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MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1925.

PRINCE OFF AGAIN.

BRITAIN'S BEST · AMBASSADOR.”

20,000-MILE TOUR.

Visits to South Africa and South America,

"Britain's best Ambassador," the Prince of Wales, has begun another great tour, visiting this time South Africa and South. ¡¡America.

(Reuters, Service.)

OFF TO SEA.

The acclamations of thousands:] London, March 28,

of spectators ashore, and the re Despite a bitter East wind, and echoing cheers of the crews man- a cold, grey morning, crowdaning the warships in the harbour and at Spithead, were audible above the booming of the Royal Salute as H.M.S. Repulse put to ses from Portameath," with the Prince of Wales visible, standing on the flying deck, with Sir Lionel Halsey and Captain North.

GOODBYE!

Prince of Walen.

The Prince of Wales had arriv ed at Portsmouth at 1.80 p.m. in bitter brilliant sunshine and wind. After exchanging greet ings with a group of Naval and military commanders, he boarded the Repulse to the strains of the National Anthem, a Guard of Honour, composed of Marines, presenting arms.

The Repulse left, half an hour later, being towed out to the Torkyard, and than escorted to Nab Light by yo destroyers.

THE CHINA MAIL

GERMAN ELECTION.

Polling Takes Place.

Quietly.

GLORIOUS SUNSHINE.

MANY VOTERS PREFER COUNTRY OUTING,

(Reuter's Service,)

Berlin, March 29:

THRILLING FIGHT.

MALABAR HILL TRIAL EVIDENCE. GOLF CLUBS AS WEAPONS.

How British Officers Rescued Mumtaz Begum.

But for the timely help of British officers, using golf clubs as weapons, Muntaz Begum, the woman in the Malabar Hill case, would almost certainly have been bidnapped....

(Reuter's Service,)

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Bombay, March 38. Glarious weather favoured the

As the resumption of the Malabar Presidential elections throughout Hill trial to-day, Lietitenuut Batley, Germany. Many voters pre-of the 7th Gurkhas, gave a dramatic ferred to spend the day in the

description of the fight at the top country. Consequently, the per- of the hill, officers, armed with golt centage of the electorate poling clubs, eventually dispersing Baula's was considerably less than for the

Assanants, who WATO firing last Reichstag election,

revolvers.

There were no disturbances anywhere.

The party organisers were busiest in Berlin where some of the buildings were beflagged, the Republican colours seeming to predominate.

Crowds are gathering in the streets awaiting the results which are not expected to be complete until to-morrow."

VOTES FOR THE KAISER I

Lieutenant Seagert grappled with man endeavouring to drag the woman from a motor car,

The man fired at Sengert, and Batley then struck up the man's arm with a golf club.

BRITISH INTERESTS.

„SHANGHAI-NANKING RAILWAY.

(Courtesy of the Daily Bulletin.)

PEKING, March 29.

Berlin, March 30. The voting has gone misch as was exted with an indication that SOUTH AFRICA'S' LOYALTY. Herr Jurres will fully head, the The Advisory Committee ap-poll, but without Dexturing an pointed by the Government to absolute majority, for which repoll

The Ministry of Communications assist in drafting a provisional will be neccasury on April 26,

Of the 10,000,000 votes counted at announces that the British Legation programme for the Prince of Wales's visit to South Africa dis midnight. Herr Jarren had received recently made verbal representa covered no lukewarmness in any 4.000.000, Herr Bram 3,900.000, tions as regards the Shanghai All South Her Marx and Herr Thaelmann, Nanking Rallway, hoping that the part of the country. Africa, regardless of race and 1000,000 each. Herr Hellpuch reported withdrawal of the troops colour is anxious to do honour 750.00 Herr Held 400,000 and did not mean the removal of the Company's property north of the the Royal visitor. There hasieneral Ludendorĩ. 150,000.

The former Kniser secured four river! undoubtedly been a change in the i Nationalist attitude towards the voles in the small village of Volarg. It is very hoteworthy that the Empire since Gerezal Hertzog's accession to power, and it, may Republic group consisting of the fairly be said that one contribut-entrists. Democrats and Socialists, ing factor was the excellente holding their own against the impression made by the late Rightists.

