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AMERICA IS STARTLED BY PLOT TO ESTABLISH DICTATORSHIP
Violette Nozieres, aged 18, col- Japses in the Paris court as she is sentenced to die on the guillotine for the murder of her father. She was also accused of attempting to kill her mother, Mlle. Nozleres is the first woman to be executed in France in more than 40 years.
BRITISH NAVY
SHOWS GRATITUDE
IN SHANGHAI
SILVER PLAQUE FOR MR. WILKINSON
FOR SERVICES AT UNION JACK' CLUB
Shanghai, To-day.
An interesting ceremony secur-| red aboard H.M.S. Kent yesterday
AMERICA TO SHROUDE
NAVAL OPERATIONS RIGID SECRECY ORDERED BY SWANSON
PREVENTITIVE MEASURE AGAINST
“UNOFFICIAL ESPIONAGE"
SHIPYARDS GUARDED
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
Mr. Claude Swanson (left) als here seen with President Roosevelt
· (centre) and Mr. Josephus Daniels, war Umie Secretary of the Navy
WITH A VIEW TO OBTAINING A BETTER ___ (right), BARGAINING POSITION WITH THE NAVAL
50,000 EX-SERVICEMEN IN FASCIST ARMY
LEADERSHIP OFFERED TO EX-MARINE CORPS O.C.
$3,000,000 PAYMENT FOR MARCH ON WASHINGTON
ONLY PUBLICITY STUNT?
NEW YORK, TO-DAY. SENSATIONAL REPORTS OF A PLOT TO
POWERS, MOST RIGID SECRECY IN CON- DISARMAMENT SETBACK ORGANISE 50,000 EX-SERVICEMEN INTO A
NECTION WITH THE AMERICAN NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS HAS BEEN ORDERED, STATES THE "ASSOCIATED PRESS."
PRINCESS MARINA ARRIVES
AT DOVER TO-DAY
The move is reported to have been prompted by the discovery or "leals," one world Power having refused to co-operate with the exchange Duke Of Kent Makes Certain He of naval data, claiming that it could get all the ne- cessary information through so-called unofficial channels.
THE NEW RESTRICTIONS ARE CONTAINED IN A SERIES OF ORDERS SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF NAVY, MR. CLAUDE A. SWANSON, AND APPLY NOT ONLY TO THE NAVY, BUT TO GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SHIPYARDS, AND CERTAIN MANUFAC-}< TURERS OF DEVICES, FOR WARSHIPS AND NAVAL AIR-
CRAFT.
THE RESTRICTIONS ARE AUTHORITATIVELY, SAID TO BE DESIGNED TO PREVENT SO-CALLED UNOFFICIAL ES- PIONAGE," "AND THUS GIVE THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ATTACHES SOMETHING WITH WHICH TO TRADE IN OB- TAINING INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN POWERS.
when His Excellency the Comman NANKING-CANTON
der-in-Chief, China Station, Ad- miral Sir Frederic Dreyer, on be half of the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, presented Mr. E. 3.
RELATIONS STILL
AT A DEADLOCK
Wilkinson with a beautiful silver NO REPLY YET FROM
plaque in recognition of the valu- -able service he has rendered the personnel of His Majesty's Navy in his connection with the Union Jack Chib, at Shanghai.
The presentaton was a sequel to
CHIANG
MEDIATOR IN CANTON
[From Our Own Correspondent)
Canton, To-day.
The channels of information are described as certain Congres
Will Not Be Late
¡SENSATION IS
BROUGHT ABOUT
FASCIST ARMY WITH A VIEW TO ESTAB- LISHING A DICTATORSHIP IN AMERICA, ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY A SENATE COMMITTEE ON "UN-AMERICAN. ACTIVI- BY AUSTRIA TY."
DEMANDS EQUALITY OF RIGHTS
ITALIAN INFLUENCE
General Smedley Butler, former Commander of the United States Marine Corps, gave evidence for two hours regarding the reports that he had London, To-day.
been offered the leadership of the proposed army R.R.H. the Duke of Kent, who will to-day go to Dober to meet
by a group of wealthy-New York brokers headed Princess Marina and her par«.
