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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, '1934.

MIDNIGHT JOURNEY TO BANDITS WRECK DISPUTE OVER ESTATE

TANNENBERG.

Last Respects To The Late President

(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally on the occasion of the funeral at half-mast on Tuesday, August Daily Press")

(by Telegraph, l'opyright, THE graphic Manager Ordinance, 1494. Beceived, August 5, 3-10 am)

Neudeck, Aug. 4

of President von Hindenburg. Tansocean Kuu 'Min.

PRUSSIAN TRIBUTE (Special' to "Hong Kong Dally Press");

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(Br Telegraph. Copyright, Tele- graphic Messages Ordinance, 1894 Received, tugurt 5, 7.10 p.)

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Berlin, August 5.

A special squadron of aeroplanes from the East Prussian Division will on Monday afternoon drop a wreath from the air on to von Hindenburg's estate... A simple ribbon attached the tribute.

tp from the skies will read, "A tribute to a great general from the East Prussian visitors."

At midnight on Monday, Fleid Marshal von Hindenburg will be- gin his last journey to Tannenberg where his body may come to a final rest on the spot which marked the Highest point of his long and dis- tinguished career-on. the site of the triumphant battle of Tannen- berg. In the dead of night, the mortal remains ot. Germany's greatest warrior of modern times will be placed in a gun carriage and transported to Tannenberg accompanied by a guard of honour from his own battalions. Near Froegenau on the summit of the On Tuesday upon the arrival of him from which the dead com- the coffin at Tannenburg, aero- mander directed the encirclement planes from a crack squadron will and the annihilation of the Rus-circle round the Monument, to a sian army, the funeral procession will make a two-minute halt. The cortege" will then make its way to the huge battle monument be- tween two long lines of fire flick ering torches held by Stormtroop:

ers drawn up shoulder to shoulder on both sides of the road. Once the last long, march is completed. Hindenburg's body will be tempor- arty placed in the tower of the mammoth crown-shaped Tannen- berg monument, being laid in state on the outdoor catafalque only shortly before the Fuehrer's arrival late on Tuesday forefoon..

radius of forty miles. The aero- planes will be draped with black

trailers. The Dean who will con-

objects to the presence of nero- duct the funeral service, however, planes overhead and has asked for

TRAIN

Everybody Reported Missing

Harbin, Aug! 5.

Bandits destroyed the track and fred a fusillade of shots which

twenty-five miles to the west of wrecked a westbound workers train

Imienpo.

The locomotive and five wagons were smashed. Everybody is miss- ing and it is feared they have been kidnapped.

Reuter

OF MR. ARNOLD BENNETT

Widow's Claim To Two-thirds

MISS CHESTON AND RIGHTS IN PLAYS

An action concerned with a dis- pute over the will of the late Mr. Arnold Benriett. the novelist. began before. Mr. Justice Clauson

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the wife £5,000 and, after payment of that surn and other expenses, the wife was to be paid two-thirds of the capital balance of the bus- In the Chancery Division" yester-band's remaining estate and two- day.

thirds of the royalties payable to his executors.,

FIFTEEN KILLED THE plaintiff was Mrs. Marte"

New Jersey Swept By Storm

New York, August 5.

the wake of one

Storms and foods followed in of the most perlenced in the United States, disastrous heat waves ever

causing the loss of several lives.

ex-

Marguerite Bennett, the novelist's widow, of Paris, and the defen- dants Miss Dorothy Cheston Ben- nett, of Onslow-gardens, S. W., Frank Swinnerton, of Old Tokefeld, Cranleigh. Surrey, and Mr.

Allstar Tayler, of Queen's gate, S. W.

Mr.

It was stated that Miss Cheston adopted the name Bennett by deed poll.

Sir William Jowitt, K.C (for the widow), sald during Mr. Arnold organised while many million dol-Bennett became separated from Public supply services were dis- Bernett's retime. Mrs. Arnold

lars worth of damage, was done in him under a deed of separa- Bridgeton. New Jersey was almost tion. It was a part

cut into two

when the

river

an order to be issued forbiddingburst and carried away aeroplanes to fly within a radius and ships were torn from their of ten miles of Tannenburg at the wharves ind tossed into time of the funeral service. streets. Transocean Xue Min.

SERVICE AT POTSDAM (Special to "Hong Kong

· Daily Press") Telegraph, Copyright, Merzages Ordinance,

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After the nation's last tribute graphic

Tabo 1894.

