HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930.
BLENHEIM WINS
BY A LENGTH.
DERBY CAMBRIDGE "UNIVER-
LARGE CROWD WATCH AGA KHAN'S SECOND STRING ACCOUNT FOR FIELD OF SEVENTEEN
FAVOURITE FINISHES THIRD: ILIAD GETS SECOND PLACE.
After many years' racing on the English tart, H.II. the Aga Khan won the Derby for the first time yesterday when his repre- sentative, ridden by H. Wragg, accounted for a field of seventeen, winning by a length from Mr. Tattersall's Iliad, who was again two lengths ahead of Digite.
Keen interest was taken this year in the race and, according to Reuter's cables, a large crowd stayed overnight on Epsom Downs making use of tents, caravans, motor cars, sleeping under hedges and over mats. The Downs looked like a huge fairground with its flags halloon and stails.
present searoa.
The winner has failed signally during the earlier part of the He was, however, in capable bands, having been prepared by Dick Dawson, who also trained last year's winner Trige.
Diolite was a bot favourite just before the race. Rustom Pasha, "belonging to the Aga Kann; was second favourite, but he failed
to get a place.
This is Wragg's second win, this jockey having won in 1928 on Sir H. Cunliffe Owen's Felstead.
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The result of the Derby is as follows:-
H.H. the Aga Khan's Blenheim (E. Wragg)
Mr. Tattersall's Hiad (R. Jones).
Sir Hugo Hirst's Diclite (Cecil Ray)
LONDON, June 4
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Seventeen ran. Won by a length; two lengths between second
and third..
Betting: 18/1 Blenheim, 25/1 Iliad and 11/4 Diolite,
FIRST WIN BY AN INDIAN OWNER.
Epsom streets were echoing with the traffic. of cars, carts, buses and footsteps of hurrying people hours before dawn. The town looked like a congress of the human races. In spite of much scurrying all had time to, gaze up periodically at the grey- looking sky to ask for the millionth time" Who, will win the Derby 1"
Giant Fairground. Scores of people spent the night on the Downs in tents, caravans,
mptor cars, under bedges and on mats. The Downs in the morning resembled a giant fairground, be- decked as it was with flags, balloons
and stalls.
1,200 Folice.
The huge crowd was skilfully man- aged by 1,200 police without any
hitch.
His Majesty Present.
LONDON, June 3. Defuite arrangements have been made for H.M, the King to go to Epsom to-morrow, accompanied by the Queen and possibly the Duke of Gloucester and Prince George.
The latest betting was:
Last Minute Withdrawal,
LONDON, June 4. Mr. Edgar Wallace at the last minute decided not to run Adlon owing to the soft going.
on
Special place betting at 11 to 10 was accepted about Diolite. Proportionate betting was taken on the others.
Gordon Richard's Mount. Gordon Richards rode Grand Salute and Lane rode Tetragem.
With the exception of Adlon and Lansdowne the runners were iden tical with those cabled as probables.
This is the first occasion on which H.H. the Agn Khan has won the English Derby
The winning owner had two horses in yesterday's big race, the other being Rustom Pasha, who started second favourite but was unplaced.
SITY SENSATION.
UNDERGRADUATE SHOOTS PROFESSOR.
[ranovoH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Losdos, June, 3.
EMPIRE AIR PROGRESS.
ATLANTIC ROUTE PROSPECT.
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RUGBY, June 3. Lord Thomson the Secretary for Professor Alexander Wollaston,
statement in the F.R.G.S., Fellow and Tutor of Air, made a King's College, Cambridge, was House of Lords regarding civil shot dead in his rooms at Cam-aviation. Ho said that here in this bridge by a first year
under- small island we could not develop graduate named D.-N. Potts. civil aviation, to quite the same extent as the larger countries with less good communications. On the ather hand, we had a far-flung Empire which we could only reach by crossing other peoples' terr:- tories, and to do that we had to enter into a variety of agreements with the Governments of other
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Assassin Commits Suicide. The latter Also shot at and wounded Detective Sergeant Willia of Cambridge and then shot him.
self.
