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CARDINAL PACELLI

ELECTED PONTIFF

Papal Secretary Of State Takes Highest Office In Roman Church

VATICAN CITY, Mar. 2.

CARDINAL EUGENIO PACELLI, former Papal Secretary of State, has been elected Pope in succession to the late Pius XI.

It is announced that he will be called Pope Pius XII.

His election to-day was announced by Caecia Dominioni, one of the Curial Cardinals.

A few minutes later,

Cardinal Pacelli

himself

appeared on the balcony to the sound of the Papal silver March played on

trumpets, while the crowd in the square shouted "Long Live The Pope."

Three lines of soldiers kept the crowd away from the steps! of St. Peter's, but there were several accidents, and in the rush many women fainted and were lifted to the back over the shoulders of the crowd.

FIRST BENEDICTION The new Pope imparted his first Papal benediction and the crowd cheered him wildly.

As he retired from the balcony, the great bell of St. Peter's began to peel, the lights in the square were HL, and the crowd began to di: perze. The conclave of 02 Cardinals d elected the Pope with their third Unilol-Reuter,

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EXCITED CROWD

ratise:

VATICAN CITY, Mar. 2. White smoke, indicating the elec tion of a new Pope emerged frun the Stline Chapel at chimney of the $.30 p.m. to-day. tremendous excitement among the huge crowd which had gathered on Plazza San Pietro, more so since it was without precedent that a new sovereign Pontitt had been elected on the Brst day of the Conclave, ani such an early result was wholly un- expected.

The announcement of the name of the new Pope was awaited with in- tense eagerness. but over half an hour clapsed before Cardinal Cocciai Dominioul, in his capacity as senior Cardinal, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's to proclain the election of Cardinal Parelll.

The announcement Was received with thunderous applause by the! dense crowds in the square-Trans- Ocean.

INVESTING NEW POPE

As soon as the necessary two-thirds majority had been obtained in the Vatican Conclave, the ceremony of investing the new Pope with his Tobes of office began.

-tions.

•

THE NEW BOEING CLIPPER

POPE PIUX XII

40-Ton Clipper Leaves Manila

For Hongkong: Due Here To-day

PALESTINE PARLEYS Arab Proposals Examined

Calling Kai Tak, Hongkong, Calling Kai Tak, Hongkong..

"

In this dramatic fashion and with all the elements of a Hollywood aviation picture, one man to-day is telling the world of one of the most amazing flights of all time.

J. E. Wecaner, First Radio

Officer of the Boeing Clipper, is Imp. Airways Plane

flashing out news from the 40- ton steel monster. as it chariots its way through the air towards Hongkong at 176 miles an hour. The plane hopped of from Manila

Boll

In Kunming

Kunming, Mar. 3.

COLOSSAL BRITISH

DEFENCE

Peace

Time

Budget Record

LONDON, Mar. 2.

SIR JOHN SIMON, the

Chancellor of the Exchequer will be faced with an unprecedented peacetime total expen- diture exceeding £1.- 250,000,000 to be found in the coming year when he introduces the bud- get next month.

As the Government has

I decided to raise £360,000,000 of the sum under the De- fence Loans Act, the amount for which the taxpayers will be responsible will be reduced to something over £900,000,000, or, in all probability, rather less than the total ordinary expen- diture for the current year, which is estimated at £945,000,000.

For this reason, it is regarded certain that there will be income-tax inercuse in 1939.

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EXPENSES

WHEN IS A WAR NOT A WAR?-COURT QUERY

LONDON, Mar. 2,

"IS THERE A WAR between Japan and China?” The question was raised by a case in which the Court of Appeal gave its decision.

Last May, Mr. Justice (now Lord Justice) Goddard, held that

Planes Can Laya stato of war existed in the

Mines Now

new

GERMANY'S latest sea wea- Don is the minelaying airplane. Two types of planes Ive been perfected' in this duty, big airboats that tip mines into the sea while they taxi, just like normal mine layers, and special type bumbers that drop mines who they fly.

