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REPORTS OF JAPANESE AFFILIATIONS WITH KWANGSI DENIED Nearly All Advisers Have Been Withdrawn

The death occurred in London yesterday of the famous British essayist and poet, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, above, who was known as the "Laughing Philoso- pher. For something like 30 years he had contributed "Our Notebook" to the Illustrated London News regularly each week.

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TO RULE OR BE RULED IS THE QUESTION “SKIP” DISCLOSES FLAGRANT

BREACH OF RULES ·

(By "SKIP")

In my notes last Friday. I expressed the hope that the Sub- Committee in charge of the competitions of the HK.L.BA, would Lake strong action in dealing with the much-discussed tie between F. J. Jones and A. Hyde-Lay, but they did no such thing; they mildly ordered the match to be replayed from the beginning and their decision cannot be too strongly criticised.

In the first place. I still contend that the action taken by the players was absolutely and entirely unjustified, for the ob vious reason that the conditions were equal for both players. That it was of no particular advantage to have the jack was proved by Jones drawing three shots on the 18th head, when the jack was in in his opponent's possession. But let us get down to i the facts of the protest as published in the press.

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Mr. Jones stated that he stopped the game because, as a member of the above Sub-Committee, he considered that the green was unfit for à championship match. "I am afraid that that argument does not hold much water, because he also told the sub-committee that he knew after the trial heads that the green was not up to standard. Suppose we admit for a moment that he ground which he knew to be unfit, instead of ordering the match to be postponed?

SUDDEN SQUALL did stop the match. "Why did he consent to play 19 heads on a

OFF COAST Eight Fishing Boats

Overturned

THIRTY PEOPLE DROWNED (From Our Own Correspondent!

Canton, To-day."

Thirty boat people, including several women and children, were drowned off the estuary of the Pearl River known as Ling Ting Yang when a sudden squall arose and overturned eight fishing vessels, according to several survivors who arrived! here last evening.

The storm came so suddenly: that the fishing boats and other craft at the mouth of the River had no time to take cover. One

into

the storm.

PAYMENT OF BONUS 300-TON MAIL DELIVERED

Largest Registered Post In History

STAY-AT-HOME NIGHT IN AMERICA

Washington, To-day.

boat full of live fish kept in a The largest registered post in tank was carried by the wind history, consisting of letters con- and waves onto the rocks, and all the fish were washed back taining $2,300,000,000, is at pre- the water. Fortunately sent being delivered at 3,517,000 the fishermen escaped alive. American households. The money Smaller boats near the shore is the full payment of the veter-, were also severely buffeted by ans' bonus due to men, serving in Many fishing boats are locat-the American army in wartime, ed in that area owing to the which Congress voted over Presi- abundance of fish. There were dent Roosevelt's veto. The aver about 70 persons aboard the eight fishing smacks, and only age payment is $558 and the those who could swim or who weight of the mail is 300 tons.

The Post Office has asked every managed to cling to floating ob-! jects were able to save them-soldier to remain in his house, to- day until the postman knocks, 50 The same storm damaged many huts and houses in the as to receive the bonus personally. vicinity of Tai Ping near Bocca A real stay-at-home night is anti- Tigris.

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An appeal was made to the Umpire, who very wisely would have nothing to do with the: matter which he left entirely to:

Mr. the players themselves. Jones admitted the arrange ment which he had made with This opponent, to the effect that! they would stop play as soon as the scores were equal This proved quite conclusively from Mr. Jones' own words that the] match was stopped by mutual arrangement, and not on the in- structions of Mr. Jones in his official capacity, as seems to have been implied.

