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ITALIAN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN IN FLAMES IN TEMBIEN AREA

QUEEN'S MESSAGE TO

THE NATION

“WITH ALL MY HEART I

THANK YOU”

UPHELD BY PEOPLE'S SYMPATHY

London, To-day.

Her Majesty Queen Mary, in a message from Buckingham Palace, says:-

PARACHUTIST DIES BY HANGING

TWO CHURCHES BURNED

TO GROUND

ITALIAN COLUMN PUT TO FLIGHT BY PATROL

Dessie, To-day.

A communique issued from the Abyssinian northern army headquarters says that a squadron of Italian aeroplanes bombed the Abbi Addi and Tembien district and burned down two churches. The men opened fire with rifles and brought down one of the One occupant leapt out with a parachute and landed in a high mimosa tree, where he was hanged. The other two were burned to death.

"I must send you, the people of this nation and empire, my deepest gratitude for all the sym- pathy with which, at this time of sorrow, you have surrounded me. It is indeed a gratitude so deep. that I cannot find words to express it, but the sim-the Italians darging through a gap in the Elkingtan barbed wire en planes in flames. His Majesty the King, above, plest words are the best.

addressed special

has

Mess-

ages of thanks to the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the Services and the London police for their hely during the funeral of His late Majesty King George.

"I can only say with all my heart: I thank you. In my own great sorrow I have been upheld not only by the strength of your sympathy, but also by the knowledge that you shared my grief, for I have been deeply moved by the signs, so full and touching, that the passing of my dear husband brought a real sense of per- sonal sorrow to all his subjects.

"In the midst of my grief I rejoice to think that after his SOMÉ DEMANDS reign of 25 years he lived to know that he had received a reward

BY JAPAN Sequel To Swatow Incident

NO POST MORTEM FACILITIES

AFFORDED

[From Our Own Correspondent]

Canton, To-day.

in the overflowing measure of loyalty and love of his people. AL though he will be no longer at my side and no words can tell how I shall miss him — I trust that, with God's help, I may still be able to continue some part at least of the service which for 42 years of happy married life we tried together to give to this great

land and empire.

"During the coming years.

with all the changes they must HIS MAJESTY TO

TOUR EMPIRE

bring, you will, I know, let me have a place in your thoughts and prayers. I commend to you my dear son as he enters on his reign, 17 "the confident

In connection with the death hope that you will give him the

as

of Susumu Tsunoda, a Japan-same devotion and loyalty ese Consular constable in Swa-you gave so abundantly to his tow, Mr. Chuichiro Harada, Jap-father.

“God bless you, dear people, for anese. Consul in that port, has

three demands to all the wonderful love and sym- presented Lieut-General Li

you have sus- Hon-war pethy with which Pacification Commissioner for tained me" Reuter

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Eastern Kwangtung, it

- learned here last night.

Was

The three demands are:" (1) punishment of the perpetrators of the crime, (2) an apology by the Chinese authorities to Con sul Harada, and (3) an under- taking that similar happenings will not occur in the future.

-General-Li-is-reported-to-have rejected these demands,

as it

is not known whether Tsunoda died of natural causes or was

killed by a fellow countryman.

At

FINAL FIGURES IN GREEK

FLECTION

Athens, to-day. The final figures in the Greek election give the Liberals or Venizelist Allies 142 and the other parties 143 seats, while the Communists gain 15-Renter's Bulletin Ser- vice

the place where he fell THE FUTURE OF

there were

no traces of blood, nor did any one in the neigh- bourhood heard any shots. The Chinese authorities insisted on a post-mortem examination, but the Japanese Consular authori ties declined to give such. per- mission, and the body was cremated the day after the death.

GREECE

Venezilist Leader's Statement

COALITION WITH KONDYLIS DESIRED

It is reported that Dr. Kan Chia-hon. Special Delegate af the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received representations from The

-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Athens, "To-dizzy, Venizelist leader M

the

Consul General Tatsuo Kawai Sophulis, head of the party, that in the same connection. Con-captured 125 seats out of 300 in! firmation is unavailable, as Dr. Sanday's elections and who w Kan cannot be seen in his home possibly be entrusted with or.office.

formation of the new Government, for at least invited to collaborate. made his anxiously awaited pro- nouncement on Tuesday about thel aims and principles of his party, under the restored Monarchy.

