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TUESDAY, 二拜禮號二月二英香

FEBRUARY

KEEL PLATE OF MIGHTY

DISASTER THREATENS

ILLINOIS CITY AS MISSISSIPPI RISES

Smallest Break In Levee Means Death

4,500 MEN HOLDING TO LAST DEFENCE DITCH

Cairo, Illinois, Feb. 1.

It is

Forty-five hundred men, holding virtually the last ditch of this city's defences against the Mississippi's spate, are awaiting their zero hour, which will come with the crest of the flood. approaching rapidly as wind-lashed waters, swiftly eddying in the river's bend, drum ominously higher and higher against the levees' frail superstructure, upon which the community's life depends.

This is the greatest danger spot in man's 1,200-mile river battle-front. The mounting waters warn of an early crisis. Grim levce sentinels patrolled the flood-lit seawalls in freezing weather throughout last night and to-day, watch- ing for any sign of a break which might turn the city into a vast graveyard, under 25-fect of water and mud, and all within a few minutes.

Few people outside these cities of the "flood zone" have any conception of the speed with which disaster.can come. One small break in the levees, and the enormous weight of water clutches and tears its way through, a trickle growing to a cataract, o cataract to a deluge in a matter of seconds. Nothing can resist il, "once the yellow-maned flood is free. Man and all his works go down before this rushing monster.

Bonts stand ready for the evacua- tion of the flood-fighters; but if the lovees break, their hopes of le are small.

Point Of Confluence The Ohio River is pouring into the Mississippi at this, their point of con- fluence, at a rate of nearly 3,000,000 cubic feet a second. Cairo stands al the very point of their juncture, and Its levees bear the full weight of the Mississippi, freshened by the Ohio's tumbling bulk.

cheered the However, forecasta flood-lighters, for it is the expressed bellef that the hand-made barricade of sandbags on the top of the flood- wall will save the city of Cairo and the lives of those who have not ni- ready evacuated the threatened area.

Floods Receding

Russia Claims

Anglo-French

Policies Weak

Moscow, Feb. 1.

British and French weakness

is blamed in the first Soviet reac. tion to Herr Hitler's Relchistag speech.

and

The Izvestia dentels England

France

limpotently siretching out towards Germany hands which are hanging in the air. The journal says itler will he only abandon aggression if sees it will meet with a united and crushing rebuff,......Router.

CLOSE VOTE IN INDIA

INDEPENDENTS DO WELL IN BENGAL

Bombay, Feb, 1. The Alnal results of elections being of slippery mud which coats every-held throughout Indio for Provincial thing

Legislatures under the now Govern profiteers" are active in ment of India Act are now available "Evacuation the flood-stricken farming districia, for Bengal and Orissa. buying up cheaply the inundated pro- pertica and abandoned livestock.

At Portsmouth, Ohlo, meanwhile, the food waters are receding, and hundreds of workers are clearing up the city, wading through deep deposits

Out of a total of 250 seats in Ben- gol, the Congress Party has won 54,

The Federal Flood Commission, the Jinna All-India Muslim League under Mr. Harry Hopkins, Works 10, the Proja Party (Muslim pro- Progress Adminstration chief, has Coriaress) 38, Europeans 25, Anglo- arrived at Mephis, Tennessee, to be- Indians 4, and Independents 48.

STORMS WHIPPING AMERICA

OREGON BURIED IN SNOW

WASHINGTON HARD HIT

(Special to "Telegraph")

Portland, Ore., Feb. 1. The North-west United States aro digging themselves out of the worst snowstorn since 1919.

Portland, where the snowfall total- led 10 inches in a few hours, saw the concentrated force of the blizzard. Snow effectually blocked all traffic.

The city has been left without palice, fire or ambulance protection. the cold is

Seattle saw a lesser snowfall, but

severe.

Salem, Ore., had 27.5 inches of snow to-day and Hood River 26.

Aircraft are grounded at Portland and highways are choked. Railways, too, have been extensively tied up.

Isolated.

Klamath Falls is

The weather forecast ls for more anow and possibly rain in costern Oregon and along the Washington coast. United Press.

PETERSEN TROUNCED BY NEUSEL

TOWEL THROWN IN BEFORE FINISH

WELSHMAN IS GALLANT.

London, Feb. 1.

At Harringay Arena to-night 12,000 spectators saw Walter Neusel, powerful German fighter, beat Jack Petersen of. Wales. Petersen's seconds threw. in the towel in the tenth round. Petersen was the lighter man by a stone, weighing in at 13 stone 111⁄2 lb, to Neusel's 14 stone 11%.

