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9 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, THURSDAY. JULY 5. 1934 LAWN TENNIS VON PAPEN TO STAY IN OFFICE SOUTH AFRICAN FAUNA PRIVATE ARMIES French Inquiry Proposes Ban UNIFORMS BADGES Sequel to the Paris Riots AS VICE-CHANCELLOR Hitler Back from Hindenburg Interview GERMANY STILL TOLD NOTHING OF EXECUTIONS AND PRISONERS (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS GERMANY TO PAY DAWES AND YOUNG LOANS INTEREST Agreement Signed Yesterday COMMERCIAL PAYMENTS TO BE DEALT WITH NEXT A "No Discrimination" Pledge Beeliji, July 4. I learn officially to-night that Herr von Papen, the Vice-Chancellor, is to retain his office, provisionally at least. It is officially stated that the question of his resignation does not arise at present.

How long the yice-Chancellor will remain in the Cabinet is perhaps another question. It is clear, however, after his own experience as a prisoner and the fate of some of his collaborators, that Herr von Papen has powerful friends, whether in the Reichswehr or in the Presidential Palace. Herr Hitler returned to Berlin this afternoon from his visit to President Hindenburg on the latter's East Prussian estate at Neudeck. The Chancellor is officially stated to have given the aged President a detailed report of the "action taken against the treasonable conspirators, which was concluded on Sunday." President Hindenburg is stated to hare employed this opportunity "personally to thank 'the Chancellor for his resolute action, which has saved the German people from a large-scale shedding of blood and the Fatherland from severe convulsions." Observers here are speculating on what the- President actually has been told and the relation it bears to what has been confided to the public and the foreign press. The President's previous congratulations to the Chancellor were telegraphic and based on the reports of the events of June 30 which had been submitted to him.

THE DEATH-ROLL The death-roll of June 30 mounts. It is now authoritatively admitted that the number of people executed in tbo Hitler-Gdring-Goebbels stroke against the Rohm section in the Storm Troops amounts to under sixty." The number may be higher. How many of the hundreds of prisoners known to have been taken will meet their death through so-called suicide or through the firing parties of the black-uniformed S.S. (the section of the Storm Troops which exercises police and espionage work) following summary party justice, can only be guessed at. Mr.

Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons yesterday that the dispute with Germany arising from the threatened suspension by Germany of payment of interest on the Dawes and Young loans has been settled. Mr. Chamberlain Baid: I am glad to be able to inform the House that an agreement about the German debt question was signed this afternoon. (Cheers.) The agreement covers a period of six months as from July 1. It provides that during this period the German Government will provide a sterling fund at the Bank of England for the purchase of the full nominal value of all coupons of the Dawes and Young loans which were in Ilia beneficial ownership of British holders on June 15, 1934.

For the purpoBe of the agreement British holders are defined as: (a) In the case of sterling issues all residents in the United Kingdom, and in addition all British subjects belonging to any part of the British Empire, wherever resident, and (b) In the case of non-sterling issues all residents in the United Kingdom. OTHER DEBTS "AS regards other medium and long-term debt, the agreement provides that the terms of the offer of the Reiehs-bank embodied in the communique issued on May 29, 1934, shall apply to all interest, due in respect of investments which were on June 15 in the beneficial ownership of British holders, provided that if the German Government should conclude any agreement with another creditor country in which more favourable terms are accorded to residents in that country in respect of non-Reich loans it shall be open to the British holders to claim corresponding treatment in respect of the investment held by them on June 15. Should-- such a claim be put forward the question will be settled by agree- ment between the two Governments on the basis of non-discrimination, taking account of all the circumstances, including any. advantages which receives from such other creditor country as compared with any advantages which Germany receives from the United Kingdom. Finally the agreement provides that H.M.

Government will not during the period of the agreement that is, the next six months exercise in respect of Germany the powers given to them by the Debts Clearing and Imports Restrictions Act, 1934. "The agreement is, of course, without prejudice to the standstill agreement in regard to short-term debts. INCREASING TRADE "I should add that in the preamble of the agreement both Governments affirm the earnest desire that the trade and financial relations between the two countries should continue on a non-discriminatory and most friendly basis, and that the volume of mutual trade should be maintained and as far as possible increased. In pursuance of this principle the German Government have informed ub that they are prepared to negotiate with this country an exchange agreement for commercial payments similar to those which are or may be enforced between Germany and other countries. This matter is dealt with in the exchange of letters, the terms of which will be given in a White Paper.

