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LORD READING.

WARM WELCOME TO EX-VICEROY!

ON HIS RETURN.

Rueur, April 18th.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 201, 1926

COBHAM'S FLIGHT.

HOPES OF AN EMPIRE AIR ROUTE.

EuGay, April 17th. Referring to his projected fight to Australia, which will begin in a few The official welcome which was extend-weeks' time. Mr. Alan Cobham states that ed to Lord and Lady Reading on their "return to London yesterday after five years in India, where Lord Reading has been Viceroy, was marked by, extreme cordiality..

Special representatives of the "King and Queen and of the Prime Minister awaited them on the platform together with a host of relatives and friends, and several members of the Cabinet including Lord Birkenhead, Secretary for India; the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Amery: and the Attorney General, Sir Douglas Hogg. A large number of well-known Indians and Anglo-Indians were also of the com pany. One Indian lady provided a gar- land of choice flowers with which Lady Reading was devorated, and many other beautiful bouquets were offered.

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The unofficial welcome was even more enthusiastic and an immense crowd out side the station warmly cheered the ex- Viceroy as he drove away.

the same firms which backed his fight to Cape Town and back were going to support this further venture.

Ele hopes that this route, in A few years, will become an Empire air route and he recalls the fact that next year the Imperial Airways are to operate one section of it" from Egypt to India.

The possibilities of Aying to India and from Calcutta to Raugoon were familiar to him and he did not anticipate any insurmountable difculties beyond the latter point, which he was now about to explore.

LIVING COSTS AT HOME.

Rucay, April 17th. On April 1st the average level of retail prices in Great Britain was approximate- ly 68 per cent. above that of July, 1914, as compared with 72 per cent. last month and 3 per cent a year ago.

BRITISH AIR TRAGEDY. »

IN PALESTINE,

Recay, April 15th.

Two British Airmen, Squadron Leader Tweedie, (son of Mr. Alec Tweedie the well-known authoress), and Flight Lieut- enant Wallace have been killed in an air crash in Palestine.

interview with the Sunday TWO FLYING OFFICERS KILLED In an Times, Lard Reading said his term of office had been a wonderful experience. There had been difficult times but he had no regrets for what he had gone through. He said he left the scene of his recent labours with deep regrets. They had been five great years and he was more than satisfied it his service had been use ful to the Empire and to the country and

It is understood that these airmen, people, of India. When a comparison with others of the Royal Air Force was made between the situation in In-Squadron at Amman, had been flying dia now with what it was five years ago, over the, desert for some days in search the progress made was apparent Peace

of the two missing Spanish aviators- and order prevailed, except, perhaps through communal differences, and there Captain Estevez, leader of the Madrid wers infinitely better relations with the to Manila fying exhibition and his He expressed himself as mechanic. Both have now been found in Government. hopeful for the future of India which he

an exhausted state many miles separating described as a marvellous country.

The newspapers in welcoming Lord them from one another and from their Reading, recalled that it was in response machine. to the call of the Government that he laid down the highest judicial office of Lord Chief Justice to proceed to India as Viceroy."

THE COAL CRISIS. NEWSPAPERS MORE HOPEFUL OF OF CUTLOOK.

RrGay, April 17th.

It is unlikely that any important deve lopments for securing the resumption of negotiations between miners and owners will occur during the week-end.

It is probable that the Prime Minis ter's meeting with the owners to discuss with them the miners' demand for na

High tributes are paid in the Spanish

'ITHROUGH BETTER'S ́agingy,]

WAR CLOUDS..

FRANCE AND TURKEY APPREHEN- SIVE OF ITALY.

LONDON, April 19th.

The French and Turkish press are apši prehensive concerning Signor, Mussolini's intentions in North-West Africa and Asia Minor.

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Respectively, there have been reports of a Gracco-Italian Fact and Greek mili tary preparations in which Italy, is assist-" ing, and on the top of this comes the news that the Turk are mobilising, and the Turkish newspapers give prominence to rumours of possible conflict with Italy, though they insist there is "no- thing abnormal in the situation."

FAR

NEWS.

EASTERN CABLE HONGKONG JUNK PIRATED.

CREW IMPRISONED IN FOREHÓLD FOR SEVEN DAYS,

LOSS OF NEARLY $2,000.

