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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1932.

GANDHI BREAKS · DE VALERA REVIEWS BENGALI TERRORIST

HIS FAST

POONA AGREEMENT APPROVED

(Tunocak neuTKR'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept 50, THE Government have announced that they will recommend Fatlia- ment in due course to the adoption of the clauses--f the Foona Agree ment dealing with representation in the provincial Legislatures in place of the provisions as stated in the Communal Award of August 4.

The announcement adds that the Government baa learnt with the grentest satisfaction of the agree ment reached and points out that

WORLD POLITICS

AT THIRTEENTH LEAGUE ASSEMBLY

(THROUGH REUTER'N AGENCY.}

GENEVA, Sept. 9.

OUTBREAK

EUROPEAN WOMAN

KILLED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

CALCUTTA, Sept. 9. vietim of the Bengali terrorist outbreak at Chit-

REVIEWING the whole situation THE ** in world pulitics, including the Sino-Japanese and Anglo-Irish dis-tagong last night was a woman, a putes, Mr. de Valera inaugurated Mrs. Sullivan, the Thirteenth League Assembly.

He said the Lengne would in- dubitably be judged by its success the disarmament of-failure On question, whose progress hitherto had fallen greatly short of the expectations of the peoples in the

The outrage occurred at midnight when the European Institute, at Baratali was thronged with Eure peans on the occasion of the month ly dance.

The dance was at its height and

COURIERS FAIL TO RETURN

ANXIETY FOR CAPTIVES INCREASES

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

NEWCHWANG, Sept. 98.

ANXIETY for Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Corkraa has increased by the failure of the two couriers, who had been sont to the bandit lair, to return on scheduled time. They are now twenty-four hours overdue but it is possible that the had state of the paths, caused by heavy rains,

accounts "for their delay.

Books, foodstuffs, clothes and

CHINESE TROOPS RAID TSITSIHAR

ANTI-MANCHUKUO FORCES FORCED, TO RETIRE

ITDRUCON REUTER'S AGENCY.)

FRANCE'S POLICY IN

FAR EAST

MR. SUN FO EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

declared

that

CHOLERA AT CHENGTU

OVER 2,000 DEATHS IN A SINGLE MONTH.

Chengtú, Aug. 31-Cholera has attacked--the west with venge.. once. It cams steadily up the

HARBIN, Sept. 28.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 25. FIFTEEN hundred anti-Manchu MR. SUN FO, when interviewed, river like a destroying wave and

France kuo troops,

equipped with

had claimed city after city leaving artillery and machine-guni, on changed the attitude of her far wide area of destruction of life in

thus affording Saturday atatcked the Manchukuo Eastern policy, garrison and captured the Chinese China a good chance for delibera ite terrible wake. It renched Eastern Railway settlement at tions at the Longue of Nations as Chengtu near the end of July. Tsitsihar.

France is not likely to support"

After taking the settlement, they Japan because she needed British The city health authorities, aasiat- for armaments equality, and if Health Education, carried on # fired a fusillade at a standing train help against the German demanded by the West China Council of from Manchuli, which had a nam- ber of passengers from Europe Ar. Roosevelt is olci hr Leagus rapid and rigorous campaign of

elected President,

next year, after which the Ledgus prevention. will be powerful enough to order. other nations to execute its orders.

aboard.

the floor was crowded when a gang comforting letters along with a quickly arrived together with other clauses, such as those dealing world. We, in Ireland, desiro of ten armed men appeared at the pack of cards. Eave been sent to the five hours' bombardment of the

with the franchise of the Depressed Classes and the method of electing them are outside the scope of the Communal Award and are still under consideration by the Govern

ment.

Terms of Agreement.

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pence domestically and internation- ally, and are convinced that if the Irish are left alone to pursue their own policy we will succeed in securing a proper adjustment of Ireland's economic life and contri- bute more than our share to the prosperity of the world,

"May God Assist Us."

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open windows. A bomb was thrown into the building, killing Mra Sullivan and wounding other Europeans, the bomb. for tunately,; not being remarkably powerful one,

The remainder of the raiders escaped There have been no fur- ther disturbances.

The injured men included two police officers. There was a sharp exchange of shots between a hand- ful of Europeans and the ter rorista, as the result of which a LONDON, Sept. 2.

Mr. de Valera dramatically de-Bengali gril was killed. In view of the Government's einred in Erse: May God assist us in the exalted task before us and approval there if it is regarded ar a foregone conclusion that Parlia may He not permit us to fail.

