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FOUNDED 1881 No. 14783

PAK SET THURSDAY, JANUARY - 2,

1936.

日八初月二十

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FIERCE RESENTMENT AGAINST ITALY

REPERCUSSIONS INEVITABLE

RED CROSS BOMBING

SHOCKS WORLD.

BRITAIN IMMEDIATELY STARTS INQUIRY

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic garages. Ordinance, 1894. Received, January 1, 1.20pm)

Addis Ababa, Dec. 31.

The Red Cross organisation here intends to protest to the International Red Cross against the reported Italian bombing and wiping out of the Swedish unit near Dolo, resulting in the killing of nine Swedes and twenty-three Ethiopians.

Dr. Fried Hylander, the commander of the unit, is be- lieved to be the only survivor and he is proceeding here by acroplane to receive treatment for the alight wounds which he received. He will also supply evidence in connection with the protest.

The British Legation, which handles Swedish interests in Ethiopia, has immediately commenced an investigation of the incident. International repercussions are believed to be inevitable-United Press.

SWEDISH RESENTMENT..

Stockholm, Dec. 31.

A special police guard is surrounding the Italian Legation here, due to resentment as the result of the bombing of the Swedish Red Cross unit by Italian planes in Ethiopia.

Newspapers throughout the coun-

1ry are issuing extras in connection with the incident.-United Press.....

TEN PLANES PARTICIPATE

Addis Ababa, Dec. 31. Ten Italian. planes are alleged to have participated in the destruction of the Swedish Rod Cross unit.

The total casualties are still un- known, but the latest report says that all the staff were killed with the exception of Commander Hylander, Dr. Smith Holm, male nurse and

at orderly, all of whom are wounded.

Reuter.:

HORROR AND GRIEF

Stockholm Dec. 31 The bonding of Swedish Red Cross hospitals in Ethiopia, fends for which were raised by national sub scription, has created a

a feeling of

horror and grief in Sweden, where

flags are flying at half-mast many.

The nowspaper Fradeplight Alle. handa says the news comes aЯ severe blow to the nation and is n The crime against international law. dropping of bombs on an ambulance is, says the Journal, terrible coldener of the ferocity of the Italian methods

in waging war-Renter

* EMPEROR'S SYMPATHY

Addis Ababa. Dec. 31.

The Emperor of Ethiopia has tele- faphed condolences to the Queen

SEVERE FIGHTING

AT DANANE

ITALIANS CAPTURE

POSITION

Dr. R. Maclean Gibson; who has been awarded the M.B.E. decoration

The New Year Honours.

PATROL SEES TWO TIGERS

ENCOUNTER IN TAIPO AREA

NO CHANCE

TO SHOOT

Two tigers which have been_re- ported prowling about the New Ter ritories recently were seen by ..., a patrol of Indian policemen, shortly after, midnight yesterday, according to a messago from Talpo. Palice. Station.

It is reported that a patrol of four Indians saw the two ligers at a quarter to one o'clock near Sheung Wan Yu-village, Taipo-district

The Indians were within four yards of the beasts, but before they could opan fire-the tigers leapt into same bushes and were soon lost be

Soviet Note Of Protest

HAND-TO-HAND URUGUAY'S ACTION

STRUGGLE

London, Jan, 1. Apart from a major engagement

RESENTED

Moscow, Jan, J. The Soviel has protested to the at Danane on the Somaliland, front League of Nations againest the ac to-day, the New Year brought notion of Uruguay In breaking off marked change in the position of the diplomatic relations because of alleg rival armies at death grips in northern ed plotting by the Russian Embassy and southern Ethiopia. A summary to faster a revolt.

of the situation in contained in It is claimed that Uruguay has violated Clause XII of the League Covenant as in the first place the messages from the various sectors.

A Rome communique claims the

matter should have been submitted capture of the town of Danane, to

for arbitra League Council situated to the west of Gorrahel, and tion and

decision. regarded as an Important position The Russian Government has ban- from the point of view of communica-ned the purchase of goods produced tions.

in Uruguay by all Soviet economic

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engagement,

Juhlel

The Youjamtorg, the Soviet trading extremely forec

organisation In Uruguay, will be there were disolved. several hand-to-hand clasica, both is stated that the Russian pur- chases in Uruguay for the first sides relying entirely on rifles and

eloven months of 1935 were thred bayonets.

times Uruguay's purchases in Russia-

1

of Sweden on the destruction of the It is reported that Danane was only organisations. Red Cross unit. Representatives of the Ethiopian Red Cross are proceed. occupied after an ing น. Ros Dasta's headquarters to morrow.

