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GOES HOME.

REMAINS OF ANDREE BROUGHT BACK.

LOST MEN'S LONG MARCH TO WHITE ISLAND.

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SERIOUS RIOTING IN HUNGARY.

PROTEST AGAINST CUSTOM- ERS BILLS IN DUPLICATE.

RESULT OF GENERAL STRIKE

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BUDAPEST NOW IN STATE OF SLEGE.

remount the

CANTON, Sept. 7 All the restaurants, cafés and

Budapest, September 1-Excite Tromsoe, Sopt, 1-To-night, tenesting-house, closed their doors and days after the world first learned

went on strike en bloc yesterday in ment has increased amongst the of the recovery of the remains of protest against what they term "the population particularly among the the members of the illfated Andrée most annoying and unreasonable workers against the dictatorship North Pole expedition, the whaler, demands of the Government tax of Admiral Horthy, and during Bratvaag, escorted by all sorts of farmers, who, with the sanction of these last few days rumours have craft, their Bage at halfmast, en the Provincial Council, have tried been current concerning the possible tered Tromsoe barbour with the to force them to make out all bills return of one of the Hapsburg badies underneath a tarpaulin to customers in duplicate for audit. family who will weighted down by." lamps ofing purposes. These restaurant and throne. This has not contributed

her prop

deck. With café proprietors have been annoyed anything toward the improvement sole exception

ever since the question of writing of the situation complicated by the members of the Swedish com- out all bills in duplicate was first reonomic difficulties of the country." mooted some months ago. They de

At an early stage of the demons- mission appointed by the Governclared that such a procedura would ment and the local authorities,

mean a great deal of unnecessary tration the masses got out of con nobody was allowed aboard the trouble, additional expense on their trol and attempted to sack some vessel from which the bodies will part and a waste of time,

further argued that they would shops and to loot houses wherenpon be transferred to the local hospital rather close up than, comply with mounted police drove them back After nightfall.

such demands. They repeatedly with drawn sabres, heing repeated- tried to persuade the Provincially pelted with stones and lumps áf Government not to force such a procedure on them, but without coal from an overturned lorry, Auccess. They then appealed to Finally the commander of the police Nanking, trying to get the Central. Authorities to stop the Canton Save order to fire whereupon the demonstrators dispersed in great without haste. Government from enforcing such a

but again procedure,

the

of

Last night the Bratvaag dropped anchor at Skjaero near Hammer feat where the leader of the Nor- wegian scientific expedition, Gunar Horn who discovered the remains of the Andrée expedition dispatch ed an official telegram af 3,000 words startling the telegraph operator in this out-of-the-world station who had to work all night, having also to handle quite a big number of messages from the news paper correspondents who had descended upon Skjaero Here too only a few people were allowed aboard the steamer, the rest being kent at a respectful distance by the entire police force of the town which in this extraordinary task was assisted by special volunteers.

Buccess.

revenues.

They

During the afternoon the situa When the new law became opera-

tion became again extremely ugly tive yesterday, all the restaurants, cafés, and eating-houses in Canton when armoured cars patrolled the closed their doors in silent protest.main thoroughfares bat towards the The Government, in a "circular notice to the public in support of evening the authorities were be its tax farmers, states that the pur-lieved to be in complete control of pose of having the restaurant and the situation. The special patrols café proprietors make out their bills will be maintained throughout the to their customers in duplicate, night and the military held in duly chopped and numbered, is to readiness for any emergency. The prevent these merchants from de- Socialist leaders emphatically deny Early Reports Exaggerated.

frauding the Government of any of any intention on their part to in- 1.-Tho, ils

The old methodrite or use the masses for rioting. Stockholm, September newspaper Dagbladet publishes an whereby no duplicate, was kept is and express the belief that ex- tremists must have used the op- interview with Kunar Horn, the not sound and is open to fraud.

