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The Rhodes Scholars dinner at Oxford to-night was attended by the Prince of Wales, Mr. Stanley Baldwin and ten pre-war German Rhodes Scholars, including Count Bernstorf, Counsellor of the Em bassy in London.
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Although they intended to sail for Hong Kong shortly after their arrival, owing to some important matters which required their at tention, they have been unable to leave as scheduled but will have to stay for some time.
London, Yesterday. Captain T. N. Stack led the first section in the King's Cup Air Race, being first to arrive at Blackpool followed by Flight Lieut Atcherly, Flying Officer Fielden, Captain W. L. Hope, A. S. Butler and Flight Lieut. Sandiland..
Mr. Baldwin announcced that the Trustees had decided to establish two two-year German scholarships to enable four German scholars to be continuously in residence at Oxford, but recognised the impos sibility of cancelling the additional scholarships allotted to the domin
power has by no means been Lady Bailey and Miles Spooner ions in 1916 after the German weakened; they could as yet exert are among the eighteen who are scholarships had been suspended. enormous influence over the rank competing for the Siddeley Trophy. Therefore fresh funds were neces- and file of the Kwangsi army,Reuter. sary, especially as an increasing de- which is mand for accommodation at the col-under the control of the Govern-. leges intensified the difficulty of ment, providing for existing scholars.
The Trustees believe the goal of world-peace contemplated by Rhodes was more realisable to-day than then and its attainment would be assisted by the creation of Ger- man scholarships Reuter.
The Competitors Wong Shiu-hung, interviewed by One of the competitors in the pressmen, declared that the re King's Cup race is Flight Lieuten- verse in their recent campaignį ant Atcherly, who is one of the was merely A passing phase-pilots in Great Britain's Schneider However (he said), their military Trophy team.
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Twenty-nine out of the 41 start- Wong Shiu-hung went to era completed the first stage, in- say that their struggle against cluding three women. Reuter Chiang Kai-shek was not for per-
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THE SOVIET PRESS AND "NEGOTIATIONS"
"WILL NOT AGREE"
Moscow, Yesterday, Commenting on the statement in | the King's Speech with regard to British-Soviet relations, the news- papers unanimously declare that the Soviet will not agree to any pre- the conditions for a resumption of liminary negotiations to determine
Shanghai, Yesterday, Feng Yu-hsiang has decided to postpone his journey abroad until Yen Hsi-shan has completely re- covered. At present he is still at Chiang Kai-shek has the control- diplomatic relations. Taiyuan and will not proceed to ling power in Nanking, their mis-intervention in the Soviet Republic, The "Izvestia" recalls the British Peking-Nan Chung Kuo Newssion has not yet been completed, Service.
Yen Persistent
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as far as the interest of the Party the "anti-Soviet activities of British and the welfare of the country are diplomats," and the Arcos raid, and concerned. Therefore, they must declares it is for the Soviet, rather fight to the last.
than Great Britain, to advance conditions and demand guaranteės.
He denied that he has issued a
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London, Yesterday. In the House of Commons, Mr.
circular telegram, resigning from military service, but has sent one announcing his temporary absence from Nanning, the capital of Kwangsi-Nan Chung Kuo News Arthur Henderson said the only step Service.
Winners Position
Wuchow, Thursday, Inhabitants of Kwangsi are look
the Government had taken with regard to Russia was to enter into negotiations with the Dominions.
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Peking. Yesterday. The day set for the departure of Feng Yu-hsiang and Yen Hsi- shan finde Yen Hsi-shan still in hospital. Feng Yu-hsiang is still at Talyuan apparently with no in tention of leaving by himself. Yen Hsi-shan's persistence has not been altered by ill-health. In response to telegrams from Nan- king leaders, he has replied that he is declining the post of Paei- fication Commissioner for
the ing for a return to peace, but so far would adopt would be to depend North-west, suggesting the
ap- the political and military leaders to some extent on the Dominions' pointment of Commissioner from the Kuominchun itself. He where confidence is desired. Practi- had made it clear that we were not bave failed to restore order in places replies, but Mr. MacDonald in 1924 goes on to point out that it was cally all the fighting men of the going to tolerate propaganda or he who first invited Feng to go defeated Kwangsi "rebel" faction interfere with the internal affairs abroad and it would certainly be are willing to come
to terms with of Britain or any part of the misunderstood should he now fall the new regime, provided the latter British Empire. to accompany Feng. Such action will be responsible for their future
If their Russian friends had I would damage the prestige of him-
upkeep.
profited by experience in the last sel, their colleagues in the Tarty
Kwangtung authorities are un-year or so, and were most anxious to and the nation; and he, therefore, able to grant a substantial loan to enter into normal trade relations again requests official leave of ab the new Kwangsi regime under Mr. with the British commonwealth of Yu Tsok-pak and his associates nations, he imagined they would be The situation is likely to be (including Brigadiers Li Ming-shu ready to give a very definite under- made more interesting by the ar rival of Chang Hsueh-liang, who and Yang Teng-fei), whose present taking, and see it was carried out.
a strength of nearly Sir A. Chamberlain's Reply is expected this week-end.Ret army has
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Sir Austen Chamberlain, in reply to Col. Wedgwood, welcomed the fact that Col. Wedgwood could have no hand in guiding the for- cign policy of Britain.
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