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SUDDEN DEATH OF MARSHAL FOCH. ·

SYNCOPE ENDS LIFE OF ALLIED LEADER.

GREATEST GENERAL SINCE NAPOLEON.

BRILLIANT CAREER,

Paris, Mar. 20.

France has been cast into doop mourning this evening by the Audden death of Marshal Ferdļu and Foch, who was Commander- in-Chief of the Allied Forces in France during the Great War.

Marshal Foch passed away un- expectedly at 5.46 p.m. as the result of a sudden attack of

syncope,

indicated

less

His medical advisors is the .morning had

anxiety regarding his general condition, and his death, at the age of 77, came as a great shock

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MAJOR SEGRAVE'S RACING-BOAT.

BEATS "MISS AMERICÀ” BY

AN ACCIDENT.

JUST UNDER 60 M.P.H.

Miami, Mar. 20. Piloting the British racing-boat "Miss England" in a race which is preliminary to his attempt on the world water speed record, Major H. O. D. Segrave to-day bent; the "Miss America VII."

What promised to be a thrilling contest was spellt, however, by a mishap to the American record- breaker, which was unable to finish, the contest.

The amazing speed of "Miss America VII" was early demons- trated, the frail craft having obtained a lend of half a lap on "Miss England" at the end of the third lap. In turning, however, at high speed, the steering quadrant broke and "Miss America" was

eliminated from the race.

ANTI-COMMUNIST COUP IN INDIA.

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HUNDREDS ARRESTED IN CHIEF CITIES.

ORGANISED RAIDS BY POLICE ON HUGE SCALE.

ASSEMBLY ANNOYED.

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INTERESTING REVIEW OF PAST YEAR BY P.M.G.

MISHAP.

THREE AIRMEN MISSING FOR NEARLY A WEEK.

SEARCH SUCCESSFUL.

New York, Mar. 20. Considerable anxiety has been. felt for some days following the roceipt of a wireless message from

THE WUHAN CRISIS LATEST.

CHIANG'S ORDER TO HIS KIANGSI ARMY,

INSTRUCTED ON NO ACCOUNT TO FIRE FIRST.

Before Major C. Willson, this morning, a Chinese named Choung Sam-chong, aged 81, described as a native of Penang, was charged with being in possession of six Shanghal Bank notes could be plates with which Hongkong and INCREASING TRAFFIC. Commander Byrd, to the effect FENG'S BIG INTEREST.

that three mombors of his party forced and with conspiring, with

were missing after setting out on! Polical observers' confess thom- London, Mar. 20. Bombay, Mar. 20.

others not in custody, to defraud.

Reuter understands that while an aerial expedition in the solves puzzled by the latest and In pursuance of the anti-Com- The arrest of the man, it is certain details still remain to be Anaretic wastes.

somewhat startling developmenta muniat measures undertaken, with understood was effected following settled regarding the route of the

in the Wuhan crisis, state Chinese. The fliers had been missing for cables from Bhanghai received in dramatic suddenness today, the a raid carried out by the police now air mail service from Croydon

4 Dearly week, and several the "Colony. this morning. Tho police of practically all the principal on the first floor of No. 19, to Karachi, India, which is due centres in India have been carry Shelley Street early yesterday to be inaugurated on March 30th, searches by Commander Byrd and most remarkable ovent is the effort

ng out organised raids on

a morning.

negotiations are now in progress other members of his Expedition of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to wholesale scale. It is evident that

The defendant appeared in and it is believed that a solution had proved fruitless until yeater-enlist the support of his old day, when all fears were allayed enemy, General Tang Seng-chi, to the coup has been in contemplation Court this morning in European will soon be reached. for some time, and that plans have clothes und was defended by Mr. Officials of the Air Ministry by another message reporting secure the defection of Pel Chung- been very carefully worked out.

the that the airmon are safe.

hal's Peking troops.. to-day confidently expreas opinion that the outstanding questions will be settled in time to permit the departure of the first mall acroplane from Croydon according to schedule.