Imperial Parliamentary. delega- tion. The feeling among the Dutch population in the Free State is extremely cordial.

EARLIER CABLES.

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The British Legation also drew attention to the loss of revenge through the military activities, the detention of the rolling-stock, and to the consequent jeopardising of

British interests.

The Ministry of Communications state that they communicated this to Lu Yong-hsiang and Chang Tsung-chang.

According to Chinese reports, the Fengtion authorities began evacuating their positions on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway on March 23, and the troops were transferred to Hsuchow.

The number of troops along the railway is now said to be reduced 10 20,000

Berlin. March 28. Though miliens of German Generally speaking, it was con- men and women will for the first. sidered very inadvisable in draw-time in their lives to-morrow put ing up

that a cross on a ballot paper for the # programme conventional Society functions President of the Republic, nobody should be allowed to interfere expects any candidate to obtain with the mutual desire of the an absolute majority requisite for Prince and the farmers of South election, but the voting will give Africa, who constitute the back a clear idea as to whether the bone of the country, to come into candidate elected second on the The ballot on April 26, will be Re- thronged the approaches to Vic-contact with each other. toria Station to pay farewell to "Cape Times" rapped Mr. F. S. publican or Monarchist. Even if à pro-Monarchist candidate like the Prince of Wales on his de- Malan, the ex-Minister, over the parture for his twenty-thousand knuckles for a passage in a recent Vice-Chancellor Jarres is elected miles' tour.

speech, which the journal sug- on April 26, this, will not mean at immediate restoration of the gested amounted to a sneer General Hertzog's inconsistency monarchy, but merely popular (Courtesy of the Daily Bulletin.) in renewing the late Govern-dissatisfaction of the Republican ment's invitation to the Prince.régime.

Conspicuous on the platform were Lord Beatty in his Admiral's uniform, the Hon. Mr. Ormsby Gore and other representatives of

THE ROUTE THE PRINCE OF WALES WILL FOLLOW.

SOUTHERN RHODESIA

BECHUANALO

LONDON

VAAL

ORANGE

CAPE

SUTOLP

LOF COOD HOPE, Cape Town

SOUTH

BRAZIL

AMERICA

SIERRA LEONE

NIGERIA

AFRICA

The smaller map gives a more detalled Idea of the itinerary His Royal Highness will take in South Africa.

the Colonial Office, the South Surely, it remarked, Mr. Malan African High Commissioner and can realise that the Prince should the Ministers of the Argentine be immune from odium of an at- and Uruguny.

tempt to involve his personality The Prime Minister, Mr.in the petty conflicts of local Stanley Baldwin, arrived at parties. What would Mr. Malan Victoria a few minutes before the have said if General Hertzog had departure of the train."and was refrained from repeating his photographed with the Prince of predecessor's invitation?. Wales and Prince Henry,

The train proceeded to Ports- mouth, the Prince of Wales stand- ing at the door of the compart- ment with his hand at salute,

BALTIC CRUISE.

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acknowledging the hearty send-DUTCH WARSHIP'S SUMMER

off.

BROKEN SHAFT:

DUTCH STEAMER IN TROUBLE.

(Reuter's-Service).

VOYAGE.

i.

(Reuter'a Service.)

STUDENT BATTLE,

(Reuter's Service.) .

Paris, March 29.

JAPAN'S POLITICS.

TOKYO, March 29.. The compromise on the Suffrage Bill was not reached till midnight, threatening thus averting the political crisis, and the Bill is to submitted to full sessions of both Houses to-day, when it is expect-" ed to be approved. .

of peers' families, as 18 those who "owing

According to the terms of the The appointment of. Professor compromise, the Bill now ex "Georges Scelle, the principal cludes from the franchise the Secretary of the Minister of beads Justice and an ardent Socialist, to well the Chair of International Law of to poverty" are dependent upon Paris University, has led to fierce public and private assistance for encounters between students in their means of livelihood (the the Latin quarter, attended with clause on which centres most. a long casualty list. Royalist and dispute); It deprives peers of the right to election to the Lower other anti-Government students House, and it also extends the resented the appointment as an residential qualification from six act of political favouritism, and went in procession to the lecture months to a twelvemonth.

