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"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINU

With Douglas Fairbanks

SAGE FOR LOVEL

BILLIE DOVE

The

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ESTABLISHED 1845.

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,, 1932.

THREE-FOLD BOMB PLOT ENQUIRIES.

Revelations in U.S. Outrages.

New York,

Investigations by postal ins pectors into the bombs by post terror, which is sweeping the United States, have disclosed a three-fold plot aimed at Wall Street officials, prominent 'Ita- lians, and high Government oficials.

DISARMAMENT.

Sir John Simon Presents|

Britain's. Proposal.

FIRE OUTBREAKS IN AUSTRALIA.

Commonwealth Capital Threatened.

Rugby Yesterday. The main features of Britain's Disarmament proposals announced

Sydney (N.S.W.), at the plenary session of the Geneva

More than fifty thousand Conference by the Foreign Secret-

sheep have perished in bush ary, Sir John Simon, to-day, are the

Bres which are sweeping over jabolition of submarine and gas and

large areas in New South chemical warfare, the reduction In

Wales, and which may even en- size of warships and of their gun

dagger Canberra, the capital calibre; the prohibition of land guns

of the Commonwealth. over certain calibre and the limits-

Tremendous damage has been] Inquiries have led to the belief tion of conscription by agreement.

In reference to submarines, Sir Riverina district, and fears are en-

done to the sheep pastures in theị that a Wall Street outrage was foro- stalled in December, when pre-John Simon said, "Skill and gallan tertained that the fires on the west- cautions were taken by the police try in this dangerous service-in

ern bank of the Murrumbidgec

in the area, following warnings Britain to-day we mourn the loss of may leap the river. In this case from Federal agents,

a submarine crew of sixty men en- Canberra and the neighbouring

The bombs delivered at Easton gulfed in time of peace-are no afforestation would be seriously

its continuance." (Pa.), are believed to have been the justification for

threatened, added, **I will not dis- second phase in the plot, and in He

Thousands of men are fighting the meantime the Post Office have guise the fact that the abell the flames, and all the fire-fighting discovered two

of the submarine would. persons who wit-tion

resources of the capital are being In the interests of our nessed the actual mailing of the be

held in readiness for any emer packages containing the bombs, country, but in saying this I abso

gency. A clerk at an hotel, where the in-lutely deny that we regard its aboli- stigators of the outrages are be- tion as any exclusive interest of lieved to have stayed, has identi- ours. The abolition of submarines that a change of wind blew the fied some of the hotel visitors would be a contribution to disarma-ames away from the capital and

thus saved the situation. among photographs in the police ment which the citizens of every "Rogues Gallery."

country could understand.

Our

A later message, however, stated

proposal is in the interests of GENERAL'S DRAMATIC SPANISH REFUSAL TO humanity and stable and perman-

RAILWAYMEN.

ent peace."

The Common Object. Regarding the principle underly

said, "Since our common object is

SUICIDE.

State Ownership and in the proposals, Sir John Simon Hungarian Custom and

Higher Pay.

Political Sensation.

to diminish the sum total of arma- ments and expenditure upon them,!

A political sensation of the frat Madrid, it follows that we must direct spe- Spanish railwaymen are anxious,cial attention to such prohibition or magnitude was caused in Budapest that the railways should be taken limitation as will weaken attack by the dramatic suicide, in prison, over by the Government and na- and so remova temptation for ag-of General Franz Schill, a high Many peace conferences officer of the Hungarian police tionalised, but Senor Prieto, Minis-gression.

who had been arrested in ter of Public Works, although a had been held before this and the force, Socialist, says the State is not in consequence of their failure has connection with the coup d'etat 2 position to accept the plan. been written in blood in the history that failed.

According to Hungarian custom, Answering the suggestion of the of the world. Failure now means National Syndicate of Railwaymen nothing short of immeasurable cala- the unfortunate general was offer- ed an opportunity of exercising that the State should grant a pro-mity," visional increase of wages during He reminded the Conference that justice on himself.

He was left alone in his cell for the time that the question of the the intention was both explicit and railway nationalisation is at stake, implicit in the Versailles Treaty a few minutes with a cord, When the Minister adds:

that nations who even now were still the guard returned they found his "We all know what the word suffering from the scourge of four dead body hanging in the cell. 'provisional moans in Spain, es- years warfare should reduce the pecially in matters concerning the means of conflict through reduction State. In this country 'provisional' of national armaments by interna- means 'definite' as a rule, and in tional agreement. some cases everlasting".".

THEATRE HAT BAN.

Death Of Man Who First Imposed It On Women.

"

They must do another. Security for all depend- this while the lessons of war were ed on armaments reduction. Arma- still fresh in the people's minds. ments were the symptom of patho- It was an at- Disarmament was a means to an logical condition.

tempt to rid oneself of plague by infecting it on one's neighbours.

end.

Promotion of Peace.

Terrible as was the economic bur

At the conclusion of Sir John|

den of armament and enormous as Simon's speech there was enthusi

as would be the relief to taxpayers astic applause and the delegates The man who banned women's if it were lifted that was not the of, many countries shook him by hats at theatre matinees is dead. primary purpose for which they the hand and warmly congratulat

He was Mr. Tom B. Davis, the pursued it. Disarmament was pur- ed him. theatrical producer and manager, sued as, the most effective method

'France's Scheme.

"

of Oakdale Road, Tunbridge Wells, of promoting peace and of limiting M. Tardian, who followed Sir whose death, at the age of sixty-the risk of sudden and devastating John Simon, amplified the French four, has occurred.

war by the restriction of armaments acheme already outlined and de-

It was in 1908, in the days when to what was strictly necessary for clared that France was ready to hats were hats, that Mr. Davis, defence and for International, obliga- make contractual engagements to who was then manager of the tions; and by comparison and co-limit armaments during a fixed Queen's, decided to print on all operation among themselves to dis- period and would favourably tickets a notice asking women to credit. extravagant and fantastic examine any reductions which remove their hats. His only con- claims, and to fix the maximum in might be suggested supplementary cession was to women over fifty, each case at the lowest figure pas- to those within the framework of who were allowed, lest their health sible.

- the draft convention. He 'sum- should suffer, to wear close fitting. The proposition was that the peace marised the heritage of the last bonnets.

of the world could be secured by war in following striking figures. Mr. Davis gave Leslie Stuart his anybody, but the high level of Ten million lives were sacrificed, first commission as a theatrical armaments was no substitute for eight thousand million pounds composer. The result was "Floro-security. At best it only created worth of destruction was caused; dora" at the Lyric in 1899-the an illusion of security in one quar and eight hundred and eighty most successful production of Mr. ter while at the lame tíma aggra- million pounds in military arpendi- Davis' career..

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