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CAR MATA+AEFTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929, BA-T

CAPE TOWN FLIGHT

DISASTER.

BRITISH LINER IN PROTECTION FOR

COLLISION.

SINKS OUTSIDE NEW YORK' HARBOUR.

GIANT PLANE CRASHES ALL ABOARD SAVED.

NEAR TUNIS. ··

NATIVES WITNESS TERRIBLE

DESERT TRAGEDY.

Now York, Dec. 18. A serious shipping collision, Involving the sinking of a British liner, occurred to-day just outside Now York Harbour,

The Furness liner Fort Victoriu, of 7,784 tons, was the vessel lost. She had on board 260 passengers when she..collided with the Clyde S.S. Company's liner Algonquin, and subsequently sank.

The collision occurred in a fog, the Algonquin having on board 180

passengers.

BOTH OFFICERS KILLED., the passengers aboard the

The great Fairey-Napier long-distance monoplane which started from Cranwell, Lincolnshire, on Tuesday in an attempt to fly direct to Cape Town, crashed on the same evening some, twenty miles to the south of Tunis, and her occupants are reported to have been killed.

Two of the most noted airmen in the Royal Air Force. men who have specialised in long-distance flying, the deceased officers are

Squadron Leader A. G. Jones Williams, M.C.

Flight Lieutenant N. H. Jenkins, O.B.E., D.F.C.

DOMINIONS.

SOVIET PROPAGANDA PLEDGES.

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ANOTHER BRIDGE EARL BEATTY ISSUES A

BLOWN UP.

· LATEST CANTON-KOWLOON

BANDIT OUTRAGE.

WARNING.

TWO PIERS DAMAGED. MACDONALD'S CRUISER FIGURES

Canton, Dec. 18.

Another bridge on the Chinesa section, of the Canton-Kowloon Hallway was blown up yesterday afternoon, but at the moment of writing it is not possible to state the amount of damage, or to Indicate by whom the outrage was committed.

At their request, all British

The bridge is one in the neigh- Dominions will be specially pro- bourhood of Shapo, which is 25.19 tected against Communist promiles from Tai Sha Tau, the ter paganda by Moscow agents.

minus of Railway.

effect was made by Mr. Arthur

there were no lives An announcement to this Fort Victoria being safely trans-Henderson in the House of Com ferred to a pilot boat after the mons to-day, in the course of a neeldent-Renter's American Ser- debate on a Conservative motion disapproving" of the methods of the Government in their conduct of negotiations with the Soviet Government.

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The Fort Victoria was built by Messrs. W. Beardmore and Co., Glasgow, in 1913, for the Bermuda and West Indies S.S. Company. Her dimensions were:-Length, 411.7 feet; breadth, 56.7 feet; depth, 34.1 feet.

the Canton-Kowloon It is a smaller bridge

than the one at Shok Ha, situate

about 32 miles from Canton, which

was blown up last week, and the damage is said not to have been so serious. Our Own Correspondent.

Confirmation of the blowing up of the bridge was obtained on enquiries made by the Telegraph from the Traffic Manager" of the Mr. Henderson fold the House British section of the railway this that as the result of recent con-morning. Mr. G. A. Walker stated that the bridge is one of three versations, it had been arranged 15-feet apans, and the two centre The Algonquin, of 5,946 tons, that at the presentation of M.piers have been damaged. The was built in 1926 at Newport News Sokolnikoff's credentials, at the for the Cherokee and Seminole S.S. Co., for which the Clyde S.S. end of the week, there would be outrage is.attributed to bandits.

are managers. She is

The leader of the ambitious flight was Squadron Comptong, 60 feet in breadthalung, some 40 miles this side of

Leader Jones Williams, whose photograph is on the right, and it is noteworthy that the two were also part-" ners in the first nonstop. flight from England to India in the same machine.

Detail of the terrible disaster are not yet avail able. The absence of any news of the machine after she left Sardinia yesterday gave rise to grave apprehen- slon, and when it was re- ported from Tunis that na- Lives had seen a plane crash,

there was little doubt, though hopes were entertained, that the R.A.F. machine was the one involved.

The airmen had covered approximately 1,200 miles in direct flight when the crash occurred, and for the present, no possible explanation of the tragedy can be ventured.

and has a depth of 20 feet.

CAIRO-CAPE AIR SERVICE.

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GOOD PROGRESS REPORTED ON THE PROJECT,

London, Dec. 18:

In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. F. Montague, Under-Secretary for Air, questioned regarding the progrees in developing the Cafro-

-Cape air route, sald, the pro- posals for this service had been agreed in principle with the various Governments concerned and had also been accepted by the Imperial Airways Company. Various pre- paratory details of the organising service were in hand..