The latter type, il is claimed, can lay a mino field while travelling at more than 100 m.p.li.

£250,000 Hongkong Deal

Entire Ore Stocks Said Purchased

LONDON, Mar. 2.. THE RECENT GRANTING of wolfram agenty rights by the National Resources Committee of the Chinese Government to the Royal Air Force the Pekin syndicate is the chief estimates published to-day, the topic of conversation among total for the fighting services has London dealers. reached £10,000,000, but the tolal for defence services. including civil defence for the coming year la colimated in a Walto Paper-on defence at £580,000,000.

Civil expenditure totals £135.000,- 000, or about £445,000,000 after half- balancing items have been excluded, while an additional £10,000,000 may be required for supplementary clvil estimates.

If to this is added debt charges. which may total £230,000,000, the

The arrangement strikes them on articularly interesting because Inst nutumn, Japan openly avowed her intention of pressing on to China's antimony mines,

The entire stack in Hongkong is reported to have been purchased by fact. the syndicate, which, if a would involve well over £250,000.

sense in which the ordinary commercial man would use the word war, "without going into the niceties of international Jaw."

The court heard an uppeal by the Kawaski Kisen Kabushikel Kaisha, of Kobe, against the judgment of Lord Justice Goddard that the

the

Boutham Shipping Company of Cardiff was entitled to cancel chartering of the steamship Nailsen Meadow to the Japanese company In September, 1037, because a clause in the charter-party permitted conce)- lation "if war breaks out involving Japati".

NO WAR, SAYS BRITAIN Sir Stafford Cripps. for the Japanese company, sald that the Foreign Olce, in a letter answering query by the company's solicitors. decured that "ills Majes.y's Govern- ment was not at persent preprred to say that in its view war exists".

In giving judgment for the respon dents and dismissing the appeal, the Master of the Holls said that Lord

Goddard Justice

With manifestly

"War might break out without the British Government recognising

he sale.

Nothady R these days would- have the temerity to suggest that way cannot exist without a declaration of War,*Reuter.

LATEST

ADMIRALS CONFER Parleys Aboard H.K. Flagship

It is pointed out that the German The "Telegraph" is informed that barter agreement will automatically a conference was held en board total budget of £1,205,000,000 is expire, and therefore the recently 11.M.5. Kent at 19.20 a.m, to-day to

reported suspension of operations by discuss matters relating to Ilong- reached.---lleuter.

the "Hapro" German trading agency kong's position: vis-a-vis Sonth in China for wolfram, tung oil, ele, China. would appear to be in the nature of intelligent anticipation.

ANOTHER PROTEST

Britain Objects To Tientsin Barricades

LONDON, Mur. 2. THE BRITISH GOVERN- MENT has instructed its Consul- General In Tientsin to lodge a with the Japanese protest

Cardinal Decan Granito di Bel- mante advanced to the throne occu-

LONDON, Mar. 2. pled by Cardinal Pacelli, and asked him in Latin whether he accepted A CLOSER EXAMINATION the election, to which

A big crowd greeted the Imperiat Cardinal of the Arab counter-proposals Pacelli replied in the affirmative.

Cardinal Pacelli was then asked indicates that far from being a at 7.30 am. and should circle the city Airways Atalanta plane at the aero- drome here when it arrived yester- what me he had selected, to which compromise, they constitute of Hongkong at about 11.30 am.

The world's largest commercia) day morning from Burma on a trial the Cardinal replied without hesita re-assertion of the original Arab

transport plane, on completing tight. tion that it was Plus Twelfth, and demands_ut the opening of the 11,000 mile test fight from

the

After circling over the city it made presented, in a short Latin address, talks, and there is little hope of Treasure Island bare in San Fran- n. perfect landing around 11.40 his reasons for choosing this name.

In the meantime, two Cardinals on their acceptance by the British cisco will be handed over to a small o'clock.

