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五拜禮 號十月二英港香 FRIDAY, FEBRUÁRY · 10,
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COLONEL LINDBERGH OUTWITS KIDNAPPERS
NEW SENSATION
THREAT TO KIDNAP
SECOND BABY
TWO ARRESTS
TRAP LAID BY THE POLICE
New York, Feb. 9. Colonci and Mrs. Charles Lind- bergh have become the centre of another first-class sensation, threats having been made to kid- nap their second baby son.
On this occasion, however, a trap) was set into which the alleged! criminals foll.
Two men were arrested at Roan- oke, Virginin, to-day in connexion with the affair. They are to be;
"TOTE" CLOSED ON
DOG TRACKS
2,000 LONDONERS NOW OUT OF WORK.
London, Feb. 9. London's bookmakers are re joleing over the fact that the "Totes" on all licensed greyhound racecourses in England and Wales closed yesterday, pending legisla- tion following the Home Office statement in Parliament on Tues day that "Toten" on dog tracks are at present dilegal,
The employment of 2,800 work- ere in London and 15,000 in the Provinces is affected by the clos- ing of the "Totes.”~~Reuter,
JEDNAKŻE:ALJUNZIKSORMUNICHRICANEDO
JAPANESE
LODGING
PROTEST
LATEST SHANGHAI
DEVELOPMENT
ARMISTICE
BREACH ALLEGED
Shanghai, Feb. 10.
THE FOURTH
TEST
SEVERAL CHANGES IN THE TEAMS
|AUSTRALIA WINS THE TOSS
Brisbane, Feb. 10. Twenty thousand spectators were on the cricket ground at. Brisbane this morning long be- fore the time for commencement of the Fourth Test, which Aus- tralia must win if they are to pre- serve the "Ashes".
Luck was with them at the start, Woodfull defeated D. R. Jardine in the spin of the coin and naturally elected to bat first. The winning) of the toss at Brisbane is con- sidered as probably more lix- portant than on any other Test ground in Australia.
It is blazingly hot, uncomfort- ably so, but the wicket is reported i to be perfect.
THE TEAMS.
D. R. Jardine, as anticipated,} has dropped Voce from his team. while Mitchell, the Derbyshire
The North China Daily News spin bowler, comes in for F. R. learns that the Japanese authori.rown, whose selection was con- charged with nitempting to extortties in Shanghai are lodging asidered possible when he was G$50,000 from Colonel Lindbergh protest
with the
new
Mayor
of
chosen against Queensland. Brown is twelfth man.
Australia Includes three players.
The sides are as follows:
AUSTRALIA The Japanese contend that the ENGLAND.
by a threat to kidnap his six-of Greater Shanghai to-day, months' old son.
concerning the movement Chinese troops through the Following the demund, Col. Shanghai districts. Lindbergh communicated with the
HOUSE GUARDED.
police. Special guards were con-movement of troops constitutes a Jardine cealed round Lindbergh's house to violation of the Armistice Agree Allen
a kidnapping attempt, ment. prevent while the pretence was kept up that Col. Lindbergh intended to
meet the demand.
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Wyntt The Chinese contend that the Sutcliffe Agreement does not apply in the Hammond The police placed a cheque for which, they assert, only
instance under consideration, in Leyland $17,000 in the hollow stump of a
*mall Ames tree in the neighbourhood, as Col. detachment was transported from Verity
Nanking to Hangehow. Lindbergh had been told to do.
̈CHEQUE CASHED.
The Chineso also claim that the agreement whereby the Chinese Several days ago a man cashed troops were to remain "in their the cheque. This morning he was present position" was automatical- trailed and arrested when he was ly cancelled when the Japanese
Woodfull.
Ponsford
Richardson
Bradman
Bromley
Darling
O'Reilly
Larwood Mitchell Paynter
McCabe Woll Tronmonger Love
-Reuter.
Photo shows the pleas in which Mollison has broken the Europe Brazil record. Inset, the acted aleman is saying good-bye to his wife on one of his flights.
