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BY, PREMIER.
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· BRITISH AIRMAN DOES OVER 355 M.P.H.
MAGNIFICENT FEAT IN POOR
FLYING CONDITIONS.
ANGLO-AMERICAN NAVAL DIFFICULTIES.
# LAW WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1929.
"OPTIMISTIC TO END."
London, Sept. 10.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald,address- ing his constituents at Seaham Har. bour for the first time since his
General Election triumph, ridiculed the report appearing in the Even- ing Standard, a Conservative jour-
- The Premier lengthily reviewed the Labour Party's policy. "He said that the issue facing the Govern- ment at the Hague was not a mere matter of £2,400,000, but the more important question of fair play and respect for Britain's rights.
smash the world's air speed record | said at Geneva. were attended by brilliant success. Twice in the course of the day the record, act by Flying Officer Waghorn in the Schneider Trophy Contest, was beaten, the final standing record being credited to Squadron-Leader Orlebar with an average speed of 355.8 miles an hour?
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MARINE ENQUIRY DR. C. C. WU ON BANDITS KIDNAP
REHEARING. ·
MR. BECKS' CASE AGAIN INVESTIGATED.
PREVIOUS FINDING WAS
NOT LEGAL.
“BIG NAVY" JUDGES.pany, which runs a fleet of cargo THE SAME SENTENCE
PEACE OF WORLD.
VEILED REFERENCE TO THE "UNEQUAL TREATIES.
REQUEST TO LEAGUE.
Geneva, Sept. 10.
GERMANS.
RAID ON MISSIONARY BUNGALOWS.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN BOUND" WITH ROPES.
The affair has created.
New York; Sept 10.
The most interesting feature of An extraordinary action has been
to-day's sitting of the League brought in the Federal Court by
Assembly was a speech by Dr. the United States Navigation. Com-
C. C. Wu, Chinese Minister in Washington and China's principal TERRIFIC LAP BURSTS.
delegate at the Assembly, who,
AMERICANS' ESCAPE. steamers between New York and
without specific reference to the Washington, Sept. 2. Europe, and which is asking for an A Court of Enquiry assembled so-called unequal treaties; pleaded Lap speeds of over 360 miles an
Swatow, Sopt. 10, to President Hoover, speaking with injunction prevent thirteen at the Harbour Office this morn-their revision by invoking greater There is so dar ho news of the hour were achieved by Squadron-nal, alleging that the Labour all the authority and dignity of his British Transatlantic steamship ing to re-investigate the circum- use of Article 19 of the Covenant. release of the three members of Leader Orlebar at Calshot yester | Cabinet was facing a split on some great office, to-day declared, that. lines, "including the: Cunard Line stances under which Mr. W. C. C.posed the appointment of a comand a Swiss), who were taken by Dr. C. C. Wu, at the outset, pro- the Basel Mission (two Germans. day, when British attempts to thing which Mr. Henderson had the naval scandal created by the and the White Star Line, from Becks, formerly chief officer of the mittee to consider the best means bandits recently. M
Shearer allegations must be "sifted "conspiring to restrain the foreign sa. Kwong Fook Cheong, missed of making more effective the
commerce of the United States." his ship on the evening of August Article referred to, which em sensation in missionary circles, to the bottom,"
The President" expressed very The defendant companies are to 2 when it sailed for Kongncon, powers the Assembly of the strong views regarding the dis- be charged under the Sherman The re-hearing was granted on League to advise reconsideration, for, apart from the treatment closures and said that the fullest Anti-Trust Act with coercing a point of law on the previous by Members of the League meted out to the captured men, investigation was demanded as the shippers by refusing to carry ship Court's finding.
