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1934.

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DUNLOP Fort

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A feature of distinction and a factor of safety

DUNLOP

FORT

WILL UNITED STATES JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS?

JATAR ALLTEN INTE

PRAVDA BANNED IN

GERMANY

Dimitroff Articles

Offond

Berlin, Apr. 12.

OPEN ADVOCACY

BY MR. STIMSON

The Moscow journal ELOQUENT SPEECH AT

Pravda, leading organ of

the Russian Communist Party, has been banned in Germany owing, it is be. lieved. to

PRINCETON

anti-German JOIN IN COMMON

RESPONSIBILITY

articles written by Dimi. troff, of Lelpzig fire trial fame.-Reuter.

KOOPOS KOERANSERE KRATKI ORTSTAæmdaromomBİLİ

SCOTLAND YARD NIPS FRAUD PLOT

POLES SHADOWED FROM HARWICH

£44.000 IN FORGED STAMPS

(Special to "Telegraph”)

(By Telegraph. Coveright. Telegraphic Also- Horaired Aprü 1871. -aur

Ordinance,

London, April 13.

New York, Apr. 12.

A strong recommendation to

the United States to join the

League of Nations was made by

Mr. H. L. Stimson, President

Hoover's Secretary of State, in the course of a speech at Prince- ton, New Jersey, to-night.

Mr. Stimson was addressing the" students of Princeton University and he made an eloquent appeal;

for membership of the Lengue.

"Are the people who can most easily and safely give sympathy and encourage to help the world in ita vital struggle to protect our common civilisations against war?"

e naked.

AMERICA'S DUTY.

"The League of Nations presents a deliberate effort by the

ro-

A remarkable story of an at-statesmen of Europe to save their tempt to defraud the Treasury by Continent and incidentally the rest Continental forgers was related in of the world from the perils of the Bow Street Polics Court yes- terday.

modern war...

"Should we insist on our Govern- nent retiring from the policy of Scotland Yard detectives, wholeolation, insist on the Government were keeping an eye on arrivals refraining from turning its back the Continent and who all efforts to secure peace in shadowed three Poles landing other parts of the world." from a ship at Harwich, were well "rewarded-as-shown by the sequel!

from

DANCERS OF STAYING OUT. "We must face the fact, Mr." at the police court.

charged with Stimson went on, "that, if we con- The Poles wero

to stay out, the peace having In

their Linue unlawfully pussession 619,000 forged uncm-machinery of the world will be ployment and health

stumps.

insurance infinitely weakened and that man- kland will periodically be faced by wars which may be as disastrous The face value of the forgeries to the United States and our own civilisation as that of the rest was over £44,000.

It is alleged that the stamps of the world."-Reuter, were brought from the Continent concealed in the false bottom of) the trunks the men had with them. The accused were committed for trinil at the Old Bailey- Renter's Special Service.

NAVAL SLOOP IN COLLISION

SANCTIONS FOR THE!

LEAGUE

London Conference Resolution

London, Apr. 13.

On Trials Before Sailing Britain to escape the responsibilit

For China

London, April 12. The new sloop for the China Station, H.M.S. Grimsby, which in

FLOOD SCENES IN YORKSHIRE.

TEST SELECTION COMMITTEE

Sir Stanley Jackson as Chairman

London, Apr. 12. The Cricket Test Match its Board of Control; at meeting to-day appointed Sir Stanley Jackson, Mr. P. A. Perrin and Mr. T. A. Higson as the selection com- mittee for the teams in the Test matches against Aus- tralia this summer,

It was announced that D. R. Jardine had written in February last, without any previous communication from M.C.C. on the subjecf saying he would not be available to play in Test matches this season. British Wireless,

MAANSTAABELA NACIONAIS

A CLOSE

SHAVE

PRESIDENTIAL PARTY'S ESCAPE

MISS EXPRESS BY TWENTY FEET

(Special to "Telegrap}")

MISSING PLANE MYSTERY

THIRD DAY AND NO SIGN

AIR MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED

Shanghai, April 13. The dawning of the third day since the disappearance of the giant China Aviation Sikorsky flyingboat found the mystery as deep as ever and the search in- tensified.

Bright and cleat weather this morning has raised the hitherto diminishing hope of discovery of

EUROPEAN GASSED

ON PEAK

Whilst testing a gas engine in a house on The Peak yesterday, Mr S. Gidley, of Messrs, Leigh and Orange, was caught by an escap of gas from which he collapsed,

He was conveyed to the Goverti- ment Civil Hospital, for treatment but was discharged this morning.

DELUGE FLOODS

N. BRITAIN

YORKSHIRE SWAMPED WHILE M.P.S

DISCUSS DROUGHT

RIVERS OVERFLOW IN SCOTLAND

London, April 12.

A VERITABLE'DELUGE HÅS DESCENDED ON THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND PARTS OF SCOT

NING RIVERS WHICH HAD REACHED THEIR LOWEST LEVEL IN YEARS INTO RAGINC TORRENTS AND FLOODING LARGE TRACTS OF COUNTRY.