Satisfactory arrangements had been made regarding the ground or

Directly the report of an aviation mishap reached the Air Ministry, special enquiries were set afoot, and last night, Lord Thomson, the Secretary of State for India, announced the sadganisation within the Union of news in the House of Lords.

WIRELESS SILENCE FORETELLS.

South Africa. The first section of the service was expected to be ready in June, 1930, and the second half about six months later,-Britial Wireless,

SHANGHAI MOTOR

TRAGEDY.

"FIGHT TO A FINISH:"

Recent Command Order to Anti-Piracy Guards,

GENERAL CONFIDENT.

The following is the text of the Command Order issued Inst week after the piracy of the Falching:

"In eqnexion with the pira- ting of the 8.8. Halching on December 8, which carried no Infantry guard, and yet put up a splendid defence, the G.O.C. is confident that the Officers, N.C.O's and men of the anti- piracy guards found by the China Command fully realise that it would be a disgrace to the British Army If a ship for which they are responsible is pirated without the guard put ting up a fight to a finish, re- gardless of casualties,'

ZENNANTERRAZUCARAMANNAŅURENCE!

an exchange of Notes between the British and Soviet Governments, covering the question of propa- ganda between the United King- dom and the Soviet, and also, at the request of the Dominions,

Note, in which each Dominion would be specially mentioned, giv- ing exactly the same undertaking as secured on the question of pro-

The full story of the tragedy | Air Ministry report that a big may not be pieced together for a machine had been seen to crash by day or two. Squadron Leader A. natives, particularly as it was at G. Jones Williams and Flight foint along the route of the flight COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCE there would be a supplementary Lieut. Jenkins set off from Cran-to the Cape.

ON CHINESE.

well at eight o'clock on the morn- Router's Paris correspondent re

Shanghai, Dec. 19. ing of the 17th, and at four layed the message which was to the

The Appeal Court has upheld o'clock the same, afternoon, they meet that the information came sent a wireless message from a from Bizerta and stated that "na- the sentence of 14 months Impaganda for the United Kingdom. point. some sixty miles to the tives in the region of Zaghouan re-prisonment passed on a salesman north-west of Sardinia, announc-port that they saw the aeroplane of a Chinese garage for killing Ing their position and reporting crash, and found that the two oc- that all was going well.

Wireless Failure.

cupants had been killed."

Consul Confirme.

That the tragedy had really taken According to the arrangements place was confirmed by the British made between the airmen and the Consul-General at Tunle, who made Air Ministry at the commencement immediate investigation. of the flight, they were expected to Lord Thomson, the Air Mini- send through another message at ster," announced in the House of eight o'clock.

Lords, shortly before midnight, This was never received, but no that he had heard from the British

felt

was Consul-General that the Air Force anxiety. was considered that the silence could monoplane flying to the Cape had be explained by the failure of the crashed twenty miles to the south

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At present, trains from Kowloon are unable to run beyond. Shek-

Canton, owing to the blowing 'up of the Shek Ifa bridge, but it is hoped that within a few weeks, after temporary repairs have been effected, the full service to Canton will be resumed.

INFERNAL MACHINE IN A TRAIN.

SIX INJURED BY BIG EX- PLOSION.

Belgrade, Dec. 18. Three pussengers were seriously injured and three athers were hurt

DANGEROUSLY LOW.

OFFICIAL ASSURANCES.

Saying that all who had given carnest consideration to British naval needs viewed the proposed reduction of cruiser tonnage with apprehension, Earl Beatty, one of Britain's fore- most naval commanders in the Great War, issued a warning against precipitate naval disarmament, in the House of Lords: yesterday.

He declared that Britain was approaching the · London" Naval Conferenco with figures representing a dangerous mini- mum in cruisers. · „

The advent of a German 10,000-ton warship, so fast and powerfully armed that a battle-cruiser was the only effective counter, was mentioned during the discussion.

Lord Thomson assured Earl Beatty that his views would be carefully noted. He also stated definitely that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald had no intention of using the Singapore' Base as A “ bargaining counter at the Naval Conference. "

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LORD THOMSON'S PROMISE.

London, Dec. 18.

Scheme. That was the only reason -

The wonderful warship produc- why work had been delayed.

