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ALF MONDAY, APRIL

1934.

日六廿月二

S.O.S. MYSTERY CLEARED UP

SHANGHAI TRAIN DERAILED

Minor Mishap Noar Wushih

(Special to "Telegraph”)

Shanghal, April 8. A Shanghai bound pas senger train 'on the Nan-" king-Shanghal Railway was derailed this afternoon at a point some distance from Wushih. Four coaches con off the rails, but fortunately no casualties were involved.

Central News.

LOCAL

SURVIVORS

OF DISASTER LAND

YUEN SHWUN HITS ROCK AND SINKS QUICKLY

FISHING CRAFT RESCUES

(Special to "Telograph")

Shanghai, Apr. 9.

The mystery surrounding the strange silence of the Chinese coaster ... Yuen Shwun, follow.

VANDALISM ing the picking-up of urgent

CHARGE

VASE THEFTS AT

CEMETERY

COMPLAINT FROM SHAMEEN

S.O.S. calls from the vessel, has been cleared up by the arrival hero of thirty-four survivors.

SINGLE COPT 19 OINTS. $2408..PES 'ANIUM

DUNLOP

Fort

unequalled by any other Tyre in the world

GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE WORLD'S

UNITED STATES

The King and Queen of Siam, who are making a tour of Europe, shown above photographed

outsida Nice hotel.

270

The Yuen Shwun, according to GERMANY'S LOAN

the stories told by those rescued,

struck a reof during a fog and

sank almost immediately..

There was time to send out a

OBLIGATIONS

few signals of distress, but it was BASLE MEETING OF necessary to abandon ship within!

a few minutes of the striking.

TWENTY-NINE FEARED LOST.

A resident of Shameen, ac-

It is feared that twenty-nine cording to our correspondent there, is bitterly complaining members of the crew and passen- against vandalism which has gers were drowned, although it is recently occurred in the Pro possible that some of them were testant Cemetery, Happy Valley, Picked up by sherfolk In the

vicinity. Hongkong.

Chinese company

All the survivors were rescued According to the resident mak- in the complaint, Just before by amall fishing craft.

Owned by a Easter no fewer than fifty or more vasca were stolen from graves, at Newchwang, the Yuen Shwun which be left Chefoo on Wednesday with these including Jonged to the Shameen resident. 1,000 tons of cargo aboard. The A number of pots of ferns were disaster occurred near Ningpo-

Central News. also taken away.

one

The thief or thieves appear to have entered the cemetery from the Stubbs Road, where there is a big gap in the wall, this being evidently Intended to be utilised The grave for a gateway later on, From which the Shameen resident's taken is, however, 178 vage

Residents' Old situated in the Section, which is situats a long way from the Stubbs Road and is in fact close to the main gate, which is closed every night, and to the caretakers' quarters.

When the No. 1. was approached: on the matter, all he could say was that he was sorry, but could offer no explanation of the thefts.

CREDITORS

COMMON FRONT

AGREED...

Basle, April 8. The dispute between Germany and her foreign creditors regard- ing the amount she can fairly be expected to pay on her loan obfi- head shortly.

ations is expected to come to a

Was

no

ILLINOIS SETS BALL †

ROLLING

FIRST TEST OF PRESIDENT'S GRIP

THE DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT

(Special to "Telegraph") -

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sages

Springfield, Ill. Apr. 8. The first test of political Isentiment in the United States since President

ARMENIAN" "CHURCH FEUD IN BOSTON

Desperato Battle in Street

Boston, April 8. Employing knives and ice-picks, rival factions in the Armenian. Church engaged in a desperate battle to-day which originat- ed in mutual accusations of causing the murder of Archbishop Tourlan in December,

Two hundred and fifty police officers, armed with riot guns and tear-gas bombs, overpowered the rioters and made nine arrests:-Reuter,

Roosevelt swamped the Re-U.S.

publican Party in 1932 will begin on Tuesday in the primary elections which are being held throughout Illinois.

