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MYSTERY OF SOVIET FLIGHT

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Aug 5. Considerable mystery surroun.is the attempt to be hade by a So- viet aeroplane to fly the 6,000 miles from Moscow to San Francisco by way of the North Pole.

The fight has been planned secret. It is even possible that the day and hour of taking off will be concealed until the plane is actually in flight:

Moreover, it has not been reveal- ed whether the start will be made from the Moscow

from a specially prepared "run" someyhere in the city's neighbour-

VERTOPRAHOFF.-On August 15,

1935. at the Russian Orthodox | hood. Hospital, Route Ramon Andreevich rahoff, aged 64 years.

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INDIA BILL

A Task Completed

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London, Aug. 5, The India Bill, back from the House of Lords, passed the Com- mons to-night, and now only awaits the royal assent to become

law.

CANTON NEWS

"Officials To Wear Uniforms

(From Our Special Correspondent)

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(Special Air Malt Service)

London, Aug. 5.

By the strenuous efforts of all -concerned agreement, which, bow- Canton. Aug. 23. Beginning from September 1, all ever, has yet to be accepted by government, officials and Kuomin- the Council, was reached at Gene- tang workers are required to wear va late last night, and the Italo- This is the biggest thing the pre- uniforms instead of ordinary long Abyssinian dispute will now be sent dying Parliament has done on owns or European clothes. This considered by the three European the Imperial plane, just as the order is made by the South-west Powers principally concerned dur- Protectionist revolution is its big Political Council in the interest of Ing the present month and will although the officials revert to the League of Nations in achievement at home, and the economy. Government and the House of will have, to spend some money for September. Neither Abyssinia nor the League will be directly asso- Commons were entitled to-night to the new clothes!

The uniforms are to be made of clated with the forthcoming diplo- feel great pride at the completion of the task. This can still be said native materials of a cheap qual-matic negotiations; but in practice even though some would have pre-ity. The officials. it is said, will the Ethiopian Government will un- ferred that the new Federal Con- look more energee and lively in doubtedly be kept informed of stitution should not have been uniforms. Those who are above their progress, and inevitably the quite so cramped by sageguards to the age of 45 are allowed to wear views of that Government will please the Tories, for whatever ordinary suits and when more off- weigh considerably with at least

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wear uniforms, the tallor two of the three European negotia- tas shortcomings in this respect have been quite so cramped by shops will "quit cutting European tors. Furthermore, if the negotia- tions are not formally placed under the new Constitution does mark dress but concentrate on manu

the auspices of the League. as the biggest advance yet towards facturing uniforms."

Britain and France would have Indian autonomy. In the poli- cal circumstances of the hour at home the advance might even be regarded as surprisingly liberal.

Whatever the safeguards, it is surely remarkable that a Parlia- mment containing 460 Tories should give India even a rudimentary

Constitution,

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especially when it could show, in answer to any of the arguments from pledges that so recent and so formidable a document as the Simon Report had laid

provincial au- tonomy as the limit of possible present advance. True, the an- nouncement of the Princes that they were willing to enter Federation changed the situation for everyone prepared for the ut- most practicable advance, but a like top-heavy Tory Parliament this, wishing to resist all out the most cauious concessions, could have based its opposition very plausibly on the Simon Keport.

'MR. BALDWIN AND HIS PARTY

The die-hards did do so. of course. It is to the credit of Mr Baldwin-and "to his credit alone -that his party was won over to the Federal scheme. He has done nothing SQ .courageous in his whole career... All through his leadership aerodromte ur

he has tried to win his party over "to a course of enghtened Toryism, as opposed to the selfish obscuran.ism of his influential Righ. The Rght has for years watched this tendency with increasing host lity, and Mr. Baldwin knew from the beginning. tha, by committing himself to federation he was challenging it dangerously on mos formidable ground; and not only that, but that he was also straining the loyal y of his Right Centre, who had followed him trustfully so for bus who might break with him in dread (however false the analogy) of creating another Ire- land in India.

The machine is the one which broke the world distance record for a non-stop flight in a closed circle between Moscow and Khar- koff. "It is a single-engine mono- plane with low wings, designed by; M. Tupolet who built the l-fated "Marim Gorki."

