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M. BRIAND ANNOYS GERMANY. AMERICAN SPORT DARING ROBBERY IN HONGKONG BOWLS MR. KELLOGG AND A SOLVING MYSTERY

SPEECH ON DISARMAMENT BRITISH CHALLENGE

IN LEAGUE MEETING."

COMMENTS ON GERMANY'S ABILITY TO ARM FOR WAR.

CREATES STIR AT GENEVA.

An impassioned speech by M. Briand, the French Foreign » Minister, in the League of Nations Assembly, has created con-

sternation in German, polítical circles, and has thrown depression over the German delegation at Geneva.

ADDS INTEREST.“

GOLF, AND TENNIS TITLES

AT STAKE.

|H. W. AUSTIN'S SUCCESS

CITY.

GANG OF ARMED MEN RAID STANLEY ST. HOUSE,

GET AWAY WITH LOOT.

VICTORY.

HOW SHANGHAI WAS DEFEATED.

A daring raid was carried out MOST THRILLING INTERPORT [by a gang of armed robbers in the central part of the city at 11.30 this morning.

The house entered by the robbers, and from which they considerable haul of made mofey and personal effects, is faltuated at No. 28, Stanley Street,

f.

EVER PLAYED.

LAST-END STRUGGLE.

NAVAL ISSUE.

ANNOYED BY PRESSMEN'S QUESTIONS.

NO TREATY INVOLVED.

New York, Sopt. 10..

Before the liner Levinthan, bringing Mr, Frank R.Kellogg from Europe docked at New York this morning, the Secretary of

"OF DEATH.

NEW DISCLOSURES EXPECTED.

PROF. DONNAN'S PAPER TÓ BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

State was besieged by Pressmen CONFLICT OF OPINION.

who hoarded the vessel while she was coming up the Harbour.

M. Briand was speaking on the problem of disarmament tennis championships at Forest Stanley Street and knocked at the favour of one, and then the other that he did not think the naval ascertained, will be largely in

and his disturbing comments were in relation to Herr Mueller's recent speech declaring that us Germany had disarmed every nation in the world should follow suit..

The reply of the French Minister was to draw attention to Germany's potentialitics of war. He pointed to her standing army of 100,000 composed of officers, and non-commissioned officers and said that behind them is an immense reservoir of men who fought during the war.

As the result of to-day's pilny all The British tennis competitors were eliminated with the exception of H. W. (Bunny) Austin, who scored great victory after a five-set battle with Toba, of Japan.

Fourth Tile?

'all.

Commenting on the Interport

London, Sept. 10. New York, Sept. 10,

lawn bowls mintch between Shang- Ho expressed considerable What is expected to prove the America is settling down to a Street.

a busy thoroughfare off D'Aguilarni and Hongkong last Thursday, annoyance when questioned most, Important paper at this gula week of sport, tehnis and golf

which resulted in a win for the regarding tho Anglo-French year's meeting of the British Asso- leading the field, the interest Here, al a busy hour of the day, visiting team by the narrow margin naval compromlac, the journalists ciation will be that of Professor. being enhanced by British chal-with pedestrians moving ahent in of 20 shots to 19, the Shanghainaking whether the agreement was Donnan on mystery of death, lenges for titles in both spheres, the street, alx armed robbers mnde Times saya It was one of the most consistent with the Pact for the which will bo read to-morrow There are a considerable number their appearance. They ascended thrilling ever played. From start ronunciation of war,

night. of other foreign entrants for the to the second floor of No. 28, to finish, the lend see-sawed in

Mr. Kellogg made it quite clear Its interest, so far as can be 1ills.

door for admittance..

and when the skips went up for the On the door being opened by a 20th end, the score was tied at 19 compromise had anything to do what Professor Donnan will say with the Kellogg Pact. He under-about the recent researches of servant, the raiders rushed into

naval Professor Hill, of the London the premises and with a show of of honour at a dinner given by the Treaty. Both countries had said University. Professor Donnan bo-

The victorious team were guests stood that there was no weapons, ensily reduced the

no Treaty, and, that leves that no-one has come do Shanghai Lawn Bowls Association there was inmates into a state of abject fear, at the V. C. Club, where Mfr. should be sufficient.

