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JAPAN'S LOANS TO AIR MAIL CRASH AT

CHINA.

KIUKIANG.

WILL NEVER CONSENT TO MAILS SAVED BUT PLANE

CANCELLATION.

frunovan REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Tokyo, Mar. 0:

DAMAGED,

(THNOCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Mar. 9. Saturday's air mail from Hankow,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1931.

JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER.

REPORTS TO THE THRONE AFTER ILLNESS.

(YUNOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TOYO, Mar.. Mr. Hamaguchi, Premier, is pro.. "Japan will never consent to China's demand for the cancellato Nanking crashed at Kickinngoceding to the Palace this alter It is reported that two pilots noon. to report to the Throne on his complete recovery from the were injured,

attack on his hfo on November 14, after which he will take over. the Promiership from Baron Shidehara and will face the Dist to-morrow for the first time for four months,

Lion of her unscoured loans to China," asserted Baron Shidcharn, replying to an urgent interpellation in the Upper House.

Details of the crash are lacking.

LATER:

The question arose as the result The Chinn Airways report of the of a Press despatch reporting that Kiukiang crash states that the the Chinese Debt Funding Com plane was damaged while taking mission had passed a resolution in off, which made it impossible for favour of Nanking demanding the her to continue the flight, and tho cancellation of half of Japan's un-machine was taken in tow by secured loank,

YOUNG CHINA PARTY IN PEIPING.

MEMBERS STORM NEWSPAPER PREMISES.

Wak Taral Pav.)

PEIFING, MAT, D.. The office of the Wah Pei Yat Pao, lol Chinese paper, wh stormed last night by a large num her of youths who styled themselves members of the Young China Party, a political organization in opposition to the Kuomintang. Some of the youths rushed into the norspaper office and a free fight. with the editors ensued, with the result that two editors, sustained injuries..

Upon the arrival of a body of armed policemen the riviers were dispersed,

The incident is alleged to be due to the paper's reserved criticism of the Young China Party.

The local Kuomintang organiza- tion held an urgent meeting im- mediately to deal with the matter, when it was decided to try to exert their influence in suppressing the Activities of the Young China Party

ANGLO-CHINESE EXTRALITY

NEGOTIATIONS.

MEASURE OF SUCCESS ACHIEVED.

(Chun Wan Yat Pao.)

NANKING, Mar, D. As a result of a long discussion between Dr. C. T. Wang, the Nan- king Foreign Minister, and Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minik. ter, sono measure of success bas been obtained in regard to the extrality question.

Sir Miles Lampson has cabled to hin Government for further' instruic tions

GENERAL'S SLAYER EXECUTED.

CHINESE WHO AVENGED BETRAYAL OF MASTER, -

Peiping Kuo Lai Tee, the mou who murdered Gentral Shih Chen Ching and his wife some time ago in Peiping has been executed here to-day.

Votoro the execution he was taken through the streets

a carb in the

on

H.M.S. Mantin, and later hoisted on to the steamer Whangpoo, which was procending to Shanghai.

Neither pilot was hurt.

May Possibly Rosign. There is some fear that he will be unable to stand the strain of office, due to his weakened constitu tion, and it is rumoured that he may rosign at the end of the pre seat session on March 26,

Successor to the Premiership. The mail, which was undamaged,"

If Mr. Hamaguchi resigns, por was transferred to the Whangponsibly General Ugaki or Mr. Reijiro

The plane was not carrying Wakatsuki may succeed to

Premiership. passengers.

ST. GEORGE'S BYE- ELECTION.

MR. BALDWIN

"SLATES" SIR ERNEST PETTEN.

(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.)

the

CANADIAN MINISTER TO AMERICA.

MAJOR W. D.. HERRIDGE APPOINTED.

AERIAL PAGEANT AT TOKYO.

"QUAKE SHAKES-

HAKODATE.

