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No. 1480A

六拜禮 一月二英港香

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1936. .. 日九初月正

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"CLEARING-UP" DAYS

BEGARDLESS OF COST MONDAY, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY

Fob. 3nd, 4th & 5th REMNANTS

GLODDMENTS

WHITEAWAY'S

GERMAN-JAPANESE TREATY REPORT

ADDS TO FRENCH

DISTRUST

ACTUAL DEFENSIVE

ALLIANCE?

SARRAUT'S CABINET

WINS SECURITY

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")

(By Telegraph. Copyright Telegraphic

IRDA. Received, Feb. 1, 8 a.m.)

Messages

Ordinance,

Paris, Jan. 31.

The atmosphere of doubt and suspicion in France with respect to the German intentions towards that nation, and in

SUBSIDY FOR AIR

particular the clauses of the Versailles Treaty dealing with the TRANSPORT?

demilitarisation of the Rhineland, has not been cleared by the publication to-day by the newspaper, L'Oeuvre, of a story of a German-Japanese alliance.

This newspaper declares that the German Ambassador, Herr Herbert von Dirksen, at Tokyo, and the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, signed a German-Japanese "treaty of friendship" in the Japaneso capital on January 4.

The treaty as the elements of a defensive alliance, it is stated.

This same story was rumoured abroad early, this month and was given wide publicity, Since then the German Chan- cellor's expression of determination to guard Germany's honour with force of arms, the Minister for Propaganda's assertion that Germany required colonics and must have thom, and the tales of remilitarisation of the Rhineland in breach of the Versailles Treaty, have added to the feeling of apprehensive ness in France,

31.

During the present visit of Ploro Flandin, the new Foreign Minister, to London, it is known that ho discussed the situation in its general aspects with the British Gov- orament. It was stated that Great Britain did not ahare Franco's fears about to make that Germany wa -some startling coup in the direction

of the Rhineland.

However, many Frenchmen aro con. vinced that the widely published ne

ANGLO- EGYPTIAN PARLEYS

I

cusation that Germany has establish- FORMULATING NEW

ed an serial "Hindenburg Lino” in)

the Rhineland, is materially true.-

United Press..

SARRAUT'S STRENGTH

Paris, Jan. 31.

The Socialiste to-day decided

to

vote in favour of the Government,

Thps, M. Sarraat, the Premier,

TREATY

MILITARY. ASPECTS

Calro, Jan. 13.

Treaty negotiations, alment re secured a majority of 196 in to-night's gulating relations between Egypt and division, following a debate on the Great Britain, will open in Cairo very shortly, probably about February 16, ministorial declaration of polley.

The Communists deelded to abstain Sir Miles Lanipson, the British High

represent fram voting. This is the first timo Commissioner, will

Ha

in the history of the party that they Majesty's Government, together with have not voted against the Govern- a number of high military officers and ment.

The voting on the division was 301 to 105.-Reuter.

FAMOUS WAR ACE PROMOTED

HEADS CANADIAN

FORCE

LIEUT.-COL. BISHOP-V;C.

Ottawa, Jan. 31.

atrategy experts.

The British Government has al- rendy suggested that it would be ad- vantageous to discuss the military aa- pects of the new treaty at the very outset, due to the importance of this matter both from the British Egyptian point of view-Router's Bulletin Service.

and

CAIRO QUIETER

Cairo, Jan. 31. Owing to the Improved situation, the University and schools aro to be immediately. -- Renter's reopened Bulletin Service.

CHANGED CHURCH PRAYERS

REGULATIONS FOR BRITAIN

CONTRIBUTIVE

.SYSTEM

London, Jan. 31. The text of the Government's Air for subsidy of air transport and for Navigation Bill, embodying proposals the future regulation of civil aviation, was published to-day,

INDIA

COLLIERY DISASTER

MANY KILLED IN EXPLOSION

FOUR BRITONS AMONG DEAD

(Special to "Telegraph”)

Five are known to have

one

to dral

The British Red Cross la busy Ethiopin. Picture shows a dressing station waiting for the wounded, to COMO in.

CONVICTS' TERRIBLE. DEATH,

FLAMES KILL 20 IN TRUCK CAGE

ATTEMPTED RESCUE

in agons

agony.

