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HOLY WAR THREAT PIRATE FLEET RAID

IN IRAK.

IBNSAUD SAID TO HAVE RALLIED FANATICS.

BRITAIN FACED WITH VERY

GRAVE PROBLEM.

KINKO MARU.

DISPERSED BY JAPANESE MACHINE-GUNS,

DISASTER DOUBT END.

י

SIR AUSTEN GETS PIQUED.

DEMANDS MORE CARE IN CONVENTIONS.

The arrival in Formosa of the VARIOUS REASONS GIVEN FOR

members of the crew of the ill- fated Japanese a.s. Kinko Maru, which crashed on the rocks south of Eoochow; and sank, clears up the last shreds of the mystery al- Caching to the disaster.

OPIUM FAILURE,

LEAGUE IN SESSION.

Happy Valley,

BRITISH STEAMER TERRORIST RULE SUBMARINE MOTION CUTTY SARK'S OLD

SHELLED.

SENSATIONAL ACT BY U. S. DESTROYER.

CHASED TO MIAMI

Washington, March 6.

A sensational story of an American coastguard destroyer upening fire on a British passen- ger steamer comes to hand from Miami

tho

named The destroyer, Cassin, fired eight shells at the British 8.8. Isle of June, while tho vessel was steaming off Miami Harbour on Monday,

The British steamer was not hit, but her passengers were most alarmed.

IN HUPEH.

WHOLE FAMILIES ARE WIPED OUT.

WOMEN TAKE PROMINENCE AS EXECUTIONERS.

AUTHORITIES ACT,

Hankow, Feb. 22.

SHELVED.

MR. KELLOGG'S DESIRE AN "EMPTY GESTURE."

NO ABOLITION PLEA.

agreement

COMMANDER.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN R. WOODGET.

CHARACTER SKETCH OF

FAMOUS SKIPPER.

Washington, March 6. The question of abolishing sub- marine warfare by international come before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives to-day. LINK WITH THE PAST.

London, March 6. The death is announced of

DECLARATION OF WAR

After some discussion of a London, Mar. G. It is now established that the

Sir Austen Chamberlain was

resolution, recommending that the The, Wahabi' trouble has deve vessel ran aground in the for, and drawn to remark that more care

A foreigner who has just come abolition be sought, the Committee loped into serious proportious if to sink rapidly, the crew should be taken in drawing. up

back from the district of Hwang- by G votes to 6 decided to lay it making off in a junk after vain.

how tells a tale of Communist on the table-Renter's American Captain Richard Woodget, the the report that Thu Saud, the King efforts to check the inrush. Conventions, after various deler

horrors, which are going on in Service. of the Heljaz, is going to cast his The 14th Japanese destroyer gates in the Council of the League

the country there, that is well

The action of the Committee hus octogenarian skipper. of the lot with the raiders responsible on which was rushed to the of Nations had announced the rea- The coastguard destroyer order-

nigh' unbelievable.

frustrated the move of Mr. F. B. famous old-time China ten clippar.. scene of the mishap, found the sons why their countries had noted the Isle of June to stop and be

This does not mean that the Kellogg in regard to the opening Cutty Sark-Reuter. for the many atrocities in Trak, is Kiko Maru already submerged ratified the Opium Convention, for searched for contraband, but. Cap Chinese authorities are not busy

of negotiations for the abolition of with her funnel and stern alovej which Sir Austen strongly press-Lain Wheeler, the master of the for strict order is being maintain-resolution would be a recorded fatt 82 years of age, having been born The Inte Captain Woodget was The passing of the in trying to erish the red terror, submarines. Isle of June, refused as the vessel The Committee on Arbitration was then In British waters neared in the city of Hwangchow and States making an effort to bring his craft in the hard school of a that Congress favoured the United in November, 1845. He learned only persons who are guaranteed

Geordie billyboy, but It made him and Security adopted several mo-the Bahamas. del treaties and agreements, and The Cassin pursued and cons "not being communists are al- about such an end.

Mr. Porter, the Chairman of the a thorough seaman and the mis- senl recommendations Lo the tinned to fire at the British until lowed to enter.

