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LIBERALS AND TORIES SINK THEIR DIFFERENCES. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald to be Given Free Hand.

Picture taken immediately after the dreadful crime related below.

NEW YORK POLICE CAPTURE

The funeral of one of the child' viction of New York gangsters.

“BABY-KILLERS." REAL FIGHT

A TWO MONTHS'

QUEST.

STIFF FIGHT IN GANGLAND.

New York, Oct. 5. After an intensive comb- out of New York's gangland in which nearly every detec- tive in the Modern Babylon participated, the search for the 107th Street "baby- killers" suddenly brought in a big harvest to-day.

Two lorry-loads of detectives swooped down upon and seized The notorious Bronx gangster. Virent Coll, before he had a chance to offer resistance

Soon afterwards, the polire. ran four of Coll's areomplices to: earth and captured them after a stiff armeri fight.

Actual Shooter?

The prisoners include Frankie Gordane, when the police assert, actually did the shooting in the Haarlem district, though both Col and Giordano were in the eng al: the time of the outrage which

STILL AHEAD.

The Soviet and Manchuria.

MYSTERIOUS COMMENT.

Moscow, Oct. 5. The real fight is still ahead. The operations by the milit ary in Manchuria up to the present have been mare pre- liminatica.

This is the substance of the comments of the Soviet news. papers, in leading articles to- day, dealing principally with the. recent long conversation berg tween M. Litvinoff, the Foreign? Commissar, and the Japanese: Ambassador in Moscow.

Provocative Invention."

fire at a rival bootlegger standing them as "a provocative invention.

The Agency adds that the state- #crowded pavement. Theiri target escaped injury, but children ments that Red Army troops have playing there were killed and crossed or are preparing to cross read the Manchurian frontier into Chi- wounded before the men

nese territory are irrty false. firing and drove off,

NO RESIGNATIONS NOW EXPECTED.

POLITICAL TENSION

DISPELLED.

UNITED FRONT APPEAL

TO COUNTRY.

:

T. V. SOONG'S

RESIGNATION

RUMOURED.

AFTER DAYS of the deepest anxiety, the NOT CHECKED BY

political crisis is over. The internal pro-

DENIALS.

blems of the National Government have been solved, and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will appeal IN DEFERENCE TO to the country before the end of the month, with the Liberals and Conservatives solidly behind him.

The Free Trade v. Protection issue has been thrust into the background, enabling a complete Cabinet agreement, the net result of which is the Prime Minister is given authority to ask for a free hand in dealing with Great Britain's economic troubles.

CANTON.

(Our Own Correspondent)..

Shanghai, Oct. 6. It is persisently rumoured that Mr. T. V. Soong, the

tional "

Finance Minister of the Na- Government under Chiang Kai-shek, has tendered his resignation.

It is alleged that he has decided | to relinquish his office in deference

The Cabinet last night pronounced itself up- animously in favour of an immediate general election, on the basis of a manifesto to be issued by the Prime Minister, which it is understood ties him to no special to the demands of the leaders of the programme, gives him a mandate to adopt whatever Canton Government as preliminary measures are considered necessary to deal with each to peace between Canton and Nan- situation as it arises. No official statement will be issued until the Prime Minister has seen the King, have possibly not before Wednesday, when a statement is likely to be made in the House of Commons.

TARIFFS NO LONGER A FACTOR.

Finance Bill J'assed. were The House of Lords last even- ing agreed to the second reading

king

been issued. but despite

NEA

Harass of the first nonstop Pacific flight from Japan to America, Clyde Pangborn (left) and Hugh Horndon. Above, on the beach at Shabishiro, is sean the plane in which they also. crossed the Atlantic, shortly before the take-off.

PACIFIC DEFIED BY NONSTOP FLIERS.

"Oficial denials of the report HERNDON-PANGBORN VENTURE A

BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

those, local political circles claim to know that Mr. Soong has indi- cated to Chiang Kai-shok his desire to meet Cunton's wishes.

BERLIN WINDOW DOUBLE OCEAN TRIUMPH

SMASHING.

GERMAN "REDS" AND NEWSPAPERS.

