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NO. 23,211 二拜禮 WATATET TUESDAY, OCTOBER
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"WAR HASTENING ALONG OUR FRONTIERS,"
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LONDON POLITICAL
POLITICAL "WETS" GAINING SERIOUS PLIGHT OF BOMBING RAIDS IN
NEED FOR EXPANSION. IMPLIED CRITICISM OF
Rome, Oct. 27.
Signor Mussolini, the Italian Dic- tator, who has been comparatively quiet for some months past, mude |a fiery speech to-day on the subject
of Fascism.
MR. SNOWDEN.
Dace declared that the world INTERVIEW GRANTED BY PREMIER
to-day was divided into two camps, the Fascists and the anti-Fascists.
Z.B.W. ACHIEVEMENT.
The ceremony of the deposit-
"A moral war is being waged ing of the ratifications of the against Italy, and side by side with that moral war, preparations for London Treaty for the limitation war are still being hastened along and reduction of naval arma-the Italian frontiers." ments, which was brief and in-
OF NEW ZEALAND.
CRUSADERS He added that Fascist Italy would
artn
nations
other because formal, took place in the Locar-were arming, and would disarm no Room at the Foreign Office when everyone else had been dis- to-day. The Prime Minister, armed.
He urged the revision of the Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, with
peace treaties, declaring that the the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Hen-violators of the Covenant derson and the First Lord of the of the League of Nations Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander,were those countries who were try- represented the United King- dom. and the Dominions who were signatories of the treaty, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Afrien wore repre- sented by their Premiers, while the High Commissioner: Sir Atul Chatterjee, attended on behalf of India,
Owing to a purely technical dif ficulty, the King's ratification in respect of the Irish Free State was not deposited to-day, but the, delay is only temporary. The Ambassadors attended on behalf of United States and Japani-
EX-
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald pressed pleasure at the presence of the French
UPRISING OF SAVAGES
IN FORMOSA..
Attacks on Isolated Police Stations.
MASSACRE AT MUSHA.
Tokyo, Oct. 23. Press reports from Formosa announce a widespread upris- ing of savage tribes in the Taichu District, in the centre. of the island.
attacking and Italian Am- bassadors and hoped that their Governments would ratify in due 'course.
The Broadcast.
The Iritish Empire's instru ments of ralification were contain- ed in a handsomely bound book in blue leather, decorated in gold, the text of the treaty being in- scribed un vellum.
The tribesmen have been isolated police posts, inflicting a number if casualties. Troops are re- ported to be mobilising to deal with the situation.
Later. An official report of the outbreak received by the War Oflice states that Formosan tribesmen attacked the police post at Musha and massnered all the decupants.
A company of infantry has bern. hurriedly despatched from Taichu to deal with the Insurgents, while acroplanes have been sent to reconnoitre,
Reuter.
An international broadcast o the speeches stelivered in ron
the ceremony took nexion wtih place in the afternoon, those by President Hoover and Premier Hanaguchi being brought to Eng- land by the use of the Transatlan tie telephone and an experimental | * short-wave connecting Tokyo with ing to maintain Washington and therefore London.classses of States, one armed to the perpetually two
Splendid Local Relay.
teeth, and the other completely dis armed. Hongkong radia steners hud Italy's policy of friendship with every reason Lo congratulate the Danubia States, Bulgaria and .Z.B.W. on the relay of the Hungary, for example, were dictat- speeches. Practically every worded by her need for expansion as she was distinctly heard, the outstand-[was only able to expand peacefully experienced towards Eastern Europe.Retter. ing reception being with Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and President Hoover. Mr. Hamagu- chi was not quite so clear, as he spoke in a lower tone of voice.
The relay from such a long dis- tance was easily the best that has been, accomplished by the local station and many appreciative re- ferences have been made..
Japanese Sentiments.
THE WREATH-LAYING CONTROVERSY.