The election is admitted on all handa, to be a real test af-public

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NAVAL WAR GAMES

"ENEMY” WATERS

ENGAGEMENT

reaction to the Roosevelt "New THE FLEET ON Deal" policies.

MANOEUVRES

The State will vote its Democra le and Republican nominees for twenty-seven seats in Congress, in-

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San Diego, April 9.

cluding that of the Speaker, Mr. | A gigantic series of battle

Henry Rainey, who faces vigorous manoeuvres, in which the United' States fleet will fight its way opposition.

Practically all the prosent in-through four thousand miles of

"onemy" waters will begin to cumbents are running for

morrow off the California coast. election.

The great war game will last for a month-

NO REAL ANXIETIES.

re-

The manoeuvres are to be con- a scale never before

The Democrats are, however, ducted on facing the primaries without any attempted by the United States. real anxiety.

Barring political miracles, the Navy and will extend across three Democrats will come out of this thousand miles of Pacific waters

BIGGEST SPLASH

NORWEGIAN

FJORD TIDAL WAVE

ROCK 1200 FEET LONG| AND 600 FEET HIGH

· HEAVY · DAMAGE

Oslo, April 8.

One of the biggest "splashes" in the history of the world was the cause of the fjord disaster near Alle mund.

Serious rinting occurred at Minne sats during the week end, alleged- (to have, been · Communist-laspired. The great rock that ernahed down Labour warest is causing much from the overhanging cliffs into anxiety. Our photo shows a badly the Ta Flord yesterday was twelve battered Communist in a Gotham riot." hundred feet high and six hundred feet wide!

Its weight must be enormous,

The devastating nature of tho THE PAWN

virtual tidal wave that followed

was due to the fact that this huge

rock fell into the fjord where it OF WALL

is very deep but only eighteen

hundred feet wide, the rock nearly STREET

filling up the channel.

The whole shore where the great

splash occurred has been shaven

clean of every tree and buildings GENERAL JOHNSON

disappeared.

The damage caused is estimated

nt 450,000 kroner, not taking into account the havor þvreaked among, the forests and fields.

Forty persons are believed to have been drowned. One wave travelled half a mile inland. Reuter..

It is understood that at a meet- ing of Germany's long-term credi- tors, ut which there

year's general elections still safely the tapana Canal and From Big

and the German delegate present, a provisin-control of both houses of Con-there to Puerto Rico

gress. Sound Republican poli-Virgin Islands ional agreement was reached

A hundred great warships, three boticlana expect their party to lose hundred aircraft of different adopted when further negotiations are held in Berlin shartly.

SHOOTING regards a common front to TRAGEDY IN SHANGHAI

AMERICAN FOUND 'DEAD

A WELL-KNOWN FINANCIER

#9

It is contemplated that, at the Berlin meeting, Germany will submit proposals to a general con- vention of creditors, instead of, as at present, to individual conven- tions.

GERMANY BLAMED:

'Germany's creditors are' of opinion that Germany, herself is chiefly to blame for her present financial straits owing to mistakes In policy.

This concluded yesterday's

The suggestion is that the vases, some of which were quite

meeting Shanghai, April 9.

at which Dr. Schacht, costly, have been sold or pawned by the thieves, and it is pointed

A tragic death occurred in President of Reichsbank, insisted it was impossible for Ger- out that people who do not livej in the Colony can hardly be ex-Shanghal last night of Mr. T. C. that

extremely well-many to continue the present ar rangements for transfer payments, pected to keep on renewing such Britton,

not unduly articles and may, in fact, be un-known American financier,

He was found dead at his but given time and aware of the thefts The hope is

authorities residence with a bullet wound In pressed, she will be able to meet

her obligations-Reuter. expressed that the will take steps to prevent a re-the head and investigations are petition of this disgraceful prac-being conducted.

