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UNREST IN SPAIN CONTINUES.

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tion, and no one can say whether

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1931.

END OF THE WORLD!"NIGHT CLASS" FOR RUBBER ROADS FOR

SUN DARKENED BY TERRIBLE CLOUDS.

ALL AWAY.

Constitutional. Government or TAIL OF FILM COMET SWEEPS Bolshevism will eventually triumph, It was significant that in Andelu- sla. where the "prople have boor- in a state of semi-starvation for moniḥs, the voters refused to sell their votes for 100 or 200 puetas, and continued to starve rather than to support the throne

Paris, April 10.-A film, The End of the World," is now being shown in Paris. The earth is to be destroyed by collision with a comet which is dashing towards it through

space.

Then there is the problem of Catalonia. At the present time there re

Election-Senor Alcala Zamora's in Madrid, and Col. Macin's Barcelona. It is reported today that Col. Macia is on his way to Consult with the new Provisional

The date of the catastrophe has been predicted by an astronomer. two separate General The publication of the news in the

papers has the effect of stopping a world-wide 'war, ns the inhabit- ants of the globe suddenly learn that they have only 24 days to live.

The ensuing pante alarms the Government, with or view to arriv-invernment, who order the arrest ing at some working entratt."

of the astronomer,

Throughout the raanifestations of The last few days the most signifie ast fact was the attitude of the When- people towards the army. ever blocks of Sidiers appeared they were chitored and feel as liberators who had stood by the people in their hour of need. If the establishment of a stable Gov- ernment becomes unssile, the Civil Guards and the army will surely step in and, if neKTITY", establish a Dictatorship.

Nobles' Prestige Gonë, Whatever happens in the future. one fact stands out above all others whether the Republic resins or whether Alfonso returns or chother It is that King takes his place. the powers and prestige of the Grandees of Spain and of the les ser nobility are broken for even Ever since the crisis started hard ly one of them stood by the King, And now all are endeavouring to escape from the public view or else to prove their live-long Republi- can sentiments. In fact, to-day one could only assume-if the truth were not know-that no one has wanted the Bourbons throughout the past 200 years, and that all the nobility are really Republican at heart.

The appearance of the comet in the sky, however, "convinces the world that the, prophecy is correct Wild scenes occur as people realise that the end of all is approaching.

The proximity of the comet, which pan now be seen plainly travelling towards the earth, begins to be felt. A great wind swecja over land and sea, the sun is partly hidden by immense black clouds, and the earth is wrapped in nu ominous yellow light.

Volcanoes in Eruption. Volcanoes burst into activity and strange rumblings are heard under- ground.

As the period of life still remain- ing diminishes, the population gives way to a wild despair. While rich and poor, indulge in delirious dé. much, immense congregations flock to the open air services where the clergy exhort them to repent whilst there is yet time.

A millionaire's orgy is interrupt

by a choir of nuns, while, in the streets, the people roll about drunk in the gutters or light for loot,

The cities and villages are evn coated as the inhabitants dy like.. stricken animals.

The last day arrives.

CROOKS.

EXPERTS TEACH THE ART OF SAFE-BREAKING.

There are few more interesting "night schools" in London than tho rooms in which up-to-dato thieves take their course of lessons in safe breaking y oxy-acetyleno blow pipes.

Enlike some other branches of the underworld, this work must be done by an expert to be successful Smash-and grab thieves, and con- fidence tricksters and the like, need ho particrtur training,»

MALAYA.

IMPORTANT SINGAPORE

EXPERIMENT.

MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT'S

INTEREST.

An important experiment which may have far-reaching results in relation to the making of her roads is at present being made in Singapore by Barlow & Co., in co. operation with the Municipality.

A section of the road leading to the Singapore Flying Club and the Municipal Rond Works, Is been dug up and is now being laid with a special rubber preparation, for

proses, which,

FINNS BANISHED FROM RUSSIA.

10,000 DRIVEX OUT OF SOVIET TERRITORY.

