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CONSUL IN A BRAWL.

GRAVE AFFAIR

AT MURET.

FRANCO-ITALIAN BATTLE.

PISTOLS USED.

Toulouse, Apr. 11. - The diplomatic wires bo- tween Italy and France are likely to be busy for a while. following a most remarkable disturbance at Muret to-day, in which the Italian Vice-

Toulouse Consal at

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closely concerned. The Vice-Consul had gone to Muret for the purpose of innu- Kurating a course of lectures in the Italian langugage for Itallan rhildren.

He was given an exceedingly hot reception, being greeted by catcalls and derisive whistles.

One of the

demonstrators went so far as to shout: "You are representative of an as- nasin," whereupon the Italian Angry by Vice-Consul, really this time, felled the speaker with hla fist.

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The blow was the signal for a most unseemly brawl was gradual- iy developed into a very serious Iracas In which there was a free exchange of sticks, bottles and

revolvers.

FRIEND SHOT.

The Vice-Consul was hit upong the head and a member of his party was shot in the leg, where- upon the Vice-Consul drew a re- volver and fired at his opponents, striking one in the jaw. Immedi- ately afterwards the gendarmarie appeared and put a stop to the fighting.

NORTH ATLANTIC

RIVALRY.

SHIPPING LINES TO CONFER.

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LINDBERGH COLLAPSES. DISGRUNTLED.

OVER TOP OF Shock of

WORLD. Double

AIR ROUTE TO Crossing.

AMERICA.

London, Apr. 11.

An

Arctic Expedition, or- ganised with the object of dis- covering the shortest air route vin from Europe to America, Franz Josef Land and the North- Pole, is to be undertaken by Professor Samoilevitch, · the famous Russian explorer.

He is planning to use the Soviet fee-breaker Krassin for the pedition, while he will also be taking aeroplanos.

ux-

Professor Samoilevitch express- ed the hope that 1933 will see the arrival in Alaska of the first Russian airships bullt on General Nobile's system).

It will be recalled that it was Professor Samoilevitch who effect- ed the dramatic rescue of the crew of the ill-fated Italian air! ship "Italia." He used the Kras- sin for the rescue work.-Renter.

New Clue to

Kidnappers.

New York, Apr. 11.

It is reported that Mrs. Lindbergh has collapsed under the cruel disappoint- ment of the failure of the kidnappers to return her babby after the ransom had been paid.

Mrs. Lindbergh's hopes had been buoyed up to a pitch of high ex- citement by the fact that her hus band was personally in contact with the gang responsible for the das- tardly outrage and was confident of

success.

The double-crossing was more than she could bear.

Colonel

Both the police and Lindbergh are it their wits' end to know

COLLAPSE OF N. Y. what to do next,

STOCKS.

ANOTHER HOOVER

INQUIRY.

though important results mov possibly develop from A sensu- tional Incident at Greenwich, Con- necticut, to-day, when a twenty- dollar note bear- the Herinl

New York, Apr. 11. In view of the concorn with which the Administration regards inx

the persistent fall in security number of one of prices,

hua the notes paid by Colonel Lindbergh

President Hoever

undertaken to arrange #1 con to the kidnappers was presented at

ant! ference of Congressional

Greenwich bakery store by a

business lenders to devise a menna

A

of improving economic conditions Woman. in the United States.

When she discovered that

the

Cold water was poured upon theị reports of the bear raid yesterday, note had been identified she grab- by Mr. Whitney, the President of hed it from the counter and fled, the New York Stock Exchange! The police are now engaged in an who told a Committee of Enquiry that bear raiding had not intensive search, but have failed to fluenced the market.

itrave her hitherto,--Renter.

He declared that the recent Jally stock prices was due to bonal tide liquidation.-Revter.

In view of the recent big reduc-) one in passenger fares on the in North Atlantic, representatives of British, American, French and German steamship organisations have arranged to confer in London shortly with the object of cutting the out wasteful competition.

its

One proposal to be submitted to the conference is that each Com-i any shall lay up at least one of large vessels, but that such liners IN the Acquitunia, the Majestic, the Bremen und the Ile. de France shall not be put out of commission,

SILVER RISES A FARTHING.

NO EFFECT ON LOCAL DOLLAR.

Despite the fact that silver is up a farthing in London, the Hong- kong dollar remains at yesterday's gure of 18, 2.5/8d. The market locally is dull, with a alightly easier feeling apparent.

The London rise followed buying by China and the Cotninent. There were small offerings. After the offelal fixing, the market ruled Idle, with buyers satisfed.

New York reports a rise of 1/8th, with the market steady,,

Prince Nicholas of Rumania and his wife, Mme, Saveanu Dumitresco, in Parli. The Prince has been ordered to dissolve this morgantic marriage or renounce his rights.

VILLAGE ROAD MURDER CASE.

·PUBLIC INTEREST DEMONSTRATED.

FAMOUS WHEAT

COUP RECALLED.

DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH LEITER.

Bge.

Chicago, Apr. 11.

