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His speech at Topeka attacking the New Deal brought a nation- wide response to Governor

shown Landon of Kansas, three poses as he blasted the Ad- ministration. The occasion mark- ed formal launching of the Landon boom for the Republican presidental nomination.

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BE GAINING THE UPPER HAND IN JAPAN

GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR BLACK SHIRTS FATE OF RAS SEYOUM

REMAINS MYSTERY ITALIANS ADVANCE IN NORTH

Asmara, To-day.

A message from Holme states that Ras Kassa, the second warrior in Ethiopia, is fleeing to the south-west with a small band after the big- His army of 40,000 gest reverse of his career.

has been split up and is fleeing in all directions.

After withdrawal from Amba Uork on February 28 Res Kassa returned to attack yesterday. Heavy fighting followed but. finally the Abyssinians found themselves caught between! two Italian columns and were routed as they vainly attempted to fight their way towards the Narrieu Pass.

It is believed that Ras Kassa's defeat will have deep conse- quences on internal conditions in Abyssinia, as he not only enjoys prestige unequalled by any other statesman

The fate of Ras Seyoum is a mystery. On Friday he was re-

RAS KASSA personal possessions comparable with those of the Emperor but a

ROUTED DECISIVE WIN

·FOR ITALIANS Abyssinia Said To :

Have Lost War

3,000 KILLED IN ACTION

- CHIMA MAIL" SPECIAL

Rome. To-day.

An official report here states

that the battle in the Tembien

region resulted in the complete

WINTRY WEATHER IN CANTON Temperature Down To 45 Degrees F.

LARGE FLUCTUATIONS IN FIGURES

ported to be at Abbi Addi, his birthplace. Meanwhile forces of Black Shirts are advancing towards, the north, breaking the

casualties The Italian claimed to be less than 1,000 dead,

remaining resistance.

are

are estimated to amount to 1,000]

Work

Near Wernigerode the Zillierbach dyke is nearing completion. It is to serve as a protection against high water for wide stretches of the East Hart foreland and further is to provide the town of Wernigerode with drinking-water. Our picture shows the completed wall, which is 175 m. long and 45 m. high.

U.S. TREASURY

LOANS

HUGE SUMS TO BE RAISED

PRINCE SAIONJI AS EMPEROR'S ADVISER

DRAMATIC DETAILS OF OKADA'S ESCAPE PREMIER CONCEALED. IN COFFIN

Tokyo, To-day.

The Emperor has summoned the elder states- man, Prince Saionji, to advise him as to the choice of the successors to Admiral Okada and Count Saito.

This, coupled with the suicide of Captain Nonaka, the leader of the insurrection, and the imprisonment of the other rebel offi- cers, while all the mutineers who were non-commissioned officers and privates are confined in cells, is interpreted in some quarters as a sign that the Liberals are gaining the upper hand.

General Murakana Isobe, who was dismissed from the army last year after issuing a pamphlet in November 1935 which great- ly influenced Aizawa, the slayer of General Nagata, has also de-

Reuter. nounced a number of Japan's industrial magnates.

Shanghai: A message to the North China Daily News from

Tokyo states that Admiral Oka- JAPAN da's brother-in-law,

Colonel

Matsui, seeing that the rebels mistook him for the Premier, allowed himself to be shot dead without disclosing his identity Mean- while the servants warned Ad-

to remove the

JAPAN AND AMERICA

OLD CONFLICT RECALLED Consortium Of Help For China

annihilation of Ras Kassa's Canton over the week-end, and valry of harrying the fugitives. - 1948, and also $600,000,000 worth of 11⁄2 per cent. relatives, who helped him to the tion with Japan's rising econo-

army. The report says:

Reuter."

and saving his life. Washington, To-day. The Treasury is asking the nation for a loan miral Okada of what was hap and wounded out of the 20,000 en-of $1,809,000,000, of which $1,250,000,000 will be in pening and concealed him in a When his relatives, not know- gaged, and the Abyssinian dead cash and $559,000,000 in notes maturing on April large steel chest.

JAPAN STANDS ALOOF led permissiont above the 3,000 killed at Amba 15, for which new securities will be offered: The ing this, asked and were grant- cash will be raised by means of two issues, name-body they saw that the rebels

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

War planes played abiquitously, $650,000,000 worth of 234 per cent. bonds, 1951, had shot the wrong man, but

A 16-year old conflict between Canton. To-day. part in the whole action, assuming! Wintry weather revisited the work formerly assigned to ca-

redeemable at the Government's option in March said nothing. Admiral Okada

made his presence known to his America and Japan in connec-

the mercury registered 45 de- The battle in the Tembien re-grees early this morning. The gion, which began on February 26. cold is considered abnormal

The during this part of the year. as won. ezemy put

Fashionable women donned up a bitter fight in order to present-the-envelopment their furs last evening, although Ras Kassa's army is annihilated a few days ago they had dis- The enemy's losses are

very carded hosiery. Vagrants and great. Enormous quantities of beggars sleeping on the side- arms animals and other war walks last night shivered materials have been captured. they rolled themselves up inj Ras Kassa's fate. is the same as mats and gunny bags. that of Ras Mulugheta. The air Fortunately the strong north force is at present engaged in taki winds which had been blowing ing full advantage of the victory" since Friday died down last

can be regarded

RAS KASSA DEAD?

as

night, and the next few days will be warmer, accding to local weather forecasts.

