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Australian Held As Sequel To City Sensation
Special to "Telegraph"
(Copyright, United Press Association. Received 9.30 am,
Published 10.15 a.m.).
LONDON, June 6.
A SENSATIONAL attempt was made to shoot the Duchess 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
DUCHESS OF KENT
HUSHED COMMONS HEARS OF DRAMA IN STRICKEN SUBMARINE THETIS
Special to "Telegraph"
(Copyright, Telecommunications Ordinance, By “United
Press" Association).
LONDON, June 5.
THE FINEST TRADITIONS of the Senior Service had been upheld by the officers and men in the submarine Thetis.
This was the keynote of a dramatic state- ment made to a hushed House of Commons 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 forward compartments through one of the forward torpedo tubes."
Public Inquiry
LONDON, June 5.
IT IS understood that the form of inquiry now under the con- sideration of the Government to investigate the loss of the Thetis will be on the same lines as the Inquiry into the R101 disaster, which was conducted by a dis- tinguished lawyer, assisted by technical assessors,
A formal decision will be taken by the Cabinet on June 7.
In the meantime, it is stuted that donations to the Lord Mayor's Fund for the relatives of the lost crew have been promised by Their Majesties the King and Queen, Queen Mary, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Connaught, Princess Royal and Lord Hare- wood,
Wires are already arriving at the Mansion House from the heads of elvic authorities, who are opening funds to support the Lord Mayor's appeal.-Reuter:
Men Were Overpowered
Mr. Chamberlain inform- By Flood of Water
ed the House that, in some as yet unexplained manner, the rear door of the tube had been left open.
"Apparently the men in the forward compartment could close neither, the door of the torpedo tube nor the forward watertight
released, but it is stated that Tokyo's Explanation of Ranpura Hold-Up door.
he arrived in England from Australia about three weeks ago.
Sawed-Off Shotgun
The arrested man had been acting strangely outside the Duchess' residence in Belgrave! Square.
He is alleged to have fired from a sawed-off shot gun in the direction of the Duchess of Kent's car-United Press.
Japan's Blockade Illegal,
"The main ballast tanks were emptied with the intention of the bringing the vessel to surface.
"But she took charge and |dived to the bottom,”
At first, said the Premier, the
sank
Declares Foreign Office Thetis in dually on an
LONDON, June 5.
QUESTIONS were put in the House of Commons to-day regarding the Japanese claim to the right to
Lady Portarlington Is Lady-in-blockade Chinese ports.
Waiting to the Duchess of Kent. She
In the wife of the sixth Earl of Por-
the name to a prosperous town in
daughter of Mr. G. S. Yuill, of Chesham Place, London.
The Duchess of Kent, formerly
out-
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[even keel to the bed of the ocean,
Buoyi Unobserved
Un-
"The impact as she struck bottom threw the men off their feet. happily, it also destroyed the under- water signalling apparatus.
"Marker buoys, which emit smoke aignals when they reach the surface,
"Afterwards, two men came to the
operations."
LONDON, June 5. SOME INDICATION of the horror of the situation in the submarine Thetis when the forward torpedo tube door burst open and hundreds of tons of water com- meneed to flood the compartment was given in a state- ment issued last night by Mr. R. S. Johnson, Managing Director of Cammel Laird & Co., builders of the submarine.
Unknown to the men in the forward compartment, the tor-
Police O. I. C. pedo tube was already flooded.
In Court Inspector Faces Serious Charge
When they opened the rear door of the torpedo Lube, the water fore into the submarine in a surge re- miniscent of that from a glant nozzle.
It completely swept the men off their feet.
They made superhuman efforts to
jet of water to the door in order to
JOSEPH Herbert Edward fight through the surging powerful Edwards, Sub-Inspector of close it, but their attempts were
before Mr. unavailing.
Police, appeared Mr. R. A. Butler replied that shortly after the tarlington (whose forefathers Have break of the Sino-Japanese hostilities in 1937, the were soon afterwards released. But Himsworth at the Kowloon
Magistracy this morning. Victoria, Australia), and is the Japanese Government purported to declare a blockade of they were not observed.
He was charged with demanding the whole of the coast, but said that it would be surface by means of the Davis Escape money with menaces from Lou Hee- Apparatus in order to direct rescue yuk, of the Hip On Club, Gillies
Avenue, Hunghom, on April 23. Princess Marina of Greece, is one of exclusively applied to Chinese vessels.
Edwards, whose age is given as 37 attractive the most popular and
Any attempt to apply the
years, is Omeer-in-Charge of the members of the royal family, and is
Hung Hom Police Station." famed, among other things, for her blockade to vessels of other original and becoming dress styles. Powers would constitute an
the best-dressed She has been named the
the world, woman in
assertion of belligerent rights, Highly gifted, the Duchess of Kent speaks English, French and German and in the absence of a state of fuently, and of course, Greek. She war between China and Japan, is a brillant dancer, a first-rate shot, would be illegal.. and a good horsewoman. She is devoted to music.