NORTH ATLANTIC SHIPPING

Fate Of Corsference In Balance

London,

The fate of the North Shipping

balance which

Starts

for the abortive Ventraliste

ment at the present juncture. is highly pregnant. M. Sophmlis“

Coronation In Each Dominion

COLONIES MAY ALSO BE VISITED

Made under extreme difficulties, by a daring photographer who preceded tanglements at Adows, to get it, this photograph stands out, among the best of the year 1935. Smake made it a technical as well as a physical

chievement.

WINGS OVER EUROPE

SOVIET RUSSIAN MENACE

London, To-day.

A patrol of 19 men belonging to the army of Dedjasmatch Sahle ambushed a column of white Italian soldiers near Makalle, killing 35. The rest fled, leaving five lorries loaded with muni-

tions and foodstuffs

The fort at Shouma Abera,{"

which was taken during the

great battle begun on January MR. HU HAN-MIN 20, is still held, despite repeated Italian attacks. Thirteen guns

A Memorandum submitted to the League of Nations Corneiland 24 machine-guns were cap-

The battle con-l

BETTER

Declined

by the Vice-President of the Slovakian National Council, M. Victured, which brings the total Invitation To Kwangsi tor Drorshak, draws attention to the dangers of a Soviet Russian spoils to 23 guns and 125 ma- penetration into Central Europe, which is stated to have been fur-chine-guns thered by the military pact between the Soviet Union and Czecho tinues. Reuter. slovakia, and has led to the latter country becoming the airbase

for the Soviet Union, which has evidently considered the 600 alles distance from disk to Berlin to be dangerous in case of war, and has thus achieved its aim of establishing its airforce in Czechoslovakia, from where Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest and Vienna are easily reached.

GERMANY AND THE RHINELAND

London, To-day. No Militarisation Likely

The King will tour the Empire after his coronation, according to the diplomatic correspondent of] the "Daily Herald,” who declares that it is felt that there must be some kind of accession ceremony with the King present in each De minion, and there will possibly be 'an actual coronation ceremony_in each Dommion capital,

He adds that the tour will

clude an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in the autumn of 1937. It wa pected that the tour will last mine jor 10 months, and, if time per- mits, some of the chief Colonies will also be visited-Rezter.

FAR EASTERN CLOUDS

Another Incident In Manchuria

TENSE SITUATION ARISES

Moscow, To-day.

The news of another sensa- tional incident, comes · from the frontiers of Manchuuria, where a tense situation khas. developed between Japan and Manchukuo on the one hand £ and protected

the other.

London, To-day.

In view of the significance at- tributed in some quarter to Mr. Anthony Eden's Conversations with the French and German Foreign Ministers, Renter learns that it is not anticipated in Lon- don that the Germans,contemp- late any such move as the re mälitacisation of the Rhineland.

-Perter.

LONDON NAVAL PARLEY

Definite Proposals For Limitation

ACCEPTED AS BASIS FOR DISCUSSION

London, To-day.

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SWEDISH REPLY

TO ROME

Red Cross Units Need Protection

MUNITIONS FOR USE OF ESCORT

OF POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE

(Erom

Dwa Correspondent]

Canton, To-day Mr. Hu Han-min, the Kao- mintang statesman, is slight ly better this morning after a quiet rest and medical attention by Dr. Teng Chen-tak, Municipal· Com- missioner of Public Health. There is a gradual relief of his high blood pressure.

