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All that is known about tyre making is embodied in

DUNLOP TYRES

FOUR GUARDS KILLED IN LATEST PIRACY COUP

Half-Hour's Gun-Battle

Before Surrender

CHINESE AMERICA'S

SHIP

ECONOMIC

ATTACKED PLIGHT

SEVERAL PASSENGERS LOST OVERBOARD

PANIC DURING

SHOOTING..

PROF. WARBURG'S REMEDIES

"MONEY MUDDLE"

New York, May 6. The adoption by the United States of a gold bullion standard Instead of a gold coin standard is | advocated in a new boek by Pro-

fessor Warburg.

The

book

In entitled "The

cont

Money Muddle," and denis prehensively. with America's economic plight.

an inter-

BRITAIN'S FUTURE MAMMOTH OF THE SEAS. How the new Cunarder, which is to be launched at the end of September, will look when completed. The vessel will be 1,018 feet long and of 73.000 tons gross. She will probably be also the fastest liner on the high on.

QUEEN TO CHRISTEN· INEW

CUNARDER

(Special to "Telegraph")

Swatow, May 6. Four anti-piracy guards aboard the Chinese coastal steamer, Tai Yi, are reported to have been shot dead during a sharp battle with a gang of twelve or thirteen pirates who attacked the vessel

Regarding America's fiscal! near Swatow on Friday evening.policy, the author recommends a middle cours! between complete The pirates were travelling as economic nationalisat passengers, but failed to effect nationalism. their coup by surprise and found

that silver advocates LAUNCH AT END OF the guards offering spirited re-want cheaper money, in which case there 14 30 reason why it sistence. Sharp-shouting continued should stop at sliver. They might| for half-an-hour before the guardsust as well clamour for iron, or

tin, or just plain paper. were shot down or overpowered.

Professor Warburg, it will be re-j Pante reigned among the passen-called, was one of the principal gera during the battle and, in the economic advisers to the Americans nm) confusion, it is stated, several of delegation to the World Economic them were crushed to the side of the ship and necidentally thrust, overboard and drowned.

LARGE HAUL.

The pirates having gidued con.

tral, of the bridge directed the ship

to a small bay near Bing Bay

where their booty, obtained after

He says

Conference.--Reuter.

CHINA STATION ROMANCE

DAME SYBIL

stripping the passengers and erow | THORNDIKE'S" "PLANS of all their belongings, was taken nshore. It is understood that the haul exceeded $10,000 in value, in- cluding over $4,000 in money.

MAY ATTEND WEDDING OF SON

SEPTEMBER

(Special 10 "Telegraph")

(By Telegraph, copyright. Telegraphio Mem

Ordinance,

May Itreeload £71.

London, May 7.

BRITISH CONSUL

MARRIED

NAZI ACTIVITY IN SAAR

Mr. Burdett Wedded At Home

London, May 7,

Mr. Scott L. Burdett, of the British Consular Service in China, was married yes- terday to Miss Elleen Work- man. at Northwood. Middlesex. They are leav- ing for China

the autumn-Renter,

It is officially announced Acute

that Her Majesty the Queen

57

will perform the christening Distress

In Colony

ceremony at the launching of the new giant Cunarder, now known as No. 534.

Britain's determination to con- centrate world attention upon thei fluenced the decision to ask Her. super-ilner is believed to have, in-

Majesty to perform the ceremony.j

in

URGENT APPEAL

THOUSANDS CROSS THE BORDER

SPEECH BY DR.. GOEBBELS

(3pecial to "Telegraph")

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Received May

WHOLE

FAMILY

DEAD

TERRIBLE AFFAIR

IN SHANGHAI

WIDOW & THREE CHILDREN

(Special to "Telegraph")

Shanghai, May 7..

A terrible tragedy was dis.. covered in the International Settlement on Saturday, when the four members of the family PIO K of the late Mr. Chin Li-chai was found dead from narcotic poison- ing.

GERMAN PROTEST TO LATVIA

Socialist Defamation of Herr Hitler

Riga. May 6. The German Minister to- Latvia has formally protest- ed to the Latvian Govern- ment against defamation of Herr Hitler by Socialists during the May Day festivi- fios.

It is alleged that the Socialists staged a demons- tration in which an effigy of Hitler beheading a victim with a huge axe figured prominently.~~Reuter,

1; The victims were the widow, her two sons and daughter.

