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MUTINOUS WARSHIPS
SIGHTED
FLYING ARMADA OFF WAGLAN
HELD UP
Leaving for Iceland To-day Probably
London, July 4
seaplanes
The Italian now at Londonderry on the Rome-Chicago flight have postponed their departure for Reykjavik, Iceland, until to-morrow-British Wire-
Icsv.
C.E.R. CHAOS
ACCUSATIONS
JAPANESE & RUSSIANS BICKERING
Harbin, July 4.
CHINESE CRAFT FROM NORTH
TSINGTAO. AFFAIR
SEQUEL
HEADING FOR CANTON?
The Chinese cruiser, Hai Chi, one of the biggest craft in the Chinese Navy, which was sighted with two other craft off Waglan this morning.
Three Chinese cruisers, be- MISS ROUND
lieved by the local naval authori-
IN
ties to be the Hai Chi, the Hai Shin and the Chao Ho, which SEMI-FINAL week following the attempted
mutinied at Tsingtao last
Jassassination of Admiral Shen Hung-lieh, were sighted about five miles, off Waglan shortly
after eight o'clock this morning
going in a south westerly direc tion..
making for Canton to throw in
SOLITARY BRITISH SUCCESS
It is likely that the vessels are MORE SURPRISES
AT WIMBLEDON
The Chinese Eastern Railway their lot with the Canton Govern- chaos is again the subject of ac-ment, if they are able to come to cusation and counter-charge.
terms by wireless communication with the Cantonese authorities.
In view of the direction of the werd following when
waters, it is likely they will give the British Colony a wide berth.
STORY OF MUTINY.
The history of mutiny is In- teresting.
London, July 4.
Miss Dorothy Round is the only English survivor in the semi-finals of the Women's Singles cham- pionship at Wimbledon as a result of to-day's mat- ches.
She bent Mlle. Valerio, the Italian player in very convincing) manner 6-3, 6-2.
The Japanese declare that dur-j ing the recent anti-bandit drives, cruisera the Soviet officials of the C.E.R.eighted and the fact that they wore keeping well outside British have frequently refused to permit the Japanese punitive expeditions to use the C.E.R. telephones and have interfered with the wires, making communications between
Admiral Shen Hung-lich, who is different forces impossible, -The Soviet officials, on the other Mayor of Tsingtao, joined a naval hand, declare that the Japanese launch to carry out his inspection are in league with the bandits of the warships. The Admiral's with the object of interfering personal guards, stationed at the with the running of the C.E.R-entrance to the saloon, observed Lieut. Feng draw a pistol and Reuter.
immediately sprang upon him and
The third semi-finalist is Miss threw him overboard. From the water Feng fired on the launch but Helen Jacobs, who, as expected, did no damage. He was arrested overcame Mme. Mathieu, although the Frenchwoman took the match and taken to the warship.
the full distance.
EVEREST FLIERS ENTERTAINED
AN EMPIRE UNION LUNCHEON
London, July 4. The members of the Houston Mount Everest flight were "enter- tained at a congratulatory luncheon by the British Empire Wireless." London to-day-British
STOP PRESS
Miss Scriven, recent winner of
the French title, put up a gallant fight against Fraulein Krabwinkel, losing only after a match.
three set
Feng was court-martinlled and shot despite threats of the war- There were one or two "shock" ships personnel to renounce fealty results in the Men's Doubles. to Shen. On the sentence being J. S. Oll and I. H. Whentcroft, an carried out the warships deserted English pair, put paid to Stoofen Tsingtao...
and Sutter, the American com- bination, in one of the forcest five sets match ever seen at Wimbledon. The mich went to G6 games.
HATCHED At tangku.
REHABILITATION OF SILVER
Senator Pittman Still Hopeful
London, July 4: Senator Key Pittman has abandoned hope of rescuing silver from the wreck of the Conference.
not
A meeting of the silver sub-committee to-day dis- cussed the progress of the conversations in reference the conclusion of an understanding between, pro- ducers of silver, and large holders of stocksi
to
It was deckiott 3 pursue. the conversations privately and to report when a satis factory stage has reached.-Renter.
been
DWINDLING TRADE
JAPAN THE LEAST AFFECTED
wages,
!
..
Dramatic Intervention by Mr. Hull
Averts Final Collapse
ELEVENTH-HOUR EFFORTS
FRANCE AND ITALY HOLD
OUT LITTLE HOPE
EVENTS OF DAY OF EXCITEMENT
LONDON, JULY 5.
On the last green at St. Andrew's.
COURSE RECORD BROKEN
IRISH SUCCESS AT
ST. ANDREW'S .