Commander Hylander is still alive, but is wounded in the back. Reuter.

"REVENGE ON ITALY".

Stockholm, Jan. 1. Cries of "Revenge on Italy" and "Down with Mussolini" mingled with the New Year greetings in tha capital of Sweden last night.

Italian air force observers estimate the Ethiopians lost 100 killed and many more wounded, and that the Italian losses were numerically loss,

TROOPS CHEERED

With the issue of an extra ralion The Italian Ioration has beca placed under apk guard, with of wine, and special suppers along an mounted police posted at various eighty milo front, Italian troops spent a cheerful New Year's Eve,-or: asy points.

Many Watch Night services werd circumstances would allow. A con- converted Into memorial services for stant watch had to be maintained the victims of the Italian air raiders

and various organisations are 'plan ning a monster demonstration protest-Reuter Special.

Addis Ababa, Jan. 1.

against

surprise attacks.

In the Temblem rogion, troops spent

ot

the

evening with rifles at their sides,

-Neuter,

ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE

CONGRESS ADDRESS

ON JANUARY 3.

Washington, Dec; 81, President Roosevelt will deliver his

IMPERIAL

AIRWAYS DISASTER

TWELVE PERISH

IN CRASH

ONLY PILOT

RESCUED

af

Jondan, Dec. 31. News has ruined London that the

City Imperial Airways liner,

Dr. W. B. A. Moore, who receiven Khartoum, was wrecked in the the O.B.. decoration in the New Yeur Mediterranean whilst proceeding to

Honours. Alexandria from Crule last evening...

H.M.S. Brilliant found the wreckage. of the flying boat and picked up the pilot, named Wilson.

The whereabouts of the three other members of the crew, Engineer Amer, Wireless Operator Baker and Steward Richardson,

ale.at present unknown.

It is not known. how many passon- cors the liner carried. A destroyer and the Imperial Airways, liner, Hannibal, havo left. Alexandria to search for the missing plane-Reuter.

TWELVE MISSING

London, Jan. 1. The Admiralty, disclosed that nine passengers, whero names are to now not positively known, and three mom», bers of the crow, are missing. Tho

STUDENTS WON'T PASLEY

OPTIMISTIC FORECASTS FOR 1936

BRITISH TRADE ON STEADY RISE

HOME BUSINESS BOOMING

Reject Condralissimo's newspapers draw attention to the

The

Invitation

Peiping, Jan. 1. Pelping Students" Union has decided to rejecct General Chiang Kai-shek's invitation to the student bodies to send delegates for a conference at Nanking.

The Union passed a solution to continue the strike and to organise a mass pilgrimage of students to Nanking, to proceed in three groups? by three routes, stir- ring up all the students en- countered.-Reuter.

•

re:

London," Dea. B1. Optimism is the keynote of mall) forecasts for business in 1936. The

fact that there: aro... now, : 1,000,000 more; insured persons working and 1,034,000 fewer unemployed than three years

sgo.

-Captain Euan Wallace, Secretary of the. Oversens Trade Department, points out that United Kingdom ex- ports for the first eleven months of 1036 were £20,000,000 more than in 1934. This is an increase of over eight per cent compared with an increase for the rest o

of the world of ander two, per vent.

New capital invested in United Kingdom enterprises are 05 per cent. moro than in 1934, snið. Captain Euan Wallace.

Retail sales, rising monthly through-|

BRITISH EMPIRE HONOURS LIST

RECOGNITION GIVEN NATION'S SERVANTS

TWO NEW VISCOUNTS AND FOUR PEERS CREATED

London, Jan, 1.

There are two Viscounts, and four new Peers in the New. Year's honours List. Lord Hanworth, lately Master of Rolls, and Lord Trenchard, who has just retired from being Commis sioner of the Metropolitan Police, become Viscounts, and Sir Arthur Shirley Benn, Sir James Gomer Berry, Sir Thomas Catto and Sir Ian MacPherson receive Baronetcles. The lust- named is Member of Parliament for Ross and Cromarty and had already announced his intention to retire from the House of Commons. The name of the Dominions Secretary, Mr. Mal- colm MacDonald, has been mentioned in connection with the by-election thus necessitated.