BRITISH STATEMENT MAKES
upon
POSITION CLEAR.
an official
statement
SE
:
JUBILANT.
NENSATION, in London political circles has been caused by an interview granted by the Prime Minister of New Zea- land, armounting to a criticism of Mr. Philip Snowden's attitude to tariff proposals at the Imperial Conference. He declares that the British Government, by accepting the Chancellor of the Exchequer's view, precludes any hope of progress.
IN AMERICA.'
HOOVER MAY URGE REVISION.
PARTIAL CHANGE IN LAW FORESEEN.
ELECTION POINTERS.
UNEMPLOYED.
NEW YORK MEASURES FOR RELIEF.
WORLD SITUATION.
New York, Oct. 27. The plight of the unemployed in New York is growing so serious that all the police have volunteered to subscribe from five dollars to fifty cents from their monthly pay to assist in the purchasing of relief rutions.
CENTRE OF
RIO DE JANEIRO
HUNDRED CASUALTIES IN NEW MUTINY,
REGIMENT INVADES POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
RESIDENTS IN PANIC.
Aeroplane bombing raids on the centre of the city, the rattle of rifle and machine-gun fire, startled Rio de Janeiro yester
New York, Oct. 23, Rumours have been carried in The Mayor of New York City, brokerage house letters and Mr, Jimmy Walker, has ordered the otherwise circulated through bailiffs to meet at the City Hall Wall Street during the past 48 to discuss the possibility of prevent hours to the effect that Presi-ing the eviction of unemployed for
non-payment of rent.
Plans are dent Hoover intends to recom- mend alteration of the Volstead $160,000 monthly in Wall Street counter-revolution had commenc- also afoot to raise day, leading to the belief that a Prohibition Enforcement Act to to pay the wages of the Municipal allow 4.4 per cent, alcoholic con- Park employees who are threatened ed. Subsequently, it tent beer as an aid to the present with the loss of their employment.vealed that there had been a depressed grain markets.
-Reuter's American Service. Lmutiny of military police. The White House, Mr. George
Geneva, Oct. 27. Wickersham of the Law Enforce-
Fierce fighting took place before The critical industrial situation ment Commission and various sour throughout the world is revealed the revolt was quelled. ces in Washington, all professed by the International" Labour Office the reports which were designated ignorance concerning the source of
"market gossip."
Wheat Advances.
Board of Trade in Chicago the Shortly before the close of the
rumours reached there with the re- sult that wheat advanced about two
The attitude of Mr. Forbes is in curious contrast to that of General Hertzog,. the South African Premier, who appeared to anticipate the failure of the Dominions to achieve all they might desire, but pointed out that what was expected of the Government of the United Kingdom was hardly less than a revolution in fiscal practice. If time for mature consideration was requested, South Africa would have no complaint.
Nevertheless, the Forbes interview has been seized upon by the Beaverbrook Press which is seeking to exploit it in con-cents after a sharp break. nexion with the South Paddington by-election. The" action The Chicago report said that a of the Empire Crusade newspapers is strongly criticised by New York brokerage house had Mr. Thomas, the Secretary of State for the Dominions.
relayed the rumour to Chicago, Another development is the announcement of Mr. Winston adding that an announcement on the Churchill of his conversion to Protectionism. He is now pre- Washington within
subject would be forthcoming from the present pared to support a general tariff on all foreign manufactured week. goods. On the subject of food taxes he is silent,
ramour
In political circles the was declared to have at least this much to support it: That the Ad- ministration has been led to feel,
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S CONVERSION. during the past few weeks, that the
the
two outstanding political dangers at prosent are the economic de- pression and the "wet" and "dry" issue.
...
Shift Toward "Wetness."
U. S. BANK PRESIDENT KIDNAPPED.
Wife Receives Letter 'Asking For Ransom.
MISSING FOR TWO DAYS.