BRITISH OPEN
TITLE
London, July 4,
THE BUREAU OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE MET LAST NIGHT AND AD- IT IS THE JOURNED UNTIL THURSDAY.. GENERAL OPINION THAT THE CONFERENCE WILL END ON THURSDAY, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A host of sensations was pro- NOT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION YET AS THE vided in the British Open Golf AMERICANS ARE DOING THEIR UTMOST TO championship, the qualifying PROLONG ITS LIFE IN ORDER TO AVOID THE rounds in which were played over the Royal and Ancient course at ALREADY VOICED OPINION THAT PRESIDENT St. Andrew's to-day. ROOSEVELT HAS TORPEDOED THE CON- 'FERENCE.
A blistering heat prevailed throughout the day and .un- doubtedly it had a profound in-
At one time, practically all the leading figures fuence on the scores turned in. were resigned to failure.
The Americans revelled in tho conditions during the morning, At three o'clock in the afternoon, a committee ap-but were not so steady in: the pointed almost agreed upon a resolution noting the afternoon, and the leadership by an Irish pro- results obtained and stating the reasons necessitating was taken
fessional, who returned cards of the adjournment.
71 and 67 for a brilliant 138, four better than anyone else."
The meeting was interrupted by a messenger from the American delegation and the discussion was then adjourned.
LACEY DESTROYS CARD; One of the first sensations was provided by E. J. Lacey, the British Ryder Cup player, who
VERY POSITIVE SOLUTION NEEDED S
behalf
so disgusted with the ill-. luck that seemed to dog, all his afforts that he tore up his card, the first time such an ovent has been recorded in the open cham- pionship.
When Nolan, 'the Irish" pro- fessional of the Port Marnock club, turned in his 67, he broke the Old Course record of 68, held
The strenuous efforts of the Journment of the Conference. Americans to avert the charge of Mr. Hamsay MacDonald, how "PERIL OF CHEAP bringing disaster upon the Con-ever, decided that the meeting of
COMPETITION"
ference are in fact lending drama the Bureau should take place at
6 p.m. as arranged. to the closing stages. London, July 4. It is impossible to foretell who-| When the meeting was held, Mr. jointly by Bobby Jones and George of the Duncan. He played faultless In the course of a debate on ther these efforts to rescue the MacDonald, on
It Is Steering Committee, moved the ad- golf. It was believed that the plot was
BOURN FAILS, Even more astonishing was the the Board of Trade Estimates, Conference will succeed. hatched when the warships were defent of Quist and Turnbull, the Major Attlee, winding up for the generally felt that a very substan- journment of the Conference.
Mr. Cordell Hull protested and All the American" contendera at Tangku, the officers being die- Australians, by B. D. Andrews Labour Party, told the House of tlal explanation of America's post-
the competition satisfied because the Admiral re-and Stedman the New Zealand fused them lucrative ahore apropresentatives. This
encounter Commons that the success of the tion, modifying the shock of the urged that the Bureau should qualified for
Notable failures wore proper. pointments.
also went the full distance and Japanese cotton trade was due tude, can alono appease the gold
President's uncompromising atti-meet again on Thursday.
Percy Alliss, the British Ryder· Shortly after the mutiny by the entalled 49 games.'
EUROPEANS UNHOPEFUL. .
Cup player, and W. Bourn, who three vessels now believed to be
to extremely efficient organisu- countries. Even then it is consi-
was beaten in the finale of both G. P. Hughes and Fred Perry;
M. Bonnet and Signor Jung tho British Amateur and the on their way to Canton, five other Britain's Davis Cup pair, and tion as much as it was due to low dered unlikely that any progress Chinese ships deserted and an England's great hopes for the
can be made in the economic Buggested Wednesday, finally English Amateur championships nounced their Intention to sail to championship, made their way
sphere, in vlow of the gold bloc's
this year.
The boat amateur Lancashire should reorganise to view that economic concession are that a very positive solution must Addington, who aggregated 147. Nanking and surrender to the into the fourth round at the ex-
yielded to Thursday, but declared acoro was credited to Garnett, of Nanking Government, presenting panse of the Frenchmen, Gentien establish similar efficiency. dependent upon monetary factors. their grievances on arrival.
and Boussus, another thrilling five The usual criticisms of abnor
Leading scores. DRAMATIC EVENTS. set match being witnessed.
mally low wages and bad condi-]- Aoki and Miss B. Feltham, who tions of labour, including long] The following are the events have displayed excellent form in hours, in Japan were heard from loading to a dramatic finish to a ing by the Bureau. reaching the fourth round of the the Conservative member Mr. day of oxcitement.