Helsingfors, May 7-A serious tension has arisen between Finland and the Soviet Luion over the banishment by the latter to the White Sea District and Siberia of about 10,000 Ingrints, Finns living Berom the Finnish Soviet border, whose fate has, aroused indigention. throughout the country,

A mass meeting held here uEY- animously carried a resolution enll-

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tory and durable as the metal roads steps in Mosenw with a view of which are to be found in all parts inducing the Soviet authorities to of the city.

The President of the Singapore transport the Ingrians back to their their banishment Municipal Commissioners, fr. Whomesteads as Bartley, and the Acling Municipal constituted "a gross violation of Engineer Mr. K. G. M. Fraser, were the peace of Dorpat and was, present to witness the re-laying of

moreover, a shameful deed with. Treating 60 Square Yards. out precedent amongst civilized An area of to square yards is nations. Failing success in Mos-

unicipal being prepared by coolies, eting under the direction cow, the resolution exhorts the Gov wide experience of the chemistry of Nations and international public of Mr. G. Parry Davis, who has nerament to appeal to the League of rubber, and it is his process which is being used in the present experi- opinion to induce the Soviels" to

reconsidered their decision.

The safe-breaker who wishes to gee, some return for his skilled operations must take lessons, BU enterprising crooka, some of whom are known to have "retired," or are too well-known to venture farà section of the road. in daylight, have hit upon he iden of opening up schools where, for a consideration, they impart their knowledge to the apprentice crooks, Every evening when things are slack the would-be safe-breakers saunter along to the classes, in

ment.

This process, a Straits Times It is understood that the Govern- much the same way as a boy, start10presentative was informed to-day,ment has already instructed the ing in business and anxious to imminkes the control of latex a com Finnish Minister in the Soviet mits the laying of the latex and the political quarters here anticipate an prove his knowledge, attends Lon. paratively simple matter, and per capital to lodge a protest and don night schools.

various ingredients diiset on to the acrimonious exchange of notes be

tween the two Government. road.

To open safe with an oxy-acety lone blowpipe many things have to be remembered. For instance, the heat of the flame is estimated at 0,700 degrees, so if the nozzle is held too close to the safe it will burn out and become useless.

The Pioneer.

The first time an oxy-acetyleno blowpipe was used in England for safehreat'ng was at Birmingham, towards the end of September, 1010, not in London, where the "experts" are supposed to be.

The coolies is the preparation in large steel drain, much in the same way that concrete is mixed, and then the contents are poured on to the prepared road surface.

It is hoped to have this section in use within one week, and as this particular road is used by very heavy trafie proceeding to and from the Municipal Road Works it is hoped to form some idea of how the road stands the train of wear 20 Per Cont. Rubber Content. and tear within one month's time.

The preparation has a rubber content for 50 per cent., equal to roughly 1,500 h. for every 60 square yards. This is said to be the first The their hald his plans very care-time that latex, has been controlled fully. There was a shop to let sufficiently successfully to permit of it was done adjoining the premises of a firm the preparation being poured on to

the road in the way. of jewellers who were to be the to-day." first victims of this type of rol- hary.

The panic amongst the nobility is almost incredible. They lear ur rest, imprisonment, rough hand-world is shaken with universal dia ling by the mob, and the conleva- tion of their, property.

The British Emass, has been be seiged by representatives of the old régime clamouring for protection, safe conduct, and so on.

The enmet now looms close. The

turbance. A continual shower of flame falls on the earth, and the sea is rent with cataclysmic up"good" references, heavals.

Forests are torn down, the earth Alfonso at least is credited with quakes, buildings collapse bury courage, and is even admired, but the two props of the throne, the ing whole communities. Amid the a packed nobility and the high dignitaries horror of destruction of the Church, have lamentably audience of scientists frenziedly failed him The village priests ex- ercisesi enormous power in the elec applaud the astronomer. tion, and went solidly Republiern.

COMMENIST UNKEST IN

PROVINCES.

The hall topples down, barying a thousand of the world's greatest

savants.

News from the provinces is not reassuring.