Treaties which have become in the ladies of the three families. use of unscrupulous" propaganda toments at contract rates for any That Court decided that Mr. applicable, and the consideration were tied with rope by their necks thwart the Government naval who give business to the plaintiffs. Becks was guilty of an act of or international conditions, whose limitation programme "is so ob The plaintiffs give as an in-misconduct and his certificate was continuation might be regarded as viously evident."
stance the case of the Standard Oil suspended for three months, but endangering the peace of the
The three men were taken away. from their families at dawn one Company of New Jersey, which was the law requires misconduct toworld, forced last year to disregard a be "gross" misconduct before, a Chao-chu Wu, as he is known in morning at their hill station certificate can be suspended and Europe, said that China consider about nine miles above the city the omission of that word, coupleded that the removal of anything of Kayingchow (now called Mol with the penalty Imposed, render-which might cause complications|yen). ed the finding bad in law.
in any part of the world deserved This morning Mr. Becks was as much attention from the represented by Mr. J. T. Prtor and Assembly as methods for the Capt. W. Perritt (Master) con-actual prevention of War. ducted his own case. Evidence Article Nineteen ought not to -Was re-beard and additional be allowed to rust through disuse, evidence was called for the de-suid Dr. Wu, adding his opinion fence, and the Court found that that the appointment of the com- Mr. Becks had been guilty of mittee desired would be a great "gross misconduct" and ordered contribution to that his certificate be suspended Peace, Reuter, for three months.
Prior to Orlebar's magnificent Stainforth effort, Flight-Lieut. "took up the Gloster-Napier ma- chine which did not compete in the Schneider Contest, and completing five fights across the measured course, returned an average speed of 886.8 miles an hour, only eight miles better than Waghorn's effort over a distance of over 200 miles,
When Orlebar went up, however,
it was soon seen that records were to be smashed. He did the Arst
He expressed optimism regarding the outcome of the Anglo-American naval discussions, saying that he did not think the difficulties which
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Senate Committee. Simultaneously with thean- had arisen were going to beat mennouncement of President Hoover's of goodwill and sincere purpose.views at the White House, the Naval It ought clearly to be stated that Affairs Committee of the Senate. Great Britain was not making an decided to investigate the activities alliance with the United States. The the powerful shipbuilding coma- American was much too wise to make a European Alliance unless In the form of an agreement to use moral influences and establish peace.
Political and diplomatís crofes "I shall be optimistic to the end. in Washington, however, are cyni which is certainly not in sight."cally amused at the prospect of Mr. Shearer being brought to book by the Naval Affairs Committee of the the Senate.
Renter:
lap at 868.8 miles an hour, and LIDO MOTOR-BOAT
might have kept this up but for
poor visibility.
The best foreign record is credit-
ed to Major Bernhardi (Italy) who
flew at 318 m.p.h, in a Macchi.
Four Laps, Average.
London, Sept. 10.
SPEED RACE.
THREE NATIONS IN GREAT CONTEST.
panes in connexion with the Geneva Disarmament Conference of 1927 which Mr. Shearer states quite openly he helped to disrupt.
n
HANKOW PROPERTY DISPUTE
Be Negotiated - Through
Official Channela,
NO RESISTANCE OFFERED.
Hankow, Sept. 11
No further action has been taken by the Wuhan Municipal- ity with regard to Misra. But terfield and Swire property
Apparently, yesterday's pro-."" cedure (demolition of the roofs of the transit-aheds) was a test to see whether the firm would offer any resistance, but no resistance. was forthcoming. It is understood that the matter will now be negotiated through official channels. Reu -
Mr. Shearer's “Judges.”. •. ' Both the chairman, Mr. Fred Hale, who is a Republican, and the lender of the Democratic mer Mr. Swanson, of Virginia themselves whole-hearted Navy-ites" and if they had nothings at all to do with Mr. Shearer é acá tivities, and, of course, it is not
pularly supposed that they are like- ly to get very indignant with Mr. Shearer,
It will be recalled; for instance, were among the men who success- that Mr. Hale and Mr. Swanson BARIKI ZECI fully fought President Coolidge's cruiser suspension plan, while Mr Hale recently suggested that America would construct the whole
It is announced that in to-day's "SEGRAVE'S PROSPECT: alleged that they had, It is not po
attempts on the air speed record at Calshot, Squadron-Leader Orle- bar returned an average speed for four laps of 355.8 miles an hour, beating the record of the Italian, Major de Bernhardi, by over 37 miles an hour.
Flight-Lieutenant Stainforth re- turned an average spead of 336.3. miles an hour.
