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Australian Held As Sequel To City Sensation
Special to "Telegraph"
(Copyright, United Press Association. Received 9.30 a.m., Published 10.19 m.).
LONDON, June 6.
A SENSATIONAL attempt was made to shoot the Cuchess of Kent, wife of the King's youngest brother, and Lady Portarlington, as they were proceeding through the streets of London in a motor-car last night.
The incident occurred shortly before 9 p.m., as the Duchess and Lady Portarlington were en route to a cinema to see the new United Artists' film "Wuthering Heights.”
Co-stars in the film are the Australian actress, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and Navid Niven, and Flora Robson.
Scotland Yard announced at 10 p.m. that neither Her Royal Highness nor Lady Portarlington were injured.
They were not aware, until they arrived at the cinema, that the shot had been fired.
MAN ARRESTED
The two ladies insisted on remaining at the show even after they had been informed of the affray.
Late last night, Scotland Yard detectives arrested an elderly man.
His name has not been released, but it is stated that he arrived in England from Australia about three weeks ago.
SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN
DUCHESS OF KENT
Police Make Bird
Forays
HUSHED COMMONS HEARS OF DRAMA IN STRICKEN SUBMARINE THETIS
Special to "Telegraph"
(Copyright, Telecommunications Ordinance. By "United Press" Ascociation).
LONDON, June 5. THE FINEST TRADITIONS of the Senior Service had been upheld by the and men in the submarine officers Thetis.
Public Inquiry
LONDON, June 5.
IT IS understood that the form. of inquiry now under the con- sideration of the Government lo investigate the loss of the Thelis will be on the same lines as the inquiry into the R101 disaster, which was conducted by a dis-
technical assessors.
This was the keynote of a dramatic state- ment made to a hushed House of Commons by tinguished lawyer, assisted by the Premier, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, regarding the disaster that claimed ninety-nine lives on Saturday.
A full public inquiry would be instituted, said Mr. Chamberlain.
He denied, however, that the high number of people aboard the Thetis-103, as compared with the normal complement of 55-had contributed in any way to the disaster.
TORPEDO TUBE OPEN
"As far as can be ascertained," said the Premier," the vessel sank as a result
of the flooding of two
A formal decision will be taken by the Cabinet on June 7.
In the meantime, it is stated that donations Lo the Lord Mayor's Fund for the relatives of the lost crew have been I promised by Their Mujesties the King and Queen, Queen Mary, Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Connaught, Princess Royal and Lord Hure- wood.
the
Wires are already arriving st the Mansion House Irom the heads of civle authorities, who are opening funds to support the Lord Mayor's appeal-Renter.
forward compartments Men Were Overpowered
one of forward
torpedo_tubes.”.
Mr. Chamberlain inform- ed the House that, in some as yet unexplained manner, the rear door of the tube had been left open.
By Flood of Water
LONDON, June 5.
SOME INDICATION of the horror of the situation in the submarine Thetis when the forward torpedo tube: "Apparently the men in the door burst open and hundreds of tons of water com- forward compartment could close menced to flood the compartment was given in a state- neither the door of the torpedo tube nor the forward watertight ment issued last night by Mr. R. S. Johnson, Managing
door.
Director of Cammel Laird & Co., builders of the "The main ballast tanks were submarine. emptied with the intention of the bringing the vessel to surface.
Santa Cruz, Cal. Palice duties are becoining more Involved and extensive every day, twice to intervene in bird activies dived to the bottom." One woman telephoned that wood her peckers were making koles in
"But she took charge and At first, said the Premier, the He is alleged to have fired from a sawed-off shot gun house. The police used a BB-gun on Thetis sank gradually on in the direction of the Duchess of Kent's car.-Unitedtem. Another woman complained even keel to the bed of the ocean.
The arrested man had been acting strangely outside In a day here, they were called upon the Duchess' residence in Belgrave Square.
Press.
Lady Portarlington is Lady-j in-Waiting to the Duchess of
pigeons were wrecking her gar- den. The pollee enticed them away! by sprinkling grain for them,
Kent. She is the wife of the Tokyo's Explanation of Ranpura Hold-Up water signalling apparatus,
sixth Earl of Portarlington (whose forefathers gave the name to a prosperous town in Victoria, Australia), and is the daughter of Mr. G. S. Yuill, of Chesham Place, London.
The Duchess at Kent, formerly Princess Marina of Greece, is one of the most popular and attractive members of the royal family, and is famed, among other things, for her original and becoming dress styles. She has been named the best-dressed. woman in the world.
Highly gifted, the Duchess of Kent speaks English, French and German Buently, and of course, Greek. She
to a
and
a brillant dancer, a first-rate shot,
horsewoman. She a good
devoted to music.
·was
is
real
Her marriage to the Duke of Kent
the culmination of a romance and was completely free of anything suggesting a "diplomatic alliance."
Two Previous Escapes
Japan's Blockadelllegal, Declares Foreign Office
LONDON, June 5. QUESTIONS were put in the House of Commons to-day regarding the Japanese claim to the right to blockade Chinese ports..
the
an
JAPANESE AIR RAIDS Planes Strike At Kiangsi Hinterland
Unknown to the men in the forward compartment, the tor- pedo tube was already flooded.
When they opened the rear door of the torpedo tube, the water tore into the submarine in a surge re- miniscent of that from a giant nozzle.
It completely swept the men off their feet.