Committee, described the resolution cellaneous jobs that fell to his lot it reached Miami, where a search Lugrue Assembly,

as an empty, gesture. He pointed were invaluable training for the was made and no contraband

out that the submaring was the sole work that he had to tackle when was found-Router's American

protection of many smaller nations he was captain of a clipper. Service.

against great naval Powers.

to be believed.

winter, and over a hundred pirate ed.) evaft clustored round,"

Geneva, Mar, 6. 1

The report means that Britain will have to deld with the whole The destroyers dispersed the might of the Wahabis, "the Puri-pirates with machine-guns but by this time the ships had been looted tans of Islam," the most powerful of every detachable fitting, and Arab combination on the penin- the whole of her coal cargo. The sula. They are a tribe filled with grew was missing, and as no nows

had been received, a vigorous The Committee on Arbitration a reforming zeal and their eon-scouring of both land and sea was and Security, during a long sitting Tempt of death is only comparable carried out under the orders of to-lay, adopted the models of a the commander of the squadron. draft general Convention provid- to the fanaticism of the Mahdiats.

Eventually, the 38 members of ing for the pacifice settlement of In Sand has formerly been the crew, were discovered in a international disputes and of the most friendly to Great Britain, and juús a long way from the scene procedure for the settlement of only last year signed a treaty with or the disaster and taken on board such disputes by 'conciliation. General Clayton. He has always the destroyer Asi. shown great moderation and a

broadminded conception of the necessities of the pilgrim traffic to Mecca,

His forces are great warriors.: Only a few yours ago they easily) routed the troops of King Ilus- sein, whose brief reign in the edi jaz, the Wahabi advance" brought summarily to an end.-Reuter.

"In Saud Declares War.

London, Mar, G.

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MEXICAN BANDIT OUTRAGE.

MURDEROUS ATTACK ON MOTOR BUS: FIVE KILLED.

The uneasiness created by the talk of a "Holy War" by Ibn Saud the King of the Hejaz, has been Jalapa to-day.

The Committee also adopted a collective.treaty of security which will be called à Treaty of Mutual Assistance, and, in addition, it adopted several resolutions for submission to the League As-

THE HSINTAMING DISASTER.

ATSUTA MARU HELD BY AUTHORITIES.

Secret of Success.

Over Thirty Exccuted. Stops too are being taken in the country to round up the commun- ists, who are organised peasants, "We have no more right to ask but these gather and disperse so France or Itlay, for example, to

One of these was practical quickly that it is hard to catch abolish their own means of de- rigging, and one of the secrets of them. However, the discovery of fence," he said, "than they would his success was that he always a meeting of conununlats led to have to ask us to abolish our only went over every bit of gear him- some thirty odd of their number means of defence, namely the self and was quite certain that being captured and these with a Navy."—Renter's American Ser-it could stand the tremendous few others, totalling 36 were vice. executed at Hwangchow on Thurs- day. Later another two met their

death. The bodies were allowed lo lie where they had fallen till

Sunday afternoon when twenty of them were taken away.

GERMANY, TO CANCEL TRADE TREATY,

strains that he was certain to put

on it once it commenced to blow. For even In those days thero was on and keep on sail as he did, and scarcely anybody who could crack.

yet his term in command of tho old ship, the Cutty Sark, was re- markably free from any serious ; accklent.

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sembly relating to "the submis- ENQUIRY INTO CAUSE. sion of recommendation models for

Shanghai Mas general Conventions on conellia-

It was reported that the authori-BRITAIN'S POLICY CHANGED The Japanese strumet Alaita tion, arbitration, and judicial set-Maru, which was involved in the ties had another 28 prisoners who

He was at his best when sho. tlement."

BASIS OF FOUNDATION, terrible disaster below Chinkfang, it was said had been found guilty

was carrying all that he could Mexico City, March 6. Non-members as well as mem-when over 300 Chinese were drown-and were awaiting execution.

crowd on to her and only showing Berlin, March 6. Another bandit outrage, as thebers of the League of Nations willed in, the sinking, of a Chinese

that he was aware of the respon- Women Among Leaders.

