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Mendoza attained a mean speed of 38.03 knots over the measured mile, against the contract speed of 33 [knots; Jucuman, 36.64 lots, and the La Rioja, the fastest of the trio, RECORD SPEED OF NEW
necomplished 30.4 kmate, which is claimed to be a workl's record for CRAFT FOR ARGENTINA.
A veusel of this type, The La Hinja, tie that of three
These destroyer leailers are 33ft large and powerfully-amaril, desin length overall, 31, sin. in troyer flotilla tenders ordered from breadth moulded, and 10ft vin.
depth moulded. The main arma- Messrs. John Samuel White and
ment consists di, fiva 47 quick-firing Do., Limited," for the Argentine guns, six 21-in. torpedo tubes ar Cowes recently for ranged in two groups of threo tubes, Navy, left
anti-aircraft guris, and powerful Buenos Aires The first call will be
anti-submarine applinsicos are -in- Lisbon. The other two slips, Men stalled. The boilers are of the ofl. data and Judumi, sailed from fired type and the propelling Cowes recently,ka
machinery, consista of two sety of Parons type single-reduction geared turbines
Those destroyere were remarkably wagoessful on their official trials
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TROUBLE OCCURS
IN HAITI
{
MARTIAL LAW NOW, PUT
INTO FORCE.'
TEACHERS' STRIKE.
Washington, Dec. 5. Martial law has been proclaims] ed ut Baili, which is at present occupied by American marines.
This step, it is officially believ ed, is the outcome of a strike of school-tanchers, which has ap- parently spread in other diree tions.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 1929.
RUTHLESS RAIDS IN
KWANGSI.
CIVILIANS KILLED AND INJURED,
PEOPLE INDIGNANT OVER THE AERIAL BOMBING.-
INNOCENTS SUFFER,
Information to hand to-day JL.
At present, it is not clear whe-from ther martial law is confined to the capital, Port-au-Prince, or whe- ther extends throughout the Republic,
It will be recalled. that Presi- dent Hoover, in his annual mes. sage to Congress, foreshadowed the appointment of a Commission" to study the situation, with a view to the withdrawal of the marines.
The number of Amerkean marines at present in Haiti in seven hundred-Renter's Ameris con Service.
The Republic of Haiti occuples the western portion of the island of San Domingo, which is the second largest of the West Indies group. It has a population of over two millions, of whom abatt 3,000 are white foreigners.
...
Haiti attained its independence in 1803. Its history politically his been one of constantly recurring dis- Aurbances and bloodshed. From 1910 to 1915, it has no fewer than Reven different Presidents. The -President now in power is Louis Borno, who assumed office for Liu second time in 1926 and whose term 'expiros, next year:]
NO INCIDENTS IN POLISH DIET.
QUIET REIGNS AFTER THE
RECENT STORM.
ARMY AND POLITICS.
Warsaw, Dec. 5. Despite the recent cleavages the Diet opened this morning without incident and proceeded on quiet lines with the agenda which ``in- cluded the Budget and the revision of the Constitution,
The only reference made by the Speaker, M. Daszinski, to the mili tary invasion of Parliament was his expression of the conviction that the army should keep aloof from polities. The Dictator, Marshal Pilsudalci, mp abrent from the Session,
Early last month, apparently unnoyed with certain Parliamen- tary activities, he took 100 armed officers to the Diet and overawed the Deputies. The Speaker" dofleil him on that occasion, and refused fu open the proceedings until No- | vember 5.
"A serious clash between the Dictator and Parliament seemed inevitable but the President in- tervened and prevented a clash. M. Moselehi sided with Plaudaki and ordered an adjournment until to-day, thus circumventing the netion of M. Daszinski who, in de- fiance of Parliament convened the Diet for November 5, taking pre- cautions to avoid further military interruption. The Deputies then
expressed the opinion that the Dictator had hesitated to bring utters to a head.-Beuter.
A BEAR IN POLICE CHARGE-ROOM.
AN AMUSING INCIDENT IN
SHANGHAL
Shanghai, Dec. 6. An amusing Incident occurred here when the charge-room ser Kent at the Central Police Station was startled on seeing a bear en-! ter, accompanied by a constable.