They made superhuman efforts to fight through the surging powerful jet of water to the door in order to attempts were unavailing. close th, but their
Buoys Unobserved "The impact as she struck bottom threw the men off their feet.. Un- applly, it also destroyed the under-
SHANGJAQ, June 5. "Marker buoys, which emit smoke JAPANESE bombing activities
Then they attempted to close the signals when they reach the surface, were extended to eastern Kiang- were soon afterwards, released. But gi last Saturday afternoon, when waterlight door separating the two they were not observed.
Afterwards, two men came to the three enemy bombers visited forward compartments. Again their they were forced to retreat amidships, surface by means of the Davis Escape Shangjao and dropped a number citurts were unavailing and, finally, shutting off the two-flooded forward Apparatus in order to direct rescue of missiles at Fenglintu cross-
compartments. operations."...
ing, demolishing many houses.
Earlier in the day, the Japanese Mr. Johnson quoted one of the four "I need not tell the House," said Mr. Chamberlain amlast cheers, planes atacked Kweichin, 43 miles survivors as saying that all the men "that this was a very gallant thing west of Shangino on the Cheklang- aboard the doomed ship planned to Kiangel railway, outside the north use their Davis Escape Appuratus. to do.
gate, Several lengths of ralls were "Something, however, went wrong,"
Mr. Johnson said tragically. "One of these two men was torn.-Central Newr.
Three men died whilst attempting to escape. Captain Oram. With great gallantry
Suitch-Alaa:Bombed
he took upon himself; before he knew that the submarine had been located SIAN, June 6-A lone Japanese by surface craft, to escape from the plane vialted the town of Sulleh in out-Thetis under conditions which were north Shansi yesterday and dropped
United Press. raised to be most dangerous, three bombs. A checkup after the departure of the raider showed that LONDON, June 5.-The sinking of fide damage was done. Central the submarine was caused by the News. flooding of the two forward compart- ments through the bow torpedo tubes,
Mr. R. A. Butler replied that shortly after the break of the Sino-Japanese hostilities in 1937, Japanese Government purported to declare a blockade the whole of the coast, but said that it would be exclusively applied to Chinese vessels.
of
Any attempt to apply the Japanese explanation that they mis- The Duchess of Kent has had blockade to vessels of other took the identity of the vessel. two previous narrow escapes from Powers would constitute destir since. her wedding,
Ningpo Bombed
Hauled Back-To Diò.
Another man had actually left the submarine when his spparatus falled him. He was literally seized by the men still inside the vessel He and was drawn back-alive! fater met his death with the rest- of the crew. one.0
of which had become open, or Ningbo, June 6-Two civilians
"The four survivors risked their WAB
the' open when
submarine were wounded and a score of houses Chamberlain submerged, Mr...
fold levelled to the ground last Saturday lives to get to the surface in order the House.
morning whenfive, Japanese planes to bring help to their comrades.
"They did not know at the timo The submarine's signalling ap made a fresh air atack on Ningpo an Mr. Butler replied: "We have paraîtà"way.. destroyed, "proventing (dumping twenty one bombs-Centralf that surface vessels were overhead..
her from comenimiealing with surface News, silps.
Marker buoys and smoke signals Progress Of War There could be no doubt in the case had been released, but were not im
LONDON, June 5-Giving on of the Rdupura and that is why we inediately observed. und turned to help the Duchess The British Government had took up a dennite attitude, and have An effort was made to lift the count of the recent happenings in She was just about to try to jump already made its views on the matter now Fercived the explanation given stern more from the water, with a China during question time in the view to making a hole in it, but the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. A. train clear to this Japanese Government AVENCEMENT on the running board is
bed when the Duke No Genuine Doubt Mr Marginated if Unt, explana-attempt was unsuccessful.
Butler said that some fighting had Batherod realised the danger and cried out Mr. R. H. Horgan (Cons) red iron was salt factors gond Mr Butler Hebelleved that three men were been proceeding in Central China In
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In 1988, the train which she and assertion of belligerent rights, always agreed that our ships might the Duke of Kent were taking from and in the absence of a state of be boarded in enses of genuino doubt, Munich, station, started before the war between China and Japan, whether the ships are British or noti royal couple hud got aboard. The Duke Jumped on to lie moving train would be illegal,
"It was a brave thing to do. They came up with the knowledge that they might arrive in the open sca with nobody to receive them United 'Press.
Everything. Done...
LONDON, June: 5. Mr. Johnson suld that the crew
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GO TO MOSCOW, PREMIER URGED
LONDON, Júne 5. ASKED IN the House of Commons whether he would consider the desirability of making a personal and official visit to Moscow, Mr. Neville Chamberlain said that in the present circum- stances he did not consider the suggestion would serve any useful purpose.
Mr. Chamberlain made no reply when asked whether he did not feel that a personal visit would remove the "undesirable phenomena of impassable bar- riers between Britain and Russia".
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SOVIET REPLY
The reply of the Soviet Government to the proposals by the British and French governments has been re- ceived and is now under consideration said Mr. Chamberain in the House. Asked whether he contemplated making statement in the near, future when the Russian reply had been considered, the Fremler replled in the affirmative.
Mr. Wedgwood Benn asked if any reply had been made to the representations sald to have been
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Mr. Chamberlain said that he did not know of the representations to which Mr. Wedgwood; Benn teferred.
Replying to a further question, Premierald he', was utaware that any representations had been inade by the Vatican against the con- clusion of pact with usein
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