1935-12-11 — Page 7

LEAGUE EXPERTS TO REPORT

ON SANCTIONS AND' THEIR EFFECT

London, Dec. 10.

A Geneva message states that tho League exports who are studying the application of sanctions against Italy mot to-day to examine the aɲswers rocolved from various Governments since the last meeting. They will pre- pare an interim roport on the whole subject. for submission to the com- mittee of Eighteen which meets 'on › Thursday.

A

It is understood that the experts

·lind

that certain' number of South American States have not yet taken the necessary logislative measures to put the sanctions into effect.

According to present arrangements, the Minister for League Affairs, Mr. Eden, who is also acting Foreign Minister in the absened of Sir Samuel Hoare, will leave London to-morrow afternoon to attend the Committee of, Eighteen-British Wireless,

PEACE FORMULA

APPROVED

(Continued from Pape 1.) for Information and discussion. The Labourieta would take an early up- portunity to raise the question as to what was a satisfactory settlement according to the praciples of the League Covenant.

The Dominion High Commissioners were summoned to the Foreign Office this afternoon, it is believed for con- sultation on the peace proposals. Reuter Special

OTHER REACTIONS -

Parle, Dec. 10.

It is understood that the British Government has criticised the peace plan as being too generatis to Raly Reuter Special.

Genova, Doc. 10.

The reported peace terms have created a feeling little short of atupe faction-Reuter Special.

Paris,

declared

Doc. 10.

"We are hi agreement," Sir Robert Vansiltart, of the British Foreign Office, when leaving the Quai d'Orsay which he had just visited with Sir George Clerk, British Am-

U.S. WON'T CURE SILVER SLUMP

(Continued from Page 1.)

hours after usual pries fixing time, following the announcement that they would not fix the price unless a buyer appeared.

Their rate was 83-4 cents, a do cline of one cent.—United' Prou.

MONTREAL SILVER

Montreal, Dec. 10. The Montreal Metal Exchange con- tinued to trade in silver to-day,

It was explained: "Montreal interested In the trend of prices, bo cause it la merely a market place. Just because there is a preponderance of sellers, there is no reason to deny facilities to traders."

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. ~WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1935.

U.S. COMMODITY COLONY'S PLACE

PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are Innued by Router,"

Dec. 9.

Dec. 10. 11.63 11.68/06

SIR CECIL CLEMENTI STRESSES VALUE

London, Dec: 10. “Hongkong is the most valuable British asset in China and British polley in China ought, therefore, to be largely based on the needs of Hongkong, "wald Sir Cocil Clementi at the Royal Empire Society luncheon. Sir Cecil strongly criticized the Foreign Offee,

In 1920, clung which, desperately y to the illusion that Peiping somehow governed nil China, and forced Dr. Sun Yat-sen. who wished to be friends with Hongkong, into the arms of Russia who embroil- ed Canton and Hongkong in disputes, culminating in a disastrous boycott and the loss of millions of money. 12.03/93

Cecil continued:

most earnestly hope that we shall take warning from the past, and do not snerifico Hongkong to an Alusion. Nature herself dictated the closest and most intimate and friend- ly co-operation between Hongkong. Canton and the teeming millions of Kwangtung, who are a most indus- trioux, capable and peace-loving people,"

December January

11.62

11.02/62

March

11.41

not

May July October Spat

11.36

11.41/41 11,31/82

11.28

11.05

12.05

** 11.23/23 10.97/07 12.10

New

York Rubber

12.08

13.00

13.20

13.01/01 13.19/10

13.41 13.50

13.36/30

Total sales:-133 lois

Chicago Wheat.

95 05 89

Sales included thirty-six lots of December, March and May, which were the only monthe traded and all declined the limit.

The months not traded in nominally declined 780 points-United` Press.

COMPLETELY IN DARK

New York, Dec. 10. Local silver circles are completely in the dark anent the silver situation and decline to venture any opinion pending further developments.

December January March May

July

December May Monday's July.

Sir

Again 13.46/46

'90 196 05/00% saler:-16,847,000 bushels 894780

Chicago Corn

58% 687 00%

is understood that to-day's | December Treasury bids on the London market| May were so ridiculously low as to pre. July, clude the fixing of the price of the Monday's salon:-3,608,000 bushela metal in London.