Referring to Lausanne, he said: ment will englaise the agreement bet is still ton sou to assess the final tween the Caste and Untouchable" results, but it will be creditable if lenders at Poona for the representait paves the way to the settlement

of inter-Governmental debts. tion of the Depressed Classes under which the latter will, (n), be allot- ied 14 seats in the Provincial

Legislature; (b), have reserved for them percentage of the seats in the Central Legislature allotted to the general electorates.

Voting in the joint electorate will be preceded by a primary election for a panel of four representatives of the Depressed Classes for each reserved sent..

The system of reserved seats and primary election will be terminated

After a decade.

Adequate representation of the Depressed Classes in public services will also be secured.

SIMLA, Sept. 26. "The Government announcement.

captives by devious channels.

GORDON BENNETT BALLOON RACE

SIXTEEN START FROM BASLE

(THROUGH AKUTER'S AĠENOY.}

BASLE Sept 25,

Two Japanese armoured trains large force of troops and after a anti-Manchukuo positions the raid. ers retreated..

Many were killed during the engagement.

It is not yet known whether any European passengers aboard the train were hit.

POLICE AT “BOTTLE " PARTY

CONSTABLE WHO PAID £2

FOR BRANDY.

SHANGHAI CHINESE BID FOR TRADE

SCHEME TO DEVELOP

BUSINESS OUTSIDE

FÖREIGN SETTLEMENT

(From Our Own Correspondent,)

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The disease was not prevented but the people in the city and sur- rounding districts were educated. s to methods of defence by wisely placed placards and abundance of literature. Stations were opened for anti-chalara injections. The hospitals were sood filled and the mayor of the city, assisted by the Red Cross and other agencies, quickly provided a municipal bos pital in one of the big temples, "Poh Nic Pab," or the "White clay medicine" was mixed in largo quantities and given freely to the As far as is known at the mo

SHANGHAI, Sept. 25.

people. This cheap-remedy mant, none of the other victims of

THE decision-of-the-Chinese marvellously efficacious in stopping the bomb, is in a serious condition.

authorities to erect the now the vomiting, and giving the vi The Bengali girl killed has been identified as a graduate of Darca eight nations, including three

Police constable

at main railway station at Chanju, tim a chance for life. However, University. She had been Want- entrants each from the United Marlborough Street police court, which is a considerable distance the regular variety of cholera was The Far East.

od" by the police following in States, Germany, France and Swit- told the story of his experiences at from the present location in the mixed with a particularly virulent a house in New Bond Street, W., International Settlement, has enor type that caused fatalities within Alluding to the Far East he de vestigations into the last anti-zerland, started this afternoon on clarod; that happily there was no European outbreak at Chittagong the annual Gordon Bennett Race, when Miss Gwendoline Burko-Mills, mous political significance inne two and three hours with neither

for a cup presented by Mr. Henry

moders of the usual · accompanying symp was charged on remand with sell- much as by building a

excretion. longer serious fighting involving some months ago.

Ford

ing drink without a licence, and railway station and wharf accom toms-vomiting and henvy loss of life, but none the less

A light breeze prevailed at the Gerald O'Brien, of Dering Street,modation away from the foreign Weakness comes on the patient it was true that larger problems

at issue and unsolved. Ho FORTY YEARS IN PRISONS. tine of the ascent and the com, was charged with aiding and areas, the Chinese hope to draw bodily functions cease and a quick

patitors were carried gradually in abetting her. The polico-constable trade from foreign quarters, thus and sudden collapse ensues. the direction of Belgium, which said that at the house he was asked encouraging an expansion of busi- was fortunate since the Soviet had what he had ordered. He said ness in the surrounding. Chines issued a warning that balloons champagne and champague was territory and the dream of a civic greater Shanghai would not be permitted to drift brought. He signed es invoice pad, centre for a over Soviet territory.

gave the waiter 2, and received no municipality. It also form part All the entrante, despite the change. The total of the bill was of a general scheme supported by

£1 9. dd. 168, was charged for Nanking. warning, declared that they were prepared to take the risk, if neces storage

There are au British entries for the race.

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hoped that the Lytton Report would be conducive lu a just and final settlement, and that the principles of the Covenant would triumph.

Impending Economic Collapse. Likewise, he alluded to the econ omic conferner in view of "evi- dence of an impending economic collapse."