Potts was removed to hospital in a critical condition, and he died shortly afterwards.
. Detective Sergeant Willis is re-. covering from his wound:
It appears that Potts had been absent from College for some days
He
Was
in his
without leave. tutor's rooms being interrogated with regard to his absence when he shot the Professor through the heart and killed him instantly.
countrica.
Freedom of the Air." He explained that there were differences in various countries regarding interpretation of free- dom of the air as defined by International Convention. This country, however, had not had the least difficulty in reaching agree ments with those countries over which the air route to India pass- ed.
Death of Detective Willis.
Italy took a more restricted in LATER.
terpretation of the freedom of the Detective Sergeant Willis has air. The difficulty of reaching
with satisfactory arrangement died.
Italy was due to the fact that- we could not find a basis of recipro
RIOTING AT WORLI.city because we had nothing to give
CROWDS INFURIATED.
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at
Italy in return for the privileges we enjoyed on Italian territory.
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India Line a Success," Meanwhile the position was not at all bad. The mid-European or Balkan air route to India was functioning with remarkable suc cess and punctuality. The British Empire had now 2,300 miles of air route in regular operation. As a people we were rather apt to de- cry our own achievements, but we had the second largest mileage, of Five of the men are in "a pre-air route in the world, second only to the United States. Our services carious condition.
were manned by the nest ma- chiacs and certainly by many of the best pilots in the world.
BOMBAT, June 3. Twenty-five salt raiders awaiting trial in the detention camp Worli were seriously injured dur ing the course of a confict with the police.
The prisoners, who number 1,000, tried to rush and tear down the barbed wire entanglements around the camp which were being streng thened by British. Sappers
The latter were specially re quisitioned by the police, but wo men from the neighbourhood, which is in the Bombay mill area, obstructed them. The women were forcibly removed and this infuriat ed the prisoners
It was a feature of Continental air travel that passengers always tried to fly in British machines That whenever there was choice. was a tribute to our ground or our pilots and the ganisation, efforte taken to avoid riks arising from faulty structure.
EMPIRE PRESS CONFERENCE.
INDIAN SITUATION REVIEWED.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE?
DOMINIONS
AND COLONIAL OFFICES.
PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES SEPARATION.
MR. THOMAS APPOINTED DOMINIONS MINISTER.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LONDON, June 3.
In the House of Commons to-day
Rugay, June 3. Mr. Wedgwood Benn, Secretary for India, made a pronouncement regarding" India when he addressed the Imperis: Press Conference in Mr. Ramsay MacDonald arounced London to-day. He said the cam the separation of the State Secre. paiga of civil disobedience which taryships the Dominions and had been declared to be one of non- Colonial Offices. He announced violence was bound to lead to that Mr. J. II. Thomas would be clashes, and unfortunately many
come Dominions Secretary. such clashes had taken place.
He
The vast majority of people in India had, of course, taken no active part in the campaign. continued It is clearly the duty of any Government in charge of the destinies of a country, and especial ly a country containing so many varieties, races, classes and creeds as India, to maintain public order.
Whatever form of Government we envisage as a result of the con- ference and the deliberations of Parliament, it would be a crime to pass on to it a heritage not only of chaos and disorder but what would be far worse, of disrespect
for the law.
Desire for Equality of Státus, At the same time it would be shutting one's eyes to facts not to recognise that there is to-day in India among all classes and races of Indians a
the
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Ruaux, June 3. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, announced in House of Commons to-day that the Government proposed to separate Colonies and that the Rt. Hon. the offices of the Dominions and the Mr. J. H. Thomas, ab present Minister-in-Charge of Unemploy ment, would be Minister for the Dominions
The Prime Minister said that the approaching Imperial Conference and the nature of its businers necessitated the separation of the offices which had already In the House of Commons at been made by declaration but not question time. Mr. Ramray Mac-in fact. At present there were two
Under-Secretaries of State for these.. Donald stated that at the approach offices, but they still had one bead of the Imperial Conference the in common. nature of its business necessitated the separation of the offers of the Dominions and the Colonies, with a
head over each.
