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VATICAN LIBRARY CRASH:
PRICELESS MSS BURIED.
RIGHT WING
IN RUINS.
FRANTIC SEARCH FOR VICTIMS.
BUILT IN 1588.
Vatican City, Dec. 22. Three floors of the right wing of the famous Vatican! Library, built by Pope Six- tus V. in 1588, and housing immensely valuable works of art, collapsed this afternoon.
The Fire Brigade is frantically searching in the debris in fear' that some workmen or other persons have been buried.
Luckily, however, the majority of the staff and also the workmen. engaged in the restoration of the Library had departed just before the accident.
London, Later.
Presa telegrams from Rome that the entire right stats
wing of the Library la tu
ruine. The crash followed
the collapse of the roof.
One of the most interesting discoveries made in Egypt for many years is reported by Reuter to day, the royal paluca of Queen Nefretna at Tell of Amarna. Our picture shows a falan door of the royal resi- dence excavated on the site some four months ago, behind which the palace proper was unakethed.
THE SECRET OF TELL EL
ARMARNA.
WORLD CRISIS.
Battle of the Bankers,
Britain and France in Opposition.
GIVING GERMANY TIME TO PAY.
Basle, Dec. 22. An intense battle in which Britain and France were the leading antagonists kept the Young Plan Advisory Com- mittee of banking: experts sitting almost all night long, in ап effort to reconcile divergent viewpoints!
PORT
"Bowlk Chian Morning Pool Bldg,” Tef. 34594.
CHIANG'S FLIGHT TO FENGHUA.
JAPAN'S DESIGNS IN MANCHURIA.
CHINA PROTEST
TO LEAGUE.
TOKYO TALKS OF BANDITS.
Geneva, Dec. 22. China has lodged a Note with the Secretariat of the the League of Nations pro- testing against the extension of Japanese control of Man- churia.
The French rival to the Cunard liner, to be called the lle de France, is shown above under con- struction at St. Nazaire. She will not be complated till 1934 though work has been in progress for aver
A your.
TO
DRAMATIC COUP.
CANTON LEADERS IN CONTROL.
NO EXPLANATION
Shanghai, Dec. 28.
The China Press this morning reports the arrival ΟΙ General Chiang Kai-shek and his wife at Ningpo yesterday afternoon by air, and that they boarded a waiting motor-car im- mediately, proceeding to Feng- ha, Chiang's birthplace.
The precise cause of Chiang Kai-shek's sudden fight from the capital is by no means clear,
CUNARD LINER. Two days ago it was confidently
The main point at issue. It is Notwithstanding the resolu- FRENCH RIVAL believed. was whether Ger- tion of the League Council, many's conditional or uncondi-accepted by Japan, the Tokyo tional payments should have Government аге not merely priority.
strengthening their position in It is understood that Sirthe regions already occupied Walter Layton, the British but they are contemplating an expert, was in favour of giving extension of military occupation. Germany a complete respite up to four years.
This is the burden of the Note, which
gocs
to declare that
·
The dissension at one time threatened to enforce a postpone- ment of the discussions' until after Christmas, but progress is now being made with the Report
It le still uncertain whether QUEEN'S PALACE UNEARTHED IN CITY which, it is believed, will embody
there were any casualties,
Brigade Overwhelmed.
All the available fire brigades of the city of Romu were rushed to tho Assistance of the Vatican Brigade which was overwhelmed by the tank.
Quarter of Library Burned. The section of the building in-1 volved in the dinaster constitutes about a quarter of the whole Library and it is estimated that about 10,000 volumes are buried Among the debris.
OF HERETIC PHAROAH.
(Reuter's Special Service),
Cairo, Dec. 22.
Notable discoveries have have been made by the Egypt Exploration Society's Ex- pedition at Tell el Armarna, the short-lived capital city built by the Heretic Pharoah, Akehenaten.