London, Sept. 10. Sir Henry Segrave, the world famous racing motorist, has arrived at Venice where to pro- poses to take part in a. great motor-boat speed contest off the Lido.
He has with him two boats, the
"Miss England and the "Miss Orlebar flew the Supermarine London." It was with the Miss Rolls-Royce S-6 in which Flying England" that he defeated Com Officer Waghorn won the Schnel-modore Garwood, the American der Trophy, while Stainforth flew the Gloster-Napier Six, which was specially designed for the race but
which did not compete.
Unfavourable Conditions,
apced boat champion at Miami, Florida, early this year.
Commodore Garwood is also
competing at Venice. "The Amert can has a new motorboat which
is an unknown guntity, but its power is admitted to be very The conditions over the Solent much greater than that of "Miss were very unfavourable to high England.”
proper conditions.
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of the fifteen cruisers recently au- thorised, crediting this decision in accurately to the President,
Borah on Warpath, Nevertheless, Mr. Hale is credited with a desire to summon before the
Committee not only Mr. Shearer, but the representatives of the ship-
building companies and the high naval officers against whom Mr. Shearer has made allegations of complicity. speed flying, and Squadron-Leader The Italian boat "Italia" which
In any event, Senator Borah will Orlebar la confident that he can has
demand investigation by the engines, developing over beat his own record by at least 3,000 horse-power compared with Foreign Affairs Committee of fifteen miles an hour in the same the 950 hp. of the "Miss Engand," which he is the chairman, if he is machine provided he is given the is also an unknown quantity. dissatisfied with the handling of Before leaving England, Sir the affair by the Naval Affairs.
Committee. The dificulty to-day was bad Henry Segrave said that the The initiation of the investigation visibility which made the attempts "Miss England" was of modest not only difficult but dangerous power compared with her rivals is regarded in some quarters as a
clover move to and the pilots were hard put to but she had already done speeds Senate's acquiescenco
influence the it to keep a straight course.
of more than 80 miles an hour
naval agreement with Great Nevertheless, Squadron-Lender and her cornering owing to her Britain.
twin rudders Vas very Orlebar, who is the leader of the Power
12.3 not everything. British High Speed Flight at British Wirdesa, · Calshot, did the first lap at 368.8 m.ph and the third lap at 365.5 m.p.h.
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He will, therefore, attempt to better his record at the earliest possible moment. It is probable that the attempt will be made on Thursday morning.
Steinforth was the first to make the attempt. Ho took the Gloster- Napier five times over the course,
which was of three kilometres.
A New Engine.
fast.
PALESTINE POLICE
ter
customer's instruction to ship by the United States Navigation Company.
The complaint says that the u. S. Navigation Company carries under five per cent of the general cargo from the North Atlantic to United Kingdom ports and the defendants are attempting to eliminate even that.
Enquiries in British shipping circlés ellett the view that the action is not regarded very seriously-Reuter's American Ser-
vice.
NEW RRITORIES
FIRE
CHINESE BADLY. BURNED WHEN RENDERING HELP.
The following wore members of
and the little children also bound
"P
Communists Active.
The city named is the political
and cultural centre of the Hakka
country, and for some time now the country both to the north and south of it has been honeycombed with Communist cells, the mem- Internationalbers of which have in various
parts broken out, into open and.. vigorous activity, any
In spite of the generally un- favourable state of the country--
the Court-President, Comman M.C.C. AUSTRALIAN side, the members of the Basel
der the Hon. Mr. G. F. Hole, R.N., Lieut. Commander L. G. Adding ton; R.N. (HMS." Tamar), Capt." G. Mathews (Mau Sang), Capt. A Campbell (Sai.On) and Capt, A. H. Brown (Kwong Tung).
TOURISTS.
Mission, decided to follow their usual practice and go to their bungalows in the hill station.
HUGE SCORE IN MATCH AT They were encouraged to do so
SCARBOROUGH
FIRST-RATE BATTING,
by the more favourable view which the new magistrate of Kayingchow took of the situation, as contrasted with the opinion of
predecessor...
Houses" Attacked.
