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FINAL EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph

CHEVROLAT

FOUNDED 1881

. No, 16899

一拜禮 號八十月五英港香

MONDAY, MAY

18, 1936.

日八廿月三閏

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AIR AND OCEAN LINERS VIE FOR RECORDS

DOUBLING

JAPANESE

GARRISON

COMMUNIST THREAT

RESPONSIBLE

Tientsin, May 18.

The Japanese garrisons in North China will be doubled, a military spokeşınan here said to-day, due to the danger of Chinese Communists occupying areas to the north-west of Pei- ping and threatening Peiping itself.-United Press.

New Stamp Issue For

Hongkong

ALTERATIONS IN DENOMINATIONS

INTEREST TO PHILATELIST

A new slamp is to be issued for the Colony as the result of the changes in postal rates which were announced lust week, and the new issue may be one which will prove quite valuable to collectors. For the sume reason that Hongkong is to get new stamp, however, there are four, and probably live, of the pre- sent denominations to be abolished.

The new 15 cent rate for Jetters for the UK. and British possessions leaves the Colony with

denomina Ene ilon too few, and until the 15 cent stumps arrive the public are to be asked to use two starpsa 12 cent and a three cent. This is in order

at

to use up the stock of 12 and three cent stamps held by the Past Office.

When all the '12 and present three cent stamps are used, no more! will be printed.

It is anticipated, also, that six and eight cent stompa will not be print- i ed again once the present stocks are used, and 60 cent stamps also will probably be abolished.

WHOSE HEAD?

The focal Post Office is request=" ing, in a communiention sent to England, that a supply of 15 cent stamps be sent here as soon as pos- sible. Should it prove, Impossible, for them to be printed in time with the new King's head on them, then temporary supply bearing the head of King George V will be

sent, Should this be the case, and at pre- it seems likely, there will

bably

be 800,000, or six months' i

of old 15 cent stamps sold here before the entire new issue of Colony stamps are put into circula-

tion.

The new issue necessitated by the death of King George is at present on order in England, but it is not expected to be on sale in Hangkong until about February, 1937, This would be too long to wait for a supply of 16 cent stamps, so unless this denomination can be rushed

THOR through with the new design, the supply showing King temporary George's head will be printed.

This issue should prove quite valuable to collectors, for it will be comparatively limited in number.

It will be a new issue but printed with a former King's head and Il will never be printed again once the supply is sold.

the

KUNG DEFENDS

CURRENCY

VITAL MEASURES TO

GAIN STABILITY

FURTHER

DEVALUATION

DENIED BY NANKING

Nanking, May 18.

Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance, last evening announced three measures intended to assure the per- manency of an independent currency system not linked with any foreign monetary unit. These measures are as follows:

(1) The Government will continue to maintain adequate reserves against the aote issue, consisting of gold, foreign exchange and silver, of which the silver portion will have a value equivalent to at least 25 per cent. of the note circulation;

(2) The issue of silver coins, of denominations of fifty cents and one dollar;

(3). An increase in the gold and foreign exchange portion of the note issue. ANNOUNCES NEW CURRENCY · PLAN

Dr. H. H. Kung, Chineso Minister of Finance, who has announced new measures to assure the permanency of an inlopendent currency system, not linked with any foreign monetary

mil

MILITARY COUP IN BOLIVIA

ARMY SEIZES

CONTROL

DRASTIC REDUCTION

PLEDGED TO Commenting on the present situn- tion this morning, Mr. H. A. Mills, Chlef Accountant of the Post Office,

RECOVERY.. stated that the present large number

La Paz, May 17, denominations being sold here of

The Bolivian military leaders, little or no use, was the result of former nuctuation of the local dollar. taking advantage of the general When the postal rate was constantly strike, have seized control of the changing, stamps of new denomina-Government in a bloodless coup d'etal. been forced to tions were issued, and though no The President has more are printed as the usefulness resign and a military dictatorship is of the stump ta outlived, those at present in office. denominations are still current. Soon, A proclamation issued immediately there is to be a drastic after the coup, described the army's

hown in the number of denomina- | action as a move in the struggle for

Dr. Kung further announced the removal of the restriction which limited to thirty per cent, the fineness of silver used in arts and industry.

