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SERIOUS EXPLOSION ON FRENCH SUBMARINE
RIFT IN THE DISABLED IN THE CHENG KWOK-YAU
CABINET
VISCOUNT SNOWDEN A RECALCITRANT
VITAL MEETING TO-MORROW
SEVERAL RESIGNATIONS EXPECTED
London, Sept. 26..
A full attendance of Ministers is expected at Wednesday's im- portant meeting of the Cabinet which will discuss the tariff im. plications in the Ottawa Agree-
ments.
Sir John Simon, in order to be present, loft Geneva by train to- night and will, to-morrow morning, fly in a Service machine from Parig to London.
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Mr. Stanioy Baldwin, who turned from Aix-les-Baina yester day, had a long conversation with the Prime Minister to-day and with several other of his colleagues. The business before the meeting will be the final discussion of the legislation arising out of the Oltuwa Conference, and necessary to put the agreement into effect: Much public interest is being shown in it, owing to the known attitude of the Executive Committee of the National Liberal Federation, which Ja Whdnesday Inst passod a solution, condemning the agree ments reached at Ottawn.
PROVISIONAL: PLANS.
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CHANNEL
ONE DEAD THIRTY-TWO
INJURED
TOWED INTO PORT
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CHERBOURG, SEPT. 26.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OCCURRED TO-DAY ABOARD THE NEW FRENCH SUBMARINE "PERSEE” KILLING ONE OF HER ENGINEERS AND INJURING THIRTY-TWO MEMBERS OF HER CREW, ROUGHLY HALF HER FULL COMPLE- MENT.
This is France's second serious submarine mishap | of the year, the first being the ill-fated Promethee, which sank off the French coast carrying 63 of her. officers and men to the bottom.
The "Perace" is of exactly the same type of craft as the Promethee. She was laid down under the 1927 programme but has only recently been completed. To-] day's tragic mishap occurred while the submarine was undergoing special trials between the French coast' and the Channel Islands.
The "Perseo" type of French submarine.
I
RESPITE
USUAL PROCEDURE. ''The usual procedure is being followed by the defence in the case of Cheng Kwok- yau. An application is being made to the Privy Council for special leave to appeal and, In necordance with precedent, a respite of the death sentence will be ordered until the re- sult of this application, and, If granted, the result of the appeal, is known,
WHITEHALL
NOVELTY
MOUNTED POLICE
ON
TRAFFIC CONTROL
FIRST EXPERIMENT
("Telegraph" Special).
London, Sept. 26.
An innovation in London's famous system of traffic con- trol was introduced to-day in the West End when five: mounted police officers were placed on duty in Whitehall and elsewhere, replacing the foot officers.
Photo shows Mr. F. B. Taylor climbing into the cockpit of the ill- fated, machine which carried him and Mr, G. W. Salt to their death in the Gulf of Martaban. Mr. Salt is seen in the machine.
FATE OF PLANTER AIRMEN
PLANE SIGHTED IN GULF
FRENCH PILOT'S DISCOVERY
Rangoon, Sept. 28.
HITLER AND HERRIOT
VIOLENT ATTACK ON GRAMAT SPEECH
"INSOLENCE AND HYPOCRISY"
SIR JOHN SIMON TAKES A HAND
Munich, Sept. 26. "Insolence Carried Too Far," is the heading of a leading article written by Herr Hitler, the Nazi leader, in his paper, the National Observer, referring to M. Her-
TERRORIST riot's speech at Gramat.
BOMB OUTRAGE
CASUALTY LIST HEAVIER
of
Hitler speaks of M. Herriot's "Insolence and hypocrisy" and necuses the French Premier of wilfully misrepresenting the facts.
Ho ridicules M. Herriot's sinto- ment that France is animated solely by the idea of peace and concludes that in view of the attitude of the Herrlot Govern- ment it is a mistake for von Papen to take up the, disarmament ques- tion with Paris..
SIMON SEES HERRIOT.
LEAFLET THREAT OF MASSACRE
M. Herriot accused Germany of seeking to organise a powerful Calcutta, Sept. 26.
army not only for defonce but for The wreckage of an acroplane,
purpose, and The casualties in the terrorist "ggressive
his believed to be that of the miss-bomb outrage on the occasion of speech caused consternation at
Geneva. dance ing airmen, Messrs. Salt and the monthly
the Prior to journeying to London European Institute at Chit-to attend the Cabinet meeting on Taylor, who were last seen on tagong were heavier than first Wednesday, Sir John Simon: The mounted men took over full August 12 when they were at-reported.
