JAPAN'S PREMIER AEROPLANE CRASH
PROBLEM.
MR.. HAMAGUCHI'S LIKELY SUCCESSOR.
(TunоUpH RETER'S AGENCY.)
Tokyo, April 0. Owing to the weakened condition
of Mr. Hamaguchi, Prime Minister, following an operation which was
IN JAPAN.
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MAJESTIC HOTEL, SHANGHAI.
STARTLING AFFAIR IN SHANGHAI.
PARACHUTES | COUNCIL'S STATEMENT TO
RATEPAYERS.
AVIATOR
FIVE THOUSAND METRES.
[THHOUGH BRUTER'S' AGENCY.]
Toxy, April 9. While flying at a height of 0,000.
metres, an acroplane piloted by civil aviator named Ito developed performed on the 5th inst., the engine trouble and dropped like a belief is growing that the resigna-stone near Tachikawa, where the
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
SHANGAL, April 9.
The Municipal Council has issued
the eve of the annual meeting do- a statement to the ratepayers on Aning its attitude relative to the proposed, purchase of the Majestic Hotel site for the purpose of
DARING ATTEMPT TO ABDUCT MILLIONAIRE.
[TENOVON REUTER'S ADENOT ]
BHANGHAI, April 9.
The residential district in the In-
this morning when a gang of armed ternational Settlement was startled kidnappers made a daring attempt to abduct the multi-millionaire land- owner, Li Ching Mei, brother of
APRIL 10, 1931.
DAME MELBA'S WILL.
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TOTALS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS,
{THROUGH REUTZER'S AGENCY.]
“MELBOURNE, `April 9...--- The 12-year-old girl Painela Arm-
valued at £14,000 which were pro- sented to her grandmother, Dame atong has inherited the jewels Nollie Melba, by the crowned heads
of Europe.
Dame Molba's will totals
PARIS-SAIGON
FLIGHT.
PRINCE BIBESCO STARTED YESTERDAY,
5. S
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Pants, April 9.
A large party at 0.25 this morn-
George Bibesco, President of the International Aeronauticat Federa- tien, accompanied by two Rou- ing wished" God Speed" to Prince
manina pilots
and
A
British mochanie, who started on a flight lo Saigon.
The machine is named Comte of the Federation, who was killed
ANGLO-GERMAN DISCUSSIONS.
GERMAN MINISTERS TO VISIT CHEQUERS.
(BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE)
After
RUGBY, April 6.
Brighton, Lossiemouth, the Black Forest, and Bavaria, where Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Dr. Bruening and-Dr.". Foreign Consultations between the
Curtius, respectively, are holiday- ing, the date for the visit of Dr. Bruening and Dr. Curtius to Bri- 5 to Juaa 9.
tion of his Promiership is merely a machine crashed and was complete. civic centre, which suggestion the Li Ching Fong, a former Minister 200,000, and includes charitable de Lavaulx," after the ex-Presidenttain has boon Bually fixed for June
question of time."
I
A likely successor is either ex- Premier Wakatsuki, who headed the Japanese delegation, to the London Naval Conference last year, or the octogenarinn ex-Cabinel Minister, Barun Yamamoto,
The possibility of the Seiyukni (Opposition) replacing the present Minseito Cabinet is practically nil, Although the prestige of the Gov- ernment has been shaken by its failure to obtain the passage of certain Bills during the recent Aession of the Diet, and also by the revelation that the revenues during the fiscal year were overestimated by Yen 128,000,000, leaving a de. ficit of Yen 48,000,000..
Other possible candidates for the post of Premier are the Foreign Minister, Baron Shidehara: War Minister, General,, Ugaki; Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Adachi; and Minister for Railways, Mr. Epi. Latest Medical Examination,
LATER.
ly
wrecked
Leaping clear Ito parachuted from a height of 4,800 metres and landed safely after drifting for 17 minutes.
KING AND QUEEN OF SIAM.
