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MONDAY, JULY

22. 1995.

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The World's

Master Tyre

RUSH TO PROTECT DIPLOMATS AT ADDIS ABABA

EARLY OUTBREAK Increased

OF WAR FEARED

LEAGUE ACTION MAY HASTEN CRISIS

120,000 ITALIAN TROOPS READY FOR ACTION

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(Bu Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinanco, 1894. Received, July 22, 8 d.)

Cairo, July 21. Foreign Powers with representatives at Addis Ababa are taking urgent steps to protect their diplomats in the event of an early outbreak of war.

Silver Price

Favoured

WOULD NOT REALLY INJURE CHINA

MR. CROMWELL'S OPINIONS

are

11igher silver prices, not for the suke of silver itself, nor as a sop to the US. Silver States, favoured by Mr. James H. R. described in Home Cromwell,

ns "Amerien's Financial cireles Bolshevik," who is at present on to the Colony, together 11 vinit with his wife,

formerly Miss

Doris Duke, sole heir to the Duke

nillious.

In the course of an interview with the Telegraph, Mr. Cromwell, who Is Chairman of the Executive of the Sound. Money Committee

stated that drastic aud immediate financial reform is the world revolution. His method of seruring the revival of prosperity is to break the corner

The despatch of a million sandbags from Egypt for the use of the British Legation at Addis Ababa arengue, among the measures taken to ensure the safety of Sir Sidney Barton, the British Consul-General to Ethiopia, and his staff.

It is the consensus of opinion in Egypt and the

only antidote

to the impendingi

world

in gold and to undo the mischief

Sudan that war is inevitable and that it is only a wrought question of when zero hour will be called..

It is thought that the fact that the League Council is meeting on July 29 to endeavour to prevent an outbreak of hostilities may actually result in hastening the clash. On the other hand, bad wonther тау render

an early Italian offensive most difficult.

According 10

vory

sources

about 120,000

Italian

troops have already passed through the Suez Canal and another 10,000 men are en route from Italy.

It of

Reports that tens of thousands of inlian troops have already : been invalided home from Massown and Mosadischio should be disregarded, Reuter learns, is understood that the total troops evacuated up to the pre- sebt is only equal to the normal wastage due to the trying climatic conditions.--Reuter Special.

ITALY'S MISSION

by gold "riggers" and hoarders so that with a fall in the price of gold there, would be a corresponding rise in the price of commodities.

Mr. Cromwell urges that the

to

Sir Erie Drummond, British Am-

and bassador

Rome.

former Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who may confer with Signor

French and the

Am- Mussolini brador to Italy on the Abyssinian crisis.

FLOODS THREATEN

Halliburton

Elephant

Weakening

TIES UP TRAFFIC

ON ALPINE PASS

ONLY BRIBES BUDGE IT

STORM CAUSE OF

AIR TRAGEDY

FOURTEEN KILLED IN

DUTCH LINE

Berne, July 21 PLANE BEATEN DOWN IN

Mr. Richard Halliburton's trans- Alpine pilgrimage on the hack of an elephant is causing, much amusement to the mountain vil¦ lagers and exasperation amongst | the motorists who are held up behind him.

The novelist, who is endeavour-¦ ing to capture something of the feeling which may have been ex- perienced by the mighty Hannibal, is meeting with difficulflex, just as The Carthaginian did. His elephant is tired and has to be coaxed

Mr. ning with lumps of, sugar. Halliburton's expedition differs in This as well as other details from Hannibal's adventure. Hannibal used salt to split the rocks.

Furthermore, whereas Hannibati was marching to meet the Romans. Mr. Halliburton's enemies are be

motorists, hind him. They are

SHANTUNG held up by the slowly ambling

ASSISTANCE

United States should buy silver URGENT APPEALS FOR and sell gold, the effect of which would be to turn the stampede of money hoarders from gold to silver. He Ruggests "Gold

a

EXPLAINED Stabilisation Plan," which is not

the same as bimetallism, synime Lalliam, fixed ratios, currency in flation or other silver útilisation

LEAGUE CHALLENGED posnis Which have been put

BY MUSSOLINI

FAITH IN HIGH DESTINY

forward in the past.