The circumstances are, dimeult to reconstruct, but it is believed that the widow and her younger son were the first to dle, and that her eller so11 and daughter, re- turning to the house to find their mother dend, themselves--took poison.

EDITOR'S WIDOW.

The Inte bir, Chin Li-chai was editor of one of the loading vernacular newspapers, the Sin Po, until his death, after a long illness. In February,

Paris, May 6. German activity directed towards ensuring a favour- [able pro-German vote dur-ng from tuberculosis, it is believed

ing the Saar plebiscite is in- creasing.

It is

that eighty reported thousand people crossed the Snar frontier into Germany this after- | naan. to.... demonstrate-their-inten- tion to vote for the return of the The Women's Auxiliary of the Saar to Germany next year, when

-FOR-FUNDS

His wife was grief-stricken and further worried by the condition of her younger son, who was suffer-

that, during a temporary fit

she poisoned him

of

20

WAR DEBTS then took a fatal dose herself.

RULING

PRESIDENT FREE TO ACT?

VERDICT AFFORDS

It is indicated that the regsel Hongkong Society for the Protee the Saar plebiscite is due to be will be ready for launching from Messrs. John Brown's yard at tion of Children has issued the bid. the end of September and that His following appeal:

Hierr Goebbels. the Germani The pirated steamer, which plies

Majesty the King will accompany

Funds are urgently needed to Minister of Propaganda, address- between Huang Kiang and Swatow, Dame Sybil Thorndike may the Queen and will witness the

enable the Society to continue its in the crowd at Zweibruecken, Bavaria, declared, amid cheers, arrived in Swatow on Saturday come to Hongkong and China lunch.

Saur would remain evening, reporting the events in to attend the wedding of her it is interesting 10 note that this work. The excess of expenditure that the the audacious raid to the local son, Lieutenant John Casson, of will be the first ship christened by over income during the first five Gerasin despite terrorism and

Qocen Mary since the Coronation, months of the present financial trickery.

At the end of his speech a H.M.S. Eagle, and Miss Patriciu

It is understood that the vessel year was $4.220.31. During this Chester-Master.

is to be called Britanninperiod (November 1st to. March blonde girl presented Herr Goeb-pes

Bist) the Society has dealt with bels with a bow of earth from the The engagement of the young United Press, couple

anno need Was

f 'the

3364 new cases. Colony at the beginning of April. In a later interview, Dame Sybil Thorndike said she

was very. very happy about her yon's romance which came as no aur-

authorities.-Central Neiés.

Will Insull "Spill the Beans"

SPEEDY TRIAL DEMANDED

SENSATIONAL STORY POSSIBLE

(Special to "Telegraph")

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7.1.20 m.)

Chicago, May 6.

It is learned that the District Attorney, who has charge of the case against Mr. Samuel Insull, intends to demand an early trial of the fallen utilities magnate.

Mr. Samuel Insull is expected to arrive in the United States in the middle of this week.

It is rumoured that the trial

KNOCKED DOWN BY CYCLISTS

prise to her or her husband. TWO CASES REPORTED

"It has always been my ambition

to go to China-1 have always

longed to see the Great Wall!!

YESTERDAY

FINE WORK,

and

Shar

FRENCH VERSION.

RELIEF

(Special to "Telegraph">

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SILVERITES STILL HOPEFUL

CONFERENCE BEING HELD TO-DAY

New York, May 6. After a preliminary conference with the President, Senator King predicted that silver legislation will be enacted this session, Me There will be a

further confor- Mayence on Monday.

The publication of the above came too late to affect the market,

-Per Sicun, Culbertson & Fritz.

Washington, May 6. The ruling of the Attorney-1 [General that Great Britain, and

.

TRAIN WRECKED

BANDITS PILLAGE CER. FREIGHT

Its wark ja almost entirely According to the version of other countries who have mande among the poorest of the poor nad Goebbels' speech which is publish-token paymenta lo the United it has, during the past five months, fed in Paris, the German Minister States, are not to be classified obtained medical treatment in 172declared that Germany could now now cases which have come under resist France and the League of among defaulters under the John- the care of its branches, und Nations come what might. son Bill has given much relief provided food in 259 fresh enses He denounced the

Harbin, May 6, German in official circles. of sick or starving children.