DEPART FROM ТОКОПАМА
FOR VANCOUVER,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TORYO, April 8. The King and Queen of Siam loft Tokyo at 9.33 in. to-day for Kamakura, where they will visit the famous Daibutsu,thereafter proceeding by motor to Yokohama.
They will embark on the Empress
Council decided to oppose on the ground of costliness and posuit. ability from the standpoint "al location, whereas a real urgency for a communal lung exists in the congested northern districts, whore open spaces are badly needed.
GENERAL SIR A. CURRIE.
JAPAN.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
to the Court of St. James's in pre- and personal bequests, and £8,000 Republican, times.
to found a musical scholarship in Li Ching Mei was proceeding
which it will be devoted to the home when the Russian chauffeur Melbourne, after which the residue slowed down on seeing a wheel-goes to Pamela's parents, failing encouragement of music in Victoria. barrow pushed across the path of the car.
The prima donna's ostato in the United States is estimated at
Simultaneously the kidnappers, with drawn revolvers, surrounded the machine.
The chauffeur, instantly sizing up the situation, drove off at full speed.
The gangsters, baffled, fired at RECEIVED BY EMPEROR OF the retreating car, wounding Li Ching Mei's Russian bodyguard and shattering the windshield,
The chauffeur's face was cut by aplintered glass, but he bravely drove on,
while the 'bodyguard stood up and returned the fire. He was hit again and fell out into the roadway, and was taken to the The gangsters seized a nearby hospital in a dying condition,
car and drove off.
Hitherto, no arrests have been mnde.
TOKYO, April 0. General Sir Arthur Currio, who has been visiting Japan from India en route to Canada, was received in audience by the Emperor of
of Japan, which is aniling for Van-Japan this morning. couver in the afternoon.
Enthusiastic Send-off.
LATER.. An enthusiastic Aend-off Wha accorded Their Majesties the King and Queen of Siam when they sall- The latest medical, examinationed from Yokeliama this afternoon of Mr. Hamaguchi contimes to for Canada. hold out the hope that he will bo able to leave the hospital about April 20, but it is intimated that it will probably take a further month or six weeks before he has recovered sufficiently to walk about.
A salute of 21 guns boomed-from the cruiser lauzu as the Empress of Japan left, while crowds of school- children, Boy Scouts and others the pier and gave lined up on rousing cheers,
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General Currie sailed this after- noon for Vancouver.
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[DRITION WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, April &
It was stated at Windsor Castle to-day that there was a slight im provement in the King's condition
Although His Majesty remained in his room he was not confined to bed..
The King's Physician, Lord Dawson, again drove to Windsor Castle to-day and anw the King, together with Six Milsom Recs, laryngologist, and Dr. Dartyn of Windsor.
Today's slight improvement is regarded as a favourable sign following on the slow but satis factory progress recorded yester- day, but if this improvement con. tinues, anticipated, it will still require two or three days before a restoration to normal health can
e expected.
*Progress Maintained.
LONDON, April D. It is officially announced that His Majesty the King's progress is being maintained.
AUSTRALIAN AIR MAIL.
ARRIVAL OF FIRST LINER AT ALEXANDRIA.
(THROVGA NEUTER'S ADENCY.]
ALEXANDRIA, April 9. The Imperial Airways liner which left. Croydon on April 4 with the first air mail for Australia has arrived.
The mail is being sent by air to Cairo, instead of the usual train.
IRAQ AIR FORCE.
FIVE GIPSY MOTHS AND
PUSS MOTH.
(ruboven REUTER'S ADENOT;]
LONDON, April 9. An Air Force was born yesterday, Painted white with the national markings green, white, red and black, five Gipsy Math, biplanes followed a Puns Math monoplane from-the-Hatfield Aerodrome for Paris en route to Iraq.
un-
£100,000.
BRITISH OFFICIAL SUC. CUMBS TO WOUNDS.
MISCREANT STILL AT
LIBERTY.
(THROUGH REDTED'S AGENCY.)