British Foreign Minister, had a charge of traffic control and the tempting to fly from Malaya to
It is now stated that in addition who arrived at Geneva this even- brief interview with M. Herrlot, experiment
greeted by motorists as a distinct success, the England, has been sighted by a sixteen other Europeans who were
to Mire. Sullivan, who was killed, ing by motor-car. new method making it much easier French air-mail pilot in the dancing were wounded. to see police signals.
was
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At that meeting, Sir Herbert Samuel, the Home Secertary, re- ferred to the provisional conclu- sions agreed to by himself and his i
It is learned that Sir John Liberal colleagues in the Cabinet and it is understood that the
Simon telegraphed asking for the First reports of the incident was disclosed. It transpired that
It is stated that the raiders interview to be arranged. nature of these conclusions have al-rather minimised the seriousness one engineer had been killed, nine Much admiration was aroused Gulf of Martaban..
were attired in Mahommedan ready been conveyed to the Prime
other members of the crew were by the behaviour of the well. The discovery confirms tho
costumes.
̈ ̈EMPIRE DISCUSSION :- Minister.
of the explosion, stating that ten seriously injured and in a critical trained horses employed. The theory that they crashed into the
The Legislative Assembly has It is generally assumed that the persons were injured as the result condition and that twenty-three animals stood perfectly still, en-water in the course of their flight
Sir John had previously presid- resolution Moulmoin to
passed a opposition of the Liberal ministers
Rangoon,
expressing ed over a meeting of Empire dele- to the Ottawa agreements is still of an explosion of the Persee's others had received less serious abling their rider to drop the from
reins and to use both arms for though it is not easy to account horror and condemnation of the maintained and The Times says necumulators.
|signalling.-Reuter.
for. The whole journey is one of outrage, whilst a leaflet, printed gates from which Mr. de Valera that apparently "the only conditions
only a hundred miles by air and in Bengali, was displayed in the was absent, but at which Ireland was represented by Mr. Luster, the water crossing is roughly 80 Council of State.
the Irish Free State delegate to The leaflet advocated the
the League. and slaughter of all non-omelal
Immediately after the disaster, on which the present composition the commander found that the of the Cabinet can be maintained craft was disabled and, unable to during the World Economie Con proceed under her own power and ference are that the legislation sent out wireless messages for arising out of the Ottawa Con-Inselstance.. lorence should be postponed. This suggestion can hardly comment It-
self to the majority of the Cabinet
LOCATED FROM AIR,
huris.
It is believed that the explosion was followed by a fire which was, however. other members of the crew,
get under control by
WATER JACKET BURSTS.
It was also stated that the ex- The Maritime Prefecture sent plosion was due to the bursting of and, indeed, provisional plans have out two tugs and two aeroplanes the water-jacket of one of the
engines.--Reuter.
already been made
to start the Ottawa
legislation on Oc-
tober 18th when
cir-
the House of Com- mons meets".
In these cumstances, the newspapers anti- cipate that the Liberal ministers will resign from the Cabinet ns also will Snowden.
Lord
Snowden.
to locate the submarine at once and some hours later, the ma chines returned with the informa- tion that the tugs were towing the Peruce into Cherbourg.
It was on her arrival in port
ANOTHER NAVAL
MISHAP
STRIKES ROCK
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that the gravity of the accident BRITISH SURVEY SHIP
MR. SUN FO
the LEGISLATIVE
It is understood that if Liborals resign, they will not go into apposition but will co-operate with the National Government on all questions other than that of the Ottawa legislation.
The Prime Minister is already assured of continued support of Sir John Simon, Mr. Walter Runci-| man and most of the other Liberni| National Ministers.--British Wire- logs.
LOCAL EXCHANGE EASIER
BUT DOLLAR STILL UNCHANGED
ANGLO-DANISH EXHIBITION
BIG ORDERS BOOKED FOR BRITAIN
("Telegraph" (Special),
miles.
Mr. F. B. Taylor was from the official Europeans, and Mr. Sir John Simon explained the Seaport Estates at Sungel Way Benthall, a member of the R.T.C.efforts which are being made by: and Mr. G. W. Salt was on the warned the organisers of the the various States to induce Ger- movement that if they thought many to return to the fold of the Glenmarie Estate`at Selangor.
disarmament conference they could frighten the British
and people into conceding something, added that Mr. Arthur Henderson ther were greatly mistaken, was also working in 'concert with other parties in this matter.- Reuter.
RECONSTRUCTED PLANE.
ENID WILSON'S CHALLENGE
They were flying a machine re- Router. constructed from one which crash- ed at Kuala Lumpur some time! proviously, in which they had Copenhagen, Sept, 26. Installed a new Cirrus engine. Substantial orders, chiefly for They left Kuala Lumpur for Alor Star on July 3 and renched Moul- the opening of the Anglo-Danish deveral people Into the air and on oil and motor-curs, have followed moln on July 10. Here they took
the last occasion made а Exhibition by H.R.H, the Prince of landing, damaging one
bad the of Wales.
wings and the undercarriage.
Repairs wore effected and the machine took off for Rangoon on Friday, August 12. It was last seen heading' over the Gulf of Martaban at 10.30 a.m.
London, Sept. 26. The Admiralty announce tho The visit of the Prince con- grounding of HMS. Challenger tinues to excite the grentest in whilst surveying in uncharted
terest on all kands.-Router. YUANwaters off the Labrador const.
