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GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTERS,

TROOPS LAND FROM WARSHIPS

WARSHIPS AT REPULSE

AT REPULSE BAY IN MIMIC WAR

EVERTON AND

MANCHESTER C.

IN HOME DRAWS

Middlesborough Take Point From Derby.

NEWCASTLE, DISPLACE VILLA.

London, To-day.

Manchester City and Everton, F. A. Cup finalists, were held to home draws yesterday in a soccer pro- gramme of seven matches that pro- duced five drawn games:

RUSSIAN BILL PASSES

SECOND READING

LABOUR OPPOSITION

DEFEATED

FOREIGN SECRETARY EXPOSES METHODS OF SOVIET OGPU

LONDON, TO-DAY,

EXTRA TIME HAS BEEN ALLOTTED FOR THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE BILL GIVING THE Middlesborough did exceedingly | GOVERNMENT POWER TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION well to hold the speedy Derby County OF SOVIET GOODS, BUT THE BILL WILL BE DISPOSED OF forwards to a draw at Derby, both TO-NIGHT.

sides scoring twice. Middlesborough are now fifth from the foot of

the table, and are making a determined attempt to escape relegation. They have not lost once in their last seven matches.

The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, moving the second reading, said that the notice to terminate the Anglo-Soviet trade agreement expires on April 17. The Government had desired to negotiate for a new trading agreement, and the negotiations were proceeding when the disturbing event occurred at Moscow.

The House of Commons, by 347 votes to 48 yesterday rejected Newcastle's away draw at Goodi- the Labour Party's motion for the rejection of the Russian Bill, which son Park has sent them above the was then read for the second time. Mr. Walter Runciman agreed to Villa, but the Wednesday's home sympathetically consider Mr. George Lansbury's suggestion to insert a draw against Birmingham places time limit in the operation of the Bill so as to ensure that it only dealt the Sheffield side a point ahead of with the arrests of the six Metropolitan Vickers British employees, and the Tynesiders. The Arsenal, with not the whole of the Anglo-Russian trade question.

extra game, are only three -points ahead of the Wednesday.

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Lincoln registered their first win in six games when they routed Fulham on their own ground. Their win almost assures them of escape from relegation.

A score of Sir Herbert Samuel's National Liberal supporters, ab- stained from voting.

Russia had bought power plant! from Metropolitan Vickers, exten- GERMANY sively for the last ten years. It has York secured two useful home received the highest praise from the

points at the expense

*

Barrow,

and are now fifth from the foot of Soviet engineers and under the

the northern table.

The following were the results

as cabled by Reuter:-

Derby

Everion

First Division.

technical assistance arrangements,

MAY ABANDON

The C.P.S. liner, "Montrose" being assisted off the sandbank by tugs and tendèrs outside the mouth of the River Marney, where she went aground during a gale, an hour before she was due at Liverpool, Passeng were taken ashore in a tender.

NO INCREASE IN

WARSHIPS ON

CHINA STATION

First Lord's Statement On Piracies

İPAYMENT REQUIRED · FOR ANY

ARMED – GUARDS

London, Today Questioned in the House of Com- Įmons yesterday, regarding the GOLD STANDARD China Coast piracies, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Ad-

of which the current one had five Debt Repayment To Be miralty, said that it was impossible, years to run, the Company supplied

2 Middlesboro"

2 some of their best and most skil-

0 Newcastle

Manchester C. Leeds

Wednesday 1 Birmingham

Hradford Lincein

York

Second Division.

0

ful men for the purpose of install- A DEMAND FOR REDUCTION

1ing, starting and running the plant

1 Manchester U. 1; 3 Fulham

3 Barrow

Third Division (North).

(Tables on Page 9.)

LADY PEEL IN HOSPITAL

Engagements Cancelled For April.

CONDITION SATISFACTORY. AFTER OPERATION

Lady Peel, wife of H. E. the Governor, regrets, that owing to having had to undergo an operation in the Victoria Hospital, she is com pelled to cancel all her engage- iments for the rest of the month.

We are informed that Lady Peel stood the operation well, and her cóndition is reported as satisfac tory.

MUSSOLINI PEACE PLAN

Must Remain Intact.

ROME COMMUNIQUE.

Sir John stated,

It had

Made In Gold.

OF INTEREST?

London, To-day.

with the number of warships 'avail-

able, to forestall all piracies.

KING'S · CONDOLENCES FOR “AKRON”. VICTIMS' - RELATIVES |

Two Dirigible Disasters Claim 79 Lives: Only 5 Saved

London, To-day.

