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二拜歳 號四月二英港香 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1936.

日二十月正

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Nit. 14810

DAYS

REGARDLESS OF COST

TO-DAY

and

TO-MORROW

REMNANTS ODDMENTS

WHITEAWAY'S

GERMANY HASTENS RE-ARMAMENT

EMBARGO ON OIL STUDIED

GENEVA LIKELY TO FIX DATE

IN SPITE OF WARNINGS

Geneva, Feb. 1.

The League of Nations committey of experts studying the effect of oil sanctions against Italy and possible means of putting them into force, met twice today. The caminittee meets | at a further two sessions to-morrow.

to have its report ready by this weekend and it is expected that its ending will enable the Committee

of

Shanghai, Feb. 4- The unziety felt by Chinese and foreign friends concerning the health.

Mr. Wang Ching-wel since the of empt are made in wir life in Yan- king lant tirar han again been

execution, which is in effect the heightened, Chinear reports any that

body where aúnctions are J, Wang is now afering from rancerned, to make recommendations fucks of influenza. His doctors re to the League Council.

Competent observers at Genzya consider the odda in favour of the Committee of Eighteen fixing a date for the application of vil sanctions, ny

TEN MEN BURNED TO DEATH

Fire Sweeps Crowded Workers' Dormitory

New York, Feb. 3., Fifty persons died over the week-end as a result of the continued bitter winter weather.

are

Not included in this totai ten victims of a fire which licked over the sleep- ing.quarters of ninety men at Parker Dam, Colorado River. Sixty managed to escape unhurt, but twenty were badly burned and ten were trapped and killed, for the flames spread with ter rible rapidity. Kruter,

-Reuter. | reported to be anxious,-

FURTHER NEUTRALITY SAFEGUARD

BAN ON LOANS TO BELLIGERENTS

CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA

extension

Washington, Feb. 3.

of the present neutrality restrictions with the addi-

The

ANXIETY OVER BRITISH PLAN

BUILDING POWERFUL

AIR FORCE

RIFT AT NAVAL PARLEY;

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AND4.

FRENCH FEARS'

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH”)

Ordinance,

Berlin, Feb. 3. The German press to-night expressed anxiety over the reported British defence proposals. But meanwhile Germany is forging ahead with her re-armament programme.

Inquiries Indicate that Germany, before the end of the present year, will probably have completed the organisation of thirty-six infantry divisions. It was announced by the Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, on January 6, 1935, that these would comprise over half a million regular troops, while the total of

Telegraph. Copyright Telegraphic Messages Errzipad, Frd đi ý n

HOLLAND

RECOVERS HER GOLD·

U. S. SHIPS METAL TO EUROPE.

REVERSAL. IN MOVEMENTS

London, Fel .-

To-day's reduction of the Nether lands Bank rate to two and a half per cent. brings it to the level ut which it stood last April prior to the Gold Bloc currency crisis in the countries. Since the end of September, when the rate stood as high as six per cent, the situation has improved steadily and with one minor set-back

FRENCH SHIPYARD STRIKE

EIGHT THOUSAND CALLED OUT

SHIPS CAN'T WORK CARGO

(Special to "Telegraph")

St. Nazaire, Fab, 3. A strike of eight thousand chipyard! workers began this morning and is expected to last for several weeks.

workers

the Five hundred- Normandie at Le Havre have decided

on

to join the strike.

The strikers have taken elaborate

the bank has regained over 133,000,000 Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Lord Preet puliders of the 137,000,000 guilders dont of the Council, who returns to measures to prevent work. Foremen lost during the previous six months.

the House of Commons as a result of and heads of departments are allowed his succcan in the Scottish Univer to enter the yards, but they are

prevented from working. Nevertheless, despite the improve-

A squad of trumpeters is ment of the manotary situation,

manently stationed at the Labour Ex- change, ready to rush into the streets

Holland still remains embarrassed b | an unfavourable budget and faces ni

adverso trade position, which many in high circles believe will eventually force the country to abandon its keen adherence to the gold standard.

On the other hand, the pro-Gold Bloc people of Holland point to the slight signs of recovery in the Gold Bloc countries, which is principally due to the narrowing down of the cap in prices between currencies of

which devalued,—Renter,

nition by-election..

FOOTBALL BETTING ATTACKED

trained or partly trained soldiers which the country would be Gold Bloc countries and countries CHURCHES DEMAND!

able to put into the field will total at least another 1,600,000.

