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Hongkong. FOUNDED V-1)=XT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1934.
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TURBULENT SCENES WRECK BLUE SHIRT RANKS Irish Troops Called Out
FRENCH NOTE ON DISARMAMENT
Little Hope Had Out From Conversations
Paris, Feb. 12,
A French Note sent to London 10-day for transmis- sion to Mr. Arthur Hender- son, President of the Dis- armament Conference, holds our little hope for results from Franco-German coḥ- versations, says the Peti)- Parisien.-Router.
ZEPPELINS ROUND THE WORLD
SEVENTEEN-DAY SCHEDULE
BIG AMERICAN SCHEME
Akron, Feb. 10. A 17-day schedule for a round the world air service was an- nounced horo yesterday by Mr. Jerome Hunsaker, the vice preal dent of the Goodyear Zeppelin cor- poration, after the Navy Depart ment at Washington had announced it favours regular transoceanic ser- viccs.
the
Mr. R. W. Litchfield, president of
company.
which
built the
Akron, Macon and other big naval dirigibles, said his concern was prepared to construct and operate the necessary ships if the depart- ment of commerce will sponsor the project.
A world service is sure to be es- tablished in any event, Mr. Litch- field asserted. The schedule put forward by Mr. Hunsaker, formerly in the a lieutenant commander navy, as practicable, follows:
Washington-Paris, by Zeppelin,
64 hours in winter and 68 in sum- mer.
Paris-Barcelona, by Zeppelin, four hours.
Barcelona-Karachi, India Zeppe- lin, 64 hours.
Karachi-Batavia, Java, Zeppelin, 57 hours.
`Batarvin-Manila, afrplane,
hours.
Manila-Tokyo, dirigible,.
31
hours.
Takyo-Honolulu, Zeppelin,
DROGHEDA RIOT
TEARGAS BOMBS
EMPLOYED
WILD FRACAS AT DUNDALK
London, Feb. 12, Turbulent scenes were witnessed at Drogheda last night during an anti-Blue Shirt demonstration.
The police were in danger of being overwhelmed by the angry mob, and troops were rushed to the area from Dublin to restore
order.
NEA
The Duc de Guiss, the principal France, who is alleged to have
pretender
to
the throne
of
inspired Royalist riots in Paris..
Over twenty were injured early- BULGARIANS
on when the police launched a
baton charge on the mob which STILL IN PRISON
had collected to mark their protest against a Blue Shirt procession.
TEAR-GAS BOMBS.
The unruly crowd was soon com- pletely out of control and the police were severely harassed., When the troops appeared from Dublin they were stoned by the crowds, and immediately replied with tear gas bombs and fired blank shots over their heads,"
Order thereafter.
was quickly restored
The Blue Shirts were marching to the Drogheda station to entrain for Dundalk where a meeting was addressed by Mr. Cosgrave. His speech caused wild
scenes
st
Dundalk and the police there were compelled-to-charge with batons.
-Reuter.
WEATHER TRICKS
IN AMERICA
ARCTIC SPELL VAGARIES
LEIPZIG TRIAL SCANDAL
UNDER SEVERE
STRAIN
Berlin, Feb. 12.
All three of the Bulgarian
prisoners in the Reichstag fire trial, Dimitroff, Popoff and Taneff, are still held into custody by the Nazi police.
They are stated, says Reuter, tol be suffering serious mental and physical strain, their nerves being
in a very
-bad-state-as-a-result-of their long imprisonment.
In addition, Dimitroff is suffer. ing from eye trouble and PopoT from lung trouble.
They were found Not Guilty at the trial. Dr. Werner, the Public] Prosecutor when summing up for the State, said:
"I do not think that an adequate) proof that the Bulgarians were concerned in the Reichstag fire
日九廿月二十二
KINGEM OOPY 10 CESTYN ·
1900 PER ANNUM
COL. LINDBERGH CHALLENGES ROOSEVELT ACTION
WEIHAIWEI Mauretania Officers
"PIRACY"
TWO TRAWLERS RETURN. TO PORT
THE PROBABLE EXPLANATION
Dairen, Feb. 12,
The strange story of a pirate attack on Dairen
Sight a Monster SEVENT FEET LONG
WITH A HEAD TWO FEET
IN WIDTH
trawlers off Wei-hai-wei at CARIBBEAN SEA
midnight last Thursday has been somewhat discounted by the arrival of two of the missing trawlers safely to- day,
SERPENT
New York, Feb. 11.
