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No. 14174
- ACTRET MONDAY, DECEMBER 11,
1933. 日四廿月十
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In a class by itself
DUNLOP
FORT
SEVILLE EXPRESS BOMB OUTRAGE DISASTER
THE HADLEY
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CASE
REPRIEVE DECISION NOT ANNOUNCED
THIRD AFFAIR
Mrs. Katherine Hadley, whose petition for reprieve of the death sentence passed upon her for the murder in Shanghal of Captain Youngs is now before Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister. In Ching. Is been connected with the deaths of three men in the space of a few years."
Latvian or Russian by birth, sho acquired · British nationality by marriage several years ago, Her husband died suddenly, and suicide was returned as the cause of his death at thé inquest: The Coroner, however, made very strong comments upon Mrs. Had ley's conduct in the affair.
In Tiontsin In 1930, Mrs. Hadley appeared in the British Consular court in connexion with the death of a Russian newspaper | delivery men.
TIENTSIN STABBING.
A woman spanker during the recent Spanish election, the inconclusive and surprising result of which is the primary cause of existing unrest.-
BANK SITE
MELEE
POLICE CALLED TO
INTERVENE
A fight between Shanghal labourers at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank site, which com menced in the compound, ended up in the streat yesterday morning. The police were called and two men
It was alleged that she stabbed him in much the same way as she stabbed Captain Youngs and that she went out of the roam and were afrested. They appeared said to a Russian neighbour: "I before Mr. Balfour in the Central have killed Alexander.” '
Pollee Court this morning, charged Medical testimony was to the with behaving in a disorderly effect that, the deep stab, just manner. They pleaded guilty. below the armpit, could not have Inspector Stimson said one man, been self-inflicted, but, she was not arrested, sat on a heap of stones found "Not Guilty" by the jury. which had been propared for the The charge to the jury by the crusher. He was told to move and presiding judge in Tientsin left resented. An argument ensued no doubt as to his opinion of and Mr. Holmes, Works Manager, prisoner's guilt, and the jury realgnalled the two defendants a turned to the, courtroom once to the leading lights in the affair. enquire if they could bring in a Mr. Holmes eald defendants were verdict of unintentional killing. being repatriated by the arm to They were told they could not Shanghal to-morrow. The melee and found her not guilty of lasted for about fifteen minutes
yesterday.
His Worship cautioned the de- fendants.
Both riefendants:-We your Worship.
murder.
THE TOC H. RUSHLIGHT
TO BE DEDICATED TO-MORROW
HONGKONG LINK
thank
MANCHURIA BORDER
INCIDENT
TRAIN HURLED INTO RAVINE
SHOCKING ANARCHIST CRIMES IN SPANISH REVOLT
CHAOS IN THE PROVINCES
Although the authorities of Madrid claim that the revolt in Spain has been chocked, gråve disturbances are reported from many parts of the country, Complete chaos reigns in Barcelona and San Sebastian, where many casualties have occurred.
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Chief feature of the Anarchists' "revolution" is the outrage campaign. Terrible loss of life occurred in an express disaster caused by a time bomb.
Heavy losses were inflicted on rioters" "who attempted to carry the municipal buildings at Coll Blanca by storm in the face of armed troops.
EXPRESS HURLED IN RAVINE
Terrible Scones Follow Outrage
Barcelona, Dec, 10.
At least twenty were killed and forty injured when the Seville ex- press was derailed-white-crossing a bridge outside Valencia.
Anarchists had placed a time bomb on the rails and the train crashed over the bridge Into a ravine..
PASSENGER LOSES REASON. Terrible scenes were witnessed, one passenger who was trapped in the wreckage going out of his
rescue workers.
Soviet Troops Alleged to mind, striking horror among the
Have Opened Fire
A Rengo report says that accord.
An interesting ceremony willing to information from the Chila take place in Lady Chapel, St. police aub-station, near the Man- Jolin'a, Cathedral to-morrow night, chukuo border, Soviet troops on when at 8.45 p.m. the Bishop of the opposite side of the Alulauka Victoria, Rt. Rev. Ronald Owen River opened sudden fire with Hall, Toc H. Padre, will dedicate rifles and machine-guns last week. the Rushlight of the local group This, says the report, was kept of Toc H. prior to the forging of up for over half an hour. The the Hongkong link in the "World message says that the Manchukuo Chain of Light." A hearty wel-police refused to fight and main- come is extended to all who would tained silence throughout. wish to attend.
Similar incidents are reported to The idea of the "World Chain of have occurred on November 29 and Light," first conceived by Toc 30. The incidents are now being the Manchukuo Australia in 1929 and now being Investigated by adopted for the fifth successive authorities. year, is extremely simple. Many
outside Toc II have undoubtedly
heard of the ceremony yet many. HAKUSHIKA MARU
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IN HURRICANE
ONLY POSITION OF VESSEL GIVEN
Dutch Harbour, Dec. 7. The Japanese
vessel, motor Hakushika Maru, reported by wire. less yesterday that it was. In the midst of a 90-mile hurricane ac- companied by "phenomenal heat."