The new measures, says Dr. Kung, have been decided upon in the light of the experience

Aince the Kained monetary ref

reforms were introduced on November 3, 1935, and he is convinced that they will lead to greater economic

and prosperity. improvement

the In course of an interview, Dr. Baid the minting of the new dollars with less silver did not imply devaldation, as spectators have been trying

make out. They will be merely token currency, the legal tender notes.

to

First stunmor—Savanna|

Nawest Zeppelin-the von Hindenburg

Newest liner--the Queen Mary

Early Zoppalis

LZ 129

812 FEET

дли

"QUEEN MARY" 1018 FEET

There is a three-cornered orcan race between a supership of the air and two superskips of the sea for Atlantic speed honours. Bark in 1810, the Savannah, the first 'American steamship to make a trans-Atlantic voyage, puffed away from Savaniak, Ga., and 27 days Inter landed at Liverpool, England. Soon the Quern Mary, the British superliner will point her bow toward New York and ar- rive there in four days and a few hours. The French liner, Normandie, recently altered, will be the Queen Mary's competitor on the seator. Meanwhile, in the air, the LZ120, known as the Von Hindenburg, will be in the race as the new sky queen. Contrast the new giunt of the air with an early type Zeppelin, shown ABOVE. The new Zeppelin in much - speedier than the new weçtin liners.

Shortage

Of Water

ZIONIST LEADER

Unrelieved MOURNED

They will be RESTRICTIONS MUST DR. SOKOLOW. DIES

Dr. Kung emphasised that since November 3, 1936, the value of Chinese currency has been divorced from the silver....price..in the world. market.-Reuter.

'EXCHANGE MARKET

Shanghai, May 9. Rates are unchanged from Sutur day's close on the foreign exchange market due to traders not yet having digested the new monetary regula

Lions.

US$29.

Sterling 1/2.3/8.

Gold Bars $1,139.80.

SINO-AMERICAN DEAL?

Shanghai, May 18. The declsion to mint new coins and remove restrictions in tho

BE CONTINUED

PRECAUTIONS. ESSENTIAL

From 10 a.m. Saturday to 10 nm. to-day, the Royal Observatory record- ed 262 inches of rainfall, bringing the total for the year to 19.34 inches,] against an average of 10.02 inches.

AT AGE OF 73

"PERSECUTED IN RUSSIA

HEIMWEHR

LOYAL TO ITS CHIEF

STARHEMBErg gets

ITALIAN SUPPORT

'STILL POWER IN AUSTRIA

FAMOUS

ACTOR PASSES

SIR BEN GREET'S NOTABLE CAREER

Landon, May 18.

Tho death has occurred of. Sir Philip Bon Greet, the famous Shakes pearean actor and managing-actor of the Ben Greet Players, at the age of 79,-Reuter,

Vienna, May 18.

Sir Bon Greet, who was knighted in Two events have demonstrated

1929, was born in September, 1866, on 't that Prince von Starhemberg. board a Thames training ship These figures are misleading from at the age he was born near Plock. inf. the Heimwehr, is still acer, was commander. He was sent

former Vice-Chancellor and chief which his father, a retired naval of

London, May 18. The death is announced of Dr. Nahum Sokolow, the Zionist leader,

of 73 years-Reuter,

Poland, as

a boy studied the

Sokolow,

the point of view of the Colony's water supply, however, for only an in average of

of the powerful factor in Austrian to the Royal Naval School at Nom 1.15 inches of

of rain was Talmud and the doctrines

Cross, as it was intended that he raught by catchment areas during the Jewish faith and learnt several politics, although he has been follow his father's profession, He two

days ending શ 10 o'clock this languages. At the age

official had other tastes, however, and after a of 18 he literally stripped of morning, leaving the record over five married. In 1880 he moved to

joinou a Inches below the average.

