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No. 14932
四拜禮 號五月六英港香
FIGHTING FOR HENGCHOW
Kwangsi Troops Open Attack
OFFICIAL ADVICES FROM SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")
Nanking, June 25.
(11.05 a.m.)
It is officially reported that Kwangsi troops have attacked the Central Government lines at Hengchow.
The attack was directed upon a suburb of the city and occurred Wednesday. It is stated there were many casualties.-United Press.
It was reported yesterday that Kwangsi troops had advanced on Kiyang, driving in Nanking outposts under fire, but that there had been no casualties. Ki- yang, as far as was then known, had not been attacked. No word of its capture has yet been received, yet Heng- chow, also in Hunan, is about 60 miles north and east from1 Kiyang.
Hengchow Still Held
Nanking, June 25.
(11.15 a.m.)
It is officially stated that the Central Government troops are still holding Hengchow, indicating that the reported 'attack of Kwangsi forces has been driven off.— United Press.
HANKOW REPORTS
BRIEF ACTION
Shanghai. June 25.
(1.15 p.m.) ~A~reliable report-from-Hunkow states the vanguard of the Kwangs forces has reached Hengchow and has fred urt the Government troops stationed at the city gates, inflicting minor ensunities.
Later the Kwangst troops with- drew, bat the situation is very tense, -Reuter.
CLOSING ROAD TO. WARSHIPS
NATIONS DISCUSS
DARDANELLES
BRITAIN NOT DECIDED
JAPANESE WARSHIPS
MAY ACT
If China Exceeds
Authority
TAIEI
MARU
INCIDENT
THURSDAY,
JUNE 25, 1936. 日七初月藝
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London, Jun 24, The Negus is leaving London to-morrow for fient en, It is understund that he will probably "travel overland, flying first to Paris.---Reuter's Bulletin Service.
Picture shows the Neuns with his daughter, Princess Thahai, at a Landou partien party.
Abolishing Free State Governorship
Dublin, June 24.
Mr. Eamon de Valern, the Free moving State chief executive, when the estimates for the Governor- General's establishments to-day, an- nounced that the Dal in view of its The new enstitution would abolish office of Governor-General,
The elected representative' would be thejevremonjal hond of the state, he sadd-Renter.
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Hoare Reassures Empire Society
BRITAIN. TO BUILD NAVY
OF PREDOMINANT POWER
(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")
London, June 24. "There is no need for panic, and no need to assume that war Is inevitable," declared Sir Samuel Hoare, recently returned to the British Cabinet, when speaking to the Royal Empire Society in London to-night.
No country in Europe desired war, he said, but there was so much inflammable material in Europe that a spark might start a conflagration, "unless great Powers, like ourselves, are strong enough to make our influence felt
TWO ARABS in the cause of peace".
KILLED IN SKIRMISH
THREE WOUNDED
AND NINE ARRESTED
TROOPS FIND AMMUNITION
(Special to "Telegraph")
Jerusalem, June 24.
If the British Army, Navy and Air Force were adequately strengthened in time, there would be no war, he asserted.
If, he continued, a well-balanced British Fleet, cap- able of defeating an enemy and keeping the seas open, and equipped to go anywhere, could be built in time, there would be no world war.
The advent of air power had not changed the functions of the Navy nor made it impossible to build a fleet that could carry out its traditional duties, said the First Lord of the Admiralty. His advisers were deter- Rodern mined, with the help of seience, to build a fleet able to go anywhere, and by the fullest use of air power, to make the new fleet sure
the again predominant and
most mobile force for world peace,
No Loss Of Prestige
French Liner
Speeding Up
Her Schedule
Paris, June 24.
Two Arabs were killed and three wound when a detach-
The Compagnie Generale Trans- ment of British troops, search- Tho sending of the British fleet to ing an Arab village near the Mediterranean during the recent atlantique announces a considerable crisis over sanctions has been a part increase in the spood of the Norman- ¡Jerusalem, mot * opposition
of the collective security plan, and it dle, bolder of the Atlantic Blue necessitating the use of frehad completely fulfilled its duty, pre-Riband, but now challenged by The
British giant,"Queen Mary.
The Normandie will henceforth ac-
farms,
The troops were carrying out clean- ing up operations in the area where there have been several ambushes of SEAMEN'S. DEMANDS recently on the Jaffa Jerusalem
main line.
ACCEPTED
UGLY INCIDENTS IN FRANCE
Marseilles, June 24.
which The shipping strike, carlier to-day took on an ugly aspect whes strikers quit work on six submarines and others SL. occupied two cruisers, Nazaire, in the coffrse' of construction, has been settled,
The strike ended with sirens blow- incident is clostui, Captain Hnru-ing a tuneless chorus, indicating the yoshi Kubota, resident Naval satisfaction of the strikers, who had literally seized nearly seventy ships in Officer, denied this statement...
the harbour and hoisted, the red tag He mild that he is awaiting a reply of Cammutism. from the Chinese Maritime Customs.
answer to his protest,
Tientsin, June 25.