During the Reichstag sension ability that be asked to consider the models, steamer, and which has been detain-

rested од hla result of which five were killed and States will be advised to adopted at Shanghai since February

to-day, the Minister of Economica shoulders by his habit of getting These wholesale executions at announced that Germany would fen wounded; occurred at the model of security treaties. 20th, fa still "under arrest." first appearance

stem to be un-give notice to Great Britain at the one end of his moustache into his

mouth. The Chinese authorities are hold-necessarily drastic, but according earliest possible mipient terminat Row of Excuses, deepened by, 2013 tur:offeinl The bandits lacked a moter-

ing her pending a settlement of the to our informant the countryside ing the trade trenty batween the Proud of the "Old Man" bulletin" transmitted, from Jerusa-bus, which was running along In the Council, Sir Austen responsibility for the accident. is being utterly terrorised by countries.

He was most particular about lem, which states' that Ibn Saud merrily with about thirty passen-Chamberlain, the British Foreign The owners of the ill-fated 8.8.

arson, pillage and murder till no He stated that Germany prostowage of his ship, which also has declared war on Irak and rers linghing and smoking, when Secretary, pressed for the ratifica Hain Ta Ming, have nominated

one knows which day will prove posed to follow this course in had an appreciable bearing on his Trausjordanfu.

the bandits appeared at the road- tion of the Opium Convention of Mr. Fessenden, and Mr. Hunt, the be his last. The communists order to "place our relations with success, and at every opportunity A large force of Wahabis side and without warning poured 1925.

manager of the U.S. Shipping are being led by young men, and England on another basis." equipped with modern weapons is a volley of rifle and revolver Mr. Beelaerts and Mr. Adatchi Board as their representatives on even women of between twenty Ile had previously voiced dis-went aloft to make sure that the reported to be manoeuvring in the bullets,

announced that the Netherlands the Arbiiration Board, and have and thirty and these order every satisfaction regarding Germany's Bear he had chosen was all welli The men knew perfectly well Maun aron.

Two of the passengers were and Japan, respectively, had delay- | requested the owners of the house tu districts to send a repre- trade relations with Britain and that he was the finest seaman of killed on the spot, and three died | ed ratification owing to the modi-Atauta Mary to nominate two. sentative each to their racetings. expressed the opinion that certain his age, and sailor-like they wor- Tanks and Aeroplanes.

later of their wounds. One of fication of the national legisla- The four will nominate a fifth If the people do not do this their measures adopted by the British shipped a man who knew his job Seven tanks and 22 aeroplanes the victims of the outrage was a tion.

to act as chairman, and the Board homes are immediately raided, and Government were equivalent to an from A to Z, otherwise they cer- have been seat by the British au- Woman-Renter's American Ser

31. D'Andorand said that a rati-will then ait to sift the matter of the occupants are lucky to get off alteration of the basis on which thinly would not have stood the thorities to protect the Transjor-Į vien.

fention B was now before the responsibility, and the fix the with only the loss of their goods.

way he drove theit, while, as it danian frontier, although, up

Canadian Parliament.

amount of the indemnity.

Usually someone or other is kiil-'

London, Mar. 6. was men came back to sall with the present, there has been no]

Dr. Stresemann promised rali- It is now stated that 320 lives fed as reprisal. When the gather-

Official circles in London are ig-him voyage after voyage and were fication immediately Germany re-were lost, while up to the moment, ing takes place the crowd then norant with regard to the announce. blasphemously proud even of the ceived a seat on the Central Board 245 bodies have been recovered.are guided by some local charac-ment of the Minister of Economics way he made them work. They of Control of the Traffic in Opium Reuter.

ter to the houses of the rich in an in the Reichstag, but have pointed would even go down to the prayer Having listened to these various

adjacent village, whereupon the out that the Anglo-Gorman com- meetings he held in his cabin, statements, Sir Austen'Chamber-

unlucky "host" is first forced to mercial treaty does not expire until knowing full well that the Old disgorge and then generally secs 1930, and 1929 is the earliest date Man could express himself per- the rest of his family with ser- at which notice of termination can fectly well if they did or said any- vants wiped out and his home be given.-euter.

thing that he did not like, burned before he himself is kill- ed.