Warsaw and five years later joined Power and prestige by the Chan-period as a schoolmaster

theatrical company at Southampton, Island reservoirs beneated by 20 the staff of the Jewish werkly cellor, Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg. making his first appearance in 1870 in

Within a for million gallons of water and the Husefirah, which in 1880 was convert- First, nows has been received in an Irish melodrama. mainland by 15 million gallons dd into a daily. On the death of the Vienna Heimwehr circles that Signor night he was given 20 Shakespearean ed in some financial circles as intend barely two days water supply for the editor he took over the post which Benito Mussolint has promised Prince characters to play during a special

entire Colony!

ho held for 20 years.

von Starhomberg Increased support season. After three years of acting Wick-end showers, therefore, made]

his capacity us at Blorgate he went to London, At first an opponent of political arid assistance in

Exiuard Secondly, Major Colony's resourees. Heavy and con-

Baar- and later in "Jim the Penman" dur

ol

silver in arts and industry, is regard-

ed to further America's desire for the greater commercial use of the whits metal, and in return America sizy extend credits to Chin

ment would be able to increase its gold and foreign exchange, portions of note issue reserve, presumably at the expense of silver, which would be

relaxed.

Suspend

FIRST MANAGEMENT-

no very material difference to the zonism, he became a supporter of the Supreme Loader of the Heimwehring there first in "My Sweethear By this means the Chinese Govern.tinuous downfall will be necessary bo. movement after the Arat Zionist Baarenfels, Minister of Scurity in ing its long run at the Haymarket.

Congress and wrote much in favour fore the present restrictions can be of it. In 1904 he founded a Yiddish Dr. Schuschnigg's now Cabinet, and also a high officer in the Heimwehr, Remembering that in 1929 that daily in Warsaw, but it did not last has sent a mesango to Prince von rainfall failed until the middle off long and oven the flazefirah had to Starhomberg in Romo.in the name

time. publication for

all the county leaders of the organist mortgaged to America as security, for al; ind overnment is tans no Sokolow then spent some years in tion assuring the Supreme Leader of

risks and is eking out the supply to Germany where he became credit but would remain in American

keep the Colony as far ahead of de- editor of the Berlin Zionist papers the loyalty and devotion of all. banks in Shanghai.-Reator.

mands

possible.

Die Welt and Haolom. In 1910, Reuter. It is not generally realised that only however, he returned to Warsaw to about 65 per cent. of each downfall resume the editorship of the Haze. can be collected in the reservoirs, firah.

account for the remainder though the

later.

QUAKE VICTIMS OF KWANGTUNG

ST

-

Prince

in

In

and

IIls first important engagement, however, was in Mary Anderson's production of Romeo and Juliet," which he was the Apothecary. In 1886 he made his first venture in the in- management by introducing the LIKELY TO FIGHT

novation of a series of performances Rome, May 17. in the open air, mainly of plays by Shakespeare. These were so success. While authoritative circles Inslat THOUSANDS Evaporation and ground saturation

For his political articles he was that Prince von Starhomberg's visit ful that ho continued the pastoral to Signor Benito Mussolini is purely performances off and on for many FACING

latter often yields a partial return persecuted by the Russian Govern of a private character, there is little years, The numerous parts which he

1xx played in these and ment and had to escape abroad. He

productions then took the post of general sacret doubt that Austrian internal affairs

thostres included Hamlet, Dogberry

Malvolio, Benadick,

Touchstore. formerly von Starhemberg, STARVATION

LEFT LEAGUE are of the Zionlat World Organisa- were discussed by there statesmen. tion and was later appointed a mem-

rvice-Chancellor of Austria and head of Triplet, Sir Peter Teazle and Friar ber of the executive. When war

Laurence. Ho

afterwards toured the FOR ECONOMY broke out, he left Germany where he the Heimwehr, found himself over-

nd been living and after spending night deprived of his high offices by US. with a repertory company in

actors A number of actresses who famous nome time elsewhere arrived in Len- the bloodless coup of the Chancellor, whi Guatemalan NOTE on. It was he who extracted from Dr. Kurt Schuschalks with Austrian played their first important parts, Britain the Balfour Declaration which politics bellare that Prince von among them being H. B. Irving, TO GENEVA he helped to draft. After the War Starhemberg intends to fight for the Dorothea Baird, Robert. Loraine, Mrs.

