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NANKING AIR BOMBING RAIDS ON FOOCHOW OVER 200 DEAD IN Eugene Chen's Indictment of Chiang Kai-shek

FOOCHOW OPEN TO

SEA ATTACK

Hostilities Likely At

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Any Moment

Nanking, Dec. 25.

Admiral Chen | Shno-kwan declares that major hostilities between the naval forces and the Fuklen rebels may be expected at any moment, fol- lowing the recapture by the Nanking Navy of Mamoi and Changmen. Forts, thus leay- ing the way to Foochow open from the sen.--Beuter.

ARSENAL ON CREST

OF WAVE

LAGNY WRECK

GRIM STORY OF TERRIBLE FRENCH

RAILWAY DISASTER

ANOTHER TRAIN PULLS UP JUST IN TIME

PARIS, DEC. 25.

THE TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER AT LAGNY CAUSED THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL IN FRANCE TO BE OVERSHADOWED BY GRIEF. THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS DEEPLY

Mass production of toy seroplanes for the Christmas market. London.

for kiddies.

FEW SURPRISES IN XMAS SHOCKED BY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE correctly anticipated that they would be among the most popular of gifts

DAY SOCCER

BUT SHOCKS AT CHESTERFIELD

London, Dec. 25. Arsenal and Grimsby firm. ly established at the top of the two senior Divisions; Norwich still retaining their leadership on goal average; Chesterfield shaken but ser cure; and the lowly clubs reaping a rich harvest of points, were outstanding features of Christmas Day's Home football.

Aston Villa turned the tubles completely on the Wolves who an Saturday smashed down the Man- chester City defences to the tune of 8-0. The Villa piled on six to "which" The Wolves replled twice.

Leeds put up a dour struggle af) Elland Road but the Highbury ment would not be denied and a huge holiday crowd saw their favourites beaten for the second time on their own ground this season.

At last the early season prophets of a Spurs' breakdown can start the old refrain "I told you so" for. fighting to regain their position on top of the First Division, the idais of North London fell by 1-3 to the powerful Huddersfield side.

Hull kept Blackpool well in hand to bring off a goniless draw but Grimsby celebrated their visit to Manchester United by winning hunds down 3-1 and treating them-i selves to a four points lead of thei Second Division, West Ham conid only draw in their Upton Park engagement with Swansen but Lin- coln with new power In their attack played one of their best games this sensun to defeat Port Vale.

CATASTROPHE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE WORST IN RAILWAY HISTORY.

The death-roll has already exceeded two hundred--the official figure late this afternoon being 217-while of the three hundred injured at least a hundred are in a very serious condi- fion, in hospital in Paris and Lagny.

One hundred and fifty coffins lie in the Chapelle Ardente at Gare de Lest, which Presi- dent Lebrun visited this morning.

SPAIN IN MOURNING

COLONEL: MACIA PASSES AWAY

GRAND OLD MAN OF CATALONIA It is revoaled that an even "greater

Barcelona, Deė. 25. tragedy was only averted by uneasiness in s the mind of the driver of another

Colonel Francesco Macia, express rushing through the fog on to tho the first President of Cata- wreckage of the other trains. He applied lonia, who had been serious his brakes in time, the express comingly ill for some time, passed shrieking to a halt within a hundred yards of the Lagny wreckage.

HURTLES THROUGH SIX COACHES

away to-day at the age of seventy-four.

Colonel Macla was the leader of the Catalan movement for self- government and it was only his controlling hand that kept the

HSINHUA · MINE DISASTER

Hundred Workers Buried in Collapse Changsha (Hunan);

Dec. 24.

A section of the tin mine at Hsinhua, some distanco to the south-west of Changsha, suddenly caved in this morning, crushing to death about one hundred miners who were working in: the pit.-Central News.

XMAS TRAGEDY ON TAMAR

DOWN HATCH

-A former member-of-the-Council-of-Minis-Syndicalists more or lessin SIGNALMAN-FALLS- ters, a member of the Senate and the Mayor of restraint. Verdun were among the killed.

The heaviness of the casualties is attributed to the fact that the Nancy express, in front, was composed of wooden coaches, whereas the Strassbourg express, of steel carriages, escaped almost scatheless.

the other.

Born in Catalonin, he entered

the army as a youth and saw A distressing accident, which service in the Spanish-American

WILT many

TERRORISTIC POLICY

MACHINE-GUNNING ALSO

ALLEGED

VICTIMS SAID TO

INCLUDE WOMEN

FOOCHOW, DEC. 26.