near on the physiological side to On the premises at the time, A. Malcolm, skip of the Shang-

of the He explained that he went to solving the problem were a man, his wife, and their hal Interport leam, presented the Ireland to return the visit of Pre. essential difference between life two children, in addition to au

Newton,

On the Braeburn Links, at Wostamah, who opened the door. They flag to the skin of the Hongkong sident Cosgrave. He did not visit and death as Professor Hill,

team, Mr. A. M. Holland, after | Engiand beenuse he had no time. Jones, the

Massachusetts, Bobby were all bound with thongs pre-

famous American

pared from bits of cloth. torn off praising the Hongkong Interport-

ers on their victory, amateur golfer, is attempting to the window curtains. win his fourth amateur file. The Much time was then devoted by The German Fress is strongly critical of the speech, event has attracted 141 compett-the raiders to a search for valu- the Arst eighteen holes ables and money. The amount of declaring that it deals a heavy blow at the policy of Franco-thirty-six which are to on, the hand eventually taken away la German understanding, and discloses a deplorable distrust of played a qualifying compest said to be in the region of $500. Germany's sincerity and will for peace.

ilon to decide the 32 competitors Soon after the robbers had made who will meet in the final stage, their escape, the alarm was raised, were completed to-day.

but by the time, the police had arelved from the Central Police Some capital games were acchStation, which la further up the last wood, the vietors were loudly partisan issue."-Reuter's Ameri sequent death, the cause ja due to at Forest Hills to-day, Hunter, who with Tilden's dis-hill, the gang had got lean away.

The match was a nip and tuck Members of the Emergency qualification, has assumed Big Hill's mantle as America's leading Squad were later sent out to scour affair, Hongkong. at the end of player, justified his position by the town, while searchers were the sixth end was leading by 11 NOTED BALLOONIST wonderful straight-sets

detailed off for duty at the ferry to 2, but masterful bowling by the victory

wharves, tram-stops and other pent team resulted in the score over Williams.

likely points. No arrests have being 11 all at the end of the hinth. been made Ho far.

From then on up until the 19th

He also dwelt an Germany's vast industrial resources, which he said would make it easy to furnish materials for war. It is suggested that M. Briand was carried away by his own cloquence and said things he did not intend.

M. Briand has expressed surprise at the stir created by his speech. He says he did not intended to suggest that Germany has bellicose intentions. It is however impossible to avoid the fact that many countries have great potentialities for war, and he urged that the disarmament problem would never be solved without frank speech.

S DEPLORABLE DISTRUST.”

Geneva, Sept. 10:

Germany at the present day had pened his speech be an army of 100,000 composed of officers and non-commissioned eague of Nations Assen-officers, and behind them was a any with a warm tribule to vast reservoir of men, who had ane League, and before proceeding moved their heroism in the real capable of. to the disarmament problem, refter War, and who were

joining the Colours for another de- cado if necessary.

ated the recent official assurances that there is nothing ginister in the Anglo-French naval compromise.

Tennis Results."

"

FT.

The principal results were as follows:

F. T. Hunter (U.S.A.) beat N. Williams (U.S.A.) 6-1, 6-1, 7-6:-

Bowman (U.S.A.) defeated J, C.

Gregory (Britain) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Higgs (Britain) 2-6, 6-1, J-6, 6-3, Wright (Canada) beat H. K.

6-2.

J. Brugnon (France) defeated Carl Fischer (U.S.A.) 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6.

Leading Golf Scores.

Asked whether he approved of recent remarks made by Mr. Her Thrilling End.

bert Hoover, the Republican cau- didate for the Presidency, who Hongkong's victory was the firat cited the Penca pact as evidence away from home ever since the of the Republican Party's inter- annual competition between longest in the maintenance of world kong and Shanghal atarted.

peace, Mr. Kellogg sald: "I am ring was surrounded three and four quite sure that Mr. Hoover does make the Treaty a deep by spectators and, when Mr. Malcolm narrowly missed with his not wish to

can Service,

applauded.

The

KILLED.

