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CHINA SITUATION REVIEWED. DEMOCRATS COME NEW SOVIET PLOT MORE WIMBLEDON BERLIN ESPIONAGE CHINESE STEAM:
TO BLOWS.
ANXIOUS QUERIES IN HOUSE UPROAR AT NATIONAL
OF COMMONS.
BRITAIN
NOT SATISFIED NANKING ATTITUDE.
WITH
CONVENTION.
POLICE INTERVENE AND USE TRUNCHEONS.
BANNER INCIDENT,
Houston, June 27.
UNEARTHED.,
WOULD STRANGLE BRITISH TRANSPORT.
AUSTRALIA SCHEME.
London, June 27.
An alleged plot by Moscow to strangle the transport communi- gations of the British Empire is
SURPRISES.
HUNTER CONQUEROR'S POOR EFFORT.
ANDREWS OVERWHELMED BY FRENCHMAN.
SENSATION.
DANISH OFFICER AND WOMAN ARRESTED.
POSED AS ENGLISHMAN
London, June 27. Considerable prominence is be- ing given in the German and Danish newspapers to a somewhat
revealed in a letter published in AUSTIN OUR ONE HOPE. startling story that a Danish Cap-
the Daily Mail from Mr. Tom Walsh, the Australian Labour
GRAVE BREACHES OF FAITH There were tumultuous scenes leader, to Mr. Havelock Wilson,
The recent serious breaches of faith by the Nanking Government were reviewed in the House of Commons yesterday, when Sir Austen. Chamberlain, was deluged with questions on China.
Sir Austen expressed himself as far from satisfied with the Nanking foreign policy as indicated in the Declaration recently, while he declared he had not the slightest intention of asking the British Consul-General at Nanking to take up residence on board 4" warship in order that we might be represented at Nanking. Sir Austen pointed out that the proper thing to do was for the Chinese authorities to restore the Consulate-General in Nanking.
Interference with the Salt Gabelle, and the Postal Administration and the violation of the assurances in the Annexed Rendition Agreement by the appointment of a new President of the Provisional Court in Shanghai, were dealt with at some length, the Foreign Secretary mentioning that strong protests had been made in every instance.
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans indicated there is no likeli hood of an immediate acceleration of the withdrawal of British troope.
PROPOSED TRANSFER OF CAPİTAL.
London, June 27.
at the National Democratic Con- vention, here to-day, necessitating the intervention of the police.
Various speakers dealt with the revival of the Democratic spirit, throughout the land, and they were aided by a chorus of a hundred darky "Jubilee" singers.
The heat was again intense.
Fisticuffs occurred among the ernor Smith's supporters, whilst making a "Religious Liberty de- monstration, endeavoured snatch a banner and make others join.in...
North Carolina delegation as Gov-
to
dated May 19th.
SINKS
“LEE ON” LOST WIT:
**: $30,000 CARGO.
BROKEN PROPELLOR SHAFT CAUSES FLOODING.
ALL ABOARD SAVED tain has been arrested in Germany London, June 27. for espionage and that a German News was received in the Colon Wimbledon was to-day favoured girl is in custody likely to be this morning of the sinking of t by, beautifully one weather with charged with high treason, steamer of 1,201 tons groen, whil s.s.. Lee, On, a Chinese QWI Mr. Walsh, whose wife was Miss crowd present from the start.
the result that there was a large
The incident la the feature of en route from Woo Shok to Can Adela Pankhurst, was formerly an extremist, but he has severed hissioned by the defeat of E. Antain Lembourg, a Danish officer, a point known as Sam Piu Choy
Great disappointment was occait has been established that Cap-Tuesday afternoon at 4.30 p.m.
the press of both countries, and ton. The incident took place o connexion with Labour extremists drews, the Cambridge Blue, of who served in the French army about fifteen miles to the sout owing to the gravity of the situa-whom much was expected after during the War, was arrested a of Klukok, nour the West Rive tion created by Communists at the Hunter.
his brilliant victory over Francis day or two ago at the German entrance, Australian ports.
bathing resort Sylt.