BENEFICIAL RAINS

Heavy rains fell along

the

HEAVY BUS

IMPOSTS IN

KWANGTUNG

No More Half-Fares For Servicemen

IMPOSSIBLE TO PAY UNDER SUCH HANDICAP

¡From Our Own Correspondent]

Cantón, To-day.

notes maturing in March 1941..

TIGER ACTIVE AGAIN

About $450.000,000 of the cash will be used to repay the short-term loans due on March 16. Thus the amount of the new borrowing is $800,000,000, which is designed to supple- ment the Treasury's cash re serves for relief and also for

Following the report by a the farm and veterans' bonus young grass-cutter to the effect that he had been chased by a payments.

Chases Boy Down Hillside

The net proceeds, combined with tiger at Kowloon Tong early on Sunday morning, the hunt for the heavy income-tax payments the two tigers, which are be (are expected to give the Treasury lieved to be prowling about the To avoid the necessity of re-a working cash balance in excess mainland, has been taken up in ducing franchise fees, the City of $2,000,000,000- upper stretches of the East Government has instructed all River

yesterday and

The national debt will be in- bus companies and shipping heartily welcomed by the farm-

creased to $31,500,000,000, ers. The East River at Hoyuen service men.

concerns to charge full fares to

The uniform fare largest in history-Reuter. Press

Asmara has risen by three feet, which has been in force since yester state that the battle entered into is deep enough

Rome: It is reported but cin- not be confirmed that Ras Kassa committed suicide after the de- feat of his army.-Beuter.

reports from

Firewood,

were

for the re- day.

and

RETURN

earnest again.

According to a report made the to the Police on Sunday by Mr. Urquhart, of No. 160, Water- oo Road, a 19-year-old grass- cutter ran down the hill near!

a

a decisive phase on Friday. The sumption of all-river traffic. enemy was finally compelled to

vegetables All buses in the city and those DON COMPANYS' Waterloo Road, at 8.45 am on withdraw after a desperate hand-other commodities are being fares from soldiers, police, gen- running to nearby towns take full, to-hand fight, leaving more than consigned here from Walchowdarmes and sailors. Their com- 3.000 dead behind, including six and other East River towns.manding officers have notified the high officers, while the Italian River shipping had been held losses for this battle are given at up frequently during the dry mean losses to the bus companies, men to pay full fare, for half fares and cold months.

which pay high franchise fees to the Government. Each bus pays

500 dead.

Military circles here are of thei opinion that, from the military

point of view, Abyssinia has al Lowest March Figure from $14 to $18 a day to the city

ready lost the war.

ADOWA 'ANNIVERSARY Addis Ababa: No definite news! has as yet been received here con- ceruing, the latest development on It is merely the northern front.

In 15 Years

LOCAL READINGS

Triumphal Welcome To Barcelona

- CHINA MAIL " SPECIAL

Barcelona, To-day. treasury..

Several bus companies are los-] Don Companys, former Pre- ing money because some people do sident of the Catalan Generalitat, not pay any are at all. The half- who was sentenced to 40 years' fare privilege was abused by imprisonment for his participa Yesterday at 2 am the lowest many who do not belong to the tion in the aortive Catalan up stated that large Italian troop temperature in March for 15 years services. The abolition of this is rising in, October 1934. but who was recorded in Hong Kong, the deemed beneficial all round. was reinstated by the permanent movements are taking place.

To-day is the 40th anniversary reading being 46.4 degrees.

The

Of the fourteen new bus routes, Committee of the Cortes, made a

two are

Sunday morning, and, in state of collapse, said that he had been chased by a tiger.

A search party was sent out at once by the Police who saw some spoor marks on the hill- side but found no other trace of the animal.

coffin containing the body of his mic and political infiuence in brother-in-law, which the mu- Manchuria and Mongolia, pro- tineers allowed to be carried ducing a frank statement of out. Reuter.

