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LADIES' STOCKINGS:

EXPENSIVE STOCKINGS AT

REAL SALE PRICES.

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U.S. COTTON AND TEXTILE STRIKE AT 11.30 TO-MORROW

ROOSEVELT

BIG DRIVE ON

RED BANDITS

NOW PLANNED

Elimination Before

November 12

MARSHAL CHIANG'S ORDER

[From Our Own Correspondent? Canton, To-day. Marshal

Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Nanking Mili- tary Commission, has instructed the anti-Communist forces to clean up the Red elements Kiangsi and Fukien before Nov. ember 12, the birthday of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the date of the convening the Fifth National Congress of the Kuomintang.

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This order has been issued by Marshal Chiang in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the anti-Communist forces. It is doubtful whether this order le applicable to the Kwangtung and Kwangsi. troops now station-ba ed in Kiangsi and Fukien. These detachments are known as the South Route Anti-Communist forces, of which General Chen Chi-tang is the Commander-in- Chief.

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PASSENGER TRAIN FUSILLADED

HIN

NOW THREATENED

KIDNAPPERS

AGAIN ACTIVE

IN AMERICA

$168,000 DEMANDED IN LETTER

EARLY ARREST MADE

New York, To-day. Threats to kidnap one or all of President Roosevelt's grandchildren and to do bodily harm to the Pre- sident himself have just been dùa- closed in the form of a letter ad- dressed to Mrs. Roosevelt demand- ing payment of U.S.$168,000,

The letter was not delivered to the President's wife, but was in tercepted by Federal officials upon delivery at the White House.

Here fi: new idea for a portable shower bath during these torrid days, “Rogle," an attenction

at the Burray, “Zoo in Lendan, obliges when a bathing beauty appears properly attired for a shower,

NIGHT

ORDER SENT OUT

600,000 WILL

BE EFFECTED

BY WALK-OUT

Apathetic Response Predicted

OTHER INDUSTRY WORKERS STAND BY FOR ORDERS

"NEW DEAL" FACE BIG CRISIS

WASHINGTON, TO-DAY. A GENERAL STRIKE IN THE COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN CALLED AND BE- COMES EFFECTIVE AT 11.30 {O'CLOCK TO-MORROW. NIGHT.

Workers

It demanded the money to be LEADING GERMANY OUT OF THE MIRE scale in the wool, silk, arth

It

paid in notes of small denomina- itions.

— LARGE-MINDED

Subsequently, the police ar-PRINCE GEORGE ANXIOUS TO rested Benjamin Zarn, an ex- mechanic of the Naval Aviation Corps, in &Y.M.C.A. establish-

ment in New York. Reuter.

Rumours in Belgian government BIG BANKS

circles assert that Archduke Otto, above, pretender to the Austrian throne is planning to make a sud- den dash by aeroplane from Bel- gium to Austrin in the hope of establishing himself as King and

Bandit Scourge. Again the internal strife of the na

Near Changchun

Harbin, To-day.

Bundits have again wrecked and

fusiladed a passenger train eu rute to Changebun. The first re- ports

state that there

casualties. -Reuter.

are many

REBELS PENSIONED

IN IRELAND

Civil War Sufferers

To Be Aided

PARTY SPLIT AVERTED

Dublin, To-day.

tiona

Tolpuddle Martyrs

COMMEMORATION THIS WEEK Birth Of Trade Union

Movement

London. To-day.

SILENT ON

ARRANGE WEDDING

Returning To England At End Of Next Week

London, To-day. HRH Prince George, who, with his fiancee Princess Marina, is the

MONEY “WAR" guest of Prince and Princess Paul

SITUATION TOO TRICKY”

GOLD LEAPS TO NEW HIGH RECORD

SPECIAL 10 CHINA MAIL

(By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra

vice.

ACTION ONLY

REMEDY SEEN Hugo Schacht Tables

His Cards

SEVERAL YEARS: MORATORIUM ON ALL DEBTS NEEDED

Berlin, To-day.

"DYNAMITING" FISH SUSPECTED

AT STANLEY

Man Hurt In Explosion ·

Incident Last Night

Suffering from severe injuries caused by an explosion of dyna- mite, Li Kwai, of No. 32, Main Street, Stanley, was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital last night.

