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Cowl
PAUL RENNET CE
NEW ARRIVALS
AUTUMN HA
ITALIAN TROOPS MARCHING TOWARDS ABYSSINIAN
FRONTIER
ATTACK
2 BRITISH
OFFICERS
KILLED
ASUALTIES
LASHKARS
AUBLE ON THE
AMAND FRONT
Simla. To-day.
* Numbered
Emperor among Haile Selassie's "brain trusters” is a shrewd American, Everett A. Colun, the financial expert who shows the Lion of Judak how to make every dollar work.
wo British officers.were kill ed" and three wounded and 70 or 80 other ranks are among the casualties as the result of fighting on the Mohmand front. according to an official communique. which *explains that certain tribes were allow- BIG SWORD'
BANDITS NOW
ed to return to their own conn-į -try after expressing a desire for peace, and the Government suspended the air operations! over the Sasi country and invit- ed the tribes to send in their Jirgas.
While
Wacha
reconnoitring
from
to the Jawar camp the British troops were heavily en- aged by Lashkars, and it is un- derstood that the enemy suffered very heavy casualties.
It is stated that this flouting of
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SHANGHAI TO
HONG KONG IN
FOUR HOURS
Two Airmen Arrive
3
In Colony
COLONY HAS FINEST AIRPORT IN CHINA
Flying the 800 miles from Shanghai to Hong Kong in a little over four hours, two air- men. a German war veteran. Fritz Bieler, and Howard I Farquahar, formerly Secretary of the Eritish Legation in Mexico City, arrived at Kai Tak early yesterday morning. in coo- tinuance of their leisurely round-the-world flight which beran in Mexico on August 20..
When interviewed by a China Mait representative at the Hong. Kong Hotel where they have been staying since their arrival both men told ar interesting story of their journey thus far.
They have been favoured with good weather since they crossed
ON THE RUN Siberia, and a forced landing-has
Unable To Withstand Government Troops
WEAPONS NO MATCH FOR MODERN RIFLES
(From Our Own Correspondent]
Canton. Today
not yet, been necessary.
“SIBERIAN JOURNEY The Siberian portion of their journey was the most hazardous but they crossed the wide expanse without mishap, making only one stop at Anadir, in the interior, for la rest and to re-fuel
The couple are not intent on: breaking any existing records; their only object in embarking on With the arrival of Govern-he novel expertment being tof ment troops at Lung Shin and
secure, experience. If weatherį
the attempts to establish friendlyNam Po Hui, near Yung Yuen. conditions are favourable they in- the gang of bandits known as
- contact with the upper tribes has
now caused the Government to the "Big Swordsmen" are now reconsider its attitude towards the tribe.
Lieutenant AP. S. Rendall and is not
WORLD NAVAL
AFFAIRS
big
tend to set out for Hanoi to- morrow morning, and if possible. to continue to Bangkok, From
of this month. -
Before leaving for the coastal
to
FLYING FOR 20 YEARS:
Seeking adventure on their vacation, Harold Farquahar (left), British Legation side at Mexico City,, and Fritz Bieler, German world waste, arrived in Hong Kong yesterdayzon z leisurely fight to Pitidon.
BOULDER DAM NOW COMPLETED
STUPENDOUS OUTPUT OF
ELECTRICAL POWER
FRONTIER
AIR SQUADRONS SENT OVER BORDER
REINFORCEMENTS AT DJIBOUTI
CAMPAIGN'S DRASTIC EFFECTS ON ITALIAN FINANCES
CHINA MAIL- SPECIAL
Addis Ababa To-day
The announcement has been made to the people of Abyssinia that the Emperor has sign the general mobilisation order and only awaits a reply from the League of Nations to a teleg despatched by the Negus last Sunday.
Meanwhile the situation is extremely strained an attack being expected next week From Central Abyss certain border provinces the news hs been received that parti mobilisation has already been begun.
One official Abyssinian source declared yesterday. Negus has already received & notification from the Nations, that the circumstances, being as đẹp peror in his telegram, there can be no objection to isation, since natural defence makes this impera
The Italian troops assembled at-Ass
have begun marching towards the Abyssi
to an official announcement here. the Italian vanguard will future At three points been crossing the frontier
Djibouti: The troops the frontier of French So Hand were considerably renfo ed oven, the week-end and greater part the border
protected by barbed wire entery considerable technical- din tanglements. After the arrival calties were revealed. It is of the aircraft mother-ship assumed that further considera- Bearne the whole frontier will tion of the matter will be post be kept regularly under observa-poned until the Committee tion from the air.