The German delivered a terrine on-slaught to the body, jaw and head, but Petersen fought back gamely. Nelther man went down at any time.

From the fourth round the fight became grim and relentless, when

Neusel opened a cut under Pelersen's

eye.

The Welshman attacked with both

ists on several occasions, but could not move the solid German.

The end came

when Petersen, tolling on the ropes, turned and re- celved a crashing right to the jaw. The towel was thrown at the ring but fell short. The referee saw it, however, and stopped the light- Reuter.

PLOTTERS FAX PENALTY

Moscow, Feb. 1. The death sentences passed on the

gin a week-long survey of the In Orissa, out of 160 seats, the thirteen men, condemned in the vastated areas.

Congrede art via between the Moscow trial were carried out by mainder are divided between three shooting to-day. Reuter's Bulletin minor parties. Reuter Special

The Red Cross reports that contri- butions to its lund already amount to $8,300,000, and they asked only last week for $10,000,000,

In New York it is estimated that the death roll in the floods now totals 400, not counting those who have since

disease. perished through There are over 1,000,000 homeless→→ Reuter,

STOP PRESS

Service.

United States To Hongkong Air Mail Rates Fixed

Washington, Feb. 1.

The United States Postmaster General, Mr. James Farley, to-day announced that the first flight of the new through nirmail service from the United States to China would depart from San Francisco on March 21, or soon after that dute.

Simultaneously he announced the ounce and from Havall to Macao and now schedule for the trans-Pacific Hongkong, 50 cents per 11⁄2 ounce. nirmall rates:'

He also said that the British and

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BATTLESHIP IS LAID

At Birkenbend, recently, the keci plate of one of Britain's two nŁAW 35,000-ion bath, the Prince of Wales, was Inid in the presence of a huge crowd. At a cost of approximately £7,000,000, this great Achling ship will be floated to take fis part in the defence of the Em- pire. It is said it will mount two new types of guns and will have five inches of armour on her decks, which will resist the largest known air bomb.

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Law To Prevent

Overloading Of

Merchant Ships

NEW MEASURE IN COMMONS WILL APPLY TO COLONY

London, Feb. 1. The second reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill was moved in the House of Commons to-day by Dr. Edward Burgin, Financial Secretary to the Board of Trade.

Dr. Burgin stated that the Bill dealt with two specific problems connected with the safety of ships at sea, namely, overloaded cargo ships and the supply of life- saving apparatus to fishing vessels.

First U.S. Ship

To Quit Strike-

Bound Ports.

The first American vessel to leave the United States for the Far East since the shipping siriko commenced three months ago is cn route to Hongkong.........

She is the motor vessel Ward,

As a result of recent prosecutions and comments by Judges, said Dr. Burgin, it had been decided to recommend that Parliament create a new offence, this being the taking of an overloaded ship to sen. Ic added that when the United Kingdom laws on merchant shipping had been altered, it would be necessary to ree the law altered to cover British aliips registered in the colonial possessions. Accordingly, provision was made in the Bill to cover these cases, and there would be a further provision that an chabling Bul be applied by means of an Order-it-Council.

The Bill was read a second time- Reuter Special.

a freighter of the American Ploneer Line; and she is coming here, via Shanghai, and Maulla. | | with a full cargo of American goods.

The shilp, for which the Slates Steamship Line are agents, is Government-owned, and it is ex- trembly unlikely that so is manned by strike-breakera.

The vessel is due here on March 7.

"ATTACK" ON SHIPPING

SINGAPORE

DEFENDERS CONVINCED

BASE IMPREGNABLE

Singapore, Feb. 2.

are

testing

The elaborate manoeuvres which Singapore's £10,000,000 fortress, continued throughout yesterday and last night, and go on to-day. The land forces are defending the great base against a combined attack from air and sea....

The manoeuvres commenced yesterday morning, when aircraft patrols roared away to seek approaching enemy warships and transports carrying an invading

army.

SUBSIDY DECISION

BRITAIN HOPES TO END IT IN 1937 CO-OPERATION IN INDUSTRY

London, Feb. 1. Moving a financial resolution in the House of Commons, authorising the

subsidy, which expired on December continuance of the tramp shipping Financial

31, Dr. Edward Burgin, Secretary to the Board of Trade, ex- plained that shipowners had been informed that they must make their at the plans on the assumption that subaldy will cease finally at the end The industry is expected te organise itself so as to continue the cooperation which has been the re- sult of the subsidy, he said.

of

Dr. Burgin stated that during the last

six months of 1030, there was n remarkable increase in freight rates, and the number of British tramp

76 per cent.

