1938-12-29 — Page 29

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 29, 1938.

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"BARE-FACED, IMPUDENT ROBBERY??

America Fails At Lima Says Germany

Berlin, Dec. 20. The "defeat of the United States' anti-totalitarian alms" at the Lima conference continues to be the theme of satisfied press comment.

The "Diplomatische Polltische Korrespondenz" expresses joy at the! "Umitations" of the declaration American colidarity.

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Other papers remark that the pt- tude of the South American States was strongly influenced by a reluci- ance to endanger economie relations with the non-American countries.

The "Lokolan Zeiger" says that the South-American States are not pre- pared to abandon political and economic Independence, to become dependent On North America.mm

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TIENTSIN, Dec. 20.

JAPANESE Sponsored news-

papers in North China con- tinue to give prominence to reports that Wäng Ching-wel has had differences with Generallesimo Chiang Kai- shek and, as a result, bas left Chinn for good.

The Japanese Army organ. the Yung Pao, saya "We will give Wong Ching-wel a good job and forgive him for his pasi association with the Chlang Kai-shek regime if he doeldes to come north."--United Press.

FINANCIAL STABILITY OF FRANCE

Finance Minister On Rehabilitation

PARIS, Dec, 28.,

3 Years? Sentence

On Thieves

POSED AS POLICE

OFFICERS

Found guilty of what the Judge described as a bare-faced, impudent daylight robbery, Ylu Klm-kwong, (20, clerk, and Ho Ching-ling. 32, theatre attendant, were each sen- tenced to three years' hard labour by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholi MacGregor in the Criminal Sessions this maming.

Accused were stated have held up a motor lorry in Shaukiwan on November 6, by posing as policemen, and robbed Chan Wun and Yeung Tit, shop fokis, of 20 bags of wolfram ore, three baskets of eggs and three bags of duck feathers.

First accused told the Court that on the day before the robbery, he asked by a friend named Koo

woo

Hand Grenade Thrown Into Police Station

Frague, Doc. 29, ZECIIO-SLOVAK police authorities announced to.. night that on Tuesday night, a hand grenade was thrown by unknown persons into the Polish customs house at Michalkovice at the Polish- Czecho-Slovak frontier.

The explosion wounded three Polish frontier guards,

up

A flying squad rushed with armoured cars and a ambulance which brought the wounded Poles into the Teschen hospital-Trans-Ocean.

Alleged Blackmailers Arrested

New York, Dec. 20, Belligerent and uncommunicative Mary Branding, aged 37. her brother Joseph, aged 61, and Walter Crags (56) are being held on a charge of fraud, while the authorities to-day sought Ave more alleged black- mailers, who reputedly extorted $150,000 a year from Philip Musica, allas Coster, President of the Me- Kesson, Robbins Drug Corporation, who committed suicide, by threaten- Ing to expose his dual identity.

Joseph

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Branding brandished board when the police arrived to ar- rest him, but

was quickly disarmed.

His sister Mory is reported to have recolved $8,000 last year from Muslen,

American Fleet according to the police.- United Press,

Puts To Sea

to go to Shaukiwan to catch traltors

New York, Dec. 28. who had repeatedly smuggled wolf-

The American Pacific fleet started ram ore to Japan. He admitted hav-to-day to leave the Californian hur ing held up the lorry with seven others, including the second accused, but said that his motive was purely patriotic.

He told the victims they

were policemen, the reason for this being that they wanted to seize the wolf-

from January 1 until June.

The first ships to leave were the auxillaries and small units. Other the men-of-war will pass through Pantina Canal during the next few days.

our of San Diego and the Bay of an Pedro for manoeuvres in Atlantic The battleships will leave in the waters, which are expected to last middle of next week.Trans-Ocean.

-RADIO-

New York, Dec. 28. The satisfaction shown ini Washington with the results of the! Lima conference is not shared by the American press, which almost A STRONG plea for the ram ore and dump it into the har unanimously points out that the con-rehabilitation of Franco's finan-bour, as he had known the Polleo ference was a disappointment. Icial and economic position was The fact that the wolfram ore was seldom take action about such matter. Even the pro-Roosevelt "New made by M. Paul Reynuud, the neither dumped into the harbour Yorks Post" states that the Lima French Finance Minister in his nor handed to the Police was not Beethoven Symphony No. 7 "Iolanthe" Bow, Bow, Ye Lower conference resolution mean nothing address to the Senate to-day on his fault as he was not in charge. because it is certain already that

In A Major, Op. 92 Second pecused alleged that ho many of them will be rejected by the the budget estimates for 1030. South American governments. Trans-Occan.

ITALIAN TRADE PACT WITH URUGUAY

London, Dec. 28.