The ship gave its position ng "53 degrees north and 160 degrees west," but did not say whether it was in immediate need of
danger.
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First aid was difficult owing to the loneliness of the region where the catastrophe occurred.
All services on the line have
been suspended-Reuter.
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GENERAL STRIKE
IN BARCELONA
Barcelona, Dec. 10.
MADRID UNEASY
Rumours of General Strike
Madrid, Dec. 11, Despite the Ministerial declara- tion. that the revolt has been checked, the situation is still very serious,
Madrid has so far escaped the worst aspects of the outbreak, but it is feared, that the extremists are not likely to remain idle long.
rumours of the likelihood of a de- There are already persistent claration of a general strike in Madrid, and if so, martin| Jaw will almost certainly have to be de- clared:-Reuter.
MOB ATTACK ON TOWN HALL
Many Casualties at Coll Blanca
Coll Blanca, Dec. 11.,
A serious clash occurred between the Anarchist forces in Coll Blanca and troops guarding the municipal ¡building.
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The latest type of British torpédo bomber plane», showing the actual launching of the torpedo. Machines of this type are now on their way to Singapore, for the purpose of strengthening'aarial defencer there.
MR. LANSBURY'S MISHAP
Condition Reported To Be Satisfactory
London, Dec. 10. Mr. George Lansbury. leader of the opposition in the House of Commons... who fractured his thigh before addressing a meeting at Gainsborough Town Hall on. Saturday, spent a bad night. His condition, how- be is reported to satisfactory.-Router.
over,
FUKIEN
COTTON TRADE ULTIMATUM
JAPANESE GOVT.
ACCEPTS
INDUSTRIALISTS HOLD OUT
Tokyo, Déu, 3. Capitulating from its former adamant stand, the Japanese Government yesterday decided to accept the Indian Government's counter-proposal at the Indo- Japanese Commercial Conferenco at.New. Delhi.
This action may, save the Con- feronce which was on the brink of failure. Civil delegates had been
SECOND HURDLE withdrawn and Instructoid to re-
SURMOUNTED
CHAUTEMPS GETS MAJORITY
FINANCE BILL VOTE
Paris, Dec. 10.
M. Chautemps having made it a matter of confidence, the Cham- ber to-night refected by:301, votes to 245, an amendment by the Right reducing the yield of Article Twelve of the Finance Dill 160,000,000 francs. Da
The most serious part of the satiatussle over the Finance Bill is now
believed to bo over, although it" has been an exciting debate.
by
.
In the early part of the debate, a young man forced his way into
POLICY ON the ante-chamber and fired two re-
THE
turn to Japan on the noxt ship.
Both India and Japan had sub- mitted their "final" proposals and had refused to recede from their announced positions,
In view of the serious blow that would be given Japanese industry by failure of the negotiations, the Government decided to accept the Indian proposal--but there re- mains some doubt whether the spinners, cotton dealers, cotton tissue exports and others engaged in similar Industries will agree to. accept them.
CONCESSIONS TO JAPAN.
India has agreed to many of the demands made by Japan, it was .pointed out by the Ministries of: Foreign Affairs, and Commerce “and Industry. She had accepted `that tho Buggestions
Jtity a cotton fabrics which
India will accept from Nippon should be fixed. at 400,000,000 square yards annually and that the customs duty on Japanese cotton tissue be decreased from 75 to 50 per cent. Furthermore, Japancas artificial silk and dry goods will receive "most-favoured nation"
volver shots into the air. Ho allowed himself to be arrested without resistance, explaining that he merely had wanted to attract the attention of Parlament-to-a-treatment, involved. It was assumed that the man is insane.
MISSIONARY lawsuit in which he is at present
MR. EUGENE CHEN
EXPLAINS...
ary
on
GOLD RESERVES DOWN. It is learned that the gold re- serves of the Bank of France have contracted during the past few weeks ending December 1, Foochow, Dec. 11. The new Poople's Provisional which date they amounted to an Government have no intention equivalent of £44,240,000.
A heavy increase in the nolo cir- of interfering with the mission-culation, equivalent to £20,715,000. societies, declared Mr. is shown in the bank's returns for Eugene Chen in an interview the week ending December 1, but with Reuter following reports of the proportion of gold specle to alght liabilities is given as 79.24 plans for "control."
Chen, who
is centimes to the franc, compared Mr. Eugene "Foreign Minister" in the rebel with 79.14 during the previous government, said that the religious period. The advance is attributed and educational activities of the to heavy contraction of current de- missionaries must not, however, beposit accounts-Beuter, conducted in defiance of Chinese laws.
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The Anarchiats attempted to
He also emphasised that the TELEPRINTERS FOR rush the premises despite the pre- sence of armed guards. Adequate Fuklen quota of the Customs
POLICE The Anarchist associations here warning was given, but the
revenues would be retained in have come to an arrangement with tremists made a headlong rush and Fuklen and said that new sources the Communist organisations and the troops were obliged to open of income would be opened up serious trouble threatens.
fire. The attack was repulsed and shortly. it is believed that many casualties were inflicted on the riolers.
A general strike has already been proclaimed and disorders are fear ed.-Router.