It is hoped in American quarters W. Kenyon (West Lancs.) mixed doubles, made their adieu Hammersley, who declared that At this morning's meeting of that the respite they have gained to the event to-day when they were there was not a market in the the Bureau, a Committee was ap- until Thursday will prove beaten by Kirby and Millo. Sigart world which had not felt the pointed to draft the final resolu- chance to forget President Roose
menace of auch extraordinarily tion. The Committee consisted of -velt's stinging words. after a three set match.
One of the biggest sensations of cheap competition.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald; Mr. No- Mr. Cordell Hull explained last the day was the elimination of
ville Chamberlain, M. Bonnet night that he had asked the Bureau Miss Hooley and Miss Round from
(France) and Dr. Colijn, (Hol- for a twenty-four hours' recess in the Woman's Doubles.. They fell Mr. Hammersley denied the land).
order to talk things over. New York, July 4.
The Soviet Government is link-to Miss Freda James and Miss Agures quoted by Dr. L. Burgin, At three o'clock, the committeo Forty-four holiday makera are
the Parliamentary Secretary to the had practically agreed upon à re-
LAST HOPES. dead and hundreds injured as the ing up other countries with its Yorke who won In straight sets.
Full details of the day's play Board of Trade showing that solution giving consent to the aŭ- firmly-worded pact of non-nggrea-
Both the British and American rosult of motor-car, bathing or
and results will be found on page Japan's exports is the first four Journment of the Conference. alon. fireworks accidents
delegations hope that within the months of 1933 declined by six por during the
The necessary documents for 8. Independence
celebrations Day
next two days, the conference cent. in value as compared with throughout the United States. the conclusion of a similar pact
1932, while the United Kingdom nine por cont., the French by four teen per cent, Germany's by twenty five per cent., and Amer ica's by twenty-sevelt.
President Roosevelt left An- NON-AGGRESSION
Washington last
napolie for evening, at the conclusion. of his crulaing holiday.-Reuter,
Router.
.:
PACTS
SOVIET AND LITTLE ENTENTE SIGN
London, July 4,
| were signed in London to-day ba-
FIGURES DISPUTED. +
twoon Russia and Roumania, Jugo ACTIVITY ON THE exports had declined in value by
Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia and Tur-
koy,
The text is the same as that' signed yesterday with other neighbours of Russia, except that it contains a further article ox- tonding to other countries the right of adherence to it.
The Loening amphibian machine which to making the trial survey hop from Shanghai to Hongkong in connexion with the opening of The three countries mentioned the Cantan-Hongkong-Shanghai are the Little Entanto powers...
M. Litvino's diplomatie suc
this morning shortly before noon, darable comment at the World
STOCK MARKET·
MESSENGER BREAKS.
be found by then and that in their opinion, the best procedure Nolan (Britain).71.67 138 was the adjournment of the Con- Horton Smith (U.8.A.) 71..71.. 142 ference as fixed during the morn-Syd Fairweather (Britain)
.140
Billy Burke (USA)
Garnett (Addington)
140
146.
∙∙147
4
Archie Compston (Britain) Kirkwood Vickers (Britain)
147
147
147
∙148)
Geno Barazon (U.S. holder)
T. V. SOONG RETURNING TO CHINA
Visits to Capitals of Europe
London, July
tion can be improved and an econo-Paying While the discussion was pro- mis policy formulated on which coeding, a messenger brought a work can proceed. The Americans note for Mr. Ramsay MacDonald are known to desire further discus- from the delegation of the United has estas price-raising in
other countries,
Mr. T. V. Soong's visit to Lon States, asking for a postponement It is believed that President doh, is drawing to a close, This of the meeting of the Bare Roosevelt greatly desires the Con- afternoon ho saw Sir John Birmon PROPOSED CONFERENCE. fixed for 6p.m. as they had forence to continue and he will at the Foreign Once and then- -LONDON-
Mr. Walter Runciman, President an important communication to therefore make a great effort to this went to the World Economia Cont of the Board of Trade, dealing makovitsky
ference to bid good-bye to AMTRE London, July 4. with the question of Japabase come Mr. Ramsay MacDonald “-aus-
STRONG CRITICISM,
#Ramssy Mae Donald? Very large business was again petition, said that the rubly of the pended the meeting of the Com Téagd rajttés and conversed for hair an transseted on the Block Exchange Japariano, Government to
Industrigi,
of tha Te is bEAUMONTHS Phours with one of the Amerdan
BRISK BUSINESS IN
ward "registerði: Economic Conference, and the cases," the values, IDE? Commissar, for Foreign Affairs,
when questioned yesterda
Hull had found it impossible":
of
"morning's, meeting
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