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FIRST EDITION

Cont

Hongkong Telegraph,

FOUNDED 1681

No 14708

一拜禮 WTZA ERIC MONDAY, JANUARY 20,

1936. • 日六街 月二十

SINGLE COPY 19 CENTS 816.00 PER ANNUM

MOTORISTS

WHOSE MOTTO IS

Safety

Jirst"

ALWAYS FIT

DUNLOP TYRES

COUNCIL OF STATE TO ACT

LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETING

THORNY PROBLEMS

LIE AHEAD

LAVAL AWAITS EDEN

Geneva, Jan. 19.

It is unlikely that M. Pierre Laval, the French Primo Minlater and de- Tegate to the League

of Nationa

con-

Council meeting, will take a spicuous part in the discussions the Council during the next two or

three days,

Latest

Hin bulletins · reparding of Majenty the King are rather more. hopeful Picture shows His Majesty receiving an

address expressing gratitude for his restoration to health after his illness is 1029.

to-morrow

The Council, at least and the next day, will not be denl ing directly with the Italo-Ethiopian thorny dispute, onnctions or other questions which lie in its path.

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The principal conversations, how- over, will take place behind the M. Laval is anxious to meet Mr. Anthony Eden, the British For- olgn Secretary, who will represent his Government at the Council meet-: ing. Mr. Eden arrives to-morrow.

Mr. Stanley Bruce, the Australlan High Commissioner in London and Australing delegate to the Counell, will have his first experience IS chairman of the Council, commencing lo-morrow-Reuter.

DALADIER SUCCEEDS HERRIOT

LEADING RADICAL

SOCIALISTS

EX-PREMIER OF FRANCE

(Special to "Telegraph")

Paris, Jan. 19.

been M. Edouard Dalndler has elected to succeed M. Herriot as Pro- sident of the Radical Socialista.

This step was taken after M. Herriott insisted that he was not to be considered as a candidato-Reuter. Special

M. Daladior has long been as sociated in polities with M. Herriol. He entered the Chamber, in 1910 as Radical Socialist and accompanied Al. Herriot on his famous visit to Russia to study conditions there. In 1924, MHerriot made him Colonial Minister in his Cabinet and has since several times held ministerial posts. In 1930, in the midst of a violent public agitation, M. Daladler assumed the Chamber the Premiership. In subsequently, he secured three votes of confidence in the Chamber, on a declaration that there would be ruth- lass punishment for those concerned in the Stavisky affair. Later, how- over, he was forced to resign, al- though he again held office for time.

LOCAL DOLLAR UNCHANGED

MARKET FAIRLY

STEADY

Q

NEW AIR

LINKS TO

FAR EAST

HONGKONG SERVICE SOON TO START

PLANES NOW ORDERED

Arrangements for the inanenentlás

TIOW

of a regular air-nial and passenger' service between 5.ngapore and

have is understood, kong, it been completed, and it is expected that Emperial Airways will andoune. the comencing date with a week

DO.

or

This link will be only one of many planned to bring the "far flung" out- posts of the Empire almost to Bri- lain's "front doorstop."

Under plans already laid by Im- perin Airways for the future, the Empire services are to greally ex- tended in frequency and speed.

Before very long there will be four or five services a week to India, three to Singapore, two to Australia and two to the Cape.

It is proposed that Hongkong will

CHILDREN WAIT AT PALACE GATE

Three Little Girls Sing "God Save The King"

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London, Jan. 19.

•Hundreds wait through. out the day at the gates of Buckingham Palace for bul- His Majesty's letins health. There has been snow and the weather is bitterly cold.

on

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Among the crowd near the gates to-day were three little girls. For a long time the people had been silent or talking only in whispers, so 'that when these three little ones started singing their voices carried clearly, and a reverential hush continued.

They sang "God Save the King." Beuter,

PRIVY COUNCIL CALLED TO KING'S BEDSIDE

WHOLE WORLD WAITING FOR HOPEFUL NEWS OF MONARCH'S CONDITION

ROYAL PATIENT SLEEPS AND ANXIETY LESS INTENSE

THE PRIVY COUNCIL HAS BEEN SUMMONED TO MEET AT SANDRINGHAM TO-DAY IN VIEW OF THE SERIOUS ILLNESS. OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND WITH THE OBJECT OF APPOINTING A COUNCIL OF STATE, SUCH AS THAT WHICH ACTED FOR HIS MAJESTY, DURING THE ANXIOUS DAYS OF 1928-29.