The train of Monsters set up by the perambulations of the elusive denizen of Loch
Only one ship has now falled to put in op appear stance from Ness goes on unremittingly.
The request for
Port Arthur has not met with a favourable reply. No destroyers have been despatched as was
There were no caevalties aboard the two- trawlers which arrived this morning..
The latest is a gigantic sen-monster, alleged to have 'been sighted by the officers of the crack British liner, Mauretania.
&
An enormous creature, at least The police, after subjecting the soventy feet long, and with crews to close questioning, express head that was at least two feat the opinion that the attackers were wide (1) is claimed to have been probably not pirate craft. at all seen by the Chief Officer and the but were Chinese coastal cutters Third Officer of the liner in the which objected to the near-shore Caribbean Sen daring a cruise to fishing activities of non-Chinese the West Indies. craft-Reuter,
The creature was sighted, they elaim, on January 80. They related the story, anys Reuter, on the return of the Mauretania to New
TRADE WAR York today
PERIL
FRENCH NOTE TO BRITAIN
SPECIAL CABINET MEETING
+
(Special to "Telegraph”)<\/
(hy Talipraph. Copyright, Telegraphio Meo
18, 8.31 6.m.)
has been produced by this trial."pre Ordinance, 1831. fiscalrer, Mbrua said Dr. Werner, "though I am convinced that their activities in Germany were not as innocent as:
Paris, Feb. 11. The French Government is
The captain of the liner says he does not doubt that his officers alghted a sea-serpent."
Col. Charles Lindbergh.
NINGHSIA CAMPAIGN
SUN TIEN-YING'S":" FINAL BİD
HEAVY LOSSESS SUFFERED
AIR MAIL CONTRACT SCANDAL
RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL
NO PREMIUM ON HONESTY
(Special to "Telegraph").
(By Teligraph. Copyright, Telegraphio Mea
Received, February). sapre Ordinance, 1831, 115.87 p.m.)
Colonel
New York, Feb. 12
Charles Lindbergh, who is technical adviser to the Trans-Continental Western Air Line Company, has sent a mes- sage to President Roosevelt pro- testing against the cancellation of the air mail contracts..
Colonel Lindbergh says that the President's action, as a result" of„ a finding of frauds committed, was still contrary to the doctrino of right to a fair trial.
"Your action affects fundament. ally the industry to which I have devoted the last twelve years."
"It condemns the largest por- tion of commercial aviation with- out discriminating between the innocent and the guilty. It places no premium on honest business.→→ United Pros8.
The famous airman has figured prominently in the investigation concerning the alleged air mail scandal
During the Binck Committee's Investigation, testimony was given" that Col. Lindbergh, received $250,- 000 for his services, from Trans- Continental Air Transport.
In London, meantime, the Loch
has ceased to: Ness monster
Peking, Feb. 12.
bean Severe fighting has Interest as a news item, but ho has been capitalised by toy makers renewed around the city of. who have produced
good-Ninghsin following a combined natured- animal,saucy-looking, with a Scotch cap over one eye, counter-offensive-launched-by-to Mr. Daniek M. Sheaffer, chief of Ninghsia, Kansu and Chinghai and nick-named" "Sandy,”.......
A
CABINET SPLIT? Suppression
forces.
General Chu Shao-lang, Bandit. Commissioner of Ninghsia, Kansu and Chinghai Provinces, has ordered the des. patch of Army planes to Ninghais from Kangu to participate in the
campaign..
The Lindbergh, transaction foi- lowed a prolonged connexion of the aviator with the T.AT. nocording passenger transportation of the Pennsylvania Railroad and chair-::. man of the executive committee of the T.A.T. since 1980, who was chief witness in the hearing.