Although the Kwangsi Pro-

Ho Han-min to visit

"The Slovakian people," the memorandum states, "have no use for Bolshevist ideas nor united with the are, they Czechs by a common national sentiment, since they have been incorporated against their will in the hybrid" Czechoslovakian

Home, To-day." State, which is based on the lie

"Of course, it is obvious that that Slovakians are Czechs." my transport in Africa must be vincial Kuomintang has invited

After pointing out that geo provided with armas

and am-Mr. graphically, economically and historically Slovakia belongs tonition," said an official in the Kwange, he has politely declin Hungary, from which it was Swedish Legation here, commented to go, on the ground of ill- torn by the Treaty of Trianon, in on the statement in the Italian health. If Mr. His unable to was bulletin. No 108 that 27 (Continued on Page 12)

go to Kwangai, he will be asked cases of ammunition were found to go to Nanking at once. How- in the captured Swedish Red Cross ever, the Kwangsi invitation is This Swedish Ambulance of political significance. This it was stated by the Swedish off means that if Nanking or Can- cial, had an escort of 20 Abyston becomes disagreeable to sinian soldiers, which protection Mr. Hu, he can go to Kwangsi had showed itself absolutely neces

Canton's welcome to Mr. Ha sary, as three times during the

GAMBLING DENS RAIDED

Police Clean-Up In Peiping

MOSTLY RUN BY KOREANS

long march from Addis Ababa toi was most enthusiastic, he being the Dolo territory, the ambulance (urged to remain here instead of had been menaced by nomadic going to Nanking, but before tribes, who did not understand its he went to Europe Mr. Hu's ad- vice was not often acted upon Peiping. To-day. use, and merely looked upon it as

For The police last night raided a band of foreigners Trans by those in power here three gambling and drug dens Ocean Service.

this reason, Mr. Hu's suppor jers persuaded him to go to Nanking, where they will have

in different parts of the city, arresting 654 people, inciding

Med.

VIGOROUS DENIAL

Concrete suggestions to limit several Koreans and six Chin- Addis Ababa The Ethiopian better Government posts the size of warships were advanese women, besides seizing con- Red Cross categorically deny the The Kwangsi Provincial Kuo- ced by Lord Monsell at the meet-siderable quantities of opium Italian allegation that the captur-mintang is told that if there are

and heroin.

Swedish lorries contained any important suggestions to ing yesterday of the First Com-

The police were accompanied by munitions-Renter's Bulletin Ser-Mr. Ha Han-min, they can be mittee of the Naval Conference, Japanese Conenlaž police to whom namely, battleships with a maci-the arrested Koreans were handed The proprietor of one mum of 35,000 tons and 14-inch house, a Korean, was among those guns, and a possible reduction of arrested.

Cover:

two or three thousand tons; afr During recent weeks at least a

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OIL EMBARGO

craft-carriers of 22,000 tons and dozen such houses have been open-MP. EDEN REPORTS

TO CABINET

QUESTION OF NATIONAL

·DEFENCE REVIEWED.

London To

63-inch guns; a temporary cesssed at Peiping withchilde zibemuta tion of the building of 10,000-ton to cover their indentity, being cruisem; B class› merisenga Kejopenly promoted. The promoters 1500 to 8000 - Fra ticker-inch were generally Koreans and bad Japanese elements, who worked The accommodate France and through Chinese tools.

The nationality of the promo- tera made the police wary, but{ A fully armed company of overaly, who have larger destroyers that the previous treaties pre- equivically that the best solution 100 Manchukno troops, according ribed, Lord Honsell suggested last night's raid indicated that The Cabinet, at a

the Japanese authorities here are which lasted two hours, for Greece's political problems to a Kharbarovsk telegram, en- would be a coalition, but as Gen-tered Soviet territory at Grodeko-that 3 class craisers and destroy-just a desirous of cleaning up this Anthony Eden's re

meeting of the and asked for asylum her be put in a joint category.

technical

declared “un-

eral Kondylis appears

to collaborate in such

the next best way out

cralition. At Sophulis, the most

Manchurian Lieng The United States,

that the company

that four

The sel

place as the Chinese authorities.

is expected that raids on oth

will follow.

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Pear 31

Szansmitted through General Li- Chung-jen, the Kwangsi Com- mander-in-Chief, - who is in Canton.

NEW ZEALAND TABOUK

Some Revolutionary Changes

nges in em- bey are announced: nister: Public

Semple He declar intention, to abolish" alle work on public works, to a 40 hour week, im-

working conditions, and

kites

on the matter.

or single

added: