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X# CETƑEXEF SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1932.
日六十月二十
IN FER AUKUM
MINGLA DUPT IS CENTA
SHANGHAI MAYOR'S COUNTER-DEMAND
CATASTROPHIC
ERUPTION OF ACATENANGO.
THREE TOWNS
DESTROYED.
OMINOUS LACK OF DETAIL.
New York, Jan. 22.
A terrible disaster has overtaken the little Central! American republic of Guate- mala, the scene of great earthquake and vol-
many
ing to a message from San Salvador, the adajacent re- public.
At least three Lowns,
Santa Lucia, Cotzumalhuapa
and Antigua have been com-
Picture showa Jananase naval craft which have been partially mobilised in view of the grave situation in Shanghai. The battleship Nagato la seen on right,
THE SITUATION RIPE FOR
GREAT FLARE-UP.
letely destroyed by the ALL POLICE UNDER ORDERS FOR
eruption of the volcano
Acatenango.
A muzaber at other towns
are
covered with den riends of stake i and falling ashes.
of
The fate of the town Acatenango, 3.000 population, at the foot of the volenno is not known.
Antiguu, which is 21 miles to the W.SW. of Guatemala, the capital of the republic, wus itself the capital until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1778. I was thug one of the most beautiful cities of Amerien nad had a population of i about 60,000.
-20,000 Population.
The new town whi b'has arisen trom, the ashes, lai a prapatan koso
of over 20,000, St. Lurin was also j
a large and thriving city.
of
There is a complete aletters further detail of the catastrophe, the number of ennalties and so on.
---Reute
SPAIN REVOLT ALARM.
CALCULATED
EXAGGERATIONS.
Madrid, Jan. 22, Although effective steps have| been taken to suppress the Com-1 munist rebellion in Catalonia, official quarters allege that the situation is serious, and that a! general revolutionary movement, has been fixed for Monday, The oficial allegations, ever, are not much credited.
how-
The general opinion is that the Government is exaggerating the) seriousness of the situation with a view to obtaining general sup- port prior to action against the Church and the Jesuits.--Reuter. |
TYPEWRITING ON THE 'PHONE.
"ZERO HOUR”TO-DAY.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT). SHANGHAI, Jan. 23. THE CHINESE REPLY to the ultimatum delivered by Admiral Shiosawa, commanding the Japanese Fleet, is being delayed until the return of Mr. Wu Tieh-chen, the Mayor of Greater Shanghai, from Nanking.
The Japanese are in a highly inflamed state of feeling and are holding mass meetings daily. One of the Japanese monks injured by the Chinese mob on Mon- day has since died, adding fuel to the flames.
The Japanese insist that the demands must be met and if not that drastic
!
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FUGITIVE SAVES CONSTABLE.
TURNS BACK TO RESCUE.
LIGHT SENTENCE.
(Reuter's Special Service).
London, Jan. 22,
There was a most unusual in- cident in a West London Police Court to-day; the spectacle of the prosecuting counsel сол- mending the prisoner.
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From the Office Butts.
We notice that silver fell in One of those days somebody will London 011 Monday "both for discover Queen Anne's death pot and ready." This seems to cortifentd and sond a story to the suggest that nobody knows what Sunday newspapers about the and the future has in store.
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event,
Render :-The "roaring forties" "Hongkong Share Market: To- are the good time 12 day's Programme of Recorded before he is fifty.
man has Male." It's the unrecorded variety which would be more interesting.
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"Make money at Home," БЛУК un advertisement. But Jank out the police don't hear about it..
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£ S. where art thou?
GO
"A.B." Thanks for your yearly ubscription. We regret, how- wer, being unable to use your nhotograph. If we published
$142 subscriber's picture,
tu view of this Hovie! timber Pictorial Supplement would be who fear an economic delele do controversy, it seems that those zome a gallery
of the Colony's not believe in touching wood. Jeuding residents.
our
for
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The Kowloon man who drank We understand that the whale lemon jutee in the dark sighted IT Cape D'Aguliar on whisky, pulled a rye face. in Sunday
was as big as a yacht.
0 0 Or it may have been long on The burning question:-Should a piece of string.
a husband stay in and fame when the light olds life goes out with an ol flame?
☐ ☐
It appears that the man the dock was fleeing from the police, but returned in order to help an officer who was in grave danger:
Evidence was given to the effect that the prisoner was found lurk ing upon school premises. When
policeman surprises him. Red across the roof.
Par
ᄆᄆ
A Chinese who died in Shanghai'
ft hundred different clocks.
How a Scotsman, leaves IL
Must have been some joh winding hotel: Unhonoured, Unwept and up. 8
This estate.
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We are Bow
Benson when
The pursuing constable fall through and only saved himself approaching the
by grasping a beam.
The prisoner returned and the Sweeps seized the policeman by the belt, | will be drawn supporting him until help came
and then continued his fight. faces!