New York, Oct. 27, The wife of Karl Yocum, re- siding at Galvas, Illinois, has received a letter demanding ransom for the release of her husband, who is a millionaire bank president.
Mr. Yocum has been missing since Saturday and it is be- lieved that he has been kid- napped by Chicago gangsters. The victim is a prominent .member of the Chicago Athle-- tic Association. - Router's American Service.
2NDIMAA
was re
In a cable from Rio de Janeiro
the sudden terrific. din set up by this morning, Reuter states that
the rattle of rifle-fire and machine guns, sent the population scurry- ing indoors, fully believing that a counter-revolution had begun,
Area Penned in.
The trouble was due to the mutiny of a regiment of military police. They invaded the police headquarters and prepared to offer resistance.
Regular troops were with start- ling swiftness penned in the whole of the affected area, which includ- ed the offices of the War Ministry and the Foreign Office, with barb- ed wire, while barricades made up of sacks of flour, beans and sugar were erected.
Military aeroplanes, adds Reu- ter, bombed the mutineers, and the situation was restored by their surrender within two hours after a hundred
casualties had been suffered.
The Baden Shelling.
Madrid, Oct. 27. The Spanish Government has
London, Oct. 27. tion to the delegates to the Imperial Mr. Winston Churchill, former Conference to-day. warmly TO-
sented what he regarded as Chancellor of the Exchequer, who exploitation of the speeches in
A middle-of-the-road shift to- until recent times was pro-Luidon of the representatives of ward "wetness" on the part of the tagonist of Free Trade for Great the Dominions Governments. President, it was pointed out, might Britain, proclaimed his conversion He declared that the Dominions conform with recent political trends
and, in this particular instance, go which to-day issues an authorita- delegates came to London not as far toward starting to Protectionism to-night when he politicians bit as representatives
an economictive estimate of the world unemploy-instructed its representative in addressed his constituents at Ep-of their countries, ready to throw
ed, showing that France alone has Rio de Janeiro to enquire into the renaissance.
Western farmers would forget shaped the problem. their weight into a common solu-their "dry" views in their joy over
facts of the shelling of the Ger ping.
tion of Empire problems.
The total at the present time man 9.5. Baden with a view to Times change, and I must)
better grain prices, it was declared, fanges from twelve to fifteen mil-claiming damages on behalf of. admit that I have changed with believe that Empire
Mr. Thomas said he refused to and the "wets" would correspond-lions. In France at the end of Spanish subjects who are the thief- them," he said, adding, "The would be let down by
sentimentingly feel that they had won August there were only 954 unem-sufferers.. time has come when all duties ference. He had no intention of
the Can-signal victory on principle. ployed.Repter:
A message from Hamburg imposed at different times for Jetting down that sentiment, but Dwight Morrow on a "wet" plat- Since the primary victory of Mr.
states that the Captain of the different reasons should be re there was a great danger of this form in the New Jersey Senatorial
Baden has reported that his ship gularised and fitted into the if it was exploited as it was at campaign, many advisors of Presi
was leaving Rio de Janeiro with structure of a general tariff on
a special permit from the port authorities. She saluted all war- ships and forts by lowering her flags. She also signalled with her steam whistle before passing forts.
all foreign imported manufac tured goods.”
present.
·
dent Hoover are known to have feared that Mr. Morrow was gain- ing strength as the next Republican Presidential nominee.
ALLEGED INDUSTRIAL PLOT IN RUSSIA.
TECHNICAL PROFESSORS UNDER ARREST.
The shell blew away her rear masa, and twenty-six persons were killed and 43 injured..
Far East Problems, Mr. Winston Churchill justified In the course of a speech at the his change of view by declaring same luncheon, Mr. Stevens, the that Mr. Snowden had to face
Anti-Prohibition Wave. Canadian Minister for Trade, sug- budget deficit in spite of increased fgested that the greatest problem
direct taxation. The limits
More recently the "wet" pro- of of the world to-day was to bring nouncement.
