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SHIP SINKS OFF WAGLAN.

GENERAL BOOTH KING MAKES MORE

REFUSES.

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WIFE'S DRAMÁTIC RUN, TO SUNBURY.

OVER HUNDRED MILES BY CAR THROUGH SNOWSTORM.

LEADER'S CHALLENGE.

London, Jan. 15.

PROGRESS.

| TWO FAVOURABLE BULLETINS IN SUCCESSION.

THE PALACE BRIGHTER

London, Jan. 15.

A brighter air prevailed at the Palace to-day following medical assurance that Her Majonly the Queen has practically recovered from her chill, and that the King's youngest son, Prince George, is also, on the way to complete health,

The tense dramatle atmosphere is favourable, though it is cm- The news regarding His Majesty that has marked the Salvation phasised that any progress report- Army conflict regarding the illnessed is very slight. of General Booth and the future deadership of the organisation: Palace at eight o'clock this evening A bulletin issued from the was increased to-day when It became known that the reply of the sick leader to the High Counell's request for his retire. ment, a definité refusal, was de- livered to Sunbury Court in remarkable circumstances.

The message, so important to the Salvation Army, was carċied from Southwold to Sunbury-on- Thames by Mrs. Booth, the wife of General Bramwell Booth, who travelled the whole way by motor

Šari

Leaves Before Dawn.

The distance fa at least 126 miles and in order to be present at the appointed time, Mrs. Booth was obliged to leave Southwold before dawn,

When the car started, a fierce snow-storm was raging and it continued for a large part of the Journey, the roads being greasy and dangerous.

Although the strictest secrecy was maintained at Sunbury Court regarding the nature of the reply, it 400 became known that it consisted of a frm refusal to Totire.

/

In this respect, the forecasts of the London newspapers have prov- ed accurate. Dr. Hart endeavour- ed to effect a compromise yester- day, by Inviting the General to agree to the creation of a new rank, that a Field-Marshal, to which the General would he promoted, leaving a younger per- son to occupy the arduous post of General.

High Council's Task.

General Booth's

stated:

"The King has had a quiet day. The progress previously noted, though slow continues. The next bulletin will be Issued on Thursday morning." The bulletin la good. It is the first for some time that has re- Ported continued progress. some time past, His Majesty's con- dition has remained stationary. The fact that two bulletins in succession have noted progress may give hope that progress will he stendier in future,

For

The interval before the issue of the next bulletin shows that the doctors do not anticipate any great | change.

Regarding the reports of the supply of milk from Holland, which occasioned some surprise, the truth a now explained by a statement to the effect that the consignment from Amsterdam was immediately distributed among the poor.,

It is now pointed out that such gifts have been made wholly on The initiative of the donor. Milk fur the King is being supplied by His Majesty's own farms-Router.

THE UNEMPLOYED

STATISTICS.

LATEST RETURNS SHOW A DECREASE.

London, Jan. 51. Following the heavy increase of Inability to

249,500 in the number of unem- depart from a flat refusal to retire, appears to have been dictat-ployed in the last week of Decem-

her, the return for the week ended

ed by the avowed purposes for January 7th shows a decrease of which the High Council have been! called to Sunbury,

It will be recalled that Com- mander Eva Booth, the head of the Salvation Army in the United States, and sister of the General, has long been an advocate of the reform of the constitution, and issued a statement to the follow- ing effect:

respon-

"I face the onerous sibility, laid upon me together with my five American commission- ers, of representing the United States on the High Council of the Salvation Army, consisting of 63 dolegates from all parts of the world, which assembles on January

G8,130.

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The total, on the date named, was 1,452,600, which is 220,531 more than the year before-Britiah Wireless..

STRINGENT SOVIET

METHODS..

ANTI-REDS SENTENCED TO

DEATH.

APPALLING DISASTER IN EARLY

HOURS OF MORNING.

"Hsin Wah" Hits Rock & Founders With

Loss Of Nearly 400

Lives.

ONLY TWENTY-FIVE SURVIVORS.

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ANOTHER · CANTON BLAZE.

OUTBREAK IN TIMBER AND COAL YARDS.

A YEAR'S FIGURES.

Canton, Jan. 15.

A spectacular blaze was witness- ed from Shameen in the early hours of this morning, when a big conflagration broke out in the timber hongs and coal yards situated down the river at Fong Chuen,

The Are broke out about 3 A.. and raged for some two hours with considerable intensity.

AFGHAN CAPITAL SILENT.

BRIEF MESSAGES LACK INFORMATION:

FIGHTING ON LARGE SALE CLOSE TO CITY.

PUZZLING POSITION.

London, Jan, 15. Much of interest and importance has been left unsaid regarding the present slivation in Afghanistan in the Iniest despatches received in authoritative quarters in London from Kabul,

The Afghan Legation has practi- cally no reliable information.