London; Sept. 20. The vessel struck n rock on Messages from Copenhagon re- September 23rd, six miles northport very satisfactory business of Ford's Harbour Light in and the acceptance of many large
POSSIBLE CAUSES. Latitude 66.28 N., Longitude orders from Danish buyers at the Tugs and other craft scoured 61.10 W. The weather was cnim Exhibition. News has also been the Gulf searching for signs of the received that the Danish State
RUMOURS
I
MAY BECOME NEW PRESIDENT
Shanghai, Sept. 27. According to persistent ramoura, Mr. Sun Fo, who recently arrived here from the South, is to be given the post of President of the Legis- lativo Yuan, formerly held by Mr. Hu Han-min.
U. S. WOMEN'S GOLF TITLE
HOLDER FAILS
The Nanking Train Ferry
PURCHASING MISSION'S
PROBLEMS
New York, Sept. 25. The sensational failure of the holdor, Miss Holen Hicks, to qualify
London, Sept. 26: for the competition proper in the
China's first train-forry, built ship, was the feature of the day's by the Government on the order American Women's Golf Champion- and she was later refloated.
of the Chinese Purchasing-Com- Damage was done to hor for Railways have now definitely plane without result. They are play at Peabody, Massachusetts.
will £70,000,
launched at other compartments.
Quo tal-chi.
Scottish firms orders for
After calling at Ford's Harbour months' supply of cont of various to re-embark camp parties, and, grades, amounting to 100,000 tons. as far as possible, to ascertain-British Wireless! **** the full extent of the damage, she will proceed to St. John's, Now-
The sole British competitor, Miss
The vessel will be named ·
ward oil tank and to several pinced with various English and thought to have been driven out Miss Hicks got into trouble re-mission in London, at a cost of six of their course by adverse.wind. I peatedly and returned a card of 89. Nowcastle on October 10, by Mrs.
They wore possibly endeavouring Enid Wilson, who recently won the to return to Moulmein when engine British Women's Championship, and trouble developed or the repaired Who is attempting to pull off the "Changklang" and will go to wing collapsed--Router.
double by winning the American Nanking early in the New Year title was not in very brilliant form under her own steam, commencing but qualified without difficulty, Nanking and Pukow a month or the train-ferry service between
two Inter when the bridges and approaches are ready.
foundland. H.M.S. Hellotrope has LANCASHIRE NOW
survey on
OPTIMISTIC
STRIKE SETTLEMENT REACTIONS
In the estate of Ajit Singh, alias her score being 79-Route", Ajit Singh Gravo), aline Sardar Ajit
Blingh, merchant and registered money-londor of Hongkong, who died
RETURNING
at Rupor, in the district of Amballa, THEIR MAJESTIES India, on November 22nd., 1981, * letters of administration have been granted to Rishen Singh, · school- maiter. The value of the estate is $9,750.
been ordered to proceed to tho It is stated that negotiations be{place and to stand by. tween representatives of the Nan- king Government and Mr. Sun Fo QUITE UNEXPLORED WATER. were recently brought to a success- The Although sliver is slightly up ful conclusion in Hongkong, and Challenger was engaged in in which the in London and New York, the that this induced Mr. Sun Fo to connexion with the opening up Hongkong dollar remains at 18. roturn North, 3.7/8d. to-day. The local mar-
of the Hudson Bay route and the Roporis state that after the area the ship was working in is ket is quiet, with a slightly enslor official announcement of Mr. Sun quite unexplored.-British *. Wire- undertone.
Fo's appointment he will proceed feas. In London, silver rosu 1/8th. to Kuling, early in October, with China and India bought and the Mesars. Wang Ching-woi, Lin Son, market closed steady. After the T. V. Soong and Ho Ying-ching,
A spirit of optimism provalla in
feature, and the market ruled Marchel Chiang Kai-shok on self into the harbour near the No. 2 ment of the cotton iddustry strike.ranted to his sons Leun run run gecial train, arriving in London official fixing, there was no special for an important conference with Chinesa boristable after throwing her- Lancashire following the settle. quietly stondy
China's internal problems Follow Station, was taken, to
the Manufacturers welcome the land Lens Chic Laun matchi ***Now... · York, reporta silvor, up- Last week, when Mr. Gun Fo Station, enterday, Inquiries showed
1/8th with the market dull. The left Hongkong, it was rumoured here kandmise y
that the woman svém mmployed an
A would-be nuleido rescued by
raph Special),
London, Sept. 26.
Letters of administration with the will and codicil annexed to the estate of Leung Yung nam, retired merchant,
DUE IN LONDON ON FRIDAY
London, Sept. 26. The King and Queen will leave Beth, KL 200, Wanchal Road, have been Scotland on Thursday by Royal
i who died at herretot 7 Fon Feb.
The Purchasing Commission still has £2,500,000 of the Boxer Indemnity available for purchasen In Great Britain, but it is stated [that the employment of the fund: on useful purposes, fa... hampered by the political' complications.
With Manchuria, for example, there is great, diifculty, Largo aurohanes for the PikingMul hallway have had to be cance
patter
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