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BRITISH CONSUL CONSUL
ASSASSINATED
Mr. Monck-Mason Killed
In Mosul While Trying
To Pacify
Angry Mob
AGITATORS AT WORK
BAGHDAD, APRIL 5 (REUTER)—MR. G. E. A. C. MONCK-MASON, THE BRITISH CONSUL AT MOSUL, WAS ASSASSINATED by revolver shots during a de- monstration following the news of the death of King Ghazi
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A message from Cairo, how-| The Prime Minister of Iraq, ever, states that it is under-¡ Sayyid Jamil al Madfal, called on stood that Mr. Monck-Mason the British Charge D'Aratres in was stoned.to death on the Baghdad yesterday afternoon and steps of the British Consulate expressed the Iraq Government's
BOMBING OF U.S. PROPERTY BY JAPANESE
PEKING, April 5 (Beater) For the fourth time in a fort- night, the American, EmbasNY here has protested to the Japanese, salborities agminat the bombing of American pro- perty in China by Japanese warplanes.
The protest referred to the bambing of the American Cathelle "Mission in Loting on Feb. 25, when the building was badly damaged and Father Kennelly wounded..
ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS
NEW ARMY UNIT
CABLES
JAPANESE CONTINUE
AIR RAIDS
Kiangsi And Changsha Casualties
KIAN, KIANGSI, April 5 (Central) Klan, south-west of Nanchang, and Kwełki, south- cast of Nanchang, were both subjected to severe air raids by Japanese bombers yesterday.
Eight machines participated in the bombing at Klan, where they dumped more than 20 misalles in the suburbs, inflicting about 20 casualties among the farmers.
Chinese anti-aircraft batteries directed Intense fire at the raiders, preventing them from breaking Into the town proper...
Japanese planes in groups of four and two machines twice raid- ed Kweli, concentrating their at tacks on the railway station: Dur- ing the first attack, in which four ANNOUNCED
machines participated, eight ex- LONDON, Apr. 5 (Reuter)-Mr. plosives were unloaded at the Leslie Rore-Belisha, the Minister, station. Following the bombing, STATE OF EMERGENCY of War, announced in the House the raiders flew to Koyang, in the BAGDAD. April 5 (T/Ocean)-Ajot Commons to-day that in view east, and conducted reconnais State of Emergency has been tm- of the fact that all regiments of sance..
regrets and added that the in- in Mosul while he was atcident had been a terrible shock tempting to pacify the angry to himself. mob.
The Baghdad report goes on to state that the Consulate was set on are and that martial law had to be declared in Mosul Order was restored a few hours later...
According to London" official quarters, agitators worked up the crowd of mourners in the neighbourhood of the British Consulate into a passion, de- claring that King Ghazi had been murdered by the English. Four men, who are alleged to be responsible for Mr. Monck-Mason's murder: have been arrested and will be tried by a Special Court.
CHIEF JUSTICE SITS IN PUISNE JUDGE'S COURT
Unique in the history of the
Supreme
Court is the
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sed over Mosul, the centre of cavalry of the line were being re- Twe machines took part in the
the Irak of industry.
equipped with armoured vehicles, second raid, during which two
The murder of the British Con- with the exception of the Royal bombs were dropped. One civilian sul. Mr. Monck-Mason, who joined Dragoons, the Royal Scots, and the was killed and two were wounded. the diplomalle service as far back Greys, it had been decided to The Chaki station near Shangyao, as 1911. occurred shortly before associate the 18 midday. Following the proclama-gular cavalry regiments and the was
mechanised re-not far from the Cheklang border, MR. tion of the State of Emergency, the regular and territorial units of the employees were wounded, police and military were called into Royal Tank Corps lo a new Corps. action to disperse the demonstra-,
The new Corps will be known as
alsu bombed. Four railway
OVER 40 CASUALTIES tors. Order is reported to have the Royal Armoured Corps. been restored. In Mosul by four will take precedence. immediately More than forty non-combatants
and CHANGSHA, April 5 (Central) o'clock in the afternoon. It is not before the Royal Regiment of Ar- were killed and wounded during a yet known whether the disorders Iresulted in a further loss of life.
tillery.
wanton Japanese air raid here Cavalry regiments would retain | yesterday. their existing designation, and the
Some 30 houses, which were re- Royal Tank Corps would be repaired after damage in the disas-
-L
ANGLO - FRENCH designated the Royal Tank Regt-trous fire four months ago, were
AIR FORCE
CO - OPERATION
ment.
All units would retain their completely razed to the ground, badges and uniforms.
Mr. Hare-Belkha also in- formed the House that appli-· cations to join the British army from foreign nationals would, in sultable cases, be
pearance of the Chief Justice. Exchange Of Designs considered, wore particularly
Sir Atholl MacGregor, on the Bench of the Puisne Judge's Court.
