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No. 14870

五拜禮 號十三月八英港香 FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1935.

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ITALY REPORTED ABOUT TO OCCUPY ALBANIA

LITTLE ENTENTE ATTACK FEARS

BRITISH WARSHIPS MOVING

MEDITERRANEAN SCENE OF WARLIKE ACTIVITY

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1804. Received, Aug. 30, 12 roon)

Valetta, Aug. 30.

The Mediterranean to-day became the centre of} warlike activity second only to the East African fron- tiers as reports spread that Mussolini plans, to occupy Albania in order to protect Italy's frontiers against the

Little Entente and Britain moved her war Beet from; & happy family group showing the late Queen of the Belgians, who was killed in a motor accident yester-- Malta towards Suez.

day, together with the King and two of their children.

Reports from Athens state definitely that Italian

arms and munitions, officers and men have recently been Trade Pact

transferred in secret to the Albanian coast.

The movements of the British Mediterranean fleet, however, are officially described as "normal." They en- tail the departure from the Malta base of a number of battle-cruisers and cruisers and other craft to various Near East ports.-United Press.

FLEET MOVES

London, Aug. 29. The Mediterranean Fleet has steamed out of Malta, almost with. in sight of the coast of Sicily.

The Fleet

is on

so-called "normal cruise" but it is generally: considered the first large scalp sea movement in the Italo-Ethiopian сгінія.

EDEN TO REPORT PARLEY

Albin TO INFORM LEAGUE

OF PARIS TALKS

The Exchange-Telegraph reports : From Athens quoted' authorities, that italy is fortifying Saseno Island, which would permit the closing of the Adriatic Sea all shipping, if Italy so desired.

To-day's cruise takes the British battleships Revenge and Valint

to

and the cruisers London, Devonshire and Shropshire, and the repair ship Resource, to Alexandria,

At the same time,, the lattleship Resolution and the cruiser Despatel

are bound for Port Said.

MR. BALDWIN RETURNING

For India

And Burma

HONGKONG- American

PENANG Democrats AIRLINE

GUARDING MARKETS TEST FLIGHTS ON

AGAINST JAPAN

THREE YEAR AGREEMENT

London, Aug. 29.

OCTOBER 2

OFFICIAL MESSAGE

Cable news was received here to i day of Imperial Airways plans to kong and Penang in 4-engined De do six two-way trips between Hang. Havilland "Eight-als" machine in a

A three-year trade agreement has been reached between Indin and Burma, and becomes effective on the date of the latter's separa few weeks' time. tion from India.

The

KING TELLS OF TRAGEDY

BLAMES HIMSELF FOR FATAL CRASH

BELGIUM MOURNS FOR BELOVED QUEEN

Lucerne, Aug. 29:

The King of the Belgians, grief-stricken, at the tragic passing of his Queen, has made his first state- ment since the motoring accident in which he was only slightly injured. Queen Astrid was killed instantly,

The Queen, he said, wanted to see a map of the route they were going. The King himself glanced at it and although his inattention to the steering wheel was only momentary it was sufficient to let the wheels deviate, causing a violent swerve. The car then struck two trees.

His Majesty had just taken the wheel from the chauffeur and the Queen was seated on his right side. Both were in high spirits.

Where the accident occurred the road is only

Dividing twenty-four feet wide, with a drop of twenty feet to

HEARST MAY BACK

ALFRED SMITH

HUEY LONG ATTACKED

New York, Aug. 20, Lending Conservative Democrats formation of a Constitutional De- will shortly meet to consider the mocratic Party to oppose the New.

Dey

agreement provides Tor India gds to enter Barinn un- restrictedly and free from dAJEMNITREANNULATASIENTELargelar Democrats sue to prevent

and that Burmese goods shall enter India in the sam London, Aug. 29,

Way Further, tariff schedules operating When the League I'muneil, which

an the date of separation shall morts next Wednesday at remain effective in both countries Geneva, takes up the dispute bewith respect to goods imported The cruisers Arethusa, Delhi, tween Italy and Abyssinia, it is into either from abroad, though: and. Durban and the flotilla leader expected that early in the Codrington, are for Haifu.

produties upon imported goods may ieeedings a report will be made on a lowered by agreement. Lloyds are convinced that there the Three-Power Conference in will be an Italo-Ethioping war. Paris. At this conference com- If Indin. after the expiration of They are quoting ninety-one to one prehensive proposals for a settle the present Indo-Japanese cotton that war will break out in the near ment of the dispute, which were agreement reimposes a limit on the future: but they are quoting four believed to reconcile the recog-importation of Japanese piece to one that there will be no war in Inised tegitimate aspirations of goods. Burma shall, during the Europe.

