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SCATHING ATTACK BY DR. GOEBBELS ON SAAR COMMISSIONER

MONETARY

RUMOURS

CONFERENCE

THOUGHT LIKELY

IN AUTUMN

LONDON AND PARIS COMMENT

U.S. MARKET UNEASINESS IS EXPECTED NEXT MONTH,

London, To-day. Rumours are again perplexing the foreign exchange market, help- ing to accentuate firmness of the dollar in terms of iterling and francs at first.

According to gossip current in New York, an

international

monetary conference is likely to be held in the Autumn, covering war debts and the stabilisation of currencies, after the ment of the exchanges.

Lieut. John David Luce R.N. and Misa Mary Adelaide Norah Whit- their ham photographed after adjust-wedding, which was solemnised at St. John's Cathedral yesterday. Lieut. Luce was one of the four British hostages taken by pirates from the 8.5. Shuntien in June last year (King's Studio).

In Paris it is the belief that the' United States is anxious to resume discussions with London for the re- turn of gold, while M. Flandin, the French Premier, might consent to a downward adjustment of the franc in return for international currency stability and a settlement of war debts.

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DUKE AND DUCHESS IN LONDON

Enjoy Return Flight

From Paris

SENSATION IN MOSCOW

Indictment of Centre Group

ZINOVIEFF AND KAMENEV PLEAD GUILTY TO MEMBERSHIP

Centre

Moscow, To-day. London, To-day.

The Inquisition into the assau- The Duke and Duchess of Kent sination of Sergel Kirov, Stalin's returned to London yesterday, fly-friend and helper, has produced a ing from Paris to Croydon in the sudden and startling development Imperial Airways liner "Hercules." by the publication of an indictment

On alighting they expressed their of the so-called Moscow great enjoyment of the flight to the Group, which is composed, inter pilot and afterwards drove to alice, of Zinovieff and Kamenev, Buckingham Palace where they are who were allegedly involved in slaying for some days.-British counter-revolutionary plot in con- Junction with members of the Wireless Service.

Leningrad Group who were execut- ed in December.

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MAFEKING-NIGHT"

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SPEECH

MASS GRAVE SUGGESTED FOR KNOX'S EMIGRANTS LYRICAL APPEAL FOR PEACE

Berlin, To-day.

A bitter attack on Mr. Geoffrey Knox and the Saar Governing Commission was made by Dr. Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, in a "Mafeking night" speech outside the Ministry of Propaganda yesterday.

He said that Mr. Knox's emigrants had made. him look so ridiculous that he had only one task left, if ridicule can kill, and that is to dig a mass grave for the emigrants.

Dr. Goebbels concluded with a lyrical appeal for peace.

A Paris message states that 'relief, at the result of the Saar! Plebiscite is qualified by the reflection that it will strengthen Reichsfuehrer Hitler's position at home and probably stimulate his dynamic energy in foreign affairs, which may lead to a Nazi fer- ment in Austria.

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"Le Temps" says that the situation demands great prudence, and France, Britain and Italy should be united in the face of Hitler. ite Germany, it continues.

Reuter..

London, To-day..

DOOLITTLE'S NEW Sir John Simon British Foreign

RECORD

3,000 Miles In Under 12 Hours

TRANSPORT PLANE MARK ESTABLISHED

New York, To-day, The New Jersey, existing trans-Continental record for transport planes has been broken by Major James Doolittle, who covered the 3,000 miles between Los. Angeles and New York in one minute under 12 hours. Major Doolittle, who was the Schneider Cup winner in 1925, 'holds the coast to coast. record of 11 hours and 11 minutes, since 1931.

The news has created a first-rate sensation, but it is not expected that Zinovleff and Kamenev will bej

ter no old sentenced to death, as

has hitherto been

WORLD AQUATIC RECORD

German Lady Breaks Bolshevik,

Breast Stroke Mark

Copenhagen, To-day,

A German swimmer, Frau. Hanni Hoelzner,, set new

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world mark yesterday when she covered the 100 Metres breast-stroke in 1 min, 24-5.10.

executed.

