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DISQUIETING NEWS. WHITE STAR LINER WAR CLOUDS OVER THIRD ROUND OF SMALL-POX STILL JUDICIAL VIEW OF

AGROUND.

KING TAKES TURN FOR CRASHES ON ROCKS AT

THE WORSE.

POISON AGAIN SPREADING THROUGH

THE SYSTEM.

REAL ANXIETY RETURNS.

While there is no definite suggestion in the bulletin issued from Buckingham Palace last night, there is every reason to belleve that His Majesty has taken a turn for the worse and that the situation is really grave.

Doctors were with the King throughout the day, spending the afternoon in the Palace after an unusually long morning

consultation. 1

An uneatisfactory morning bulletin was followed by a much less reassuring one in the following terms:

The King has had a quiet day, The signs in the lung have improved, Fever persists though it is not so high, and is due to some return of the general infection which necessarily affects the condition of the heart.

It is feared that the spreading of the poison from the lung throughout the system will have a serious effect on His Majesty's heart, which combined with the physical exhaustion. reported over the week-end is giving rise to the gravest an- xiety.

QUEENSTOWN.

"CELTIC," CARRYING VESTRIS SURVIVORS, HOLED.

SOUTH AMERICA.

MANY KILLED IN FRONTIER ENGAGEMENT.

BOLIVIA & PARAGUAY,

New York, Dec. 10. Much excitement hos: boon aroused by the receipt of somewhat startling news from the Mexican, Legation at Montevideo, Uruguay,

F. A. CUP.

SOUTH FAVOURED BY LUCK OF DRAW.

THIRD DIVISION* CLUBS' GOOD FORTUNE.

VERY RIFE.

OVER SIXTY CASES DURING LAST WEEK.

MOSTLY IN KOWLOON.

Small-pox continuca to be pre- valent in the Colony, especially in Kowloon districts.

LYING HIGH AND DRY. hinting at a danger of war between FOUR LONDON GAMES.number of cases being no fewer

London, Dec. 10. In the early hours of this morn-

ing just before, dawn, the great White Star Huer Celtic after a rough Atlantic crossing, while ne- gotiating the entrance to the har- bour at Queenstown, Ireland, ran on to the rocks, going hard aground.

At present no information is

available to show the cause of the disaster, but it is presumed that

bad weather prevalled.

Tugs were sent out immediately in an effort to tow the great steam- er off, but these were unavailing and with the fall of the tide had to be abandoned."

Badly Holed.

The casualty is the more as- tonishing since it is reported that the vessel is now high and dry on the rocks. Apparently she is bad-

of the, compartments already con- tain twelve feet of water.

To-day and the immediately succeeding days are regardedly holed, as it is reported that some

as the most critical.

It

PRINCE CROSSING CONTINENT.

London, Dec. 10. this evening before issuing the was authoritatively stated bulletin.

this afternoon that there had Sir Stanley. Hewett is again been no change in the King's con- staying the night at Buckingham dition since this morning, but it is Palace-Reuter and British Wire- to be noted that there is consider-·less,

able reluctance to comment upon this morning's bulletin, which stated that His Majesty had pass- ed a disturbed night, though there was n alight improvement in his general condition.

It is understood that the coming few days are regarded as likely to be anxious ones.

Days of Anxiety.

Prince Crossing Continent.

Brindisi, Dec. 10, H.M.S. Enterprise, with ILRI, The Prince of Wales on board an- chored in the outer port at Brin- disi nt 11.46 m.

The Prefect of the city imme- diately boarded and proffered greetings from the Italian Govern- ment, and handed the Prince a It is considered, however, that telegram of greeting and wishes at this critical moment, the slight for King George's apeedy recovery improvement in His Majesty's from the King of Italy.

general condition mentioned, is The Prince returned thanks, and gratifying and tends to show that embarked at once on a submarine the Royal Patient's resistance is chaser, which took him to a land- being maintained.

ing stage near the railway station, Reuter understands that to-day The Prince again thanked the and the immediately succeeding Italian authorities for their cordial daya are likely to be the most welcome and saluted the many anxious. Despite the more hope- notabilities present.

ful nature of the first part of this Expected in London To-morrow. morning's bulletin, the last part "Anxiety however must continue." The Prince appeared enim in causes deep concern.

spite of the less promising newe

Bolivia and Paraguay and reporting

ago.

1

London, Dec. 10. The draw for the Third Round

v. Middlesbrough.

v. Cry. Palace.