It is generally believed that the total of Germany's front line aircraft, actually embodied in the new Air Force, does not at present exceed 1,000; but it is highly probable that a total Aircraft of 2,000 first line machines may soon be reached. factories are being rapidly developed, moreover, with a view to attaining eventually a potential production of about 4,000 machines annually.--Renter Special.

tion of a bom upor loans to belliger GERMANY NOT Ethiopians

ents, appears to be likely as a re

sult of the bitter controversy in Cón-

gress with regard to the safeguard BOUND TO LIMIT Expect To

ing

of war.

America's isolation in the

The divergence of views in the WARSHIPS' SIZE

Senate Foreign Relations Committee rombins as wide as ever, while newa. papers throughout the country con- tinue to reflect the confused state of

· BESARNIZORIRAJUNSTEZNI INSThe public mind on the neutrality in

the enforcement of this disciplinary measure has already been agreed to in principle.-Reuter.

EXPERT INVESTIGATION

Geneva, Feb. 3.

sue by adventing a wide range of frequently different policles which cancel out each other.-Reuter,

TRICKY "CONTRIVANCE"

Washington, Feb. 3 Senator liram Johnson to-day re- vealed that Mr. John Bassett fuore,

"A

peace.

London, Feb. 3. The famous Anglo-German naval Agreement now threatens to create a erisis at the London Naval Con- ference.

have Jurists It is reported that discovered that Germany is not bound by this agreement to limit the size of her warships, and as the conference is now dealing with qualitative limita- tion, Great Britain favours Germany's admission at a suitable stage. It is understood

*trongly that France opposes Germany's participation,

The Longue of Nationa' experts, reformer judge of the World Court and

foremost authority presenting the member nations which America's are producers of all, began their in international law, when testifying, be- vestigation of the practicability of an fore the Senate Foreign Relation

AMERICAN STAND oil embargo against Italy to-day, in Committee, called the Neutrality Bill spite of Simor Benito Mussolini's tricky, double-faced contrivance"

time satie At the

struggle (Continued on Page 7.)

more likely to promote war than

United between the

France and the "permits it because

States is proceeding over the size of Government to act un-neutrally un

battleships. This, too, darkens the der the pretence of promoting peace."

prospect of a qualitative limitation Mr. Moore had said that section

agreement. four, authorising the President to control exports, enabled that power to be used un-neutrally, and thereby the United States would actually, even though not avowedly, become a party to a war.

RELIEF MEASURES DOOMED

MESSAGE SENT TO CONGRESS

FARM ACTS TO GO

It is understood the United States has conceded to Britain's request that no more big cruisers are to be built. on the understanding that battleships Lonnage shall be fixed at a figure not wants Such a policy "certainly would, meet above 35,000 tons. France

even smaller ships; she insists on A with armed resistance on the part of any power capable of retaliation, "Mr.limit of 27,000 tons for battleships. Moore declared.

NORMAL QUOTAS

Attempts to apply the theory of normal quotas said Mr. Moore, was equally futile, since the shipment of normal amounts would imply a duty or pledge to give such shipments special protection. He argued that the entire Bill was inspired by the thought that it would chable the United States to co-operate in the League of Nations' coercive measures,

Meanwhile, the Chinese Ambassa

Washington, Feb. 3. President F. D. Roosevelt, in a message to Congress, to-day proposed "the prompt repeal of three pieces of dor, Mr. Sze, addressing the Rich

legislation formerly considered

As

vital to the welfare of farmers in

many sections of the country.

mand Wo Vonien's Club, advocated

Both these issues are being tackled in private discussions.

have

Take Makale

Addis Ababa, Feb. 3.

the The recapture of fortified city of Makale is imminent, according to un- .confirmed reports from the

northern front.

The Ethiopians. in large numbers, have surrounded the town, which is garri soned by a well-armed body of Italians, and have, now succeeded in diverting the river which gives the town its, main supply of water,

Makale'is at the end of a long and dangerous line of communications which the Ethiopians constantly watch and harry.-Reuter,

SWEDISH-NAVAL VISIT

London, Feb. 3.