Excavation work has been consider-
Some are of enormous value, and included among the other proceeding for some precious manuscripts believed able time and wonderful trea- to be buried is a letter from{sures have been unearthed, in- Martin Luther in reply to Pope|cluding the luxurious home,ofi Leo X's first warning
heresies.
on hts Intiny, an overseer,
It is hoped that the majority
will be recovered.
The many priceless MSS em- brace Hebrew and. Oriental be- zilei olansical collections. Rent, and British Wiretean.
ROYAL FAMILY'S
CHRISTMAS.
ALL TO GATHER AT SANDRINGHAM.
False Doorn.
of
a massive wall, the explorers found it to contain a great gate with false doors and traces statuca of
royal A
family. Hurried investigations revealed the presence of an unsuspected royal palace.
To-day, after long Investigation and search, the experts, who
proposals with a view to giving Germany time to pay..
nt ↑
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It is now considered probable that a meeting of goverhments reparations canfèrence will be possible [n]the-middle of January-Reute
HUNGARY'S PROBLEMS.
DEBT MORATORIUM TO BE DECLARED.
Budapest, Dec. 22.
It is learned that a partial are moratorium regarding Hungarian
led by Mr. J. D. S. Pendlebury, have debts, both public and private, come to the conclusion that the place unearthed was probably the residence of Queen Nefretas, after her fall from power.
It is over three thousand years old and is regarded as one of the most interesting Anda of recent
Recently, however, in cleaning years.
Ford Jumps into Harbour.
LIGHTS REMAIN ON IN WATER.
with a few exceptions, is to be proclaimed, becoming effective to-morrow-Reuter,
SENATE AND DEBTS.
STRIKING AMENDMENT
Revision Ban.
Later.
on
A "wonder-book of dignaturus, the Kellogg Pact, with its author, perhaps disillusioned, above.
COMPETITION IN MERCHANTMEN.
THE GOVERNMENT| DEFEATED.
Paris, Dec. 2Z.
Yot another international conference-to limit mer chant fleets-was advocated by M. Chappedelaine, the Minister of the Mercantile Marine Department, during a debate in the Chamber to- night.
predicted that he would preserve the bulk of his power in the government, might even be ro elected President.
To-day he has surrendered every- thing into the hands of his rivals, and it seems fairly clear that the new Nanking Government will be dominated by the members of the "National Government" set up in Canton.
A
More Resignations, Mr. Wellington Koo, the Foreign Minister, and Mr. Tai Chi-tao, Chairman of the Examination Council, have both tendered their resignations, which are likely to be accepted.
Mr. Wellington Koo has not at- tended his office for some time. Yesterday he left Nanking in Government aeroplane quietly for was Shanghai. Well-informed circles discussing a Bill authorising the attribute Mr. Wellington Koo's re- Generale Trans-Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang and
to the decline in the power.. Compagnie
The French Parliament
atlantique to contract a Joan, fo
Nanking Government,
not exceeding three hundred the atter's resignation from the million francs, with a Govern- ment guarantee.
Mr. Tai Chi-tao, always a close associate of Chiang Kai-shek, has
M. Chapperelaine alluded to the decided to follow the latter in re- possibility of a resantion of work tirement from political life.
has resigned all his
on the new giant ner being Tai Chi-tao
Mr.
huilt in France, the Ile de France. positions in the Kuomintang Com-
He said that if the Cunard Line mitteca. abandoned their supership, the Freach line would do'the same, but he
awaiting the result of WL negotiations with the Cunard Line before taking action
Government Defeat.
"Chiang's Busy Day. Chiang Kai-shek had a busy to morning prior to his flight Ningpo. He visited the Mausoleum of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen and attended a reception at the Govern- ment Club where a few of his clcse political associates assembled
Government in the present national crisis:
The Government, however, did not make the issue a matter of confidence and the Bill will be re-introduced after amendment.the Reuter.
REJECTED. Washington, Dec. 22.
