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ALLEGED FUNG MURDERER IN SHANGHAI COURT

WIFE ALSO CHARGED

H.K. POLICE QUEST AT AN END?

NANTAO ARREST

IDENTITY OF THE ACCUSED MAN

(Our Own Correspondent).

Shanghai, June 23.

JAPANESE TROOPS IN MANCHULI

LARGE SOVIET FORCES MASS ON BORDER.

Harbin, June 23. According to the Russian newя-

published In papera

Harbin, Japanese troops have now spread out their tentacles until they have renched Manchul! "in order to safeguard Japanese lives and pro- perty."

It is believed that a consider- able number of Russian troops mossed across the border from Manchuli.-Reuter.

Arc

After an intensive in- CHELIDON

vestigation and search ex- tending over a period of nearly three months, the Hongkong police believe that they have, with the assistance of the Shanghai' police, tracked down the actual murderer of George Fung in Village Road: Hongkong.

in the

The Shanghai Municipal Police,

n sticcessful ;ir yesterday made plication

Special District Court for authority to detain Chinese and his wife on n charge of murdering Fung.

The prisoners were arrested

In Nantno, in the area of Great-

BACK

YACHT'S FIGHT UP THE YANGTSZE

("Telegraph" Special).

Shanghai, June 23. Encountering better sailing breezes, the Shanghai yncht "Chelidon" arrived back Nagasaki yesterday after hours' sailing.

FRAULEIN'S ESCAPE

MISS STERRY CRACKS UP

WITHIN TWO POINTS OF MATCH

WIMBLEDON DUEL

(Reuter's Special Service).

London, June 22. The part played by tem- perament in the lawn tennis championships was never de- more forcibly monstrated

than in the match at Wimble. don to-day between Miss Gwen Sterry (Britain) and Fraulein Krahwinkel, who reached the final of the women's singles last year.

Miss Sterry almost brought

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Fraulein Krahwinkel, who bout Mize Sterry in the most romark. able match of Wimbledon this Year.

the sensation of the day and there Warsaw

is no questión that she should have

beaten the German girl. Thel Political

final score was, however, 4-6, 7-5.1 from 6-9 in favour of Fraulein Krahwin-

1-15 kel

The last two days were spent! Yantuze! er Shanghal, near the Chinese fighting a way up the City, on Monday morning, and against contrary winds and tides. handed to the Municipal Police The small vessel stood up well by the Greater Shanghai Bureau of Public Safety.

I'

REMANDED FOR A WEEK. The Special District Court manded the case for a week to en able Hongkong police reprezenta. tive to prodter prima facie evidence

of the crime.

to the heavy weather encountered not far out of Nagasaki, and with! a Wind Force of 7 made a speed of nine knots.

FOG DIFFICULTIES.

Later, Fog came down, but al! though sun sights were unobtain jable, passing vessels showed the the yacht to be on her right course: made TLIN almost prisoners in fact, she

straight course from Nagasaki to the mouth of the Yangtsze.

If the Court is satisfied on evidence produced, both will be handed over to the custody of the Hongkong police aral taken to Hongkong to appear betere the proper authorities for trial.

ACCUSED OF SHOOTING.

Shanghai, 1.25 pm.

The "Chelidon" is 48 Fret over; rall, and of 19 tons register. fembre.

The unme of the man har IMMENSE DAMAGE

with the murder of George Fung

Wang Nien-sinng), and it was made clear yesterday that he is accused of be- ing the man who fired the fatal shot.

1 Wang Nau-hing for

for

He is a resident of Shanghai, though it is believed that he had been working in Hongkong some time prior to the shooting. It is suggested that he left for Shanghai noon afterwards. He is

man of the artisan class.

TRACED THROUGH WIFE He was arrested in Nantao by the Chinese police on Monday and his wife was subsequently taken

into custody.

