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HONG KONG,
DOOMED!
Fate of Crew of Submarine.
1
COMPLETE SILENCE.
ESTABLISHED
1845
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1927.
IRAK TREATY.
Text Now Issued in London,
A LEAGUE CANDIDATE.
Rescue Work Brought To Complete Peace & Friendship With Great
Standstill.
Province Town, Yesterday. "Time is nearly up; we have used
frantic for the turbulent seas not
Last Message?
New York, Yesterday. The last message received from the men on board submarine S.4
tops at 11.20 this
in
Britain.
AIR RECORD.
Claimed By Captain Lancaster.
LONDON TO CALCUTTA.
Longest Cross-Country Flight With A Passenger,
London, Yesterday.
senger.-Reuter.
Rugby, Yesterday. The text has been issued of the our last bottle of oxygen" was the Treaty between Great Britain and record is claimed by Captain A new world's light aeroplane message hammered on the side of Irak in London on December 14. Lancaster flying in the Red Rose. the sunken submarine 8.4 driving|
The Treaty recognises Irak as He has sent a cable to London the helpless rescuers afloat almost an independent sovereign State, from Calcutta stating that he has only make diving extremely risky, and declares that there shall be now flown 8,500 miles-the long- but prevent effective measures for peace and friendship between His est cross-country flight ever made getting air and food through the Britannic Majesty and His in a light 'plane carrying a pas- tubes to the doomed survivors, Majesty the King of Irak,
Faint tappings only. are now It states that, "provided the heard, indicating that the unfor-present rate of progress in Irak
____Australian Flight. tunate men are nearly exhausted maintained and all goes well
San Francisco, Yesterday. Reuter's American Service.
Navy Lieutenant George Pond the interval, Hia Britannie and the Australian, Captain Majesty will support the candida- Charles Kingford Smith; who took League of Nations in 1922," ture of Irak for admission to the off in a three-engined fokker in an attempt to break the endurance agreements, superseding those of were forced to land at Drillfield It stipulates that separate record of 52 hours 22 minutes,
nancial and military relations. 27 minutes owing to exhaustion of March 25, 1924, shall regulate aerodrome at the end of 49 hours The King of Irak undertakes to fuel-Reuter's American Service. Undecipherable hammerings were secure the execution of all inter- heard as late as four o'clock this national obligations, which His
Fatal Explosion. afternoon, since when there has Britannic Majesty has undertaken
San Diego (California), been silence.
to see carried out in respect of
Yesterday. Meanwhile, the heavy seas have Irak. He also undertakes not to five injured on board the aero- Two persons were killed and brought the rescue work to a cominodify the existing provisions of plane carrier Langley in conse- plete standstill.-Router's Ameri- the Irak organic law so as ad-quence of an explosion, probably versely to affect the rights and of petrol stores. The crew ex- interesta of foreigners, or to continguished the subsequent fire) before the law among the Irakis Service. stitute any difference in the rights with steam-Reuter's American on the ground of differences of race, religion, or language.
was in the form of three distinct
morning knowledging a cheering word from
the wife and child of Lieutenant Graham Fitch.
can Service.
...Pontoons on Scene.
New York, Yesterday. In obedience to a broadcast re- quest the whole nation simultane- ously bowed in prayer for the safe- ty of the men alive on the S.4.
Three big pontoons have arrived on the spot and are awaiting the eubsidence of the seas.
The New York State member. Mr. Antony Griffin, in the House of Representatives drew attention
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Super Napier Craft. There shall be a full and flank
Rugby, Yesterday. Early in the New Year a British| consultation between the high seaplane will attempt to establish contracting parties in all matters a new speed record by flying over of foreign policy which may affect a measured course of three kilo- their. common interests.
metres. The present record 18 to the lack in the United States and so soon as local conditions permit, a new record involved exceeding this The King of Irak undertakes, 296.4 miles an hour and to establish Britain of up-to-date submarine. salvage appliances such as exist
to accede to all general interna-speed by five miles an hour on the in Germany and which saved the tional agreements already exist and one against the wind.
average of two flights-one with lives of the crew of a submarine ing or which may be concluded recently sunk in the Kiel Canal. hereafter with the approval of the record of 278 miles an hour, set The present land aeroplane speed Signallers tapping the hull of the League of Nations in respect of up in 1924, was unofficially beaten S.4 have secured the names of the slave trade, traffic in drugs, arms, by Flight-Lieutenant Webster dur- men still living.-Reuter's Ameri- and munitions, traffic in women ing the Schneider Trophy race can Service.