"It would, of course, have been more satisfactory," added Mr. Chamberlain, "if the German Government could have made an arrangement with all their creditors on the lines of this agreement, but as the German Government is engaged in separate negotiations with the different creditors we have been forced to take the same line. I hope that the House will agree that so far as this country is concerned this agreement is a satisfactory, solution. (Cheers.) On May 29 an agreement was reached to grant Germany a six months' moratorium on her transfer payments (the awes and Young loans being excluded). The Beichsbank then agreed, with respect to the transfer of interest on Germany's long and medium term non-Reich loans, to give holders against surrender of coupons funding bonds to mature in 1945 and to carry interest at 3 per cent.

There was an alternative offer of 40 per cent cash of the face value of coupons. ARRESTS ON CRUISE TO FIORDS Captain's Action on Wireless Orders from Berlin COMMERCIAL DEBTS An Englishman in the Final PERRY BEATS WOOD Crawford His Opponent in the Last Stage The challenger of J. H. Crawford, holder of the men's singles at Wimbledon, is an Englishman this for the second time in twelve years. F.

J. Perry yesterday beat S. B. Wood, of the United States, to enter the final, while Crawford beat F. X.

Shields (United States) in the, other semi-final. Two years ago Austin opposed Vines in the final and lost. Before that, it is necessary to go back to 1922 to find an Englishman in the final. In that year Randolph Lycett was beaten by G. L.

Patterson, the Australian. Now we have another Anglo-Australian final, and if Perry can reverse the verdict of 1922 it will be the first time an Englishman has held the title since A. W. Gore won in 1909. For nearly four hours yesterday, in almost tropical heat on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, the semi-finals were contested.

In each case five sets were necessary to decide the issue, and each the result; was in uoubt up to tne end ot tne last rally. HOW THEY WON In reaching the final Crawford and Perry have each lost six sets. Crawford ha3 won 132 games and lost S9; Perry won 134 and lost 93. Their records we CRAWFORD beat PERRY but Tutor. 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-0.

B. K. WUUimi, 6-2 6-2, 6-0. lleaxel, 06, 6-3, 67, 6-4, 6-2. Quut, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.

Ifltt, 6-4. 26, 75, 108. Wood. 63, 5-6, 75, 5-7. 6-3.

Tlocnviki, 62, 76, 86. Htnkel, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. I. G. Collim, 4-6, 6-2.

Ci i. Yuairfihl, 4-6, 6-, 62. 62. Stoslen, 76. 2-6.

75 6-0. 26. 46, 6-4, 65, 64. Crawford and Perry have already met on nine occasions. Perry having won seven of the matches and the Australian two.

FORMER HOLDER BEATEN Wood was the holder of the title in 1931, when Shields gave him a walk-over in the final. His match with Perry yesterday was. for British partisans, ihp principal interest- of the day, for On it ucpcuucu tuts uupurianL issue as to whether a home player would be in the final Thp. tuminir-nftiTit. nf ns was at 43 in the final set, when, after eacn game naa gone with, the service.

Wood served a double fault and gave Perry a 53 lead. Perry held his own service nnrt ran nnf ati noM-l Di.Ai the ball falling gently on Wood's side E. J. Sampson's report on page 3. MME: CURIE Death of a Great Scientist We regret to announce the death of Mme.

Curie, the discoverer, with her husband, of radium. She died yester day, aged 86, at the sanatorium of San Clemoz, at the foot of Mont Blanc. The radium and X-ray with which she had worked for so many years had had serious effects on her health, and she had been suffering from pernicious antenna. On Friday last her condition became suddenly worse. She was removed to the sanatorium, and Dr.

the specialist, was summoned urgently from Geneva. All efforts. of the doctors, however, were in vain. On Tuesday her two daughters and her son-in-law were called to her bedside, and stayed with her until she died. Members of the family say (adds Reuter) that the funeral will be an extremely simple one and they wish it to be entirely unofficial.