The vessel had a cargo of 116 tramely reticent concerning the 85 persons on board.
Gorman official circles are ex tons of salt, and thero wore in al Berlin correspondent it is admit-been caused by a broken propeller affair, but according to Reuter's ted that Captain Lembourg has shaft which struck and tore aw
The sinking is believed to have
been taken in custody on suspicion portion of the propeller rear
The letter declares that the In- ternational Seamen's Club recently founded in Sydney is financed by Moscow emissaries, and that the Club is working among the crews of British ships.
a
Andrews
mot Boussus, 'the French player, in the first, game oproached within a shadow of his on the Centre Court, and never ap- form against Hunter. He put up fair fight for the first set going down 6-4, but the next two went of espionage.
the latter knocking a large hol to his opponent in the easiest pos-
in the ship's bottom. Water rusk The letter quotes what is desible manner.
It is alleged that while In Bered in rapidly and the work o scribed as a Soviet Russia ́order Police on the Scene, insued to Australia, declaring that ed Miss Goldsack in the second mation in regard to the German was located near the hole.
After Miss Wills had eliminat-lishman and tried to obtain infor-by the fact that the water balles lin recently he posed as an Eng-stopping the inrush was hampere The police eventually interven-"the political interests of the So-round of the Ladies' Singles with- Army from a woman typist, with ed and broke up the tusale, freely viet could at present be best serv-out great trouble, they were fol whom he had formed a friendship. using their truncheons.
eddf transport communica-lowed on the Centre Court by up-disrupted."-Reuter.
tions with Great Britain could be H. W. Austin and Pat Wheatley.
The whole Hall was in an rear during this incident.
During the. course of the apeeches, Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the Permanent Ch
man of the Democratic Conven-
tered a warning against the In- Hall for the Vice-Presidency, ut tion, who is backed by Tamanny
Democratie platform,
China bulked largely in the minds the Foreign Minister of the Nan Miles Lampson recently warned of questioners in the House of king. Government, of the irreguclusion of a "Wet" plank in the Commons to-day, anxiety being larity of the Nanking Sait Admin- felt as to what Britain proposed istration's orders in regard to the to do in the event of the capital Sait Gabelle, revenue, being transferred from Peking to Nanking.
Nothing Doing!
These orders were sent to the District Inspectors at Tientsin
Honest Government.
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DRASTIC SENTENCE
REVISED,
LOUIS HATVANY SECURES MODIFICATION.
Lifeboats Lowered.
It is stated that the woman has also been arrested and that she flooded, the Chief Engineer reporte When the engine room becama will be charged with high treason,ad to the Captain that nothing fat, -Reuter.
ther could be done and he advised: abandonment of the vessel." Tal Captain then ordered the lifes boats to be lowered and a good
REVELATIONS.
Thrilling British Duel. These two British stylists gave the brightest whibition of the day in a thrilling battle, both
xecuting some superb strokes NEW LANDRU CASE Wheatley fought terrifically against young "Bunny" Austin, but although he took the second and third sets (both at 8-6) by forcing the pace, he tired rapidly and Austin took the fourth set then won the fifth comfortably at at 6-2 to become two sets all, and
0-1.
POLICE HUNTING 60-YEAR
SUSPECT.
+
many of the crew and others on- the ship took to the boats,
The captain and the officers 20 mained on the ship, and signalled to a number of fishing junks, wo of which later arrived and brought the crew and passengers to Hong kong...
The ship sauk completely
words:
Woo Shek to Canton and when w
"We were on. a journey from
fator the Chief Engineer reported ranched Sam Piu Chow the propels ler jerked violently. A few second
had been holed near the propeller to me that the bottom of the eldpl shaft and that the ship could not proceed.