REVEALS JAPAN'S MISSION

AMBASSADOR TALKS TO AMERICANS

NO-ONE WANTS WARS

(Special to "Telegraph”) ily Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Mem варей Ordinance, 104 Received, January 1, 3 a.m.)

New York, Jan. 31 Speaking at the Japan Society to day, the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Saito, suggested that his country had a responsibility for stabilising the backward portions of the world in a similar fashion to British and Ameri cana in their particular spheres of influence. History showed how British

American and

culture had been spread to the more savage peoples, he said.

Ho contended that wherever the

Japanese had Keno, improved condl- tions had results, much to

benofit of the inhabitants,

the

Citing the Japaneso overtures for a

closer Sino-Japanese understanding

Sick

Sir Murchison Fletcher, for many pears in the Hongkong Govern ment service, who has been appointed Governor of Trinidad.

REMOVING NATIONS' SUSPICION

and co-operation to a fuller degree, NAVAL CONFERENCE Mr. Salto said his country was motivated by the alncere desire for mutual assistance and benefit.

Ho credited the world's dictators with higher motives than personal ambitions. In ne part of the world! to-day are there any selfisk or mis- guided despots bent upon conquest for conquest'a anke.

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OBJECT PROGRESS REPORTED

London, Jan. 31.

An official announcement, accom-

"The nations have learned that im- panying the details of the Naval Con. Scottsboro, Ala, Jan. 31. perial ambition load ultimately, to forence Technical Committee's reports on the annual publication of details Twenty negro conviels locked in alsaster," Mr. Safto asserted.

new construction, which were New Delhi, Jn. 1.

wire cage in

Japan, said the Ambassador, hudi of larry, met with a fear-j

drum af Bought naval parity as a means of adopted by the First Commiticu this boen ful death today, when a killed and forty are missing in the petrol caught fire, exploded and cover security against aggression. This fear afternoon, says if all the naval explosion, due to fire and air draft, ed them with blazing liquid. They of aggression had brought substantin Powers agree to the proposals a great The Secretary for Air is empower at the Loyabad colllery in the Jharia are unable to escape. All perished parts of China and other countries advance will be made, and there will ed, subject to Treasury approval, to coal field.

near Japan under Japanese domina- be a removal of suspicion which has strong effect on competitive build- enter into long-term agreements for Those killed, include

It is Briton. is expected that two others will tion, he admitted.

Those Occidental aggressions .. air services.. One million pounds,!

succumb to their burns. They were

Thus there will be constituteri which is the present limit to the total There are fears that other Britons near the lorry when the explosion caused Japan to wage one major and

are among-the-masing. of annual aubsidies for alt rantes, is

several minor wars," he reminded the quantitative reduction of naval arma- occurred.

mets throughout the world -- increased to one and glf millions, The Government will shortly Intra-

Society. Two white warders were burnt Finally, Mr. Saito stressed that A new sub-committee was formed which is intended to cover subsidies duce emergency legislation proposed in the scheme of Imperial with the situation in these coal fields, about the face and hands when try his people did not want a

naval to-day to deal with quantitative limit ing to rescue the shrieking victims

allon-Reuloz. nir routes unnounced last December, where no fewer than forty-five fires from the blast.

race-United Press.

London, Jan. 31. as well as the inauguration and de- re raging. One proposal la to pierce

air service

The First Committee of the Naval velopment of a British

examined and Conference to-day adopted a report submitted by the Technical Sub-Committee on the ques tion of advance notification of raval programmes and exchange of informa tion. In accordance with the inten- ions expressed at its previous meet- ing the Committee then decided to set up a new Technical Committee to prepare a report on definitions of various categories of vessels standard displacement of all naval ITALIAN STEAMER atat vesele, on age limits to

SHIPPING CRISIS DELAYED

Cunard-White Star's Decision Postponed

London, Jan. 31. The crisis in the North Atlantic Shipping Con- ference is still unabated. and decision of the Cunard- White Star Company to withdraw from the Confor- ence unless the new ocean* Iner. Queen Mary, is rated .as a first class ship, remains The Confer- unchanged.

ence wishes her rated as a cabin steamer.