Late this evening, specially selected squads of police carried Major Segrave completed the out searches all over Bombay, twelve mile sprint in 12 minutes dozens of arrests being effected. 9%th seconds, a trifle over 65 The process of arresting the miles an hour. It would acem ringleaders of the Communist that Major Sograve did not put Long Fight Against Illness,

his boat all out after the break-movement and bringing an end to the propaganda Is continuing He had resisted with "iran down of his opponcht, as "Miss determination" the long liness England did 70 miles an hour on throughout the country, the ele mant of suprise being the biggest which began in the middle of the Halifax River recently. January. His life

almost A much better performance will factor in the success of the round- despaired of last week, but he be required to set a new world up so far achieved. .made a miraculous rally, and it record, which stands at 92,83 m.p.h.

WAB even hoped that he would-Reuter.

whon

he

Was

suddenly

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Nationalists Resentment.

Later. Resentment is felt not only recover,

Seprave's corrected time is 12 among the mill-hands, but it is collapsed. Renter,

The greatest military leader them. 9.3/8 secs. Mr. Garwood, who expressed in the lobbies of the world has known since the days was piloting "Misa America," ex Assembly, and, an effort will be

made to-morrow to move an pects to Instal new of Napoleon will probably be his-mechanism and to run a second lent journment in order to raise the tory's verdict of Marshal Ferdia-to-day-outer

question of the Government's and Foch, O.M.,, G.C.B., whose

alleged represalve policy. wonderful handling of the Allied

Armles. In 1918 gained him the

steering

victory in the greatest war in the THE R.A.F. BOMBING

history of the world,

The Dark Daya,

In the dark days of the great German offensive in 1918, when French and British were in retreat and Americans were only just boginning to take up their share

TRAGEDY.

REPRIMANDS IMPOSED ON TWO OFFICERS.

nd-

Altogether about a dozen mills are affected by the development, thousands of mill-hands having come out on strike in protest against the arrests.

C

All Over Country,

As far as is. known Police raide have been carried out on a simil- arly extensive scale in Calcutta,

of the burden, the allied leaders PROPER PRECAUTION. Poona, Lucknow and Allahabad.

wore forced to realize that the war was lost unless the supreme command of all the armiles In

France were vested in one man.

Pashawar, Mar. 20. After a hearing extending over

a fortnight, the Court Martial

Over 120 search warrants have bean Issued in Bombay alone, and boon taken to prevent disorders, most elaborate precautions have

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THE BRITISH MINERS'

FUND.

Further Sum from St. John's Cathedral.

We have to-day received a further sum of $8 for the British Miners' Relief Fund. This is contributed anony; mously by members of St. John's Cathedral congregation who were not present when the collections for the Fund were made. The total recely- ed. as a result of these collec- tions is thus $234.26.

Already sume totalling $6,053.50 have been neglow- ledged, and the total abfur. received by the Telegraph now becomes $6,061.50, .

We have already despatched Home £585 168, 4d, and would welcome further contributions to enable unother substantial sum to be forwarded. A con siderable sum is needed before another £100 can be despatched.

P.M.G. Issues Report,

They set out.by air about a week ago for the purpose of catablishing an advanced base in the Rockefeller Mountains, and it was evident that some mishap had bafallen them.

Commander Byrd now statos On the general question of air that he has been flying, in search mall services, a most interesting for several days, and has at last review of the developments.of last

year in this direction has been ascertained their position. Ap Issued by the Postmaster-General,parently, they landed safely on who stresses the growing use of reaching their objective, but the the aeroplanes for the carrying of machine was subsequently des

troyed by heavy winds, mails abroad,

Tang Seng chi ha apparently ac cepted Marahal. Chiang's invitation as he went from Tientsin to Tang- alan yesterday, and secured the allegiance of Pol's troops, former ly under his own control, on behalf of the Central Government.

Pel Chung-hat's subordinates In Peking have issued a telegram an- nouncing their obedience to the orders of the Central Government.

Chinng's. Warning, Meanwhile, Marshal Chiang Kai- ahck has lesued orders to the Con- trul Government forces which have

Ha deals solely with British All three are reported to be air-mall traffe and says that safe, though there is no indica- been. massing for some days In

have that they the use of the services already tion

been Kiangai that on no account must established, is growing with re- brought back to the main camp-they be guilty of firing the first shot markable rapidity. During 1928, Reuter'a American Service, nearly £37,000 worth of letter mails were despatched from this country representing an increase of 3er cent. over the traille In 1927.