It is stated that four of the end, Shanghai ded off and an from CAPT. SPENCER'S FATAL FALL escaped robbers were armed with one to four points, but in the 19th, daggers and the remaining two the Hongkong bowlers drew with revolvers.

གདོན་ཀྱང་ད་ NEW COTTON LOOM INVENTED.

MIGHT MAKE BRITAIN SUPREME IN TEXTILES.

abreast. The last end was an exclt- ing one, but when the skipa 'went up, Hongkong had won the annual

match by the margin of one point.

The teams were, Hongkong:-

FROM ROOF.

WENT TO SON'S AID.

London, Sept. 10.

Important Conclusions, Professor Hill has for some time been devoting himself parti- cularly to the study of the muscles and nerve cells, and it is under-

that his researches have led him to important conclusions; the fact that when the human mechanism runs down, with con-

failure of the oxygen supply, which leads to an interruption of oxidisation and has its effect on

These conclusions are based on

But this interruption la some- thing very different from that which takes place when ли Internal combustion engine runs, out of petrol.

the molecular structure.

What Causes Denth.

While such an engine, is not destroyed by the stoppage, any stoppage of the human mechanism ia fatal. The reason, apparently,

is that in human life another con-

A. M. Holland (skip), J, Laing (1), Captain Henry Spencer, the dition has to be reckoned with,

A. W. Grimmitt (2) and J. Brown famous balloonist, has been killed namely, disintegration, which pre- (3) Shanghai:-A. A. Malcolm at Rugby. A balloon in charge of vents the all-important process of fskip), N. Harrison (1), A. Me-Captain Spencer's son, which had oxidisation,

It is hinted that the results of Leod (2) and H. Gordon-Wright gone up in connexion with a local (3).

carnival, dropped on to the roof of Professor Hill's. work are

Bull-

Enormous German Resources,

He M. Briand pointed out that the

George Lott (U.S.A.) defented nointed out that also

n house. Captain Spencer climb-ciently important to justify the Hongkong Leads.

ed to the roof to disentangle the assumption that what has been terms of the agreement had been Germany is in possession of Landiy (France) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. communtented to other naval enormous mechanical resoureen

Fidelmann (U.S.A.) defeated HUGE YEARLY SAVING.

balloon from the chimney pols. achieved will express itself 'even Trongkong went into the lead in Suddenly, he rolled with outstretch-in regard to the origin of life. Powers, and he emphasised that the and productive powers,

1. G. Collins (U.S.A.) 10-8, 6-4, 6-3.

the first end on a shot drawn by ed arms down the roof, apparently compromise was intended solely as

Conflict of Opinion, It was impossible to argue that

H. W. Austin (Britain) beat

London, Sept. 10. Grimmitt, Malcolm just missing overcome by gas, and fell fifty feet another step towards disarmament, a country so powerfully armed for Teize Toba, (Japan) 6-1, 3-6; 6-1, Mr. Franklin Smith, a Director the jack. The Hongkong team was into the road.

It is even predicted that the Herr Mueller's Speech... pence from the industrial point of 4-6, 6-1.

of Mesars. Vickers, addressing finding the greens very fast in the Apart from his ballooning feats disclosure of them may lead to a lew would find any difficulty in

meeting of members of the United second end, but Brown and Hol-Captain Spencer had probably made conflict of opinion as great as that The French Foreign Minister furnishing the materials for war.

Association of Power-Loom Overland each drew to their last two a greater number of parachute des which has raged over the Darwin then dealt, at considerable length I was notable that M. Briand At West Newton, two practically lookers, who witnessed a demon-shots.

cents than an other man living, Ho theories. with Herr Mueller's maiden speech directly addressed the German de- unknowns were leading at the end stration by the Vickers-Stafford In the third end, Malcolm missed was the designer of the original.