Japanese civil officers say the Taici Maru
Although
a
Three houses in a village in the Taikarem area, in which were found
unition, were demolished by the soldiers and nine Arabs were arrested.—Router Special.
LOWER COTTON TARIFFS
CHANGE OF RATES
IN INDIA:
has
Simia, Jube 24. The Government of Indin has an All the men's claium have been ne naunced its neceptance of the follow- He said the Navy was prepared to cepted, according to representatives of ing recomtradations of the Cotton
Bolification if the Chinese Customs cruisers the men's unions. The non remain in Tariff Bourd, and
been issued giving tifeet to these from gain exceret their authority the passion of the ships, but are United Press.
expected to eyacuate them, to-morrow. |--Reuter,
MINERS SETTLE
Montreux, June 24. Russia, Japan, Franz Britain have til put forward suggestions for regulations to Lovern the sage of armed eraft through dhe Dardanelles, The Talci Maru, according to pre-
which Turkey desires to re-fortify,
vious
reports from Tientsin, was fred To-day the British delegate in the on byn Castenis cruiser when she conference of treaty signatorics made reservations with regard to the pro- refused to stop at the order of the posed figure of 11,000 tons of fighting Chinese craft. The master and
one
Brussels, June 24. The National Congress of Miners resumed in the taines on Friday.
to-morrow:
venting an extension of conflict.
It was foolish and mischievous complish the voyage from France to talk, that of loss of prestige, and was America in ten hours less time thạn mastly enemy propaganda, and it she requires at present. would be provel altogether futile in The speed of her crossing will re- the future, Sir Samuel declared.
quire an average pace of almost 29.5
noted
interest and knots per hour, by which she estab with Be sympathy, he said, the plen of the lished a record on her maiden voyage. American journal, representing thu-Reuter Bulletin Service American Navy League, for Anglo- American naval co-operation to make future wars impossible, Reuter Special,
No Differences
London, June 24.. In reply to a request in the House
of Commons for a statement concer]2+ ing points of difference of interpre- tation regarding the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, the First Lard of
question
.
STRATOSPHERE PENETRATION
MINIATURE
JAPANESE
CHILDREN ASSAULTED
CHARGE AGAINST
CHINESE
STRUCK AND SPAT UPON
Molestations of JapaneseO children in Wanchai while on their Way to the Japanese Primary School, Kennedy Road,
in the mornings, was allege
by Mr. Kawazoe Shigehinu, #e Headmaster, when he was
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witness before Mr. J. II. B. Lev.
at the Central Magistrądy, this morning, on a charge brought against a carpenter, Tanng Tong, 28, of assaulting three boys, Mizóta Kazuo, 12, Kuku Dénku, 11, Nakamura Toru, 10, and a girl. Masuda Tokima, nged six years, in Queen's Road Eist near the Naval Dockyard entrance at 8 a.m. yesterday morning.
Evidence showed that following recent reports by pupils, the end- master proceeded to the vicinity
yesterday and the defendant
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striking the four children with his ints on the head, and following bo hind and spitting at them. On the Headmaster arresting the accuseif, ' two other coolies bolted.
The chlidren all gave evidence anil- Mizata Kazuo, one of the boys, who alleged he was struck in the chest by the defendant, stated that when he rot to school he could hardly breathe. The defendant spat mostly at the little girl.
The defendant denied the necusa- tions.
The Magistrate decided to 'convict and imponed a line of $10, with the alternative of fourteen days hard labour.
Sub-Inspector A, J. Johnson con- | ducted the case for the prosecution."
AMERICA "SEIZES" ISLANDS
SCHOOLBOYS AS -COLONISTS
FORESTALLED BRITAIN
Honolulu, June 24. The small islands of Baker, Jarvis ant Howland, which recently figured prominently as outposts of the pro- posed air-line from. Honolulu to Now Zealand, lave now
officially
been
"colonised" with American citizens.
પત
It is believed this move on
part of the United States is made with the object of forestalling claims the British Government. Thene
BALLOONinids were formerly looked upon w
ĠOES ALOFT
Minneapolis, June 24.
being
Itish, but since they were not colonised, in fact had. no living sout
pan them, the United States laid claim to them.
Twelve American schoolboys have hastily been taken from Honolulu in a coastguard cutter and four are being at each of the three islands, where they will plant the American
Jeft
the Admurally, Sir Samuel floare, said A miniature cellophane balloon, he welcomed the opportunity of raying holding delicate instruments and a that alt detalis had been settled in a tiny automatic Tastic, sunced into the satisfactory and friendly manner and stratosphere to-day. there
been 1d
The famous ballonist and scientist, of any material difference of InterpreDr. Jean Piscard, was on the ground flag-Reuters tation on any point.--Ifritish Wireless recording the movements of the little
speck in the heavens and the radio'a i alfitude reparts,
War Not Inevitable ·
assume
Was that war
London, June 24. Speaking to-night at a dinner of the Royal Empire Society, Sir Samuel Firstly, the duty on plain, are said it was criminal folly to cotton piece goods will be reduced
inevitable. from 25 per cent. ad valorem or.4 3/8 There was, however, to much inflan- annas per pound, whichever is higher, de material in Europe that al- to twenty per cent, ad valorem or 34 Secondly, the duty on bordered grey, bleached and coloured piece gonds (other than prints) will be re- duced to twenty per cent, ad valorem: Thirdly, the duty on cotton yarns will remain unchanged.-Reuter.
craf: which it was proposed to allow of the crew of the Japanese craft wero to-day decided that wark would be annas per pound, whichever is higher; sanrk country desired war,
wounded seriously. through the Straits,
The cruiser later towed the Tate Towk Rushdi, the Turkish repre sentative, saki his Government would Maru to port and the Japanese commenced inquiries, not insist upon this figure and would authorities
which, according to first advices, consider reasonable mo:lifications.