With its extremely shallow wings it looks more like a glant glider than a powerful aero-1 plane. No foreigner has yet" been allowed to Inspect it."

It is named "R.D." These initials, stand for "Record' of Distance.".

SOVIET-BUILT ENGINE

Its single engine is Soviet-built. Designed by President Kalinin's

Mr. Baldwin de berately staked his leadership on this step. It was the mos." pale and anxious Mr. "Baldwin one has ever seen wo faced the Tory Central Coun- nephew. M. Mikulin, it was ex-cil on the famous Whte Paper. hibited at the International Aero- nautical Show in Par's.

It was menading enough .o have

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REPORTER ARRESTED There is no prospect of an im- mediate release of the reporter who offended the authorities by issuing a news copy on the formation of an additional battery of anti-air- craft guns. He made dally calls on the Air Defence Committee and was given all information on pre- cautions of air defence.

FIRST LORD ON ITS GREAT

TASKS.

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The Best Weapons Essential

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London, Aug. 5. Compared with the great naval Powers to-day, said Sir Belton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the

Admiralty last night, we had only

NEWS SUMMARY

A comely-looking Chinese danc. ing girl, Wong Shan Sham, resid ing at No. 9 Gap Road, first floor appeared in the dock before Mr W, Schofield, at the Central Mağu, tracy yesterday, charged with dis orderly conduct at 3.15 am, on Friday in Morrison Hill Road,

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Imposed by Mr. Macfadyen in the A furth Six months hard labour was the Suez C

Central Police Court yesterday on Chan Lai. 26, unemployed. whe pleaded guilty to snatching two- rolls of cloth from Lee Nul, grand,

daughter of Lee San Kuen, widow

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about half a navy, a short time of 58. Queen's Road East. Page 60 agu a small aff force, and a very small army.

Five young unemployed mer He was speaking at a Conser- were brought before Mr. Wynne- vative gathering at Blenheim, Ox-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy fordshire, the seat of the Duke of yesterday, charged with obtaining

two meals from differens restaur Marlborough. ".

ants on credit by fraud, and sick was sentenced to six weeks' had Page 6 labour on each charge.

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"In spite of our greater respon- sibilities, we are spending B smaller proportion of our nationa! income on armaments than any other country in the world, 'he

Three European motorists ap stated. "We have reduced Our

peared before Mr. Wynne-Jones wished, they quite obviously have

armaments to the point of dan at the Kowloon Magistracy yester the sanction and the blessing of

ger, and we are bound to make day to answer summonses for fall- the League, since Council is known

good." the deficiency. In our fighting to carry lights on their vehicles to approve them. The connection

ing forces.

and ail" were fned. Another of the League with the attempt to

"It is a monstrous thing to ex- motorist was fined for causing an settle the Italo-Abyssinian dispute is thus maintained. The main-pect our soldiers, saliers or air-obstruction.

men to Aght-there is no ques- tenance of this connection is vital to the League. The conflict is be- tion of aggression; all the world A 24-year-old, concubine, Mak News copies d'atribu.ed by news

tween two of its members, of whom knows that-if they have not the Bau Chan, appeared before Mr. one has appealed directly to it;

the Kowloon most up-to-date weapons. We Wynne-Jones". at agencies here are not required to

have to make good our deficiency Mag'stracy yesterday, charged with be. censored, but newspapers are and if it let go of this problem

to take part in any request for stealing a gold neck chain, a jade ordered to submit galley proofs for it would justly be regarded as a

collective security.”

ring, a gold bangle and a finger: censorship every night. This does useless piece of make-bel'eve. And

at $55, from Lu not absolve the responsibility of it is well to remember that the

"If you read history." Sir Bol- ring, valued the reporter in giving out news that safeguarding of the integrity of its ton continued, "you will and that Yeung, shopkeeper, at No. 502 is deemed offensive. The Air De-members is far from being the only nearly always in peace time people Prince Edward Road, first floor, fence Commitee is formed to take collective duty of the League, as have let down the Navy, and when between June 5 and 17. Defend- care of the air protection of Cans so commonly suggested by in-they found it could not carry out ant pleaded guilty and was re- ton and has no connection with terested States. By Article XIX. it its duties someone was hanged manded for 24 hours in police

may advise changes in obsolete Generally it was the wrong per custody for further enquiries. treatles, and by Article XXI. it is son-and that makes me nervous. Mr. Hung Shao Hong. Cha'rman authorized to entrust to more ad-