Lord Rutherford, on hearing the news yesterday, said the whole scientific world would deplore the unexpected death of Mme. Curie, for she was everywhere regarded as ihe most distinguished woman scientific investigator of our time. Ihe development of physics in France owes much to her (Lord Butherford added). She was the flret woman to be appointed professor in the Sorbonne. Her laboratory, named in honour of her distinguished husband, Pierre Curie, who lost his life in a street accident, was built for her in Paris in recognition of her brilliant services' to science.

She was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry and received many, distinguished prizes throughout the scientific world. A biographical notice appears on page 13. LORD SNOWDEN AND HIS SPEECH "No Personal Feeling" Lord Snowden, in an interview with a reporter last night, denied that there was any "personal feeling" about his speech in the House of Lords on Tuesday, when he criticised the Prime Minister and the National Government, with special reference to- the repeal of his -land tax proposals. Asked if he would reply to 'Lord Sankey's comments during the debate Lord- Snowden eaid: "I think Lord Sankey seemed to be' under the impression that there was some personal feeling in tne matter, out ue was quite mistaken. My speech was an attack on a policy and political action, and it' could only be regarded as personal in the sense that a was anociated with these This criticism of iny speech that it was a personal attack has been made by others, but that is just to divert from the charges that: I made.

So far as am concerned is nothing at all I am quite' willing--and anxious to cooperate or any party that is pursuing a progressive i The National Parks ELEPHANTS, LIONS, GIRAFFES Vast Sanctuaries (From our South African Correspondent.) Few better holidays can be imagined at this time of the year than a tour through the National Parks of the Union of South Africa. The majority of them are best visited during the months of June, July, August, and September. The Kruger National Park, which is a kind of playground for the northern part of the Union, is usually overcrowded in July owing to the school and university vacations. It would be better, therefore, to begin by, a visit to the National Parks of the Cape Province, which are three in number. There is first of all the Bredasdorp Bontebok Park.

Bredasdorp is about a hundred miles east of Capetown. The area of this small park is approximately three square miles, and its interest lies in the fact that the bonte bok there found, with the exception of one other herd in the same district, are the only known specimens of their kind. Careful preservation' by three families of the district has alone prevented the complete extinction of this interesting and beautiful creature. Lareer and in some ways more picturesque is the Addo Elephant Park, situated about forty miles north of Port and with an area or nearly twenty square mileB. In addition to a herd of elephants there are about fifty buffalo, together with a few bush buck, wild pig, jackals, The Addo area is densely bushed the bush is evergreen and of an extraordinary variety.

The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Bituated in eemi-desert country 300 miles north of Upington, has largo grassed spaces with acacia trees, large and small. It is a great contrast to the small and beautiful parks already described, having an area of nearly 3,000 square miles. Gemsbok predom inate there; there are also thousands of springbok, eland, gnus, wild ostriches, lions, leopards, hyenas, and cheetahs. KRUGER NATIONAL PARK But the most popular of all the game reserves in South Africa is the Kruger National Park, with an area of approximately 8,000 square miles, set aside in the Eastern Transvaal and accessible with ease by road, rail, and The most extraordinary variety, of fauna is to be found in the park.

Giraffes are to be seen in almost every, noition of it, and 'every variety of buck IrSfa the huge gnu or wildebeest down to the tiny tsesaebe. Monkeys and baboons abound. In the northern part bf the Park elephants are frequently to be seen, and in all the large rivers hippopotami as well as crocodiles are to be found. A few black rhinoceroses are found in the extreme south on the lower Sabie River. The thrill most commonly desired by the tourist is the sight of lions, and although one is never certain of success it is not often that a tour of several i dayB in the Park fails to be rewarded by the appearance of these animals.

Naturally, the best time to eee them is in the early morning. Except in 1 rare cases there is no danger to be apprehended from them. A lion is frequently seen to stand calmly on the road in the track of oncoming cars, and there is not the slightest need for panic in such a case. SAYING "SHOO" TO A LION Natives who live in and near the Park have acquired an extraordinary nonchalance about lions. The writer well remembers meeting, early one morning, near the Pafuri River, a wagon with a span of sixteen donkeys.