Thirteen meets next Thursday.
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FINANCIAL POSITION M Milan: The drastic effects upon
the Italian financial reserves of
Leign
ANTI-NANKING
FEELING GROWS
IN THE SOUTH
Separate Government
For South-West?·
DECISION EXPECTED BY- END OF MONTH”
on the rus
Being armed only with The casualties amóng British swords, the bandits are unable to there they will continue to Kan--- officers in the 5th and 12th stand
Boulder City, Nevada, To-day. up to the Government goon, Bombay Karachi, Peshawar, frontier force regiments in the forces and have been forced to Baghdad, Beton, Moscow, Berlin A strong defence of the public works policy Mohmand operation included fee to the mountains. Yung Yuen and London, finally arriving at
their destination towards the end as a means of throwing in the clutch and starting the Abyssinian conflict is revealed endangered by these Captain G. Meynell killed, and ruffians, who have occupied the
the wheels of industry was made by President in the returns of the Banca Major S. B. Good and Lieutenant nearby villages such
d'Italia, dated September 20 and Lung G. J. Hamilton wounded-Reuter. Shin, and Nam Po sul, which fight to Alaska, floats were fitted Roosevelt in the course of a dedicatory speech to just published, which or 20 dad about 85 miles above Canton. the machine but these were mark the completion of the great Boulder Dam since September 10 the gold stock
The county magistrate of Yung removed at Harbin in preparation
The President at the same protecting the Imperial Valley has decreased from 4,562,000,000 Yuen believes that the bandit for the overland flight to Europe. time uttered a warning that from foods and providing water to 423-4000,000 lire, and the for-
private enterprise must now to irrigate vast areas, producing
currency reserves from "I have been flying for 20 bear the main responsibility of an enormous output of electric 432,000,000 to 417,000,000
lire, migrated from Hunan or Niangsi. Years, Bieler told our representa- maintaining increased employ-power, the receipts from which while the note circulation, in-
tive. “I started my career in There are rumours linking the 1915 and was a pilot during the
were expected eventually entire creased from 14,234,000,000 to bandits with the Blue Shirts, war. People call me a famous acement's credit was stronger and vanced by the Government-Reu
He claimed that the Govern-ly to repay the $165,000,000 ad- 14.917,000,000 lire. Chinese Fascist party.
Bills, on the other hand, în-¡ but I am not really. After all safer than at any time for the ter
from creased
4,048,000,000 to only did what hundreds of other past six years, and declared that
4,419,000,000 fire, while s
[From Our Own Correspondent] young men did, and this does not the Dam was one of the big- HEAVY COMMUNIST against collateral
rose from entitle me to the designation of gest achievements in the his-
12,303,000,000 to 2,630,000,000 lire.
Canton, To-day "ace." I brought down five planes tory of engineering.
Debts repayable on demand in-
The South-west Political creased from 374,000,000 10 Council is in receipt of mìmer- 455,000,000 lire
ous telegrams from the Kuo- NEUTRAL OBSERVER QUESTION mintang and other organisa
Geneva: The question of the de- tions in North China indicating
CRYPTIC PREMISE BY JAPAN
Tokyo, To-day
swordsmen are not natives within his jurisdiction, "but must
are
have
now
Six
companies camping, around Yung Yner, probable that seven.
while four companies *are days will elapse beforel replies formally regarding Pursuing the big-sword bandits.
focation of a naval con-
the draft requiring the MIXED MARRIAGES
approval
se naval observers pre- Japan will express her to participate with the
on that there is no
in the fundamental policy as presented to
in August 26, for equality
ommon upper limit, based
IN GERMANY. Applications Of New Aryan Law
“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Berlin, To-day.
