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JAPANESE THIRD FLEET FLAGSHIP STEAMING TO
CRICKET...
SUSSEX NEARLY WIN.
4 Runs To Get And The Last Man In.
HONE'S CENTURY FAILS TO
SAVE GENTLEMEN.
Freeman 12 For 223.
London, To-day; Somerset, fresh from their. triumph over Warwickshire at. Taunton. surprised Sussex at Hove yesterday when they. garnered major points in a drawn game. It was a thrili- ing conclusion to the 1932 County Championship pro- gramme, as, with one wicket to fall. Sussex required" only 4 runs to win after the extra half hour had expired.
JACK WHITE, the Somers set and All-England slow bowler, mainstay of the Somerset attack, and for- mer captain of the south- ern county team.
Dark Blue who scored a century. for Oxford in the Varsity match
at Lord's, showed brilliant" form
U.S. BEAT BRITAIN FOR NEW
WALKER CUP
OVERWHELMING MARGIN OF 8 MATCHES TO 1
ESSEX CRICKETER SCORES ONLY BRITISH SUCCESS
Brookline, Mass., To-day.
America yesterday won the custody of the Walker Cup when her amateur golfers beat the British team by 8 matches to 1, three
matches being halved.
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PLOT FOR REVOLT
IN SPAIN
Police Search For Hidden Arms
COMMUNISTS BLAMED,
-Act-Of-Vengeance-For-Merey- Shown Royalist.
Madrid, To-day... Police of every part of Spain pre, gearching for secret stores of arms and explosives after the alarming discovery of plans of a Communist rising next Sunday, involving the assassination Ministers, the destruction churches and convents and pub-
of of
The Americans, who had established an early advantage by securing all four matches in the foursomes "on" Wednesday, 'conic buildings, and a revolution- tinued to show their definite superiority yesterday. "L. G. Crawley ary strike. was the only British player to emerge victorious from the singles, lists arrested recently in Madrid though, Torrance, the visiting captain, Stout and Burke all aged to half their matches.
Police allege that 20 Commun-
man-were members of the Central Re- volutionary Committee for the whole of Spain. The suspects in- clude Swiss and Argentine agita "Me- tors..
Crawley, who was not selected, tively, were both defeated by for the foursomes, was the hero cverwhelming
margins.
The revalt is believed to have of the match from the British Ruvie's defeat was the largest standpoint. Voigt, one of the sustained throughout the series, been planned in protest against finest putters in the world, was and is all the more surprising the failure of the Government to influenced greatly by Crawley's when no other than Gene Sarp- execute General Sanjurjo, Span- unorthodox play and his 'put-zen selected him as the most ish Royalist of Seville, who was ting was surprisingly indifer- dangerous of the visiting players. a leader in the recently crushed
Reuter.. ent throughout, especially dur- Crawley's success over Voigt, insurrection. ing the afternoon, "when rain did one of the dowrest golfers in the not aid either player:
Walker Cup Dented. Crawley actually hit the Walk-
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Kaye Don Satisfied
world, was a veritable triumph. HARMSWORTH They were all square at the The Essex cricketer was the TROPHY TO-DAY. 35th.
On the laat hole Voigt's against one of the world's best second shot hit the trees at the green players, and, after being!» back of the green, but the Ameri- square at the conclusion of can played, out beautifully, only the first eighteenth holes, emerg-
With His Craft. to miss a three-foot putt. Crawed victorious by one up. Craw- ley played the hole in four ey, it will be recalled, was nam
POWERFUL U.S. DEFENDER. B. W. Hone, the South African gainst his opponent's five for ed as a probable candidate for the Test Cricket tour in Austra- the match.
lia this winter..
London, To-day. U.S. Captain Wins.