Captain Wm. Perritt, master of the Kwong Rock Cheong, said that after the vessel left Hongkong at 6.46 on the evong of August 2, (Friday), he discovered that Mr. Becks was not on board. The ship
London, Sept. 10. roturned to Hongkong shortly after
The powerful batting qualities They had been up there for a midnight on the following Sunday of the England team which toured fortnight or so when suddenly an During the voyage witness had to do Australia under the captaincy of attack was made on their houses Mr. Becks' work and he was after Mr. A. P. C. Chapman last winter at dawn: Shots were fired, but warda summoned before the Marine and defeated the Australians in no-one was injured Magistrate and fined $15 for leaving four of the five Tests, wan effec However, the houses were loot- port, without a full complement of tively demonstrated at Scared, and after the men had been officers on board. dan
borough 'over the week-end, when carried off, the women and Mr. Prior: Mr. Becks re-joined Lord Hawke's XI met the MC.C. children were left behind, bound his ship as soon as he could, that Australian tourists.
in the manner already described. is when it arrived back on the 4th? The match was drawn after "Members of the American Mr. Becks was lying dead drunk three days of cricket in which Baptist Mission at the same time on the deck of the On Lee..
1,143 runs were scored for the had, a narrów - escape and a The President: You saw him? loss of 23 wickets, but the finish sufficiently thrilling experience. Yes. Mr. Prior-How do you know he was all in favour of the represen- They had gons up to the bills only two days before. The was drunk?--I smelt it.
Arthur Chapman's team batted How long has Mr. Becks been first and they compiled the hinge party consisted of the veteran under you?From July until total of 553 runs for 5 wickets missionary, Mrs. Campbell, her August-2.
(declared). The runs did not two daughters who are in the come from Sutcliffe and Hammond, same Mission, her son-in-law, Mr. the raost prolific scorers in Aus- Birkett, and Miss Bobm. tralia, but from Medd: "and" Hendren, whose splendid partner- ship made the declaration possible. On the second morning after Mead hit 283 runs in great style, their arrival, they were awakened and Hendren complied his highest by the firing of the bandits on present season, the houses of the German mlaston- score of the making 156.
aries. Mr. Birkett, realising that Lord Hawke a XI were dismiss It was a serious situation, urged
Did you find him a competent officer?--I did not.
yourt
Further, Destinis. When a were fined $15 did you instruct Mr. Strellett that Mr. Becks was a fully qualified officer and you had good reason to depend on him? I did not say anything of the kind. I had reason to depend titling him to the job.
tative team.
in Bushes
In any outbreak of -fire at Kowloon Hang him because he had a ticket on-ed for 319 (R. E. S. Wyatt, 105 the party to hide, and In the fog
S. Staples, b for 113) and
ECONOMIC PARLEYS.
The ladles knew the danger of the men's being kidnapped to be greater than their own, and sant Mr. Birkett off soparately. He was able to remain hidden until: danger was pasting
A serious casualty followed the
village, in the district of Talpo,
Did you instruct Mr. Strellett following-on, hit up 271 for the and drizzle of the early morning New Territories, on Monday, when that from the day he joined the vee loss of 8 wickets, of which Staples they went, scantily clad, on to the At the close of hillside, hiding in clumps of a Chinese was removed to hospital sel he was very conscientious with took 6 for 76. Company's Statement.
in a critical condition resulting his duty and did his work very thor play, they were only 37 runs on bushes. Mr. E. G. Grace, the president of from severe burns
with two wickets to fall-Reuter. oughly-I did not. the Bethlethem Steel Corporation, In a somewhat belated report is-1. Answering other questions, Capt. admits that Mr. Shearer was ensued by the police this morning, It Perritt said that he saw Mr. Becks gaged by his organisation as "ob was stated that, in asisting to put on the deck of the On Lee shortly server" at the Geneva Conference out a fire whier had broken out in after midnight (Aug. 4.) Mr. Becks of 1927, but says that his services one of the housesgn the village, Lee wee saleeping B were discontinued when it was dis- Sam (82) was beverely burnt about covered that he was a propagandist. the lege, hands and the right side of Publicity was given to the alleged his face, and was subsequently con- "scandal'when Mr. Shearer veyed to the Howloon Hospital in 2, brought an action against three im- serious condition, portant ship-building companies,
The fire was not checked, but con- been recruited in London for police
A hundred young men, who have claiming G3257,655 for payment for tinued to burn until the whole build
hla activities at Washington, service in Palestine, leave to-mor-Geneva, and elsewhere in connexioning was razed to the ground.