UNEASINESS JAPAN'S
IN NORTH
DILEMMA
ENGLAND-BRAZIL FLIGHT IN 82 HOURS
MOLLISON SETS RECORD
SPLENDID FEAT
London, Feb. 9. Mr. J. A. Mollison is now over the South Atlantic heading for the Brazilian coast from West Africa.
In his amall British Puss-Moth cabin-aeroplane, with a Gipsy
SHANGHAI "WAR” RECOGNITION
VTH ARMY OFFICERS DECORATED
Nanking, Feb. 10. In recognition of meritorious services, the Government has de- egrated with the Second Class Medal a number of officers of the Fifth Army who fought with the Nineteenth Army in the Shonglai "War" of 1932-Router.
FOUNTAINKANALINNASÈLIVETHERAPUCIN
REALITIES
AT. GENEVA
Major 130-horsepower engine, he PAUL BONCOUR SPEECH
hopes by his flight, begun in Eng-. land, to reach South America in three and half days thus lowering the record of four and half days over the same course from Paris,
ROUSES NAZI IRE
made recently by the French three- BRITISH DEMAND
effgined machine.
Mollison left England at eight. o'clock on Monday morning, land- ed at Barcelona, 700 miles distant.
London, Feb. 9. M. Paul Boncour's speech at
JAPANESE ACTIVE CHINA BETTER PLEASED it to Agadir, 1.060 miles fur on the French disarmament
in the evening, flew through the Geneva, winding-up the debate
ON BORDER
WITH GENEVA
SEVERAL BRUSHES THE "YES" OR "NO"
DEMAND
(Special to "Telegraph")
ther on, and continued on Tuesday plan, in which he maintained morning to Villa Cisneros, at that despite the opposition of other 650 miles, arriving at Sene-most. nations, the French Plan fight, early on Wednerday. gal, after a further 670 miles was still the best, has provoked intense indignation in Germany.
This is most in noticeable Nazi eirelos.
Peking. Feb. 10.
OFF IN MOONLIGHT. Despatches from Shih Ho and Shihmenchin, the main position of.
After sixteen hours out of his the Chinese defence forces within
machine, during which he slept the Great Wall, report signs of
for only six hours, Mollison set off activity in the Japanee lines,” ali
in the moonlight at one o'clock (hy Telegraph Copyright, Telegraphie this morning on the 2,000 miles though the purport is nob known. Resanges Ordinance, 1891. Excised, February Transatlantic fight to Port Natal.
The full at Chinmenkow
con-10, 18.5%) tinues, although the Japanese milf-
He hoped to get there in 18 tary aeroplanes continue their daily Chinese circles are to-day hours.
reconnaisance, dropping
Shanghai, Feb. 10.
SAFELY OVER.
..
T h.e
Hitlerite newspapers de- clare that France has ob viously, no in- tention of dis-1 arming or "off.
granting equa
lity to Germany.
To-day's meet-
ing ut Geneva
was curtailed in order to allow the drafting committee of the armament Conference its work.
Dis- to pursue
THORNY PROBLEM. The thorny problem is the nature and the scope of the per- His journey from England to Honnel of the body to be establish-
the
bombs better pleased with the develop. Six hours after leaving he was on what they believe to be the ments at Geneva and the excite-ighted by a ship 200 miles on his Chinese positions.
ment aroused by the possibility
course, going well. Japanese reinforcements are ar-envisaged of the Committee of riving at Manchang and Wangchia-Ninteen chang Village near Shanhaikwan, Japan has died down.
compromising with
Later. where strong defence positions are
Gratilleation is expressed that
Mollison arrived at Port Natal being greeted, while the enlistment the League appears, at laat. to be at 6.20 p.m. Greenwich Mean of Chinese Into Manchukuo regi ments is reported from the Chin-getting into actuni grips with theme, well within the time he set chow area.
Sino-Japanese situation, by asking himself and thus completing his The situation along the JeholNo" to the premise that the ex- than a year.
Japan for a clear-cat "Yes" or third remarkable flight in less border is becoming increasingly been active at Tunglia, though the not constitute a solution of the Port Natal occupied him almost ed to supervise the execution of critical Japanese artillery have isting regime in Manchuria does firing appeared to be more in the problem.
recommendations and to nature of gunnery practice.
