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VISIT TO TANGIER. CAPSIZED SUDDENLY. A GREEK OUTRAGE.
Italian Squadron Pays Call.
EUROPE AGITATED.
Many And Varied Emotional,
Reactions Provoked.
London, Yesterday.
How The Italian Liner Went Down.
CAPT. COOPER'S NARRATIVE, Blue Star Commander Radiographic
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London, Yesterday.
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President Shot At In Street. WOUNDED IN TEMPLE. Assailant, A Deaf Mate, Explains
Grime.
The
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Athens, Yesterday.. A man in the street fired at
Condouriatis. The visit of an Italian naval
Atic account of the sink- squadron to Tangier with Princeling of Italian liner "Princi President Udine, who yesterday opened an pessa Mafalda" is contained in latter was not injured. Italian scholastic institute, hos-wireless messages from Captain assailant was arrested.
President Condouriotis pital and other buildings, has Cooper Commander of the "Em-
A bullet provoked varied emotional re-pire Star" which reached the entering a car after opening the actions in European capitals in London offices of the Blue Star Congress of Mayors. view of the impending conference Line yesterday. The message struck the wind screen of the car, to revise the Tangier statute, which has been delayed in trans- showering glass and splinters on the the President, who was other- which Italy does not recognise. mission, states that when
Paris, Yesterday, "Empire Star" arrived at the wise uninjured, but the bullet in- The newspapers regard the scene of the disaster there were no jured the byatander. Crowds at- Italian "demonstration" as an un-outward signs of distress, but all tempted to lynch the assailant be- friendly.act.
the basts were being lowered. fore his arrest.
President Condouriotis' cuts "L'Oeuvre" says the
com-Two were overloaded and capsized
were bandaged and he was taken memoration anniversary of the and several were swamped.
Star"
and to hospital where it was found: Fasciat revolution is assuming a The Empire most gallophobe form.
"Alhend" began rescuing the sur-that the bullet had actually grazed President's "L'Humanite" accuses Italian vivors but had difficulty in keep-his forehead after striking the
...The Fascism of going to the help of ing position owing to the people windscreen. Spanish Fascism, with which it in the water. The Captain add-mental lucidity was not impaired. A medical bulletin states that
Condouriotis is secretly in league in a Medi-ed, "At 9.40 p.m. the "Mafalda". terranean policy,
capeized suddenly. The survivors President Contrariwise, French official were helpless with fright and Iwounded in the right temple circles consider the demonstration was unable to gather information, where the bone was splintered. but understand a shaft broke The President bore the slight "merely theatrical."
There are semi-official hopes of amasking the engine and flooding operation very well and his con- negotiations for a revision of the the engine room."British Wire-dition is satisfactory, statate, firstly between France less Service
and Spain alone, and afterwards with the inclusion of Britain and Italy, which might lead to a Meantime, speedy agreement. there can be no question of invit ing Italy "to put in her oar."
Berlin, Yesterday.
The incident is described in Germany as "a panther spring" and has resulted in columns. of newspaper reminiscences from the Kaiser's despatch of the war- ship "Panther" to demonstrate at
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TERRIFIC GALE.
MUCH HAVOC ALL OVER ENGLAND.
SEVERAL PATALITIES.
able to return home.
Was
He was
. Goussios is a native of Larissa, and is a waiter who suffers from an impediment in his speech. The police state his luggage contained Communist literature.
The assailant, named Goussios, aged thirty, apparently a deaf mute, made a statement that he has long been unemployed and as he did not receive State assist- ance he sought to avenge himself by killing the President.-Reu-
London, Yesterday. messages, delayed ter.
tiga halbe blown
SOVIET EXECUTIONS,
Vorwaerts" declares it is down, emphasises the fierce nature directed against England and of the gale which swept the British France, but the "Vossische Isles on Friday night. It is estim-
Moscow, Saturday. - Zeitung" thinka Britain will wel-ated that 20 lives were lost in dif-
The death sentences on the bro- come Italy's action to speed up ferent parts of the country. Lanthers Frove and on Korepanto have
· negotiations.
The men were cashire experienced the full impact. been carried out. At Lancaster a tidal wave swept tried recently and accused of sell- over the banks of the river Luneng military information to a Bri- FLAG SETTLEMENT. and flooded the hospital, drowning tish agent-Beuter.
three patients, despite the courage. GENERAL SMUTS WIRES HIS ous efforts of the nursing staff, who
OPINION.
saved 16.