SAN SEBASTIAN OUTRAGES
Shooting Battle In Suburbs
Grave rioting has also been re nowed in Tarrasa und. Hospitalet, with, it is feared, much bloodshed.
-Router.
BILBAO EXPRESS
DERAILED
There will be, he foreshadowed, additional taxation on a number of imported articles. The duty on kerosene, for instance, has already been increased-Router.
AIR READINESS.
Shanghai, Dec. 11. Two squadrons of Nanking acro- planes are concentrating at Hang- chow in readiness for hostilities on
MACHINES INSTALLED
IN SHANGHAI
A two-way system of tele- printers has been installed in each polico station and the Resorve | Unit in Shanghai.
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The system which formally will be institutod on December should, it is hoped, eliminate a great number of clerical orrore due to language dimoultios,
Likewise Info on can bo-
simultan Mossaros · con-
Barcelona, Dec. 9..the Cheklang-Fukien frontiers.
Over forty Nanking "military broadcast to all Following the lasue of the planes are ready, including ten
and Madrid; Dec. 10. Anarchist manifesto Borious fight Bombers, which arrived from corning kidnappinge, armed Anarchist rioting has spread to ing broke out in the village of abroad at a very recent date. San Sebastian, where a state of Hopitalot, Catalonia, whore a mob chaos relgng. There is no doubt marching on Barcelona tried to that the disturbance, is the result burn a factory with inflammablo
liquid.
coloni.
DRIZZLE OR MIST
robberies, and wanted noticos sent out without delay. Along with tho introduction of radio motor cars, the introduction of this the Shanghai, -places: anticyclone remains over system The of a carefully planned plot seeking iqt
The Civle Guards fred on the North and South Manchuria, polles force on a par with the the establishment of a revolutionary.
mol government of the extreme Left.
which fled towards Bar- and has increased alightly in in métropolitan forces of the world.
tensity. Local forecast:N. E. The riotors are in many Савев sistance or whether It was in any armed; bomb outrages have oc Bomb and shooting outrages winds, fresh, cloudy, with drizzle
BUSES ATTACKED The Hakushika Maru is owned curred in a dozen places, sortons throughout the city are reported, or mist,
damage having been done to public including the bombing of a church In the Pueblo Nuevo district, by the Tatsuuma Kisen Kabushiki buildings...
where other bombs exploded, one cause of the derailment of the Kaisha, of Kobe, and has a tonnage. A pitched battle scems to be blowing up a gasometer, with Bilbao express, which has been of 8161--Renior, Wigs that
proceeding in the suburbs between grout damage.
completely wrecked. It is bo- at least three have Veon killed | killed, or injured in the tragedy. Stendy firing can be heard, m
Troops have also been rushed to in a night-long street battle, at
Police, dospite the turmoll guard the railway line to Paris, Logrono, where Aring is continu-throughout the country, stato which is reported to have been cut [Ing.
that the situation is under con- by the Anarchista, Router.
-Sabotage--Is-suspected no the |trol.--Reuter......
The Chinese Sisters of the Precloux the Anarchists and military forcen. It la raported from Madrid that loved that many people have been
Blood acknowledge with rateful ibanka handsome cheque of Twenty five dollars a donation from His
allanes: 188 Governor," and "Lady, (to their orphanage, hospital_andi:
BY TUFEI
FOUR JAPANESE KILLED
Mukden, Dec, 02 Four Japanese wore killed when bandits attacked two public buses at Talfangtze, a village between
INDUSTRIALISTS' STAND. Government officials are now at- įtempting to persuade the traders and manufacturers in Japan to agree. Mesars. F, Abc, S. Miya- Jima and Y. Kamura, representa- tives of spinners in Osaka, who are now in Tokyo, declared that Japan could not agree with tho Indian proposal in view of the vote taken by the Japanese Spinners' Association, the Cotton Dealers Union and the Cotton: Fabric Ex- porters' Union on November 28.
·Thoy called upon Mr. S. Kurusu, Director of the Trade Bureau of the Foreign Ministry, and Mr. Yoshine, Vice-Minister- of › Com-. merce and Industry, to re-affirm their firm attitude.
RESTRICTIONS PROTEST
BRITISH POLICY IN PALESTINE
Now York, Dec. 7. The convention called by the Palestine committee of the Na tional Labour of America, which was attended by 800 delegates representing a membership of 250,000, passed a resolution yester day strongly protesting against Immigration restrictions in Pales
British tine and calling on Government to obstacles in the way of a dewith settlement.
According to the Jewish Tele- graph Agency, the convaution has sent a message to the *. British Labour Party asking for support of its demand-Reuter
the Taonan and Tuchuan districts, yesterday...
A group of about 60 bandita Awooped down on the buses and robbed ovary passenger. Mr. Goro Yamada, oficint of the Tuchuan district government, and Mr. Mizuguchi, a nowspaper correspon dont ware among those killed. **On the same day, a bus, which toft Tunghua in Fengtion Province was attacked by a band of about 80 Koreau Insurgenta when it:runch- ou Chintouchia, TWOJA ADARS were killed.