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TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1936.

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BRITAIN CONDEMNS USE OF GAS

AID FOR ITALIAN LAPSE Night Attacks Check Italians

SINKING

VESSEL

Customs Cruiser

To Rescue ·

ALLEGED

LORD CECIL ASKS

FOR ACTION

PEI AN HARD GOVERNMENT WAITS FOR

ASHORE

Latest advices reaching the Naval authorities' here state that the Chinese Customs cruiser, Hal Fing, left Holhow at 10a.m. to day for the scene of the wreck of the Pel An.

The Inst message from the Pel communication with the An in cruiser, said the crew was safe at present but the ship. was hard nshore. The Hal Ping should. reach the wreck at 6 p.m. to-day. At 4.40 m. to-day the Tientaln registered steamer Pei An, bound from Hongkong to Port Redon, sent her first call for immediate assistance from a position approximately 420

from this port. miles

that Naval have been endeavouring to

js learned here

hotels in the vicinity of the

locale

Fei

An in

order to check on possible rescue movements.

I.

The vessel carries a crew of

Janan- Captain eu, her master being Yamsaki, Her tonnage is 2,000. It is not known how many passengers aho carries, although when she arrived here from Port Arthur, via Tsingtao, she had five travellers aboard. She cleared from Hongkong on March 25. She fa under charter to the M.D.K.

Manila Report

Manila, Mar. 31. The Chinese steamer Pei An, ashore on Eaklong Island, 20:08 degrees North and 107.43 degrees East, sent out an 508 message this morning, stating she was sinking and wanting help immediately-Reuter.

LEAGUE REPORT

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Mesenger 1804. Received, Mar. 31, 8 am)

Ordinance,

London, March 30.

The allegations that the Italian troops invading Ethiopia were using poison gas in fighting the natives wore drawn to the attention of the House of Lords to day, Lord Cecil asking what steps the Government pro- posed to take if the charges were proved true.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, supporting Lord Cecil in a demand for action of some sort, drew atten- tion to the effect the use of poison gas would have upon other races in Africa, who were carefully watching the conduct of both sides in the Italo-Ethiopian war. “

Lord Halifax, replying for the Government, said he only wished he could give assurance that the reports were unfounded. But he had only meagre information.

He agreed with everything that had been said, he declared, with regard to the gravity of the reports, including the viewpoint that there would be inevitable repercussions upon the whole of the relations between white and coloured races if the Italians were using poison gas in Ethiopia.

Referred To Italy Lord Halifax pointed out that the Committee of Thirteen of the League of Nations, which was really steering that body in the matter of the Italo- Ethiopian dispute, had referred the Government's Ethiopian to

complaint about the use of poison gas to the Italian Government,

Cannot Send. Help Hongkong is unable to despatch a warship to the aid of the distressed Pei An, it is explained, bocauBE reach her it would be necessary to run through the dangerous Hainan A destroyer leaving at

night here this morning could

could not reach the Btralt until to-night.

Strait

If the reparts were true it would bo for the Committee to recommend action.

CRUSHING SHANSI INVASION

The British Government, he added, GOVERNMENT ARMY

The Naval authorities learn that could only act collectively with other: the wireless station at Seletar has been repeating the Pel An's distress but if the reports about the use of Governments members of the League, signale aineo before 0 alm. to-day

gas were true it would be the duty without getting a single reply.

and desire of the British Government that the country should be represent- ed on the League body before which malter might come. There Britain would use her utmost efforts to secure practical condemnation of so great an outrage of civilisation.---- Renter Special.

AMERICAN INSULT

TO PERSIA

SHAH CLOSES ALL U.S. CONSULATES

SUCCESSES

RELIEF NEARS HUNGTUNG

Viscount Greil, who is asking for action to be taken as a rendt of the report that the Italians are using poison gas in Ethiopia.

BRITISH AIRWAYS DEFENDED

FINEST IN WHOLE WORLD

HARD FIGHTING

IN SOUTH

ATTACKS IN NORTH UNRESISTED

BADOGLIO PRAISES HIS

MEN'S ENDURANCE

Addis Ababa, Mar. 30.

There is heavy fighting south of Daggah- bur between General Graziani's advance

guards and Ras Nassibou's outposts and casualties have mounted on both sides until they have reached the numbers of a major engagement. Over 1,000 have been killed or wounded on both sides.

1

Fighting has been in progress for many days. But it was during the last two days that the Italians brought heavy pressure to bear. They pressed forward twenty-five miles to a point near Warandab, but Ethiopian night

Richard Bina Hauptnann, who, unless a last-minute reprieve is granted, will be electrocuted at 8 o'clock to-night. (New Jersey time) for the murder of the Lindbergh baby.

Clemency

Appeal Refused

attacks forced them to retreat to their former Hauptmann

positions-Reuter.

· London, Mar. 30. When members of Parliament attacked the Government's plan to increase the subsidy to Bri- tish commercial -air transport companies and, criticised the Empire's alr services, Major F. B.. Hulls retorted that the Im- perial Airways was the best j operating concern in the flying report Marshal Pietro Badoglio, the world.