NEA

CHAS LINBERG PRINCETON

BABY SAFE

INSTRUCTIONS LATER ACCORDINGLY

ACT

The facsimile of an anonymous postcard addressed to Col. Lind. borgh and seized in the post. It was sent from Naward N. 4.

BRITAIN'S NOTE TO FREE STATE.

ALL CORRESPONDENCE. NOW PUBLISHED.

London, Apr. 11. The Anglo-Irish Notes relating to the Parliamentary Oath of Allegiance in the Irish Free State and to the land purchase annuities which have recently been exchanged between Mr. de Valera, of the Free State Government, and Mr. J. H. Thomas, Secretary for the Dominions in the Government of the United Kingdom, were published in a White Paper to-day.

THE ELECTION "A FARCE."

ALLEGES UNFAIR

TACTICS.

Munich, Apr. 11.

Hilter is * much disap- pointed man as the result of his failure in the election. The election was a farce. If it had been run on democratic lines, the result would undoubtedly have been different, he told Reuter's representative this ovoning, de claring that the British people had no idea of the quantity and the variety of the unfair tactics employed against him.

Both the Government and sup- porters of President Hindenburg had stooped to every conceivable method in their efforts to muzzle the

Nazi campaign, including denying them the use of wireless muzzling the press, and forbidding political meetings in which the Nazis were interested on the most frivolous excuses.

Law And Order.

3. A. Rumjahn, the Colony's naw tennis champion, seen in action during yesterday's final against E. C. Fincher. (Photo: Mee Choung).

THE ANTI-PIRACY GUARDS.

SHIP-OWNERS TO PAY.

B. & S. APPEAL

London, Apr. 11. The Court of Appeal to-day

He alleged that on one occasion his speech was banned merely be- cause it criticised the Government.

Hitler emphatically denied the upheld the judgment of Mr. Juz- suggestion that the Nazis intended tice Rowlatt in the King's Bench to organise anti-Semitic persecu- tion, declaring that Fascism stood for law and order not for anarchy.

-Reuter.

TINGUIRIRICA ACTIVE.

Division dismissing the action of the China Navigation Company against the Attorney-General con- cerning the British Government's. right to demand payment for the provision of anti-piracy guards to British ships in Chinese waters.

The China Navigation Company contended that the expense of guarding British ships with naval and military forces was covered by House of Commons. Votos, to tax-

RAINING ASHES which they contributed as

ON CITIES,

DISTURBANCES IN

S. AMERICA,

Santiago, Apr. 11. Volcanic eruptions and earth- quake disturbances on an enor mous scale are causing alarm and much damage throughout Chile and the Argentine.

The visitation is the worst in The British Note says that the issue raised by de

living memory. An area of rough- Valera is nothing less than the repudiation of the 1921 four hundred miles by seven Treaty as a whole.

ATTACK ON TREATY AS A WHOLE.

Mr. Joseph Leiter, the millionaire brother-in-law of the late Marquis The controversy arises through pose, he describes us of purely Curzon of Kedleston, died to-day of the contention of the Free State domestic concern, required for the pauemonia. He was 63 years of Government that the Oath is not peace order and good government

the Anglo-Irish of State. mandatory in It will be recalled that in the Treaty of 1921 and that the Free autumn of 1897, he bought whent State has an absolute right to mo- on the Chicago Board of Trade to dify its Constitution in this res such an extent as to make him, at prêt. coupled with an announce the beginning of 1898, the largest ment that the Free State Govern individual holder of wheat in the ment claim the right, which they history of the grain trade.

propose to exercise, to retain the

ter.

Regarding the land annuities,

hundred miles is affected.

The giant volcano Tingulririca and several minor peaks are pour ing uncreasingly n shower of ashes upon the surrounding country side. The fall in some places la constant like a snowfall and here and there the ashes have already |renched a depth of three fest!

Trains Held Up.

рпуста,

argued, that i tha Grown was not empowered: claim paynient

The Court of otherwise Reuter.

ppeal found

·MACHINE-GUNS FOR FAR EAST.

Order for Firm in

Switzerland.

Big

·

Berne, Apr. 12. That the Fedoral Arma Factory, at Berne has accepted a contract for the supply to an Eastern Power of four hundred heavy machine-gunk, was revealed, yes- terday when the Federal Council discussed Swiss armaments manu- factures for foreign Powers.

to

It was pointed out that the The darkness caused by the Council was not empowered clouds of smoke and the ash-rain prohibit the private manufacture is seriously hampering business in of armaments-Router. the affected towns, while many trains have been held up by

ASSEMBLY.

IMPORTANT LOYANG-

DECISIONS.

Proposed Legislation.

of the Irish obstructions on the line caused CHINA NATIONAL The competence Free State Legislature to pass by the emissions of the volcanoes. such a measure is, he maintains, This is particularlarly bad to not open to question, and his Go- the west of Buenos Aires, while vernment, immediately on the rea- at Montevideo, the ash shower has He was President of the Zeigler land annuities accruing under the ssembly of Parliament, will intro- continued without the slightest Coal Company and a director of the Irish Land Acts of 1891 to 1999, duce a Bill to this effect.