The cause of the explosion is unknown, although it is suspected that the dynamite was used in con- nection with "dynamiting" Bah.

of Yugoslavia, at Lake Bled is ex- Mected return to Erland about. the end of next week. He will then go to ace His Majesty the

"Only large-minded action, can King at Balmoral Castle to dis- cuss the date of the marriage and lead Germany out of this hopeless other plans. British Wireless Ser-position, declared the President of the Reichsbank, Dr. Hugo Schacht, yesterday, when, addressing the "DANGEROUS ” International Conference of Agra- CANDIDATE IN rian Science at which 20 countries

CALIFORNIA are represented,"

SOUTH AFRICA

phie Massages Ordinance, 1894, Re- COMPLETES WAR

ecived August 31, 7:04 am.}

London. To-day..

The very sharp rise in the price of gold to 140/3, an ounce. an in- crease of 101⁄2d, the highest level ever officially recorded. The

Previous highest price was 140/-

on February 5.

DEBT PAYMENT

£7,500,000 REMITTED TO TREASURY

"GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED"

London, To-day. The Union of South Africa will

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All that remained to do, he

said, was to grant Germany a several years' moratorium on all

debts. Simultaneously, the bur- [den of Germany's foreign debts must be reduced to a level which, after the termination of the moratorium, she would be able to bear.

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The jump in the gold price is largely attributed to the foreign money deposited in London now Many labour organisations, in exiting from sterling into gold to-day complete the payment of GERMAN-AMERICAN

Con- and French francs. annual meet-

cluding the Trades Union gress, are holding. ings near Dorchester this week to

The Irish Free State Senate yesterday passed the committee singe of a bill to provide pen- sions for the participants of the Insurrection in 1916, and also for the sufferers of both sides in the civil war of 1922. The threatened split in the Martyrs,

of the Centenary of the Tolpuddle

were

years' transportation for adminis-

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tering unlawful cath. Protests in U.S.S.R. Silver Shipment

For America

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her war debt to Great Britain with the remittance to the Treasury of

RIFT. Holders Not Given Equal Status

UPTON SINCLAIR'S SUCCESS

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ficial silk, and synthetic yarn in

dustries have been ordered to stand by for orders,

The first working day, after the effective date of the general strike, will be September 4.

Washington, Later.

The Chairman of the Strike Committee of the United Textile Workers Union, Mr. Francis Gor- man, has ordered the strike for 11.30

p.m. to-morrow. It effects 600,000 workers in 1.150. to 3,300 mills throughout the na- tion and is the biggest strike in the annals of the "New Deal"

The strikers are demanding, firstly, a 30-hour week against the present 40-hour week.

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CODE CANNOT BE AMENDED

Industrial Warfare ·

Threat Waived

GOVERNMENT ACTION

DEMOCRAT RANKS MAY BE DIVIDED

Washington, To-day. The United States textile strike San Francisco, To-day. leaders have delivered an ultima- Supporters of the "New Deal" tum to the Labour Relations Board have been placed in an embarrassfating that there is no hope of

averting a sing position by the near victory anite concessions by the en for the Governorship of California ployers. of the famous Socialist-novelist, Mr. Sloan, President of the Cot-

Mr. Upton Sinclair.

strike without.de

COMMUNISTS TO BE STAMPED DOWN

coincide with the Commemoration TRADING UNIT 5,000 OUNCES a sum of £7,500,000. The gesture Bond

is gratefully acknowledged in a

ton and Textile Institute, declares Montreal, To-day-Eleven seats statement issued by the Treasury

Mr. Sinclair, who has long been that he cannot amend the Code a member of the Socialist. Party,junder a threat of industrial war- United Ireland Party Is believed to Tolpuddle is a small village on the newly-formed silver exchange yesterday.

Washington, To-day. The Treasury announcement have been averted in consequence near Dorchester, and in 1834 six here have been allotted to New York

The German Government has advocated the State taking over fare.

(Continued on Page 12), of blunt speaking at a private meet-farm labourers there, having com traders, while 16 others have been states:

sent a note to the American State the idle land and closed factories "At the end of the war, the Department declining to

for the benefit of the unemploy- ing of the executive, lasting until bined together to have their wages reserved. The United States trad-

place midnight.

raised to 10/- per week. ing unit will be 5,000 ounces. Union of South Africa owed some American holders of Dawes and ed, the cost of which would be "Violence Not Planned" Mr. William T. Cosgrave is cre- sentenced under the unrepealed United Press, per S. E. Levy and £16,500,000 to this country in Young loan bonds on

an equal

borne by heavy increases in in- respect of a war debt which, by footing with holders of other ma-

come and inheritance taxes. dited with delivering a particular emergency act of 1797 to seven Company.

