New Race
For
Sea Power
£1,000,000,000 MAY BE
SPENT IN 1936
Power
London, Sept. 10. Postponement of the Five naval conference, scheduled to meet this year, is now regarded as highly probable by experts whom the United Preas questioned.
Some of the naval specialists interrogated believed that the conference would merely be de layed until 1936, while others suggested that, even if a later date be proposed, this would served to cover an indefinite delay.
As Britain, the United States, Japan, France and Italy are bound by the Washington and London treaties to assemble in conference before the end of this year, it is expected that Britain BA the in- viting Power will take the initiative In the autumn to obtain the other governmenta consent for post- ponement, No opposition is anticl pated.
Naval attaches of the embassies i concerned, who were rendy to bet even money this spring that the con- ference would be held before 1936, are now offering three-to-two odds against the meeting this year.
The continued refusal of France to despatch anval experts to London to exchange five-year fleet-building programmes with the British in the Immediate cause of the traße jam, which is blocking further negotin-
Blong of an international scale. In
more
of
the background, however, lurks the
formidable obstacle Washington's rejection of Japan's bid for parity.
Unwilling France
France's unwillingness to open negotiations with the British, due tu French indignation at the June 18 Anglo-German naval deal, is holding up Britain's projected parleys with Italy and Russia, as, It had been agreed that these were to commence only after the Anglo- French conversations had been con- ducted exhaustivaly.
More serious than the mere formality of delaying diploma. tic talks is the fact that, with the Washington and London treaties expiring on December 31, 1936, the five lending naval Powers will have to build 720 new warships to replace anti- quated tonnage, if their flects are to be maintained at exist- ing relative strengths. The cost of such replacements bas been roughly estimated at £1,000,0000,000.
-All--hop-of-securing-renewed limitation of the numbers of fight-; ing craft
to have been appears abandoned and the fritish' are now elinging to the faint prospect of agreement on "qualitative restric Lion," by which they meun limiting the size of ships and guns,
THE HONGKONG
QUEEN ASTRID'S
TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY,
LAST SLEER
The poignant official picture of Queen Astrid lying in stato was taken at the request of King Leopold, The distracted King viewed the plotura bafbre it was released for publication. "The beautiful pals face of
the young Queen," writes a special correspondent; "was bandaged with white silk...one sow only the serene
symmetry of her youthful beauty."
350 British Admirals
With Nothing To Do
THEY ARE LIVING IN RETIREMENT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY middle-aged
gentlemen are living in trim houses all over England. They wear trim suits, drive neat motor-cars, garden or play golf every morning, and present the prizes in a breezy way at their local gymkhanas.
MARRIED
RICHARD TAUBER
famed
To the browbeaten taxpayer of Austrian tenor gives second wife agreement, however, world signify postnuptial kiss after the ceremony
at & Londom Registry office.
all countries even such a makeshift Diana Napier, English filmmctress, a
a substantial saving.
Thus, 42 capitat ships will fall
due for replacement among the Five American Stars
Powers when the treaties expire in less than a year-and-a-half. If each builds up to the 35,000-ton limit of the Washington treaty, the 42 vessels would cost £370,000,000,
If capital ships were held to
For Briton
25,000-tons, however, as the British £1,000,000 TO MAKE
propose, the saving would amount to i £105,000,000. Corresponding scon-Į omles might be achieved among other types of warships qualita-
tive limitation wore agreed upon,
The Manchester Guardian has estimated that the total saving under qualitative limitation would be £230,000,000, if only the five leading navies be considered.
Ready For Scrapheap
KORDA PICTURES
Hollywood's newest and biggest combine, Twen- tieth Century Fox, is to spend £1,000,000 in making pictures in Britain.
Mr. Joseph M. Schenck, chair- man of the board, announced yes- torday (according to Reuter)
Extent of replacements which that ten films will be produced would become necessary in 4
in the studios now being erected treatyless naval world may be realised when it is recalled that two-at Denham (Bucks) by Alexan- thirds of the battleship and battle- der Korda, of London Film Pro- cruiser units of the Powers will be ductions. „overage at the end of 1936.