LATER.
"The economic relations of the Dominions and ourselves are always a matter of great interest to this Government. There have been ex-
changes of views in this connection the Dominions and the whole question is being thoroughly ex amined preparatory to what will be one of the most important dis cassions" at the Imperial Confer- cace."
The Prime Minister said he pro
posed now to put one ever ench office.
This work ought to have been done, before, but it was to in-. convenient that his predecessors as well as himself had delayed it. Economic relations with the Domi- nions had always been a matter of reat interest to this Government. There had been exchanges of views on this subject with the Dominions and the whole question was being thoroughly examineil in prepara tion for what would be one of the" most important discussions at the He was Imperial Conference. anxious that contacts already estab- fished between Mr. Thomas and the Dominion Ministers should be fur- ther and more effectively used by both for Imperial purposes and in He had therefore ment problem.
nection with our own unemploy asked Mr. Thomas to take the would Dominions Office. That necessitate readjustment of the
He was anxious that the contacts already established by the Lord Privy Seal on the one hand and the very deep, sincere Dominions Ministers on the other and ardent desire for equality of should in future be more effectively machinery set up for dealing with used both for inter-Imperial purunemployment and that would be.
announced in due course.
status.
It is certainly the most difficult poses and our own unemployment problem that has confronted this policy. (Loud ironical Opposition Commonwealth. Among its peoples aughter.) Therefore, he had de two or three points stand out clear-cided to ask the Lord Privy Seal to The first is that force cannot take the Dominions and the latter had consented. The consequent possibly provide a remedy.
ly.
If the law is observed it is in
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DEFEAT
"IRONSIDES
HO CHIEN.
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the Indians' own interest, and force readjustment of the machinery for is in no sense applied for the pur- dealing with unemployment would pose of protecting British domina- be announced in due course, tion. The emergency powers taken │" to deal with the present difficulty will pass with the emergency. The real sanction of the Government is public opinion and it must depend upon that great force' in India as Future Developments.
it does elsewhere. H.H, the Aga Khan has accounted How the Blots Began.
Developments of air services now
Désira ta Promote Spirit of Sym- for many of the English Classics,
The riots really began in the being arranged were an extension but until yesterday had still to win morning when the whole body of of the India route to Australia, pathy and Understanding. the Derby. In 1925 he got quite volunteers under detention demon-the exact date of which depended
The solution of these difficulties near, his representative Zionist get-strated against the King's Birth
to a large extent on the Australian ting second place.
day. They hoisted black dags on
Government, but which it was hop-is ardently to be desired in Im- Blenheim.
the chawls (lodging houses) and, ed to have in operation by the end perial interests. It is no part of wearing black bands, paraded the of next year, and an air service the British poliey to carry on the to Government of India on the prin enclosed area shouting anti-Im- through Africa from Cairo
ciple of division and rule. The first Capetown. perialistic slogans. This attract- ed a large crowd and resulted in
duty of a good citizen is to do disturbances.
everything in his power to har monise rival discords and to avoid adding Fuel to flames of rival animosities.
.
That would be completed as far as the great lakes of Central There were 88 casualties, includ- Africa at the end of this year, and
one of whom extended to women,
Capetown by the ing. two
ustained a broken leg, and the spring of 1913. Parsee world-cyclist, Bhumgara.
T Major commanding the Sap pers was injured on the head by a stone
Two companies of the Hyderabad Regiment, and 140 armed police are now peated at Worli.
The winner of yesterday's Derby was trained by "Dick" Dawson, who also trained last year's winner Trigo.
