SUBMARINE S.O.S. HOAXES WORLD
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.
THERE IS EVIDENCE that. someone either in south-east Atlantic, southern Europe, or at the Azores, has played a ghostly joke on a nervous world.
It is reparted that only the freighter Tulse heard the alleged 8.0.8. torpedo message from the mysterious ship| Pecc.
However, radio all over the and the "outgrowth of war agitation
the United State:", world have tried frantically, but
adding without result, to make contact sumably this mysterious torpedo
Heldent in another 'Mars affair', born
with, and to discover the iden-of war hysteria which is growing In fity of the mysterious vessel, of the United States".--Uuffed Press. which no trace has been found, despite the exhaustive search by the Empress of Australin.
Shipping records have not revealed the identity of the vessel, and the call-lettera PECC have not been assigned to a ship since 1938, when trawler Flandria was sold to French interests, and was asshinech new lettera.
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BEWARE OF 'PEP' MINTS
ARE you an Atishoo Man? If so, you'd better beware of peppermint creams, So sald Dr. George Bray, addressing the learned Hunterian Society the other day on sncazing.
Peppermint creams, he said, had been found to contain orris root-which caused encoxing. There wore fivo causes of snoozing.
Inhalants included pollens, dusis, feathers and down, and anlın and insect emanations, moulds and fungi and their spores. Tomalo growers got "terrific attacks" of sneezing through the spores thrown off by fungi growing on the planks.
Police In Armour Make House To
House Search In S'hai Round-Up
SHANGHAI, Feb. 23.
SQUADS OF MUNICIPAL police, wearing bullet-proof vests, Washington naval and radio officials accompanied by the Russian Regiment of the Shanghai Volunteers expeed the opinion
armed with rifles, bayonets and machine-guns, started a house-to- house search in the department store area of Nanking Road to-day, which has been the scene of several shooting and bombing outrages against Japanese.
Meanwhile, a Berlin report says that the German newspapers are One ridiculing the whole aituša paper regards the S.GS. as a fuke.
Treason Law In Eire
Dublin, Feb, 23. The second reading of the Treason Bill was passed in the Doll to-day by 70 votes to 10.
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However, some of the officials who participated in the raid seemed to he alleled. The results of the nearch will probably be offlelally announced. lazithin a few days.--United Press.
They searched through a Jamununition were found, or if any
of alleyways on which men were arrested. stand cheap lediging houses taken into the police vans, but on Bye-witnesses said they saw men opium and gambling dens and this the police refuse to comment. ten houses which are believed to be the hide-out for criminals.
The Chinese hotels which also usually harbour the more important criminals are included in the same arca, but as yet no direnvery of arms Mr. De Valera has asked for Its been made. However, several unanimous acceptance in order to zaferunrd their freedom. The coun try was peaceful, he salt, but if there! were signs ahrail which might indi eate troulilous times, they wanted possible power to deal with the dimculty.
people were detained for questioning.
RESULTS NOT SHOWN
ROBBERY IN BANK
Mr. F. M. Thompson, of the Hong- The police authorities announced tong and Shanghai Bank, has report- that the rearch in the Nanking ronded that an overcoat worth $00 was ren slasted at 10 p.m. without an stolen from him in the Bank some
i-sted.
and time prior to October 6 last year, and The Cosgrave opposition reempted jadiyanese notice bring the Bill in principle, but the Labour ended at 1136 pan.
another overcoat, worth $60, wax) However, they refused In members, and rome Independents,
revealstolen from him, also in the Bank "whether any guns, hand grenades or on February 18.
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Japanese Dead In S. China
Chungking, Feb. 23. The Kwangtuu; Provinelal Gov- ertament reported to Iku!}}}} yesterday that for a period of 40 days, from January 1 to February 10, the ashes of 3,200 Japanese soldiers were transported back lu Japan from South China,
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presented those killed in action, and hose who had died from Illness dur ing that period.
it was added that another brigade of Japanese troops was transferred
from Canton to Hainan last week fo reinforce the Japanese troops which londed on the island.-United Press.
GUAM NAVAL DEFENC
PLAN REJECTED BY CONGRESS
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Bang dies. Whose businers is it what Amerim docs to her own properly? Why should we sten to Japan or jany other country regarding what we !do in our own territory?"
Representative Maas. the
He- publican member of the House Naval Affairs Committee spid: "Japan is not epposed to the United States. improving the harbour. The fear of consequences is being expressed only America. Japanese feials have publicly said that they did not intend to retaliate."
Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas, wamed that the elimination of the Guam Hein means that the United States is permitting her own foreiga pulley to be dictated by other nations
ARGUED FOR APPROVAL
Those for the approval of the amendiment were first Representative Sutphin, who denounced the Guam project as a provocative measure, saying: "I believe in making it im- pregnable to attacks from other nations but I
see no reason why we should extend our
line
Of defence 6,000 miles across the Pacific. What do you suppose we would think if Great Britain undertook to fortify Bermuda to-day? Would we sider it an overt act of a hostile Representative Bichards,
said:
"The issue is non-partisan. As д member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I cannot help but have Tave doubts about the wisdom of including this item."
Representative Colmer of Missis- nippl said: "If Guam is fortified, the work could be done only for the benefit of some nation in taking it nway,"
Representative Robinson support-
ed the amendment on the grounds that naval officers say that the Guom item is unnecessary for defence.- United Pre33.
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GERMANY'S PRESS
NEWSPAPER ATTACK ON ROOSEVELT
Seos Anglo-U.S. Plan To "Distribute World"
BERLIN, Feb. 23. "WE GERMANS are unable to discover in President Roose- velt's face or lincaments, an angel of peace, but only hatred against the States who regard bolshevism as the deadly enemy of mankind," says the "Boersen Zeitung."
The paper maintains that the sug- #ested fortification of Guam and the establishment of American naval bases in the Pacific, was the result of hint given by Mr. Anthony Eden when he visited the United States.
The paper, which asked whether Mr. Eden ucted privately or by re- quest, anys there are only two possi- bilities:
"Fhstly, has the new plan for the distribution of the world been secretly prepared between the United States and Great Britain; secondly, Is the propaganda action against Ger- and other States with which she la friendly, only a
a sy pretext for divertians public attention from really declsive events?
many
"These questions are justified in view of the growing probability that the hint for building the Pacifle naval buses c
came from Mr. Eden,
R possible that the dagger] pointed at the heart of Japan was placed in the willing hands of the United States politicians by a third] Power?"--Reuter,
Japanese Warships Shell Island
Kinhwa, Feb. 24.
Two Japanese warships have shell- ed Kooting, i town DT? Siushan Island in the Chosan Archipelago off the Cheklang coast.
50 They fired more than slciis, which wounded three civilians and damaged over 20 houses,
Later, the war vessela steamed to Tungshake nearby and set fire to six Junks. They also shelled the_coast, destroying 20 more houses,-Centrali News.
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