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ETHIOPIA MAY OFFER WANCHAÍ ARREST
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(Continued from Page 1.), ing them to Italian Somaliland.- Reuter.
TROOPS MOVING
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BIG CROWD GATHERS OUTSIDE STATION
SEPTEMBER
1935.
CANCELLING
ETHIOPIAN
CONCESSION
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Charged before Mr. Schofield at the Central Police Court this
With regard to the suggestion morning with assaulting P. C.that the concession is contrary to C407, Mak Fu, of the Hongkong the Treaty of 1908, the communique Addis Ababa, Sept. 3. Police, Chan Yee, 38, widow, and says Ethiopla did not become a The first troops have departed Chan Yau, 40, unemployed, both party to that treaty while the towards the Italian colonial bord-pleaded they did not know the British Government which is ers adjoining Ethiopia. An army complainant was a police offer. party to the treaty is not involved of 8,000 men has left this city and They were discharged with a directly or indirectly in the con is being followed by its supplies caution.
cession.-Router. in a long string of box cark.
to belong These warriors Dujagmatch Habte Mikael, chief- tain of Adowa, where the Italian army
was slaughtered in 1890, Mikael expects to have 20,000, fighting men along the border eventually.
His warriors range in age from children to greybeards, but all carry arms of sorts, their bundles; and purses, and grinned broadly ns they stood in line for inspec tion.
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FORMAL STATEMENT" Inspector Stewart Logan stated no proof that they
Washington, Sept. 1. there was
constable. There A formal statement was issued by knew he was a may have been a misunderstand- Mr. Cordell Hall later. He afd жда not a Mr. H. Dundas, vice-President, and ing and the assault serious one. No damage had been Mr. George Walden, chairman of done to the detective, who was in the Standard Vacuum Oil Company (not the Socony Company as plain clothes at the time; it was
originally reported) called to tell more x ́ense of interference.
As a sequel to this case, seven him that their company owned the concession granted to the African Chinese, six men and
Exploration and Development Co., charged with causing were
of the which was a subsidiary out. obstruction on the roadway Meanwhile, the Italian Legation aide the Wanchal Police Station Standard Vacuum Oil Co., and that has demanded that it be allowed last night. They all denied the they wished the State Department's
advice upon the situation. to bring 200 Italian machine-gun-charge. nera to Addia Ababa to defend the Inspector Logan stated that Legation. The Ethiopian Govern- crowd of several hundreds gather ment intends to refuse the demand. od outside the station following The report that Italian troops the arrest of the two defendants have Invaded Ethiopia bus now
After
re been denied here, as in Rome. But in the previous case.
the there is much nervousness on the peated warnings a section of
the crowd 'moved away but frontier.--United Press.
majority stayed. Inspector Logan and three ladian policemen then arrested the seven defendants.
at "It is a nightly occurrence Wanchai and it is getting serious," We remarked Inspector Logan. have to take steps to stop It. The trouble is that you can see right from the into the charge room street".
WAR'S PHANTOM
Paris, Sept. 3. War's phantom assumed sub- atance to-day with France, Ger many, Austria, Spain and Britain engaged in military manoeuvres on a scale unequalled since 1918.
The Continental armies deploy. ed across the ground blood-stain- ed and tora from 1914 to 1918 while Great Britain's Mediteranti to-morrow whea ranean Fleet formed a strategic will be heard.
was allowed. of crescent Bernas that sheet water and Italy countered by put- ling her submarino forces into defensive stations-United Press. GERMAN SYMPATHY
Berlin, Sept. 9. The Minister for the Interior, Herr Frick, published an article. to-day in which he states:
"The satisfactory settlement of the colonial question is n prere- quisite of Germany's return to the Langue.
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"We fully understand Italy's position," he added, "which similar to our own."--United Press,
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OFF TO MALTA
Southampton, Sept. 3. The troopship Neuralia has left here for Malta with 1,300 troops and 400 naval ratings aboard. She also carries several pilots of the R.A.F-United Press.
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Mr. Hull informed them that the CNE MORE from the “OLD FAVOURITES"! . granting of the concession had caused a great deal of embarrass- ment not only to the United States Government but to others who were making strenuous and sincere efforts to preserve peace.
