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M. BARTHOU'S STAY AT

GENEVA

Hint Of A Scheme Of Security

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(By Telegraph, Copyright, graphic Messages Ordinance, Received, September 24, 4-30 p.m.) Paris, September 24.

With M. Barthou's return from Geneva," the three chief topics again come to the fore, namely the much trumpeted scheme of Austria's independence, the East- ern Pact which was believed to have been shelved and the most important of ali, the Sthr plebiscite campaign which opened yesterday by mass meet- ings in Saarbruecken.

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The Paris morning papers, deal at length with the three toples referred to. The "Petit Paristen's" special correspondent however, does not believe the discussion on the Saar will make any headway at the present session of the League which, it is believed, will deal with the issue later at an extr. rdinary session.

The correspondent advocates the immediate settlement of the so-called Police question which in his opinion, admits of no delay.

NON-STOP TO INDIA

Flight Ends In Disappointment

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Malta, Sept. 23, The British av.ators, Cobham and Helmore, whose hopes of smashing the non-stop fight re- cord between England and India went glimmering on Saturday is their petrol pipe broke off over Mal- ta, announced on Sunday that they would not proceed to Ind'a but return to Portsmouth.

The six passenger commercial plane with which the luckless pair were believed to have had a good chance of completing the long hop from Portsmouth to Karachi in forty-two hours, 1s now again in perfect condition since the emergency landing on Saturday.- Transocean Kuo Min.

VITAL SPLIT PIN

London, Sept. 24. Cobham probably flew from England minus a vital split pin, the absence of which might have caused disaster at any point en route.

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With regard to the Eastern Fact the correspondent asserts that despite Germany's reflection, and Poland's reserve. this scheme has by no means been dropped.

Several intermediate resolutions have been advanced which, how- ever, are not ripe for public dis- cussion.

"Le Journal" reports that M. Barthou's stay in Geneva is con- nected with a plan to devise a gigantic scheme of security. This scheme must rest оп two main pillars, namely an interna- tional guarantee for Austria's in- dependence and the adjustaïent of economic collaboration:

According to the papers' views these two points are closely in- terwoven Their solution in the main depends on the relationship between Italy and Yugoslavia. The divergencies of opinion be- twɛen the two countries rather accentuated. The papers hint that M. Barthou would try and act as a peace-maker between the two antagonistic powers.- Transocean Kun Min. »

PLEBISCITE IN THE SAAR

Campaign Opens

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(By Telegraph, Copyright, Teta. graphic Messages Ordinance. 184. Rereined. September 44 7.0 p.m.) Saarbruecker, Sept. 24. The Saar plebiscite campaign opened on Sunday with numerous largely attended meetings in all parts of the Saar region with six densely packed meetings held in Saarbruecken alone.

The leader of the German front Pirro addressed an enthusiastic audience of nearly 5,000 persons who filled the city's largest hall to overflowing. The speaker tressed that nobody is any longer doubting that the Saar population belongs to Germany and that -France herself has abandoned her propaganda in favour of incor- poration of the Saar with France.

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TYPHOON TOLL

IN JAPAN

Official, Figures

Tokyo, Sept. 24.

As reports continue to filter through from outlying districts. the death roll in the Japanese ty-.

Losses are heaviest in the Osaka phoon disaster continues to grow.

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EX-PREMIER CHAUTEMPS

UNDERWRITERS CONFERENCE

Decisive Victory In Important Event In

Elections

Special to the "HoLg Kong Dal Press" (Copyright,)]

Paris, Sept: 23.

• Ex-Premier Cháutemps who was forced to resign owing to the The latest Home Office figures, Stavisky scandal and the Prince published last, night show: 2,084 | Investigations, scored a decisive dead. 13,335 injured, and 258 victory in parliamentary elections missing.

In Central France on Sunday. The Kobe. Sept. 24.

honorary President of the Radical, Although Kobe escaped the worst Socialist party who had been the effects of the typhoon, the sea swept inland for a quarter of a mile along a lengthy coastline.

Waves of terrific size amashed up pretty bungalow colonies at Uchide and Shioya. A number of British and American residents had very narrow escupes, "

DESTROYERS' EXPERIENCE

The British destroyers. Kep- pel, Verity, Wishart. Whitehall and Wild

Swan were steam-

ing for Kobe when they re- celved the typhoon warning, and anchored under the lee of an 13- land in the Inland Sea

Throughout the terrible night the ships kept up steam to relieve the strain on their anchors, but Friday morning found them being slowly forced back towards the island, except for HMS. Wishart. "When the typhoon let up we were very

close to

the rocks. Then we steamed miles through masses of 'wreckage to Kobe." stated one officer on arrival here.