Mr. Lindbergh's services "were extremely valuable," witness said.; He received a $10,000 retainer as
PRAGUE TO REDUCE
chairman of the company's techni The Ninghsin military #u-
cal committee. When consolidation thorities, claim that 500, of Spn. of T.A.T. with Western Air Ex- VALUE OF CURRENCY
Tien Ying's troops were made press occurred, and after a postal Prague, Feb. 11
prisoner and over 1,000 killed or contract, had been obtained by the joint company, 25,000 shares of Czecho-Slovakia is con-wounded in a battle taking place New York, Feb. 11.
Ninghala early yesterday morning.were turned over to the Colonel The sudden spell of arctic wea-
wish to realise cash ther in New York, which has been the cause of forty fatalitica
Fighting in Ninghsia has been that the stock should not be re heard against them was counter- 17 in the metropolis alone, seems to
be ending.
The temperature has risen from balanced by much evidence cast on Tuesday with the addi- It is understood that the Govern resumed on this whole line alongcorded in his name, since the sale.. tional imposts in Britain on ment plans to effect this by re- the eastern border of the province.of sa large a block of stock by one ducing the gold cover for its paper Sua Tien-ying appears this time.to of his prominence "would excite two degrees below zero to twenty-ing doubt upon it.
Dimitroll's activities in Ger-French goods. in the inst
currency from the present thirty ha throwing all his available attention.” Boven degrees above
many he described as very sus
Despite the fact that internal
AWARD OF CONTRACTS. The effect will be to reduce the stake in the campaign.—Central) piclous. "Although a Communist,
Most of the testimony before the Honolulu-Los Angeles, Zeppelin New York area, however, its grip he tried to give himself out as al problems are vory acute, a speciar per cent, to twenty-five par cent. ¡ resources into the battle as a last
Black Committee dealt with nego bourgeoise professor, a doctor and meeting of the new. Cabinet was exchange value of the Crown by e so on. It cannot be proved what held to-day to discuss. the situa-about one-sixth.
tlations leading up to the award of he really did in Germany, though on
airmail contracts in 1930 and 1931. Testimony showed that Mr. Brown. it must be regarded an peculiar!
of the Post Office, was on intimate that he and his comrades chose Germany to live in."
torms with officials of the big air lines and that he consulted with them as to the qualifications which should go into the contracts. One of these qualifications required ability to do night flying. Witness agreed such a qualification, at the time the contracts were awarded, virtually excluded all but the "three biggest companies."
they maintained and that they seriously concerned about templating following the some distance to, the north of T.A.T, stock, worth $10 a abaṛṇ, were certainly guilty of trans- the threatened trade war,be-example of the United States The enemy was compelled to fall Assuming that the tatt from the tween France and Britain, by reducing the gold value back Central Ma Later. transaction. Mr. Sheaffer urged greasing the German lawa in cer- tain respects."
The evidence which had been which will develop seriously of its coinage.
hours.
66 twenty-four hours.
While the cold has abated in the upon other parts of the country
44 hours.
Los Angeles-Washington, plane, 24 hours.
The administration's interest in service transoceanic commercial was indicated recently by the allot- .ment made for the construction of an experimental quarter-size float-1
has not relaxed.
Extremely heavy falls of snow are reported from Colorado and Wyoming, where a steady blizzard has been raging for days.
FLORIDA TRICK.
In Florida there is to be found altions.
ing airdrome of the Airdrome type a startling contrast in weather con- which it is proposed to use in the Atlantic. This was referred to the department for Its approval.
NOTED RACEHORSE
OWNER
MR. W. SINGER DEAD
People in Miami are sux-bathing
·TONG "DISTURBANCES IN MONTREAL
in a temperature of 72 deground is Eleven Injured in
North-West Florida, the
carpeted by feet of snow-Reuter.