Winnipeg Wheat

Meanwhile, unless buyers are found on the New York market, there will

no price fixed for foreign silver inlay New York.

With the Treasury apparently un- willing show It hand, local observers are inclined to the view that the present impasse is a result of the Chinese attempts to acquire foreign exchange by heavy silver offerings in London.

It is felt that the problem involved is whether or not the Treasury shall "hold the bag" at a level convenient to Nanking and to the Hongkong Government-Reuter,

NO COERCION IN PEACE PLANS

(Continued from Page 1)

December

July

BR

87

87%

New York Яllk

December March May..

The Railway'

A

RADIO BROADCAST

Several Items From

The Studio

́EUROPEAN PROGRAMME

From ZBW en a wavelength of 355 metres (845 kilocycles):

4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme," 6-6.15 p.m. Childrens' Studio Con-

cert.

7-7.17 p.m. Chopin Studies

played by Wilhelm Backhana.

2.

I No. 7 in O sharp Minor: No. 9 in 1. flat major 3. No. 11. in E flat major; 4. No. 10 in A, fint Major: No. in F Minor,

7.17-7.30 p.m. From Foreign Lands (Moszkowski).

7.30-8 p.m.

A Jazz Recital by Julian Silverio plano) and Frod Carplo (Banjo).

Hot and Bothered; Feet: 4. 2. Polly; 3. Got

Rhythm in

In Your Mine Alone; 5. Pickin' the Banjo; 6. Ticklin' the Finger; 7. Sugar

10-5:35 p.m.

Sir Cecil stressed the need for the Plum; 8: Aunt Jemima's Birthday. 68%%/68% | kolution of three problems;

༣ p.m. Time and Weather Report. 50%/60% The first was that the Kowloon-

8.03-8.15 pm. Octets 60%/60% Canton and the Canton-Hankow rall.

Hearts and Flowers (arr. Willough ways must be linked. Canton can by); Good Company Melley (arr. never be a deep-sea port, and her

Willoughby). rallborne trade is definitely hampered denial of direct access to Hong- 83/835 by 87%/875 kong.

Similarly

aeroplanes from 87%/87% interior of China must

be 12owed full use of the excellent aerodrome at Kowloon.

П Customs agreement

1.07% 1.04%/90% 1.94% 1.02 /02 1.92% 1.91 /01

Total sules:-73 lots

EXCHANGE RATES

Berlin.

Athens

Shanghai

Vienna Prague

bassador, to discuss the peace plantion for the progressive reduction of Ducharest. Reuter Special.

+

EUROPEAN HOUSE ROBBED

SAFE PICKED TWICE

obstacles to trade,

Madrk

Dec. 9. 7.1.47/64

Selections by "The Waikiki Trio." 1. Forward Kamehameha; 2. Kame- thehameha Waltz; 3. Kanahanui Hote; Wahikaahuula; 5. Tho Pidgin English Hula.

Secondly, ive, under which Hong-

WOR

kong

collect the duties on goods destined for China.

Thirdly, the future of the Leased Kowloon Territory must be decided, the

uncertainty about which was already

impeding progress and development.

"Either the New Territory must Dec, 10, remain British in perpetuity, or the 74.23/32 Colony itself will have to be given

15.22 back to China.

10.07

8.35.9 p.m. "Symphony No. 8 in B Minor" (Schubert) ("Unfinished").

tin.

9.9.15 pm. Daventry News Bulle.

9.15-9.30 p.m. A Violin Recital by Fritz Kreisler.

1.

Serenade Espagnol (Spanish Serenade); 2. Jota (De Falls); 3. A May Breeze ("Songs without words") (Mendelssohn); 4. London- derry Afr.

9.30-10 p.m.

A Variety Concert Dy "I do not see any other solution," Audrey Steel (Comedienno); Fay Sir Cecil Clementi appealed to his Litter (Piano); Rex, I. Pedley (Bari- 1/2.0/16 nudience to support Hongkong tone); Dorgen Ma (Accompanist).

4.93% University, which W48

1. Piano Solo: greatly imped

Romance Sana 7.284ed by lack of adequate endowment. Parules, Schatz; (Fay Litter);

20

2. "Nothing

would do more to Song: It's an old Southern Custom; 110 strengthen British prestige in China

Steel); 3. Song: Smilin'

than that Hongkong should become (Rev. Pedley): 4. Plano 36.3/04 famous seat of learning to which the Solo:

Paris,

Geneva.

