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MANY FEARED KILLED BY TYPHOON COAST

ROOSEVELT

URGES DEBT

CONFERENCE

Glad To Co-operate

With Mr. Hoover.

ON ANGLO-FRENCH NOTES

New York, To-day. Governor Franklin D. Roose- velt, President-elect, telegraphed to President Hoover yesterday that he would he delighted to confer in Washington on the War Debt question but added he was unable at present to suggest a definite date as he was going to Warm Springs, Georgia, for a holiday and political conferences] late in the present month.

He will telephone to President Hoover the date of his depar- ture, however, and added he was conferring with Democrat lead- ers of the present Congress at Warm Springs. He hoped Pre- sident Hoover would see them at his earliest opportunity because "in the last analysis the imme- .diate question raised by the Bri tish and French and other notes creates a responsibility which reats upon those now yester with executive legislative au- thority." Reuter. ANTI-FASCIST

PARTY FORMED

BY GENERAL LI Powerful Group Will

Oppose Chiang. ORGANISING IN SECRET

his

A man who, because of the responsibility of position, the extreme dan. ger which attaches to his. work and the orders of his superior, General Li Chai sum, must travel without a name and do his tasks 'In secret, told the China Mail to day of the strange under ground fight being waged by a powerful Chinese party. against the suspected efforts of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to establish Fascism in the Republic.

Frances, Countess of War- wick. has had sittings with a voice medium in order to ex- plian strange happenings in Warwick times," the Countess says, "The lights in all the rooms would be switched on in the middle of the night without any human agency being respon- sible and there would be the tramping of feet all through the castle."

Castle. "Some.

AMY JOHNSON

RACES SOUTH

FOR RECORD

Famous Woman Flyer

Safely At. Oran.

BOUND FOR CAPETOWN

London, To-day. Telegraphic despatches receiv- ed here, state that Miss Amy Johnson, more formally known as Mrs. J. A. Mollison, arrived in Oran, a seaport of Algeria and is preparing for another leg of her air sprint southwards in quest of new laurels for British aviation.

Miss Johnson is attempting to

ANOTHER VITAL SESSION

AHEAD OF PARLIAMENT.

New Session Will be Opened on Tuesday By H.M. The King

London, To-day.

The first Parliamentary Session of the National Government, will end on Thursday with the cere- mony of prorogation

The new session begins on Tuesday, next week when the King will open Parlament with all traditional ceremonial.

The coming session will be vital one, the war debts, disarma- ment and new trade schemes all requiring special attention.-Bri- tish Wiroless Service.

lower the existing record for the THE PRINCE

flight between London and Cape- town.

The brilliant young pilot left Lympne at, 6.37 a.m. yesterday, announcing her intention of fty- ing vin West Africa..

She was snugly seated in a new Puss Moth, which she has christened the "Desert Cloud," and in confident of success with a specially equipped machine whose flying radius is 2,000 miles. Her husband saw her go.

Her first leg was probably the

Canton Airmen most picturesque, for her course

For Fukien

Big Contingent In Colony.

Indications that a strong air force is being organised in the Fukien province are shown by the fact that 80 airmen, former-

TRAVELS TO

RAGING OVER

TWO FAMOUS FLYERS-Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison "at: home." Usually they are flying to Australia or across the At lantlet To-day Mrs. Mollison is trying to break a record to Capetown: But above they are just "ordinary people," enjoying a breakfast for two.

IRELAND Soviet Silent On DISARMAMENT

Sinn Feiners Voice Loud Protest.

TO OPEN PARLIAMENT BUILDING IN BELFAST

Trade Pact

Britain Anxious To Keep Connection.

London, To-day.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsayi The Prince of Wales, according MacDonald, in the House of Com- took her down the Atlantic roast and across southern to recent despatches, plans to mons yesterday stated that no reply Europe and the Mediterranean visit Belfast to-morrow to open has yet been received from the Soviet Government to the British Algeria gained another touch of romance for its colourful self the new Houses of Parliament note of October 17 regarding the This will be the first termination of the Anglo-Rusaian when Miss Johnson's "Desert there.

trade agreement." Cloud" roared in from the sea, circled and fell to earth for re- fueling and a brief rest for the pilot.

The most trying part of the voyage lies ahead. But Miss ly of the Canton Air Force, are Johnson has braved desert and now in Hong Kong en route to jungle land before, and the miles Fukien. Colonel Tang Yuet- ming, formerly leader of the of veldt and "bad landa" over third squadron is in command of which she will pass like a sha- the contingent. They expect to dow, a mile high, will have no terrors for this experienced mar sail for Amoy on November, 18iner of the sky.