In the circumstances the Gov ernment believed it was highly de girable that steps be taken as som as possible to terminate the con- cession.
Mr. Later Mr. Dundas and Walden Informed Mr. Hull that the company had decided to withdraw from the concession-Reuter.
RICKETT AUTHORISED
A statement issued on behalf of The defendants were remanded the Standard Vacuum Oil Company the rase declares that Mr. F. M. Rickett Bail of $5 each approached them early in 1935
The
of possibility regarding negotiating petroleum exploitation development with Ethiopin. A company
organised. the African Exploration Development- Company, of Delaware, and Mr. Jickelt was authorised to nego- tiate an agreement.
CONCESSION FOR SALE
IN RETURN FOR MONEY LOAN
New York, Sept. An American business man has oblained an option, signed by the Ethiopian Minister to London, for a concession.
The option is for a period of ninety days, from July 19. giving "sole concession to raise $1,000,000 as a loan to my country.
The Minister's promise adds: we are
prepared to give as security a concession for fifty
for
und years
gold
platinum in resources
territories lo be decided upon which are under our absolute control."
The business man concerned is Senator Pope, who recently, but supposed to have powerful backers, quite unofficially, visited the but he refuses to name them. He Foreign Office in London to dis-says they intend to exercise their cuss the Italo-Ethiopian situation, anid to-day that the United States would fully co-operate with the League if it proves capable stopping the Italo-Ethiopian war threat from developing into netuni conflict.-United Press.
NATIVE VOLUNTEERS
of
Rome, Sept. 3. General Balba, famous Italian air. administering the man, and now Tripal territory under the Italian flag, reports that native troops there haye volunteered for duty in Enst Africn.
Il Duce, immediately ordered white troops from Italy to Tripoli- tanla as replacements to allow the volunteers to proceed to Eritrea.— United Press.
GLASGOW PORT PROSPERITY
MARKED INCREASE IN SHIPPING
London, Sept. 3.
догда
This did not provide for any payment or loan, nor had any been male, the statement anid. The matter was handled 1s a private transaction with Ethiopia and there was no thought of consultation with any other Government.
President Roosevelt, informed of the oil company's decision, sald he was most gratified, because the conccasion Wug 80 upsetting to ponec negotiations-Reuter,
STAR FERRY
INCIDENT
WOMEN IN ASSAULT
CASE
summons
Mrs. Alina Rocha, of No. 169 Sal option, and that they are not cou-Yeung Choi Street, first floor, was uccted with the Standard Oil Com-the complainant in a
against Mrs. Marie Soldini, of No. pany-United Press.
8 York Road, Kowloon Tong, alleg- Ing that she was assaulted by her on the Star Ferry on August 23, in In summons heard before Mr. Thomson at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. The hearing was adjourned sine die owing to the absence of defendant.
LABOUR MUST BACK LEAGUE
BRITAIN SEEKING FRENCH SUPPORT
(Special to "Telegraph")
London, Sept. -3.
Mr. R. H. Cole, of Messrs. Hall Brutton and Company, appeared for the complainant, while Ar. J. M. D'Almada Remedios represented the defendant.
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London, Sept. 3. The report of the Ministry of
Mr. Remedios Informed Hils Worship that his client had this which a bride claimed $1,000 dam- morning sailed for Japan and that ages for remarks allered to have Health for the year ended March At a joint meeting of the Trude he understood that she would be been passed at her wedding cere- 31 last gives an, arresting survey Union Congress General Council returning by the end of this month, mony, ended at the Supreme Court of the chief developments during and the Labour Party Executive
The prosecution made an applica- to-day when the claim against Lee the 25 years of the King's reign
dis in the Ministry's main services. at Margate, a resolution was framtion for the withdrawal of the sum- Sang. Arst defendant, was ed for submission to a mass meet-
Under the National Health and mons and stated that they wished missed; and Lee Kwai-sang, second
pay Pensions" Insurance schemes- ing of French Labourities, to be to take civil action to claim com- defendant, was ordered held in Paris.
"one of most memorable develop- pensation for damage done, such $250 damages and costs., The resolution affirms that the as damage to clothing and doctors' Plaintiff, Cheng Ah-tai, alias ments of public health”----16,450,- Labour movement in both coun- fees.
