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TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1925.

GONE TO HIS DEATH.

THE CHINA MAIL.

A HUMAN SEA.

CRASH IN FLAMES.

BRITISH AEROPLANE BROUGHT

DOWN.

PLOTTER WHO KILLED TWO HUNDRED. Huge Crowd Swamps

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SOFIA. BOMB SEQUEL.

Allies Approve. Request For Bigger Army.

The principal conspirator in the Sofia plot and the man who placed the bomb in the cathedral is reported to have been killed while restating the police.

COMMUNIST LEADER.

(Reuter's Service.)

"Sofia, April. 20.

The former officer sind. Com-

to have been the principal, con spirator in the plat against the Government, and it is stated that he placed the infernal machine in the cathedral..

NARROW ESCAPE,

worthy that the Conference of Ambassadors recently approved a Bulgarian request for an addi. tional 3,000 men,]

Later.

The Inter-Allied Mission has la justifiable.

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EARLIER CABLES.

Sofia, April 20. It has been ascertained that the infernal machine which caused the explosion was ended by a former officer named Minkoff with melinite and detonated by a fuse it by youth, whom the bende smuggled into the bell tower. "It is now established that the crime was the work of Agrarian Com- munists.

Prince.

DIFFICULT MOTORING,

CLIMAX OF NIGERIA'S ENTHUSIASM.

(Reuter's Servico.)

„Lagos, April 20," After fl 1.400 mile train journey without hitch to Kano and back the Prince of Wales re- turned this afternoon, looking Very fit.

He congratulated the acting

officials.

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Devil

AVIATORS KILLED.

Worshippers'

Rifle

Attack.

Two British aviators have been killed through their plane being brought down by Yezidis, a sect of devil worshippers in the northern part of Mesopotamia.

CHIEFS DISPUTE.

(Router's Service.)

London, April 20.. A Colonial Office communiqué

'conference summoned to settle the rival claims of supremacy by- himself and another chieftain.

The Yezidia are a sect of devil. worshippers, calling themselves munist leader Minkoff is alleged reported that Bulgaria's regnest manager of the line, also the train states that a British aeroplane | Dasni, who are found in Kurdis- The Prince's arrival marked crashed and was totally burnt, tar. Armenta and the Caucasus.

and the two occupants were Their religion has points of cor the climax of the enthusiasm.

A hundred thousand people

killed, presumably through being nection with old Iranian and jammed the streets for three brought down by rifle fire from Assyrian beliefs and traces of miles and the Royal party motorunitive air action in the Beled- Thus they regard the devil as the the ground in the course of a Manichaeism and Nestorianism. ed with the greatest difficulty asinjar area against a Yezidi chief creative agent of the Supreme through a human sen

who thrice refused to attend a God, a reinstated fallen angel who is the author of evil. They avoid mentioning his name and reprë. They sent him by the' peacock. regard Christ as an angelin human form and recognize Mahomet as

A prophet with Abraham and the patriarcha, They believe in a future life and practice both circumciskin and baptism. The name la. pro- bably derived from the Kurdish and Persian Yazdan, God; though some have connected it with the city of Yezd, or with Yezid, the second Omar caliph.

hia Auris of Bulgaria.

He was killed by the police

When resisting arrest.

[Last werd an infernal machine exploded in the principal cathe dral in Sofia killing 200 people and wounding 2,000.

BIGGER ARMY.

Paris. April 20.

Another telegram shows, that King Boris had a very narrow esetpc. He intended to be pre- Isent at the Cathedral ceremony, but at the last moment was pre- vailed on not to expose himself. He sent General Davidoff as his representative, who

was killed

trisht. The bomb exploded close to the throne erected for King Ports. Most of those killed were close to the royal chuir, which was demolished by the falling masonry.

BARWAT SCANDAL.

HERR HOEFLE DIES IN HOSPITAL.

(Reuter's Service)

BERLIN, April 20. Herr Hoefs, who was arrested in connection with the Barmat Before deciding Bulgaria's re-scandals, died shortly after re- quetas regards increasing the moval to hospital from prison. army. The Conference of Ambas Herr Horde, who was Minister sales submitted the technical for Posts in the Marx Cabinet. aspect to the Inter-Allied Military was arrested, following a cross- by the Public Mission who specially met for the examination

Prosecutor. The arrest was based parperi

As a sequel to the recent but-on statements made by officials of rages Bulgaria asked the Allies the Tor, permission to increase army by 10,000 men. It is note to

FATAL RIOTS.

