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YUNNANFU HORRORS ANGLO-AMERICAN EARL BIRKENHEAD HIGHER STANDARD FRONTIER TENSION.
WHOLE FAMILIES BURIED
ALIVE IN RUINS.
EYE-WITNESS'S GRAPHIC STORY OF EXPLOSION HAVOC.
CONSULATE "MIRACLE.”
ACCORD.
NAVAL PLEDGES HAILED IN
WASHINGTON..
A TREMENDOUS STEP.
Washington, July '26.
The pledges of the curtailment of Britain's and America's navles, given by President Hoover and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, are hailed as a happy indication of an approach- ing agreement on the naval dis- armament problem.
WRATHFUL.
LLOYD RESIGNATION „“SCANDAL.”
DEMANDS INVESTIGATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
OF LIVING.
DEMANDS OF THE MINERS' FEDERATION..
GOVERNMENT PLEDGE.
London, July 25. Strong demands for the better- ment of conditions in the mining indiatry were made at the annual conference of the Minera Federa- HEATED DISCUSSION., which is this year being held
at Blackpool.
London, July 25.
Ocials, in Washington express the liveliest satisfaction in the A wrathful attack on the Govern- fact that a remarkable change of ment by Earl Birkenhead, who opinion towards Britain has mani- characterised as scandalous the fested itself in official and politi-events leading up to the resigna en circles almost overnight." tion of Lord Lloyd from the post of of State, described the move as an
Mr. H. L. Stimson, the Secretary | High" Commissioner of Egypt, marked the closing stages of the immense and tremendous step House of Lords' discussion of the towards nuval reduction,
dramatic affair. Amid the chorus of approval,
nate is the voice of Mr. Fred Britten, the chairman of the House Committee, who stigmatises the of Representative Naval Affairs British move as dereit.
The first authentic detailed story of the frightful catastrophe at Yuman-fu recently, when hundreds were killed in the explosion of an explosives' store, comes to hand this morning from an eye-witness of the disaster, the Rev. R. F. Lankester, who played an heroje part in the subsequently heart-practically the only discordant breaking task of rescue.
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Mr. Lankester gives a graphic desciption of the terrible havoc wreaked by the explosion. Over a thousand buildings were razed to the ground, and hundreds of „eople were buried alive.
Miraculous escapes from death were workers digging at the ruins of a house 60 hours after the explosion occurred, found a woman, buried eight feet below, still alive!
The aperch was preceded by much questioning of the Government spikesmen regarding, among other things, the despatch which Mr. Lloyd on July 3rd. Lord Parmour Arthur Henderson sent to Lord
again declined to give details of the Those in close touch with Mr. despatch, stating that a full state many Rescue-Hoover say that the Presidentment would be made in the House of
hopes that one effect of his pro- Commons by Mr. Henderson. nouncement will be to end the Chau- vinistie tulk regarding America and regards as of paramount paycholo Britain, which President Hoover
gical importance.
The British Consulate had an amazing experience The roof was carried' clean away and the inner walls were completely wrecked, but the outer walls were left standing. Contrary to earlier reports, the Consul, Mr. Kirke, escaped injury.
WOMAN BURIED FOR 60 HOURS!
Mr. Lankaster. telling the ef-1 holes in the ground, about 10 feet fects of the explosion, says foreign deep and tweens' broad. ers in the elty had a wonderful es ea, none being injured. The the holes the houses simply did, a radius of 200 yards round Bible Society house was practically not exist. Street and houses destroyed, whilst all that remains of the British Consulate are the outer walls, the roof being carried
were mud heaps.
Further away only the wood n frameworks of the building were away, as well as the exterior walls.standing, and some were just piles At the time of writing, the British Consal and Mr. Kirke were stay. ing in the Church Missionary So. ciety's hospital compound. All the CMS property is intact, except {e for a few braken windows,
It is interesting to note that Mr. and Mrs. Kirke were married recently ..s June 8th. Mrs. Kirke was Formerly a C.M.S. missionary and went through the troubles of 1926 in Nanking, where she was attend in the Language School. She has, therefore, had her share of eseite ment in China.
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1 wooden pillars and beams. Everything was covered with car! and' ilust,
were
Over 1,000 houses dawn, Injured und dead prople were lying in the street, amin tangle of wires, and masses of broken woodwork and tiles.
connexion that General Charles It is interesting to note in this
Dawes, the U.S. Ambassador to Britain, is reported recently to have advised Mr. Stimson that If some- thing could be done to disarm the "super-patriots" pth in Britain and America, a settlement of the disarmament problem would be com- paratively simple.--Reuter's Ameri- cun Service.