Bandits pulled up. n section of Now I shall certainly do every- Two cases were reported to the

As the result of Mr. Cummings track thirteen the jemigres, Jews and traitors, who Amongst other activities

miles cost ví thing I can to arrange it. Any police yesterday, of pedestrians way, I am determined to be there having beer knocked down and Society is contributing towards the had taken refuge in Saar Terri- ruling, President Roosevelt ap- Imienpo on the Chinese Bastor

maintenance of fourteen destitute

parently can deal as he sees fit for the wedding, and so is Mr. Injured by push-bicyclists.

children whom it has placed in in- tory and said that when the Saar with the question of the payments away and wrecked a westbound

freight train. whosq detors, stitutions,

obligations Casson.

obtained was reunited with Germany, they by

Immediately after the rarail- ment, the bandits opened a hot hawker's licences and stock for would be beaten up by their co-mature again in June and Decem

ber. who could not religionists. fteen parents otherwise be able to make a living.

Although the ruling does not fire upon the crow and guards A leader of the "German Front" commit the Administration to any and, when they had been subdued,

pillaged the train. One of the Society'a four stated that he had informed the specific policy regarding future So for the casunition are not Inspectors attends as a nurse at League that 99 per cent. of the token paymente, it is considered In the other accident, man, the Children's Clinic at Sham Shul- Saur electorate was pro-German highly probable that the entire Chan Lim, was injured about the Po, towards the support of which Reuter Special. lega through being run into un- the Society regularly contributes expectedly from behind, in Wan-medical supplies and dietary chal, and was also sent to hospital. articles. From its funds, the Society makes an annual grant to the Salvation Army Home ni Matau- wef.

"They are very young rot, and 1 expect they will wait at least In year before they get married."

SILVER EXPERT IN COLONY

The first case which occurred Bulkeley Street, Kowloon, con- cerned a woman, Chan Chan-po, who, after the accident, was sent to the Kowloon Hospital for treat- ment for minor injuries.

ITALIAN NAVAL

BUILDING

SIGNOR MUSSOLINI CHANGES MIND

Romo, May 6.

Donations will be gratefully received by tho tio IIon. Treasurers-Mrs. L. W. Amps, 617,

RAILWAY STATIONS BOMBED

The Peak; and Mrs. Y. K. Chow, Austrian Terrorist Acts

c/o Sir Shouson Chow, Chinese Merchants' Club, China Building, Queen's Road,

Continue

Vienna, May 7.

debt question will be submitted to the next Congress.-United Press,

SOVIET MINING DISASTER

SIX PROMINENT ENGINEERS KILLED

Moscow, May 6.

Six of Russia's most important Acts of terrorism continue in engineers wore among those who

MEETING BANKERS AT TIFFIN

Professor Rogers, the American silver expert, who in engaged upon may produce some nonantional an official mission of investigation! evidence and that hosts of other at the request of President Roose people may become involved if Mr,vell, arrived in the Colony last Insall eleets to tell the whole story of the colossal losses suffered evening from Canton. by the great combine over which He told a Telegraph representa- there has been a readjustment of George V. to the Throne, saluten of different parts of Austria, keep- perished in a mining disaster in

tive this morning that he could not the Budget whereby 480,000,000 21 guns were fired from H.BL.B. Ing the authorities continuously the Krivoirog Brain.

A portion of the mine caved in It is rumoured that he intenda grant any interviews concerning lire will now be provided for the Tamar and H.M.S. Caradoc at noon active.

to-day by the Naval Authorities, and Bomba were exploded yesterday during experiments which ward to break the silence which he lins his study of the silver question in building of more warships.

Signor Mussolini originally de-at the same time the Army marked at two railway stations, consider-directed towards nehloving In- hitherto imposed upon himself and China,

the occasion by a similar salute from may "bust things wide," perhapa A tima party is being held at eldod to suspend any further Binekhend Fort. His Majesty suc-able damage being done to both creases in production. Many of those engaged in the experiments Involving some of America's best the Tougkong Hotel to-day at building as an Italian gesture to ceeded to the Throne on May 9, 1910, buildings.

The perpetrators are bellaved to were buried and wore dead when innown business mon-United which Professor Rogers will meet the cause of preventing an arma- but as yesterday was a Sunday, the

number of local banking men. ments raca-Router.

salutes word held over until to-day.have been Nazi terrorists.-Reuter.dng out.

he exercised control,

Picas.

In celebration of the 24th, annivers-

An "official gazette statos that ary of the succession of 1.M. Kine

known.—Reuter,

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