EPIDEMICS SPREADING

Teinan, July 22. All Western Shantung is threatened with inundation owing to the simultaneous rise in the Yellow River and other waterways which have become swollen with the continuous rainfall.

STABILITY ASSURED Under his plan. gold will con- tinue to be the sole international monetary yardstick, but ita price and purchasing power will be The situation is agrravated by fixed or stabilised by the open the collapse of the northern Paris, July 21.

market purchase and sale of both embankments of the Chaowang "If Europe does not feel worthy monetary metals. The purchasing River and the Kiahsiang dykca.

The inhabitants of the affected. of fulfilling her colonising mission power of gold, he says, can be in the world, then the hour of her stabilised solely by buying and districts are fleeing to Talan and decadence has irrevocably sounded." selling it in exchange for the only Yenchow.-Reuter. The sharpness of the Anglo-declared Signer Benito Mussolini, other money commodity, namely, A steady Italy's de Italian Prime Minister, in an in-silver, and vice versa. mands for complete overlordship

demand and supply market for

STALEMATE ›

London, July 21.

Italian cleavage over

URGENT APPPEAL

Nanking, July 22.

the

terview with the Rome representate two metals will not only en- Urgent appeals from the flooded in Abyssinia has temporarily tive of the Echo de Paris. stalemated the diplomatic conver-

With regard to Abyssinia, Il Duca sure a correct level of compara- districts of

Yangtee and sations between London, Paris and likened himself to one of the British tive values, but will likewise tend Rome, although efforts to secure a Empire builders or 1o one of the to maintain the stability of both. peaceful settlement have by

great French colonisers,

HUNTING AIRWAY menna been abandoned.

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In the event that it becomes im- possible to arrange a conference come

per ounce.

Asked his views on the Roose- velt Administration's present sil- "Will the League of Nations bever policy, Mr. Cromwell said that,

tribunal before $1

which this policy fixes the maximum between French. Itakan and negroes and savages und backward price to be paid for silver ut British foreign ministers, it is races of the world can arraign $1.29

That is con- understood that Britain in anxious great nation which has revolution-trary to the purpose of the sug to arrange a joint conference at Ised and transformed humanity?" geated Gold Stabilisation Plan, Rome between Signor Mussolini | Signor Mussolini naked.

the object of which is to stabi- and the British and French Am- bassadors there. No

for He declored Italy's decisive mo- lise the value of gold, not of sil- knew the Ver. Fixing a price or ratio for found, ment

difficulties, he said, but he was pro-liver in terms of gold in, saya Britain insists that any settleparing for every contingencey with Mr. Cromwell, altogether without

the minutest care.

basis

Buch talks has yet been however,

ment of the present dispute must be founded on the Kellogg Pact, whereas Italy is maintaining that only the 1900 Treaty between Italy, France and Britain bears upon the matter.-United Press. PROVOCATIVE SPEECH

Rome, July 21 The Italian Government has instructed its Minister at Addis

had come. He

Next October, he asserted, there

will be 1,000,000 Italians with the colours, and he would have nothing

to fear.

justification.

THE CASE OF CHINA

Questioned as to his opinions on the possible harmful effects of i "The Italian nation has made ¦ birker silver prices on China, Mr.)

efforts. It will great

occupy a

(Continued on Page 7.) great place in the work," he con-

cluded. Reuter,

Ababa to protest strongly to the TWO U.S. BOXERS

Ethiopian Government respecting

the speech of Emperor Solussle

delivered to the Parliament of the

Ethiopians on July 18.

KILLED

It is understood that Signor RESULT OF MOTORING

Mussolini has compared the official

text with the newspaper versions and has found the official text highly provocative.

ACCIDENT

BRITISH OFFICER

RELEASED

SHORT-CUTS

INAYATIG

Wiley Post And Wife On Daring Voyage

(Special to "Telegraph") Burbank, Cal. July 21. Following the announce- ment that three. Soviet air- men would jointly attempt a fight from. Moscow to San Francisco non-stop, by way of the North Pole. the well-known American Indian airman Wiley Post announces ah adventurous undertaking of the same sort.