While the electorate under the room and erected barricades, pre- original text, was estimated at venting the Professor from

14,000,000, the accepted amend lecturing. Later they came into ments, itis believed in the absence collision with a body of youthful of definite statistics, will reduce pro-Government. students outside this number, by two or three The Sorbonne. The police, inter-millions, vened and Communists joined in the melee. The students scatter- ed but later reformed and re- engaged the police. Order was eventually restored after 20 had been wounded and 33 made pri- soner. Fifty-four Gendarmes were wounded, some seriously..

HEAVY CASUALTIES,

Paris, March 29. According to the latest reports regarding the rioting in the Latin quarter, seventy policemen were more or less seriously hurt. One. was sent to hospital with a frac- tured arm. Thirty-six arrests were made but only seventeen students were detained."

Brussels, March 28. An agree ment has been reached between the Belgian and Dutch foreign ministers regarding the revision of the treaties of 1889 regulating, inter alia, navigation on the Scheldt. A Belgian and Dutch Commission will be appointed to The Hague, March 29. administer the Scheldt. An The Government intends to arbitration system has been send the armoured cruisers arranged for the settlement of Marten Harpertz Tromp and disputes similar to the agreement Jacob van Heemskerck, and two reached regarding the Grand Port Sudan, March 29. torpedo boats and two submarines Terneuzen Canal, and also The Dutch steamer-Idomeneus, on a cruise of the Baltic in the arrangements for the joint con aromi Rotesla torferder, summeringly impaction of new, canala and the sustained a broken shaft to the The ships will visit Copen- right to enlarge, others the remains in morth-east of Port Sudan hagen, Stockholm, Riga Reval question of

The British steamer Perseus and Helsingfora. utch sea- status quo, but views will be has proceeded to her assistance.planes will also go to Co

exchanged:

Moscow March 29.A snow-slip extending a hundred yards over the railroad near Irkutsk led to the dorallment of atrain proceeding to Veskhneudinsk. Sixteen dead and 39 injured were taken from the wreckage-Reyter.

GUME

The man turned maid fired, but Finissed and devamped.

Batley then broke a club on another nian's head in a general meles, after which except for our the men escaped, firing as they ran.

The officers picked up a revolver, kakri, and jack knife.

Batley subsequently proceeded to Todore, where he identified two of? the accused.

The Malabar Bill outrage- occurred early in January when Abdul Kadir Baufa, a rich Mahom medan merchant and a member of the Bombay Corporation, was murdered in his motor-car, and Mumtaz Mustapha Begum, a girl with him, was disfigured with knives. The Bombay police hold the opinion the crime was the result of an attempt to abfuct the girl. Baula, who had been protecting the. girl for the last four months, had been repeatedly warned from hostile and friendly sources that Bis life was in danger, but he continued to keen the girl and disregarded the warnings. The girl was formerly attached to the palace of the Mahamjah of Indore.. Soine time ago she escaped from Indore and made her way to Amritsar, where, it is alleged, numerous attempts were made to make her return to Indore,}

OIL LAND PERMITS. SENATOR CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.

(Router's Service.)

Washington, Marchi 28. Senator Wheeler, indicted for conspirney to defraud the Govern- inent in connection with oil and permite, furnished $1,000 but in the Supreme Court.

The Government alleges that three of the principal defendants sought to obtain, through dummies, prospecting permits covering wine thousand acres of Government land beyond what they were legally en Litled to and that Wheeler agreed to use Senatorial influence.

Wheeler declared that his com- plete innocence will be vindicated immediately the case is brought for trial...

Wheeler was independent Vice Presidential candidate last year, and was incidentally largely responsible for driving Mr. Daugherty, former Attorney General, from the Cabinet in connection with the oil investiga- tion.

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