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AINSWORTH

TRIAL

LENGTH OF SKID

MARK UNKNOWN

TO ACCUSED!

DECEASED WAS ON ISLAND ASSERT DEFENCE

ACCUSED REBUKED FOR MISSTATEMENTS

The hearing was resumed in the Supreme Court this morning before

His Honour the Chief Justice, Mr.

President · Antons: Smetona of Lithuania: found: himself-the-focus of European ayes" as 'the recent ' Memel incident assumed major Im- portance.

A. D. A. Macgregor, of the case in BRITISH SPEED

which Mr. A. E. Ainsworth of the

Star Ferry Co. is charged with the

manslaughter of a Chinese man,¦--

ANXIETY IN YUNNAN

INTENSIFIED

MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN CAPITAL

APPEAL FOR REINFORCEMENTS

[From Our Own. Correspondent)

Canton, To-day

Shanghai dispatches from Government news, agencies stated on Sunday night that Kutsing (Ch'uching), in Eastern Yunnan, has not been oc- cupied by the Communists, and that General Lung Yun, the Yunnan G.O.C., is directing öper- ations there.

Military observers here. billeve, however, that unless an ACE FINED FOR

king troops have been sent to Yunnan by way of the northern SPEEDING districts, the Reds are bound to overrun the province. They

clare that the 15,000 provincial forces are no match for

Ma Ho-tai, who was struck by Sir Malcolm Campbell's 30,000, or more, invading hordes car driven by the accused at the

junction of Nathan Road and Jor-

dan Road orr February 1.'

Mr. Ainsworth entered the witness box and gave evidence as to how the accident had occur

Defence

· LICENSE NOT ENDORSED

London, To-day. After earning the plaudits of

It is reported that General Lung has urged the Kwangsi nuthorities to send reinforcements.

the

The "Canton Daily Sun” stated yesterday morning that martial law has been proclaimed at Yunnanfu (Kunming |provincial capital, as a precautionary measure.

MISSIONERS

IN S. CHINA

Bad Weather Holds Plane At Swatow

EX-GENERAL

BLACKS BOOTS

IN SHANGHAI Keeping Himself In The Public Eye

FAILS IN HIS OBJECT

GOES TO CANTON

Mr M. Eleutherios Venizelos, former Premier of Greece, often named as its greatest-living men, is now a homeless exile.'... Hë... has been trying to explain his part in the recent revolotion an he lands at Nanes, a Dolitical refugee,

CHASER PLANES TO PATROL

· GERMAN BORDER

DEFENCE PLANS

CAMOUFLAGE

SUGGESTED BY

KILBOURNE

"Intermediate Station For Transcontinental Flights"

CANADA DEMANDS FULL DETAILS

Washington, To-day, A proposal to establish a powerful air base near the Canadian border was

BRITISH UNEMPLOYMENT made at a secret meet- ing of the House of Re- DROP OF 109,000

presentatives Military RECORDED DURING General Kilbourne, as Committee yesterday by THE LAST MONTH sistant Chief of Staff in 277,000 Improvement who suggested that the charge of war planes, Since End Of January base might be camouflag- ed under the name of an "intermediate station fo transcontinental flights”

To Prevent Abuses By Foreign Planes

Strasbourg, to-day.

A squadron of chaser planes capable of a speed of 250 milea ap hour will police the frontier with a view to preventing abuses by foreign planes.

When a foreigner is sighted the police plane will take off ahead of it, photograph it-and Calgnal if either to land or re

red. He was subjected to the world for travelling at nearly ECONOMIC gruelling" cross-examination by 300 mile an hour, Sir Malcolm the Assistant Attorney-General Campbell was fined £1 at East Mr. J. A. Fraser, who is conduct-leigh, Hants, petty sessions yes. ing the case for the Crown. He terday for exceeding the 30 made several misstatements miles an hour Hmit in a built-up which ended in Mr. Fraser re-area near Southampton, questing him to be more accur

Sir Malcolm In a letter plead- ate in his answers. In evidence ed guilty to unwittingly break- he stated that as a precautioning the law owing to the ab ary measure he sounded his horn sence of restriction signs and before entering the controlled, said that both his passenger and areas. He subsequently correct he himself were under the im

[From Our Own Corresponenti ed this and said that he did this pression that they had passed out

Canton, To-day. only at crossings.

'I From Our Own Correspondent} of the restricted arca..

