NEWS FROM ABROAD

Evening Star, Issue 20134, 26 March 1929, Page 6

NEWS FROM ABROAD

Sinking of Suspected Rum-Runner / American Coastguard’s Claim In Accord With International Law Crush at Arc De Triomphe One Death, Many Persons Injured

sworn n ALONE THE CHEW LANDED CLOSELY GUARDED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, Mnrcli 21. News from New Orleans slates that the crew of the British schooner I’m Alone, which was sunk by a United States coastguard boat 200 miles off the Louisiana shore, were lauded there on Sunday, manacled and under a heavy guard. They are held in custody, and were questioned by United '"Slates officials and the British ViceConsul. Nothing has been made public. In an official statement the headquarters of the coastguard says that the pursuit and the sinking of the I’m Alone, a suspected rum-runner, was “in accord with international law. which authorises continuous pursuit of a vessel which has violated the law within waters over which the United States has control.’’—Australian Press Association-United Sendee. THE CAPTAIN’S CLAIM. WITHIN HIS RIGHT. NEW YORK,. March 21. Officers of the coastguard report that ■ the I’m Alone was at anchor ten or eleven miles oil' the coast when first she was sighted. When an attempt was made to board her Captain Randall* a Canadian, brandished a pistol and shouted: “ Any man attempting to hoard this ship will be killed.” -lie is being held prisoner, and is charged with “ interference by a merchantman with a Customs officer in his boarding duties.” No charge has yet been laid against the crow. 1 Captain Randall is reported to have admitted that he was engaged in rum smuggling, but was outside American waters and on the high seas when he was hailed by the coastguard. He stated: “1 diil not stop because I knew I was within my rights, and knew I was entitled to the freedom of the seas. Tins is the most cowardly attack on a merchant ship since the submarine warfare.” He said he only carried liquors for the home port of the I’m Alone, which is Montreal, Canada.— -Australian Press Association. ■ LATE MARSHAL FOCH cm GETS OUT OF HAND DISTRESSING SCENES Pre»s Association—By Telegraph—Copyrigh' PARIS, March 24. Tragedy marked the scenes at the Arc cle Triomphe late in the afternoon, where hundreds of thousands passed the bier. An enormous crowd, packed in dense masses before the vast_ monument, was held back all day with the .'utmost difficulty by mounted Republican Guards with drawn swords, and thousands of police, mounted and on foot. They were unable to stem the masses, which finally broke through the, cordon, men, women, and children being trampled under foot. One man was trampled to death, and scores were seriously hurt and taken to hospital. More than 1,600 eases of fainting were treated. It is estimated that 250,000 persons passed the coffin. At the request of Madame loch, who was anxious to save the guard 'of honour fatigue, the body was removed , from the Arc de Triomphe to-night m- ' stead of to-morrow and taken t’o Notre Dame, where it will be watched over by family intimates. To-night the flame of remembrance at the Arc will be rekindled by Marshal Retain, General Gouraud, and General Weygand.—Australian Press Association. ■ MOUNTAIN OF GRANITE BYRD GEOLOGIST'S REPORT [By Russell Owen.] Times’ Company and ‘St. Louis ' Post-Despatch.’ All Rights for Publication Reserved Throughout the World. Wireless to. ‘New York Times.’ • BAY OF WHALES, March 25. Following is from the diary of Lawrence Gould, geologist and geographer, whitten ki < l tent at Rockefeller Moun- • tains, when Gould, Balchen, and June were isolated J3O miles from the . base:—“On March 7 the weather was good for our mountain trip. After setting flag markers across the bay ice for the dog teams which were soon to he, .here, we, took off in the direction of mountains duo east. Wa were in the air for two 'hours, landing a mile from the base .of one of the highest peaks, and w 6 established a camp and ‘ secured the plane. On the afternoon of the 9th we went to the nearest mountain and climbed part of its face and. found it to be all granite.”-

