SATURDAY. MARCH 19, 1921.
THE HONGKONG
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RUSSIAN REVOLT.
London, March 18.
B34'S PERILOUS TRIP.
"Worse than the Atlantic.”
Britain's giant ship R34 return- ed to her home. Howden
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Marimba (Sweet Marimba, Mine} Rose of My Heart
When I looked in Your Wonderful Eyes Beautiful Annabello Lee
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The surrender of Kroneladt was followed by a terrific artillery Aerodrome, near Goole, recently
after an exciting trip.. bombardment, foreing the garrisons to abandon some of the batteries.. Then in the early morning an infantry attack was launched, the report, the air-ship left her base According to the Air Ministry's Bolsheviks coming over the ice from Oranienbaum and simultaneously for a routine instructional cruise the Chinese advanced from Syatorbalck. All wore white cloaks. She was partly disabled, and re- Strong artillery and machine gunning inflicted heavy loss on the turned at slow speed. A Press besiegers who, however, forced their way to the town where they correspondent says:-R34, which were joined by communists who had hitherto been in concealment. I made history by flying from Great! The bombardment caused great and magnificent fires and Kronstadt Britain to the United States and was badly damaged.
back, struck a hillside in the
Prior to departing the rebels blew up the modern 23,000 metric Yorkshire Wolds at a height of ton warships Petropavlovsk and Sebastol. The leader of the insur-1100 feet, at 12.10 yesterday [rection, General Koslovsky, is among the refugees in Finland.
SECURITY AT SEA.
London, March 18.
morning while on an instructional cruise. Three of her ongines were damaged, and she lost her' forward and aft propellers.
Dense fog prevailed at the time. The damage was ascertained by searchlight
The Times," eulogising Mr. Asquith's speech on the Navy!
She was able to proceed on ber estimates last night, when he protested against the phrase "One- remaining two propollers 'amid- Power Standard" to define future British naval aims, says: Security ships at a speed of oight or ten it sea is the sole indispensable guarantee of survival for all parts miles an hour, and arrived at -the Empiro, All of them realise that we cannot afford competitive Howden, her base, after, in the uilding of warships, all believe that competition in contemplation words of one of her crew who of a pea war should be impossible in a sane world, all desire the least went to the United States, “a aval power compatible with their security, all are convinced that worse trip than the one to the the building of a Navy against the United States would be treachery States," to the future welfare of mankind.
MR. BONAR LAW'S RESIGNATION.
London, March 18.
She is now moored at a height) of 100 fot in a 35-knot wind, having further smashed part of her front gondola in crashing into the ground in landing here. She ia suffering more damage every moment in the widening of a hole in the envelope where a mooring
The resignation of Mr. Bonar Law is regarded as bringing a fresh element of uncertainty into the already uncertain political rope joins her. situation, almost creating a crisis. The difficulties of the Government STORY BY ONE OF THE CREW, have beca aggravated recently by the unsatisfactory financial position, One of the crew who was with declining trade, unemployment, the Irish altuation and signs of Con- the R34 on her trip to the United servative insubordination, and the effect of the severance of the staunch States said—” The American trip I was ++OOIIOC++?D+I©**+0@++***•*00+ [[artnership of Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bonar Law is regarded with was nothing to this one.
some misgiving in Coalition papers,
in the forward gondola when the airship crashed into something in the darkness. What it was I do not know, but the rattle and noise of machinery following the in- pact gave us the shock of our lives.
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COST OF LIVING.
London, March 18.
The "Labour Gazette" index figure shows that the cost of living: "We did not expect anything fell ten points between February 1st and March 1st, chiefly in food in the way of a collision at 1100 and clothing, but is still 141 per cent, above July 1914. The number feet. For a moment we expected of registered unemployed increased by 60,523 between March 4th to see the girders give way and and March 11th, Railwaymen automatically lose five shillings weekly come toppling upon us. It was under the sliding scale owing to the fall in the cost of living.
just on midnight and as black as could be.
COAL DECONTROL.
"The reliefs were just taking over, and, all hands were ordcred to stand by. Moanwhile the airship was drifting and losing for speed. Searchlights were played
London, March 16. The House of Commons passed the third reading of a bill decontrolling the coal mines on the 31st March after unsuccessful on the wrecked part, and thear Lubour and Coalition efforts to get the period extended.