Several rivers, both in England and Scotland, have overflowed their banks, rendering roads impassable, stranding many cars, and causing considerable general damage.

In Aberdeenshire, it has been raining "cats and dogs" for three days without a sign of a break in the

storm.

Rushing waters caused much loss of live stock in Yorkshire and the conditions were almost identically duplicated in Northumberland.

the whereabouts of the missing RIVERS BECOME RAGING TORRENTS

Canton-bound air liner.

Approximately a dozen planes

from various avintion

companies

A BILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY

BRIGHT SCHEME NOT APPROVED

COLD SHOULDER FOR U.S. BILL

(Special to "Telegraph")

(Bu Telstruph. Capyrioni. Talapraykis Men { sages Ordinance, 1291. Received April

| 11, 1.23 at w

Washington, Apr. 12.

A bright scheme for raising new revenue for the U.S. Government by the jorganisation of a huge lot- tery, the biggest in the world's history-naturally- has not been greeted with the enthusiasm anticipated. by its sponsors.

The Proposal was submitted in the form of a Bill which would authorise the Government to ob tain revenue by means of letter. ea and making provision for an Initial lottery with prizes totall

ing U.S. $1,000,000,000.

Mr. Henry Rainey, Speaker of the House of Representives, has expressed his strong disapproval of the $1,000,000,000 lottery creat ing bill, which would have crented a system a composite of the French, Chinese and Cuban types of lotteries,

Mr. Ruinley says that the nation

has not been reduced to the ex-

treme of accepting such revenue. The BI is belleved to be doomed.

United Press,

BRITISH CONSUL'S SWIFE SHOT

the

If normal rainfall were at once,

It was while the Ifouse of Com-, in the House of Commons und the C.N.A.C. hopped off for u search which will continue through-mons was engaged in the debate on that during the year ended out the day or until a trace of the the Government's emergency bill March, the rainfall over Britain

which is designed to remedy the had been 27 per cent, bulow craft is observed.

Commander Hawks is also scout-shortage of water in Britain gen-average,

erally that these, floods, unex- ing in his glant Condor plane.

Meanwhile, the C.N.A.C. Shang-perienced for many months, were hai-Canton air service has been occurring on the North-East coast. temporarily suspended owing to the fact that the third of the Com pany's three Sikorskys on this route was forced down yesterday and is out of commisslot.

It is being taken to Shanghai by boat, the four occupants having been brought back by a plane which was sent out for the purpose.

It will be remembered that one

The Minister of Health ex- pressed the view that the Bill was still needed, the deluge affecting only a comparatively small area and that not the most concerned by the difficul- ties occasioned by the drought of last summer.

The floods followed heavy storms

"It would be impossible for les and results of another great

[Dx Telegraph. Cereright, Telegraphía Ni Sikorsky crashed in November last along the coast, accompanied by European war," said Sir Austen

Bessive Agra and that a second is missing-Retorrential rain.. enges Ordinance, 1816. Chamberlain Iast night at am*5)

ter. National Conference in Defence of

Miami, April 12. the League of Nations, held

President Roosevelt landód here from the Nourmahal to day London.

The conference passed are and took train to Washington

to replace H.M.S. Cornflower, resolution that "to preserve cently handed over to the Hongkong

4

in

the

Ho is deeply tanned as a result

General Hugh Johneon

Naval Volunteer Reserve, was in peace and security, members of of his fishing holiday la Southern

the League mat

be roady to watera. cooperate in defence of a member wrongfully attacked."-Beuter.

collision to-day off Plymouth.

The Grimsby was undergoing trials and collided with a German

tug.

Examination Immediately after- damage wards revealed that the

unimportant and after the Was survey, the trials were resumed.

The collision occurred in Ply- mouth Sound during a squall'and damaged.-- the tug's bows were

Reuter.

SMALLPOX AT HANGCHOW

SERIOUS EPIDEMIC BREAKS OUT

(Special to "Tuingraph"} --

Hangchow, April 13.

An outbreak of small pox here

SAMUEL INSULL’S

JOURNEY

LEAVES ISTANBUL UNDER ESCORT

(Special to "Telegraph").

TARANTE FOULS HARVEY

ALBERT HALL FIGHT FIASCO

an

YORKSHIRE DAMAGE.

Large areas in the North Riding of Yorkshire are submerged and considerable damage has been done to property and among livestock in parts of Northumberland.

In the eastern half of Scotland it has been raining Incessantly for three days and extensive floods are occurring at scores of different points for the first time in eighteen months,

DEE OVERFLOWS.

resumed and continued steadily, the Bill which was designed to it would not obviate the need for mitigate the effects of drought by making available for public use all supplies, including those pri- vately owned.

The legislation proposed was a temporary measure, terminating nt the end of one year, and WAB concerned wholly with the pre-

sent emergency. British Wireless.

