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NEW NATIONALIST NAVAL DOCUMENT ITALIAN REPLY ON MAMMOTH AIRSHIPS STRIKE EXTENSION OLYMPIA MOTOR MISS TOBIN STILL
SENSATION. GOVERNMENT.
STATE COUNCIL OF 16-
· APPOINTED.
LI CHAI-SUM & CHANG HSUEH- LIANG INCLUDED.
U. S. JOURNALIST ARRESTED
IN PARIS.
LIMITATION.
FOLLOWS LINE OF THE
AMERICAN NOTE.
AIR, LAND AND SEA SHOULD ALL BE COVERED.
FOR AMERICA.
FIRST TO BE READY THIRTY MONTHS.
OF UNIQUE DESIGN.
Washington, Oct. 8.
The contract for the construc- tion of the two new American air- ships was formally signed batweon
INEVITABLE.
AUSTRALIAN DISPUTE: DEVELOPS.
SHIP-OWNERS PREPARE TO FIGHT UNIONS.
SHOW.
CARS AT PRICES TO SUIT
EVERY POCKET.
MANY ATTRACTIONS.
TO LEAVE COUNTRY.
Paris, Oct. 9. Harold Horan, head of "Tho Universal News Service," which is n Hearst agency, was arrested nt the door of his office here and TERMS UNACCEPTABLE the Government and the Goodyear OFFICIAL CHALLENGE be keen. inken to Pollee Headquarters in Nanking, Oet, I.
connexion with the Anglo-French As the result of an important) meeting of the Kuomintang Cen-val compromise document pub tral Executive Committee yester-lished by the New York American, day afternoon, the new Nationalist Hearst newspaper.” Government organisation may be regarded as fairly under way.
HISTORIC ELECTIONS.
The Committee met to consider the flames submitted for appoint
ment to the five new Yuan, and the following were unanimously altreed upon, and have offelally promulgated:
been
Chairman of the "Government Council: Marshal Chiang Kai
shek.
Chairman of the Executive Yuan: General Tan Yen-kal.
Chairman of the Legislative Yuan: Mr. Wu Hanmin
Chairman of the Censors (Cón- trol) Yuan: Mr. Taat Yuan-pei.
Company to-day.
A time-limit of 30 months, as Romo, Oct. 8. The Italian reply to the Anglo-been stipulated for the first, and on naval of Afteen months for the second French memorandum limitation, while not approving, dating from the commencement of views, sympathetically any pro- the work. The price was fixed at posals towards the reduction of £1,075.000 for the first dirigible
It is It is understood that Horan armaments.
well-reason- and £490,000 for the second. admitted receiving the documented and restrained, and was handed from Mr. Henret, who was in Parisasies yesterday, thought
bassies yesterday, though the reply will not reach London until Tues- day.
at the material.time.
A
Horan was given the Alternative of being tried for possession of It is made clear at the oulect the stolen document, or of leaving that Haly favours limitation of the He chose botal tonnage rather than reduction France by Thursday.
by classes, and the document the latter course..
elaborates on reasons in support The United States Embassy has of the policy that each country protested against his arrest and should be left free within a fixed tonnage to build the particular treatment. Reuter
classes deemed suitable, to its specific needs for defence.
Chairman of the Judicial Yuan: BOMB EXPLOSION IN
Dr. Wang Chung-hul."
Chairman of the Examination
Yuan: Mr. Tai Chl-ino.
Chiang the Supreme Head.
The C.E.C. also formally passed the draft regulations, published on Saturday, governing tile Legisla tive, Administrative, and Judicial Boards.
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INDIAN TRAIN.
THREE DEAD IN MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT MANMAD.
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In this, the Reply follows much the lines of the American Nole.
are
Excellent Gesture.
Italy is willing to accept an the her armaments any limit of figures, however low, provided they not exceeded by any other Power in Continental Europe..
The Reply also insists upon the ASSASSINATION PLOT? inter-dependence of the limitation of land, sea and air armaments and the extension of the limitation of the air armaments of all countries.