The name of the Department It will be recalled that Miss Johnson was married to Mr.

of Air Force of the Central Gov-

ernment is shortly to be changed Mollison just before the latter into the Ministry of Air Force, hopped off across the Atlantic re and the recent large purchases

of aeroplanes by the Central Gov-cently, gaining the honour of visit His Royal Highness has being the first man to fly a light made since the break in the Gov- pansion of the Force is immin-plane from east to west over the ernment of Ireland, and the se-

ernment indicates that an ex-

ent.

General Chang Wai-cheung has been recomended, to the post of Air Force Minister.

ANGLO-DUTCH TEA RESTRICTION, Agreement Not Yet Reached.

London, To-day.

ocean. Eeuter.

PRINCE OF WALES ORDERS PLANE.

Vickers Monoplane A Powerful Machine.

London, To-day.

paration of North and South.

Every precaution will be taken to prevent any unto- ward demonstration while the Prince is in the North- ern Capital, for it is feared that Sinn Feiners, who are furious over this act of His Highness, may attempt some disturbance.

Last Friday, the Foreign Secre- tary In conversation with the Soviet Ambassador impressed upon him that so far from seeking to injure Anglo-Russian trade. It had been suggested in some quarters that the British Government desired to secure its development on, proper terms-British Wireless Service.

AMAZING

G ADVANCE | OF WIRELESS Ten Years Of Rapid Radio Progress.

CONFERENCE

JAPAN

YOKOHAMA

LANDSLIDE CAUSES DEATHS

30 Houses Buried; Fire In Numazu.

500 BUILDINGS RAZED

Tokyo, To-day. Considerable loss of life and property is feared from a typhoon raging over a wide area bordering the Pacific Coast of Japan, but owing to the destruction of communi- cations, including the suspen- sion of the main railway between Tokyo and Canka, details are not yet available.

It is known that the darp- nge thus far includes a land- slide at Yokohama, which buried thirty... houses; from which three bodies have been already recover- ed. A huge conflagration, fanned by the tempest, has

houses at. Numazu. Reu- ter.

PREPARATION destroyed five hundred

Sir John Simon To Make Proposals.

MEETING ON WEDNESDAY

London, To-day.

BRITISH LOAN TO CHINA

Rehabilitation Of Shanghai War Area.

·BENJAMIN AND POTTS ADVANCE $6,000,000

The Foreign Secretary, Bir John Simon, who reached Gen; eva yesterday, had long con- versations with the Prealdent of the Disarmament Confer ence, Mr. Arthur Henderson, and the Chief American dele gate, Mr. Narman Davis and

Shanghai, To-day. various other delegates. He

What is regarded as a new era in will announce a new contribo.

Anglo Chinese friendship is herald- tion to the general solution of

ed by an announcement that the the disarmament problem at

British firm, Benjamin and Potts, is the Wednesday meeting of the

underwriting, guaranteeing end Bureau.

lesuing a $6,000,000 loan to the Important speeches by Sir John Municipality of Greater Shanghai, Simon and Mr. Stanley Baldwin in for the rehabilitation of the war

devastated areas and for the develop Friday night's House of Commons

ment of Greater Shanghai,

Finance,

debate on disarmament gave en in- The loan is the result of months. dication of the general principle of planning, and the details were upon which the British Government finally completed by Mr. T. V. Soong,

Nanking Minister of. The Retual has framed. Its policy..

Mayor Wu Te-chen and Mr. Ellis London, To-day. The British Broadcasting Cor-proposals which Sir John Simon will Hayim, prominent Shanghai finan- poration is this week celebrating make are expected to be of farcier, The loan will be secured on wharface dues in Shanghai, and all with special programmes its 10th reaching scope. anniversary. When the Corpora- It is, however, understood that arrangements for the service of the tion under a Royal Charter took these plans have been designed with loan have been taken over by the over the control of Broadcasting strict regard to the activities of the Hong Kong and Shanghal Banking on November 14, 1922, there were situation and are not to be regarded Corporation.

Mayor Wu Te-chen, interviewed 18,000 wireless licence holders in as counter proposals to those which Britain. To-day there are over have been made by other delega- by Reuter to-day, said: "It le a mat-

tions. They are intended to be a ter of real gratification that a Bri 5,000,000.

The total programme time ton helpful contribution towards the tish group has come forward to

tion." Reuter..

This quiet man who moves in secret, is well-known in Chin- ese politics. He does not dis guise the fact that he is working for General Li Chai-sum nor that he is on his way to Canton to organise the "Anti-Japanese

The Prince of Waics has ordered.