IN TIDAL WAVE

MEXICAN CITY STRICKEN

10

London, Jun 23. Thirty persons are reported have been drowned as the result of an earthquake folowed by a tidal Wave al Cuyullan in Mexion,

Enormous damage resulted, part

of the town being washed into the sen by the fury of the tidal wave Extensive damage is reported along the whole of the south-western

There is reason to believe that' the Hongkong police have been searching for this particular man roast.-Reuter, for some time past. Touch with him was established when detec- lives traced his wife and watched her movements nutil they discover- ed the whereabouts of the mon they sought.

Little in known about the affair in Shanghai, but it was suggested in court that a love affair was be- hind It.

DEVELOPMENTS IN HONGKONG

CHAUFFEUR CHARGED.

CANTON CRISIS OVERTURE

SUN FO REPORTED COMING

Shanghai, June 23. The China Preas bolloves that Mr. Sun F left secretly by the Empress of Japan this morning, en route to Canton.

A Hongkong chauffeur said to The purpose of his trip in sald avert endeavour to be to have been detained in connexion to with the Fung murder made his serious civil war in South China, differences appearance before Mr. Wynne- and to compose the Jones at the Central Police Court between General Chan Chai-tong (Continued on Page 12.) and Admiral Chan Chak-Router.

na

Her victory was the result of

remarkable temperamental;

Scare

TO DANZIG

collapse on the part of Miss GERMAN NAVAL VISIT Sterry. Playing brilliantly, she won the first set at 6-4 and went to 5-1 and 30/15 in the second set, requiring only two points for the match.

The two points eluded her,j

(Reuter's Special Service).

Warsaw, June 23,

HOOVER PLAN FOR DISARMAMENT

"FAINT PRAISE" BY SIR JOHN SIMON

FRENCH HOSTILITY

Geneva, June 23,

THE DRAMATIC SHAKE-UP GIVEN TO THE DIS-

ARMAMENT CONFERENCE BY THE HOOVER PROPOSALS HAS FAILED TO BUDGE FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN HAS DAMNED THEM WITH FAINT PRAISE.

Sir John Simon outlined the British attitude, de- claring that the proposals did not go far enough in some directions while in others percentage cuts were hardly feasible, reductions requiring to be suited to the needs of different nations.

Sir John Simon afterwards left for London to submit the latest important phases of the twin conferences to a meeting of the Cabinet to-morrow. He is expected to return on Saturday.

LAUSANNE

BRITAIN'S FIRM STAND

AGREEMENT MUST BE FINAL

MEMORANDUM ISSUED

Lausanne, June 23.

M. Herriot paid another visit to Mr. Ramsay Mac- Donald yesterday and en- gaged in a long conversation on the subject of reparations and the conflict in the British and French viewpoints.

Discussions between the various leaders continued all day yester day.

It is learned that in the courne

of M. Herriot's visit, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald handed to the French British viewpoint, which is practi- cally a statement of principles, based upon the British view that Germany cannot pay."

Premier a memorandum on the

It stresses that if any future payments are to be made, then sufficient time must be allowed to elapse to ensure Germany's

recovery,

Italy accepted the Hoover proposals unconditionally, and Germany rallied to their support, while expressing the arrangements reached at the

the view that they were too moderate.

ITALY MAKES A REAL GESTURE

Intense excitement has been The profound importance of In reference to cruiser strength,

The memorandum stipulates that

conference on reparations must not be of a nature calculated to mili- tate against the possibility of such recovery and must be of a final character. Reuter.

Eraulein Krahwinkel finally win aroused by the news of the project-President Hoover's proposals, he said that the United States LATE NEWS.