He concluded by eulogizing, Sir Eric Drummond who is resigning.

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was greeted with loud cheers in the RAILWAYS FIGHTING Legislative Assembly.

Gandhi's Condition.

Pooss, Sept. 24. Gandhi has not slept well. It is officially stated that his vitality iś decidedly lower but he is feeling less nausea and is suffering ne conte discomforts.

Gandhi is now preparing to break his fast. His doctors insist that he is first given a small quantity of Urange juice and later goat's milk diluted with warm water.

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POOKA, Sept. 96,"- Gandhi has broken bis fast.

Threat to Fast Again.

LONDON, Sept. 28. Determination to resort another fast if it is necessary for the object of rooting out Un touchability from Hinduism, was expressed by the Mahatma Gandhi to-day, in a special statement to Reuters representative.----

Gandhi said that if Mr. Ramsay MacDonald accepted the agreement between the Caste Hindus and the Depressed Classes in toto, he (Gandhi) would be obliged to break his fast

But, he added, the break might merely prove to be a suspension.

"I shall certainly retake the vow to fast unto death if the part to be played by the Casts Hindus is not well played during the coming months...

recovery.

FOR LIFE

LOSING STRUGGLE AGAINST

DEPRESSION

£2,000,000,000 AT STAKE IN

ENGLAND

WOMAN'S GRATITUDE FOR LENIENCY

Described as "a remarkable wo man who had spent most of the last forty-two years in various

Eileen prisons,

Phillips, 68, cook, thanked the acting chairman, Sir Herbert Wilberforce, at Lon- don Sessions, on Aug. 10, when he

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sentenced her to eighteen months, imprisonment.

SIXTEEN balloons entered by

sary:

This is the first act of human In Hong Kong

ty and justice that has happened to me," she said, "and I have re- ceived nothing but penal servitude time after time."

The woman had pleaded guilty to charges of stealing jewellery and other property from dwelling- houses Her method was said to be to answer an advertisement in a newspaper for a position as cook or working housemaid, and be cause of hor respectable appearan- ce and forged references she had no difficulty in obtaining stum- tions.

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To stave off disaster, national prosperity being involved in every instance, grim fights are being made A detective inspector said that by railway authorities throughout there were eighteen previous con the world. So far it has been a victions against Phillips, the first) losing struggle against the two being in 1880 and the last last year; fold attack of depression and moan almost continuous record of tor transport.

crime, all of the same kind. Australia's railways have lost. The acting chairman read £13,000,000 in 10 years; 72 indivi- statement made by Phillips in dual railroad companies in one which she said, "It is no use ask- year in the United States have ing for leniency or mercy. I have Iniled by £20,000,000 to meet their never been given any chance fixed charges; and in England, forty years. No one has tried where employees of the Southern harder than I have time after Railway have had to postpone their time." summer holidays, £2,000,000,000 in capital is at stake.

In passing sentence of eighteen months, Bir. Herbert said, "I do Co-ordination of transport con not think that the sentence is go- trol is the means by which some ing to have any effect upon you. I Australian States are andestouring seo no hope of improvement. You to reduce the huge railways deficit, must have robbad people during which was more than £11,000,000 in your life-time of thousands

pounds," 1930-31.

of

To-Day

FAIR TO SHOWERY

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER, BEVOET, „FORECAST AND REMARKS, 1880ED BY THE ROYAL CSERVATORY. ÁT 5.25 P.M., STATED:

PRESBURE 14 HIGHEST BETWEEN SHANGHA; AND 8. Japan, anD IS RELATIVELY IOW OVER TONGKING AND THE PARPIÓ TO, THE E. OF THE PHILIPPINES,

LOCAL FORECAST ; — ModsKATE BOUTBERLY OZ VARIABLE WINDS; FAIL TO BEOWARYJ

"SELANGOR ENTERPRISE

AMUSEMENT PARK WITH HOT AND COLD BATHS

Kuala Lumpur, Sept: 12.-Three amusement park projects are said to have been approved in Kuala Lumpur, but it is not known who ther they are all being proceeded with.

One, called the Great Eastern Amusement Park Ltd. has taken delnite shape, its promoly having supplied the following details for publication, se

Cavalier,

Miss Burke-Mills, he alloged, said to him, "You did not leave an order last time you were here. If you All in an order you can come Fin at any time and have what you

like." Miss Burke-Mills brought. one of the dancing girls to his table. He ordered four glasses of lager, but, the dancing girl said Shall we have some brandy t

Sh called the waiter, ordered “ bottle of brandy, and said, "If yo give me £2 that will pay for the brandy."

