FATHER TIERNEY BIES IN CAPTIVITY..
FIVE. MONTHS IN BANDITS' STRONGHOLD.
(THROUGH REGTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, Mar. 29. The St. Columban'a Mission here. have received information stating that Father Tierney died in cap. tivity about March 5.
There are no details,
WHO WOULD LIVE IN GERMANY?
GOVERNMENT DECREES
"STATE OF SIEGE.".
[THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOY.)
BERLIN, Mar. 28. A virtual state of siège" has boen created by an emergency de cres issued by the Government against political rowdyism owing to the recent conflicts between the Nazis and Communists.
"
A Peiping telegram of March 10
The 'decree temporarily suspenda stried that the Kiangai Govern- ment had sent 82,000 to the Cathoome of the principal fundamental lic Mission to be given to the rights of citizens, so that personal bandits in order to avert the im- borty is no longer inviolable, a mediato murder of Father Tierney, German's house has ceased to hel of the St. Columban's Mission, who a sanctuary, postal and telegraphis was captured at Kienchang "Inst secrecy is abolished, the censorship is again introduced, the right of November.
The bandits were still holding him, demanding 811,000, and thero was much anxiety, as he was he liered to be in very poor health a result of the hardships of his captivity.
GENERAL SIR A. W. CURRIE,
VISITING PEIPING.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEPINO, Mar. 29.
Among the 300 tourists arriving here last evening were General Sir A. W. Currie and Lady Currie,
'BOXER FUND INDEMNITY
TRUSTEES.
BOARD TO BE UNDER EXECUTIVE. YUAN.
(THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.]
NANEING, Mar. 27.
The National Governmont has promulgated regulations regarding the organisation of the functions. of the Board of Trustees for the Boxer Fund.
The Board will be under the Executive Yuan and the head office will be at Nanking, but moeting places may be assigned from time to time by the Board.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1931.
WORLD'S GOLD SUPPLY.
POSSIBILITY OF GREAT ACCESSION.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
JOHANNESBURO, Mar. 20 The possibility of a great acces sion to the world's gold supply is foreshadowed in the report that a missing main reef is thought to have been struck 15 miles from Krugersdorp.
Intense interest is being taken and 420 claims have already been pegged out.
Important momentarily anticipated,
developments
are
CODE OF THE SEA
OUTRAGED.
RUM-RUNNERS' RUSE TO OUTWIT COASTGUARDS.
[NEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE
New York, Mar, 20.
A dozen destroyers and many motor-bonta scurried fruitlessly through the fog. off Barnegat, about co miles down the coast, as the result of a fake" 5.0.5. sont out by rum-runners from "Hoboken to get the coastguard out of the way while the liquor was run in
No sign was found of the "small foreign freighter" reported to be kinking.
The coastguards traced the origin of the "$.D.S." to Hoboken,
meeting and the right to form asse IRELAND GRANTED GREAT rum-runners' paradise. ciations or societies is suspended, and the rights of private property are no longer guaranteed.
TOKYO-PARIS FLIGHT.
FRENCH AIRMEN ARRIVE
AT PEIPING.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEIPING, Mar. 27. The French airmen Burtin and Moenche, who are engaged on a return flight from Tokyo to Le Rourget, arrived here this after
noon from Seoul.
PEIPINO, Mar. 29. The French Chargé d'Affaires, M. Lagarde, held a reception for Burtin and Moenche at the French Legation last evening.
The aviators intend to hop off lor Mukden to-morrow morning,"
SEAL.
:
TO ADVISE KING ON EX. TERNAL ADMINISTRATION.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
Donis, Mar. 27.
It is officially announced in Dublin that the Irish Free State will henceforth advise the King direct on matters of external ad- ministration and possess its own. Great Seal, which the King shall affix to all documents hitherto scalad with the Great Seal of the
Rozim.
The Irish Free State at present is alone among the Dominions pos Basing a separate seal.
The announcement follows a re cent visit of Mr. Patrick McGilli- gan, Minister for External Affairs,
His Majesty at Buckingham Palace.