The Swedish 1,600-tot aircraft- Meanwhile, sub-committees agreed in principle to the American Carrier Gotland, which is visiting Bri- proposal to extend the life of battle-tish waters, arrived at Spithead to

day and exchanged salutes of guns with the military and naval saluting ships to twenty-six years-Reuter

batteries-British Wireless,

Extradition Unlikely

International co-operation to restral TWO HELD IN PARIS

any aggressor, or a nation failing to comply with the new international

He proposes to repeal the Bankhead tode of morais estabitsshed by the Compulsory Cotton Act, the Kerrsmith Brland-Kellogg Pact and the League

1035,

Covenant.

Tobacco Act and the Potato Act of He cautioned Americans against expecting the neutrality policy, based The message astonished Washing on mere isolation, to contribute to ton. It la balloved it is possibly link-world orderliness. United Prces. ed with the Administration's efforts

to find a farmn relief plan capablo of

replacing that condemned by the ADMIRAL HAWKE

Supreme Court recently, the Agricul

IN MURDER CASE

Paris, Feb. 3. The Sucrete General states that a woman man named Lacroix and n named Suzanne Bertron, whom the police havo detained in connection with the murder of Max Kessal, in Londen, will not be extradited, but may be tried in France

for an alleged offence committed abroaù..

U. S. SHIPS GOLD

New York, Feb. 5.

The Federal Reserve Bank has re-

QUICK ACTION

ported that $6,500,000 worth of gold "POOL MUST BE

was withdrawn to-day for export to Frasce.

This was done with the Treasury's approval, apparently in order to sup- port the dollar in the face of the fears in Europe that the United States is tending towards inflation. United Fress.

-

Washington, Feb. 3.

The United Statea Treasury to-day released $5,240,000 of gold for ship- ment to France and $365,000 to Holland.

"DRIED UP"

London, Feb. 3.

The Home Secretary,. Sir John Simon, to day met a deputation from the Church Societies' Committee, who petitioned the Home Office to promote legislation on football pool betting.

Reuters Bulletin. Servicc. There has been considerable agita- tion in religious circles recently in favour of Government

pools. Coincident with a break in the regard to football

At a recent meeting-of-tho Dun-. dollar, this is taken as indicating that fermline and Kinross Presbytery, the the Treasury will continue to license Rev. J. 5. Slevwright moved a resolu the shipment of gold to gold standard tion against this form of betting countries whenever the dollar. falls Giving as his text, "I will dry up the below gold export point.

kold

reserves

action in

per-

FREE HUMANITIES KASUTANT ELIT.

NO DECISION. IN T. V. A. CASE Supreme Court Not Yet Ready Washington. Feb. 3. No, decision was handed down by the Supreme Court on the validity of the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the major New-Deal projects, to-day. In anticipa- tion of this judgment the market had been keyed up to a high pitch of ex- citement, for a defeat for the Government was expected to send utilities soaring.

As it is, no decision can now be expected, before February 10-Reuter.

Special

RAUTURINTIE

and sumraon the populace for necean- ary concerted orders, while subscrip pool, he criticised the Government in lists have been opened to assist To-day's movement is the first re- for its complete failure to grapple the strikers-Reuter's Special versal for many months, after the with the football pool betting prob

MARSEILLES AFFECTED influx of gold into the United States lem when the Betting and Lotteries

Act was before the House of Com (had raised the monetary stocks to an

Marseilles, Feb, 3. mens in 1914, and he attributed the all-time high level.

of Dockers to the number 4,500 failure of the Government to the con- Offcials have refused to comment centrated propaganda of the book have struck here. Scores of ships Jon the reversal of gold movements. Į makers.

are unable to discharge their cargoča, However, some have diented that Mr. Sleywright claimed that the

A hundred Mobile Goards Aro the development is due to the desire to demand for the restoration of the ad port activity in lenil. aid foreign

the and clause dealing with football pool bol patrolling

quays Renter's simultaneously to reduce the tendency ting had the support of all purtles in towards credit inflation in the United the House of Commons and of theị Stater,

Scottish Football Association.

These men, he said, who hind care- The Secretary of the Treasury, re- iterated that the Treasury's policy is fully considered this very grave prob remaining on a twenty-four hour lem, realised that the pockets of the basis as long as world conditions re punter were simply being pilfored and plundered by those who organised main as they are at present-football pools for their own profit. United Prean.