MIDNAPORE April 8. Mr. James Peddie, the District
Magistrate here, has succumbed to the five bullet wounds fired by an unknown assailant, who scapod.
murderous
It is learned that two previous Attempts had been made..to abduct An earlier message stated:-Mr. Li Ching Mei, who is leaving James Peddic, the District Ma gistrata of Midnapore, has boon Shanghai to-morrow for an
rushed to hospital in a critical known destination.
condition, suffering from five bullet (From Our Own Correspondent.)
wounds, received in SHANGHAI, April a.
attack by an unknown assailant. A Russian bodyguard was critic The raiseroant escaped. Mr. Paddie ally wounded by a gang of kid- was visiting an educational exhibi- nappers who fired a fusillade, in ation at a local school when the daring attempt to abduot Lord Li | outrage socurred. Ching Mei, son of Li Hung Chang, the famous Manchu Viceroy, near the Red Cross Hospital, French Town,
BERENGARIA RUNS AGROUND.
Li Ching Mei escaped unscathed. The thugs fled in a waiting car. This is the third attempt to kidnap Li Ching Mei, the previous STUCK ON MUDBANK IN THE two being frustrated by loyal watchmen.
The Russian bodyguard, who was hired only a week age, is not ex- pected to live.
NATIONAL AIR CONFERENCE.
(Ifah Tez Tat Pao.)
NANKING, April 9.
A National Air Conference is scheduled to be held on the 20th inat. under the auspices of the Nanking Aviation Bureau, Of the proposals prepared for discussion at the conference the most import ant are the demarcation of China's territorial air area and the develop. ment of civil aviation enterprise.
BOXER REFUND TRUSTEES.
(Fah Tu Yat Pas.)
NAKKING, April 9. The inauguration meeting of the Board of Trustees for the British Portion of the Boxer Indemnity Fund, which was held yesterday, passed a regulation governing the committee for the purchase of rail. way materiala from England,
SOLENT.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, April 8, During a dense fog in the Solent yesterday, the giant Cunard liner Berengaria grounded on a mudbank near the Isle of Wight.
The liner was going dead slow at the time of the mishap, with the result that she did not go badly aground.
Getting off without much difficul ty to-day, the vessel has since ber- thed at Southampton.
in a crash in the United States last деат.
PORTUGAL POLITICAL
SITUATION.
MADEIRA RISING HAS
REACTION IN LISBON.
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.] ›
NO
LISBON, April 8. The Wednesday afternoon revolt in Madeira had no reaction in Portugal, which is quiet, although the streets of Lisbon are being actively patrolled and the capital
seething with rumours.
Two transports crowded with troops, all armed with war mater- ial, and four seaplanes destined for Madeira, are still under steam, Nothing is known as to when they are to start
[BRITIBA WIRELESS SERVICE) British Residents in Madeira Sato.
Ruany, April 8.
London Tho British cruiser reached Madeira to-day, having
been sent to safeguard the interesta of British residents during the pro Bent disturbancog in the island.
The London found conditions quiet and no anxiety need he felt for the safety of the British com-
unity.
36 is explained that the idea of this visit originated from the "on- voraations" between Mr. Hendor- son and the German Ambassador in London last March, when it was informally suggested that as tho British Prime Minister had had. frequent converantions" with the etatesmen of other countries, "o meeting between Mr. Ramsay Mac- Donald and Dr. Bruening, who had never previously mot, would be acceptable ns.affording an opportu nity of discussing questions of mutual interest.
The Gorman Ministere would arrive in London on June 3, and spend Saturday and Sunday at Chequers. There would be a "ban- quent at the German Embassy on Monday to the British Govern ment and the Corps Diplomatique would return to Berlin on June 8,
Courtesy Visit of British lost." The proposal of the British Gov ernment to send the British Fleat- as a courtesy visit to Gorman porta has been heartily welcomed by the' German Government and the naval authorities No date has yet boen. fixed for the visit, which will bo the firet since the war, but it is ex- pected that the Fleet will visit Kiel or Wilhelmshaven.