Kaye Don, the famous British Francis Quimet, the American speed ace who will pilot Lord Wake- for the Gentlemen, but a century er Cup at the eighteenth when captain led his rival, Ernest Tor-field's motorboat Miss England III by Worthington, the Derbyshire he sliced a drive which made arance, by one up at the conclusion in the speed boat race which begins all-rounder, and good bowling by dent on the bowl.
of the first eighteen holes, but to-day at Detroit. for the British Guimet first led Torrance at the consistent play by the British International Trophy, has express- fifteen, where he sank a 23-foot player saved the match.
ed himself well pleased with, his putt for a birdie three. He had Sweetser had established a 2 up boat. Improved his position at the 28th advantage over Stout in the early He does not under estimate the where he led by 3 up. Torrance, round, but here again British de possibilities of Commodore however, levelled up af the thirty-termination nullified American Wood's craft Miss America X, how- third.
brilliance, and the second halved ever, and anticipates
a very fast Dunlap broke the course record match was returned.
race. with a first round card "of 66, Rex Hartley held his opponent Miss England III holds the which included seven birdies. His to all square in the first round, world's water speed record, but the play was featured by magnificent but Moreland's "consistency and International Trophy has been iron play and wonderful putting. apasmodic brilliance won him the held by America since Gar Wood Eric Fiddian and Eric Mc-match by 2 and 1 over the last won it "twelve years ago on Ruvie, former boy champions of round."
Tich Freeman enabled the Players
to win by the harrow margin of 47 runs.
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BRITISH RAILWAY
AGREEMENTS. Plan To Cut Losses By Competition..
London, To-day.
Negotiations are proceeding with
a view to a pooling arrangement be
tween the London, Midland and
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England and Scotland, respec- (Continued on Page 141)
Scottish Railway and the Great ECUADOR REVOLT IS Expedition
Western Railway, to eliminate "needless compétition.
Similar arrangements between the London, Midland and Scottish and the London North Eastern Com- pany came into operation yesterday. -British Wireless Service.
UNOFFICIAL COTTON STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS.
Minister Of Labour Is Likely
·To Intervene.
London, To-day Although no official attempt
at mediation has yet been undertaken in the strike in the manufacturing section of the Lancashire cotton industry which began last Monday, prospects of intervention are being netively explored by the Minister of Labour,
The general's situation wAL
reviewed "day!
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CRUSHED.
Car
Heavy Casualties During Fighting.
NEARLY 400 KILLED.
To Everest
Is Planned British Party To Climb
Peak.
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Southampton Water-British Wire- less Service.
Commodore Gar Wood's Harms worth Trophy defender this year will have the biggest power plant ever built into a speed boat, con- sisting
ofe
four twelve-cylider mators, developing a total of 6,400 horse power Wood has announced that he will race only one boat against Kaye Don, the British
challenger, on Lake St. Clair,
The American speed king declin- ed to predict the speed of the new Quito, Ecuador, To-day.
boat. He said he was satisded, how- The revolt against the Gov-
ever that it would be considerably EARLY IN NEW YEAR. ernment of Ecuador'; has finally
faster than Miss American IX. been crushed, but not without
The craft is 88 ft. long and 10 ft. 8 serious loss of life and a great
London, To-day.in, beam. The motors are install- great destruction of property. Admiral Sir William Good-edvin tandem, a gear-box-between The insurrection broke out a enough, President of the Royal port and a starboard propeller.
them, each pair supplying power to week ago, and in the last three days fighting has been fierce in Geographical Society, and "Britando scare Don's successful the streets of this city. It is es gadier-General Bruce, for the world record attempt will be found timated that 880 persons, at President of the Alpine Club, an-on Page 8, least, have been killed and 782 nounce a British expedition to wounded, many seriously," Mount Everest to take place in Numerous buildings have been 1983, consent having been receiv shattered by gunfire and burned ed through the Government of by imurgents.
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tions, but fa
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ebels, fightin
The situat
Mount Everest, Committee
DOLLAR REMAINS STEADY.
Prices, Stight Fall In St
PRESIDENT. PAUL. VON
HINDENBURG" who fs at-
tempting to guide Germany through the present political crisis.