ALTITUDE RECORD

CLAIMED

ITALIAN REACHES 14,433 METRES

(Special to "Telegraph”)

Ordinaner.

17, 6,87 m.)

Apri

BULLET THROUGH

LUNG

KASHGAR ATTACK

REVELATION

London, Apr. 12.

It has now transpired that Mrs. Thomson Glover, the wife of the British Consul- General in the old city of Kashgar, Chinese Eastern Turkestan, was shot in the lung during the attack on the Consulate on February 14:

It is diclosed that an attack · was launched by tribesmen and ropulsed by the Consulate guard but during the night the building

ing

(Dy Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphie Mer was steadily sniped. It was dur

this period that most of the casualties occurred.

of the

2484. Received

Rome, Apr. 12.

Four other members

Consulate stuff were wounded, In-

cluding the assistant-surgeon, and

native servant was killed, All the five wounded are

丸

now

and others in the President's party including a number of White House nolvapapermor, who were

London, April 12, returning to Washington by motor-

There woe

unfortunate couch instead of by train, had narrow escape from misadventure, tormination to the bout at the

Their bus just cleared a blind Albert Hall to-night between Len The sudden rino of the River Dea

A new altitude record is claimed crossing twenty feet ahead of a Harvey, the British heavyweight

champlon, and Jimmy Tarante, the has flooded the lower-lying parts for the Italian aeronaut, Donati. roaring expresa

Had they arrived at the crossing coloured American cruiserweight, of the city of Aberdeen, while the

riveraldo districts in Stonehaven The Italian Air Ministry Issues

report stating that recovering an official only one second later. the coach the American heing disqualified.

Sir Alexander Cadogan, the |must

amashed to have been

revealed himaclfare at least two feet under water, Harvey had

The Stonehaven floods were the Donati renched an altitude of

new British Minister in China, pieces-United Preas.

master of the fight. In the fifth result of the overflowing of the 14,133 metres-United Press.

lodged a protest and asked for round, Taranto struck a foul blow, River Carron for the first time

BRITISH ENGINE,

proper protection at the end of hitting low, and the contest was within living memory, giving a NEW AIR SERVICE

awarded to Harvey.-Router.,

The now altitude record of inst month, The Nanking Govern good idea of the torrontial nature of the downpour.

about 47,500 foot set up by Comment replied extremely regretting

communica London, April 13.

mendator Donati was. nehloved the occurrence but, The Air. Minister, Lord London-

STILL RAGING.

ations with Sinkiany having been with a machine powered by derry, to lay made a personal trial|

British Pegasus super-Interrupted for some time, they The rain blizzard is still raging single

information concerning Istanbul, April 12, of the newly-oponed air passenger Samuel Insull has commenced his service between London, Liverpool The anticylong is centred to the

Bristol Aeroplane Company and the Incident-Reuter, journey to the United States, and Bellast. He was acompanied north of the Lower Yangtse Valley, in the Ballater district and the charged aero-engine made by the had no

Hundreds of Acres were also similar to the engine with which

The weddings aro •annotnéçu. to He went aboard the steamor "Adana by his 18-years-old daughter.and has increased in intensity. The rivers are rising rapidly.

depression remains to the north of Paderma" to-day accompanied by British Wireless,

Hokkaido. Local forecast:-N.E flodded in Co. Antrim, Ireland, by a the English nirman, Cyril Uwins,

188. merchant, of Heinomann, the United States Military.

winds, fresh; cloudy, with drizzle dolugo which lasted for six hours.-two years ago set up the earlier take place shortly of Mir. Helmut height record of 43,970 feet. Nathan Road, Kowloon, to Miss Router.

In 1929 when the German air-Charito Campos-Valdivia, of. II. Attache, Colonel Grano, and tho.

NEED STILL EXISTS." man. Neuenhofer, captured the Hankow Road, Kowloon;, Mr. Arthur Mr. Burton Borry....

with the The quarantine restrictions imm The Minister of Health, Sir altitude record, ho also used an Clarence Lamb Gasper, of the Chi- They will take train to Smyrna, well-known where they will go to the United largest mouth in the world, has posed by Hongkong against arrivals

reading of the Water Supplice Dilengine-British Wireless. havo been removed. States aboard the U.S. freighter, altered his Itinerary and will not be from Haiphong ch account of smallpox Hilton Young, moving the accond earlier typo of the same Bristol none Maritime Customs, to Mian

visiting Hongkong as anticipated. Exilona,United Press,

Apri

fly Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Naw

Krovived Ordinance · 2004 agen |13,843 pond

is assuming alarming proportions. Third Becretary of the Embassy Warner Bros. representative in Hong-

The Municipal authorities

are

instituting emergency measures including compulsory vaccination

Central Newa."

In order to check the scourge.

Newe was received this morning by or mist. kong that Mr. Joe E. Brown, tho

star,

DRIZZLE OR MIST

Dorothy Wilson Westland, of 400, The Park.