WATER STILL FLOWS IN RESERVOIRS
ANOTHER FOUR DAYS" SUPPLY ON ISLAND). '
While little rain was recorded in the reservoir areas yesterday, the streams developed as result of the heavy week-end storms have (not yet exhausted themselves.
In the space of the last twenty- four hours, the reservoirs on the island have benefited to the extent Hends and parts of lies were of 16,000,000 gallons--which is to, be seen on the ground, and four days supply-bringing the people were heard shouting aut total in thai wives and children were gallons. Juried under the fallen mud was, Some of the injured were burnt
from head
storage to 720.000.000
In Kowloon, a gain of 6,600,000 gallus has been recorded in the storage on the mafuland is a little past 24 hours, and the total in
r $14,000,000 gallons.
All-Important?
The conference dec:ced unanim- ottsly to its for the inmedinte repeal of the Eight Hours' Act, and also in favour of steps to secure a higher standard of living for miners, a higher minimum rate of wages and a return to the Na tional Wages Agreement, based on the cost of living, and containing
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uniform minimum percentage guarantee to all grades of workers in the niner.
Conferonce understood that the The official report saya that the Government would honour their hours of the miners, pledges with regard to the working
belleved
that the Labour Government intend
In political circles, it is 10 restore the seven-hour day by easy stages. The plan. It is belloved, is to bring in a seven and a half
time that the Eight Hour Act ex- hour day by the end of this year. and the seven-hour day at about the
"change of procedure" mentioned by Earl Reading said that the
Lord Parmoor in regard to the Gov-pires. ernment's treatment of Egypt's
PRINCIPLE OF NAVAL PARITY.
Absolute Equality In All Categories.
AMERICAN DEFINITION,
Washington, July 25. Col. Stimson, the Secretary of State, defining the principle of naval parity as between Britain and the United States, and agreed upon by Mr. Ram- say MacDonald and General Dawes, sald to-day that it meant absolute equality of the fighting strength of the Anglo- American fleets, applying to all categories of ships.
Mr. Stimнon snid the doctrine of parity was # doctrine not of war, but of atateamanship. Its immediate purpose was to prevent two
vles building against each ther, and to effect instend, a reduction in their respective strengths-Revier's American
Service.
JOANELOREMEDIENOS DESTINACISTERNATESTADUAISESO
Explosives Brought In.
to Jet, and their In his story of
the tisas clothes had her burnt off them ter
Mr. Lankaster. *
says by the task of the explosion. There had for Some Time heen the grace of Providence, no fire commours of an attack on the city had broken out. by Chinese troops, and because of De fear that the supply of ex plusives night fall into the hands of the enemy, the local military brought all the gunpowder, usually seriously injured ones to the hos stored outside, into the city. The pital. Unfortunately it was very IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Dominions had been fully taken in-
intention was
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Child's Escape.
We dressed the less serious. cuses on the spot, and sent the
CREDITS FOR TRADE WITH RUSSIA?
to store it
incult to to get transport. While
IN THE COMMONS.
magazins on the top of a hill near attending one case people begged the North Gate,
The gunpowder was brought in by ox carts, but it was found that the carts could not take up the hill. Consequently, several thou sand pounds of the explosive were stored in a Guild building, penc ing removal by coolles,
The exploriver had been lying in the building, for two or three days when, owing to an accident. they exploded at 2 am on the 11th instant. Continuing lis story, Mr. Lankaaler says:
Tremendous Exploxim.
At our house outside the South Gate, we heard a tremendous ban, and a small box was blown off the window sill, on to the floor. I
· thought at first that it was a flash of lightning that had struck just near our house, but on looking out of the window I saw a huge cloud of smoke and dust rising into the air, just like an enormous tree, quite synimetrical.
us on all sides to go and see others. the people seemed stupified, and shouts and tears seemed te stop,
internal affairs "might be all-im- portant"
Baron 'Passfeld' replied to Lord Rending
said lint the
Meanwhile, the Government is In-
SINO-SOVIET RUPTURE
DEVELOPMENTS.
SITUATION AGAIN TAKES ON OMINOUS AIR.
NANKING PERTURBED.
After days of comparative peace, the situation as between Russia and China, is reported to have become once again critical. High tension lins developed on the Manchurian frontier, and a Nanking cable states that there are rumours of a serious clash,
General Chang Hsuch-Hang announces that his forces are digging trenches in readiness for a Soviet attack, while Soviet troops are strengthening their defences at Manchuli and along the Suifenho River.
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A Chinese reoort states that the Moscow Government has ordered the mobilisation of all Russians in the Far East between' the ages of 21 and 45,'
Meanwhile, as a result of the recent Moscow call, labour troubles have started in Shanghai. The Waterworks is meet- ing a strike by filling the vacancies with Russian workers.
vestigating the conditions of the COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN SHANGHAÍ.
industry and is making plans for reorganisation.-Renter.