The appointment of Marshal
Kai-shek
Chair- Chiang
Benibay, Oct. 8, man of tho Government Coun-
Three passengers were killed dll is tartamount
his und eight seriously injured as the olection as the President of the result of an explosion on a train Republic, though this is not his bound from Allahabad to Bombay. official title. He is, however, the The affair is most mysterious and
leader uf acknowledgod
the the Police are investigating.
The government.
President's Powers.
occurred
Wing Cooperation.
It appears from the specific tious that the giant dirigibles will be the biggest in the world. The
"TELEGRAPH" PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT.
Order Early to Avold Disappointment.
We regret that we cannot comply with 'many requests re- ceived for additional copies of last Saturday's Telegraph, con- taining the spectal art Ple- torial Supplement.
As alrendy announced, thin will be a regular feature every Saturday, and we repeat the advice last week, that early or- dering of the paper containing the Supplement is advisable.
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NOT TRACED.
INCREASED ANXIETY BEING FELT:
CHINESE OFFICIAL'S PROMISE WORTH NOTHING."
London, Oct 8 The Mator Exhibition opens at Olympia on Thursday. All rä- tions will be represented by 'cara, and the competition promises to
SEARCH CONTINUES. A feature of the Show promises to be the light six-cylinder ent, News to hand from. Wuchow Melbourne, Oct. 8. An extension of the dock work which passed the novice stage shows that fears: for the safety of and in which Miss Tobin, the lady missionary ers ariko now appeara inevitable, year or twa ngo, the Waterside Workers leaders wonderful results have been stan-who was taken captive by bandits have strongly pressed for support dardised. Values, It is stated, last month, are increasing.
It is now disclosed. that the from other transpert workers. will be unprecedented, and there
Yielding to the pressure, the will be a car to suit every pocket. Tanghsien oficial who promised The increasing army of owner-the captive's release, by the 3rd Central Strike Committee has de- cided to request all cartors and drivers and owner-mechanics will instant knows absolutely nothing drivers not to transport goods, find a remarkable advance in of Miss Tobin's whereabouts and which ultimately will be handled by things which minister to comfort. that his promise was worth noth- the volunteer workers at the docks. Whether they prefer the all-metal ing. The cariers are likely to agree.
saloon body or the fabric sort,
As far as can be ascertained, the It has also been decided that all both types have been made still band which captured Miss, Tobin veasels calling at Albany shall be
more competitive and attractive. has not even been located. Fur- An interesting part of the Showthermore, there appears to have declared "Black."
will be various kinds of safely been no communication from the ginsa which will in time, it is ex-brigands, either to the officials or pected, be an indispensable acces- to the missionaries, as to ransom. The ship-owners are also develop-sory of the car-British Wireless. ing their plan of campaign, it hav
Employers Counter-Move.
ing been stated this morning that they are preparing a plan for the permanent retention of the volun- teers workers, hoping by thin means to abolish "pin-prick hold upa"s well as the more serious hold-ups.
It seems probable that a Volun teer Federation will shortly be formed for the purpose of combat. ting the intimidation tactics of the Unions.
"Gage of Baltle."
Wo throw down the gaze of-bat- tle," cried Mr. Bruce dealing with
It w
AUSTRALIAN AIR
FORCE.
REPLY TO BRITISH AIR MARSHAL'S CRITICISM,
A Long Sllence. No word whatever has been heard from Miss Tobin since she disappeared on the evening of September 18th,
[GOVERNMENT ACTING. river some 120 li to Lan Shul
to
Inasmuch as the Tanghsien off- cial's word has not been kept, the Chluping magistrate has taken the liberty of going over the border of his district. Ho left some ten days ago with a guard of ten rifles on a small boat, intending to go down then Inland Lu Pu and Wellington, Oct. 8. so on to San Tsong, near the bor or ILETISIMETEUNESSE A MODERATORRIZAT
Interviewed by Renter's corres- der of the three separato districts; Moreover, the Chiuping magis- difference in price, i ropresented the shipping dispute in a speech poudent at Auckland with regard by the necessity for special con-at Dandenong, outlining the gen-to Sir John Salmond's report on trate has reported that his millio struction sheds, which will be eral policy in preparation for the the Australian Air Force, Major has been in the Tengslen terri
General Sir William Glasgow, the tory, where they had reason to available for the second without general election in November.
