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EXTRALITY NEGOTIATIONS.

MR. HENDERSON DECLINES TO MAKE STÁTEMENT.

son.

[TURQUOU REUTER'S LOENCY.]

LEAGUE MISSION

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ΤΟ CHINA.

CHINA'S ASSOCIATION WITH L.O.N., ADVANCED.

"

[Tinovon REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, April 97. Sir Arthur Salter, who has con-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1931.

SHANGHAI ZERO CLUB.

EMDEN OFFICERS ENTERTAINED.

(THROTON BRUTER'S AGENCY/]

SHANGHAI, April 27.

JAPANESE STEAMER GANGSTER RIDDLED

WITH BUCKSHOT.

AGROUND,

FATE OF PASSENGERS AND CREW FEARED.

(TEROVAN REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SEOUL, April 27.

In a dense fog and a rough sea: the 2,160 ton steamer Tenan Maru, proceeding to Fuson from Chemul po, went aground, sinking at 4.30.

The fate of 50 passengers and

erow is feared,

Salvage vessels are rushing to the' seene.

LONDON, April 27. Replying to questions in the

A function of the greatest signi Touse of Commons, Mr. Henderson cluded his mission to Chinn, is cance amongst Shanghai's inter said that the extrality negotiations mailing for, England, to-morrów i national community took place to were still proceeding. As he in America.

day when the Zero Club, compris. formed the House last week, he was Interviewed by Reuter, he stateding British ex-service men who fot prepared at present to make he was more than satisfied with the volunteered for the war from say further statement on the in- results of his mission, which repre- Shanghai, entertained the officers structiona cent to Sir Miles Lampsented an important step forward of the German cruiser Emden, now

in China's Association with the visiting the port. League of Nations, and a practical

The Zero Club president referred working contact had been estab- to the courageous and chivalrous lished under which the League ex-bad done her duty. Now that the

way in which the original Emden DAVIS CUP perts would be called on from time bitterness, and misunderstanding to time to assist in the elucidation had passed they could say to the of China's problems. · ·

Emden Pass, friends, all's well." Captain Withoeft, who was n officer on board the original Emden under Captain Muller, and the Ger man Consul-General replied, and Baid they regarded the gathering as a.sign of growing friendship and mutual appreciation of former 'ndversarics.

His Majesty's Government had fully considered the report of the Commission on Extrality.

He added that negotiations were alko being carried on by the repre- sentatives of the United States, Japan and France,

He was not in a position to give details.

Mr. Godfrey Locker Lampson nak. ed whether a definite decision about. Shanghai would be postponed un- til Justice Feetham's report, was' carefully considered.

Mr. Henderson replied that be had seen the report, which would be kept in mind.

SOLDIERS MUTINY NEAR

SWATOW.

(Bali The Fat Pao)

SWATOW, April 20.

MENT IN EGYPT. ",

A regiment of the 2nd Division^'WEAR HOMESPUN" MOVE. (under the command of General Heng Han Ping) atationed in the Mr. Wardlaw Milno urged that Lukfung District, near Swatow, no derision should be reached until | mutinied ол the 3rd inst., and Britain was in agreement with Ipoted and burned until they were other interested Governments.

overcome by Government troops,

Mr. Henderson declined to com. mit himself definitely, while he was prepared to consider the views of

ther Governmenta.

Sino-American Negotiations.

(Woh Te Tyt Pan)

About 250 of the mutinous sol- diers were rounded up.

TO OBVIATE IMPORTING TEXTILES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CAIRO, April 27. Awear homespun " movement is invading Egypt and appears as GENERAL CHEN TSAI TONG. an appeal prominently featured in

MILITARY DUTY BEFORE. NANKING.

(Wah Paz Tut Pao.)

CANTON, April 27,

SHANGHAI, April 27. According to information clicited from diplomatic circles, important documents in connection with the It is officially reported tant Gen Sino-American extrálity negotiations eral Chen Tsai Tong, the Com are expected to be released for mander of the 8th Army Route, publication within a fortnight, ·. has decided not to proceed to Nan. These documenta contain the re-king to participate in the People's sult of the Sino-American negotia- | Convention on the ground that his ticing.

AUSTRALIA'S BUDGET.

presence in Canton is necessary to direct the execution of a military training schone, the aim of which is to increase the efficiency of local military unita in the outlying dis-

·FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE tricts of Canton.

