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The

FINAL EDITION

China Mail

Est. 1845.

THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST

No. 29,016

PAUL RENNETS

SALE of

“CB" Corsetry

NOW ON

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1935 PRICE $3.00 Per Month

YOUNG FRENCH POLICEMAN SEVERELY BEATEN UP

GENERAL TSAI

TO PAY VISIT

TO KWANGTUNG:

Assured Of Fervent Welcome

FUKIEN ERROR NOT TO BE HELD AGAINST HIM

From Our Own Correspondent]

Canton, To-day,

General Tsai Ting-kai, former G.O.C. of the 19th Route Army, who recently returned to Hong Kong after an extended tour of Europe and America, will shortly visit Canton to see many of his former colleagues here, although he was at one time ostracised for leading the Fukien revolt in 1933.

The people in China and abroad have forgotten the Fukien epi- sole and only remember the

resistance of the 19th

Europe's arms crisin, moved toward an historic climax 2 France took sharp exception to Germany's resṛmament and pro- ceeded with steps to increase her own military strength. Premiér.“ Etienne Flandin, left, requested a special session of the League of Nations to consider citation of Germany of violation of the Ver- salles treaty. M. Pierre Laval (right), French Foreign Minister, represented France, at the international diplomatie conference held between delegates of Italy, Russia, England and France over the

rearmament (saue,

INSPECTION

OF BUILDINGS

IN CANTON

General Examination Ordered

SEQUEL TO RECENT FATAL THEATRE CRASH

[From: Our Own Correspondent) Canton To-day

Two motion picture the one Chinese theatre, garden of the On Wahl Store, have been deci Municipal Bureau of

to be in a dangerous condition and unsuitable for public performances:

The two cinema palaces are! the Wing Hon Theatre in Wing Hon Road, which shows first-run

IN SHANGHAI

Mr. G. 8. Archbutt, president of St. George's Society and Sir Henry Pollock, followed by past Presidents and members of the Com- mitice, carrying the wreath which they placed on the Cenotaph yeater day. In commemoration "of St. George's Day.—(King's Studio),

pictures and the Ming Shing KING'S

near

Route Army against the Japan BRADFORD CITY SUCCEED which offers third-run, films, ark,

ese in Shanghai in the early part of 1932, and General Tsai was heartily welcofned by overseas Chinese.

It is reported that during General Tsai's stay abroad over- seas Chinese contributed largely to the increase of the endowment

fund of the 19th Route Army: collected since the Shanghai war. The fund is said to have reached several million dollars.

now

Most of the former 19th Route Army soldiers are, in Honan pro vince under the command of General Mao Wei-hslu, but about

DETERMINED

EFFORT AGAINST

RELEGATION

Reading Making Bold Challenge

BRISTOL ROVERS WIN

London, To-day. Bradford. City are

making

five battalions are in Kwangsi. determined effort to avoid rele These battalions are to be formed gation. into one division and placed un- der the command of Lieut.- General Tan Chi-hsui

loyal supporter of General Taal.

&

In their Second Division' soccer |fixture against Barnsley yesterday they won at home by the only goal, and as a result are now lying second from the foot of the table with Oldham, who have, however, jone game in hand..

In the southern section of the

DISTINGUISHED

SOLDIER PASSES ·

IN HIS 61ST. YEAR Third Division Luton were held to LORD TWEEDMOUTH while Reading came within three

London, To-day.

a draw at home by Northampton,

MARQUESS IN PLANE CRASH

Pilot Severely Shaken But Passenger Uninjured.

London, to-day. The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava was a passenger in the Geroplane, which, when taking off at Le Touquet for London: on Monday, crashed an

and suffer ed considerable damage.

The Marquess escaped practi ally tininjured, but the pilot

was more severely shaken" and is remaining in hospital for a day or two-British Wireless Service.

Mr. Man Shu-shing; Municipal Commissioner of Public Works, a graduate of Hong Kong Univer- aity, has received instructions to

make anexarnination of all public buildings, to see if they jare in proper conditions.

The

On Wah Department Store at Sup Pat Po is consider- led to be too high and has been ordered to remove the fourth and fifth floors.

This inspection of theatres and public buildings is the result of the partial collapse Cam tol Theatre in Sup Yst There sulting in the death of six per sons and injury to 45. It will be remembered that part of the cefling above the front stall fell during a matinee performance on April 10. Four persons, includ ing a child were killed and 51 others were injured as the re-

RED SETBACKS.

