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MURDER
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UNA MERKEL
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A LAUGH TOPS EACH LOVE-THRILL I
Clark GABLE Constance BENNETT
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The MING YUEN STUDIO has removed to the 3rd Floor of No. 6 Queen's Road Central.
JUST OPPOSITE the Dairy Farm's Soda Fountain.
THE HONGKONG
KING TELLS OF TRAGEDY
(Continued from Page 1.)
are now in Brussels, having re- turned before being told of their mother's death.
Premier Van Zeeland, mean- while, flow to Lucerna. He is waiting upon the stricken King there.
BLAMES HIMSELF.
:
it is reported that King Leopold bitterly blames himablf for the tragedy, saying he glanced at road map and lost control of the
car.
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A special train will carry the body of the Queen and the King to Brussels immediately. The Prime on board. Minister will also be
TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 90, 1935.
HOLLAND SHORT OF AVIATORS
SEEKING OUTSIDE
ASSISTANCE
ITALY REPORTED ABOUT TO OCCUPY ALBANIA
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.. (Continued from Page 1.) Assembly meetings will comprise Sir Samuel Hoare, Foreign Secret- ary: Mr. Anthony Eden, Minister of League of Nations Affairs; Dr. Leslie Burgin, and several aasia- tant delegates.
Prime
The Hague, Aug, 29.
It is learned that the The Royal Dutch Air Lines are Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, is negotiating with British, German returning to London on September Austrian and Scandinavian dying, the day on which the League. men, following a decision to Council meets, in order to follow point experienced foreign pilots to make up for the shortage of more closely the events in Geneva. Dutch pilota due to the recent losses of Dutch planes.
Some of Holland's most dis-the decision of the Italian Cabinet,
12 Abyssinian situation, following) tinguished aviators have been killed in recent plane crashes
It arrives at nine to-morrow morn-Renter. Ing. Funeral arrangements will be completed when the Prime Minister returns.
At the moment the populace is) deeply mourning, and all flags are at half-mast. Business is almost at a standstill.
DOWACER QUEEN
The Dowager Queen, widow of King Albert, who has never really recovered from the shock of her husband's death eighteen, months ago, has left Naples for Brussels by special train. She la nccom- panied by her daughter, the Crown Princess Maria Jose of Denmark. --United Press.
SAD DEPARTURE
Lucerne, Aug. 29, The body of Queen Astrid was horre towards Brussels by special train leaving here at 10.15 to-night,
The coffin was placed in a special van in a siding, where the King, deadly pale but calm, entered his private_skeping ear in order to avoid the crowd at the station.
M. Van Zeeland, Prime Minister of Belgium, who arrived at Lucerno by air from Brussels this evening, travelled in the King's train along with various court officials and a guard of honour of Swiss troops, which rode beside the collin as far as Basle-Reuter,
POIGNANT SCENES
Ferre, Aug. 29. The poignant scenes The roadside following the accident are described by a witness, who states that, on recovering from the shock, the King asked for the Queen and was ussisted to the spot where she lay..
Kneeling by the Queen's side, the King ook her hand and enllodi
She did not answer. her by naine. and then, overene with grief, the King took her in bis arms and kissed her. A few minutes later, the Queen diet, still in the arms of her husband,
The King, dazed and unable to
CHINA--JAPAN CO-OPERATION
TOKYO BUSY WITH NEW PLAN
GRAVE SITUATION The gravity of the
Italo-
in emphasised by French and German newspapers.
The French official view is re- flected in Le Temps, which states that the Italian Government's determination to forge ahead, whatever may he the Lengue Council's decision, could not be more clearly affirmed.
German newspapers express the Lopinion that the Bolzano decisions show Italy's determination to
without attain her object
the concent of the League or Great Britain, or even against both.
The Rome Tribuna declares that:
threaten Italian policy does not British Interests, directly or in- directly--Reuter.
Tokyo, Aug. 30. On the return of Mr. Chiang Tao- pen, Chinese Ambassador to Japan, much activity is from China. evident in the Japaneer Foreign Office, which is prepared to submit more detailed plan to Mr. Chiang with the object of "bringing the | “NON-STOP" REVUE Sino-Japanese rapprochement to a substantial stage."
With regard to the question of economic co-operation, an official of the Japanese Foreign Office stated that the immediate object of Japan | FINAL was to carry out a planned agri- cultural economy in China so as to have it Rnked up with industrial | Interests in Japan. For instance, cotton plantations in North China should produce cotton of a kind Ísultable for the cotton mills
Osaka. -- Special.
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Alter B Season, the
very successful tocal Professor Doorluy Express Non-Stop Revue are giving their final performance to-night and as this will be the last oppor tunity of seeing this splendid variety entertainment the public should not fet this chance slip.
Yesterday appreciative audien- ces were present and the troupe. RIGHT?were all in good form. Special mention must be made of Hertun Answers 10
on questions
Seluvcos, the Russian dancer, Lio Page 3.
Tol-tseln, the clever Chinese -Officially, Hong Kong. Usage aerobat and conjurer, Ruth Haase, has coupled the two words, just the versatile performer, Emilia it has coupled Kow Loon, Shang Hai Pastrana and her two sisters, and others. The names of both Lolita and Dorita, Josef Wald- latter places are officially recognised meier, Fred Gordon, Lolita Padilla,. as one word,
Frank Kunkel and Maria May.
A
2.-Queen Anne, who had seven-
teen..
3.-Pour Prendre ← u t !t t (French). To take leave.
4-Commonwealth of Australia.