He declared that the Govern-Defence Minleter of the Austra-think Miss Tobin was hoid captive, The Note reaffirms Italy's de-additional cost.
tent was determined to put down lan Federal Government, said the but the Tenghsion militia had do termination to coopérate in any
Government A unique feature of the new the Insidious, disruptive forces Australian
hadmanded their withdrawal, as it at measures which make of the dirigibles, will be a hangar in and to uphold the unity of the already authorised the replace would mean "loss of face" to them Manmad, an important junction, limitation of armaments an inside the hulls for the housing of Empire and the supremacy of the ment of obsolete machines, and were the captive to be recovered some way from Bombay. A terri-strument for the furthering of the the five acouting planos. Each
aimed at making the Australian by others than themselves. His correct title according to the fic explosion occurred, the carriage causalidation and reconstruction dirigible will have a gas capacity
Air Force efficient in every of 6,500,000, cuble feet, greatly Election Programme.
respect. Organic Law just promulgated is from which originated being of Europe. "President of the National Govern-shattered,
In diplomatie circles, the Reply surpassing in size any other air-
In his report, Sir John Salmond It is rumoured that the disaster
Mr. Bruce foreshadowed a more ment." In this capacity, Marshal Chiang represents the National was caused by a bomb which viewed as not giving a categoric ships built, or now being built.teve development we the stated that the Force was serious- forces, in accordance with, Sir Johny limited owing to the obsolete Government in receiving foreign exploded by accident, the plan ofegative to the Anglo-French pro-anywhere in the world.
The lines of the hulls will not Salmond's recommendations and type of Service machines used, diplomats and in officiating, and the carrier being connected, it isposals, although finding them un-
a commentary be disgured by any external alleged, with the arrival of the acceptable, but as panticipating at State functions..
clauses of the Naviuntion' Act as a equipment. As President he is concurrently Simon Commission at Bombay and annotation of the whole pro- curs bearing the engines. These proposed the repeal of the coastal and the entire absence of reserve
will be housed Inside the hull, substitute for tariff protection for
He also expressed the view that the commander-in-chief of land, It is said that the bomb was being
thus reducing resistance and vessels complying with Australian the Force was unfit to undertake Laken to Bombay in connexion naval and air forces.
war operations in co-opemtion increasing safety-Reuter's Ameri-tandards of living. It is also decided that the with an assassination plot, but it
can Service.
The Government, he explained with the Army or the Navy, and National Government is to conduct is, of course, impossible to secure
A brief teler"aphic summary of
favoured the expansion of trade he recommended that drastic national affairs through a State (or confirmation.
At first it was reported that Sirthe Halion Note in reference to the
ictween Britain and Australia provement should be one of the Government). Council, of which
Agreement hing
ided by the extended agreement first duties of the Australian
Representations have been made. Marshal Chiang as President of Chettur Sankaran Nair, the chair-Anglo-French the National Government will be man of the ladian Central Com-been received in London. It indi-
fer reciprocal preference. They Government.
Sir John Salmond has drawn to the Chinese authorities impress- would cooperate in Imperial air 'Chairman, All matters which mittee appointed to sit with the entos that in the opinion of the
ahip communication and acquire up a scheme, which he has sub-ing on them the urgency of Miss cannot be settled between two or Siman Commission, and a Member Italian Government
land in the vicinity of Perth mitted, embracing a programme of more Yuan will be referred to the of the Council of State of the question of disarmament should be
on viewed on a broader basis to in- THIRTEEN CONVICTS BURNED whereon to erect a mooring tower, development extending State Council for decision, and all Government of India, was laws promulgated and all man- board the bombed train, but this clude military and air armamenta subsequently proved! in- in addition to naval ones.--Router. dates issued by virtue of the de-was cision of the State Council will be correct, Sir Cheltur arriving in signat by Marshal Chiang and Bombay safely by another train.- counteraigned by the Chairmen of Reuter.
the Ave Yuan.
