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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1931.
ZEPPELIN BACK FROM TRIP
DIRIGIBLE'S NON-STOP - FLIGHT FROM/ PERNAMBUCO.
Friedrichshafen, Sept. 7-Com- pleting successfully hor 217th flight
LEAGUE INVITATION TO MEXICO.
IMMEDIATE DISANHAMENT
TRUCE PROPOSED
Genova, Sept. 8.-Araidst wild applause the Assurably of the Lea- gue of Nations to-day voted un the great "Germon dirigible, the animously to invite „Mexico" to Graf Zeppelin, landed at her home join the international, organiza hangae hero at 3.49 o'clock this "tion. Later Dr. Dine Grandi, the afternoon after a non-stop fight Italian Foreign Minister, deliver **ed significant speech in which from Pernambuco, Brazil...
he proposed an immediate disarti The passengers aboard the Gratament truce, da Zeppelin wore enthusiastic over tries planning to participato in ་ ་ ་ ་ Dr. Grandi urged that all cours their round trip. The dirigible next Februarys world disarma brought mail, speeding its deliveryment conforenes join in a imme
diate truce with a provisional by one week.
time limit until the end of the conference.
Dr. Hugo Eckenor, the comman der of the Graf Zeppelin, now hopes to inaugurate as soon as possible a regular dirigible service over the South Atlantic cccan between Europe and Brizil
With despatch the Graf Zeppelin was landed and housed in her hangar shortly after her arrival, The retum of the dirigible from a spectacular flight is now a matter of course at Friedrichshafen where the ground crew has become most efficient in handling the huge silver cruiser of the skica,.
the course of his speech, which was considered one of the
most important of the current Assembly, Dr. Grandi proposed a general agreement by all nations aiming to achieve suspension of programmes for now, prmaments.
"Italy makes this proposal, Dr. Grandi said ""not to afford, our peoples an outstanding example of good will but also to crente a more serene and more confident psychological and political atmos- phere contributing more effective ly than any declaration of prin cinle to the progress and success of the forthcoming disarmameUD. conference."
Mexico has never been a member of the League of Nations and the invitation extended to-day is hail- ufed as further evidence of the strength of the organization.
Each of the passengers on the trip just completed paid a fare of 0.81,000 As against fores C1.82.500 for a similar voyage to Brazil last year. Throughout the journey the Graf Zeppelin was in constant radio communication with the wireless station at her home hangar and with ships at
sec.
CAPTIVE AIRMEN RELEASED.
MONGOLS LIBERATE EURASIA SERVICE PILOTS.
Berlin, Sept. 7-Herr Rathje,
pilot of the Eurasia II. which was brought down by rifle fire over Outer Mongolia, and his mechanic, Herr Koelber have been released by the Mongolian authorities, 80- cording to private advices received by the Lufthansa, the German aitz way corporation.
Vice-Presidents Elected.
Geneva, Sept. 8.-The first re gular meeting of the Tongue As sembly, this forencon started with the election of the following six
vico-presidents: M. Briand for Franco, elected with 44 votes Lord Cecil Great Britain, elected with 43: votes Mr. Yoshizawa, for Japan, elected with 43 votes, Dr. Curtius for Germany, elected with voten; Count Appany for Hung ary, elected with 39 votes and Signor Grandi, the Italian For eign Minister, elected with 38
votes,
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The Arst item on the agenda was the invitation to Mexico to jom supported by Dr. Curtiux. the League, which was strongly
FROM PORK CHOPS TO BIG FINANCE.
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ROMANCE OF A COOK.
New York-Five years ago Miss Herr Rathje had served three Jeanette Lewis superintended the months of the five year sentence Greenwich Village, New York'e kitchen, of a smali restaurant in meted out to him after he lind been Bohemian quarter. Now she is re- found guilty on the charge of esported an offering to lend the Now. pionage. The mechanic had been foundland Government £21,000,000 detained in the hospital at Ürgationed.
to save Labrador from being sue
where his leg was amputated as How Miss Lewis, who is recalled the result of a wound received in by her former customers s a the incident. Both airmen, it is from directing
strongly built, pleasant woman, rose Toast; chickeng understood, are now on their way and pork chops to the diz- back to Germany.
ziest heights of international fin- ance is puzzling Now York.
This termination of the incident. followed a strong note addressed by the German Foreign Office to the authoritics at Urga, with the Soviets as the medium sa no diplo mutic relations are maintained be- tween Germany and Outer Mon- golia. Moscow, too, seema to have exerted considerable pressure, while a member of the Chinese delega- tion at the Russian capital, neting under instructions from Nanking, was also active on behalf of the air-
men.
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN TRADE.
U.S. HOLDS LEADING PLACE IN THE LIST.
In the days when she watched the soup bubbling on the hob of the village restaurant she would often Canadian properties. I've vast gossip with old customers about her
timber holdings there," she would say, "and some day I must really run up to Canada, to develop my mines. Mark my words, from New, foundland and Labrador will come the gold of the future."
OIL IN NEW ZEALAND.
SUDDEN BLOW OF 4,000 GALLONS IN A DAY,
Wellington, N.Z., August 11.- More than 4,000 gallons of pura. petroleum flowed to-day of its own acord from a well which has been aunk at New Plymouth,
gas pressure...
The fow at one period was at the rate of 46 gallons a minute. The Moscow, Sept. 6.-The United well is now clogged with debris, States still hold first place amongst and its clearance is hampered by the nations trading with Soviet Russia, according to the foreign trade. returns for the first quarter of this year, published here to, day with considerable delay...
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The total turnover of Buss American trade was 97.6 million Noubles (against 81.5 for the cor- responding period of last year), of which 03,2 (74.3) were imports: Next comes Germany whose turn Lover bos shrunk from: 100.3 mil
ions in 1930 to 08.9 millions, though her exports to Russia in creased slightly from 58,2 to 75,5 millions.
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Nanning, Sept. 8-A delayed telegram reports that several earth. quakes occurred in Sinkiang during
Sir Charles Sherrington, the Great Britain comes third with the latter part of August, The eminent soientist, when he left a HELJO
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