tice.

an

Mr. T. C. Britton was a Shanghai. resident of fairly, long standing. He was until recently President JAPANESE AID TO and General Manager of the Asia

BANDITS

Realty Company,

He was also a Vice-president and Director of the American Oriental Banking Corporation and Treasur-

LIU KWEI-TANG STORYer of the Raven Trust Company,

DENIED

(Spacial to "Telegraph")

Tokyo, April 9. The Japanese Government havo iKsued a statement denying the allegation that Japanese military advisers were in the service of General Liu Khvel-tang's bandit army. The statement adds that investigations by the Japanese Į authorities in China show that the charge is unfounded. Central News

Ltd.

He was a charter member of the Shanghai Rotary Club.-Reuter.

NEW US. CHIEF

OF STAFF

SAN FRANCISCO RUMOURS

(Special to "Telograph”)

THOUSAND-MILE MOTOR RACE

ALFA ROMEO WINS AGAIN

Brosela, Apr. 8. The Millemiglia thousand-mila motor race to-day resulted in a

victory for the Italian driver, Varzi,

driving an Afa Romeo,

Taruff driving a Maserati_won the light car class, with Penn Hughes and Count Lurani, driving an M. G. Magnetto second.-Router.

NATHAN RD. MISHAP

EUROPEAN KNOCKS DOWN".

OLD MAN

clear

up to four seats in the Senate and to gain at the outside about 50 or typen, and thirty-five thousand men

will participate. GO in the House. There are others! who consider this too pessimistle the Fleet will move up the East After the manoeuvres are over, but the evidence appears to

Coast in readiness for the Grand support the figures.

Review by President Roosevelt The Democrats have a majority of 101 seats in the House which is scheduled to take place and an overturn of so many this in the River Hudson at the end year is not likely. To obtain bare, of May-Reuter. one-vote control of the Senate, the Republicans would have to hold every one of their own Seats jeopardized this year and gain 14 now held by Democrats. That would be next to impossible. Or, they could squeeze by with 13 Democratic defeats if they had the PLAN FOR EXTENDING vote of Senator Henrik Shipstead, Min- Farmer-Labourite of

BASLE SCOPE

Basle, April 8. Plans for increasing the useful- ness of the Bank of International!

the

nesota.

COMING ELECTIONS.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

All 485 seats in the House, 38 in Settlements were considered at a

U.S. AIR MAIL SCANDALS

ATTACKED

NOW ON THE WAR PATH

Washington, April 8. General Hugh Johnson, stung by his critics, is оп

the warpath.

In order to counter the scathing attacks launched against the N.R.A., in one of which he is des-

Street," General Johrison has sont out a circular-letter-to-N.R.A.

the agents throughout

country ordering prosecutions of N.R.A. violators.

Company Decidescribed as "The Pawn of Wall Not to Fight

(Special to "Telegraph”)

The General's letter says that (by Tebprash, Depyright. Tegraphis Mer he expects immediate steps to

Ordinance, 1204 "Rassived| Aprü 13 cm)

bring violators of the N.R.A. codes into the Federal courts, with n New York, April 8.

view to securing their conviction Indicating that the big air line and fining, or even the imprison corporations have decided to give ment of transgressors. up their intentions to fight the can- cellation of the air mail contracts

by executive order, the United Air-!

Reuter.

