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Violence Threatened Against Professors

REFUSAL TO SIT FOR EXAMS. THOUGHT LIKELY.

[From Our Own Correspondent]

Canton, To-day:

Notwithstanding their rebellious mood, students in the Sociology Department of the Sun Yat-sen University are required to sit for a re-examination at 8 o'clock this morning in English subjects. These undergraduates who failed their previous test threaten not to take

their dose of medicine and even to ute violence against the professors

When the leader of live masked bandits put his gun to the back of Herbert Reid, Fall River, Mans.. mail truck driver and told him his eyes discreetly in front. The "not to look at them," Reid kept gangsters drove Reid to Isolated spot, released him, and then fed with $129,000 in registers. ed mail.

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TIN PROBE

IN HOUSE

who did not give at least a passing mark in their last examination,"

The target of attack is Profes- INTERNATIONAL

TIN COMMITTEE

IN

INNUENDOES

Committee-Men And Inside Information

BOY. Chen Leung-yau, head of the Foreign Languages' Deprirtment, whom the "fuilers" want to oust just because he is strict in class- room work and examinations. The students", knowledge of the English language being very poor, an effort is being maderto raise the standard

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SYSTEM ENDANGERED. [CLEAR REPUDIATION OF ALE |

ALLEGATIONS

London, To-day.

BRITAIN UNINFORMED OF FAR EAST PACT

SIR JOHN SIMON ANSWERS

QUESTIONS IN COMMONS

DOMINIONS CONSULTED

London, To-day.

Mr. Dudley Joel, Conservative, asked in the House of Commons yesterday whether the new Sino-Japanese agreement affects the economic or other interests of Britain, and also whether it modifies or reverses the conclusion of the Wash ington Conference.

Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, replied, as Mr. Aṇ thony Eden had indicated on Tuesday, that the Government were still without any definite; information as regards the purport of the Sino-Japanese conversations; and as far as he was aware no general agreement between the two countries had been concluded.

MR. GEOFFREY MANDER, LIBERAL, ASKED WHETHER THE}" DOMINIONS HAD BEEN CONSULTED AS REGARDS THE SITUATION]. IN THE FAR EAST WITH A VIEW TO ASCERTAINING WHAT ACTION COULD USEFULLY BE TAKEN TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND SECURE INTERNATIONAL RIGHT UNDER THE EXISTING TREATIES,

AMERICAN

HOLD CABINET TOGETHER

the

Chauncey J. Clark (left), the at forney who represented the Ward Line in the Morro Castle disas.ter probe, advisen Cort Petersen, surviving chief officer of the sunken liner Mohawk at federal inquiry in New York into the fatal crash of the ship with the freighter Talisman, as Capt. Edmund Wang (inset) of the Talisman, testillen that the. Mohawk crashed into him without warning.

KNOWS HIS DUTY

GIVEN HEARTY

RECEPTION AT

DONCASTER

PEACE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA

Mr.

LORD LYTTON'S REPORT

London, To-day.

fr. Ramsay MacDonald, the Fre- mier, met with a particularly hear- ty reception at Doncaster, where The affirmed that the present Ca [binet were determined to do, ther utmost to keep the national com- bination together.

"When the moment comes," he said, "when I myself for any rea- son and unfortunately there are many am no longer satis- fid of my ability to pull my full advice to make up my mind as to what my duty is."

Mr. J. II. Thomas; the Domin. CAPT. SAWBRIDGE GUILTY weight. I shall not require any

lone Secretary Issured him that the Dominion Governments had been kept fully informed of the important developments in

AND SOVIET

RELATIONS the Far East, as in other parts

No More Recognition Of Russia Urged

STATE DEPARTMENT

·OBJECTION··

of the world, although he had not accepted the suggestion in the latter part of the question.te?

Replying to a Wes Hacking member he said:thontae visit of Major-General Barron to Singa pore, Hong Kong, and Colombo was incidental to his normal duties of inspection. - Reuter

SIR JOHN SIMON: IN PARIS

Non-Political Lecture To-night

London, To-day.

FINANCIAL CONFERENCE CALLED AT HANKOW

Generalissimo's Move To Cope With Monetary Situation

Shanghai To-day, The North China Daily Nous Nanking to the effect that General quotes reliable Information from Chiang Kai-shek has called "financial conference at Hankow to decide measures to cope with the present monetary situation, and adds that political circles in the capital attach much importance to the conference; for, besides for eign financial advisers, Mr. T. V. Boong has been invited to attend the conference, which will open to- day or to-morrow-Reuter.