In the general lionours list, 34 Knighthoods are conferred. New Knights include four Members of Parliament and also a number of distinguished workers in academic and cultural fields. Among the latter are the Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University, Dr. Hetherington: Professor Harden, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at the London University; Professor Percy Buck, Professor of Music in the London University, who has been Musical Advisor to the London Counter Cornel Humphrey Milford, of the fak fessor Alfred Zimma Director General of C

HONGKO

DOCTO HONOU

out the year, showed seven per cent. DR. R. MCL. Increase in November, justifying the

AND DR. W

hopes

that saturation point in the home.market is still far from being

the record of the war

year, 1917. SHIPPING OUTLOOK

MOOR

LONG SER,

IN COLONY

PERSONALSCHENKGUYANESE Jusinovics | reached.

engineer,

All reports agree that steel. Band: Amar the telo booming. The Daily Telegraph graplist, Baker, and the steward, forecasts that 1936 production will Richardson, and all among the mins reach 2,850,000 tons, exceeding even

The City of Khartoum-was on her way to

to India when tho crashed in the sea and sank at 7.16 p.m. yesterday a

Lloyd's roview anys shipping for mile and a half from the entrance of the year ends on a note of optimism ure in the Now Year Honour King Edward Two well-known, local resident Order is adm harbour. Destroyers, tugs and ships boats not discernible for many year The List Dr. W. B. A. Moore, Deputy ferred only on eperin, searched all night long and aircraft prime factor was the British Shipping Director of Medical and Sanitary in held only by persons or Joined the hunt at daylight, but the Assistance Act, which demonstrated Services, being sindo an Oficer of tinction, the holders, including pilot, Captain Wilson, was the only that Britain was still supremo the Order of the British Empire Archbishop of Canterbury : and, the

when dealing with maritime (Civil Division), and Dr. R. McLean Earl of Derby,

Alexandria

person found.

Tho pilot's report, together with the fact that no wreckage can be found, (Continued on Page 7.)

DOLLAR MAY BE LOWERED

H.K. RATE SLUMPS SUDDENLY

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CHINA GIVES ADVICE

Rumours persist in the Colony that representations have been made on behalf of the Chinese Government with a view to

while powerful searchlights on hill-annual mesango to Congress person take some action Hongkong to |

The unusual hour has cathik.

EUROPEANS ENRAGED

Reuter,

...

European realdents at the chief hotel here were so inceared at hear

́BERIOUS LOSSES

Addis Ababa, Jan. 1. It is reported here that 23 Italian not at present

Tho

NIGSBRZO

bestow

The tonnage of new ships Gibson, formerly Superintendent of In 1936, not including naval the Alice Memorial and Affiliated orders, is expected to reach 750,000 Hospitals, a Member of the same motions in the various Orders of Many appointments to and pro- tons, compared with 500,000 10718 in order.

Chivalry - are numoutcod. In the Both honours are richly deserved. Royal Victorian Onker, the Duke of Buccleuch, brothor of the Duchess of Gloucester, boconde a Knight Grand Cross.

expresses The Manchester Guardian moderate hopefulness regarding cot

'DR. MOORE, D.B.E. ton, but anys there are still too many

Dr. William Brownlow Ashe Moore, uncertain factors; also, spinners are LILC.P.I., L.R.G.S.I., L.M. (Rot.). alow to agree to regulate production D.T.M. and H. (Laindon) was born on

In the Onler of Michael and and pries levels. Lancashire engineer- August 8, 1879, at Nayan, Co. Meath, St. George, Sir Robert Clive, British ing prospects, however, appear to be Ireland, the Gan of J. H. Moore, Ambassador at Tokyo, becomes in bright-Router.

MA. A.L.M., of Dublin University, Knight Grand Crom, and Mr. Ronald Past President of the Institute of Campbell, Minister at Belgrade, and Civil Engineers, Ireland.

Hugh Hugeason,

Hauptmann Sleeps

AS NEGRO GOES TO "CHAIR"

(Special to "Telegraph");

Trenton, Jan. 1.

Dr. Sloose first arrived in Hongkong

In February, 1904, under agrement with, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and

Minister at Teheran, become engels

Commander.