Riga, Oct. 27. direct taxation, he declared, has about stabilisation in Asia and the Roosevelt, Democratic Governor of of Mr. Franklin D.
The O.G.P.U. (Russians secret been reached.
Orient where, he said, millions of New
It is officially announced that police) announces the discovery of York, has similarly fore- another plot by technical experts given assurances to the German the Brazilian authorities have Meanwhile, a further political people for, the past half century shadowed the candidacy of a strong to wreck sensation has been caused as the had been suffering from a reduc-anti-prohibition man as Democra" structure and to overthrow
the Soviet economie Minister that everything will be. result of an interview granted by tion of their purchasing power tic Presidential nominee.
the done to clear up the affair and call Mr. Forbes, the New Zealand until now they were virtually un
Communist regime: During recent weeks there arve
those responsible to account- Prime Minister, during the week-able to purchase anything at all. been outstanding "wet" political
The chief conspirators are al-Reuter. end on the subject of the Imperial
Later. The speaker was referring, of victories in a number of states, in-leged to include Professor Ramzin, Conference deliberations regarding course, to the unprecedented fallcluding the defeat in Michigan of the Director of one of the mostĮ Commonwealth of Nations. the economic unity of the British in the value of silver.
A message from Rio shows that Representative Grant M. Hudson, important technical Institutes in the Baden skipper was not arrest- superintendent of the Soviet Russia, and several other ed The Baden has left Rio de He did not suggest that Bri-Michigan Anti-Saloon League, by professors and engineers, who are Janeiro under his command after tain or
the world generally Mr. Seymour H. Person on the sole alleged to have organised an. In the
completion of zepairs. should abandon the gold stan-issue of prohibition.
dustrial Party" and to have been Reuter. dard, but he thought the British Mr. Jesse P. Wolcott won over" communicating with anti-Soviet Empire should give some lead Mr. Louis C. Cramton for a Re-exiles in Paris.
"Bastille" Incident.
Shanghai and Tokyo also heard
London, Oct. 27. To prevent the broadcast distinctly. a Shang- sion as to the scope and intention any misapprehen- hai message saying that it came of the suggestion made by the through magníficiently.
British Government to other na- The speeches were relayed to the tions that official envoys and mis-
"Not Getting Anywhere." Far East by a German broadcast-sions should no longer feel it in-
Mr. Forbes is reported as having ing station.
cumbent upon them to lay wreaths Said: "We seem to be drifting. the tomb of the Unknown We are not getting anywhere. The Warrior in the country they are whole question of an agreement The Japanese Prime Minister visiting.
between Britain and the Dominions spoke from Tokyo, and later a points out that the proposal was is wrapped up in food taxes. Mr.) was not intended to interfere in any taxes and we cannot get beyond translation of the speech
Snowden says there shall be no food) broadcast from London by the way with individual discrection Japanese Ambassador.
in this matter.
that." -The speech expressed the con- The object of the. sug- viction that the new treaty was gestion
Lo obvlate any bound to exercise an immense risk of the ceremony. which moral influence on the growing should be simple and spontaneous, consciousness of mankind. It was becoming a mere formality of in- a striking demonstration of mutual ternational courtesy. confidence and goodwill among nations.
The Treaty had opened a new chapter in the history of human civilisation.
Hoover's Address.
Was
Still less was it intended to sug gest that there should be any cur tailment of the general ceremonies
functions of commerce
former
to the world whereby the normal publican House nomination, by a The Soviet Government, it is would narrower margin, on the same is understood, is arranging a specta- operate and the products of the sue in the same state, while Sena- cular trial-Reuter, various countries of the Empire tor James Couzen's easily won and other countries might pro- over Governor Chase Osborn. .fitably and equitably be ex-
changed.
Conference Committees.
PRELIMINARY OPIUM CONFERENCE.