The Conference adjourned until to-morrow, and mem- bers are trying to come to terms to prevent the Cun- ard Line's withdrawal and the danger of a rate war Reuter,

routes.

Any contributions by Dominion or

It is the custom in some parts of ho river beds and flood the mines, the Southern States to transport con- vhich would probably throw them out

vict workers by cage cart to and from of action for eighteen months. the prison. These cages are mounted Another plan in to seal up the fires. | un trucks or lorries, and the men are

Later.

sometimes manacted juɛide them, each Jharia with separato locks on his irons.

The death-roll in the disaster is now given as four British, one Italian and thirty-two Indians. that the men were locked when the while twenty-three other Indians are injured.--Router Special.

PROBING LINDBERGH MYSTERY:

WILLENTZ IS NOT IMPRESSED

BUT GOVERNOR DETERMINED

Trenton, Jan. 31. Commenting on the statements can- CERUNTIMETROZITIVNERALStained in a letter addressed to Gover across the Atlantic and the main.nor Hoffman of Now Jersey by Colonel tenance and development of other Schwartzkop yesterday, to the effect that the head of the Criminal Investi- Department of the State was alonos the Imporial routes will correspond. guilty of the kidnapping, and murder Colonial Governments in support of antisfied that no one

of Colonel an ingly, redues the amount to be con of the infant son

Charles Lindbergh, tributed by the United Kingdom Gov. Mrs. ernment. The Dill also proposes to

the State, Mr. Attorney-General of give effect to the suggestions of the H. Willents, spoke to-day.. Gorell Committee with a view to, ro- : Mr. Willonte was prosecutor at the ller of private flying from annos trial of Brund Hauptmann, who is Bary official regulation.

under sentence of death for the mur The Secretary for Air will dovolve der of the Lindbergh child and who control of design, construction and only escaped the electric chair early London, Jan. 91. maintenance of civil aircraft to this month by a last-minute reprieve Ometal indication has been given Board representative of the civil avin- from the Governor himself. He re

th

U

It was in one of these hated cages gasolene drum caught firo and spray.

ed its deadly contents over the help-

less convicts-Reuter Special.

A.O.F.C. OFFICIALS

CONVICTED

No Sentence Yet Given To Shanghai Bankers

Shanghal, Feb. 1. F. J. Raven and J. W. Brown, President and Manager respectively of the American Oriental Finance Corporation, charged with embezzlement, were to-day found guilty in the Ameri- can Court,

They were convicted on seven out of sixteen counts. Sentence will be passed on Monday. Reuter,

TOO MANY TAG DAYS

1

ARREST OF SHIP ORDERED

IN COLLISION

071

be applied to such vessels, and on qualitative limitations to be included In a treaty. The Sub-Committee fa London, Jan. 31, holding its first meeting on Monday The Admiralty Marshal has given afternoon. instructions for the issuing of a writ

REPORT APPROVED for the arrest of the Italian steamer

The Technical Segora, which came into collision with whose report came before and was the Russian ship Prayda at South unanimously adopted by the First Dungeness to-day during a fog Committee to-day, was set up

Both ships were damaged, but were

FORMER H.K. OFFICIAL

NAMED GOVERNOR OF TRINIDAD

Sub-Committee,

on

com-

able to proceed to anchorage. Both Try 17 and held five meetings. scheme embodied in the Toport had a heavy list.

provides for confidential exchange. An unsuccessful attempt to executa between all signatories of contem- the writ was made at Falkestono to-plated treaty of information regard night--Router Special.

ing their annual programmes of con- struction. This information is to be four exchanged within the first month of. each... calendar year. Partios will agree that declared annual exccoded. programmes will not be There is four months delay provided for between notification and mencement of construction and full characteristics of design will be Zur- nished four months before the laying of keel, instead of after completion, as is the present practice,

Modifications of design must also -Londen, Jan. 31.

be notified. Provisions are also made H. M. the King has approved the for exchange of Information about appointment of Sir Arthur George ships which may be acquired partly Murchison Fletcher, Governor and or fully completed and provisions of

