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1932.
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FIVE-POWER ARMS CONFERENCE HITCH DRAMA
MAY NOW NEVER BE HELD
POSTPONEMENT
MYSTERY
LORD TYRRELL VISITS M. HERRIOT
FLUTTERING IN DOVECOTES
Paris, Oct. 6.
G-ABPI
One of the new Armstrong-Whitworth air-liners, of the Atalanta claus, just delivered, built for service on the African route for the Imperial Airways.
GUERILLA WAR IN MANCHURIA
YOUNG MARSHAL'S
A serious hitch in the centres de Henshotza eta en EE BURNINU arrangements for the pro- posed Five-Power Arms Con- ference is suggested by a communique announcing that the British Ambassador, Lord Tyrrell, has informed M. Herriot that Britain has decided to postpone the pro- posed date of the Conference.
At Geneva, a very serious view is taken of the development.
It
is suggested in League circles that the pontponement of the Con- ference is understood to be sinej die.
There are very grave doubts at Geneva us to whether the Conference will ever he held.
Router learns in London that
ADMISSION.
Peking, Oct. 7. "Restore Manchuria to the Chi- nese and the existing chaos will end the following day," declared Marshal ang such-linng to. day, commenting on the Lytton Report and inferentially odmil- ting that the Volunteer forces in Manchurin are working under his direction.
1912304ÆTURNA CARAVENÝ
WHO'S HO0?
the British Government had pre. HONGKONG UNDER viously been hoping that it would
be possible to hold the conference
in London next week.
OSTENSIBLE REASON.
the The ostensible reason for postponement is the time taken by the communications between the British and o'her' governments, which are atated to be continu- ing.
CRITICISM!
LEAGUE DEBATES OPIUM LAWS
Geneva, Oct. 6. The Hongkong
Government Opium Monopoly was one of the The consultations are being objects at which a complaint in
was in pursued with the other Powers the League Assembly with the intention of bringing scidentally levelled to-day. about a meeting if it is any
China has a privilege she does way possible, but there is rea-
son to believe that some very not want, according to Dr. Hoo, grave reason prompted the in-who addressed the Assembly on the struction to Lord Tyrrell to an- nounce a postponement to the, aubject of opium, and proposed the French Premier,
complete prohibition of the sale'
There is, of course, considerable speculation regarding the events of yesterday. it no definite clue has been obtained.
EQUALITY DEMAND.
The purpose of the proposed conference, to which invitations were extended by Great Britain, was a frank discussion of Ger many's arms equality demand with a view to securing her return to the Disarmament Conference.
The Wilhelmstrasse revealed no enthusiasm when the proposal.was placed before her early this week and it is taken for granted that the postponement is due to some communication from Germany.- Router.
KING RECEIVES CRIPPLE
A NEW ZEALAND
MINISTER
Lndon, Oct. 6.
THE MOTOR SHOW
FEATURES OF 1932 EXHIBITION
NEW INSULL CRASH SENSATION
ILLINOIS SEEKING ARREST OF AGED CHIEF
AT PRESENT IN FRANCE
New York, Oct. 6. Bu
QUSINESS CIRCLES have been provided with a sensation by the announcement from Springfield that the Governor of Illinois has requested Mr. H. L. Stimson, Secretary of State, to ask the French Govern- ment to arrest Mr. Samuel Insûll, the aged Anglo- American industrial magnate, head of a chain of utility concerns involved recently in one of the biggest financial crashes of the century, second only, probably, to the Kreuger disaster.
A provisional warrant has been issued in Toronto! for the arrest of Mr. Martin Insull; but it is announced that a lawyer has been retained to fight any order for his extradition,
HISTORY OF TRAGIC DOWNFALL
became
AN INJUNCTION.
Hamuel insuli.
HITLER'S GREAT DRIVE
TO "SWEEP ASIDE" OPPOSITION
ELECTION PLANS DISCLOSED
"I will sweep aside all opposition and take over the Government in November," Hitler told a conference of the Party.
INTERPORT TENNIS SURPRISE
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR HONGKONG
NO LADIES' TEAM COMING DOWN
(Our Own Correspondent).
Shanghai, Oct. 7.
An important decision which may cause consider- able disappointment to Hongkong tennis en- thusiasts was taken at last the night's meeting of Shanghai Lawn Tennis Association.
journey.
follows:
R.A. Wade (Captain),
Gordon Lum,
The committee met for the purpose of scecting the teams for the Interport matches in Hongkong and after a lengthy discussion it was decided that Munich, Oct. 6.
there should be no Indles” team. The Nazis are surpassing all previous electioneering disappoint Hongkong in that it Shanghai will also probably GIANT STRIDES TO
campaigns in a gigantic has been found impossible to sond AID NOVICE
Samuel Insull, & Londonor who to deliver the spetch. American effort to secure an outright down the best of the Shanghai
correspondents, howevor, Landon, Oct. 6.
of the wealthiest press one
men players. Neither Duff nor Automobile experts from many electricity magat in the United had secured copies and published majority in the forthcoming go "Hool-hye can make to. Tne team was selected ከዛ countries are visiting the Inter-States, was born in Westminster them. Mr. Sackett therefore mada elections to the Reichstag. national Motor Show which opens in Nov., 1859. He had to leave the speech as arranged.
office boy at Olympia next Thursday and school and become as
at 14, but devoted all his spare continues until 22nd October.
time to study. Becoming dissatie- The wave of depression which Many improvements in body and fed when 22 with, le prospects Insivept over American industries in!