Italy and the known need of the currency of the trade agreement Meanwhile, Sir Samuel Hoare, Abyssinian Government for expert with India, limit the importation of the Foreign Minister, has cancelled assistance and Advice, with the such goods into Burma to his reservations

I1

at Aix-les-Bains treaty obligations and rights of quantity not exceeding that im-

all parties respected, were supported in 1934-25,-Reuter,

and Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, intends to curtail his vacation.-United Press,

GUNS FOR MALTA

Portsmouth, Aug. 29. The Naval Ordnance Depot at Gosport is leading guns aboard the transport Bellerophon, destined for Multi-United Press.

STRIVE FOR PEACE

gested for discussion by

the French and British Governments, ; and were rejected by Signor Mussolini.

JAPAN'S COTTON

Simla, Aug. 20.

The Minister for League of The text of the provisional draft! Nations Affairs, Mr. Anthony of a trade agreement between! Eden, who on August & undertook India and Burna was-published to inform the Council at its next to-day. It will become effective! meeting of the result of the Paris after the date u Burma's) talks, is understood to have been separation from India. considering the terms of this re-

Article Twelve provides that; port before settling the final form, on which he will certainly should the Governor-General of

Actually the first Hight IN The first reverberation of the schettuled to commence from campaign was an editorial in all Hearst newspapers suggesting that

President Roosevelt's "Socialist Democratie" party to prevent them using the name of Democrat for their group.

JACK DOYLE WHIPPED

Buddy Baer Wins In One Round

New York, Aug. 29. Buddy Baer, hard-hitting little brother of the Cali- fornia Dancing-Master, Max Baer, the one-time world champion, to-night climbed another rung up the ladder of fame when he defeated Jack Doyle.. the British fighter to-night.

Bacr won in the

first round on a technical knock- out, having floored Doyle three times after giving him a good deal of heavy punish- The light was to have gone

six rounds.--- Renter

ment.

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SIGNING RAILWAY

Apparently the car was travel- ling at high speed, since when it skidded into the kerb it travelled to the other side of the road, crash. ed into two trees, rolled over and plunged Into the lake.

All the decupants, the King and

·AGREEMENT Queen, the chauffeur and the lady-

H.K. OFFICIALS IN CANTON

TWO LINES BEING LINKED

Canton, Aug. 30.

h-waiting, were thrown out of the ear before it wont over the embankment.

The Queen's body was found under the first of the trees the careening car struck. The right jalde of her head

was smash- ed. No-one had seen the nccident, but those who reached the scene a few minutes later found the dls- tracted King kneeling over the body of his dying wife.-Reuter,

STRUCK STONE HEAP

uzeffe, there will foregather at To-day at noon, says the Canton

Brussels. Aug. 29. the Tai Sha Tau Station of the The Royal car was travelling be- that Mr. Canton-Kowloon Railway, Mr. R. D. tween 30 and 40 miles an hour Alfred E. Smith would be an ident | Walker, Manager of the British when it struck a small heap of candidate, but the papers have.not Section of the Canton-Kowloon stones at the side of the road, ne- said definitely that they will sup-Railway, Mr. Li Lu-chao, Director cording to a semi-official version port him or the proposed new purty of the Chinese Section of the same of the accident. This impact threw Former Governor Ely of Massa line and Mr. Li Sin-kan, Director the car aside and over another heap chusetts has denied that he is as of the Canton-Samshui Railway for of stones, which deflected it against sociated with the "third party", as the signing of the through traffic is another strong Democrat, Mr. agreement of the two railways. Lewis Douglas-United Press. With Mr. Walker will be Mr. Trevor,

Traffic Manager of the C. K. R. British Section,

Hearst's papers

885

LONG'S GRIP

tre

The Queen was hurled out of the car head first, striking the tree. She must have been killed almost not have instantly, and could suffered a single pang. New Orleans, Aug. 29.

When the agreement is in force The King received a cut on the Anti-Longites, the various groups from September 1 it will be possible mouth and slight injuries to his opposing Senator Huey Long into buy a through ticket from Kow-left hand. Louisiana, forecast that unless he loon tailway Station for Fat-shan.

The car was a powerful Ameri-

is defeated in the next election it Sam-shu and Sai-nam and vice can tourer, will require a generation to amusk his dictatorship."

tion.

It is learned from Washington that members of Congress who

| versa. The comfortable buses It seems that the Queen received

Extreme Unction from the cure at Kussnacht before she expired, one report says, seeming to indicate ahe did not die instantly, ne was Arst presumed.

However, they concede that only usually stationed at Sal Ho ilou will a miracle can prevent his re-eleccarty through passengers to and

from the Tai Sha

Tau Railway station free of charge.

