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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

FRANCE TO HOLD MANDATES

CLAIM CAMEROONS

PROSPERING....

SAME STAND. AS BRITAIN

Paris, Apr. 23. France can no

think of moro giving up her mandatel territoricu than enn Great Britain, declared the Director of Mandated Territories Department, M. Truitard, in'n broad- cast speech to-day.

M. Truitard quoted statistics which, he claimed, showed that since the Cameroons were placed under French maninte the territory had enjoyed a prosperity from which the natives had been the first to benefit. He added that during this period the number of natives in the Cameroons had increased by 300,000. There could be no question of ex- posing them to German racial theories, he insisted--Reuter.

BRITISH MANDATES

London, Apr, 23. Asked in the House of Commons whether the Dominions had been cun- Fulted upon and had approved the Government policy respecting mat dated territorios, and its willingness to consider transfer of some of them on certain conditions, the Prime Minis. ter replied the question indiented a misapprehension. The Government had frequently stated it. haul not con- sidered and was not considering any transfer at all. It followed that con- sultation with the Dominions had nist arisen.-British Wirelean,

STOLE SOLDIERS' CLOTHES

with

GAOLED ON SIX CHARGES

Italy's List Of Casualties

1,891 KILLED DURING WHOLE CAMPAIGN

Rome, April, 0. Official Agures issued to-day give the total Italans kliled and died troni wounds and disense in East Africa from January, 1935, to the olde of April, 1996, as 1,891,

From October 3, 1915, to April 15, 1936, 1,030 soldiers fell in battle and 105 died of wounds.—Reuter Sprcial.

OUTWORN PACT ABANDONED

JAPAN'S RIGHTS IN MANCHURIA

Chonchun. Afér. 24. The treaty by

which Japanese enjoy extraterritorial privileges in Manchuria, which has existed since the termination of the Russo-Japanese war, will be abolished on July 1,

At the same time laxation rights In the South Manchuria Raitway zone will be surrendered.

APRIL 24, 1936.

MOORE OUT OF ACTION

BROOKLYN STAR..

⚫BREAKS LEG

BUT DODGERS BEAT. GIANTS

New York, Apr. 23, The Cincinnati Reds repented their success of yesterday when they F. Louis Cardinals in ten ples, assisted by horne Mby

Myers

and Goodman. The Curds needed fifteen hits for their six runs and the Reds scored eight runs on twelve connections.

Tuns

Philadelphia beat the Boston Braves in another National League encounter with another pair of honte runs to help them long. Norris und Watkins were the big guns to- five runs. Boston hit six mes for day. and the team's nine hits netted three tailier. Both teams had

error.

une

Chicago Cubs nosed out the Pitts- burgh Pirates two to one, playing The treaty does not affect Japanese

nine Jurisdiction in the Kwantung leased away. They scored twice on

on territory nor the status of the S.M.R. hits and the Pirates only once zone as a sphere of Japanese in-six. Each nine had an error, fluence-Reuter,

PALESTINE QUIETER

RIOTS' TOLL NOW 21 KILLED

Jerusalem, Apr. 23. News regarding the clashes be- tween Jews "und Arabs is more re- assuring.

The strike in Jaffe is continuing for the second day, but no distur bances have been reported, as the

police are dispersing the crowds as

soon as they are formed.

The High Commissioner to-day visited the hospitals in which people On six counts of stealing clothing

wounded during the riote are patients. from goldiers, Chan Hin-tat,

19. So far, the casualties have been 10 unemployed, wits sentenced to a total Jews and five Arabs killed and 20 of 12 weeks' imprisonment by Mr. Jows and 31, Arabs injured. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magis-Reuter Bulletin Service. tracy this morning. He was charged having stolen at various dutes, from

16 to April 20, clothing belonging to Sergeants Benson and Stapleton, Corporal 'Richardson, L/Cpl. Donnellon, and Fte. Butter- worth, all of the East Lancashtre Regiment, at Nanking Barracks, Shamsluipo, and on Thursday, four articles of clothing from L/Cpl. Davies, of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, at Hankow Barracks.

JAPAN NAVAL BUDGET

ADMIRALTY ASKING HUGE SUMS

Det. Sgi. Forrest, prosecuting,

Tokyo, Apr. 23. stafed that defendant was arrested The Admiralty to-day submitted to by a military policeman on the the Dict a Naval Budget requiring night of the last theft, and taken to 582,000,000 yen, plus supplementary the Shumslilipo Police Station where credits of 184,000,000 yen, including he admitted stealing. After further 6,000,000 for reorganisation of the air

for inquiries, he also admitted taking the services, 21,900,000 yen other articles of clothing and pawning organisation of naval arsenals and them. The total value of the cloth-54,000,000 yen for. the modernisation ing

....was said to be $150, of which of.Bghting units-Reuter. $124 worth were recovered from

various pawnbrokers.

