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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, August 11, 1937.

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25323-Speedboat Bill. F.T.

Trees. F.T.

26374-I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby. F.T.

Until The Real Thing Comes Along.

25405-Now Or Never. F.T.

Darling, Not Without You, FT.

25448 Little Old Lady. F.T.

Now. F.T.

25481-Whispering, F.T.

Tiger Rag. FT.

25503-Las Palmeras. Rumba

Inspiration. Tanga.

25514-Moonlight And Bhadows. F.T.

..Hay Noble's Orchestra. ......."Fats" Waller's Orchestra.

F.T.

Ruby Newman's Orchestra.

Ray Noble's Orchestra.

Benny Goodman's Quartet.

Xavier Cugat's Orchestra.

Eddy Duchin's Orchestra.

F.T..."Fats" Woller's Orchestra,

Love Is Good For Anything That Alls You, F.T. 25530-I Can't Break The Habli Of You. You're Laughing At Me.

25552-Shall We Dance. F.T.

For You. F.T.

25553-Turn Off The Moon. F.T.

Jammin'. FT.

FT.

Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.

Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra.

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DEATH

CAN FRANCE HOLD

THE

+++++++ asks+++++++++ confidence of

HARTLEY WITHERS

FRANC?

which did not command the the business classes. Everybody knows what mistrust of n Government means; but this talk about over- valued currency and devaluation is still a puzzle to many and needs explanation.

Until September last, when the authority on inter- the last devaluation of the frand

national finance · and was carried out, the French ex- author of "Money

the Melting Pot."

change ruled at about 75 francs in to the pound, which meant to

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about the

say that anyone who bought French goods, either by import- ing them or by going to France HAT is the and spending money there, gol meaning of all 75 francs worth of goods for this trouble every pound spent.

franc? And But devaluation can restore where is it going to end?" the selling power of a people These are the questions to only if the price-level is kept fairly steady. This was the which thousands of people point in which we were so lucky are wanting answers, people when we devalued in 1931-the to whom these problems of tendency of world prices was then downward, and 90 our exchange, once left to

internal price-level moved only: bankers and economists, to a slight extent and those who are in these times an almost bought from us got the full ad-

receiving vantage of pounds for their money.

SULLIVAN—A! his residence, 13. daily nuisance.

„Dragon Terrace, Causeway Bay, on August 10, 1937, Charles Des Vogux Sullivan, aged 57, inte of The Taikoo Sugar Hefnery. The cortege will pass the Monument at 5.15 p.m. to-morrow,

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

WEDNESDAY, August 11, 1937.

WAR PORTENTS

Prospects of a pacific adjust- ment of the Sino-Japanese quarrel appear to be definitely receding. The news of the past few days suggests that Japan is in a mood to settle the dis- Bunne Berlgan Orchestra. pute by force rather than

channels. I 25664-There's A Lull In My Lite. F.T. Kuy Thompson's Orchestra, through diplomatic

Her withdrawal from Hankow, Į

25561-A Love Song Of Long Ago. Waltz ......Xavier Cugat's Orchestra,

It's No Secret I Love You. F.T.

25562-You Can't Run Away From Love To-night. F.T.

'Cause My Baby Says It's' So. FT.

Carelessly. F.T.

25566-The Lady Who Couldn't Be Kissed. F.T...Guy Lombardo's Orchestra, and the Yangtze Valley gen-

I Know Now. FT.

Xavier Cugat's Orchestra.erally, strengthens this belief rather than otherwise. This

25567 Hum A Waltz, Waltz

Hold Me Tight. Waltz.

Without Your Love. F.T.

25571-I've Got A New Lease On Love. F.T.

Sweet Heartache. F.T.

Simplifying the matter as much as possible, it may be said Rising Prices that France is now suffering

more

Fate of the Franc

is in their hands

Two

Classes of

people will play au important part in deelding the fate of the frauc. The pictures show a scene of the Paris Bourse and whose In peasant Women "stockings" is said to be's big reserve of wealth,

own, or control the investment

from just the same difficulties as AS we all know, prices have of, the public's money.

those which we faced in 1931

autumn of last year, and

couraging. rather than checking the desire of property owners to look for safety abroad.

Not Desperate AND at the same time the extremist supporters of the Popular Front thought, ap- parently, that dévaluation gave them a splendid opportunity for securing improvements in the pay and conditions of the work- ers-an excellent object to work for, at the right time.

Such a sequel to devaluation could have only one result-the necessity for another, as has just been proved; and now the devaluation problem has to be faced all over again, and the causes that led to this fresh crisis have to be dealt with more effectively this time. But the position of France, though difficult and dangerous, is far from desperate.