Interruption for ten hours. American Security and Trust.Com- In opposition to these, the Go-

The quake shocks have been pany of Washington, D. C-Reu-vernment of the United Kingdom Mr. de Valera declares himself un-comparatively mild in character maintain that the Oath is an in-aware of any formal undertaking and little alarm is left on this tegral part of the Treaty made len to continue this payment, but account. Reuter, years ago between the two coun- gives an assurance that his Go- tries, and hitherto honourably vernment will scrupulously honour observed on both sides, and that the

and lawful claims by

bound by the most formal and tors. His Note concludes with an

continue plicht undertaking to

expression of desire for friendly to pay the land annuities-pay relations between Britain and the menta which tenants of purchased Irish Free State, based on mutual estates make in repayment of sums lent to them to buy their land.

DISARMAMENT PLEAS.

RESUMPTION OF THE CONFERENCE

any

Irish Free State Government are Great Britain or any other credi-

now

The Real Issue."

respect and common interest.

Britain's "Deep Regret", Geneva, Apr. 11.

In a reply dated Saturday the At the meeting to-day of the

Mr. de Valera, in a letter dated Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Disarmament Conference, Mr. 6th April, expresses the view that Thomas said the Government had Hugh Gibson (United States) in- whether the Oath is or is not an read the terms of Mr. de Valera's

despatch with deep regret. timated that he would be prepared integral part of the Treaty mado

ten years ago is not now the issue. The views expressed therein, Inter to advocate the abolition of The real issue is that the Oath is The Public Prosectuor (Mr. R. bombing planos. An extraordinary scene marked

an intolerable burden and says the reply, go far beyond the the proceedings before Mr. Wynne- E. Lindsell),,opening the proceed-

Sir John Simon warmly up that the people of the Irish Free 8sues originally raised and make State desire Its instant removal. It clear that the questions of the Jones, at the Central Magistracyings, said the Crown desired to this morning, when Cheng Kwok-bring the case on as soon as pos-ported the American proposal.

Dr. Nadolny (Germany) urged The agreements of 1921, he says, Onth and the land annuities are yau, held in connexion with the elble and handed in a charge murder of George Fung at Village amending the one earlier preferred. a reduction of armaments to tho gave affect to what was the will but part of a wider issue, and that ain's world prestige had been en- the repudiation of the settlement, Road, Happy Valley on March 24, The now charge, accuses Cheng of lowest limit compatible with na of the British Government. Brit- what is raised is nothing less than

Ire-of 1921 as a whole. made another brief appearance be-counselling, procuring and com- tional security.

M. Tardieu sympathised withhanced by the belief that

"His Majesty's Government in fore the Magistrate.

manding a.certain person unknown Long before the case was due, to commit a folony, to wit, to kill Mr. Gibson's Ideas, but said he land had been set free and her the United Kingdom entered into

considered that the French pro- national aspirations fully satis a crowd of young and well-dressed and murder George Fung".

posala went farther than Mr. dod, whereas it had meant for the 1921 settlement with a single Chinese men and women, streamed

poriod of bitterness, between the Mr. Hall Brutton, for the ac- Gibson's which applied solely to Ireland a "consummation of the desire that it should end the long Into the Court and overflowed into cused, applied for bail, which was land weapons and was therefore outrage of partition." the corridor and outside passage refused.

contrary to the French argument Examination of the Oath and two countries, and it is their p The pressure was labar somewhat

Accused was again formally re-regarding the interdependence of removal of the articles of the Con-ier that that settlement a

(Continued on Page 7). relieved by clearing the Court of

stitution necessary for that pur people obstructing the gangways,

manded for a week.

armaments.Neuter.

Loyang, Apr. 12.

Tho National Government scored an important victory yesterday when, after a longthy and heated debate,

FLOOD RELIEF IN: Con the National Emergency

CHINA.

GREAT WORK UNDER. DIFFICULTY,

London, April. 11.

vocating the reorganisation of the Government and the Kuomintang.

The Conference, finally decided to support the present government and to prepare for the convocation of a National Assembly to supervise the Government-Reuter.

BIG DUTCH BANK CLOSES DOORS.

1.

DECLARES DEPOSITS

ARE SAFE".

The heroism of the Chinese crows of the launches engaged in delivering grain to the flooded areas along the Yangteze, ofton under the fire of bands of brigands a cable received by the Emergency and Communists, is mentioned in Appeal Committea from Sir John

The Hague, Apr. 12. Sir John reports that the Dean Hope Simpson, who is directing the

of Canterbury, who has visited tho Schourloor and Sons, one of the flood relief organisation. devastated zones, was deeply im- oldest private banking houses in pressed by the technical grip of the Holland has suspended payments, situation shown by the Chineso en requesting a moratorium. work on the dykes in the Hankow safe. gineers in charge of the repair The deposits are declared to be

Much of this district is infested by-bandits and Communist armies

area..

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