If any pronaosal affecting the ed in. Germany which threatens to rayolutionise naval construction scheme on a whole or the date of Its in the future was made a point of completion was ventured, it would particular reference in the House be made only after full consultation of Lords today, when Ear! Stan with the Governments of the Domin hope initiated a debate on the pro-ions, of Malaya and Hongkong. posed reduction of British cruiser

In the Commons. strength.

In the House of Commons, Mr.

Earl Stanhope expressed him self as dubibus regarding the C G Ammon, the Parliamentary effectiveness of the Fleet if eru. Secretary to the Admiralty, stated sers were to be further reduced, that the amounts contributed to He drew as an instance of the dif- the Singapore Scheme by: Hong- Aculties to be faced, the fact that kong, the Federated Malay Statos Germany, as a non-participant at and New Zealand were £250,000 s the result of an explosion of anthe. Washington Conference, hud respectively.

Of the total, £1,700,000, the infernal machine in a train tra- legitimately built a 10,000-ton ship

had appropriated velling from Pirot to Belgrądė.

well-armed, which was too fast to Admiralty be eaught by a battleship and too 1.294,000 in relief of expenditure The explosion occured near powerful to be handled by any falling on the Navy votes. Chifik. The train was able to cruiser under the Washington proceed, but the Orient Express limitations. was delayed for some time owing to the blocking of the line.

at the same spot some weeks ago, the affair being. attributed Bulgarian bandits-Reuter,

to

Battlecruisers Needed.

credited to the Army and Air Force Vates in relief of expenditure fall- ing on those votes,

The balance £460,000 had been

After Mr. A. V. Alexander, the

It will be recalled that infernal. machines blow up part of the line. The only vessel capable of cop First Lord of the Admiralty, had ing with such a ghip was n battle-dealt with the question of finance cruiser and the maintenance of at Singapore, Sir Henry Page battle-cruisers would necessitate a Croft (Cons.) naked, whother the larger number of battleships than Government would aco that the would otherwise be necessKTY. monies thus "obtained under false Earl Beatty, the Commander-in-pretences" would be returned to Chief of the Grand Fleet during the contributors.

Mr. Alexander made no reply. the War, declared that Britain was Japproaching the naval conference

Labourite's Query. with figures representing a day- gerous minimum.

ITALIAN TEXTILE

DIFFICULTIES.

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The extremely low limit of the cruiser bonnage was sufficient to cause apprehension among those who have given consideration to | this vital question.":"

Beatty Doubtful.

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Mr. W. Ti Kelly (Lab. Hochdale) naked what would be the saving on the Naval Estimates If during each- of the next three years it was de- cided not to replace any battleshipa now in commission, and secondly, what would be the additional sav ing if half the number of battles,

SIGNOR MUSSOLINI TAKES PROMINENT INTEREST.

Rome, Dec. 18. Signor Mussolini presided to- India Not a Dominion,

day at a meeting held for the pur. Mr. G. A. Griffiths; of the engineer-

Replying to Sir Austen Cham-pose of considering the situation ing office of the Shanghai Mutual

Earl Beatty confessed himself as ships now in commission were Telephone Co., by knocking himberlain, Mr. Henderson said that in the silk market from the view-

point of its immediate down whilst riding a motor-cycle India was not named as a Domi- quences on the textile industry cruiser strength could be achieved

conse- unable to understand how parity in scrapped.

Mr. C. G. Ammon replied that in Bubbling Well Road,

nion, but would be included as a and its more remote effects on unless it be parity having regard the balticship replacement pro- The confirmation of the sen- part of the British Empire.

Italy's economic position. tence is expected to have a salu-

It was resolved to establish im-of each nation.

to the commitments and obligations gramme contained in the Washing. ton Agreement provided that two tury effect on other "road-hogs."

mediately a financial syndicato Lord Thomson, the Minister for new, battleships should be laid Our Own Correspondent.

under the auspices of the Govern Air, gave the House an assurance down by the British Empire in ment for the purpose of stemming that the Government policy vis-a-1981 and two more in 1982. the presont instability of prices vis the accurity of the Empire had and regulating the silk market.-not altered a single point. Reuter.

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LONDON BUSINESS GOING WEST.

land stations to intercept their of Tunis, The British Consul- SHELL-MEX" PURCHASE. THE routine signals.

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General had also learned that both officers were killed. There were no mid-day further details.

However, when at yesterday to further message had been received at all, and no ropoils of the machine having! been sighted were forthcoming, their ailence began to give rise

to alarm.

now

Ominous Bilence,

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HOTEL CECIL SITE.

London, Dec. 18. The Wrecked Machine.

