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BRITISH SOLDIER KILLED BY ARAB RAIDERS AT NUR EL SHAM
Terrorists Active In Vicinity Of Jerusalem
The French Minister of Justice. M. Delbox, is mentioned as the mest ikely candidate for the
position of Foreign Minister.
It is recalled that he severely
above, which he alleged was not conducted in the spirit of the League of Nations,
POPULAR FRONT IN
FRANCE
PRICE OF COMMUNISTS'
SUPPORT
NECESSARY MEASURES OUTLINED
~CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Paris, To-day.
In a statement issued to the press yesterday the Communist Party Executive stressed that in their conversation with M. Leon Blum on Satur- day the two Communist leaders MM. Thorez and Duclos renewed the promise of close friendly co-
criticised the policy of M. Laval operation in carrying out the programme of the Popular Front. At the same time they urged the necessity of quickly taking the measures which are awaited by the masses.
WEEK-END PARTY
IN ENGLAND
Political Gossips Interested
London, To-day.
Political gossips are busy with
These measures are summarised as follows:
1.
Rectification of the injustice and wrongs occasioned by
M. Laval's emergency degrees,
2. The beginning of big schemes of public work for the alle viation of unemployment.
3. Assistance in the development of sport by the creation of a fund of 1.000.000 francs.
4. Measures for the welfare of mothers and children.
5. Democratisation and modernisation of the army.
6. The creation of a unified Ministry for National Defence.
A general amnesty.
7.
8.
The setting-up of a committee to enquire into the of the fortunes of politicians.
"DISTURBERS” IN AUSTRIA
a week-end party at Lord Winter- ton's house, Shillinglee Park, Sar-sources rey, attended, among others, by! Sir Austen Chamberlain, Mr. Wins- tou Churchill, Sir Heary Page Croft, Sir, Edward Grigg and Sir Robert Horne, some of whom re- cently severely criticised the Gov- ernment. Lord Winterton de- clined to answer enquiries, be yand stating that the house party had been arranged a considerable time ago.Reuter.
BUNNER ARRIVES AT DJIBOUTI
Frightful Experience At Diredawa.
ESCAPE INTO DESERT
Djibouti, To-day. Bunner has arrived here ex- hansted. He declares that the Italians tried to make hím admit that he was Rudolph Brunner,TM a Viennese, officer serving with the Ethiopian army.
It is stated that Bunner had a frightful experience at Diredawa. He was kept for three days, al- most without food and drink in a hole where refuse was burnt. Be- lieving that he was going to be shot, he escaped into the desert. He reached a railway encampment. almost dead from thirst
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and
Significant Speech By Dr. Von Schuschnigg
Vienna, To-day.
There was a significant utter- ance by Dr. von Schuschnigg. when addressing 10.000 Catholic peasants at Gainzerdor yester day. "It is especially urgent for next month that all who care for the fate of Austria should sce that
stand together. See that distúrbers, wherever they come from. are got cut of the way."-Reuter.
we
CHINESE OLYMPIC SOCCER TEAM
Smashing Win Over Soerabaya
BUT HELD BY BANDOENG ELEVEN
¿Continued on Page.12)
CROPS DESTROYED BY MARAUDERS
ARAB STRIKE LEADERS REVIEW SITUATION
TELEPHONE WIRES BETWEEN HAIFA AND JAFFA CUT
Jerusalem, To-day.
The killing of a British soldier at Nur el Sham is reported by the Jewish telegraph`agency. It says that an Arab mob tried to raid the prison. Troops were rushed to the spot and the raiders fied and fired from the hillside, fatally wounding la British soldier. Two Arabs are officially report- ed to have been killed and four wounded at Nablus.
On Saturday night there was an exchange of shots between Following the failure of New Jersey solons to vote for an "adequate" police and Arabs, who fired from barricades and roofs. The no- relief measure at the Trenton, New Jersey, assembly, a handful of members lice were forced to retreat, but were reinforced and restored order. of the Workers' Alliance of America moved in when the assembly adjourned! 14 Jerusalem: Bands of armed Arab terrorists are circulating
and began a sitting campaign in the Assembly Chamber. They are here throughout the country, destroying crops, cutting telephone
shown voting on a measure of their own!
wires, throwing bombs and firing at the military and police and jeven at armoured cars. The forces invariably return the fire, but
CHICAGO ROBED TERROR it is diffent to ascertain the casualties among the raiders in view
SECRET SOCIETY'S MENACING
ACTIVITIES
Detroit, To-day,”
of their custom of removing the dead and wounded. The ambush attacks occur chiefly in the Nabins and Talkarra districts, where jon Saturday one Seaforth Highlander was wounded in the should-
er, not seriously. Reuter.
