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TWO HUNDRED MISSING IN YANGTSE DISASTER

STEAMER HITS ROCK

AND SINKS

SIXTH DISASTER THIS YEAR

NO SURVIVORS

YET REPORTED

(Special to "Telegraph")

Shanghai, July 12. Tragically heavy loss of life is feared in nexion with another stea-

con-

CANADA'S

GESTURE

AN EMPIRE DUTY FREE LIST

CONTRIBUTION TO OTTAWA

OTTAWA, JULY 11.

to the

As a contribution to the cause of freer trade within the Empire, Canada is pre-

submit paring to Ottawa Conference an im- posing list of commodities which she is prepared to im port duty free from Empire countries.

{

It is reliably reported that mer disaster which occurr-east eight thousand separate items ed on Saturday in the up-are included in the list for duty per reaches of the Yang-free importation in return for re-

ciprocal favours tsze.

Empire trade.

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regard to

proposed Some of the

Jari

The ill-fated ship in this instance was the ss. Wahsing changes, increasing the preference! which apparently struck a rucka Empire goods, are at major im. and sank with appalling rapidity about one hundred and thirtyortance, - - Reuter,

miles up river from Irhang.

The disaster apparently over whelmed the little ship long before

CONFERENCE AGENDA.

The avenida for

Later the Imperial

assistance of any kind was forth-Economie Conference issued to the

coming and the

DELGIAN RIOTS. Our photo mounted police breaking pa demonstration.

BELGIUM'S COAL STRIKE

Troops Suppress Lawlessness

SHOOTING

NAVAL HERO LAUSANNE PACT

CRASHES

SEAPLANE GAUGHT

IN A SQUALL

TWO PASSENGERS

DROWNED

New York, July 11.

A British naval officer hero,

Commander Augustine W. S.]

SPECULATION

MR. CHURCHILL IN ROLE

OF CRITIC

Agar, V.C., of His Majesty's AFRAID OF AMERICA

sloop Scarborough, was seriously injured in a seaplane smash at Bedford, Massachusetts,

New

-sday.

Commander Agar was piluting' the machine, carrying two Ameri- cans aboard as passengers. The seaplane had been up for time, behaving perfectly, when it was caught in 20 sudden Berce squall and crashed into the APR out of control.

FLLION

The two American passengers |

Com- were both drowned but mander Agar was. extricated from the wreckage gravely in- jured.

Commander Agar gained his AFFAIR Victoria Cross while a lieutenant |for conspicuous bravery on June 17. 1919, in sinking the Bolshevik cruiser Oleg.

fate of the two Canadian papers shows that the hundred people known to have subjects to be discmend will be the Charlerai and Mons coal-

been aboard is unknown.

News of the terrible affair has only just reached Shanghai. learned that efforts are now being: made in the vicinity of the wreek

thei discover how many of unfortunate passengers and crew reached shore in safety.

It is

NO NEWS OF SURVIVORS. Up to the present there is no news of any survivors, though it that the is difficult to believe circumstances of the mishap were such as to cause such a complete tragedy.

The vessel's holds were loaded to capacity with gasolene and kerosene and she carried {wo` hundred passengers and crew. all of them believed Chinese.

tu be

This is the sixth major shipping tragedy to occur in the Upper Yangtze this year,

Reuter.

DUMP DISASTER IN NANKING

OFFICIAL REPORT ON EXPLOSION.

Nanking, July 12.

explosion Sky's albastrens

has to the

had. Atates the otherial report m

was

the

to

:

MR.

AMERICA'S UNEMPLOYMENT

CRISIS IN CHICAGO

600,000 FACING STARVATION

PRESIDENT VETOÈS RELIEF BILL

Chicago, July 11. The unemployment situa- tion in Chicago is presenting the authorities with a grave probleın.