20.20 12.28

620

.

New York.

Amsterdant

1/2.0/16 4.02.16/16

2614 118%

630

.36.1/32.

110%

1/4

110% Chinese would look a 1/4% do to Oxford

.39.0/16

210 4.98% 1/2

29.27 Reuter?

39%

216

4.08%

1/2

GIRL'S ALLEGATION

2254

226

4

YOUTH FACES CHARGE OF: ATTEMPTED RAPE

The Minister of Henith, Sir Kings Lisbon.. ley Wood, replied for the Government, Hongkong He said in the first six months of Brussels. 1935, exports to foreign

-countries Monte Video

APP

with which trade agreements were Belgrade, in operation were greater by over Mo

Montreal £7,500,000, or 17 per cent., thari in Yokohama. the first half of 1933 when

these Helsingfors

agreements were not in operation. Rio

of

The British adverse balance payments had been wiped out, and they had again become the foremost exporters of manufactured goods in the world.

IN SUCCESSION

Over $2,000 worth of Jewellery was stolen from No, 43 Grampian Road, Kowloon City, In two successive rob- He claimed that the Governments borica sometime between last Satur-housing policy had had a profound effect on unemployment, and build- day and Monday, according to a re- port made to the police by the victims, ing generally, particularly house Misses B. L. and I. E. Rogers and building, was now providing employ- Messrs. N. A. E. Mackay and J. F. C. ment on a weale hitherto unknown. Mackay, the occupants of the pre-

The Governmen were giving pro- minos.

to an ordered plan for the improvement of social, and public health services,

It appears that on Saturday the house was left in charge of the nor vants. On the return of one of the occupants in the evening, it was found that the safe had been picked and some pieces of jewellery missing.

A report was at once made to the police, and nothing further happened had non salo

again been

The Liberal amendment was de feated by 350 votes to 143-British Wireless.

until Monday when it was discovered SUPPORTS CONTINUED

that the

con picket!

it is Kus-

and more valuables armorly in their

pected that a "boy" employ, was the culprit as he has die appeared with all his belongings.

Fortunately, a brooch valued at $500 which was in the safe was not taken by the thief or thieves,

TREATIES

(Continued from Page 1)

Buenos Aires...15 Oslo...

Silver (Spot).. 287 Silver (forward),28 War Loan......106

SCARING

-British Wireless.

AMERICA

AVIATOR HELPS AIR FORCE PROPAGANDA

Cathay Tango; Roth: (Fay

Englishmen Litter); 5. Song: Dancing with my

and Cambridge."ndow; (Audrey Steel): 0. Songs:

Love you

Pedley): truly Fairings

Pinno

(Rex,

Solo:

Two (Fay

Guitars-Russian Gypsy Sony

Litter);

8.

Song:

Broadway; (Audrey Steel).

10 p.m.

Bulletins.

tral

Big Ben: Router Press

10,05-10.30 p.m, Light Orches-

Selections, Liebestraumo Ostrow, Op. 10 No. 22 (Rubinstein); (Liszt); Kamennai- Old Spanish Song (Aubort); Irish Washerwoman (arr. Sowerby); Prin-

Elizabeth (Lineko); Desert Song Waltz (Rom-

(Crean); Amina berg).

семя

An allegation that he had attempted 100% to

commit

on Tong Ying, rapo

14 apinster, aged 19 years, at No. Gresson Street, second floor, on No- vember 26, was made against Wong ling, unemployed, aged 19 years, when he appeared before Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon. Evidence was taken, the case being for committal.

Mr. E. H. Williams, the Assistant Attorney General, appeared for Crown, and Mr. P..II..Sin represented This Evening's Broadcast From

defendant.

the

no-long ago.

10.30-11 p.m. Dance Tunes of not-

11 p.m. Close Down.

