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NAVAL COMPROMISE FIASCO. HOOVER'S GREAT STABBING AFFAIR COMING RUBBER ANGRY SCENES IN ETNA VOLCANIC
TRIUMPH.
LORD CUSHENDUN MAKES FORMER NEWSBOY AS
EXPLANATION.
“WILD AND MALICIOUS RUMOURS
AND INNUENDOS.
DISARMAMENT'S ONLY WAY
PRESIDENT.
WOMEN'S VOTE PROVED A GREAT FACTOR.
SMITH TO RETIRE.
ON TROOPSHIP.
K.O.S.B. PRIVATE NOW IN CUSTODY HERE.
ATTEMPTED MURDER?
:
FLOOD.
LATEST MALAYAN.
VIEWS.
MINCING LANE AWAITING SHIPMENTS
COMMONS.
PROTESTS AGAINST TAKING UP MEMBERS' TIME.
A NARROW MAJORITY.
London, Nov." I The House of Commons la to debate for several days 'the Address In Reply to the Speech from the Throne.
The Government to-day managed London, Oct. 31.. The views of the Press on the to get through by a small majority ending of restriction of rubber a motion by the Prime Minister soon recover, but the manner of the up all private members' time until exports are that the Industry will that the Government should take ending of the acheme is generally Easter. doplored.
While the troopship Somerset- ahire was in Colombo, on her way to the Far East, a serious atab bing altray occurred on board which necessitated the removal of a Sergeant Kerr to hospital.
At the time of the Sergeant's NO CHANGES LIKELY. admission to hospital, he was in i New York, Nov. 7. serious condition, but news, has America's tradition "From Lag since been received that he is pro Cabin to White House" is fullygressing favourably and will soon maintained by the election of Mr. be on his way to Hongkong, to A strikingly outspoken speech was delivered in the House Herbert Hoover, a Quaker and give evidence against his alleged The police in Hongkong are now of Lords yesterday by Lord Cushendan, the Acting. Foreign austere Prohibitionist, who started assailant.
detaining Privato James Boyle, Secretary, on the subject of the Anglo-French naval compro-life as a newsboy and became a
23 years of age, one of the new which has given rise to severe criticism of the British Govern- thereby standing in Republican details from Home for the 2nd mise, which was rejected by the United States and Italy, and most successful business
eyes for the continuance of pros K.O.S.B. perity, Lord Cushendun made it clear that there had never been It is generally conceded that the any secrecy us regards an alliance or understanding with women's vote was largely respon France, and that the misgiving which arose in Germany, Italy sible for his sweeping victory and and the United States was because of unauthenticated state-was at least due to the popularity ments in certain French newspapers, and wild and malicious of the college-bred Mrs. Hoover, rumours and innuendos which followed elsewhere.
whom Mr. Hoover met when both He asked by what other method could agreement on the were students of a university, he principles of disarmament be reached except by negotiation paying his way by selling newa- with those from whom Britain differed, and characterised the papers and, acting as a laundry suggested compromise as an honest attempt to arrive at inter-agent, national agreement.
ment.
That attempt had, unfortunately, failed but he did not think that the great cause of disarmament, which Britain was anxious to encourage, had been set back, as the critics of the Government alleged.
New Low Record,
man,
a
Boyle was brought to Hongkong on the Somersetshire, and, after short detention in military custody, was handed over to the police yesterday. He was brought bofore the Police Magistrate in the usual way and was remanded for a week.
The charge against him was attempted murder on the high seas on October 19th/20th.
The authorities have been busy during the last few days making
from alleged enquiries
oye
The completeness of the vic-witnesses of the affair.
indicated tory
in the It is alleged that Boyle stabbed the Sergeant with n kulfe, but no particulars as to the cause of the quarrel are at present available.
respective number of Electoral Voles secured, as the Electoral College total 581. Mr. Al. Smith has established a new low record for the number of Democrat votes:
GREAT NEED FOR GIVE AND TAKE. polled.