SOVIET LEAVING.
CONSULAR AUTHORITIES AT
SHANGHAI.
YANGTSZE MOVEMENTS.
Shanghai, Yesterday.
and children, transit, navigation, hen he averaged 281.669 miles an aviation, and communications; hour over a triangular course and also to execute the provisions of set up a new 100 kilometres re- the Covenant of the League of Na-cord of 283 miles, 1,555 yards an tions Treaty of Lausanne, the hour.--British, Wireless Service. British French Boundary Conven- tion, and the San Remo oil
agreement in so far as they apply THE PRAYER. BOOK.
to Irak.
BISHOPS CONSIDER
SITUATION,
SERIOUS ISSUES.
There shall be no discrimina- tion in matters concerning taxa- tion, commerce, or navigation against nationals or companies of There are indications that the any State which is a member of Nanking Nationalist Government the, League of Nations or of any intends to take strong measures State to which the King of Irak
London, Yesterday. The impasse created by the re- against labour troubles and agita- has agreed by treaty that the jection in the House of Commons tion.
same rights should be ensured as of the Prayer Book measure The Soviet Consular staff began if it were a member of the League. considered yesterday at a full con- to leave Shanghai to-day, the first contingent going on a Dutch between the high contracting vanced for overcoming the present
Any difference that may arise ference of bishops.
Many suggestions have been ad- steamer to-day to Vladivostok via parties regarding the interpreta-difficulty and a feature common Japan.
tion of the provisions of this to most of them is a desire to rule
Wag
A limited tramway service was treaty shall be referred to the out disestablishment and to main- run to-day under a strong escort. Permanent Court of International tain substantially the balance of Some of the troops of General Justice provided for by Article the deposited book on which the Pei Chung-hsi (who is referred to XIV. of the Covenant of the Commons cast an adverse vote. elsewhere on this page) have been League.
Newspapers state that minor left in the Shanghai area to deal with any situation which may review, with the object of making sidered that might have the effect The Treaty shall be subject to amendments of the proposed new Prayer Book were yesterday con- arise. His chief-of-staff, General all the modifications required by of conciliating some of the oppoai- Chun Ting-fan, is remaining in circumstances, when Irak enteration without destroying unity that Shanghai at present. - British the League of Nations.-British had after great efforts been secur 3.80 p.m. Naval Wireless.
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ORDER TO RESUME.
Nationalist Govt. Against
Strikes.
London, Yesterday.
advices from
GUN RUNNING.
MANY ARRESTS AT KOBE.
am-
According to
Osaka, Yesterday. China a general strike which was been discovered at Kobe. Accord
Large scale gun-running has just 2.30 p.m. timed to take place in Shanghai Ing to Press reports it appears that
on Dec. 19 has not taken place about 50,000 revolvers and and the general situation remains munition have been smuggled from unchanged.
Germany and Belgium during the Failure of the Communists to past 19 months by 54 Japanese who bring about a stoppage may not have now been arrested. be nitogether unconnected with
The arms were re-smuggled out the issue of a proclamation on to China to an amount aggregating
5,000,000 yen.--Router.
Dec. 15 by the Labour Depart- ment of the Nationalist Party ordering all operatives then on
1.30 p.m. strike to resume work forthwith ordering the closing of all Soviet and prohibiting others from going trading establishments-British on strike under pain of punish- Wireless Service. ment.
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ed among men of different schools of thought. In view of the serious- ness of the issues involved It is probable that only ал interim statement will be fasued this week by the bishopsBritish Wireless Bookbinders. Service..
TRADE PEACE.
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The Trade Union Sub-Com- Hankow, Dec. 19. mittee formed to consider the Strikes at Wuhu and Kiukiang Fifteen Chinese, including five most suitable subjects for dis- (on the Yangtaze River) have girls, were executed yesterday on cussion include Mr. Ben Turner, also been settled but conditions a charge of Communism. Among Chairman of the Trades Union have apparently not sufficiently them were Li Hin-chin and Teen Congress, Mr. Will Thorne, M.P., Improved at Wuhu to allow the Dah-pei, ex-members of the Pro- and Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P. The local Commissioner of Customs to vincial Government. It is stated conference will be held in Jan- dispense with the protection of that numerous executions will uary: The employers' invitation British gunboats.
take place during the week as a was issued from Bir Alfred The Nanking (Nationalist) number of Communists, detained Mond's house and signed... by a Government has issued orders by the military, have already been number of the most prominent in- breaking off relations with the tried and sentenced to death dustrial magnates representing Soviet and conqular officials, and Reuter.
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