SUSPECTED RABIES

Two Cases Reported Yesterday.

DOCTOR AND FUSILIER: PRIVATE

BITTEN BY DOGS :

SILVER JUBILEE

PREPARATIONS

BRITAIN'S MUNITIONS PROBE

Royal Commission To Hold ~ Public Meeting On May 1:

London, to-day."

The Royal Commission on the ‚“ prívaté, manufacture of and the

··trading in arms, will hold ite "first" "public", meeting for thể, hearing of oral" evidence, on May 1

Evidence will then be submit i ted on behalf of the League: Õƒ1⁄2 Nations Union—

Vire Less Service,

JUBILEE WEEK PREPARATIONS

King Chooses Design

IN HOMELAND

ACCELERATED

All Dominion Premiers To Be Present

RECORD, CROWDS EXPECTED IN LONDON

London, To-day;: More than two thousan authorities in Brifáln pleting the preparations [next month's Silver Jubilee brations. In most cases the local

councils have voted funds, for decorations and Illuminations.

Bonfires, processions and treats for young and old in ad-

dition to thanksgiving services,

are to be features common to most of the local celebrations |

EXTERIOR DECORATION

CHINESE

CONSTABLES

CHALLENGED

Carried From French Concession To Chinese Territory

AMICABLE SETTLEMENT REPORTED

Shanghai, To-day.

An ugly incident occurred yester day afternoon when a young French policeman asked a party seven Chinese constables, who were entering the French Concession from Chinese territory in ■ lorry, to produce the requisite pass.

The co

man

constables seized the police-

and carried him over the bridge into Chinese territory where he was disarmed and severely beaten before he was released. He

is now in hospital,

The French authorities have made representations concerning the affair and R

it is reported that a satisfactory settlement has been reached Reuter.

ROBERT HAAS

AND PARTY

IN CANTON

Station Reception By Dr. Kan Chia-Hou

ELABORATE PROGRAMME-

*AN ARRANGED

[From Our Own Correspondent) Canton, To-day.

1,000 Killed In Action

It is, however, certain that major At Shengrun

For Stamps

spectacles, including Royal pro cessions and processional drives;

Mr. Robert Haas, liaison of NANKING BOMBERS USED ON

DRINKS TO BE SERVED FROM will bring unprecedented num-cer of the League of Nations, ac points of the leaders, Charlton | KWEICHOW-YUNNAN BORDER-

bera of sightseers to London and companied by his wife and 11.30 AM. TO 11:30 PM. most elaborate arrangements daughter and Dr. Wu Shiu-feng, SOUTH AFRICAN WAR VETERAN with an away victory over Coven

have been made for the orderly secretary of the League in try. They also have a game in LEAVES NO HEIR TO TITLE

Kwelyang, To-day. hand over their London rivals.

Further Government successes

China, arrived here last evening London, To-day standing of crowds. Five square miles of sky will Bristol Rovers Improved their against the Reds are recorded..

by train for the purpose of inter position with a "home win by two

Official despatches state that Lord Tweedmouth, aged 61, who clear goals over Watford,

Two cases of suspected rables be closed on Jubilee Day by order All along the routes of the main Viewing leaders of the South

west, the Communists have lost over were reported to the authorities of the Air Ministry, which pro processions platforms have now

The visitors were met at the had a distinguished career as The only First Division game 1,000 men in a battle at Sheng-yesterday.

hibits flying between midulght been erected on every available site

by Dr. Kan Chis-hon, voller in South African' and between Huddersfield and Aston run, while the Government ca- A fox-terrier, the property of

and pylons, draped in blue and gold station European wars, and who was Villa, was postponed.

sualties were less than 100. * Miss Bascombe, of No. 66 Kennedy on May 5 and raidnight on May and surmounted by royal emblems, special delegate, of the Ministry of | Foreign Affairs. Angelaborate erected. Elsewhere formerly a Lord in Waiting to His

Meanwhile, Government troops, Read, has been sent to Kennedy 6 within a five-mile radius of St. have been assisted by eight bombers, have Town for observation after it was Paul's Cathedral-^^-

schemes for the decoration of programme has been planned for attacked a Red concentration on alleged to have bitten Pte. Roach, Other Jubilee news which the streets and buildings are being and banquets. The League official Mr. Haas, including official calls the Kweichow-Yunnan border of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, who papers are featuring more and rapidly advanced, and inflicted more than 2,000 ca- was passing along the road. The more daily includes that H.Mathe Among the distinguished visitors and his party will stay in Canton aualties on them. The battle is victim was sent to the Royal Mili-King has finally chosen the de- to London for the occasion the over the week-end, progressing. Reuter.

