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Fort DUNLOP

SCHMELING BATTERS WALKER TO SUBMISSION IN EIGHT ROUNDS

EXPLOSION

ON FRENCH

SUBMARINE

One Dead, 32 Injured

Aboard "Persee

AN ILL-FATED CLASS.

Cherbourg. To-day, Disaster has overtaken another of the huge, French submarines. One man is 'dead and 32 are injured, nine of them seriously, aboard the submarine Persee, as a result of an explosion dur- ing manoeuvres in the Eng- lish Channel Fire broke out after the explosion but was quickly quenched.

FRENCH "HYPOCRISY" PANIC SPREADS

IS RIDICULED

HITLER FORBIDS MOVE

TO COMPROMISE

BRITAIN SEEKS PEACE

AS EARTHQUAKE

ROCKS EUROPE

Shocks Felt In E

American Station

ENGLAND IS SHAKEN,

Sondon. To-day.

A violent" earthquake was record- eď in England to-day. Needles on INFURIATED BY THE FRENCH ATTITUDE TOWARDS the seismographs at West Brom

wich and London van off the charts: GERMANY'S ARMAMENTS, HERR ADOLF HITLER, MILITANT

Seismologists believe the centre NAZI LEADER, HAS FLUNG CHARGES OF "HYPOCRISY of the shock was dear the Asores. AND "INSOLENCE" INTO THE FACE OF THE PRIME MINIS University at Seattle, which also re- ~ Seismologists At Washington

TER OF FRANCE AND HAS DEMANDED THAT THE GERMAN corded an earthepake, placed the GOVERNMENT REFUSE TO CONSIDER ANY COMPROMISE centre in Mexic or Central

OR A RETURN TO THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE. THE The Persee, of the same class SITUATION HAS GROWN MORE TENSE AND THE ONE HOPE as the vanished Promethee, FUL ASPECT COMES FROM THE MEETING OF BRITISH EM which sank with more than 60 PIRE DELEGATES TO GENEVA, WHERE SIR JOHN SIMON souls aboard off the coast of ANNOUNCED THAT HE AND ME. ARTHUR, HENDERSON France on July 7, met misfortune under very similar circumstances WERE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO EASE THE TENSION. as those in which her slater 'ship

Munich, To-day. "Insolence Carried Too Far" is the heading of was lost. The mystery of the

leader article Promethee's sudeda plunge to by Herr Adolf Hitler in his paper, "The National Observer." The the ocean floor, however, is a article speaks of Premier Herriot's "Insolence and hypocrisy" and riddle which still puzzles the French navy experts.

secused him of wilfully misrepresenting the facts in the Franco- The Persee was on trial runs, German armament impasse. coasting along in the lee of thel

Channel Islands when the explo The article further ridicules sion jarred her dangerously and Premier Herriot's statement that threw men stunned and batter-France is animated solely by the ed against the steel walls of com- partments Fortunately, she was den, of securing lasting peace travelling on the surface at the and concludes by maintaining time.

that in view of the attitude" of Premier: Herriot and his Govern Fire followed the explosion, ment it would be a mistake for performed as men dragged or take the disarmament question the Von Papen Government to carried injured comrades" "to safety.

with Paris at this time,

*Menace Of Fire.

and there were feats of heroism

(Continued on Page 7.) ' BRITISH NAVY SHIP RUNS ASHORE.

While Charting Coast Of Labrador."

London, To-day.

The Admiralty announce the

whilst surveying in uncharted waters off the Labrador coast

(Continued on Paga 7.).

TERRORISTS

INCUR WIDE CONDEMNATION

One Dead And Sixteen Hurt At Chittagong.

WARNING TO ORGANISERS.

Chittagong, To-day.

America.

Beuter, learns to Belgrade and So reports that were shocks con- alderably damaged several parts of Yugo-Slaria. The population was in panie

A violent earthquake, was throughout Bulgaria.

VON GRONAU

FLIES INTO

RAIN STORM

World Fliers Leave For Philippines.

HOP IN EARLY LIGHT.

Confident the he will reach Manila in about 6 hours, Captain Wolfgang von "Gronau, and his

three compatriots, took off from

Kowloon Bay shortly after 8 a.m. storm. They left amid the cheers this morning, in a driving, rain-

of a large gathering of the Ger man Community, including the Consul, Dr. Hahn, who were pre- sent at the aerodrome to wish the world-fillers good luck.

