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NANKING WILL CONTINUE TO SAFEGUARD NATION'S INTERESTS

FATALITY

ON LINER

YOUNG A.B. ON QUEEN MARY

Slip On Deck Causes Injury

VESSEL NOT ATTEMPTING RECORD JOURNEY

Londen, To-day. A fatal accident aboard the Arthur Queen Mary is reported. Golding, a 22-year-old lad making his first trip as an Able Seaman. was found unconscious and bleed- ing profusely on the deck. Ap- parently he slipped and struck his head, and subsequently died. The passengers were not aware of the death or the burial

A moderate swell yesterday included a slight roll, somewhat! destroying the earlier illusions

luxurious hotel of a

ashore. There is no hope of a record on the present trip. as the ship has not yet reached the speed uttained on the outward voyage| or the average speed of the Nor- mandie's fastest homeward journey. The vessel has cover- 670 miles in the last 23 hours. --Reuter's Bulletin Service.

LIVE GRENADE BURSTS AND

KILLS THREE PEOPLE

Trieste, today. In the Tarma Valley near Trieste a man and his wife, with a 15-year- old son, found a precade that had been buried since the World War.

With the object of selling it as old iron, they loaded it on a curt, not suspecting that it had never exploded. On the way the eart overturned, the grenade burst and a three persons were killed.

Trans-Ocean Service.

OBITUARY

Mr. John H. Hammond

WELL-KNOWN MINING ENGINEER

London. To-day.

The death has occurred at Gloucester, Massachusetts, of Mr. John Hays Hammond, thei famous mining engineer, after a long illness. — Reuter.

Captain Arthur B. Cook, above, has been appointed chief of the United States Navy's air force by the President Roosevelt. When former commander of the Air- craft-carrier Lexington assumes his new duties this month, he will be advanced to the rank of Rear- Admiral

STRIKE SITUATION UNALTERED

"GLOOMY SUNDAY" AIR IN PARIS

FURTHER CONFERENCES HELD

Paris, To-day.

The capital still wears an English Sunday appearance in certain quarters, where the big department stores are still occupied by strikers, but after a meeting yesterday afternoon between representatives of employers and workers, pre- sided over by the Minister of Interior, it is hoped that agreement will be reached and work resum- ed-to-day.

The end of the strike of petrol suppliers yesterday resulted in increased street traffic, but the taxi-drivers may strike to-day. It appears that taxi-drivers, shopwalkers and such like persons are not included in the newly signed labour charter, which only covers the industries, and therefore it is possible that such trades! may strike in order to secure their inclusion.

Owing to the absence of newspapers in the provinces the news of the strike settlement travelled slowly, and it is impos- sible yet to state how many have returned, but generally the situation is unaltered.

SUPREME COURT CLAIM

SILK FILATURES FOR

BOMBAY

Some 1,500 Dunkirk dockers }

struck threatening the cross- Channel service, while miners in the Nord at Pas de Calais struck, according to their deci- sion Laken on. Miners' delegates are, meeting the employers today at Douai, when it is expected that a settlement will be reached.

IL L. Davis, a former COW- puncher, whose novel, "Honey in

OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY CHIANG

ADMITTED DIFFERENCES

WITH CANTON

BUT NO EXCUSE FOR CIVIL WAR

Nanking, To-day.

The first official pronouncement on the south- ern situation was made yesterday by Generalis- simo Chiang Kai-shek, who said that the Gov- ernment would continue to adhere to the policy of safeguarding the nation's interests. He ad- Imitted that there had been differences between Nanking and Canton, but believed that the Kwangtung and Kwangsi leaders would not seize upon the Government's foreign policy as an “ex- cuse to start a civil war," nor proclaim their in-

the Horn," has been awarded the dependence.

Pulitzer Prize. is shown above. The book, dealing with life in Oregon, had previously won the seventh annual $7,500 Harper prize novel contest.

He emphasised that the questions of declaring war.or nego tiating peace rested with the Central Government and not with ja minority inspired, by personal feeling. He announced that a plenary session of the Central Executive Committee would be He hoped that Kwangsi 'and held to discuss the situation. Kwangtung would attend in full force. — Reuter:)-:

GRAND STAND COLLAPSE CAUSES PANIC

Saturday TRAGEDY AT YOUTH PARADE IN

Paris, later: The premises lof seven insurance companies;

are

RUMANIAN CAPITAL

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Bucharest, To-day.

On Sunday during the anniversary celebrations of the return

SEVERE PRESS

COMMENT

"Intransigence" May Lead To Disaster

CANTON'S POLICY REBUKED

London, Today. The Morning Past says that once Canton again the politicians in

now occupied by stay-of King Carol when as usual a parade of the youth societies took are endangering the peace of the

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE CITED strikers, the total

AS DEFENDANTS

A special jury was empanelled at the Supreme Court this morning to hear the claim, brought by Messrs. Rajaram Girdharita!!