She has been promised the support of America and of Great Britain, and this support, in the present state of world politica, we may be sure she can rely on receiving in full measure. It is a question of getting this grent rich and eminently sensible

been moving up since the Also, this Government had people to see that a chaotic finan- power pledged to cial position, and measures that and managed to solve, partly by especially in France, owing to come into

can but, lead to disaster. the great effort that we made to well-meant measures by which balance the Budget and had, frighten the owners of capital, put our finances straight, partly the Government there has been before our a devaluation happen- by being forced to abandon the trying to raise the standard of ed, by measures of retrenchment life of the working population. and increases in taxation which

The Remedies

only by the old-fashioned When prices rise in a country had been loyally accepted by the THE position can be put right by as much as the currency is nation as a whole, given practical remedies of a balanced Budget, imposed taxation devalued in exchange with the evidence of its determination to equitably moneys of other nations, de- do so. Government and people promptly and readily paid, and valuation, instead of being a were at one in their determina- a united effort by all parties to stimulus to trade and business, tion to impose and support any get their problem solved and the becomes a source of uncertainty

financial and industrial prestige

and mistrust, because it makes sacrifices that might be needed of France restored, so that the great mass of French money people think that it may have to put things right.

to be done again; and so they In France it has been most that has sought refuge abroad.

The

may be brought home by its

owners.

seem

send money abroad, as French-

otherwise. lamentably men have been doing so per- sistently, and since there is little Government, instead of trying

These remedies may

to demand for francs on the part to win the confidence of those of foreigners, there is a drain on who control the industry and easier to prescribe than

swallow, and French habits and the country's stock of gold financial resources of the coun- traditions may make them less --which increases the mistrust. try and so induce them to bring simple to apply in her case than

25508–Let's Call The Whole Thing Of. F.T. .......... Eddy Duchin's Orchestra, step has been represented by . "Fals" Waller's Orchestra. Japanese official circles as in-

dicative of a desire to resport, .Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra. China's territorial integrity.

The more reasonable explana- gold standard and allow the faced our devaluation problem, them

25573-Yake Up And Live. FT.

Sleep. F.T.

with

A still more important dif- home the immense sums that in ours; but on the other hand, ference between France's posi- they had placed abroad in search the danger that France faces if tion and England's when we of safety, tried to deal with she lets matters drift are so menacing that her statesmen rough - handed

should have little difficulty in was the fact that we had a methods, imposing on industry persuading her people to make Government which was support- conditions which made profit the necessary sacrifices. At the root of our difficulties, ed by the great majority of earning out of the question; as now in the case of France, those who organise and direct threatening those who did not All well-wishers of France and

cause business bring their money home with of the

of freedom will was an over-valued currency our industrial and

activities, and also of those who penalties; and otherwise en- hope earnestly for their success.. A Socialist Government

Messrs. S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ltd. tion is that it is a stragetic pound to be "devalued.""

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People Who Make This Week Interesting

The British

move, determined, first, by fear CHATER ROAD. of possible isolation in case real. war breaks out; secondly, by the knowledge that Chiang Kai- and shek's best troops are stationed in Central China; and, lastly, by a recognition of the danger of clashing with foreign in-

evacuation of terests. The Japanese nationals from South China areas need not be taken aa presaging any aggression by Japan in.these parts; it is more likely to have been dictated by a THE Queen of Great Britain; sued by the King for roalisation of the jeopardy in divorce, the intimate details of which these isolated communi-her private life paraded in ties might be placed in the event public-it seems incredible.

Yet it happened only lust century of war. Here, again, the de-

to Queen Curoline, who died, broken- |velopments suggest that Japan hearted, this week in 1821.

expects hostilities very shortly. The failure of Mr. Kawagoc to proceed to Nanking, together

evacuation with the

KING'S THEATRE

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It was probably the most sensa- tional case in British history.

gun- Revolutions threatened. A boat protected witnesses.

The King-George IV-spent! the thousands of pound on spies who families of Chinese officials in collected his evidence against the the capital, also tends to confirm Queen, who was then over forty. the view that big-scale fighting Viewing soon occur. may Japan's action as a whole, the impression gained is that she is

By C. A. LYON

Queen Who Was Sued

Divorce

裔

For

Its taxes were producing. £10 a year, so the local inhabitants thought. tho time for elvle dignities had come.

1K

Ten years later it passed n by- it At last was feared by the Lowded by cheering people, who

forbidding hogs to roam the

population to-day would guilty a revolution

follow, streets. The believed her innocent. The ships Cabinet that if the Queen were found law

3,350,000, a half months after it were decorated with bunting.

