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EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE REPORTED LOST ON NORTHERN FRONT

Entrusted by Raile Selassie with the organisation an Ethiopian Red Cross unit, Major Gerald A. Burgoyne, 62-year-old Englishman

killed when Italian planes bombed his unit last month.

Was

TURKISH ACTION?

TREATY MAY BE REPUDIATED

Dardanelles May Be Re-Fortified

"NO OTHER COURSE OPEN”

Istanbul, To-day.

TORNADO HAVOC IN

AMERICA

SERIOUS FLOODS ADD

TO DESOLATION

DEATH ROLL EXCEEDS 500

Atlanta, Georgia, To-day.

Serious floods now menace the areas devas- tated by Monday's terrible tornadoes. The rivers in Georgia and North and South Carolina, swol- len by 24 hours' ceaseless rains, have overflowed their banks in many places.

Some 454 bodies of victims of the tornadoes have so far been discovered, mostly at Tupelo and Gainsville. About 1,800 persons have been seriously injured and 22,000 rendered homeless. The damage is estimated at $25,000,000. The Red Cross headquar ters at Washington have appealed for relief funds for the victims. Soldiers are patrolling the streets of the stricken towns and militia, convicts and relief workers are removing the debris and restoring the water and lighting services.-Beuter.

PLANE CRASH IN U.S.

Eleven People Killed Instantantly

"GRAVEYARD" CLAIMS MORE VICTIMS

Union Town, Penn., To-day. Hints that Turkey may repudiate Eleven people were killed in the causes of the Treaty of Lan-stantly when a trans-Continen- sanne with regard to the demilitar-tal Western air liner crashed into the hillside at Dulaney's

Washington, Earlier: It is es- timated that the death roll from the tornado exceeds 500. Some

429 bodies have already been

the sentence

Four years' imprisonment was meted out to-Dr. Hermann Görtz, a middle-aged German lawyer, at Old Bailey, where he was found guilty of es- Gortz was aimed of pionage.

ECTO- sketching secret Britäh dromes.

Dr. Kamil Krofta, newly- appointed Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia, is snapped at his desk in Prague after taking up He succeeded Dr. his duties. Edouard Benes. now President of Czechoslovakia.

are reported to have been seri UNCERTAIN SITUATION

recovered and over 1,700 people

-seri-] Reuter's Bul-

jously injured. letin Service.

BOMB OUTRAGE IN MEXICO Nine People Killed In Wrecked Train

Mexico City, To-day. Nine persons have been killed isation of the Straits if it cannot Cave in the district known by and many seriously injured as achieve the same end by negotia-pilots as "The Graveyard of the the result of the wrecking of two

owing to the tion are contained in a message Alleghenies,"

pullman cars of a train travel- ocling between the port of Vera from Ankara, stating that in view many crashes which have

curred in the deep ravines there. Cruz and Mexico City. A bomb of the recent changes in the gen The three survivors include

placed on a bridge over a river eral security conditions in Europe Mrs. Meyer Ellenstein, wife of exploded when the engine pass- and Germany's and Austria's re- the Mayor of Newark, who was ed over it.

It is believed that the crime pudiation of the military stipula-injured. tions of the peace treaties, the res- The plane caught fire and res-is political, as Colonel Herran- a candidate for ponsible Turkish circles maintain cuers fought in pitch darkness dez Chazaro, that the remilitarisation of the and a raging blizzard to drag the Governorship of the State the bodies from the wreckage of Vera Cruz, was aboard the

Reater. Dardanelles is most essential to Officials of the Trans-Continen- trainer Turkey's existence.

ital line state that reports indi- It is added that despite Turkey's cated that the radio of the ma genuine desire to respect her en-chine had not been functioning

- Recter. accurately.

gagements she must use all means to achieve the modification of the regime of the Straits and the for- tification of Gallipoli.---Reater.

SOVIET-OUTER MONGOL PACT

Japan Shows Her Concern

SITUATION BEING CLOSELY WATCHED

FORGED NOTES

Wholesale Traffic In Canton

[From Our Own Correspondent

Canton, To-day.

US. HELP FOR CHINA

IN EUROPE

CROWN PRINCE IN RESCUE PARTY

ARMED BRIGANDS KILL STRAGGLERS

RELENTLESS ITALIAN ADVANCE ALONG ROADS OF DEATH

Rome, To-day.