Lions are particularly fond of donkeys, as of their more lordly relative the zebra, so it was a natural thing to ask the natives in charge of the wagon whether they had seen the so-called "king of beasts" that morning. Yes, they had seen two an' hour before: one was walking slowly in front off- the wagon, and one slowly behind. "What did yon dol" asked a member of the party, in the native's own Thonga language. The reply, aptly illustrated by gestures, was simple enough "I ran," said tiie man whom we were question- ing, to the lion in front, clapped my hands, and said then I ran to the lion at the back, clapped my hands, and said then we went on our way." to say, tourist are not allowed to. shoot in the Park.

Rifles are allowed for self-protection in the very rare cases where may, be. necessary. They are sealed on entering the Park, and if seal is broken painful 'explanations will follow- on leaving, the Park. REST CAMPS camps -are- provided at twelve different areas in the Park. These rest; camps consist in.

some of huts, in some cases one aristocratic centre of -raamiL ttitr provide, the' rmnirmim easentials oJ Bf 'jaq'dupe bfraiotelsv Travellers: -short, campersv andj must eKr-' theufr own, wittE.them. however, food an eveaBUcli-luxhries as sheets whofwant thTNalioiiaipark autltonties haves done: their- best' tor taineoV and where. only mrfiCWriteja v. 1 1 1 1 -nrr, PaEIS, JtTLY 4. At to-day's Bitting of the French Parliamentary Commission which is inquiring into the Paris rioting of February 6 $he "majority, who had adopted a resolution throwing the blame for the bloodshed on.

the demonstrators, adopted a proposal that the Chamber should be asked to prohibit the sale of firearms, except sports guns, to persons sot having obtained special licences from the authorities: The majority, sitting alone, recommended that a bill should be tabled prohibiting private militia and punishing the wearing in public places of uniform or parts of uniforms constituting badges of adhesion to a political group. They further urged that the Government should be empowered to dissolve any organisations conducting any armed demonstrations in the streets or presenting "authoritative character by their discipline and the absolute power of their leaders." The minority of the Committee (members of the Bight and Centre) withdrew after declaring that M. Daladier and M. Frot, the ex-Ministers, and certain police chiefs were responsible for the "deadly volleys of February 6." Reuter. DOG-RACING BOARD Government's "No" In spite of the decision of 80 Conservative back benchers to support the demand for a board of control for dog-racing, the Government, it is stated, intends to stand by the -principle of local control embodied in the Betting ana potteries, cm.

Serious objection is taken in official quarters to the proposal to place the licensing and regulation of dog-racing in the hands of a central board which would have no knowledge of local conditions. which, in the view of the Government, must be taken into account in dealing with dog-tracks. The Government remain ot tne opinion that the local authorities are the most competent bodies to administer the control scheme embodied in the bill. The Home Secretary will, therefore, oppose amendments moved in the Standing Committee with the object of establishing a central board of control. The bill has been referred to the Standing Committee of the House of Commons, which will begin its consideration of the measure on Tuesday.

MEETING OF M.P-i Sir James Leishman and Mrs. J. L. Stocks, who were members of the Royal (Commission on Betting and Lotteries, yesterday addressed a meeting of M.P.s at the House of Commons on the Betting ism irom tne point or view of tne recommendations of the Royal Commission. Mrs.

Stocks pointed out that the Ques tion of a National Statutory Board for the control ot aog-racmg was caretuiiy considered by the Commission, and rejected mainly on the ground that greyhound-racing was not of sufficient national importance to justify the setting up of sucn a poara. MANN POLLITT ACQUITTED South Wales Speeches Tom Mann and Harry Pollitt were both acquitted at Glamorgan Assizes yesterday before Mr. Justice Talbot of charges of making seditious speeches at Ferndale and Trealaw on February 18. Mann gave evidence yesterday denying several statements he was alleged to have made. Replying to the Judge, he explained that by "force" he meant such measures as a strike, and not physical force.

In his summing-up the Judge referred to the policemen notes of Mr. Mann's speech, and said that obvious mistakes in them were admitted. They were not anything like complete, and there was no indication of where the gaps occurred, leaving open the possibility of serious error. After Mr. Mann had been discharged Air.