EARTH TREMORS IN JUGO-SLAVIA:

GREAT, DAMAGE: SEVERAL HUNDRED QUITE APPRECIABLY FELT HEAVY LOSE OF LIFE AND

SPECTATORS BURNED.

ITHROUGH NEUTRAL'E AGENCY.]

Torso, Mar. 0 Soveral hundred people suffered painful burns yesterday while watching the aerial pageant on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Military aeroplane were demon- strating the methods for laying smoko-screens by spraying some kind of chemical, some of which descended on the crowds below, burning their hands, faces and dothes

CONGRESS PAVOURS, FEDERAL CONSTITUTION..

-HONOURABLE TERMS OF

SETTLEMENT:-

(THROUGH ELUTER'S AGENCY.]

BOMBAY, Mar. 8. Addressing a large public meet ing at Bombay to day, Mr. Valla

ni Patel, the President-Elect of The All-India Congress, which is to be held at Karachi at the und of March, referred at some length to the settlement agreed between Lord Irwin and the Mahatma Gaảðbi. ·

AT TOKYO.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Токио, Маг. До Minor damage was suffered at

an earthquake Inkodnie, but there were no casualties, when shook the city about 12.60 to-day

Two chimney stacks crashed in the strests, the overhead telegraph and telephone wires in various sec tions of the city were damaged and several houses were slightly dam "agod.

The shook was felt quite appre ciably in Tokyo.

Shock Talt Throughout a Wide Area.

LATER The quake was felt throughout A wide area in Northern and Cen trál Japan.

The seismograph needle in the Hakodate Seismological Observa

(THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

BELGRADE Mar." B. It is officially stated that the casualties due to earthquakes in

hours now total 94 killed and 70 Jugo-Slavia during the past 48 injured, but telephonie communica

in many places is interrupted, and 14 is believed that the total

higher. number of victims may be much

The King and the Prime Minis. tar have gone to tha stricken area

the military authoritics are or to assist in the relief work, which

The population is panic-stricken and has encamped in the fields,"

SOFIA, Mar. 8.

During an earthquake, this morn- ing, two persons were tolled and two injured in a village near the Greek frontier.

VIENNA, March 9. Henry casualties and much dam-

age resulted in Southern Jugo Slovakin, which is the worst aulerer

CARDINAL CHANGE" IN RUSSIA.

SUCCESS OF SOCIALISM ASSURED.

Takoyon RKUTKD'S AGENCY.]

Moscow, Mar. 9.

A cardinal change in Bus sin's position during the past two-

report to the All-Union Congress years is claimed by M. Molotov in of the Soviets, who declared thes the enormous successes in the re construction of industry showed that was assured. lle asserted that the the success of socialism in Russia. danger of war grew as the resul of the four years' activity of the

Foreign Relations Reviewed. Disarmament Commission.

veview of foreign relations, M. Molotov noted that the exports to Great Britain had increased during the past year by 50 per cent, to £15,000,000. sing normally, and economic rela Retations with Japan were develop-

tions had recently made a grant stride.

On the other hand, M, Molotov

was in no wiss satisfied with tho relations with Franco and Feland,

tory was thrown out of gear by the from the earth tremors that shook and to declared that the French

violence of the shock.

At Aomori, in Northern Japan, a shop window was broken and the railway depot chimneys were de molished, and the people ran into the streets.

Almost Twelve Thousand Shocks Last Year.

the whole at the Balkans yesterday.

Telegraphs and telephones with attitude towards the Soviel threat the stricken district are cut off, pro- ens peace. There was a growth of venting an accurate estimate of the anti-Soviet tendencies in the United States, and the representatives of extent of the disaster.

It is feared that at least 150 the Vatican. were persistently work perished in the region bordering ing for intervention against the

Sovieta. the Bulgaro-Greek frontiers,

Some reports declare that 300 were killed.

It seems certain that 600 were injured.

It is estimated that 1,000 houses

It may be noted that a total of 12,972 'quakes, inclusive of a large, number which were imperceptible to the human body, were register-collapsed in the frontier district.