Badoglio Reports

ry to boy reason for the count-Journey accompanied by incredible!

L

NO SECOND SHANGHAI ELECTION

COMMUNITIES IN AGREEMENT

NOW

CONTENT

Dies To-Day

New York, Mar. 30. The Court of Pardons to-day rejected the appeal of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, condemned as the kidnapper and murderer of the Lindbergh baby. Haupt- mann's last hope of succour from the Courts of the land vanished when this august body refused his plea for clemency after considering the case for six hours.

Hauptmoan's only remaining hope le Governor Harold Hoffman of New Jersey. From him, at the last min- ute, may come a reprieve. · ·

Rome, Mar. 30. In the course of an unusually long

Italian Commander-in-Chief in East In answer to those who criticised the Afried, states that white troops, slowness of some of the Imperial with Eritrean, yesterday occupied Airways' schedules, he declared it was Debarech, capital of Wogera district. impossible for the company to order and an important market town ef the necessary new and fastor British northern Ethiopia. machines for Empire routes until.

the

After negotiating an almost in- subsidy question had been settled.

Mr. Geoffrey

the Labour, said Mander,

accessible pass,

Lemalam, A there ayaa

of Imperial Arways,

dimculties, the troops wept down but he believed it would be in the upon the town. national interese if companies could The Third Army Corps moved from apply for a subsidy or mail, contract Fennrou and marched along the rivers JAPANESE

Empire

or routes, nob Samre and Tzellare, until I came covered by Imperial Airways. roadly

Sir Philip Sassoon, the

to Sakota, which it. Under-

occupied Yester Secretary for Air, replying, pointed march. Sakota, says the report, will day after an extromely dimcult

But as far as the law in concerned. Hauptmann is doomed. He dies to- out that Imperial Airways

ays covered a bo the base for a subsequent advance Peiping, Mar. 81.

morrow at 8-pan-Rentoṛ. greater yearly mileage.

Shanghai, Mar. 31, than, Fromah, Despatches from Talyuanfu, near Dutch or Italian lings on a far small into the Wag region, of which this the scene of military operations er subsidy. Their share of the cross-centre of roads leading to Dessiye, Council of the International Settle-

It is understood that small-town is the capital, and an important election for seats on the Municipal

second BERTINEN MURIELEN TRADINA DADA POSTEJE Public Shocked

against the Communist invaders, in-Channel traffic last year exceeded Addis Ababa and Lake Team,

NO REPRIEVE^: London, March 30. dicate to-day that the Shans! pro- that of all foreign competitors com-

ment will be averted as a result of Reports in newspapers from vincial forces are getting the upper hined. Moreover, foreign

nations

Praises Troops

the decision of the British, American

Trenton, Mar. 30, Washington, Mar. 31. Abyssinia of bombing of Harrara hand of their adversaries.

were increasingly copying the Bri-

and Japanese communities to put

Governor Harold Hoffman has The Persian Government has reputed open and undefended town All forry points on the Shansi bank ah system.

Marshal Badoglio specially praises forward only a sumelent number of announced that the action of the ordered its Laration here and all-from Italian aeroplanes, and of the of the Yellow River are now in the

the 4,000 soldiers who, besides carry candidates to All the traditional Court of Pardons in refusing Consulates throughout the United Italian use of mustard gas have pro- hands of Government troops. How

ing their arms and equipment, bere allotment of the nine seats, namely, Hauptmann clemency is final, and States to be closed, on account of foundly shocked public opinion. over, Bio Tse-tung, with a few of his At present the Government subsidy sixty tons of food supplies on their Ave British, two American and two that he will grant no reprieve, articles in the American Press which The feeling which has been arowed followers, escaped into the interior is £1,000,000 annually, The Bill un-shoulders, travelling twenty-five miles Japanese. is considered discourteous to the is apparent in the correspondence when the Government troops tried to der consideration to-day proposes that in one day. Shah

columns of the newspapers and found prevent his crossing the river. this be increased to £1,600,000 as from No indication is given of the ns. expression to-day in both Houses of 'It is reported that several bonta December 81, 1840, the subsidy to The Marshal's communique makes nities are expected to nominate ture of the articles, but it is believed Parliament.

AWAITS HIS SUMMONS unofficially that the matter is con-

overturned in the river -because of 31, 1953.

the Somaliland: Air Force which nected with the arrest, on a churgo Jes: was raised by Lord Cecil and over-crowding, and that many have Lieut.-Col. JÍT. C. Moore-Brabazon, bombed Harrar yesterday.

Invalid), but it is uncertain which

"Trenton; Mar. 30. of speeding at Elkton, Maryland, in the Commons questions were

been drowned,

moving rejection of the Bill, declared He says these attackers hit mill-of the three Japanese will with- Bruno Hauptmann, awaiting the

Idraw.

warden's summons to the death cham- Minister to the United States, who

in reply. Mr. Eden referred

Aeroplanes have made contact with the Empire civil aviation service was tary and other well-known objectives,

#nothing to write home about.” Mrs. with visiblo effect-Reuter,

The Japanese decision not to con- will not be the only man to dio in the ber to-morrow night, alone in his coll, was subsequently recalled.