Still another Hongkong junk has been pirated in Chinese waters, and the un- fortunate crew, in the present case were badly treated, one of them being wound- We

(THROUGH 28UTER'S AGENCY.]

DANISH AIRMAN MISSING.- A FAILURE TO ARRIVE AT

SHANGHAI.

SHANGHAI, April 10th. The Danish airman, Lieutenant Entved, I cu. who is flying from Copenhagen to Tokyo. bas been missing since yesterday when Le left Canton for Shanghai.

He was

The telegram received yesterday stated that he passed over Foochow at 2.20 p.m. thus due at Shanghai about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A "large crowd, including the majority of the local Danish colony, vainly awaited him at the aerodrome till dusk.

No news has been received of the air

telegraphing (19.33 p.).

Mussolini's visit to Tripoli has be undoubtedly responsible for the most alarming conjectures, including his man's whereabouts up to the time of ing a bid for leadership of the Arab world, and also his determination to secure for Italy a role equal to that of | TUAN CHI JUI'S DESIRE TO RETIRE, France, and Spain in Tangier.

GENERAL PANGALOS.

GREEK PRESIDENT RELEASES

SITUATION AT PEKING.

The junk leit Hongkong on March 20th fer Amoy. In the report of the piracy

made to Police she is stated to have armament of one cannon, and 10 lbs. of) gunpowder. Her crew numbered eight. She carried a cargo of 340 tins of kero-| sene oil and 90 cases of matches. On April Eth when off Tac Ling, in the Luk Fuss district, in Chiness water, about 0 days' journey from Hongkong, a boat with a number of men on board set out: from the shore and made towards the junk. When they reached her, and be

fore the crew were aware of what their object was, the men, who numbered 18, hooked their boat to the junk, and scrambled on board. Each of the pirates FERING. April 18th.brandished a revolver and they drove the Tuan Chi Jui has sent identical tele crew into the forebold and closed the' grams to Chang Tso Lin. Wo Pei Fo and hatch on them. Yen Hai Shan requesting immediate mea- }; POLITICAL PRISONERS.

sures for the reconstruction of the Govern ATEENS, April 18thment, as he desires to retire as soon as General Pangalos has been sworn in possible into private life.

President in the Cathedral, in the

Chang Hauch Liang and Chang Tsung presence of diplomatic representatives. Chang, who left for Peking yesterday He has ordered the release of politicians bave halted at Hsuangtun, to which place- detained at Santorini, political offenders Tuan Chi Jaj sest a delegate this morn and journalists. President Pangales is ing relinquishing all dietatorial rights:

(THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY"]

PEACE PARLEYS. FRANCO SPANISH DELEGATES MEET RIFFIANS.

The

ODDA, April 19th. first meeting of the French, Spanish and Riff delegates lasted for four hours, and examined to what extent the conditions previously indicated could he taken as a basis of negotiations.

The Rifans will depart for their bead

Press to the persistence of the British quarters by airplane in order to make a efforts which were thus ultimately success-report. The pourparlours will be resum- ful and sincere condolences have been officially received regarding the sad fate ed on their return. that has overtaken the officers Tweedie and Wallace

(THROUGH SETER'S AGENCY,] THE RESCUED SPANISH AIRKIN.

CAIRO April 18th. The rescued Spanish airman Estevez is progressing and desires to continue his fight. He said he was forced to land owing to inck of petrol, after ineffectual endeavours to strike the Bagdad track:

FREUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

PROHIBITION NEGOTIATIONS, GREAT BRITAIN'S VOLUNTARY

CONCESSIONS TO U.S..

WASHINGTON, April 10th.

Fengtien troeps are holding the gates of Peking, and Chang Hsueh Liang has intimated his desire that Tang Chi Tho's

Division should leave the Capital.

AMANDATE RESCINDED. THE CHIHLI PARTY IN FAVOUR

AGAIN.

PEKING, April 17th.

The Cabinet has rescinded the mandate

issued on October 7th last ordering the arrest of prominent leaders of the Chihli

Party.

HARBOUR THEFT.

A WOUND AND AN OPERATION. On being incarcerated in the forehold for many hours, and hearing the move- ments of the pirates on board, one of the crew made bold to lift up the hatch

in order to see what the robbers were doing. No sooner had he done so thin one of the pirates cocked his revolver and Bred. The bullet pierced the man's elbow. So intense was the päin, and so lood were the wounded man's wails that the robbers took him out of the hold, and the man who had shot him extracted the ballet from his arm with a knife.