The Prince's visit, has been years ago averaged 83 hours a practical solution of the problem assist the City Government, in rais Military Alliance," in direct op-

a new Vickers monoplane, of simi

week as compared with 83 hours and not necessarily a fresh "planing money for essential reconstruc- position to Marshal Chiang.

lar type to that, which has been described in Dublin as this at present. A large and flourish British Wireless Service. General Li, it appears, suspects that Marshal Chiang is advanc- The Financial Times' correspon-operating successfully in West latest English, act of defiance of

the growth and popularity of ing his plans towards a realisa dent in Amsterdam says that the Australia for the past two years. the rights and liberties of the ing industry has developed with Two Bristol Pegasus engines Irish people in a further at Broadcasting and now nearly tion of the dream of a Fascist reports of an agreement reached be

tween the Anglo-Dutch producers re-will be fitted in the machine and tempt to stabilize the partition 200,000 people are directly employ- China.

ed in the manufacture of wireless This of Ireland." Marshal Chiang, through the garding the tea restriction mention also a powerful radio set.

will be a companion to the Prince's Elaborate preparations have sets. Last year nearly £30,000,000 newspaper in. Shanghai which re-led earlier were premature.

The Governments have not yet de- Moth aeroplane which has been in been made to welcome the Prince were spent in Britain on purchase presents him officially, announc- ed recently that he was organis-clared their willingness to cooperate constart use for past three years. and the occasion will be marked of sets and accessories.British ing a Fascist group. In the same la the scheme, though it is elieved British Wireless Service. paper, General Chiang's purport-that the negociations will ultimately

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ed warning of rivalry in the per-prove successful-Reuter. son of General Li, was given

prominence.

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GOLD SEIZED ON COAST VESSEL

Customs Men Find Valuable Prize.

Amoy, To-day.

with colourful pageantry.

MR. F. C. GOODMAN King George Sends Sympathy

DIES AT HOME.

Sad News Learned

In Hong Kong.-

Wireless Service

BRITAIN HURT BY DEBTOR NATIONS.

Manchurian

Solution"

Soviet And America As Guardians.

DOLLAR FIRM AS SILVER FALLS

Pound Rises Against US. Market.

WEAKNESS IN NEW YORK

London, To-day. In spite of a further fall in tho Although the Manchurian dis price of silver, the local dollar, re- mained steady at 1/41% after its London, To-day pute is at present overshadowed fall of a yesterday. Asked if any arrangements had by the war debts and disarma- Spot silver, quoted yesterday at Government to relax the exchange

Telegrams from Jamaica re- Lesser Cayman many persons restrictions affecting British trade, predicted in some unofficial forward price also dropped to garding the effect of last Thurs-two deaths are reported, the loss

Nationa may adopt

18 30 p

the terday, the London on New York the cross rate being quoted at &——

To Hurricane-Swept Indies London, To-day red'n Grand Cayman, but in been reached with the Hungarian discussions. It is being 18%, slumped to 17%, while the

The sad news of the death fr/ceived, at the Colonial Office re were injured. In Jamaica, where the Parliamentary Secretary of the circles that the League o The value of the pound rose yes- England of Mrs. F. C. Goodman, day's hurricane in the West In-in bananas was not less than Board of Trade Mr. Colville, in was received in the Colony to dies report the full force of the 5,000,000 stems but apart from the House of Commons yesterday first eight chapters of

said the position was unsatisfac day. Mrs. Goodman, who was hurricane struck the Cayman smashed wharves and one hotel Lytton Report and refer the last G3.38 this morning us agatont well-known in the Colony, was lands. In Cayiaan Brac 67 per- on north coast, damage to other was one of particular diff two chapters, containing recom-G83.32% yesterday, while the Gold bars valued at $30,000 have the wife of Mr. C. Goodman, sons are known to have been property was comparatively culty and was necessitating special mendations, to a new committee New York on London rate, quoted been confiscated by the Customs at of the staff of the Hong Kong killed and over 100 injured. All small

consideration Regarding the which will include a represents yesterday at G$8.92%, this. Amoy, as a sequal to a raid on the and Whampoa Bock Company stores and houses there and in The Governor of the e Baha Greek currency restrictions Mrtve each from the 6. Halching, The seizure was Ltd., and accompanied her hus made in the cabin of the compra band on leave in the early months lesser Cayman were completely mas reports the total destruction Colville said the Government was States and Russia This

destroyed

of cropa in Long Island, Rüm Cay not satisfied with the treatment of mittee would be entrusted with

Benta the task of hammering. dore Mr. Ma Chan-shou, a report of this year, mak

Cake It is understood that. Mr. Good- The Royal Mail R. Loch and San Salvador Two persons British creditors and

drowned and one died from tions were being made to the Greek solution based as far as poss Katrine is carrying stores, and

Government

Wireless Ser on the Lytton Com The gold bare bear the names, Hip man is on his way back to Hong

commendations tore from Kingston, Jamaica, shop Mei Tai Lun, Jul Po, Hip Pat and Kong, having left his wife in

Only material damage Kung Fuk

England.PAS

vice:

ter

morning stood at G83.88-5/16

An irregular weakness was re- ported from the New York market rday, but average businesk was done, 1,800,000 shares chang

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