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125,000 HOMELESS IN U.S. FLOODS

ONLY VICTORY

CAN END WAR

No Interference Can Be Tolerated-Azana

GOVERNMENT BOMBER

KILLS 38 IN

CEUTA

Valencia, Jan. 22.

The only way to stop the war in Spain is to conquer the rebels, declared President Azaña, in a speech broadcast from the new capital to-day. Limitation of the war to the confines of Spain was a matter for others, he said, who must restore respect for international law, so scandalously violated on Spanish territory..

The Government of the Republic, he said, had made an immense sacrifice in accepting the principle of outside control to limit the bounds of conflict. Meanwhile, the Spanish Government was not disposed to limit or to stop the war by accepting the least encroachment upon the authority of the Republic. They would rather perish, he insisted.

"We are fighting for the unity of Spain, the independence of our country and the right of the Spanish people freely to dispose of their own destiny.” -Reuter.

CEUTA BOMBED

Paris, Jan. 22.

Reports from Tangier state that a Government plane has bombed Ceuta, two bombs falling neur. a vessel on which pilgrims for Mecca were due to embark, just at the time the Khalifa of Tetuan was about to visit the ship. The Khalifa narrowly -escaped serious injury.----

RAS DESTA ROUTED BY GRAZIANI

FACES GREATEST

CRISIS OF CAREER

Mr. Koli Hirota, Japanese Premier, whose power is being challenged by Army and Navy Chiefs and chose Government in threatened with forced raluation.

Roosevelt

Intervenes

Floating Petrol

Endangers City

As Tanks Burst

12 STATES AFFECTED AND RIVERS STILL RISING

Greatest Flood on Record Predicted By Experts

Cincinnati, January 22.

"The greatest flood on record" is predicted by Government meteorologists as the swollen Ohio River

1884 deluge.

In Strike continues to rise above the record level of the disastrous

URGES CAUTION ON BOTH SIDES

G.M.C. TO TRY TO RE-OPEN

Washington, Jan. 22. What is interpreted as an appeal both sides not to fight out the mot trike issues in the press or to take irreconcilable positions up publicly from which there can be no retreat- without loss of face, was made by

President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a

press conference to-day.

"I think, in the intereals of peace,

there come moments when statements conversations in headlines are not urder," said the President.

There were' a number of victims among the crowds on the quayside caused by the near-by explosions. Altogether 30 persons, including, women and children, are said to have plan warrior leaders, Seeing to been killed and a dozen wounded.

Rome, Jun. 22. Ras Dest. Inst of the great Ethio-in

wards Kenya, following his defeat at the hands of Marshal Graziani,

A great demonstration of protest Viceroy of Ethiopla, according to a way staged yesterday and it is re-messige from Addis Ababa. ported that a number of political |·· prisoners were ahol in reprisul- Marshal Graziani sent four columns

Reuter.

WAR AT SEA

San Sebastian, Jun. 22. An important phase of the civil war is now being waged at sea, says an insurgent communique. General headquarters has ordered the rebel flect to stop and inspect all vessels in insurgent waters and as a con- sequence seven Government ships have been taken and conducted to Coutu.

There they will be armed and will | serve as auxiliary units of the in- surgent Beet-Reater Bulletin Ser- vicc.

NO MORE MARRIAGE AT ANVIL

GRETNA GREEN'S DAY IS OVER

London, Jan. 22. The death knell of romantic marriages over the blacksinith's anvil at Greino Oreen la sounded in the report of a departmental commitice

In pursuit of the chieftain, with air bombers and flying machine-gunners in support.

Five minor chiefs' were captured in the Aghting and large quantities of ammunition, Libyan troops distin- guishing themselves in the victory. Reuter Bulletin Service

CABINET NOT DISSOLVED

HIROTA TO DECIDE POLICY TO-DAY

Mr. John Henry Lewis, labour tender and head of the increasingly towerful Committee of Industrial Organisation, to-day denied that he ad asked Presideni Roosevelt to in- ervene, but expressed his confidence hat Mr. Roosevelt would "do what is jecessary."

Efforts are to be made by the General Motors Corporation to re- pun as many as possible of their closed plants in order to provide work or employees who are out of work hrough no fault of their own," ae- ording an offelal statement. BOR.CT.

to

Already, in the 12 states affected, 125,000 are home. less, telegraph and telephone, rail and road communica- tions are disrupted. Only meagre reports are filtering out from hundreds of devastated villages.

The electricity supply in two great cities, Cincinnati. and Louisville, Kentucky, is expected to fail at any moment. They expect to be cut off by the rising waters hourly. A drastic curfew law has been announced in order to prevent looting of flooded shops in the darkness.

The State Prison in Kentucky is inundated, and although 2,900 convicts manned the pumps in relays, the chief warden-said he feared they would have to abandon the place.

