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FATHER DIVINE BAILED

HOOD

RESCUES

ODYSSEY

London, To-day.

A dramatic naval episode lies behind the seemingly placid entry of three British foodships (Stanbrook, Mc- Gregor and Hamsterley) into Bilbao after running the in- surgent blockade, though the captain described trip as having been "un- eventful as a moonlight pienic."

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It is now learned that when the ships were still well outside Spanish territorial waters, they were sighted by an insurgent cruiser, believed to be the AL mirante Cervaras, and an arm- ed trawler.

Shots were fired across the bows of one of the foodships.

The giant battle-cruiser, H.M.S. Hood, which had been hovering in the vicinity of the British ships with her 15-inch guns loaded, signalled the in- surgents warning them that fire would be opened unless they ceased fire.

Unwilling to risk a clash with the British warship, the rebel ships ceased fire and withdrew Reuter.

OFFICIAL VERSION

London, To-day.

Astounding Scenes WISHART

Round "Heaven"

New York, To-day.

IN

COLLISION

London, To-day. The destroyer H.M.S. Wishart

yesterday collided with a string of barges after passing under the Tower Bridge to take up her berth for the Coronation cere-

Amazing scenes of mob hysteria, punctuated with fanatical cries of "God is back on earth," greeted the negro preacher, Father Divine, when he appeared to hundreds of his followers in Harmonies. lem, New York's negro district, yesterday.

ON

WAS FATHER DIVINE

ARRESTED BY POLICE THURSDAY AND CHARGED WITH FELONIOUSLY ASSAULT- ING A WRIT-SERVER.

AFTER HE HAD BEEN HELD OVERNIGHT AND FOR- MALLY CHARGED HE WAS RELEASED ON BAIL OF $500 AND WAS TAKEN IN A POLICE CAR DRIVEN BY ONE OF HIS "FEMALE ANGELS" AND ESCORTED BY MOTOR-CYCLE POLICE WITH SCREAMING SIRENS TO HIS "NUMBER ONE HEAVEN" IN HARLEM.

Here a frenzied mob of 1,500

Hundreds of

Wishart's bows were stove in though the damage was only slight. The barges drifted downstream and were recovered shortly after the collision.

H.M.S. Wishart, when stationed few years ago

at Hong Kong a

under the command of Lieut.-Com- mander Todd, was responsible for

the gallant rescue near Manila of the officers and crew of the United

his followers States gunboat Fulton, which of his followers greeted the re-gathered outside police headquar-caught fire and sank in raging seas. leased preacher with an hysteri-ters yesterday morning shouting, Reuter.

"They can't jail God," and, "If you

cal demonstration.

Men and women, shouting texts do not let him go the Father will and screaming "God is back on get tired of all this and will just earth again," milled about Father walk away and vanish." Divine's "Heaven" in an ecstasy of religious fervour.

SECOND ARREST This is the second time Father has been arrested and charged with an offence.

The evangelist responded by ap-Divine pearing in dramatic fashion at an upper window.

He spread his arms over the multitude in the street below, the crowd chanting "Peace, Father," while dozens of police cars controlled the mob.

were

POLICE PRECAUTIONS Extraordinary precautions taken by the authorities in guard- British warships gave protéctioning their mystic charge when he yesterday morning to three British was locked up in a cell at police merchant ships proceeding with food headquarters on Thursday night.

de Luz Special guards were placed out- cargoes from Saint Jean

to Bilbao when they were interfer-side his cell all night, while the po- ed with outside territorial waters lice, taking no chances, precaution- There was no naval convoy but the arily removed his belt and boot-

laces. battleship Hood and the destroyer Firedrake which were on patrol în. the neighbourhood and were aware of the ships' destination came im-

mediately to their assistance when the insurgent cruiser, Almirante Cervera, and the armed trawler, Galeno, ordered them at a distance of 4 to 5 miles off shore to dis- continue their voyage.

SHORE BATTERIES FIRE Hood remonstrated with the in- surgent cruiser which then abstain ed from interference and the Bri- tish vessels proceeded into territó rial waters where they were joined by a Basque government ship and were not again interfered with. It is reported that the shore batteries fired on the insurgent trawler. British Wireless.

POLICE

FIRE

ON RIOT MOB 14 KILLED IN INDIA DISTURBANCE

Simla, To-day. The State of Alwar, scene of fierce agrarian faction fighting for many years, staged another guinary battle at Behror village on Wednesday night.

BAN-

Police were compelled to fire on a mob of hundreds of rioters, kill- ing 14 and wounding 42.

Major C. G. Prior, the State Pre- miar, proceeded to the scene of the shooting to conduct an immediate enquiry into the shootings and their cause-Beuter.

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On the first occasion, when he was charged with being a menace to society, he was released after an extensive

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Japan and China Austro-Italian Divergences

New US. High Commissioner

To Philippines Here John Barrymore Divorced .. Lunatics Roam in Spanish War

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among

inquiry. It was suggest-rather than face disord ed at the time in some quarters the huge Negro population of the that the authorities released him United States. Reuter.

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