In the course of a fiery fighting engine design are forecast in the England, he went to the U.S. and the next two years hit Insull's big hundreds of models on view and had the good fortune to obtain the concerns very hard. In March, the Show as usual will be fully post of private secretary to Edison. 1932, & Chicago woman took pro-speech, Hitler disclosed his cam- ceedings for the appointment of apaign plans, stating that more pro- representative, not only by British the famous inventor.
being Arms, but of lending motor Edison had just developed his in- receiver on the ground that the paganda meetings
before in manufacturers of many other candescent electric lamp beyond the assota of the companies had so arranged than ever
laboratory stage and was secking shrunk that the liabilities of Insul German history.
com- Utility Investments could not be in menna to produce it on a The Show marks a stage automobile development of enor-mercial scale. Seeing signs of mot. mous interest and importance to business ability in his young the average, more or less inexpert secretary, he gave him charge of For the first time in the commercial aide of the inven- car owner. history, a wide range of choice of tion and Insul handled the task different makes and types of cars with remarkable success. nl equipped with easy-change wear hoxes, will be available, and it will no longer be necessary to huy a car which one would not therwise select in order to obtain this advantage.
countries.
were
DISMISSALS threatened.
GENERAL POST
"Guy" Cheng, Canavarro.
The players will leave for Hong- kong aboard the President Hoover on October 15..
FIGHTING PLANES
FOR CHINA
HONAN'S GJET TO NANKING
Nanking, Oct. 7. Realising the indequacy of China's air force, Honan Province has raised $300,000. through 'pri- vate contributions and has pur- chased three fighting planes for
The machines have already arrived in Shanghai, and the Aviation Bureau is sending ex- perts to bring them to Honan first, in order that the Honan public
In April, a receivership was All of the Party chiefs who granted for that concorn and also show signs of flagging under the for the Middle West Utilities Co pressure to be applied in the next "Huge funda" will be utilised The difficulties were due to the) which had a capital of £50,000,000, few weeks will be dismissed. failure of numerous holding com-and nothing will be overlooked GREAT EXPANSION.
panies on which the Middle West that will contribute to victory.
It is popularly believed that Under Insull'e management, there Co. depended largely for income
Hugenberg. the great laancial next to pay dividends.
is backing Hitler. came into existence in the
Meanwhile, Insul held many magnate, few years the Edison Machine Worka, the Edison Lamp Co., the conferences with bankers in an although he opposed him in the Edison General Electrical Co. and effort to save the combine. On Presidential elections-Rinter, GEAR SIMPLIFICATION. the Electric Tube Co., as well as May 4, however, four New York At banks had arranged to sell by Almost every well-known make a number of similar concerns.
interests, becoming chairman of with them by Insuli Investments of opium except for medical and has adopted one or other of the the same time Insull took up other auction next day securities pledged SOVIET PLAYS AT the Chinese Government.
varinus avatome of gear-changing the Midland Utilities Co., the and another company of the com- scientific purposes,
People's Gas Light and Coke Co., bine as security for loans. He strongly protested against simplification. Some of they
and from amraction the Chicago Civic Opera Co., the the attitude of "certain Western not new.
THE CRASH. view are the mor Chicago Rapid Transit Co., and Powers" in prohibiting the sale of "oint of oplum within their own domestic interesting on that account, sin many other companies, until
But the courts granted an in- are beyond ananicion of Chicago alone he supervised. every sphere, but allowing it in their r
more experiments.
The public utility concern-gas, electric junction postponing the auction on
Moscow, Oct. 6. heen phtainabila for some years on with
over that time would realise nothing # total capital of
A sort of General Post is approaching real values and cause large cars, but this sensor for the £400,000,000.- Arst time this devica. In con- He was a great believer in club irreparable damage to the Insuli proceeding among Soviet Am- function with a preselective van life as a means of keeping touch companies and the creditors, bassadors as the result of the box, makes its annearance on anite with men of various interests and whereas postponement might re-retirements of M. Sokolnikoff. small, moderately-priced vehicles belonged to several of the chief sult in there being a balance over the Soviet Ambassador, in Lon- don, and M. Kursky, the Soviet The 1932 Olympia Show will be clubs in the US. and England the amount of the loans.
The collapse of the Insull con- remarkable also for the number of for from the time when he became cefna is said to be the biggest new amall-power four-cylinder prosperous he renewed his asso- cars which will make their first clation with his native land by ash in history and hundreds of millions of dollars have been lost. paying frequent visits.