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MR. SOPWITH'S

PROTEST

Disallowed By Committee

Newport, R. I Sept. 42. Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith's protest against the Vanderbilt Syndicate's yacht Rainbow for failing to meet the Endeavour's luff when passing to the windward in Saturday's race, was disallowed after a cón- ference of the New York Yacht Club Committee yesterday,

It appears that the only reason for disallowing the protest was that Sopwith failed to hoist the protest flag immediately.

The Committee, ignoring the question of fouls alleged by Mr. Sopwith, say that the protest fag was not displayed until three hours after the alleged first foul, and nearly two hours after the alleged second foul, whereas Rule 45 of the Club requires that the protest should be holsted prompt-

ly.

Pirro went on to say that if really there existed French Saar- landers, the Germans would at least be faced with worthy ad- versaries. Every child. knows by now that the maintenance of the status quo represents 8 last desperate attempt on the part of certain French politicians to re-

The Committee explains that is not empowered to sustain a pro- taln for all time В grip test which is improperly made, and of French capitalism and Im- Squadron-Leader Helmore has perialism on

add that from the Committee's the Saar region.". called for an official written re- The

own view of the facts surrounding nuge crowd vociferous-

the foul before the start of the port from

the Chief Technical ty cheered Pirro's utterances.----

race, if the Endeavour had then Omcer of the Royal Air Force.

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displayed the protest flag, the Rainbow would have done likewise, thus preserving her own rights in the matter.

It appears that Sir Alan Cob- ham only discovered that the

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throttle control was broken when The only damage to the machine the plane was 10 miles at ren was a broken propeller. from the coast of Malta, during The hole where the vital split the re-fuelling process, and it was pin should have been was found only due to Sir Alan Cobham's full of grease and dirt, which gives decision not to lower the under-rise to the conclusion that it was carriage in order to minimize air never there.- drag, that they were able to land. i Reuter.

CURRENCY MATTERS ::

IN CHINA

Statement By Minister Of Finance

Shanghai, Sept. 24.

Dr. H. H. Kurig, Finance Minis- ter. stated that silver is treated as a commodity abroad." With a de- crease in Chinese export trade, a large export of silver from. China. balanced trade, but the present large export of sliver was unusual, due to America's purchase of silver.

The Chinese Government was restricting the Gold Bar Exchange with the Idea of preventing specu Tation which is supported by Shanglial bankers. Ileuter.

RE-EXPORT OF GOLD

Nanking Spet: 24p

investment. Re-export. of gold will not be restricted as long as a Customs certificate, showing the me and the amount imported, id produced."

He said that the uncertainty of monetary standards elsewnere nad led many capitalists to inquire whether China was placing restric

tons on the re-export of gald Reuter.

ECONOMIC ENTENTE

Brussels, Sept. 23. The possibility of an Economic Entente being formed between the gold standard nations is envisaged by M. Jaspar, the Belgian Foreign

Cinister, it is announced

M. Jasper a going to Geneys to The Minister of Finance, Mr. H.morrow to discuss the matter with H. Kung has announced that the representatives of other gold China welcomed the import of standard countles gold for pafe-keeping, savings at | Reuter

CAMILLE CHAUTEMPS

favourite target of from the Right Wing camps rewon mud slinging

his chamber seat by an impressive majority when in the run-ox election, the Socialist ballotters swung en masse to Chautemps rather than to give a victory to the National-Union candidate. Chau- temps received 330 votes to 242 polled by the Right Wing forces. The local election is considered of practical national Importance since the Fascist groups in the country long regarded it as a trial of strength. for the Right party against the Left as the politicians were so hopelessly involved in the recent scandals.-- Transocean Kua Min,

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London Sept. 24.

GRESFORD COLLIERY

DISASTER

Indignation Against Mine Owners

(Special to "Hong Kong

Dally Press")

A most important event is tak- ing place in London to-day when the International Marine In- surance Union. which usually meets at continental resorts, 1s graphic Massager Ordinance,

(By Talegraph, Copyright, Tow holding a conference for the first

1894- time and underwriters from all

Beceived. September 24,430 p.m.) maritime countries are arriving

London; Sept 24.. General indignation

was ex-

now to take part in the plenary pressed when the Gresford mine

session on Friday.

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Highly technical subjects will be owners officially announced discussed according to the "Fin- Sunday night that the casualties adcal News" including the problem of the terrible disaster total 260 of finding cover

and not ill as reported previous- for stupendous shipments of gold and the dit- Aculties which underwriters ex- perience in providing merchants with protection against war risks without crippling, their abilities In the event of a sudden outbreak first believed...

of hostilities.

