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GENTLEMEN

MAKE

YOUR

BERNARDS"

BUYWORD

OUTFILTERS

CHATER ROAD.

HUNG TONE

SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE EXPENDITURE ATTACKED IN COMMONS

EMERGENCY

MEASURES

IN ESTONIA

Ex-Servicemen's League Dissolved.

FASCIST PUTSCH PLAN NIPPED IN BUD

Berlin, To-day.

A state of emergency has been proclaimed throughout Estonia fol. lowing the forcible dissolation by the Government of the ex-Service- men's League, 100 leaders of which are reported to have been arrested by the military who assisted in the dissolution.

Machine-guns are posted in front of the League's headquar- ters at Reval, and the troops are armed with hand-grenades,

A report of fierce fighting is so far unconfirmed.

It is believed that the dissolu- tion nipped in the bud a Fascist Putsch plan fixed by the League to take place to-day.Reuter.

FASCIST LEADERS

ARRESTED.

Terrorism Threat Sequel

Tallinn (Reval), To-day. The slate of emergency in Esthonia will operate for six months.

BARGA WITH

INCREASED ESTIMATE FARMERS

CAUSES ALARM

ADMIRAL'S FIRST SPEECH

IN DEFENCE OF SCHEME

SUGGESTION FOR ANOTHER LIGHT CRUISER FLOTILLA

LONDON, TO-DAY.

ROOSEVELT

Crop Reaction For

Pegged Price

CONFERENCE PROPOSAL

SPECIAL TO CRINA MAIL.. (Eu Telegraph, Chpyright. Telegra uhie Mensages Ordmanes, 1891. "Bo ceived March 12, $40 pm.),

Des Moines, Iowa, To-day. Representatives of the Gover nors of Iowa, Minnesota; Colorado. Wisconsin, and diana, and also more than 100 presentatives of United States far Organisations

DURING THE NAVAL ESTIMATES DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, YESTERDAY, THE LABOUR MEMBER FOR ABER- DARE, MERTHYR, MR GEORGE H. HALL, ON BEHALF OF THE LABOUR OPPOSITION, VIEWED THE INCREASED ESTIMATES WITH CONSIDERABLE ALARM AND CALLED ATTENTION TO THE SINGAPORE BASE, ON WHICH THE ADMIRALTY PROPOS have met in conference, and have ED TO SPEND £9,000,000. THE ARMY £2,000,000, AND THE AIR decided to petition President FORCE £60,000. HE ASKED WHY IT WAS NECESSARY THAT Roosevelt to peg the price of farm THIS INCREASED SUM SHOULD BE PLACED IN ESTIMATES. commodities, in exchange for which Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes, the newly-elected Conser-the farmers will certail production vative member for North Portsmouth," in his maiden speech, defended to the desired lim the Singapore. base as a vital link in the Imperial defence chain, with- out which it would be impossible to go to the help of Australia New Zealand or to operate in Far Eastern waters.

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He applauded the Government programme, but suggested that another flotilla of light cruisers might be built because it was required and would also help employment.

STOCK EXCHANGE

BILL RECESSED

tent and sig Pre-Senator Fletcher To sident, M. Constantin Paets, har

Recalled. appointed General Laidoner, who led the National forces which drove

out the Bolsheviks in 1918 and 1910, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and has en- trusted him with the task of main- taining internal order.

The British naval estimates gave provocation to no foreign

a very

Details of the proposal are with held pending President Roosevelt's receipt.

United Press per S. C. Gold. Bar Co.

BANK DEPOSIT

INSURANCE.

country, but contained real instalment for the security US. of Great Britain, declared the

Parliamentary Secretary, of the Admiralty Lord Stanley, reply- Being to The debate in the House

of Commons, yesterday..

MODIFICATION TO MARGIN REQUIREMENTS

SPECIAL TO CHINA MÁIL, (By Telegraph, Copyright. Telegra pkin ravages Ordinance, 1894, Re- All brancher of the Fascist Fede-crived March 13, 9.00 am.). ration of ex-servicemen have been dissolved and the lenders arrested, 1 The Senate Banking and Cur following the threats of terrorism rency Committee has concluded its which were made by the Federation, hearings on the Fletcher Rayburn | which formed military organisa-Bill, and has recessed the subject tions

to call Senater Fletcher.