ZEESEN PROGRAMMES

The German Short-Wavers

programmes for Tar Eastern

New York, Dec. 12, Clyde Tangborn, the famous avia for, testified under oath before the The facts of the case, according to Congressional Committee Investigat Mr. Williams, were that complainant ing patents, that Japan plans to seize had been

'.Special employed for three months the United States and is prepared to as an amah by Chan Sau-kam, mother follows:

steners will be broadcast from Zemen as destroy American cities by the use of the of "auicide" bombing planes carry Streetccused, at No. 14

ing a single "torpedo, which will be an integral part of the The machine la capable of

second floor. The

Gresson Was

SOUTH! ABIA ZONE

known to all the occupants the 1Bouth Asia Zone, broadcast front DJB,

Chat Koon. AS

The was quito content with

20. four

her

six thousand miles said Pangbornment, and it would be ent

not

D.M

(19.74 metres) and DJN (71.45 metres).

DJN 19.74 mm 16,200 ke 1,20-5 DJB 19.76 m 15,390 ke 4.45-0.16 p. DJN 21.45 9.40 4.45-8.45 p.

19.7413,100 kc p.m.-11.30a.m. 4.43 p.m. Call DJB, DJN (Germ

Kogl) German Folk Song. Pro- gramme Forecast (Garm... Emal.)

accused wa

complainant

given in The pilots will not contemplate re-

DJO that she was of a very re- but tirn will I plunge to certain death.

nature and

given to speak- weapon's existence during his world had no thoughts of marriage, and she Pangborn said he learned of the ing much to men. Furthermore she fight, in the course of which it will be had encouraged defendant.

The defendant, Bald Mr. Williams, was unmarried, and lived with his mother, at your

and his mother's baby grand-daughter. His father was sway in the country

COMMONWEALTH the plenary meeting yesterday. The recalled, the Japanese arrested him.

DESIRED

PHILIPPINES WANT

NO CHANGE

Washington, Dec. 10. Officials of the War Department to... day said that any move for a per manent affiliation of the Philippines with the United States would require and

Act of

Congress,

Omeials have indicated a keen in terest

in

tho

place at Clarence House to day.

After consideration of questions of procedure there was a continuation of the general discussion Initiated ab

United Kingdom delegates made He testified that it would be easy to the committee regarding for the Japanese Navy to capture statements qualitative and

naval | Alaska and establish aerial bases. quantitative limitation, part four of the London whence they would fly to Chicago and

which relates to

to the use Tarines,

of return.. and provisions of the He urged the establishment in Washington and London, Treaties. Alaska of an air base to accommo- Statements on these issues were niso date long-range bombers.United made by the principals of the United States, the Italian delegationese, French

and

The Committee then proceeded to discuss the question of quanitative imitation. It meets again to-morrow afternoon. the conference for Christmas from There will be an adjournment of

afternoon

Howard, Dings of Mr. Roy the morning of December 21 to the

of the Scripps Howard newspapers, that the leading businessmen in the

Philippines favour

pur a permanent Commonwealth. However, they are unable to make any direct comment because they have not received any official communica

similar vein.

tion in

Nevertheless, they have indicated that Mr. Howard's interpretation of the Filipino sentiment is the first clear and definite report on the sub- Joct-United Press..

DEATH OF MRS. A. RAHUMED

AFTER THREE WEEKS' ILLNESS

Wireless.

1

We regret to record the death of Mrs. Fatoma. Eva Ruhumed, wife of Mr. A. K. Rohumed, of the Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd., at her residence to day at 4 a.m. after three weeks! Blness.

THE

of January

2--British

VERY IDEA!

(continued from Page 6.)

You never know in the removal game what you'll find under carpets,

Packing the contents of the wine [cellar wasn't an easy job. However, we managed to pack them quite com fortably, th

throwing the empty battles nto a garbage can.

Meanwhile, the Governor was still sobbing bitterly in a corner of the bare sitting room.

bill

When we presented him with the for $75, he adbbel even more bit

Didn't want

to leave the oli

terly.

home.

I'rene.

IN MEMORIAM

DONATIONS TO SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

The Hon. Treasurer of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul acknowledges with grateful appreciation and thanks the receipt of the following donations to the Society's Funda in

mory

of the late Mrs. D. J. P.