London, Ort. 6. again for his old constituenest. | The Caldnet aut for two hours Seaham Harbour. He has not yel late last night discussing the made a deelsion. shocked the whole of the United in reference to reports públished į political situation and the general States.

abroad, however, stating that election programme. Sir Herbert

Berlin, Oct. 6. The outrage, it will be recalled, | Soviet cavalry patrols and armour-! Samuel and Lord Reading occurred in brund daylight oned cars have entered Manchuria, both present and both were able

Soon after the clocks had struck July 2 when gangsters opened the official Tass Agency describes 10 associate themselves fully with of the Finance Bill, which was|midnight, peaceful citizens in al? | on the agreement that was reached. carried through all its remaining parts of Berlin were awakened It was assumed in politient cir- stages, Royal Assent Juter from their sleep by the noise of breaking windows and shouts of cles after the Cabinet decision being signified.

All emergency legislation has "Down with the reactionaries." was known that the tariff formula,

The Lord which claimed so much of the now been completed.

It was found that the Com time of the Cabinet, was no longer Privy Sent. Earl Peel, speaking on munists were attacking the branch a factor in the situation and that the second reading said it was im- offices of newspapers opposed to the Cabinet has abandoned *

possible at present to give re- their policy. question of formula.

liable information regarding the

The

Communists suddenly probable effect upon the budget uppe in

juppeared

отканіне

gangs of the change in Britain's cur before the different offices, broke

and disappeared, windows Eventually, per-the strong rency ayatem Senor Eduardo Vazquez Ferrer, grounds, that the Cabinet has de- baps, i would be favourable, but before the police arrived. calling out of the State milita to the Spanish Consul in Shanghal, cided to appeal for a

"doctor's the balancing of the budget would Reports already received indicate deal with the situation.

were smashed.-Reuter.

Public Indignation. The police were arossed te special activity by an outburst of public indignation which even weal so far as to demand the.

Reuter,

Spanish interest. (Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghal, Oct. 6.

It is

Doctor's Mandate,

believed.

sailed this morning for Dairen mandate." which can be ner still remain of prime importance. that at least two hundred windows

with national needs as they arise. unanimous is

Empty Commons.

On July 34, Police Commissioner aboard the Japanese 8.8. Hoten preted as a free hand to deal Mulroney ordered the pollen to Maru. shoot at sight anyone who went about armed in New York State On August 6, the intended victimi confessed and on August 8, the names of the attackers were given) to the police by an unknown? witness.

It is learned that he is proceeding The fact that the Cabinet is The House of Commons WOB aufficient indica-poorly attended, many members tion that there will be no resigna-having already gone to their con-

to Shenyang (Mukden) to Kirin and other places in Mancharis, on the instructions of Senar Lerroux, the Spanish Foreign Minister and the President of the League Council, tof investigate the facts of the Japanese | occupation.

tions.

SILVER STILL GOES UP.

#tituencies and to the Labour Party Conference which began at The Scarborough this 'morning. speakers there mude frequent reforence to the imminence of a BUT koneral election.

Premler and “L. G." -

CONFIDENCE IS

LACKING.

Election on October. 28. The present session of Purlin Pretty Women Arrested.

Senor Lerroux has, also in-ment

be will

prorogued and it in expected Vincent Coll, Giordano and three ructed Senor Vazquez to check Wednesday gangsters who are unnamed were, Japan's promise to remove her that Parliament will be dissolved case Polling immediately after their arreat to-solidiery from Chiness territory to-morrow, in which cas

Heavy buying caused silver to Day will be.October 28. tly,

the into the railway zone.

The political event of the day shoot up ths both in London and There was an amusing incident an the Prime Minister left the attracting the most attention, was New York yesterday, with the House after the Cabinet meeting, torr.. Lloyd George. Mr. Mac opened this morning at 13, 24ths, this morning's visit of the Premier result, that the Hongkong dollar Charlie Chaplin aud, a

party of

Indicted for murder in drst degree.

Later police, captures in con- í nexion with the shocking affair, included two pretty women.- Benter's American Service.

BRITISH PRIEST

CAPTURED.

League of Nations Connell.

Japanese Naval Reinforcement.

Shanghai, Oct. 6. Four Japanese destroyers arriv ed in Shanghai overalsht, being

the fun of the general olaction.

scen

rate.

WITH

New York, Oct. 5.

a heavy crash and ripping of the structure, the first aeroplane to cross the Pacific from Japan to the United States nonstop, landed with Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon safe and sound, at Wenatchee, Washington State, to-day.

