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No. 13750

·WAЛLăF FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1932.

SUBMARINE DISASTER

OVER 60 TRAPPED IN

SUNKEN CRAFT

DRAMATIC ESCAPE OF OFFICER AND SIX MEN

RESCUE WORK VERY DIFFICULT

Cherbourg, July 7.

ONE

NE of France's most modern submarines came to grief to-day when she sank during surface trials.

Of seventy-three officers and men on board, so far only seven have been saved.

The ill-fated craft was the first-class submarine Promethee (picture'above) and, at the time of the disaster, she was carrying out trials seven miles to the north of Cape Levil.

Those who went down with

the vessel wire a crew of forty:

June, with seventes engineer and workmen. The craft sank in 150 feet of water.

There

are fears tha1 the disaster may mean heavy loss of Hil, aso far only seven at the crew have been shved.

RESCUE WORK DIFFICULT.

je povolny

wont down, ani These are af

resin imprentage

tajera tions.

From then, which h... displacement of 1,8759 toas,

RAISING VALUE OF SILVER

UNOFFICIAL TALKS TO TAKE PLACE AT OTTAWA

Washington, dalys.

Mr Andre. Sogueos. Chairman the House Coinage Fommittee, will net as unofficial observer at the Ottawa Conference,

At in reported that he intende

confer unofficially with We presintatives of the British

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it

Bunched at Chertamry in October, Dominion Governments. with 1930. She is one of a group of view to action to raise the value twenty-five of the Redoubtable of silver at least in the Western class, all of which have proved hemisphere, Rosters Spreint Ser- most successful in their trials,

The Redoubtable and the Ven- geur made a cruise to the Wast Indies in 1920 without mishap. being able to make it knots with out being pressed.--Reuter,

HOW SEVEN ESCAPED.

Cherbourg, July 8.

A night-long search has

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far failed to locate the sunken submarine.

cier.

Sir W. Hornell & Boxer Fund Trusteeship

hoard: QUESTIONS IN HOUSE

OF COMMONS

How seven of those managed to estapt is now dis- closed. It transpires that the commander

Promethee.: Lieut. Dumesnit, was on the sleek, seamen i

of

the vessel with six

wish to disaster occurred.

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POLITICAL FLUTTER

SENATOR BORAH MAY CONTEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY

AS OUT AND OUT PROHIBITIONIST

New York, July 7. The possibility that Senator Wiliam E. Borah may run for the Presidency is an out-and-out Pro- ibition candidate against | Pre- sident Hoover (Republican) and i Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dd. neraly has caused considerable) BEM 1 To political deve rotes.

This development follows the Lemieat on by the National Pro- hittion, Party, a minor "elry" or pantsalana, at the f'onvention hebd

Indianapolis of Mr. William D. Upohaw. a teneratic Coapregn man and an ardent Prohibitionist. no candidate,

no

BORAIL TO "WAIT AND SER"

The Party attempted to persuade Senator Borah to accept the mination, but he has refused pending a derision in regard to the

followed int th Fortherning Presidential

watu-

I be

Senator Borah.

jpaign by the major. Prohibition Forganisations, which are to hold their Conference in Washington

next week.

If this Conférence decides to Baunch a special Prohibition can-i believed that Mr. Borah nay - didate for the Presidency, it is

jeépt the candidacy.

INTERESTING POSITION.

Mr. Ramany MacDonald and M. Herriot, photographed, recently in Paris on the eve of their departure for Lausanne.

LARWOOD

13 FOR 76

FAST BOWLER IN FORM

SUSSEX AND NOTTS WIN

TATE INSPIRED

ITAROLD

Larwood and Maurice Tate, England's iwe "speed" bowlers enjoyed a field day in county cricket on Wednesday and Thurs- day, the former capturing 13 wickets in one match and the Sussex trundler bagging eight.

Their work enabled Notts and Shares win re pectively by nine wickets against Worcester and an innings and 66 against Glamorgan.

SPLENDID FIGURES.

Larwood's figures read:---

ist Jons

8 for J9 5 for 27

2nd inns

runs

Tale returned the following analysis--

1st inns

4 for 26 2nd ins

......1 for 51 Another feature of the Notts- finished their first innings one rua Worrester match was that Notts

devastatingly

London, July 8.

1 If Senator Borah does come into The resignation of Sir William

the field, a most interesting poli-| Hornell. Vice-Chancellor of the All seven were thrown into the Hongkong University, from the teal situation is likely to develop, a when the vessel sank, and they Board of Trustees of the Boxer Prohibitionists could muster sever- as there is little doubt that the kept swimming for an hour - Indemnity Fund was the subject a million vates, thus considerably in arrears, but so ture being resened. They were for disenssion in the House of Com- later picked up by a fishing heat, nons today, when Mr. G. Membarrassing the two principal dia Iarwood

The remaining sixty-three, who, Mander bil, Wolverhampton en-political parties-Renter

it is feared, are trayseri ia the paired of Captain, Anthony Eden

abmarine, are

Reuter.

