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FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931.

日三十月四

MIXOLN COFT 10 CENTS

BALLOONIST'S STORY OF GREAT ADVENTURE.

PROFESSOR PICARD.

SABOTAGE

ON RAILWAY.

TEN MILES COLOSSAL

ABOVE

THE EARTH.

Never Felt in

Attempt to Wrecking

Express.

Danger.

Berlin, May 28.

account

STORM

FISCAL

DEFICIT. HAVOC IN CONTROVERSY.

U.S. Government's BRITAIN.

Shortage.

£200,000,000!

Washington, May 28. While it has been understood | for some time past that the!

000.

AIR-LINERS' BATTLES.

Government would Boat

Rescues in Wales.

POLITICAL BATTLE

BEGINNING.

10,000 MEETINGS IN 6 MONTHS,

London, May 28. There is every prospect that af

keen pulitical controversy will

take place in Britain on the fiscal question during the next few

montha.

A Convention of Liberal Party delegates will be held in London to morrow in consider plans for a campaign throughout the country in favour of Free Trade. in jslated that before the end of the year over 10,000 meetings will be

STRENGTH

FORT

DUNLOP

The Time of Rugged Strungth

LOCAL BRANCH,

Padder Bldg.

SUN FO'S STRIKING

MANIFESTO.

ROUND CONDEMNATION OF CHIANG,

THE PATIENCE OF THE PEOPLE NOW WORN OUT.

ROUNDLY condemning Marshal Chiang Kai-shek for illegally detaining Mr. Hu Han-min, and declaring that the whole nation is rising against the Dictatorship exercised by the Nanking leader, Mr. Sun Fo, who has... accepted a responsible position in the new "National Government" formed in Canton, has addressed a momentous message to Nanking.

The full text followal

"Since you were Impeached by

uf parts the Supervisory Committee, you felt DEATH OF MR. G. R.

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Given up at one time for dead, and as likely to float for American days, perhaps for weeks or have to face a tremendous de- months, in his balloon forty ficit at the end of the financial | or fifty thousand feet above year, the figures published to- Depur L

London, May 28. the earth, until some chance day by the Treasury

ment have caused no little as-

The terrific thunderstorm caused a rent in the gas-beg, tonishment by the magnitude of which struck the West of Professor Picard, the Bel- the loss in revenue.

England so violently yester- gian scientist, gave a thrill- The total deficit of the United

day extended its sway last addressed by Liberals on this sub-the four members of the National. of his ex-Staton in admitted to be over a

night and in the early hours jeet in various billion dollars ($1,000,000,000),

of this morning, sweeping country.

|that this was a matter which |periences to eager pressmen the equivalent of abuat £206,000,- |

over the southern counties. The Conservative lenders have should be settled by the Party and to-day.

ແຕ intensive cam- have requested me to use my The British defeit

London did not get the full also planned

Είδος Till daylight this morning,

paign. The leader of the party,

offices to bring about there was no news whatever of only £23,000,000, and the Ameri- violence of the storm, although Mr. Stanley Baldwin, will address peaceful settlement.

the cityfour meetings in June, while Mr. the adventurous aeronauts and can figures seem to justify Mr. number of houses in

during the were struck by lightning, suffer- Nevills Chamberlain, Sir Snowiten's argument

Austen it was regarded as certain that Budget debate that no other coun- ing some slight damage.

Chamberlain. Lord Hailsham, Sir disaster had overtaken them,try in the world was able to show Twa corgo air-liners made Arthur Steel Maitland. Mr. Win the general belief being that the such a good result as Great Bri- forced landings during the storm.ston Churchill and several other sealed gondola was a death-traptain in the face of the most seri- One was the Imperial Airways' prominent members have arrang and that Professor Picard and pus industrial depression the moliner, the City of Melbourne, which ed to take part.---British Wireless his companion must have been dern world has known.

was bound for Paris with news- The U. S. deficit is ascribed to suffocated.

About noon, however, the Swiss colossal decrease in income tax papers from Croydon. Aviation Bureau at Berne received receipts, owing to the trade de- The sene of the sabotage was a telephone message to the effect pression. close to the spit where the express; that the balloon had come down on! was derailed two years ago with a glacier on the Orlz Alps, disastrous results, heavy casual-

ELEVENTH-HOUR

DISCOVERY.

Bucharest, May 28. Just before the Simpleti-Orient express was due to pass, twelve yards of the railway line were found to have been deliberately displaced near Slatina.

ties occurring.

Scepties Confounded,

It is understood that the Tren- sury is contemplating the early is sue of a large long-term loan to meet the deficit, this obviating the need for an increase in taxation.