THE POPE NO LONGER A PRISONER.
BRILLIANT CEREMONY IN VATICAN CITY.
Nanking, July 26,
BERLIN DENIALS.
Some alarm is felt in Nanking
No Negotiation Steps Taken, this morning. It is reported that; last night news was received from
Berlin, July 26. The Soviet Embassy in Berlin Manchuria to the effect that a sud-denies the report, emanating from den turn for the worse had taken Shanghai, that fi has been nego- place on the Soviet-Chinese frontiertation with the Chinese Legation
in Berlin. and that a tense situation now ex-|
Vatican City, July 25. Acclaimed by hundreds of thou-Ists. sands of people, His Eminence the Pope this evening issued from
Rumours are in circulation that
the Vatican into St. "Peter's a serious clash has occurred, but no Square, thus ending the tradifion facts are forthcoming from official that the Pontiffs must be prisonera In their palaces, which has lasted since 1870.
Pope Pius was carried on platform on the shoulders of twelve crimson-clad atten Jants, and was surrounded by nis gor geous court.
The colourful procession 1..ade a complete elreuit of the square, after which the Pope descended in front of St. Peters where an altar had been erected, and gave the Kneeling maltitudes the Apostolic
Benediction-Reuter.
FRENCH PREMIER'S
HEALTH.
NOT SO SATISFACTORY AS EXPECTED.
circles..
The possibility of a declaration officials discount the reports. of war has again been raised, but
Russinn Mobilisation.
Shanghai, July 26. According to a Chinese source,
the Soviet Government has issued
The Embassy has issued an official statement In which is saya that since the Russo-Chinese rup- ture, it has never been in touch
with the Chinese Minister.
Meanwhile, the German Foreign Office denies the further roporta that Germany has been asked to mediate between Russia and China. It is stated that direct negotiations jare pending.-Reuter.
Embassy Leaves Moscow.
Moscow, July 25. The Chinese Embassy nt
an order for the conscription of Moscow, hended by the Charge Russians in Soviet-controlled terri. D'Alaires, Mr. Sia Wel-sung, left torics İz the Far East. All Moscow to-day after handing over Russians between the age of 21 the custody of Chinese affairs to and 45 will be required to enlist.
the German Embassy. The
Soviet Truculence,
General Chang Hauch-Jiang, head Chinese Emimony ataff has gone to of the Manchurina Government,
Finland.-Reuter. reports that his troops are digging frenches in readiness for a Soviet attnek, while the Soviet troops are understood to be mussing Manchuli
A Strike Threat.
near
Russians, not with White Russians, and truculent attitude London, July 25,
Lain.
to the confidence of the Government
Paris, July 26. As regards the negotiations in pro-
It is rumoured that the health of gress between Egypt and great Bri-M. Poincare is less satisfactory An interesting announcement "Viscount Brentford (formerly than might be expected from the or perhaps it was one did not concerning British trade notice them.
with Sir William Joynson-licks) who recent medical report. Russia was maßle in the House of said that Lord Lloyd fully enjoyed I will be recalled that a week Commons to-day when Mr. W the confidence of the Inte Govern- ago M. Poincare was reported to Graham, the President of the ment, asked with whom the ne-be suffering from a slight tempera- Board of Trade, answering &gotiations were being undertaken, ture, due to overwork following his question, suûd that as part of the Baron Passfield: With the Gov-14-hour speech on War Debts. His Lord Privy Seal's employment ernment of Egypt. They are not doctors then ordered him a rest. policy, the overament had decid- } yet complete.
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In one place, we saw a slight movement of the earth and on digging with my hunds 1 found'a child's hand, and the mule was still heating, so we went on scraping,
After a while we got the child's mother out: she was dend, but the child whom she was sheltering was alive, and prnetically uninjured,
Under them we came across the grandmother also alive.
Relief Efforts,
Later we went back to the hos- pital and worked there until all were treated who had been brought in. The burnt cases were terrible and took a long time to dress.
Then I arranged for the Provin eial Committee of the International
One realised at once that some Famine Retief Association to meet terrible dismuter had overtaken
that part of the city. We thought
next morning.
I forget when I got to sleep,
ed that the Advisory Committee Earl Birkehead then rose, and, established by the Aets governing at the outset, he characterized the the Exports Credits Cuarantee attitude of the Government as Scheme, sluuld be free as from scandalous, indecorous and unpre- August 1st to consider applica-ccdented. tions in respect of transactions with Russia.--Reuter,
Ú. S. AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE.
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SENATOR WALTER EDGE IS APPOINTED.