In response to M. Paul Boncour'a resulted in the conclusion that the suggestion, on behalf of France, M. matter should be closed. Maxim Litvinoff, of Russia, agree to alter. his proposed amendment so as to allow belligerent vaasela to pass through the Straits when carrying out obligations under the League of Na- thens Covenant or within the frame Work of the Covenant,
The Japanese representative said he would accept the restriction upon war- ships entering the Black Sea provided they were also imposed an warships leaving that sen-fruter.
AGREE TO REVISION
Tokyo, June 20
ALEXANDRA DAY JUBILEE
TWELVE MILLION ROSES SOLD.
London, June 24, The Silver Jubilee of Alexandra
Reuter.
WANTS WIFE FOR FLIGHT
CHAMBERLAIN TO HOP ATLANTIC
Clarence
Portland, Me, Juno 24. -
famous Chamberlain, fler, arrived here to-day in order "to- propose again" to Miss Louise Ashley, daughter of the State Representative.
ATTACK UPON SANCTIONS
The purpose of the ascent could not be discovered.--United Press.
EDEN FLYING TO PARIS
raight start a conflagration. unless great powers like Britain were strong enough to make their influence felt in the cause of peace. That was FOR HISTORIC TALKS why they were doing, their utmost
ON CONTINENT · Mill further to accelerate the naval If the British Army, programme. Navy and Air Force were adequately strengthened in lime, there was going Lo be no world war.
London, June 21. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. An- thony Eden, will leave London by air for Paris to-morrow afternoon and
Flour, capable
M. ufhe will meet the French Fremier, enemy and keeping Paul Blum, and the Foreign Minister,
Van Zeeland's Reform Plans Are Divulged
Brussels, June 24.
M. Paul Van Zeeland, Prime Mini- Ler of Belgium; to-day presented a Ministerial Declaration to Parliament containing a number of labour and social reforms.
These include plans for minimum wage law, holidays, with pay and
An unhealthy Financial misdemeanours will ber
Discussing the question whether after dining at the Embassy, where ferty hot week, in
occupation.
well-balanced defeating an
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MUNITIONS SHIP BOUND HERE
HIGHLY VALUED PEARLS STOLEN
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the seas open, equipped to go any. Deibos, he will proceed by rail to heavily punished, the Declaratien where and concentrated upon its Geneva where he will attend the meet-warns, and the foreign policy will be
iments-Router. -SEMI-OFFICIAL VIEW three essential duties of cover, cruisinging of the Council of the League of along the lines of former Govern-
and convoy, could bo built in the thee Nations-British Wireless. OF ITALY
of changes crented by air power, Sir Sumuel sold that neither Naval Staff Rome, Jung 21.
Minister, be 10 The former Foreign Ho said he was planning an early Signor Carlo Schanzer, writing in that defence had enught
Giornale d'alia to-day, attneks | attack. But if asked whether the It is understood a conference of the Day was celebrated to-day throughout highest naval officials has decided to the country, twelve paillion roses being July Hight across the Atlantic, starte sanctions, saying they were "illegally advent of ale power had changed the ing from Newark, NJ, rofueling at support the Turkish demand for seld, rovision of the Lausanne Treaty. In London, restaurants, buses, the Presque Isle, and hopping from there applied" and asserting that their con- functions of the Navy and had malle could carry out its traditional duties, Nevertheless, attention is drawn to tubes, amazement places, street cor- to Paris, He drew attention to the tinuance would be in violation of the it Impossible to build a Fiest that
conflagration.
his answer was "No" In building carrying a cargo of munitions, whose the too indulgent attitude of the ners, and even traffic lalands, were fact that such a route was 600 miles League Convenent und lead to
the picketed by rose sellers. The weather shorter than that ordinarily followed.te was given prondnenev, such a Fleet, his advisers were later. ultimate destination in unknown, is Tarkish Government towards Soviet's request for
If she accepts, he said, he would indicating its contents may be re-mined to make the fullest use of air round for Hongkong from Guernsey for its was fine for trade, alne out of every
his brids along with hin~|peated in the coming Italian memor- power and so to make the now Fleet according to London advices. warships from the Black Sea ten people buying roses,-Reuter's tako
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Locust Valley, N.Y., June 24. A burglar entered the home of Mr. Coc, the socialite, financier and disclosed, and stole Jewels totalling on, in Upper Brookville, It is over $400,000 in value, including: a pearl necklace worth $300,000,— United Press,