The police are engaged in a Even at this time. little hope which would be likely to prove del miscreants, and was entertained that the occupants trimental to Republican chances in search for the troops are now guarding the track would be found alive, their fate the 1932 election.--Reuter'a Ameri-

some time cap Serrier.. The catastrophe in 1929 which being uncertain for took a terrible toll of life, was owing to the inargessibility of the attributed to Bulgarian Imandits, ispit, the great Gurg Gacler. ; who were alleged to have crossed near Pirch, in the Austrian Tyrol

Later, however, it was reported SHANGHAI YACHTS' the border-Renter,

that a tesein party which made itsiz way post-haste to the scene, had 12 M. found Professor Picard

SUNKEN EGYPT'S Kipt alive, but unconscious,

TREASURE.

VENTURE.

Rome. May 27. Undeterred by the fate of hers

with predecessor which blew up the loss of 14 lives when operations! were becoming most promising, the Italian salvage steamer, Artiglio I has left to renew the attempt in the treasure to recover the Liner "Egypt," which sank in 68 fathoms of Ushant.

The divers have alrealy rerover. ed the safe containing the key of the treasure room which contains à hoard of gold and silver.

A message from Vienna later. confirmed the glad tidings, slating" that Picard and Kipte landed: safely, near Merana last night.

The scientific, instruments

hermetically ried in the gondola were undamaged in crash on the glacier.

Honours Conferred.

FEAT.

AMATEURS MAKE TRIP TO NAGASAKI

bas

not yet

been

The machine was forced down near Luton and the under- carriage was damaged. For tunately, the airmen escaped without injuries.

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JOHANNESBURG MURDER.

PORTUGUESE OFFICIAL FOUND SLAIN.

Sun's Fret Step.

"On the 6th instant I sent you tolegram suggesting the Im- mediate release of Hu Han-min, other questions to be adjusted later. This idea I communicated to the comrades in Canton in message on the 8th to which they agreed:

EDWARDS.

POPULAR RESIDENT DIES

IN ENGLAND.

33 YEARS' SERVICE.

Many residents will hear with the deepest regret of the death in England of Mr. George R. Edwards, for many years associat ed with Meaars. Dodwell and Co.

"Up to this day 1 have not received a single word from you in Hongkong and Japan, who left nor have you made a single utter-the Colony In May of last year,

owing to ill-health. jance which would indicate aby re- The seconit machine which

The late Mr. Edwards, who was pentance over your illegal deten- found itself unable to withstand

tion of Mr. Hu. On the other Cornishman, first came to the hand you persist in deceiving the Dodwell and Co. in Kobe.

East i 1898, joining Messrs. the battle with the elements was

Two a French Air Union machine which

Capetown, May 27. people, making them believe that the alorm encountered

The murder of a Portuguese Mr. Hu is a free man and that he years later, he came to Hongkong and had remained in the Colony journey from tympne to Paris. Government official, Dr. Rodcreige, resigned on account of Illness. Driven back, the pilot managed to who was recently found shot dead You try to belittle the movement until going Home last

having thus

been in the service skirt the centre of the gale and a ditch at Johannesburg is in Canton; your self-aggrandize-the Company for 33 years. For a

with the revolutionment has not abated in the least. hamshire..

time, he was in the firm's ship which it is reported has broken landed at Amersham in Bucking-conte

ping department in Hongkong, but Chiang's Husion. out at Portuguese East Africa.

the Lightning Causes Fires,

fater he was transferred to The Johnshary Stur states

You still have the illusion that United Asbestos Oriental Agency Considerable damage was done that

of the prominent in the Western counties and Wales, residents

can do every-Co., Ltd., of which he was Secre and deportees from money and power Several buildings were struck by Portugal have been arrested and thing; that statecraft is deceit tary until the winding up of the and intrigue. You still persist in Company Home litle time ago. lightning and in some cases fires rigid censorship established.

-then-served-in-Dadwell's office using dictatorial methods, not; resulted, but no loss of life from

11, was thought at first that the knowing that there is such a things accountant, and throughout the The most motive for the murder was robbery this rause is reported. serious dantage was the result of but as Dr. Rodereige was proneer as moral force which is pulling whole of his association with the tor in lohambane, the reported down into the abyss from movement against you is nation- the main streets were impass the newspapers suggest that he was

The Hu Han-min incident wide. able, and business premises ¦ followed to Johannesburg by

merely kindled the fire. suffered damage to stocks from political enemies and murdered. severe flooding.

gome

In several towns and villages, storm centre of the disturbances which you cannot get out. The ablpany he was known most

in

PLOT TO SLAY MUSSOLINI.

worn

and efficient worker, very popular with his superiors and colleagues alike.