#ill missing.

British Trade on Yangtsze

DISABLED BY

IRREGULAR

TAXATION

DIFFICULT POSITION

London, July 8.

Replying to a question by Mr. W.

Num (N. Con., Whitehaven) in the

Under-Secretary for Foreign Af-

fairs the reason for Sir Wi Commons

Hornell having taken this step.

Capt. Eden, in reply, said that he understood Sir William had found it difficult to absent himself from Hongkong for a fortnight in each thonth, and

the Board of Trustees were primarily concerned with financial, rather than educa-

AN

To Debate

Economy

bowl, that they were only set 65 to win and this was accomplish- Fed with east. Worcester Look trst knock and put together 205, Larwood being juuplayable. Notis. however, found it just as

Larwood.

timal business, he did not fed the AT REQUEST OF THE hard to score against a

expeliture of time and money in- volved in frequent visits to Nan- king was justified.-Renter.

"HOME BONUS"

MARCHERS

VOTED G$100.000 BY SENATE ·

Washington, July 7.

OPPOSITION

London, July 8, At the request of the Labour Opposition, there will be an Jeconomy, debate in the House of Commons on Monday next, in which it is hoped Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who is at [present at Lausanne, will be able [to participate,

On Tuesday and Wednesday, by The House of Representatives which time it is hoped Mr. Ramsay House of Commons to-day in re-and the Seunte have voted G$100,-MacDonald will have returned to Hard to irregular taxation on the 000 as requcated by President London, there will be discussions Upper Yongtaze and the disability Hoover to provide for the trans-on the Reparations and Disarma- it imposed on British trade with the portation of the "Home Bonus" ment Conferences.--Renter's Spri province

of Szechuan, Captain marchers-Renter. Anthony Eden anid in view of the

present conditions in the Upper

Yangtaze it was manifestly difficult IRISH DUTIES BILL

to deal with such numerous and

varied exactions.

He pointed out that the difficul- ties had not affected British trado

PASSES. COMMITTEE

UNADMENDED

London, July 8.

only, and added that His Majesty's representatives in Chinn nt all times took such stops as were pos- The Irish Free State special! sible to ensure that British tynde Duties Bill passed through tho was not unfairly treated, and committee stage in the House of theso efforts would be continued. Commons to-day without amend -Reuter,

ment---Router.

al Service,

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

FRENCH SENATE SAYS "NO"

TO MEASURE

Paris, July 7.

The Senate to-day rejected by 268 votes to 40 a measure for Women's Suffrage-Router.

fack and were dismissed love 201.

GLAMORGAN TWICE COLLAPSE.

The Nottingham fast bowler again came into prominence when Worcester returned to the creasc, and gainst him they totally collapsed, being dismissed for 63. Glamorgan batted first against Sussex, but Tate was in irresistible forin and capturing four wickets for 26 rous helped to send the,

Welshmen for 93 Sussex

back

Funa. batted

stolidly to pile

on a useful lend,

their total rench ing 311, putting Glamorgan 218 runa in arrears. Glamorgan nover looked likely to avert the innings defent, and were eventually all out TATE.

for 162.

INDIANS, WELL HELD. Staffordshire more than hold their own in a two-days match with All India. They not only

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HOPES AND FEARS

DELEGATES ROUSED

FROM BED

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Lausanne, July 7.

A formula for settling the war guilt question Is reparted to have been agreed to by the French and German delegates, and the com promise on this point is believed to have been matched by agrvíc- ment on the other vital outstand- ing queefion, namely, the final "romposition" payment.

This sum is said to have been fixed at just under Mk. 3,00,000- 006.

In

Lanter

accordance with rerent customs, nightfall brought a setback to the day's promising negotiations. The big obstacles mentioned earlfer still defy settlement,

While experta are putting the finishing touches to the details of the mechanism of the proposed Treaty and annexes, M. Herriot har demanded to see the complete draft before he enters into the question of firurun

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& HOOVER PLAN

NO ARMY REDUCTION

POSSIBLE

Proposed Limitation in Size of Capital Ships & Cruisers

AERIAL BOMBING BAN

BRITAIN'S RESPONSE TO THE HOOVER DIS- DARMAMENT PLAN WAS OUTLINED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY BY MR. BALDWIN, WHO PUT FORWARD THE LINES ON WHICH BRITAIN WAS PREPARED TO PROCEED FURTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF NAVAL RE- STRICTION.

Whilst welcoming President Hoover's declaration, Mr. Ballwin indicated that no further reduction was not practicable to reduce the number of naval units below a certain point.

a certain point.

Mr. Baldwin,, however, suggested the possibility of reduction of naval armaments by other, means, and the reduc- tion of gun calibres by one-third.

This would reduce new capital ships to 25,000 tons with 11-inch guns, and cruisers of 10,000 tons to 7,000 tons with six-inch guns.

A reduction of aircraft carriers to 22,000 tons with a large reduction in destroyer tonnage was also sug- gested.