He and his wife, he says, propose to start to-morrow on a flight across Alaska and Siberia to Moscow. to examinal the possibilities of a short-cut air route over the top of the world— Reuter Special,

pachyderm.

Over 500 spectators followed Mr. Halliburton's elephant up the last steep mile and a half to the it of St. Bernard Pass. The animal was extremely tired after Its long climb, and kept stopping. A great stream of motor traffic stretched behind, suiting its pace to the elephant's

The elephant is #nding the rarified air trying. Its condition necessitates frequent halts and rests. Out of consideration for it the party will probably spend the night some way down Italian side of the pass.-Reuter,

on the

Character Cleared

ALPINE VALLEY

Geneva, July 21. Inquiries have revealed that a violent Alpine storm was responsible for the loss of the lives of ten passengers and four of the crew of the big Dutch air- liner which crashed when flying from Milan to Frank- ~furt-Am-Main yesterday.

According to the chief engineer of the Swiss Federal Aviation Department both engines of the machine, a Douglas monoplane, were in perfect order. No technical defect was to blame for the disaster.

The storm beat the machine down into a valley and the pilot appeared to be heading for a suitable landing- place. But the plane suddenly dived and crashed with terrible force among the trees.

GROWING SILVER STOCKS

OPERATORS FACE DANGER

SAGGING TENDENCY

Bombay, July 21. Messrs. Merwunjee and Sons, in their silver review for the week ending Saturday, write:

were killed

The occupants almost instantly-Renter.

BRITISH VICTIMS

Berne, July 21. The Dutch airliner disaster is the third major air tragedy within a week.

The two British victims of this most recent crash were Mr. L. M. Nesbitt, a mining engineer who had recently travelled extensively in Abyssinia; and “commZINGJIKANEM Arthur Watts, a London newspaper artist.

The other passengers, all of whom were killed, were Dutch, with the exception of one German, The crow conslated of pilot, mechanic, radio operator und hostess.

CAUSE UNCERTAIN The cause of the mishap is un- The inclination to concentrate certain and was possibly due to on the domestic situation to u

It was

LIONEL DA SILVA

greater extent has tended to off-lightning or to the failure of one FREE OF CHARGE

act the recent onthusiasm on the or both the engines. Lionel da Silva, aged 23, ac-healthier conditions In the London The liner was only 300 feet up countant of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer market. This has brought opera-when it fell like a stone. of China, Shell House, Hongkongtors face to face with dangers of a smashed to pieces but did not was this morning discharged at large growing stock, which offers catch fire. the Central Magistracy, without a no prospects of clearance in the stain on his character, when a

Gendarmes are at present on near future, resulting in a sogging charge of alleged embezzelement tendency. At the close, the situa Kuard at the scene of the disaster, against him was withdrawn.

tion was accentuated by the begin-for there is a large sum of money Silva had been, arrested byning of the monthly settlement in the wreckage, in addition to virtue of a warrant on an ac and the market appears uncertain malls.-Router Special.

embezzlement cusation of

of at present. $255.20.-the-money-of- his... em-The up-country-- demand has averaged about 10 bars of silver When the case came before Mr. a day, Macfadyen this morning, Mr. M. A. A surplus of about 37,000 bars is da Silva appeared for the defence, now expected after July 20th (with Mr. W. K. Robinson for the settlement.

prosecution.

[ployers.

There is no aflver afloat from Mr. Robinson made an applica London to Bombay at this week- tion for withdrawal of the case, end.

and Mr. M. A. da Silva stated that The incoming mail steamer is In fairness to his client, it should not bringing any silver from he montioned that he was arrested London to Bombay-Reuter. by mistake.

CANADA-JAPAN TRADE STRIFE

THREATENS

VICTORY FOR MCCARRAN

BIG LIQUOR REVENUE.

PROHIBITION'S END BOON TO U.S.

SAVING OF MILLIONS

↑ (Special 10 "Telegraph")

The

In making his application for withdrawni of the charge, Mr.