Shortly after he arrived Home last year, he was admitted to a You have

out the nursing home in London, but he patience of the people. All the later moved to his home in unfortunate civil wars of the Whitstable, where he passed away

Wednesday. He leaves past two years were due to on your selfishness in trying to widow, son and daughter, for whom the deepest sympathy will satisfy the wild ambitions of be felt. His son, who A an offcer in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, was

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Shanghai, May 29. East Saturday, two Shanghai ANOTHER ITALIAN being safe and well after reaching achter, the adros and the choll

an altitule of 16,900 metres.

lon., sailed from Shanghai for floods. This is nearly four thousand Nagasaki with amateur crews,

News verived from

Nagashki metres higher than man has ever reached before, and is only a this morning stated that the beli- few duzen yards short of the don arrived safely at 8.15 a.m., but ten miles, which was Professor the Nirados

The storm created great havoc Piers objective.

sighted.

in Wales. Several rivers burat Later. car- The Nirados arrived at Nagasaki their banks and flooded houses in sealed at 19.30 p.m.

the towlying districts of Pont- Monmouthshire. thel Both the yachts are of 26 tons, nowynydd

dictator. yacht measurement, and most on These had to be abandoned during lourd are merabers of the Shanghai the night by their secupants who

You manipulated things your-in Hongkong for a period of three Yacht Club. The crew of the Cheilere temporarily accommodated DEATH SENTENCE

self. After they occurred, we years, going Home about eighteen, Immediately new of their safe Eden, which sails under the German in a local cinema.

FOR ANARCHIST. tolerated them the best we could,¦ months ago. In some cases it was neces descent had reached Brussels, tag, were Messrs. H. Aust (owner)

always hoping that you would sary to use rowing bouts to was announced that the King of H. C. Brown, J. G. B, Dewar and

Roine, May 28, soon wake up and be able to co- rescue people trupped in their the Belgians had conferred the A. Graham

The trial houses in Clun Valley on the

of the Sardining operate and bring about peace and One the Nirates, which Bies the Order of Leopold upon Profsesor

anarchist. Schirru. who

was unity so that your real services Welsh border. Picard, and had made his assialnut, the American flag. were

charged with plotting an attempt might atone for your misdeeds. Kipic, a Kaight of the Order. E. M. Allison (owner), W. D. M. The heaviest damage was done to assassinate Signor Mussolini.

Nofl, J. R. Milligan and C. B. Baiat Abergavenny.

Four Qualities. was enneluded to-day, a verdict of In an interview with Reuterikie. The three hist-uamed, who people are

land-guilty being recorded. later, the Professor said that ure British, signed papers as mem- slides of considerable proportions the only discomfort they experi-bers of an American crew and a fare reported, enced during their historic cepted a minimum wage of one Lucal railway services were ini

the lack of fresh cent, American gold, a day. night was

same enses dislocated, and rond i This is the Brst time that yachts transport suffered water.

over a wide Paris, May 27,

feel They did not

themselves have made this trip. The distance area, the night motor-couch ser- While the Spanish Government

between Shanghai and Nagasaki,vices from London to the West of to be in danger at any time. would sooner see Klug Alfonso at

The temperature inside the in a direct line, is 467 miles-Re-England being among those the North Pole, it does not oppose gondola was about forty degrees ter. his residence on the French Rivera Centigrade. In the stratosphere! lespite its close proximity to Spain, provided he holds himself outside, the temperature was 85. degrees below freezing point Centi-; aloof from politics.

xrude.

:

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REPUBLIC AND ALFONSO.

WISH HIM AT THE NORTH POLE.

This was stated at an interview with Senor Lerroux, the Spanish Foreign Minister, who is leaving' for Madrid after'n brief stay here on his way home from Geneva.

BRITISH LADY NOW SAFE.

AMERICANS DECLINE TO LEAVE КАСНЕК.

Messrs

SHIP'S OFFICER'S TRAGIC END.

WORRIED BY LACK OF A JOB.

suspended.

where

homeless and

Camps Flooded Out.

many

The camps of various units of

|

The Judge passed sentence of death--Reuter,

LADY, AIR TOURIST OFF AGAIN.