PROSPECTS OF

HAZARDING

RENOWN AT

MANOEUVRES

DISMISSED SHIP

SECOND COURT MARTIAL” FOLLOWING COLLISION –

London, To-day. The court-martial at Ports mouth found Captain H. R. Saw- bridge, OBE, the Captain of H.M.S. Renown, guilty on the charge of negligently or by de- fault hazarding the Renown on January 23 and sentenced him to be dismissed his ship,

A

The possibility of the United States Joining the League of Na tions was mentioned at the meet-

ing at Knebworth, Hertfordshire.

by Lord Lytton, who has just re- turned from America.

He said that in spite of the fact that the United States fol lowed a very isolationist policy there was a very strong, even a universal, feeling in favour of pence and security against the possible recurrence of war, ¡Reuter

SCOTTISH CUP DRAW

Motherwell At Home To Rangers

Mr. Chow, Lu, President of the University, is in sympathy with the Foreign Languages Depart- ment. All the professors in that

Washington, To-day. Department and in the College of

Despite protests from the The Members of the House of State Department, the House of Arts are supporting Professor Chen, because, if students who Commons who endeavoured to es Representatives Foreign Affairs are unsuccessful in their examin-tablish a connection of the tin in the

Committee promised a hearing to ations can oust their examiners, terests with the recent commodity George H. Tinham, on March 19 Republican representative, the whole system of university education would come to nothing. scandals in a long series of ques on a resolution urging the with- It would mean that the professors tions yesterday suggested steps to drawal of the United States di- would have to pass all their stud-exclude from the international tin Soviet, anent which Senator W. The Foreign Secretary Sir John

plomatic recognition of the

The effect of Captain Saw ente; who otherwise would start committee or the buffer stock com- Warren Barbour Introduced a Simon will travel by air to-day to trouble.

bridge's sentence is that he will When the first re-examination mittee any representatives of Ma- similar resolution, in the Senate Paris where, to-night, he is to de-

be placed on half pay, from mid- was held last Tuesday, some of laya or Nigeria who have a per-

The campaign follows the fail- tiver a non-political lecture,

night to-night, but in order to the unruly undergraduates re-sonal interest in tin or who parti- for the settlement of the Russian British Embassy, at which the

enable him to give evidence at HEARTS BEAT DUNDEE UNITED jure of the recent negotiations He will take luncheon at the fused to be examined and des-ipated in the pepper or shellac Debt to the United States.

Capt. Tower's court-martial to AND HIBERNIAN DRAW troyed the examination. papers,

morrow he will probably be tem- French Foreign Minister, M.

porarily posted to HMS Vic- thus holding up the test. They pools.

It is understood that the State Pierre Level, will be one of the were still in a hostile mood this Sir Philip

London, To-day. Cunliffe-Lister, Department objected to the ap-guests. Later Sir John Simen

tory, as an officer on half pay cannot be called as witness of the Scottish Cup were played Two replays in the Third Round morning and some say they will Secretary for the Colonies, reproval of the resolution on the will have a conversation with M.. not take the examination as plied that the Malayan and ground that such a matter was Laval on the current European

Reuter. 'they did not attend sufficient Nigerian representatives

The trial by court-martial opened sharing two goals after extra time yesterday, Hibernian and Aberdeen exclusively under the jurisdiction questions, lai were classes to understand their sub- officials without any financial in-of the President and that the

at Portsmouth on Tuesday of Rear had been called for on the Hiber jects.

Premier Flandin and other pro-

Admiral Sidney Robert Barleynian ground, while Dundee United terest in tin, but that the repre-adoption of the resolution would minent men of affairs in France Posters attacking Professor sentatives of the Dutch Indies hamper Soviet-American

commanding the Battle Cruiser were eliminated at home by the Prom Our Own" Correspondent] Chen were torn down last night and Bolivia include interested tions-Reuter.-

will probably meet Sir John Simon

Canton, To-day, Squadron of the Home Fleet, Fles Hearts, who won by 4 goals to 2. at the lecture and at the recep Major-General Kenzo Dolhara, Captain F. T. B. Tower, of HMS also after extra time, tion which will follow it. Sir John who has left Shanghat for the Hood, and Capt. H. R. Sawbridge The draw for the Fourth Round, returns to London on Friday South aboard the Terukuni Maru, of H.M.S. Renown, as a result of which will be decided on March 9, morning

will visit Canton during the week-the colliafon between the Hood and is as follows: The date of his projected visit end. His mission here fa to Im- the Renown which occurred durina to Berlin to

end on the south-west authorities manoeuvr Wireless Service.

by the university guards.