COMMONWEALTH

LOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MELHOURNE, April 26, .“ Anatralia must aim at securing a balanced Budget by June 30, 1034, was the opinion expressed in

the course of a series of resolutions

passed by a conference of the Lean Council for the purpose of deter mining the financial position of the Commonwealth.

The Council have therefore, ap- pointed a Committee consisting of Sir Jaines Mitchell (Premier vi West Australia), Mr. J. Jones

General Chen Ming Shu, who was to leave for the North at the end of this month, has also decided to postpone his departure until May to Canton on May 1. 3, due to Sir William Peel's visit

GERMAN GLIDER RECORD.

ELEVEN HOURS IN THE AIR,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CASSEL, April 27. Henschel broke all the German

TENNIS.

ARGENTINA AND CHILE IN 'AMÉRICAN 'ZONE FINAL. -

(NEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

SANTIAGO, April 27. In the final of the American zone of the Davis Cup tennis competi- tion, Argentina won the singles and now lend by three matches to nit

Adriano Zappi beat Egan Schoenzar 9/6, 0/2,"0ƒ0 and 0/0.

Guillermo Robson beat Lionel Pace 0/2, 0/4 and 6/2

BRITISH ISLES CENSUS.

AND OUTS,"

the vernacular papers signed by the ROLL CALL OF THE "DOWN directors of the Egyptian Spinning | and Weaving Company, in anncine ing an increase of capital £200,000, stating that their object- is to work Egyptian catton in order to obvinte the necessity of import- ing textiles.

PRINCE OF WALES AND

PRINCE GEORGE,

EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN LONDON TO-DAY.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]

RUGBY, April 26.

The

liner Arlanza with the

(THROUGH NEUTÉR)S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 20. Strange scenes were witnessed in London streets early this morning when the police armed with consus forms made a great round-up of the homeless in order that they should be included in the nation's decennial "roll-call,"

The down and outa" Bleeping on the benches along the Thames Embankment and in Salvation Prince of Wales and Prince George Army Shelters all filled up forms, reached Lisbon to-day and the, particulars even being taken in two Princes disembarked to fulfil London churches which nightly give number of public engagements, in- cluding the Government banquet shelter to scores of destitutes. and a reception to-night,

At least one murderer awaiting included in the

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The specially-equipped Armstrong Siddeley air liner in Munh the execution Princes and staff are expected to nation's count, By from Bordeaux to London left Croydon Aerodrome this morning.

A baby girl born in Queen Char-

mouth of the Gironde River and night got into the census by 15 The Princes will arrive at the lotte's Hospital just before mid.

disembark from the British cruiser Kent on Monday morning, They are due in London on Tuesday.

Landing at Pointe Grave. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] POINT GRAVE (Gironde),

April 27.

The Prince of Wales and Prince

scounds.

BRITAIN AUSTRALIA 'AIR MAILS.

GUNMAN ATTACKS JACK DIAMOND.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

New York, April 27. Jack Diamond, "King of the Underworld," has been taken to hospital suffering from a broken arm and ribe inflicted in the Arrapoga Inn, near Cairo, New York, early this morning by a desperato gun- man who eluded Diamond's body- guard and filled the notorious

gangster with, buckshot.

HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

NOW COMPLETELY RECOVERED.

[THHOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ·

LONDON, April 27. His Majesty King George dined with the other members of the Royal amily last evening for the first time since Good Friday.

His Majesty has now completely recovered.

The Court returns to London on May 4.

DEATH OF SIR EDWARD CLARKE,

GRAND OLD MAN OF THE ENGLISH BAR.

EARNED TEN THOUSAND GUINEAS A YEAR

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AORNOY.}

LONDON, Apríl 2. The death is announced of the Right Hon. Sir Edward Clarke, the famous criminal lawyer, in his 90th year.

Hale and Hearly at Ninety. When Sir Edward Clarke enter

"I made the journey to the City' by train," he said. “Oh, nó, I am not taken up with motoring, and the railway is so easy to the Man sion House.

Boylah Study and Ambition. "It was good, to-day, to reonli eat on his ninetieth year on Febru- the old days of boyish study and ambition," Sir Edward admitted. ary 15, in excellent health, be hader, it is true that the modern the physical and mental vigour of a man a quarter of a century his junior,

Fellow Pupil of Sir Henry Irving.

