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六拜體 號六十月二英港香 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16,

1935.

自三十八正

CRAFT BIG R.A. F.

IN FLAMES

NINE OF HER CREW PERISH

CRASHED ON ITALIAN MOUNTAIN-SIDE

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH”)

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1804 Received, February 10, 8.15 am.)

Rome, Feb. 16.

Nine men of the British Royal Air Force were killed when a big flying boat crashed on the slopes of Mount Peloritani, en route from Naples to Malta, to-day.

The machine belonged to a squadron of four "Short Singapore" four-engined boats, and was on a test flight to Singapore. It is a new type of craft, the United Press reports.

Earlier, Router had told a story of the tragedy, A peasant saw the whole affair and rushed with a dreadful story to the nearest post of Carabinieri. ·

It was from Messina that the tale of the eye-witness came. He was interviewed at the city by Reuter.

He said he was digging on 1 terrace on the mountain alde at 9.30 o'clock when an aeroplane burst out of the clouds at the mountain top. It was flying on a tremendous slant, one wing "Fight down and the other up." The lower wing seemed to sweep the mountain side.

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Suddenly there was a puff pf| smoke, followed by a tremendous explosion and the machine burst into flames before hitting the acarred face of the mountain.

When it did strike it was al- ready breaking up, and great portions of the aircraft fung, burn'ng, down the mountain. The peasant rushed to the spot. Ja saw two men, half burned, in the front of the machine. But the flamca wery 1:aping so high and so fiercely hot were they that he could not approach near enough to attempt a rescue.

PRINCE'S ROMANCE RUMOURS

MARRIAGE PLAN

DENIED

PRINCESS OF SPAIN. NAMED

(Special to "Telegraph")

(lly Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphie e gee Drinktos, 1413. Raveived, February 14, 8,15-0,35.)

London, Feb. 15. He turned away and ran all the Another rumour that H.R.H. way to the nearest village, where the Prince of Wales was about he reported the tragedy to the to become engaged has been Carabinieri.

NINE BODIES

NINE ON BOARD

authoritatively denied In London.

It had been whispered for some it fa now stated that nine bodies time past in some circles that the have been recovered from the Prince of Wales might marry wrocked machine. It is believed Princess Marla Christina, twenty- that was her entire crew-Reuter, three-year-old daughter of ex

King Alfonso of Spain. 1 The Prince of Walos is in his London, Feb., 15. forty-first year, and although his The Air Ministry has received name has been linked with those Information that the Singapore of ladies of royal blood from time flying boat K3506 which was fly-to time, and would-be match Ing to-day from Naples to the makers have gossiped of his in- Royal Air Force seaplane base attentions, he himself has always Calafrana, Malta, is reported to denied the slightest Interest in have crashed near Messina, in marriage with any of the suggest-

Не candidates.

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Sicilly.; The service personnel on ed

mains the most eligible

board numbered eight and there was also on board one technical bachelors-United Press, official from the Royal Aircraft) establishment at Farnborough.

re- of

--Washington, Feb. 15, The Federal Reserve report for No loformation is yet available the week ended February 13, in- of the circumstances in which dieated that provision is being the accident occurred.-British made for the retirement of all the emergency currency which was Wirelors.

authorised during the Bank Holl- day of 1933.

CHINA NEARER UNIFICATION

DE WANG CHUNG HU

IMPRESSED

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The report states that the cur rency will be not withdrawn from circulation immediately, but will be taken up as it comes lato the Treasury.—United Press.

HURRIES ANTI-

· RED DRIVE

TWO MONTHS TO SEE COMPLETION

STERLING

SORELY

STRAINED

POUND FEARED

The

SINKING

INDUSTRIES IN. CRISIS

Paris, Feb. 15.

weakness of sterling which has necessitated, the inter- vention of the British Control Fund is giving rise to the wildest

rumours,

Some people are saying that the British Control Fund, which last year hold car-marked golā: in Paris valued at 6,039,000,000 francs, has diaposed of this amount in supporting sterling and has shipped a further 200,090,000

france to Paris.

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The opinion is expressed that if sterling falls sharply against the dollar the United States rosume its policy of raising the gold price towards a fifty cent dollar level.

Fears are also expressed for the gold currencies should sterling fall below seventy francs,

It is anticipated that Con- tinental funds will be· rocalled from London, which will certainly Increase the pressure on sterling. --Reuter.

CAUGHT IN CRISIS

London, Feb. 15.

Baron von Nagrathy, German

sign Minister, who has givan to the British and Fränch Ambassadors a värbal statement on Germany's st

FERVENT

DENIAL OF GUILT

MISCARRIAGE OF

JUSTICE

HAUPTMANN STATEMENT

Flemington, Feb, 15.