IT IS MADE CLEAR, "OWEVER, THAT THE SUMMONING OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND THE APPOINTMENT OFA COUNCIL OF STATE DOES NOT MEAN THAT HIS MAJESTY'S CONDITION HAS BECOME MORE GRAVE. IT SIMPLY INDICATES THAT THE KING'S MEDI- CAL ATTENDANTS ARE OF THE OPINION THAT A RAPID RECOVERY TO FULL STRENGTII IS UNLKIKELY. THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNCIL IS A PRECAUTIONARY RATHER THAN AN EMERGENCY, MEASURE.

As a matter of fact His Majesty's condition is much the same. Official bul- letins state that although the night of January 18 was restless for the patient, he slept peacefully for several hours during the day of January 19: Her Majesty the Queen and the Princess Royal showed that tension in the household had slackened when they walked for half an hour in the gardens of Sandringham yesterday afternoon. This was the first time the Queen had left the house and the near vicinity of His Majetsty since he was taken ill on Friday.

Prior to the announcement of the meeting of the Frivy Council, the Prince of Wales returned to London with the Duke of York, and had an interview with Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister. His Royal Highness is the principal member of the Council of State which will serve for the King when appointed to-morrow at a meeting over which His Majesty will preside from his sick bed.

WORLD AWAITS NEWS

EMPIRE PRAYS

FOR KING.

SHADOW OVER GENEVA

London, Jan. 19.

The Prince of Waics to-day had a lengthy Interview with tho Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, at No. 10 Downing Street. The Prince and 100..Free.. were closeted for fity mmutes.

While this in itself caused the pub.ie soms concern, it was renlised) that the conversation was a necessary machanical move and some reassuran- | in bow is full rum the fact inac the Duke of York left Sandringhain for Windsor where he will spend to-night

PROBABLE COUNCIL

BILLIONS IN IDLE BULLION

SHOULD BE PUT TO WORK

THOMAS GIVES ADVICE

(Special to "Telegraph”)

Washington, Jan. 29.

to

Billions of dollars worth of idio His Royal Highness the Prince of gold and silver stocks in the United

States Transury should he put Wates, who was called to Sandring work paying the soldiers' bonus and "ham when his father was taken ill and relieving farm delts, according to who had an hour's conference with Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrat, of

the Prime Minister yesterday.

SEEKING OLD PRICE LEVELS

FARMERS URGING

Oklahonin..

the His

dezclosed argomenta motives behind a strong section of Congress which wants to issue runny nt- millions more currency in no tempt to hasten recovery. Fow of

plans them characterise their inflationary, but they are sa regarded by a wide section of op.nion.

ns.

"The national debt burden to-day is about $250,000,000,000 - and the national tax burden about $15,000,- 000,000, Mr. Theman said. "At the same time we have in the Treasury about $5,500,080,000 more gold and

have money .. eirculation. That incans it is idle, « useless and buried."

CURRENCY CONTROL silver than wo

WANT OUTLETS

FOR CROPS

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The prices of wheat, cotton and other products of the farm are still below normal, 30 that a farmer having to pay off in '05 conts a bushel whent debts which he contract- ed when It was worth $1,60 or $1.75 per bushel. Cotton is selling at around 12 centa pr pound but the (Special to "Telegraph")

farmer has to try and pay debts with when it Washington, Jan. 29. that which he contracted The heads of the National Grange was worth 20 or 30 cents per paund, Farm Bureau Federation, the National Naturally it takes more wheat or Co-operative Council of Farmers and cotton now to repay the loan, than the National Grain Corporation, con- it did when borrowed." Requent upon many conferences on the question of agricultural aid, to-day made the following recommendations:

AID FOR FARMER "President Roosevelt

has

done

farmera

dollar

Firstly, the establishment of a something to remedy the monetary authority to stabilise domes plight by devaluating the the purchasing power through"re-He brought it down. from the costly pricing gold, regulating the value of unit worth $1.07 as measured in farm the dollar regulating the issuance goods to one worth only $1.23 ni But we must bring it all other monetary credit powers that the way back to an honest dollar Congress sees it to give," in order to worth only $1.00 in goods."

and volume of the currency, and such present. OF STATE

with his family. He will not return PRIVY COUNCIL TO to Sandringham until Monday,

A night bulletin said the King had

passed a quiet day and that there was no change in his condition.