His Majesty the King yesterday telegraphed to President Roose- velt, an expression of his deepest sympathy with the families of the 1 victims of the U.S.9; Akron dis-

mater...

The death roll of the tragedy in stated to be 74, while five, more, lives were lost when the naval blimp, 34, crashed into the ace

while searching for “Akron" sur- vivors, British Wireless Service.

JEWISH COUPLE

PLEA TO JAPAN

TO RECONSIDER

HER DECISIONS League Ready To Help In Covenant Terms.

SIR ERIC DRUMMOND'S. BROADCAST

London, To-day.

ARMY, NAVY

AND AIR FORCE

MANOEUVRES

Marines' Feint Attack

At Kowloon..

AEROPLANES SIGHT ATTACKING FORCE LAST · NIGHT'

Defenders Encircle Landing.

Invaders

The mimic war between the Blueland and Redland forces, in which the Navy, Army and Air Force were co-operating came to an end when peace was declared 9.30 this morning. Sedan

The Blueland force was the in- vader and was composed of two companies from the Lincoln Regi- ment and about 200 marines.

The invaders landed the marines at Gin Drinkers Bay, the

object of attack being the Stand- ard Oil Coy's storage tanks at

Lalchikok.

The landing of the mar ines was merely a felnt at». Lack to cover the main land- ing, at Repulse Bay. This was carried out by the two companies of the Lincolns who disembarked from the Medway, in boats towed by pinnaces.

The landing on the beach was pompe or

The League has been weaken very well carried out the tows ed by the Japanese withdrawal, arrived at the beach with the but has been strengthened moral- vanguard of the invaders, who ly by the decision to face honestly, carrying the main body of the

covered the second lot of towa

Mr. G. K. Peto, Labour Mem- MURDERED BY General of the League of Nations, the 5th (howitzer) Battery of the

ber for Wolverhampton, suggest- ed the placing of armed guards on all vessels trading on the]

the Companies,

some bearing on the The possibility of Germany aban- China Coast, without asking matter in question that the Com-doning the gold standard and de-payment from pany's experts might therefore manding a reduction of interest on as that would be cheaper than 1 expect to remain in Russia for her external loans, is envisaged in constantly paying ransome.

another five years.

the newspapers to-day, in cause- No complaint was alleged as quence of the decision of the Reichs to the operation of the agree-bank to repay in gold, the credit ment and six months ago the So-of £14,000,000 granted by the viet had placed an order for Bank of International Settlements turbo generator equipment to în 1931, thereby reducing the gold work at the highest combined covering the Reichsbank note issue temperature and pressure yet at- to about 15 per cent, tempted in the world.

On the night of March 11 tho Ogpu police searched the house where some of the en- gineers were living, and ar rested Mr. Alan Monkhouse, the principal representative, and Mr. W. Thornton, who were removed at two o'clock In the morning, to prison.. Cushny and W. H. Mac The next morning Messrs. J. Donald were similarly taken off to gaol,

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He was entitled to call atter- tion to the circumstance immedi

Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell replied that it was impossi ble to give armed guards. without payment, but it was most reasonable that an agreement for armed guards on payment, should be made.

(Continued on Page 12.) ·

PARIS TO TOKYO BY AEROPLANE

The decision is contrasted to President Roosevelt's ́partial remo- val of the gold export embargo and the fact that the Bank of England's gold reserve has reached a record French Aviatrix Reaches high level of £177,000,000.- Reuter.

Calcutta.

Calcutta, To-day,

KIDNAPPERS

Outrage On German Frontier.

NAZIS SUSPECTED. OF

· REVENGE KILLINGS

Berlin, To-day.

the hardest situation with which it landing force.

The defence comprised the South was ever confronted," declared Sir Wales Borderers stationed at. Eric Drummond, former Secretary Wonguelcheong Gap, the remaining two companies of the Lincolna;

broadcasting an address for the .KS.R.A. stationed at Happy Val

ley, who fired over the allisto first time.

Repulse Bay; and the Jat Regi- He said that Japan's case was ment at Lalchikok. Besides the strong. If she had followed the units named the normal garrison [of the Colony was “standing . by League

and had Covenant

[ready to repel any attack. brought her difficulties before

ing fleet all night.