A considerable part of this increase was, as in previous years, carried by the Cairo-Basra air service.

Continental Traille.

The traffic on most of the lines

to the Continent also showed a steady and substantial incrense, though France and Germany still

Dewan take the bulk of it.

Correspodence sent to Germany

SHANGHAI COURT

SENSATION

SHARP PASSAGES BETWEEN

· JUDGES AND DEPUTIES; ·

ACQUITTAL. DISPUTE.

Shanghal, Mar. 20 Mr. Tau Zu-ching, the Chinese ly in the recant remarkable scenes

Without dissent, they chose Foch. arising from the R.A.F. bombing police and troops, being stationed Horace Lo. Mr. T. Murphy,was 56 per cunt. greater than infawyer who has figured prominent-

Before the year was nut Foch proved they had chosen wisely.

"Plnd the weak point of your enemy and strike him there," was Foch's pet maxim. It was supplemented by an- other.

1

"If he has no weak point- make one!"

With

a

Court

against the Wuhan armies.

Tension In still acuto, and unconfirmed reports state that. fighting. haa actually

broken out our Wilgeh. War fever la, developing in Shanghai, end it is anticipated without much ground that the Central Govern ment will declare war against: Hankow unless orders are obeyed.

Messrs: Taal Yuan-pol and Lif Shih-tseng, who have been andery- curing to effeté à compromiso have washed their hands of the whole business" and have declined to return to Nanking.

Tang's Return,

The feature of the "news, flow--

Assistant Superintendent of 1927, while the trafe to Scandina in the Provisional Court, resulting/ever, is the return to the Nation- tragedy on January 23rd, when at all strategic points.

Police, prosecuted..

via had increased by 30 per cent in his suspension, was charged in list rankă of General Tang Seng-1;

this chi, who was the former military thres Indian officers and thirteen It is estimated that over 20,000

Mr. Murphy, indicated that he and to. France by ten per cent, the Provisional

commander of the Huron and other ranks lost their lives, has mill-hands have struck in a body would ask for a week's remand. Correspondence sent by air to morning with employing threats, Hupeh Provinces., concluded.

The as a sequel to the arrests.

Mr. Lo:-I would ask your Marseilles on Friday moring to and was acquitted.

He established un independent Brigadier-General C. M. Wag-mils are being strictly guarded worship to grant bail in this case. overtake the Indian mail despatch The session was lengthy and staff was the President of the by police and troopa,

The defondant is a ver respected from London on the previous there were many tense momonte, Government at Hankow in 1927, Court.

able man in this Colony. He is evening was about four times the sharp passages being exchanged and was directly responsible for Major M. C. C. Harrison, D.9.0.,

Important "Caplives,"

an accountant of Messrs. Ault amount sent by this service in

the field of Marshal Chiang Kai- M.C., of the 1st Armoured Car

Deputies. Company. Royal Tank Corps, who League of Young Comrades of can firm, I understand, and is also London air service was used to

P. C. Joshi, the Secretary of the Wilborg and Company, an Ameri- 1927. In addition, the Marse between the Judges and the foreign the temporary retirement from A large throng of lawyers shek. When. Tang Seng-chi col- those two maxims to was found not guilty of culpable the United Province, has been a member of the Hongkong Police enable passengers' letters posted followed vital issues brought up lapred, Chlang returned to the lea guide him, Foch assumed the neglect, was ordered to be severe arrested in a raid at Allahabad, Reserve.

on board homeward bound P. & O. bearing on the Rendition Agree-dership of the Nationalist Party.

Pei Chung-hel Deserted, high command. The late Field-Mar- reprimanded in respect of then a charge similar to that against His Worship: What do you packet steamers to be delivered in ment, and there were hot words:

second chargo against him,

Peking, Mar, 20, hal Sir Douglas Haig offered him

ordinary mails.......

The police intend to appeal from

Reliable news as to the turning the British army; General John J. namely, that he neglected to take the majority of those detained, think on the question of ball, Mr. this country in advance of the in the course of the bearing.