The claim and Company, against the Dollar Steamship Line.

was for $92862.75, being the cost of 370 bales of raw silk fila- tures which the defendants undertook to ship for the Chinese Overseas Inter-Trading Company, Canton, to the plaintiffs, in Bombay," by the ss. President van Buren.

His Honour Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden took the case and Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., and Mr. Leo D'Almada, jnr., instructed by Messrs. Deacon's, were for the plaintiffs, while the defendants- were represented by Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., and Mr. H. C. Mac namara, instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist,

The jury was composed of the following:-Messrs. W. A. Cornell (foreman), Li Tse Fong, C. M. Gee, V. D. Sorby, H. H. H. Priestley, J. D. Danby and T. A. Mitchell.

CHINA OLYMPIC SOCCER

SUCCESS IN STRAITS

United Services Eleven Lose To Visitors By 4-0

In their return game at Singa

China World Olympic soccer team beat the United Services by

case for the Outlining the plaintiffs. Mr. Sheldon said! that the claim concerned cargo of silk, and that the first. dealings between the parties

ber.. of strikers Reuter.

to 10,000.

LINDBERGH RANSOM MONEY

To Be Handed To Col. Lindbergh's Adviser

Trenton, NJ., To-day. Colonel Lindberga kay in- structed the "authorities to hand over to his friend and legal ad- viser, Colonel Breckinridge, the $14,860 of ransom money found in Hauptmann's home-Reuter.

FILIPINO FLIERS FORCED. DOWN

cccurred.

EMBARRASSMENT AHEAD. FOR COMMONS

The grand stand, where over 3,000 guests were assembled, was directly opposite the Royal Stand, where King Carol him- self, the Czechoslovakian Presi- Echo Of Budget Tribunal Finding dent, Dr. Benes, and the Yugo- slavian Regent, Prince Paul, both of whom were in Buchar- est to attend the rulers' confer-1 ence, as well as the brother of the

London, To-day. Mr. J. H. Thomas is announced to be speaking in the Commons debate on the budget tribunal So far report on Thursday. neither he cor Sir Alfred Butt has indicated whether they in- tend to resign their seats in the House of Commons, though the most Government Whips anxious that they should follow this course, in order to spare the House embarrassment-Renter

King, Prince Nicholas, Marie, Queen Dowager of Rou- Imania, numerous dignitaries of the Court, and the entire Diplo

taken matic Corps had just their place.

Just as the first group of youths flags flying and bands the opposite

with

playing

was

are

grand stand it crashed with EMPLOYMENT IN

2

SAFE LANDING AT FORT BAYARD

a

deafening roar, in full view

of all the spectacors on the Royal

concerned was in March, 1934.

The Filipino-Madrid fliers F. Stand and 30,000 others who were when the plaintiffs bought 50 bales of silk from a company Arnaiz and J. Calvo, who took assembled in the grounds.

A

in Canton and shipped the cargo off yesterday for Hanoi, but for wild panic broke out, the crowd'

KING TO RESCUE

BRITAIN

Marked Improvement Evident

SATISFACTORY FIGURES

London, To-day.

to Bombay by the s.s. President whom grave anxiety was felt refusing to be calmed by reasaur-

word was received ing sistements. pore on Sunday last, the All-Polk. Everything was carried when no

and in July after a lapse of eight hours, out satisfactorily, 1934 there was a further tran-were forced down at Fort Bay- saction, when plaintiffs bought|ard through bad weather, mak-

King Carol and his brother, with STO bales of silk from the ing a safe landing.

A further marked decrease in Chinese Overseas Inter-Trading They resumed their journey great presence of mind, took the

the numbers of unemployed as Company in Canton and an later and arrived at Hanoi at rescue work into their own hands shown in the return for May, is

The exact number of casualties is made between 6 o'clock. agreement was

An official state-sued by the Labour Ministry last the

zight. The Ministry estimates parties concerned in the They left Hong Kong at hot yet known. claim for the shipment of this 10.50 a.m yesterday and ex-ment says that the report of one that at May 25 the number of in-

the pected to cover cargo to Bombay.

second news agency, that 24 people were

4 clear goals, before a tremend- packed the eus crowd, which Anson Road Stadium to capacity. The Services were at the top of their form, but were just not good enough For the tourists, who. scored through Lee Wai- tong, Fung King-cheong, Ip Pak- wa and The Kwai-shing.

Far East for no discoverable me

come

(Sun

tive other than the satisfaction of personal enmity. Had they been in office in Nanking the Cantonese would have done no better than Generalíssimo Chiang Kai-shek in dealing with Japan, for Chinese resistance at the encroachment is impossible in China's present state.