"The Navy is, and must remain, the chief guarantor of the food of the Canton Chamber of Com-vanced nations the care of back-

These, however, are and raw materials for this coun- merce, is on his way to Nanking Ward races. to negotiate with the Central Au- points which will have to be taken try."

orities for the refund of hesum into account in the settlement of of $40,000,000, the loan floated in the fundamental issues between, Canton in 1926 for the Northern Italy and

al Abyssinia; that settled at Geners last night was Expediton. Mr. Hung said Canton reeds the money for re- the manner in which, the solution construction and industrial pur is to be attempted. poses.

The Air Force.

CANTON PROSPERITY

Th's project has official backing. Canton will be prosperous if there

Is money for reconstruction.

TYPHOON WARNING

The following typhoon warn- ings were received in the Colony at 3.45 p.m. yesterday! 1. Manila, August 23, 2.40 .p.m. Typhoon in about 122 Long. E. and 22 Lat. N.. moving N.W.

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The "D" (8) Company (Lincoin- shire held their annual Aquatic

Swimming Sports at the YMCA

bath yesterday. The most exciting event on the card was the 150 yds

IF IT FALLED IN TASK The whole of the British Em- thatpire-one quarter of the globe 3. styles when Pte. Blackmore just depended entirely for its defence victory from Cpl. Maltby. Page 10. managed to snatch a last minute

on the British Navy, and if ever the British Navy was unequal to

Mr. Sydney Ng Quinn, of Messrs. the task, God help the peace of

Geo. K. Hall Brutton & Co., was the world. If the people of this admitted to practise as a solicitor country made sure that the Navy in the Courts of Hong Kong by was adequate to the task, it meant Mr. Justice Lindsell, Pulsne Judge. that a quarter of the world was at the Supreme Court yesterday. put in a secure and stable post-

Page 7. tion. If we did that, we were

making the greatest contribution There was a large gathering pre-

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to

the 'country had ever made

sent at the Police Recreation Club what they most passionately long-on Thursday night when members continued peace of bade farewell to Crown Sergeant Arthur Charman, of, the Polla They were told by, the Socialists Force, who is being invalided that they would have taken steps Home on penslaan, leaving by the in the Far East which would have P and O, Ranchi to-morrow. A

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QUESTION OF PROCEDURE Even this question of procedure without the settled not greatest difficulty. The lead in the Geneva discussions of the last few days was taken by Great Britain and France, and credit is due to Mr. Eden and M. Laval for the skill with which they have helped to re- concile the views of the Italian and Ethiopian representatives, while availing themselves opportunely of the machinery of the League.. The chief difficulties arose from the Italians' determination to keep the disputes as narrowly confined as possible to themselves and Ethio- pia They were obstinately op- posed to the association Abyssinia with negotiations under the 1906 Treaty-signed by. Great Britain, France, and Italy, and re- lating to Abyssinia;.to the negotia- tions being held under the patronage of the League; to a brief time-limit being set to them: to an undertaking being given that there should be no hostilities in sion by the Conciliation Commis- sion already set up under the 1928 Treaty between Italy and Abyssinia of any other matter than respon-sumed that their 'authorisation at Com-

She has the Lie brown arms sibility for the clash at Walwal in Geneva, with the consent of the and legs, f'msy silk frock to her December. On most of these points Italian delegate will have given knees, and shock of jet black hat Bignor Mussolini Nas bad his way, them a needed impulse.