The Government suffered defent after five o'clock as the lorry The Senate has rejected an
on the B regarding the new (No. 1104) was being driven | amendment to the resolution
liner, the Chamber voting 275 to bid him farewell.
Chang Kai-shek then attended the along the seafront in an easterly ratifying the Hoover Moratorium.
votes to 266 in favour of the direction.
Fourth Kuomintang opening of the On passing French The amendment asked for the General Honjo, commander-in-adoption of a motion to refer the National Congress, after which he Street, the driver says, a night revision of the Treaty of Versailles chief of the Japanese forces in mark of disapproval of the way where he advised the cadets to place Bill back to the Committee an a visited the Nanking Cadet College soil coolie ran in front of theas a condition of the debt holiday Manchuria, has declared the inde- vehicle. In swerving to avoid the | Reuter,
Trans- the Compagnie Generale man the lorry ran into the har-
pendence of the Provinces of atlantique had managed their their confidence in the new Nanking bour.
Kiria and has affairs. The Senate later ratified the Fengtien and Sitting beside the driver was a Hoover Moratorium, the voting be announced his intention of driv loki and immediately the vehicle ing sixty-nine to twelve.
ing out troublesome elements came to rest on the bottom of the harbour the two men made desper.
from Manchuria. ate attempts to extricate them- selves from the driver's seat, which Without discussion, the Senate is partially closed in by a cabin. nccepted the provision of the House Smashing the wood work the men of Representatives, banning the managed to free themselves of the revision or cancellation lorry and quickly came to the sur-
lebt.Renter. face. Neither was the worse for hin experience. The lorry, Ford, was still in the harbour'
late this morning but pre- a peculiar feature which sented Itseif to Police officers on their arrival on the scene WAS that the head lights of the vehicle If the weather is suitable it is day searching in the debris in were still on. The reflection ae- expected that the Princes will fear that some workmen orniated the Police to locate the travel to Sandringham by air-jother persons have been buried. vehicle which was otherwise in- British Wireless.
and
London, Dec. 22. Their Majesties the King
Frantic efforts enabled the oc- Queen left King's Cross station cupants of a Ford motor-lorry, by train the afternoon on their which ran over the Praya wall way to Sandringham, where they into the harbour in the early will spend the Christmas. They were accompanied by Princess hours of this morning, to escape. Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
Поне.
The vehicle went over in Con- naught Road West opposite Fronch The Prince of Wales, the Duke Street and, a curious thing, the and Duchess of York and Prince headlights continued to glare for George will join the Royal Family some hours afterwards. party before Christmas Day.
The Fire Brigade was
The mishap occurred
to-
shortly visible.
of
war
SHAMROCK FIFTH SOLD.
SECURED BY NOTED YACHTSMAN.
London, Dec, 22.
WOMAN TO ARGUE Air-Mail Race Against Time. and a well-known yachtsman, has
DISARMAMENT,
U.S. DELEGATION TO CONFERENCE.
Washington, Dec. 22. General
Charles
G. Dawen, American Ambassador in London, has been appointed to head the United Statos delegation to the World Disarmament Conference.
It is understood that President Hoover intends to include a wo- man in the delogation and has invited "a lady of quality and pro- minence" to accept the post- Router's American Service.
Imperial Airways Planes in Tremendous
5,000-Mile Dash.
(Router's Special Service).
London, Dec. 22. Imperial Airways liners. are engaged upon a tremenda ous five-thousand mile dash to Croydon in order to de- liver, by Christmas morning, the mail from Central Africa and Egypt.
Mr. T. 0. M. Sopwith, founder, of the Sopwith Aviation Company,
bought the late Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V., built in 1930 AN challenger for the Amorlea Cup,
The now owner will race her noxt season in British wators.-- British Wireless.
-MORE PEOPLE IN
WORK.
DROP IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED.
Japanese Note.