Born in the City of London, Sir Edward also went to school in the City, at Dr. Pinch's, where Sir Henry Irving was a fellow-pupil, Before being called to the Bar in 1804 he was for some time tho, editor of a monthly magazine. There were youthful editors in those days, for he was only 18. " Penge Murder Case.

Fow of those who figured in the Penge murder case of 1677 survive. It was a horrible affair of the slow starvation of a wretched woman called Harriet Staunton,

boy is better cared for as the result of educational progress; but I do" not think he is by any moans spoil..

ed.

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"There are as ambitious boys now as ever. My, Inith in the Bri- tish boy remains unshaken. Look at King's College, and all the even. ing classes that are going on in London and all over the country. There are crowds of boys working hard putting in extra hours, at study after their ordinary day's work

"My connection withe the City of London Collège, where I was at- tonding evening classes prior to attending King's College, has never been broken, and I tell you there is just as much energy and industry among the boys of to-day.”,

Asked if he still advised boys to

There were four prisoners, and all were sentenced to death; oue of them, Alice Rhodes, was defend-go in for the Bar, Sir Edward said ed by Sir Edward Clarke, was eventually reprived, and is still

WRESTLING MATCH WITH alive in Canada..

LEOPARD.

JAIL WARDER'S THRILLING EXPERIENCE.

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A hand-to-hand battle, with full, grown leopard in the garden of the Central Jail at Jubbulpore wae. the thrilling experience of a head warder on March 10.

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Other Famous Cases. The great Turf fraud came Sir Edward's way; so did the Oscar Wilde case, the. Jameson Raid, the Tranby Croft case (in which King Edward, as Prince of Wales, güve evidence, and most of the causes febres up to the close of the nineteenth century.

Nice to Grow Old..

At two o'clock in the afternoon,

It was very nice to see the almost the warder went in search of his nonagenarian Sir Edward Clarke at dog, which was missing from the the Mansion House, and he answer- night previous. Spotting the dog ed felicitatione on the anniversary lying prone in the under growth of his nineticth birthday with the surrounding the garden, the ward. remark, It is nice to grow old or unsuspectingly walked up to the and keep in perfect health. You grob and, while sorrowfully view-sec, I retired from the Bar in 1014, ing the dead animal in a pool of and I've had 14 years' rest. Most blood, he was greeted with a grow! and simultaneously the hand of a that privilege."

men who retire at 75 don't enjoy full grown leopard emerged from the thicket.

Taking it to be that of a hyena, the warder dealt it a blow with a stick he was carrying. The beast immediately rose up on its hind legs and retaliated with a slap on the warder's face, knocking out two or his teeth and folling him to the ground.

The Struggle,

The Bar in a great career. It is overcrowded, it is true, but, as Daniel Webster said, "There is always room at the top-plenty of room for the man who has energy and ambition. As to the remun- eration, the fees are larger than ever. Yes the prizes are larger."

His Most Successful. Year. Sir Edward acknowledged that his own average income in fees had been more than 10,000 guineas- a year, and that his most successful year was in 1902, when his fee books showed a total of £97,000.

Essentials to Success at the Bar.

"Industry, perseverance, and courage are three essentials to au cess at the Bar," said Sir Edward, who recalled having told the Hard wicke Society in 1001 that a young fellow bent on success at the Bar should be poor, very ambitious, and very much in love."I had those three advantages," added Sir Ed ward.

Asked if he would follow up his | "Life of Disraeli" by expanding The famous King's Counsel in his his own Autobiography, he said, no, his writing days were done.

Winston and Historian, Besides," he added, "who history when we have such an his would dream of trying to write torian as Winston Churchill Do you know, I read the first instal- Then a struggle ensued in whichment of his Aftermath to a lady eeth leopard and man grappled yes," he laughed," without with each other, the latter being glasses-and we both liked every eventually overpowered and made lino of it. He and Birkenhead are a comfortable seat for the animal, the political intellectuals of our who gated complacently into the

time." face of his attacker.

Convicts working in the grounds,

frightened away the beast, which attructed by the cries of the warder, set up a tremendous yell and

then gingerly stalked into the ad- joining compound of the American Mission Schools, where it caused great commotion among the stud. ents of the hostel.