A fervent denial of his guilt was made to-day by Bruno Hauptmann, sentenced to death. for the murder of the infant son of Col and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh, in a statement issued through his counsel.

"I feel, says the condemned man, "that a grave miscarriage of Justica has occurred.

"Before God, I swear I had

finds towards the proposed Air Fact, nothing to do with the kidnapping

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or murder, and knew nothing whatovor in connection with the crime, or the ransom money, other than as I told on the witness stand."

The statement goes on to appeal for contributions for his further defence from those who believe in his innocence. ..

He concludes: "I ask only for justice and the help of the public only in order that justice may bo obtained."

The New York Polleo Coxi mission stated to-day that the Lindbergh kidnapping case was not closed an for an New York was concerned.

"It is New Jersey's case, but if there is anybody they want in New

ment said.-Router

pany, an old-established Bradford tions and the course are excel-York, that is our job," the state- firm of wool merchants, of which lent, and should on the one Lord Barnby is chairman, issued hand encourage a big atten

statement to-day declaring a dance, and on the other some meeting of creditors had heen very fast times.. summoned for February 21.

The Managing Director refusca to discuss the situation.—Router.

FACES DIFFICULTIES

London, Feb, 15: To-day's edition of the Evening Standard Bays that Mr. C. H. Un- derwood, Director of Francis Willer & Co., which is claimed-to- be the world's largest firm of wool

for merchants, established century in Bradford, has said that. the firm will be faced with dimcultion unless financial aid can be procured before February 21.

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The amount of money required is not specified, and it is hoped that arrangements may be made with, the firm's creditora, which Includo London and Bradford banks.

The firm has mills at South Barre and also in Poland, among altogether fifty undertakings em- ploying 10,000 people. United Press.

U.S. Cotton Control

RESTRICTIONS TO REMAIN

(Sperial to "Telegraph”)

Washington, Feb. 15. President Roosevelt to-day said | that the Administration plans no change in the existing cotton con- trol programme.

The President explained that the scheduled trip to Europe of Mr. Oscar Johnston, First Vice- President of the Commodity Cro- dit: Corporation, was for the pur- pose of studying market condi tions in an endeavour to find means for disposing of the United State'a cotton surplus-United Press.

BURMA FINANCES

ADVISORY TRIBUNAL

APPOINTED ·

Shanghal, Feb. 15. Dr. Wang Chung-hut, Judge of the International Court of Justico at the Hague, is sailing for Europe via Japan and America aboard the Prealdent Pierce, which

Nanchang, Feb. 16. scheduled to leave Shanghal to: morrow morning.

Marshal Chiang Kai-shek issued On board the linte, Dr. Wang an order yesterday to Marshal

London, Feb, 15. Issued a written statement to Chang Heuch-liang, Commander pressman setting out the results of the Anti-Bandit Forces in Hu. The Secretary for India has ap of his efforts at working out a pol, Honan and Anhui Provinces, pointed Mr. L. 8. Amery M. P. programme for bringing about giving a period of two months to Sir Sidney Rowlatt, and Sir Valter internal unification and placing conclude the anti-bandit campaign to advise him on the formulation Nicholson to constitute a tribunal the nation on a foundation during in these three provinces. his sojourn at home. He said that If the campaign, could not be of a just inancial settlement be- the political kws of various sed concluded, or the bandits in the tween India and Burma In the tions had become more reconciled. provincial border districts not be event of separation, He was happy to see on his depar entirely suppressed the ranking The tribunal is now engaged ture that the prospects of China's officers of all anti-bandit anits in upon the investigation committed "political & future were brighter the Belds are to be held respon to it, naslated by technical

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ASKS BRITISH AID IN CLARIFICATION

WILL STRIVE FOR PEACE AS FOR SECURITY

London, Feb. 15. The German Government's reply to the London communique despatched to Berlin following the Anglo-

· French Agreement, on February 8, has been published.

It is learned here to-day that the reply welcomes the proposal for air convention, and says the German Government is prepared, in principle, to employ the air forces of the nation as a deterrent against disturbances of peace. Germany is therefore disposed to seek an soon as possible, in free agreement with the Govern ments concerned, ways and means whereby such a coñ- vention as guarantees the greatest possible security tų all signatories can be translated to reality. ·

The German Government believes that negotiations between a larger number of parties, sufficient provision for which has not been made, might occasion friction which should be avoided in the interests of the con- clusion of such an air convention.