4

a severe frontior clash a few days

It has been well-known for some time that the countries have been Proper of the F: A. Cup com. quarrelling spiritedly regarding the petition was made to-day and re- ownership of Elchnco, one of the sulted as follows: most ferille areas in this part of Lincoln

v. Leicester. the world, and having an area of Walsall

Fulhain or over 100,000 square milez.,

Luton to-day's According to

Southampton Bolivian and Paraguayan troops Reading came into collision on the frontier Birmingham saing. Although only amall bodies Chelsea a few days ago, a fierce battle en-Port Vale of troops were enraged, it is re- Millwall ported that over eighty soldiers Scarborough or were killed on both sides,

Darlington

news

Intense enthusiasin for war pre- Norwich vails in La Paz, the capital of Bradford C. Bolivia, but Aauneion, the capital Swindon of Paraguay is quiet-Renter's Accrington American Service,

FACTS OF THE TREATY PROBLEM.

JAVA CHINESE, ENLIGHTEN NANKING.

Plymouth Arsenal Wolves Watford West Ham Wigan Portsmouth Exeter City Aston Villa Bristol C. Burnley Bolton W. Notts Forest Chesterfield

v." Clapton 0.

v. Tottenham H.

v. Manch. City.

v. Manch. United.. v. Everton.

v. Northampton.

v. Bury.

v. Corinthians,

v. Stockport.

v. Newenstle

v. Bournemouth,

v. Blackpool

v. Stake.

v. Mansfield,

v. Preston. v. Sunderland. W. Wednesday, v. Charlton. V. Leods. v. Cardiff. v. Liverpool. v. Shefield U. V. Oldham,

7. Swansea.

v. Huddersfield,

v. Bradford.

v. Notts County.

v. Barnsley.

There is no inmediate danger,

Shanghai, Dec. 10. however. The passengers from the

News of the objections raised Bull United States, numbering somo 254,by certain members of the National Derby

Government to the terms of the Blackburn Treaties concluded with Belgium Grimsby v. West Bromwich, and Italy has reached as far afleid Matches to be played on January AS Java where tho Chin- 12th, 1929.-Reuter,

ZERETNE VECTRAFFIC CERTICALES PARA

SUSPECTED STUDENT COMMUNISTS.

French Police Arrest Nearly Fifty in Shanghai,

TRAM STRIKE CONTINUES.

Shanghai, Dec. 11. Much excitement has been caused here by the arrest of. 46 students of the Ngni Suet

(Univeraity University

el Arts) in the French Conces alon by the French police. The arresta, comprising students of both sexes, were made yesterday, on the ground that they were suspected. Com- munists.

Tramway employees in the French Concession were to have resumed work, to-day, but yesterday afternoon the strikers paraded and came into conflict with the police.

As a result, the employees are slil Idle to-day-Nam Chung Pao,

JEZERANLAR

(NJ)

c8c appear

to

bo'

alarmed

at the attitude of Mr. Tsai Yuan-

pei.

Striking Features,

Last week's return a tho heaviest yet recorded this year, the

than 61, of which 16 were fatal, Of these, 54 were from Kowloon districts, five from Victoria and the other two from Shaukiwan..

cases were imported.

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PEACE TREATY.

ACUTE CONTROVERSY PREVAILING.

COMMONS AND LORDS DISCUSS THE PROBLEM.

SIR AUSTEN RIGHT.

London, Dec. 10.

A plain answer to a plain ques-

All were Chinese, and two of the tion was asked for by Colonel Yesterday, a further 14 cases Wedgwood (Lab.) in the House of were reported, of which ten were Commons to-day during a discus. from Kowloon.

sion on whether the British

Other notifiable diseases report-

the

ed last week were five of typhoid Government agreed with (one fatal), two non-fatal enses of French point of view that repara diphtheria, one fatal case of puer- tions and the evacuation of the

peral fever and two deaths from

influenza. All were Chinese. ARhineland were linked up. further case of diptheria was re- ported yesterday.

THE AFGHANISTAN TROUBLES.

BRITISH LIVES NOT IN DANGER.

The matter was first brought up last week, when Sir Austen de- clined to answer without formal- notice of the question.

To-day, the Foreign Secretary was asked, whether, irrespective of the legal interpretation of Article 431 of the Peace Treaty, he would state the attitude of the British Government, on one hand, towards the French contention that repara- tions and evacuation are linked and must be dealt with together, and on. the other hand, towards the German case that evacuation is independent of any revision of the Dawes scheme,

London, Dec. 10. Questions were asked in the House of Commons to-day regard ing the situation in Afghanistan. Mr. G. Locker-Lampson stated that the Government were un-

No Comparisons, aware that any British lives were in danger there., The Government Mr. G. Locker-Lampson, the

for were in constant communication Under-Secretary

Foreign

by wireless with the British Affairs, replied that the Foreign Minister in Kabul, who would Secretary, Sir Auston Chamber- take all possible steps to socure lain, stated on Monday last, the protection from the Afghan Gov- views of the Government both as to the law and the policy appll- ornment.

cable to this question.