MOTOR INDUSTRY CRISIS.

craft Company, one of the largest, Meanwhile, Prealdent Roosevelt, has announced that it will recog

on his return from his shing nise the order to bid for future air holiday aboard the Nourmahal mail contracts on the basis of will find himself faced with an- "Honest pay for honest work,"other motor industry crisis. The situation is developing dangerous- ly at Detroit where eighteen INCOME TAX BATTLE thousand tool and die makers have agreed to strike on April 12 unless THREATENING their wages demands aro met

Router.

the Senate and the tenure of 35 meeting of the Governing Body Senate Plan For Large COMMUNISTS RAIDED

Governors are at stake in this year, held to-day. South Dakota and Alabama" are

It was suggested, for example, next after the Illinols primaries, that the bank should be made the starting on May 1. On May 8, in clearing-house for international Indiana comes the first primary in and telegraph relations, and for volving a senate seat, that of international railways accounts. Republican; Senator Arthur. R. It is understood that there is a Robinson, who has loudly chan possibility of Canada and New ploned

veterans war

against Zealand becoming shareholders fn economy and complained of failure the Bank of International. Settlo- to obtain war. debt payments from monts whon currencies are stabilis- abroad.

|ed.--Reuter,

Ponnsylvannia, New Jersey and Oregon will also cast primary ballots in May, North Carolina, KING AND QUEEN

OF SIAM

lown. Florida, Maine, Minnesota) and North Dakota ballot in June, Oklahoma, Montana and Texas in July,

The others are about equally divided bolween August and Soptember oxcept Connecticut,

Increase

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Washington, April 8. Silf opposition appears to be developing in the House of Repre sentatives against the Senate's plan to Increase income taxes by ten per cent. upon the higher in comca-United Press,

FLYING BOATS COMING

DUE NEXT WEEK FROM MANILA

IN FOOCHOW

Two Women Among Those Arrested

(Special to "Telograph”)

Foochow, April 0.

An important "Red" haunt was discovered in the elty yesterday A afternoon by the local police. number of documents soized by the police show that the "Red". agents and International connee- tiona.

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Eleven Communists including two women, were arrested and. will be sont to Nanking for trial. -Control Nowz,

VISIT PALACE OF VERSAILLES Delaware, New Mexico, Rhode

Paris, April. 8. Island and Utah where nomination The King and Queen of Stam, is by convention for which no date who concluded their official visit is fixed by law. The party atate yesterday with a luncheon at tho central committeo fix the dates inį Siamese Legation, visited Lho those States.

Palace of Versailles to-day, includ- ing the Hall of Mirrors where the

throo 'blg British Constable C 255 Kwong Yustis An application for the confiscation nf an automatic shot-gun and two

Mr. H. H. Mullor, a resident of Seventeen Democrata, soventoon Penco Treaty was signed. Reuter, amphibians of the Royal Air Force, retiring on pension from the Hong- flying from Singapore on a coastal kong Police Force which he Joined kniven, found unclaimed aboard the steamer Anjou yesterday, was granted It is strongly rumoured here, the Ponineula Hotel, was driving Republicana

hy the then Chief Justice at the by Mr. Macfadyen in the Contral

Senato: Democrats 00; Ro- from Manila on April 17.

Criminal Sessions for the way, in Police Court this morning: Detective though confirmation is not shinina car in Nathan Road yesterday. Labourite comprise the 85 senators The state of the parties to-day is: cruise, are expected in Hongkong in 1910. In 1911, he was commended The craft are under the com- which he gavo avidence in a case of Inspector Stimson doposed to boarding able, that: Major-General Craig. when it ran into a Chinese, Au whose terms are expiring this year, the ship as the result of a report and commandant of the Ninth Coros Kuen-yeo, who was knocked down. The political storm which carried publicans 36; Farmer-Labour 1.

sucgood General recalving Injuries necessitating his President Roosevelt into the White Hoube Democrats 813; Ro-mand of Capt. S. W. Smith, and arson at Queen's Road East. He has finding the gun and knives or top of Aroa, may

House gave him top-heavy major publicana 118: Farmer Labour 6: carry a personnel of 18 officers boen granted four weeks leave prior

to retirement. the stern balch, nt £30 yesterday Douglas MacArthur as the Army's going into Hospital. The man was

discharged this morning..

ties in both Houses of Congress, Vacant 4.-United Prass. afternoon. Ho found no claimants, Chief of Staff-United Press. :

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