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BRITISH AIR-LINER

DISASTER

RESULT OF PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY

ACCIDENT NOT DUE TO FAILURE OF ENGINES

(THROUGH REUTER'S' AGENCY)

Brussels, March 30

THE City of Liverpool air crash was not due to any failure of the engines. This is the chief conclusion come to at the pre- liminary enquiry held at the scene of the disaster, and which was communicated to the Cabinet by Mr. Forthomme, the Minister of Transport.

He said that possibly one of the parts of the machine, perhaps the exhaust pipe, has been damaged during a previous landing or at the last take-on and the flame caused by overheating this sec tion must have set fire to the machine and preceded the explosion in one of the engines. The theory that the fire was caused by a pas- senger smoking a cigarette has been dismissed.

WRECKAGE NOW BEING REMOVED

Isaiau WinNKLESA BERVICE]

Ruday, March 20.

THE examination and removal of the wreckage of the air liner "City of Liverpool which met with disaster, near Dixmude, be gan this afternoon in the presence of a British Air Ministry Inspec tor and the Belgian air authori-

ties.

and this is the first accident in the course -* over 2,000,000 miles flown by this type on regular services.

The Investigation.

Under approved international procedure, the responsibility for the investigation rested with the country in which the accident oc- curred, though it was customary to The King, in a message to the associate with the enquiry, the tech- Imperial Airways Chairman, Sirical representatives of the coun- Eric Geddes, expresses deep sym. try to which the aircraft belonged

No doubt in the present case, the pathy with the relatives of the passengers and crow who lost their

Belgian responsible

authorities lives and with the Company:

Bir Eric Geddes, in a public statement, says that to those who direct and work for the Imperial Airways; the deplorable accident is a great blow and the shock is greater owing to the pride they took in their nine years' record, during which 10,800,000 miles had been flown,

Public Statement. As official inquiries are being conducted, it is undesirable to hazard a guess as to the cause of the disaster, but it is possib's that the passengers who had ap plied for reservations to-day on some of their services exceed the accommodation available.

would work in the closest and most cordial co-operation with British experts. He conveyed to the latives of those killed, the pro-

re

une sympathy of the Secretary of State and himself at the logg s tragically sustained.

CITY

FINANCIER ON TRIAL

ALLEGED BOLSTERING UP OF SHARES

[TBROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

In their grief at the bereave- mente suffered, the Corapany find some consolation in the confidence:

LONDON, March 29. shown on all sides and in the fact AFTER A THREE weeks inter- that the passengers who had appli-val, the case against Mr. M. ed for reservations to-day on some. Harman, the prominent city of their services exceed the accom- financier, and three other directors modation available,

Question in Commons. The air disaster was the subject of a question in the Commons where the Under-Secretary for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, said the air craft appears to have caught fire in the air.

Until the receipt of the prelimin. ary report from the Inspector of of Accidenta this morning, it is not possible to make any further statement.

charged with, between November 10, 1930, and Augast 31, 1932, unlaw fully conspiring to deferand share holders of the Chosen Corporation, Ltd, was continued in the. Now Court at Guildhall yesterday.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933

ARRESTED. BRITONS

TO BE TRIED. “

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ADAMANT

(THROUGH REUTER'S-AGENCY.]

Moscow, March, 30. DURING an interview with the British Ambassador, Bir Esmond Ovey, yesterday, in con nection with the arrested Metro- politan Vickers Electrical Co's, employees, M. Litvinoff, Foreign Commissar, said:

BRITISH STEAMER PIRATED

FOUR OFFICERS CARRIET OFF

S.S. NANCHANG BOARDED BY: RAIDERS

NEWCHWANG, March 30.

POLITICAL ACTIVITY "AT NANKING

IMPORTANT SUBJECTS BEING DISCUSSED

{THROUGH REUTER'S ACKNOT]

NANKING, March 30, FOLLOWING the renssizmption of HE, Butterfield and Swire steami-Yuan by Mr. Wang Ohing Wea, the Presidency of the Executive

er Nanchang was pirated this morning while proceeding to considerable political activity is anchor at Newchwang Bar and now going on in the capital. awaiting the pilot.

The Central Executive Committee

*

Pirates from thres junks opened will meet today and it is expected "Britain's methods are crude. Outside pressure may sometimes be which about fourteen pirates board-be brought up by General La Lich a heavy fire on the vessel, after that a very important proposal will effective in Mexico, but in Russied the steamer and thraatened the Chun, suggesting the permission of they are fated to fail."

the existence of other political that non-Kuomintang persons be partios besides the Kuomintang and

allowed to participate in the pro- sent Government.