Britain also urged the abolition of submarines, the prohibition of aerial bombing, and a limitation in the weight and numbers of military aircraft.

AMERICA WELCOMES NEW GESTURE

An

sunt

was con-

London, July 7, desiring that specifically offensive important declaration of weapons he prohibited, and bad Britain's disarmament polley was advocated the abolition of tanks made by the Acting Premier, Mr. over twenty tons, which type were Baldwin, in the House of Commons especially adaptable for offensive to-day He prefaced specific pro- eniployment. Lighter tanks how- prosals by pointing out that the ever, could not be regarded as Baldwin, devended on IL general offensive weapons and constituted comed the Hoover declaration, be- an essential compensation for

numbers in # of cause it called for a really sub- lack stantial measure of disarmament voluntarily-enlisted Army.

Britain As far as and sought to apply the two

of qualitative

prohibition and cerned, any general principles quantitative limitation.

would require an increase in terms thus and would Success at Geneva, said Mr. of man-power agreement. and the Hoover defeat its own ends as a measure FRANCE BLAMED.

proposals Avere Turt forward of disarmament.

a contribution to. an German semi-official A

state- agreed general programme. The mient issued to-night blames British proposals should also be French intractability" for disagregarded as a contribution pointment of the German hopes of general agreement. Britain fur- treating the reparations question ther agreed with President Hoover in the wider framework

that the three problems of European reconstruction and the restoration of mutual confidener military, naval and air disarma by the removal of the discrimina- ment were interconnected. tory clauses of the Peace Treaty.

HERR von Neurath, the German 11 Foreign Minister, who is taking an active part in the discussions at Lausanna.

as

NEW OFFER.

to a

Britain and on land already put into practice a measure of disarmament which more than conformed to the standards pro- - posed by Mr. Hoover.

Coming to the naval proposals, Mr. Baldwin said it was essential that the proposals intended to be adopted by general agreement should make due provision for The statement adils that "it is

Britain, like the United States, varying circumstances. Having therefore necessary to find a solu- tion on the narrow basis of refund her strongest arm in the regard to the widely scattored of the British parations only, and further dis-Navy, and although naval contri- responsibilities cussions will he undertaken there-butions to disarmament on the Navy, it was not practicable for been Britain to cut down the number fargest scale bad ntrendy innde in advance of the present¡ of units beyond a certain point. conference. the British Govern- Occasions might arise calling for ment now offered a further con- the presence of ships simul- istribution as part of a world settle- | taneously in parts of the world

far removed from one another.

011,"

FRESH HOPES.

Later. Once again the outlook brighter. Hopes that an after- ment. dinner talk following Mr. Neville Denling with land disarmament, Chamberlain's dinner to M. Her-Mr. Baldwin said the British BIG REDUCTIONS MADE. riot and M. Germain Martin might Government

found themselves

It was essential to bear in mind lend to some agreement seem to very largely in accord with Presid- the very large reduction in the be strengthened by the fact that immediately after the dinner Herrent Hoover's proposals. British number of ships of all categories von Papen and Herr von Neurathiroops in Britain, her Colonies and which had already been effected. arrived at the flotel Beaurivage India had been reduced as com- If comparison was made with the with pared with the year before the war year before the war, it would be for a midnight conference

Trom 259,000 to 207,000, this being found that capital ships had been Mr. Ramsay MacDonald.

of reduced from 69 to 15, cruisers All three statesmen were rouged effected by the disbandment from their beds For

from 108 to 52, destroyers from this con- many units.

Amerlea had proposed the divi- 285 to 147 and submarines from 74 ference.

Ision of land forces in a polico com- to 52. (Continued un Page 7.)

ponent and a defence component Numerical reduction in the and upon that basis the British British Navy hnd therefore already reduced much below the number scale, and. Indeed, land forces had already been been applied on a very large the cruiser recognised as necessary for the numbers would require specin! maintenance of internal order, consideration hereafter, Mr. Bald- without making allowance for win thought while there was a forces needed on the lines of limit to numerical reduction, it communication with the Empire. was perfectly possible and in the Britain had already joined in highest degroo desirable to secure team applied the reacting chemical and bacterio by other means a large diminution at the second; time of logical warfare, and, in regard to in naval arinamonts. batting after 12 had been put on land gune, had proposed the aboll.

of the board for 6 wickets. The tion of nil mobile guns abovo 155 Indians had to fight hard to avoid mm, calibre.

led the tourists on the first innings, declared their second knock, but had lamianed six of the Indians in their return to the crease for 94 runs when stumps

were drawn.

Staffordshire complied 209, to which All-India replied, with 162. The county closure

defeat and were finally saved by the clock, for the close of play

found them still 95 behind “with

THE TANK PROBLEM.

Regarding tanks, the Govern- four wickets outstanding-Reuter, mont agreed with Mr. Hoover in

|

The present Treaty limits

alzo and gun calibre were for too, high, and the British Government considered that very large re- ductions amounting to about one- third both in the case of capital

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