Jerusalem: Yesterday was
marked by renewed clashes be- HIS EXCELLENCY'S HEALTHTM tween police and Arabe în vari-
Fifty recent sudden deaths are attributed to a secret society, ous parts of the town and the Two Arabs whose members wear black-hooded robes adorned with a skull whole country.
Enquiries AK Government House this morning elicited the news that His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, CMG, CB.E..., who has.” been, indisponed for the past two or three days, is much better this morning and "there is no tem- perature.
The Communist leaders fur- ther put before the future Pre- mier the desirability of only taking such persons into the Cabinet as had already given proof of their devotion to the cause of liberty and peace, and to the maintenance of France's and cross-bones. The police are at present searching for seven were shot dead by the police in independence and dignity.
men implicated in the murder of Charles Poole, who was shot Samaria late last night, while after being captured by a band of black-robed people.
in Akko, north of Haifa, an The police chiefs are closely Arab policeman was wounded. Jexamining the reports that 50; A state of emergency has Michigan people who have re-been proclaimed in Akko, where cently died, apparent suicides, nobody is allowed to leave the are really victims of the Black-house from 7 p., till 5 a.m. Robes, who are addicted to One of the most active organ-
isers of
the present strike,: ritual slaying.
Mr. Hiram Evans, the Im-Fakhri Nashashiti, a member perial Wizard of the Ku Klux of the Nashashiti family which Klan, indignantly denies that plays a prominent part in Arab there is any affiliation of the politics, has been ordered to re- Klan with the Black-Robes.port himself three times a day BOY
for one year to the Jerusalem [police.
CHINESE AQUATIC ACES IN ACTION
National Records Shattered
TIME TRIALS AT NORTH POINT
(By "CRAWL) -
MISS SCRIVEN BEATEN
Miss Yorke And French Champion Win
HUGHES AND TUCKEY IN
FINE FORM
Paris, To-day. Two of the best known Chinese The first major upset in the swimmers in Hong Kong, Chan French Lawn Tennis Champion- Chan-hing. (Charlie Chan). the ships occurred yesterday when Colony and Interport 50 Yards Mme. Gorodnitchenko (France) Free Style and China National eliminated Peggy Scriven (Bri- Games 50 and 100 Metres cham-tain). the holder in 1933 and pion, and Miss Yeung San-king-1934, after losing the first set to China's lady champion and Far love, in the Second. Round of the Eastern Olympic star, participat-Women's Singles Championship. ed in time trials, in preparation News
for the Berlin Olympic Games,|| has been received that the
yesterday Chinese Oympic
at the South China
soccer team defeated
Bathing Pavilion, North Point. a Soerabaya team by 10 goals to 2 last Tuesday, while on the following Thursday they were forced to share four goals with a Bandoeng side.
H.M. THE KING AS FIELD-MARSHAL
PRESENTATION OF BATON
TO-MORROW
Reater.
MILLIONAIRE MARRIED
Girl He Rescued From Drowning
New York, To-day.. Mr. William B. Leeds, cruising¦
EMPIRE DAY SERVICE
School Children At The Cathedral
SCOUTS AND CIRL GUIDÉS
IN ATTENDANCE
In the face of these new measures, the Arab Strike Com- The school children of Hong mittee met to consider the Kong celebrated Empire Day with situation. The telephone wiresla Special Service, taken by the between Haifa and Jaffa have Rev., H. W. Baines, at St. John's been cut by Arab. strikers. Trans-Ocean Service.
ITALIAN COUPLES:
RE-MARRIED Mme. Gorodnitchenko, who is in a yacht in West Indian waters,
Frenchman.
Interesting Ceremony In Chicago
Cathedral this morning, when, owing to the unavoidable absence of His Excellency the Governor, who is indisposed, the Lesson was read by Mr. E. J. Edwards, In- spector of English Schools.
The Boy Scouts, under Mr. R.
Dormer and Girl Guides, under Mrs. G. Herklots, also turned out Fin their numbers. The, schools represented at the Service were, Chicago, To-day.