The first subject will be Bernard To turn to another class of Shaw's "Saint Joan," with Elisabeth ship-the destroyer-it is an Bergner in the role created by amazing fact that, of 232 Dame Sybil Thorn- United States destroyers, 227 dike. The other will be out-of-date and requir. nine. films ing replacement when the planned for com treaties lapse.
are
plotion within
of the
As zeb hour is approaching, none} [welve months. of the major disagreements among
One
the naval Powers has been bridged, most experienced Mutual suspicion Is rumpant, and
American produc-
the naval race is on-although, as tion
supervisors,
one expert put it, "they are merely Robert T. Kane, warming up for the coming sprint.
will come to Lon-
Elisabeth
Borgner
Britain may be expected to in- don and remain in charge of these tensify her efforts to bring about subjects.
They are retired admirals. Never before in the history of the British Navy have there been so many of them.
More than three hundred are Inten in the early and middle. fifties. Many of these have! taken up commercial appoint- ments. One is a director of a drapery store, another has financial interests in the City.
But for the most part they fare living pleasant lives of re-
tirement in southern England.
All of them draw pensions of more than £900 a year. Some of them draw as much as £1,620.
great in-
There has been a erease in the cost of pensions during recent years. In 1914 £1,027,116_was_spent-on-retired-
pay and half-pay. Now spend £2,837,000.
we
There are actually three mid- shipmen drawing retired pay at the present time. They receive from £45 12s. Gd. a year.
On the active list there
each
are
only seventy-seven flag oflicers. Thirty-one of them are employed in seagoing and dockyard com- mands and fourteen in shore posts.
Real-life
Were You Right?
Here are answers to the knowledge, tests printed on page 2.
Matthew Flindern. Michelangelo. Lincoln,
Address "
in bix "Geltysburg
4. To resign a real in the House af Commons (ty accepting nominally
office under the Crown)
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5. Sir Henry Morgan.'
8. The American Declaration of Independence.
7. The reigning Inen of Peru,
the
8. A whirlpool on const of Norway, believed to suck down and
gril to prces ships that entered its; current,
9. (a) The Turkish Empire; (h). Persia: (c) Tartary; (d) Hindustan
10. Lavoisier.
11. Montezums, the Azlee ruler of Mexico,
SUNDAY BEST.
Solomon Island Adonis, all dressed up for a visit to the girl friend,
Tarzan Captured in Forest
New York, Sept. 1.
A young real-life Tarzan has just been captured
in Salvador, Central America.
He is about nine years old, and apparently he has spent all his life like a wild animal in the jungle nicar Acajutla in Salvador, He is possessed of prodigious strength for his age and size. When the trappers cornered him near his cave he fought wildly, using huge tree clubs and large stones.
They bound him hand and foot when he was captured. · He spoke no language and it was apparent that he had not seen human beings before,
SWALLOWS ARE
ON THE WING
Vienna, Sept. 8. Swallows, despite the continued warm weather, are already be ginning their annual migration to the south, at least, a fortnight earlier than in normal years.
According to reports from bird watchora in various parts southwards in flights of upwards of Austria, the birds are moving
1,000 strong, or are now congregat-
some preliminary understanding. Hollywood stars and directors willing preparatory to flight. With the Baldwin government head-also arrive to work in the film, and ed for general elections either this number of British stars will, in
of
autumn or next spring, it might exchange, be given chances to work that the majority of the migrants bo open to severe attack from the in Hollywood." Inbour opposition If no brake were;
This additional output is aport put on the strident competition in from Mr. Korda's own programme mavai armaments,
of British films. It will mean employment to hundreds of actors, technicians and British workers of
But face-saving rather than war-saving devices are expect ed to emerge from any possible all grades. compromises and experts in- Saint Joan" will be directed by “sist," that “even' such" evasive 'Mias" Borgner's husband, Dr. compromises at present seem Paul Czinner, who has made all her
out of sight.—United Press, flims....
It is notleed by the watchers fare birds which were fledged this year, and it is oven stated that the parent birds, remembering their bitter experience of two years ago when they were enught in a cold snap have passed the Information on to their young.
The young birds,, adopting tho motto "take no chances,' aro making an early move-United Press..
SEPTEMBER 26, 1935.
U. S. Crushes
Two Midwest
Bandit Gangs
OUTLAWS' DEPREDA. TIONS IN TWO YEARS PLACED AROUND
$3,000,000
Knasas City, Sopt. 18. Foderal agents, working quiet- ly and without publicity, have oxterminated two of the Middle West's most infamous gangs whose depredations ran into millions..
on
The two
gangs obliterated were the Walter (Irish)
Ozark O'Malley gang and an "mob" known as the "Six Daring Bandits, Inc." The O'Malley gang had eight members and the Ozark mob six with an overlap- ping of the members of one gang into another. In addition to these 14 gangsters five others, some of whom associated at one time or another with those two gangs, were placed behind bars.