BALDWIN GOVERNMENT POLICY PREPARED, BUT NOT PUBLISHED Press Association—Bv Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON. March 21. The ‘ Daily Express’ states that final approval has boon given by the Cabinet Policy Committee to the Government’s election programme, but it will not ho announced till May 9, when Mr Baldwin will address the constituency, which, states the ‘ Daily Telegraph,’ “ moans that the country does not know what the Government is fighting about until within three weeks of the election.”—Australian Press tionLAST OF THE BY-ELECTIONS. (British Official Wireless.! Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, RUGBY.-March 2-1. With the declaration yesterday of the result of North Lanark and Holland-with-Boston. the list of by-cleetions during the life of the present Parliament may now be presumed to be complete. There are two vacancies caused by the deaths of Mr Stephen Walsh and Mr Frank Vnrley, but an agreement has been made between the parties not to move for a writ in either case, and the same procedure would be adopted if another vacancy should occur before the end of the session on Mav !0. The General Election is expected to take place on May 30. There have been sixty-one by-elections since the last General Election, and they wcrccontestcd by fifty-eight Conservatives, fifty-six Labour candidates fifty-nine Liberals, one Communist, and six Independents. The Labour Party has gained eleven seats from the Conservatives and two from the Liberals. It lost one scat to the Liberals. The representation was unchanged by the other contests yesterday. ITALIAN. ELECTIONS REMARKABLE UNANIMITY SWEEPING VICTORY FOR FASCISM. Frew Association—By Telegraph -Copyright. ROME, March 21. The demonstration of their adherence to Fascism by the Catholic clergy was even more marked in the provinces than in Rome, and in many centres the clergy, headed by bishops, went to the polls en masse. Other features were processions of peasants and workmen marching to the polls with hands and banners. It is Hated that at 4 o’clock in tho afternoon 85 per cent of the electors had registered their votes.— Australian Press Association. MUSSOLINI’S TRIUMPH. ROME. March 24. The Gilbertian General Election Ims apparently ended in the Fascists gaining 400 segts and the anti-Pnscists nope, the majority for Signor Mussolini being 4(10. Each of the 9,000,000 electors received two ballot papers, one coloured white, red, and green, and the other plain white The latter contained the word “No” after the quesion “Are you in favour of tho Fascist Rst of candidates?” Few of -ho voters had the courage to hand in Hap white paper, and an overwhelming majority of the papers returned were coloured, signifying “ Yes.”—Australian Press Association. DETAILS OF THE VOTING. ROME, March 25. Virtually complete, the figures show that out of 9,650,000 electors 8,650.000 voted, 8,506,000 being in favour o[ the Government’s list and 136,000 against. —Australian Press Association-United Service. BRITAIN’S TRADE EXPORT TO EMPIRE COUNTRIES {British Official Wireless.) Press Association By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, March 24. Statistics have been published which show that of £723,000,000 worth of British exports last year, the overseas Empire absorbed £327,000,000 worth. The Empire’s share of the exports was thus 45.5 per cent., which represents an increase of 11 per cent, on the prewar average.

AVIATION ' GRAF ZEPPELIN STARTS FOR THE EAST Press Association—Hy Tebgraph—Copyright BERLIN, March 21. Preparations were completed early this morning for the .start of the flight by tho Graf Zeppelin for Palestine. Tho return route will be longer than the transatlantic journey. It will carry forty passengers, including the President and several members of tho Reichstag.—Australian Press AssociationSTART OF THE FLIGHT ANOTHER STOWAWAY. BERLIN, March 25. News from Fricdrichshafcu states that tho Graf Zeppelin left at midnight despite strong ground winds and quickly disappeared in the direction of Bale, upon a Mediterranean tour ol 5,000 miles. At tho last moment a young waiter was discovered hidden in the hangar of the Graf Zeppelin. He pleaded that it was his one ambition to become a pilot, and he thought ho might achieve Ids aim if he smuggled himself aboard the airship.—Australian Press Association-United Service. GIANT MONOPLANE A BRITISH MACHINE. Prena Association —3y Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, March 21. A giant monoplane, which was constructed by tho Faircy Company, undertook a successful twenty-four-hour non-stop test flight. This machine was specially designed to heat the longdistance feats of any aircraft yet built whether heavier or lighter than air. It has a special Napier engine developed from the Napier Lion. It was built for tho Air Ministry, and there is a possibility that it will attempt to break tho world’s non-stop record. Tho pilot will he Squadron-leader Jones Williams, and the second pilot and navigator Flight-lieutenant Major. —Australian Press Association. COMMANDER MACDONALD'S ESTATE (British Official Wireless.) Pres* Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, March 24. The lone flyer, Commander Macdonald, who perished in an attempt to fly tho Atlantic, left £5,929. —Australian Press Association. [On October 17 ol Inst year Commander H. C. Macdonald, an English aviator, hopped off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in a Moth plane for England. He was never heard of again.] MCiR’S ILL-FORTUNE Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, March 25. Mr Bert Hinkler, who lias taken the most sporting interest in Flying Officer Moir’s flight", expressed sympathy with him. He says he had his own anxieties in that stretch ol country. Me saw Mersaniatnili from the air, and it left the impression that it was a hopeless spot for anyone to make a sale forced landing in.—Australian Press Association. BRITISH JUSTICE POLICE VINDICATED REPORT OF COMMISSION {British Official Wireless.) Pres* Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, March 23. The report of the Royal Commission on police [lowers and procedure is issued iu tho form of a volume of 16(1 pages. Tho commission states that mutual confidence between the police and the public is essential to ensure the efficiency and right conduct of the police. It recommends simplification of the arrest instructions given to constables and the lemoval of the prevailing uncertainty as to tho interpretation of judges’ rules governing cautioning and the taking, of statements, The report vindicates the police from all tho charges of using third degree methods and of acting as agents provocateurs. Corruption, while not unknown, is declared to he associated mainly with the enforcement of laws out of harmony with public opinion, and tho public must, therefore, bear its share of the blame lor police coiiuption. The practice of sending police officers into night clubs disguised as guests and with power to spend money Freely is condemned as wholly objectionable, and legislation should be introduced authorising selected police officers to enter and inspect registered chins when there is reason to suspect that the law is being broken. Most stringent safeguards should, it is pointed out, he instituted to ensure that statements made by persons in custody arc really voluntary. Arrest on a minor charge in order to facilitate inquiries into a major crime is deprecated. If the imposition upon the police ol new and extraneous duties continues, their numbers must bo increased. MURDER OF AN EDITOR NUMEROUS ARRESTS Press Association- By Telegraph-—Copyrigh* LONDON, March 25. The Belgrade correspondent of the ‘Daily Mail says that a reward of £B,OOO has been offered for the apprehension of the murderers ot Hen Schlegel Sixty persons have been arrested at Zagreb, including the taxi driver who took Schlegel home. King Alexander sent a wreath to the funeral. Australian Press Association.