From that stage.

resourceful and purposeful tennis

and

wing the game to square the neted visit of the Germany Navy to

reduction in the total tonnage of Miss the Free City of Danzig, formerly proposing the abolition of tanks, proposed a twenty-five per cent. large the United States and Britain,

which should be calculated upon] terry simply cracked up. The embodied in the German Empire. chemical warfare

Strong protests against the pro-mobile guns, a reduction by one- posals have been made, the Polish third of the strength of all land the present London Treaty ton- newspapers regarding the visit as farmies, abolition of bombing nage of Britain, namely, 439,000| a political demonstration against planes, and a reduction of all tons, while the total tonnage Poland:

naval craft by one-third, were allowed In that tonnage for 8-inch! emphasised by Sir John Simon, gun cruisers should be limited to the British Foreign Secretary, 160,000 tons each in the case of Britain and America, and the commenting i "provisionally"

proportionate 90,000 in the case off Japan.

G. R. Sterry, yester.

TREASURE FROM OCEAN BED

RAISING EGYPT'S

GOLD

(Reuter's Special Service).

Brest, June 22.

jupon them.

The pro- posals have.

come

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bombshell to the Disarma- ment Con- ference and their recep- tion is n matter of some doubt.

The Brat ingots of gold, worth

Sir John ters of thousands of pounds, were

sunken Simon promis- raised to-day from the liner, Egypt, off Ushant, after ed the

intermittent werk over a period of careful tention

four years.

WAN

As regards aubmarines, Presi dent Hoover considered that no nation should retain a greater tonnage than 35,000 or more than forty submarine units. of which not vessel should exceed 1,200 tons.

AMERICAN SACRIFICES.

Hoover Lead Welcomed

British Press Comment

Highly Encouraging Response

London, June 28. Mr. Gibson added that the

was prepared to A boldi stimulating plan with United States scrap from their Navy, which was great merits, providing a basis their most powerful arm, over for action. This is the general 900,000 tons of exlating ships and tenour of the reception accord- to forego, the right to build overed to the Hoover proposal by 150,000 tons.

the British newspapers,

pro-

very

Sir John Simon. at-

Govern of the British

In land materials, the

The Times describes the plan as ment, but pointed out that in some

posals would affect over one trenchant and far-reaching and The divers from the italian

wonted more

thousand heavy mobile-guns and says it includes features which have complete naval disarmament than

approximately 900 tanks and hitherto found most favour at day at Wimbledon after leading 64, salvage ship, Murtigli, are work-respects Britain

suggested by President

three hundred bombing nero-Geneva. The British Empire, it 5.4, 10/15. She did not win anothering four hundred feet below sea

level in their operations on the Hoover. Britain particularly

goes on, can face the implication planes. of sub- abolition wanted the

of the scheme as far as it effects He was convinced that these land armaments without misgiving, narines.

were real sacrifices and would but an official examination of the find 223 equally generous renaval proposals are a matter of in-

terest to Great Britain.

T

P. and D. hulk-Reuter. which hnd characterised her! earlier efforts disappeared and eight Fraulein Krahwinkel won

further games in a row with the ANDEAN VOLCANIC

greatest of ease.

BETTY IN FORM.

:

Miss Betty Nuthall made ahort work of Mrs. Mavrogordato, buti the completeness of her victory!

her was not so important methods. She did not play single bad shot and her stock rose considerably.

好

ACTIVITY

RAIN OF ASHES IN ARGENTINA

London, June 23. Further subterranean disturban.

twelve-inch.

CAPITAL SHIPS. He also commented upon the sponse.

The strongest argument in its absence of any proposal to reduce the size of capital-ships, and

Signor Grandi announced that favour is its effective implementa- tion to render the violation of the suggested that when the resump-

Hoover tion of construction was per-Italy would accept the missible under the London Treaty proposals completely and uncondi- Kellogg Pact a material impossibi- in 1937, an agreement should be tionally.

