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REBEL COUP D'ETAT BELGIAN JOURNAL DRASTIC CHANGES PALESTINE ISSUE

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IN BRAZIL.

UP IN ARMS.

BRITISH WREATH-LAYING PROPOSALS.

HECTIC SCENES IN RIO GERMANY'S COMMENT.

DE JANEIRO.

Brussels, Oct. 21.

The Nation Beige is most indig nant about the proposals of the British Government to rense wreath-laying at the tombs of Unknown Warriors during official

PRESIDENT LUIS RESIGNS AFTER visits to varions capitals.

HOLDING OUT FOR HOURS.

GARRISON DEFECTION.

The journals. says that "even if the Labour Covernment has no memory, others have.

It may icon Mr. Ramsay MacDonald to deny our dead. but that is no reen for us to abandon the duty of laying flowers at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier of Greal

Britain.Renter,

Berlin, Oct, 2-1. The newspapers make no vom-

Extinction

of

IN SOUTH.

LI CHAI-SUM MAY

BE CHIEF.

RUMOURS THAT HE IS NOW IN CANTON.

SINO-SOVIET BREAK.

TO FORE.

STRONG CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT,

DEBT OF HONOUR.

London, Oct. 24. Increasing opposition to the Government's decision regarding Palestine is being manifested at home and abroad.

Mr. Baldwin, Sir Austen Cham- berlain and Mr. L.M.S. Amery yesterday jointly sent a letter to The Times expressing "deep' con- cern" at the Government's action.

Shanghai, Oct. 24. Possibilities of drastic changes in the political and military administration of South China including Canton and Wuchow, fare evidenced by Japanese

reports stating that the Nacking of a speech to-day, expressed the . Mr. Lloyd George, in the course Government is seriously con- opinion that the decision was ap templating the appointment ofparently a breach of national Marshal. Li Chai-sum, erstwhile faith. He added that the Balfour Chairman of the

Military Declaration was a gesture by the Kwangsi, as chief of these two Government of Kwungtung and Allies at a critical moment in the war to secure Jewish goodwill. southern Provinces.

He hoped the Government would reconsider the matter.-Reuter. Pretoria, Oct. 24. General Smuts, who Cabinet at the time of the Balfour member of the Imperial Declaration, has cabled to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald expressing deep, perturbation over the dezi- sion.

A Provisional Government, organised by a Military Junta, is now in charge of affairs in Brazil. President Laisment upon the British Govern resigned yesterday morning after hours of resistance to the ment's proposd beyond headlines demands of General Barreto, the garrison commander of such "The

BAN Rio de Janeiro, who, with other high army officers, suddenly | Hatred."

The present Civil Governor of decided to join the insurgents, and effected a coup etni while) British initiative in this matter

Canton, General Chur Ming-shu. Rio was sleeping.

is welcomed i

may be appointed as nief of the Government An appeal for a suspension of hostilities has now been gireles as step towards Nanking, a post formerly held by Military Training Department at issued, but the enlmination of the insurrection was marked encouraging peace in the mind o

Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's chief by scenes of gravé disorder. Senator Azavedo is reported to the new generation.

lieutenant, General Ho Ying-ching. 'have been, stoned by a mob and seriously injured, while gangs

of rufans completely wrecked the offices of newspapers loyalexample will be followed by other

They hope that the Britis to the Federal Government, Shops and residences have been termir

of Germanga . barricaded.

healing

Af WAP wounds ani

Chemins

Which has no Unknown Soldier

The collapse of the Federal Government came as a Reeter. complete surprise. It was only two days ago that Washington - placed an embargo upon the supply of arms and ammunition to any in Brazil but the Federal Government, and this was interpreted as a bid for Brazilian trade. The Federal Govern- ment has expressed confidence of its ability to meet the situation, but a false trust was placed in the loyalty of the. Rio garrison and the Navy.

PEACE PROCLAMATION ISSUED.

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shops and residences in many places have been barricaded. These hectic scenes were

LOCAL SOLICITOR'S ·

ACCIDENT.

FIFTEEN-FEET FALL FROM

VERANDAH.