[The Irish Fros State (Baarstat Eireann) was granted the status as
AERO POSTALE SERVICES, an independent Dominion in 1920,
FRENCH CHAMBER VOTES SUBSIDY.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,)
PARIS, Mar. 28.
The Chamber by 401 votes to 182 voted the Bill opening a special credit. of Franes 0,000,000 for a subsidy to enable the Aero Postale Company to carry on the services to West Africa and South América under strict Government control.
FL
This is believed to be the first
occasion on which rùm-runners have outraged the code of the sea by sending out falas distress signals,
PERU DEFAULTS IN
INTEREST PAYMENTS.
UNABLE TO MEET CHARGES
ON DEBTS.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN, SERVICE}
New Yong, Mar. 27. The Peruvian. Minister of Tin- anco has informed Mears. J. W. Seligman and the National City Bank of Now York (the Peruvian Government's fiscal agents) that Peru will be unable to pay the full interest charges. on her foreign debt..
'་་
FRENCH DECORATION FOR CHAPLIN.
CREATED A CHEVALIER OF
LEGION OF HONOUR.
when an Act was passed under which separate Parliamente were set up for "Southorn Ireland" (28) counties) and "Northern Ireland" (six counties). The Ulster Unionists accepted this scheme, and the Northern Parliament wai duly elected on May 24, 1921, and opened by the King in person in [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] the following June. The rest of Ireland, however, having proclaim-
PARIS, Mar. 27. od Republic in January, 1919, Mr. Charles Chaplin was decorat rofused to work the Act. Oned with the insignia of a Chevalier December 6, 1921, a treaty wid of the Legion of Honour to-day by signed with the British Govern- M. Phillipps Berthelot, at the mont which was embodied in the Quai d'Orsay, Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1022. Under this Treaty Ireland was to have the same constitutional status in the community of na tions known as the British Empire" as the self-governing Dominions, and to be called the Irish Free State. Its position in relation, to the Imperial Parliament, and Gov- The Hon. Mrs. Edwin Montaguernment is that of the Dominion of the Board shall submit a report has left London on an aerial tour Canada, and it undertakes its own,
The Chairman of the Board will be appointed by the National Gov- ernment, while the Vice-President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer will be elected by the Board it Belf.
Membership of the Board will be honorary, but travelling expenses will be reimbursed,
The Board may engage clerks and other nasistants if necessary, and at the end of every fiscal year
to the Executive Yuan.
ROYAL EASTER PARTY AT WINDSOR.
(BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
Ruony, Mar. 28.
SOCIETY WOMAN'S AERIAL
TOUR OF RUSSIA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Mar. 27,
of Soviet Russia and Persia in a Gypsy Moth plans, accompanied by the amateur pilot, Mr. Rupert Belville
MISSING AUSTRALIAN
Their Majesties the King and FALL Queen will go to Windsor on Thurs day, where the family party at the Castle for Easter will probably include the Duke and Duchess of York and their children, and Prin- cess Mary (Viscountess Harewood) and her sons,
SUEZ-CANAL RATES.
COMPANY REFUSES TO REDUCE THEM.
AIR LINER..
INTO PORT PHILIP BAY
CONJECTURED.
ÍTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MELBOURNE, Mar. 28.
In spite of the efforts of a SCOTO of rescue acroplanes and thousands of searchers there is still no sign of the missing air liner.
It is now believed that the liner possible fell into the sea in Port Philip Bay,
coastal defonce the establishments of the Irish defence forces not to exceed such proportion to the Bri.[ ] tish military establishment no the population of Ireland beats to the population of Great Britain. The present Governor-General, who suc ceeded the late Mr. Timothy Healy in, 1928, ja Mr. James McNeill.]
POLITICAL FERMENT IN
SPAIN.
COURT-MARTIAL PRESIDENT
RELIEVED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGESOY.),
MADRID, Mar. 27. Sigos of
political ferment, which have hardly been stilled for the past few months, are again arising.