-Reuter and 1. 8. S. BURY FORCE DRAW AT public appearance.
NOTTINGHAM
In
-
Colonies, in some cases only if hang
Huld flrwhpal, for instance. hasight, power and street railways the ground that a forced sale at
the purchaser is Chinese.
"Why this distinction?" he asked.
"China has never claimed such a privilege," he asserted.-Renter.
HOME FOOTBALL
REMARKABLE CHANCE."
OLD FRIENDSHIPS. By 1929 ho had crossed the It is rather remarkable, in these London, Oct. 0. Playing at Nottingham to-day in days of small "six" efficiency and Atlantic over 70 times, often, it is the Second Division of the Foot-popularity, that fashion in motor said, simply to enjoy the pleasure should have made this in memory of old times of a walk ball League, Notts County and cars Bury shared tho points, each side seemingly retrograde movement. which concluded with a visit to one of his clubs and the rentowal scoring-twico-Reuter.
(Continued on Page 7.)
of British friendships.
Inauli became a member of both the British and American Insti-
H. M. the King, at Buckingham CRACK MONOPLANES FOR IMPERIAL tutes of Electrical Engineers and
AIRWAYS CAPE SERVICE
150 M.P.H. MACHINES: THE LATEST LINK
RESENTED SPEECH.
HUGE DANISH BRIDGE
BRITISH FIRM TO GET CONTRACT
London, Oct. 6.
AMBASSADOR IN LONDON
TO BE RELIEVED
M. Sokolnikoff.
may view their donated machines,
after which the planes will fly to Nanking to join the regular Air Force. Retter.
STOP PRESS
MR. THOMAS' WARNING
London, Oct. 7. The Irish Free State Cabinet has announced the delegates to the Land Annuities Conference to be held in London next week, as follows:
Mr. Eamon de Valera, President
"-of Council,"
• Mr.
McEnteo.
Finance;
Minister of
Mr. Conor Macguire,' Attorney-
General,
Mr. Geoghegan, Mluister
Justice,
has received degrees from the According to an announcement Palace to-day, received Mr. Downlo
the Union Collego, New York, the made this evening by the Danish Stewart, Minister of Finance and
North-Western. University and Ministry of Public Works, negotia- Attorney General for New Zealand.
Notre Dame University.
tions regarding the erection of n Mr. Stewart, who is crippled, was
Although the meeting will dis- groat bridge over the Storstroem- carried Into the Palace in a chair.
cuss the financial differences, sald men have advanced groativ dur- The King also received Mr.
Mr. J. H. Thomas, spòsking at In 1930, Imaull attended the ing the visit of Mr. Mitchell, Alexander Park, Secretary of tho
London, Oct. 6. gines and la capable of flying at
Newport to-day, referring to the New Zealand Treasury, who was;
The official decren, anuouncing resumption of negotiations, "the Invented with the C.M.G., and Lady Three of the fleet of eight now 150 miles per hour. The mono-World Power Conference in Berlin. Chairman of Dorman Long, Ltd., Ambassador in Rome.
that they are being reiloved, states British Government's ropresentay All Shah, mother of the Aga monoplanes, the first monoplanes planes are luxuriously equipped Mr. Sackett, the American Ambas- the Tamous Middlesborough eng-
With only minor alterations, the that they are retiring at their own tives will bear in mind the still wider issues of the maintenance Khan, who was invested with the to be used by the Imperial Air- and it is expected that the whole sador there, who for years had run invers.
of Kentucky, prepared a speech in plans for the bridge submitted by request. insignia of the Order of the Crown ways, have boon delivered at the fleet will be in service by the end the electric supply of a large area
M. Maisky, who is at present of the obligationa under the London Alr Park for service on of the year.? of India.-British Wirelosa,
the Croydon-Capetown route. A weekly alt-mail service, has which he stated that the charger Dorman Long, and the prices for
consumers of curront In various sections of the work for Minister in Finland will aucceed . Treaty of 1981 and the future ri and M. lationship of the Irish Free Stat They are known as the Atalanta been established between Broken to The Royal Observatory reports that class and have been specially, Northern Rhodesia, and America were 15 times the cost the bridge, which involves a Sokolnikoff in London
has been appointed to Rome.
Reuter the antlerclone has extended eaet designed for flying in the Tropics Elizabethville, Belgian Congo, con- of production. On seeing, the £2,000,000 contract, will begin at Potemkin, the Minister in Greece, within the British Commonwealt
The bridge, will be one of the M. Davilan, Minister to Persia, wards to Japan. Hoderate mannan by the Armstrong-Whitworth Air-neeting with the England-South draft, Insull protested vigorously an early date.
African
air mail which leaver against such a revelation in will prevail over the Northern China craft Company.
Wednesday.
nublic. After hours of heated largest of its kind in the world will succoed M. Potemkin at Athens)
-Reuter Ban Local- forocast:-N.E. winds, Each plans has four double | Croydon every
discussion, Mr. Sackett agreed not British Wireless...... moderate; fair.
Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose, an-British Wiraldas,
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