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TRYING EXPERIENCE.

London, Miny 20.

Miss Amy Johnson is now with- in 1,300 miles of Fort Darwin, having flown to-day in two stages, under most unfavourable weather conditions, from Tjømal, Java, to Sourabaya-British Wireless.

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Sourabaya, May 20.

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Later.

The wings of Miss Amy John- son's plane received five cuts in yesterday's forced landing. These were repaired with sticking plaster.

PLUCKY BRITISH GIRL FLYER.

The above picture shows Miss Amy Johnson, the young Bri- tish aviatrix, who is on the last stages of her flight from England to Australia. She is shown after the completion of her first

glider flight at Wendover recently

CABINET MINISTER

RESIGNS.

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A Temporary Truet.

SHAMROCK V. HAS THIRD WIN.

PLANS FOR CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.

London, May 20.

Miss Johnson is feeling the strain of her great adventure. The greatest difficulty and danger was taking off at Tjomal this morning, owing to the wetness of the ground and shortness of the run. Finally, her luggage Was. Laken to an e ergency field five miles away; and with the plane. Mr. MacDonald found Mr. thus lightened Miss Johnson Thomas ready to tender his res Sir Thomas Lipton's America's succeeded in taking off, and land-signation as a protest against Cup challenger, "Shamrock the ed in the emergency field, where the action that had been taken. Fifth," won her third successive she took in her luggage and Some of Mr. Thomas's friends aver victory to-day when the finished thence flew to Semarang, where that the resignation was actually first in a race from Harwich, to

artendered, and that it would not South End. .

surprise them

"Shamrock the Fifth" will leave it offered for America about the middle of again.

Ministers found that Mr. Lans-July and will go via the Azores, oc- bury was not the only one of their which will carry a big supply of companied by the convoy "Erin," number who was anxious: immediate steps should be taken weather.

that oil that will be freely used in bad to check the rising total of the Experts anticipate that the workless.

yacht will ride the sea well. She In the end a temporary truce will have a crew of twenty-two and W13 obtained by Memorandum to a

referring the will carry one month's rations of committee of fecil and fresh water-British Ministers.

Wireless.

she landed for an hour and half before continuing to Soura- baya.

Miss Johnson was looking very tired. She has received many offers to tour Australia, and in- tends to refuse. She declares she

wants rest.

Relating her experiences above the Java Seo, she says she ex- perienced a very severe test, with heavy squalls between Singkep

and Banka.

She was often forced to fly only six feet above the waves, and there was imminent danger

were

Previous Resignation (Threat. The part played by Mr. Lans-

of crashing into the water, inbury and his associates in bring-i which case she would have been ing pressure to bear on the Gov- lost.

ernment is how under discussion, and on this question Mr. Thomas's friends hold strong views.

Miss Johnson declared.-"This was dreadful, dreadful! Really, I thought this was the end!"

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Miss Johnson arrived simul taneously with a Dutch-Indian mail plane. She alighted with her usual spruce appearance, wearing flower in her buttonhole. A number of women were present, and presented bouquets to Miss Johnson.

She said the flight from Semarang was uneventful. The engine occasionally ran irregular ly, which she ascribed to a leak age of the petrol pipe.-Reuter.

RUMPUS ON NAVAL TREATY.

AMERICAN SENATORS USE HOT WORDS..

NAVAL MEN DIFFER.

Washington, May 20.

A variety of advice was given to the Senate Committees on the Lon- don Naval Treaty by high naval | officers to-day.

Rear-Admirals J. V. Chase and J. R. Pringle described the cruiser provision as unfair, and strenuous- ly objected to other parts of the agreement.

It was known weeks ago that) Sir Oswald Mosley consulted friends as to the advisability of his resigning the Chancellorship

name.

new

REPARATIONS LOAN PLANS.

PROCEEDS TO REDUCE BRITISH NATIONAL DEBT.

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London, May 20, Asked in the House of Commons

of the Duchy of Lancaster, which if, in view. of the desirability of is his Ministerial post, so that he encouraging investments in British might have more time to press the industries by British investors, he memorandum which bears his would reconsider a reparations loan under the Young Plan, the His friends advised against this Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. course, pointing out that he was Phillip Snowden, said the amount of political position would be affect London would be limited

to the party and that his Reparations Loan to be issued in to the British Empire share of the gross The fact remains thal the proceeds of the loan. The extremists in the party have made ceipts of this country would be god use of their opportunity, and used to reduce the National Debt. there are many

indications that in those circumstances. no ques- the Government will be forced out tion arose of interference with of the very correct path taken by investments in industry.British

Wireless. the older and more experienced Ministers.

ed.