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official confrmation of the ser-

ous developments.

It is pointed out that Ibn Saud's

declaration, if true, amounts to

signed in May last year, under

EMBARGO ON SOVIET GOLD.

tearing up the Treaty of Jeddali U. S. TREASURY REFUSES TO lain advocated that greater care

which the contracting parties un-

ASSAY SHIPMENT. dertook to maintain good relationsį with the other. Ibn Saud then

Washington, Mar. 6. agreed to maintain friendly rela-j

The U. S. Treasury has declined tions with Koweit and Bahrein.-to accept for assaying gold bullion, valued at G.$5,000,000, recently Reuter.

shipped to America by the Soviet Felual on the Move,

Government, and consigned to the. Chase National Bank.and the Equit- Basra, Mar. 6.

able. Trust Company, Feisal-de-Dowlah, the outlaw

The State Department has not ob- Sheikh, who is the leader of the de-jected to the Treasury receiving the gold, but the Attorney General sert tribesmen, who have been ruled that it was illegal for the responsible for the recent terrible Treasury to accept the shipment in atrocities, and who latterly have few of the embargo against Soviet been raiding the Koweit district, is gold importations since, 1920, reported to be again moving.

It is understood that the now air- craft base established at Kowelt consists of ten bombing planes, ten armoured cars, and a number of transport vehicles, ambulance cuirs nud se on.-Router!

VIOLENT QUAKES IN

KAMTCHATKA.

Renter's American Service.

NON-INFLAMMABLE PETROL.

INQUIRY INTO EFFECTS OF USE OF ETHYL SPIRIT,

should be taken in drawing up proposals for Conventions.

The Council agreed to place the question of the ratification of the Convention on the agenda for the next session.-Reuter.

Serious Situation Created.

London, Mar. 6.

EMPIRE WINE IS STRONGER.

DEMAND INCREASES' MORE THAN-FOURFOLD.

Female Executioners.

A horrible phase of this mag- sacre is that women communists take a leading part as executionera. In one known Instance a young girl killed no less than five of the occupants herself, and when it comes to wrapping old people in their bedding soaking this with kerosene and burning them alive, the average brain reels.

The number of families who

the trade agreement was founded. -Reuter.

NANKING OFFICIALS

MEET.

FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS POST.

His Best Days,

His best days, however, were. when it was blowing hard enough to wear the aged tam-oʻshantor London, Mar. 6.

which meant that he was going to Capt. W. G. A. Ormsby Gore, the

crack on in a way that would give Sir Austen Chamberlain drew Under-Secretary for the Domi-

them material for many a forc castle yarn. It is said that the attention to the serious situation nione, atated in Parliament to-day, being created by the failure of that the imports of Empire wines

never hove to in all the ten years. the League to ratify most of the into Great Britain rose from just

Shanghai, Mar. 7. that he had command of the Cutty At a meeting of the Nanking Sark. Small wonder that men league conventions, notably the over 1,000,000 gallons in the year Opium Convention of 1925.

He before the war to more than 4,500,-

Government, yesterday, it was were intensely proud of having decided that 20 more members be served under him, even if it were mentioned also conventions of im-000 gallons last year. portance to the shipping industry Asked whether the Australian

admitted to the Military Council, only for a voyage, and carried it dealing with the freedom of tran-wines were successfully competing have been wiped out has reached including General Feng Ben-yen, as a hall-mark right through their ait, the simplification of customs with those from France, Capt. errific figure but the lenders of formerly Tuchun of Kiangal; Gen-seafaring career, facilities and navigable waters. made a special appeal on behalf were in great demand and the heen lucky up to the present in

The British Foreign Secretary tralian and South African wines this reign of terror are now be cral Hisia Tao-yen, and other pro-

coming known although they have of the Oplum Convention which consumption was steadily increas-making their escape. One of the chi, the acting, Minister for dogs on board, generally quite a would only become effective whening.-British Wireless.

ratified by seven members of coun- cil, and he said the lesson to be drawn was that the League 'should adopt only those conventions like- ly to be ratified instead of the The Minister of Health announc-large number which fail to become- ed in the House of Commons to- effective.