Temple Morns, lor tne Urown, said ha would offer no evidence against Mr. Pollitt, who was formally found not guilty. A. crowd waited outside tne court and both men were warmly congratulated. Mr.

Tom Mann told a reporter afterwards: "Up till this morning I was of opinion that there wa3 six months minimum in iront oi me, and even, up to lunch-time, while I thought it looked a little less rigid. I wa3 not very hopeful. "But as the Judge was reviewing the case with such quiet deliberation and so comprehensively, leaving nothing out, and in a tone and style that nobody could be other than very favourably impressed witn, nope revived tnat tnere was a decent chance. When the "acquittal came and the prosecution offered no evidence against Harry well, I felt like rejoicing. The case is reported on page 6J FIVE DEATHS IN BLAZING 'PLANE Nw Jinx 4.

Five people were burned to death to-day when an aeroplane in. which they, were out for a joy. ride crashed and burst into names near is t. Ansgar, Iowa. extricated from the" charred wreckage their bodies 'were nnrecognis- anie.

neuter. FOREIGN TELEGRAMS ON PAGE Japan's Newy Prime. Minister. Strangulation by Tariff. Former Premier of Alberta's Case, The German public knows nothing of these things, out it suspects much.

The censorship on news for home consumption is rigid and absolute. All that the people is allowed to know is that seven of the highest Storm Troop commanders were executed, and a Reichswehr general and his wife lost their lives following the discovery of a mysterious conspiracy. Nobody knows what the plot or plots really were all about. The press confines itsef to home news, and assiduously spreads the im pression of summer normality, with news of the visit of the King and Queen of Siam, of fresh social legislation, crises in other countries, sport, and the rest. Denials of preposterous stories allegedly from foreign newspapers are printed to contrast with the beautiful appearance of things at home.

THE STORM TROOPS Orders issued by the new Chief of Staff of the Storm Troops, Herr Lutze, appear to indicate that the Govern ment "is feeling more confident that it has the affairs in hand. Those officers who have not been rounded up as sua pects are released from the state rf virtual house arrest they have been under since Saturday. All, however, from the rank of standard leader (a sort of Storm Troop major) upwards must give an exact account to their commanders or divisional commanders of where they are to be found at any time. Those who have Dlanned holi days within Germany durincr their montn leave may proceed on them. The participation of units of Storm Troops in civilian clothes or anv uni form at meetings or demonstrations of any kind during the leave period, the new Chief of Staff has ordered, is only allowable with express permission of the Storm Troop commander or regional commander himself.

Where, it is significantly stated, he has been removed, the authorised commissarial commander must give permission. The name of the betrayer (Can- tain Rohm's name is omitted from the order) of our leader Adolf Hitler" must be cleaned off Storm Troopers' dirks of honour before they may be camea again as pare or tne Storm ir copers equipment. Slavia, and Italy have in the subse quent conjectures all been mentioned in turn as the in question. MORE DEATHS AND RUMOURS OF DEATHS Herr Rerfc. niiw.tnr nf tlio Pomign Students's Association (says a Reuter telegram from Munich), was killed on Tuesday ajt his private residence.

No official statement is yet available, and the circumstances of bis death are at present surrounded in mystery. There are also ruimours, so far unconfirmed, of the finding of the bodies of a number of other men prominent in Bavaria on the Erdinger Moor, near Dachau, also in mysterious circumstances. The victims are said to include Herr von Kahr, who was Premier of Bavaria in 1923 at the time of Hitler's unsuccessful putsch; Lieutenant Scheringer a Reichswehr officer; and Herr Sentner, a well-known innkeeper, of Munich. There is reason to believe that the rnrnvl XT 1 ui ucu iuu jvam ueain is correct. nerr von iianr, idrmer Dictator of Bavaria, was one of three men who in November, 1923, broke their word to support Hitler's revolt.

The other two were Herr Seisser, former police commander, and the former Reischwehr general Von Lossow, and both are rumoured to be among the dead. Ofiiciklly the reported deaths are neither confirmed nor denied. An Exchange telegram says that ail the bodies of the persons shot by the Government in the last few dave. inplnriincr General von Schleicher and wife and Dr. Klausener, the Catholic' leader, were cremated by order of the authorities.