THE TRIUMPH OF MODERN architecture as shown by the facade of the old established Bank of England, known the world over as 2 centre from whence decisions affecting many nations are continually to be expected.-(8. & G.)

FRENCH AIR MAIL PILOT

SIGHTS WRECKAGE.

Believed Plane Belonging To

Britishers.

Rangoon, To-day. The wreckage of an aero- plane, believed to be that of the missing airm Salt and Taylor, two British plant- ers, which was last seen on August 12-hen attempting

flight from the Malay States to England, wES sighted by the French air mail pilot in the Gulf of Martaban yesterday.

All hope of the two fliers' safety has been abandoned and several searches have proved fruitless. — Reuter.

"Good weather ahead," was the NOULENS

lást message the fliers received be- Casualties of the Terrorist fore stepping into their Dornier-

Wahl amphibian.

CHINESE VESSEL TO BE LAUNCHED

TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUT

$150,000 Purse Held Up By Courts.

40,000 FANS SEE FIGHT.

merican Falled In First Re

Shows Courage

New York, To-day Max Schmeling, former wor eavy-weight champion, won his Way to a new opportunity the title, when he defeated the rugged Mick

mert can contender in an elimination battle in the Long Island Bowl to-day. Schmeling beat his op ponent a technical Enock-out in the eighth round of a scheduled 15-round engagement.

Schmeling's purse of G$150,000

has been withheld from the nighter

by order of the

AT NEWCASTLE hearing of the suit fled by Garner

Mme. Quo Tai-chi To Christen Vessel.

the.

FOR NANKING SERVICE.

London, To-day, China's first train ferry, built for the Chinese Government on

of the Chinese Fur

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Box

JUDGMENT that work is hampered by

the giant Italian Aghter, char Schmeling broke his agre ment to

fight him for the heavy

There was

Long Isla Bowl

the

political complications with Man righ

FORGED churia For iple, the con- Lin

[From Our Own Correspondent]

Shanghai

templated large purchases for

the Peiping-Mukden Railway had

to be cancelled Reuter:

The outburst in the Nazi off cial organ comes as a reply to Premier Herriot's declaration yesterday in which be is report- ed to have accused Germany of fensive army but one which be one killed and 16 wounded. It Captain von Gronau and his planning not only a powerful de outrage here are now known to Wa could carry on an offensive war is stated the raiders were attir-Tack Aerodrome at 7.15 this morn

|companions arrived at the Kai in Europe.

ed in Mahomedan costumes.ing and devoted some time to give The Legislative Assembly has ng their machine a last examina-

horror and condemnation clock Captain von Gronau left for Noulens Defence Committee; at approved a resolution express- tion Farewells were; brief but

good wishes, sincera, and at 8 A statement issued by the CRITICAL of the outrage, whilst a leaflet his machine, the two 700 h.p, en-tacks the alleged forgeries and has been printed in Bengali and gines of which were ticking over discrepancies between the recent diaplayed by the State Council as the big ship rode lightly on the written judgment and the oral de calm water of the bay,The moor tor was not ordered. wherein it is declared the slaughing was cast and after a last wave

of the Court when the

sente

life im of the pilots hand, the engines

pur European oficials have warm- burst into a sta

grounding of H.M.S. "Challenger" BLOODY GROUP'S FINAL WARNING

TO MERCHANTS

The vessel struck a rock on Sep tember 28, six miles north of Fords Harbour light in Latitude 56.28% N., Longitude: 61:10: W The weather was calm and she was later refloated. Damage to her for ward oil tank and several other compartments was sustained. After calling at Fords Harbour (to | re-embark game parties and as far as possible ascertain the full- ax- tent of the damage, she will pro ceed to St. John's, Newfoundland.

HM.3. Heliotrope has ordered to proceed to the place and stand-by The

vey on

been

which the Challenger": was engag

ed in in connection with

ing of the Hudson Bay the area, in which the working is quite unexplo

tish Wireless Service.

BRITISH SUCCESS AT

COPENHAGEN-

Drastic Action Coming

After To-day.

"ENEMY GOODS MUST GO

[From Our Own Corresponden

Shanghai, To-day.

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enemy

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