The Government is decidedly firm ortunity for their own Binister. leader of the expedition which found the "bodies of Andréa and and resolute in its attitude towards purposes. his companions. From this it-up-the strike, which has deprived as tourists and visiors here from get- pears that the first reports. some Arctic explorers foreshadowing any good high-class food, for ed. were much exaggerated and which Canton is famous. It has that so far from being well-pre-ordered that unless these merchants served, the bodies are mere skole- tons with some frozen flesh still adhering. There was every evid. ence that Polar bears had ravaged the camp, Andrée's remains could be identified only by the diary found in his pocket. Horn also expressed doubts regarding the possibility of preserving the bodies though he believes that the diaries and log books may under careful treatment yield their secrets. On the other hand Horn confirmed that the three men had apparently reached the spot on White Island where their remains were found. only after a long march as appear ed from their, badly worn clothing and the state of the runners of their sleigh.

"Andrée "and his two companions, Horn continued. probably reached White Island in September and, having plenty of ammunition, liv ed on birds until they succumbed to the cold. A loaded rife was found beside the body of Andrée in addition to a small cooking oven and a plate with the rest of a mcal. The two other bodies were discovered approximately 40 ft. away from this place. The entire camp had been covered by snow drifts with a piece of an our stick ing out and leading to the die-" covery, Horn finally suggested that a well-equipped, expedition be sent out to White Island where probably some more important finds could be made,

THE SINO-GERMAN AIR SERVICE.

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JANUARY.

quickly re-open their shops and comply with the demands of the tax farmers, it will take steps to nullify their licence, thus forcing them to remain closed permanently. There will be no compromise of any kind.

Mr. Fan Ki Mo, Commissioner" of Finance, and a very staunch supporter of the tax farmers, said in an interview with the local Press- mon to-day that he saw no reason why these merchants should not. comply with the Government order. The arguments advanced by these merchants on strike are untenable. No matter what the outcome will be the Government will not change its altitude in the least.

The strike is seriously affecting dealers in pork, beef, fish and all

ex marine products, vegetables, and poultry, whose business de- pends largely on the restaurants and cafés It is also seriously affecting the Government's revenue from the licensed houses, and mah jongs

The restaurants serving foreign food, of which there are over 20 in Canton, have also joined in the strike.

JAPAN AND NAVAL FACT.

PRIVY COUNCIL "AND" EXPERTS DIFFER.

Tokyo, September 1.-Ag has al ready been announced by the Japanese Press, the Privy Council has chosen a committee of nine members to study the London Naval Pact. On the other hand the Superior Military and Naval Coun dil which has met on several oc- INcasions to study the question of naval construction elaborated by the new Naval Chief of Staff, Ad-| Dealing with the Sino-German miral Taniguchi, in agreement with Air Service, the Sinanpao reports the London Pact, has formulated taat officials of the Chiaotungnu its opmion: on the results of the will take about four months agreement from the point of view to make necessary preparations for of national defence. Admiral Tani- the inauguration of the service guchi's programme has been con which is expected to begin opera-sidered absolutely insuficient and the Council is now turning towards tions during January, 1931.

the policy of Admiral Kato. This latter official has already prepared

Bix Chinese directors have been selected in accordance with the pro- visions of the agreement entered programme of development of into between the Chiaotunggu and the defence forces. The Superior the German firm concerned. These Council has agreed upon much will be Messrs. Wang Pa Chun, amongst itself notably in connec Minister of Communications; Weition with its demands for the in- Yi Foo, the Vies-Minister Liu Shu crease of Naval Air Forces. Fab, Chief of the Postal Adminis tration Department of the Chiao tungpu Heuen Ching, councillor to the Ministry; Lin Tien Chun secretary to the Ministry; and Li Ghing Teung, a senior official of the Ministry, says the telegram,

The chairman of the Board of Directors, who will be concurrently the general manager of the service, from-tmong the

As a Tesla tohsenituation exists between the Cabinet on the one side and the Pivy Council. and the Superior Naval and Military Council on the other. It is very difficult to obtain an idea of the progress which these two different opposed schools of thought have been able to make in public opinion, but it cannot be lost sight of that with the financial and coppómic suffering at present, the Naval and, Military officials have little chance of seeing their point of view. triumph However, it is always- necessary to keep in mind the strong patriotism of the Japanese, which the Chief of Stats support- ers may be able to move.

will be foregone con Crisis ander imbisho the country to

directors but it is clusion that fr. Wang Po Chun will be given the post.

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