As none of tne customary ounai rites are permitted in the case of a Catholic who is cremated, a Requiem Mass for Dr. Klausener had to be abandoned. Duke's hand began to develop a few days ago, and was at first hot regarded as The trouble; however, persisted, and eventually a minor operation -had to be performed. How the' Duke's hand came to be, poisoned is not It is possible that' the poisoning occurred while he was 'gardening in the grounds' of his- country Royal Lodge, Windsor Great The Duke has once or twice before suffered from rubbed fingers after golfing, and has occasionally appeared in public with one of baa fingers bandseed. After, their visit to Sheffield the Duke end of York were to nave -gone to' Carberry.

Towers, the Scottish' residence of Lord and Lady Hphinstone, for the week-end- Lady Hphinstone is the Duchess's sister. From CVurberry Towers were' going oa to-join the King and Queen at Holvrood on Monday. the- Duke will be able to iro to Edinburgh' with, the-King and Queen has not yet been' decided; r--'j. Sit John Weir, who waa knighted in 1S38, Is PhysiciartdiOrdinary teethe Prince of Wales, and is Qoeen bt Norway. He is an attfhority 'on hmhflmxtbY and holds the' consulting surgeon at eereral well-known BritishbotaBopathfc Dr.

BarnngfeHHWajd Harley is ettrffeon at several hosmtalB inrJiEe.sXondon area-He ws formerly. oaauaay otttcer, -meairei ropTOTrra-nagrtt snAhotottsmgeeai jtb GKnaren, guest ynqtrnoi LoirdotCpv-j rr The letters exchanged between the representatives of the. British and German Governments on the debts question are as. follows: Dr. Berger, head of the German' Delegation, to Sis 'V.

Leith-Ross. of the British Treasury. LONDON, JtTLY 4. Sir, With reference to the principle established in the preamble of the agreement signed to-day that it is the earnest desire of both Governments that the trade and financial relations between the two countries should continue on a nondiscriminatory and most friendly basis and that the volume of mutual trade should be maintained and as far as possible increased," I have the honour to confirm the declaration made in our negotiations viz. The German Government for the purpose of giving practical application to tins principle agrees to enter witnout delay into negotiations with representatives of the Government of the United Kingdom for the conclusion of an exchange agreement for commercial payments similar to the agreements concluded, or which" may be concluded.

between Germany and other countries subject to the reservation regarding the maintenance of the stability of the Keichsmark and to the reservation made verbally durintr'the negotiations that the extension of the benefits oi these agree ments to uoionies as in the case ox tne agreement between Germany and the Netherlands can be granted only against special concessions. SIR F. LEITH-ROSS'S REPLY London, July 4, 1934. Sir, I have the honour to acknow ledge receipt of your letter, from which I note with satisfaction that the German Government' is prepared to enter into An extraordinary development in the German arres.r, was reported early, thai" morning in tebgvams from Oslo, which' report that eight German tourists on the North German Lloyd liner Sierra Cordoba, now on a Land of the Midnight Sun" cruise in Norwegian waters, have been put under arrest by the captain on wireless orders from Berlin. They are alleged to be guilty of conspiring against Hitler.

For the fifth time in succession it was stated last night in Berlin that publication of the long-promised list of people officially executed last weekend has been postponed. It now appears possible that the list may never be published at all. One informant suggested to Reuter last night (sayB a Reuter Berlin message) that about 150 people in all had died during the week-end, either officially or as a result of private feuds. It is widely suggested that a number of private animosities were settled without reference to and without the approval of Hitler during the week-end in the hope that an extra shooting or two might pass unnoticed among the general executions. The British and French Ambassadors yesterday called on Baron von Neu-lath, the-Foreign Minister, and in the course of a friendly conversation referred to the allusion to a "foreign Power" in the original Nazi party statement on the alleged conspiracy.