R. WINSTON CHURCHILL, APPARENTLY DE- TERMINED TO MAINTAIN THE ROLE OF CHAMPION OF LOST CAUSES, WHICH HE HAS ASSUMED SINCE HIS BREACH WITH MR. STAN- LEY BALDWIN, HAS EMERGED AS A CRITIC OF THE LAUSANNE REPARATIONS SETTLEMENT, special resalon of the Illinois Le- gislature, declaring that a major disaster" is threatened failing ro- Mr. Churchill launch-lief measures by August 1.

Brussels, July 11. The immediate emergency in

REPAIRS UNDER FIRE. mining districts is believed to h

To achieve the object of i under three main headings.

trad questions over. 111 general

jattack, it

necessary Jarill existing aml future

The presence of troops has had penetrate a screof "destroyers within preferences

a quielening effect everywhere in and owing to a breakdown, Lieut.j without the Empire.

the strike region, although one Agar was compelled to remain in Z metary

Bancial and

thisdelose proximity to the enemy for incident SOFIRS

occurreal

were questioné; consideration of afternoon at Suttenpen.

20 minutes while repairs made. This was rendered doubly existing inter-relationships

the workers difcutt owing to heavy seas, but At Soltengen, of the varios Empire eur

shot and wounded the manager: Lieut. Agar completed the open- rencies and the desirability

A snapshot from Lausanne, ug taking

factory. The wounded 13

geative on and brought his ship safely

of a Rood understanding and feasibility of

man returned the fire and hit

engagement, under

Herr von Papen gives M. Herriot a steps to restore ant stal-

twa of his worker assailants, heavy fire from land forts and

light. Be the general price level and stabilising exchange

Reinforcements of police were destroyers, having first sunk the negotiation t trade sent

an the disturberg were: Blog Reuter, Reuter and thents,

dispersed.

NOULENS CASE

MINISTER OPPOSES FOREIGN LEGAL

AID

Sanking, July 12.

OF

Work has been resumed in the Liege coalfields, except in { k ༡ །

Reuter.

Mines.

REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL

Mr. Lo Wen-kan, the Minister at SAN PAULO GARRISON

Justice has sent a petition to the[ Executive Yuan opposing the suy gestious that foreign lawyers be permitted to represent Mr. Naudens in Chinese courts,

Mr. Lo Wen-kan says that, ae

cording te law only foreigners without extrality rights can sa ap jpear, except in the Shanghai bi

trict Court,

Regarding the qued for the transfer of the ass, Mr, ho say: that the accused must apply to the Court not to the Ministry of Jus tice,

REBELS

out of the

IRISH "INSULT" RUMPUS

PUBLICATION NOW PERMITTED IN DUBLIN

London, July 11, A somewhat curious situation; Bumos Aires, July 11.

the existed to-day in regard to the Brazil is apparently $1

between the throes of another stempted recorrespondence volution though The Government Governor-General of the Irish:

To the Governor-General's re-

in, onder te "ye ofislarva- tion, the Mutur of Chicago, Mr. Anthong Cermak, has demanded a

On the first of next month, the

ed a few broadsides in the House of Commons yester- present funds employed for relief

purposes will be exhausted. day, foretelling the develop-

TRAGIC POSITION. ment of strong anti-Euro-

Mayor Cermak points out that the pean prejudices in

the growth of unemployment in United States as the result the city is tragic, declaring that at of the Lausanne agreement least six hundred thousand people in Chiengo alone are depending and generally taking the upon the Relief Commission to line that Britain and the keep them from starvation,

Despite large private subscrip- other European Powers might now surrender alltions and the issue of emergency bonds, several months' salary is hope of securing a revision still owing to City employees as of war debts.

Mr. Neville Chamber- lain refused to accept Mr. Churchill's gloomy picture as authentic, but declined to anticipate the full state- ment promised by the Prime Minister to-day.

Meanwhile, after the first reactions it has become evident that Europe is accepting the Lausanne agree- ment as the best possible solution in existing circum- stances. Important developments yesterday were the endorsement in Berlin and Paris of the undertakings entered into by Herr von Papen, the German Chancel- lor, and M. Herriot, the French Premier.