Geneva, May 17. was over he became head of the The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry "Committee of the Jewish Delegation" continuation of the Heimwehr, but Patrick Campbell, Lilly Hanbury and has Informed the League of Nations in Paris end. took part in drawing that he is unlikely to make any move Sybil Thorndike.

at present-Router.

From 2001 to 1014 he spent prac tho on the Gran Chaco war. One of the CANTON SENDS Secretariat that

for up the articles in the peace treaties гелязв

tically all his time touring América, stocis, however, will be sold if pos- main problems for the country to

Guatemala's withdrawal from the relating to the rights of Jewish

but then returned to England, and minorities and later in bringing about sible since destroying stamps is not consider was the repatriation

League Is "economy..

A ten-year-old girl, Tam Kwal, started with great enthusiasm the popular. For that reason any tem- 30,000 returned:

of war.

Sanctions were not mentioned in the Palestine mandato. In 1921 he porary issue

the Guatemalan note.

was elected president of the Zionist Clospital yesterday sufering work of making Shakespeare popular, stamps A manifesto described the coup as

co-operation with Miss would be sold out rather than made without hate" for the ousted Presi

Guatemala las promised. ito pay executive with his headquarters In

from injuries received when she was Baylis, manager of the "Old Vic," the conform with the King Edward Issue dent Soriano. The military party is

her fire yeare arrears to Geneva. London.

Itnocked by car No. 484 Main | theatro in

South immediately that issue arrives in the pledged to uphold existing commer Appalling conditions are reported | Under the Covenant, the contribution In July, 1931, Dr. Welzmann rennet, wanho. Chin Lee, 23, was put on a torics o In Sun London le plays Coloriy

elal and diplomatic treaties and the to be prevailing in Linshan district, must be paid in full before The last destruction of stamps in army is pledged to restore confidence of the rooont

southern Kwangtung, in conmoqUERED member-slate can end its association signed the presidency of the Zionist admitted to the Kowloon Hospital which attracted great attention, le

earthquake dionater, with the League-Router,

Organisation and the Jewish Agency yesterday, after he had been knocked also made special arrangemene, with Hongkong occurred on December and order.

owing to his failure after the riots down by car No. 760 in Canton Road, the school authorities which enabled Twenty thousand villagers, who have

thousands of children to soo the great 31 last year when, under instruc- It is expected the army may con- been rendered homeless, are facing Property damage is estimated at over of Aug. 1920, to secure from the tions from England, the Post Office trol the elections on May 31-United starvation, and an urgent appeal for $1,000,000.

Colonial Office a statement of polley

dramatist's plays. destroyed the surplus of Jubilee Press.

relief has been made to the Provin The casualties would have boon satisfactory to the Jewish people, but of collaboration with the British

In 1920, his Jubilee in the theatro slamps. In that case, however,

cial authorities.

much heavier wore it not for the fact later explanations led him to continud Government in Palestine. In 1083 Post Office had judged their require-

office until Nov, when he was Sokolow was faced by the problem of was marked by a dinner given in his According to the official report ro- that practically all the houses were in ments very accurately and the three

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ecived from the Magistrate of Lin- built of wood and mud, and were very strongly opposed in the Zionist Con- the Jewish refugees from Nazi Ger- honour by a large gathering of ad. that time he was still ending at 10 a.m. to-day totalled shan, 68 persons were killed and 187 low.

gress. Sokolow was then elected pre-many. He was a fine orator and mirers. 0.65-inch. The total since January 1 others seriously injured as a resulb The authorities here are rushing sident of the Zionist Organisation by wrote, largely on Jewish questions, his acting and also conducting a training. is 12.34 inches, against an average of of the tremors which demolished near food and medical supplies to the 118 votes to 48. The Congress ac-works including a lengthy "History school for actors and giving Shake-

spearean readings at schools. ly five thousand dwellings recently. stricken aroa-Router.

cepted MasDonald's letter as a basis of Zioniam".

tions and stamps of three, six, eight, economic and social recovery, follow- 12 and probably 50 cents would being on the depression resulting from abolished. Those at present

of

16

cent

the

and ten cent stamps were sold out and there were only about ten days' supply of the five and 20 cent stamps which had to be destroyed.

10.02 inches,

of

ASSISTANCE

Canton, May 18.

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