These buses, it may be added, are | heckled Lamy's filibusters at the last not available to any member of

RETURNS TO BRUSSELS session are considering organising the general public who does not a "fying squadron" to follow Long hold a railway ticket.

Although he le suffering from Oslo, Aug, 29.

on his proposed mid-West tour to declaration

The new agreement will mark cute nervous shock, the King is that

make, counter-speeches, Ethiopian question the Ministers Prime Minister,

on the wish to consult with the French India after March 31, 1937. Impose

another step in Sino-British co-sufficiently recovered to return to Long, meanwhile, has charged operation for better service to the

Brussels. Ho left by concerned would support all efforts

The plane that President Roosevelt is respon-public and for greater mutual pros-train to-night.

A special M. Laval, with a limit to the quantily of Japanese Penang on October 2. whom he has been closely nano-cotton plece goods that may be will be flown three times each way sible for the failure to start the perity, contributing to the safeguarding ciated in all the attempts of the imported into British India, the in order to make a thorough survey social security reforma operating of peace and the maintenance of the Inst few months at Geneva and pose a limit upon the quantity or paratory, it is hoped, to starting a Roosevelt promised he would and

Meanwhile, the Royal children, who had been spending a holiday principles of justice represented elsewhere to facilitate a peaceful

Governor of Burma shall also im- of the route and conditions pre-immediately. He said President

with their parents, are already on by the League of Nations Covenant, outcome from the present Itala auch goods that may be imported regular mail and passenger service. the money to da no.--United Press.

their way to Brussels, unaware of was contained in a communiqué

the tragle fate of their mother. lagued by the Foreign Ministers of Abyssinian tension, as well as at

Reuter Special. the recent Paris meeting.

into Burma.

The De Havilland is the type of machine which is flown between tho four Northern European powers, Norway, Sweden, Denmark on Monday and he will take the Burma in

Mr. Eden Is leaving for Geneva permitted to be imported into

"The maximum quantity so Australia and Singapore.

The Asiatic Petroleum Company, and Finland, to-day, following their conference..

opportunity of discussing

any year shall not in its capacity as Shell distributors, with exceed in total the quantity of has already been notified of Im- the French Premier conflict would be treated in con-

that any ment to be made to the Council. ported into and retained in Burma

the state Japanese cotton ploce goods imperial Airway plans. formity with existing treaties and elther on his way through Paris during the financial year fo 1934-

or at Geneva, before the Council 35. meeting begins.

Hope was expressed

pacts.

The conference decided to con- tinue the polley of economic co- operation among Northern coun- tries. Reuter Special.

MR. BALDWIN RETURNING

"Gooda imported into Burma

STRENGTHENING FORCES

KAILAN MINE SALE?

CHINESE COMPANY NOT INFORMED

EXPERIMENTS IN COTTON

PLANT FOR DUTCH

EAST INDIES

The Hague, Aug. 30.

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"SNOW PRINCESS"

Lucerne, Aug. 29. The body of Queen Astrid, Scandinavia's lovely "Snow Prin cess" lies broken upon a stretcher hore. She was almost instantly. killed whon the car King Leopold The Committee which investi-was driving ran wild and struck gated the possibilities of establish- a tree. Her husband, the King, and subsequently re-exported will

London, Aug. 29.

Ing a cotton industry in the Dutch is dazed and unable to The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley not be taken into account.

Buenos Aires, Aug. 20.

Interviewed by the Daily TeleEast Indies has reported, advising though his injuries are

talk, Baldwin, who rejoined Mrs. Bald-

The Government has introduced graph with regard to rumours of the building of an experimental serious.

not. BRITISH DELEGATES win at Aix-lesBaine to complete hls from time to time divide into naval aviation forces and another the Chinese Engineering and

The Governor of Burma may 20,000,000 pesos to strengthen ministration to Japan, a director of $70,000.

A Bill to Parliament to raise the sale of the Kailan Mining Ad- factory at an estimated cost of The children of the King and London, Aug. 29.

hollday after the special Cabinet certain categories the quantity so 22,000,000 for the military air Mining Company said that as far successful a cotton industry will douin, four, and Prince Albert. last Thursday, expects to leave limited, and may provide for

Queen, Princess Josephine Char- If the resulta of axperiments are lotte, seven, Crown Prince Ban- The British delegationell the there on Wednesday, and reach Lon-transfer between categories arm. The money will be raised med mye at Proud he probably be established with a two, the first two of whom have Lengua of Nations Council and don to-day week. The period of the

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Router Special.

by an internal five per cent loan, formed the rumours could be capital of about £8,000,000-Res-been holidaying with their parenta

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Reuter.

denied.-Reuter.

ter.