Lest the third seat is apparently due prison hore to-morrow, In another call Diplomatic relations are not com- Ethiopian Government to the League Pingyangan and learn that they are pointed out that Australia intended

to a desire to promote International in the same corridor, close to the room pletely savered. They will be carried and to the British Government as a able to hold out until reinforcements to take over the service from Singa

good feeling, coupled with a realisa- tn, which the electric on through the American Minister at signatory of Hague Convention No. 4, arrive from Houma.

pore to Sydney, at present operated 1907 TeheranRouter.

These relief troops aro on their by British planes, with the and ot Geneva Protocol of July 1928, and way. It is reported that General machines. Pan-American Airways stated that he understood, In

in con- Kaan Lin-tseng, the Nanking com- was going to run a service to Aus- formity with the decision of the mander, occupied Hwochow, 20 miles trelit, the declared, th League Committee of Thirteen on north of Hungtung, Sunday--Reuter," ""Tt la imperative for our interests March 23, with which the British representative was associated, the complaints had been passed on to the Itallan Government with a reminder of the provisions of the Genevo Protocol.

PRESENT· SUBSIDY

The British and American com- the candidates who were victorious|

In the Lords, a debate on the sub-commandeered by the Communista | remain at this lovel until December brief reference to thirty acroplanes of in the recent election (since declared!

last October, of the former Persian (addressed to the Foreign So the the garrison forces at Hungtung and Mavis Tate, sòconding the rejection,

VICEROY MAY MEET GANDHI

PAPER SAYS. “YES”· GOVERNMENT “NO”.

officiat protests addressed by the

of October

Against Humanity

DRILL FOR OIL IN ENGLAND

American

In China and the Far East_genórally...... that we ran naervice from Singapore, to Hongkong, and to Shanghal. But the Pan-American Airways, in con- Junction with the Deutsche-Lufthansa, Gro capturing, the trade there."

It is bellevod, sald Mrs.-Tale, that the latter, a German line, intends to extend its service from China to India, WELL WILL BE Persia and Greece, and thence to

Europe. MILE DEEP

The Bill was given second reading and massal 140 to 85.—Reuter

New Delhi, March 30. An interview has been arranged Viscount Cecil called attention to the

In the House of Lords this evening. FIRST between the Marquis of Linlithgow; allegations of the use of polson gas the new Viceroy, and Mahatma by the Italian forces in Abyssinia, Gandhi when the former reaches and asked whether the Government

London, March 20, India, stated Uie Hindustan Times in had information if these charges of Drilling for oil in England opened [*its“ fasud vol.

the breach by the Italian Government to-day, when Mrs. Crookshank, wife Sunday, This report however, has

over has been of yet another treaty obligation ware of the Secretary for Mines, started officially denied, it being, stated that well founded, and, it do, what stops machinery the slopes of Ports- no: Interview has been arranged on they proposed to take a town, near Portsmouth; the instructions of Lord Halifax, with The Archbishop of Canterbury said

The first hole to be

Minister===Reuteria, Bulletin, Service.

Bulletin Service,su

DORADO ARRIVES

IN HONGKONG

S.S. Queen Mary Logs 29 Knots

AND STILL HAS MUCH RESERVE POWER

"Southampton, March 30-

It is officially.revealed that the now Cunard-White Stor liner: Queen Mary, on her voynge from the Clyde. to Southampton, attained a speed of 29 Knots,

Router,"

a gangster, also

on that the non-Japanese võting thon Charis Zied hair awalts strength is at present too strong to waits permit of a reversal of the original results.

In

siread.

the

•^prison_lights suddenly and the condemned men know However, this does not signify what that meant. The prison oficials that the Japanese will abandon their were testing the electric chair. The struggle for greater representation in It dims the lights the administration, which will prob- current through it ably be revived next year.

Arrangements have

in prison and towel as bean.

with The choice of the two Japanese an undertaker to remove the gangs- candidates in: understood to

rest tor's body. But no-one has been asked ultimately with the Consul General, to attend to Hauptmann's. His wife, Mr. Ishii-Reuter,

Anna, is expected to make a last visit to him this afternoon.

WOULD END PACT

Now

Delhi, Mar. 30.

This speed was only maintained for The Legislative Assembly has pass-

a short time, owing to the new con- ed a resolution, by 70 voben to, 85,

The executioner, Robert Elliot, has been notified that two tasks awalt, him to-night-United Press.

LAST HOPE GONE

The Court Trenton, Mar. 30.

of Pardons action in re- The Imperial Airways. Hoyal Man dition of the engines, but the liner urging the Government to give notice fusing Uraño Hauptmann's appeal.for. Penang at 1180 this morning, ardín) it is expected that the will attain a agreement. The

was pine man's last bhance escaping death Brough one passenger much greater speed, when fully ex-froduced by the Come Warts in the electrons of exce

tended Reuter Bulletin: Servicovia Bontera Butetta Sertifika

or without the consent of the Prime the methods used in Abyssinian, war pected to be one matin dried: 1. - plano Dorado, which arrived hero from had plenty of power in reservo, and fibe desire to terminate the Ottawa | Clémendy has removed the condemnedi

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