After 3.30 am. a drunken man was carried out.

NEW NON-SKID ROAD

TRIED

CONCRETE-RUBBER. SURFACE LAID DOWN SECRETLY.

Tests are being made by the Lon- don County Council authorities with a new non-skid road surface material of concrete and rubber which may shortly be submitted to When Sub-Divisional Inspector the road board for approval. A Alizea, entered, Renee, the dancing strip of the material was secretly girl, said, "It is a raid. Don't put down at night in the London give your right names and ad- axes, states the Daily Express of

August 27.

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The new material was perfected by Mr. G. Stellay, a research worker in concrete and cement, who, after four years work, has overcome the difficulty of combining rubber with lime compounds.

Casually, List

The police bulletins announcs. the casualties for this month as fallowy:

Aug. 1-13, 684 deaths, Aug. 14-21, 831 deaths, Aug. 21-28, 747 deathe total of 2,202 already this, month, with probably half na many not." reported Then these figurés Ins to account for the serious inroads. in the army forces where the los ses have been extremely beavy aud 6gures cannot be obtained as the army authorities do not what the real state of the ravages among them to be known, Conservative estimates are made by the people who have been following the course of the plague to the effect that pro- bably 0,000 is nearer the figura tor casualties this month.

An old man on the street gra tesquely, attired, represented him- self to be the Cholèrn, spirit”. and warned all and sundry that the plague. would continue until Chinese New Year. Acting on thin suggestion: various societies con seived the idea of prematurely celebrating Chinese New Year. Ac cordingly, we have been treated to the unusual spectacle of seeing all the usual daw year trappings in. It is claimed that the rabber August. The city is still wearing concrete material has greater foxi.holiday attire, with the red and ability and will give a longer life to white lanterns hung in hugo roads under modern traffic condi: triangles, and much red bunting and paper in evidence, with lan- tions.

teras and firecrackora at night in abundance in the effort to scare off the cholera spirit and make him believe that it is really Now Year..

dreses."

Miss Burke Mills said, "Don't forget to say you paid for your drinks before eleven?'

Polico-constable Cavalier added that his name and those of his friends were taken, and later Sub- Inspector Mizon, "the presence of Miss Burko Mills, questioned him.. Mr. Pauli, beginning his cross- examination,, snid, There is good deal which I am going to challenge about your evidence,"

Beplying to Mr. Paul, the offi ter aid that on the first night he took £12 with him--his own money. Mr. Paulls And you get it back afterwards-I hope to.

Can you take as much money as you like-Yos

And spend as much as you like in the course of an evening--Yes.

The hearing was adjourned-

CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES

IN KENYA

CALL FOR DRASTIC CUTS.

The additional cost is roughly 20 per cent. on that of the ordinary voncrete road. **

The London County Council stated, on inquiry by our London correspondent, that no further. particulars were available for pub. lication yet."

Rubber Road at Huddersfield..

that no decision has yet been ships and factories are worth in the shoals of herrings from Yararea cal instruments will It was, he said, vital that drastic known rond; surface,

reached.

An area of 1 200 square yards of "Gaisman Rubber Road Blocks bas been laid in Market Street, Huddersfield. The blocks, which In England and America tha privately owned companies arr

consist of vulcanized rubber cap on a brick base, are of an improved The tremendous awakening in fighting for their lives. Methods of the country during the past five soonomy and of increasing trafic deserted coal mines and damped

type as a result of experience of days, however, fills me with hope are being explored feverishly. out blast furnaces. The carriage

test areas laid in other parts of the and orthodoxy will surprise itself The four companies in England of coal and stoel has been the big

country. This area constitutes the largest section of a public bighway and rid Hinduism, of the tanker are actually faced with the progest dividend maker,

blam of warding off bankruptcy." 'of Untouchability,"

Fishing for Business,

laid with rubber blocks and the The site is adjoining the Great Nairobi, Aug 16--Major Grogan, demonstration will doubtless be Gandhi appeared to be much In the hands of the directors is