Zinovieff and Kamenev have pleaded gulity to membership of the counter revolutionary group, according to a semi-official agency.

Reuter,

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The previous record was held by HAMMOND HITS

Miss Clair Dennis, the brilliant Australian swimmer, who scored' a conspicuous success at the British Empire Games Swimming Cham plonship at the new Wembley Swimming pool last summer, and who covered the same distance in 1 min. 24.-6.10 second.-Reilter.

BARNEY ROSS SUSPENDED

Failure To Defend World Title

CENTURY

Trinidad 60 For 2 Against M.C.C.

Reu-

AIR MAIL PLANE MISSING

Pilot Hopelessly Lost Over Australia

Port Darwin, To-day.

Secretary, will probably go to Geneva: to-morrow or on Friday to attend the League of Nations Council meetings to decide the length of the period necessary for the transference of the adminis- ration of the Saar and the date lof the withdrawal of the interna-

tional police force.

The British Government favour a speedy decision as to the length of the transitional period, which should be as short as possible. The Customs barrier between the Saar and the rest of Germany will be taken down, and presumably, 'a

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stam (above) of Paterson, NJ., the two missionaries, who were murdered by Chinese irregular troops late last year. Their infant daughter has however, been rescued.

KIDNAPPING CASE BARRETTO

SENTENCED ON

3 CHARGES

Da Rocha Discharged

By Mr. Hamilton

WRITTEN JUDGMENT

After five long hearings Hong Kong's most sensational kidnan ping trial was concluded this morn- ing when Frederic Barretto waE sentenced to 12 months' hard la bour on each of three charges, to run concurrently, by Mr. E. W.

tracy. Luiz da Rocha, who was al- leged to have been his accomplice, was discharged.

ONE KILLED: 5 HOSTAGES Hamilton at the Kowloon Magi

* Ann Tompkins, aged 4, has spent all ber life aboard the schooner Wanderbird on which her mother and father have just returned to Boston after a 15,000-mile cruise in European waters "Just for fun.”

Customs barrier will be erected be- FOREIGN ADVISERS

tween the Saar and France.

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Expressed.

INCREASING CONFIDENCE

FOR REDS

Journalists Secure 'Definite Evidence

Nanking, To-day. Interviewed by the foreign London, 'To-day. newspaper correspondents who The general view taken in Bri-are touring Kiangai, General tiah circles in regard to the Saar Halung Shi-hul, Chairman of the Plebiscite result is that, quite Provincial Government, stated apart from every other considera- that definite evidence had been tion, the emphatic nature of the found that the Communists are vote has definitely simplified the being aided by foreign advisers during their occupation of the situation.

British interest in the Saar hus Trovince..

The correspondents leave Kiu- naturally been considerably, in An air mail plane from London, reased by the leading role Bri- klang to-day due to-day, has been missing since it left Kepang at midnight tish troops have taken in the yesterday. The pilot wirelessed measures for the ensuring of the maintenance of prder, there, and it saying that he was hopelessly lost

(Continued on Page ·12) and was coming down. It is be lieved that he landed in some out but the searching planes have not yet located the missing machine,

Reuter

AMES AND SMITH IN USEFUL landish spot in north Australia, REUNION OF ENGLISH

FÄRTNERSHIP,

Trinidad, To-day.

CHRISTIANITY

Reuter.

JOURNALISTS' TOUR OF INSPECTION

Local Representative In Party Of 23

Nanking, To-day.

FISHING BOAT

PIRATED NEAR

CASTLE PEAK

Owner's Graphic Story To Police

JUNKS IN GUN BATTLE

Mr. M. K. Lo, of Messra. Lo. and Lo, appeared on behalf of da Rocha, while Mr. J. A. Fraser, the Assistant Attorney-General conducted the case for the Crown.