On the other hand; la his to the League Assembly, when he jerates who were sitting in the of the day's play, Bobby Jones be automatic loom at the Vickers twice attempting to drive Brown's Spencer, parachute which was used Presidential address to-day to the urged that Germany was anxious front row only a few feet away, ing six strokes behind the leaders, Works at Grayford, predicted a wood, Hongkong scoring one, during the war. for practical results in disarma- They did not join in the applause, while T. Perkins with 70 occupied great future for this invention. The score stood Hongkong 4 On one occasion, he made a des- Physiological Section of the Asse- ment prosperta, whole agreeing

the first place held by a British Ile declared:"If Lancashire | Shanghai nil.. Gordon-Wright cent from 13,000 feet at Ifalifax. clation, Professor. Lovatt Evans' that appearances were more hope-

competitor. The leading scores can be equipped with 760,000 of comber the jack to score two for Captain Spencer had oflen sald declared that there should be no ful to-day than they had been for

these looms, with one man con- Shanghai in the fourth. Hong- he should never die in a balloon ac-illusion about finding the final some time past.

trolling from 25 to 80 of them, kong niched a hill in the fifth, allcident or a parachute mishap, but explanations of what life is. there will be a saving of £20,000-drawing to score five, Hongkong from something quite simple.--

British Wirelcas.

Carried Away by Eloquence. After the meeting was over, it Herr Mueller then drew attention was evident that M. Briand's to the fact that Germany had dis speech drawing attention to Ger- armed and asked why other Powers mung's war potentialities had bad had not also disarmed as provided a most deprosaing effect upon the In the Treaty of Versailles.

M: Briand endeavoured

that question to-day, Germany wants to know,

answer

German delegation and upon Ger-

to man circles at Geneva generally,

It seemed to many listeners that i he M. Briand was carried away by his said, why since Germany own eloquence and said things

disarmed, the whole which he did not intend to say. world has not disarmed.

In any case, Reuter'a Berlin cor- respondent arya flint M. Brland's Public Opinion.

speech has come 19 a terrible He emphasised the responsibi- shock to Berlin political circles,

and tho German

newspapers,

lity of the various States; and drew which declare that it is a heavy

were:

Johnson (Minneapolis)

71

George Valght (U.S.A.)

71

Ross Somervillo (Canada)

72

G. Von Elm (USA)

73

Armstrong (U.S.A.)

73

R. T. Jones (U.S.A.)

W. D. Hope (Britain)

Jesse. Sweetzer (U.S.A.)

Mujor Hezlet (Britain)

J. B. Beck (Britain)

80

T. Parkins (Britain)

000 yearly, and no country in the leading nine to two.

world could sustain competition against Britain in the production of textiles."-Reuter.

Lower Freight Rates.

London, Sept. 10.

In the sixth Grimmilt and Brown each drew while Shanghai scored

COLLISION,

one in the seventh. Malcolm gave | DISASTROUS RAILWAY Shanghal three in the eighth by pitching out the shot. Shanghai were lying shot in the ninth when

The

INJURED,

Mystery Remains. Enormously rapid developments had been made in physics of recent ho said, but since yours, philosophy cannot arrive at an explanation of the nature of human understanding, the great mystery of the origin, nature and always remain.-British Wireless. Professor Donnan.

Frederick' George Donnan, whose paper de expected

versy, is Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the. University of London, which post he has held since 1919.

W. B. Torrance (Britain) 83 As a result of negotiations be-Holland took out Hongkong's near- Scores of 79 or beller will get tween steamship' owners and the est and failed to save with his FIFTEEN KILLED AND MANY purpose of life would, he thinks, into the first thirty-two-Reuter's Manchester Chamber of Commerce, score was tied 11 to 11..

last, Shanghai scoring five. the freight rates on certain types of cotion' goods and yarns export- ed to the Straits Settlements," Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan

American Service.

Shanghai In Lead,.

.4

I

Hongkong increased their lead

Prague, Sept. 10. A disastrous collision between express and a goods train considerable loss of life.

An

Professor

attention to their difleuitics re: low against the policy of aed that it would be a dishonour to have been materially reduced to 13 in the 10th, Holland drawing near Brunn was attended with to lead to considerable contro-

garding public opinion. M. Briand Franco-German understanding, A strongly denied that armaments it demonstrates a deplorable dis- and shown an increase since the trust of Germany's sincerity and creation of the League of Nations, will for peace.

The only country which had in-

creased its armaments, he argued,

was the Soviet, which had recent-

M. Briand Surprised.

France if owing to the attitude of Reuter.. Russia, France should discontinue ite efforts towards disarmament.

