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BY

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BRAZILIAN STATES IN REVOLT.

SUPPORTING AND DIRECTING DISTURBANCES.

GENERAL CAPTURED.

Buenos Aires, Oct. 5. News from Brazil, where the re- volutionary fever which went through Pera and the Argentine has spread, is being strictly cen sored.

Swatow, Oct. 1.

It is reported, however, that, a News has been received here general and several officers of the erowd at Santana captured the of further Communist activity Federal forets in a hotel and then in outlying districts, quite close surrounded the cavalry barracks. to the Hai Luk Fung area, in-which surrendered to the "insur- cluding a big raid by some two kent mob" after an officer had hundred "Reds" on the market been killed and three mgn hart. town of Mi-ou, which is on the Reuter. borders of the two districts of

New York, Oct. 5.

Pou-leng und Kit-yung. There! A message from: Rio de Janeiro,)

was much looting in this town the Chamber of Deputies has pass. the Brazilian capital, states that whilst the Magistrate was takened a resolution enforcing martial Away and subsequently shot, law in three States,. Rio Grande. Besides the Magistrate, several Dosul, Minasgeracs and Parahyb. other officials were carried off. On where revolutions are reported.-- the whole, the ordinary people were Beuter. not molested, and in this connexion it is interesting to note that the Communists are making much of the fact that the plain man" is not interfered with. It is pointed out that only the rich people and the officials are likely to suffer and that the others have no need to fear for their safety. The contrast

Rio de Janeiro. Oct. 5, Governments of the States of Rin It is officially stated that the Grand Dosul and Minasgernes are: Sorting and directing the re Federal Government has asked volutionary disturbances. The Congress, besides voting martial law in these States, also to vote careful discrimina- the credits necessary tion with the cunduct of the soldiery suppression of the movement.

for rapid sent to deal with Communist vil-Renter's American Service. lagen is quietly marked by the people, and freely commented upon.

between this

Superfient Operations,

The superficial mature of the operations by the 62nd Division against the Communists has been

HOTEL BUS WINDOW

SMASHED.--

vividly shown recently. Some days INCIDENT CAUSED BY SCARE- ago, the town of Lia-ng) en the river above Chaochowin, was raid- The attack was concentrated en two chops from which goods . worth five or six thousand dollars

were taken.

ed.

TO HORSE.

Passengers coming to town from Causeway Bay in Hongkong Hotel las, Sa 11, this morning ex perienced totally

i

unexpected

It is an irony that the 62nd Divi-thrill.

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sion has been claiming to have As the vehicle passed a gate just thoroughly cleaned up this section

of Fungshun. Next day a much more serious attack was made on

before

Seven-and-Six-penny Hill was reached, on the left-hand side. it overtook a horse which was dis-

the market town of Mi-qu. The playing signs of considerable res district of Bou-leng, which borders tiveness in spite of the efforts of the Hai-luk Fung uren, has been the rider, a British soldier, to con- disturbed for a long time. Com:trol it. munism has flourished on locat

At the approach of the bus. the

village feuds, and practically qulyanimal reared up, and the next im- the district city, holds out against

its adherents.

Daylight Attack.

the

pression the passengers had was of some hard object striking the thick glass of the second left-hand window and breaking it. The attack on Mi-ou was made The bus was moving at in broad daylight, when the busy moment, and the incident happened market, which is attended by vil tuo quickly for the actual happening lages from a large area, was at its to be seen from the interior of the height. Most of a body of some bus. It is presumed that the horse sixty men of the defence corps were must have struck the window with out of the place on business in one of its hoofs, as it reared up. neighbouring villages. Suddenly with such fore as to smash the a force of over two hundred men. window. No-one in the bus was

in orderly array and armed, was hurt.

seen to be approaching from the Pou-leny direction: the guard of four at the entrance to the market incontinently threw down their arms, stripped off their uniform and fled,

The approach of the Communist force was the signal for a large) body of marketers, one or two hun- dred it is said, to abandon their vegetables and other produce, pro- duce weapons from hiding places

Great confusion ensued.

Much Loot Taken.

From one of these loot to the value of over $10,000 was taken,

SHOOTING OF LADY MISSIONARIES.

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DRAMATIC ESCAPES FROM RETRENCHMENT IN KWANGSI PARTY

BLAZING R.101.

GRAPHIC TALES BY SURVIVORS

OF CATASTROPHE,

Forty-seven Victims Extricated From

Airship

Wreckage.

AIR MINISTER IDENTIFIED.