MISSIONARIES SEEK MRS. FRENCHAM ·

Fate Unknown in South East Shensi

LATEST BANDIT OUTRAGE

rela-

business men, while practically all advisers to the committee are persons who are interested in CRAFTY ALICE BADLY the tin industry,

INJURED

(Continued on Page 12)·

Tom Walls Statement NURSE HAS PEPPER THROWN On National Candidate

IN HER EYES

London, to-day.

FRED ELLIS APPEALS IN SHANGHAI COURT

SINO-JAPANESE

RAPPROCHEMENT

GENERAL DOIHARA COMING SOUTH

TO VISIT MR. HU HAN-MIN- IN HONG KONG

the expediency of entering Into On Tuesday Rear Admiral Bailey close relations with Japan in view was completely cleared of the charge of the fact that the other Powers that he negligently, or by default, are not

willing to help China in on January 28 suffered HM.S. Hood any way, he is green and H.M.B. Renown to be hazarded." Lai Waf-chun, a nurse at the Mr. Tom Walls, the famous actor-

It was reliably learned last night Proceedings were taken under the Kwong Wah Hospital, reports that manager and owner of the Grand Ellis, the former Hong Kong for the visiting Japanese by his (Continued on Page 12) Shanghai, To-day. Mr. Fred that a big welcome will be planned Naval Discipline Act of 1868. Shanghai, To-day at 2.10 p.m. yesterday she had pep-National steeplechase entry, Crafty broker who was convicted of compatriote here. The general; Mr. Carwardine, of the Chine per thrown in her eyes and was Alice, which was injured on Monday selling sweepstake: tickets and Inland Mission, and Dr. J. Men-robbed of her handbag, valued, at morning following a training galloy who was bound over for three pet zles, and Mr. Clow, of the Eng- $5.90, when walking down Kwong by its owner, yesterday stated than years in two sureties of $25 HMS Bruce and H.M. submarine lish Baptist Mission, are now on Wah Street, near the Sanitary a X-ray examination has shown each, has appealed against the Parthian are due to arrive here tự- a journey on foot over the Board Office. Her assailant made that Crafty Allca has sustained a police court decision. Reuter morraw from Singapore... the steep mountain roads and by-off in the direction of Yaumatt, hadly detached ligament

rest.

horse running in the Grand National are very remote,Renter.

paths in the snow-covered and and has, up to date, avoided arHe adds that the chances of the Ice-bound mountains of south- east Shensi in the hope of finding Mrs. Frencham, the wife of the mlesionary reported captured by bandits on Saturday last.

(Continued on Pass 18), ROME GIVES WAY TO TOKYO FOR OLYMPIAD

Rome. To-day

yester

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WEATHER FORECAST

A moderate anticyclone is sta pears to be rising over Mongolia, tionary over China: pressure ap but remains highest over the lower Yangtze Valley. A shallow dep alon is situated over the part of the Sea of Japan forecast for to-day, as

Royal Observatory, this was: north-east winds, mod

BABE RUTH-TO MANAGE BRAVES NEXT SEASON

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India Bill Discussion

created

London, to-day-The discussion | this statement to remove wax resumed in the House of Com- pres

yesterday of the Governm

ants to cla

TRINIDAD'S COLONIAL SECRETARY

Airdrie v. Bearta

Motherwell v. Bangers Hamilton v.: Et. Johnstone', Aberdeen or· Hibernian v. Celtic."

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NEW BRIGHTON WIN

Gateshead Beat Walsall By Lone Goal

London, To-day. Two games in the Third Division (North) were played yesterday, New Brighton improving their post.

London, to-day. The Colonial Office announces that Mr. Alfred tion with a home win over Carlisle Wallace Seymour C.M.G. Colonial by 5 goals to 1, while Gateshead Secretary of Fiji, has been selected moved up three places in the League table as a result of their one goal for appointment as. Colonial Secr

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