Most of the town of Strumnitza is Ho said that Congrem had used throughout Japan last year,

halt destroyed, pended the civil disobedience move which is about four and

times as many as in a normal year.

(turoyon' reuter's AGENDY,]

OTTAWA, Mar. 8. LONDON, March 8, 2

Major W. D. Herridge, D.S.O., "Insolent and irresponsible plato M.C., has been appointed Canadian Minister Plenipotentiary at Wash cracy trying to dictata to a great ington, in succession to the Honent beause honourable terms were party, their leadership and martyr C.Vincent Massey.

This is Mr. Stanley Baldwin's description of the Independent Con servative candidate at St. George's, Westminster, Sir Ernest Petter, and his supporters, who include Lord Rothermore, and Lord Beaver brook

The bye-election promises to be one of the most, interesting since the General Election, as it means

straight fight between two rival sections of the Conservatives and Sir Ernest. Petter, who is asking the clestors to return him to Parliament in order to give Mr. Baldwin police to quit the leadership.

Lady Diana Duff-Cooper, cele brated beauty, is helping her hus band by persuasive canvassing of

the women. making.

She dislikes speech

BRUTAL FRENCH RUGBY

PLAY.

'COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXAMINE POSITION.

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.}* .:

PARIS, Mar. 8,

The French Rugby Federation to day passed a resolution unanimous ly declaring that in view of the extremely grave situation whichan. definite rupture of international relations would create for French rugby, all proper measures should be taken to assure the continuance of relations with the British Federn- tzon and to realise the unity of French rugby."

She was a great success in can vassing in this way with the mill girls at Oldhaan, Lancashire, during

This resolution is the sequel her husband's campaign in 1924-28.

to the decision of the British She is equally confident of coaxing Federation to ban international the middle-class women of Westmatches with France and French minster..

clubs until the brutal methods of play, etc.. have been improved.

"

TERRIFIC. BLIZZARDS. IN AMERICA.

FARMERS AND COTTON PLANTERS JUBILANT,

(THROUGH NEUTEN'S AGENOY,]

CHICAGO, Mar. 8. Terrific blizzards, in the Middle West have claimed 13 lives, includ. ing 11 in Chicago.

Thousands of motor-cars are buried in the snowdrifts, and the farmers and cotton planters are jubilant, as they have been suffer- ing from the drought.

Chicago is now One of the -sformiest centrés,"

The waves on Lake Michigan bounded along to the boulevards, bringing the traffic into inextricabls confusion.

CONDEMNED MAN'S WIFE DENIES CONFESSION. EXECUTION FIXED FOR.

TO-DAY.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Mar. 8 Mra Rouse denies the report in usual manner and huge crowds this morning's News of the World watched this procession, many fol declaring that her husband, Arthur lowing him to the place of execuAlfred Rouse, has confessed his guilt in connection with the Blazing Car Murdor.

•tion.

ANGLO-DUTCH RUBBER NEGOTIATIONS.

ADJOURNED FOR A FORTNIGHT,,

[TREQUCH REUTER'S

Kuo all along has claimed, chint hig motive in murdering the General and his wife was to revenge" hit master, General Wan Hsuan Tsai, formerly chairman of the Homan provincial assembly. He allege that General: Wan was betrayed: to Nanking by General Shih during the civil war when General Shih waS

LONDON, Mar. 8. Ford in command to General Wan. An Amsterdam nwego sisica Fọn his way through the streets that the British-Dutch rubber nego: of Poining, to day Kuo showed the tiations in London-at which it was tmost fortitude and continually stated the Maxwell scheme for at shouted out to the following crowdsting an export duty on Dutch East that he had revenged his master Indies native production when the and had not murdered Shah for the price exceeds sixpence was discuss od were adjourned for a fortnight

The scheme is criticised here, as it is contended that native growers can produce at least as much as now at fourpence and the plan allows teh unlimited production.

inke of robbery or revenge.