Failing to secure heavy, traffic. Eastern Hotel and is claimed to be one of Kenya's pioneer settlers, watched with considerable: Interest. brighter and better than he was the destiny of thousands of small yesterday, but his doctor says that shareholders throughout the count the companies are paying special the best available in the town. It addressing a big meeting of farm. It is understood that the contract he will be unable to fast much try and the livelihood of teas of attention to seasonal business. Last is within easy reach of the most er at Thomson Falls on the fman provides for ten year free main- month there was a concentration thickly populated area of the cist and political situation of the tenance. The looks will last con- longer with sufficient strength for thousands of workers

The actual capital invested in on the strawberry trade, and in town. It is ideally situated the Colony, referred to the great rise siderably longer, as it is claimed It is learned from London that railways in Great Britain is one night 1,000 tons of strawber Sungei Klang and the Sungei in Civil Service omohmments since that a rubber road surface, berides the Poons agreement is being very £1,100,000,000, and properties be- ries from one district were carried Bunus almost surrounding it. I 1914 and the fact that, except for possessing, out danding advantages actively considered by all concerned longing to the four systems, such to Newcastle and Edinburgh is isolated, well away from the a temporary small lavy, thers had in absorbing noise and vibration, with the Government's policy, but as land, hotels, harbours, steam-1 The companies carefully watch main road and the residential been no cut in spite of a 60 per will withstand tunc abrasion to

cent. decrease in the cost of living. greater extant than any other equal amount.

mouth to Aberdeen, and special Noisy services are arranged in accordance be eliminated, sa will all amuse-eme be made immediately sto tak with the catches,“

ments of a moisy character level in consonance with the coun The depression is the worst enemy Because there is no "carrying

A hot spring discovered on the try's capacity to pay. Any attempt trade a

normal revenue of of the railways in England Berite will permit of the inclusion of to raise further revenus from a he hoped, the matter was recon £200,000,000 a year is being whittled i have been speeded up so that hot spring baths and probably a hopelessly impoverished community sidered, there deemed no other no other means of transport can swimming pool as additional at world only precipitate bankruptcy, method of protecting themselves down almost to nothing.

The railways burn 16,000,000 tons compete with them over long distractions besides cold water swim and the income-tax proposed, than by informing the Government tances. As a further safeguard ming pools. The site provide ideal rait into practice, would not only that, until the monstrous distor of coal a year They employ near Mr. Ramsay MacDonald-and-Birly one in so of the population, and the companies have bought an in trafo facilities and ample park rain existing landed industry button-involved-in-the-present scale Samuel Hoare, the Secretary of the annual wage bill, is more than terest in 8,000 motor vehicles ing accommodation

would preclude such portions of it. of Civil Service remunerations was in U.B.A State for India, were busy all £100,000,000.

Entertainments will be varied as might survive the present crisis readjusted, the price level foroed and provide legitimate and harm-from ever being free of debt. "It upon it, by outside factors would through the day examining the The track mileage is 51,000, and Poona Agreement from

Every there are 24,000 locomotives and In the United States there was angle.

45,000 carriages with 9,670,000 seats, drop of 20 per cent. last year on A statement issued late last Troight wagons, which number the 1930 railway revenue, and night said that Mr. MacDinaid 678,000, asa.. capable of carrying passenger taking were 53 per cent and: Siz Samuel Hoar, had been

of merchandise. Jena tuan in 1930.

Nearly 600,000-fower man were in close communication regarding There are 1,100 tunnels. the answer to be given to the com- The root cause of the present employed last year then five years munities concerned in the agree unprecedented slump in the earn- 1 before Every effort is being mode ing-of-British-railways-has-been-

The story of the railways and Continued on gent, Opiuma,). **' in tragio.

ACTIVITY AT WHITEHALL ·

LONDON, Sept. 30, With Gandhi stil fasting, Sun- day was a day of intense activity

at Whitehall.

14 avoid delas,

Big Figures,

Plight

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always have. polished shoes.

nts:

DE YOU "NULBet." Your shoes this morning?

NUGGET

less amusements for all classes and is evident said Major Grogan compel the only to state de BOOT

recent initely that it was not prepared races There will be talkies, then from the Governors

tres (Malay Opinses and Indian), speech in the Legislature that he either to consider or give effect to restaurants skating rink, cabaret, not conversant with the general any proposals for additional taxa

pools, and

refrenamente, atalls of bas either been del children's play, or his advise

believably.

-Protest- meetings- misled VER: UN- TELKÉd throughout

Linst fresh- tazation.

dequate, ecodo

POLISH