Washington, July 25. Senator Walter Edge, of New (as forecast in the
it was probably due to some act of but early next morning 1 went out Jersey,
the
Lord Brikenbend's Attack,
Earl Birkenhead particularly criticised the fact that Mr. Hen derson's telegram of July 3rd. to Lord Lloyd had not been obtained from the Foreign Oleo.
Baron Pannfield, intervening, said that there were certain matters which could not be produced in the publte interest.
Pivot of the Story, Earl Birkenhond retorted that this telegram was the pivot of the resignation story. It was the duty,
The enemy, who were supposed to with Mr.. Peng the Cantonese Telegraph on Monday) has been of Parliament, he adited, to investi- be attacking the city, but now It Engineer of the LF.R.A. and we appointed American Ambassador gate the circumstances of the re- seems it was an accident. I went made a out at once with Dr. Yew, and we of the damage done,
preliminary investigation to France in succession to the late signation. took dressings with us, Dr. Hsueh
Mr. Myron Herrick.
He suggested that formal negozia- When the "Committee met we waiting in the hospital to receive voted a sum
Senator Edge, as a Member of tions were actually proceding be- of $10,000 to any cases that might arrive. Local Benevolent Society for im- the Senate Fluanco Committee, is tween the Government and high helping to frame the new Tariff personages representing Egypt, mediate relief in the way of food, Measure.
without Lord Lloyd being informed, and a further grant of $100,000
He will take up his new duties and he asked if the negotiations for future relief. Also wo ranged for sly of us, the Y.M.C.A. Extra Session of Congress.--Hament being Informed. He hoped in Paris at the end of the present were to be concluded without Par- (Continued on Page 12.)
'Reuter's American Service.
(Continued on Page 7.)
Terrible Sight,
On arrival at the scene of the dianater a terrible sight met our eyes. There were three enormous
ar-
Reuter.
VENUE OF PARLEY ON REPARATIONS.
BELGIUM NOW DISSENTING COUNTRY.
Paris, July 25.
It is stated semi-officially that all the Powers concerned in the "Final Reparations Conference" with the exception of Belgium have agreed to The Hague as the venue.
Belgium's acceptance is now being sollelted--Reuter,
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Nanking, July 25. Official circles are more pessimi-. |stic-to-day regarding the prospect of a settlement of the Sino-Russian dispute. It is stated that the Following the threatened strike Government has almost given up of Russian workers on the C.E.R.hope of effecting an amicable the Harbin authorities have de.settlement of the trouble over the cided to replace the dismissed C.E.R. on account of the "absurd
of the
Russian soldiers at Sulfenho are The Chinese Charge D'Affaires continuing the fortification of the In.Moscow has left for Finland on district, adds General Chang. He the instructions of Dr. C. T. Wang. also states that a number of British, French and United States officials have arrived at Harbin to obtain first hand Information re- garding the real situation in the; frontiers.
but with Chinese employees. Soviet Government."
SHANGHAI FEARS.
Communist Activity Being Manifested.
Shanghai, July 28. Shanghai is already experien
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DIRECT METHOD.
China Planning to Send Mr. Chu Shao-yang.
Nanking, July 25, Dr. C. T. Wang to-day stated. that, if all goes well, Mr. Chu` Shao-yang will leave for Russia during the week-end to open direct negotiations for a settlement of the Railway Dispute.
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China's Attitude.
Shanghai, July 25.
He denies that offers of media- cing the effects of the announce tion have been received from any ment from Moscow, published a of the Pówers.. day or two ago, calling on Com- munista generally to crento dia- turbances and to call strikes for August 11.
In an interview with the Press There are ominous indieations Dr. C. T. Wang stated that. China that labour troubles are brewing. was willing and prepared im The signs began, to show them-mediately to launch negotiations selves "early this morning when with the Soviet to bring nhout a four hundred workers at the In-settlement of the Chinese Eastern ternational Waterworks went on Railway issues, following the re- strike, demanding the reinstate- ceipt of word from Moscow.. ment of several recently discharg- China was quite willing to ac
cedo to the Soviet's reported wiɛ'z The action of the trouble-makers to settle issues by direct negotin-- follows an increase of wagestion instead of through the medin- granted only on Wednesday, tion of a third party.
The service will not be serious- The Fordign Minister indicated ly affected as the places of the that he thought it was likely that strikers have been filled by an negotiations would take place in emergency crew of Russians, Moscow rather than in Harbin which has been specially trained and he was optimistic that it and hold in reserve. Our Own would solve the dispute. Correspondent.
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PARIS COMMUNIST· ROUND-UP.
ed,
OVER A BUNDRED ARRESTS MADE.
Paris, July 25. The total number of arrests made in the recent round-up of Comman- ists is stated to be 101-Reuter
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