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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1935.

SOMALILAND MASSACRE FUTURE OF THE

INCIDENT

Young French Officer's Heroic Death

Paris, January 23. Further details have been re- ceived of the French Somaliland incident in the Diki regten where

French administrative officer and his troops were massacred by Abyssinian tribesmen.

The incident is officially regard- ed as a battle between two tribes of which the Issas ve

cm the French side of the frontier and the Assaimaras on the Abyssinian side, and there has been constant warfare between them.

A high authority suggests that the officer, M. Bernard, who was only 25 years old acted rather imprudently when went to the scene of hostilities to see what was happening..

The French Government does not intend to take any diplomatic action as it recognises that the Abyssinian Government cannot be held responsible for sporadic out lawry on the confines of its king-

dom.

HAND TO HAND TIGHT

M. Bernard died heroically at the head of his small troops. He held s ground for two hours, with 105 Issas tribesmen, who kept 800 flerce Assaimaras at bay until their ammunition was exhausted and then, scorning retreat M Bernard fell in a hand-to-hand encounter with ten cutlass wounds in the head.

He was going to the help of the Issas against the Assaimaras raiders when he was attacked. The whole of his force was mas- sacred.

The Minister for, the Colonies has proposed that Bernard should be posthumously awarded the Cross of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

A

Government communique states that Bernard has been "cited in national orders" paying a glowing tribute to his heroism- Reuter:

ONE SOLE SURVIVOR

I

ed his force His machine gun jammed, enabling the Assaimaras to wipe it qut..

About eighty Assalmaras were also killed.

Aeroplanes hurried, to the spot but the Assaimaras had escaped across the frontier with the loot. -Reuter.

ARMED WITH KNIVES

FRANC

Uneasiness Felt In France

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Paris. Jan, 23.,. Uneasiness is again beginning to be felt here about the future of the French franc. The cabinet meeting on Tuesday night reach ed a decision of far-reaching-im- portance inasmuch as it is deter-

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally mined that the maximum value

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Paris, Jan 22. The news that a French Govern ment official named" Bemard to- gether with eighteen native sold- fers and numerous native civilians had been murdered by a rebellious tribe in Somaliland close to 'the' frontier of Abyssinia but undeniably on French soil, has now been con- Armed. The Abyssinian Charge d'Affaires in Paris told sentative of the "Intransigeant" that the culprits most probably belonged to a tribe which made the region unsafe for years 'pait, these nomads appearing first in one place and then another.

a repre-

charge d'Affaires, that these mar- It is very likely, continued the auders were identical with those that barrassed the Italian territory last month. This tribe had never earried firearms but as a rule_used broad-blade knives about twenty inches long with which they mur- dered their victims. Up till now these miscreants had always man- aged to evade pursuit.

It is expected here that the French Government will follow the example of the Italian by claiming.compensation from Abys- sinia through the League of Na- tions.

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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT [Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright).]

Paris, Jan. 22, The Ministry for Colonial Affairs announces officially that one. French State official, sixteen sold- lers and eighty natives had been murdered in French Somaliland. Strong. police detachments have been sent forthwith to the spot.

The event recalls that similar atrocities were perpetrated in 1932 when sixteen natives were killed in

Djibouti, January 23, Details of the massacre men- tloned yesterday were taken at the outpost of. Dikkil by the sole survivor of M. Bernard's troops. He described that a strong force of Assaimaras attacked the Issas which is 3 common occurrence between warlike nomads after the the same neighbourhood, by the month of Ramadan. Bernard hastened to the scene and he was unsuccessful in stopping "the on- slaught The Assaimaras attack-Transocean Xu Min.

CHINESE LADY

IN LONDON

Loses Expensive Jewels

KROTOCCO

London, January 23.′′ The Oxford police are investi- gating the disappearance of a case containing / £1,300 worth of Jewels tricloding two specially prized rings belonging to Miss Yuan Tai Foo, undergraduate at St. Hilda's College since 1932, while proceeding to Oxford from London

same tribe. Assaimaras, "At that time sixty of the attackers were killed.

TOKYO PAPER COMMENT

Premier's Speech Unconvincing

Tokyo, Jan. 23... financial day paper, persely sums The "Chugal Shogyo," leading

DRUG PLANT CASE IN SHANGHAT

Accused Woman Gives Evidence

Shanghai, Jan. 23 An admission that her husband spent a thousand dollars a month. although his salary was only four hundred was made by Mrs. Victor V. Johnston, Spanish wife of an Australian sea captain, at the Bri- tish Police Court to-day, giving evidence on her own behalf.