BRITISH DELEGATE MADE PRESIDENT,
Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 27. There was a "Bastille" incident at Sao Paulo, where armed mobs on Saturday burst open the doors of Bucy. prison, where, političal prisoners were confined, and re- leased the occupants...
Rumours of torture within the prison had been current. Renter's American Service.
EASY MONEY FOR TWO BOXERS.
"Wet" Successes. Mr. Forbes expressed the opinion that the whole question
In Washington state Mr. Ralph of Empire Preferences is bound.
A. Horr, characterized as a "wring. up in readiness to
It is learned from official sources ing wet," beat Representative John alter the British fiscal system, and the the attention of the delegates to H. Shaw, opposed by the anti- that Committee work will engage F. Miller. Republican. Mr. George U.K. Government, by adopting Alr. Snowden's views of Prefer the Imperial Conference for the Saloon League in Colorado, won the
London, Oct. 27. ences, precluded any hope of greater part of the current week. Republic Senatorial nomination real progress.
Good progress has already been from a former national committee The United Kingdom; the United on Armistice Day in Great Britain,
made with their different tasks by treasurer, Mr. William V. Hodges. States, India. and Soviet Russia or of laying of wreaths by in- The statement by the New the committees and several of
"Wets" declare that they have were among the eleven countries dividuals at any time on the Zealand Premier has been seized them are now engaged in drafting added 37 votes to the House mem- concerned in the manufacture of | CARNERA RETURNS TO ITALY Cenotaph lor the grave
of upon by the Empire Crusade Press. Reports on the specific questions bers who favour repeal of the opium and other drugs represented
WITH £96,000. President Hoover, speaking from the Unknown Warrior. British Lord Beaverbrook's papers, who are they have examined.
Eighteenth Amendment and the at the preliminary Opium Confer- endeavouring to make capital from the White House in Washington,
Administration cannot but consience, at Whitehall Place to-day. it in connexion with the South Some of these reports will come der this situation in immediate fu-
London, Oct. 27. after tracing the history of the
before the heads of the delegations ture action, it is believed.
Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreign Paddington by-election..
With a fortune of £96,000 made negotiations which culminated in
Last week's return of notifiable The Evening Standard declares early next week.
Secretary welcomed the delegates in ten months from twenty-three- the Treaty, said the naval Powers disease shows three cases
on behalf of the British Govern-fights in the United States, Primo: of that Mr. Forbes has swept the The Committee, under Lord San- had bridged obstacles and typhoid fever (one fatal), of which Baldwin-MacDonald quota proposal key, which is considering certain Mrs. A. M., Thornhill returned Sir Malcolm Delevingne, the Bried in Europe to-day,
ment,*
Carnern, the Italian giant, arriv achieved understanding to reliève one was Imported; two of diph right out of the field: their peopics of excessive naval theria (one death); and one fatal
aspects of inter-imperial relations, to the Colony from Home this tish delegate at the previous Opium On Saturday, Kid Berg, the Bri burdens,Three of these Powers, case of puerperal fever. There
Mr. Thomas's Denunciation, this morning appointed a drafting morning, having accomplished the Conference, was elected President tish champion, arrived at South- commanding the greater part of were also two deaths from in-
committee to prépare a draft re-journey yia Siberia in 172 days, of the Conference, and Viscount ampton with £18,000 as a result the world's naval forces, have fluenza, Three further cases of speaking at a luncheon given by committee on Thursday-Reuter hal. From London to Shanghai, Japanese Minister in Rumanid, was up to £65,000, mostly derived from The Rt. Hon. Mr. J. H. Thomas, port for consideration by the main which ins.aded two days in Shang Kimitomo Mushakoji, former of nine fights, bringing his fortune (Continued on Page 7.). typhoid were notified yesterday. the Empire, Producers Organisa- and British Wireless:
the trip was done in 131⁄2 dayaelected Vice-President —Reuter fights in America Router."
Wireless,
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