Fiji Commander-in-Chief of

35 the Washington Treaty concerning Governor and Commander-in-Chief of construction of ships to the order of Trinidad and Tobago, in succession to non-signatory parties will be incor- Sir Alfred Claud Hollis, who will reporated. The draft scheme is based tre in the summer on completion of on the assumption that ail the prin PERMITS MUST

his term.

cipal naval Powvers will eventually His Majesty has also approved the accede to it. Accordingly a safe- BE OBTAINED

Appointment of Mr. Arthur Francia guarding clause to be attached to the Grimble, Administrator of St. Vincent contemplated treaty, providing signa- The Gazette contains the draft of Windward Islande) as Governor and tories with means of relief from their seventy-two German planos Reuter that the Queen Mother is to be known tion interests concerned. A schemo sonta the implications contained in an Ordinance to amend the Summary Commander-in-Chief of Seychelles, ́inį obligations in the event of building

in the futuro as in the past as Queen of compulsory insurance of aircraft Colonel Schwartzkop's letter, in spite Offences Ordinance, 1982. Bulletin Service...

This Ordinance adds a now para hem who was recently appointed power providing a danger to

succession to Sir Gordon James Le programmes of any · non-signatory their Colonel Bishop, who was odacatod Mary. An announcement in a gazette against third party risk, modelled on of the fact that Schwartzkop, the at the Royal Military Governor of will have to be considered ston, went to France with the Cana-/ the. Church of England Prayer Book, Road Traffic Acts, is introduced.. An-|-investigators in America and a vorit-120 of 1932, making it" A summary the Leeward Islanda-British Wire-lator.

offence to organise, equip or take part fok.

T. the

proposals of the report Took part in over 170 dir battles, and to include prayers for King Edward, compulsorily for nerodromes, British ments now:In the hands of the Gove sale of badges for any charitable ori greator part of his Colonial'service in day receive the general acceptance of

nor, and obtained since the trial, con. benevolent purpose in any public place tain no scrap of new evidence. The without the permission in writing of Hongkong. He came here as a Cadet the naval powers, a great advance, It D.F... Chevalier of the Legion of The Duke and Duchess of York, KING'S NEW RANK position with respect to Hauptmann is the Inspector General of Policoop.in fin was apponited Colonial Becretary, removal of suspicion, sind, undo aus

unchanged, he says.

contravention of any that he And the French Crotz de Hoir.

Nevertheless, Governor Hoffman has may have been attached to any such of Ceylon. Whilst in Hongkong, he pleion is such an important factor in

noted as Colonial Secretary of

on causing competitiva naval bulking Guerro with two palms, sapia respectively, occupy the placo in the

He was also awarded the special liturgy formerly given to the PrinceIt is announced in the Gazette that determined to re-open the Lindbergh permission.

considerable contribution will have The incrents in the number of "flax fewer than seven, oceaalons.

He remained in Ceylon until 1929, been made to quantitative reduction Medallion of the British Air Flost of Walon as Hair Apparent King Edward VIII has assumed the kidnapping investigation. Colonel

The clergy have been commanded rank of Admiral of the Fleet; Field Schwartskop, his police head, has days? undertaken by various charit dil Aero Club of France, and the special

Committee the gold medal fecial to alter their Church books in scoor- Marshal and Marshal of the Royal promised his complete and continuous able organisations has made sume when he was appointed Governor of of naval armament throughout the t

Samasta much legislation inecenzury,

Fijl, where he has since remained.

worldBritish · Wireless,

The Canadian National Defence HER MAJESTY STILL inistry has appointed Lieut. Col. Bishop, V.C, to bo Air Vice-Marshal if the Canadian Air Force.

During the Great War, Colonel

ishap brought down no fewer than

“QUEEN MARY”

dian Expeditionary Force and was gave intimation of the decision. other provision of the Bill gives power able plague to the criminal world.

The Prayer Book is to be amended to local authorities to acquire land Mr. Willents says that any state- in any collection of money or the Gin-Murchison Fletcher spent the adopted by the First Committee to

transferred to the R.A.F, in 1916. Ho the decorations which he received in

Queen Mary and the Duke and Wireless, Duchess of York.

and Consort,

London, Jan. 81.