The laws promulgated on Sep
ment.
during the years. I waS at the It created the largest artificial front
"The plane we use belongs to Mr. Farquahar, and is one of the finest I have ever piloted. I have a school and two ships back in Mexico City which I use for in- structing potential flyers and tak- ing people for joy rides," "
(Continued on Page 3)
ciency for defence and in-tember 15 last by the Nuremberg HOME-GROWN BEET
ency for attack,, with the
session of the Reichstag, relating,
onal cryptic premise: "that to marriages between Jews and eaty Powers return a clean Aryans, having been interpreted to Japan" Renter.
in many quarters to mean that jexisting marriages of this kind will be declared null and void, an official denial of such an inten- tion was issued last night, stat ing unequivocally that such mit-
U.S. DESTROYERS
ARRIVE
aving Next Week Oned marriages, as solemnised be
Southern Cruise
destroyers of the 8th the USS Pope, Ford, Edwards, Smith Pillsbury ved here from sterday. The
SUGAR
Appointment Of New Committee
FOR CONSIDERATION OF COMPANY MERGERS
fore September 15, remain în
London, To-day. Herce, unaffected by the new le
cellor of the Exche quer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, gislation-Trans Ocean Service.
and the Minister of Agriculture, SCOTLAND'S MARRIAGE LAWS Mr. Walter Elliott, have appoint
TO BE INVESTIGATED
ed Sir Francis Humphreys, late British Ambassador in Baghdad, Sir Thomas Barlow, cotton'manu- London, To-day-The Secretaryfacturer, and Mr. William Mor also arrived of State for Scotland. Sir Godfrey timer, solicitor, as a tribunal to Collins, announced in Edinburgh advise on any scheme for amal- estroyers to yesterday his intention to set up gamating companies producing others the committee to inquire into the sugar from home-grown beet Stewart, marriage laws of Scotland and as which the Beet, Sugar Factories
to the changes, if any.
mittes may submit under the announced in Paršiai fly British Wireless
ford
Wireless
LOSSES
lake in the world, 115 miles long Successful Campaign
STOP PRESS
GRUESOME MURDER
Londen, To-day.
A gruesome discovery pointing to a double mur der by a madman is baffing the police at Moffat, Dum- friesshire, where a number of parcels containing hu- man remains have been re- covered from the bottom of an 80-foot ravine, two miles from Moffat on the main Carlisle - Edinburgh Boad Doctors have ascer tained that the remains are those of an adult man and woman but the bodies appear to have been deli- berately mutilated in view of the removing of all trace of identity, almost the only cine at present being the newspapers in which the remains were wrapped
The police believe that the victims were murdere and that the bodies cut up and taken t spot-by
thrown into the from the bridge.
In Kansu
Shanghai, To-day.
The Reds have suffered heavy MONARCHY IN
losses in Kansa, according to the latest reports locally, which con- firm the recent evacuation of British and American mission- aries to Sian, in the State of | Lanchow, out of immediate dan-
ger-Reuter.
BRIDESMAIDS FOR ROYAL WEDDING
Seven Of Eight Under 17 Years Of Age
GREECE
AIR THICK WITH RUMOURS:
· CHINA' MAIL" SPECIAL
their support of the circular
telegram issued by the South
west leaders on September 163 which czîls for the punishment of traitors, a positive policy to- | warda-Japan and a constructive.
internal policy.
All such telegrams were pub lished this morning by the Gov- ernment newspapers and com- mercial dailies. One
Athens, To-day- The air is thick with rumours went so far as to urge which have arisen as the result tablishment of a central of an announcement that the Na-mintang authority in tional Assembly is to meet on in view of the fact October 10, the fear being that South-west proposals are the Royalist Deputies intend to likely to be accepted by move the restoration of the manar. king. London, To-day. chy without a plebiscite, owing! If this suggestion Seven of the eight bridesmaids to the tense home and interna- taken it means who will attend Lady Alice Stott tional situation Trans-Ocean will establish at her wedding to HR the Service. Duke of Gloucest
on November
|6 "will be under 17, as the brides-
malds will be, the Frincesses | Elizabeta and Margaret Bose, Cambridge, the,,bride's
Angel Scott, a cousi
and
NEW GOVERNOR FOR NEWFOUNDLAND
London, #To- His Majesty the King has approved the of Vice Admiral umphrey Thomas Walwyn
emment here sever all pol with Nanking. unable to
Newfoundland in Admiral Sir David
bese the Spring of
ervice mON!
itisha Wireless
efore the
Obe