His large circle of friends will be glad tu learn that. fol lowing the serious accident which befell him on Monday, Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones, of the well-known New York, Oct. 21.

firm of solicitors, Mesars, Wilkin- After days without reliable in-

son and Grist, is slightly better. formation of the insurrection in

He fell 15 feet from a balcony Brazil, the news of the overthrow

fotof his residence at the Peak, on of the Government and the events flowed by a Proclamation by the to encrete paving, and as a result leading up to the resignation of revolutionary leaders appealing, he received a fracture of the skull, President Washington Luis have to both sides to "join the peace and is now a patient at the Peak een unfolded with startling movement" and to suspend hostili- Hospital. His condition, which swiftness..

thes The Prurlammation invites caused some anxiety earlier in the Yesterday, all appeared to be yarmus plenipotentiaries to con-week, is showing some improve- quiet in the capital, but to-day's fer with the Provisional Government, and it is hoped that he will

ubles from Rio de Janeiro reveal ment to grazie a progranine for soon be out of danger, that a coup d'etat was effected in the pacifration of the country. the early hours of this morning.

Shortly after midnight, military police and troops rushed towards he President's Palace and divert ad all trafle from the vicinity.

General's Demand.

General Barrete, the commander of the Rio de Janeiro garrison. acting in the name of "The Civili and Military Committee had: udience with the President and femanded his resignation.

President Luis resolutely refused for

many hours to resign or to transfer his powers to Godofre de Cunha, the head of the Supreme Court, who is legal successor in such an eventuality,

The Vice-President. also the Vice-President of the Senaté amii the President of the Chamber are ngligible.

Finally, President Lais

say.

Military Leaders' Coup.

gave

The explanation of the sudden collapse of the Federal Govern-

nent's resistance in the

revolu

Jonaries is revealed in messages 'rom Rio de Janeiro, via Pernambuco. .

These show that the resignation

Son Paulo Incidents."

Shortly afterwards, the citizens of San Paulo, another Federal Government stronghold. were suddenly thrown into an uproar

President Luis.

of the Government followed by the arrival of a revolutionary ovolt at the Military School of army, which opened a bombard-| Jadets led by several high Army ment on the Government Palace, ffcors, while the Navy also join- which they captured, later hojal- id the insurgents,

ing a white flag.-Router's Ameri-i It is announced that a Military con Service. lunta, headed by Senhor, Tusso

Porto Alegre, Oct. 24. Fragoso and General Barreto, hus, The headquarters of the Brazi- aken over the reigns, of govern-lian insurgents, which is establish- nent following the resignation of ed at Porto Alerge, has issued a President Lula, which the Civil statement announcing that Pre- ind Military Committee enforced sident Luis has fled. The Vice luring the morning,

U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF.

£96,000,000 TO BE SPENT ON NEW PUBLIC WORKS,

New York, Oct. 21. It is announced that public works [costing £90,000,000 (G$150,000,- 1000) will be approved in Novem- der us a stimulus to industry and

as a reluf to unemployment.

President floover has announced that it is unnecessary to summon

Canton Governor.

The Secretary of the State Coun.

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With the closing of the public

don't think that I will, but what beaches, we've seen the last pose

about you having the other half? of summer.

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A Government servant named

Skew,

Said "I'm glad, they've adjusted

my screw."

Till the Council upspake, "Let's play Put and Take,' "Then the newspapers

change their view:"

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A reader interprets the new salary scheme announced last Monday as meaning that Civil Servants won't get so much as they have been, but still à great deal more than they want.

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Another reader draws attention to the large number of fishy- you're on the level.

It's easier to climb higher when looking people to be seen on our. streets these days. Maybe this explains the suggestion, that the Colony should start an aquarium, O D To-day's simile:-As rare the soldier who hasn't written a novel about the Great War.

of

ns. money doesn't go so far as Talking of the high cost it used to-but it still goes.

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If there'd been a tax

the Budget speeches wouldn't have been quite so long.

maybe

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It's

แก unkind world.

One woman this week told another that "you're only a Thieves entered a house recent- Crow."

servant af. the and tied up the cook-boy. That's one way of securing a The admission of ladies to the Servant..

Hongkong Club will be officially OD

celebrated on Guy Fawkes Day. of the proposed taxes, but they compliment by entertaining mule Unoticials on Montag tried to will indeed be a delicate tribute get the Government to remit some if the ladies return the, graceful couldn't budge it.

members on April 1st!

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Asking some people to take

back

seat means they'll

Declaration represents a debt of honour which must be fully dis- take affront. charged at all costs:---Reuter,

He declares that the Balfour a

Jerusalem, Oct. 24: The local Arab newspaper Felas tin describes the British Govern

eit at Nanking. Mr. Keo Ying-fan, who is now visiting Canton to con-. fer with the Canton Government. may be appointed to the post of Civil Governor of Canton in succes- sion to General Chan Ming-shu, according to the Japanese reports.