The late Mr. Edwards was, in his earlier days, a keen yachts-

maa, but he will be best remem- bered in Hongkong as a very enthusiastic lawn bowler. He was one of the early members of the

Kowloon Bowling Green. In the article appearing in The Club, and in 1911 he won the Central Daily News. (Nanking) Colony's open championship, being mentioned the four great qualities runner-up ten years later,

не of Dr. Sun to be:Justice, Sin- was prominently associated with cerity, Loyally, Tolerance,

the lawn bowls section of the

and

I had hoped that these qualities Royal Hongkong Yacht Club, of might guide you in your future which he was the convener. He also a well-known member actiona. Unfortunately you have was MRS. MONTAGU OBTAINS

Kone from bud to worse. You of numerous Cluba, as well as a have used every effort to censor prominent Freemason Of an NEW MACHINE.

public opinion and suppress extremely genial and likeable dis- Moscow, May 28.. political differences. You dictate pos

position, he enjoyed great popu The Hon. Mrs. Edwin Montagu, your ideas by manipulating the larity amongst a large circle of the Territorial Army undergoing whose plane was destroyed by fire Party Headquarters the friends, to whom his death will training at Weymouth and at in, Persia earlier in the month. In Government gone. Your at mean a heavy personal loss. Minehead and Monmouth, were the course of an aerial tour of the tempt to eliminate opposition has Wo understand that telegraphie fooded out.—British Wirelena. -

Near Сия! and Russin, has brought about the elimination of arrangements have been made for wreathe to be sent to the funeral obtained a new plane and flew yourself.

on behalf of the Hongkong Club, to-day to Askhahad.

Nation Rising,

the Kowloon Club the Sports

Club

the Royal Bowling Green "The country know that unless Hongkong Yacht Club, and the you immediately retire from public Kowloon Cricket Club, with all of life there is no hope for unity or which the late Mr. Edwards was peace. Nearly all the military lenders who fought with you as

SPOKE IN WHEEL OF ANSCHLUSS.

A. BRIAND'S OPINION.

The aviatrix is shortly leaving for Moscow via Smarakand and Orenburg-Reuter.

RETRENCHMENT IN AUSTRIA.

comrades have been eliminated by you so that those who remain are

associated.

Remained Up Purposely." They, renmined purposely, aloft, they said, during the night in order to avoid landing in the mountains in the darkness, but thej threat of a bad storm, together with the fact that the balloon

Mr. R. Lasoda, residing at No. itself was losing height owing to 51, Bonham Road. formerly al the increasing cold, forced them to ship's officer, but recently out of Innd on the glaclor.

employment, committed suicido All the instruments are safe and last night by taking a heavy soldiers are now diamantling the dose of veronal.

Paris, May 28. balloon.

The Chamber to-day passed a The deceased, Who WAB of Telephones Wife.

voto of confidence, in the Govern Spanish descent, was 57 years ofment by 318 votes to 201 at the Profossor Picard telephoned to;

of Bifnira. anxious wife from Obergural. g, and it is thought that long conclusion safety to Hofhow on Wednesday, reached a height of 16,000 metres, but the two American ladios do- where the aeronauts remained Civil Hospital last night by his declared

He was taken to the Government M. Briand, the Foreign Minister, vanta' salaries, the doubling of expect the people to balleve what then you ought to get out and that the whool of the tariff duty on coffee, and an you say or what is said on your retire from public life. Unless clined to leave.

until sunset. The Cantoneso garrison has re-

wife, who found him suffering Austro-German unity has been increase in the tes duty in a ratio behalf by men under dureas? The you do this the nation will never The manhole in the gondola was from the affect of the poison which offectively spoked." turned to Kachek and the situa-not opened until ten minutes be had been self-adininistered.

of. Ave to eight, am there is war you are responsible forgive it to the Stat In M. Brland added that Franco-provisions of the Government's there is war you are responsible . duty "and my tion there is much improved. All fore it struck the glacier. The spite of every effort to counteract Italian relations were evolving retrenchment scheme submitted and the services which you have friendship for you prompts me to Is qulat at Holhow-Naval Wire- oxygen apparatus worked satis-the drug, ha passed away at 10.16 towards, a complete agreement to the National Council to-day rendered to the Party and to the rive you this anal word of naviga

factorily throughout Reuter.----

Government-will be entirely wiped [which-I-hope-you-will-follow

Miss MacDonald, a British sub- ject; one of the ladies cut off at Kachek by the Communist activi-

bis

debate A

unon

PROPOSALS BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

In

co

constant fear. If you cannot out. cooperate with your own brothers

"You say that the promulgation

in arme, how can you rely upon of a provisional Constitution le to Vienna, May 28. fees under your banner? Who bring about permanent peace,

lies in the region, was brought in He told her than the balloon unemployment had preyed upon foreig course of the discussion. A dyo per cont. cut in civil ser- would die for you? Do you ever Should peace be your real desire.

his mind,

In the

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