HYDROPHOBIA CASE
MARKET EMPLOYEE
SUCCUMBS
Conference
I
A final decision in the matter ij. M. Barthou and M. Lamoureux, expected at a meeting of the and Commerce respectively, were The National Democrats, repro- the Minister of Foreign Affairs Cabinet to be held to-morrow. the principal speakers, it is un-sonting chiefly financial and indus- derstood, and they emphasised the trial circles, are strongly opposed to serious effect the British customs the Government's proposals and
surtax will have upon certain are threatening to withdraw their classes of French exports, to representative, the Minister of
Commerce, from the Cabinet. Britain.
Meanwhile experts are con Reuter.
Peacering the terms of the Noto to-morrow-Router's Special Ser-
which will be sent to London
Montreal, Feb. 11.
A mooting called by influential Chinese tonight to diecusa how tho rocont tong disturbances might be avoided ended in fight- ing during which one man seriously injured, and ten slightly injured.
Wae
vice.
PRIVATE BUSINESS IN U.S.
GOVT. TO ENCOURAGE INITIATIVE
ANOTHER SECRET
wore
TREATY?
CUBAN REBELS
GIVEN AMNESTY
MENDIETA
REORGANIZING
ARMY.
Havana, Fab, 10.) President ⠀⠀ Carlos Mendieta's new government began the task of reorganizing the Cuban army torday and the President issued a decree granting amnesty to the Senator Hugo L Black (D.) of rebels against the earlier govern- Alabama is attempting to show ment of Ramon Grau San Martin. that collusion existed between the Reports of the existence 'of: a
The army reduction, to result in Postmaster General's office and the sseret treaty between Japan and fever officers and men, was agroed air mail companies which were Germany, which wore published in on months ago but delayed by the seeking mail contracts; and that in the American press Inst weak disorders that have kept Cuba in the case of T.A.T. the large number
labelled in Tokyo 38 ridiculous hy circica close to the an uproar FEELING of Republican officials who were Mendieta, having suppressed the connected with the corporation Ministry of Foreign Affairs. threat of a general strike, faced facilitated its efforts. Since the reports were not taken the menace of a new out testimony by Mr. Erle Halliburton outbreak Particular attention is given to seriously by the Japanese Govern
of: terrorism: P ment, it is understood that Disorders developed in Havana that he, in conjunction with, Mr Washington. Feb. 12. It is exported that Government official danial will be issued, and at interier points during the William Gibbs McAdoo, now Sens
A spokesman at the Foreign night, and several bombs exploded tor from California, offered to carry, encouragement of private business Initiative will, in the next few. Office stated that such reports were here though without casualties mail across the continent at a rate months, replace official emergency part of a malicious propaganda and with slight damage of 38.67 a pound less than the Gov Aimed at making trouble in the FarThe new president took firm ernment was then paying. A coff TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP" activity Busine should con- East and ware not to be given the steps to squelch a 24-hour strike tract was refused to Mr. Hallibur
Aden, Feb. 11.tinue firm through March and
lightest Importance called by the communist fedora ton April, A treaty of friendship was
that the According to American press action of labour, police and United "Fri There are indicatione
and the Securit through negligence of ignorance, Government and the Iman-Yehia Club for many years and a Sheriff had not sured himself of proper of Yemen Reuter & Special Ser
Wiltshire since 1924 Reuter. medical treatment.
(Special to "Telegraph")
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London, Feb. 11.
The police declare that tho Yuen Fung, a stall assistant at meeting was packed with disorder the Central Market, was admittedly elements from the Chinese com- Into the Government Civil Hospital munity and detained ninety of last night, with all the indications, those. prosent for questioning.
Reuter. aubsequently confirmed, of suffer Ons of the most distinguished ing from hydrophobia. His condi Ogures on, the English Turf, Mr.tion was beyond all possipio human Washington Morritt Grant Singer, aid, and he died some hours later. died to-day. He was 68 years of It transpires that as far back
ngo,
as three months ago he was bitten
-He was a Member of the Jockey by a dog at the Central Market, but | signed to-day between the British gtodie Erschunga í Herulative Bill öounts, the reported treaty concern soldiers; suppressing, demonstra-va
I vices:
most ed the action of Japan in the Far tions. Soldiers, and police guarded Hri sw East in the event of a war involving establishments deserted by the autho
the Top Germany United Press.
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