Berlin, August 4.

is delivered through the Chancel-Received, August 4, 7.50 p.m.) lor the crnate catafalque will be mounted inside the massive "war lords tower. Here the body will he in state for fourteen days dur- ing which the monument will be- come the centre of patriotic pil-. grimage Trum all parts of the na- tion and here the President will then leave a sorrowing world de- finitely behind in the depths of a special crypt at the tower's base built in the form of a miniature chapel

Last night there was a memorial service at Potsdam for Field Mar- shal топ Hindenburg and the Minister for War paraded the troops LO take the oath of allegiance to the Fuehrer. In the

On Saturday at Neudeck, the body of the Field Marshal-Presid- ent was at last placed within the con, removed from the bedroom to the library where the officers of the guard of honour once more took up the watch till the gloomy midnight journey begins.- Transocean Kus Min,

IN FRANCE (Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press">

(y Telegraph, Copyright, Tele- graphic Messages Ordinance, 1895.

Received, August 5, 4.30 a.m.)

Paris, August 4. Flags on all public bulgings throughout France will be flown

CLEAN UP IN

AUSTRIA

Government

Busy

Agents

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of the deed that he was to leave to her a sub-

Cohansey was swollen by a cloud- stantial proportion of his estate.

bridges

Dead Novellat's Child Having separated from his wife, the Mr. Bennett became on terms of intimacy with Miss Dorothy Ches- ton. She lived with him for a number of years, and a child was born.

Fifteen were killed by the storms in the neighbourhood of the Great Lakes while Harrisburg.. Altoona and Pennsylvania suffered badly from the storin havoc.-Reuter.

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SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Londen, August 4. London silver prices' to-day were last presidential election, von Hin-up three-sixteenths

for "spot" denburg obtained 30.850,000 votes and one-quarter forward, as fol- with only 205,500 against.

His Majesty King George of England has ordered all fags to be down at half-mast on Tuesday, the day of Hindenburg's funeral.-- Transocean Kuo Mia.

HINDENBURG'S ESTATE

Berlin. Aug. 5.,

It is not expected that the late Prezident von Hindenburg left more than £20,000, but In accordance with custom, the will, which con- trary to earlier reports has not beer, lost, will not be published until it is definitely settled that von Endenburg will be buried in the Field Marshal's tower in the Tannenberg Memorial be converted into a crypt and not at Neudeck:- Reuter.

which will

COMMUNISTS IN

FOOCHOW

Reported To Be Forging Ahead

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of Bhu!

1.

Shortly after 1921 Mr. Bennett became on terms of, intimacy with Miss Cheston, and shortly after- wards they began to live together and established a common home, On April 13, 1928, a child was' born.

Claim to Manuscripts

show that, in respect of a number He (Sir William) was able to of the plays in question." Mr. Ben- nett, continued to receive from is agents during his lifetime royalties In respect of, the performing rights, and betwen Januarey, 1927, and November, 1930, he received $500 in that connection.

Under the proposed arrangement

the income of the plays was to .come to hlm (Mr. Bennett) as long as he lived.

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CHINESE AIR MISSION.

Leader Grants Press Interview

(From Our Special Correspondent)

BAPTIST WORLD CONGRESS

(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press").

(by Telegraph, Copyright, Tsia- graphic Messages Ordinance, 1894 Received, August, 5. 1-30 .a.m.)

Berlin, August 4.

In the presence of ten thousand German and foreign delegates, the Bfth Baptist world congress was opened here on Saturday in the great exhibition hall of Kaiser- damm with the director of the German foreign missions, Bimäelt, in the chair.

The hall which was gaily de- corated with flaga of the "many overflowing, presented an impres nations represented and filled to sive spectacle.

Canton, Aug. $. Great Britain, the United States, and France are the most powerful countries in air forces, while pro- gress is also noted in other, Euro- pean countries. declared Lleat.- General Wong Kwong-jul. Com- "The income from the plays," mandant of the Army Air Corps added Sir William Jowitt, in fart to newspaper representatives. continued to be received by Mr. General Wong returned here yes- Bennett as usual. The result Isterday after an extensive trip to Maretsky delivered the welcoming The Mayor of Berlin, Dr. that, I prove these facts, the the United States and Europe. address, in the course of which he document of Jan, 20, 1927. is ob- Members of his mission included requested the foreign delegates to the case because from time to time Viously incomplete, or rather was Colonel Ting Chi Esu, officer com-

affected by

do their share in dissipating the same understand mandlar the between the parties that notwith-Colonel Mei Lung On. Director of first air squadron,

errors, distrust and defamations standing what appears. In "the the Canton Aircraft Factory, and cerning the new Germany.

which had been disseminated con- document, matters are to carry on

All just as usual.”