Unless Japan now makes for exactly three days and ten hours,
decide what is to be the status of where, skirmishing continues daily. ther proposals in the direction of easily beating the French record.
the United States and Russian The probability of a failure of the a compromise, the dispute will be BEATS FRENCH RECORD.
representatives. last Japanese effort to bring the carried from Phragraph Three, BADLY BEATEN AT League round to their way of thluk- Article Fifteen, of the Convenant, monoplane Arc-en-Ciel, crossed Conference speeded up was again The French machine, the giant A desire to see the Disarmament LEICESTER
ing at Geneva is thought likely to which provides for conciliation, to
in 14 hours 27 expressed by Paragraph Four, under which the the Atlantic lead to orders for the Invasion of League will have to make a state minutes, compared with Mollison's Eden, the British Under-Secretary Johol to proceed.-Special.
ment on the facts of the dispute 13 hours, 30 minutes, but the fight for Foreign Affairs, at Geneva to- and recommendations deemed just from France tonk four days and a day when the Commission met to and proper thereto.
half, compared with Mollison's consider the Conference agenda. elghty-two hours,
"We are becoming anxious at
joined by a man who is alleged to be troops withdrew and the situation SHOCK FOR THE
his confederate. Both suspects was restored to normal.-Renter. deny that they had anything to do
with the kidnapping threat.
It is stated by Colonej Schwar-i Izkopf, the chief of the New Jer- sey State Police, that the Roanoko affair has nothing to do with the murder of Lindberg's first baby.- Reuter,
RECORD FLIGHT FEATURES
ENGINE'S PERFECT
PERFORMANCE
London, Feb. 9.
The Air Ministry to-day 'receiv
DUTCH CABINET
DEFEATED
POSSIBILITY OF RESIGNATION
The Hague, Feb. 9. There is a possibility that the Cabinet will resign following an [adverse vote in the Lower House on a Government Bill for the reorgani sation of the Judiciary, the im- mediate discussion of which the Government made a matter of con- fidence.
VILLA
London, Feb. 9, Leicester City won their third match of the season to-day at the expense of Aston Villa. The City played cupltat football and won by three clear goals.
Three matches were played, the results being:
The Opposition motion postpon- Newport ed from Squadron Leader Gayfording discussion was passed by 51 the complete log of the 5,340 miles, votes to 38. record non-stop Journey made in the Fairey-Napier monoplane.
over
FIRST DIVISION.
0
the
Leicester
* Aston Villa THIRD. DIVISION (SOUTH).
1 Southend THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). Walsall
$ Halifax The lending positions in First Division follows: Arecipi
28 19 5 83 41 42 Wednesday 28 17 85 62 40 40 Aston Villa The Cabinet crisis is due to Newenstle
27 10 0 6 68 42 38 Labour opposition to
27 10 3 8 50 35 16 a Govern- Derby
27 12 9 8 68 43 33 ment B providing for the re- Leeds organisation of prisons for reasons West Brom.. 27 1 6 10 53 45 91 27 11 11 5 38 34 33 of economy-Router.
Later.
Efforts to reach a compromise are Broceedlag, but the Queen, who is The log shows that very bad in Switzerland, has been informed weather, including dust, rain and heavy cloud, with poor the Government.--Router.
Razeby telegraph of the possible fall of visibility, was encountered Africa, and during Tuesday night} the airmen flew practically the whole time completely "blind".
Squadron Leader Gayford says the engine run faultlosely for the 67 hours and 25 minutes they were in the air, and they did not ex- perience one qualm on its account. throughout the whole flight.--| British Wireless.
STOP PRESS
LUNCH TEST SCORE,
AUSTRALIA:—58 for 0.
-Renter.
BRITAIN'S CHINA STOCK MARKET
MINISTER
AMBASSADOR RANK
URGED
London, Fab. 10.
FEATURES
INTERNATIONALS FIRM
Else-
GOLD STANDARD
RUMOURS
WITHDRAWAL POSSIBLE.
