SCOTT MAKES GOOD PROGRESS
TWO NEW RECORDS SET UP
(Router's Special Servico.}
GERMAN DIET ELECTIONS
+
RESULTS EXPECTED TO-DAY
(THROUGH" AMUTER'S AGENCY.]}
BERLIN, April 24,
KARACHI, APT 24: Despite being held up by dustThe final results of the elections. storms and head winds between
to the Diet are not expected" before Bagdad and Bosrn the airman, Mr. threa on the morning, of April 25, Scott, is making good time, landing owing to the large number Parties here on Saturday morning and is level with Butler's record.
who have put forward candidates, and the consequent delay in count> ing the votes.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, APRIL 25
JAPANESE GARRISON THE LATE ROBERT
ATTACKED
FIERCE FIGHTING AT IMIENPO
CHINESE FORCES DRIVEN O OFF AFTER
FIVE HOUR ENGAGEMENT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:)
Scott has now established two new
HARBIN April 24. has Hailed for Dairen to join, the records first, a thirteen hour hop "Nineteen Parties are participat-yesterday at Imienpo, when 7,000 Advisor, from Lympna to Brindisi, and lossing in the contest in Prussia.
There was n serious engagement League Commission as Techie than four days from England to
anta-Manchukuo Karachi
troops attacked -
After a hort rest he hopped off again on the trans-India flight,
AHEAD OF RECORD TIME [THROUGE REETER'S AGENCY.].
CALCUTTA, April 24. The winnan, Mr. Scott, took off for Rangoon at 10 am. On the sixth day of his flight he was a few shours ahead of the time put up by C. A. Butler, the holder of the Englund Australin solo flight re- cord.
RANGOON, April 4.
Scott arrived a pan and pro- poses to take off at dnybreak,
SHAKESPEARE
MEMORIAL
PRINCE OF WALES OPENS NEW THEATRE
BRITISH FRELESS MRVICE I
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Ruany, April 23, England's patron Saint and the Memory of Shakespeare are being celebrated today throughout the country,Shakespeare's birth-place, Stratford on Avon, is the centre of the chief celebrations, and the pic tiresque town was gnily decorated for the reception of the representa tives of over 70 nations who had come to do homage to Shakespeare memory..
The Prince of Wales flew from Windsor to take part in the cere monics, which included the opening by His Royal Highness of the new Shakcapoare Memurint Theatre and which has been erected on the banks of the Avon River.
A luncheon which was presided over by the Mayor of Stratford and attended by representatives of all leading nations of the world pre- ceted the ceremony at the Theatro and to-night the first performance in the Theatre will be given when the first part of Henry the Fourth is being staged in the presence of the Prince of Wales,
邝
THE COLONIAL EMPIRE
POSITION SURVEYED IN COMMONS
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
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RUGBY, April 22, The position of the Colonial Em pire, which is suffering heavily owing to the world depression, was reviewed in the House of Commons to day by the Colonial Secretary, Bir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister.
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Two Hundred Arrests, " BERLIN. April
11
There were many otection colli- siens in thy working class districts last night when two-hundred arrests
word made.
server, and arrived here in "the middle of January.
SHORT
LAID TO REST AT HUNGJAO AERODROME
WILL LIVE FOR EVERMORE AS A NATIONAL. HERO
THEQUOR LEUTER'S AGENCY. };
"REDS BUSY AT AMOYS
ATTACKING FORCE STEADILY ADVANCING
IRONSIDES IN VICINITY OF
HANGCHOW
"(NAVAL WIRELESS")
SHANGHAT, April 14. There was one of the biggend, orale in the history of Shanghal when Robert Short, the young. American aviator who was recently the Japanese garrison at Imieupo, Mr. Moss was formerly Consul at killed in an air battle over Soc.ed from H. M.8, Devonshire ab 9.30 The following message was receiv«. assisted by field-guas. They landed Nanking and was transferred to how, was buried at the Hungjao pm on Saturday several shells antong the Japanese Weihaiwei in November, but pro- ours, Chinese Arms and shops flew xiety is beginning to be felt at and fierce fighting weat on for Sivceeding. Aret to Chinchow an obtheir flags at half-mast and Church Amoy beenuse of rumours of is Aerodrome with full military hon Situation quiet. but a little an hours.
bells were tolled
tended Communist demonstration. The interment was preceded by a Communists are reported to be Are service in the floors Memorial milca from Sung Sui, Communist Church which was attended by re-handbills were distributed less presentatives of the Government night (Friday)ia Kulangsu and the Chinese comnimity..
