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1930.

SPEECH IN BROKEN WAR ON FORMOSA OIL WELL GUSHER

ABORIGINES.

TAMED.

ENGLISH.

LITVINOFF'S CONFLICT WITH LEAGUE CHAIRMAN.

CHEMICAL CAMPAIGN MAY BE EMPLOYED.

EXCITING SCENES IN OKLAHOMA.

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Geneva, Nov. 6.

BURNING OF FOREST.

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Oklahoma, Nov. 2

Because the head-hunters' na- "We are about to produce a tural allies rain. jungle, cliffs After a bitter battle which revolutionary change in the and chams-are making civiliza-raged for 72 hours Wild Morgan. greatest oil well world," predicted Lord Cecil, in tian's ordinary tools for killing the world's a speech at the seventh session of ineffective, the Japanese expedi-gusher, was tamed to-day.

A weary crew, reinforced by the Preparatory Disarmament tion fighting the savage aboroginės Commission, which opened under of Formosa may resort to chemi-literally hundreds of National the chairmanship of Heer Lou-cals according to a Press despatch Guardsmon, succeeded in placing a 4,000 pound cap on the gusher, don (Netherlands) to-day.

from Tokyo. The principal British delegate, Although the expedition has shutting off the flow of crude oil however, counselled against undue made progress against the tribes which for three days shot high haste and said he would favour men, capturing one savage strong-into the air at the rate of 125,000 compromises. on any wints of dif-hold Saturday and another later, barrels a' day,

The guards in the four miles It is finding that the round-up of ference.

Later M. Litvinoff, the Soviet the elusive aboriginés to punish danger zone about Wild Morgan But the fire delegate, came into conflict with them for the massacre at Alusha were reduced when the two ton Heer Loudon a second time on the is no easy task. The job is far cap was placed.

While people are subject of the non-translation of from completed, for the tribes-menace in the oil saturated area M. Litvonoff's speech, which filled men, making full use of their na-is still neute. nine typed pages, resurrecting the fural advantages, are grimly re-slowly returning to the homes they Soviet proposals for more drastic slsting their Japanese enemies. disarmament.

Kains Hinder.

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evacuated when Wild Morgan tore loose traffic, hammering, or any cruse other activity likely to sparks is still prohibited.

For many days it will be neces

M. Litvino had been called to i order previously for starting this Rain storms have partly immo- long dissertation notwithstanding bilized the Japanese aircraft.sary to maintain precautions the Commission's decision abstain from a general discussion while mountain artillery and ma-against a disastrous conflagration. and to concentrate on the Articles chine-guns are unable to reach the It is estimated that the fires, loss primitive warriors in their hiding of oil, damage to warehouse goods of the Draft Convention.

The chairman refused to allow places in jungles and mountain and cessation of industry caused by the eruption of Wild Morgan Litvinol's speech to be translated caves.

"Because the topography large-has cost more than $500.000.

Many of the National Guards- into French, whereupon journ.

ly rullifes air bombing and other alists walked out.

said a dis-men called out for emergency duty The Soviet chief delegate made offensive weapons."

Others his speech in broken English and ten received by the ministry of because of the anties of the gusher I was net translated into French overseas affairs, "our troops are have been demobilized.

considering the use of chemicals."are still on duty, aiding fremen, owing to its length.

"In order to minimize losses, the police and state troopers to patrol Britain submitted permitting the signatories tem-expedition is planning to burn the the danger area.

peace forests in which the enemy is hid- porarily to increase their

"said another dispatch, time armaments beyond the agreed. figures, if menaced by an organised rebellion, subject to the consent of the Council; also a proposal to establish a permanent Disarmament Committee (whose members should be independent of their govern-

Japanese had a charge uphill to During the three days of Wild ments) to supervise the working of each the place and it took them Morgan's spree the flow of oil was the Convention, and report annual-almost 24 hours to capture itcurried as far as Oklahoma's state They began their attack at 3 p.m. capitol, two miles north of the vne day

and took the village at four square miles danger area. 1.30 p.m. the next, while the several hundred warriors who had been defending it retreated into the nearby hills and valleys. "After the victory the Japanese complete- ly burned the village. The loss of two Japanese officers was re- ported to the government, but the! other casualties were not specifi- ed.

ly to the League-Reuter.

TERRIBLE FIRE IN CHAPEI.

28 CHINESE KILLED AND 70 INJURED.

Fire broke out in a factory for uniforms in making soldiers'

Road Chapel, near Markham

Bridge, on Sunday afternoon and

Village Burned.

For one or two miles on each side of the gusher buildings are thickly coated with crude oil. Fumes from the well still hang Air- area. a wide heavy over One savage stronghold captured planes are still prohibited from conquered was the village of Maheboying over the now six miles east of Musha.

The gusher.

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AN ATTRACTIVE CONCERT.

VARIED PROGRAMME LAST EVENING.

In her efforts to provide a varied Festival of Heads,

programme. Mrs. H: A. Stewart According to an official report to was most successful at last night's 28 persons lost their lives while 70 the ministry of overseas affairs, fortnightly concert at the Helena persons received injuries of various the savages held a “festival

of May Institute. The inclusion of a degrees,

Seven machines from Chapel re-heads" at Mahebo on Friday night, novel item or two made a break- sponded but it was some hours be making a pile of heads of the vic away from the ordinary run of con- fore they had the fire under continus of the Musha massacre and cert programmes. The hall was trol. The principal factory build-dancing and chanting around them. well filled, and these entertainments It appears that the conflict may promise to be as popular as they ing, three supplementary buildings: and 28 houses were partially debe of long duration, as a result of were last season.

which further artillery and ma Mrs. R. H. Gregory gave two stroyed.

from achine-gun units have been ordered operatic numbers that were wel! The fire

caused Was

suited to her strong soprand. She cigarette, it is believed, which set to reinforce the expedition.

Owhy to increasing casualties pleased with her rendering cotton waste alight in the main building. Before the flames were among the Japanese, 500 steel hel-Verdi's well known Ave Maria seen, they had got beyond control, mets have been ordered to be sent to from the opera "Othello."

Among the uncommon touches, to Within a short period, the stair the front from Taikoku, the capital)

of Formosa.

the programme was the effort of was cut off and the employees most-

The Japanese say that it is im-Bandsmuan W. Hunt, of the Argyll ly women, who were isolated above,

the abori-and Sutherland Highlanders, who jumped from windows. During the possible to know panie many were crushed on the gines' losses because the tribesmen did well in some difficult fingering stairs, the others receiving frac- carry off their dead whenever pos-on the saxophone. The quick pas tures and bruises after they jump sible, but it was estimated that sages of Beethoven's Minuet in G. they had suffered at least 80 killed and "La Cinquantaine" on that in- and many wounded prior to Satur-strument made an interesting com- parison with the more-often-heard day's attack.

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