PEKING CANARD DENIED.
Mineing Lane is little affected.
It is felt that shipments from the East must be awaited before opinions can be formed as to tho future. No aensational change la expected for several months
Singapore Market Normal. To-day, for the first time for six years, says the Straits Times of Nov. 1st, the internal movement of rubber in Malaya and its export from the country is unrestricted.
The Singapore rubber market is entirely normal, prices remaining practically what they were during the last days of the Restriction ora, but an avalanche of rubber exports from estates is gathering weight upcountry, and when this attaina full force further developmenta are expected. The present week may be described as the calm be- fore the storm.
Widely differing views of the situation are to be found in the Singapore market...' Tho' official estimate of rubber stocka on
In newspaper comments on the unprecendented political landslide, the unusually "dry" World, the lead- London, Nov. 7. nuendoes grew. When at Genova, ing Democratic organ, wishes In the House of Lords, Lord he decided to do something to stop Hoover health, strength and good HANKOW OPPOSITION TO FENG estates and in dealers' hands at Thomson moved a motion stating the false reports, and on August fortuno" and congratulates Smith that the Anglo-French Naval 13th he made a statement giving on his "gallantry against insuper- Agreement constituted a grave set- all the circumstances of the no-able odds." back to the cause of disarmament, gotlations.
Ile demanded to know what were Britain's commitments towards
France.
REPUDIATED.
The Democratic Times admits MISCHIEVOUS REPORT.
By What Other Method?
Hoover's remarkable ability ne a politician and suggests that he now What, asked Lord Cushen has an opportunity to prove that
Shanghai, Nov. 7. Lord Cushendun, who is Acting dun, was the precise charge he is "not merely a practical en- Reports of a coming split among Foreign, Secretary in the absence against the Government? The gineer but a full-rounded man, the military Nationalist leaders,
and
Malicious Rumours.
DISASTER.
ERUPTIONS GROW IN
VIOLENCE.
BIG TOWN DESTROYED AND OTHERS THREATENED,
WORST RECORDED.
The eruption of Mount Etna is
causing terrible destruction, one town of 10,000 inhabitants having other, with double that population. is seriously threatened. already been destroyed, whilst an
It was on Monday that the erup. Mr. Baldwin's motion was adoption began, but it was only then ed by 174 votes to 136, after angry mild in character. It has since been gaining in violence and now Opposition protesta.
threatens a big calamity.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald
An overnight telegram from especially protested against the Catania stated that the lava lad Government taking days for auch reached Mascall; destroying many Bills as that dealing with the houses and fusing the iron rail wireless and cable amalgamation, which he described as of supreme way bridge as though it were made whilst Glarro was importance, upsetting the old straw, national polley that the nation should control means of communi- gation, especially Imperial.
Bonn Then Mr. Wodgwood (Labour) resumed the debate on the Address, demanding informa- Britain's tion with regard to obligations to France, Reuter.
CASE OF BRITISH SHIP'S OFFICER.
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT
TO INVESTIGATE. ^
COMMONS QUESTION,
threatened, the population there being ordered to evacuate. The and in four surrounding villages Intest reports of the disaster are contained in the following tale- grams:
War Memorial Destroyed.
Catania, Nov. 7. The principal lava stream haa destroyed the War Memorial, » which had just been unveiled, the Parish Church and several houses in Mascali.
It is now threatening the rail- way bridge between Catania and Messina, whilst the other.stream. is: advancing on Annuntista, and. has already wiped out. several
java.
content equal to the great task laid upon devised by certain newspapers to in Malaya will be taxed to the Portuguese Government regard- exhorted to proceed him both at home and abroad,”
Women For Congress.
New York, Nov. 7.
on
HOME FOOTBALL.
Later.
Many townships have already
acuated. been totally destroyed, but its 10,000 Inhabitants had previously been ev The town of Giarre, with 20,000 Af-inhabitants, is now seriously threa-
con.