П
The streets of Madrid are once. again heavily, patrolled by police, and rumours of another military dictatorship are rite.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] A Melbourne message of March S stated that anxiety was felt in PARIS, Mar. 27. regard to the fate of a National The Suez Canal Company, in a Airways machine with two pilots statement in reply to complaints and five passengers aboard which The immediate cause of excite About the height of its duos, says had been missing somewhere be- ment is the credit of £12,000,000, that it is not prepared, anyhow tween Sydney and Melbourne, which the Minister of Finance aege. at present, further to reduce its Tho aeroplane was last sighted tiated with American and foreign connection with the dues, and points out, inter alin, at 3.30 pm, the previous day at bankers in that the dues were reduced last Wangaratta, 145 miles north of Government's scheme to stabilise September.
Melbourne, flying towards the A further reduction would pre-mountains." judice the interests of the Com. Five planes searched for her all pany and scarcely benefit commer-day long but without result. vial shipping generally.
&
It is understood that the Com pany expresses the opinion that the British Government might as LONDON TELEPHONE TALK sist British shipping, using the "Canal out of its dividends from
the Company.
SINO-SOVIET CONFERENCE.
(THROUDIT ELUTER'S AGENCY.]
WITH BUENOS AIRES. MESSAGE HEARD AT EMPIRE
TRADE EXHIBITION.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.] . LONDON, Mar, 27. Mr. Gillett, Minister of the. De- partment of Overseas Trade, had
A successful telephone-conversation.
the pesta.
The Republican lenders, Sanchez and Bergamin, are believed to be hunching a fiery attack against the Government in that connec- tion,
Simultaneously, the elderly Gen- eral Burgueto, President of the recent court-martial of the Regul lican leaders, has issued a long and cryptic statement declaring that Spain is determined not to tolerate another dictatorship.
LORD STAMFORDHAM ILL.
(THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Mar. 27. Lord Stamfordham, His Majestys' Private Secretary, did not have a good night, and his condition is not quite so satisfactory to-day.
OBITUARY.
MR. ARNOLD BENNETT,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Mar. 27. The death occurred to-day of the well-known British novelist and playwright, Mr. Enoch Arnold | Bennett, in his sixty-third year.
The late Mr. Bennett, who had -on suffering from typhoid, ro cently underwent an operation for blood transfusion, and was report- ed to have made a slight improve
I
mont.
ALL-INDIA.
CONGRESS.
DELHI PACT ENDORSEMENT BY COMMITTEE:
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
KARACHI, Mar, 27.. The All-India Congress, Commit- teo endorsed the resolution passod by the Working Committes, ex- pressing admiration of the spirit of Bhagat Singh and his comrades, but dissociating the Congress from political violence.
AUSTRO-GERMAN AGREEMENT.
DID BRITAIN HESITATE IN 19147
[TROUGH NEUTER'S AGENOT.]
PARIS, Mar. 28.
11
PRESS BARON'S CAPITULATION.
FULL CONSERVATIVE SETTLEMENT ACHIEVED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
LONDON, Mar. 29. Grave views of the Austro-Ger-
It is confidently stated in well- man Agreement were voiced in the Senate in the course of the debate informed quarters that a full settle on the foreign affairs estimates.
ment of the internal differences in M. Briand declared that the anthe Conservative party, which were nouncement of the agreement had' given him a disagreeable shock, strikingly manifested in the St. A resolution endorsing the Delhi Tho agreement was grave, but the George's bye-election, are about to pact, reaffirming the goal of inde procedure was more grave, for the be achieved. pondence, was postponed for fur-methods employed lay outside the is understood that a few days ther consideration.
policy of co-operation which he was auggenting.
Mir. Vallabhai Patel, President elect of Congress, who prosided, said that the Delhi truce was merely temporary. The first was only suspended, and not abandoned. Gandhi, in a speech on the tragic events in Cawnpore and Mirzapur, axborted the Committee to take immediate steps to eradi cute the causes cd such ovils
in was born
[The deceased North Staffordshire on May 27, 1887, and was educated in New. castle Middle School. His first post was as a clerk in a solicitor's office, but he abandoned the law in 1893 to become assistant-editor of the Woman," succeding to the Editorship in December, 1800, In 1000 he resigned and devoted him- self exclusively to: interature.]