He belloyed there were one or two thousand British subfects in

fow were British people,

Sir Auston Chamberlain desired A cable has been sent by lead- ing Chinese merchants in the East

opinion conduce to good feeling or Indies pointing out that they have of the teams, who by reason of

He understood the disturbancos progress if he now made a com- been given the right to trade and seniority, come into the compett were confined to the neighbour-parison between his own statement purchase land in foreign countries, tion for the first time, and the num-hood of Jalalabad and Dakka, and and any statements which might and that their interests would be ber of prominent Northern clubs, in these places were proceeding, concerned. Bir Austen thought it that negotiations for a settlement have been made by any represen aeriously affected if the foreign who have to travel South. countries adopted an attitudo

-British Wireless. similar to that of the National Government.

The striking features of the draw are the good fortune of the Afghanistan, but of these very him to say it would not in his smaller clubs compared with that

WIRELESS AND CABLE BILL PASSED.

Everlon go to Chelsea, Newcastle to Swindon, Stoke to the Arsenal, Blackpool to Plymouth, Preston to Watford, Sunderland to West Ham, Leeds to Exeter, and Liverpool to Bristol.

Of the F.A. Cup winners ainco the War, Blackburn are at home, Cardiff nway to Aston Villa, the

THIRD READING GRANTED IN tit-bit of the draw, Bolton at home

COMMONS.

London, Dec 10,

The House of Commons to-day passed by 236 voter to 97, the third reading of the Imperial Tele- graphs Bill, which authorises the sale.to the Communications Com- pany to be formed, of the Pacific Cable undertaking, the Western India cable, and two Atlantic Cables, and for the dissolution of the Pacific Cable Board when the transfer is completed,

The doctors' consultation lasted conveyed to him of the King's ill- for over two hours, which is much ness, and departed on the train longer than usual, while they re- for Boulogne. turned to the Palace in the after- He will cover the distance of noon and spent a long time with 1,420 miles entirely by the special | have been transferred to tendera the patient.

train, and will embark in a British and landed, but the crew are re- destroyer for Dover and complete maining on board for the time bo-pertal Conference on Wireless and his long journey to London in an- | Ing. other special train.

Disquieting Bulletin. 7 A1 8.30 p.m., the following bulle tin, signed by four doctors, was exhibited outside Buckingham Palace:

Palace on Wednesday morning at The Prince should reach the

latest.Reuter.

Vestris Survivors.

It ia д curlous feature, also, that among the passen- gers are twenty-nino sur- vivors of the Vestris disaster, understood to be members of the crew returning to their homes t Liverpool. They have therefore been involved in two major ship- ping accidents in the space of a month.

Considerable Alarm.

The Bill arises from the Im-

Cable Services, when the sale was recommended in order to pravent destructive competition-Reuter.

AMERICA'S LATEST COMBINE.

BIG RETAIL STORES TO END COMPETITION.

New York, Doc. 10, The amalgamation of twenty-two retail department stores, the ne

SHANGHAI SUICIDE SENSATION.

Customs Employee Jumps

Over Verandah.

“WAS TIRED OF LIFE.".

Shanghai, Dec. 11. Mr. Paul G Bahr, a tide- walter in the service of the Chinese Maritimes Customs, hea committed suicide by jymping from a verandah into the street.

The deceased's Chinese wife was an eye-witness of the tragedy, and she states that. he had recently complained of auffering severe pains.

The deceased left a note stating that he was tired of life-Our Own Correspondent.

"The King spent a quiet day.

American Sympathy. The signs in the lung have im-

New York, Doe. 10. proved. The fever persists, Sympathetic Interest in the though it is not so high as last United States in the King's illness cvening and is due to some re- ia almost as paramount as In Great turn of the general infection, Britain. Many churches yesterday which necessarily affects the con- included in their services special dition of the heart."

prayers for His Majesty's health. To-night's bulletin is regarded in St. Jame's Eplacopal Church, This was of particular significance in Palace circles as disquieting in Philadelphia, during the annual

The Coltle to a four-masted liner gotiations for which it is under the lowly placed Oldham, Shefeld and even less satisfactory than service commemorating the severe 1502,179 ons, and waai hul and stood hero,000 combine controlled Huddersfield away, and Tottenham of tone, built in have concluded, embodies a United away, Newcastle away, that of the morning:

The situation is now deseribed winter encampment of the revolu-Wolff, of Belfast, for the Oceanie) by the Hahn Stores of New Jersey." away, as anxious, the important feature Valley Forge, The Daga of the

tionary army under Washington at Steam Navigation Company of the balletin causing new appre- thirteen colonies of that time were 680 feet long, has a beam of 75.3 retail stores throughout the world drawn at home. hension being the fact that the massed at the altar, recalling the

Sho is over the nucleus of the largest system of Manchester teams have been general infection has in some War of Independence in the reign feet and a depth of 44.1 feet. –Reuter's American Service.

of George the Third, but a sincere, The great vessel crashed at earnest prayer was nevertheless of approximately 640 a.m., causing fered for his descendant. George considerable alarm among the pas

Bongers, the majority of whom

measure returned,

Serious Position.

