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OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON K.C.R. DISASTER

Man Who Escaped Hanging

учени

Shanghai, To-day.. Atma Singh, grant hi (priest) of the Ponton Road Police Station in Shanghai, who escaped cxccretion at Word Road Gool when the harpman's rope broke under his weight. has been given a commuted sentence of life imprisonment. which he will serve in the Pre-.. sidency Gool--Reuter.

ARMISTICE AGREED

MONTH OF GRACE IN SHENSI

THE COMMUNIST PROBLEM

Shanghai, To-day. News that Yang Eu-chen. the malcontent Sherisi militar- ist, has agreed to an artistice antil the plenary session of the C.E.C. on February 15, has been greeted with relief in all quar-

ters.

Yang Hu-chen has pledged him- self to maintain the status quo. which means that at least for the present there will be a halt in mi

At Least Seventy-Seven Known To Have Lost Their Lives In Terrible Panic

SOLDIERS AID

IN SUCCOURING

VICTIMS

It was officially revealed by Major R. D. Walker, general manager of the Kowloon-Can-

ton Railway, in a statement to the "China Mail”

this afternoon that, as far as is known, 77 per-

lost their lives in the express dis-

aster on Saturday afternoon.

sons

SOME APPEAR TO HAVE DIED IN JUMPING FROM THE TRAIN, BUT THE MAJORITY WERE TRAPPED IN THE TERRIBLE PANIC WHICH SPREAD, AND WERE BURNED TO DEATH, MANY BODIES BEING UNRECOGNISABLE

THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOLLOWS:

The fire took place on the was sent from there at 3.25 pm, Itary operations, enabling neso- 12.45 train which arrived in, that is, within 14 minutes of the tiations for a final settlement toSheklung on time. The train outbreak. being discovered.

~SOLDIERS* AID

The train was then loaded with

be carried on in a calmer atmos left Sheklung three minutes phere.

late, due to taking water and Yang's pledge is based upon ex-left at 3.03 pm, with the train Chinese soldiers and taken back to pectations that the various con- troversies arising from the Sianfu in the following order:

the scene of the disaster where the revolt will be thrashed cut at the Engine, water-wagon, British soldiers, rendered excellent service! CE C. meeting. together with Section 3rd-class No. 43. B.S. in applying first aid and main- the question of the status of Mar-3rd-class No. 9, Chinese Section taining order. shal Chang Hsuch-lang

3rd-class, No. 92, C.S. No. 87, No. 43 coach was then loaded One element of doubt concerns CS. No. 90, B.S. 2nd-class No. with the injured and taken to Shek the attitude of the communists, 22.

Tai, and continued to travel to which presumably will not consi-

and fro until all the victims had der themselves bound by Yang's

The carriages burnt out were been removed. promise-Reuter,

Sos. 9, 92 and 87.

Meanwhile, an engine had The train passed Shek Li Kau, been sert from Sheklung Station 58.47 kilometres from Canton atat kilometre 64.6 to the scene of 3.11 pm

A green flag was ex- the accident and connected up hibited by the station staff.

with the unburnt coaches, which The fire commenced at or near had been separated from burnt] this halt.

out ones and conveyed them back

WANG CHING-WEI ON WAY TO NANKING Great Significance Attached To Development

Shanghai, To-day. Mr. Wang Ching-wei, accom- panied by Madame Wang and other close associates, left for: Nanking this morning in specially-chartered

STOPPED IN HALE KILOMETRE to Sheklung.

were

The Chinese authorities within half a kilometre,

The driver stopped the train able to send aid by the rolling of the Flying Dragon express which

Although Madrid has been undergoing a siege, since Novem- ber, its fall appears to be still a long way ok. Greatest peril to day appears to be an internal, upheaval which might disorganise the defence system. Our photo shows two militixmen of the type that have held up Franco's onslaughts for so long.

PLOT UPRISING IN

BARCELONA

EX-ARMY OFFICERS ACCUSED OF PLAN TO AID FRANCO

Prison Break In Canada

Guelph, To-day. Between 25 and 30 convicts have escaped from Ontario Re- formatory, following a riot in which temporary control was gained by the prisoners, who forced warders and officials into the administrative build- ing, where they locked them up-Reuter

It was discovered when a fire was waiting at Taishatan Sta- men looked -round and saw the tion Eurasia imes.

The burning coaches were jTABUKISELJAKUNSTERBARETJA KEZKASTEE Aviation Corporation machine.

cleared from the line and the The party also includes Teens the train stopped and was by the ave minutes later.