the Belilios Public School, Ellis Italian couple Kadoorie Indian School, Quarry marched to the altar in two long Bay. School,
About 4,000
in the late twenties, married a has married on board Miss Olive Russian who is now a naturalised Hamilton, whom Mr. Leeds res- cued six years ago when she fell In the 100 Metree Chan Chan
The comparatively easy win of from a boat in front of Mr. Leeds' Hing shattered his own China Na-Hughes and Tuckey over Perry luxury yacht at Atlantic City. - tional record of 65 7/10 seconds and Austin has revived British Beater. by clocking 65-1/10 secs., while hopes of retaining the Davis Cup: Miss Yeung Sau-king also broke-last year they caused a senṣa- her China National record of $3tion by beating Allison and Van seconds by clocking 81-2/10 secs Ryn in the Challenge Round. The
Fine to showery, with moder-tion of the conquest of Abyssinia. Garrison School, Queen's College, In the 400 Metres free style French
late east winds, is the forecast here yesterday. All the wives had Diocesan Boys' School, Yaumati finalists will, however, for to-day, as issued by the previously sent their gold rings to School, event Miss Yeung Sau-king beat prove formidable opposition and Royal Observatory this morn- Italy and yesterday received iron Diocean Girls' School, Gap Road Ellis Kadoorie School, her own National record by 1-8/10 the Final' should give a pointer seconds, clocking 6 mins. 45-2/10 to France's chances
secs.
I
Cup comeback.
ing.
of a Davis
WEATHER REPORT
Kowloon Junior
lines to be re-married, in celebra School, Central British School,
substitutes---Reuter. -
School, Wantsai School; St. Ste- [phen's College and St. Paul's Col [lege,
Among those present
were
Results, as cabled by Reuter, Fascist Youth Organisation Men's Doubles (Semi-Fitials) Will Defend New Imperiumatoes, E. C. Stewart, L. B
understand that Kwok Chun- hang, the China National, Austra-were as follow: lian Victorian and Interport Breast-stroke champion, will un- dergo time trials in Shanghai.
WORLD RECORDS
here
A. Bennett, E. G. P. Hughes and . B. D.
Bome, ¡Tuckey (Britain) beat F. J. Perry
To-day. The tenth "We want to prepare youth for Thomas, A. St. G Walton, F. J. drafting of Italian youth into the future defence of our new de Rome, H. G. Wallington, G. W. and H. W. Austin (Britain) 6-0, the Fascist Party was celebrated Imperium The world's record for the jo-7, 6-, G
Inspired by the Reeve, the Rev. G. E..S. Upsell, London, To-day.
Men's 100 Metres is held by Peter
yesterday, Five Field Marshals, Lord Cavan, Lord Milne, Sir Philip Fick, of the New York Athletic (France) beat J. Brugnon and C.Italy's entry into the World War.
zizmultaneously Fascist spirit they will be invin-Miss J. Smith and Miss Went- J. Borotra and 过 Bernard with the 21st anniversary of cible."
worth Chetwode, Sir William Birdwood and Sir Archibald Montgomery Club, who clocked 56 8/10 secs, Boussus5
One hour later Signor Mussolini By kind permiṛsion of Lt. Col. Massingberd, will accompany HEH. the Duke of Connaught,
(France) 7-5, 6-4.About 271,000 male and 47,000 reappeared [614] the balcony to M. R. Rodwell and Officers, the senior Field Marshal, to Buckingham Palace to-morrow to hand while the Olympic title is held by 4-6, 4-mb, 6–3.
female members of the Fascist greet the war veterans. Address-band- of the. Edyal Ulster Rifes to His Majesty the King his Field Marshal's baton, înscribed
Ysanji Miyazaki (Japan) who Women's Doubles (Final)
swore [youth organisations
the ing the ex-soldiers, be said: “Have was tu attendance and rendered a simply: "His Majesty King Edward VIII. Field Marshal, -! (was --timed at 58 secs. at the Losi Miss Yorke (Britain) and Mme-solemn cath to Signor Mussolini I not always pursued my goal m-programme of appropriate music. January 21, 1936, instead of the King's full styles and dignities Angeles Games in 1932.
R. Mathieu (France) beat Miss S. and thereby became full party flinchingly 7" which was answered as on all the other batons. It is understood that the simplicity The Women's 100 Metres record Noel (Britain) and Mile. Jedrze members.
with a thunderous “Yes” from the Wong Yau, aged 67, a female, was of the inscription is an accordance with the King's own wish. · is held by Miss Willie Den Oudenįjowska (Poland) 2—6, 6—4, 6—da
admitted Signor Mussolini
a crowd.
to the Government Civil The baton is 22 inches long, and is covered with crimson (Holland) who was clocked at Women's Singles (Second Bound) (short speech, in which - he stated The Duce then added: "On Hospital yesterday as the result of velvet and ornament with gold lions, a gold figure of St. George 64 8/10 secs, while the Olympic Mme. Gorodnitchenko (France) that Italy's entry into the World this May 24 I solemnly declare thated down by private car No. 2264, be- injuries received when she was knock- and the Dragon, laurel leaves, roses, thistles and a shamrock record is held by Miss Helene beat Miss M. Scriven (Britain) War had marked the beginning of I will do the same in future." -lenging to Mr. B. C. B. Lim, in Beuter.
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the first Fascist revolution.
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