Defendant is charged with

dealin in narcotics following the discovery of a "regular morphine factory in her home shortly after a fire which occurred there an January 2. Her husband had then returned to England.

of treasury bills that may be pus into circulation be increased from ten to Afteen milliards francs. These are short-term bills, part of which the Banque de France required to discount if the whole

Showing signa of a terrife were not absorbed by the market. nervous strain, defendant said that The purpose of this measure is she came to China in 1914 at the to provide the Treasury with the age of sixteen as a teacher. In funds required to meet current 1931 while in Shanghai she married needs in the next few weeks. Captain Johnston, who was form- In 1926 after the de facto stabl-erly in the Australlari Navy, and lisation of the frane the maximum after two years intermittent em- value of treasury bills circulating ployment her husband obtained a was five millards. In 1932 the post in a local industrial company! upper limit was fixed at 15 mli- flards but in 1933. it was reduced to 10 milliards so as to facilitate the issue of the long-term loan. » · Partial discounting of the new issue by the Banque de France is explicitly provided for in the Gov- ernment's plans.

Since the former governor of the Banque de France, Moret opposed this policy of credit. extension be cause be regarded it as dangerous for currency, the cabinet obtain- ed his resignation and replaced him last December by Tannery. director of the Sinking Fund be- cause Tannary is known to be prepared to meet. M. Flandin's

wishes.- Transocean Kuo Min··

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SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, January 23. London silver prices to-day were unchanged as follow:

Spot

Forward

Jan. 22 Jan. 23 24-5/8 24-5/8 24-3/4 24-3/4

COMMANDANT INSULTED

Slapped In The Face

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Daily Press") Telegraph, Copyright, Tate graphis

Mestages Ordinance. 1895 Beceived, January 23, 7.30 p.m.)

Paris, January 23. - A curious incident occurred in Forbach. near Saarbruecken, where, according to Fress reports, $ Saar emigre named Klein, having expressed after he had crossed the border, the wish to Join the French Foreign Legion was brought to the barracks for the purpose of a medical examina tion, whereupon he promptly slap

He was sent last year to England to bring out a ship.'

It was announced that Captain Johnston left for Shanghai an January 21 and that he had cabled innocence, to the defence asserting his wife's

The defence examined Major Walker, Municipal Analyst, at great length with a view to proving, that the drug plant could have been operated by the servants without defendant's knowledge: Reuter,

At the earlier hearing, several coded telegrams were produced which Mrs. Johnston had sent to her husband following the seizure of the house.

One telegram suggested the line of defence will be that the fire in vants manufacturing chemicals the house was caused by the ser- without Mrs. Johnston's knowledge. The police unsuccessfully sought the servants for questioning..

CABINET IN SPAIN

Radical Position Strengthened

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Madrid, Jan. 23.

The discussions proceeding for several weeks past on the recon- struction of the Spanish cabinet have at la yielded concrete re-

sults:

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Gordon's

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THE HEART OF A GOOD COCKTAIL-

NEW BULGARIAN

U.S. TREASURY

MOVE

Burrowing Power Expansion

Washington,

aittee

The Ways and Means · of the House of Repreatives unanimously approved the Trea- sury to have outstanding at any moment" twenty-five thousand million dollars of long-term bands, twenty thousand lara of securities and

million dol- chort- Treasury borrowing capacity by er maturities, thus increasing the nine thousand million dollara

power

CABINET

Zlateff Appointed Premier

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Sofs, Jan. 23

gier cabinet formed on May 19, As had been expected, the Geor-

1934 resigned on Tuesday, King Boris forthwith entrusted Generat Petko Zlate with the formation of a new

munication issued stated that the Tuesday night the official com

Government. Late on

following composition: Premier Zlateff cabinet would have the

and Defence Minister, General

The Administration's request for The Marine Minister Rocha, a expansion of borrowing Radical, who for the past two through orthodox methods with Zlater. Home Affairs, Command- months has been acting as For the object of meeting.current eign Minister which portfolio was needs exceeding ordinary revenue to Minister of Economies, vacant, now definitely assumed is interpreted as further afirma».

ant Koleff Foreign Affairs, Bolo

London on New York cross rate ped the face of the Commandant this office while Rocha's place at tion that all direct inflationary Mollon; Minister of Culture, Gen-

at 2 p.m. to-day was 4.8868 com- pared with 4.8825 at closing yes- terday.

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HAUPTMANN TRIAL

Ladder Admitted As Evidence

Flemington, Jan. 23.

After a vigorous night by the defence, the Court, trying Bruno. Hauptmann for kidnapping and

of the barracks for no apparent reason.

When placed under arrest Klein explained that the reason why he slapped the "Commandant's face was that he wanted to spend some time in a French prison. This wish was granted and he is now awalting trial for assault.-- Transocean. Kuo Min.

era! Radeff Garrison Commander. Philip Popel; Justice, Kalenderon Communications, Zasharien; Fin- ance, Okreikor.