Huge petrol storage tanks have been wreeked by the floods at Aurora, Indiana, and thousands of gallons of inflammable liquid have fluated through the elly. A desperate telephone call from Red Cross worker there reached the outside world to-day:

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"Two-thirds of the town is sub- merged. There Es danger floating fire from the petrol. Food Is running short. We are having to railon the drinking water.”

CARRIED TO THEIR DEATH

and

J

FEAR POPE

IS LOSING

STRENGTH-

Vatican Olly, Jan. 22. His Holiness the Pope's condi- tion is unchanged, but it is. gradually losing strength.

He had some sleep this morn- ing as a result of a sedative.

Cardinal Pacelli is pressing for another doctor to be called into consultation, bu the Pope firmly refuses.-Reuter Bulletin. Service,

DORET STILL

COMING FAST

Hundreds of helpless watchers saw a wooden house floating downstream "HANDS OFF" POLICY

near Cincinnati upon which Ave Washington, Jan. 22. people clung, shricking for help. Answering the demand of Mr. John; Pittsburgh saw the flood waters Herry Lewis, leader of the C.I.O., for up the Golden Triangle, the famous support by the Administration, Presi- business district of the city. Authori dent Roosevelt emphasised a "hands ties, however, declared that unless " policy in the General Motors there were further heavy rains there strike, significantly allowing a direct would be no repetition in Pittsburgh quotation of his views, namely, "I of the terrible 1030 floods in which think, in the interest of peace, there 57 lives were lost.

The tome moments when statements of

Federal Government has Tokyo, Jan. 22.

conversations in headlines are not in rushed 50 Coast Guard cutters Parliament has not yet been disorder." Paradoxically, it appears that several seaplanes from the Great solved. The Cabinet's final decision

he strike will be prolonged unless Lakes posts to assist in the rescue is expected at a meeting to be held the President intervenes.

work.

Naval to-morrow (Saturday) at 1.30 p.m. Mr. A. P. Sloan, President of the

reservists and Many politicians favour some other General Motors Corporation, denies Guardsmen have been mobilised in

National SMASHING RECORDS solution, General Eng. the expense, of that Mr. Lewis' statement caused the the worst stricken areas - and

ON TOKYO FLIGHT On the other hand, it is under-Corporation to withdraw from the relief workers have been

negotiatlona.---United Press, stood that a majority of the Cabinet favours dissolution, but is willing | → to consider every angle thoroughly. Unless Cabinet netion prevents the step, it is expected list Parliament will convene when the suspension ends-United Press.

which was appointed to enquire into NEW CLAUSES IN

the laws of Scotland relating to marrloges.

that the

The Committee states doctrine of marriage by an inter-

change of consent is the foundation

COTTON PACT

Osaka, Jan. 22.

Three clauses have been added to

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ordered (Continued from, Page 14.)

BRITAIN SAFEGUARDING

MEDITERRANEAN WITH NEW CYPRUS BASE

London, Jan. 22.

Paris, Jan. 22,

M. Dorel, the French flier, and his radio operator, M. Micheletti, con- tinue to smosh distance records on the light from Paris to

Tokyo. are now nearing Hanol,

←atter re-fuelling at

Allahabad early this morning, they flew to Akyab, where they are selfeduled to rest for three hours, after which they will hop off for Handl-United Press. Local estimates of the progress likely to be made by Doret are that he will probably arrive at Hanol about 2 p.m. to-day. If he succeeds In doing this it la probable he will remain at Hanoi for only short time, while he re-fuels, and then push on to Shanghai direct,

Great Britain is pressing plans to safeguard her domination of the irregular marriages at Gretna Green, and recommends the abolition the provisional cotton agreement be of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Suez Canal sphere. She is of traffic in such marriages, making tween Amerien and Japan.

making Cyprus a strategic air base, due to the fact that the Italo- provision for penalties to be inflicted. The first of these clauses endorses Ethiopian crisis led to the conclusion that the allegedly impregnable upon all unauthorised persons who a wide reciprocal trade agreement for fortress of Malta might be untenable as a base in the event of an attempt to conduct such ceremonies, the prevention of increases in Ameri-Anglo-Italian war.

The Committee deals with the can Customs charges.

GERMAN REFLY EXPECTED many evils associated with Irregular Under the second, the Japanese

The Morning Post to-day reported. It is understood that the projected raarriages in Scotland, and recom- agree to attempt a re-adjustment of that the Government proposes

Landon, Jan. 22. mends

to aerodrome will have underground adoption of a new, and shipments of textiles.

that It is expected spend £250,000 to construct a modern hangers with a permanent force of

Germany's simple form of civil marriage and the The third clause provides that in air base at Nicosia, following surveys at least 50 war planes.

reply to the recent British communi- conferring of powers on a number the event of an increase in American by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert

ention in regard to the proposal for of churches, in addition to the Church cotton demands, the Japanese quotas Brooke-Popham and Str Phillp The Cyprus garrison will be in-ban on volunteers to Spain will of Scotland, to proclaim marriages may be increased after 1939, United Sassoon, Under Secretary of State creased from one company to a fall be delivered during the week-end.— and laste: bannaReuter SpecialPress.

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British Wireless,

MARSHAL'S SON MARRIED

Mr. Pulman Li, son of Marshal Li Chal-sum, former Commander-in- Chief at Canton, photograplied with kis bride, formerly Miss Ping-I Lee, their wedding in Hongkong yesterday. (Photo: Mee Cheung.)

LEAGUE COUNCIL GATHERS

DANZIG PROBLEM.

CONSIDERED

DOOMED VESSEL CALLING

Fight for Life In North Sea

The

Oslo, Jan. 22.

Narwegian gleamer Karmt, carrying a crew of 20 men, has sent out an 508 from a spot in the North Sea near which the freighter Trym was lost a few hours ago.

The Karmt reports: "Hatches broken down. Only able keep afloat couple hours."

Several vessels are racing to her assistance.

Later, the Karmt sent out another urgent wireless message, stating her plight was even worse than had been thought. Her muster has had his thigh broken; several of her crew are injured.

The nearest steamer, is thought o be about five miles distant at least and unless a miracle happens the Karmt is doomed.

Another SOS has been heard from a Swedish steamer somewhere in the North Sen, but her position cannot be ascertained.~Reuter.

MAIL PLANE MISSING

London, Jan. 22. Strong southerly gales were en- countered by two air speed envoy acroplanes carry tag newspapers to Paris.

One of them developed an engine defect when over the Channel, and, Jellisoning its Cargo, returned to Lympnc.

The other machine, with pilot and

EDEN AND BECK wireless operator, is missing. The

CONFERRING

Geneva, Jan, 2%.

Eight foreign ministers have arriv- ed here for the League of Nations Council meeting at 5 p.m., when the Council Arst assembles in private. The public meeting will follow, The questions agenda comprises - only dealing with League activities and muiters of social welfare. -

The Polish Foreign Minister, Colonel Jozef Beck, mej Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, during the course of the day, and discussed the Danzig situation, Mr.' Eden

-afterwards reported this con- versation to a meeting of a special, committee working in these matters, which consists of delegates from Britain, France and Sweden. It Is, hoped that general agreement will soon be renched.

The question of German and Italian participation in the work of a committed on raw materials which the League is expected to establish next week, is engaging the attention of the rapporteur, Colonel Beck, No invitations have yet been issugl, but as a result of preliminary soundings In Berlin It is understood that Ger- many will be, following proceedings will decline to participate in the work.

The Italions hitherto have not shown any disposition to collaborate actively, bul will probably be nominated for a seat on the com- mittce-Reuter.

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EXPERTS TO ATTEND

Londoh, Jan. 22. On the motion of the British delegate, the proposal for sitting up a committee to consider the question of necess to raw materials will come before the present mecting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva.

The composition of the committee has not yet been settled, but since the resolution on this subject was puss d by the League Assembly, vart- Dus Governments, including non- member States, have been sounded. It is stated in Geneva that the United Sintes, Japan and Brazil have decided to send experis in connection with the inquiry. Italy's attitude towards the committee is still in doubt, but In Geneva to-day it was stated that Germany had declined to take part.

British Wireless.

EDEN-BECK/CLASH?

:

London, Jan. 22 Reports which were current, this afternoon that there was in heated altercation. between the British Forelin-Secretary, Mr. Eden, and the

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'storm'enused heavy seas around the English coasts, and In the North Sea- several vessels were in difficulties. British Wireless.

Frost Ruins California

Orange Crop

£4,000,000 LOST IN OVERNIGHT FREEZE

Los Angeles, Jan. 22.

Freezing weather in Lower Cali- fornia, with the lowest temperatures In 30 years, has resulted in disas- trous losses to orange-growers.

Despite artificial heating, the orange groves are withered and spoiled in many places. The iss may be 15 per cent of the total crop, It is estimated that the value of

ruined

crop is £1,000,000-

the

Reuter.

THOUSANDS SEE PRINCESS WED

Copenhagen, Jan. 22. Thousands braved the bitter weather to-day to get a glimpse of the evening wedding of Princess Alexandrine Louise and Count Lult- pold of Munich,

The bride, who is 28, is the nlere of King Christian, of Denmark and King Hoaktan of Norway.Router..

Polish Foreign Minister, Dr. Beck, who met this morning at Geneva and found themselves in sharp disagres- ment in regard to the terms of the report on the Danzig regime which the Polish Minister has prepared for submission to the Council of the League, are entirely without founda-

Mr. Eden has not yet had an oppor-- tunity of studying the report and this morning's converantion, which was of a most anilcable nature, wWRE concerned solely with matters of procedure. The commitee of three appointed by the Council, and com prising Mr. Eden, M. Deibos (France) and Dr, Sandier (Sweden) will meet to-morrow, for the Best Ume to con- sider Colonel Hock's report—British Wirelem,