Aeroplanes sighted the hostile the League she had been assured feet, composed of the Berwick and of a sympathetic hearing, and Medway, at about & p.m. yesterday. arrangements would have been This was reported to the Officer Commanding the defence force and Following the murder of the made to properly and adequately destroyers and submarines, with German journalist, Doctor Georg 48sure her rights and great inter- their lights out, stalked the invad- Bell at the Nazi Hotel, Durchholzen, este in Manchuria. Tyrol, apparently by Bavarian Na- [zis as revenge for alleged treason, a similar outrage has occurred at Vaduz, Liechtenstein, where a a Je- wish couple, M. Alfred Rotter and his wife were killed and M. Rot- tér ́s brother, Fritz, Rotter and Frau Wolf were injured while leap-

The use of aircraft enabled the however, defending army to obtain informa- tion of the enemy's movements much sooner than would otherwise have been possible.

con

She had, adopted a policy trary to the principles for which the League stood.

"We must hope and trust that Japan will reconsider the decisions and agree with the members of the Lytton Commission that friendship and not strife with China, ie essential to peace in the Far

Reserves Called Up..> CoL Nosworthy, commanding the Redland forces on shore, waited to be perfectly sure of the intended landing place of the invaders and then called up his reserve troops. The reserves were stationed, “at' Kowloon and Col. Nosworthy had to be certain as to which of the

AMERICA LIFTS Mile. Maryse, Hilz, the famous ing from a car in which nine armed French airwoman, arrived here men were attempting to kidnap and GOLD EMBARGO at 5.15 p.m. yesterday on her take them into Germany,

East Paris-Jepan flight. She com. The car was stopped by Tyrol Japan has a great contribu, two landings, Laichikok or Re- pleted the hop from Karachi, to Return To "Bullion

police and the occupants, arrested. tion to make to the East The pulse Bay, was the main attack, Calcutta in 1014 hours.,

League will always be ready and before transporting them to Hong Mile. Hitz, who has flown The Rotter brothers were form anxious to help her within the Kong, from Paris to Hanoi, and holds erly, leading theatre manager m terms of the Covenant," Sir Eric The marines at Laichikok were the world's altitude record for Berlin, but got into difficulties and Drummond, declared. Reuter women, left Paris last Saturday, fed to Liechtenstein in 1931. — flying a 800 h.p, Farman Gnome machine. She will call at Hong Kong, Reuter, de

Standard.”

ately accompanying the arrests, HOARDING OF GOLD FORBIDDEN

UNDER HEAVY PENALTY.

Menu EM Calcuits, Later, Mlle. Maryse Hils left here for |Hangnon at 6.a.m, this morning.---

Reuter

At the same time, the Ogpu police, in the same prison, not merely sentenced 35 Russians to die, but

Washington; To-day, America is henceforth on carried out the sentence. there and the "ballion: standard". by then, without,

virtue of the Presidential so far as was known, any trial and certainly

· orders lifting the embargo on. without, putting Into motion any The order, however, demands

the export of goldwag Italy's reply to the attempt to ordinary judicial proceedings. the licensing of the lesue of gold whittle down Signor Mussolini's When the Foreign Office recely-in industrial and trade transac plan for European security, is con tained in a communique Issued to ed a telegram that a certain num- tione, and forbids individuals, day, after a three-hour meeting of ber of British engineers were in

under heavy penalties to retain Unconfirmed Report Of the Fascist Grand Council yester the hands of the Oppu

excess of G$100 after day.

Rome, To-day.

the telegram stating that the Ogpu

Lent Roose

The communique affirms that the had shot 35 people without a trial

fundamental element of the Mun

solini Plan must remain

it is the only

the conditions ne

and in which i

'équitably, reborn!

I thought that was entitled to,

At this stage Sir John Simon's.

|dress was interrupted b

from the House

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lamation rnment

CHENWANGTAO FIGHTING.

Hostilities

Reuter.

KANSU FARMERS FACE RUIN.

All Produce Sold To Pay Taxes.

STARVATION THREAT

Today

SUEZ CANAL COY. CONTROL

for the purpose of the exercise,

allowed to land at Gin Drinkers Bay They were met by a small force of the Jate, but fought their way to the oil tanks, which they technically set on fire. The Tals then brought:

marines," their work accomplished re-embarked in the Berwick...

Representation Urged up their reinforcements, and the

For Hong Kong,

London, To-da

The main battle took place at Wongneichung Cap. The invading Urging the reduction of the incoins after their landing on the

Suez Canal dues in an address

before the Central-Asian Society

In London last night, Sir

Wilson, the well-known

on- the Middle - East,

ind the