After working more than a year the O'Malley gang federal agenta started cracking the gang last May. On May 24, Dewey Gil- more was arrested in Dallas, Tex. the first of the gang nabbed by | J., Edgar Hoover's aleuths. Four days inter Floyd Henderson was arrested in Joplin, MD. On May 30, Russell Cooper was nabbed in Fort Smith, Ark. The following day in Kansas City the big catch was made when O'Malley and bls chief lieutenant, Dan T. Hendy were taken in a surprise. raid conducted by E. E. Conroy, fed- eral agent in churge of the Kan- City division, and Sheriff Thomass B. Brigh of Jackson County.
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The only member of the gang captured by accident was Ollo Jackson, who went on a drunken | spree in Kansas City Aug. 1, and was appreliended by two police- men punaware of the importance of their quarry.
Ozarks Yield Quarry
The climax to the cleanup of the O'Malley gang came several days Inter when Virgil (Red) Mel- ton and Fred Reese, two of O'Mal ley's right-hand assistants, were captured, in the wooded Ozark areas near Harrison. Ark.
O'Malley, rather than face d multitude of bank robbery charges, pleaded guilty to the kidnapping of August Luer, Alton, I., banker two years ago and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The leader of the "Six Daring Bandits, Inc.," also closely asso- ciated with the O'Malley gang was Leonard Short
eaptured in Galena, Mo., June 10.
O'Malley biggest coup, one which would have done justice to the Floyd-Birdwell bank-bandit-team, was the robbery of two banks at Okemah, Okla., Dec. 23, 1934, when loot from the first National Bank of Okemah and the Okemah, Na- tional Bank totalled $26,000.
Wille O'Malley, Cooper, Gil- more, Henderson and Short were robbing the Okemah National, Melton and Reese were staging the First National robbery. Since the robbery of a national bank is n federal offence federal agents took the trail immediately.
All have been captured and await trial on bank robbery charges, except O'Malley.
Loot Placed Near $3,000,000
The O'Malley gang in the past two years, Maurice M. Milligan United States District Attorney at Kansas City, said after the cap- ture of Melton and Reese, hud collected between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 in bank robberies, pay- roli holdups, abductions and ex- tortion plots.
O'Malley, former associate of Alvin Karpis, still America's pub- He enemy No. 1, was regarded by federal agents as an extremely desperate man.
"Six Daring Bandits, Inc.," or- ganized by Leonard Short, Galena, Mo., fight promoter, staged sey. eral small jobs and tried to at- tain a national reputation. Ruel Wommack, chlet of detectives, Springfield, Mo., and federal agents brought the gang to a quick end.--- United Press.
ENGINE SPLUTTERED: DEATH
The aeroplane erasli in which two famous Americana-Wiley Post and Will Rogers-were killed: their wrecked machine in an Alaskan rivor. The denthe of the two famous Americans, who were killed on August 15 in an aeroplano accident in Alaska, caused national mourning In the United States, and high honoura were paid to their memory.
APARTMENT FLATS
IN CENTRAL DISTRICT.
SOMETHING NEW IN RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION IN HONGKONG.
A
One, two and three-roomed up-to-date furnished and unfumished apartments, each with kitchen, pantry, bathroom, and detached servants' quarters, will be available, at moderate rents, in the new modern 8-storey re-inforced concrete building-known as "DINA, HOUSE"-now nearing completion in Duddell Street. The furnished flats will be fitted with furniture of modern type. telephone and frigidaire will be provided in each apartment. Automatic lifts (Waygood Otis). These apartments are bright and airy, the majority of them facing towards the Gardens or the harbour. Those who have already booked flats, and persons wishing-to-view- the premises, are informed that lifts have now been installed and that they will be shown over the building if application is made at Messrs. H. Ruttonjce & Son's offices next door No. 7 Duddell
Street.
Cannibal
*
Chief
(releasing
victim) "Why didn't you say before that you were from
Cook's? I'm their local Agent. Come along to the Chief Guest's Hut and we'll discuss your local sightseeing. My men will look after your baggage. Yes, I cash Cook's Travellers Cheques; at a good rate too-1000 beads to £1."
HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN The Society asks for $25,000
in 1935 to continue its work for sick and destitute children.
Hon. Treasurers:
Mr. A. McKELLAR, C.A.
c/o Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Cu
P. O. Building.
Mr. KWOK CHAN,
c/o Banque, do L'Indo Chine..
Honk Kong.
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