From Brigadier General to boot The proceedings opened tha morning with Mr. Fraser recalling driven motor cars for

He pointed out that he had

Canton, To-day black is the dramatic bit varied over 30 Sergeant McInnis to the witnen years and had never had an ac-

Held up by bad weather, the career of Kiang Min-thing, hero of box. This action was taken in cident involving injury to per-six members of the American many campaigns against the la view of the importance the de- sons

or property and had pre-Economic Mission spent last

panese in Manchuria, who is now a RUSSIAN WOMAN fence is attaching to the speed of served a clean license the whole night in Swatpw and are COB.

as to having examined the brakes license. Reuter.

cros

on three occasions he was examined by Mr. H. C. Macnamara., LONDON TO TOKYO counsel for the defence.

SQLO FLIGHT-

British Plane For Japanese Pilot

(Continued on Page 12)

PROGRAMME ARRANGED FOR CANTONSVEST

over-

(Continuad on page 9.)

WORLD RED CROSS LEAGUE

the car at the time of the accident time. The magistrates decided tinuing their journey this visitor to Canton. After witness had given evidence not to endorse Sir Malcolm's morning to Canton on board the "I led my men' against the

passenger plane of the China Japanese in spite of National Aviation Corporation. whelming odds, declared Gen The Douglas Dolphin plane took eral Klang in an interview yes- off yesterday at 3.10 p.m. from terday morning, and F am quite Swatow for Canton, but turned prepared to fight again when the

next opportunity arises." back as the weather became UA- favourable towards dusk. The trip from Shanghai to Swatow WAS ub eventful and completed on time.

Members of the Economic Com- London, to-day. the Japanese pilot, Katsutaro Ano, Cameron Forbes, chairman of the The British aeroplane in which mission to Canton include Mr. W.) will shortly make an attempt on the Commission, Mr. Charles J. Carroll, record for a solo flight from London Mr. E. C. Jones, Mr. H. M. Bixby, to Tokyo, over a route which is re- Mr. John B. Chevalier and garded as less dangerous than the Leighton W. Rogers. usual route, was chrlitened Seas" by Madame Matsudaira, wife of the Japanese Ambassador to Lon-

JUBILEE POSTAL CONCESSIONS

Radio Telephone Rates To Be Reduced

EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS TO BE IMPROVED

London, To-day.

A precedent of Queen Vic- torla's Diamond Jubilee, when important postal con- cessions took effect, will be followed on the occasion of His Majesty. the King's Sil- ver Jubilee.

"Blue

don, when she accompanied her husband to Felhtam yesterday. Reuter.

(Continued on Page 9)

Mr.

FORBES ECONOMIC MISSION

· ARRIVES IN CANTON -

Canton, To-day, The Forbes Economic Mission arrived in Canton this morning

The photographs to 12 be utilised in connection with diplo- matic representations.—Rester.j

REFUGEES IN

DISTRESSED AREAS SHOW DECREASES

London, To-day.

The drop of 109,000 in Britain's in order not to give the unemployed last month makes impression that the Unit- Improvement 73 sisics :-the January of 277,000,00

None of the principal ind

stantial increase is r ginooring, coal-mining, textiles and shipbuilding,

unemployed have been idle for

Fifty-four per cent of the total Mr. Hume Wrong, the under three months, 68 per cent. Counsellor of the Cana- under six months, and 22 per cent dian Legation, requested over a twelve month period.

and the North-west, regis:

A bright feature is the improve the State Department to CHINA PORTSent in the distressed areas like supply him with a com tering decreases of 1,000 and 15, plete transcript of Gen- LEAGUE'S INTEREST 000, respectively, Reuter, eral Kilbourne's evidence

IN THE PROBLEM

given before the com- mittee. Reuter CENTRES. FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING?

JEALOUSY LEADS TO FATALITY

Geneva, To-day.

(Continued on Page 7)

UNEMPLOYMENT IN GERMANY

The Year

Man Stabs Girl Then Kills Himself

LOWER LASCAR ROW INCIDENT

Jealousy is said to have been the motive for a serious assault which occurred to-day at 215 a.m. In Lower Lascar Row.