Mra. E. O'Obrien and family.. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Cordeiro ... Mrs. M. Brown ....TO

and Mrs, J. M. Xavier Mr. and Mrs. F. X. Soares Anonymous The

ofissen Hyndman Mrs. J. Pomeroy.... The Misses D'Assumpeas Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Rozario

35

$23

MONUMENT TO. JELLICOE

knocked about by the time we'd of the stuff looked pretty, Most

London, Dec. 10. chucked it on a junk to be conveyed Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, an In the House of Commons, Mr. across the harbour, so when the funk nounced that the House, would on sink the loss wasn't so very heavy:

Meanwhile, we're still in business erection of a monument to the late Thursday consider a melion for the The deceased is survived by a son such as a couple of cases of boer, or Special,

If you've anything you'd like removed, Admient End! Jallitoe. Rouler and a daughter, Abbas and

May, your extra concubines, or your ten- beside her husband, her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. Rafork and two alsters and 860 you.

sila, give us a ring and we'll come up and two brothers.

Our charges aro reasonable. If The funeral will leave the ro- you want to bolt out of the Colony, sidenco, 118 Caine Road, this after let us handle your arrangements. You noon at four o'clock arriving at the mightn't get away yourself, but we'll Mohamedan Cemetery at 5 p.m... It see that your furniture accompanies

requested that no flowers be sent.

you.

never

the time of the alleged incident.

Mr. Williams stated that all the occupants were respectable people of the working class,

On

When the alleged attenipt was mado on her, a little after 5 a.m., com. plainant could not distinguish who the person was; but on her shouting out the man ran into the kitchen. The complainant followed and switch-

and saw the light,

defendant. He waved his hands to her and asked her not to make a noise., A Woman named Taui Taun had heard com- pialnant's shout. The defendant's mother was also awakened, and after hearing the girl's story, she scolded defendant and boxed his cars,

Marriage Suggested

4 p.m. Military Concert... 4.30p.m. News in English.

5.45 p.m. The Chimes are Ringinst 4 p.m. New German Baska. AIS p.D 0.45 p.st.

↑ p.m. A p.m.

"Consolation for the Bleep Irsa."* News In German. Concert of Light Musle.

Nawa is Kaziuk,

6.15 p.m. Clown down DJD, DJN (Germ

Engl

EAST ABIA ZONE

Fast Als Zone broadcast through, D29 on 19.03 metres (16,260 Le.) 1.30-8 p.m. Concert, now at p.m.

p.m. Call DJA, DID, DIN (Germ.

Earl). German Folk

Forecast (C

f'rogramme Engl.)

1.15 p.m. Military Concert.

4 pm. Nowe in English on DJA and 'in

Batch on DIN, DIN.

16 p.m. Bhort Introduction, followed by

The Valkyrie" Act III. 11.16 p.m. News, In German on DJA, DJB,

DJN. 11.30 p.m. To-day in Germany, Sound

Pictures. 11.45 pm. Military Concert (continued). 12.15 a.m. News in English'an DJA and sa

Dulch on DJB, DJN, 17.30 mm. Clown down DJA, DJB and DIN

(Germ. Zuzi).

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES,

The defendant said nothing, but his naked her not to report the matter, mother took complainant aside and

and she would get her sua to marry her. The defendant's mother would however deny that she had asked the complainant not to report the matter, although she would

agree that she had made a suggestion of marriage to the are girlmplainant carried on with her

household duties until 7.a.m. and then went to see her aunt; to whom she told her story. A report was then made to the Police. An Inspector and

dotective went to defendant's house.. Defendant's mother and her aunt made suggestions to the girl about marrying defendant, but she would not agree. Defendant in his statement to the Police denied the charge. 2.10 p.m. to-morrow.

The hearing was. ailjourned -until

Among the passengers who arriv- ed by the Potsdam from Manila was senior member of the staff of The Times, Captain A. L. Kennedy, Vice Admira! J. P. Estøvn, Com- assistant Foreign Editor. Captain mander-in-Chief of the French Naval Kennedy in un à recuperativo cruise, Forces in the Far East, arrived here ife will be in South China for a wook this morning aboard the cruiser or more and will visit Canton to- Primaguot. The unual salutes were day. From Hongkong he goes to

Manila. exchanged.

To-day's Broadcasting From Four Transmissions

The following wave-lengths and frequencies

oberved by Daventry. Call Sign Prequency Wavelength

6,95 ke. 1.

96A

40,50 metra

C90

31,35. metrue

680

31.30) matres

C8D

11.180. k..

25.35 metres

CAK

11,01 k..

25.38 motren

CAP

15,341 ke, 10.31 metres

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