Mr. Murphy-I would certainly

the decision. Pershing assured him that the proper precautions to ensure the namely, of waging war against Murphy?

Service to S. Amerien. Dhundiraj Thegadt, the Bocialist qposo ball at this stage. It is a

International complications-are over of followers of Pel Chung-hal at Tangshan and Kaiping completes American army was, his. For the safety of the squadron of Poona the King."

Horse, which was inadvertently

serious charge and. the leader, ex-President of the Trade very

Several new services were in feared, as the position is regarded the extraordinary elimination of first time all the allied forces on bombed by an R.A.F. machine. the western front fought as Flying Officer L, J. Booth, who Unions Congress, and member of charges were drawn up after very troduced during the year, and as tantamount to a complete Pel Chung-hel's and the Fourth

A Great Britain now has air mail breakdown of law and justice. unit. The result was vicļory,

was in the bombing plane, was the All-India Congress Committee, caroful consideration.

has been arrested at Poona.

His Worship (to Mr. Lo):-1

It will be recalled that last Group's influence in North China. It is learned that Tang Beng- also ordered to be reprimanded,

It was slated after the pro-

don't think I can grant ball; it is connexións either by direct acro-

planes or by combined air and week, Mr. Van den Berg, the chi left Tientsin on March 17-for As often happens, however, liminary Court of Inquiry that the

a very serious case,

land routes with practically all Senior Consul's Deputy, after a Tangshan, where two of the Fourth Defendant was accordingly

European countries.

verbal duel with Mr. Tau, suspend- Group divisions which belonged to Foch himself tended to remain R.A.F. plot ofleer had good reason

Perhaps the most noteworthy ed him a second time, pending Tang-before they were taken over something of an abstraction in the to suppose that the ground would

remanded for a week.

of tho- new services is that proceedings for his disbarment. by Pel Chung-hel quietly renewad eyes of many citizens of the he cleared by the time that he

The police altogether raided

to Brazil and the Argentine, In making this order, Mr. Van their allegiance to Tang Seng-chi allied. nations. He was a famous arrived, while the khaki drean of

Trains between Kaiping and which is an extension of den Berg said: "I feel It incum- name, a decorated warrior-but the squadron prevented them from thirty-five houses in Calcutta and

the. service that hus exist- bent upon me in the interests of Tientsin are now plastered with the fow felt that he was a flesh-and- being seen from the altitude of arrested the Communist, Phillip

ed for some time past from justice and decorum to ensure by slogans, "Welcome to Tang Seng. blood man, as well. At the back of the machine in the conditions Spratt, the Assistant editor of the The bomb overshot Amritabazar Patrika and other

Toulouse to Dakkar In West such means as lie within my chi," "Support Chiang Kai-shek," the fame and the greatness, how prevailing.

Africa

power that adequate steps shall be and "Down with Pel Chung-hs).” In the meantime, it is learned over there stood a generous, friendly the target and fell upon the labour leaders, and seized volumin-

This service is being maintain- taken to prevent this unprincipled human being, with the capacity for quadron in close formation.-ous Communist literature.

Three labour leaders, Dange, inspiring great friendship among | Reuter.

Mirajkar and Jabuwla, have been

ed with regularity and It offers a lawyer from again attempting to from Chiang Kai-shek's representa- arrested and charged with wag-

very substantial gain over the obstruct and pervert the adminis- thyes here that Wel Yi-san has London, Mari20.

two divisions of Pel Chung-hel's ordinary routes to South America. tration of Justice."-Our Own Cor- quietly assumed command of the ing war against the King.

respondent, Flight Licut. Moir and Mying in parcel services there was

troops near Peking, and the Sum Dharamvir Singh, the Swarajlat Omcer Owen, the Australian air-substantial increase all round in

mer Palace, The vast majority of Legislative Councellor and vice-

officers have also gone over, trans- president of the peasant-workers men, who left England on Mon 1928. The total weight sent by

arrested at day in an attempt to fly to air exceeded the 100,000 lbs. SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL

tralin in twelve days, landed at mark for the first time since

A Human Being.

his fellow officers and great devu-

Bon among his men.

