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ITALIAN BOMBING OF DESSIE
Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Press Copyright.)!
Addis Ababa, Dec. 6. The Emperor is stated to have had a narrow escape when nine Italian Caproni bombers attacked the Abyssinian Headquarters at Bessie on Friday morning, drop Wing several hundred bombs and setting are to, the palace at which the Negus had taken up residence. Part of the palace is said to have been destroyed, but the Emperor and his entourage including his sun, Duke of Harar succeeded in escaping unhurt, fading refuge in a nearby bomb proof shelter.
The American Hospital, close to which a number of foreign press correspondents had pitched their tents is reported to have been hit by two bombs, one of which set fire to two tents.
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About a score af persons stted to have been killed and more than
one hundred injured, including the Belgian Leutenant Le Prepont, 2 Frenen Journalist an American and Norwegian nurse. The Italian planes were subject- ed to heavy. anti-aircraft fire and or machineTM is reported to have been brought down. The Emperor informed the Empress by telegram that he was unhurt. The Abyssi- lan Government intends to form- ally protest against the bombing of an open city. and especially against the bombing of the American Hos- pital, which is plainly indicated by a Red Cross painted on the roof.--- Thorncrat Kuo Min.
"BROADSIDES" (AGAINST JAPANESE ATITIUDE
Shanghal, Dec. 7. Describing the "demarches" of Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Am- bassador to London, and other Chinese diplomats, as "broadsides against Japan's attitude and ob- jectives," A spokesman of the Japanese Embassy to-day 61- nounced that the attention of the Chinese Government would bo drawn to the matter.
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He believed, he said, that Mr. Que Tai-chi and others were acting their own initiative. but he warned that their "propaganda" may have dangerous results.. - Keuter.
MR. HSIAO FU CHEN
Nanking. Dec. 6.
PENANG AIR DE HAVILLAND
BIPLANE
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Big Display Planned The Phoenix-A Real
-For January-5-
(From Our Own Correspondent).
Aerocar
(Continued From Yesterday) First in point of size among the company's 35 landplanes come the
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Short biplanes-Scylla ада Syrinx-and the fleet of eight: Hand.ey Page Type 42 biplanca Between them these big four en- gined aircraft account for 20,840 h.p., all of it derived from Jupiter motors. Next come the six Arm-
Penang, Nov. "21. Arrangements are being made by the Penang Flying Club autho- ritles for holding an a'r pageant at the Penang aerodrome on Jan. 5. Air Commodore Sydney Smith, air officer commanding the RAF. Far East. has consented to send nine aircraft from No. 34 Squad- ron, and the captain o H.MS. strong Whitworth Atalanta mono- Hermes, Captain the G.planes which work the southern Fraser, has also promised to co-
sections of the Africa route and operate with aircraft from his ship ply between Karachi and Singa- if she is in Malayal waters at the pore. Their Siddeley Serval motors aggregate 8,400 h.p. Ten D.H. 88 Machines from Singapore and
machines employ 8,000 h.p. Kuala Lumpur Fying Clubs wiGipsy-Six units. Towards the end also take part, and invitations have
of the list are the cras used for been sent to Imperial and Qantas
time.
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The Central Supervisory Coune Airways asking them to assist. It special charter flying or to supple,
has telegraphed Mr. Hsiao Fu-chen urging him to reconsider his decis sion and to take up the post open to him on its standing committee- Heuter...
ELECTION IN CHINA POSTPONED
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be the largest air pageant has staged,
ARABIA-YEMEN-IRAQ ALLIANCE
[Special to the "Hong Kong-Daly Press" (Copyright).]
Cairo, Dec. 6.
A tripartite military alllancé be- Nanking, Dec. 2. tween the Sultan of Arabia, Yemen With a possibility of the election
and Iraq as well as the establish- ment of British air ports along the of the new Government, being postponed until Monday, specula- Arabian coasts on the Persian Gulf, by despatches tion regarding its personnel
18 foreshadowed tinues rife.