BERLIN AND PARIS ENDORSE PACT

London, July 11. Telegrams from Paris and Ber-

German Cabinets.

Ranasuy

-tories quite free of any "secrel

agreements,"

CHURCHILL CRITICISMS.

THE AT SCHOOL

לון

An unemployment 'demonstration in the United States, with children figuring prominently in the affair.

the result of the dispute over the rating assessments, causing huge arrears in tax collection.

RELIEF BILL VETOED.

Washington, July 11. President Hoover to-day vetoed The Chancellor of the Ex-the Unemployment Relief Bill has taken swift action in an effort; Free State, Mr. James McNeill, in state that the Lausanne agree and the President of the Irishment to-day received the full ap to quell the revalt.

I has its oriyal in San Pauly Free State Executive, Mr. dej

confessed himself sorely tempted approving the grant of G$2,122,- to anticipate the Premier's state-1000,000, for nasisting the vast army State and was apparents inspired Valera, which the former had Proval of both the French and the chequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, passed by the Senate on Saturday, by displeasure at the tardiness of issued for publication.

The British Cabinet, it is under-ment on Lausanne when to-night, of unemployed in various ways.

the The Bill was passed through the the Central Government in stor ing msitutional government.

a meeting to be held Consolidated Fund Appropriation House of Representatives as the aGarner Bill. A compromise Br The revolt which is supported by quest for an apology, Mr. de Va-stood, will have the agreement be in replying to a debate on

BB he was confronted with lera replied with a letter marked fore it at

iseries of criticisms and queries rangement was effected between all the Stale surronding Rig "Personal," which, therefore, Mr. to-morrow morning.

the did not issue with

from Mr. the House and the Senate prior to In conclusion, the Minister of Janice, with the exception of a MeNeil

regarding Lausanne

the Upper Justite points out that the rase périta Sante, was started by the other correspondence,

its acceptance by Winston Churchill.

House-Router. must be dealt with recording to San Ranko City garrison.

Objection to publication of any

Mr. Chamberlain, however, de! have of the letters, as being confiden Troops and naval forces

The Premier did not attend Par- |

Mr. hi-run law, but if Mr. and Mrs. Nuutens

to crush the rebels.

Hial State documents, was raised

liament this afternoon hut spent a jvided to allow the bulk of shells and abou; five thead hand convicted and senteared, the been seat

Government ean. for special rea- Rooters

by Mr. de Valora. sons, grant a special amnesty..

Mr. McNeill, however, persisted comparatively restful day at Down Churchill's remarks to wait an

answer by the Prime Minister al- RECORD PRICE FOR Reuter,

in demanding an apology, and the ing Street, in the course of which though, in regard to one comment

STALLION full correspondence, with the ox-he saw his doctor and several

upon the effect of agreement in ception of the letter marked "Per Cabinet cullengues with whom he

the British sonal," was made public to-day, discussed the various aspects being published everywhere in the the Lausanne settlement and the Ministers had been in touch NEARLY £50,000 AT British Isles, with the exception business relating to of the Irish Free State.

t atfair.

Your Heusend

shells, over six hundred

mortar

wonades went up in the exploded

Two hundred houses were de stroyed, rendering about five ham- Gred people homeless.

Only two soldiers were killed, but a number of civilians who jumped

MADAME SUN IN NANKING. Nanking. July 12, Madame Sun Yat-sen arrived

from Shanghai this morning to into the river to escape the fire see Mr. and Mrs. Noalens and to which followed, were drowned and exert further efforts to secure their, the total casualties

about were fifty,--&enter,

SALT TAXATION

SCHEME

MR. SOONG FINDS NEW REVENUE

Nanking, July 12.

Mr. T. V. Soong's proposal to the Central Political Connell for

the

release.

THE FREE STATE DUTIES BILL

AWAITING ROYAL

ASSENT

(Reuter's Special Servica).

London, July 11. The Irish Free State special Duties Bill has passed through all stages in the House of Lords and now only awaits the Royal Assent.