London, Today, by Mr. Gerald Macquire. The latter, when inter- ents, intends, in the event of
A further complication in the fog, to leave London by train
Disarmament situation has been viewed, hotly denied the suggestion. much earlier than that original
Introduced by Austria, whose de.. SENATOR DICKSTEIN, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE COM- legate to the Disarmament, Bur MITTEE, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY arranged, in order to be wr
eau, Herr Pfuegel, declared that BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 26, AND PADDED
• tain of arriving before the boat. The London hospitals with
Austria had been deprived of al THAT THEY WHE HAVE BIGGER NAMES THAN GEN which the Duke is officially čoni
security in the face of growing ERAL BUTLER'S HERE." nected are to receive portions of
armaments and was unable to the royal wedding cakes, of subscribe to any convention unless which there will be five-Brishe obtained equality of rights. tish Wireless Service.
W
sional Committees, investigation CONSERVATIVES
CRITICISE THE
KING'S SPEECH
committees considering the an nual War and Navy surgiv Billa: the Secretary of Navy's Annual Report to Congress, and films of naval devices and activities.
were
Efforts to obtain these orders Issued by Mr. Swanson blocked by the Navy Department, [but it is÷learned-that foreigners wishing to visit or travel on United States naval vessels must now obtain the approval of the Chief of Naval Operations, as
a report in which Sir Frederic Nanking-Canton relations are well as the Chief of the Bureau Dreyer informed the Lord Com-deadlocked.
Nothing has been of Navigation.
missioners of the unbounded en-settled, despite the presence_in (Continued on Page 12) thusiasm and energy displayed by Canton of General Chiang Po
Mr. Wilkinson in keeping the Club cheng, the liaison officer of the NAVAL CONFERENCE
running-Reuter.
H.M.S. MEDWAY EXPECTED TO-MORROW
|Military Affairs Commission, and,
the postponement of the Fifth Na- tional Congress to an Indefinite [date.
:
Mr. Teng Ching-yang, a member H.M.S. Medway, Depot Ship to of the South-west Political Council, the Fourth submarine flotilla, and stated that no telegram has been the submarine Odin, are expected to received from Dr. Wang Chung- arrive in Hong Kong to-morrow hui. Judge of the World Court, morning at 7'o'clock.
BRITISH CONSUL PASSES
Mr. Lancelot Giles At Age Of 56 In Tientsin
BOXER REBELLION HERO
Tientsin, To-day.
The death occurred here this morning of Mr. Lance-
who is supposed to be working for Ja Canton-Nanking rapprochement..
(Continued on page 9.)
MUST SUCCEED
Saito Sees Solution Of
World Peace
"JINGOISTS" ASSAILED"
Washington, To-day." Assailing the "nguists” of Ja- pan and other nations, the Ja
WAR DEBT REMINDER panese Ambassador to Washing
America Issues Bills
For December 15
Washington, To-day..
ton, Saito, in an article published | in the Christian Science Monitor, declares that Japan must not have| an aggressive policy.
(Continued on Page 12).
Formal notices reminding for NON-FORTIFICATION
eign creditors of the war debt instalment of U.S.$164,726,976. due on December 15 were issued
AGREEMENT
lot Giles, C.M.G. British by the American State Depart Will Be Void If Treaty
Consul-General at Tientsin.
at the age of 56-Reuter...
ment yesterday.
The bill to Great Britain is
Born at Amoy, Mr. Giles was U.S.$117,670,766–Reuter,"1_
educated at Aberdeen University The United States Treasury has
Dissolved
London, To-day.”
and Christ's College, Cambridge, given notice to Belgium, Czecho According to the Daily and entered the Consular Service in Slovakia,, Estonia, Finland, France, the Japanese naval
China in 1899. He was appointed Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Lat have been informed that the Unit Vice-Consul in 1914 and Consul in via, Lithuania, Poland and Rou-ed States
1918, and became Consul General, in mania, reminding them that on tiele XIX
-1928.
December 15 they will owe US$154,
In 1900 he received the Chini 729,978 on the war debt" account,
medal and clasp for the defence of exclusive of previous
the Legations at Feking during United Press, per 9. E. Boxer rebellion.