FORCE.
HUNDRED YOUNG RECRUITS FROM ENGLAND.
London, Sept. 10,
with naval armaments. Hè declares
row morning to take up their duties. that he was employed by them to Orlebar, the Supermarine Rolls-existing Police Force.
cristing poles or to augment the "crab American disarmament, KWEICHÓW FIGHTING. evidence was not admissible and the Royce S-6 having been fitted with The bulk of the men are under Reuter's American Service.
a new engihe since the Schneider 25 years of age, and 76 per cent of Trophy, Raca, took her up and them, have recently left the forces. made four splendid fights over the The great majority have served in the Brigade of Guards,British
NANKING NOMINEE GAINING THE DAY.
Later, a stray sentry came on GENEVA ACCEPTS FRENCH
Mrs. Campbell, and as her. RESOLUTIONS,⠀⠀⠀
daughters heard his rough orders London, Sept. 10. to their mother they came out of The League Assembly to-day their hiding place and claimed adopted two French resolutions, the kinder treatment for her, on the first calling for the convocation of core of her age. She herself an international economic confer-cloverly accentuated her feeble- once, and the second requesting the mess, and with apparent difficulty Council of the League to convene an made her way, with the assistance
early, meeting with a view to an of her daughters, to her house. international agreement to prevent fluctuations in the prices of coal and sugar-Reuter
Mr. Frior: Did you try to awake him-Fold not bother with him. Wilma continued to say that the Chlef Officer of the On Lee'said:— Here's your chlef officer dead drunk. Do you want him to which witness replied "No." Not Admissible.. Mr. Prior pointed out that that President agreed, saying it would not be put in the notes.
Capt. Perritt continued that he did not see Dr. Becks again until about 6.45 on the evening of Aug. 4 Between midnight and 6.45 Kwelchow, Aug. 29. witness said he slopt on board and General Li Shaoch, recently went ashore after breakfast appointed by Marshal Chiang Kai- Mt Priors You dismissed Mr. Yunnan, Sept. 6. shek to take over Government Becka11 did not dismiss him. I The Central Government has affairs of the province of Kwel- told him I did not want anything the starting and finishing points. during his flights was even worse sent à delegate to enquire into the chow, was forced to abandon Kwai mere to do with him. I told him Orlebars feat fa regarded by than when Orlebar made his at disaster which happened in this Yang, the capital of the province, on a previous voyage he had been texperts as a particularly brilliant tempt,
city in July, when a part of the while retreating before the mill under the influence of liquor, and y one in view of the handicap im The experts are hoping for pro- town was destroyed by a munition tarists who have been outsted by also that he was under the In posed by the bad weather condipitious weather when it is con explosion. The reconstruction of the Nanking order
fluence of hiquor on Aug. 2 when tions. The mist often hid the maidently expected that the record the devasted area has been com. He took the offensive this week he missed his ship. He had been chins from the spectators, and will be bettered Reuter and Brimenced under the care of the Cen- and has inflcted a crushing defeat drinking in the afternoon.
tish Wireless...
Continued on Page 8.) on his adversaries, Indonacist Stainforth's effort is also con-
tral Government Indopagi
course..
The results took some little Wireless.
time to ascertain owing to the necosalty for developing filmé
taken on a cinematograph camera sidered to be exceedingly good as recording the seaplanes passing it was noted that the visibility
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The total number of unemployed on September 2nd was 1,162,800, this being 3,508 less than the weak before and 172,875 Joer than the year before. Britian Wirelesa,
Woman in Bloomers
On arrival at the house, the sentry demand to know where the menfolk were, and, after eyeing suspiciously one lady attired in bloomers, was content with the reply that there were none in that house.c
Suddenly, a whistle summoned the bandit gang together, and the ladies found themselves unexpect edly free and the house unfooted.
The bandits then went off having had all the loot they wanted from other houses with the three mon prisoners of the Basel Mission
(Continuet, on Post 139)