London, Mar. 6.

THREE VOLCANOES NOW IN day that immediate steps wero Finally on the proposal of being taken to set up a committee Signor Scialoja, the Council placed

ERUPTION,

Moscow, Mar. 6.

Ormsby Core Baid that both Aus-

REPORT INCORRECT.

of inquiry regarding the effects of on the agenda for the next Ses- It is stated that the report that

Russia's Suggestion,

University, Chenju, near Shang- hal,Renter..

minent leaders,

Strict But Just.

the resignations of Mr. Quo Tei-different person. He always had Among other important matters, In fine weather ho was quite a

men is an ex-teacher who comes Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Hslu collection of collies, and was in from a family who are all bitterly Hsin-chao, the Vice Minister for tensely found of them. But he anti-bolshevist. In the same level Foreign Affairs, were approved by was never ao occupied with them

na himself le a young woman, also the meeting.-Nam Chung Pao,

an ex-teacher, who was married

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UNEMPLOYED. STILL FEWER.

REDUCTION OF 220,000 IN

TWO MONTHS. ··

that he could not find plenty of work for all hands to do and ho CHENG HUNG-NIEN NOT IN but is now a widow, as her hus

waa specially keen on, preventing. band was amongst the 36 executed PEKING.

the, apprentices thinking that the on Thursday. She is stated to dress in men's clothes and carry

the sea was 'an easy ‘anil'idio Hfo. Shanghai, Mar. 7,

He made the youngstory do the a rifle like an ordinary soldier.

work of men, just as he had been, These are the people who hold

made to do when first he went to human life cheap and are every

sea in the sixties and the result," night burning down villages and

of course, was that he turned out massacring the Inhabitants. So

Home magnificent sellors. bad was it that only a fortnight

London, Mar. 6. His discipline" was very strict, ago they attacked a town, near Unemployment.continucs stead-but it was scrupulously just Hwangchow and word was sent fly to decrease. In the latest.ro-and the fact that he never lost TREATY RATIFIED.

round the inhabitants of that city turn, the number of persons on his head in any circumstances. to have one representative in each the register of employment ex-made a tremendous "difference. house awake throughout the night changes is 1,108,700, which is His crew were fond enough of him Washington, Mr. 6. The terrorism and the stringent 28,000 less than the week previous, to permit his belog kindly, and Franco-American arbitration treaty their effect and the communists January 2nd; a reduction of over taken advantage of one attempt The Senate has ratified the precautions, however, are having and is compared with 1,882,000 on friendly to them without being without a division. Reuter's are becoming so hated that they 200,000 in two months-British was quite enough to last a long Américòn Service.

I will soon be betrayed on all siden. | Wireless; ::.

(Continued pa Page 133,

the use of petrol containing leadsion_the question of the failure Mr. Cheng Hung-ulen is in Peking olly),

of Members of the League to is unfounded. The gentleman is A violent earthquake in the re-

The Committee would he asked ratify conventions-British Wire-at prosent residing at the Chinan gion of Kamtchatka has been 'fol- to present their report with the less. lowed by the eruptions of thres least possible delay-British Wire- volcanoes, which have been eject-leat ing flames and ashes for two days. Deep cracks have appeared in the Tundra districts, while the lee frozen on tho, Kambchatka River is cracked.

A number of hunters' tents were destroyed, but otherwise no seri- ous damage has been reported Reuter.

· AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS,

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The Hague, March 6, .Heer Van Lee Uwen, the Vice- President of the Council of State sinco 1914, has resigned.—Reuter.

The Secretary-General of tho League hus received a telegram from M. Litvinoff proposing that Turkey be invited to attend the next Scasion of the Preparation commission on Dissimament Con- ference-Reuter.

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