Sir Austen Chamberlain told the and at Chefoo, directing that na his references to the Teapot Dome
He thrilled the audience with SLANDER ON HUNGARY House that a representative of from June 3rd Mr. C. T. Wang, the Nationalist issuable by those officers should crats were
all payments scandal, declaring that the Demo
Budapest, June 27. Foreign Minister, had informed to temporarily deposited with issue one of honest Gorerament known Hungarian writer and poll- entitled to make the Baron Louis Hatyany, the well-
Lycelt Tired Out. |NEW VICTIM IN SACK of sight at 7.05 p.m. Sir Miles Lampson that there was various Chinese banks to be taken a sharp divergence of opinion in over by an officer appointed by opposed to Governor Smith on the penalties were imposed for his between the Australian farmer light by the Police Investigations sentative obtained the following Senator Robinson is nominally ticien, on whom some drastickeenly contested game was that On the side-courts, the most
Captain's Story. Paris, June 28,... Nationalist circles regarding the Nanking. Sir Auston Chamber-question of Phohibition, but he is writings abroad, still dissatisfied Moon and Randolph Lycett, the into the terrible tragedies enacted story, told in the Captain's ow As further facts are brought to of the vessel, a Telegraph repre wisdom of the proposed transfer.. Jain said that these orders entirely the first Southerner to be nominat with the reduction of sentence famous veteran, which went to in the villa at Marseilles, the case
In an interview with the Captain: The question was likely to be ignored the authority of the ed for high office on the national allowed by the Court of Appeal, five sets. Lycett held his oppon-assumes closer relationship with fully discussed at the Fifth Plen- Foreign-Associate Chief Inspector
carried the case to the Royalent in a fierce battle until the the atim story of the notorious ary Session of the Political Coun- and were in complete disregard of ticket since the Civil War. cil, which was to be held in the the procedure laid down in the His inclusion on it, with Gor- Curia, the highest Hungarian fourth set which he won 7-5. Then mass murderer, Landru, middle of July.
Reorganisation Loan Agreement ernor Smith, it accomplished, is
Court of Appeal. for the fulfilment of the obliga-expected to prevent the serious modified the sentence to eighteen in a hot display of driving,
After a long hearing, the Court afth set without conceding a game the strain told and Moon won the tions secured on the Salt defection led by the Southern As regards the desirability of
Revenues.
"Drys."-Reuter's American Ser
months' imprisonment, a fine of Some surprise was caused by having a Consul-General at Nan ing between the Associate Chief
£5,400, and the loss of political the defeat of Mrs. Mallory in the Discussions were now proceed-vice. king, Sir Austen said he was not Inspector
rights for a period of five years. prepared to instruct him to take
first round of the Ladies' Singles. the Nanking
Mr. Hoover's Campaign.
He was charged with slandering Her conqueror was Miss Bicker- up quarters on board a British
his country in articles published ton of Australis, who won 6-3, 4-6 Mr. Herbert Hoover, the e-abroad, in which he criticised the 6-4. warship lying off Nanking. The
publican candidate for the Presi-"White" regime in Hungary. proper thing was for the Chinese
dency, intends to resign his post as authorities to accept their respon-
Secretary for Commerce before trial lasting one day, was seven The original sentence, after a sibilities and to restore the Con- another question, that he had seen self to the Presidential campaign the payment of $17,500 to the Sir Austen said, in reply to July 15th, in order to devote him years' imprisonment, a fine of £500, sulate-General, which the Nation the Nanking Government Declara--Reuter's American Service. allets had rendered uninhabitable through, looting and occupation. tion of June 17th, which had re-
Treasury (515,000 pengoes), pay The Consul-General was now'
ferences to International obliga-
ment of the costs of the prosecu- temporarily residing in Shanghai,
tions.
tion and the loss of political but he visited Nanking periodical
rights for ten years-Reuter.
Postal Interference.
The interference of the Nation- alists with the Postal Administra-
authorities. and
Not Satisfied With Nanking Policy.
in no way satisfied with the atti- Sir Austen declared that he was
tude of the Nanking Government in this matter.
Another Breach of Falth.
/
The "Keynote Speech."
Houston, Tex., June 27.
A violent downpour of rain which rendered the streets im passable, with the result that traf- fic was hopelessly congested, con, siderably delayed last night's session of the Democratic Conven-
Eventually Mr. Claude Bowers
"Carnival of Corruption.”