来

EVENING BULLETIN

This bulletin was issued at 7.45

p.m.

BE ASSEMBLED

WITH KING'S COGNISANCE

London, Jan. 19.

While the King slept peacefully, it wald, Her Majesty the Queen and the London, Jan. 10.

Princess Royal went for a walk in

The Prince of Wales and the Duke The illness of His Majesty K'ng the grounds during the afternoon. George continues to

evoke world. This was the first time that the Queen of York are in London to-day and wide interest and sympathy, while had left the house since the King will not return to Sandringham until

developed his present illness, Friday, to-morrow. special prayers for his recovery have Her Majesty carried, a walking been offered in churches throughout tick and earnestly talked with the

the British Empire."

The King of Italy has requested his Ambassador, Signor Grandi, to make direct inquiry, and to convey the Italian Boyal Household's wishes for a speedy recovery through His

| Majesty's, Government,

The Emperor of Japan and the| Kings of Bulgaria and Belgium have sent similar mesanges.

GENEVA CONCERNED

JAUNU

LATEST. BULLETIN

London, Jan 20.

It is learned unofficially that at 2 am, the. King had had a little aleep and that his condition was unchanged-cuter.

The shadow of the King's lineman hour.

Lord

the

Privy Council members will attend They will include the Home Secretary, meeting at Sandringham to-morrow. Sir John Simim, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Hailsham, the Clerk of tho Council, Sir Maurice Lord President of the

Wigram Ramsay MacDonald, and Lord Dawson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the Duke of Kent

The probable Councillors of State include Her Majesty the Quoas, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Mr. Baldwin, and the Lord Chancellor.

The Connell has been summoned

FIVE KILLED IN RAILWAY CRASH

All Victims Workers Of Grantham

London, Jan. 19. Another railway mishap occurred to-day, resulting

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in five platelayers being killed and seven injured.

The accident took place when two light engines coupled together collided with ballast train near Grantham.

All the victims were re- sidents of Grantham, and were travelling to their work in the brake van of the bal. last train when the mishap occurred.-Reuter Special,

Secondly, to extend the Commodity Loan policy:

Princess Royal as they paced the with the King's cognisance and the adjust the basic commodity prices graval paths between snow-covered members will be empowered to sign either to the 1926 or 1920 level; lawns. Both were heavily wrapped a state documents on behalf of His They remalnest, in the grounds half Majesty.

Thirdly to permit farmers to con- Hanfreds of telograms of sympathy and inquiry have been received at trol the machinery of adjustment, in Sandringham to-day and Her Majesty supply and demand

Fourthly, the expansion of foreign sending hundreds away in reply outlets for domestle agriculture

United Press.

READY FOR EMERGENCY

Reuter.

The only way to do it is to raise prices. And that means issue more money."

Senator Thomus contended that the United States programme of buying silver in the world market and storing it in the Treasury was "usoles - lena the Government issued money for circulation on the basis of the silvar.

the. Sonator Thomas himself was sponsor of the Silver Purchase Act of 1934 which caused the United white States to start buying the metal.

"The Government has missed the idea entirely," he said, "as long ex it keeps on storing unused silver. My plan was to get the price of silver up so that the silver in a dollar was really worth a dollar and it would have genuine monetary value. The plan was to get money into circulation. But all the Treasury has dose is to buy metal and heard it. They might as well hoard aluminium or zinc. United Press.