It is laid down that in the event
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of the President of the Govern-| JAPANESE EMBARGO
ment Council being for any reason unable to discharge his duties, the Chairman of the Executive Yuan, (Gen. Tan Yen-kal) shall act.
New State Council.
The State Council was elected at yesterday's meeting as. follows:
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek (chair- man).
Mr. Wu Han-min.
Gen. Tan Yen-kai.
Dr Wang Chung-hui.
Mr. Tal Chi-tao.
Marshal Feng Yu-helanz. Mr. Sun Fo.
Mr. Chen Ko-fu,
Marshal Yen Hsi-shan. General Li Chung-yen.
· Marshal Li Chal-summ.
Gen. Ho Ying-ching.
General Chang Haueh-liang.
Mr. Lin Sen.
Mr. Chang Chl, and
Gen. Yang Shu-chwang All except Mr. Chang Chỉ have accepted the appointment.
It will be noted that all the Ellans are members of the foderate Wing, while much plea- aure is expressed that Gen, Chang Hsueh-liang, the Manchurian Icwder, has accepted his appoint-
mant-Router.
'ON GOLD.
blem.
Brosder Basis,
Landon. Del. 8.
the whole
ITALY SETTLES THE NANKING AFFAIR
f
NOTES EXCHANGED THIS
MORNING.
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GĦASTLY U.S. PRISON. TRAGEDY.
TO DEATH:
New York, Oct. 8. A ghastly tragedy as the result of an outbreak of fire in an Ohio State Prison is reported from June- Lion City, The blaze commenced in a dormitory housing 270 convicts, and many were trapped before or ganised assistance could be render- ed.
Thirteen incinerated bodies of prisoners have already beef re- covered from the ruins, and it is feared that others may be found..
BANKING INTERESTS SEEK
Shanghai, Oct 0. EARLY REMOVAL.
Dr. C. T. Wang, the Nationallat Tokyo, Oct. B.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and
The convicts concerned in the The Clearing House Economic Investigation Committee has up-the Italian Consul-General, Signor affair werd engaged in a brick- animously passed a resolution Galanti, exchanged Notes this making plant in the Ohio Peniten- favouring the immediate removal morning settling the Nanking Intiary, and they therefore had access
to lighting materials. by the Japanese Government of the gold embarge, which has been cident. The terms of the agree It is believed, that the fire was enforces since 1917.
ment are to be published on Thurs-started as an attempt to escape. Since the committee represents day.
Soven of the prisoners are missing. -Router's American Service,
all the most powerful banking In- It is understood that the Italian terests in Japan it is believed that Minister to China, Signor II. E. D. the resolution will strongly in Vare, is leaving Peking for Nan- fluence the Government in the king on Saturday by rall for the direction of the early removal, of purpose of entering Into negoliu- the embargo,
tlons for a new Sino-Italian Com-
The Tokyo Chamber of Commercial Treaty.---Reuter. morce and similar organisations ni Osaka have also recorded motions 'n favour of the early removal.- Reuter.
AMBASSADORS TO JAPAN,
DEATH OF LARRY SEMON.
AGAINST MODERN
DRESS.
over
The residents of New Guinea period of nine years, which will would be ranted representation cost at least £1,139,000.-Reuter. on the local governing body...
rider.
BOMBAY MILL STRIKE INCIDENT.
GROUP CLOSED DOWN AGAIN AFTER FEW HOURS.
THE OPIUM CONTROL BOARD.
INVITATIONS, TO SELECT MEMBERS.
