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FAMED WAR "SEA DEVIL" AGAIN SIANFU

Returning To Scenes Of Exploits

COUNT LUCKNER

IN NEW SHIP

Berlin, To-day.

Count Felix von Luckner, "terror of the China Coast," one of Germany's greatest and most daring sea raiders during the Great War, is to sail the seas again, this time on a peaceful mission.

FAMOUS FOR HIS EXPLOITS IN FAR EASTERN WATERS DURING THE WAR, COUNT LUCKNER IS TO SET OUT ON A VOYAGE IN MARCH IN HIS RECENTLY BUILT TWO- MASTED SCHOONER "SEA DEVIL”

The voyage will be in the na- ture of a goodwill tour and will carry the famous sea captain to Africa, New Zealand and the Argentine, Brazil, South Australia.

Following his visit to Australia and New Zealand, where he will be the guest of the Dominion Boy Scouts and the Australian Legion, Count Luckner will visit the South Sea Islands.

It was here that during the Great War he was made chief

tain of various native tribes.

POSSIBLY COMING HERE

It is possible that he will com-]

SEAPLANE AFIRE AT PORTLAND

London, To-day. Hints of sabotage are appear- ing in the press following the destruction by fire of a large seaplane in Portland harbour- yesterday.

The crew of the plane were all on board at the time and only escaped by jumping overboard. So far no reason for the blaze has been discovered. TranS- Ocean

FOUR UNCONSCIOUS

MEN FOUND

NEAR TRAGEDY AT DES VOEUX

Four men

ROAD CENTRAL

MURDER

DRAMA

Shanghai, To-day.

A tense situation prevails in Sianfu, where fighting has occurred between two sections of the rebel forces, the extremists closing the city gates and mounting machine- guns on the walls.

The officer. commanding Chang Hsueh-liang's former troops, Gen- eral Wang I-chen, who led the mo- derate faction, was assassinated by the extremists who objected to the terms of the peace settlement with the Government.

General Wang had refused cancel the orders for withdrawal of the rebels under the terms of the settlement

Although the recalcitrant ele- ments are reported to have been pacified, the forty-eight hours of confusion is felt to be not yet over.

At present the general situation in Shensi appears to have împrov- ed, as the majority of the rebels have withdrawn from eastern Shen- si as far as Lántung, a few miles to the north-east of Sianfu

ing up the rebels' movements.

The Government troops, although were

ere found unconscious suffering avoiding action, are closely follow- from monoxide poisoning in a Des Voeux Road Cen-Reuter

tral shop this morning.

The establishment was occu

plete his travels by revisiting the pied by a tea firm and but for China Coast, scene of his greatest the timely arrival of another war exploits.

Von Luckner is to-day acknow-foki, the

four workmen must

ledged as one of the outstanding soon have been asphyxiated. raiders of maritime history.

His famous brigantine, the "Sea

Cause of the near tragedy

Devil" visited practically every were the fumes of a charcoal

island on the China Coast and Ja pan sea during the years of the

war.

"SEA DEVIL”

chatty which they had kept burning during the night.

The top floor of the premises, it appears, is used as a drying room

He was well known in Shanghai for tea, which is placed in trays and Tsingtao before the war and over charcoal chatties.

his subsequent exploits on the high seas earned for him the name of the

"Sea Devil" throughout the length and breadth of Germany,

- After work was over for the days the four employees kept the char

coal burning in order to heat the room and went to sleep with the windows closed.

Magnificently developed and with a wonderful personality, Count von Luckner was wide renowned for his At about 8 o'clock this morning, abnormal strength. He had the re putation of ability to bend a gold mark with two-fingers of one hand Some years ago he paid a visit England and was the guest of several naval bodies. His new ves- sel, which is almost the exact coun- terpart of his famous raider, named after the latter vessel. Trans-Ocean.

another workman arrived and found them still asleep.” He could not arouse them by shouting For knocking and finally forced the door open to find them stiff and unconscious.

The Police were immediately in- formed and the men removed to the Government Civil Hospital, where they are recovering.

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