In the Order of the British Empire." Ceripany Ltd., for one year as Sir Sydney Batton, British Minister ship's surgeon. In Mareli ofthe

following year, Dr. Moore joined the Addis Ababa, becomes a Knight Government service Az Assistant Grand Cross, and Mr. A. W. Keown Modical Officer of Health, super Boyd, Director-General of the Euro, of the Egyptian

six months was transferred from the Ministry

Sanitary to the Medical Department. Kniglit

confer A

[numerary for plerus duties,

and after

poan TIDA | Mósopotamia, during tlle second beecipients, including:

He was accondled the army in women March, 1917-and-pent two years in

Pankhurst, for ami political work for women,

potamian Expeditionary Force, bangs My

BUSTA,

Stating Cicial now.

vinjawaiting his fate in the death cells Hospita), doing duty later in Kowloon Dirtetor of the DIEN VASQUE CAR?

electric

which he held the appointment of who becomes Dame Commander af Another condemned man was draie Special Plaguó Officer to the Moso¬ the Order of the British Empire, and lower the rate god past Bruno Hauptman of the locni

Commander in the same Order for topa constantly swopt the countryally on Friday at 0.80 p.m. a wide. It is atnted. that Sir Froderick day on the way to the electric chaly attached to, the Central Laboratory, the Hess, who is madan Kia korvico to muster PhilipTM Chetwode" Ha was Romalno Johnson а повто epread anticipation that the message Leith-Ross, on the advice of Chiness murderer. Ho dio to-day in The After his return to Hongkong in

Field Marshal will contain something of major im-

cabled Mr. NE. Young, State Prison, where Hauptmann is 1918, Dr. Moore was for some time is appointed to the Order of Merit,in theroof can- portance, but the

Treasury

cells in charge of the Government Civil Mr.JF Marshal}, " Jonorary ing of the bombing of the Swedish Red officers have been slain in heavy fight

that China was broadcasted Crear unit by Italian piance that they ing on the northern front during the throughout the nation and one of the low level uniors Hongkong took stops chair during Hauptmann's incarcera is profound, knowledge of local the British Empire, while in Ethes

to keep its dollar down to was the eixth murder and at the Victoria."

#tho, Inst #walk

Inst mile to the

trol Institute atlayling Island, la Hospital. His wide

and made a Commander of the Oriter of demonstrated by broniding bottles of

reasons for the lateness of 18 do to bring the Hongkong dollar down tion. Hauptmann, however, paid ho Chianti and vermouth and other past several days.

The forces of Ras Kassa, Ras Soy livery is believed to be an ination nearer to the Shanghal rate: Reports hood and Johnson passed. Els deer, be editions made him pre-eminently Green, Tady Sonaritchfoirt off Italian winen and liquors, and even

are also current that local bankers ing either asicopr pretending roatened to wreck the proprietor's cum and as plu Gusga are stated of reaching as large an audit ons

for appointment. to

Alxandra's Military Nursing. Srvice to be converging on

on Mukalo,

possible.-Reuter,

have conferred with Mr. Young and also the first four condemnet opremented the Hongkong, Govern Grose in recognlion of kentonal

on vacation Dr. Moore for India, receive the Roy Italian-made motor car. Router) *** -In their

the Colonial Treasurer on the advance they have been

the sub Special

CONGRESS AGREES opposed by stubborn defence and both OFFICIAL IGNORANCES aldes have affered heary casualties.

Washington, Doc. 31:

at 1s to them to pray to God. But heddine hold in Calcatta,

Eastern Association of.. Tropical A Rome communique, unusually

this morning, decline of 1/8th paid no attention to the last two

AiAimbly uniounce Rome, Jan. 1. brist, states that nothing of import tativo leading have agreed to rodalve over the last rate. The business Hauptmann plan for merey will

Dr. Moore has held several lapork that the Dass or York Omcials to day professed complete ance has occurred on the Eritrean, President Roosevelt annual racssage raid, however, alumped during the be considered at a dossion of the art medical posts and has acted as promoted Vier Adráival in ignorance of the bombing of the Somaliland de Makale fronts. Reuter, at a joint sessiya pinting at 9 pm. course of the morning, as low a rate Court of Pardons this week or early. Director of Medical and Bankary. The Disks if Le promot

(Continued on Page 7.)

(Continued on Pago 7.)- Ovlon Filday---United PresA,:

:::, as 18. 3d., being recorded.

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Mies (continued on

When

The Senate and House of Represented sougkong dollar opened mon pabaod his cell, Hauptraann criod munt at the 7th Congress of the. Far devolve Pequenin, mursing

host, work-Reuter Special.