Chinese crew. **** According to a semi-official state- ment, the Ambassador went to ined whilst in the saloon and four The foreign officers were surpris- form the Commissar as to what British officers were carried off. atepe the British Government pro- posed to take if the trial was not cancelled.

The British Ambassador, how. over, refrained from specifying the euros when M. Litvinoff de clared that it was decided that the case should be tried, shortly, and that it would be useless for the British Government to attempt yo change that decision.

LAMBASSADOR SUMMONED TO 'LONDON

¦ THROUGH*LEYTER'S AGENCY.]

London, March 30. Bir Edmond Ovey, the British Ambassador to Moscow,, has, bean summoned to London for consultation. He leaves Mos cow to-night and is returning later.

Officers' Names."

The following are the officers captured when the Butterfield and wire steamer Nanchang" was pirated:

A. D. Blue Second Engineer (Glasgow).

F. L. Pears, Third Engineer (Newcastle).

Clifford Johnson, Junior Officer (Berlan Cliff, Colwyn Bay, North Walce

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HERTZOG FORMS NEW CABINET

GEN. SMUTS MINISTER OF

JUSTICE

【THROUGH REUTER'S JOENOY,]

PRETORIA, March 30 GENERAL Hertzog, who had re

signed as reformed a Cabinet. evenly divided between the South African and Nationalist Parties

General Hertzog is Premier and General Smuts Minister of Jus

dee,

FORMER FRE

AIR DIRECTOR

SENTENCED

THE sen

Painlev the former M. Tadien Guernier

when André:

OPERATION ERROR sentenced to of

You'll

Tells Widow's

Hate Me

CHLOROFORM IN BOTTLE LABELLED ETHER

(Special Air-Mail Service),

London, March 14-Dramatic

administered as an anesthetic by a doctor who believed he was ad- ministering ether was given at Rochester Coroner's Court yester day.

for conspiring“. make fulse chari against MC Civil Aviation Weiller, the Yo

Lafont was given the First Offender

The charges Iron were based on Awards found Ta purported to mie and . We

sought a place in under the control of Lufthansa Jompany

farcion Collin- forged twenty-th der the impresion

It may be noted that General Li ich Chun recently made a trip to algan in an effort to arrange a Kai Shek and General Feng Yuevidence of chloroform having been the Gnome and conference between General Chiang

Hajang,

A JAPANESE DENIAL

{THROUGH REUTER'S ÁGENOV.)"

TOKYO, March 30.12

of genuine ones,

The inquest was on Richard Boyce W. E. Hargrave, Junior Officer, denied the report emanating from spector of fitters at Chatham Dock- to two years an

The Japanese authorities have Jackson, agod forty-five, an in- (Ripon, York),

Captain, and Chief Engineers Safe. The officer on board the Nan chang number six and are: Cap tain, J. Robison, who has been in the service the China Naviga tion Co sin 1922: Chief Officer," C. Johnson 2d Officer, W.. E. Har grave, Chief Engineer, A. Jeffery, Zad Enginee. A. D. Blue, 3rd.

MILLION PEOPLE DIE Engineer, FL Pears

OF HUNGER

APPALLING CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

BERLIN, March 30.

THE appelling conditions exist-

Descrbtion of ship. The 8.8. Ninchang is a screw vessel 2,488 toos. gross and steel

1,506 tons nej

Built in 122 at Greenock by Messrs. Sco's, for the China Navigation Company, Ltd., she is employed on the Newchang Swatow run, generally carrying bean cake from the nortern port

She has a raught of 19.6. feet, length of 205.3 feet and a breadth of 44.2 feat.

ing in Russia to-day, were vividly described by Mr. Garth Jones, former political secretary to

Japanese. Aristanco Requested. Mr. Lloyd George, who arrived in in Berlin yesterday, en route to

JUKDEN, March 30. London after completing a walkTHE British Consul visited the ing tour through Russia.

Japanese Cosial and requested Russia is to-day gripped by a his assistance recovering the famine as disastrous as the catas kidnapped off and discussed trophe of.-1921, web-.millions of the steps to be uken. people died," he said. The univer sal cry was There is no bread. we are dying."

Conditions, he said, were particu larly bad at Kazaksta, where more than 1,000,000 people were reported to have died of hunger, but this state of affairs was existent, in many other centres in a lesser de

gree.

The reason for the high figure of deaths at Kazaksta was the insuf Ecient supply of seed and the fact. that many of the peasants were too weak to work the land.

This position was brought about by the peasants resistance to the Government's policy in following The prosecution alleged that out Stalin's five-year plan for the money belonging to the Chosen collectivisation of farms, the lack Corporation, was used by Mr. of skilled labour, and the collapas Harman, in concurrence with the of transport and finance. other defendants B. Fairfan Coni- The arrest of the British en- grave, E. CA Changeat and II. Helygineers of Metropolitan Vickers Pounds to bolster up" his other Electrical Engineering Company, Messrs. Alan Monkhouse, companies and to get them out of Ltd...