Company
the
Senator John MacCormack, Chairman of the Committee, em-
The statement, which is Ausphasised that General Butler's tria's first public intervention in evidence was voluntarily given the armaments question, has creat and that he was co-operating ed a sensation in political circles whole-heartedly in the investi Jat Vienna, where it is believed it
VOLUNTEERS INJURED
is closely connected with the Rome gations of the plot, reports of ROAD MISHAPS Pact and Influenced by Italy, who which had also been received TO AND FROM possible. Reuter.
desires · Austria-to be as strong a from other sources.
AMENDMENT FROM KING AND QUEEN
"GINGER" GROUP
ATTEND OPENING
LANCASHIRE'S · LAMENT.
OF PARLIAMENT
FOG ROBS LONDON OF ITS PAGEANT
London, To-day. The "Ginger" group of Lancashire Conservative mem- .bers the House of Com- mons, who have been mest active on the question of Ja- panese competition, yester day submitted an amendment to the address regretting that His Majesty the King's speech contains no concrete- proposals for assisting the cotton, silky and artificial silk industries, takes no ac count of the consequential depression in allied occupa tions, and ignores the urgent need of the great, mass unemployed in ashire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire." Reuter.
LEAGUE DEFIED
BY PARAGUAY
ROYAL CAR DRIVES SLOWLY-
"PUBLICITY STUNT".
General Butler testified, ac
FANLING CAMP
Going 30 m.p.h.
cording to newspapers, that he Motor Cycle Skids When was offered U.S.$3,000,000 to lead a march to Washington and overthrow the Government, and repeatedly said that Mr. Mac- quire had made the offer on be half of a syndicate of brokers, but as an agent and not as a prime mover.
PILLION RIDER SUSTAINS FRACTURED WRIST
· Four members of the Hong Kong
On entering the Committee Volunteer Defence Corps Motor room, Mr. Macquire suggested Cycle Section had narrow escapes THROUGH CHEERING CROWDS that General Butler's story was when Journeying to and from the just a publicity stunt-Reuter, Fanling Camp on Monday and yes-
terday. CHINA'S AID
An accident occurred yesterday afternoon when the rear tyre of TO CULTURAL motor cycle No. 1050, which was driven by Pte. C. Bander, of the
Premier's Speech
ADVANCEMENT Motor Cycle Section of the Hong
Opening Of Museums Urged
Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, burst, throwing the driver and the pillion rider, Pte. F. A. Dun [nett, to the road.
London, To-day. Although fog yesterday robbed London of its pageant, and their Majesties, the King and Queen drove to Westminster for the State opening of Parliament in a closed car, instead of in the great gilded
The accident happened at coach with postilions and outriders,
about 4.20 p.m. yesterday when a large crowd, nevertheless, lined
the pair were returning to Kow the route and loudly cheered Their
loon from the Volunteer camp at When about three Fanling. Majesties, who, in order to miti- gate the people's disappointment,
China's greatest contribution to miles from the Fanling Railway Station, near the Talpo Railway had given special orders that their cultural advancement during the Bridge, going at a speed of be car should proceed slowly," past 20 years has been the open-tween 30 and 85 miles per hour,
DR. FERGUSON DEPLORES GODOWN STORAGE”
Shanghai, To-day.
In the House of Lords, where ing of museum to scholars and all (Continued on Page 9.) the King delivered his speech generally interested, declared Dr.
from the throne, ceremonial had. C. Ferguson, the noted author PORTUGUESE AIR ACE all its customary mellow dignity, a
DUE ON FRIDAY
H.RH the Duke of Kent, by
ty on Things Chinese, in an ad-
virtue of his recently conferred dress here last night.
Peerage was present for the He said that in 1914, when the Leaving For Shanghai
On Saturday
first time, and sat near his bro- Government first broug thers, the Prince of Wales and objects from the Jehol
Will Not End War With the Duke of York.
Das Continued on Page 7) Bolivia
WEATHER-FO EAST
placed them.
laces,
Cruz, the arrived at pleted"; a**
ortuguese cso after.