Kive persons were on board the army of mechanics, experts, greasers. either side of him had withdrawn Government.

Careful cheeiting and calculating will | machine. They were the captain. authorities against the erection from the throne as a sign of rever-

Their practical effect would be to be made of the plane's performance. vice-captain, radio operator, mechanie of barbed wire fences, charged ence, and at the conclusion of the

The following is a list of the crew and a visitor. Bouquets were pre with electricity, around the Pope's address. the Cardinals left create inmediately an independent

to them upon their arrival. their places to group themselves State in Palestine, with on Arab and technical experts aboard, there so the China National Aviation international Concession.

being no passengers: around him and to offer congratula- najority in cumplete control.

The procedure suggested is that Captain W. A. Cuthe, Captain F. J. Corporation and the Eurasia Aviation BURNING THE BALLOT constituent assembly, consisting of Loland as First Officer, Second Officer Corporation here gave receptions in

Blerrer.

Third Offecra S. T. their honour. Cardinal Decan then opened the both Arabs and Jews proportionately peters and R. C. Howard, First En- The plane is returning to Rangoori door of the Sistine Chapel and ad- to the population would cluctarineer J. E. Prunty, Second Engineer to-day--Central News. mitted the Secretary of the Sacred Government to take over Immediate

J. E. Weesner, First Radio Offeer J. College, Monsignor Santorio, and the control of Palestine, and to draft C. Smyser. Second Radio Omeer S. Prefect of Ceremonies, Monsignor scheme for the election of a legis- Resphigl, who accompanied the new lature in which the Arabs undoubted. Cummings, First Steward R. Don- Second Steward I. Tier, Third Pontiff to the sacristy of the Chapel, y would have a majority,

Steward H. Chanco. where three sets of white robes had

It is proposed that the constitution Technical Experts: Mr. been laid out. and straw were being burned in the Palestine by Araba and Jews, and tive, W. E. Beall, Boeira! Project~ Mr. Alfred Yung Sun llon was ad- certain anti-Japanese elements intu

During this time the balloting cards should be drafted and adopted in Penceti, Boeing Service Representa- Chapel to announce that a new Pope British Government, not for approval, Aeronnutien Company Engineer, J. Court of Hongkong this morning by furnish a pretext for Japanese inter-

then probably submitted to

the Engineer. F. W. Weigand, Wrightmitted a soilcltor of the Supreme the international Conersalon had been chosen.

Returning to the Sistine Chapel, or amendment, but in connection with Caffrey, Wright Service Engineer. A. Hls Honour the Chief Justice, Sirvention, Pope Pius XII was conducted to the the, Anglo-Palestinian treaty, which Gray, Pan American Airways Com- Atholl MacGregor, on the application The Japanese are sald to be build- provisional altar beneath the central it is hoped would follow the forma

Ramsey, of the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, ing a new wide route around the PAA. Assistant Operations Manager Attorney General tapestry where he ascended to the tion of an independent State

Concession, and also a new bridge Prelate throne. Led by Cardinal Palestine.

Pacific Division, Andre E. Priester, Mr. Hon, who was articled to Mr. Deenn, the Cardinals then filled past

PAA. System Chief Engineer, W. Miller and J. Boudwin, Civil Aero-Peter H. Sin, was accompanied nautics Authority, and Mesare. F. court by this solicitor.

him each kissing his right foot, and

COUNTER-PROPOSALS

E. C.

ham,

munications

Oficer, T.

H.

D.

NEW SOLICITOR ADMITTED

at

then embracing him, this being the The counter-proposals constitute a Stephani and J. G. Lossow. first act of veneration for the new selection of the muin British pro-) Ponuff.

posals for a round-table conference. This concluded, Cardinal Caccia which the Arabs regard na plane will circle the harbour. It is p.m., and invited members of the Dominion! preceded with two Masters necessary and dilatory. of Ceremony to the Benediction Loggia of St Peter's to announce the name of the new Popa.