Nordwall Cushay, Thornton, Gre grave difficulties.

Mr. Harman is stated to be a gory and MacDonald on charges director of 14 companies, the chief of anbotage of electrical machinery Sir Philip Sassoon recalled that one being the Chosen Corporation and the recent shooting of 35 pro since the last accident attended by with a capital of £500,000 of which minent agriculturalists, were at- loss of life, nearly 24 years ago, Mr. Harman owned three-fifths, tempts to appease popular wrath Imperial Airways had flown over and the publie the rest. The co-aroused by the famine, Mr. Jones four million miles and carried over defendants are also directors of the declared. 99,000 passengers, B record of Chosen Corporation as well

wine of Mr. Harman's other com- panies.

In the meantime; reports such as that the fire started in one of the engines should be treated with the greatest reserve.

INDIAN FEDERAL PROPOSALS

REFERRED TO SELECT COMMITTEE

„{THROUGE REUTER")" AGENCY ]

LONDON, March 29.

THE House of Commons, by 445 votes to 43, yesterday agreed sppoint a join Select Committee

The prosecution alleged that the defendants, between Jajary, 1931. and August, 1932, sped £130,000 in purchasing either for the Cor poration or its three subhairy companies registered in Japan 173,029 Chosen shares at an average cost of 15/-per share, when on the dates of purchase, the share were procurable at between 2/- and 3-

NAZIS PROMISE ACCEPTED

BY BISHOPS OF CATHOLIC CHURCH

(THROUGH ARUTKE'S AGENCY]

BERLIN, March 30.

All these shares were sold to the AT A CONFERENCE of Catho- aforementioned Japanese register-lic Bishops, Bishop Fulda companies, while the indepen-issued a manifesto withdrawing dent sharehouders of the Corpora the Church's previous prohibition

ed

Mr. Clarke has imilarly request- ed the Japanese and Manchukuo Military at Newchang

BRITISH WARSUP ORDERED TO NEWCHVANG.

(THROUGH REUTE BAGEKOY]

Peiping Milch 30. A British warshi belleved to

be the Bridewater, has been ordered to Awchwang : In connection with the abductiona. The British Lektion states that all possible leps will be taken to securé tá release of the captured officer;

Messrs. Butterdel's agent at: Newchwang has bin informed by the Manchuko · Garrison Headquarters that the River: Police are taking all possible steps to ellect the firelease,

SILVER MARKET

-LONDON PICES

(From Our Own Crespondent.)

LONDON March 30 FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVER QUOTATIONS OF IR LONDON

· MARKET TO-DAY{;

SPOT

FORWARD

·Ma30 Mar. 28

17.16 17.11/10.

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U.S. DELEGATE IN LONDON

the Peiping Military Council that yard, of Montrose-avenue, Chat Japanese warships have been disham, who died on Tuesday m St. tributing arms and ammunition Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester. among the Chinese Communists in

Mary Blanche Jackson, the Tientsin and Harkow.da

widow, said that while on pastage home from Hong Kong her husband became ill, and was admitted to hospital on Monday as 4 paying patient for an operation to be performed next morning.

SON OF LIAO CHUNG KAI ARRESTED IN SHANGHAI

(THRODON REUTER'S AGENCY]

The third agon sentenced to ment.

THE ROMANS IN SCOTLAND

DISCOVERIES ON THE ANTONINE WALL

(Special Air

When she called at the hospital on Tuesday she was told her hus. SHANGHAI, March 30.

band was dead. Some serisation has been created Mrs. Jackson stated that Dr. B. arrest of Line Cheng Chi, son of room saying: in Chinese official circles by the W. Roffey entered the waiting

"You will hate. the late Liso Chung Kai, veteran me in a moment. I gave him the Kuomintang leader and Minister of anesthetic. They gave Finance of the Canton Government wrong bottle,"

me the in 1923. Mr. Lise is being held by The doctor was terribly distressing of the Society

Londen, March the Shanghai Municipal Police on ed, and she said to bira Then dies held yesterd the charge of being a Communist, you could not help it. You are to House, Sir Georg

be pitied as well as me,"

yesterday that he was not a Com Liao Cheng Chi told the Court munist and that when arrested, be was arranging to send "comforts" to the Manchurian Volunteers. It is learned that Madam Liso Chung Rai, who is a high official of the Kuomintang, learning of her son's arrest, appealed immediately to the Government leaders for assistance in securing his release,