EX - SOLDIERS
URGE RULE ·
BY MILITARY
Von Papen Swings To "Steelhelmets"
THE PRINCES' PARTY.
"Leader Calls For End Of Versailles Treaty.
COMPULSORY ARMY TRAINING IS PART OF POLICIES.
Berlin, To-day. The presence of Cabinet Ministers of the Reich, as well as of Prussia, at a mass meeting of 15,000 members of the "Sicolhelmets" in the sports palace here last night, is regarded as the clearest in- dication that Chancellor vop Papen has come down on the side of the "Steelhelmets" rather than the Nazi Storm
Crown Trince
sons of the ex-Kaiser, were royally received by the Cab inet members. The Dukes of Coburg Mecklenburg and An- halt and many Generals fa mous in the Great War, head ed by General Mackenser, were very warmly welcomed.
Herr Seldte, leader of the "Steelḥelmets", in a speech, orged the abolition of the Versailles Treaty, the Wei mar Constitution, and re compulsory troduction of military service He declar- ed the party system had col- lapsed and the time of the soldier had come agam.
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SHANGHAI
MANCHUKUO SENDS CHINA WARNING
STRONG PROTEST OVER BORDER FORAYS
IDZUMO SAILING FOR SHANGHAI.
ADMIRAL SAKONJI ON BOARD
Tokyo, To-day...
The Government of Manchukuo, through its Foreign Minister, has cabled a strongly-worded warning to the Nanking Government against the alleged activities of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang in supporting the campaign of the Chinese irregu- lar troops and thereby creating disturbances in Manchuria.
The Government of Manchukuo, it is learned, has sent a similar sharp warning to the Young Marshal.
BRITAIN WATCHING GERMAN MOVES.
-Learns Of Demand
For Arms Parity.
FULLY INFORMED.
This step has a particular
significance in view of the au-
thoritative information that a Japan-Manchukuo Treaty, which takes the form of a defensive al- liance has already been signed and will become operative before September 15,
The treaty, it is understood, includes clauses of agreement for the mutual respect of the parties London, To-day.
towards one another's territorial The British Government has re-right
sovereignty and gives Japan the to station garrisons ceived a copy of the German aide throughout the baby state." memoire," which was earlier handed Japan will undertake both the in- to the French Government, on the ternal and external defence of subject of reorganisation
Marichuria. Reuter. army and carrying the Insistence Jon Germany's right to possession of arms permitted to other nations but denied to Germany under the dis-
of the
armament clauses of the Versailles Treaty,
The British Government has the document under consideration and is watching developments with close interest.
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Idzumo", For Shanghai. Shanghai, To-day.
It is announced that the cruiser "Idzumo," flagship of the Third Fleet, with Ad- miral Säkönji aboard, is due at Shanghai from Hankow on September 5. The "Idzu- mo" was the flagship of Ad- miral Nomura during the Sino-Japanese hostilities in and around Shanghai recent-
Great Britain is being kept fully informed on the attitude of both French and German Governments: regarding the matter, in accordance [...ly. with the terms of the Consultative Pact, but for the present she is taking në active part in the inter- changes between Berlin and Paria. -British Wireless Service."
Africa Air
Lines To Be Improved
Asian
London, To-day
Admiral Sakonji will com- mand the Japanese - naval forces here on his arriväl- Reuter.
Shanghai Calmer. Following upon the reports of Mayor Wa Teh-chen's appeal to the people of Shanghai to ignore the wild and baseless rumours of threatened hostilities between Japanese and Chinese Informa tion has reached Hong Kong that the situation in the native city has grown more calm. General Wu, in additiop to giving this as- surance to the people, has denfed As already reported, immediata that any, protests or warnings effect is being given to provisions have been received by the Muni- of the Belt Trust under which cipality of Greater Shanghal £50,000 ls to be devoted to the either from the Japanese Con- provement of air communication insulate General or from the off Africa.
...apanese cerar commanding the Naval Landing Party. This re- current in usually well- med circles of the Colony
evacuation of Chapel by
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