American policy to "remove the PREMIERSHIP QUESTION tendency for the Chinese Gov- Shanghai: A Rengo message ernment to gravitate politically. from Tokyo states that authori-towards any one Power," is re- tative quarters agree that Ad-vealed by State Department po- miral Okada will not be called litical correspondence in 1920, upon to form a new Cabinet published for the first time yes- Prince Saionji has been sur-terday.

moned by the Emperor to give The statement is contained in advice about the choice of the a letter dated February 28,-1920, next Premier and a successor to from the Acting Secretary of

Reuter.. Count Saito.

WORLD'S RAW MATERIALS

Fervent Appeal By Dr. Goebbels

MADNESS OF ECONOMIC METHODS

→ CHINA MAIL," SPECIAL

Leipzig, To-day:

State, Mr. Polk, to Mr. Morris, the American Ambassador to Tokyo, outlining the visit to the Orient of Mr. Thomas Lamont, a partner, in the firm of J. P. Morgan and Co, in essection with the Ameri- four-power can proposal for a banking consortium to extend An- ancial aid to China.

The letter described the con- sortium policy as a practical way of ensuring continued equal-eco- nomic opportunities and chances for trade" in China.

U.S. DISAPPOINTMENT The letter. expressed the disap At the opening of the Leipzig pointment of America that Japan Fair yesterday, the Minister of alone had shown a disinclination

Propaganda, Dr. Goebbels, deli-to work in harmony for the es- vered a speech, in which he sur-tablishment of a consortium Mr.

complained veyed the economic situation of Polk

particularly:

the world, coming to the con-labout Japan's proposals that "the US. NAVAL clusion that it was high time special rights and interest which, the world realised the madness Japan claims in South Manchuria PLANS

of its economic methods, if it and Eastern and Inner Mongolia did not want to drift to a new should not be included in the field of operations proposed in the fin- NEW BATTLESHIPS catastrophe.

The economic distress From ancial combination." HINTED AT

which the world is suffering," Previously banking groups in said Dr. Goebbels, "is chiefly due America, Britain, France and Ja- Washington, To-day-to the tendencies underlying parpan had agreed to participate in The provision of new battle ticularly the Versailles Treaty, the consortium, but the Japanese

making money triumphal entry into Barcelona is only one degree lower, experi- Each route has been lengthened to yesterday, accompanied by other ships for America was hinted at which set forth the point of view Government had withheld its ap

of the Battle of Adowa, where the record for a March temperatures Emperor Menelik II completely defeated the Italians. Out of res-enced on March 4, 1921. Within twice the former distance. All members of the Generalitat who in the announcement of Senator that the other great Powers in the proval-Beater.

Vinson, Chairman of the Naval world would be better off if ine pect for the Italian Legation, this the last week the temperature the new buses were manufactured had also been imprisoned.

Committee, stating that the Com- of them, namely Germany, was man industry milliards of marks anniversary service has always corded in the Colony has varied in Germany and use diesel oil 35

In the presence of an immensa (mittee will not take action on the worse offe

jas. Ioane at exörbitant interest, is been held with very small cere between 76 degrees and Sunday fuel ́monial, and this year, RS the morning's figure of 46.4

As service men have to pay full crowd, Don Companys and his bills authorising the repair of 14 Nothing has so disturbed world order to have still further profits.

ceremoniously vessels and the modernisation of trade as the systematic "destrue, Thus, in the long run, the Min-. The minimum temperature for fare, tow-boats and motor vessels colleagues were Negus is absent and Adowa is in

economic ister concluded, the systematic. to-day was 50.9 degrees, recorded are also benefited by this stanwelcomed by the Municipal and six others until the result of the tion of Germany's the hands of the Italians, no ser-

at-1 p.m.

State authorities on the Alcals London Conference is known, for strength by depriving her of her excision of a great nation from dard scale vice whatever wi be held

Zamora Square, and then proceeded if the life of battleships is not vital sources of raw materials as the world wealth turns against - Memorial services in the

Gulf of Pechili. North-east winds, through a cheering multitud going to be extended by the con-well as national capital reserve" those who have shortsightedly churches, however, will be held, WEATHER REPORT

-HEIGHT OF FOLLY

thought they could enrich them- fresh cloudy same drizzle or through the city's me thoroughference, then America will want where prayers will be said for the final victory of Ethiopia, who is The anti-cyclone has moved east-mist, was the forecast for to-day, fare to Parliament for the first to make replacements Instead of The height of economic folly, selves by cutting out a competi-

ward, and pressure appears to be as issued by the Royal Observa meeting of the re-instated Gener-repairing and modernising her however, had been to grant, the tor Trank Ocean Service struggling for her

Inavy-Reater.

dismembered, impoverished Ger alitat-Trans-Ocean Service,

~~[Continued on Page 12) Trans Ocean Service.

highest- over Shantung and the tory this morning.