Blenheim was bred from Blandford out of Malva and was popularly believed to be endowed more with speed than with stamina, He failed badly at Newbury this year and again in the Two Thousand Quincas at Newmarket, when he was well beaten. A well-known racing correspondent wrote of Blen- heim that "if he wins it will create big surprise in professional circles." Obviously, Blenheim has
Moslems Support Gandhi. 3 to 1 agst. Diolite, t. and o.; 15,proved that he is a stayer more than
BOMBAY, June 3. to 2 agat, Rustom Pasha, t. and o.; speedster! 100 to 8 agat. Bilver Flare, t. and
Tial is from Swynford out of A huge meeting of Moslems pass o.; 100 to 8 aget. Trews, t. and o.; 15 to 1 agst. Blenheim, o.; 100 to Pagan Sacrifice and was trained by ed a resolution supporting the Bt.; 100 to 8 agat, Ballyteris, t. and Lawson. He has done exceedingly Gandhi campaign and appealing to 0.; 0 to 1 agat. Noble Star, t. and well in trials at the beginning of Moslems throughout India to par- 0.; 25 to 1 agst. Scout II., t. and o.: this acasar, but disappointed in ticipate in civil disobedience and to o.; 20 to 1 agst. Noble Star, t. and earlier engagements as well as in boycott British gooda. o.; 33 to 1 agst. Seer, o.; 40 to the Two Thousand Guineas, where 1 agst: Bargany, o.; 50 to 1 agst his jockey R. Jones, could make Sea Bover, o.; 50 to 1 agst. Spon- nothing of him. Still his connec ger, 6. 66 to 1 t; 66 to 1 agst. tions must have held a very high Grand Salute, o.; 100 to 1 agst opinion of him to have allowed him Lansdowne, o. 100 to 1 hget. Par to go to the post in the big race. thenon, o 200 to 1 agst. Adlon, He started at 25/1. o.; 200 to 1 agat, Tetragem, "o.
Final Call-Over.
The final call-over was
riad.
Dlolite.
The meeting expressed the opinion that so long as the Indian National Congress and the Moslem Council do not participate in the round-table conference, no Moslem should at Moslem community. tend it as a representative of the
INDIAN INDEPENDENCE. CRY DECLARED TO BE UNREAL
(THROUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.]
KARACHI, June 4.
Finally, we were now beginning to see light in the opening up of Atlantic airways with the operation of the Canadian Govern.
ment.
Co-
Airships Compared, Referring to airships, Lord Thom son reminded the House that th building of the R100 and R101 was an experiment.
The final stages of that experi- ment would be made at the end of this month by the flight to Canada. while he was in charge, of any There was going to be no risk, thing being rushed so that lives might be lost through lack of fore- sight.
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SHANGHAI, June 4. Chang Fat Fu's "Ironsides" are reported to have defeated General Ho Chien, and are expected to enter Changsha at any moment.
The British residents have been evacuated from the banks to the islands.
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Admiral Sir A. K. Waistell, It has been the earnest desire of board H.M.S. Bec, has gone to this Government, no less than of others, to promote, between the Changsha. races & spirit of sympathy and understanding. If the present troubles quicken the conscience of both parties, some good may per- hans come of them.
The British people are, not un- The responsive to great ideals. Indian peoples have an ancient history and selfless and noble in. stincts. Is it too much to hope that the bitterness of the disagree. ment may give place to the re-birth of mutual understanding and re spect
Lord Thomson paid a tribute to AMY JOHNSON RETURNING the magnificent work done by air- ship men who had sacrificed promo tion and other advantages in order to undertake these great experi
ments.
HOME.
[BRITISH WINESS SERVICE.]+
· Buony, June 3.