Barmat concern and а

of

MEDALS FOR AIRMEN.

FLIGHT TO JAVA REWARDED.

(Reuter's Service)

The Hague, April 20. The Queen has bestowed the silver medal of honour of the Orders of the House of Orange

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her suspicion that he D'K's trying

Ret rid

incriminating documents. The previous week for energy and courage or the the German Socialist Parliamen- airmen Van der Hoop, Poelman tary Party requested the Socialist and Van der Broeke in recogni- Herr Bauer, former Deputy Chan- tion of their plight to Java. cellor, not to exercise his Reichstag mandate, pending enquiry of the allegation that when acting as Chancellor he received large sums from the Barmat concern in Hol and. The enquiry, which the Com- mittee of the Prussian Diet con- ducted into the Barmat affair, ap- peared to involve many well-known. politicians and developed into a financial scandal of the first magnitude.l

SERIOUS SOUTH AFRICAN

TROUBLE.

SHOTS FIRED AT CROWD.

· (Router's Servico.)

BLOEMFONTEIN, April 20. Starting with a squabble in the Kaffir location, serious distur bances developed necessitating the calling out of the military volunteers.

A large force of police and the latter tried to open negotiations but encountered stones.

Thereupon they attempted to arrest the ringleaders, but meeting obstruction, fired at the crowd of 4,000 after due warning.

Four natives were killed and 21 injured. Fifty were arrested. Two Europeans, were seriously hurt. All is now quiet.

CHILDISH EXCUSE.

SOVIET SHUNS ARMS CONFERENCE,

(Reuter's Service.)

Geneva, April 20. M. Chicherin, Soviet Commis-

sar of Foreign Affairs. has in- formed the Secretary-General of

TANKS IN ACTION.

CRUISER'S TRIALS.

EAST INDIES STATION FLAGSHIP.

(Reuter's Service.)

London, April 20. H.M.S. Ellingham, a' cruiser of 9.750 tons, laid down in 1917 at Portsmouth, underwent her steam trials to-day.

The vessel will be commissioned as the flagship of the East Indies

CHINESE ARMY OFFICERS' | Station."

TOUR.

(Reuter's Service.)

LONDON. April 20. Twelve Chinese army officers headed by, General Hsu Shu-tseng visited Aldershot to-day and tour- ed the command, conducted by officers of the headquarters staff.

They visited Pinehurst and saw the latest pattern tanks demonstrit. ing the crossing of rough country and the surmounting of obstacles

They also visited Foxhills and saw the new artillery fractors taking guns across country into

and out of action. They inspected the training centres and barracks and had luncheon at the officers'

club.

LISBON'S ORDEAL..

THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.

(Reuter's Servicė.)

WIRELESS RIGHTS.

PROTECTING INTELLEC. TUAL PROPERTY,

AMATEUR'S WAVE LENGTHS.

(Reuter's Service.)

"

Paris, April 20, The juridical section of the International Wireless Congress has resolved that the right of in- tellectual property as récognised by the International Convention of Berne applies to the wireless diffusion of all, intellectual works, The Congress also approved a series of recommendations where by specific wave lengths are to be assigned to amateurs in different regions with a view to obviating the confusion caused by similarity in wave lengths.

A sub-committee suggested the following wave lengths:

Europe' (metres) 115 to 95, 75 to 70, and 47 to 43.

Canada 120 to 115, and 46 to

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UNRULY WARLORD.

(Reuter's Service,)

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PEKING, April 19. A mandate issued last night, ordering a chaban against Yang | *** Sen, censures him for aggressively occupying the arsenal and mint at Chengtu and monopolizing the 4 salt revenue of Shihlluchin, and,

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worst of all," moving his troops to attack his colleagues in order to obtain supreme power throughout. the whole province.

The United States 85 to 75, anded acknowledging his allegiance. Although he recently telegraph--

41.5 to 37.3.

The rest of the world 96 to 85, and 37.5 to 35.

A Chinese woman was injured in a fall from a moving motor bus at Nathan Road.yesterday. She was removed to the Kwong Wah Hospital.

Portsaid.

April 20.-Divers report that there is no apparent damage to the s.s. Carnarvonshire. She finished reloading, and is

her proceeding on

voyage. Reuter.

was afterwards proved to be false to the Central Government, this

and Insincere by the movement of his troops. To prevent niiscon- duct by Yang Sen, General, Liu Hstang is hereby directed to effect a chaban against Yang Sen in the hope that a military operation and its consequent evils will no more trouble the people in Szechuan.

