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CALL AND INSPECT.
ESTHONIA FASCIST COUP FAILS: MARTIAL LAW
Machine-Guns Cover Raid on
MILITARY ACT
IN TIME
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FIERCE FIGHTING STORY DENIED
EXCITEMENT INTENSE
Berlin, Mar. 13. M. Guichard, Director of the
Political excitement is in- French Judicial Police, whose retirement has been ordered by the tense in Esthonia where, it Doumergus Cabinet. In connection is believed, an attempt by
with the Stavisky scandals.
FRENCH POLICE CHIEF SACKED
STAVISKY AFFAIR
ECHO
UNDELIVERED SUMMONS
.
Paris, Mar. 12. M. Guichard, the Director of the Judicial Department of the Paris Police, is to be retired.
His dimissal is the direct out- come of the Stevinky scandals,
It WAS
that announced Guichard, who reached the retir lag age some time ago, would retired on April 1.
be
Fascists to stage a revolu- tionary coup d'etat was pre-
vented only by sharp military
action.
There are reports of fierce fighting between the Fascists and Go- vernment troops in the of Reval, the streets capital, but they have not been confirmed:
Reval presented a war-like ap- pearance a day yesterday, the Government
drastic taking measures in preparation for the least sign of disturbance,
A State of Emergency has been proclaimed throughout the country, revealing that the crisis is not yet over, although it is thought that the Government has the situa tion in control.
LEADERS Arrested
Headquarters
BRITISH WEATHER BRITAIN'S NAVAL
TRICKS
Remarkable Rainfall
Record
London, Mar. 12.. Statistics compiled by the meteorological section of the Air Ministry show that the rainfall over Eng- fårld and Wales has been less than the average for no less than nine out of the last eleven months.
In December, the rainfall was only 29 per cent, of the average and in February only 22 per cent of the average for those months-British Wireless.
ROME DIPLOMACY
THREE-POWER
PARLEY TO-DAY
DR. GOMBOES ARRIVES
London, Mar. 12. The eyes of Europe will to- morrow be focussed upon Rome, į where the conference between j Signor Mussolini, Dr. Dollfuss and Dr. Gomboes is taking place.
The Hungarian Prefiler arrived In Rome this evening and wha personally received at the station
Signor Mussolini..
reported.
POLICY
TREATY TONNAGE BY END OF 1936
OUTLOOK FOR NEXT CONFERENCE
(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Receiped, March 13, 6.30a.m.)
LONDON, MARCH 12.
IT WAS REVEALED IN THE HOUSE OF COM- COMS TO-NIGHT THAT THE ROYAL NAVY WILL BE PRACTICALLY AT FULL TREATY STRENGTH BY THE END OF 1936, ON THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMMES.
Sir Bolton Eyres-Moncall.
SVALE STILL ON ROCKS
ROUGH WEATHER PREVAILS
A wireless communication from
Foochow in
SUNKEN SUBMARINE ESCAPES
IMPORTANT ADMIRALTY
DECISION
TO RELY ON DAVIS APPARATUS
London, Mar. 12. An important decision taken by the Admiralty in regard to the problem of saving life from sunken sub-
marines, was announced by
the First Lord. Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell in the debate on the naval estimates to-. day.
After the fullest consideration," | he stated, the conclusion had been reached that the raising of a sunken submarine in time to save life by that means was not
A
Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Ad-on the Breakwater Rocks, White only practical method they knew the s.s. Svale, which ran aground feasible operation and that the most certain, and, indeed, the miralty, made the statement during the debate on the
near Dogs, Naval Estimates, explaining that Britain's fleet would
the of saving life, was the Davis sub-
merged escape apparatus now be at the maximum treaty tonnage in all categories.
to the effect that winds from It was proposed to rely in future. Practically all the units of the fleet would then be the N.E.
and increasing
This conclusion had been reich- under-age ships, with the exception of about sixty thus hampering the chances ed only after the most careful thousand top of over age destroyers and about four of getting her off, was
received investigation of all submaring disasters in the British and for- thousand tons of over-age submarines.
at the Dougins Steamship Office olgn navies and in the light of this morning
the experience gained by the United States Navy in compre hensive trials.
early hours of yesterday morning, atted to all submarines, on which
LABOUR PARTY'S CRITICISMS
NO PROVOCATION
of
the sequel to the non-delivery of a summons to the former Cabinet Ministers, M. Dalimier and M.
The First Lord said that the gramme, but suggested that the Jullen Durand, to appear before
building programme contained in Navy needs another flotilla This was largely accomplished the Bayonne magistrate in con- nection with the judicial enquiry by the forcible dissolution of the
the Estimates was in accordance light cruisors. They might be Di. Dollfuss did not loave
bullt for two reasons, because the The Cabinet discussed the Ex-Servicemen's League and the Failure this afternoon after which arrest of a hundred of the leading Vianna antil late to-night. He is with the "carefully considered flotilla was required and because
travelling to Rome by
special Admiralty policy of replacement, the fulfilment of the order would M.Agures in the organisation.
train.
namely, to pursue a steady annual help to reduce unemployment.-- The military cooperated with Meanwhile, important changes!