THE LONDON CONFERENCE.
Paris, March 18.
The Chamber of Deputies, endorsed M. Briand's action at the London Conference by 491 votes to 66. His speech was everywhere received enthusiastically,
KING OF SWEDEN IN PARIS.
Paris, March 18.
The King of Sweden has arrived.
NEW FORM OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Reno, March 18.
| revealed that both propellers had; gone. The gondola had also suffered damage.
"In addition to the fog we had| to battle against croes winds of high velocity,
"These wers the conditions till daybreak, when we found our selves about 12 miles off the mouth of the Humber. Tho aerodromo was sighted about 3.30 Some of the toys raised a cheer, but they were too previous in view of what followed after landing.
"Circling over the aerodrome at 600 or 700 feet, the wind was comparatively light, but as we got nearer the ground it freshen- fed up to between 20 and 30 knots.
The Lethal Gas Executions Bill mentioned on March 17 provides | When we reached 200 feet, and that a prisoner shall be unknowingly placed in a cell which really it beat all the trials of active is a lethal chamber and gussed while sleeping.
BOXING.
New York, March 18, Johnny Wilson, the World's Middle Weight boxing champion, was given the verdict on points in a fifteen round contest with Mike O'Dowd at Madison Square Gardens.
EARLIER
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"PRIF WEINIDOG."
Tale of a Telegram to 10 Downing Street.
(From Our Own Correspondents.)
Recently a telegram addressed
service..
There must have been about 10 bumps, every bump loosening or smashing something After the second bump the landing party shouted to us to jump, but only when they gave the signal, One after another we jumped-- man first, then the officers, and last of all Captain Drew, the commander. In almost every case it meant a jump of about 10 feet. Captain Drew nearly cried when he left the ship."
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CROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN.{“ Prif Weinidog was delivered A TROTSKY PORTRAIT IN LONDON.
exhibition At the Singapore, March 18. at 19 Downing Street, and was The Japanese Crown Prince has promptly rejected by the minor Senefelder Club for original arrived aboard. the battleship officials on the ground that no- lithographs, of which Mr. Frank Katori. Salute guns were fired. body of that name lived at 10 Bra gwyn. R.A., is president, one The Governor went aboard, also the Downing Street, One sapient of the portraits shown was the Japanese Consul and leaders of the Suggestion was that it wslifesize head of Tratsky by the Japanesc community. The Japan probably a message, intonded for Da ish artiet, Edward Saltoft, ess ships and business houses were one of the Russians who hai who in 1918 was chief of the beflagged.
been seaing Mr. Lloyd George Danish Red Cross in Petrograd. The Crown Prince comes aahore about resumed trade relations, A recently discovered lithograph
"The Potato: to-morrow and stuys at Govern- and the telegraph messenger was of J. F. Millet. ment House. He depurts on Sunday, advised to try the Board of Tra te Gatherers," will also be shown.
or take the telegram back to the PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS. office for further instruct.one.
The conference of the Intern- Mr. Lloyd George's secretary tional Union against Tuberculosis arrived a little later and beard of (Paris) is being arranged by the the incident. The hallkeeper National Association for the could only. tell him that the Prevention of Tuberculosis, and message was addressed "Prif will he held in London from July something," but when the secret-26-28. Delegates from about 25 ary suggested "Prif Weinidog countries will take part in the the official agreed, and Was proceedings. Professor Calmette amazed to learn that this was the great authority, will open a the Welsh form for "Principal discussion on "The Modes of Dif- Minister."
fusion of Tuberculosis Through- A messenger was sent to the out the Races of the World," and Post Office to retrieve the mes there will be three public ad- sage, Mr. Lloyd George's dresses given by a Frenchman, an secretary indignantly observing American, and so Englishman. DUCHESS RENDERS FIRST AID. ance, and, fluding that she had
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The Duchess of Bedford, hear-sustained a broken ankia, while
The Students Union is holding that the people there apposted to Visits to tuberculosis hospitele, La “Tag” Day on Saturday in aid of be unfamiliar with the only sanatoris, and laboratories willing that a woman, a villager at oycling, was able to give her first
the North China Famin Relief Fund. Ipure language in existence," be arranged,
Woburn Park, had met with an aid ponding the arrival of a accident, burried to her assist-doctor,