It is noteworthy in this con- nexion that M. Briand in the course

ly.suggested in nothing more than M. Brland, in an interview some of his speech made a pofated 're-

NEW “SOUTHERN CROSS" FLIGHT.

So far, fifteen are reported dead

The accident was due to a mis-

a beauty. In the 11th, Malcolm went up heavy and pushed out Hongkong to He two. Malcolm in and a number injured, the 12th, drew two beauties to give Shanghai the lead by 15 to 13. In take at the points.

A party of English touriste the 13th, Gordon-Wright had bad luck, touching the jack to give aboard the express train escaped Hongkong the shot. Shanghai without injury-Reuter.

a theatrical gesture, the complete time subsequent to the meeting, ference to Soviet Russia without

expressed surprise at the stir he actually mentioning Russia by AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND scored one in the next end and fa disarmament of the world.

M. Briand expressed the opinion has created. He said that he in-name. ::

however,

Sovlet Machinations,

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'ARRESTED · SOVIET OFFICIAL.

RETURNS TO TIENTSIN AFTER RELEASE.

He was educated at Queen's University, Belfast, and at the Universities of Leipzig, Berlin and London, studying chemistry under Sir William Ramsay, Ostwald, van't Hoff, and Letts. Jn 1924. ho won the Longstaff Modal of the Chemical Society, of London.

"SOME RAIN."

Shanghal, Sept. 11.

report

IN 16 HOURS.

the 15th Hongkong scored one. the lended to show the efforts France

The 16th end produced some that if the machinery of

Christchurch, Sopt: 10.

beautiful bowling from Harrison League of Nations broke down, had made towards peace.

Certainly, he hind had no inten- In his passage dealing with the civilisation would also break down,

The Trans-Pacffe aeroplane luck with a beautiful shot, Shang- and Grimmitt, Holland had bad tion of conveying an impres- Soviet, M. Brland said that al-

Grimmitt Germany's Potentiality for War. sion

Cross" piloted by hai scoring one more. that Germany had belli-though the Government of one of "Southern

intentions. Indeed, he the great Powers had accepted the Captain Kingsford-Smith, accom-played a ano game in the 17th end, The most piquant passages in M, cose, Briand's long and eloquent speech pointed out that Germany had Pact for the renunciation of war panied by Messrs. Ulm and Kitch- but Shanghal scored another, the

disarmed... He again empliusisod as an instrument of national

To-day's Observatory on disarmament were, contained in his reference to the that France was constantly mak policy, he was not aware whether field, landed safely at. Wigram score being 18 to 15 in their

M. Naumoft, the Soviet Vice states:-Pressure is high over it had renounced another kind of Aerodrome, Christchurch,

Hongkong were lying shot in German Chancellor's speech laat ing, efforts towards peace.

Frank Speech,

war, "which some regard as a holy morning at 9.20 am, after a flight the 18th but Malcolm drew the Consul at Tientsin, who was re- South Manchuria and relatively week

war, thinking that they alone un from Sydney from which place shot to score another point for cently arrested by the Chinese low over Hainan. The typhoon The French Minister agreed that

Shanghal. In the 19th, Holland authorities and taken to Harbin, appears to be central about 250 Germany had disarmed, but said. The war potentialities of some derstand truth, and are desirous of they took off at 6.30 p.m.

carried the jack to lle tvo and in has been released, following a pro- eastmiles of Nahu. Its direction of motion is uncertain. The forecast that the disarmament was not com- countries, he declared, aro indis-Imposing what they regard as the previous evening.

He left Harbin a few days ago up to noon to-morrow is:--North- "plate, adding that a country and a putable. The problem of disarms. truth on other countries by force

frank speech, he averred, and add-Into,account such circumstancos" ed in ten minutes under 16

generally cloudy, some rain, his office. Nam Chung Pao," hours-Reuter totally disarm.

--Reuter

"

this

tho

favour.

The flight from Australia to the 20th, Hongkong scored two to test by the Soviet Consul there.. people.. like Germany could not ment will not be solved without of arms. It is our duty to take New Zealand was thus accomplish- tie the score at 10 to 19. and returned to Tientsin to resume cast.or variable winds, moderate;

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