The landing-gear of the giant machine, in which the airmen had previously flown the Atlantic from New York to Moylgrove, Wales, had been-discarded soon after the take-off at Shabishiro Beach, and the airmen were forced, therefore, to land it on its "belly." In the circumstances, they made an excellent crash landing, and the worst damage was a broken propellor.

A representative of the Japanese newspaper Asahi greeted the airmen, being on the spot soon after they had landed. He handed them a cheque for G$25,000 the prize offered for the first direct flight from Japan to the United States.

The airmen had a hundred gal- immense saliâfaction and they are lons of petrol left in their tanks, in for a warm reception when they but they found the weather too arrive in New York. They are the foggy to attempt to, go any fur-only airmen to duplicate the feat ther. Calculations are now being of Air-Commodore

Kingsford made to ascertain whether Herndon Smith in flying both the Atlantle and Pangborn have also beaten the and Pacific, though the Australian's record for a long-distance nonstop Pacific performance followed dif fight, set up by Boardaun and ferent lines. He flew from Seattle Polando, who flew from New York to Hawail, Hawail to Fit and Fiji to Constantinople recently.

to Australia, u journey of nearly Wonderful Feat.

7,000 miles over water.--Reuter's Their safe arrival has aroused American Service.

Armed Raid on "Tuckwo.”

"Incident Must Certainly. Not be Regarded as Closed."

London, Oct. 5.

The

British authorities were. The recent outrage on the Yang-aware that five members of the

Britain's Altitude.

London, Oct. 6. Captain Eden tuld a questioner in the House of Commons this after friends drove in at the same ma- Donald drove to Churt, the Liberal an advance of ths. over yester

day's

The local market was by no noon that the British Government's ment, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald Leader's Surrey home and spent attitude to the Sino-Japanese dis- Mr. Chaplin recognised euch an hour and half alone with him. the only

means confident, however. Bual- pute is in complete accord with the other and stopped for a brief chat, Mr. Lloyd George Premier hadness was done as high as 1s. 3d. į

in the

of which the political leader the courac

but the situation is uncertain and hot

personally famous comedian said he was go-

during This, of bunks are not imelined to operateteze, when the Jardine steamer ing to stay in England to watch the last few days,

course, wan dud solely to the ill-without cover.

Tuckwo was boarded by armedew were badly beaten, and the in- ness of Mr. Lloyd George who has The Shanghai market was also

men, her officers temporarily Im-eldent mast certainly not be regard LATEST VICTIM OF

not yet recovered That the Prime Minister will has recont and sufficiently from uncertain this morning, though the prisoned, and a number of her sea- Jed ns closed.-Reuter.

visit rate went up to 16. 7% the

men severely flogged, was the sub- Full details of the "unofficial CHINA "REDS."

sent from Sasebo in view of the have no difficulty in finding a London. On returning to Down

ject of questions in the House of piracy were cabled by the Tele- Commons to-day.

graph's Shanghai correspondent "Increasing anti-Japanese activi- constituency has been demon- ing Street, the Premier received a Hankow. Oct. 6.

Captain Eden, the Under-Serre-Immediately after the Tuckwo's ties in the Yangtsze Valley-strated in encouraging fashion visit from the King's private The Royal Observatory reports

Wigram. to-day. He has been invited to secretary, Sir Clive fight Gateshead and # similar Later in the da the Premier had that the typhoon to the cast of tary for Foreign Affairs, told a arrival in Shanghal. Thes

be curving questioner that Sir Miles Lampson was held for three hours and the invitation has been extended by a consultation th other Ministers Luzon appears to

words and parties of the northward. Pressure is low to the was awaiting detalls from Nanking search for opium revealed practi vester-Sunderland.

east of Cochin-China. The anti- regard to the rald, which was cally nothing. A week or so pre- day at considerable length over Ho has also been nominated by House of Commons.

cyclone has weakened further. It alleged to have been carried out viously, the C. N. C. Poyang wa the miners of Murdon to staud (Continued on Page 6.)

is now central ENE. of Tokyo. as part of a search for oplum. similarly, Invaded............

The headquarters of the Catholic Misalon have received in- formation to the effect that Father P. Turk, a British subject, hasj been captured by Communiata at Sinkow, about thirty-five miles up) the Han River—Reuter.

Reuter.

ན Japan and Boyceti.

Tokyo, Oct. 6. The Cabinet conferred

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.Seats Offered to Premier.

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