BRITISH TRAIN SMASH
the
the detectives in charge of the Every effort is being strained by
old man named Jerome Prat, who senentional case to trace a 60-year 1s believed to be the man respon afble for the crimes, and He left the villa in a motor car in-point, that much water was rush
Prat disappeared on June 18th noticed, on examining to which he carried a sack, which ing Into the ehly and because of Principal Results. is supposed to have contained the the water ballast being near the Boussus (France) beat E. An- suspicions of his neighbours had ting worse. I think the boss, or Men's Singles Second Round: dent having occurred after the the inrush which was gradually get body of another victim, the inclhole, nothing could be done to stop drews (Britain) 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. been aroused by the death cries of screw of the propeller must have H. W. Austin (Great Britain) the woman who was found strang-worked loose and the propel defeated P. Wheatley (Britain)ed on the floor of one of the rooms. lor
shaft therefore (6-2, 6-8, 6-8, 6-2, 6-1.
cracks As reported yesterday, Police | od... · It is possible that a Moon (Australia) defeated R. searches revealed two other mur-large fragment of the propellar Lycett (Britain) 9-7, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7,dered wamen, ons buried in the guard blow off and holed the ahl, cellar and the other in the chicken- "We had two pumps on board house,
which we taxed to their dullest Prat's methods are extremely capacity, but we could not cons like those of Landru. He appears with the inrushing water which by to have enticed women to the villa this time had reached the lower by means of matrimonial adverti✅ dock and the engine room. The semonts, to have strangled them, engineer did all he could and ad- or made them drunk, and thenvised me that nothing more could the sake of be done and that the ship must murdered them for their valuable-Router.
sink. I then entered the lifeboats to be lowered and most of thes eighty-five persons on board got Into three of the ship's lifeboats. Ship Abandoned. ““
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€-4.
EVACUATION OF THE
RHINELAND.
The chief engineer, the chief officer and a few others, including SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN myself, remained on the Les On ON BRITISH POLICY, and we managed to signal by means
of flags to some fishing junks das London, June 27, the vicinity. Two of these ap In the House of Commons, the 7pm. and they told me that I proached the Lee On shortly before Foreign Secretary was asked who must leave the vessel 48 they in ther, in view of the Polish For tended to wall off owing to a squall eign Minister's recent declaration threatening.
IN NORTH.
Ladies'. Blogies: First round: Miss Bickerton (Australia) defeat. tion brought a series of questions a youthful new President of the
In regard to the appointment of tion.
ed Mrs. Mallory (U.S.A.) 6-3, 4-6, to which Sir Austen Chamberlain Shanghai Provisional Court Sir
EXCURSION TRIP TRAGEDY replied that the Diplomatic Body Austen said that the Consular of New York read the "Keynote
NEAR DARLINGTÓN. / Second round: Miss Helen Wills in Peking had lodged protests, Body were opposing the dismissal speech," outlining the Party's
(U.S.A.), defeated Miss Goldsack against the proposed Chinese of the former
London, June 27. (Britain) 6-2, 6-1. changes in the Postal Adminis violation of the assurance in the denouncing the alleged corruption seriously injured in a collision beRidley (Britain) 6-0, 6-2.
President as a policy and aims and unsparingly Six were killed and about thirty
Miss Jacobs (U.B.A.) beat Miss tration, involving curtailment of Annexed Rendition Agreement in the Republican Party. He was tween an excursion train from the powers of the foreign co-Direc- that judges will enjoy the immuni- greeted with outbursts of frenzied Scarborough to Newcastle, and a Geo. Lott Junr. and Hennessey Men's Doubles; First round: tor and the reduction of his staff. ties and securities of tenure pro- clapping and cheering, the dele goods train
Protests were lodged when the vided for by Chinese law.. Yet the gates sometimes rising and parad- Agreement of February 6th, pra- Senior Consul at Shanghai was in- ing around the hall with banners, alde Darlington Station date this ten (France) 7-5, 7-5, 6-8.