Colonel Chang Chi Shuen. Adjut-honourablë men throughout the ant of the Army Air Corps.

world, said the Mayor, should e- operate in order to eliminate these subversive elements which are endangering the peace of the world by sowing dissension among the nations-Transocean Kuo Hin.

A second defendant came into

Mr. Bennett gave certain property 'to Miss Cheston, who executed a voluntary settlement, under which she and the second defendant were

trustees.

Sir William said it had been suggested that the action was not properly constituted. because the child was not represented by coun- sel, but. if necessary, he would submit that the trustees of the set- tlement could represent all

the beneficiaries for all purposes.

In 1907 the plaintiff married Mr.

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1921, there was a separation deed, under which Mr. Bennett was to cross-rate at closing to-day was pay his wife a certain sum,

A clause provided that, if Mrs. 5.04-1/4, compared with 5.04, at Bennett survived her husband, his closing yesterday.

THE BUDGET BALANCED

Efficient Collecting In June

1.

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Canton, Aug. 5.- For the first time in 18 months the budget for June was balanced owing to efficient collection and introduction of new taxes.

executors or administators should, within six month or his death, pay

RESTORATION OF MONARCHY?

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Archduke Otto To Meet Mussolini

Rome, August 5. It is understood that Archdukē Otto of Hapsburg will meet Signor Mussolini, here after the latter returns on August 10, from the Naval manoeuvres.

The national and provincial re- "It is rumoured that Dr. Schusch- venues and expenditures collected nigg will also be present. There ir, Kwangtung in June were as is great excitement in the Haps- follows: national revenge $5.535,- burg circles here as it is thought 356.05; national expenditure $5,- that I Duce has adopted a 020,543.49. Provincial revenue $6,-favourable attitude regarding the 405,820.34: provincial expenditure question of the restoration of the $4,323,454.74.

monarchy-Reuter

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(From Our Special Correspondent) Vienna, Aug. 5.

Canton, Aug. 5. Chancellor Schuchnigg's purge of

Communist accupation insurrectionary Nazi, elements is Kow, or Water Mouth, a strate- proceeding apace. Government gic point arty miles north-west UI agents are busy investigating all Foochow, is confirmed by reliable circumstances connected with the reports received here last night. Fukien revolt on lines indicating that the Considerable attention is attached fronts." These official reports inquiry is not simply a judicial in government glicies here, to the claimed heavy casualties matter but one of high politics Communist activities in Fakten. Reds, who left behind thousands with the object of providing de-

which is close to this province.

of rifles, and many prisoners were finite proof, that the Third Reich

taken." had guilty knowledge of the whole affak

Those whose activities are likelý to be severaly punished are "the rebels who actually participated in the putsch, responsible oficials ...against whom the authorities have

According to dispatches from Foochow, the Communists at Chang Ting and Tai Ning in Western Fu- tured Tai Tien in Central Fukien. kten marched eastward and cap

captured Shui Kow Then they turned onrth-east and

River

to the

N.R.A. ORDER RESENTED

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Sir William said the widow's The air chief said that he had claim was that several deeds of much profited by his trip round gift in favour of Miss Cheston the world and had prepared a de- were null and vold and ought to tailed report to be submitted to be set aside. Disputed gifts in the General Chen Tsai Tong," Com- statement of claim included cer- mander-in-Chief of the First: tain volumes of the manuscript of Group Army. Details of the "re- Arnold Bennett's "Journal," "The port cannot be divulged now, Gen- Old Wives Tale," "The layhungererai" Wong said. He added that Family," "Riceyman Steps," and every effort would be made to im- "Elsie and the Child."

prove the air force..

The widow also maintained that fifteen stock Investments, in favour of Miss Cheston ought to be set aside. The validity of other gifts in favour of Miss Cheston was also disputed.

BIGGER AIR

FORCE®

Forty-One More Squadrons

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(Special Air Mail Service)

London July 20.. The Royal Air Force is to be in- creased by 41, new squadrons. This programme will be spread over Ave years, including the present year's increase.