LATE LORD OXFORD BODY DISINTERRED Press Association—Dy Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 24. The body of Loto Oxford and Asquith was exhumed this morning in the early hours and Hanst'erred to a new grave twenty yards distant.—Australian Press Association [A previous message stated that Lady Oxford and Asquith found herself the centre of an unusual controversy over her decision tc remove her husband’s body a sho'd distance in Sutton Countney churchyard in order to make room to erect a memorial. The villagers declared that the carrying out of the plan would involve disturbing at least one familv grave.] TWO MEN DROWNED ANOTHER MISSING A BOAT CAPSIZES t Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, March 2d. A boat containing three members of a camping party overturned in the Woronura River at Como. The dead bodies of two—John Baker, aged twenty-nine, and Robert Jolley, aged thirty-five—were '-ecovoicd to-day, but there is no trace of the third member of the party, Besik Smith. The empty boat wasdiscovered floating this morning. It is not known how the tragedy happened. A GREAT PAINTER MEMORIAL TO VAH DVGK (British Ufficiii Wireless.) t’ress Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, March 24 On the dOOth anniversary of his birth, a memorial to Sir Anthony Van Dyck was unveiled by Sir William Llewellyn, president of the Royal Academy, in the painters’ corner of St. Raul’s Cathedral. Sir Anthony Van Dyck was horn at Antwerp on March 22, .1590. Tie studied under Hendrik tan Balcn, and in 1018 became a freeman of the guild of St. Luke. About the latter date he entered Rubens’s studio as an assistant, where he was employed in copying that master’s pictures for the engravers, making large cartoons from his sketches, and painting historical pieces on the Rubens model. Tic had, however, embarked on portraiture with considerable success before his first visit* to England in 1020. The artist returned to Antwerp early in 102], and later in the same year went to Genoa, thence to Rome, Mantua, Palmero, and Brescia, and back to Genoa, where he remained till 1027. Alter working at Antwcip and The Hague, ho was induced by the offer of a. pension to visit England, which he did in'March, ■ 10-12. A few months later he was knighted. During 1635-40 he was settled in England, engaged upon the many portraits of the court and its entourage, by which lie is mainly remembered. His output was enormous; he is reputed to have painted Charles J. thirty-six times. Handsome and agreeable in person, be lived, as ho painted, magnificently and prodigally, his ambition ever growing with his success. The king married him to Mary Rnthvcn ol Montrose in order to check, if possible, his dissipated habits. In 1040, Rubens having died, Van Dyck hurried to Antwerp in order to secure the patronage of the Spanish Icing. His demands, however, were too high, and he _ went on to Paris, only to find that his objective, the decoration of the Louvre, had been given to Nicholas Poussin. He returned to London seriously ill, died December i), 1041. and was buried in St. Paul’s. His tomb was destroyed in the Great Eire. _ Van Dyck’s paintings are distributed throughout Europe, but most of his English portraits are at Vi incisor Castle and other royal or noble mansions in England. As a religions^artist he does not cany the same conviction, but there is-a lino collection of bis religious works at Antwerp.