from Jidda, which state that these General' Chiang Kai-shek is per-
projects forin the chief topic of taking place in. sistently mentioned as the head pt discussion now the Executive Yuan, in the place Riad, capital of Hejaz, between of Mr. Wang Ching-wei, who has King Ibn Saud, the British Minister resigned, while Chang Chun, and the well known British agent, Governor of Hupeh, is considered | Philby. as a very likely choice for the pust" of Foreign Minister, which was also held by Mr. Wang Ching-wei. The war bulletin. No. 64, cabled
Mr. Lin Sen's election is a fore- Marshal Badogo, reports an gone conclusion, and it is almost Yu-jen, increasing number of encounters certain that Messrs. Yu between the Italian patro's and
Chu Cheng and Sun Fo will retain the Abyssinian detachments along their posts, but it is believed that The Mr. Chow Lu will replace Mr. Tai the whole Eritrean front. Abyssinian attacks were repulsed chi-tao as Head of the Examina- everywhere. goes on the reporttion Yuzn. which puts the number of Abys- Reuter-
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ITALIAN WAR REPORT
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ment the main fleet at busy times.
There is one Armstrong Whit- worth Argosy veteran indeed- powered with three Siddeley Ja- guar 425 hp engines, two Boul- ton-Paul P.71 biplanes, each with two Jaguars, two Avro 652 mono- plants-each-with two Cheetah V engines, and three Westland Wes- sex
three engined monoplanes, each powered with three Genet Major 140 h.p. motors.
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"Among these special charter ma- chines the Type 852 is particular- ly interesting. Ita remarkable per- formance on moderate power at- tracted the notice of the Air Staff, and a military version, now known as the Anson, was bullt, Trials were so successful traz 174 Ansons were- ordered for armament of seven new "general reconnaissance" The despatches assert that the squadrons that are to be formed desirous of obtaining under the Royal Air Force expan- British are
Cruising at 160 permission to construct flying fields slon scheme. at the Hejaz ports of Katif and mph. with fuel enough for eight crew of three, Jabal, on the Fersian Gulf, "and hundred miles, a
and more than half a ton of mill- are also offering her friendly ser- vices for arranging a military all-itary load, the Anson challenges between the three states comparison with any warplane of equivalent power--620 h.p-in the mentioned.
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RECORD BUSINESS
Reports of the treaty of alliance having already been concluded be tween the Sudan of Arabia and Iraq were recently denied in Bagh- The Imperial Airways directors dad, but it was announced some- are able to report, this year the time ago that the two Govern- record profit in the company his-
peditionary force. while no losses OPPOSITION AMENDMENT ments would shortly begin negotiatory-£133,700. This figure was among the
Italian native troops have been mentioned. Their air- planes surprised and bombed column of Abyssinian troops mar-
Da ching between Goudar and bat. Tegaserun Kay Min.
ITALIAN ARRESTED FOR GOLD HOARDING
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Genoa, Dec. 7.
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A police search of the house of Signor Guiseppe Matteuce, Grand Knight of the Crown" of Italy and one of the largest coal-
London, Bec, ». Labour speakers figured promin- ently on the resumption of the debate in the House of Commons on the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne to-day.
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Mr. Grenfell moved the Opposi tion amendment regretting the Government's failure to indicate any effective policy for the toration of peace and the reduc- tion of armaments, and its failure to recognise the need of a planned economic life for Britain on the
basis of public ownership.
tlons concerning various pending reached after questions such as air communica- tions, wireless telegraphy and faci- litating pilgrimage to Mecca.- Transocean Kuo Mir
RELIEF TO FAMILIES
Special to the "Hong Kong Dalis "Press" (Copyright.)]
"Berlin, Dec. 6. The familles suffering from hardship and distress through their members having been ca
up for military or labour service Remarking that Italy and Japan will be granted adequate "family were on the march, Mr. Grenfell support." It is officially announced importers in the country, is stated. declared: "There will be a bloody and a decree to this effect will be the Minister of the confict and devastation unless we issued
19 have resulted in the discovery
of about a hundredweight of gold can build a world economic struc- | Interior in a few days.-
and three ingata.
Signor Matteucci was arrested.
pure, sharing our troubles."
Lord Eustace Percy, Minister on November 18 on a charge of in-without portfolio, replying to the fringing the currency regulations. Suggestion made during the debate Four men who were alleged to have that Britain was unable to afford to rearm, said the enormous in- been accomplices and who furnish- ed him with the cheque for 150,000 crease in the physical well-being of the nation, together with the france which caused his arrest,
enormous Increase in the consump- were also arrested at Genoa,
tion of necessary foodstuffs among
Signor Matteucci had practical-
Transocean Auo Min.