The Itev. J. Christian Brown,' acconding the resolution, described football pool betting as a very in- sidious evil, which was getting into penetleally every corner of the coun- The resolution, which was unani- Nankfig, Feb. 3. mously adopted, directed the atten The French Government lias noli- tion of the IIone Secretary to the fled the Chinese Government of its grave facts regarding football pool acceptance of Mr. Wellington Koe as betting and expressed the belief that

Ambassador ta. China's

France. the moral and social well-being of -Router.

the nation demanded its abolition.

AMBASSADOR ACCEPTED

WINTER WEATHER CAUSES SLUMP IN EMPLOYMENT

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH”)`'

London, Feb. 3,

The rise of unemployment figures by 291,000 on January 20, recorded in official returns, was explained to-day by seasonal slackness, accentuated by severo winter weather which ad- versely affected outdoor employment. The total of unemployed in Britain is now 2,159,000-Router Special.

WEATHER BLAMED

Nazi Schools' Advantages

PUPILS PREFERRED BY EMPLOYERS

NINETEEN. -KILLED IN HAILSTORM

MORE CASUALTIES FEARED

Capetown, Feb. 3. Nineteen natives are so far dead near Sottlere, in the Transvaal, as a result of the worst hailstorm in living memory

The storm broke like gunfire, and fragments of ice as larga a coconuts fell for half an hour, until they were plled up to a depth of three feet from the round.

Natives courageously attempted to Cue their relatives and womenfolk, but not all were able to reach sholter, those failing to do so being killed. Their bodies were terribly mutilated. It is estimated that fifteen inches of Munich, Feb. 3. Parents will have to decide to what rain fell in fifteen minutes, following schools they will send their children the fall of ice. Flats were reduced this year. They either have to attend to the pitted appearance of a Flanders

battlefield. the State schools or the denominu

More casualties are feared.-Rentor. tional schools run by Catholics and other religious bodies.

The voting last year as 19,000 for The man and women were obtained. by the Paris police at the request of

proximately 10,340,000 insured per-Nazi schools and 18,000 against, but year the votes are expected to ho the London authorities, who wished to

Rons aged 10 to 64 in employment in London, Feb. 3.

revered. interview them connection with

Nazl propaganda says that children] The accentuation of the normal Great Britain. This was 260,000 loss the mysterious death. Kassel,

of

attending the State schools known in the London underworld as seasonal increase in unemployment at than the month before but 282,000

botter prospects of obtaining employ-

London, Feb. 8. Max the Red His bullet-riddled this tims of the year, due to the spell more than on January 28, 1986.

of unfavourable weather around the

At the same date, the numbers of ment when their education is com-

There were heavy falls of snow to body was discovered eight

on the register unemployed

were pleted-Router's Bulletin Service.

day over the North of England' and in a lonely lane near St. Albany, date of the count and to the registra seventh

Altec ton of a large number of juvontics 2,150,722, comprising 1,732,603 wholly

Midlands, ton Inchon being reported Meanwhile, Scotland

who reached schooling age at the end unemployed, 345,117 temporarily laid Admiral Hawke, who was born in tives have taken possession of a fat in of the December term, is the main off and 82,102 normally in casual

The Hongkong Telegraph has re-from Northumberland and Durham,

As far south as North Lincolnshire, the 'Soho district in which police be- The Bankhead Cotton Act is now 1803, felnet the Navy in 1870 and

lleve Kassel met his death before his night.

feature of the returns published to employment. This was 291,167 more pelved a donation of $10 to the being tested before the Supreme Court, retired with the rank of Rear

than on December 10, 1935, but 105.- Hongkong Benevolent Society from there have been heavy falle, and body was taken out to a motor car

aro Mr. G. H. Potte, in memory of the farmers fear for sheep in the drifts. The Ministry of Labour estimates 651 lots but no matter what decision is made Admiral in 1917. He became Admiral,

on the Wolds-British Wiralueen ka lato Mr. IL LA Donnys: there the Act is apparently doomed retired, in 1926, Router's Bulletin and dumped under a hedge. Router

Special.

that on January 20, there were ap British Wireless. Service Reuter

tural Adjustment Administration.

The Prosident's niesange was of the

briefest and declared:"/

PASSES

• London, Feb. 3. The death has taken place of "This recommendation is made bo- causo, of the termination of the pro-Admiral the Hon. Stanhope Hawke, gramme of agricultural adjustment, son of the sixth and brother and

helr-presumptivo to tho to which those three acts were

Baron Hawku. auxillary."

In

"than a

year

have

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