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Private reports even have that 271 miners lost their lives the disaster which turned out to be far more serious than at

With an underground are still

The conference, is assured of raging and poisonous re-damp success as the President of the still pervading the mine, the min- Union, Mr. Axel Rinman, is a burning company after all decided on leader and greatly esteemed by the shafts in order to smother the Bunday to close up and seal up h's colleagues at the helm. -Reuter.

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SILVER MARKET

subterranean blaze.

The rescue squads whose" hor- culean labours for the past forty

hours have proved fut.le have been withdrawn by an order of the mine owners.

Heart-rending scenes were" en- acted outside the colliery when the wives and relatives of the trapped minera were told the plain and unvarnished truth concerning the ones they had lost

The Miners' Union at once rais-

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Sept. 24. London Silver prices to-day were unchanged forward, as follow:-

Sept. 22. Sept. 24 8pot....

.21-7/8 21-15/18 Forward...21-15/16 21-15/16 ed a demand that a commisssion London on New York cross rate of inquiry investigate the origin at. 2.00 p.m. to-day was 4.98-11/18 of the disaster. compared with 4.99-1/2 at closing on Saturday.

FINNISH ARMY

SECRETS

Betrayal to Soviet Russia

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(By Telegraph Copyright, Tale Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, September 24, 7.30 p.m.}

Helsingfors Sept. 24.

Only ten corpses, two of which are of members of the first rescue squad have been recovered,

ThGresford · disaster w.th F. death roll of 260 is one of the three gravest mining catastrophes which has befallen the country' this century, the other two curring in Lancashire in 1910 with 344 miners dead and at Glamorgan in 1913 where 439 miners perished -Transocean Kuo Min,

BARCELONA BOMBING

INCIDENTS

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HOPE ABANDONED

London, Sept. 29.. All hope has been abandoned; for the men still underground. In the Gresford Colliery.

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with the number of miners Tampe The official figure of the disaster 260 killed. This corresponda

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The Gresford Colliery disaster is thus the third biggest mine ex-s plosion death roll of the century. The work of sealing up the top of the shaft has been begun. Fires are still raging below att there are occasional gas ex- plosions.

The sealing of the shaft is the only possible way to subdue the flames. Reuter

RESCUE EFFORTS

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Landon, Sept. 23

The herculean labours of the rescue squads of miners working. almost without rest for the last 48 hours in the faint hope of saving the lives of their entombed coms rades trapped by a mine disaster. have raised the hopes that the lowest galleries of the Gresford Colitery would be incovered late on Sunday night. Nevertheless the chances are estimated at almost below

zero that any of the 120 out alive due to the effect of both buried miners would be brought

underground fire raging through- ont on Saturday and the poisonous fire damp which still pervades in the mine.

The original plan to seal up the sharts in order to smother the subterranean blaze was given up. due to the determination: of the whole mining community Transocean. Kur Min.

ADMIRAL DREYER TO VISIT PEIPING

Wel-hal-wel, Sept. 24. His Excellency the Commander .n. Chief.

Admiral Sir Frederic

ELECTION RESULTS · · (Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press") (By Telegraph Copyright, Tele graphic Messages Ordinance. 1894. Received, September 25, 4.30 p.m.)

Madrid, Sept. 23,5 Spain was once again subjected to semi-military law on Sunday by Paris, Sept. 24. The hopes of "the Right Wingraphic

the publication of a decree of the Dreyer. Lady Dreyer and staff. parties that the Stavisky scandal

Home Minister, placing the nation aboard HMS. Falmouth, salled have been largely disappointed by would operate to their advantage

under a "state of alarm." The to-day for Tangku, en route to A new espionage affair has been measure was adopted largely to Peiping to visit the British Mini- Sunday's bye-elections. As.de from discovered in the town of Viborg facilitate police work in countless ster to China, Sir Alexander Ca Chautemps' victory in the Blois where a sergeant in the army raids and arrests required to de- dogan. He is expected to retin where, as reported by Transocean Corps staff named Miskaneri and termine the extent of the recently to Wel-hai-wel on October 3- on Sunday, the ex-premier suc- two other persons said to be discovered ceeded in defeating the National working men, were arrested on a plot,