2. Typhoon in about 141 Long. E. and 12 Lat. N. moving W.N.W.

DEGY EFFUPER

UTILITIES BILL

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of

Washington, Aug. 22. The House of Representatives, by 219 votes to 142, accepted the Mr. Churchil leading the die- Senate compromise providing for a The famous Arctic airman, Le-, hards against him, but this occa-modified "death sentence on the the meantime: and to the discus- vapefski, wno took the leading son was also to show where the multies, Holding Companies Bill. part in saving the crew of the ill- 'doubiful Right Centre stood. That The compromise instructs rated Arctic steamship Cheluskin was the real crisis of the Tory Securities Exchange Commission to last year, will be in command of confict on India, but Mr. Baldwin dissolve all utility holding the fight. He will be accompan- knew at the end of the day that panies as soon as practicable after led by Baldukot as pilot and Lev- all his party, save the die-hards, January 1, 1938

except those chenko as navigator.

was standing behind him for the operating single integrated SVE- Federal plan. That was a great tems, or that can prove that triumph for him. What has been economies are not

otherwise "öb- not quite so much noted is the tainable. triumph he also had in the Cabi-

House leaders now believe that net. He managed to bring every

the enactment of the BI is as- ** one of his Tory colleagues over to

sured this session... the side of the bill, Lord Hailsham Reuter. among them. Truly Mr. Baldwin has established an ascendancy over h's party greater than that

He told me to-night that the

fight will take three days. He made his anal test over Moscow to-day and is, ready to start at any time.

By a brilliant piece of research work about forty years ago. Sir Ronald Ross traced malaria to the mosquito and even now the con- troversy which began with that epoch-making discovery. not quite dead. There is stili viminishing school of thought which despars of the war against the insect and would fall back upon the curative or preventive drug. The votaries of quinine, find support in such new and more powerful products of the German Laboratory 25 plasmoquin and stebrin. Is it possible by such means alone to stamp dut malaria and are the sanitary measures used against the mosquito mis- directed? This question, » among

cognised hat Mr. Baldwin had won, others, was debated by Sir Malcolm

for he accepted the time-table for Watson in his Finlayson Memorial territory has already been given.

There and I understand that permission

were later Tory confer the bill. There was to be no last- Lecture which has now been pub-

to be granted." by Great Mr. Churchill, were always pro- The

ences: and the die-hards, led by ditch fight against the measure, is about lished. A pioneer in the great war

d'e-hards were Britain. The expedition is organ-mising auch & revolt as should have a reasonable opportunity of content to against malaria, he is willing to

ised and equipped by the Soviet overwhelm Mr. Baldwin, but never puiting their case. That they did use every weapon. As a doctor and as an engineer, he has fought Department of Arctic Routes.

did it spread beyond the die-hard with considerable skill and, in the the scourge both in the Malay

group.

case of Mr. Churchili, with supreme Peninsula and Africa and his con-

MR. CHURCHILL'S FIGHT ability. But it was a kid-glove clusion is, that while anti-malarial

Then Mr. Churchill tumbled on nght. Buch bitterness as

drugs have their use, victory will not be won by, drugs alone, except possibly in certain areas where malaria has only a small hold. In India, Africa and Malaya, the real battlefields. the declalve result must be obta'ned by war against the mosquito itself

The route chosen is Banks, Land, Fort Simpen, Vancouver and San Francisco. The Polar stage will have to be made non-stop.

Permission to By over American

free from malaria and the other

intensely malarial, the difference being due to the variety in the species of mosquito, due again to the Afferent quality of the water in the two elds. It was again found that in the uplands beyond the swamps, the enemy bred in the clear waters of the running This war between man and insect streams and thus defied drainage. for the mastery of the vast regions | A new weapon had to be found to

combat this and through a fortun ate experiment it was revealed that crude oil of a certain type, produced changes in the water fatal to the species. There is no reason to despair because the war is difficult end continuous, victory already For example, there were two having been won over some of the types of rice fields in Mala) one 1 most important regions of the East.

of the world makes a fascinating study. How sanitary measures Eave man the victory in the great swamps of Malaya and in Singa- pore are alown by Sir Malcolm but the subject had unforeseen complications-

of any leader. since Disraeli.

there

plunged us into a first class war. supper was given followed by a

To-day they are saying the splendid impromptu concert. same thing." added Sir Bolton. "They would plunge this country into war; they would do more than that-they would plunge the country into war unprepared,"

GEM OF A PLAYER

(Special Air Mail Service)

Landon, Aug 3.-

at least in form; but in fact the Conciliation Commission is to meet

Have you ever seen a col! play again, this time with a neutral

tennis? You can, for Miss. Gem presiding arbitrator and with its Hoshing, the little Chinese girl terms of reference more clearly who has just won the schoolgirls' defined; the far more important competition at Queen's Club, is a diplomatic negotiations are likely human dot, only 4 feet 7 inches in to be resumed; and it may be pre-height.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A tes dance will be held at the Sunday. Repulse Bay Hotel on when a half hourly bus service will be run.