His Lordship has for the past two days been taking summary Jurisdiction cases in the place of Mr. Justice R. E Lindell. who is stricken with brunebitis
in the Queen Mary Hospital
The Pulsne Judge's condition is stated to be satisfactory.
Discussed
LONDON, April 5 (Reuter) - Closer co-operation between the British and Frenen Air Forces was the subject of the conversations
the French Air Minister, M. Guy La Chambre, had with Sir Kingsley Wood and a number of high officials of the Air Ministry yes- terday.
It is believed that they discussed points of polley regarding the despatch of an expeditionary fores
COMMONS EASTER
to France in the event of war, as ADJOURNMENT -
well as the arrangements for an LONDON, April 5 (Reuter)-Thu Inter-change of Air Force designs Prime Minister announced yester-in order to facilitate manufacture day that Parliament would adjourn in both countries. On April 6 and re-assemble. April 18.
One type concerned is reported 4 to be the famous Merlin aircraft engine for the super-marine spit- Are Aghter and a certain type of French gun.
Provision will be made to cal the House earlier if circumstanser required.
In the evening M. La Chambre MAGISTRATE GIVES Visited the Handley-Page Factory
EVIDENCE
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No.. 2 Police, 8tation, witness saw
at Cricklewood,
If the applicants had had pre- vious military training. and could speak English.
After having emptied their bomb racks, the raiders circled over the elty for half an hour before flying *WAY.
About 20 bombs were rained in various sections of Henggang dur- ing an attack staged by 18 Japan- ese machines. The missiles landed on both banks of the Slang River.
FOUR-YEAR-OLD PRINCE
· PROCLAIMED NEW KING
OF IRAQ
King Feisal The Second
BAGHDAD, APRIL 5 (T/OCEAN)--YESTERDAY "THE SUC- CESSOR OF THE LATE KING GIMZI, WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON MÜNDAY NIGHT, WAS PRO- CLAIMED. Crown Prince Feisal was born on May 2. 1835, hence nu bat jour years of age. The new King will reign under the name of King Feisal II.
Prince Abdul Ilah has been ap pointed 'regent, The Iraqi Counci!
of Ministers decided to place the ANTI- BRITISH exercise of sovereignty rights of
Irak in the hands of the National'
Assembly until the haal regulation ASSOCIATIONS IN
of the terms of Regency.
The Council of Ministers have 52 DISTRICTS
"TAMMANY BOSS"dered forty days mourning.
Chan go up to a hawker selling | ALLOWED OUT IN
sugarcane, and later commenced to walk on.
Mr. Houston then arrested Chan. He then told the defendant who was nearby. to arrest Chan and also the sugarcane hawker and went to No. 2 Police Station and reported the incident to Inspector A. V. Baker.
Chan Hing told the Court that 17 days ago defendant approached him and asked him to collect money on his behalf. Accompanied by
the defendant, Chan went to hawkers and collected money, sometimes one cent, sometimes two cents from each hawker.
IN SIDE LANE On that day he had col- lected 70 to 80 cents within two hours. The money col- lected was handed back to the defendant in a side lane.
$35,000 BAIL
NEW YORK, April 5 (Renter) -James Blaes, the "Tammany Boss," who was convicted on charges of graft, was allowed ouf on bail of $35,000 pending his appeal.'
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ADDRESS
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In this talk I am dealing with fundamentals and we cannot be worried by small incidents here) and there; therefore, when the present invasion of our country was begun by Japan, the sympathy of the Western peoples was given to China, We are for peace, but that sort of peace which we wish for others and which we expect others to vouchsafe us."
The wars which are being waged in this period of change, when Capitalism and Socialism exist side by side with each other as economic systems, can be charac- terised as those of National-Free- dom, such as our own war with Ja- pan civil wars, such as that in
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wars of aggression, such as that which Japan is waging against us and which Hitler has waged against the Austrians, the Czechs, and is preparing to wage against The House of Representatives Garcia Morato, leader of the "Air
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuter) the Poles, the Dutch, and those Foreign Affairs Committee has ap- Death Squadron, who is said to smaller nations that stand in the pointed a sub-committee of seven have brought down forty enemy way of
his march against his to consider possible amendments planes during the Spanish Civil main foes.
to the neutrality Act. Young Ch'na to-day in the
War, was killed at Grinon to-day.. political sphere knows only one
The sub-committee will begin when taking off for an exhibition slogan-Natioial Freedom. Th's
their re-hearings on the subject night. on April 11 and Mr. Sumner Welles is the meaning of Sun Yat-Sen's
is expected to be the first witness. Arst Principle of Nationalisin to-day. Young China to-day knows only one method for achieving that principle-it is service for the Nation by the entire people.