There was, it is learned, no formal official representation. France, Britain, the Soviet Union, Tugo- immediate negotiations with my Govern ment for the conclusion of an exchange agreement for commercial payments on the same lines as those which have been, or may be, concluded between Germany ana other countries, suDject to certain reservations. With reference to your reservation regarding the colonies my Government Tegards the advantages enjoyed by Ueranany in the credit market as being of no less value than the special concessions made by the Netherlands Government end must for this reason reserve the right to raise the question in the negotiations "In this connection there is a further urgent question affecting the trade between the two countries. My Government is receiving an increasing volume of complaints that Tavments due from Germany for goods actually delivered nave recently not been duly met. These complaints seem to have arisen more particularly out of the recent decision to reduce the allocation of foreign exchange to German importers to sucn amount as is daily received by the Eeichsbank.

I trust that the German Government will be able within a few days to remedy this unfortunate situation, which must otherwise have serious effects on the trading relations and credit, possiDiiities ot uermans, and my Government suggests that the oppor tunity of the aforesaid negotiations should be taken to try and clear un the position as regards these outstanding ciaims pi isruisn exporters. Finally, with reference to the declara tion by which our Governments have agreed that commercial relations between tne two countries should be maintained on a non-discnminatorv and most friendly basis, I am to say that my irovernment trusts tnat the tierman Government will take steps to ensure that the principle of non-discrimination shall be applied in all the different fields oi us administration. faction with the Government's policy, he proceeded to defend that. The policy was one of orderly develop ment with no interesting but disturbing experiments, no large expenditure of public money, no violent depreciation of currency, nothing spectacular. everything safe.

The results had been cheap money, increased employment, increased exports. Why, then, a committee It was only in 1931 that the Mac-m ill an Committee made a full report on this subject, and he could not under stand what they thought they could obtain by setting up a new committee to go over the same ground. A new monetary policy meant either a change in the methods. and operation of insti- tuuons wnicn remained mo same or they must set aside those methods and institutions. No case had -been made out for any such alteration.

'Our banking system had withstood the strains and stresses of the last few years better than any other. If we put out Xio ine worm tnac we were going to set up a new inquiry, perhaps involving sweeping did it not inevitably mean tnat this improvement be held up till they knew wnai; was to come out ot tnisr -Debate oh page 12 GOVERNMENT'S MONETARY POLICY Mr. Chamberlain Rejects Proposal for New Inquiry (from our Parliamentary Correspondent.) DUKE OF YORK'S POISONED HAND His Visit to Sheffield To-day Cancelled: the Duchess to Go Alone Westminster, Wednesday. To-day was a. Liberal Supply Day that is, the Liberal Parliamentary party had the choice of the vote and the subject to be raised.

They chose the vote for' the Treasury to open a debate on monetary policy. Sir Koberfc Hamilton reviewed the subject and proposed the Government should set up an authoritative committee to inquire into the question and to sift the sound from the unsound opinions for the guidance of the nation and, of world. After a general debate Mr. Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, rose and' began by announcing that an agreement with' the German representatives here about the debt qustion had been signed this afternoon, and. then recited its terms in full.

He was afterwards congratulated warmly on this happy event by Sir Stafford Crippa for the Labour party and Sir Archibald Sinclair for the Liberals. GOVERNMENTS POLICY Mr. Chamberlain then turned to reply on the debate. Taking the that the request a committee on monetary policy implied some dissatis The Duke of York is suffering -from a poisoned hand, which has necessitated a minor operation. The following bulletin was issued from 145, Piccadilly, London, yesterday: The Duke of York has been suffering from a noisoned hand, which' required surgical treatment yesterday.

We consider that rest is essential for the next few days. Joax Jta. L. E. BiRaiHGTOS-WAED- It was officially stated that in accordance with this announcement his Royal Highness will be unable to undertake his 'public engagements this week.

No farther bulletmxwitt.be issued. This decision means that the Duke will not go to Sheffield to-day, as had been arranged, for a two days, visit at which he was to have performed- several public engagements, including the' opening of ths new art gallery, a visit to the Sheffield Royal viait to Painted Fabrics exervicemen'a Village andv the; inspection of unemployment aUotments and a tour-of the works of -Firth and Brown to-morrow. v.The "imchjassof. York', however, rwill cany out her -progiainme at Sheffield, and 'Pneras tonion Ja nine o'clock train. 7 It is learned that p.ofsmnsa Of; iue.