His Worship ordered all property

to be returned without compensation

to the soldiers,

HONOUR FOR COSSACKS

KING'S ACCESSION FIVE DIVISIONS WILL

the

TWO

CEREMONIES NEXT MONTH

It

London, April 23, Two interesting ceremonies con- nected with the King's acerasion to

placu will take Throne Buckingham Palace next month.

Early in the month, Ambassadors and Ministers accredited to the Court of St. James will attend the Palace their letters of and present anew credence to the sovereign.

Later in the month, the King is to accept his Field Marshal's baton. All Field Marshals of, the British

by the Duke Army, headed

of Connaught, will attend the ceremony. British Wireless.

LOCAL WEDDING

MR. F. J. NEILL AND MISS E. ÈCKERT

The wedding took place at the Registry this morning of Mr. Francis John Neill, engineer, and Miss Ema Eckert. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. John Nell, and the bride is the daughter of the late Mr. Ernst Alberi Walier Eckert.

Mr. M. J. Abbot, Deputy Registrar of Marriage, officiated, and the wit- nesses to the ceremony were Mrs. G. M. Sclater and Mr. E. F. Selk.

Subsequently, a.reception was held at the Hongkong. Hotel, offer which for their the happy couple left

is being spent honeymoon, which at Cheung Chmu.

LAID-UP VESSELS

London, April 23. The Chamber of Shipping quarterly returns of idle tonnage show that the tonnage laid up in Great Britain and Ireland on April 1 was 32.8 per cent. less than a year ago.-British Wire-

·less

IL DUCE AT. TSANA

Rome, April 23. A message from Gondar reports that the Italian troops-nrd carving a gigantle-figure of Signor Mussolini out of the rock on the mountain-sido overlooking

Tsang.--Reuter Special,

Lako

BE RE-NAMED

Moscow. April 23. Five Divisions of the Red Army will be re-numot after Cossack tribe and be supplied with special, Cossack uniforms, necording Issued by M. Voroshilov, Commissar of Defence.

to

arder

The decrce follows the removal of restrictions on the service of Cossacks in the Red Army-Reuter Special

The usual fortnightly whist drive will be held in the Reading Room at Kowloon Dock on Tuesday, April 28, at 8.45 pm. Admission will be fifty cents. ftefreshments will be served, and whist will be followed by tombola. A cordial invitation is extended by the Committee to the general public.

Ott's home run did not bring the money. New York Giants into the Brooklyn Dodgers, in spite of Randy Moore's serious injury, won after ten innings of exciting play. Moore, one of their best batters, brake ki

when leg sliding into second base attempting a steal in the second inning.

But the Dodgers were not dis- to heartened and hit twelve times

New York was four, while KCOTO gathering three runs on eight safe- tium.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox six to nothing, on Van Alen's pitching

Boston Red Sox, with spite of three errors, were whipped by the Foxx helped

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the phin Athletic that did not JANE (GINGER) WITHERS in “GENTLE JULIA”

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score anyone but himself. The team only managed three hits all told. The Athletics pounded out alué hlta and scored nine times.

Louis Browns, playing on their home Detroit Tigers blanked the St. lot, piling up ten runs to nothing in a free hitting game. Tigers had fifteen hits. Auker pitched and held thu Browns to six senttered successes with the bat.

The New York Yankees scored ten runs, with. Walker and Selkirk hit- Ling

clouts,

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ngainst Washington Senators. Kühel helped the Senators with a homer to bring their score to six on twelve hita. Ench side, had an error-Reuter.

ST. GEORGE'S DAY MARKED

SERVICES HELD AT ST. PAUL'S'

London, Apr. 23. Members of the Order of St. Michael and St. George celebrated St. George's Day with a service at SL. Paul's Cathedral, which Hi Majesty the King, who is Sovereign of the Order, attended.

Lord Allenby, on behalf of the Royal Society of St. George, laid a wreath on the Cenotaph, while Admiral Sir Roger Keyes also laid a wreath in memory of those who died in, the landing at Zeebrugge, which took place on St. George's Day, 1910. --Renter's Bulletin Service,

London, April 23. The Duke of Kent attended to-day the annual service of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in St. Paul's Cathedral, when, with im- pressive ceremonial, his banner was amxed to the chapel of the Order.- British, Wireless.

A widow, Au Sze, 32 years, was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital yesterday suffering from Injuries caused by a fall on the stairs of No. 194 Queen's Road Central, first fluor,

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