No detalls have come to hand yot, but it is probable that the damage will not amount to. very much, the area effected being well away from any important build- fage and in a very poor district.

Another small fire occurred The news received does not in- about midnight on the East Bund, diento the definite whereabouts of destroying two dwelling houses. the abdicated monarch, Amanullah, An appalling disaster, probably the worst in local history, with, they think, a Chinese clinging Recent figures concerning fire and do not reveal how the Sirdars occurred in the early hours of this morning off Waglan on.

losses in Canton give the follow-and the Mullahs view the crowning Lighthouse, the China Merchants' s.8. Hsin Wah, striking a Rescue from Waglan has been ing statistics for 1928-132 out-of the new ruler, Inayatullah. rock and sinking within an hour, with the loss, it is feared prevented owing to the heavy breaks destroyed 1,249 houses and It was stated yesterday that

weather. of nearly 400 lives.

No. 4 Police launch la now on the Correspondent,

caused 27 casualties. Our Own Amanullah had flown to Kandahar, scene and with Harbour Office craft

and this may be correct, though is engaged in a vigorous search of kong paper, reports that over 10

The Nam Chung Pao, a Hong-confirmation has not been received. the vicinity in the hope that other houses were completely destroyed in

Fighting Continues. survivors will be found. Great the fire. hope is not held out owing to the receipt of the call, immediately bands acting in the north of Kabul

The Fire Brigade, on It is pointed out that the armed. severe gale, and their reports will proceeded to the scone but owing under the direction of the rebel not be available until later this to the dry weather the fire spread Bachasakao are still actively A graphic story is given below rapidly and within a short time engaging the Afghan troops on the ceeded in getting away from the concerning the only boat which auc-

by the boatswain, fifteen members of the crew and four passengers...

One of the finest of the China Merchants' fleet, the Hsin Wah was coming into harbour round about three o'clock in the teeth of a gale and heavy scas. The Waglan light-keeper sighted her to the eastward, and observed that she was taking a course which would bring her too close to the Northern end of Waglan.

The vessel struck a rock at approximately 3.40 a.m, and afternoon. sent out distress signals,

No immediate assistance could be rendered and the vessel

sank at 4.45 a.m..

In spite of the clear hour's warning, it appears from a graphic story related by one of the survivors, that only one boat succeeded in getting away from the doomed craft.

This was bont No. 3 into which swarmed the boatswain, and twenty-one others, including fifteen members of the crew and four passengers. The boat was scarcely clear of the Hain Wah before the steamer foundered.

doomed craft. This was manned

The Bo'sun's Story,

Sixteen of the crew and four Chinese passengers are amongst the survivors, who managed to save themselves by the prompt launching of a life-boat.

several houses were ablaze.

but it is said that the master of the The cause of the fire is unknown, shop, where the fire broke out is

missing.

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Buffeted by angry seas, the men in the life-boat had an anxious time, but were eventually picked up by a fishing junk. Tossed about in a gale-swopt The skipper of the s.s. Hein Wah was Captain M. P. Jensen, sea, they drifted for an hour after well-known on the China Coast and he and three other Euroclearing away from the sinking

New York, Jan. 15. vessel, and were on the polat of pean officers, are believed to have lost their lives in the disas going under, as their frail bark known copper magnate, has, it is Mr. Daniel Guggenheim, the well- capsized, when they were epled by stated on rellable authority, placed

ter.

The Isin Wah was carrying a crew of 103 and passengers totalling over 300, including 30 women and many children. Only four of the passengers have been saved.

Later,

It is learned that the Chief Officer, Mr. Peter Jacobsen has been picked up by a fishing junk, and with two other survivors taken to Aberdeen.

CREW HELPLESS IN ANGRY SEAS.

tuated mainly by a desire for loot, As Bachasakao's campaign is ac. the majority of his followers con-

outskirts of Kabul,

sleting of bandits pure and simple, there is nothing to indicate that Inayatuliah's attitude to the rebels will differ from that of his predecessor,

Tribe Leaders Uncertain.