Covers Huge Aren,
volcano, which is the deepest, was probably the original crater. Thero are also some 200 subsidiary conos, some of them over 3,000 feet high,
which have risen over lateral fasures,
the end of September was 60,000 tons, but that figure is admitted to
According to seismological ex- be most unreliable, and the netual
perts, the eruption of Mount Malaya may be anything up to amount awaiting shipment from
London, Nov. 7. Etna has now gained unpro- A question was asked in the cedented proportions, both as 30,000 tons above the Government House of Commons to-day census figure.
as to what action the Govern-egards violence and quantity of
with the Itallway and shipping facilities ment were taking
Mascal Wiped Out.
abroad of Sir Austen Chamberlain, Government were and that he welcomed the oppor-being
The eruption is likely to continue cause ill-feeling between the Kwang-utmost during the next two months. Ing the delay which had taken tunity of saying something regard with disarmament, and no one was
al Clique, (headed by Marshal Lif the weather keeps fine no serious place in holding the trial of, Mr.
It Brewer, second officer of the steam- and to do much damage throughout ing the immense amount of mis more anxious than the Government
Prohibition Gesture. Chal-sum, Generals L Cheung-yen difficulty is anticipated, but understanding und good deal of to encourage and push on with the
and Pel Chung-hel) and Marshal heavy rains occur a different story ship Clan Lamont, on a charge of the countryside, misrepresentation respecting this policy of disarmament in every
The Republican Herald Tribune Feng Yu-hsiang, have been emphati. may have to be told. Estimates theft at Lobito Bay, Portuguese matter. He denied that there had way that night be practicable. By calls the election "a triumph ofcally and publicly denied by Gen-given in Singapore this morning of West Africa, In September, 1927; | been evacuated, and Mascali has been. nny secrecy
welcher what conceivable method could we reason over emotion" and says oral LI Chung-yen, is a telegram the amount of rubber which will and regarding the severity of his leave Malaya in November went assentence, which was 860 days, im- Before any agreement was reached
prisonment, compose our difference with the that Smith's gesture towards pro- from liankow.
Mr. Locker Lampson, Under at the earliest possible French except by the method that hibition reform was soon to be only
It appears that during the past high as 65,000 tons, and in Decem-
Secretary for Foreign moment it was publicly announced had been adopted, by talking to a gesture and that the injection of week-end a report published in aber the total la expected to be even that conversations were going on with a view to arriving at an gether, by consultation, and by the religious issue into his cam- prominent Chinese newspaper in higher. Probably 25 per cent. of fairs, replied that the British Amtened. Beuler, agreement with France. A com tecing whether by give and take it paign by the Democrats was an Peking stated that General Lithia rubber will be shipped from bassador at Lisbon had addressed strong representationis to the Portu- Chung- yen, of Hankow, was strong- the Singapore wharves.
the 3rd
Mount Etna is on the cast coast guese Government on promise was reached on July 28th was possible to arrive at an ar- egregious blunder.
what special
New York, Nov. 7. ly opposed to Marshal Feng Yu-
Varying Opinions.
Instant. The Portuguese Govern of Sicily and is some 10,700-feet and two days later, on July 30th; rangement? By
Announcing his expectation islang becoming Chief of the Mili- the terms of it were telegraphed method could we carry out what we
of ment had promised an immediate in in height. It covers about 480 square Almost every shade
miles, and the distance around the to the Japanese, Italian and all agreed we wanted to get, name-never again to compete for public tary Administrative Department in
opinion ranging from complete vestigation by telegraph. United States Governments.
international agreement? office, Governer Smith declared: the Central Government,
Mr. Locker Lampson added that base by rail is some 90 miles. Its On ly,
A close colleague of General Li gloom to strong optimism is ex- the same day the Foreign Secre- Critics of the Government exhort-"I shall be happy and content to
following' his arrest,west of Catania. tary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, ed them to base international re- conclude over a quarter of a cen-Chung-yen, General Pel Chung-hs,prossed in local rubber cireless Mr. Brewer, after the frat few summit is about 18 miles north by a local hos- The south-west portion of 'the' announced in the House of Com lations upon agreement and, in the tury of public life."-Reuter's who happened to be in Peking, when about the future. So far as Nov- daya
he read this report, was excedingly vember is concerned it is thought was detained in
pital, where he enjoyed mons what had been done. same breath, denounced them when American Service.
