ANGRY "REDS."

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 85, 11 April 1931, Page 9

ANGRY "REDS."

Demonstration Against Jap Royalty. SCENE IN NEW YORK. (Received 1 p.m.) f NEW. YORK, April 10. Communists attempted a demonstration against Prince and Princess Takamateu of Japan on their visit to NewYork. As the Emperor's brother and his wife, under a heavy police guard, landed late on Friday from the reception boat Macom, which had 'brought them from the liner Aquitania, one Communist attempted to force his way to them. He was felled with a blow to the jaw by a policeman's fist, but others pressed on, shouting, "Down with the Japanese murderers," and "Down with the Japanese Hangmen!" As the Communists pushed and crowded toward the Royal automobile, mounted and foot police in a solid line threw them back. The disturbers were too weak numerically to get any further, and were dispersed, some with bruises.

GOOD SIGN.

King's Physician Not Needed At Windsor. PATIENT'S PROGRESS. (British Official Wireless.)] (Keceived 12.30 p.m.) ' RUGBY, April 10. For the first time this week Lord Dawson of Penn, the King's physician, did not visit His Majesty, who, however, was seen by the laryngologist, Sir Milsom Rees, and Dr. H. L. Martyn, of Windsor. As a precautionary measure the King is keeping to his room for the next few days. It has not been decided whether he will carry out the proposed visit to the Newmarket races at the end of the month. x This morning it was announced that His Majesty had again passed a comfortable night.

LOST MONOPLANE.

Inquiry Into Southern Cloud Mystery. ULM GIVES EVIDENCE. SYDNEY, April 10. The Federal Air Accidents Investigation Committee has opened an inquiry into the loss of the monoplane Southern Cloud on March 21 with six passengers and two pilots on board. Flight-Lieutenant C. T. P. Ulm, director of Australian National Airways, owners of the lost machine, gave evidence to-day. He stated that although the maximum load of the company's aeroplanes was'lo,22olb the total weight of the Southern Cloud on the day of her disappearance was 10,0991b, considered to be an ample safety margin in that respect. The decision as to whether any aeroplane should start or not if the weather was unfavourable, also the choice of route, was left absolutely to the judgment of the particular pilot. Witness said he was not prepared to admit that such a policy overloaded pilots with responsibility. The inspection of the company's aeroplanes was going on the whole time and its standard of inspection, he claimed, was the highest in the world.

The company's chief engineer went to England and had 10 months' experience in a factory where triple-engined machines were built. The company also had brought out four engineers who had served in that particular. factory. Between Sydney and Melbourne there were probably 100,000 square miles of country where a big aeroplane like the Southern Cloud could not land without something being broken or damaged, but even if one engine failed the flight could be completed with the other two. Tho question of installing wireless in the company's aeroplanes was now receiving attention, said the witness. The company's machines had flown 671,000 miles since its inception without a single mishap other than the loss of the Southern Cloud.

ZEPPELIN'S FLIGHT. CRUISE IN UPPER EGYPT, • , (Received 11 a.m.) CAIRO, April 10. The Graf Zeppelin arrived 13 hours ahead of its schedule. The airship was informed by wireless that preparations for the landing had not "been completed and the Zeppelin .replied that she would emfploy the interval voyaging over Upper Egypt and returning to-morrow. i