MR. JONES TAKES EXCEPTION. TO REMARK BY “SKIP”*

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At the meeting of the Sub- Committee of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association" last Friday Mr. F. J. Jones took strong exception to the remark by "Skip" in the "China Mail"

that the Association should rude and not be ruled. Mr. Jones said that if a player protent under such circum- stances then "Skip" should run, the championships!

was not allorced to lodge a

Under the circumstances the game must, in accordance with the rules of the LBB. be continued with the score as it was when play ceased. The sub-committee cannot over-ride a rule of their high- er authority in these cir- cizzatances. The rule covers the case in question and must. be rigidly enforced. The de cision to replay is not only unemstitutional, but shows 2 serions slip on the part of the Sub-Committee ́in attempting to deal with a fortunately rare case, but one which, as I have pointed out, is adequate-

Mention has been maile in a

y prided for in the rules.

unft last year when two other

Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg, leading light of the Austrias Fascist movement, sent a telegrama of congratulation to Premier Mussolini when Il Duce said, "Ethiopia is mine." That. however, did not suit the Austrians, and he was dropped from the Cabinet last month. Chancellor Schuschnigg took over the Minis- try of Defence and assumed control of foreign affairs. This picture was taken when Starhemberg, in the ascendant, announced his in- tention of becoming Austria's Regent He is seen at the right,~:: receiving the old battle flags of the Austrian regiments from Chan- cellor Schaschofgg, left, in return for the republican flage introduc- - ed after the war, tzn.

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MUNITIONS SOLD SAME AS OTHER POWERS

JAPANESE EMBASSY STATEMENT

Shanghai, To-day.

Despite the continued circulation of reports of Japanese affiliations with Kwangsi, Reuter learns that practically all the Japanese advisers have been withdrawn from Kwangsi.

Well-informed circles here believe that, despite the fact that Kwangsi for the last two years has taken advantage of cheap Japarrese armaments and munitions, there is no ground for con- necting Japanese influence with the present situation. This is borne out by the uneasiness expressed by local Japanese officials: at the spread of the anti-Japanese agitation.

A statement issued by the Japanese Embassy vigorously denies the reports alleging that the Japanese have financed or fomented the South-west's avowed anti-Japanese campaign and were supplying the South-west with arms on credit, or that-large", numbers of Japanese officers disguised as Chinese have been sta- tioned in Kwangsi for the purpose of instructing the provisional troops.

The statement added: "We ARMED. CLASH

have sold munitions to Kwang- tung and Kwangsi, but so have other Powers. We also sent a Įmilitary mission there, but the number of its members has [never exceeded 20, and more- Jover they have gradually been withdrawn "and only a few of {them still remainsîn- Nahning

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SOUTHERN TROOPS RETREATING

KWANGSI ATTITUDE STILL NOT KNOWN

[From Our Own Carrerpandent} Canton, To-day.

As Nanking press reports in- " sist that the Southern troops jare more interested in launch- ing a civil war than in fighting Japan, Kwangtung and Kwang-- si troops are coming back south from Human. Thus a clash be theịtween the Southern and Nan- The Times Bays Chinese traditions of warfare are king forces has been avoided at very little understood in the West, the eleventh hour: and therefore it is a waste of time Powerful bombing planes of to base portentous prophecies of the Nanking Air Force are con- the scanty information available centrated at Changsha and In the capital the strike epidemic is rapidly about the internecine cash the Hengchow in Hunan and at Ki The seven But the situation, partly because Nanking divisions in Hunan passing off, but yesterday the staffs of the great being South and Central China As in Kiangal

now reinforced by four department stores, insurance companies and of its important economic causes, are several smaller firms were still defiant. In most must continue, even if this affair more divisions, which rushed is patched up, to be volcanic for down from Hankow over the some time to come. *

[week-end. places work will be resumed this morning, but there are still 50 small and medium-sized works Between the factors animating [the Southern camp it would be on strike..

The great horse-race for three year olds, which was to take surprising indeed it part, at any dent of the Executive Yuan, is meet is not like so many things of the Southerners, for fear that place to-day, for the President's Prize, has been postponed till rate, of the anti-Japanese senti-determined to check the advance made in Asia to-day-made in their expedition wit give the September as the stable hands are on strike.

trouble. The strike movement in Belgium is assuming even greater Japan; but though highly emo-Japanese an opportunity to create

tional, its expression of such a dimensions. In the neighbourhood of Liege 40,000 workers be longing to the coal-mines and the heavy industry, power-works sentiment is fundamentally acade mic. To imagine the Southern and garages are on strike.

