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BOMBAY'S WELCOME. HELP FROM OUTSIDE. LINDBERGH AGAIN.
King of Afghanistan China And the Foreign Flies From Washington
Arrives.
COSMOPOLITAN CROWDS.
Powers.
U.S. TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN.
Ruler Met At "Gateway Of India" Co-Operation Would Be Welcomed,
to
By Governor,
China
Says Sir F. Whyte.
- Mexico City.
PRESIDENT'S GREETING.
Airman's Successful 2,000 Mile Non-Stop Trip.
San Antonio (Texas),
Yesterday.
Bombay, Yesterday.
New York, Yesterday. Salutes boomed in the harbour
having (at least tem- welcome Amanulla, King of porarily) spurned Russian in- Lindbergh arrived in Mexico Afghanistan, whose arrival by fluence in her. internal affairs, City at the conclusion of a 2,000 sea from Karachi was greeted by would now welcome help from mile non-stop flight from Wash- Sir Leslie Wilson in the absence America and Great Britain, de-ington in "The Spirit of St. of the Viceroy through Malaria.clared Sir Frederic Whyte, head Louis" in which he crossed the
Amanulla presented a distin-of the British delegation to the Atlantic. guished company and passed the Honolulu conference, who was President Calles declared the city gateway through the gaily banqueted by the Institute of day a public holiday. Detach- bellagged streets.thronged with Pacific Relations.
ments of cavalry were posted on
immense crowds representing all The Banker, Mr. Thomas the highway before midnight to communities, a sprinkling of Lamont, who has. returned from control the crowds thronging the Afghans bearing a black silver the East after an endeavour to route from the capital to Valbuena flag enhancing the picturesque-arrange a Manchurian railway acrodrome, where • President ness of the scene,
loan, presiding, said those who Calles' whole Cabinet was assem- Amanulla and his queen, ac-were in direct contact with the jbled with foreign Ambassadors to companied by Sir L. Wilson and Chinese believed their sobriety, greet the airman. -- Reuter's Lady Irwin, then drove to Gov-commonsense and intelligence American Service. ernment House. The four mile would finally bring them out of route was packed with a cheering the welter of civil war and ban- and cosmopolitan crowd, whose ditry. He took no stock of the applause the King repeatedly outcry against foreigners.
stood Reuter.
up to
An Anxioua Wait. Mexico City, Yesterday. A huge crowd of 25,000 to The 80,000 people were getting an- acknowledge. British, who for decades had xious at the Valbuena aerodrome poured their money into China where Lindbergh was unsighted for the benefit of the community for 26 hours after leaving Wash- had been tolerant and patient in ington. President Callas contem- face of the destruction of their plated sending out aerial search- properties for fear of wounding ers when "The Spirit of St.
Louis" appeared. Chinese susceptibilities.
Official Banquet.
Bombay, Yesterday. The rAcid brooding Indian night was transfigured into fairyland on the occasion of the Government House banquet in He concluded: "If only our There was delirious cheering honour of the King of Afghanis friends the Chinese could com- and a squadron of motorcycle tan. The gardens at the summit of pose their differences to the point police immediately rushed out to Malabar Hill were glittering in of jointly inviting the amicable keep the landing place clear, but thousands of coloured lights and co-operation of foreign interests when the machine landed after a and flight of 27 hours 10 minutes, the ballroom, in gold and white, of Americans, British
Indian chiefs.
was thronged by 140 distinguish Japanese and sinking their na-thousands swarmed on to the ed guests, including bejeweled tional interests, they would go a ground and overwhelmed the' long way in their earnest en-police, who had great difficulty to The Viceroy, who is suffering deavour to serve the common keep the crowd from the aero- from Malaria, had a speech read cause."-Reuter's American Ser-plane itself. welcoming the King, who, deply- vice.
Lindbergh climbed into motorcar, the band playing the Star Spangled Banner and was re-
ing in Persian, concluded by wish-
a
ing the continuance of happy LEGION DESERTER. ceived by President Calles and the
Anglo-Afghan relations.-Reuter.
THE PRAYER BOOK.
CONCLUSION OF LORDS' DEBATE.
POSTPONEMENT URGED.
CARDIFF MAN RECEIVES PARDON.
A GRACEFUL ACT.
United States Ambassador. Reuter's American Service.
London, Yesterday, Replying to questions about the} ease of John Harvey, a native of Cardiff, who was serving sentence. of eight years pénu! servitude in France for deserting from the For-
Comdr. oign Legion,
· Locker- eign Affairs said: "I am happy to Lampson, Under Secretary for For be able to say that the French Gov-
U. S. NAVAL PLANS.
SUGGESTION FOR "MATERIAL
STRENGTHENING.”
CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
Washington, Yesterday. Mr. Curtis D. Wilbur, the Seero-
London, Yesterday. The debate in the House of Lords, on the revision of the Prayer Book, will be concluded ernment, as soon as the matter was tary of the Navy, has submitted to this evening and it is expected brought to their notice, have given the Budget Bureau a five-year naval that at least three hundred per- orders for the immediate release of building programme, providing for sons will record their votes.
Harvey. I am sure the House will additional cruisers, submarines and During last evening's debate much appreciate this graceful and destroyers. specific provisions of the measure generous act of the French Govern- received little detailed criticism. ment."-British Wireless Service. Earl Stanhope who was the chief Opposition speaker, urged the post- ponement of the measure until it; was accompanied by another de- signed to ensure order and dis- cipline in the Church.
TO BE IMPEACHED.
AMERICAN OFFICIALS IN TROUBLE.
The report that Presidenti Coolidge has approved of the pro- gramme is denied, but Mr. Long- worth, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has disclosed that ho has conferred with the Presi dent regarding the advisability of Lord Halifax who is well-known
materially strengthening the Navy. for his work at the recent Malines
He told President Coolidge that the Conferences, opposed the measure;
House was in an “ambitious mood" New York, Yesterday. but announced that long personali
and would support "an adequate A message from Oklahoma City programme of naval expansion." regard for the Archbishop of Can- says that Bills of Impeachment, terbury forbade him to vote against naming the Governor and two other
G.$65,000,000 Annually. The exact number and specifica-; It.
State officials, were voted at a self- tion of the vessels immediately From the Labour benches Lord convened session in a local hotel, under consideration have not been Parmoor, another prominent Many members, were summoned disclosed but the officials estimate) churchman, supported the measure from their beds and appeared in the cost of new construction, which was condemned by the pyjamas. Bishop of Worcester and approved
apart from replacements, at ap- Gov-proximately, G.$65,000,000 annual- by the Bishop of Chelmsford, who ornor (Mr. M. E. Trapp) include ly.-Reuter's American Service. regarded as groundless Bishop his replacing the civil authority by Worcester's fears that Holy Cora-the military, that he is incompetant munion would, in consequence of and that he awarded a police com- be assimilated to mission to an alleged bandit.--Reu- Mass.-British Wireless Service. ter's American Service.
the measure,
Measure Passed,
London, Yesterday.
The charges against the
No British Changes.
London, Yesterday, Admiralty, was asked in the House Mr. Bridgeman, Frist Lord of the
of Commons whether in view of the increase in the American shipbuild- | ing programme and of the reversal American disarmament polley he would reconsider his de- cision with regard to the postpone- ment of two cruisers.
The Revised Prayer Book mea- RUBBER INDUSTRY. of the sure was passed by the House of Lords this evening by 241 votes to 88.-British Wireless Service.
MR. H. L. STIMSON.
NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF PHILIPPINES,
EX-WAR SECRETÁRY.
Washington, Yesterday.
BILL DROPPED FOR THE PRESENT.
London, Yesterday,
He replied that he had read re- ports of President Coolidge's state-
The Rubber Industry Bill willment in Press but he found it con- not be proceeded with any further from the decision of the British tained. no ground for a departure this session owing to a section of Government with regard to the two the rubber manufacturers objecting cruisers. British Wireless Ser- to certain details theroin.
The Bill may be re-introduced next year.
AMERICAN DENIAL
New York, Yesterday.
vice.
President's Powers. President Coolidge, in the event of an International conference for neval limitation would authorise the suspension of construction under the Wilbur estimates. The light cruisers would each coat The Chairman of the Dupont seventeen million dollars the des- Nemours Company characterisestroyer leaders and submarines [Mr. Henry Lewis Stimson, who the report that the Dupont interests five. million dollars and was born. in New York in. 1867, was have secured control of the United carriers nineteen million-dollars.—~ educated at Yale and Harvard, and States Rubber Company as an ex-Reuter's American Service. was admitted to the Bar in 1891aggeration.
Mr. Henry L. Stimson has been appointed Governor-General of the 8.30 a.m. Philippines.. Reuter's American 11,80 a.m. Service.
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He, explains that, a
the
In 1898 he became a member of few individuals, of whom he is
New Programme, Washington, Yesterday, the firm of Root and Clarke and, one, had acquired a considerable Mr. Wilbur has transmitted to later, of Winthrop and Stimson block of United States Rubber Congress the naval building pro- He was Republican candidate for common stock "as a private spe gramme, to coat over seven hundred the Governorship of New York in culative venture, but the pur-million dollars. It includes 20 1910, and was Becretary of War in chase could in no way be regard-light cruisers, 82 submarines, des- President Taft's Cabinet, 1911-18. ed as an Investment by the Dupont troyer leaders and aircraft
He was with the A. E. F. in France Company, which was not interested, carriers-Reuter's American Ber- during the War.]
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