Mr. Lee Yau, alleged that tho two 000 persons are insured, and in tries demands that their respective The Magistrate reserved his men shouted at the ceremony on the last ten years more than Governments unreservedly uphold decision and adjourned the case aine March 14 that she was pregnant $150,000,000 has been, disbursed
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Covenant, with a view to safeguard-
ing world peace..
Practically all the members of
Considerable general expansion the British Labour Executive at-
in the trade of Glasgow as a port, tended the meeting. Restor illustrating the improvement of Sperial.
henvy industries on the Clydeside, was announced at a meeting to day of the Clyde Navigation Trust.
During the past year, the total net registered tonnage of vessels arriving at and leaving the port was 13,699,071 an increase on the previous year of 681,103. tona, or 5.23 per cent. The total tonnage of gooda imported and exported W36 6,480,970-an increase 364,518 tons, or 5.96 per cent- British Wireless.
BRITISH FINANCES
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TIENTSIN EXPLOSION
ETHER BLAST IN RAILWAY STATION
Tientsin, Sept. 4.
An explosion of cases of other
In the baggage-room of the
Tientsin eastern railway station
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and unworthy to be the bride af in statutory sickness and materni- her prospective husband. The ty benefit and more than £90,000,-. wedding proceeded later, though 000 in medical benefit. Yet so MONKEY FREEZER
at first her husband was roused to soundly has the scheme proved to have been constructed that during Berkeley, Sept. 3. fury by the remarks. Dr. Robert E. Cornish, who has After giving judgment for the the life of the scheme it has been claimed to have resuscitated dorra Arst defendant, Mr. Justice Lind-found practicable to expend a total sum of over 253,000,000 in was additional benefits. after they had been doad for some sell, Puisie Judge, said he duys, announced that he had invit- satisfied that the second defendant; ed Dr. Ralph S. Willard, whe made the remark attributed to him, be a long-term investment of sex claims to be able to keep monkeys that plaintiff was a pregnant wo- and age. The constitution of the alive in a frozen state, to share
population fell from 13.2 per his modest Berkeley laboratory
Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for thousand lying in 1910 to 9.8 for joint experiment.-United defendants and Mr. H. L. Dennys, last year. Infant mortality in tho of Dennys & Co., represented first year, per thousand live plaintiff.
births, fell from 105 in 1910 to 64 In 1933.
Prces.
JAPAN'S PROTEST
Tokyo, Sept. 4.
The Foreign Office has announced
that the Ambassador at Moscow,
yesterday afternoon caused injur- Mr. Ohta, had made a verbal pro-
had been
concern,
man.
tho
BOYCOTT UNGED
·Berlin, Sept. 8.
of
Health expenditure is shown to
In regard to housing, the re- port states that some 153,000,000 acres, or more than two-fifths of England and Wales,, is now sub- ject to some from to town planning control.-British Wireless,
Messrs. Benjamin & Potts received the following boying and selling rates from their Manila Agents this morn- ing-Benguet Consola, Ps. 1212.20; Ethopia Antamoks. 7982: Baguio Golde
.24-28; Gold Rivers, .0607.
The Islamic Association les to eleven persons, two of whom test against the activities of the Berlin han cabled to the Islamic are in a serious condition. London, Sept. 3.
Comintern against foreign govern- Ten wooden cases containing monts.--United Press.
Congress in Jornasiem calling for Exchequer returns show that
a boycott of Italian goods, and the total ordinary revenue, exclud- the ether in bottles
has also sent a telegram of good- ing self-balancing items, amounts brought up to,,the station by a
DUKE OF YORK
will and good wishes for peace to
of Emperor to £244,263,208, compared with Japanese forwarding £237,006,270 at the corresponding which did not declare the natura
London, Sept. 3. Router Special date-last year. Total ordinary of the cargo, and, contrary fo expenditure, exclusive of self-regulation, intended to despatch--The Duke of York, who re- presented the King at the funeral balancing items, is £293,655,120, it by passenger train. against £287,244,208 at the corres- The explosion occurred as the of Queen Astrid in Brussels this ponding date of 1932.-British consignment was being placed on morning, flew back to London this
afternoon. British Wireless. iVirelena.
scales to be weighed.Reuter.
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