Union of South Africa, Dominion of Canada, Mandated Territory of New Guinea,
Territory of Papua. 5.-To China, a town in Ken-
G-King Carol 1 of Roumania. 7.-No.
speak, indicated that his passport nebee County, Maine, U.S.A. was in the car. This was found, and it bore the name of the Comte de Rhy, the incognito ander which the King usually travels.
Some time elapsed before the erowd which had gathered learned the identity of the Royal, party.- Router.
BRITAIN GRIEVED
London, Aug. 29. Oficial Bewa of the motor aceldent near Kusynacht, on the Lake of Lucerne, in Switzerland, early to-day, in which the King and Queen of Belgium were in- volved and Queen Astrid suffered fatal injuries, was conveyed by the Belgian Embassy to the Foreign Office this morning.
first Baron Lyndhurst), born 1 8.--John Singleton Copley (aler Boston, May 21, 1772.
9.-None, Burma tof which Rangoon is the capital) adjoins China (Yunnan):
10.-Canada.
The programme includes living reproductions of living marble sculptures of Europe. "Wonder Shadows", the perch act and Versay with his contribution of comic eccentricities.
SEEKING WORLD REVOLUTION
INSTRUCTIONS. FOR COMMUNISTS
Mogenw, Aug. 29.
The Third International to-day pablished a resolution instructing 11-The largest island of the Communists throughout the world Outer Hebrides off the coast of ❘ to oppose Fascism and capitalism, Scotland.
supporting other "true leftist" parties.
12-Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould.
mamuszMENCURRENTERIANNUUS
GIANT CUNARD
LINER
PLANS TO TAKE HER TO SEA
However, it reminded Com- munists that the establishment of revolutionary Governments Win the primary goal of all of them.- United Prean,
EDEN TO REPORT PARLEY
(Continued from Pape 1.)
determinate, and his decision to Premier's stay abroad has been in- cartall it, which was only communi- this eated to his colleagues in London prompted by a wish to be in closer
afternoon, is touch with public business during
no doubt
The King, who was immediately informed, sent a telegram of con- dolence on behalf of himself and the Qucen Lo King Leopold. His Majesty's Government has
London, Aug. 29. sent a mesage of official con- dolence to the Belgian Govern White Star liner, Queen Mary, is Although the 73,000-ton Cunard ment and Foreign Secretary. Sir not due to leave Mesars, John Samuel Hoare, has addressed a
Brown's Btting basin at personal message of sympathy to bank for another nine months, Clyde the Belgian Ambassador in Lon- Clyde authorities have already dod for transmission to Belgium. almost completed the preliminary The Belgian King and Queen plans for her voyage out to sen were returning from a mountain- The channel between the basin eering holiday and had just left and the "trail of the bank" is during the forthcoming session of He will now be at Downing Street a villa outside Lucerne which is
Harrow and winding, and it may one of the Summer residences of be found best to use two tides
the League of Nations Assembly. the Royal Family. The King had and halt the ship for ten hours Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, will for part of which the Foreign relieved his chauffeur at the wheel at Old Kirkpatrick.
be absent from the Foreign Office of the car.
Awkward corners water channel are
in the deep at the head of the British delega being dealt tinn at Geneva.-British Wireless.. with, and in one place an outcrop of rock will have to be blusted away.British Wireless,
The cause of the accident is unknown, but the Queen and King were both thrown from the ear. The King's injuries were not serious and his condition does not give cause for anxiety.
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SELF-EXECUTION
the next few weeks.
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CHUNG TIN BUILDING,
FIGHTING OR PLAYING?
were bound over in the sum of $25 to keep the peace for six months. Inspector Stimson stated that an Indian constable was informed by some Chinese that two Indians were
TWO INDIAN, 'S BOUND fighting in Pilkin Street. The
The chauffeur und lady-in-
London, Aug. 29. waiting, the other occupants of
Tributes to Sir Basil Blackett, the car, were not seriously hurt.
Reval, Eathonin,. Aug. 29. the famous financial expert who The murderer, Leopold Otsa, was killed in a motor accident The body of the dead Queen la being taken to Brussels to-night. elected to take cyanide of potas-in Germany on August 15, were If he has recovered sufficiently to slum instead of dying by hanging, bald at the opening session of the travel, King Leopold who is suffer- and died Instantly to-day when he Financial Committee of which ing from shock and had not yet swallowed the poison. It was the League of Nations, of which Sir been able to give an account of second self-execution in the coun- Basil had been a member, by the
constable went and saw the defen- dants fighting. He separated them the accident, will accompany it. try's history.-United Press.
President, M. Даугая (France): Public opinion is deeply shocked
and the British members, Sir Otte Brought before Mr. Wynne-Jones and thought that it would be all Niemeyer and Sir Strakosch.-British Wireless,
Henry at the Kowloon Magist racy this right, but a few minutes later he Gatjan saw one of them chasing the other, morning, two Indians, Singh, 22, private watchn an, and so he arrested them and took them Mohamed Yusaf, 18, unen ployed, to the police station. were charged with fighting at Pil- Both defendants said they were kin Street near Austin Road and not fighting but only playing.
by the news of Queen Astrid's
COING TO BRUSSELS
Cannes, Aug. 29.
death. Nowapapera which recall which they were hold in a wide the tragic death of King Albert in circle.-British Wireless, February of last year contain many expressions of sympathy with the Belgian people and the
It is understood that the Prince Bolgian and Swedish Royal of Wales, who is holidaying on Families thoir grievous loss. Com-the Riviera, in going to Brussels ments testify to the popularity of to represent the King at tho the King Leopold and Queen Astrid in funeral of Queen Astrid this country and the affection in Belgium-Reuter.
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