Roporta from uncountry are very the conclusion of the service the conflicting. coffin was borne to a motor hearse by four Chinese and four Ainerican aviators. A vast concourse of Chi
ene lined the route of the funeral procession despite the rain. Thirty motor-cars haden with wreaths pre- ceded the bier..
With the assistance of an armour The campaign in the provinces ised train the Japanese counter more bitter than in Berlin, the
attacked and finally drove off the worst collision occurred at Breslau Chinese who are reported to havs. where a dozen Nazis, Communists at behind. Thirty dead and may and Socialists were sent to hospital wounded. The Japanese casualties
PRISONERS ATTACK
POLICE ESCORT
TEN ESCAPE INTO JUNGLE HEAD CONSTABLE KILLED: ONE CONSTABLE WOUNDED
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
LAHORE, April Despite a most active scarchy, #0: far there is no trace of the ten (prisoners who escaped yesterday while being conveyed from Aligarh
to Lahore)
Twenty-five prisoner attacked the police escort at. Narwana, a small station between Delhi and Bathinda, The, Head Constable was killed and a constable wounded.
The ten prisoners escaped into.. the jungle with three polico rifles and sixty rounds of ammunition, The remaining fifteen were brought to Labore
WINDERMERE TRAGEDY
EDITOR OF "MANCHESTER GUARDIAN" DROWNED - TTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)`
LONDON, April 2 Mr. E. T. Scott, the editor of the Manchester Gaurdian tha work-famous Liberal journal, lost his life by drowning in Lake Win- dermere to-day.
The tragedy has caused pro found sensation in the newspaper world whers Mr. Scott was univer sally popular.
It appears that Mr. Scott, who was with his son, boarded g-dinghy and began to pull out to their yacht lying at anchor in deep water. The dinghy capsized but there seoaned
are not stated,
KOREAN TROOPS TO REMAIN IN MANCHURIA
TOKYO, April 24.
OFFICIALS APPOINTED (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TOKYO, April 23.
At
In Recordance with the policy of appointing ofBeials of all races to sident in Manchuria, according to Press anys that the Korean troopa kuc has announced the appoint- A message from. Seoul to the talents and qualideations, Manchu.
Mayer Wu Tea Chen no the which were scheduled to return to ment of four ex-officials of the grave side bowed thrice before the Korea from Manchuria on Tuesday Japanese Government to the key and Chinese soldiers fired will probably be retained in Man-positions in the Changchan régime, three volleys, while a military aero. ehurin temporarily, owing to the According to & Changchun message plana circled above. grave situation due to bandity. to Rengo the appointments will enable the Japanese to dominate Changchun's Ministries of Financa, Foreign and Home Affairs, and the Mukden Provincial Police Burelu
KIRIN CAVALRY BRIGADE ROUTED-
TELEGRAPH WIRES AND RAIL TRACKS DESTROYED
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
STIMSON POLICY SPECULATION
[TANOCON REUTER'S AGENCY.)
GENEVA, April 29 Mr. H. Stimson, the American Secretary of State, and M.. Flymane, the chairman of the As Texvo, April 23. sembly Committee of Nineteen,, have Alter, routing the Kirin Cavalry been in close deliberation on the Brigade, a body of 3,000 insurgents situation. in the Far East.. oopied Sanchalo, a town on the "What transpired during the con NOuthorn branch of the Chinese versations is not known, but Mr. Eastern Railway and destroyed Stimson, is credited, unofficially and railway tracks and telegraph wires, without confirmation, with using thus paralysing communications befhis influence in favour of a more tween. Harbin and Chungchen, and energetic policy. holding up a train from there, they seized Japanese passengers, accord- ing to Press reports to Tokyo.
bouring town of Tholaichao re Japanese residents in the neigh also reported to have been abduct-
ed
短
On receipt of the news, to, the scene Japanese detachment whe hastened
RAIL COMMUNICATION RESTORED
HARDIN, April 24. Railway communication with Changchun through Sunnho an no occasion, for alarm.
The boy clung to the keel; while having driven off the attacters
been restored, Railway
Guarda his father,
A strong who captured Sanchaho. swimmer began to swim for the shore, to bring out another boat
wi
WILS
He sank suddenly and failed to reappear.