[BRITIEN WIRELESS SERVICE),
RUGBY, Mar. 28. After seven weeks' gess Mr. Arnold Bennett, novelist and play- wright, died last night at his home in London, aged sixty-threo,
At first stated to be influents, his illness took a serious turn at week, and it was then announced that he had contracted typhoid fover from drinking water when recently on the Continent.
All the papers have published appreciations of the late Mr. Ben- The statement has caused wide-nott's character and genius. spread speculation as to what is behind it.
Premier Aznar " Astonished.??
LATER. General Burgucts has been re-
MOH TEH HUI ARRIVES AT this afternoon between London lieved of his office.
MOSCOW,
and Buenos Aires with Bir Herbert The Prime Minister, Admiral Gibson and Sir Burton Chadwick Anar, has declared he is “anton- at the British Trade Exhibitionsbed and unable to understand
Bir Herbert Gibson was able to tell General Burguete's statement. him that 300,000 people had already
General Burgüste Imprisoned. visited the Exhibition and that his
MADRID, Mar. 28. message of congratulation on bo
General Burgucte was sentenced half of the British Government had beam heard perfectly at the efloial-to-two months arrest in a fortress
at Cadis. Tuncheon to-day,
Moscow, Mar. 20. Molt Teh Hul, the Chinose repre- sentative to the Sino-Soviet Con- Jerence for the settlement of out
standing differences, has returned to Moscow.
Several other Senators expressed the opinion that Britain's hesitancy in regard to the agreement was comparable with her hesitation in 1914, which cost
cruel price. The agreement was the worst mennee to peace since 1010. It was im uued by the spirit shown by Ger many in 1913, and the form of its KARACHI, MAT, 28. publication was imbued by the The All-India Congress Commit-pirit of the ex-Kaiser. tee adopted the Irwin-Gandhi truce by an overwhelming majority.
Lord Irwin Leaves, ·
after the election pourparlers were. opened between the Conservative Central Office and Lord: Benver.. brook, and,
according to the Observer, an agreement has now been reached regarding the mea suras required to secure the utmost extension of empire trade and development of home agriculture following a restatement of Lord Beaverbrook's views regarding the quotas, anti-dumping prohibitions, and direct duties on foreign food. stuffs.
3. Briand, replying, pointed out that nothing definite had happen- ed. There had only been protocols: It is understood that the Cen and "conversations preliminary servative Central Office has intim- to "conversatione," but if he reated that Lord Beaverbrook's atti mained in office he was determined tude formulates securately the to see that Austria and Germany essential ideas of Mr. Baldwin and did not persevere with their inten- his colleagues. tion to violate their foreign engage.
NEW DELHI, Mar. 27. Lord Irwin made a memorable leave taking on the necasion of his last appearance in the Legislative Assembly, being greeted with pro-mente. longed applause.
He delivered a brief but formal speech announcing a small confer: MR. ence of the leaders to discuss the. situation arising out of the rejec tion of the Budget.
Ho expressed his gratitude to the members, who had disregarded risks and reproaches and attended the session, and prevented a rudo set-back to Indian Parliamentary progress.
After the Viceroy had shaken hands with the members indivi. dually the members of the Assem bly rose and cheered him.
Press Canard Denied. [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Ruany, Mar. 27.
A newspaper atory published in London to-day declaring that Mr. Wedgwood Bean, the Secretary of State for India, had sent a per- sonal telegram to Mr. Gandhi, was oficially denied in London to-day.:
Another statement published, de- claring that in any future Round, Table Conference the conalitu tional safeguards would be regard- ed as being entirely open to dis cussion, was described as a distor tion of the true position.
Viceroy's Farewell Speech. This was touched upon by the Viceroy, Lord Irwin, at a farewell banquet in his honour at New Delhi last night.
Lord Irwin said. that the safe guards suggested at the Round Table Conference had been subject
ed to some criticism and. misunder- standing.
Indian opinion was surely not less anxious than any opinion in Great Britain, tosco ample security provided where necessary for the good of India in the sphere of credit and finance. It was the considered view of His Majesty's Government that in the intereat of India it was imperative to provide effective safeguards for the ranin- tenance of financial stability and for the protection of India's credit. Government Attitude Towards
Safeguards. The Government had reached the
secure conclusion that to
this purpose, the financial safeguards Conference were essential.
the Round Table discussed at
course of If, however, in the further constitutional discussions, any of those participating in them. dosired to suggest other financial the Government, in accordance with the terms of the safeguards, statement issued on March 5 by Governor-General-in-Council, the would not wish to limit their right
to do so and would be prepared to give such suggestions careful con- sideration.