Bill Extended For Furthe Year

ON TEMPORARY BASIS

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAṀĚ (By_Telegraph, Copyright. Telepre

The Government hoped, that by giving the lead in the direcphie Massages Ordinance, 1884, En tion of small cruisers, other ceived March 13, 11.14 a.m.)" Powers would

- Washington, To-day:

have followed

their example, but unfortunately, The United States Senate with that hope had not been fulfilled out a record of the vote, has pass

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ed A Bill extending the Bank De

|posli ·Insurance Act for another year until July 1, 1935, on a teme porary basis, to allow 'a- forther [study before" making it permanent”.

Washington, To-day. RESCUE WORK

FROM SUNKEN

SUBMARINES The Senate Banking and. Cur

It is officially stated that no dis- It is reported that the Com-Salvage Not Feasible To turbances have occurred anywhere, mittee will modify the margin re- --Reuter.

AMERICAN STEEL PROSPECTS.

1934 Outlook Declared Encouraging.

PROFITABLE RESULTS

DELAYED

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

By Telegraph, Copyright. Felcom shic Messages Ordinance, 1894, 25

ceived March 12, 4.20. pim.)

New York, To-day,

In his annual report to stock-

quirements, credit control opera tions, the corporate reporting pro vision, and the divorcing of vari- jous types of operation to lesser

phases.

It is understood, however, that the Committee is inelstent on the control of stock markets through

Safe Life.

DAVIS APPARATUS FOR BRITISH NAVY

London, To-day.

An important decision taken by

rency Committee voted" favourably on the Bill for guaranteeing-- thể

Riots in Ireland. An old woman of 70 years of are, and her

– two small grandsons, were serfonily injured when a bomb thrown Into her house in Chapel Street, exploded and wrecked the house, during rioting, which broke out in Dundalk on Feb. 11th. The house in Chapel Street, Dundalk, after the explosion.—(8. &G)

VETERANS BONUS INFLATIONARY

BILL PASSED 3 IN AMERICA

House Breaks With Administration.

OPPOSITION EXPECTED IN THE SENATE

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL: (By Telegraph Copyright. Telegra», phic Massages Ordinance, 189), Re- ceived March 13, 8.08 a.m.)

Washington, To-day, The House of Repre sentatives has passed the inflationary Patman Veterans Bonus Bill,

"TOMOTSURU" VICTIMS thereby breaking with

SPEEDING UP EMPIRE AIR *** ROUTES-NEXT-MONTH

England To Singapore In Eight Days Under New Schedale

London, To-day.

Imperial Airways will institute during April a further speed-up @ on the Empire air

now within the India 1

of London, and Cape Tow

Un days. By the new time schedule the fight from England to India, Karachi,, will be reduced to, five days, Singapore to eight days, art. Cape Town, to nine days.—British Wireless Service.

BAYONNE

BOND FRAUD

REVELATIONS

·M. Guichard To Be Retired.

principal of home owners loan FAILURE TO DELIVER SUMMONS corporation bonds-United Press per 8. C. Gold Bar Co.

BRITISH TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS

Paris, To-day.

HAMMERING

HEARD BY THE

RESCUERS

the Administration on the subject.

The Bill provides the payment of the veterans bonus with U.S.$2,400,- 000,000 in greenbacks,

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL

Air Pumping Machine by Telegraph Copyright, Telegra

Installed.

TURNS TURTLE IN TEETH OF A GALE

Tekys, Te-day,

some

It is now Bekeved members of the craw

panese torpedo baat:

which turned turtle in Sasebo, yesterday morning, still be alive.

phic Mensages Ordinance, 1195, Ra | vefved" Margh" 18, 1.69: a.m.).

Mr. Patman states: “The pur (Calzini-odrer of each cition: would be increased from U.S.$15 to US$48 through the issuance Jof 24.8,$2,400,000,000 worth of new currency among 5,000,000 veterans,"

The House' vole in favour of the Bill was 295. to 125, surpassing the hopes of the most ardent veterans' cham- plons.

The first test vote came on the motion to discharge the House Rescue workers are making fe- Ways and Means Committee | verish efforts to reach the man-fi. from ** further consideration, prisoned in the floating hub, as thereby making the bill the tapping sounds can be clearly heard yote on the motion stood at 813 House's preferred business. The from the interior of the ship.