surprised and telegraphed the in that If London stocks fall again aiderable freedom, there was no they adopted the only method for
formation to Hankow.
this week, an they are expected to arriving at an agreement. One of
General Li Chung-yen, on receiv-do, there may be a temporary sher cause for complaint regarding the Sir Austen Chamberlain's state- the most pernicious and mischief-
ing the telegram, became tags of apot rubber and a corres-conditions of his incarceration ment must have conveyed to any ous suggestions which had been
For the first time, New York most indignant and Mon-ponding improvement in price, the British Wireless. ordinary intelligent person the made was that because we arriv whole nature of the transactions, ed at an agreement with one nation City has elected a woman to Con- day he cabled to Marshal Fong Yu-more especially as post-Restriction But he would make this admission. It raust necessarily imply hostility gress. She is a Republican, Miss hstane pointing out the Inaccuracy shipments from the East cannot be
of the report and adding that it Sir Austen Chamberlain did not to some other nation. It was said Ruth Pratt. give the actual terms of the com- in some quarters that this agre Mrs. Hanna McCormick, of Chi-was apparent that the news had gin to reach London until the first promise.
"I am quito free to ment Involved Anglo-French com-cago, has also been elected to Con- been deliberately circulated by week in December. After that no
In It is said admit that if it had been possible bination against Germany; at gress. She is the daughter of Mr. selfish militarists, who, in order to general opinion exists as to what some quar. that for him or anyone else at that another time, Anglo-French com- Mark Hanna, the Ohio Senator, who further their own ends, sought to may happen.
the
January. perold of 1929 will time to foresee the extraordinarily bination against America; and he is credited with having made cause dissension between the Sec- wild, and in many cases malicious, was not sure if they were not Mckinley President in 1896 by his ond Nationalist Army Group, under tera
Marshal Feng, and the Fourth Na- March rumours and Innuendoes that accused of combining against political ability.
tionalist Army Group under the be the worst, and that the price sprang up, not immediately but Italy! Of course, there was not
may then go down to sixpence. Mrs., Ruth Owen, Democrat, of Kwangai Clique.
After that a slow but stendy re- after some time, I have very little the smallest ahadow of foundation Florida, daughter of the late Mr.
covery is hoped for. Others again doubt he would have published the or evidence to support such in- W.J. Bryan, was also elected to
prophesy that a serious slump of terms of the compromise and nuendoes.
two or three years duration is jahead of Malaya, and this view ia supported by the world statistical situation, the main facts of which are that world production is esti matod at 800,000 tons and sumption at 720,000 tons. This brokers said that they viewed the is altuation with equanimity, and they production figure, however, based on an estimated planted area were certain that nothing like the of 4,800,000 acres, with an average debacle, which was feared in some output of 400lb. per acre, and there quarters would be seen,
Another broker said that now
UNABLE TO TAKE UP HIS are a number of uncertain factors which may alter the situation en was not the time to worry. The
POST. tirely. Native production may real effect would be felt in April a completo fallacy. The French For the first time since General The complaint blames the police drop very substantially, over and May, when the surplus had
Shanghal, Nov. 7,"% latad, how the mischief began with had complete freedom at present or took Richmont in the Civil for failing to discharge their capitaliacă estates may be forced been shipped. One bright spot unauthenticated statements
Thie well-known Nationalist cortain French newspapers in to build as August. They referred to a secret marines and cruisers as they chose, War, Florida, Texas and perhaps dutles properly. Nam Chung Pao, to close down, a part of the planted was the jump in the consumption of
area is not yet in bearing, and crude rubber in America and the Moderate politician, L! Shih-teeng, and the only thing we had to consleven Virginia have abandoned allinnes and alleged that arrange der was, could we make some ar their Democratic allegiance. The
these and other questions remain reduction in consumption of re is stated to be indisposed and has
claimed rubber.
had to postpono his trip to Pak ments had been reached for pooling the two navies, It was not unnatural rangement that would put some "landslide" has likewise crushed approximate 444 Itepublican to 87 to be answered.