OIL FIRE.

SINGAPORE HARBOUR.

SHIP'S NARROW ESCAPE,

Peking, Aprli 20.-Chinese circles report that the Government have decided to transfer. Cheng Shi chi, the present Shantung (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tupan, to the post of Tupan of Anhuf in order to make room for the appointment of Chang Tsung- chang. It is also reported that Wang Ye-tang, who is at present Tupan of Anhui, will be offered either a post in the Cabinet or the Chairmanship of the Provisional Advisory Council. Courtesy of blaze. the Daily Bulletin.

Tsingtao, April 20-The sudden and unexpected arrival here i to-day of the Minister for War, Wu Kuang-hsin, simultaneously with a company of Fengtien troops, is considered to have a bearing on the impending political upheaval. Wu Kuang-hsin

im. mediately conferred with the Acting Governor Wen Shou-te. Wu Kuang-hsin is a rela live of Kao En-hung, now at Wei-hai-wei, who considers him. sell to be the rightful Governor of Tsingtao. It is reported here that the . mandate appointing Peking, April 19.-The Re-Chang Tsung-chang. Tupan organization Conference disposed Shantung has already been of the remaining agenda ilems signed. Courtesy of the Daily yesterday, including the regula Bulletin. tions for the national delegates conference, which were approved. The Conference again meets to-

Lisbon, April 20, Twelve people were killed and 13 wounded in the course of the revolutionary outbreak. The city is very calm now.

the League of Nations that the New York, April 20-The direcmorrow to discuss the financial Soviet Government declines to tors of the Associated Press have rehabilitation proposais, and the participate in the international appointed Mr Kent Cooper as closing session takes place on

General Manager in succession ta Tuesday. Reuter.

cenference for the control of arma Mr. Frederick Roy Martin, who and munitions assembling here on May 4 on the ground that the question involves interference by the League in the internal affairs of the Soviet.

has resigned, Mr. Kent. Cooper Peking, April 20.-The Kwel- has been. Assistant General | chow Tupaň, Chow Hal-ching, has American Service. Manager slace 1030-Router's wired stating that owing to wars

and other causes the people of Kwelchow are suffering great hard- ships, and that famine condition Paris, April 20.-A Ministerial prevail throughout the province. A Halifax N. 5, April 20-Mr. statement which will be read to mandate issued last night instructs Wolvin, President of British morrow in parliament will stress the Finance Minister to forward Empire Steel Corporation has the emergency settlement of the $10,000 to Kweichow in order to stated that negotiations between finance and security problems this distress, Courtesy of the Daily himself and Mr. Lewis, represent without applying extemporary Bulletin. ing the United Mineworkers of measures. It will demand a America and Mr. Armstrong, rapid vote on the budget, thus Tsingtao, April 23.—A walk-out Premier, and other Government securing a balancing before last night by 3,000 workers of the Ometais has not resulted in a "the curablichment of the new Japanese-owned Talkin Cotton settlement of the strike of 12,000 taxes. It will ground the security Mill; following a refusal of the “minars, owing to the unreasonable bag niu down at Geneva by Mr. management to grant. their attitude of the union, which has Herriott and Mr. Briand and will"twenty-one demands, has great refused to consider a reduction of statelthe necessity of the Nationally stirred mill circles. The police wages despite the fact that the Union of Concord and arggest the arrested two agitators, who are company's coal operations have keeping up of relations with the aid to be Shanghai students. recently been run at'n loss. The Vatican could be compatible with Thore is a possibility that 17,000 strike has been in progress alx absolute respect, for the so called other opératives may be affected. Aweeka--Renter.

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SINGAPORE, April 20. Over 7,000 gallons of Socony gasolene were lost through a fire on a twakow in the harbour.

The ship West Sequana narrowly escaped being involved in the

MISSING CHEQUES,

FOREIGNER SAID TO BE IMPLICATED.

A report has been made to the police by the American Express Company of the loss of three travellers' cheques, three in favour of the Kwan Hing jewellery shop. Wellington Street, and the others in favour of the Wing Sing curio shop, Praya East

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The cheques in question were stolen in Shanghai, and it has since transpired that they had been cashed by a foreigner, who has so far fot been traced.

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Auckland before returning to-their-

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