CLIPPER IN, THICK MIST

·

Lacre were present: Major General K. Tanaka, Lieut.-Col, Oldra, Mr. T. Reports that the Chinese are pro- Oda, Acting Japanese Consul General ducing in areas which have passed In Hongkang, and Vice-Admiral Sir under Japanese control are believed { "rev Noble, Major General A. E. to be erroneous, though transport to Grasset and Col, A. G. Neville. Hongkong will probably prove General Tis the uest

of Ad- miral Noble on board li.M.S. Kent to tifin to-day. He wHI then prolong his stay in Hongkong until Sunday or Monday before returning to Can- ton.

dimutt-Reuter,

CHILDREN KILLED

School Roof Pins

---100 Victims

TOKYO, Mar. 3. OVER 100 school children

Garden Rd. Mishap Holds Up Traffic

A line of more than half a dozen trams were held up at the buny hour of 0 a.m. to-day through a mishap between one of their number and a car driven by Mme, C. Rennet at the bottom of Garden Road,

It is stated that similar pro- tests have been made by the United States and French were pinned under debris when left of Queen's Road Central across Mme. Rennet was driving from the governments.

the school building suddenly col- the road to Garden Road and the The British Consul has also been lapsed while they were sitting tram, the conducter of which ap instructed to ask for

information in classrooms at Higashimagi,parently thought she was continuing concerning the realon for

Three children were killed and 10 along Queen's Rond, collided with

the back of the car, Reports from Tientsin have crrated Injured, eight of them seriously, but

safely extricated, Little damage was done and no in- n certain amount of nervousness in all others were

juries were caused but traffe political circies, which believe the message adda.--Domet.

considerably delayed. possible that the alleged flight of

measure.

this

may

Stock Market Unsettled

London, Mur. 2. over the Peiho River with, it is The Stock Exchange was generally assumed, the object of isolating the casier to-day owing to end of account Concession--Trans-Occan.

considerations, though the actual seling wa

was small, The market showed unsettled deve- lopments.

The

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24 Die In Big Halifax Fire

S.M.C. REPLY

Shanghal, Mar. 3.

HALIFAX, Nova two-week-old

Among commodities, chief Interest negotiations

Scotia, Mar. 2. between the Municipal Council and was centred in the Shallae market.

Twenty-four persons are re the Japanese authorlifes on measures where the morning's dealings we against the recrudescence of ter- suspended owing to the financial ported to be missing as a result reriam in the International Settle- dificulties of outside interests, The Giant Clipper reported to the ment following the outbreak of they resumed in the afternoon, when of a fire which completely des Kal Tak radio at 10.30 am. that she shooling outrages on February 18, it was authoritatively stated that the troyed a hotel here to-day expected to be ta F þakong at 12.30 | lunar New Year's Day, will come to sum involved was small, and that p

n dednite conclusion to-play as the satisfactory settlement was likely. The Governor, Sir Geoffry North-

·Bad visibility on the route Is Municipal Council is expected to cofe, and other government officials hindering a fast crowsing.

Before landing at Kai Tak the will be shown over the plane at 2.45

understood that none other than the pubile will be shown through after- 250 invited guests will be allowed to

wards. There is considerphle- Interest in look over the plane this trip, though the attitude of the neighbouring| opportunity will always be available APOSTOLIC BLESSING

Arab States, whose delegates active- for members of the public to see

the end The Papa! cross was borne at the ty participated in the draftlog of the over the machines at

Proposals, but it is thought other Alghts.

of that nono Fifteen minutes. Inter Pope Plus XII himself appeared in the Loggia participated in the formal conference and bestowed an apostolic blessing yesterday when the Palestine Arabs

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hend of a Branil procession.

them

GOVERNOR TO SEE PLANE

of

p.th.

(Continued on Page 12.)

but

The number of dead is not

Wall Street was andyRouter known, but 20 people were taken

to the hospital, Reuter, Special,