NEW YORK. MARKET

LOWER IN ALL SECTIONS

be linked with the Singapore-England has fallen heavily over Geneva where

Now York, Jan. 18. and Singapore-Australia services once it is pointed out that the King's in-

The Now York Stock Exchango was a week for a start, increased fre

Reuter learns that tentative steps

lower in all sections to-day. Traders quoney being brought into operation tercat in the League of Nations has have been taken to prepare for the

took to the sidelines awaiting. Mon- the demand warrants.

always been sincere and sympathetic, summoning of the Privy Council at

SUBSTITUTE NEEDED day's sitting of the Supreme Court

constitu when the docision on the The Hongkong dollar was un. It is the hope of Imperial Airways Meanwhile the welcome news that Sandringham if it la decided that the

restlers appointment of Councillors of State It is expected the meeting will be

Washington, Jan. 19. tionality of the Tennessee Valley Ad. changed on opening this morning, the that by the end of next year, all although the King had

held in room adjacent to His Bank's official rate being is, ad,

The Secretary of the United States ministration may possibly be made; first-class Empire mail will be carried night he maintained his strength is necessary.

This will only be done if the King's Malesty's.

Most of the leaders were dall and Inter-bank rates-were 18. 8.5/8d. by air from England to India, Malayn, was followed by more encouraging

several illness continues and Ella Majosty

The King's three doctors are re-Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, sollers and 18. 9.11/16d. buyers, African Colonics, North and South reports that he had had

of hours sleep during the day.

Bonds and Insues on the Curb Ex- Nyasaland, Union The market was fairly steady, al-Rhodesia,

shows no sign of improvement, in ali maining all night at Sandringham to-day said that a substitute for the showed fractional declines, though not much business was pass South Africa, Singapore, and long-

Hundreds of people walted in the probability. But even the appoint but will issue no further bulletins Agricultural Adjustment Administra

tion legislation would be necessary by chango wore irregularly lower, kong.

snow dor-houre-outside Buckingham ment of a Council of State does not until to-night

February 10, or it cannot be effective United Press. Palace to read the statement: on His mean that His Majesty z oondition is BIG FLYING BOATS

Majesty's condition which was pasted more grave than it has been in the NO CAUSE FOR"ALARM before the planting United

Press, An official source states

that a Great Bying boats and land planes at noon. Others walled at the gates past forty-eight hours.

Toumis, accord-

morting of the Privy Counell at Sand- PRIVY COUNCIL CALLED for these widely extended and im- of the Sandringham

ringham would not necessarily bo proved services have already been ing to Reuters special correspondent {and. a continuous pilgrimage of

The Privy Council has been called regarded as indienting any gravo ordered by Imperial Airways,

By a vote of 64 to 27 the Benate motorista, oyclists and pedestrian

Chicago, Jan. 18. San Antonio, Jan. 19. In addition to these Empire services continued to file past the King's real in meet at Sandringham to-morrow | danger or that any such change was to-day defeated the amendment to the

The wheat market was stendy and Imperial Airways anticipato that a

morning. It will appoint a Council of expected in the King'a condition, but Bomus Bill made by Senator Ebner Major-General John Biddio, retired, trans-Atlantle link between the dence throughout the day.

Stats to net during the King's illness. Father meaning that the illness of His Thomas of Oklahoma providing for listless to-day, Tradem ignored the died here today. He was one of the Motherland and Canada will be pro- Meanwhile, the Prince of Walos and The meeting will be attended by Malaty was likely to bo

prolonged, most distinguished of the American vided before the end of 1987,

and also ignored the rumours' that. the Duke of York have left Bandring the Home Secretary, Sir John Sman, The Council of State will be payment of the Veterans' Bonus by improvement in the Liverpool market The Senate then went into recess France may place an embargo on Army engineer officons and had served It will then be possible for a Hong-ham for London. They went that the Lord Change and the Clark powered to act for the King who will since 1881 having been placed on kong to fourney around-morning but will return to night, it of the Counell, Sir Maurice Hankey conduct to-morrowla monting from his aw' Monday without parslag the wheat exports due to anticipation of the retired' list' in 1020.--Zeiter.

(Continued on, Page. 7.).

domestic shortage-United Press. sunderstood.-Beutas,

and others.

(Continued on Page 7) Bohud B United. Premi

VETERAN PASSES,

AMENDMENT defeated

Washington, Jan. 18.

Currency, expansión.

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