In the Kikill works in Liege, armies engaged in serions war- where a partial strike broke fare with the forces of the Cen-

on Saturday, the entire tral Government in order to make,

NEW ELECTIONS IN HOLLAND

Second Chamber. To Be Dissolved

out

General Chiang Kai-shek, Presi-

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staff came out in the course of the latter engage in serious war-7.

and

The new van Zeeland Cabinet has undergone slight changes,»

The Hague, To-day. which are nevertheless important. The Minister of Finance and

The dissolution of the Second the Minister of Public Works, both belonging to the Socialists,

Chamber will probably take have changed places, so that the Ministry of Finance is now in the hands of M. de Man and the Ministry for Public Works is contemporary of a green being place at the end of the year,

Since the Liberal Senator Dierz (well-known players were required new elections will be held inled off and the train

February or March, according refused to take over the Ministry to play. Though I do not proto an announcement by a meet bus services in Caracas have) for Traffic, it was offered to the rose to take up the cudgels on my ing of the Anti-revolutionary Liberal M. Jaspar, who accepted colleague's behalf, it is not irrele Party, to which the Prime vant to mention that the players Minister, Dr. H. Colijn, belongs. played their match to a finish. It is declared that these steps

EGYPT TO ENTER÷LLO. DELIBERATIONS

Cairo, to-day-The Nabas Pasha Government has decided that Egypt should enter the Internations. Labour Office -in Geneva Hitherto Egypt had only sent an observer to the de liberations. Trans-Ocean Ser Vice

among

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FOR CHINA?

Facilities Sought In Britain

SIR F. LEITH-ROSS'S INFLUENCE

London,: To-day.

It is expected the evening. that the workers of the iron fare with Japan is to underrate

of the... the essential sanity and steel works will not appear Chinese. Bargains are more like- to-day. Among the bank my than bayonets to settle the af-1, ployees in Liege is also a strong movement in favour of the

The real fight in China is the strike. Trans-Ocean Service.

delaying of the action with which GENERAL STRIKE CALLED OFF the Central Government is striv- The City Correspondent of

IN CARACAS

ing to prevent the popular feeling The Times says that Sir Freder- its' own followers from ick Leith-Ross's prolonged visit Caracas, To-day: The gen-

several important respects the has suddenly been precipitating a clash with Japan to China has promoted in economic and financial affairs of that country. At a critical NEW APPOINTMENTS IN-

juncture his advice helped the CHINA COMMAND

Chinese authorities to effect a great and welcome change in MOUNT EVEREST STILL

Two new appointments in the the monetary system, the ad- UNCONQUERED China” Command, 'are announced. vantages of which are already Darjeeling, To-day. The Major IF. Beney, of the South being felt. Another of office to the new Cabinet yeater Committee and Sub-Committee (ernment's decision to alter the day morning The first Cabinet who were present did not deem it constitution by regulating the Everest expedition has ahan-Staffordshire Regiment, has been quence of his mission is that meeting will be held their mom- necessary to stop the match, when position of the extremist pardoned its attempt to reach the appointed Deputy Assistant Adjathe London capital market is ing, when steps to end the strike three-quarters of it had been ties, changing the voting sys-summit of Mount Everest, and fant-General, and Captain H.F.P.being opened to facilities for Hopkinson, of the Rife, Brigade, the issue of a railway loan for

has been named-G. Z. O. 3.

China, -- Reuter will be discussed-Trans-Ocean played Whether any two play-tem, and reducing Parliamen is expected to return shortly, Service.

tary salaries Feuter.

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The King administered the oath Furthermore, the members of the are- necessitated by the Gov

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