J
This horse of Sir Hugo Hirst was
People asked why the Graf Zep- Miss Amy Johnson sails from favourite before the race, the betting.
pelin could go round and round Brisbane for England in the P. & 0. being 3/1. As a two-year-old he
the world while our two ships re-liner Naldera on June 25. was outstanding, and his convincing
mained in their sheds. The reason She expressed to-day her grati- performance in the Two Thousand
was that the Germans had 30 fication as receiving the honour of 11 to 4 aget. Diolite, o.; 3 to 1 t. Guineas, when he won comfortably
years experience behind them, but a Commander of the Order of the with all their excellence the Zeppe British Empire conferred upon ber and wanted; 11 to 2 agst Rustom from a big field, stamped him as Pasha, t and b.; 13 to 1 agst a likely winner of the Derby. Since
lins could not be compared with by the King. Trews, t, and o.; 15 to 1 agst. Silver the Guineas he had been command
Sir Shah Nawaz Khan Bhutto, a the R100 and R101.
Despite many setbacks and some Flare, t. and G.; 100 to 6 aget. ing most of the betting and his member of the Bombay Council... Scout II, o.; 20 to 1 t.; 17 to 1 defeat yesterday must have proved ngat. Blenheim, t. and o.; to 1 very disappointing, not only to his who presided at the recent meeting disappointments his faith agst. Ballyferis, t. and o: 22-to-owners but to the thoneands of Sind Moslems which, inter alia, absolutely undiminished, and he ngst, Noble Star, t. and o. 25 to throughout the world who had stak condemned civil disobedience. de-was-sare the people of this coun- 1 ngst, hind, t and o.: 25 to 1 agsted something on him. Writing of clared in an interview that his try would be right in continuing Kreatest objection to the present these experiments on the basis of
dis- Dick Swiveller, o.; 23 to 1 t. 40 Diolite's
research alone. honest. He declared that the cry to 1 agst Scer, t. and o; 40 to 1 London racing correspondent said agitation was that it was agst. Sea Rover, a.; 50 to 1 t.; 50 appeared to possess the staying for independence was unreal. to 1 agst Sponger, o:; 60 to 1 t. qualities necessary for the Derby,
chances A well-known
50 to 1 agst. Grand Salute, o.; 66 but he is a mean-looking, fellow
the
to 1 agst. Bargany, t. and o.; de to and does not look the right type 1 agat. Lansdowne, t. and .; 100 for the tricky Epsom course." He to I agat, Parthenon, a.; 200 to 1ic. from Diophon (who won agat. Adlon, os 200 to 1 agst. I Guineas for the Aga Khan in 1924)
out of Needle Rock.. Tetragem, o.
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***VIRNERS OF THE DERBY SINCE THE WAR.
The following iso, disk of wippets of the Derby since the War 1919-Lord Ganely's Grand Parade (F, Templeman). 1920-Capt. G. Loder'é Spion Kop (F. O'Neill). 1921-Mr. J. B. Joel's Humorist (8. Donoghue). 1029-Lord Woolavington's Captain Cuttle (8. Donoghue).
1993Mr. Ben Irish's Papyrus B. Donoghue)...
1924-Lord Dorby's Sansovino (1. Weston).
1925-Mr. H. Morris' Manna (8. Donoghue). 1926-Lord Woolavington's Coronach (J-Childs). 1927--Mr. F. Curton's Call Boy (Elliott).
1928-Sir H Cunliffe Owen's Felstead (H. Wragg). 1923 Mr. W. Barnett's Trigo (J, Marshall), 1930-H.H. the Aga Khan's Blenheim (H. Wragg);
B.B.C. CHAIRMAN. EARL CLARENDON TËSIGNS.
(THROTOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON June 3, won the House of Common, Yergy ing to questions, Professor H. B. Lees-Smith Postmaster-General. Bald he had received the Earl of Clarendon's resignation from the Chairmanship of the British Broad casting Corporation.
In
He added that the Prime Minis ter, Mr. Ramsay MadDonald, has recommended the ex-Speaker, the Right Hon. J. H. Whitley, to suc Laced Lord Clarendon.