Two cases of enteric fever were

for the 24 hours ended on Thurs- reported to the Health Authorities

day.

Suffering from concussion in a result of a plece of concrete failing the alleged Derby-Hoare attempt was only came to the surface in on her head, Kwong Tal Man, of to tamper with witnesses from

duels between Mr. Churchill and 174 Cheungshawan Road, ground the Manchester Chamber of Com Bir. Samuel Hoare, sharers of a foor, was removed to the Kowloon merce who were appearing before deep mutual anticpathy.

Hospital. the Joint Belec Committee. Once And so at the end "of it all Mr. again Mr. Baldwin was facing a

A fatal accident occurred at the Baldw`n has not only prevailed but crisis, and the Government with he has come through with his wolfram mine on Needle Hill on with. If Mr. Churchil's allega-party intact and even undamaged. Thursday, when a large piece of tions had been brought home. it All that the Indian struggle has rock weighing about five tons, would have been the end of the done is to show once again that became dislodged and fell on a India Bill and of Mr. Baldwin's pure reaction is a lost cause, even labourer, Wan Sze, aged 30 years, leadership, and possibly of the within the Tory party Reaction- who was Instantly killed. The Government. But the Commiteeism went down on the Parliament body was sent to the Kowloon 01 Privreges, which investigated Bill and on Ireland just as it has Mortuary. the charges, found that they were zone down on India. That is a without the slightes substance, thought, not without mid comfort, With h's right hand blown off Next Mr. Churchill fell back on the faced as we are with the rospect and siffering from other severe in Parliamentary fight against the of anoher, nye year the bill, but by this time he re-ernme

of every brunette doll you see shop windows.

But no doll or Ht le girl of 14 has ye: played lawn tennis as well as Gem plays it. She has all the shots of a champion, and a poker "ace.

SHE LIKED CRICKET

while Ashing in Tolo Harbour, So In a few years she could be Lai, 42, master of class IV. fishing champion of Wimbledon if he boat No. 4633 P, was admitted to mother would les her make lawn the Kowloon Hospital yesterday. tennis her career instead of send His condition is reported to be ng her to a university to study serious.

for the degrees which mother took at Cambridge.

Local estate amounting to

Mrs. Boahing does not m'nd hér $118,200 was left by Mrs. Letitia daugh ́er playing tennis in the Jane Thwaites, late of Woodville holidays, but she never has time House, Ealing, Middlesex, who died off from school for a tournament at Oxford on July 12, 1935. A or for coaching, though the best. petition by Mrs. Vera Joan Azma- coaches in the country have been

strong and Mr. H. J. Armstrong, daughter, and son-in-law respec- t'vely of the deceased, for grant of probate of the will was allowed. The deceased was the wife of Mr Charles Thwaites, formerly of Hong Kong.

engaged to teach her.

Gem did no start lawn tennis too early, Cricket was her first love because her rather was a kecu cricketer in his youth, though all the family now play lawn tenn 5.

As you would guess from her icotwork on the cours she is " A fire broke out at No. 8 John- good little dancer and clever ston Road, first floor shortly after | skatea.

7 pm. yesterday. Three appliances The expers say that she will were immediately despatched to one day play for Britain in the the scene and upon arrival it was Wightman Cup; her mother says... found that the blaze had already its too early to talk about such been put out by the inmates. The things. Besides, aa Gem came to fire was confined to some bed cur England when she was

which got alight through young, she has forgotten nearly a goy: Jurlés: causes

stick of cigarette, end getting into contact her Chinese, and will have to dynamite exploded in his hand with a

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