In the absence of confirmationment's statement of policy in Pales concerning the appointment dari tine as "a great Arab victory." and shai Li Chai-sum, the Jyanese re-declares that the Balfour Declara- ports add that an official tion is dead. There will be no more immigration and no more land for the Jews,

It calls upon the Arabs. to co- operate (presumably with the Gov- crnment) for the completion of their independence.-Reuter

PALMURATION=49CESSARIZONATE

LONG-DISTANCE FLIERS INCINERATED.

Plane Crashes into House and Bursts into Flames.

OTHER DEATHS FEARED.

Paris, Ort, 24.

A shocking tragedy occurred at Le Bourget to-day when two aviators, Gilbert Lane' and Pier Nichlast Silverbaum, at- tempting a flight

10 Ad- disababa and back, crashed on starting.

virren1 Were

The aeroplane fell in to a Bear-by house and burst into flame. Both burned to death.

The house caught fire and althought appliances from: several Fire Stations rushed. to the scene. it is feared that' other fatalities will be reveal- ed---Bruter.

In special session of Congrass to dea? | announcement will be made by the

with unemployment or any other subject-Beuter.

PARAGUYAN LEADER

MURDERED.

ASSAILANT ALSO - KILLED IN EXCHANGE OF SHOTS.

a revolver and there was an ex- elange of shots. Ilis assailant was shot dead.

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Reuter's American Service.

Later..

Nanking State Council in the not distant future. Meanwhile all Nanking spokesmen av reticent concerning these rumours.

Hongkong rumours are that Li | Chai-sum is already in Canton. |

The Soviel. Dispute.

Following the repeated protests from the Kuomintang organisations

ANOTHER MOTOR CAR STOLEN.

AUSTIN SEVEN DISAPPEARS FROM CITY,

Mr. D. M. Goodall, of Messrs. Lane, Crawford. Ltd., has reported to the police this morning that his Austin Seven car. No. 250, has been stolen from the lane by the side of Exchange Building, where it was left parked. The theft was dis- covered just before ten o'clock.

This is the second case of car theft reported this week, the other report coming from Kowloon, where i Mr. B. de Souza reported that he had an Austin Seven car stolen on Thursday, from near the Star Ferry. A brief police notification this morning, however, states that the car has since been recovered.

YOUNG MAN'S LAST FLING.

SUICIDE'S LETTER TO THE WORLD IN GENERAL,

Shanghai, Oct. 25. After spending five nights

الله

The dificulty

of getting on with that cir- cular road on the mainland is

inat we haven't the money to go round.

២ ០ In Kowloon one touch of scandal makes the whole place chin.

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Sweet Young Thing: this tipatick Fisi-proof? Drug Store Clerk: miss. Would you like a de- monstration?

Revised Proverb:-The hand

Yes.

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It's

it

good

thing to

pick

your friends, but not to pieces.

Scientists, we read, are still trying to split · the

molecule. Their slogan,

ne doubt, is "Up guards, and atom!"

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Now is about the time when our bathing

girls begin to

care a wrap.

According to a writer, England that rocks the gear-lever rules the is the most musical nation in the road.

Britannia rules the

A contemporary contends that, Hongkong's prosperity is attribu- zable to its free port. Mac

world. staves!

Nature Notes:-Autumn is here, and but a few lingering specimens

Whirter says he always has to pay of the lesser gasbill remain. In for his.

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It's suggested an aquarium We build,

the New Territories one may yet espy an elusive tapdribbler, whose soft notes are so liquid that the superfluous moisture has to be

A Home for local wonders of periodically removed by the The deep;

Whose crystal tanks for ever Would be filled,

With the nasty things which

sometimes

Spoil our sleep.

Lobsters, crayfish, prawns and Even oysters.

Eels and crabs and staring

Octopi.

All behind the glass 'neath Dolphined cloisters, Gazing at the crowds with Faces wry.

Why some people wish to see Them captured

All alive, we cannot. Understand;

When they can be satisfied- Enraptured.

If they buy them ready-cooked And canned!

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P.W.D.

We are surprised that the Chinese woman who told another that she had a "face like thunder" didn't add that she had an appeal- ing voice!

.

At the annual meeting of the Ladies' Section of the Golf Club on Wednesday, anonymous critics were putt in their right place.

There was a young man of

Milwaukee

Whose voice

squawky,

waa

decidedly

But, being well groomed And expensively boomed,

He won fortune and fame in a

talkie.

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Curiously enough, in # golf

A popular tune can be killed in championship correspondence con-

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We understand that some-one

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'who holes out in oneW.P.B.!