Washington, July 21. Robinson asked that accused be

Senator McCarran to-day unid ischarged without a stain on his that he has received reliable, al- character.

though indirect, Information that The Magistrate agreed, and the the United States Treasury would was accordingly with-approve of his silver bill which charge drawn.

will repeal the following sections of the 1934 silver purchase Act:~

Washington, July 21. Section Six. authorising the | LIEUT. CHAMBERLAIN'S

President to regulate by licence

.repeal of prohibition the importation, exportation and throughout the United States, and ADVENTURE

the ending of the immense cost of transportation of silver;

Section Seven, authorising the enforcement which annually London, July 21.

President to nationalise silver: drained the country of some Springfield, July 20.. It is understood that Lieutenant Tommy Barry, former national Joseph Chamberlain, son

Section Eight, providing the $100,000,000 and cost numbers of of Bir agu The protest is particularly A.A.U. boxing champion, and Austen Chamberlain, who was. ar Yellow Rivers for aid to prevent

REPRISALS

Afty por cent tax on the profits Ives as well, has now commenced aimed against Emperor Selassie's Eddie Shea, an amateur boxer, rested by Wahubia when he crossed the spread of epidemica naw pre-

accruing from silver transactions. to pay dividends-to-the-nation Ottawa, July 21. Senator Ellison D. Smith, De- charge that Italy has been con were killed to-day, when a car in with a patrol from

Nearly $500,000,000 annually is templating

The Canadian Prime Minister, mocrat of South Carolina, to-day pouring into the Federal Treasury the Invasion of which they were motoring crashed. Hedjaz territory, has now bin National Health Administration.Mr. R. B. Bennett to-day advised told the United Press that he was through the liquor trade, the

valent there, are pourny in to the Ethiopia for forty years. Italy Threo companions also making ordored released. claims that no troops were moved the trip

injured.-United to Africa until the Ualual in-Press.

Bureau of Internal Revenue re ported to-day. This figure is for cidents, in which Abyssinians are

the fiscal year ending June 30. alleged to have attacked Italian

The Bureau reported that beer #attlements.

and liquor drinkers contributed $311,021,772 in taxes. But there is another $25,000,000 collected in

Observard here declare aituation Dow

even

dangerous-United Press.

were

Akaba into

Reuter.

THOUSAND PERISH

F

It was feared that the release of Lieut. Chamberlain might be de Inyed owing to the frontier

Teinan, July 22. negotiations at présent proceeding because of a proclamation Issued between the British authorities

Chinese reports state that as the calling them to serve with the and King Ibn Saud,

result of torrential rains and more Italian Army in the African

It is explained that Liout. Cham-cloudbursts, the the ensuing floods, colonies.-Reuter Special.

berlain inadvertently crossed the thousands of persons have perish CORN. PURCHASES

frontier on July 13 in an Armyed in and around Bichwan, Honan, transport car and was arrested by near the Hupeh border. Athens, July 21.

Solla, July 21. (tho Baudl authorities. A search- More than twenty vilages have Greeks of military age are re- Italy has purchased 18,000 tona ing car, sont to find Lieut Cham- been wiped out and over sixty ported to be secretly leaving the of corn for her troops in Africa, berinin, was also detained square miles of, country is under Italian Islands in the Aegean Sea | It is reported here.-Reuter Special. Reuler.

water-Router,

WONT BERVE.

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OTTAWA

accept the

the Japanese Government that perfectly willing to Canada considers the imposition of McCarran silver amendment to a fifty per cent. tax on Canadian | the 'A.A.A. BIL-United Press. goods is a violation of the equal treatment agreement which was guaranteed in the Anglo-Japanese agreement of 1911 and to which Canada became a party in 1918.

DYKES COLLAPSE

Shanghai, July 22.

Mr. Bennett end that in the Reports from Chengtu state that customs duties which is not taken event of the surtax being imposed a large portion of the dykes of the into account here. The remain- Canada will be forced to retaliate Kialing River, in Szechuen, has der of the rovenue is made up in by imposing a surtax of 38.1/8 per collapsed due to the pressure of various ways, from sales cont. ad valorum on all Japanese the surging waters, and heavy and licences,

damage has resulted.-Reuter. United Press. Imports.

and

taxes

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