British Government had! The
was
the culmination of rdal
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Iler marriage to the Duke of Kent already made its views on the matter romance and was completely free of clear to the Japanese Government. anything suggesting a "diplomalle alliance,"
No Genuino Doubt
"I need not tell the House," sald Mr. Chamberlain amidst, cheers, "that this was a very gallant thing Lo do.
Then they attempted to close the watertight door separating the two efforts were unavailing and, finally, forward compartments. Again their they were forced to retreat amidships; shutting off the two flooded forward compartments.
Mr. Johnson quoted one of the four survivors as saying that all the men aboard the doomed ship planned to use their Davis Escape Apparatus. PLEASE Turn To Pago 4.
GO TO MOSCOW, PREMIER URGED
LONDON, June 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".
SOVIET REPLY
The reply of the Sovlet Government to the proposals by the Britisli and French gavernments has been re- ceived and is now under consideration said Mr. Chamberala in the House, Asked whether he contemplated making a statement in the near future when the Russian reply hud bech considered, the Premier replied in the afirmative.
Mr. Wedgwood Benn asked_if any reply had been made to the representations said to have been,
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BRITAIN CANNOT HOLD CZECH GOLD ASSETS
LONDON, June 5.
Tsingtao Blockade LONDON, June 5-In the House of Commons to-day, Sir Stewart Sande-
A police interpreter, Un Shu-ki, whether the Prime man asked
also appeared on a charge of extort "One of theso two men was ing $110 from Lau Hei-yuk, as a fee. Minister was aware that the Japan. ese Naval Mission at Tsingtao now Captain Oram. With great gallantry due to him. as an interpreter, and, required landing permits for each he took upon himself, before he knew alternatively, with demanding $110 separate bill of lading in respect of that the submarine had been located with menaces. goods shipped on British vessels; that by surface craft, to escape from the
Mr. J. Wyatt, Crown Counsel, op- cargoes have to be stored for several Thetis under conditions which were
In an open wharf, and that no realised to be most dangerous peared for the prosecution. Edwards estrictions were placed on cargoes United Press.
was represented by Mr. C. d'Almada, arriving by Japanese vessels?
LONDON, June 5-The sinking of and Mr. G. S. Ford represented Un.- Un has already made previous He also asked whether the Prime the submarine was caused by the Minister would indicate to the Japan-flooding of the two forward compart appearance before the Magistrate.
Mr. Wyntt asked for a formal re ese Government that unless restricments through the bow torpedo tubes, Mr. R. II. Horgan (Cons) asked i tions against British trade were re-lone of which had become open, or the case will be for committal,"
the moved it may be necessary to im-was Two Pravion: Escapes ...
Ranpura incident closed on
Mr. Himsworth granted the up- The Duchess of Kent has had Japanese explanation that they mis-pose similar restrictions on Japanese submerged, Mr. Chamberlain'
vessels arriving in British ports. the House, two previous narrow escapes from took the Identity of the vessel.
Mr. R. A. Butler said that the reply The submarine's signalling application, and fixed hearing of the death since her wedding.
He said he had consulted law; Sir John Simon added that there was destroyed, preventing charge at 11.30 am, on Tuesday next Mr. Butler replied: "We have to the first two parts of the question paratus
officers who advised that the British was no` validity in the suggestions Edwards was allowed ball of $100. In 1935, the train which she and always agreed that our ships might was in the affirmative. He added her from communicating with surface week. the Duke of Kent were taking from be boarded in cases of genuine doubt, that discriminating existed so for a marker buoys and smoke signals
Government was precluded from made in a recent dobate int the taking any steps to prevent the Bank Bank of England would be entitled to accommodation Munich station, started before the whether the ships are British or not, whurehouse Toyal couple had got aboard. The There could be no doubt in the case made available for Japanese shipa, had been released, but were not im-
of England obeying instructions given refuse to obey instructions given by Duke jumped on to the moving train of the Ranpura, and that a why we but not yet for British vessels. mediately observed.
LONDON, June Queen Mary to it by its customer, the Bank for the Bank for International Selule
no means and turned to help the Duchess. took up a definite attitude, and have
An effort was made to lift the has almost completely recovered from International Settlements, to transfer ments, and there The mattor Bad been taken up with She was just about to try to jump now received the explanation on raingine, and representations had view to making a hole in it, but the and she hopes to attend the trooping. It would be a breach of treaty they had the power to prevent: the
the local Japanese "authorities at stern more from the water, with a her ordeal in the motor car accident, gold as directed.
of, tho' courts as to whether: on the running board as the train Mr. Morgan asked if that explana-
of the colours on Thursday with the gathered speed when the Duke tion was satisfactory, and Mr. Butler been made; by Sir Robert Craigle in attempt was unsuccessful.
Ho believed that three men were Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret obligations to withhold Treasury con- Banic of England making a transfer realised the danger and cried out was understood to reply: "Yes, as Tokyo, pressing for the allocation of
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