Why Date Question War Left Open.
The visit which the German Chancellor and the Foreign Minis tor, Dr. Braening and Dr. Curtius, will pay to London, has been fixed for June 5 to Juno 0.
Although the invitation extended to them was accepted some little while ago, the question of the data' ITALIANs at the time loft open, owing to the culty of finding a period
FRANCO
NAVAL AGREEMENT
EMPHATIC SPEECH BY FIRST LORD OF ADMIRALTY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April 8.
I cannot and will not believe, after the agreement we reached in person in Rome and Parie, secured only by the hearty co-operation and goodwill of the principal State officers whom we met in both capi- tals, that the agreement should now be allowed in any way to suffer," declared Mr. Alexander, the First Tofd of the Admiralty, in a speech at Hull.
"We shall work to the utmost to assist in consummating the agree. ment."
After a careful examination, both
Ho said that the British Govern- inside and outside the liner, it was found that she had suffered noent desired to consummate the damago and she will sail for New Agreement by a legal treaty," thero- York on Saturday according toy Becuring, firstly, the removal of a real handicap to a frea, full and schedule,
frank discussion of disarmament at the World Disarmament Confer ence at Geneva; and, secondly, that
of the comparative lack Franco Italian understanding would be substituted by closer and more cordial relationships. '
HIS MAJESTY'S YACHT ALTERED.
"BERMUDA RIG" FOR, THIS SEASON.
[DRITION WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, April 8. The King's yacht Britannia left Cowes to-day for Gosport to have her new mast adjusted and made Fuitable for "Bermuda rig" in
ALARMING REPORT FROM which she will race during the
KWANGSI.
REBEL TROOPS ADVANCING.
(Wah Tic Tai Pao.).
Wuonow, April 0. The hope of peace in Rwangsi is blasted by an alarming report that the Kwangai and Ironside" rebels aro again on the varpath, Chang Fat Fui's troops being reported to be on the move and ready to march enstwerd.
coming season.
INDIAN EXCHANGE JUGGLING.
SIR GEORGE SCHUSTER DEFENDS INDIA'S POLICY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOT.]
New Dani, April 8. The Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce to-day passed-n-resolution demanding the cessation of further Government offorts to maintain the value of the rupte at eighteen pence. A
Sir George Schuster, Finance Member of the Government of TAO LI HIM RESIGNS. India, defending the Government's
Meanwhile, the Cantonese forces stationed in the lower valley of the The monoplane in piloted by a Kwei River are being mobilized in member of the British Air Force,order to check "he rebels' advance. Flight-Lieutenant Carter, who has been lent to the Iraq Government for three years,
The five biplanes are piloted, by Iraq officers who have undergone & Royal Air Force training. They speak English fluently, and are attired in khaki uniforms of the British Army pattem with the cap formerly worn by the British Flying Compa
and
(Wah Ta Yat Pan)
CANTON, April D. Mr. Tao Li Him, the Commis onar Foreign Affairs for South
The Pass Moth is for King Chins, has tendered his resignation Feisul's personal use,
the to the Nanking Foreign Office owing Gipsy Moth machines are fitted to pressure of private affairs. How with bomb-racks, cameras,
and over, his resignation has not been wireless, to form the nucleus of the accepted by the Nanking Foreign
Offico Iraq Air Forge.
policy, expressed amazement at the comanerainl change in Indian opinion, which now urged the Government to allow the exchange to drift.
Sir George Schuster said that ohnou like that in China would on- ue from any attempt to juggle with the exchange, and urged the meeting not to ask the Govern- ment to wreck the future of India by asking them to do something they know to be wrong.
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{TUROVAH REUTEN'S AGENOY.] Date of Visit Doinitely Fixed. LONDON, April 8, Reater learns, that the visit of Dr. Bruening, and Dr. Curtius to England has now been bxed for between June 5 and 9.
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