LULL IN JEHOL FIGHTING

ALL QUIET AT THE NORTHERN FRONT

R

a paper on "the Antouine Wa

count of the ing he has recently: of Scotland half of the E Old Kilpat

The Three Bottles. Dr. A. W. G. Woodforde, of Rochester, said he was about to perform the operation upon Jack and Dr Roffey was the anesthe

wood, and Jackson was the type of man these forts from whom difficulty in regard to had, he said, anesthet might be expected,vated, but

tist

There were three small bottles on plans that had b the anesthetic table containing puzzling and n three diferent kinds of unssthetice object of his Evidence was given that the face wheth bottles were labelled Ether dlea thus Pura, C.E." (meaning-chloro ed at A form and ether), and "C" been succe (chloroform):

The main

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY}

PRIPING, March 30 OFFICIAL communiques state that quiet reigns af all fronts along the Great Wall, There is at present no fighting at all at Lengmuistering ethyl-chloride, and then kow, Hsifengkow Kupickow and putting drops on to a mask,

took the bottle marked Ether," Shih-bo.

North China now appears to be settling down again se military operations have come to a halt Its customary quiet is in existence: with confidence and the sense of security gradually returning. The authorities, however, are still main taining a form of martial law be tween 11 pm, and 5 a..

EXPORT OF ARMS PROBLEM

TO BE EXAMINED AT GENEVA

[BRITISH WIRELESS AKBYICE.]

Rugsy, March 29. THE problem of the export of

arms in relation to the presen conditions in the Far East is be ing examined at Geneva by a sub committee of the League of Na tions, and an Advisory Committee has been set up to follow the de- velopments of the Sino-Japanese dispute

Capt. Anthony Eden, Unde Secretary of State, stated in the House of Commons that members

Dr. Bernard Wilson Roffey, of Old Kips Gillingham, senior pesistant an- that when mathetist at the hospital, said he the Rom considered Jackson was safe for lower, do the administration of the anesthe Dumbarton tia.

been aband Who Filled Bottles?

the wall Dr. Roffey said he started ad--a clear proof of

the Scots from Irela at Croy Hill all had disappeare difficult.

The patient's breathing became was recovered then started to drop ether, or what god Jupiter

Ho restored him and

fragmentary he thought was ether, on to the Liasi found there, this northerly point to travelled cult was

con

agan. Mr. Jackson's breathing again stopped and he died. and while endeavoring to and was a

Jackson's death was abnormal, have pene the cause, ho discovered that the bottle marked ether" had been abou chloroform-Petre

ing had heret most convinc

Rough hypothesis George mansall

Witness formed the conciperon a the time that the chloroform had Contributed to the man's death, but

he added: "That is not now my that the opinion.

ور

After four hours' examination of doned soma 10 y witnesses to find who was respon twice-given up sible for the filling of the battles twice restored from the stock bottles the inquest ly brief was adjourned.

the pu ed in 258

DEATH OF ENGLAND

HEAVIEST MAN

(Special Air-Mail Service).

Chim to Over 20 Bronie. London March. Mr. George Lovett, who died at Brierley Staffs, yesterday in his sixty-f year, was sand

upon the Government's motion to tion had not an opportunity of and warnings against the Naz EARLY-TALKWITI PREMIER of the Committee have agreed to man in England.

of Peers and members of the House able terms,

selling their shares on such favour movement, in view of Chancellor Hitler's promise that the rights of the Catholic Church in Germany will be respected.

of Commons to examine the Gov. Thus, it is alleged by the prose erament's proposals for constitu cution, Mr. Harman had no regard tional reform in the Government for the interests of the general of India.

shareholders, which were sacrificed-

The Labour Opposition amend to Mr. Harman and his co-defen- ment, de manding inter alia, Dy dante minion status for India, was defeat

ed by 476 votes to 42.

Winston Churchill Assails Minimum Eroposalsynem primerjajalerance

RUGBY, March 29202 The chief feature of last night;" sension of the Indian debate in the House of Chimona was the vigorous speech in which Mr Win ston Churchill aeniled the Govern ment's reform proposals. A Lord Winterton followed with a severe criticism of Mr. Churchill'a

STRIKE AT FORD WORKS

DISPUTE NOW SETTLED

{BRETLEE WIRELE

March 29,

WAR ON LOCUSTS.

POISON GAS EXPERIMENTS

Ruoay, March 29,

EXPERIMENTS are being ducted in England ssibilities of komer

ON DISARMAMENT

[BRITISH WELEESERVICE.]

wany, March 29. MR. NORMA DAVIS, principal

United Sttes delegate to the Disarmament onference, arrived at Plymouth yterday. Before proceling to

When last

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in connection with disputes in an about other part of the world.

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