One freman jumped off before Flying Dragon left Taishafan Sung-ming and his wife

third carriage when the engine,

After an absence of a year, was brought to a standstill Mr. Wang's return to Nanking

great significance.

that point

SEVENTY-SEVEN DEAD

SHANGHAI LADIES TEAM FOR INTERPORT HOCKEY Shanghai, To-day.

Ee ran to Carriage No. 87 and So far as is Imowa, 77 are dend is regarded as Ken event of cut the rest of the train off from and approximately 35 injured The Shanghai interport ladies

All the dead bodies were tabal-hockey team has been selected Though it is doubtful whe- He then went back and discon-lated by the relief sent from Can-follows: Forwards, D. E. B. Bloom- ther he will agree to take a post nected No. 43, the first carriage. ton and carried to Canton yester-Seki, Margery Williams, Mary in the Government, he is ex-

This carriage was then drawn day at 11.30 am, accompanied by Sheridan, Lotti Schmidt, Jean pected to participate promin-by the engine clear of the fire on Messrs. 1. Smith and L. B. Trevor McKeown: half-hacks, P. Peti ently in the plenary session of to Shek Tai Station and a message. (Continued on Page 5) gura, Elsie Little, Esther Bloom-

the Central Executive Commit- |

tee next month when the con- troversies. arising out of the

Sianfu revolt will be discussed Bid For Increased

-Reuter.

MR. KAWAGUE IN

SHANGHAI

Cancels Visit To Nanking

Shanghai, To-day.

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field backs, Evelyn Victal, Frances Bomko; goalkeeper, Barbars Dan-j lap or Laura Carion. Eeserve: Nora Kelly-Beuter.

Anglo-Irish Trade MCC MATCH ABANDONED

London, To-day.

Hobart, To-day.

Paris, To-day.

INCIDENT ON FRONTIER

Polish-Lithuanian Dispute

Out Of Sianfu In Freight Trucks

Shanghai, To-day.

More than sixty foreigners, composed mostly of British Americus, and Swiss mission- aries were leaving Sienfu in three freight cars this morning for Tungkwan, where they" were to be transferred to re- pular "passenger conches, ac-

FIRING ALLEGED carding to the Chinese press.

The report adds that the

incident. Government have agreed to

A frontier post threatens to disturb relations betwem Lithuania and Poland.

Two completely different versions of the incident have been officially released in the

capitals, Lithuania alleging that the frontier post was ad- vanced into Lithuanian terri- tory. Poland asserts that a post which had fallen down was being re-erected when Po lish guards were fired on.

LITHUANIAN VERSION

Kovno, To-day.

allow the cars to return .to Sianfu unmolested. --Reuter.

GERMANY HINTS

OF ECONOMIC

WAR EFFORTS

DETERMINED TO MEET SITUATION

NOT IN INTEREST OF PEACE

A serious incident occurred on the Lithuanian and Polish frontier on Saturday, accord- ing to the Lithuanian-papers, which state that a detach-i

Berlin, To-day. ment of about 50 PolishTM sol-¦ "It is not Germany's fanit - diers with two machine guns that world trade has been dis- approached the frontier and organised and Germany is no despite protests on the part of friend of complete self-suf Lithuanian

· offeirls. Í ficiency, hat the German na- police moved the frontier post four tion must live," stated the four metres towards the Lith-Minister of Interior, Herr uanien side.

Frick, at a big meeting in com- The post was then guarded by a memoration of the National Amachine gun detachment. It was Socialist electoral victory at

expected that. yesterday Lithuan-Lippe January, 1933. ian and Polish authorities would

If other countries, did not give meet at the post which is the sub- Germany what the needs to live, ¡ject of contention and attempt to continued Herr Frick, Germany

settle the matter. Trans-Ocean.

POLISH CHARGES

Warsaw, To-day.

must create it herself with her gift for invention and by means of the materials available in her-

An incident occurred on Satur-own territory. day on the Polish-Lithuanian fres-

It was impossible in the long: tier in the Sviencany district ran to exclude a great nation like A plot for the staging of an where, according to reports in the Germany from participation in uprising by supporters of Gen. Polish press, Lithuanian Police world trade and whoever believed officials fired 18 shots at Polish that showed a lack of imagina- eral Franco has been discover frontier guards, who were

tion. ed by the Catalan Government, erecting a frontier post which had according to a message from fallen down.

Should' such intentions be bar- Barcelona.

boured then they were not in the Nobody it is stated, however, interests of peace. was wounded by the shots- Trans-Ocean.