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Presa" (Copyright.)] (Special to the "Hong Kong Dany
Berlin, Dec. 6. Field Marshal von Mackensen,
all classes, compared with pre-war who celebrates his 86th birthday
on Friday, was the recipient o
ly a monopoly of the Welsh and | days.. was a sufficient answer to Durham, coal imports into Italy, the contention, that we were un-many congratulatory. "messages and was the agent for most of the able to afford to defend ourselves—including cordial telegrams from British colllery companies.- Reuter.
AUSTRALIA'S TRIBUTE
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TO AIRMAN
Camberra, Dec. 7.
Kruter,
DANZIG SANCTIONS MEASURES
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally. Press" (Copyright).1
Danzig, Dec. 6.
Herr Hitler, and the War Minister von Blomberg.- Transocean Kuo Min.
GOERING MAKES CASTIGATION
charging £192,960 for obsolescence of aircraft in the operating fleet; if every allowance be made for the substantial stave subsidy received by the company it would seem to indicate that the company is proceeding steadily to- wards the financial independence which has been its declared goal since it was formed eleven years ago.
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Now the company is preparing for the carriage of the vastly big- ger loads that will follow the trans- ference in 1937 or 1938 of all first- class mail to the aeroplane, in ac- cordance with British government- al policy. Orders now in hand for new aircraft form one vital branch of the work of organization; rs-. tablishment of efficient "ground" organization. all along the Empire routes is another. Although they will be much larger than any ma-` chines yet in the Imperial "fleet, the new flying boats and land- also be faster than their forerunners. Details already planes will
released of new Short monoplane flying boats for the company's services indicate that the ximum speed will be near 200 miles an hour and the landplanes, sever- al of which are in course of con- struction at the Armstrong Whit- worth factory, will be at least equally fast.
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A REAL AEROCAK High performance on moderate power and cabin quiet of a degree never previously attained m "small aeroplanè are outstanding Phoenix features of the Heston monoplane which, after prolonged trials, is now to go into produc-
tion
Hamburg, Dec. 6. Food-hoarders, grumblers, Chur- It is now assumed that Sir
The regulations for the applica chmen and reactionaries, as well Charles Kingsford-Smith and his
are tion of sanctions-against-Italy by as the foreign presa, were casti- co-pilot, Mr. Pethybridge,
The Commonwealth Gov- the Free State of Danzig were pub-gated by General Hermann Goer-
The Phoenix is a five-seat ca- "ernment has recorded its high ap-shed on Friday in the icial ing, Reichminister of Aviation and
bin monoplahe designed for com preciation of 81 Charles's unique Gazette. The Senate's decree pro-Premier of Prussia, in a two-bout
hibits imports from Italy with the address in which he attempted to mercial transport and the private services to civil aviation.--
exception of articles. specified by justity German rearmament in the owner. It derives power from a de Havilland Gipsy Six 200 h.p.-en- sanction. No. 3 as well as spare interests of world peace.
"We were the anvil for a hun-
gine which is mounted under a parts for the manufacture of auto-
we are a
streamlined cowling in the nose mobiles complying with the providred hammers: now
of the fuselage. The cabin is ex- sions of the license agreement con- cammer," said the former German cinded between the Polish State fighting ace.
A thunderous negative greeted ceptionally roomy and comfortable. factory" in Warsaw, and the Flat
his question: "Shall we hesitate if There is excellent outlook for the occupants. through wide windows; Alameda, Dec. 6.works, in Turin,
we have to choose between butter the wings are mounted high on The list of prohlblied exports to
the fuselage and there is nothing The China Clipper has arrived at the conclusion of its return journey. Italy corresponds with the provi- and freedom?" It dovered the 2,400 miles from sions of Banction No. 4 and affects He declared that brutal strict- Honolulu in the record time of 17 not only the home but also the fornes would enforce the will of the to obstruct downward view. In eign goods circulating in the Free nation upon food hogs. The ssertcidentally, the certificate of air hours 1 minute.
The total dying time from Manila City or stored in Danzig ware-fices abend would be equally dis-worthinees permits sucking a de was 83 hours 28 minutes, and for houses, and includes a large num:tributed, and armament profits, tall not without importance to
Dura 15 ber of foodstuff and minerals as like war profits, would not be comfort,^&** the roundtrip 123 hours
well as horses, mules donkeys and allowed.
CHINA CLIPPER BACK IN CALIFORNIA
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