A GENEROUS MEASURE.
London, Yesterday
At Fleetwood, a fishing port on even fiercer there than in the South. the Lancashire coast, a gale blow-A tidal wave swept up the River ing at 80 miles an hour broke down Lune at Lancaster and flooded the the sea defences and, the water Luncside Hospital where nineteen In reply to a request for his rushed in torrents down the patients were cut off by the waters. opinion on the flag settlement in streets, imprisoning many people in Three of these were drowned, the South Africa General Smuts tele-their homes. Four bodies have corpses being recovered by firemen graphed to the "Sunday Ob- been recovered.
in boats. Nurses carried others up- server" "Dual flag settlement is
At Blackpool four water cooling stairs through two feet of water to
a generous measure which leaves towers 250 feet high were torn safety.
the position of the Union Jack down at a power station. The ad- Several fatalities occurred else- flooded and where and there were also many ex- intact while the national flag pro- Jaining area vides for strong national senti-the town deprived of electric cur- citing escapes. ment. I consider it on its merits rent for several hours. From all
a wise and statesmanlike solution!
5 p.m.
6 p.m.
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Ships and expect that further bene-parts of the coast heavy seas and ficient results may follow in im- damage to plers and shipping are curred all round Britain. Iproved temper and greater sense reported. The crew of a Scar were held up on the Merasy where the white borough motor fishing boat, bellev- the gale had a force of 92 miles an 4.90 p.m. 4.30 p.m. of unity between 4.80 p.m. races."British Wireless Service. ed lost, were towed to part late hour. Liverpool felt the full force last night with the craft damaged, of the wind and two people were after having been blown 80 miles killed when the main serial of the before the gale-British Wireless Liverpool Station of the British blow Service.
Broadcasting Corporation London, Saturday. down in the middle of a transmis A heavy gale swept the British sion. Isles last night, the wind maintain- Two houses blew down at Man- Immense crowds from all over the ing an average velocity of nearly cheater. Many people are tempor- country assembled at every point 60 miles an hour. A velocity of arily unemployed at Leigh, owing of vantage this morning to see the 78 miles an hour was registered at to damage to works. Thousands of
pounds of damage was Vessels round ti greatest naval review ever held Valentia, Irelandy se pu
the coast, and par-plate-glass windows, chimney stacke since 1919. One hundred and fifty-ticularly in the south west and in and roofs at Blackpool. Five eight warships, including night 8.30 p.m. capital ships, and 20 craisers, 72 the Irish Channel experiemed vio families at Bottom Ebbw Vale were lent seas but few casualties occurrendered homeless in consequence destroyers and. 88 submarines, ag-
of their habitations being blown gregating over 700,000 tons, and
The destroyer Rowena" with down. twelve transports participated.
Telephone Lines Broken. The ships were drawn up in eight Naval tug went to the assistance of
the Spanish tanker "Arnus, 4.185 Telephone communication with parallel lines off Yokohama OCCUPY tons, whose steering gear broke the important provincial contres ing an area of six miles by two. west of Portland Bill and who was was affected owing to the blowing 6 p.m.
The battleship Mutsu" with the 10.30 am. Emperor aboard, steamed slowly in danger of drifting on the rocks down of two hundred trunk lines. in West Bay. She was brought to A break between London and Tet 8.30 p.m. between the lines, while a large safe position, Naval craft stand ney, Lincolnshire, stopped the beam number of ale craft circled over ing by and afterwards towing her wireless service to India and Aur- head. The inspection lasted over
Into Weymouth two hours-Reuter.
The football match between New Mersey Ports. The Mersey ports suffered savere Brighton and Barrow was postpon- ly from the gale and a steam barge ed owing to the wrecking of the broke her moarings, crashed against stand at the ground. the wall of the dock and sank, the Fishing Disaster. Men
There was a fishing, disaster. In mate baing drowned, w
Inland, much minor damage was Cleggan Bay, In the County of Gal dona In Long
100-ton crane way, when a fierce gale struck a ow building crash number of boats and swamped all except one. The one to escape cut chimi
rift, and made
MARCH TO ROME,
8.30 am FASCISTI CELEBRATES 5TH
ANNIVERSARY,
2.80 p.m.
Rome, Yesterday The fifth anniversary of the Fascist march to Rome was brated throughout Italy, includ a great review of the forces,
Mussolini in Roine,
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