The plan of the con- spirators, it is stated, was to occupy strategic posi- tions in the city in order to enable e surprise land- ing of troops to be made in Barcelona at a given moment.

re-

LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

"Herr Hitler rescued the world. from the pest of Bolshevism.". continued Herr Frick, "and Jewis. Bolshevism which is disintegrat- ing nearly the whole of the world The Royal Observatory reports has no field for its activities in that a strong anti-cyclone is cen-Germany" Trans-Ocean. tred over N. China, a ridge of high The authorities attention pressure extends from it to the was called to the plot by a let-Bonin Islands. ter which fell into their hands Forecast: N. E. and E. Winds, addressed from Saragossa to afresh; cloudy. former captain in the Civil Guard

Most of the arrested men were A thorough investigation formerly military officers and was at once instituted which all, it is reclared have made has already resulted in 14 re-confessions to the police. rests, while others are pending. Trans Ocean

German Felicitations

On Paris Exhibition

HUNTING LODGE DIPLOMACY

Yugo-Slavia Makes Experiment

Belgrade, To-day.

A considerable impression has been made here by news of a. meeting which took place on | Saturilay at a hunting lodge near Rann, on the border of. Croatia- Slovenia, of the Premier, Dr. Yadinovich, and the leader of the Croats, Dr. Matsbek, when the Paris, To-day. The French Minister of Com-tion of the Crotian problem was

possibility of arriving at a solu At the conclusion of the merce, H. Bastid, replying, ex discussed... ceremony of laying the founda-pressed thanks in cordial terms tion stone of the German Pavi-and alluded to the first of three versation has been published, but No official version of the con- lion for the Paris International wishes which the German Charge in political circles, the opinion is Exhibition, of 1937, the Ger- d'Affaires had uttered when lay-held that the interview was of importance, Ence,

by the Pavilion must represent

A new Anglo Irish Trade Agreement whereby England will The MCC match with the man Commissioner for the Ex-fax, the foundation stone to the historie reduce the customs duties on Irish cattle and horses and the Irish Combined XI has been aban-hibition, Dr. Ruppel, gave aj Gerinan spirit which the German hitherto,. ft. has been impossible. Free State, in its turn, will decrease its duties on English menu-doned owing to heavy rains, a luncheon attended

to attain agreement between the factured goods, will be the probable result, according to the decision to that effect being French Minister of Commerce

The Minister professed himself demands of the Croatian minority "Sunday Despatch," of the recent conversations between the reached at 2.15 p.m. after an and officials of the French Mm-an admirer of German culture and in Yugoslavia and the policy Secretary for the Dominions, Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, and the inspection of the wicket-istry of Foreign Affairs, mem-added a hope that

the expursued by Dr. Yad: Reuter.

bers of the City Council and hibition would, as the German Trans-Ocean. The Japanese Ambassador, Mr. President of the Irish Free State, Mr. Eamon de Valera

representatives of the exhibi Charge d'Affaires said, be a de- Kawagoe, has cancelled his visit tp Narsing, as there can be no Fundamental agreement was, with the Irish Free State, al- BOXER BADLY BEATEN UP tion, in addition to the local monstration of the French spirit M. LITVINOFF FOR GENEVA

authorities further Sino-Japanese negotia attained on all principal ques-though in constitutional form.

What, however, he particularly tions until China's foreign policy tions, according to a despatch His ideas on the proposed union

New York, To-day. The Gezzan Commissioner seconded was the third wish ex- is decided anew by the third plen- from the paper's Dublin corres- has not yet been defined in do Mike McTique, ex-lightheary-drank a toast to the complete pressed by Dr. - Forster namely: "The Commisaar for Foreign Al- ary session in Nanking on repondent, the only obetale be-tail

weight champion of the world, success of the Paris, Frhibition that the German. Favillon would fairs, M. Litvinod, departed from bruary:15, 10A 2

ing the question of a "United This demand is likely in any had his teeth kicked out and suf- and after recalling many years be a bridge to understanding and Moscow for Geners yesterday, it A Diet meeting will take place Ireland."

case, to be the main difficulty in fered other injuries, when attack- spent in Paris in different caps- peace between France and Gez-le officially announced. - He will in Tokyo next week when Japan's Mr. de Valera, states the paper, the way of an agreement being, ed. by rowdies. Two suspects cities, welcomed the fact that he many, there befag no necessity in participate in the meeting of the policy towards China will be die- still maintains his demand for the reached between England and thehave been arrested and released now had an opportunity in this his opinion for diderences to exist League of Nations Council. -cussed.---Union News,

mification of Northern Ireland Irish Free State Trans-Ocean, on bail of US$2,000–Beuter. work of peaceful, co-operation. between them. Trans-Ocean:" [Trans Occasi

Moscow, To-day.