Captain Anthony
It is, of course, pointed out that It is believed that grave deve. the French light was more in the the slow progress lopments are Impending, leading nature of a survey flight than was ference," he said. AGAIN SCOTCHED IN Possibly to Japan's long-mooted Mollison's.
withdrawal from the League.- PARLIAMENT
Reuter,
(Special to "Telegraph")
(ily Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphia Mrages Ordinance, 1496. Received, February 010, 1.85 m)
London, Feb. 9.
SHANGHAI WHEAT
PURCHASE
Despite repeated atatements in recent months regarding Britain's 22,000 TONS FROM THE
policy, the Prime Minister was again required to state in the House of Commons to-day that Britain is not prepared to return to the gold standard in present circumstances.
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Mr. Ramsay MacDonald said that the contrary, there were a great number of economie and
ARGENTINE
(Special to "Telegraph")
(Du - Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphia gen Ordinance, 1881. Received, February 10, 33 6.1.)
of the Con-
In eleven months. Mollison has
A NEW PHASE. flown both the North and South
"Unless substantial decisions Atlantic from East to West and
the next has broken the England Capetown can be reached within record. He has used Puss Moth few weeks the prospects for the
must machines on each occasion and Conference
become joa. had broken all recorda.--British
pardised. Britain believes that Wireless and Reuter.
the present session should, mark 'an entry upon a new phase of the
ons
of decisions. "Governments must shoulder their ・・ responsibilities and face the realitica."
DEATH OF MR. J. T. Conference,
SOUZA
LOCAL RESIDENT
PASSES
Mr. Arthur Henderson, Chair- man of the Conference, had earlier Buenos Aires, Feb. 9. A well-known member of the declared that there had been Twenty-two thousand tons of Portuguese community has pass-
Anancial conditions which muat Argentine wheat lina been purchased away in the person of Mr. J. enough general discussion and be fulfilled beford a return to the ed here on behalf of Shanghai T. Souza, who died at the Kowloon that the time had come to get gold standard could become a millors. The consignment will be Hospital yesterday afternoon. He down to concreto proposals. practical possibility.—Reuter. shipped bofore the end of the pre-had boon in failing health for
sent month.--Reuter.
some considerable time. Ho' was 69 years of age.
Formerly in the service of the British suggestions for speeding Questioned regarding the recent Canadian Pacific Railway, the late up and making effective the pro- Mr. Souza later became associated
London, Feb. 9.
KING ENJOYS SKATING
The feature of the stock marketa
The raising of the British re-at the close was the firmness of presentativo in China to the rank lending Internationals. Rand
of Ambassador is suggested by Mr. shares were gonerally about 1/16
0. M. Green in the course of an wenker. article in the Daily Telegraph.
ON SANDRINGHAM LAKE
London, Feb. 9,
It was revealed to-day that dur-
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with the Holland China Trading gramme of work at the. Dis- Company and Monare. S. J. David armament Conference, Mr. Mac- and Company. He was most po- Donald, in the House of Com- pular amongst all who enjoyed his mons, said that so far as the air. There
friendship, and his death will be was concerned it remained the Mr. Groon says such a change British funds, with War Loan was little change in
widely mourned. He leaves
practical and immediate objec 0. would serve to smooth away many 84% at 99.6/16-British Wire-ing the recent frosty weather H.M.
widow and four sons by his second tive of the Government to secure local misunderstandings which are less.
London, Fob. 9. marriage, whilst one of the reduction of the Air Forces of most harmful to British interests.
the King did much skating, of Sir Ronald Lindsay British daughters by the first marriage the leading Powers to the British It would, moreover, please the
which he is very fond, on the lake Ambassador to Washington, was la Mrs. M. J. Gaan. Much sym-level, to be followed by a further at
not present at to-day's mosting of pathy, will be felt with the rein- allround roduction of one-third A Chinoso was taken to hospital Sandringham. Chinese and be a sign of our in-
His Majesty, who is prolonging the Cabinet Committee considering tives in their bereavement.
and the limitation of the untaden tentions in a country which must Johnstone Road when, in attempting his stay in Norfolk is daily taking the War Debt situation, but will
yesterday following an sceldont in
The funeral takes place to-day, weight of military and naval air.. more and more become a chiec to alight from a moving train, he fall long walks, and, la, biaxcellent attend -- -- further, meeting to panning-the- Monument at 6,30|craft.-British
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