Seville serions Communistic disturbances occurred and a regu- lar battle was fought between the

The world only awaits the final wind nub and the police nfter a raid un an armourer's shop in the Calle blow, when suddenly the

One day, an elderly man called to see the manager of the shop, and mentioned that he proposed taking the empty premises adjoining for the purpose

manufacturing of silver-backed hair-brushes. With his

which afterwards discovered to be false, the stranger obtained the keys of the empty shop.

The preacut system of mixing the preparation is considered to be rather primitive, out a mechanical mixer can easily be adapted if the experiment proves successful.

BUTLER INCIDENT

CLOSED..

HAITIAN MINISTER DECLARES

HE WAS MISQUOTED."

Washington, May 7.-Colonel Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of State, to-day formally closed the sensational incident arising from charges that Major-General Smed ley D. Butler, of the United States Marine Corps, received that Con- gressional Medal of Honour for the capture of a non-existent fort in Haiti in 1917.

Dr.

Secretary Stimson received from Dantes Bellegarde, Haiti's Minister to the United States, an explanation which declared that in an interview published in a Wash ington newspaper the diplomat had been misquoted when he was pur ported to have said that Fort Riviera, Haiti, never existed

"GETTING HER OWN

It was for the capture of Fort BACK"?

Riviere during the oceapntion of Haiti by the United States Marines ALLEGED THEFT IN AUSTIN that General Butler was decorated.

ROAD,

Minister Bellegarde's declaration that he had been misquoted was accepted as satisfactory by Secre tary Stimson. He said the incident was closed and he notified Mr. Charles Francis Adams, the Secre tary of the Navy, accordingly.

A fireman attached to the Kow loon Fire Brigado was charged before Mr. E. W. Hamilton yester The following week a number of day with the theft of a gold watch, heavy qucking cases arrived, and valued at $13, and n 810 note from were stacked in the empty shop.girl in a house in Austin Road..

The complainant said that a man Unknown to anyone they contained came to her house at 297, Tample a 100ft, cylinder of oxygen, a 00ft, Street on the night in question at about 1 mm, and asked her to go cylinder of acetylene, yards of tube his house at 55. Austin Road ing and armoured piping, an oxy Shortly after her arrival the place Fraser. At about 3.45 am. the de W raided by Sub-Inspector

fendant arrived. Complainant was sitting on a bed with three other girls. Defendant seated himself Bide her and after sending the other girls away, commenced to press his attentions on her. She resented this and went away to the kitchen. Defendant followed and when in the passage he seized her from the

and took her watch and a 810 note passage ho scized har from the back and bolted.

gloves.

In the country the animals cotylene blowpipe with two nozzica,

Nature And stampede madly.

na electric necumulator and a nun civilisation are annihilated. Noth-her of other indispensable odds and ing is left of history but the traces ends, including & pair of rubber of its grandeur,

These cases rack been brought by car from London. Everything was now ready. On a Saturday night, had closed, the thieves broke through the wall separating the

The

sulted in a heavy toll of life which is variously given as between hun- dred and two hund:cd dead and many times that number wounded.

building from the empty shop.

In the strong-room, jewellery and

The accused and that he wan other articles to the value of £40,000 were stored. The thieves started walking around in the vicinity of work near the handle of the door, Austin Road, when he was sudden- and then worked round and uply taken ill. He went to & rikisha

wards,

Sierpes, famous as a Lamt of bull-1 drops, the sun reappears, calm re-shortly after the jewellers' premises fighters. One man was killed and turns, the waves die down. twenty more were injured.

An attempt was aude later to sole survivor surveys the rains. Can take by storm the premises of the it be true! Yes, the comet has Republican Club. The police put inissed us by inches! up a vigorous fight, but had to be rescued by the Civil Guards. Mar tial law was proclaimed to day.

Andalusin Province has always been a centre of anres owing to the low wages and try among the agricultural population. Ma- laga, a port about fifty miles north. east of Gibraltar, was the scene' of similar unrest and indiaris.