The Strafts Steampship Co. ing. limitation upon this unlimited the so-called "farm-revolt by Democrat
Optimium in Penting. }
Mr. Li was recently appointed that statements of that sort caused building? In order to get some carrying away every North West- Mr. Franklin Roosevelt (Domo-
officials say they are quite pro- misgiving in Gormany, Italy and limitation, we were willing to give, ern State and the whole of the crat) and Mr. Ottinger (fte A Penang correspondent wires pared to transport all the rubber Chancellor of the Peking Univers sity, and during the past few the United States. He had become for something that we certainly de agricultural Weat
publican are still contesting the that business men and planters in that is offered to Penang... Acting Foreign Secretary in place aired to have. The whole question Up to the present, Mr. Hoover Governorship of New York State. the Northern Settlement struck a The Ponang Harbour Board feel werks officials of the Institution of Sir Auston Chamberlain, and he was, would it or would it not be has 17,000,000 popular votes, while The former has a small lead note of optimism when interviewed confident that they will be able to have dispatched a number of thought, at first, that such wild better than nothing? He entirely Mr. Smith has 12,500,000. The and is expected to win-Reuters on the subject of the removal of deal with all the rubber landed in cables urging his early assump rumours needed no denial. But denied that the effect of these final electoral vote will probably American Service
restriction. Ons firm of Penang Penang. Straits Times. tho misrepresentations and in- (Continued on Page 24)
would have explained to foreign Governments that this departure
from the ordinary courtesies of in-
ternational intercourse was for a
Better Than Nothing.
Congresa.
Stock Market.
atorks-Reuter's
Lord Cusbondun proceeded to When the Stock Market opened good reason which it would have ask whether the actual terms of for the first time after the election been possible to make them under compromise were bad in them-sesalon, there was an advance in stand." Unfortunately, very short-selves. The criticism that we had practically all ly afterwarda, Sir Austen Cham- allowed the French to have un-American Service. berlain's health broke down and he limited small submarines and un- was not responsible for anything limited small cruisers and that by that subsequently occurred.
How Msgiving Arose,
Lord Cushondun, continuing, ro-
Staggering Landslide.
Later,
FO doing we were apparently conferring some Immunity upon, The latest results confirm the Che French which they
had staggering proportions of Mr. not at present, rested upon Hoover's majority.
many small sub-
YANGTSZE BANDIT ACTIVITY.
MARSHAL CHIANG ORDERS RAIDE.
Shanghai, Nov. 8, In consequence of confidential information which he has received to the effect that banditry is rife on the Yangtsze, Marshal Chiang Kal-ehek has ordered troops to carry out raida.
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ENGLISH LEAGUE DefeatS SCOTLAND.
Past Disasters. From the earliest days, there have been many eruptions of this Catania was overwhelmed volano. as far back as 1169, while in 1669 a reat abyss twelve miles long opened up in the side of the moun London, Nov. 7. Playing in fine weather at Bir-taln. Other serious eruptions took mingham before an attendance of place in 1830 1862, 1865, 1879, Mesalna, it will be recalled, was 25,000, the English League foot-1886, 1892, 1899 and in March, 1910. ball team heat the Scottish League practically wholly destroyed by an players by two goals to one-earthquake in 1908, causing the loss of 96,000 lives, a total never excecd- Router.
It will be remembered that at d since the Syrian earthquake in Glasgow recently, Scotland beat 589 A.D., in which 120,000 people perished. The town has since been Ireland by eight goals to two.]
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