Router. the police in effecting the dissolu-In the Austrian Government are programme of construction.“ tion of the League.
He pointed out that although GUICHARD'S CONFESSION Machine-guns were posted in
General Schoenburg Hartenstein the Washington and London Naval front of the Lengue headquarters has been appolatex linister of Treaties permit the British Navy M. Guichard on Friday last con-in Reval and the troops were pre Defence, a portfalin hitherto held to lay down 80,000 tons of now fussed that the summons was pulpared with hand-grenades while by Dr. Dollfuss, while Herr Hasen-cruisers in the three years, 1931, delivered. The summons, he the police carried out their raid, hauer, the President of the 1935, and 1930, the current pro said, was found in the Stavisky arrested the officials and sealed Peasant Lengue, has been ap-gramme provided for only 32,000 dossier where it must have slipped, the establishment.
pointed State Secretary for Land tons. while he nvna studying the dossier. It is believed that the closure and Forestry-Reuter
It may be recalled that Mof the Ex-Servicemen's League Chautemps called for the resigna-nipped in the bud a Fascist Putsch tion of M. Guichard in Jununry, plan which was organised by the The request appears to have been League for putting into efect to- cancelled when M. Daladier took day.-Renter.
MARTIAL LAW FOR SIX MONTHS
affice-Router.
COTTON BREACH
THREAT
JAPANESE REMAIN
ADAMANT
London, Mar, 13.
Later.
The seriousness of the situation
is revealed by a Government nouncement that the State of
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NEW CHAIRMAN
OF L.C.C.
LORD SNELL OF PLUMSTEAD
London, Mar, 12.
Emergency will continue through- IL is disclosed that the new
out Esthonia for six months.
of
M. Paets will net as President.chairman of the London County He has appointed General Lal-Council has been chosen from out- doner, who led the National forside its ranks. ces which drove out the Bolsheviks It is learned that the Japanese In 1918 and 1919 to be tommлn- delegates have received Instruc-der-in-chief of the Army, and has tions from the Japanese Cotton entrusted him with the task Spinners Association of Osaka to maintaining internal order. break off negotiations with the
FASCIST THREATS. British cotton delegation unless the All branches of the Fascist Lancashire attitude in regard to Federation of Ex-Servicemen have
been dissolved and the loa
The chairman will be the well- known Labour peer, Lord Snell of Plumstead, who was a member of the L. C. C. from 1912 to 1926 and Labour M. F. for East Woolwich from 1922 until his elevation to the poorage in 1931.-Reuter,
the geographical scope of the now arrested, following throats MR. ARIYOSHI AND negotiations undergoes a change. of terrorism made by the Feder -Reuter.
atlon, which had formed military organisations.
STOP PRESS
Tokyo, Mar. 18.
It is officially stated that no
MR. HIROTA
disturbances have occurred any-| RUMOURS OF CLASH where.-Reuter.
OF VIEWS
Fatal injuries were caused to Chu Kwai-cheung, 21, who was knocked down in Prince Edward Rond, Kow- Casualties in the Tomotsuru dis- loon, yesterday by n. bus. He died aster are still not officially dis-shortly after admission to hospital. closed.
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(Special to "Telegraphi")
Government's Hopes Unfulfilled
рге
The s.s. Halning is now stand- ing by, and the s.s. Kamo, with salvage equipment on board, left| thei Hongkong last evening for scene of the accident.
HIGHER DUTIES ON RICE
NANKING MAKING NEW MOVE
(Special to "Toingraph”)
REMOVING TEMPTATION
If it were thought by men im prisoned in a sunken aubmarine that attempts were going to be made to raise the submarine there would be ́n grave danger that in apite of their training in the use of the escape apparatus they might be tempted to await tho result of salvage operations by instead of saving themselves means of the apparatus.
Orders were, therefore, being issued to the effect that the salvage organisation for the sole purpose of salvaging submarines would not be retained. Shanghai, Mar. 13. That the Nanking Government is A algnal was being introduced The Naval Estimates give pro- contemplating mensures to give which would tell the crew of a Refuting arguments which invocation to no foreign country effort to the Customs "standardį sunken submarine that surface sisted that the whole of the 86,000 while containing a very real rate" on imported rice in all mari-vessels were present to rescue tons should be laid down, Sir Bol-instalment of security for Britain, time provinces, is revealed in an them when they come up by the ton Eyren Monsell, declared: declared Lord Stanley, Financial allefal reply to the local Foodstuff Davis Escape Gear.
Secretary to the Admiralty, reply Dealers Association. The atan- "The Admiralty have had to ing to the debate.
dard rate will soon be put into face the facts," said the Firat The Government had hoped, he force in Fukien, while discussions Lord. There is no hopp of said, that by giving a lead in the are proceeding with the Canton saving life by salvage and direction of small cruisers, other Government for a similar step, the have come to our decision because Powers would follow our example Unfortunately the hope had not been fulfilled and the two other big naval countries had built several ten-thousand- ton cruisers more heavily armed than the Leander class.