The Georleff cabinet fell ag the result of the unfavourable at

TOtitude of the Finance Committee of

the Marine Ministry is taken up proposals are definitely abandon- by Abadconde, a Radical, hitherto ed. President of the Council of State. Neuter

The position of the Radicals is thus strengthened since they have gained the Ministry for Foreign RAILWAY AGREEMENT Affairs. Otherwise the relative strengths of the parties remains. A before, in other words the de- mands of the Catholics and the Agrarians for more seats in the Government and for a complete change of policy were not acceded to.--

TRAIN ROBBERY Franc Kan Min

EPISODE

murder of the Lindberga baby ad Audacious Hold-Up

mitted as evidence the ladder. which he was alleged to have used sery. to take the infant from the nur-

up the speeches of the Premier The defence had objected to the Finance Ministers as trite, cast on the ground that it had not and those of the Foreign and ladder being admitted as evidence in the same mould, and lacking been connected with the accused. any tresh ideas.

but the prosecution contended

Both the "Hochi Shimbun and that they could trace the custody "Yomiuri Shimbun' express dis of the ladder from the time of She belongs to a Chinese family In Malaya and is well-known" in-

appointment at the Premier's the crime to the present moment. London where she is a frequent speech which the latter journal | Beuter, visitor at the China Institute.declares is unconvincing and sug-

She Hves at Acton studying philo sophy."

The Oxford Police, it is report- ied, are anxious to interview three men who shared Miss Yuan. Tai Foo's carriage. Reuter

INSURRECTION ON ITALIAN ISLAND

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1894

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London, January 23.

A general Insurrection is said to have broken out on the Isle of Kallimos in Dodekanes and mar

lacks

gests that Admiral Okada the courage to be brave in a diffi cult situation.- Reuter

NEW RECORD ATTEMPT

AT DAYTONA

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By Masked Men

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STATEMENT BY VICEROY

No Pressure Used On Princes

London, Jan. 22. lington, when opening the session The Viceroy of India, Lord WO of the Chamber of Princes at New Delhi to-day described sa entirely and utterly baseless, the allega tions which have been made to the effect that he and his officers had brought pressure to bear on the Princes in order to coerce them into the Federation against their wall.

Berlin, Jan. 22. Train robbers escaped with a haul of over eight thousand marks in an audacious hold-up on a mall train early on Tuesday morning. As the train was passing through the thickly wooded region between Rauxel and Dortmund, the bandits pulled the emergency brake, jump- ed out of the compartment in which they had been travelling and hurried forward to the mall van ahouting "mails." In the pit- chy darkness the post officials thought the train had stopped at a small station in this section in order to pick up the mall bags and Two schemes for daxoming the The famous motorist, Sir Mal-pened the door whereupon the River Thames, one at Woolwich colm Campbelt is leaving to-day three masked men sprang into the costing about £3,000,000 and the for the United States with his re-cals with their revolvers, and

Van covering the bewildered om other at London Bridge costing constructed race car Blue Bird seized the sack containing regis of the

Jons approximately 2800,000 have been in an effort to break his own re-tered letters and four boxes full of submitted to the Port of London cord established in February 1933 money which they hurled Authority whose decision will be Sir Malcolm who then attained the embankment Beto announced later. It is stated that the spee of 272 miles hopes to cials could

put up the record of 300 miles

SCHEMES FOR DAMMING

THE THAMES

London, Jan. 23.

(by Telegraph, Copyright, Tel graphic Merrages Ordinanca. 1896 Heceived, January 29, 4-50 p.m.

London, Jan. 23,

the London Bridge scheme would give 19 miles of still water be- Transocean Auo Min tween London Bridge and Ted-1 dington The width of

tial law has been declared, ac-able for navigation cording to despatches from Athens creased and the

to the Daily Expres and the creased fairway could

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amazement, the bandits red out of the

they ing

CAPTAIN LAYTON

PROMOTED

The Viceroy said it was only natural that the Princes should postpone their final decision on the Reform Bm until they had an opportunity to study the measure and the various draft accession Instruments and instruc

strumenter

Lord Ilingdon's repudiat

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Supporte

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AVOID STRIKES

London, January 28. The agreement reported last night which four Railway Com panies and Railway Trade Unions have unanimously reached upon machinery for dealing speedily and effectively with disputes of every kind is regarded as one of the most important collective bargaining agreements ever reach- ed in Britain, Railway Industry Includes 400,000 workers and one of their officials describes the con ciliation machinery now establish- ed as a fine model for any great industry!!

Warm

the League of Nations in the mat- ter of the transfer of Bulgarian foreign loans.

sively of officers and

The new cabinet consists exclu who command the full confidence and politicians

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The agreement which 15 the outcome of negotiations extending. over: two years will avoid strike until every possibility of negotia tions has been exhausted. The agreement is welcomed by all sec tions of industry and also by the public.

British Weiss.

Fireside

Comfort

GAS FIRES:

Fixed for FIVE DOLLARS

Annual rental FIVE DOLLARS.

MR. BUCKSILL: K.C.

CHINA

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