APPOINTMENT
The
Chinese
Government "is
U.S. SUPREME COURT planning to issue emergency money in the various districts as a coun- ter measure to the Japanese at- WASHINGTON, April 5 (Renter) tempts to undermine Chinese cur- And the young delegates from The US. Senate has confirmed rency. The directors of the pro the World Student Federation the appointment of Mr. William O.vincial banks have already received found that there was an urge Douglas, Chairman of the Securi- the necessary instructions regard- among young Chinese in the in- ties and Exchange Commission, asing the circulation of money which only a limited percentage, can be terior to go into the army, But an Associate Judge of the Supreme will be in form of banknotes of
fortunate enough to go and be of real service. In this second period of preparation for our masses for
drilling, shooting and studying SHANGHAI, April 5 (Reuter-participation in the war,
many thousands of these young men are
BERLIN, April § (T/Ocean)-The 'Anti-British associations have been profound sympathy of the whole inaugurated in 52 districts in the German people for the Royal occupied areas in Central China, House of Iraq and for the Iraqi according to reports from Nan- people at the sudden demise of king. King Ghazi I, who lost his He as
tactics all over the country.
NATIONAL "FREEDOM
And the final and eternal objec- tive of these young men · and, of result of a motor-accident on Mon-persona are stated to have joined the pared to slay Japanese, and any One-hundred-and-fifty-thousand the Nation for which we are pre- day night in Baghdad, was con-Nanking section where the Chinese others who ally themselves with the Iveyed by the Fuehrer in a telegram women have now started the boy Japanese, la limited to the National on Tuesday addressed to the Prince cott of British goods. The so- Abdullah.
Freedom which is the birthright of called general affairs section of every Chinese. FRENCH VIEW
the anti-British movement com-
Westerners have PARIS, Apr 5 (T/Ocean)-Amittee in Nanking accuses Britain only Chinese plane which reached wondered at the "ract that me serious view is taken of the death of aggression in China alao Japan snowered pamphlets upon fenceless, civil population. "Why an unprepared and, therefore, de-
did they not drop bombs? The The committee is paying parti-answer is "It is our culture and attention to anti-British civilization declaring itself. That is the proud tenet of life and the sanity of the Chinese peo. ple which cannot be discarded MUSICAL EVENING planes which can blast Japanese merely because we have bombing
of King Ghazi of Iraq in French fomenting internal strife and ob.. political circles. France, as manstructing the reconstruction of the The German Army has invitea datory power of the neighbouring country. the military chiefs of smaller state of Syria, is particularly In- States in Europe to attend the terested in the developments in cular celebration on Herr Hitler's birth.Iraq, all the more so since France education among the children. day on April 20. It is reported the takes half of her il supplies from i
chiefs of the Bulgarian Army and Iraq.
two Cabinet Ministers are attend- ing while invitations have been sent to Lithuania, Latvia, and Färiland.
Baron Von Neurath, German
He had since continued the prac- Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, tice, with the exception of April 1. has arrived to take up his post. when the defendant did not come.
About noon on Tuesday he went
to collect money and had collected
two cents each from Lo Kom and
British Official Wounded
IN ROSE ROOM
In the Rose Room of the Fenin-
women and children to pieces."
The mere possession of Weapons of destruction does not mean that sula Hotel yesterday evening over the war can be won by the use of one hundred guests were enter- i those destructive weapons. Japan tained by the music of the Bitson bas hlasted hundreds of thousands JERUSALEM, April 5 (Reuter) Ma Quartet and Chester Blackmart of our people to death, but does The military authorities are at the piano, searching the northern quarters
Mozart's Quartet in G Major, of Jerusalem and all Arab traffic Brahms' Quintet Op. 34. and Schu- Adverse weather has delayed the has been prohibited from entering bert's Quartet No.. 14. Op. posth Tstu Ping, complainants in the Yankee Clipper, which took off or leaving the elty in dn attempt (Death of the Maiden) were well
from Southampton waters yester-to locate the assailant of a British rendered.
case,
any one of this audience believe that she will win the war. "All men within the four seas are bro thers"our shower of pamphlets on Japan has bound our Western brothers to us with fetters of real nobility of heart. And even the love, sympathy, and admiration for
Japanese, when they throw down, the gilded totem and is high Chester Blackman's plano nc priests, will be Brothers within companiment was also good.
the Four Seas".
Bitson Ma (violin) Ettore Pelle
Lo Kam said that he paidday morning but returned three-official of the Palestine Archaeolo two cents to Chan because quarters-of-an-hour later. She is gical Museum who was shot and gatti (cello) Anton Ho (viola) and he was afraid of his stall completing the last stage of her wounded outside his house. Bihon Ma (second violin) were all being kicked over.
trans-Atlantic test fight from Thirty-five suspects have been in fine form The hearing was adjourned until Baltimore to Foynes Harbour. detained and curfew has been im- 10.30 am to-day.
Elre.
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Court.
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