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-chips commissioned by

at the end of the Chief of the China Station, aboard H.M.S. Cumberland, year had

or 285,000 tons, but since then there and most commands the attacking force. Major-General Dobbie, had been

pronounced set-bacspread

The subsidy, sald Dr. Burgin, G.O.C. Malaya, commands the defenders.

would be continued below £2,000, The total of personnel involved is approximately 000, and if the average freight toes 8,000, comprising naval ratings and detachments of the of 1929, no subsidy would

Dr. Burgin added. that the Govern Army and Air Force, and troops from Johore.

The attacking force had to be 250 miler from Singapore at the beginning of the exercises, so it was assumed: that the Brst blow at the fortress will be from the air. Planes from H.M.S. Hermes will probably strike at Singa- pore some time during the night.

In addition to testing the vulner- ability of the fortress to surprise at-

CANTON CINEMAS STRIKE

Cinemas

Cantas, Feb. 2.

other theatres

now

rose

to 23 per cent. level

bo paid.

ment did not propose to make any payment or account unill the end of the year, and it was hoped that con- ditions during 1937 would make unnecessary to pay any subsidy.— Reuter

Fast Railway Service From H.K. To S'hai

Rallway traffic between Hongkong and Shanghai will be. near realisa- tion-before-the-end- of- the... -- year... according to Mr. Chow Tsung- chi. Director of the Canton-Hankow Raliway

Administration.

The only break in the service will be in Canton itself, where it will be- necessary for passengers from Hong- kong to transfer from the Kowloon- Canton Hallway to the Canton-Han- kow service.

Mr. Chow predicts that when the servico materialises it will take less than

60 hours to travel from Hong- Kong to Shanghai, as compared with the 3

3 days by steamer,

Regular through traffle between Canton and Hankow, linking up with the trans-Siberian service to Europe, will come into operation as soon as new rolling stock arrives from Eng- land.

LNDBERGH

ON FLIGHT TO EGYPT

UNSEEN SINCE HE

PASSED CALAIS

WIFE FLYING WITH HIM

London, Feb, 1: Col; Charles Lindbergh, whe now

ives quietly in Kent, loft Lympno this morning on a flight to Egypt,

piloting his own machine-Reuter,

WIFE WITH HIM

Paris, Feb. 1. Colonel Lindbergh is accompanied by his wife on his fight from Lympne to Egypt, it is reported here.

The famous airman has not been sighted since his machine passed over Calais this morning. It is assumed that he proceeded by the most direct

he intends to mako no stop on French-

territory-Reuter.

AMBASSADOR TO route towards his destination and that

"NEW SPAIN”.

ARMS MANUFACTURE

United States to Hawaii, 20 cents Philippines postal authorities had not tacks, the mobility of its defence will throughout the city are at per ounce; United States to Guam, reported: the rates to be charged into be examined.: Landing parties on strike as a protest against the 60 Roberto Cantalupo, at present Am-] 40 cents per 1⁄2 ounce; United States from Manila to China will attempt to break through the tax which, was recently, Imposed to

will face/barbed wire and machine-ing to Nanising. for the abolition or Franco's Government in Spainia report of the Royal Commission on

to Phillipines, 60 cents, per 1⁄2 ounce;

Ho announced the issuanen óf two U.S. to Hongkong and Macao 70 cents per ounce, or approximately $2.10 new airmail stumps of 20 and 60 posts which guard the beaches. They

centa denomination United Press. |Hongkong money,

These mates will become effective It was lourned from Mr. E. I, guns. He wilayat with the extension of the route from Wynne Jones Postmaster-General, Defenders belleve that the fortress Manila to Macau and Hongkong, or this morning that the rates have been Impregnable. Reuter ✨ Bulletin

The rates from Hawall to the prepared, but have not yet been operoica, Philippines will be 80 cents per 32. proved by the Governor-In-Council.

Proprietors of cinemas are appeal-

... Rome, Feb; 1. Italy has nominated Signor

Brad London, Feb. 1. The Prime Minister stated in a bassador in Rio de Janeiro; as first| Ambassador to General Francisco House of Commons answer that the departmental examination of the Signor Vicoszo Lejacono, ZAMBAS- sador to China, who is stationed in the Private Manufacture of ~. Arto- Magy thousands of Chinese, and Shanghai, will replace Signor Can-aments had been completed and the also a number of foreigners, found the talupo, while Bignor Juliano former whole matter would now be under consideration of the Govern» cincin doors barred yesterday Ambasandor: to Chile, will so -- to

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