1981, had been reduced by re-

His success threatens a divi- ly forceful speech.-Reuter.

tionalities.

sion in the ranks of the Cali- payments to £7,500,000. A sum

The contents of the note are not fornia Democrats, while the Re- of £337,500 is payable annually on account of the interest on this disclosed, but it is learned that the publicans are waiting to pounce debt.

points of view of the two Govern on his Socialist record if the Ad-PECIAL TO CHINA MAIL

(By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra ments "remain far apart."-Reu ministration gives him support:Į

phic Messages Ordinance, 1894, Re- APPOINTMENT REQUESTED ceived August 31, 1:28 pm.) Mr. Sinclair, who claims that: the result of the Democratic

The mediator in the United primaries is a victory for the "New Deal," has wired to Pre-Mr. Garrison, has made a last- States textile industry dispute, sident Roosevelt requesting an appointment for a political con-minute effort to avert the strike by conferring with the labour ference.

leaders, after which the strike leader, Mr. Francis Gorman, said; "We shall not do anything, until and if the industry make a defr ite concession."

U.S. STAGE STARS BEREAVED

Charles B. Dillingham Passes At Age Of 66

New York, To-day. The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Charles Bancroft Dillingham, the famous theatrical producer, at the age of 66.-Reuter.

Mr. Dillingham has been producing plays, mostly musical, since 1900, and

has managed many prominent stars.

He was manager of the Globe Theatre,

JAPAN BUYING RAW COTTON

Crop Estimate Larger Than Expected

T

SPECIAL TO CHINA MÀIL”

PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED

New York, Later.

A shipment of 105 Ingots of silver from Russia has arrived at

the Chase Bank.

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SCHOOL FIRE DRILL THAT WAS REAL

Silver experts state that it is London Factory Blazes probably the first silver consign- Near Building (By Talegraph, Copyright, Telegrament to arrive. here from Russia in phic Messages Ordinance, 1894, R*-history... esived August 31, 10.43 a.m.)

It is understood that the Chase

London, To-day."

During a fire which destroyed, a New York, To-day. Bank is acting as agent for the large factory in Camden Town,

The Journal of Commerce report Soviet State Bank and will use the London N.W., yesterday & warning

on Broadway, and was a partner of that the consumption of raw cotton silver to obtain dollar exchange to was sent to a school nearby where

E. L. Erlanger in more than 20 other in August totalled 425,000 balos, pay for imports from, the United 600 children were at lessons. The theatres.

against $89,000 bales last August. States--United Press, per 3 E. school fire alarm was sounded and In 1917 he was a captain in the It is desirable that cotton should be Levy and Company...

American Aviation Corps.

WEATHER FORECAST

scarce.

Demand is better and there is some Japanese buying,''

FREIGHT RATES PETITION

ter.

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ANTI-GERMAN BOYCOTT

Stern Warning Against Jews Abroad

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL. Berlin, To-day. It is learned that a virtual complete prohibition of any relationship of · Naz · Party the children, who thought it was an members with Jews la contain- ordinary fire drill, were marcheded in an order prepared by the out of the building in perfect order German Minister, without port- and then dismissed.

follo, Herr Rudolf Hess, Later the

the school playground was Fair to showery, with moderate Messrs E. J. Schwabach & Co. Washington, To-day-The Inter- west or variable winds, was the estimate the total crop at 8,415,000 state Commerce Commission has used for one of the many water weather forecast for to-day, as is bales, which is larger than had been set October 1 to hear, the United towers from which firemen fought sued by the Royal Observatory expected United Press, per 3.--T. States, railroader petition for an the demas British Wireless Ser- this morning:

increase in freight rates;

Levy and Company.

President Roosevelt re- fused, but said that he would gladly receive Mr. Sinclair. for a business talk.

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RECOVERY PROGRAMME

Washington, Latent

· Mr. Garrison pointed out that there was slight chance of avert- WILLing a strike, and said that the Un- ion workers had refused a truce pending a joint N. R. A., Depart ment of Labour and Labour: Board

BE CONTINUED

Hyde Park, To-day. President inquiry. Roosevelt, in a speech to his neigh Meanwhile, Mr. Gorman point- bours, yesterday, pledged the coned out that they were not plea- tinuation of the Recovery pro-

[ning violence. gramme-United Press; per S. E. Nos Levy, aud. Company.

It is intended as a warning against the increase of the Jewish anti-German boycott abroad United Pre

· E. Levy and

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