(Acting Treasurer of Victoria), and glider records by remaining in the George landed early this morning DUE AT PORT DARWIN ON Bugle shot whits it was

1. Hill (Premier of South Austra | air 11 hours, and ? minute.

lia), to survey the future position respecting the Government Budgets, determine the problem as the result of present and future economics, and report to a full meting of the Council at the end of May concern. ing any further action.

at

the little rivermouth port, which was galvanised into unwant ed activity in preparation for the arrival of II.M. cruiser Kent, which

ILLEGAL OPERATIONS IN pulled up at 11:10 as a mile from

GERMANY.

IN PENAL CODE,

Another resolution was passed PETITION AGAINST CHANGE expressing the opinion that the present interest rates shquld be seduced, requesting the Chairman to confer with the Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank regarding the raising of a lean of £12,000,000 in Australia,

Twelve Million Internal Loan. ADELAIDE, April 27, Concluding that a loan in the only immediate means of raising money to relieve urgent necessities, Mr. Theodore announces that the Loan Council has definitely decided to raise a £12,000,000 Internal Loan, half of which is to be used to assist the wheat growers and the balance to-allaviste unemployment in all

the States.

MAYOR OF LYONS. -

ELECTION OF "M. HERRIOT CONFIRMED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

3. Lyons, April 20. After-negotiations between the ex-Promier, M. Herriott, and the Socialista, the former's election as Mayor was confirmed by a majority

of 30 volta.

Eleven members abstained from voting.

Berlin, April 19,--Professor' Albert Einstein is among the signatorica to an appeal for a quaint new form of agitation against paragraph 218 of the German penal code relating to operations for abortion. It is pro- posed by the signatories to gather the signatures of hamdreds of thou sands of women who at various time have undergone such illegal operations and now together invite criminal prosecution, the iden being to show that the law na it stands is impracticable, ineffective and karmful.

the landing-stage.

An official party boarded the cruiser and welcomed the Princes

before the latter landed to the booming of a salute from the Kent's guns,

GAS-FILLED STREET.

COUGHING CROWD.

An escape of ammonia gas from brewery in Whitecross-sireot, Lon- drove workers from don, EC., during the lunch hours offices and warehouses into the stroct. the windows of buildings were Owing to the fine sunny morning.

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MAY TENTH.'

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE),

RUGBY, April 20. The second experimental British- Australia air mail service, oper- nted by the Imperial Airways, leit Croydon in a nine-1pn Armstrong Siddeley Air liner to-day.

un ite

Sir Edward talked of Lord Ran

dolph Churchill, saying the son was a scholar and the father never took the trouble to learn in his youth.

"Lord Randolph," he added, "owed much of his fame to his two friends Gorst and Drummond Wolff."

reclining years still took a keen interest in current law and criminal- enses, the more because of his tion as Senior Prosecuting Counsel son's (Mr. Percival Clarke) posl

for the Crown at the Old Bailey.

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Thero may not appear to be such giant struggles in the courts now as in the old days," comincni- ed Sir Edward, "but I think tho ronson for that impression is that trials are not reported nearly ns fully, as they used to be,

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Helter Skelter Life.***

"If you will look at the files of the Times of 20 years go, you will find almost a page taken up daily with reports of details of trials."

News of the unusual intruder's visit having been flashed about slikaris were, not long in arriving, but Mr. Samdas arrived first and despatched the animal with aculty.

Interest in the vigorous life and bind legs trying to force itself personality of the "Grand Old Man through a broken pane of glass of of the Bar," as the Lord Chancellor cne of the closed doors of the called him, was renewed by his visit hostel.

to his native City of London almost on the eve of his birthday.

When interviewed at his riverside home at Staines, Sir Edward re-

"I have had wonderful health, ferred to his visit to the Mansion partly owing to not smoking," said. House Commemoration of King's Sir Edward, on being congratulated College Centenary, at which school that he had escaped the prevalent he studied at evening olassen nuore influenza. "I gave up smoking 40 than 70 years ago.

years ago, and ever since I have rejoiced that I did so, I have always taken walking exercise, and believe in moderation."

He expressed the fear that short- or reports of political specobes re- sulted in some speakers not taking so much care about their oratory. Then Sir Edward made a reminis. Asked if he used to follow any cent speech of 20 minutes without particular method in the preparing a note, and read the small type of of his speeches, Sir Edward re- the luncheon menu without specta-plied, "The life was such a helter- eles and without the slightest dis-skelter in those days that it was only sometimes that I had time to prepare a speech carefully,

But I was accustomed to speak- ing on the spur of the moment through my training in the courts. That was how I came to, reply to Mr. Gladstone in 1893 immediately after he had introduced the second Home Rule Bill

SCHNEIDER RACE.