ONE MEAL A DAY.

For seven days the unfortunate junk- men were incarcerated and the only food which the pirates. deigned to give them was one meal a day. On the seventh day, no noise was heard on deck, and the steersman went out and found that

the pirates had disappeared. On inspect ing the cargo he found that 480 cases of kerosene were missing, whilst all the cases of matches had been stolen The total losy was, valued at $1,724. It is 400 POUNDS. OF RICE IN SAMPAN. somewhat strange that the pirates did.

not take all the cases of kerosene. Complaints have recently been made by

The junk then made for Samun and the Chinese Rice Merchants' Guild of numerous thefts of rice from the water-arrived there on April 18th when a re- the authorities. front, and it is apparent that drastic port was made to

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was reached yesterday, when the occur rence was reported to the Water Police. Yesterday evening, thrée women aboard The injured mab, who was still suffering Kampan were arrested by the Water badly from the effects of the wound and The United States negotiations with Police, on a charge of stealing rice from crude operation (was immediately taken Eight British machines were engaged in the search. Before leaving here, the Britain with the object of minimising the sang Tang. Some half-dozen to the Kwong Wah Hospital. Spaniards were warned by the Royal Air

smuggling of liquor, bave it bags, containing in all about 400 lbs. of Force to take three days supplies of food the

tional rather than district settlements will not take place until Tuesday.

The newspapers consider that the out- look for a settlement of the dispute is and water, and it is thanks to that advice is stated already yielded four important rice were found in the sampan. It was more hopeful than it was a few days ago that Estevez is alive, after six days in a but that many obstacles have still to be barren country. As it was, he overcome and the coming week will be his mechanis were only rescued in the one of some anxiety to all parties on wick of time. Their trials were aggravat

ed by a two-day sandstorm.

cerned.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Minister of Health, in a speech last night discuss ed the coal situation and declared him- self to be hopeful that a settlement would be reached. As both owners and-miners had faith in the fairmindedness and im- partiality of the Prime Minister he be lieved that in a little while the worst of the danger, which had threatened would pass away. If the country could get rid of the coal trouble the prospects of trade were not unfavourable."

LABOUR HOPEL

and

King Alfonso, has cabled the RA. F.. expressing appreciation of their ad mirable work and deploring the loss of the two British aviators.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

TEST TEAM. GIVEN GREAT RECEPTION IN LONDON,

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LONDON, April 18th.

The Australian Test Team has arrived in London and all are most fit. They were enthusiastically welcomed and begin practice at Lords to-morrow.

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RUGBY, April 18th. Intense interest is being displayed in England in the approaching series of played with the Aus' raliana.

voluntary concessions on the part of apparently dropped over the side of the Britain, Gratly, permitting Americna vessel into the sampan, The women were catters to visit outlying British Islands not boat-women. in

the Atlantic provided previous notice has been given to Colonial authorities, thus enabling the suspected vessel to be kept under continuous observation; secondly, Britain to forbid the admission of ships of British regio try, unless bona fide British nationality is

the proved; thirdly,

authorities to exercise greater vigilance in preventing vessela clearing with

They will be charged before, the magis- trate to-day with larceny. A man who was rowing the sarapan will also be charged with being implicated in the affair.

FOUR TIGERS IN ONE DAY. "POLICE OFFICER'S ACHIEVEMENT.

While on inspection duty at Honnali: on the rath March Mr. P. E. Bowring, the Inspector-General of Police in My- sore, who was touring in the Shimoga District. received information that tigers | were creating great havoc, among the village cattle at Kambergud, a few miles from Hannali. He went to the spot and organised a beat. A machan was put up ou a small tree on the side of a bill covering the nullah in which the tigers had taken up their abode. Soon after

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TIENTSIN MEN IN TROUBLE. Babatton FOREIGNERS ARRESTED ON MIS-

- APPROPRIATION CHARGES. A Reuter's message from Chefoo states that followings, the rich and the bent commenced a tigress, with two SEE THAT YOU GET vance from Tientsin, British

a British cubs about a year or more old, came American consuls arrested subject, MacGowan, and an American down the nullah. The tigress was drop- subject, Underwood, on charges of al-

dishonest intent, and finally, the British Government to prosecute owners and masters of vessels fraudulently securing

would help heliered that a brief tem Test Cricket matches which are to be clearance, provided the United States leged misappropriation of 841,500. They ped with one shot in the back of the

Mr. William Graham, M.P., who was Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the late Labour Government, was scarcely. lees optimistic when speaking in Edin burgh last night. Stoppage, he said, nobody and iorst of all the miners, porary extension of the subsidy might

Great crowds gathered at Victoria meet the difficulty of wage reduction.