American Admiral Asto establish vocational training

The League of Nations proposes New Paradise Within. New Chairman." centres, cheap kitchens and special hostels in Shanghal, states a re- Paris, to-day.

port of the Traffic in Women and

Berlin, To-day, Admiral Grayson, of the United Children Committee of the Leagne, Dr. Robert Ley, the leader of States Fleet, was elected chairman in order to remedy the altuation of the Labour Front, in a manifesto of the International League of Red Russian women refugees, more claims that, there will be no un Cross Societies in succession to the than one in every five of whom, the employment in Germany by the end late Judge Barton Payne at a meet-report asserts, are prostitutes, of the year. Ing of the Board of Governora yes! It says that thousands of women Dr. Ley lays down the workers' terdayReuter..

have been driven out of Man obligations in 10 commandments, A 28-year-old Chinese male, churia by economie necessity and beginning, "We greet the Leader Chau Chung, residing at No. 8 that their situation is daily be in the morning and thank him in Kwong Yuen Street, attacked coming worse in all the big sea evening for having given us the twenty-year-old waitress, Chan Wal The Postalmaster General, Sir London, to-day-Mlas Jean Bat-

ports of China.

will to live and help.-Reuter Kingsley Wood. announced in ten, the 26-year-old New Zealand

Out of nearly 10,000 Russian the House of Commons yester-airwoman, completed her Australia-

women in Shanghai 7,200 are be-1 day that they will include frat England fight yesterday in 17 days,

The Chinese Minister, Mr. Liutween the ages of 16 and 45 and a reduction of telegram 16 hours and 15 minutes......

Hankow, To-day Mr. W Chung-chleh, prominent actors, of these 221⁄2 per cent are kdown charges to a new rate, as from

She now holds the record for the Chung-hain, the new chairman of professors and officials attended to be prostitutes-Reufer, May 31, of six pence for nine England to Australia fight for the Kweichew Political Council, the dinner given last night by the words and a penny for each ad-women, and is the only woman who left for Kweiyang this morning Far East Association to the. ditional word, secondly, a new has made the double journey-Bri-aboard General Chang Hsueh Chinese actor Dr. Mel Lan-fang, NEW FRANCO-SOVIET parcels" scale of six pence for tish Wireless Service.

who promised to bring his troupe

ly

three pounds with a penny for

JEAN BATTEN'S RECORD

at 8.50.-Our Own Correspondent.

KWEICHOW OFFICIAL: LEAVES

FOR KWEIYANG

lang's plane-Reuter

each additional pound up to nine Earl Jellicoe's Daughter-

pounds, and flat rate of a shill

ing from nine to fifteen pounds, (Continued on Page 12)

To Be Married To-day

GERMANY AND THE FAR EAST

Berlin, To-day.

to Germany some time-Reuter.

CHINESE NEWSPAPER MAGNATE RESIGNS

Shanghai, to-day."

Chinese

7

AGREEMENT

Ministers Approve Text

TESTS OF CHINESE LIQUID EGGS

Clean Bill Of Health

In England

OFFICIAL REPORT ISSUED

to-day

París, To-day. Oficial pathologists: After two and a half hours' talk try of Health,

day" M.... Laval, the French examinations of

and · M. Potemkin, the liquid eggs, have

Minister's agreed are satisfactory from

* Lady Gwendolina L. Jallicos, į parted her father to Canada for the JUBILEE CHURCH SERVICES eldest daughter of Admiral of the British Empire League Conference.

Fleet Ear! Jellicoe and Countess she was taken all aboard the liner newspaper magnate, resigned the yest

Mr. T, B. Chang, the His Excellency the Governor Jellicoe, of Cadogan-square, SW, Duchess of York and underwent en veneral mansgezahips of the han expressed the hope that all will to-day be married in London operation, in's Montreal Hospital) places of religious worship will to Major Edward Latham, M.C. Her illness caused Perl Jellicoe Beenis hold a special service of com- Royal Horse Artillery, elder son of to cancel some of his engagernents memoration; or will commemory the Inte Mr. Thomas i Ringrose In Canada; GAU

complete recovery before In 1981 Lady Gwendoline accoming to England.

ate the Silver Jublee of His Latham and Mrs. Latham, of Pont- Lady Gwendoline, however, Majesty the King in their ar street, A. W.SPUR, vices, on May 12, 1985

Pimen, the and the Shus today, pending the; tent of the Mr. Tu Yueh

French town!

tions Reuter

of the Frenco-Soviet (or "cleanliness and puri sment, which M Laval, will livered frozen l t to the Cabinet this m ng. well within the

ced that the agi

demanded of Grad ber- the News Chronicis,

Hing, with a meat knife, stabbing her in the abdomen. The assailant then turned the knife bn-himself and slashed at his own threst

Both the victims were removed to Government Civil Hospital, where the man died at 5 a.m. The girl is stated to be in a critical |condition."

the

WEATHER REPORT

A moderate anticyclone is cen fred over north China and is ex- tending southward. › Pressure relatively low over the western part of the China Sea The pression has deepened; consid ably is now altixjed”

120 miles to

Tokio moving

local inrecast, forte d

by the Observa

north-en

fresh cloudy