"Where is the Negus?" is the question obser- vers on the northern front are asking to-day. It is presumed that he abandoned the motor-car which the Italians found on the roadside because he feared that it would attract the attention of bombing planes, and that he is travelling to the south on muleback

The Crown Prince is moving north from Dessie with 2,000 men to find and protect his father. It is asserted here that the protection is necessary owing to the danger of armed brigands, who are said to be killing and plundering the routed troops of the Negus, whose bombed and machine-gunned corpses strew the route south of Quoram to such an extent that the advancing Ita- lian troops have to tell off burial parties to clear the way.

South of Quoram the Italians are advancing in two columns, one along the "Imperial Way" to Dessie and the other towards Magdala. It is claimed that Abyssinian soil half the size of Bri- tain is now in Italian hands. - Reuter.

Rome: The last of the Abys-

MOST EXPERIENCED OBSERVERS sinian rearguards were dispers WHEAT FOR

ed on Monday, according to a ITALY

LEFT PUZZLED

Geneva, To-day.

war communique issued yester- day by Marshal Badogho

An Addis Ababa message The meeting of the Committee of Thirteen scheduled to take states that a proclamation call- place to-day will be the first to take place in the new League of jing to the colours all Ethiopians Nations Palace. The delegates will meet in the office of the capable of military service was Secretary-General, which seems to indicate that it is desired to issued from the palace yester

day afternoon. Reuter's Bul- keep the negotiations under cover as much as possible.

letin Service.

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ILLEGAL LAND LEASES

This characterises the obscure situation, which prevents even the most experienced observers from making any forecasts on this week's developments.

The uncertain situation gives rise to various rumours, the most

PREMIER IN A DUEL

HUGE CASH SALE TRANSACTED

Leakage In Italian Resources

ECUADOR STOPS SANCTIONS

London, To-day.

A spotlight on the effect of sanctions was seen yesterday in

Clearing Up Question interesting of which is the report, Goemboes Challenged the news of the sale of two car-

In Philippines

ALLEGED THREAT AGAINST LIFE OF OFFICIAL

supposedly emanating from well- informed circles, to the effect that the French and British Gov- ernments have agreed to suggest

LOCARNO MEETING AT GENEVA

By Deputy

NO BLOODSHED AND NO RECONCILIATION

CHINA MAIL." SPECIAL

Budapest, To-day.

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goes amounting to about 500,000 bushels of Australian, wheat to Italy. Since it is forbidden under sanctions to grant credit it is pre- sumed that the sellers received spot cash, thus indicating a fur- *ther leakage point in the Italian

monetary resources.

Moreover the fact that the par- The long-smouldering quarrel chases are made at all is signi- Goem-feant in view of the recent official between the Premier, Dr. bocs, and his bitter political op- pronouncement that Italy had ponent, Herr Tibor von Eckhardt, enough wheat to meet the home re- former Hungarian delegate to the quirements until the new League of Nations, led to a pistol was harvested.

Geneva: It is reported that the The Secretary

for Agriculto the Committee of Thirteen to duel on Monday, which took place

accom-address an urgent appeal to Italy in the woods outside Budapest Government of Ecuador on April ture and Commerce, Morgenthau, Secretary of the panied by the Secretaries of the to cease hostilities within 10 days The duel, however, ended without 4 informed the Italian Treasury, will confer with three Interior and Justice, went to as a preliminary to peace negotia-bloodshed, both of the combatants ment that as it had accepted the Chinese bankers. Mr. K. P. Chen, Davao yesterday to join Presi-tions

It is further asserted that being unhurt, and parting unre-principle to negotiate for a peace-

conciled.

ful settlement of the Italo-Ethio-

Aid In Managing

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New Currency

New York, To-day.

It is learned that Mr. Henry A.

Manila, To-day. It is rumoured from Davao!

are being made that threats against the life of the Secretary for Agriculture and commerce in view of his efforts to clear up the question of the land-leases illegally held by Japanese hemp farmers.

Geneva, to-day--lt is officially announced that the meeting of the Locarno Powers will be held on Friday instead of to-morrow, as hitherto expected-Reuter's Bulletin Service.

three days to make her decision!

crop

Govern

a director of the Bank of China, dent Quezon in an attempt to Italy is to be given a period of This duel was the outcome of pian dispute, the Government of In view of the discovery of Mr. Y. C. Koo and Mr. P. W. Kto settle the situation. forgers' plants manufacturing The conversations are believed to Meanwhile three solutions known, and then, in the event of an altercation which occurred dur-Ecuador no longer proposed to up- false Hong Kong banknotes, concern the extent to which the are being discussed in official a negative Italian reply, the Sanc-ing a session of the parliamentary ply sanctions against Italy. - merchants here are studying United States is willing to helpleircles: (1) That the Govern- the counterfeit money and its China in the management of the ment should purchase the lands difference, from genuine notes-new currency.

held by the Japanese; (2)

It is believed that only a small amount of the spurious notes

to

lover control of the lands. The Japanese investments in Davao are estimated at 30,000,000

Shanghai, To-day.