There

nothing JR

peces- in General sarily unpatriotic Chiang's willingness to to terms with Japan Yat-sen did it before him), and if they had the immediate welfare the Cantonest of China at heart in his place would do the same.

Chiong's "Were General sonal position alone at stake we should little regard the oevures of Nanking and Canton, {but there is a danger that the consequences of these manoeuvres will extend beyond the politicianz responsible for them The Can- revive tonese intransigence will

the

per-

Japanese military junta's credit and enable it again to arge its policy of rapid action China" Reuter,

KING'S LEVEE IN LONDON Visit To Portsmouth Also Arranged

in

DOCUMENTS IN ORDER stage of their journey to killed and over 400 injured, is sured persons aged 16 to 64 in About July 7, 1934, the bills Madrid in a little under seven not true, but that three people arejemployment in Great Britala, exstate carriage, accompanied by a

of lading were issued and or hours, but when eight hours had dead and about 80 injured.

London, To-day. HM the King will drive in a clusive of agricultural workers, Sovereign's Escort of Household

Mr. John Hays Hammond was j born in San Francisco on March

educated 31, 1855, and

at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yalej University, where he was graduat- Subsequently ed Ph.B. in 1876. taking a course in mining at the Royal School of Mines. Freiberg. Germany, he became special ex- pert of the U. S. Geological Sur- vey, examining the Californian gold-fields in 1880. In 1893 .be became consulting engineer to Barnato Bros. (S. Africa) and later to Cecil Rhodes; consulting engineer to the Consolidated Gold! Fields of S. Africa, the British S.: Africa Company and the Rand-

approximately 10,881,000. Cavalry, this morning from York fontein Estates Gold Mining Com-

a certain Mr. Chang passed and no word had been is, howver, expected that Try This was 119,000 more than at House to Buckingham Palace, where pany; was one of the four leaders

the Mercantile Bank received either here or at Hanoi, many of those hurt, in the reform movement in the

and there he saw Mr. J. B. Rose, save fears for the fliers, was ing mostly of women and children, April 27 and 472,000 more than His Majesty it holding a Lever,

at May 20, 1935. Agricultural Transvaal, 1895-6; after the

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workers became insured at the band on the return journey. abortives Jameson Raid was ar-

It was announced jesterday that M. Vandervelde Faces rested and sentenced to death,

Although horror filled all those ginning of Hay, but the statistics the King is visiting Portsmouth on subsequently commuted

Difficulties to 15

who witnessed and heard of the of the numbers of such workers in June 30 to inspect the establis years' imprisonment; afterwards

[ments in the Portsmouth Naval released on payment of $125,000;

Brussels, To-day.

At May 25 the numbers of re-Command. His Majesty will visit the programme of the day be carried then came to London and became M. Vandervelde has informed

through, although in somewhat gistered memployed were 1,705, naval barracks and afterwards the interested in several large mining His Majesty the King of his London, to-day-As the zero-Jabandoned the hope of securing a concerns; travelled extensively, ex-inability to form a Cabinet,

plane firms are busy with the new big plane, but it may be impos- subdued form, after the victims 042, comprising 1,897,765 wholly Marines' barracks at Eastney, and The reasonjunemployed, 225,285 temporarily will Mach with Aduñral Sir Joha amining mines in TJ.S. and Jowing to the fact that the

for this was that the crowd was laid off, and 82,002 normally in Kelly, Commander-in-Chief, at Að- The total miralty House The King - máy Mexico; became a professor at Catholic Party is unwilling to Air Force expansion programme ible to get one in time to leave had been removed.

stul in such a state of agitation casual employment. Yale University and Chairman of co-operate with the Socialist Mrs. Amy Mollison and her hus England at the end of August,

They plan to fly to Australia, that it was unwise to break of was 126,188 less than the month also visit the Royal Yicht Victoria many mining and scientiée 80 Party It is believed that M. band are contemplating a world cieties; was special represents-Van Zeeland will be recalled to fight in two separate planes, Fiji, Honolulu, America' and the Whes at last quiet had been resBefore and 339,710 less than a and Albert, which had recently

year ago-British Wireless Ser-undergone ber annual overhaul. of President Taft at the form 2 Government. Een-keeping ogether. Mrs. Mollison | Atlantic, girding the globe in aftored the programme came to Hive

British Wireless Service. told Reuter that she had not flight of 27,000 miles,- Beater. close-Trans-Ocean Service. Coronation of King George V. ter's Bulletin Service.

POLITICS IN BELGIUM

July 11,

went to

will not recover.

It

Was

corisist-

World Flight By Mollisons? tragedy, the King ordered that the employment are not yet available.