Both Communism and Separa- tism are thowing their heads. in the Basque country. Ta Billing and other towns there has been trouble, The Communists male an assault on the prison at Bill yesterday and brought about the release of All the prisoners.

coolic house to get "pinching treatment:" While he was there the girl came and stopped at the door and accused him of informing the Police of the house at 55; Auk tin Rond.

One of the rikisha coolies sep- ported this and said that the girl often came to the door of the coolis house to talk.

Ro-polishing His Technique. The thief who, it was afterwards However, it is realised that the discovered, had taken lessons in the matter is certainly not yet definite use of the blowpipe, had forgotten ly settled and that before long the the amount of pressure required Moroccan problem night loom as from the oxygen and acetylene large amongst the ills. besetting the cylinders to carry out effectiva eut young Republic as the Catalan isting, so he damaged the instry

His Worship, in discharging de Bue. Beyral newapanere here dements, which were useless.

At this moment police on patrol fendant, expressed a doubt as to mand the immediate disbandment of the Foreign Legion, where Russina duty outside the shop were having whether or not the girl was trying emigrés seem to have been the chief trouble with a gang of youths, a to get her own back" trouble-makers and ringleaders, blew their whistles some alarm being also felt regard assistance.. A big demonstration vaa held in

The thieves in the jeweller's shop, froat of the Town Hall in favouring three-score of legisanaries who,

fully armed, succeeded in escaping thinking they had been discoverad, awaiting taxicab, of a Basque Republic

into the hills where, it is feared, cacaped in

detectives they might rouse the tribes against leaving behind their valuable poa the Spanish authorities, stirring up scesions, from which

were able to gain much informn- another Ri war.

tion.

In several small torms near Bil. bao, Communist menstrations were dissolved by the police. A number of wounded and reported from Ortuella, where Lugo placards were fixed up with the words, "A Republic, but, a Communistic Re- the Troops occupied public.! streets of this town tax evening.

UNREST IN MOROCCO?

SPAIN'S FOREIGN LEGION MAY CAUSE TROUBLE.

Maped, May 5,

to summon

Although the Press deals with

Three men were arrested later and those events and possibilities in a very careful way, it is admitted charged in connection with the that the unrest amongst the na-affair, but they were discharged. tives in growing apace, being more- Some years later the ringlender, over, it is alleged, skilfully farned after taking further lessons in the by foreign agitators. Thors is also art, made another attempt, which a certain amount of apprehension might have been successful but for regarding the attitude of France, the fact that he met an honest man which, it is recalled by the Press, whom he thought to be as crooke.l has been casting longing glances nt as hiraself, with the result that he Spain's African possessions especi- was caught and sentenced to seven ally since the advent of the Re-years' imprisonment.

According to Chief Superinten peblic.

ham C.LD., who writes in the Polien Journal on the ephjeet, an attempt was also made by this man to break into a jeweller's strang room in London, whore pearls valued at £25,000 were kept.

Complete order seems to have. The Cabinot-to-day deal with the flent IT Burnets, of the Birming

heen restored for the time being situation in Morocco in a special in and around Tetan, Spanish meeting and, it is understood, de Morocco, where the rioting by cided to dispatch immediately rein Royalists in the Foreign Legion and forcements to Ceuta to nip, if need the subsequent rising of natives rebe, in the bud any rising against (Continued at fout of wrt column.) the Spanish authorities..

II.

on the

STOLEN SILVER, AT SOVIET BANQUET.

SET TAKEN FROM BRITISH EMBASSY.

Stockholm, Mar 8-The news. paper Non Dagligt Allehanda says it learns from Moscow that the British Ambassador there has handed a noto to the Cotomissar for Foreign Affairs, M. Litvinoll, ex- pressing astonishment that a silver service originally in the British Embassy in Leningrad, whente i had been removed, has-been used at 4 festivity where the Soviet autho rities were hasta The Note de mands that the silver be again de- livered to the Embas

Mr. Litvinoff has replied that the silver in question belongs to the Soviet Government but the British. Government is at liberty to bring. the matter before the Courts."

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