Another stage in the gradual move of business from the City to The wrecked machine was the the Western part of London was first monoplane ever built by themarked to-day by the algnature of Fairey Company, and it was contract for the sale of the designed to the special order of Hotel Cecil site in the Strand to the Air Ministry for experimental |Shell-Mex, Limited.-Reuter. work in long range flying.

At eight o'clock last night, the

It was believed to be capable very ominous

ellence still of 84 hours of continuous flight continued, and then u bombshell at an average speed of 130 miles was dropped by an Air Ministry an hour, and it carried well over anouncement that, an unconfirmed 1,000 gallons of petrol in ita report from Tunia had been re enormous wings, the span of which ceived, that natives had seen a large was 52 feet. acroplane come down south of Tanis,

It had passed through a series

of strenuous tests before the

POSTAL WORKERS'

THREAT.

Mr. Henderson said that once relations had been resumed, the Government would watch the ques tion of propagando. In the event of its continued use, the Govern ment would employ all diploma tic means to have it discontinued.

The Conservative motion was de-. feated by. 254 votes to 107.

Russo-Chinese Dispute.

Mr. G. lo M. Mander (Lab.) asked what countries had associat- ed themselves with the initiative of the United States in appealing to Russia and China to observe the Kellogg Pact.

Replies had been received by the

ALTERATIONS TO THE R101.

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New Ship's Cost: He said that if the London Naval Assuming that such new ships Conference succeeded, the Govern- wore built to the maximum per- ment was confident that the Admir- missible displacement, the estimat- alty would be able to continue ade-ed cost of battleship construction quately to discharge the responsibil-in the next three years would be; files of naval defence. He assured 1930: NIJ. Earl Boatty that the Government] 1981: 21,030,000. would carefully note his remarks.. * 1932: £6,085,000.

· INTENDED TO INCREASE:

As regards the second part of: Singapore Base.

the question, the annual cost of EFFICIENCY.

Adverting to the Singapore Base the maintenance of eight of the si and its relation to the Conference, tech existing battleships London, Dec. 18. J U. S. Government from a number In the House of Commons, re, Earl Stanhope: asserted that much £1,600,000 was for pay, allowances, roughly 42,800,000, of which of other Governments approving plying to questions about airshin work had been carried out in recent insurance, victualling, etc. the proposal made to them..

R101, Mr. F. Montague said modi-years on naval bases in Japan and The fact that direct negotiations fieations were being made which

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It was, therefore, Incomprehen- had begun between Russia and the trials had shown to be desir sible, he said, that the Government China no doubt made it seem unable. It was proposed further to should expect Japan and the United necessary to many other Govern- increase the efficiency of the air States to remark upon what Bri- ents, to follow suit,

ship by the insertion of an addi-tain is doing at Singanore. |tional bag. The airship" would

Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Tesume flying as soon as the al- Not A Bargaining Counter,

Foreign Secretary, told the House terations were completed-British

Lord Thomson declared that the the meeting of the Comell of the to-day that he proposed to attend Wireless.

Government did not intend to use League of Nations at Geneva, in the Singapore Scheme as a bar Anuary, although owing to th gaining counter at the naval con- to throming naval conferences

not be able

M. Sokolnikoff. Mr. Henderson told another questioner that he hoped the Rus- sian Ambassador to Britain would present his credentials on Decem

OPPOSED TO NANKING AIR MAIL

Shanghai, Dec. 19.. A British Wirelcas message saya flight to India in April Jast, when that immediate action was taken to the airmen now dead, completed the telegraphed to Nanking threaten:ber 20th, He added that there Premier of Australia, issued a The Postal Workers' Union has confirm the report and ascertain the first direct flight from Crauwelling to bar the alt mail, and was nothing unusual in a new statement to-day to the effect that identity of the machine."

Aerodrome to India, though they demanding the cancellation of the Ambassador being in this country, neither Great Britain nor Russia failed to beat the existing non-Sino-American agreement.

a week or ten days before present had approached the Common stop record. On that occasion, The agitation continues to being his credentials,

hai wealth. Government on the subject when forced to return to Karachi stressed in the verincular Prees. It is learned from Melbourne, of Soviet representation In Aus

(Continued on Page 18.) —Our Own Correspondent.

that Mr. Scullin, the Labpur, tralia--Reuter

Natives Report Crash,

A Beuter report says that grave apprehension was excited by the

ferences

The Government was entering upon the conference with dean hands and if they hoped for success able to apply some

the agreement" to the

He was unable to say what would Estirates of the policy indicated by. be the actual effect on the Naval the questioner.

Geneva Gathering.