A message from Peshawar to- day says that information has been received indicating that following a lull, fighting has broken out on a considerable acale on the outaldrta of the capital.

is not yet known how the various Meanwhile, the mesango adds, It

German Comment.

a passing fishing boat and rescued. at the dispose of the Chilean Gov-tribal chiefs have received Inayatul

The fishing boat took the 20 ernment the sum of £100,000 on con- lak'a succession.-Reuter. survivors to Shaukiwan and hand-dition that it is used for the dove ed them over to the Water Police,lopment of aviation in Chile. by whom they are now being lodg Mr. Guggenheim has very larga ed at the Station at Teimshatsui, nitrate and copper properties in Without exception these men | Chile.-Reuter's American Service. speak the Ningpo dialect, and the

only coherent account that could

be obtained by a Telegraph repor- warmth of blankets, at the Water ter of what happened, was from Police Station this morning, await

ing their further disposal by the

the ship'a bo'sun,

In broken English, this man authorities. stated that he was in charge of the No. 3 Lifeboat of the Hsin Wal. A gale with big seas run-

Driven on Rocks,

The Hsin Wah, a steamer off The area was searched by thening were the conditions in which police concerning the wrecked about 2,000 tons, left Swatow for Taikoo tug, but no trace of any the Hain Wah found herself when Hongkong shortly before noon yes-survivors was found. An attempt approaching the waters of the terday Throughout the trip was made to land at Waglan, but Colony in the early hours of this down tở Hongkong, it is learned, the heavy seas rendered thle im-morning. the vessel encountered rough seas, possible. and a gale was blowing at three o'clock this morning na she ap prouched Hongkong Harbour.

The Second Officer, a Chinese, was on watch with the master, Capt. M. P. Jensen, below, taking a well-earned rest.

One Boatload Rescued.

Berlin, Jan. 15. The evening papers commenting on the developments in Afghanistan consider that the downfall of Amanullah is a defeat for Moscow. to the advantage of Great Britain. says it moans Moscow's influence The Deutsche Allgemajne Zeitung

over Kabul has been ended for an Indefinite period.

Many Women & Children,

The Bocrzen Zeitung places great Particulars supplied to the emphasis on the pro-British pro- clivities of the now King.-Router. vessel were that the ship left Shanghai on the 11th instant, with

Final Events. a crew of 103, and about 800 pas-

London, Jan. 15. sengers, all of whom were Chinese,

London, has not yet overcome the including 30 women and an unsurprise of the abdication of. King estimated number of children. Amanullah, though it is reasoned It was at about 20 minutes to 4

The Hain Wah called at Swatow that such a climax to the reforms It was feared at one time that a.m. that the calamity happened. yesterday to pick up some cargo might have been expected. the vessel had sunk with all on

She The ship was then in the charge of and about 20 passengers..

Detalls of the final events lead. Riga, Jan. 15.

board, but it was revealed on the Second Officer, a Chinese was on her way to the Colony when ing to Amanullah's abdication After a long trial at Kieff, of

the arrival of a fishing junk at named Kwok, whose watch was overtaken by disaster.

shew that on January 18 the & in London. The task allotted to twelve villagers aecused by the

Shaukiwan that just one boat had from 12 to 4 4.m.

First intimation of the occurrebola drove the loyalists from the Council is to harmonise the Soviet of anti-revolutionary activi

As the steamer, then unidenti-wreck and that about 22 persons the ship was driven on to a group which appeared to have seen an

managed to get away from the With the gale directly behind her,rence was received here by wire- Kabul Valley, and on January 14 ties, a verdict of guilty was return-fied, was approaching Waglan had been saved.

Jess from Waglan Lighthouse, present constitution of

captured their headquarters, three' of rocks north of Waglan organisation with a brander formed against all.

Lighthouse from the eastward, the The Hain Wah was carrying Lighthouse. Sentence of death was passed on lighthouse-keeper noticed that her four European officers, though the aware

They were of government, which will put into

not unidentified vessel approach the miles from Kabul, and occupied the hills overlooking the city, force a long-looked-for measure of five of the accused, the remainder course was taking her too close names of all cannot now be ascer- the ship struck the rocks with a

of the danger, and rocks in the darkness. reform, increasing both individual being committed to prison for to the northern end of Waglan,tained..

The No. 4 Police Launch, which Amanullah then decided to abdi-

cate. and collective responsibility for terms ranging from eight years where it is execedingly rocky.

suddenness which appears to have was the only deep-sea cruising The master, Capt. M.P. Jensen, taken those aboard by surprise. launch able to withstand condi-

A party of Mullahs from Kabul the salvation of the bodies and downwards. Reuter. souls of men....

At 3.40 a.m., according to an the Chief Engineer and the Sacond

Being in charge of the No. 3 tions such as obtained this morn- approached the rebels and con- official message from Waglan, the Engineer are believed to have been Lifeboat, the bo'aun explained to ing, was immediately dispatched to cluded an armistice. Hain Wah grounded,

drowned.

the reporter, his first natural the spot,but failed to pick up any thought was to launch the boat: In survivors. this he was assisted by fifteen of

our

"I am confident the deliberations

of the Council will result in a NAVAL CONSTRUCTION clearer vision of world demands and a keenor perception of our opportunities."

IN FRANCE..

DESTROYERS & SUBMARINES AUTHORISED.