LEAGUE ASSURES PEACE

WORLD'S BEST FRIEND

ANTHONY EDEN HOPEFUL

But before participating in any such negotiations the German Gov- ernment considers · It desirable to clarify in separate conversations with the other Governments con

cerned, a number of Pralovefore questions of principle.

It would be glad if, to begin with, the British Government, as a part. ner of the London conversations and a guarantor of the Locarno Pact, would enter into a direct exchange. of views with the German Govern- ment in this matter.

." EUROPE'S SOLIDARITY

The German Government con- curs with the British and French Governments' opinion that the con- clusion of an air-convention would bo an important step towards the solidarity of the European states and might be calculated to lead to a eatisfactory solution of other Euro pean, problems.

Peiping, Feb. 10.

London, Feb. 15. Important results of a Sino- Japanese parley 'heid hore yester

The Lord Privy Seal, Mr. day in connection with the out- standing Sino-Japanese problems Anthony Eden, in a speech at concerning North China were Rugby to-day, sald he would

The German Government is at revealed by a high Chinese oflelal restrict his remarks on German

one with the British and French to-day.

reply to the Anglo-French com- A number of Japanese military muhique to general observations. Goverments in ita, sincere desire to promote, and assure peace. It lendora including Genera) Isoga), Chief of the Second Section of The Anglo-French London con-welcomes the spirit of friendly con- fidence animating the discusión” be- Tokyo, servations were belag, followed up General Uenatsu, Commander-in- and would continue to be followed tween individual Governments, ex- Chief of the Japanese Garrison up, he said. Coming as they had pressed in the Anglo-French com Force in North China, and General in succession to the Franco-Italian munications. Gigs, special representative of conversations at Rome and tho the Kwantung Ileadquarters at important meeting of the Council Shanhalkwan, were members of of the League last December, they the Japanese délegation at the might well mark a new and more encouraging phase in European arrangements were reconstruction. made permitting Chinese thorities to exercise full police must be the rosteration of con- security for Germany.

parley.

Detailed

'PRACE AND`SECURITY.

The reply says the German Gov-. eramant will exhaustively, examine European questions raised, in the first part of the London communf- The objective of that phase que as much in the spirit of a desire for peace as with care for the control in the ex-War zone and full administrative rights in carryly for the creation, of such con- fidence in Europe. It was precise-

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The Government will examine

ing out a rehabilitation pro- gramme in the Luantung districts.fidence that the League of Nations particularly with what means the The same Chinese official ex- and the collective peace ayetem to danger of an armaments Trace, which it gave expression, existed. which has arisan by the failure of pressed the opinion that as

Although still in a state of the highly armed powers to carry result of the parley the ambiguous altuation in the Luantung zone evolution, the League was definite-out disarmament provided by could be definitely cleared and they stranger now than six months treaty, may in the future be situation in Nerth China might age. The conception of collectiva Avoided, be considerably improved Central Peace systems had surely come to Germany is convinced that only stand. It was only a substitute a spirit of free agreement between for the balance of power which sovereign states, as expressed in however, alcoly adjusted, could the Anglo-French communique, can never be a final guarantor of lead to lasting international settle

ments in the sphere of armements. *peace.

"As experience and influence ac-Router.

the Lengug cumulated,

would steadily be better able to shoulder the re

responsibilities placed upon it until at length it gained that universal membership with the ald of which peaceful settlement of all disputes might become not merely an ideal, but a fact British Wireless.

S'HAI MARKET REPORT

FOREIGN EXCHANGE STILL FIRM

(Special to "Talograph")

Shanghai, Feb. 16. The Foreign Exchange Market is very frm here this morning.

There many Bollers of exchange. There are many sellers of exchan

:& ro,including the Hongkong Shanghat Banking Cernoration whereas the Shanghal Commercial & Savings Banks is apparently the only cash buyer.

The market continues very firm at 10.30. a.m.

Socculators are selling forward exchange. A

The disparity between cash, and forward positions has now..nar Towed to less than eight per cent.

United Press.

COURT RECESS TILL MONDAY

NO GOLD CLAUSE DECISION YET

RETIRING CURRENCY

EMERGENCY MONEY TO BE WITHDRAWN

Special to:

legraph

Whahington, Feb, 16. The Federal Reserve report for the week ended February 18, in 1 dicates that provision is being made for the retirement of all the emergency currency which was andthorised during the Bank, The Supreme Court has gone Holiday of 1938 50 into recess until Monday, February 18. apdarently, assuring thatstbare rem will be no dealaion on the (Gold ciret

be Clause case until that date

Washington; Feb 18

states that the gor not be withdrawn from tion:Immediately, cenfup as it comasti