We should have thought that the

In order to qualify for local "A" licences, the art of gliding should be mastered. This refers If wives knew what steno- to air-stunting and must not be graphers think of their husbands, confused with the winter party

pastime of stair-hunting! 口口

Nanking Government would remain they wouldn't worry. firm, said Mr. Wang, In repudiating

all over the country demanding entertaining sing-song girls at the two ways, and the nextdoor neigh- test, the editor is the only man maintenance of a firm stand by Shang Shien Hotel, Chow Hu-wenbour knows both of them. Asuncios Oct. 24.

dentist, addressed The Finance Minist or of Para-Nanking to repudiate the Khar (27), a

Protocol, guay, Senhor Ayala, was shot and barovsk

the Foreign lengthy letter to the world in seriously wounded by a man who Affairs Committee of the Nanking general, advising young men not attacked him. Senhor Ayala drew Central Political Council conferred to degrade themselves by following was decidedly shirty in the office very exercise of swinging a ntblick yesterday and decided to break off his example, and then swallowed our most dignified local contem- out in the wide open spaces would have toughened the skins of even negotiations with the Soviet Gov- poison. He was found dead yes-porary on Tuesday morning.

O O ernment at the Moscow Conference terday afternoon and the inquest

the fair sex against anonymous Some of our local motorists criticism. for the settlement of the Chinese revealed that he rented a room on Eastern Railway dispute. The Sunday night and then spent until should be doctors. After dark Senhor Ayala has died of the Nanking Government threatens to Friday morning surrounded by they have a wonderful roadside wound inflicted by his assailant-publish a detailed account in the sing-song girls and wine bottles.manner.

newspapers of China and abroad Our Own Correspondent. concerning the preliminary confer- DEATH OF NOTED U.S. ences at Moscow, with the idea of

exposing the Soviet Government. ARTIST.

Harbin telegrams state that General Mo Teh-hul's chief see retary returned to Harbin this mor- ning, thus confirming the reported intention of General Mo, the chief Woodstock (N. Y.), Oct. 24. Chinese delegate, to return to received the German Minister to Poland has decided to erect a

Racketeers in Chicago have just The death is announced of Mr. China. General

Mo's secretary China this morning. The German radio station at Rasin that will bombed their third beauty shop, Robert Winthrop Chanler, the will submit a report of the details Minister is on a visit to Nanking "drown" rival stations. This Well, those fellows may have noted artist and former husband of the conference to the Man-to confer with Mr. Wang on out-looks like Rasin Cain.

their own ideas as to how to lift of Lina Cavallari, the operatic [churian Government. :

faces. standing problems between the two | singer.—Reuter's American Ser-

countries.

After the war to end wars, “Some motoriste," sayaa vice.

Nanking circles state that Sir what's wrong with a peace-at-any- writer, "consider reckless driving Miles Lampson, the British Minis- price Volunteers' parade to end nothing but a joke Perfectly Gangs of rioters ran through retire at the end of his four years for years. The recent insurrec-terviewed by newspaper corres- again some time in November to

ter to. China, will visit Nanking parades?

killing, in fact the streets. They wrecked of office shortly. Brazil's politition is regarded as the outcome pondents concerning the Sino-Soviet confer with the Chinese Minister to

in fact Federal newspaper offices, and cal waters were exceedingly, tur- of the severe economic all, down-town traffic was bulent when he took over the Pre- sion, which has affected all South Nanking Government had been Minister to China may also visit aquarium. Evidently in these This makes us wonder why there There has been some criticism The United States epent three- depres friction, said this morning that the the extrality issue. The French of the proposal to have a local million dollars on liquor last year. brought to a standstill. Dis-sidency, but within six months they American countries alike.--Reuters advised by General Mo Teh-hul the Nationalist capital at about hard times one cannot offer tanks should be all this agitation against orders are still feared and were calmer than they had been American Service.

to break off the negotiations. The the same time

for such a suggestions

Rebel Leader Greeted. Immediately after his signature ad been obtained the insurgent eader, General de Castro, amid cenes of frenzied excitement, Issumed charge of the situation.)

President, Dr. Fernando Mello Viana, has been arrested, while Senator Azavedo was stoned by a moo and seriously injured.

Soon To Retire.

The President, Dr. Washington Luis Pereffa. a Sousa; was due to

HUSBAND OF OPERATIC

SINGER.

Minister Interviewed..

The Nanking Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr.. C. T. Wang, when in-

A reader wants to know what

income. Ask a Civil Servant.

the Kharbaroyek Protocol signed Britain's new policy in Palestine between the Manchurian and Soviet is considered to be very could be described as an ideal Governments.

Injewdicious.

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The Nanking Foreign Minister

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