Suggestions that Mr. Thomas and Sir Oswald Mosley are lo leave the Government, and to accept Colonial positions, although they have been denied, are easily. understood. There is a curious persistency about a rumour con- necting Mr. Thomas's name with the Governor-Generalship of Aus- tralia.

SIR OSWALD MOSLEY.

Story of Change Fron Tory to Socialist.

RAIL COLLISION.

MANY PEOPLE KILLED IN RUSSIA.

re-

Moscow, May 20. Twenty eight people were killed and twenty nine seriously injured in a railway collision at Chernaya on the Moscow-Kazan Line-Rex- ler.

the

a

publicity of

about titlea

cheap Sir Oswald Mosley, the richn On the other hand, Rear-Admiral Conservative who became

relinquishing H. E. Yarnell supported the Treaty Socialist, was born in 1896, as the they would relinquish some of proposal to add a fleet of six-inch son of Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart. their wealth and so help to make guns to the American Navy, Educated at Winchester and Sand- easier the plight of some of their

The cross-examination of Rear-hurst, he served in France during more unfortunate followers.

His son replied that, when he Admiral Chase by Senator Reed, the war, first with the 16th Lancers joined the Labour party, he stated before the Foreign Relations Com-later with the Flying Corps, mittee, was so severe that Senator and was severely wounded. in 1920 his intention to renounce his title Johnson, of California, declared he married Lady Cynthis, daughter that he could not do so legally, but when his father died. He found that. Senator Reed was treating the of the Marquis Curzon and an added: "It will be quite easy not to Admiral unfairly.

heiress of some of the wealth of be addressed by "Giving all Levi Leither of Chicago.

Seator Reed flushed and, glaring across the table, replied: "I thank the Senator for his lecture. I will try to copy his own temperate

frame of mind."

To this Senator Johnson retort- ed"You will be better off if you do."---Reuter's American Service.

New York, May 20. President Hoover reviewed the United States Fleet from the light cruiser Salt Lake City off Virginia Capes, Los Angeles.

Scores of aeroplanes circled over- head during the review. Reuter's American Service.

MINING ROYALTIES.

GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE NEW BILL.

When he was elected Conserva- his money to charities, he said, tive M.P. for Harrow in 1918, he would not help the poor. The was the youngest member of the only way to do that was "to use House. Under party discipline he.

curselves and every resource given soon grew restive and in 1922 beus in the struggle to abolish a came an Independent. In 1921 heystem which keeps the poor de- joined the Labour party, contest pendent on charities.

It would admirably suit the pur- ing the Ladywood. Division Birmingham where he reduced rose of capitalism, if we made Neville Chamberlain's majority to seek to aid, by giving up all our ourselves as powerless as those we 77. His father, who was a strong resources and living in the worst. Unionist, repudiated the politics of slums we could find. If this ex- his son, In 1926, after he and his ample were followed by the entire wife had visited the U.S., he was Labour party, disease would returned for Smethwick after a speedily rid the ruling class of triangular contest during which

he moved into a boarding house in the only danger they have to fear. They would then be free to the constituency, left his luxurious car in its garage and used an old wreak their will on the poor. I hired motor, while his wife was am pilleried in the Pross for pro addressed as Mrs. Mosley. His posing a change that will make me opponents pointed out that he de-off. It is idle to argue that men

worse off and other people better; nounced unearned income, but lived on a fortune which he did employing their resources to bring not amass.

about this change are behaving in the same way as men employing their resources to prevent it."

.:

London, May 20, The president of the Board of Trade, Mr. William Graham, stated in the House of Commons

Quarrel with Father.

Sir Oswald, returning to the to-day that an effort would be

The quarrel hetween him and charge, said: "My son was brought made to introduce before the end his father came to a head in 1926. up on the fat of the land and never of July a Bill dealing with the When it was rumoured that his son did a day's work in his life. For purchase of mining royalties, but and daughter were to repudiate him to speak as he does now le he was afraid it would not pro- their titles, Sir Oswald wrate to nothing but hypocrisy." gress beyond the introduction the Press suggesting that they He died in September 1928, j. British Wireless.

would render more valuable aid to and his son succeeded to the the country, if instead of schley-unwanted title.

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