"We are still trying to bring about limitation of arma- ments. It would be impossi- ble for us, on the eve of the 1935 Naval Conference largely to increase our normal bulld- ing programnie on the assump- tion that the Conference is go- ing to be a fullure.”—United Press,
LABOUR CRITICS
Singapore Base
Policy
Mr. George Hall, speaking on be half of the Labour opposition, said that they could not help but view the Increased estimates. with con- siderable alarm.
NEW CRUISER CLASS9
That was the reason
for the now class appearance of a
of cruiser, with armaments com- parable to that of the new cruisers of other Powers.
ex-
Defending the additional penditure on the Singapore Baac, he pointed out that under the limits of the truncated scheme, the Deck would be useless. All He paid special attention to the the presont Government had done proposals in connection with the was to add a pumping plant and a Singapore Base, on which the generating station in order to Admiralty proposed
to spend ensure that the dock would be of £9,000,000, the Army £2,000,000 benefit.
£600,000.
and the Royal Air Forec some The Estimates were approved
and adopted.—Router, Ho asked why it should be necessary that these increased
SIXTEEN-TO-ONE RATIO
Wheeler Compromise
Silver Bill
Washington, Mar. 12.
has Senator Wheeler introduced a so-called com............. promise bill for considera.... tion of the Senate, authoris- ing the Government to pur chase fifty million ounces of silver every month until 16:1 ratio with gold has . been reached.-Router.
we
It is in the best interest of the submarine personnel."-British Wireless.
CYPRUS FACES
DIFFICULTIES
ECONOMIC INQUIRY
ORDERED
London, Mar. 12.
Office announces
of the economic
people, and agŕleuktural
The Colonial
that
In view dimculties of the marticularly
the classes, of Cyprus, it had been de- cldod
to despatch a Financial EN | Commissioner to the Colony, with following terms of reference:
*To examine and report on the financial position and polley of the Government of Cyprus in
sums should be placed in the MARINE OFFICER'S it more urgent that Fukion and relation to the economic resources
Estimnics.
ADMIRAL'S
present tax imposed by the special bureau in Canbon being only one- third of the standard rate.
The Nanking Government feels Kwangtung, which have hitherto and prospects of the Colony, and. depended on foreign supplies in particular, to advise as to the should be reserved for the market development of those
hg of rice produced in the Yang- and as to any changes which may Lso Valloy, where there are large be necessary or dealrable in the Burplus stocks-Central News.
existing basis of revenus und in London, Mar. 12.
→ expandíturo on service.” The Lord Privy Son, Mr. elation of the British Government Sir Ralph Oakden, late of the Eden, stated in the Com-of the attitude adopted by the Indian Civil Service, han accgeted,
CASE
AWARDS
£800
l'esources
MAIDEN SPEECH.
Admiral Sir Rogor Keyes, the Shanghai, Mar. 13.
now member for North Ports- PORTUGAL A rumour circulating in diplo-mouth, in his maidon spooch in It la, however, generally report-
circles hints The annual dance of the Steel and matic
that Mr. the Hound, warmly defended the ed that there were five officers and Coulson's Billiard League, organised Ariyoshi, the Japanese Minister works on the Singapore Bade
recruits, by St. Patrick's Club, will take place to China, is finding himself per- which he described as a vital link aboard when the vessel was wreck this year in the Garrison Lecture sistently opposed to Mr. Hirota, In the Imperial Tofonce chato, ho Anthony at the claim of the Portuguese Government in making an invitation to undertake this
Hall, Wellington Barracks, on St. the Japaneno Foreign Minister, in Without the Bingapore The construction of the vessel Patrick's Day, 17th inst. Admission their views on outstanding Sino declared, it would be impossible British mercantile marina officer, this Award and in arranging & inquiry, and he leaves for Cyprus
in by invitation only, to be obtain Japanese problems. wan only completed on February from
to go to the help of Australia or Mr. Brower, against the Fortu-retrial of the case against Mr. next month. Mr. F. A. Stockdale, t1209 Hon. Secretary, St 28 and she was commissioned last Patrick's Club, Garden Road, Hong dovolon. It is expected that Mr. Cosafully in Eastern winded
If these differendes further Now Zealand or to operate. suc- guese Government has been satis-Brewer, as result of which he was Agricultural Adviser to the Tuesday-Reutor.
kong. During the tevening the
factorily settled by an award of eventually acquitted by the Colonial Secretary, will also visit League trophies will be prosented to Ariyoshi will resign.Central Admiral Keyes, applauded the £800.
Supreme Court at Listion.-Brilish Cyprus - during the Inquiry. – the Winners.
Government'a building Tro
Mr. Edon expressed the appro- | Wireless.
British Wireless.
ed.
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