Marxist insurrection Reuter. Union's candidate for the Senate, charge of the betrayal "of a The action served as a stimulus, the National Union also suffered at military secret to Soviet Russia. however, rather than a deterrent least a temporary setback in the The papers recalled on this oc- to the revolutionaries in the pro- Chamber bye-election in the town casion the notorious spying case vinces. The syndicalists in Bar- of Laon where its candidate, al- of last year in which a woman, celona perpetrated thought leading at the poll, falled Martin as well as a general staff scale bombings effectively, smashing. three large to get a clear majority, obtaining officer Hentikamen 4,500 votes to 4,000 for the So- plicated and point out that the leading to

im-the light, water and gas conduits cial'st carididate with the final re-

entire suburb, new affair shows that Soviet Near Santander the Marxists burnt sult in the second ballot depend-Russia is continuing her secret to the ground a village church. ing entirely on the Radical-Social-subversive activities in the Finnish containing objects of high aesthe- ist vote..

t'c value.-

The worst aspect in the Laon The Committee adds that as the election from the Right Wing matter now stands, I. after tak- standpoint is the fact that the should find ing testimony, the Committee National vote decreased by 40 per that instead of the cert. with the corresponding gain Rainbow fouling the Endeavour. for the Socialists. In the bye- the challenger had fouled the election at Pont Audemer, the Na-- Rainbow, the Committee would be tionalist candidate, however, was entirely powerless to disqualify elected at the first ballo; which is the Endeavour, and this unfair offering some consolation for the result would be brought about by Right Wing opinion.-- the Endeavour's failure to com-

-Trauancean Kua Min. ply with the rules.

Mt. Sopwith in a letter to the New York Yacht Club, said "I re- gret to note that your Committee refuses to hear the Endeavour's protest yesterday, owing to my not having complied with B very trivial technical formality regard- ing the time the protest fag was flying."

Mr. Sopwith said that he would race to-day and that he would not appeal... Reuter,"

SUNKEN STEAMBOAT

Salvage Attempt By H.M.S. Cornwall

BETTY COMPSON IN SHANGHAI

Coming To Hong Kong

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army. The Military authorities, however, opine that Miskanen lacked the opportunity of obtain- ing really important information.

Transocean Kuo Min.

LEAGUE PRESIDENT'S

RADIO SPEECH ·

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COTTON CONTROL

America To Assist - Small Growers

London, Sept. 23. tion Control Act will be continued The Bankhead Cotton Produc-

throughout the present year, ac- a conference beween Mr. Henry cording to a decision reached at C. Wallace, Secretary 10t Agricul ture; and the Senators and repre- sentatives of the cotton producing states.

Geneva, Bept. 23. M. Sandler, the President, of the League of Nations on Sunday evening' made a skilful attempt to win the United States to join the League in a radio speech which was delivered here and relayed throughout the United States by given the small growers, it was Financial assistance will be the coast to coast hook-up.

announced by increasing the quo Sandler in his address "spoke in ta for their benefit by 10 per arrived here yesterday on a two the name of all members of the cent. This additional production: weeks' personal tour. She will ap-League Assembly in expressing the would rectify any inequitable.com-

that Boylet dition in the det.- Reuter,

Shangha, Sept. 24. Miss Betty Compson, film star,

pear in a local theatre after which, she will proceed to Hong Kong Reuter.

SHANGHAI-CANTON AIR SERVICE

To Be Resumed With Flying Boats

Welhalwei, Sept. 24" HMA. Cornwall is attempting to raise the sunken Chinese Navy steamboat which foundered. near the Island last Wednesday. Many corpses of those drowned have

Shanghai, Sept. 24. Two large and speedy Dolphin been washed ashore on the main-nying boats with which the China land

The steamboat, which was car resume the Shanghal-Canton ser- National Aviation Corporation will rying a number of Chinese blue-vice are arriving on September 28. Jackets, was stated to be greatly The service may be resumed con overcrowdedA

October 10 Reuter

Beuter

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hope that. Russia has found her way to the League, the other largest nation in the world will not be long behind." Tranincean Xua Min.

MOLOTOFF RETURNS

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MRS. RUTH DRISCOLL INJURED

Found Unconscious In Concession

Shanghai, Sept. 24 Mrs. Ruth Driscoll, an Moscow, Sept. 24. American lady, was found the Peoples Commissaries, Mold- 6 o'clock yesterday morning The Chairman of the Council ofscious in the British Conce

spection of Sibers, returned here she said to, who has made a tour of in a wound in the left after an absence of several weeks can and has again taken charge of unable affair Transocean Kuo Min

She police" are:

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SIR FREDERICK AND

LADY WHYTE

Sailing For England

Shanghai, Sept. 24 Sir Frederick and Lady Whyte are aboard the sa Empress of Japan on their way to England to-morrow morning via Canada- Beuter.

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Summer will be doubled if you keep yourself int good health The sure way is to drink.

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