There might well be agreement about Station this afternoon to witness the the basis of the minimum percentage arrival of the visiting team who were since the commission itself, said the final accorded an official welcome by. the decision would be with national ma- Australian High Commissioner, accom- chidery, on a basis that there should be panied by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. general determination to bring economies Amery the Dominions Secretary, Lord and improvements in the management of Clarendon, and many prominent sports- industry into force without delay and to get rid of the, subsidy while at the same time safeguarding remuneration. With the necessary goodwill he believed that that could be accomplished:

SHIPPING PROBLEMS. CONFERENCE WILLING TO CO- OPERATE WITH THE LEAGUE.

Bugay, April 17th.

men.

(THROUGH REUTER'S' AGRICY:]

INDIAN RIOTING.

furnishes evidence on which a prosecution were passengers on the I.-C.S. Lishing teck. The cubs went back, but in about can be based.

VOLCANO ERUPTS. HAWAIIAN VILLAGE OVER WHELMED BY LAVA, FLOW.

NEW YOLL, April 10th

proceeding to Shanghai.

Both the accused have been detained at the British goal at Chefoo.

A search of Underwood's belongings revealed 817,080 in cash, while things pro duced 83,480.

Further instructions on the matter are being awaited from Tientsin.

five minutes they returned and were each

shot,

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COPY OF THE PAPER

PRACTICAL JOKE.

400 POLICEMEN ILL.

The fact that between 300 and 400 President von Hindenburg visited the Leipzig Fair was revealed recently br the Saxon Minister of the loteries in the Diet..

Later the same day a male tiger waa beaten out, but made good his escape.

The next afternoon Mr. Bowring war going on to inspect the Police Station at Sowlanga when information was received of a tiger at Kunchoonhalli. An impro- vised beat with a few men was got up on the spot, and within half-an-hour a A message from Kono (Hawaii); says At the Central Magistracy yesterday ane male tiger was bagged with a single Leipzig policemen fell ill on the day

three Chinese were fined $5 each for shot in the shoulder, This tiger measur. an avalanche of lava from the volcano failing to give a satisfactory explana ed a feet, the tigress 8 feet 2 inches, and POLICEMEN SERIOUSLY HURT IN Maunalon yesterday overwhelmed the tion, as to how they had come into posses the cubs & feet 7 inches and & feet 5 in

WORKERS DISPUTE.

sion of several catties of rice" found on

ches. village Hoopalon, 18 miles distant. The them. It was suspected that the rice had fate of the bundred inhabitants is been stolen from the water front. unknown.

A Chinese was fined $10 at the Kow- At the Kowloon Magistracy yester found that a strong purgative had been, loong Magistracy yesterday, for having day, a Chinese cock employed on the mixed with it, the result being that the attempted to take three small paps, which as Lycaon was formally remanded on policemen had been unable to carry out were chacaled in a sack, across the a charge of having in his possession 50 their duties when the President arrived. harbour by the Shamahaipo ferty. He revolvers, eight Mauser pistols, three He added that the Public Prosecutor was pleaded that he was only a coolis, and Luger pistols, and 5,905 rounds of am looking into the affair to see whether was carrying the sack for anothermunition. He was arrested on board the there were any political motives behind

vessel on Sunday, Chine

MADIAS, April 18th. Serious rioting is reported at Satys Mangalam, 250 miles south-west of At the concluding session, the Inter- Madras as a result of a dispute between national Shipping Conference in London agriculturists passed a resolution expressing its wil- A sub-Inspector and five policemen lingness to co-operate with the League were seriously injured. The situation in of "Nations with a view to securing in hand. Numbers haye been arrested, freedom of communication and transit and assemblies of over four persona are

prohibited. for commerce of all nations..

Several houses, at Hanaa were also buried in 50 feet of lava. A flood of molten rock struck the sea causing the ocean water to boil for several hundred feet from the shore..

The Minister stated that some food which the men had eaten had been examined by analysts," and it had been

it.