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LONDON NAVAL TREATY. HOOVER DECLINES POST PONEMENT OF DEBATE.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}'
YUCHANG EVACUATED.
PART OF YELLOW BRIDGE REMOVED.
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PEPINć, June 4.
It is reliably reported that Han Fu Chu's forces have evacuated Yuchang and withdrawn south of
the Yellow River.
The Central Government Railway Corps removed part of the Yellow River bridge after the withdrawal. "Danger Zone for Foreign-Women.
In regard to the contacts estab lished by Mr. Thomas with the Dominions mentioned by the Pré- mier, it is recalled that Mr. Thomas was Secretary for the Colonics in the Labour Government of 1924. There was at that time no separate also visited Canada during his Dominion Office. Mr. Thomas. has present term of office as Minister- in-Charge of Unemployment.
DR. WANG RESUMES DUTY.
(Wah Tee Fat Fao).
NANKING, June 4
Dr. C. T. Wang, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who lately retura- ed here from "Shanghai. where he had been lying in hospital for some days, has resumed his official duties. Foreign Ocncessions and Settle- ments,
In a statement, Dr. Wang said that he is taking action to recover or take back all Foreign Conces- sions and Settlements.
Britain's Share cf Boxer Indemnity. Regarding the British share of the Boxer Indemnity, Dr. Wang said that a settlement will be ar rived at when Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister, arrives in Nanking.
JAPANESE MILL STRIKE ENDS.
WORKERS RESUME AFTER FIETY DAYS.
THROUGH ELUTER': ADENCY.}
-OSAKA, June and Children.
The strike at the Karrgafuchi · The American Consular officialsmills at Yodogawa and Kyoto has at Nanking have advised their been called off after stoppage of nationals that the district north of work which has lasted for over 60 Nanking between Pakow and Het days.
chowfu in a danger zone, and have According to the terms of the Tumultuous Reception at Bydney.suggested that women and children
and as many men aa.possible should settlement as "atated by the Knue- (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] take their summer vacations earlier gafuchi mills, the original age
than usual. They have also declared that Kuling is not safe as a summer
SYDNEY, June 4. Miss Amy Johnson arrived here on board a National Airways 'plane. Mina Johnson was tumultuously greeted. She is the guest of the Governor, Air Vice-Marshal Game.
Miss Johnson's own plane landed simultaneously.
FRENCH RAILWAY
* DISASTER. COD 3UL PLAY DEFINTE President leavesikre teled to
POSE ESTABLISHEDSD) consider plen by a number of Senators to postpone the Naval Treaty debate until December, in order to enable them to return home for the approaching com- paigns.
4.
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PAR18; June 3 The police Inquiry into the Mon- The President has informed the tereau railway disaster has de- Senate leaders that he will call finitely established that there was the a malicious attempt to wreek the special seanion to consider Treaty the day after Congress train by placing a trolley on the adjourns.
line.
resort.
FIRE AT DELHI:. NATIONAL BANK OF INDIA DESTROYED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
DELHI, June 4. A fire last night destroyed the National Bank of India, building
of cdiciting chons Enadatobooths thigeadh trading. centre of the city.
The cause of the outbreak is un- known.
LATER.
The National Bank of India merely rented the building which was destroyed. Therefore the loss is not theirs.
The strong room remained abso- lutely intact.
cut will be enforced, though the management promised not to make the cut by the disbursement of the welfare fund..
The management also gives an assurance that there will be no further wage cut. The prolonged strike has disheartened the workers who are glad to resume work.
PESHAWAR COURT- MARTIAL OPENED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S ARENCY.]
RAWALPINDI, June 3. A-Court Martial has opened at Abbotabad for the trial of 17 men
Garwhal Rifles, on a charge of dự of the Indian Regiment, the Royal loyalty on the occasion of the dis turbances at Peshawar last month.