(White Star Line),

Engine-room Danger.

The combine is expected to form

MR. HOOVER'S TOUR,

COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTES.

NOT NEW ISSUE OF THE HONGKONG BANK.

tatives of the other Governments

much more important to sook a practical solution of any diffieut- ties which stood in the way of the evacuation than to discuss the points of difference, which, impor. tant as they were, might be found not to be the determining factors in the decisions which had to be taken,

Not In Public Interest. The arrest of a Chinese from Can-“

Further questioned whether the ton in possession of cleverly-execut Government considered the ques- ed Straits banknotes led to a report tions of reparations and evacua- appearing in a morning contempor-

ary to-day to the effect that the tion linked or not Mr. Locker Hongkong and Shanghai Bank's Lampson said he hoped nobody new notes had been forged. This would press him on this particular was not the case, however..

question at the present moment. going оп The notes in question are Straits Conversations were notes, and whilst the forgery is between the various Governments quite good, the watermark is im- and it was really not in the public' perfect and would, on close ex-interest to add anything to what amination, easily lead to detection. had been said.

The Straits notes are smaller and of different colouring to the Hong kong Bank notes, the latter pro- bably being much more difficult to forge.

SHANGHAI OPIUM SCANDAL.

DETAINED RUSSIANS NOW RELEASED.

Shanghai, Dec. 10,

The two Russians, detained by the National Government on the

A statement on the same subject was made in the House of Lords by by Lord Hallsham, following critic- ism by the Labour Peer, Lord Par moor, who, argued that the Peace Treaty compelled us to withdraw troops from the Rhineland without waiting until the whole of the re- parations had been paid,

Acute Controversy,

Lord Hailsham quoted the five Articles of the Treaty from Ar- ticla 128, and examined exhaustive- ly the legal sido of the question.

He said the Government's view of .... the interpretation of Article 431 of the Versailles Treaty was well-

to be in connexion with the Shang terpretation and its correctness was 6.8. Kiangan some days ago, alleged known. The question of that ini

leased.

engineer of the s.s. Klangan, named One of the men was the second

hal opium scandal, have been re-a matter of acute controversy at the

Geneva by France when this ques moment between France and Ger many.

The very first thing said at

tion was raised was, that the judicial view expressed by Germany" was one that she could not possibly accept. It was a matter of acute practical disagreement between the two parties.

S. Kolesnik.

None of the four Sheffield and

PICCADILLY'S NEW STATION.

Of the teams that survived the Second Round of the Competition only Ave have been drawn away,

The Pirat Division teams have 9 home matches and 13 away, and LARGEST IN WORLD OPENED. the Second Division 10 home and 12 away.

Arld Legal Argument,

The King's medical advisers at the Fifth. the end of last week were able to But perhaps the most beautiful were sleeping. report that the infection had been instance of sympathy was a humble

In those circumstances, our Gov- localised and that His Majesty Bowery Mission Society service in

Valparaiso, Dec. 10.

London, Dec, 10.

ernment desired, if possible, to see was in a safer position.

lower East Side, Now York, which

Mr. Hoover has entrained for a The North will have 12 matches, The Mayor of Westminster cere- un agreement reached under whileh The spread of the poison from The preacher asked his unseen engine-room, which is in danger Andes.Reuter's American Ser being in London. That situation is now reversed. was broadcast by ten stations. she had been holed near the de Chile before starting to cross the four, and possibly five, of the latter. cadilly Circus Underground Station, the Rhineland.

An investigation revealed that two days visit to Santiago de the Midlands 6, and the South 14 moniously opened the new Plc there might be early evacuation of

the lung to other parts of the listeners to join in a brief, silent of flooding,

which la claimed to be the largest We had stated

that pub system must have an effect on the prayer for the King. After a brief

A casual glance through the in the world, and which has taken licly more than once and heart, and deep concern la felt as interval there were heard through kong this morning by Router and Hoover arrived at Santiago de probably

The news was received in Yong- A later mesange states that Mr.fixtures would seem to suggest that nearly four years to construct the Foreign Becretary bad:

and aeven First Division The four doctors were In con- Save the King."-Reuter's Ameri- also report that several craft are the President; members of the teams, and all but five of the retal and simultaneously started the plane of "arid legal argument into

The Mayor, by manipulating a beca at pains to try. the ether the soft strains of "God British Wireless messages, which Chile and was warmly welcomed by teams, cleven Second Division small switch, lighted a'lamp pedes. transfer the discussion from the sultation, for an hour and a half can Service.

the result.

standing by.

vice.

Cabinet and large crowds, -

mainder will fail to survive;

eleven huge escalators. Reuter,

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