On December 10 the first de- fendant kidnapped Luigi Jose, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Ribeiro, of No. 7, Hanoi Street, and took him to No. 29, Fuk Wing Street. On the same One Chinese fisherman is dead evening the second defendant and three women and two children want, over to the Empress Hotel have been kidnapped as the result where he saw the boy's father, of a piracy off Castle Peakaf 11 and was arrested by the police p.m. last night. Later he took the police to Fuk Chan Man, owner of the pirated Wing Street where the first de- junk, has stated to the Police that fendant was arrested.

his boat arrived at Tsing Shin Addressing the first defendant. Teuk in the Ping Shan district, Frederic Barretto, Mr. Hamilton near Castle Peak, at 3 p.m. yester said that the defendant had day and was anchored some 300 pleaded guilty to three charges, fect from the shore The fishing all of which were merely in rela- nets were then lowered and at dusk tion of one offence.. "The crime.: the seven occupants went to sleep committed was a despicable one. The first inkling Chan had that that struck the hearts of the anything was amiss was when he public's safety," he added. was awakened by two blows on the He went on to say, that Bar- head by a blunt instrument. He retto had not repented, but had" Immediately leapt overboard and become panicky, and had involv swam to a nearby junk. From this ed another, who was his friend... point of advantage he saw his own Sentence of 12 months' hard jank in the hands of three men, labour on each chargo, terms ta whom he was unable to describe, run concurrently, was imposed.

(Continued on page 9:)" putting out to sea with another Junk in pursuit. Shots were ex-

changed, during which his twin CLARIFYING...... brother, Chan Tai Li; was hit twice and fell overboard..

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ROBINSON URGES

AMERICA'S ENTRY

TO WORLD COURT

« SPONGER” IF SHE

DOES NOT

BLIND SENATOR DEMANDS WAR DEBT PAYMENTS FIRST OF ALL

Washington, To-day,

EUROPEAN

SITUATION

French Ministers To Visit London

FOREIGN SECRETARY AND PREMIER INVITED

London, To-day.

It was to-day arranged that the visit to London of the French Pre mier and Foreign Secretary, M. Flandin and M. Laval, respective- ly, should take place on Thursday January 31, and conversations will be held on Friday and Saturday.

The Invitation was originally ex- tended to them by Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, when he passed through Paris shortly be

It is the desire of the British Government, which is shared, also by the French Ministers, that the European situation should not be allowed to drift, and in cone- quence the opportunity we wel- comed for discussing the broad basis upon

hich the for Euro

roached. pean problems can be

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"Wally" Hammond registered his SASSOON'S FINANCE Revolutionary Scheme respondents, including Mr. Wang lements if the joined the fors Christmas

second century on the West Indies

tour when he compiled 118 out of the M. C. C. total of 348 against Trinidad yesterday. At the cloas

WATER SCHEME

New York, To-day of play Trinidad, with eight wie: £238,000 Loan For Huai

The New York State Athletic ketu in hand, were 288 runs in ar Commission yesterday suspended rears.

Barney Rose, holder of the world's Leslie Amer, who has so far lightweight boxing title, for fail-been conspicuously unsuccessful on

River Commission

Shanghai, To-day.

Submitted For Convocation

A party of 28 newspaper cor Fu-tal of the Hong Kong Daily Press, left by river for Kiukiang where they will entrain for Nan chang London, To-day. The purpose of the visit is to revolutionary scheme to inspect the condition of the areas achieve unity among English in Kiangal which were formerly Christians, it is understood, will held by the Reds

It has just been announced that be submitted for convocation on They are due back in Shanghai

on January 29 ure to comply with the rules of the the tour, jumped into his stride the E D. Sassoon Banking Com-January 23. contest, which require him to de- with an undefeated knock for 69, fend his title within six months of while Smith, the Middlesex bowler, again showe good form with the

his previous fight Rout

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The United States would be involved in a foreign entan-

World Court, but if she did not join she would deserve the de signation “sponger" declared Senator Joseph T. Robinson

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