Ship Founders;

the crew who had already donned

Although fighting in the vicinity of the British Legation has been Bevore, little damage has been done. Forelghers apparently have not been harmed.

AMERICA RATIFIES KELLOGG PACT,

Distress signals were sent up

Chief Officer. Saved. and continued for the next half an

The Ill-Fated Steamer. hour, though the vessel went as- It was also believed that the tern and got off the rocks soon Chief Officer, Mr. Peter Jacob-life-bolta..

The .s. Hein Wah was a com-

Inayatullah, who is married to General's Attitude.

after striking.

son, had suffered a similar fato,

Only Four Passengers,

paratively new stoomer, one of the but a message 'received at one

finest of the China Merchants Queen Souriya's sister, was kept General Booth's attitude la re-

o'clock this afternoon, stated that' The boat being lowered, the fif- feat. She was built for the Com-in close confinement for three vealed by an exclusive statement to Reuter, in which the General

Paris, Jan. 15: She made slow progress to a Mr. Jacobsen, an Esthonlan, and teen men got into it, and they were pany In 1921 by Messrs. Napier years after Amanullah's accession, citizen. The relations of the emphasises "that the. Founder of The Chamber after a brief de-quarter of a mile inside Waglan, two Chinese male passengers, had followed by four Chinese male pas and Miller at Glasgow, and is of and has since lived as a private

1,940 tons. the Salvation Army (his father) bate unanimously passed a Bill still sending up distreas algnals, been. picked up by a fishing junk sengers,

As far as the boʻsun knew, theira The vessel is 270 feet long, has brothers are described as friendly, What happened in after swimming and clinging to instituted the powers under which providing for the construction at 4.15 am. the High Council could be called, this year of one cruiser, six the next half an hour It is im-wreckage for several hours, and was the only lifeboat to be lowered a beam of 40 feet, and is 21.0 feet-Reuter.

from the ship. It was pitch-dark | in depth The sole purpose of a High Council destroyers and six submarines. possible to ascertain, but it is de- were now safe at Aberdeen,

The magnitude of the disaster at the time, and he professes to Her master, Capt. M. P. Jensen, can be the turning out from office of Reuter.

finitely stated from Waglan that is more easily imagined than de- have seen nothing which might have believed drowned, is very well- the vessel foundered at 4.45 anscribed. There were over four indicated that other people on the known on the China coust. He within 300 yards of the north-hundred persons on board the lost ship had had similar chances of had been in the employ of the west side of the Island,

ship, including thirty women and a saving their lives as he had,

China Merchants Steam Naviga Wireless messages were being number of children. None of the Once clear of the sinking ship, tlon Company, the owners of the sent out from the Lighthouse from women and children have beep the life-boat drifted about in the Hain Wah, for over ten years." the time the doomed vessel struck, saved, while it also accms fairly cer- | open sen.

She left Shanghai for Canton vis and we learn that the Taikoo tag tain that practically all the male

Swatow and Hongkong on January. The Rescue. was despatched to the

scene at pussengers also died.

11th, and carried 'n fairly big cargo about 4.80 a.m. arriving at Waglan

Tossed about, the craft began to for Hongkong, estimated at 2,200 changes in the Constitution."

Geneva, Jan. 15.

fill, and the twenty occupants were packagen The Canton cargo la The High Counell adjourned The Government of Peru hast dawn. Nothing was to be seen except floating boxes and without coming to any decision rent the Secretary-General of the

A late report states that rafts up to their necks in water when, as stated to have been large, shis evening, after discussing all League of Nations, a cheque for wreckage, and the Iain Wah was have been sighted off Poo Tyc Isuck would have it, a fishing boat. The majority of the passengers day long General Booth'e reply to $16,000 in payment of her contri- entirely submerged, though ona land, while Waglan has wirelessed Hongkong-bound, discovered their were travelling stoorage, and it is understood that a number were dis. their request for his retirement. bution for 1928, and part of her mast of the vessel became visible a message to the effect that an up- plight and came to the rescue.

when the tide was on the ebb. turned boat has been observed, they herded together, under the

They looked a wretched lot. as banded soldiers, which the Hain "Reuter and British Wireless. arrears since 1920-Reuter.

(Continued on Page 12).

a General who la spiritually unfit,

and electing a successor If that is

done; or if, for any other reason, PERU & THE LEAGUE. there should be no General."

General Booth declares emphati- cally?—"Legally, the High Council] PAYING OFF PART OF HER has absolutely no power even to propose, let alone

mako

any

ARNEARS.

Upturned Boat,

SENATE VOTES ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY;

Washington, Jan. 15. The threat of opposition to the ratification of the Kellogg Pact did

not

eventuato, The necessary.

legislation passed through the Senate to-day, the Treaty being ratified by 85 votes to one, practi- cally unanimous Router's Ameri- can Service.