Ito 204,

A message received here from | The Bill now goes to the Sen. Sasebo states that hope of say-ate where the Administration/ As a sequel to the non-deliverying one-third of the crew of the leaders are expected to defeat it ex-Ministers, M, Dalimier and Mas hammering has been heard Bar Co. of the summons for the French Tomotsuru" is expressed locally.United Press, per S. C. Gold Julien Durand, to appear before from the inside of the hull.kumeak

| the" Bayonne magistrate in con- The rescuers have, frilled

nection with the Stavisky affair,

a hole into the side into

the Federal Trade Commission. the Admiralty in regard to the pro-Possibility of Failure the Doumergue Cabinet has de-which air is being pumped.

United Press, per S.C. Gold Bar Co.blem of saving life from sunken

Committee Agree To Drastic Provisions.

COUNSEL'S STATEMENT.

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIS.

submarines was announced by the First Lord, Sir Bolton Eyres Hon sell, in presenting the Naval estim ates to the House of Commons yesterday.

He stated that after the fullest consideration the conclusion had holders, Mr. Myron C. Taylor, phie Messages Ordinance, 1894, R4 sunken submarine in time to save (Dy Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra been reached that the raising of a Chairman of the Finance Com-ceived March 13, 8.02 a.m.) mittee of United States Steel, said

life by that means was not a feral- Washington, To-day." that the 1934 outlook was encourag- Mr. Ferdinand Pecora, the ble operation, and that the most Ing, although profitable results Senate Banking Committee's coun- certain, and indeed the only prac must await a further improvement sel, yesterday stated that the Com-tical method, they knew of saving mittee had agreed to modify the life was the Davis submerged es Last year's business was US drastic provisions in the Fletcher cape apparatus, while is now fitted $642,358,768-8 compared with Rayburn Stock Exchange regula to all submarines, and on which I U.3.1357,201,709 for the previous tion Bill-United Press, per SC. was proposed to rely in the future.

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Roosevelt's Request To Treasury.

GOVERNMENTS FINANCING® AND BANKING STANDPOINT

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This conclusion, he stated, had been reached only after "the most careful investigation of ́all submarina disasters: ku British and Foreign Navi (and in the light of thể my

mined by the Un Bater

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With Japan.

GOVERNMENT" ACTION?

London, To-day. Replying to Mr. D. G. Somerylle's question in the House of Commons, yester day, as to whether the Goy- ernment' intend to take ne- tion in case of the failure of the textile, negotiation with Japan, the Parliamentary Becretary to the Board of Trade, Dr. E. L. Burgin,

said that it would be grema- ture and inappropriate to discuss failure,

He added that there would be no delay regarding the discus sions, but it was inadvisable to [press the matter further at the

moment Reuter

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cided that: M. Guichard, the Dir- |ector of Judicial Police, who reached the retiring age some time ago, be retired on April 1.3. M. Guichard, last Friday, con- fessed that the summons had not

Reuters.

Vessel Turns Turtle.

Tokyo, Bariler.

been delivered. It was, he said,The vessel was steaming, in a found in the Stavisky dossier, gale, with closed-hatches, when where it must have alipped, while it turned turtle yesterday morn- he was studying the dossiering trapping practically Reuter

| aboard. So far, there are no

survivors:

“SVALE'S" SERIOUS

POSITION.

Knocking on the 'hull" st $6,30 pm, yesterday brought Mayresponse, but at 9 amn: no

replies, were received.

The Tatauta“ towed

the

Bad Weather Handicaps Tomotauru bottom-up to fase

Salvage Attempts,

ANXIETY BEING FELT.

With the

bo at one knot per hour” and rived at the entrance to Sase at 8 am to-day/

The rescue work started im mediatel

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CUBA HAS CREDIT

FOR $10,000,000.

Import And Export Bank Organised.

STABILISING CONDITIONS.

JAL TO CHINA MAYLA Copyright Tele Irdinomos, 18PL.

Washington, Today,

bank has been, formally organised the Caban expert and impart

with the United States Farm Ad- ministrater, Mr. George N. Pock as

resident."

The bank la expected to expedite 000,000 credit to Caba for purchase of American wilver nting" into Cuban coins for throughout Cuba In an

bilise conditions per 8.C Gold Bar Co.

effort

United

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