In
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D U
When he was arrested, he was
It seems that found to be badly wounded the hand,
if one travels In view of the circumstances, far enough eas? special leniency was shown to the of Borneo one prisoner. who had May pre-
r.cache vious convictions. He WILS sen-Hollywood, tenced to Rix weeks.
Ford
measures must be taken. They will not be content with half-way measures, and Enters no equivocation of any kind in the answer of the Mayor will be tolerated.
An aeroplane-carrier, a cruiser and four de-
stroyers to supplement the 400 men despatched from
Kure are expected to reach Shanghai to-day.
The whole of the Settlement Police Force is under orders to stand by at two o'clock this afternoon, the hour of the burial of Mr...Matsujuro Yunase, the
Baby Field.
A WORLD
A
Japanese who was killed after the burning of the San CURRENCY.
Yu Towel Factory.
Japanese merchants have made huge donations to.
the expenses connected with the funeral which is cer- STERLING tain to be a big affair attended by the Japanese com- munity en masse.
Japanese military men are patrolling the Eastern District; of the Settlement.
FOREIGN CONSULS IN CONFERENCE.
The foreign Consuls, Municipal officials and the commanders of the various millary forces in the Settlement commenced a conference this morning.
Unless drastic precautions are adopted, it is feared that rioting on a much more serious seale will develop. The situation is ripe for a huge flare-up at any moment.
BASIS
SUGGESTED.
London, Jan. 22.
A step towards the estab- lishment of a world currency was suggested by Sir Basil Blackett, the well-known finance and currency expert, in a speech at Brighton to- day.
He printed out that sterling could form an international eur-3
VEST-POCKET
MODEL.
Detroit, Jan. 22. Mr. Henry Ford is enter- ing the "baby car" market, according to a Michigan
paper.
The report says that twelve Baby Fords have been secretly shipped to England.
☐ ☐ The Penk will be ap- proaching the fog-end of the season.
Unstung.
HE: I had a dream of pon last night.
SHE (coldly): Really! HE: Yes; then I woke up shut the window, and put an extra blanket on the bed.
Economists never tire of telling Motor
口口
Might we
describe
the Disarmu- Confer- delegates
ment
unce
as the Powers*
Pow-wowers?
O O Nowaday ®,
England cx. pects every man
to do his duty.
and to pay it
as well.
口口
"Woman's
Climbing Pent."
She certainly
made good use of them.
១ ០
note: A good way to
us that the present trade depres- make a hair-pin bend is to press sion is due to the fall in coramodity it gently with the Angers. prices. Presumably when better times come, the necessities of life will be costly enough for every body to buy.
☐ ☐
(Consternation has been caused in Army circles by the proposni that new uniforms shall consist of Jus-fours, gaiters, tennis shirts
and low necked tunics)
Palteeecer! Tshuuuuuuu! Stannananatese!
Now for kit inspection! Make those plus-fours hide your
knees;
That gniter needs correction!
They are under ten feet long, the bumper width is 55 inches and the height is fifty-three inches. The
hrus Car
Tunic four-cylinder [engine, eleven | Reuter's American Service.
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inches
long.-
SHAVING BRUSH
DANGER..
HONGKONG SAFETY
PRECAUTION,
them not so stiff;
from
Chicago staltered. We can only
The fast man we met
suppose he caught the trick from the marisine-gunā,
The
"covering"
paradoxical aspect of oneself In exchange transactions is the probability of awakening without a shirt to one's back!
A banker hus just written a novel. According to a critic, most of the characters are over- drawn.
up.
An amateur gardener writes to his needs are slow in coming He should keep chicken. 0.0
Make
look more sporty. Some of you look just as if The army's something haughty. Say Goue the day of poker backs, Of thumbs in line with seams. Now for neglige and slacks, And later on-face-creams. And when on guard, don't
shoulder arms,
But hold them at your pleasure. And cultivate sartorial charms. Parananande! Dismiss!
leisure!
CYN.
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Old Mother Hubbard sobbed, bleated and blubbered.
grief growing hourly Reuter...
With
For the showroom reflection which caused the dejection Revealed that those "bowlers"
won't suit her,
ח g
The Chinese threaten that unless the Japanese arency used by a considerable por
tion of the world, including the suppressed, they will refuse to pay the Municipal taxes. British Empire, the South Ameri- Mayor Wu Tich-chen has sent a protest to Mr.enn, and Scandinavian countries, Murai, the Japanese Consul-General, demanding an Portugal, Egypt, Japan, etc., in
The following regulation has fact, all countries, which had been) apology for Wednesday's riots, the arrest and punish-forced off the gold standard. heen nude by the Governor-in-
☐ ☐ ment of those responsible, compensation for the Chinese If these countries could agree Council under the Importation and
Tramway Company shares are expected to boom now that the killed and injured, and a guarantee that a similar incident to co-operate in trying to main Exportation Ordinance:
tain the stability of the par- "No person shall import for Iflking Association has really be will not occur.