Kuo is believed to have had no. compaces who still are at large The exocation took place just out gido, the Temple of Heaven, across tho Bridge of Horven.

A communitice has been appointed to examine the best incans of attain ing the desired result in France, and for proposing the necessary

roforms.

. PARIS-TOKYO FLIGHT,

FRENCH AVIATORS SUFFER SEVERE BUFFETING.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ALEPPO, March 9. Burtin and Moensch were severely buffeted crossing the Gulf of Alex andretta and were forced down owing to a damaged propeller, which they repaired, and then re sumed their journey to Basra.”

GREAT BRITAIN'S BUDGET.

ONLY SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DEFICIT.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Mar. B Whoover presents the Budget some time early in April-and it is not yet certain whether Mr. P.. Snowden will be sufficiently well to do so will probably have to provide for an expenditure. for all purposes of over £800,000,000,

Ordinary expenditure on the navy, army, air and civil votes and the revenue departments requires £438,000,000, being an increase of £21,000,000 over last year the big increase being almost entirely ac counted for by the civil votes (in chiding the unemployment allow. nices), as the Services' votes show

net decrease of £454,000,

Ất

The defcit at the close of the f current year on March 31 will now most likely not be na large ns was expected a few weeks ago present it stands in the neighbour hood of 205,000,000, which our than last year."

In the event of Afr Soowden being unable to present bis Budget, Mr. William Graham, President, of the Board of Trade, will probably be entrusted with the duty.

offered and because there was no Burronder on the part of anyone.

Congress would soo that all the safeguards and reservations were in the best interests of India and would send to the Round Table eminent' men with a full know- ledge of their implications.

He concluded by saying, that Com. greas favoured the Federal constitu- Bon proposals, and emphasised the need for Congrows to unite with the Frinces

in

NEW ENGLAND" STATE.

CONVENTION TO DRAFT. A

· CONSTITUTION,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SYDNEY, Mar. 9. The boundaries of the proposed "New England State to be form ed in the north-eastern portion of New South Wales comprise 130,000 square miles.")

Invitations have been sent to 95 local governing bodies to attend a convention on April 7 to draft & constitution.

AUSTRALIA'S WAR DEBT TO BRITAIN.

MODIFICATION OF PRESENT TERMS OF PAYMENT.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S' AGENCY.]

MAURITIUS SWEPT BY

HURRICANE.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PORT Louse, Mar. 8..

A 70-mile an hoir gate necom panied by torrential rain and the worst hurricane for 20 years, swont over Mauritius on Friday and was renewed yesterday.

The death roll hitherto, is oal 10, but thousands are homeless,

Huts and trees have been swept away..

King Alexander, accompanied by the Prime Minister, is visiting. the earthquake zone.

LINK WITH OLD MALAYA,

DEATH OF SELANGOR'S

MAJOR CHIEF.

Selangor has lost a picturesque Malay figure, whose memories went back to the days before the British administration, by the death at Klang of Dato Amar di Rojo, ma- jor chief of. Selangor, in his 85th

year.

Mr. F. W. Douglas writes to the Maley Mail, as follows: In Dito Amar one more link with, the past of Selangor, has gonesa Malay courtier of the old schoo... Both he and his father served the Sul. tans of Selangor. He himself has The sugar canefields everywhere told me that he remembered seeing the funeral of Merhom Mahomed are beaten down and harvesting in

ir 1850, as the procession of boats miny cases will be very difficult.

Some crops are totally ruined. passed down the Klang river on Telegraphs and telephones have their way to Kuala Selangor. He bren interrupted and the railway was then a boy of bout nine or line blocked by floods and land-tea so his age was well over 60. slidce.

District Resembles Shailed Villages.

PORT LOUIR, Mar, 0. Eleven aro reported to have been killed in the cyclones,

Appalling damage to property resulted...