The late Mr. Edwin Taylor Scott, B.SB Eeon., was the youngest son of Mr. C. P. Scott, who edited tas Guardian from 1872 to 1920. He succeeded to the editorship when his father resized from the post
Born in 183, he was educated at Rugby and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, as well as the London School of Economies. was private secretary and A.D.C. to Sir Sydney Olivier, when the lalter was Govornor of Jamnica
He
MANCHUKUO SNUBS
COMMISSION
DANGER TO DR: KOO, EMPHASISED
GENEVA BECOMING RESTLESS
[THOUGH AESTER'S AGENCY)
GENEVA, April 24.
The Japanese delegation has not received instructions from Tokyo anent the Committee's Shanghai resolution.
Delegates of the smaller Powers are, evincing impatience and are holding their own private meetings at which, Reuter fearms, ideas for early decisive, action are
bound to accept a neutral decision.
yatallising. The feeling is grow. ing that the disputants must be
If a unanimous agreement is not forthcoming promptly, there is talk of summoning at the earliest date meeting of the full Assembly for taking action under Clauses IV. and X. of Article Fifteen of the Covenant. A
SIR JOHN SIMON GOES TO LONDON
affair.
CONCENTRATION
CANTON, April 28 Confirmation has been received here of the grave threat to Amoy and the prious Communist dis
urbances in Fukion.
attention of both the Nanking and The situation is attracting the Canton taking joint cetion to organize an Governments which are expedition to Fukion.
The fall of Amoy to General Sun
Fimpri orations were delivered by Government and civilian spokes-Lien Chung, the erstwhile Military en extolling his bravery and pay Governor of Riangai, who revolted ing homage to Robert: Shoat, who against the Nanking régime and would live for evermore enshrined turned Communist is expected is Chinese hosts as being equal to hourly, it being pointed out the a national hero.
outside assistance because of the Amoy is almost defencoleus without Communist occupation of Chang chow and Naatsinghsion.
The funeral cortege stretched for Hoveral blocks of buildings, consist ing of official delegates, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Dense crowds flowed into the centre of the roads blocking the progress of the cession and a police cordon was forced to clear the way.
GENE TUNNEY'S
BABY
GANGLAND'S LATEST
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in tharge of the East River garri- son, has instructed the officers of the seventh and eighth Cantoness divisions in the Swatow and Obac chowfu areas to keep vigilant lookout for Communist penetration of Kwangtuagem
Chacan to facilitate the landing of Moanwhile the military authori ties are building an aerodroms at military aeroplanes sent from Cin
far ohnervation work in the up- country districts near Swatow.
Some Cantonese contingenta sent have reached prints as "fro, na to relieve the Changchow situation Shanghang in Fukien and other cities on the Kwangtung-Fukien frontion and there is avery prospect of their reaching Amoy earlier than the Nanking divisions organized in Kinngsi Canton Gazette...
MILITARY ACTIVITY ON S'HAININGPO RAILWAY
(THROUGH KRUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
advance guards of General Chang
SHANGHAI, April 23.
Fat Fuis famous Fronsides
The Evening Post learns that tha
Hangehow, where tilby are making. have arrived in the vicinity of preparations for the arrival of the from Kwangsi. main force, which is travelling afoot-
The Government forces at Amoy under General Chang Chen (Chang proChang) are retiring in disorder be-number of troops in the Haugehow The Evening Post says that the fore the "rebel army,
area is. swelling daily with the ar MINISTER OF WAR TO ACTxival of fresh units, and estimates
that 20,000 are already thero The latest Nanking messages to band show that the Government is troops were seen daily on the It declares that trains filled with in constant touch with the Minister Shanghai Niugno Rhilway, along ef War, General Ho Ying Ching, which every station is occupied by over the latest developments" at soldiers, and adds that propart Amoy.
The Government has recommend shaitor at Soochow for the Nine tions were being made to provide ed the organization of an anti-tenth Army in the event of a fall! Communist expedition, under the back from Quinsan. Entrenchments Minister of War who was recently are being constructed with bricka appointed anti-bandit commissioner taken of five provinces in Southern and walls, and other military prepai
From 86chow's ancient Central China comprising Kinngsi,tions are being made, Kweichow, with General Chen CANTON TROOPS RUSHING Fukion, Kwangtung Kwanged and Tani Tong, of Canton as his assist
TO CHANGCHOW
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
THREAT
(THROUGH BOOTER'A' AGENCY.] "
New Yena, April 23. Gangland is apparently unper turbed by the outery against the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping out- rage, as the latest. object of their attention is Gene Tumey ex-Heavy" weight, Champion of the world, who as received a note threatening to kidnap his five-month old son.