A. Japanese Note, lodged simul- taneously, gives detalls of bandit activity and complains of anti- Japaneso agitation in China, In. cluding a meeting of students and workmen in Shanghai, 'which pass- ed a resolution demanding the
FOURTEEN SPEED
RECORDS
Canton Dominance. Keen observers predict that with disappearance of the Cheklang "Clique," there is a distinct pos- Bibility that the Canton "politicfans will take full control of both the political and military departments. Mr. Sun Fo may become Chairman of the Executive Council, and either Mr. Hu Han-Min or Wang the Ching-Wel President National
declaration of war against Japan, IN SINGLE DAY. Coll. Mr. Tang Shau-yi has de-
intensification of the boycott and the Soviet for an appeal to Assistance.Router.
RICKSHAS FOR WUCHOW.
INNOVATION MUCH
APPRECIATED.
(Our Own Correspondent).
BRITISH CAR'S SUCCESS.
London, Dec. 22.
State Government's
finitely declined the latter post on
of hie account and Rensha
age.--Router
BURMA PARLEY ENDING.
COMMITTEE STAGE CONCLUDED.
London, Dec. 22. The Burma Round Table con-
No fewer than fourteen in- ternational motor speed re- cords were set up to-day by Captain Greyston on a Bri- tish car, an M. G. 750 e.c. Captain Groyston was racing. in ference to-day discussed the ques France on the Montlhery track, tion of domicile and citzenship and among others, he established in relation to the Franchise, and the following speed records:
the Committee stage of the Con- Five kilometres: 184.71 kilomeference was concluded.
tros an hour.
The conference has adjourned Five milles: 184.66 kilometres until January 4th. In the mean- Ton kilometres: 184.62 kilome will prepare his report for pre- time, the Chairman, Lord Peel,
tres an hour.
an hour.
Wuchow, Dac. 18. In furthering its policy of modernising Wuchow, the city authorities have permitted the in- troduction of rickshes in the citv. On Wednesday afternoon, 50
Ten miles: 184.21 kilometres an aontation to the Conference. rickahoe made their appearance
British Wireless. To-day, the mall is being rushed
hour. on the streets and did 4 lively across the Mediterranean by huge
Ho thua averaged 115 miles an trade. The rickshas are said to
ten | four-onzined Kent flyinghants und
be owned by ono concern, which our over the distance of
The suggested driving team would miles. It is hoped that the mail will ar-
renta them to the coollos for 59
include Lord Howe himself, Bir rive at ten g'elnck on the morning
London. Dec. 22. cents a day.
Attempt for Italian Trophy.
Henry Birkin and Captain Groyton. of Christmas Eve. December 24.
According to the Ministry of
The new success of the M.G. The
Up until a few years ago the
Lord Howe hopes to obtain the to the mail according
́to-night, | narrow streets of Wuchow made car is of special interest in con- support of Sir William Morris, Whilst working on board the xa.
normal time schedule of the Im- Labour figures issued Grootekerk yesterday afternoon, two|
porial coolles employed by the Kowloon,
another well-known racing only that British cars have com- London until the afternoon employer at December 14th was used, but now the wide avenues of
enter peted in the famous Italian race, Godowns who were unloading drums strong-Siddeley air-liners on the of Christmas Day. The pilots nearly 55,000 loss than the week and boulevards of the renovated motorist, Lord Howe, to of acid, were severaly burned and North Africa routes yesterday, and therefore striving to set before...
city make travel by rickshas | three-M.G. Magna cars, new 12 A Baby Austin last year success--
• were later taken to the Kwong Wah completed their stages in record, a record by reducing the time of The total was 2,572,602—feasible. A nominal charge is b.p. six-cylinder models, for the fully completed the dificult course.
-transit by nearly 80 hours.
Italian Mille Miglla race in April. --Brikak Wirdens.
O Hospital for treatment. ?
Calcutta flyingboats and Arm-roach Airways servico would not the number of rogistered un-it impossible for ritkahas to be nexion with the reported intention This will be the second occasion
timow.
| Britiek Wirelaan.
made for short distanceą.