The lower part of the Moka dis- trict resembles shelled villages in Franee during the war,

The damage to the sugar crop is very heavy, though at present it cannot be estimated.

com.

The Government is taking effec tiva measures to restore munications and provide succour for 10,000 homeless.

FRANCO ITALIAN NAVAL AGREEMENT.

TO-MORROW..

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}.

SYDNEY, Mar. 8.:- Referring "to" the Government's DETAILS TO BE PUBLISHED plans to deal with the finances of the Commonwealth, the Sydney

oraing Herald Canberra corre ondent says it is stated that there is no possibility of a panoellation of Australia's" dobte to Groat Britain, but it is understood that the Commonwealth Government is hopeful of obtaining relief by means of a modification of the present terms of payment

EAST SYDNEY BYE ELECTION RESULT.

GREATLY REDUCED LABOUR

#BIAJORITY:

--[THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOY.]

JO BYDNEY, Mar. 8, The final figures in the East Sydney bye-election are

Mr. Ward (Labour) Mr. Courtenay" (Nation

alist)KAŠPITÁNIA

Mountjoy (Com

Mr.

+

munist)

-Labour Majority

Admin Press Dominiant,

18,978

Toxyo, Mar. 9.

It is authoritatively learned that the details of the Franco-Italian Naval Agreement will be published simultaneously in the capitals of the five Powers on the 11th inst.

Publication was originally intend ed to be made earlier, but owing to Japan's request for time to con sider her attitude towards the agreement the original date was postponed.

The naval authorities met yester day to decide the attitude to bs. adapted, and Japan's reply on the subject will be given by the 11th

`inat. "The vernacular papera report that the navy agrees to the figures, except the submarino, tonnage, which will be accepted only with reservations regarding the escala tor clause.

A Tokyo message of March 2 stated that according to a seem 3,646 fogly inspired report appearing in that afternoon's vernacular, papera the Franco Kaling parley had re-

an editorial, points out that East The Sydney Morning Herald, in Sydney has been a Labour strong bold for 20 years, and, referring to the fall in the labour majority, says: A few more such victories and Labour, Federal and State, would be well-nigh destroyed."

Submarines.--France, 80,000 tona; sulfed in the following ngresment Italy, 60,000 tons.

Eight Inch Cruisers-In accord ance with the stafar que light cruisers

Destroyers. France, 150,000 tons; Italy, 120,000 tons.

མི་ས་མ་

He had some exciting timea in the past. Once the rebels chased his father and the family so that tlieg had to abandon. their house, kaving a sack of 500 silver dollars tied up under the floor whilst they made for their padi lading where Bukit Raja state is now. The rebels were not cute enough to find the money, much to the family's relief when they came back. He fins written a most interesting book, of ingatan from which I hope the Eduction Dept. may get some bis tory for the younger generation of Malaya. His Jawi writing van a delight to see and read.

Sino-Soviet Conference,

As regards China, while he hoped that the Sino-Soviet Conference would terminate successfully, they were carefully watching the at templs to break the peace in the Far East

UNITED STATES RUSSIAN POLICY. DEFINITA POLICY AFTER A CLUSE STUDY,

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 Mr. Stimson, who giving pet- sonal attention to the demands for the modification of the United States Russian policy announces that a definito policy will be formu. lated after a close study of the situation.

JAPANESE RAILWAYS. IN CHINA. CHINESE DELEGATE ASKS FOR AN ABANDONMENT:

OF RIGHTS, &

Nanking, March 6-Mr. Su On- yuan, representative of the North- Eastern Communications Commis- sien, now staying here, expressed a strong opinion in regard to they railway negotiations now in pro- gress between Japan and the Mang churia authorities,

The Chinese official particularly the following two emphasized pointe in connection with the Sino Japanese rafway question': plus

Japan shall declare the corn- pleto abandonment of her acquired" railway rights in Ching both legal- ly or inegally owned

2. Tho questions which are mainly concerned with economie subjects should not be expanded to political spheres.

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