The constable humorously ex- plained that the bear was not be- ing charged with any offence, but that the owner had been guilty of cruelty by striking, the animal' thefty blows with a long pole
whilst it was performing..
The owner was cautioned and then let off.
The bear developed quite i friendship for a Russian detective and left the charge-room most re- luctantly,-Our Own Correspon dent,
YORK AND COVENTRY-
THROUGH....
REPLAYS IN ENGLISH CUP COMPETITION..
London, Dec. 5.... Two matches drawn in the first round proper of the English Cup competition last Saturday were replayed to-day, York defeating Tranmere by the only goal of the match and Coventry beating Norwich by two goals to nil- Router.
our correspondent Kweilin, in Kwangsi. discloses that several civilians have suf- fered death and terrible in- jurles.as à roult of the rúthless aerial raids made on numbers`of'! towns in the vicinity.
In one instance, a boatman "who was enjoying a game of mah jonge had his head blown off by a bonih, whilst in another case a woman washing clothes on the banks of a river suffered the loss of both hands,
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Our correspondent states that: after comparatively peaceful change of officials and military, af
be- falra in Kweilin have again come unsettled as the result of pro- elamations and orders issued by Generals Fung Yuk-cheung and Li Chung-yen.
For some weeks previously, the situation had been very uncertain, with reports constantly coming. though regarding the return of Generals Li Chung-Yen and Wang Shao-hung. Then the army that had been sent towards Lungehow suddenly returned to Nanning and was despatched down the river. This force did no actual dghing. but it forced enemy troopa to leave the province by way of Anna. after they had practically lootedt Lúngehow,
Five Killed.
There has been much aeroplane activity at various points, says our On November correspondent. 16th, & plane appeared over Kwei- ping and dropped a number of bombs, killing five people. On the following day, a proclination was Jagued stating that General Li been appoint- Chung-yon hud
ed leader of the 8th Army for the "deliverance of the country," with General Wang Shao-hung as sees ond in command.
The people had hardly realis the significance of the change when aeroplanes, believed to have been sent from Canton, began to attack the locality!
On November 18th, at about 11 am. a plane appeared over Kwei-| yuen and dropped three bombs.
Terrible Results,
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The first lighted on a pond anal did not explode, but another drop- ped on the bank of the river and continue daily until all enemies had exploded, blowing off the head of a been driven from the region. man who was playing mah jongg in
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In the Channel and North Sep, extremely heavy seas are running and much of the shipping has made for shelter where this is available. Fishing trawlers reached Hull in a battered condition, the crewa de- Acribing the gals as being as bad as any they had ever experienced." No casualties so far have been reported, but on land much minor damage, such as uprooting of trees and blowing down of walls, has oc curred; and near Bristol railway. traffic was impeded by a steel crane. London, Dec. 5. having been blown down on to the A violent south-westerly gale, line, The gala was accompanied reaching in some places a velocity by torrents of rain, which Helped of 80 miles an hour, swept over to increase the already large flooded. Britain and the adjacent seas last areas, particularly in the Thames night, and continued this morning. Valley-Britfall Wireless,
boat. about, twenty feet away. The people, says our correspon- The others engaged in thé game dent, are most indignant at this
(Continueil from Page'1.) were inhurt, whilst the beat itself form of warfare, in which defence-
· suffered practically no damage. Jess towns are raided and innocent
consideration but civilians injured and killed. In under A woman who was washing
none of the raids mentioned, it is was difficult to promise that mea clothes on the bank a little way off stated have any troops been hit, the jeures could be taken to prevent the had both her hands blown aff.
civilians being the only sufferers. floods.-Renter and British Wire
Whilst voicing their indignation lens. The third bomb. dropped on tol house near the centre of the cityone to another, the people are help It completely wrecked the building, less to prevent these ruthless aerial but no one was injured, as all the raide.
Telegrams have been received at occupants had previously dashed in- Kwellin slating that bombs have to the street.
also been dropped on Kong Hou, Handbills were dropped from the but that no material damage hus planca, stating that the raids would so far been done.
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