DOLLAR RISES A. FARTHING

SILVER ́ RATHER

FIRMER

IRISH CABINET LIFTS BAN.

In the afternoon. Mr. MacDonald will make a full state- ment to the House of Commons.

the

of

Con-

ference at Ottawa, to attend which Mr. Baldwin and several other Ministers are leaving London Wednesday.

on

The Premier is assured of an ex-

tremely cordial welcome when he attends the Commons to-morrow.

ILL-INFORMED GUESSES.

America, the Chancellor pointed

out that, after all,

Lausanne not only with European representatives, but also with those of the United States.,

OPPOSITION WELCOME.

that, in this rare

one

Britain.

AUCTION

(Reuter's Special Service). With silver showing a slightly Mr. de Valera's Executive had State steadier tendency, the Hongkong forbidden the Irish Free

He asked the Touse to believe

London July 11. the letters, and dollar rose a farthing this morn to publish

and delicate

At Newmarket to-day,, Lord ing to 18. 3d. The market copies of the English and North

situation, the Government had no reason to think that the course Glanely, on behalf of a syndicate, locally is quite steady, although Irish papers containing them were

forty-seven thousand they had taken was not much business in passing. not permitted to enter the Free

which paid The inter-bank rate is about 18 State.

the His statement is keenly awaited would lead to any of an-guineus for the ten-year-old [3.9/16d.

This evening, however the cor- In London, silver rose 1/8th respondence was issued in Dublin, and it is anticipated that he will fortunate results which Mr. Chur-stallion, Solario..

The price paid le a record for China with a statement that as the letters deal in some detail with certain chill had anticipated. spot and 3/16ths forward.

Earlier in the debate, the public auction of stud horses in hought, and India operated both had appeared in "foreign papers," points upon which there has been ways, the market being quietly the executive Counell had decided some speculation, much of it ill-

Solario was the property of the the Free State.-British Wireless, which the settlement in Lausanno most cordially welcomed from the

late Sir John Rutherford, and his is related to the war debts issue. buyers wore satisfied.

teady. After the official fixing to authorise their publication in informed, upon the manner in Lausanne settlement had been

standing atud tee la five hundred New York roports a rise of a

guineas. Thirty-saven contracts quarter in silver prices to 27./8th,!

He will probably take occasion

have boon arranged already for the market being steady.

to deny the published state-

next season. ment, for which there is no

Capt. Matthews, master of the g

Solario was purchased by Sir foundation, that Britain, France and Italy have reached an agree Kinahan, has reported to the police

from three and a half thousand guineas, ment upon a "united front" in that at 1.40 am. yesterday, whilat John Rutherford as a yearling for off and won about £20,000 in stakes. any future debt negotiations the steamer was on its way

Canton to Hongkong and when with the United States. He will Castle Peak, a Chinese woman pas- He has already aired winners also make it quite clear that the nonger jumped overboard and was not such as Orpen, Dastur and Rose conference has left the signa-Iseen again.

Jon Sólefl.

reorganisation of Halt 1axu-

Charged before Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning flon has becon adopted.

Dutch In a report to the police, Mir, T.

away on the Mr. Soong's plans is tú equalise Armstrong, of the Drainage Depart-

The Royal Observatory reports with atowing

Hongkong, a Chinese, was fined $50 taxation, which will stop smugment of the P.W.D., states that motor that pressuro is highest over the steamer Tisondari from Batavia to gling from those parts of the coun- lorry No. 1805 collided with a drainage Pacific to the east of Japan, and mantle hard labour. It wan try where the salt tax ls less than treet and Hi Lune Lane, causing is 1elatively low over the China stated that defendant had been in others, and will bring in an in- damage to the extent of $10. The Sea and to the west of Bhantung hawker in Batavia, and was foundl creased revenue of $6,000,000 an driver, it was stated, drove on with Local forecast:-East winde, mo- among the steerage passengers after

derüte; fair to showery,

the Tilsondari had left that port. nually..

out stopping.

winch at the junction of Reclamation

A

Opposition Benches. British Wireless.

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