A storm of applause such reached that capital ships should not exceed 26,000 tons and should has seldom been heard Grandl's announcement

ITALY ACCEPTS.

lity.

in

the

*INSURANCE RISK", Other Conservative

comment finds nothing but support for_the

in

the

of

Bervatives cavil somewhat at the

of

prospects of further reductions and suggest that is would be faleo economy to reduce too far the only sort of insurance yet devised against the risks of war.

ces are reported from South Amert. not carry guns hanviar than the League Building greeted Signori proposals, though the ultra-Con-

Mra, Wills-Moody conceded only ch

The Andean volcano. Descabe- one game to Miss Bower, and Miss

upon Helen Jacobs won in straight seta Kado, is netive again, and a rain of with a loss of four games against ashes is falling steadily

Buenos Aires.

been Mendoza and Pompa have Mrs. R. C. Covell.

subjected to a atendy fail for the A keen content was promised past twenty-four hours, but there when the Italian lady champion, na anxiety at present--Reuter. Signorina Valerio, won the first! set of her match with Madame

FRANCO.ITALIAN BATTLE.

car-

The Liborals hail the Hoover · proposal as a magnificent lead and urge France to play her part.

This, sald Sir John, would be name, of Signor Mussolini,

President Hoover's proposals., of all classes of ships,

Signor Grandt expected to load to a scaling down Italy's complete acceptance

Sir John Simon's faint praise; enumerated of the Hoover proposals was seriatim Pre- Hoover't more warmly echoed by M. Paul sident Boncour, the French Secretary points and em of State for War, whose hostility/phasised that the wha unmistakable if covert, acceptance

ried no condi- M. Boncour constantly referred

tions.

M. Paul Bon: argued that a proportional redus- cour while tion of armaments, such as was vealing French de- auggested, would prejudice the opposition interests of the smaller States.clared that the

He urged that if the Conference

proposals would Mias Belly Nuthall bent Mre, discussed the Hoover proposals, receive Franco's sympathetic con- disarmament as an interference in

they must simultaneously consider sideration.

of

GUERILLA WAR IN FINANCE CRISIS IN Mathiou, the French champion. meningitis were notified to the health to the question of accurity and

MANCHURIA

FREQUENT ATTACKS

ON ANTACHAN

Harbin, Juno 28.

The stationmaster of Antachan,

AUSTRIA

FOREIGN CURRENCY,

DECISION

Vienna, June 23.

One can of cholora and one

Madame Mathion recovered authorities yesterday. brilliantly, however, and finished the match off with the greatest of case, taking the second set at 6-1 and the third at 6-2.

The "rabbits" are gradually bo- ing eliminated though some of the minor stars are displaying form The Austrian National Bank ls which suggests the possibility that a few miles to the west of Harbin, stopping for the time being the others of the "scoded" alect may has asked for additional troops in allotment of foreign currency for receive ahocks before the garrison thore because of the the service of public debt, owing to stages of the compositions are frequent attacka of Chinese the reduction of her currency re- reached.

Among the | sarves.-Reuter,

most interesting | troopa-Router.

the Anal

Miss

results were the following:

Fraulein Krahwinkel beat G. R. Sterry, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0.

Mavrogoradato, easily.

Miss Helen Jacoba beat Mrs. B. the C. Cavell, 6-2, 6-1.

Men, Wills Moody beat Miss Bower, 6-1, 6-0.

French proposal for International force.

an

MR. GIBSON'S STATEMENT. Mr. Hugh Gibson made a state- -8, ment in which he clarified certala points in the President's proposals.

Madama Mathieu beat Signorina Valerio, 6-7, 6-1, 6-2,

6-4, 6-1,

F. Shields beat N, Taylor,

re-

M. Doncour.

M. Litvinoff, the Bevlet Com- misser for Foreign Affairs, was womewhat sarcastic-in-weloom-" for the Etourer proposals “as a wwsaincter that they were still Menu (Continued on (uge 74).

Labour journals are generally glad that something practical is offering, but are resentful at Sir John Simon's lukowarmness in re- ception.

CITY WORRIED, The only doleful comment comes from City circles which tend to rogard America's Insistonce upon

and a factor hasarding the success of the Lausanne Conferenco owing to the unitkelihood of France's 40- coptánce.

Sir John Simon's return is re- garded as indicative of the import. ance which: the. Cabinet, attadata to the proposchen Bester C