chasing power of their local cursale or distribution in the Colony gun its activities. ment are enforcing martial law.
anci the stability of rency
any shaving brushes manufac- The anti-Japanese Boycott Society exchanges with each other based tured in or exported from Japan, held an emergency meeting this upon sterlinit, there would seem unless such shaving brushes are A render suggests that it's about afternoon and resolved that a peli-to, be a possibility of setting the accompanied by a certificate, to time Mendelssohn's Songs Without tion should be sent to the Nanking world the example of a currency the satisfaction of the Director Words were broadcant locally. Cums No mention is, however, made of Government demanding the imme-restem providing all the advan- of Medical and Sanitary Services, to think of it, they'd be better than dinte severance of all relations with thes of the gold standard.-that the same are free from Song Without Music.
S.M.C. IN A DILEMMA.
(Special to "Telegraph.")
Shanghai, Jan. 23. Considerable apprehension ex- ista bere in view of the rising Bino- | Japanese antagonism due to the
clashes of the past three days. London, Jan. 22. The Settlement authorities
NEW INVENTION FOR LONDON.
vention, known
"The
are
A remarkable new British in- in a dilemma as to how to quieten Tele- the Chinese, who are seething with was resentment against Japan, and the Postmaster Japanese, who are Intensely irritat-
printer Exchange Service," doscribed by the
(Continued on Page 7.)
Reuter.
Marbella Seizure Sequel.
Captain and Two of Crew Detained.
Austrian.
anthrax infeetion."
INDIAN PARLEY
APPOINTMENTS.
TWO NAMES ADDED TO COMMITTEE.
ΠΟ
The Chosen Bank in Seoul has been robbed of Yen 78,000, From the robbers' point of view, it seems to have been a well-chosen institution.
☐ ☐
A contemporary refers to "the S.. Pando and the as. Maloja."
the .. Ellermanandbuckull.
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**Musical chair" records are the
From the same sourco, we ob- Intent innovation. Care
that the revolutionarios must, Berve
Sallent, Surin however, be taken not to sit on
and Berga, in the records instead of the chairs, towns north of Barcelona, have proclaimed a Communist Republic, It is believed that Senhor Madrid дго aleo and Senorita Seville Interested in the movement,
ព ជ
O O Might we
describe jewellery catalogues as glitterature?
General, Sir Kingsley Wood, in a ed by the huge losses suffered ow-i speech at Birmingham to-day.
London, Jan. 22. ing to the boycott, and the failure He said that the new
Sir Zulfiqar All Khún and Mr. device of the Council to suppress the anti- A vigorous probing of the The three men who were taken would enable mensagen
How alleged netivities of the luxury into custody yesterday include the Chintamani have been added to to be Japanese organisations.
Is it when a now golf We're surprised that no-one has typewritten automatically between the offices of any two telephone
To-day, the Japanese have ten schooner Marbella, as outlined captain, Sybrand Ypma, a nutive the Indian personnel of the Com
the cutting of the first divot? subscribers who had teleprinter warships and a thousand Marines in the Telegraph this week, is of Holland, and a German and an mittee about to begin work in yet thought of referring to Father course is opened nobody celebrates
India in continuation of the dis- Christmas as "Ol Man Giver !"
☐ ☐ machines installed.
at Shanghal and the Cabinet deci- now occupying the attention of
It is unlikely that they will cussions of the Round Table Con-
Many Hongkong dwellers don't The typist in one office would sion at Tokyo to "take the moat the Hongkong police authorities, appear before a Court for some furence. British Wirclena,
suitable and three members of the Euro-time, as searching Investigations
The best thing to cure aan-sick favour garden cities when it means type a message and it would be appropriate ensures
so much levelling, donchor know. printed simultaneously on both to the situation." have given riso pean crow, including the captain, into their movements are being His Excellency the Governor has nosa la port! machines. It was hoped, he said, to fears that the Japanese may have been detained.
made,
If certain evidence la ro-appointed, provisionally and nub.
D'O
"Has France Torpedoed The that the service would be available attempt to usurp the authority of
So far no chargo has boon mado obtain, it is possible that the ect to His Majesty's intro, tho
A. man at Home has collected Lausanne Conference?" asks "a" in London in the apring and to the Settlement.-Reuter.
against them, but they are boing Superintendent of Imports, and Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., to be sulerlbers in the provinces by the
held on the grounds, amongst Exports will profer a charge an Unofficial Member of the Levitia no fewer than 20,000 used bas newspaper heading. If so it would Live Council for a further period of tickets. He must have been hik appear to be a case of having {-kuramor.--Renter.
The Chinese. Municipal Govern/othera, of being undesirablo aliens. Jagainst them.
four years.
Ing a long time.
mined her own busines
Shanghai, Jan. 22.