tary Hospital, Bowen Road, for sign for the Jubilee postage Dominion Prime Minister will take treatment.

stamps, of, which, the first issue a prominent place. The Prime Two dogs belonging to Mrs, will total 1,000,000,000 They Minister of Australia, Mr. J. A Canaval, residing at the "Ellen- will be twice the size of the or-Lyons, is already here. Mr. R. B. bad Bassoon Road, have also dinary stamps and will be on sale Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada,

Majesty, the King, dled in a Lon-Huddersfield Aston Villa don, nursing home yesterday.

British Wireless, Service.

Lieut. Col. Dudley Churchill Marjoribanke, 3rd Baron Tweed-

FIRST DIVISION

SECOND DIVISION

Bradford C. 1 Barnsley

·THIRD DIVISION (South)

late of the Royal Horse Guards, Luton, was born on March 2, 1874, the Bristol R. only son of the 2nd Baron *Postponed

2 Northampton 2 Watford

mouth, Bt., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.V.O., Coventry 1 Reading GIANT CLIPPER'S

SAFE RETURN

Not Yet Ready For 2,500-Mile Trip

Tweedmouth

and Lady Fanny

Octavia Louisa Spencer Churchill,

(Tables on Pae 5)

daughter of the 7th Duke of SINO-JAPANESE

Marlborough..

(Continued on Page 12)

WEATHER REPORT

SITUATION

Markedly Improved Says Ariyoshi

Tokyo, To-day.

Minister to China, in a press Mr. Ariyoshi, Japanese

Interview 'yesterday express-

A weak anticyclone covers cen- tral Japan; a ridge of moderately high pressure aktends from south to south-east China and the lower. Yangtze Valley. A depression la situated to the north-east of Hokkaido moving northeastward, and a depression is moving east- ward across Manchuria, The local forecast for to-day as issued by

He said that it was unneces the Royal Observatory this mor- ning was east to south-east winds, Bary for Japan to oppose an in-

Alameda, to-day.

The Pan-American Airways' flying boat bullt for the trans-Paci Oriental Clipper, the glant Sikorsky

fc service, completed her return fight from Honolulu when she ar- rived here

arly this morning.— Reuter

It is pointed out that the flight is an experimental one, and that the clipper is not yet ready to make the

ed the belief that the Sino-antire 2600-mile trip to China

Japanese situation had mark

edly improved.

ternational loan to China unless

moderate, cloudy, showery, warmer

mus, it jeopardised China's: “unity,

precipitates International cont

JAPANESE GUNBOAT IN CANTON trol over China, or injures the

friendly relationship between

The Japanese gunboat, Hasu, China and Japan Reuter. left the Colony Jesterday, mor]

ing for, Canton, arriving there-in The Soudan is du

Afternoon

Shanghai at 6 am)

FORTHCOMING WEDDING!

The forthcoming

riced of Mr.

House,

Deen sent to Kennedy Town for for two months from May 7 General Hertzog of South Africa observation, following an attack on Work has been begun on most and Mr. G. W. Forbes, of New Zea Dr. Canaval by one of the two dogs of the 2.000 beacons which will end, will arrive within the next few

be lighted throughout the coun- days. try on the evening of May 6.

(Continued on Page 12). Owners of licensed premises

have been informed that they JUBILEE TRUST

are likely to be allowed to serve drinks continuously from 11.80

8.m to 11.80 p.m. throughout Overwhelming Response Jubilee week

The Empire Premiers, in six carriages, will form the first pro- cession on May 6 to St. Paul's Reuter

ST JOHN BRIGADE H. Q. TO BE OPENED ON MAY 9.

Hi Excell ythe Governor, am Feel, K.C.MG, KEE, Grace of the Venerable John of Jerusalem)

uilding (Tal

ming of adguar

Recorded

£32,000 RECEIVED AND 10.000

- LETTERS YET TO BE OPENEDE

A record evoked by the Prin cent

To-day

has been

behalf Trust;

(Continued on Page 12).

GENERAL CHANG AT KAIFENG

Probable Visit To

Shensi

Hankow, To-day. General Chang Hsueh-lang left for Kaifeng by air – this

morning to make an inspection of the Government troops, after which he is probably going to ShenalReuteraven

ANGLO-SPANISH TRADE PACT

Negotiations Opened In London

London

mbers of

red in the

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