Every night she bowed to the Two and

started it was announced that the

Wife Of Two Men crowds from her windows.

The Crown witnesses were nearly' proceedings would stop. lynched.

Her Gipsy Hat

Her Majesty came to the House of Lords dressed in a gipsy hat with Jorge bow and ostrich feathers. Her eyebrows were painted and she wore a black wig.

The lords bowed as she took a seat beside her counsel.

op-

Indiscreet, eccentric Caroline was excluded from Court by a husband who hated her so much that when a courier, announcing Napoleon's As soon as the first witness death, said, "Sire, your Majesty's peared the Queen screamed "Traitor!" replied, "Is she, by God!"

|4 fury.

London was

He married n

The scones that followed nave only A. STRANGE story survives the since been equalled on Armistice death on August 11. 1755, of night 1018. Every town in the coun- Lord Dalmeny, son of Lord Rosebery. woman whom he try was lit up for three days.

Every currlage in talten to spread the glad news in met in London. They lived happily together. During a tour of the Con- tinent she was taken ill. She called for paper, and wrote: "I um the wife of the Rev. Mr. Gough, rector of Thorpe, in Essex, and my last request is to be buried at Thorpe," Then she died,

the home counties,

When George said he would not lave the Queen in any royal palace subscription was started to build

her

a new one.

prepared to contest the issue to Greatest enemy is dead," George and rushed from the Chamber like) George's coronation ceremony

•

*

•

siceves.

was seen

•

Caroling was 1101 to live long.

[al- Lord Dulmeny was horrified. To lowed soon after.

avold scandal he took a false nome, Then followed evidence thot kept

That coronation was the biggest and tried to smuggle the body Into. the point of going to war, but

So Caroline wandered all over the Europe in a frenzy for weeks. that she plans, if possible, to

Continent with a handsome Italian Stories of the Queen Hving in afin, history, costing £250,000, include country at Colchester.. But the

£24,000 for lund-in which ing

the King's own coffin was opened by a Customs off- confine hostilities to North servant, Bartolomeo Bergami. He tent in the Holy

his whirl- rubes, which flunkeys had exhibited cer who thought he was going to China, where she is bent on re- had been a courier. She had had Bergami

days defect a haul of contraband. im made a knight and a baron.

How they fed each other to him like mannequins for

before. taining the hold she has already The King had them watched, A with tender morsels in pantries. The

Nothing was lucking, except the' a servant feeding the Queen with al

Lord Dalmeny was now under the secured. Any attempt to sub- speciul commission, comprising

Queen, who was pressing through gravest suspicion and he had to re- colonel. a K.C., and a solicitor, trail- spoon.

the crowd, outside to try to gain at-veal the whole story. jugate China as a whole would ed her and spent £30,000 on their

How Bergami had been seen to mission, but was refused by ordere be the height of folly; Japan's travels.

The real husband was summoned.. assist the Queen in the bath and had of the King.

When she died of a broken heart There was a dramatic meeting. They military leaders, must be fully

Then in 1820 the Queen was called for more hot water,

soon afterwards the King even tried united to honour the memory of the They were seen kissing. conscious of that point. More brought to book before the House

to Ind the Queen really sat on his London, and there was a rlet in- Lord Dalmeny had a splendid coffin stop her corpse coming through woman who had deceived them both.. over, there is danger in attempt-

As the Queen came down to West- bed with her arm round his neck?

of The landlord

volving two deaths round the royal made for her and he and the par- hotel at: an ing operations over Jarge, minster by water the banks were

Trieste tuld what he hind

funeral seen

procéssion betwen the mili- son followed it to the grave,. scattered areas; hence the de-

through the keyhole. The Queen tary and sympathetic crowds,

General Nikkul-Seyn sire to confine hostilities to the part of Japan. It is difficult addressing Bergami as "My heart," and prescating him with a pleture North China. The full inten- to see what other policy is pos-of herself duringly dressed.

THIS week in 1957 Britain, was in THIS tions of the Nanking Govern-sible at this juncture. To give

the throes of the Indian Mutiny. The lovers caught kissing by week in 1833 Chicago become

a town. It was a cluster of)

Among those killed later was the mont have yet to be disclosed, in now would be merely to in-servants.

The great Brougham's speech for fourteen houses, un American fron-extraordinary General John Nichol but everything points to avite further inroads on her the Queen's defence was sublime. tler post.

son, the Englishman who became policy of armed resistance sovereignty in

Its name was She-Kag-Ong. "the god. the days to A peer rushed from the House in

(Continued on Page 5.) against any fresh aggression on come.

of Lords.

leare.

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place where the wild oriona grow."

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