20 nations adopt slavery protocol; League adjourns
New York Republicans, split by Prohibition, strive for peace
Parks advocated to speed clean-up below the Avenue
The League closes its assembly with a slavery convention signed by 20 governments and promised signatures from 26 more. In New York, Prohibition threatens to divide Republicans over Senator Wadsworth’s leadership. Washington planners propose buying the federal building district at once, erecting five buildings—three already funded—and leaving lawns on the remaining ground.
Florida Repairing Havoc Wrought by Battering Storm
Rescuers Working Feverishly to Aid Entombed Miners
Mrs. Richardson Hurt in Florida Hurricane
Florida’s recovery brings reopening shops and home repairs, while searches continue for hundreds missing after the hurricane. In Michigan, rescuers clear a blocked shaft without assurance that the trapped miners are alive. Montgomery resident Minnie Reese Richardson describes being swept into a street in Miami and finding hospitals too crowded to assess her injured ankle.
Armed robbers carry jewels from a Tauentzienstraße shop and escape through the Kaufhaus des Westens while guests visit Berlin’s police exhibition. A report challenges the treatment of a witness against Claß and military demands to remove exhibition material. Georg Bernhard defends a conservative reporter and the international press’s everyday cooperation in Geneva.
A wartime recollection stresses French advice on training American staff officers. A Berlin dispatch explains how stable money changed the position of wage earners and investors after inflation. Warsaw reports the Bartel cabinet’s resignation following two votes against its ministers.
The opening editorial urges Austria’s middle classes to rebuild liberal democracy amid disgust with the two major parties, linking political renewal to the hope of union with Germany. Raoul Auernheimer’s feuilleton opens with an old reader courting the goodwill of a sullen young fellow traveller in a railway compartment.
A caustic editorial attacks Viollette’s appointment and dealings with his Dreux supporters. A Berlin dispatch stresses Britain’s place in Franco-German cooperation, while Sarraut prepares further administrative reform.
Paul Fürstenau argues that frequent changes of education minister prevent sustained reform, even when political appointees make serious efforts to master their responsibilities. A National Democratic resolution welcomes the national movement associated with Czech fascism while rejecting dictatorship and racial hatred, and insists that members of fascist organisations remain loyal to the party. In Gajda’s libel case, Kratochvíl recounts alleged approaches to Soviet military service after returning from Russia.
The lead editorial welcomes Germany's admission to the League of Nations while weighing the breakup of the Latin American voting bloc. A Swiss labour-market report puts August unemployment at 11,818, yet finds the overall situation broadly stable as vacancies increase. The Paris correspondent describes distrust of Stresemann's recent speech among people who nevertheless favour a direct Franco-German agreement.
A Geneva editorial questions the value of an Assembly presidency without a Council seat; a retrospective recalls Greece’s wartime division, and a Bucharest brief reports a possible return by Carol.
Three Commercial Press notices combine a renewed subscription offer for Sibu congkan with anniversary shopping. The publisher keeps the collection’s earlier price despite higher costs, opens on Sunday morning as the promotion nears its end, and offers different book-voucher gifts for schoolbooks and other publications.
Important notice from the Beijing General Telephone Bureau
Joint notice from the First Stage and the Deji firm
The Beijing Telephone Bureau offers recovered South Exchange connections to applicants willing to pay former subscribers’ arrears, while a separate notice specifies silver-dollar payment for calls to three nearby destinations. The First Stage and the Deji firm suspend film screenings because new films have not arrived.
Formal protest against Britain at the League of Nations
British Mediterranean Fleet
British warship fired upon again
China’s delegate asks the League of Nations to address the Wanxian bombardment, alleging heavy losses of life and property. Nearby reports describe destroyers leaving Malta for China and the Scarab exchanging fire with troops below Shashi.
In a Conan Doyle story, an artist corrects a visitor who mistakes a painted unicorn for a horse; a later passage describes an eerie light above a séance table.
Two French aviators begin a major long-distance flight
The Plus Ultra’s feat will be commemorated
Henry Ford will soon introduce the five-day week for workers
Two French aviators leave Bourget carrying fuel for an expected 48 hours aloft. A Madrid dispatch welcomes plans to commemorate the Plus Ultra, while Ford announces a five-day week with unchanged wages and output.
A Fascist Party declaration insists that deflation and the lira’s revaluation will continue. Reports from Berlin and Geneva discuss industrial agreements as a route to Franco-German cooperation and the League’s next tasks after Germany’s admission.