THE AIR BOMBING RAIDS BY NANKING PLANES ON FOOCHOW ARE THE SUBJECT OF A STRIKING COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY MR. EUGENE CHEN FROM THE "FOREIGN OFFICE" OF THE REBEL GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY,

It is alleged not only that bombs were dropped upon a defenceless city, but that the machines swooped low and machine-gunned innocent people in the streets,

Mr. Eugene Chen compares Chiang Kai-shek's "frightfulness" with the military code attributed to the Germans during the war,

THE GIFT OF SCIENCE

THE KING'S XMAS DAY ADDRESS

NEED_FOR_SANITY AND PATIENCE

The communique, atates that Chiang Kai-shek has acted on the advice of the London Times, which recently declared that he would-be justifled in taking any mensures to suppress the "pao- ple's" movement in Fukfon,

WOMEN VICTIMS ALLEGED.

During the week-end,, the com- munique continues, Chiang Kai- shek caused Foochow to be bombed by aeroplanes bought with money. subscribed by the people of China for the purpose of_defending China against Japanese aggres- slon,

Besides dropping bombs, the London, Dec. 25. Nunking aviators machine-gunned The every-day application of unarmed civilians, including w0-

and also in his country's resulted in the death of Signal-goodwill in outlook and policy men.

FRIGHTFULNESS.

campaigns in Morocco, man John Augustine Sullivan, oc- reaching the rank of colonel,

which has been rendered possible As Foochow is an unfortified During that period he took no curred aboard H.M.S. Tamar yes-by the march of modern science city, ita reckless bombardment The trains were following closely one behind part in politics, although he had terday afternoon..

always held that, as Catalonia Sullivan was talking with some The Nancy express pulled up and with its great port of Barcelona other men near the edge of a the Strassbourg express was given no warning the most energetic popul-hatch amidships at about 4 pm. tion in Spain contributed very when he announced his intention that the other had stopped. It simply tore its

large proportion of the country's of leavings He stepped back and taxes, it should have the right fell down the hatch, landing on way through about six coaches before.coming toto administer its own affairs. his head.

He was rendered unconscious a halt.

with severe head injurlen and was rushed immediately to the Royal Naval Hospital, where he died shortly after 5 a.m. to-day.

A Cabinet Minister who visited the wreckage said it sur- passed the worst war sights in the Saar.

POLITICIANS A MONG VICTIMS

Deceased was Irish, his home address being 8, Victoria Street, Military Road, Cork; ·

FOREIGNERS KILLED IN HAVANA

OPPONENT OF MADRID, When, however, in Supt. 1933, Gen. Primo de Rivera became Dictator in Madrid, Muela ap. peared openly as an opponent of Madrid control and also of the monarchy. He was made the The death-roll previonaly placed several minutes, in answer to alleader of a now and vigorous

to fog signal.

party entitled "Catainn Action." The success of Norwich at the fat 165, and then at 180, rose

Rivera -once took steps to Crystal Palace venue was hardly ex-over the 200 mark as victims auc-

SIX COACHES TELESCOPED

crush the Catalan movement and pected, but this apart, the Southern cumbed to their injuries, while 200 of the injured have been

The driver of the pecond in 1924 Macin had to leave Section ran pretty well to form

Chesterfield "disgraced" then taken to Paris, and 80 have been

train was travelling at 65 miles Barcolona for Paris. He won- admitted to hospital at Langy, selves at Salter Lane when Darling-

per hour, to recover lost time, tinued to aid the separatist cause M. Paul Morel, former Under-

He did not see the illuminated from Paris until 1926 when he ton gained the honours of the day Secretary of State, Senator hy the only goal, thus giving the Hachette and Deputy Schleiter

signals or hear the fog signals, was arrested by the French on his engine crashing through six the ground that he was planning lenders their third defeat of this are amongst the killed, while three

a military incursion into Spain. dents have requested thoir Am- passenger coaches, season in 20 games. Rotherham de other Deputies are seriously in- Both the driver and the fireman Being expelled from France, bebassador to request Madrid to des- lighted with an away win at the Aured.

have been arrested. Questioned settled in Brussele. In 1927 he patch a cruiser to Cuban waters expense of York City and now

Early in the morning, the Car by the Magistrate, they afirmed went to South America to raise for the protection of Spanish lives Rochdale is sitting at the bottominal Archbishop of Paris arrived that the automatic signal behind funds for his cause,

Expelled and property. of the League in the sent they kept at the Gare de Lest and gave the the Nancy train signifled "Line time in Uruguay where he found last night lasted for over half an

from Argentina, he spent some The fusillade which broke out. Benediction over 150 corpses of Open" The Scots played two matches, mon, women and children, which Fog and, frost were certainly more sympathy. Returning to hour and was particularly fierce Hearts and Celtic adding braces to were laid out in long rows in the the cause of the catastrophe, said Brussels, he worked there until near the presidential palace. their points totals, the latter also station, to which flowed a con- the Director of the Compagnie de 1930, when Rivera resigned. Snipers on roofs, in various parts jumping a couple of places to a res-atant stream of frantle relatives Lest, when interviewed by Reu- pectable position in the table.

