to secure agreement on twe issues at the cur rent conference.

Firstly

of reciprocal notification future maximum building pro-

ing the size of each type of warship and fixing maximum gan calibres for every type of vessel.

in the Latin quarter.

vxt.

ships,

tremely

that the

with thein.

of

is its Article 10, which forbade con-

There is little possibility, the officials indicated, that either Hol- land or the Netherlands East Indies will purchase any civil or military aircraft in the United States."

Fokker, the first to build air-

staunch planes of mixed mutal and wood construction and still a believer in this type; said Ameri turned back to the mixed type after experimenting sylli all metal ships.

head of the anti-Sovlet movemont

No More Big Ships outside Russia. On a Sunday in'

Even if there were no fixed limit,country. February 1930 he attended divine specialists doubt that battleships

END OF LUXURY" STORE service at the Russian Church in much larger than 35,000-tons would

"Torgain" stores throughout the Parls and then left for his hom bo launched. They are not only ex-

planes-and-thoir high Soviet Union-stores where trad- He went out again a few minutes for boostly, but are easy targets as being the grealost importance later to go to a Russian ex-officers' speed and cruising radius would being has been carried-on- only in!. to their welfare.

necessary smaller foreign money and in gold and A hundred and club and from that moment vanish-auxilliary vessels could not keep pace silver-will close their doors on "There are

Feb. 1. one things which go towards

"You can imagine the effect But when the Washington treaty is Russians will welcome the abolican manufacturers have at last the explanation of the defent

it had upon our minds," said scrapped, limitation of the numbers tion of these stores, which, since of the White Army. I do not,

General Denikin. "One of our ships in each navy will probably as has been suggested, blame

be abandoned. Rivalry and suspicion their introduction four years ago, friends had disappeared in the would be increased and competitive have been a bitter pill for them

FOUR MOTOR PLANES the British Government for

heart of a great city. We building, within the scope.of each in swallow. my failure, and I have not sent

Stocked with a great variety and seemed to feel the power of the Power's Gnancial resources, would be

The Netherlanda government is back to the British War Office

Accelerated.

quantity of domestic and imported Ogpu even as far away as the British decorations given

Another important part of the goods, and serving the fortunate completing plans, it la understood, Paris. Most of us wondered if Washington treaty is expected also to few who either received remittances for a now factory somewhere near to me for war services.

it would be our turn next. be dropped and not replaced. That from abroad or had managed to Amsterdon to build fast four- "General Koutepoff was heartily struction of new fortifications in the preserve sums in foreign currency motor plancs for the Holland-Java disliked by the Bolshevists, and he Pacific to the cast of 110 degrees cast or objects of gold or silver from line, single-seater fighting the chaos of the revolution, the ships, two-senter reconnaissance had always defied them. He told longitude.

United States of

naval officers have "Torgsin" stores were an enigma, to planes, bombers, naval planes, amphibians and passenger flying mo once that he was certain

out that thle

le provision visiting foreigners.

boats: the existence of a plot against him, pointed but he refused to be guarded and allowed the British to fortity Singa-

A GLARING, CONTRAST pore, permitted the Japanese to im-

The government probably will aald ho could rely upon his own prove the defences in their home in- Visitors were amazed to see the bo the largest stockholder in the strength,

lands and enabled the French to make glaring contrast between these plant and interoste will be offered the coast of Indo-China more

the stores and the empty shelves and to the nation's warious plano pregnable. But it prohibited "The White Army fought gal- "He was a man of powerful United States from strengthening the windows of the stores available to builders.

fortification of

Fokker at present is building a build and had no fear. Although in the western insular possessions the average citizen,

Some were even puzzled by the distressing and difficult for mo we made many inquiries in Paris United States authorities claim that acquiescence of the citizens to this single senter fighter D-21 which fastest and most modernly equip When it became essential to order and other countries we could not the non-feriification clause was the apparent discrimination in favour he claime will be the world's

evacuation."

find out definitely what happened, price paid to Japan in 1922 for ac of the privileged few.

pod fighting craft. Its armament. end of the 5-5-3 One of General Denikin's most I am certain that the general must ceptance of the short

THE GOLD RESERVE consists of a 2 cm. gun firing ablo commanders was Generalba ddad.

ratio for capital ships and aircraft- Alexandre Koutopoff. · General

Russians, however, understand-through the screw-axle and two My own view is that the Bol-carriers and doclare that with the Donikin discussed the mystery of

shovists, through an organisation ed States have no interest in continuing the motives of the Government, machine guns attached to the was awing. When fitted with a water Koutoporr's disappearance in Paris in Paris, arranged the kidnapping ing the non-fortification arrangement realised that "Torgsin".

institution. It was cooled Hispano Suiza motor ita In 1980, when sensational charges of the general, and that they were which they regard as an important temporary

established at the end of 1930 as maximum speed in said to be 878 of kidnapping were made against particularly anxious to take him concession to Japan,

FOUGHT TO THE END "On several occasions 1 inve expressed gratitude to the British Government for materials and supplies given to the White Armics.

"But it is true that I should have liked more help from the British as well na other allied governments, and have regretted that this was not forthcoming.

lantly to the end and it was most

the Bolahovista.

alive.

KIDNAPPING THEORY

Pacific.

about to be demolished, the Unit

"

a means of mobilising every ounce miles an hour at 12,000 feet alti- In this welter of issues before the "I was living on the Continent "I believe that they wanted to delegates, the most that is expected of gold and silver available intern- tude.

a makeshift agreement for short- a

The D-21 is being built for tho When the incident took place" said smuggle him back to Russia, as term notification of building plans ally to meet the heavy obligations General Denikin, "and was among they had done with several of their and limitation of sizes of ships and incurred as a result of purchases Netherlands East Indies servico. those who demanded a thorough enemies.

gun calibres at the highest level now abroad during the first five year

Another Dutch airplane builder, investigation; but we have never "In my opinion they killed Kou-permitted. While even such a modest plan.

The Russian gold reserve to-day Frits Koolhoven is building a two- Hard the truth and the disappear tepoff during the kidnapping, accord is in doubt, it is considered ance of my old commander remaina It is highly probable that they had certain that all other advantages of is the largest in Russia's history, senter fighting reconnaissance ship for the Netherlands Indies Army, a mystery."!

planned to chloroform him when the Washington and London treaties and continues to mount.

More gold was mined in Russin Like Fokker's new model, this HOW. HE VANISHED

ho was riding, in a taxicab, and except possibly a general assuranco to foregs unrestricted submarino war-

high apect. Gonoral Koutepoff, a Russian that an overdose was administered fare against merchant vesecis-will last year, it is stated, than in ship claims

Carada and the United States.

United Press. hero of the Japanese war,

be irretrievably lost, Was during the struggle.”

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