While there is every reason to suppose that no explosion occurred aboard the R.101 until the giant airship struck the ground, Air Ministry experts are unable to indicate the cause of the appalling disaster which overtook her near Beauvais in the early hours of yesterday morning. The bodies of forty-seven victims, terribly burned, have been extricated from the debris, includ- ing that of Lord Thomson, the Secretary of State for Air, whose remains were identified. by an article of jewellery.

Fresh details of the catastrophe are com- ing in from time to time; including a graphic story by the officer in charge of navigation at the time of the disaster, Mr. H. J. Leech, who Lord Thomson indicates that difficulties were being

perienced as a result of a terrible storm some minutes before she crashed to destruction.

The passenger victims included:

Lord Thomson,

ex-

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, Squadron Leader Palstra, of the Royal Australian

Air Force,

Squadron Leader O'Neill.. representing the Secre-

tary for India,

end to end in a few seconds,

Undoubtedly, it was the hydrogen gas and not the heavy oil fuel which exploded. The gas valves were found blown out from the wreck.

Sir John Salmond, Chief of the Air Staff, and Colonel Bone, the British Air Attache in Paris, this afternoon visited Mairie, a village near Allonne, where they paid kom. nge to the victims of the disaster, whose coffins had been laid OF tresales, covered with sheets and decked with wreaths,

A number of the coffins have been opened, but no identification has yet been possible.

Navigator's Story.

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MALAYA.

COMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY ALLOWANCES.

REDUCTION POSSIBLE.

As in Hongkong, so in Malaya, retrenchment is in the air. At a meeting of the Legislative Council held in Singapore last week, it was

OVERTURES.

WANT ALLIANCE WITH MUKDEN..

REMOVAL OF MARSHAL CHIANG AGAIN URGED.

announced that H.E. the Governor ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL.

Shanghai, Oct. 5.

(Sir Cecil Clementi) had decided to appoint a Committee to consider the possible reduction of temporary al- lowances to Government servants. A suggestion that the Man- The statement was made by the churian Government should form Colonin! Secretary in the following

a strong coalition by joining

terms:

"In view of the grave trade dehands with the Kwangsi Party pression which has already resulted and other military factions is in the reduction of salaries and contained in a lengthy telegram wages outside Government service by General Li Chung-yen, head and in view of the evidence adduced

that the cost of living has recently of the Kwangsi Party, to Gen- decreased, His Excellency, in his feral Chang Hauch-liang and dual capacity as Governor of thepther Northern leaders advocat- Straits Settlements and High Com-

missioner of the Malay States, hasing the removal of Marshal decided to appoint forthwith a Com-Chiang Kai-shek and the imme- mittee to consider what reduction diate convening of a National should be made in the temporary al-Assembly to settle outstanding Jowances of Government employees,

both on the active and pension lists, disputes between the warring and to advise farther whether any factions. proportion of such temporary al- lowances, and, if so, what propor: tion should be permanently added to the salaries and pensions."

LATEST THREAT TO NANNING.

PEOPLE ASKED TO RISE AGAINST REBELS.

After pledging his sincere ́sup- port to General Chang Hsuch- liang's cabled declaration of Sep- tember 18th, in which the Man- churian Commander-in-Chief ad- vocated the immediate cessation of all civil strife and the holding of a peace conference at Peking, General Li Chung-yen says "that the greatest evil in China at pre- sent is civil war brought about by official corruption and by the sel- fishness of the country's leaders. Chiang Accused.

reason

at

Wuchow, Oct. 4.. Thousands of handbills, print- Mr. H. J. Leech, one of the sur-ed here, are to be scattered by vivors, gives a graphic account of Cantonese aeroplanes on the be-shaf Chiang Kai-shek of permitting Gen. Li Chung-yen accuses Mar- the catastrophe.

sicged, city of Nanning. They the Communist troops to over-run He stated that he was in the read, in part, as follows:

the Yangtsze districts, thus caus- navigation cabin when the airship "Since Chang Hsueh-liang, has ing unprecendented havoc was overtaken by a terrible storm decided to help the Central Goy- Changsha and other in the vicinity of Beauvais. The ernment, China will soon be unit for the sole

big cities, Among the experts of the Royal Airship Works who dangerously and made headway only destroyed. Therefore those who political opponents. The Kwangs airship appeared to be pitching ed and the forces of Yen and Feng armies to make war against his of raising

Wing-Commander Colmore,

very, slowly.

have been persecuted by the re- General also blames He had no idea at what height bels. Li Chung-yen Wang Shao- Chiang Kai-shek for permitting Marshal Colonel Richmond. Director of Airship Development, the airship was flying although he hung and Pei Chung-hsi in Nan- the Sino-Soviet Major Scott,

was navigating, and he had to res'stning, are called upon

disturbances in the force of the wind with all his against their authority and sup- his own.

to arise Manchuria last year for reasons of might...

port the National Government. Otherwise, it will become neces- sary for the Government to bomb the city until all its enemies are exterminated."

perished were:

Squadron Leader Rope,

Major Bishop.