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was told by the first" prisoner to Franec, he declared, which bad accompany him to Shaukiwan to |been brought to the verge of run by catch traitors. As Yiu was a police

an economic and financia

risis last-reservist, he believed him and

and did ing over a period of seven, years, was not know they were going to rob. now faced with the necessity of hav- The Jury found both prisoners and on Short Wave from 12-2.15 p.m. ing to increase its army estimates guilty, and passing sentence, His and 6-11 pm. on 9.52 me's. per Let While the German press maltes no for the coming year to 41 millard Lordship said: You have been found second. attempt to concral its satisfaction at france.

guilty on clear evidence of having what it calls the "failure of he

of com-comunitted a bare-faced, impudent United States at the Lima. con-parison, that the burden of the last daylight robbery, and this is made ference, it is reported from Rome war amounted to only 15 milliard much more grave by the fact that that Italy and Uruguay have signed (franes,

you Impersonated police officers. Were it not for that I might have a new trade agreement.

In his effort to find money to pay been able to regard the offence as S not very serious bocause no great The agreement is stated, envis-for the big public works ages lucreased trade between the Hemes, and fur subsidising various damage was done to anyone, but if two countries. The turn-over during branches of industry, he was con- people pose as police officers then the past few years has amdunted to fronted with the fact that there they must take the consequences for

existed a considerable £1,250,000 a year--Reuter Special.

discrepancy doing so. between the revenue and the inan elal requirements of the State. The State, he said, had become both a banker

and

labour exchange bureau, but had failed to energiso It is celally announced that the production, while its policy of price Turkish Minister for Education, and control had led to the closing of many the Minister for Economies havo re-undertakings. signed because of health- Trans-Occan.

TURKISHI MINISTERY RESIGN

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Nellie Walker, Alice Moxon Derek Oldham, Darrell Fancourt and 12-12.20 pm. Relay of Service of Chorus of Girls; "Pirates of Fen- intercession from St. John's Cathezance" Now For The Pirates air:

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Derek Oldham,

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Dorothy Gill; Away, Away! Dorothy Gill, Golliwoge Cako. Walk (from The Derek Oldham and Feter Dawson; Children's Corner Suite Debussy);

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Lawson, G. Baker, R. Mackoy, M. Eyre, B. Lewis, D. Oldham, D. Foo- court, M. Green: "Trial By Jury" Friends...Leo Sheffield and Chorus; Chungking, Dec. 29.

Swear Thou the Jury!...Arthur ter, had been augmenting its national By a mandate issued yesterday the

Hosking, George Baker, Derek Old- debt by 18 milliard francs a year. National Government

ham, Leo Shefield and Male Chorus; i appointed

Where Is The Plainti? Whereas in 1931 the value of its gold General Wu Chung-h

3-hsin, Charmantra and Walter Glynne (Tenor).

....Arthur and foreign exchange holdings held of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs.

Hosking, George Baker Winifred by the Bank of France, amounted to Commission, and Reting (Je-chen) Her First Dance (Heykens)....M

The Music, Comes (O. Strauss); Lawson and Chorus of Bridesmaids. 220 milliard francs, this sum by Hatukutu, the present temporal and Weber and His Orchestra; The Valley .Marck

7.45 Studio-Z.B.W. Orchestra. November 193n

had

sunk to £0 mil-sur-

ispiritual head of Tibet. to handle Bard francs. France, he said, had re-affales relating to the new reincarna- Where Wishes Come True (Eather-

1. Visloni--Wiltz (Malvezzi); In- Jeeted the proposal of introducing ton of the Dalai Lama.

ley-Elliott). ..Waller Glynne (Ten- terval Pastorale (arr. Lane WUson) currency and foreign exchange

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Musical Box (ley-....Ellaabeth Schumann (Soprano) truly this was felt to be je com- The last Dalai Lama, the thirteenth kens); Springtime Serenade (Hey-with Plano

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(Gray and Littleton); Old Bridge By The Mill (Skelly)....ments. Walter Glynne (Tenor) with Organ and Male Chorus; To-Night-Tango 8.03 (Lesso-Valerio);

France, asserted the Finance Minis-

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Of Dalai Lama stelaws): Tales From The Vienna Fer These Kind Words; When I. Good

Festival In Seville (Albeniz, arr. Woods-Waltz. (Strauss)....conduct ed by Leopold Stokowskl.

1 Time and Weather, 1.03 Marek Weber and His Orches-

with

patible with democratic government. į Lhasa, capital of Tibet, on December, Orchestra: A Dream Of Paradisaeeves; 2. Carovana-Festosa (Luigi

In conclusion, he expressed the 17, 1933, Central News,

hope that the Anancial and economic Irehabilitation of the country would

be passible of achievement. "under a democratic regime.—Trana-Ocean,

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Negotiations between Japan and

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Closing

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The report adds that it is hoped Spot that before the beginning of the new fishing season, the basis of a fronty Mar, (1930) .. In the form of a modus vivendi will Moy be found, sufeguarding Japanese flah-Sept ing rights in Bering, Okhotsit and the Oct. Japan seas-Trans-Ocean,

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