The smash occurred fust out (U.S.A.) defeated Danet and Gen- viding for foint operation of the formed on June 16th that the screaming and shouting while the evening, and harrowing rescue (U.S.A.) defeated Avory and Hig- two sections by two Chinese President of the Court had been bands blared appropriate alrs.`
W. Tilden' and F. Hanter Directors was reached between the instructed by the Klangau. Provin-
scenes ensued.-Reuter. Poking and the Nanking authori- clai Government to hand over the
Later. gins (Britain) 6-2, 6-3, 6-0---Reu- ties as regards the Postal Ad- duties of his office to a new
The death-roll is now report-
tor. ministration, as the agreement appointee.
The speech declared that Ameri-ed.to total ten-Reuter. was a flagrant breach of the Chin- The matter was strongly taken the Nation's honour against a most can Democracy was battling for
Later. 0sd assurance given at Washing- by the Consular Body, and discus- brazen and shameless carnival of eighteen-Reuter.
The death-roll has now risen to AN ANNUITY FOR THE ton during the 1922, Conference alons were now going on between corruption. It pleaded the claims with regard to the status of the the Chinese Commissioner for of the farmers who were sacrificed
EX-SPEAKER. foreign co-Director...
Sir Austen Chamberlain aald he General of the United States, arms were abandoned.
Foreign Affairs and the Consuls for high Buance, while millions of was not aware.if, any proposals Japan, Holland and Great Britain.
|that future guarantees must be "The ship was then abandoned had been made to reduce the for Bir Austen thought that all tioneer's hammer knocking down
negotiated before the Rhineland is and the thing junka took over eign staff, but the Diplomatic necessary representations have farmlands sounded like a
evacuated, he would give an as- those who were in the reboste s HOPES OF AN EARLY Body was closely watching the been made by Sir Miles Lampaontinuous bombardment of a major
London, June 27.
surance that the Government does well. We stayed in the vicinity situation resulting from the re- and the Consuls-General.
battle in the West." It. denounced
SETTLEMENT
The House of Commons has not contemplate the grant of fur- until the whip was completely ours cent developments which included
dollar diplomacy which it belleved
agreed to a motion by Mr. Baldwin ther guarantees to the Govern-of eight, this occurring only a the proposal to abolish the Direc-
was endangering America's már
Athens, June 27.
voting to the ex-Speaker, the Right ment. of Poland in connexion with few minutes after we had abandone- tor-Generalship at Peking, and to
kete." "We cannot match, a már bour has accepted the Govern of £4,000,
The General Federation of La- Hon. J. H. Whitley, an annuity the evacuation of the Rhineland. ed her. The Hfeboats were allow transfer the Administration to churia, the Foreign Secretary or German salteman with a smile. pace dispute, and has nominated the flouse rejected an official La-ly stated that this country could them tall which
Reviewing the situation In Man-ine with a musket against a British bouts offer to mediate in the to- Pror to accepting this motion, that the Government had repeated could not see their way to tal Sir Austen Chamberlain, replied, ed to drift away as the juncme Nanking
stated that the recent develop-. Nanking Warned.
ments were being very closely foreign polley had "made, us the will examine the workers' claime. J. E. Clynes, to make the pension increase the obligations, which it anticipated held off and we took: It declared that the Republican's delegates to a Committee which bour amendment, moved by Mr. not give further guarantees of orThe squall which the fishermen The Foreign Secretary also re- Chang Hsueh-liang, the son of most distrusted and unpopular It is believed that the end of 21,000,000
watched. On June 20th, General ferred at some length to the Salt Marshal Chang Teo-lla, who died nation on the globe. Reuters the strike is imminent. Reuter Gabelle, and remarked at Bir (Continued from Page 14.),
American Service.
Manchuria Situation.
**The auc-
con-
THE GREEK TOBACCO STRIKE.
DEFEAT OF A LABOUR AMENDMENT.
vaatamas had taken by the Covenant of the a direct route for Hongkong, a The Liberals supported the Gov- League and the Treaty of Locarno, riving here some sixteen or seven- ernment—Ras
British Wireless