The officers of the airship who lost their lives were:

Captain: Flight Lieut. Irwin.

Navigator: Squadron Leader Johnston.

First Officer: Lieut. Commander Atherstone. Second Officer: Flying Officer Sheff. Meteorologist: Mr. A. Giblett.

The survivors were Mr. H. J. Leech, foreman engineer at the Royal Airship Works, who was one of Colonel Richmond's technical assistants, and who was only slightly injured; four engineers, Messrs. A. V. Bell, J. H. Binks. J. Cook and V. Savory, none of them dangerously injured; a rigger, W. G. Radcliffe, seriously injured: A. Church. fairly seriously injured, and A. Disley, also fairly seriously injured.

TOWN SHAKEN BY EXPLOSION.

Beauvais, Oct..5.

Rain's Share,

Then the airship began to feel The weight of the gain and to rest- pond badly to her motors, which hel ordered to be driven at full speed

Whether this is merely a threat, remains to be seen, but one doubts in order to try to obtain altitude. the ability of the Kwangsi forces The nose of the airship, after dip

Suddenly, the disaster occurred. to hold out much longer. On

Own Correspondent. ping twice, violently struck the top of a small hill.

A terrible explosion followed. Everything began to blaze almost immediately.

Frantic Fight For Life. furling himself against the wall of the navigation cabin, and smash- ing at it with anything that came to hand, he managed to break a hole large enough for him to force. dash through the flames. his way to safety, after a terrible

Lucky Escape.

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NATIONAL DAY OF PORTUGAL

EVENT CELEBRATED IN CANTON.

Canton, Oct. 5. All foreign gunboats in port dressed ship to-day in honour of the Portuguese National Day, 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Republic in Portugal.

Desire for Pence.

The telegram concludes by say- ing that for fifteen years since the establishment of the Republic of China in Peking, China has been devastated by civil war

and at one stage it looked as if the in- tegrity of the Kuomintang Party might be destroyed.

Thanks to the sacrifices and combined efforts of the Kusmin-... tang supporters, the Northern Ex- pedition in 1926 was a 'success," and the Kwangsi General expres ses the hope that all Kuomintang leaders will now realise the use- lessness of pursuing civil strife when by summoning a National Assembly under the auspices of the Kuomintang Party there would

every hope of peace and or der in the country.

1 town, and frightening the children. It has now been ascertained that A terrific wind was blowing at when the disaster occurred only the time, and the inhabitants who,

Battle at Chengchow. Shanghai, Oct. 6. twelve men were engaged in the turned out to watch the craft state Reuter's correspondent at Kien-navigation of the R.101. All the that she seemed to be drifting Binks, who were together when the gal, Senhor Joaquim

Mr. A. V. Bell and Mr. J. H. in the goods, and join the rising.ing states that on September others had gone to bed, most of sideways in the gale.

The Consul General for Portu-

Serious warfare is taking place de Barros at Chengchow, the important mili The Communists directed their munist headquarters in North

17th, a go-between left the Com- them being asleep.

catastrophe occurred, had a most Ferreira da Silva, and Madametary position in the heart of Ho-... attack first on the police station, Fukien for Kinning to make final catastrophe is illustrated by the The tragic suddenness of the

Shock Felt Miles Away.

dramatic escape.

Ferreira de Silva were At Home nan along the Lung-Hai Railway,- and then on one or two important arrangements with

They thought their last moment at the residence of the Portugueseed with the Kuominchun Army where the Nationalist forces clash- Soon afterwards, she passed had come when the reserve water Consulate-General from 11.30 am. during the week-end, in the places of business.

the British discovery this morning in Consul, Mr. Martin. about the engine-room, of one of the en-south

thebehind some rising ground to the tank overhead suddenly burst, ransom of Misses Harrison end gineers, his body almost incinerat-terrific crash shook the houses of hurling them out free of the air-foreign residents of Canton

and an instant later, adrenching them with water, and gathering of Chinese officials and all the foreign merchants and mis- A large and distinguished suburbs of the city. Practically Nettleton.

ed, still clutching a spanner, Chinese troops on September

Beauvais to their foundations, ship unburned.-Reuter 20th

Wassionaries and wealthy Chinese A French eyewitness of

present, as well as members of the families have withdrawn in view the Communist disaster said that when the airship scene of the calamity. attacked

the Beauvais is four miles from the and one woman who was trying headquarters, whereupon the Con- was burning he could see the