Fordinand Foch was born in

Tarbes, a tile town in the

AMANULLAH GETS SUPPORT..

The police have raided the offices of the Labour Unions, the Free Press of India and the head- quarters of the League of Youth, and seized documents.

has been

Basque country along the Spanish border, in October of 1861. Ils

party, father, it is Interesting to note, was named after the great Bona REPENTING OF UNORTHODOX | Lucknow,—Reuter,

parle-Napoleon Foch. From his youth the son was dedicated to the army.

France German War.

REFORMS.

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THE AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN.

LAND AT MALTA FROM ROME.

подп.

DISASTER.

25

years.

DEBENTURES.

SMART RISE IN PRICE REPORTED

Shanghal, Mar, 21.

forming four Kwancsi divisions Into Chiang Kai-shek divisions al- most overnight-Reuter.

Fenga Part,

helang, and Gen, Pel: Chung-hal is Italy The rise in due to the offers for a most important feature of the de the Municipality's Electric Depart-licate vitnation, since there is other ment,Our Own Correspondent,

Malia at 4.30 o'clock this after-parcels were accepted, and which Further Arrests.

They are departing considerably has, nearly doubled itself in two New Delhi, Mar, 20,

New Delhi, Mar. 20.

Deadlock?

The new complexion placed on the Wuhan altuation, by the alleged: of An Important revulsion It is understood that under the from the route usually followed to Singapore-Reuter, and British Wirclesa.

connexion between the resignations felling in favour of Amanullah la Authority of the Government a

Regarding the difficulties en-

Municipal countered in the establishment of

debentures have (all within a week) from the Cen Communisla He was a new officer when the reported from South-East Afghani complaint has been laid against

stan, na a consequence of dis- thirty-one, alleged

flio air route to Karachi. It is jumped from Tis. 86 to Tls. 92 1ntral Government of General Li war of 1870 broke, and he served content and prevalent disorder, under Section 121 of the Penal

"Conspiracy to CANADIAN RAILWAY

stated by the Daily Telegraph the past two or three days. Sellers Chung-yen, Marshal Feng Yu- under fire in that confilet. It was

that There is a growing belief that Code, namely,

International difficulties are now asking Tis, 95, -- after the war, however, that he Amanullah has repented of his deprive the King of his sovereignty

have arisen between began to win the attention of orthodox menures of reform in British India,"

Warrants have teen iz-ued by

and Greece as regards ports of call French army leaders. A4 26 ho

Reuter.

for the air route to India, which, the district magistrate at Meerut, became an artillery captain, and

where all the arrested men will be

will almost Inevitably, entail a Jater he served five years 'as pro-

tried..

postponement of the opening until fossor of tactics at l'Ecole de

the end of April, 25, Guerre-the Frerich military aca-

Grece desires Athens to be the demy. Then, by slow alages, he rose in rank until he became a brigadier general, when he was made director of the military school. Later he returned to field --(Continued on Page 7)

REPARATIONS BANK.

Paris, Mar. 20.

It is noteworthy that the Gov- ernment is reintroducing this week

SEVENTEEN PASSENGERS

KILLED.

Toronto, Mar, 20

in the Legislative Assembly, the A head-on collision between two port of call instead of Navarino, Public Safety Bill which the Astrains near Parry Sound has which was originally scheduled. Britain is agreeable, but Italy bas The Reparations Experts Com-sembly rejected on September 24, resulted in serious casualties, mittee has finally approved providing for the removal of So far, seventeen passengers refused to adopt Athens as the port scheme to establish a Reparations Bolshorists, other than Indian and have died from injuries received for her Genon-Alexandria service.

Reuter and British Wirelessi British subjects-Reuter.

in the smash-Reuter,

Bank-Reuter,

TO REPRESENT BRITAIN.

London, Mar, 20. Lord Cua dun will represent Britain at the forthcoming meeting of the League of Nations Disarma nient Commission-Reuter,

evidence to show that while Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang outwardly ap peared to assume a neutral attitudo towards the tension which has wrown up between Nanking and. Wuhan he has been in fact involved In the developments and in fact has been playing a leading part. His leaninga are sald to be” de cidedly more in favour of Wuhan (Continued on Page 7.).