Acceptance by the Government of such alternative suggestions would depend on the ability, of those proposing them to convinco the Government that they would be equally effective for the purpose
described.
Lord, Irwin hdded that only shallow crtic would undervalue tho porerful and promising framework which the Round Table Conferenco had prepared.
Disturbed Axens Threatened With Cholera.
A few houses have been looted and set on fire, and there have been stray assaults.
{THLOUGH `RKUTER'S AGENÖT J Miss Rebecca West, in the Daily
CAWNPORE, Mar. 271/ Telegraph, says the tragedy of Mr. Bennett's death at sixty-thrbois After an orgy of communal riot that so thoroughly did he enjoying public confidence is gradually life that no life would have been returning in consequence of the too long for him. It is bitter that military patrolling of the streets, one to whom life really was a gift should not have lived out its allotted span. As a writer he blaimed for English literature the right to take the whole of life for its province. His attitude to the subject matter of literature found its chief exploitation of the possibilities of the everyday round and common lot as artistic-mat- teral.
Meanwhile, the disturbed areas are threatened with cholera, owing to the difficulty of properly scaveng. ing the streets.
The death-roll is now offlfélálly estimated at 900,
* (Continued on next Uolumn.);
HENDERSON RETURNS
FROM PARIS:
NOTHING TO SAY ON CUSTOMS. UNION..
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Mar. 27. Mr. Arthur Henderson; Foreign Secretary, arrived in London from Paris to-day.
:
He had nothing to add as regarde tho proposed Austro-German Customs Union to what he said yesterday.
Situation Shows Improvement.
CAWNTORE, Mar. 28. The situation continues to im prove.
No casualties have been reported
to-day...
The arrests total over 200.
Elaborate precautions have heen. taken throughout the province to prevent any further outbreake,
Over 200 Hindu Houses Gutted,
1.
ALLAHABAD, Mar. 27. - The situation in Cawnpore is much improved and the sporadio assaults have diminished, and about 10,000 people have departed.
In the neighbouring countryside, on the other hand, incendiarism and looting continues.
Several Hindu goldsmiths' shops were burned yesterday and a total of 200 houses was gutted. panic prevailed in Allahabad.
Some
To-day several shopkeepers are removing their stocks.
Rioting Spreads Across the Ganges,
ALLAHABAD, Mar. 28. The rioting at Cawnpore has spread across the Ganges to Unao, where furious battles are reported to be raging between the villagers. Many bodies were thrown into the Ganges.
Cawnpore itself is quiet,
THE NEW
SPALDING
MULTIDOT
MADAME HANAU SEN- TENCED AND RELEASED.
EX-HUSBAND GETS EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PAD18, Mar. 98. Madame Hanau, the founder of a bank and other enterprises, who. was arrested over two years ago on a charge of bogus company pro- moting was sentenced to three monthe imprisonment and a fine,
Her former husband, Lazare Bloch, was sentenced to 18 months* imprisonment, and the legal adviser to their concerns was lightly fined.
Madame Hanau was arrested after a "run" on the bank, which thereupon became bankrupt. She will be released immediately, as she has already served her time awaiting trial.
BISLEY RIFLE MEETING.
CANADIAN YOUTHS WIN KING'S TROPHY,
'(THROUGH BEUTEN'S ADENOY.)
LONDON, Mar./27. Canadian` boys for, the second. time in succession won the King's-
trophy, under the auspices of the
National Rifle Association, at: Bisley to-day, with, the record sco70 of 80.08 points.
South Africa were second with 63.40 points, Great Britain third- with 68,85 points, and Newi Zealand and Australia fourth with. 83.10 points.
The rest, including India and Rhodesia, did not quallly.
The Senior Imperial Challonge Shield was won by the Abergavenny Company, the First Monmouth- ahire Regiment, with an average ' of 98.13 points.
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