Consular Body and foreign naval of the seriousness of the position to put up the shutters was killed. munists, falsely asserting that the bodies of the victims in the cabin plosion, aghastly yellow glare

officers, Immediately following the ex-1 An old man who tried to give go-between had treacherously in-gruesomely reflected by the intense was seen shining in the sky; it mond, accompanied by Air-Commo-Ferreira da Silva proposed the

Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang has left warning to places a little removed stigated the attack, was taken and shot. Details of hostages. other casualties are not clear. The The go-between returned to the local magistrate was not at the Communist camp on September yamen. He was on a visit to the September 23rd with the ransom, district city, Kit-yany, and return-only to learn that he was too late. ed that day by launch. The launch The go-between is now detained by was met by the Communists and the Communista.-Reuter. the magistrate was carried off cap-: tive.

Villages Burned,

shot their

glow.

Victims' Terrible Fate.

NEW RUNNING RECORD.

FRENCH ATHLETE'S FINE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

to confer with Marshal Yen Hai- be on his way to Shansi Province a Chengchow and is understood to

shan on the disposition of the Kusminchun forces.

British Experts On Scene.

London, Oct. 5.

Speaking in English, with Air Chief Marshal Sir John Sal- few well-chosen words Senhor lasted for about five minutes and dore F. V. Holt, the Director of toast of "The President," which then began to die down.

Technical Development, flew this was enthusiastically honoured. In connexion with the question morning to the scene of the R.101 Our Own Correspondent. The half-burned Union Jack which has naturally arisen as to disaster. which was still fluttering at the whether the R.101 had suffered stern of the skeleton airship this any damage prior to the disaster, ing Squadron Leader R. S. Booth, A party of nine experts,. Includ afternoon, has been removed and it is noteworthy that a quantity of the captain of the R.100, flew over British military airship fabric has been picked up from Croydon to -France later in two miles from the wreck. This the day for the purpose of assist- Batches of coffins Are now may have been hurled there by the ing in the collection of informa arriving at Beauvals,, and, the explosion, of course,

tion in regard to the circumstances bodies are being carefully placed

of the accident... Some of are

handed to the

attache.

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shrivelled. that they can fit children's coffins.

Public Enquiry.

ANOTHER FLIGHT TO chun commanders are said to be

AUSTRALIA.

EFFORT TO BEAT HINKLER RECORD.

London, Oct. 5.

Meanwhile, considerable mili tary intrigue is progressing | In" North China where the Kuomin-

offering the control of Honan Pro- vince to General Chang Hauch- liang, whilst they retreat back to. Kansu and Shenal

Shantung's Part.

The Communists withdrew after their attack, but a party of them re. turned in the afternoon. This time

Forewarning of Disaster. The statements of the survivors they were met with resistance and several were shot.

The Shantung Generals, who Troops were

show that the airship dipped

The Air Ministry announces rushed together from neighbouring

The crowds of spectators are larmingly twice before finally that the Air Council propose to started out from Lympne Aero have been instructed by General Flight Lieutenant C. W. Hill are known to be supporters of the centres, including a party on route

ever growing while dozens of falling to earth from a height of loss of the R.101. It will be held machine for Australia, to visit his lock-out for political changes in Manchurian regime at. Peking, Paris, Oct. 5:

arrange a public enquiry into the drome this morning on a Moth Chang Hsueh-liang to be on the to the eight villages in Fungshun, The French runner, Lädomegue,

aeroplanes are flying overhead. about a thousand feet, when she in England, subject to co-ordina-parents in Queensland. He hopes Honan, and General Shih, Yu-shan and a combined force attacked the covered 1,500 metres flat in 3 min. Communist, villages, not far from 49.1/5 secs., thus beating the

was flying at about 55 miles antion with the arrangements which to beat Bert Hinkler's time." Mi-ou, the next morning.world's record of 3 min. 51 secs.

When the R.101 passed over She crashed none first, and the Government

are being made with the French The attack on the arst day was established. by Dr. Otto Peltzer. Beauvais, she was flying extremely explosion followed immediately,

Flight Lieutenant Hill was the bilising troops on the banks of of Northern Shantung is now mo- unsuccessful but they are said to the German runner, at Charlotten-low, and her engines were vory The airship then burst into flames that according to the survivors, war, after feigning madnesschall retrea

A message from Paris states Turkish prison camp during the Honan In the event of a Kuomin hero of a dramatic escape from a the Yellow River, ready to enter (Continued on Page 7.) burg in 1926.-Reuter.

noisy, waking everybody in the which swept the envelope from(Continued on Page 7) Reuter

Beauvais Alarm.

hour