Early Jast month, while the Tunneya were at Bermuda, they were also obliged to seek Police protection for their child,
Mrs, Tunney, like "Mrs Lind- berg is a millionaire's daughter.
ไ
POLICE VERSUS BANDITS
DETECTIVES FATALLY
WOUNDED.
(Reuter's Special Service.)
ant.
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GUNBOATS IN ACTION
The Nanking. Naval Department hus advised the Commander of the First Nanking Naval Squadron under Liang to leave with his vessels for Commander Chen Kwei
Amoy
The Minister of War will leavo
adent.)
CANTON, April 4. Chang Mai Sun are rushing to Cantonese troops under General Changchow, which has fallen into. the hands of the Communist hordes,
for Nanchang in Kianggi during in three directions to stem the the week-end where he will establish advances of the "Reda in coin- the headquarters of the anti-bandit Pliance with
instructions from expedition. The Nanking Com General Chen Tsai Tong The manders will load their arrates from Canton Higher Command is deter Kiangai to the Fukien border." mined to recapture. Changchow and all the other lost territory nearby. Seven Chaton 'planes are co-operat ing in the campaign against the "Reds" in Fukien..
Both Kiangai and Fukion being infested with Communists, it may take the Nanking forces several days to fight their way through to Amoy. Consequently General Ho Ying Ching has wired so the Can- ton Government suggesting that General Chen Tsui Tong should sond his regiments there via the East River and Swatow
NANKING ANXIETY was the scene of a fierce revolver their communiqué to Canton om The Nanking Commanders in battle between Police and handits..
the Communist disturbances to
strength. When
MARSEILLES, April 22. Severnl Colonies, he said, had
GENEVA, April 24.
Ono detective was shot dead and only been able to carry on with the
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.)
Sir John Simon left at 1.10 p.suburban Post. Office at St. Barnaba two more fatally wounded when the nssistance of grants-in-aid or loans
by plane for London on family from the British Treasury, and a
reasons. He hopes to return on "number of other Colonies would
TOKYO, April 03, Tuesday is time for the meeting bave been in the same position but from 1907 to 1908. From the latter worried according to the Mukden will discuss the
The League Commission is most of the Committee of Nineteen, which for the fact that, in more prospor
year to 1911, he was engaged in Press, owing to the Manchukuo ous times, they had accumulated
Anancial journalism, and then he authorities refusal to accord a
Sino-Japanese reserves on which they were able to
joined the staff of the Manchester formal interview or to allow Dr. Gakiraian. draw.
In Bfarch, 1015, he Wellington Koo to accompany the The Colonial Office was continu-joipod the R. F.A.
Hu was married in 1907 to Miss Commission outside the Japanese ing the practice of helping ad ministrations by means of financial Mabel Josephine Hobson, daughter zona. missions to frame their budgets, and of Mr. J. A. Hobson, the well- The Manchukuo Government is to effect economies..
known writer on economies, and indignant because the Commission The Colonial Empire was almost there were two sons and two daughtered Manchuria without formal UNITED STATES DECISION entirely dependent apon primary
tera by the marriage.
notification of their visit, thus products and ho was "glad to say
ignoring the existence of the Inde- REGARDING FLEET thera was now some sign of an im-
pendent Stato provement in commodity prices, inmoval of the Commons and in the Office, Japan is unable to guapartment ofhoials said to-day that According to the Tokyo Foreign Washington, April Navy De- stancing coffee, con and maize.
true interest of the people of Malta antes Dr. Koq's safety, if he leaves the Department was considering passer-by, The increased preference given to Referring to Malaya, he regretted the railway zono or even goes out keeping the entire United States the Colonies had come at an oppor- that despite every effort during the side the South Manchuria Railway Flest in Pacific waters indefinitely. tuna timu and they had security of recent negotiations, it was imposzone to the north of Changchun, markets.
No orders to that effect have been,
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The Colonies were largely depen dent for their revenue on tariff, some of which were fifty per cent. or more, offering stope for agree monta between themselves and the Jominions, as well as Britain.
A Good Model.
The agreement between Canada and the West Indies was a very good inodel and opportunities would arise at Ottawa of carrying that agreement further and, seeing what development of trade between the Colonics and the Dominiona was
possible.......
He announced that a Bill to give affect to the Government-policy in Malte would be shortly introduced in the House of Lords. Govern mens were satisfied that they were proceeding with the nations apa "Continued at foot of next column.)
IN PACIFIC.
sible to frame an effective scheme though ready to do her best to pro-issued as yet, it was said, but it of control for rabbor, but thought too him. that the right corno had been taken
in examining the matter at once and announcing the result plainly. fand unequivocably.