Magistrate Arrested? News received in Wuchów on Sunday suggested that the Chiu- ping magistrate had been arrested Tenghsien milita at San Taong by the lender of the
The authorities at Wuchow and
Nanning have been most insistent in their demands for effectual ac- tion, and they have even laid down time-limit in which the captive Is to be released,
Tobin's release, especially warn- ing then of the Intense mental strain which she must be under- going, but the authorities do not appear apprehensive of her suffer. ing gross l-usage at the hands of her captors,
Brigand's Story.
Some days ago, two brigands were brought into Chluping city, and from one of them a certain amount of information, although: not very dofinite, was obtained with regard to Misa Tobin and her captors, He stated that he was not with the band that made the cap-i
Geneva, Oct. 8. The Secretary-General of the Bombay, Oct. 8, League of Nations has circularis- It is estimated that about thirtyed the Governments who are par- ture, but that when he last beard per cent. of the cotton mill operaties to the Geneva Oplum Con- of Miss Tobin, two days before he tiven have returned to work in ac-vention of 1025 Inviting them, and himself was capturod, she was the agreement also the United States, to for-with other captives in a barn at. cordance with reached last week between the ward for submission to the Coun- Ku Chau Tsuen, his own nativa. cil of the Lengue the names of village. He had no further in- owners and strikers.
A slight disturbance occurred in two persons satisfying the condt-formation, as his own band had one mill where after returning to tlons laid down by the Convention scattered owing to the search work, the operatives decided that for membership of the Permanent instituted by the militia for Miss they were still dissatisfied with the Central Board of Control of the Tobin. conditions of the agreement be Opium Trafic dweon the employers and men in This step is being taken with a this particular mill;
view to appointing.members at ita The disturbance was quickly session in December. checked, but the mill, together The Board will consist of eight with a few others belonging to the members appointed for five years, militle leaders of a man whose SAJAG KEDUD, closed
down again with re-eligibility for membership. later tri the day, Reuter
EDICT TO MOSLEM WOMEN.
Jerusalem, Oct. 8. By way of a counter blast.to the apread of modernist ideas among US. TREASURY LOAN. local Moslems, the authorities of the Haraines Sherif, the Sacred Area of the Dome of Rock, have issued an edict to the effect that no females be allowed access.to. Now York, Oct. 8,
the sacred precincis unless decent- The death is announced of Larryly clad according to Moslem stan- Semon, the well-known cinema dards. comedian.
CINEMA COMEDIAN PASSES AWAY.
• ISSUE OF $300,000,000 NOW PENDING.
Washington, Oct. 8.
Mr. Andrew Mellon, the Secre tary to the Treasury, announces
--Reuter
FORMER EASTERN
BANKER.
LEAVES LESS 'THAN SEVEN HUNDRED STERLING.
London, Oct. 9. -
Another Story.
Other news was given by the militin leader who brought in the two brigande. He said he had
from leárnod
the Tenghalen.
wife had been captured some time ago by the same band that kid- napped Miss Tobin, with whom she was for a short time kept in the same barn. This woman, who has been ransomed, Bald, Mias Tobin was being well treated, being waited on by the two Chinese girls, daughters of the boatman, who were taken by the brigands at the same time as the British lady missionary,
SIR JOHN TILLEY AND, MR. MacVEAGII RETURN. To-day's Olservatory report
At present, this is all that, is Blates:The typhoon has moved
Tokyo, Oct. 8.
It is also laid down that no the forthcoming issué of $300,000, The late Mr George W. Thom-known of Miss Tobin, and, In the rapidly to the N, E. of Japan. The The British Ambassador, Sir
The deceased, who has not been Moslem men will be permitted 000 4 per cent. Treasury Certi- son, who from 1870 to 1888 was circumstances, it is not surprising anticyclona la central over South John Tilley, and the American Am-seen in recent productions, speci- within the enclosure unless they festes, to provide for matured in the service of the Oriental that her friends are becoming China The forecast till noon to basander, Mr. Charles MacVeagh, imorrow is:-N. E. winds moderate; returned to Tokyo to-day aboard the alised in slapstick, comody wear the tarboush or turban. Liberty Bonds and interest on the Tank in China, and Japan, left only extremely anxious regarding her
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