New banknotes of the Hong Thus far there has been no eject the Japanese; and (3), to The Soviet-Oufer Mongol pact Kong banks are examined with intention of the Chinese to at-allow the Japanese time to wind is deeply exercising Tokyo and great care before acceptance, tempt to negotiate additional Jup their affairs at Devao, after Hainking. A spokesman of the for fear that they may turn out silver sales or the earmarking of which the Government will take Foreign Office at Hsinking de- to be false

1gold here Reuter. scribes it as an act of brigandage tantamount to the absorption of Outer Mongolin by the Soviet.

Meanwhile the Japanese Consul. were circulated, as the two hauls MANOEUVRES IN General at Nanking has, accord-yielded paper ing to a Japanese report, arged value of $160,000 and $100,000 respectively. Their selling upon General Chang Chen the prices are said to be 40 per necessity for the full assertion of cent. of their face value. The China's rights. The Consul- forgers intended to circulate the General said that Japan was counterfeit notes in Canton, closely watching Nanking's stowing to their general use in -titude.

all circles.

money to the

BRITAIN Combined Exercises Arranged

(Continued on Page 9)

The quarrel foreign committee. Imust have taken on a personal

Reuter.

SPANISH VOTE, sa Herr Tibor von Eckhardt SABOTAGE ON U.S.

SHIPS

OF CENSURE

FI

President Forced To Resign

had in a previous speech fully en- dorsed Dr. Goemboes' foreign po- licy. In his home policy, how-

ever, Herr Tibor, von Eckhardt is Report Of Enquiry

Dr. Goemboes' most bitter enemy,} accusing him of trying to break the 1,000-year-old Hungarian Constitution and setting up a

*Denied

Washington, To-day. -. The report that a sabotage in- vestigation is pending or proceed-

Madrid, To-day; The third solution is held to

Don Alcala Zamora, President Fascist dictatorship.

Within the past year the Pre-ing has been categorically denied be the moet ikely. The Japan-since the foundation of the re

been by the Assistant Secretary of ese will be allowed to cultivate public, has been forced to resign, mier has more than once

duel, but the af- Commerce/Reuter the lands till the leases expire, the Cortes having by-238 votes to challenged to after which the Government 5 adopted the Popular Front's vote fairs, which included one with the An earlier message said that will assume control and dispose of censure, stating that he acted ex-Premier, Count Bethlen, were the Washington correspondent of London, To-day.

of the property as it thinks fit against the interests of the State always settled amicably, although the New York Times stated that Dr. Goemboes is an expert zwords-Irecent cases of sabotage aboard Combined manoeuvres of the During the interim the Govern dissolving the second Cortes.

Zamore maintains man and a crack shot

American ships, mainly by army and navy are being. ar-ment will receive part of the President

A piquant aspect of this duel is foreign-born crews, had caused General Chang. Chun- assured

ranged at Milford-on-sea, Hamp-income derived from the lands that Parliament has no right to

decide the matter, and will appeal tizat duelling in Hungary is a President Roosevelt to instruct him that no secret Sino-Russian "PHILIPPINE CLIPPER" LEAVES shire, according to an announce-

to the higher tribunal of constita criminal offence, doubly so for Dr. the Secretary of Commerce, Mr. undertaking existed and this, com-

ment by Mr. A. Duff-Cooper,

Goemboes in his capacity as Prime Henry Wallace, fo open an inves- tional guarantees Beuter. bined with the Chinese protest, is Manila, To-day. The Pan-Secretary of State for Waz, in

CORTES PRESIDENT ELECTED Minister, while on the other hand tigation. The names of the ships expected to mollify the Japanese American Airways "Philippine the House of Commons yester

Madrid The Cortes has elected as Minister of War he is compell-were being kept secret for the opinion, which has interpreted the Clipper" left for Alameda at 113 day. Air Force units will also

The as its President Senor Martinezed by the officers' code of honour present in order that the passen silence of Nanking hitherto am today after an enforced stay co-operate in army exercises

flames in the Tricolour have been Barrio, Acting President of the to accept any challenge or to belger business of the lines involved evidence of such an understand-at Manila of 31 days, owing to between July and October.

ostracised. Trans-Ocean Bervice.would not be affected. Reuter.

extinguishedBerter. ing. Reuter..

trouble-Reuter.

-Benter.

FLAMES IN "TRICOLOUR” EXTINGUISHED:

San Francisco, To-day

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