COST OF BRITAIN'S PARTICIPATION,

Some approximate figures of the Bir Edward, as always, wore a cost of British official participa light grey frock cost, and radiated The liner was carrying combinedion in the Schneider Trophy con- brightness by his smiling and hand-

test were given by Mr. Montague | some presence. His rounded cheeks Reading was still one of his re- Australian, Indian and Central Under-Secretary for Air) in the glowed with health, and his fea creations. His life of Disraeli waO African mail totalling approxi- House of Commons last month,

tures, set off by the familiar side-published as recently as the 'sum- mately 50,000 lettern.

In reply to Lt-Cradr. Kenworthy, whiskers, scarcely showed a wrinkle, mer of 1920. he said that the preparations for The mail is due at Port Darwin the contest interacted very closely with the official programme of ré.. on Sunday, May 10.

search and development in high-

The first experimental service en-speed aireaft and engines, and it

was very difficult at this stage to SHOT ON EVE OF WEDDING. give any satisfactory estimate of the total cost, either direct or in- Cireot, of British participation in

of on, and the wind carried the countered delay due to a mishap to fumes into and with streaming the air liver "City of Cairo,"

Coughing eyes, men and women rushed-out, near Koepang, Timor, last Sunday and, others following, in few The mails reached Port Darwin to- minutes the street, was crowded.

Police hurried to the aid of those day-ima-relief plané piloted by The signatories include Inany

affected, and the fire brigade was Wing Comdr. Kingsford Smith. noted writers and notabilities of summoned. Two women fainted. both дехов.

The problem was "It was an extraordinary scene," eye-witness stated. "People brought to the fore again when the

were coughing and spluttering. Stuttgart authorities recently av. Artificial respiration was adminis- rested the well-known writer and tered to one of the women who physician, Dr. Friedrich Wolf, and fainted. The firemen put on gas

maska." Frau Dr. Kionle on a charge of The gas escaped from the brewery having performed a large number of Messrs. Whitbread and Co, off for Keepang with the first Aus

uchapcentions oth pleaded “hich in on the corner of Chiswell, tralie-England-air mail guilty but declared that they had, street and Whitecross-street. An

was From. Koapang Commodore Kings.. acted merely in the best interests ficial anid: "The escape of morality and social welfare. The caused by the bursting of one of ford-Smith will fly to Sourabaya, main opposition to a change of the the ammonia condenser pipes, and law comes from Protestant as well the wind carried the fumes across Iar Catholic Church circles,

the street."!

First Mali Flight From Australia.. [TÜROUGH REUTER'S. AGENCY:]

FORT DARWIN, April 20. Commodore Kingsford-Smith took

the race.

He might say, however, that the expenditure-which-would-not-have. been incurred but for the decision to participate in the contest was estimated at approximately £100,- 60. The engines purchased in con nection with the 1020 contest, which would be utilized in connec tion with this year's contest, was ubout £230,000.

This figure, which could not be Precisely determined; included the normal programme of high-apood research and development for the Friod affected,

GIRL DEAD. LOVER 'WOUNDED.

On her twenty-sixth birthday and the ove of her wedding, Miss Kathleen Borrekt, of Aldborough, near Cromer, was discovered shot dead in a field at Aldborough,

By her side Alma · Strong, ́ an undergamekoopor, lay, unconscious," suffering from: gunshot wounds. His condition is critical,

A Premonition. Her grandfather said that Min Törrett was to have been married

to Strong. She went out at nine 'clock the previous morning and did not return,

of the tragedy, and exclaimed:

Later, the grandfather learned

"I know something would hap pen! I've felt like it all day."

Beside the couple was a double- barrelled gun, which had been die charged recently.

Mina Borrott, who had been in.

The couple had beer keeping company for a time. Miss Barrett having recently left a Norwich domestic service, was 20, and her Bingapore, Victoria Point and y. private funds, outside Lady situation and gone to Aldborough fance 36, The girl's mother is at

Rangoon,

Lt. Cmdr. Kenworthy: Thon no other money will have to be raised Houston's generous gift

Mr. Montague: I think not.

to look after her aged grandmother,- who was ill},

Fresent in Canada."