The period of the Mandate, in
MANCHUKUO PEEVED.
CHANGCHUN, April 24.
The Manchukuo Goverment has
Irak was drawing to a close and sent Notes to the League and the
had been a backward, improverish
od province had become a prosper ous State with a stable and com.. patent administration......
was implied that Department heads are considering, inuance of general instructions in view of the appar ently continuing nature of the. Far. East emergnacy,
that bandits were planning a raid Changchow and Nantsinghsien and Some weeks ago it was learned Phasize the importance of eputining at the Post Office and a delective preventing the Communist influence guard was accordingly despatched!"
from spreading to the seaports, Last evening at closing hour then outlet to the sea would certainly clerk's suspicions were aroused by four men who lingered; consulting
mean an increase of the Red the telephone directory. the detectives were summoned, the known Cantoneso army commander General Li Yang King, the well- men fred fevolvers at point blank the opaque grille on the countr range while taking cover babind and shooting through the pay win dows, they hit three of the detra.
street where one was captured by a stairs. tives and drove the officials up. They then fled into the
OLU SLUMP
DUE TO MALICIOUS RUMOURS
[THAOVOK HEUTER'S ADENCY.]
ed that the Scouting Fleet, which decisiv ccuptor blast to yesterday's
LONDON, April 23. "Malicious rumours is another
It was meanwhile reported that the State Department had suggest-
EAST RIVER IN FLOOD
SURROUNDING COUNTRY
SUBMERGED
CATTLE KILLED RICE CROPS
RUINED A W
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
CANTO, April 54.
50,000 REFUGEES
-FOOD 'PRICES SOARING: FINANCIAL CONFUSION
[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.},
SHANGHAI, April 23. Tokyo reports to the Navy Office state that 80,000 refugees poured into Amoy as the result of the fall of Changchow to the rebels.
The price of foodstuffs in Amoy
is created by the banks transferring is soaring aud Bnancial confusion silver in hoards to Kulangen,
MISSIONARIES IN DANGER THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]
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PEIPING, April 23, Owing to rebel threat against Tungan, five American missionaries with three children have been evacuated from Tungan, where: General Chang Chen's Chief of ing the defeated Government forces. Staff at Hankuikung is reorganis- The rebela bave captured Chaowei (probably Kiowei, fifteen miles enstward of Changchow). "
the East River, is also under The recent continual razne have The river at this pourð-i reported
the Council of the Leagueof British and American Governments Nations had recommended Irak's entry to full membership What regarding the Dr. Wellington Koo was too site for nano-oil speculation. It was contained caused considerable damage in the to have risen more than ten feet on visiting Manchuria without the West Coast of the United States Lord Bearsted Chairman of the dykes in Bo Yuen and Bok Law Yuen, where most of the streets question, and the League Commis-res in Hawaiian waters and alons in an official statement issued by East River districte. A number of Similar conditions prevail in Ho notifying the Government thereof, some weeks ago in accordance with Shell Transport and Trading Com-districts were washed by the rush are more than two feet under
prearranged plans, remain in the pany in which he says that the ing river, and the adjacent land is water Pacific without returning to former rumours regarding the position of submerged, Many houses built of hases in the Atlantic
the Royal Dutch Shell group have sun-dried bricks collapsed, and the which were on their way to the Nary Department officials dealin been circulated with malicious-in-inbabitants, all farmers without ex market down the East River, atrucio Two large sampane full of cargo. ed to confrm the report that such tent, by persons having as their ception, had to move to the distant a rock and sunk The current of THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} «
a suggestion had been made, but it object personal gain. The state hills. A number of cattle perished, the River had broome so swift WEIHAIWEI, April 23
seemed plain that State Department adds that the Company's finan- and the coming rice crops were a result of the recent, torrentin from the British Legations the general tentative plan with refer an ever, and capable of weathering mercial centre in the lower part of three boatmen lost their avesant Acting on instructions received played a part in building up the treated in it is 'strong and as liquid A part of Sheklung, a big com- to man their boate. As a result
ment information and advice badcial position and the concerns in ruined
rains that the masters were umak British Consul, Mr. G... S. Most, ence to disposition of ships.
any present or future storm. (Continued at fo u of next column) valuable cargoes were lost.
During the debate which follow- ed other Colonial questions worg raised.
The Under Secretary, replying, said he did not think the intereste of the natives were in danger of boing overlooked by the Kenya and Commission which was in the naturo of a judicial, body.my?
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