The results as cabled by Reuter

warm so long.

are:

FIRST DIVISION.

Aston Villa

Blackburn

Derby

Leeds

Liverpool Newcastle

Sheffield U.

Stoke

Tottenham

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6 Wolves

0 Middlesbrough 0

4 Manchester C. 1

◊ Arsenal

2 Portsmouth

1 Everton

2 Birmingham

2 Leicester

1

Huddersfield

Other results and League

tables will be found on Page 7,

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of those killed and injured.

The Bishop of Meaux, with tears

in his eyes, spent the whole night

| among the dead and wounded.

NEARLY ALL FRENCH.

It has now been disclosed that

all the victims of the disaster were

French, apart from one American

ter's representative.

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SECOND DISASTER AVERTED

Later.

averted па

ARRESTED BY ALFONSO,

Havana, Dec, 21. Four Spaniards and a French- man were killed during yesterday's disturbance here and Spanish rosi-

of the city fired at the troops, who returned fire. Detachments of Macin reappeared in Barcelona troops and marines, as well as in September of that year but armoured cars, were sent out to was almost Immediately arrested patrol the streets and order was Apparently an even more ter- owing to his anti-monarchist later restored, rible neeldent was only fust views and was kept In prison

lof a Catalan State within tho express, until February 1931. another bound from Meaux to Paris, Two months later, after an Spaufah Republic and providing at the manletpal for a soparate Parliament. Thile pulled up a hundred yards from adverse voto

elections. King Alfonso left the charlor Macia formally prosented the scene of the accident, The driver of this train hand country and Republic was, pro to the Madrid Cartes and it was The late Deputy Schlalter was already passed red danger signals, claimod. ata at once declared accepted in August, although his one of the most popular repre-which, in the thick tog, ho mis-the formation of a Catalan Re-position was rendered imenit sentatives of the Chamber, and took for groen.

public and was elected Its Presl by the fact that he owed his was, the Mayor of Verdun.

Only a presentiment that all dent.

power largely to the Byndicalists The trains involved in the dia-was not well caused him to glance Enter tho nams “Conerality” who are still hostilo to the aster were both Paris-Strassbourg black, to sea, that the lights word was given to the Catalan nd-othor partien and dentro AN expresses, running in duplicate. red. He then jammed ok his ministration and n charter wan|Anarchiat rogimo-Router `and

first wan stationary for brakes just in time-Reuter, drawn up declaring the oxistened Special,

and several nationals of 'Central

2 European States,

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The

has been the most significant from the air is clearly indefensible, development of the past year, This action by Chiang Kai-shek asserted His Majesty the King emphasises two points. in the course of his worldwide Christmas Day broadcast ad- dress from Sandringham.

The progress of science, said His Majesty, has brought home to that there is neither time nor room for the old habits of thought and action.

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He is applying to civil war in and frightfulness formulated by China the doctrine of ruthlessness the Germans for application between nations and practised by them durin the Great War with to Germany as a civilised country. such material and moral disastór

“But," he added, "the gifts of scienco aro useless without sanity, patience and the goodwill of all My The other point is that while peoples.

Chiang Kai-shek has not got His Majesty declared that the enough guts to use his aeroplanes past year had shown a sober, if un-against the Japanese, he has not spectacular, progress towards ro-hesitated to use them to start covery from the worldwide depres- another of his periodical civil wars and massacres of his own

sion.

He concluded with Christmas countrymen-National Press. greetings, especially to children, and

THE PEACE DELEGÁTES. In heartfelt "God Bless You".-

Reuter.

Shanghai, Dec. 25. Mr. Chang Chỉ and the three other Nanking peace envoys who I have been on a visit to Canton and

NEW YORK Nanning for the purpose of ascer-

MURDER SENSATION

ARCHBISHOP OF TOURAIN'S DEATH

TWO GROCERS ARRESTED

Now York, Dec.- Ph.

taining the attitude of Kwangtung. and Kwangai to the Fuklen revolt, returned here from Hongkong this morning.

In a joint statement they assert that the Southern leaders aro anxious to offect unity with Non- king, and that none approve of the Fukion movement,

The envoya will leave for Nan- king to-morrow morning-Reuter

MARINES LAND.

Bhanglial, Doo, 24. According to a naval mcsANJO, Central Government marinos have landed at Mamol, which was cently recovered from the banda of A sensation hins boon created the rebels by the Nanking naval horo by the arrest of two force. The marlos Bro moving grocers, Mato Blogletin and with a view to arenting a diversion. Mishin Farkinson, in connexion (In the robola" "renr.--Central Net with the killing of the Arch-powe bishop of Tourain.

Thought" group of the Armentan The former has baen alarged Church, whereas the late Arch with homleide, and the latter with | bishop was of this "New Thought'.-. [bolog, an accessory,

|gropp, which, was regarded as Both are monitors of the "Old(favouring the Soviet.--Zanker,