Thirty-three of the new squa. drons will be allotted to Home de- fence, bringing the Home-force up to 75 squadrons. The remainder are for service Fleet Air Arm

abroad or with

..

Mr. Baldwin

with the

-03

made this nouncement in the use of Com- mons last night. His statement was received with cheers...

Britain, he said, could no longer delay measures to bring her air strength to a level more closely approaching that of her nearest neighbours. Mr. Baldwin further

However, General Chen YI, the Baker Complains To explained that:

Chairman of the Fuklen Provin- the Communist successes and have cial, Government, is informed of t

dug trenches in the outskirts of the Min the city upon which field pieces and machine guns have been mounted. If the Reds have taken White Band, the morale of the Nanking troops is much shaken, More reinforcements are rushing to defend Foochow:

evidence of, direct complicity and Foochow is, therefore, in a state prominent public men who are

of alarm, because the city is dim- gravely compromised by the police cult to defend after the fall of investigation.

Shul Kow. The Mn River between Shut Kow and Foochow is deep

It is generally considered that lack of support for the putsch evoked the proved idea of a Nazi revolution in Austria though the strong ometal intellectual classes do not hold the general public

and therefore do not constitute any eerkous danger unless there is Turther incitement from Germany which will make more drastic sc- tion against the movement neces- sary-Reuter.

enough for steam launches and There are, at least fourteen tow boata. Another report stated Nanking divisions in Tukien com- that 6,000. Communist troops have Prising about 150,000 officers and advanced to Pal Sha or White men. Nevertheless, the Commun- and, twelve miles farther downts are able to defeat them and gain ground of over 220 miles in their rush from Western to East- ern Fukien,

the Min River.

Official Reports

All the time Nanking official re- Ports circulated through various foreign and Chinese news agencies stated that the "Communists in

Senator Borah

Glenaferry, Idaho, Aun 4. Senator Borah took a strong Une against the NRA. order raising the price of bread. A local-baker complained to Senator Borah that he had been ordered to increase. the price by a cent a loat"

Senator Borah promised to pro- vide the baker with counsel it he der, declaring that it meant tak- was prosecuted for defying the or- ing vast sums in pennies from the homes of the poor.

As a result of Senator 'Borah's.

Most of the foreigners in Foo chow are Japanese and Formosans, promise, the price immediately There are about 45 Britishers and fell one cent per loaf. 50 Americans., mostly missionaries. Reuter.

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Our defensive will be kept con- stantly under review, and the alt programme, may be modined in the light of new circumstances:"

The cost of the new squadrons will be so spaced as not to make *an unmanageable addition to the Estimates in any one year,

MP3 belonging to the Alf Group criticise the programme as being insufficient, and spread over too long a period. The Socialists, on the other hand, will table a vote of censure on the Government for pursuing & "policy of rearmg- ment,"

By 1938 Britain's Air Force win number about 1,310 Arst-line ra- chines. This Correspondent points out, is to-day total as our Air

already exceeded by France, Rus- ala, Italy and Japan.

Colene Chang Ch Shuin said that he and his brother officers greatly enjoyed the aerial exhibi- tion in the military aerodrome near London The Cantorese air men were entertained by Lord London- derry. Secretary of State for Air, Colonel Chang, sald, and during the aerial exhibition the Chinese fflers sat next to the Prince of Wales.

CURFEW LIFTED

And Death Sentence Commated

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(Special to "Hong Kong 'Daily Riesa") i "(By: Telegraph, Copyright, Tele graphic Messages Ordinance, 189.ận: Received, August 4, 830 p.m.)

Vienna, Aug. 1 Normal conditions prevailed in the city to-day; all restaurants and places of public amusement are open and the curfew has been ifted. The machine guns are still The members of the air mission in position at the windows of the stayed longest in the United States police headquarters and the Chan- where they sojourned almost a cellory and other Government month. They remained two weeks buildings are heavily guarded. A in London: one week in Paris, ove last minutes reprieve was granted week in Berlin, ten days in Italy to a young 24-year old Storm- and one day in Vienna, and Swit-troop. Teuder, who had been tried zerland. The Cantonese aviators by the Military Court, the sentence expressed appreciation of the warm of death being committed to 20 welcome they received in America years' imprisonment, and Europe.

Transocean Kuo Min.

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