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CHURCHILL DECLARES BRITISH AIR PLANS MOST INADEQUATE POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF GREAT
GREAT WAR
FRENCH AIR
TRAGEDY
GOVERNOR
GENERAL AND
PARTY PERISH
Pilot Loses Control
In Sandstorm
PLANE SHATTERED TO FRAGMENTS
Paris, To-day.
Lt. Commander
Herbert V.
Blates dirigible Macon on Its lust fight, was rescued when the Macon's later-ship Akron sank in the Atlantic, off Barnegat, New Jersey, and in this latest air dinne ter, he was again rescued with 80 of the officers and crew who served under him. Two members of the Macon's crew were reported
The relief caused by the news Wiley, Commander of the United that M. Edouard Renard, Gov- ernor-General of French Equa- torial Africa had been found safe near Mirmongo in the Bel- gian Congo turned to dismay yesterday with the arrival of an official report stating that he, his wife, and their, five companions are all dead.
The party disappeared on Fri day while making a tour of in- spection in the Lake Chad re- gion. Their bodies were found beside the wreckage of their plane, which was shattered to fragments, having apparently
drowned.
SECOND RED
DRIVE INTO
S. SZECHUN struck the ground with great Peiping Area Troops
force.
It is believed that the pilot lost control of the machine in a
Reuter. sandstorm. mui
CONSULTATIONS
Sent To Oppose
MOVE MEANT TO PLACATE JAPANESE?
GERMAN AIR STRENGTH SUPERIORITY
SIR PHILIP SASSOON REFUTES EXAGGERATED REPORTS
BRITISH PROGRAMME FOR DEFENCE
ONLY
London, To-day.
A feature of the debate on the air estimates in the House of Commons yesterday was the speech of Mr. Winston Churchill, who claimed that last November Britain and Germany were virtually equal in air strength and that since then the British position had become worse.
Germany; he said, had now a minimum of 600 first-line aeroplanes and the possible addition to German military aircraft for 1985-5 would be 1,500. The British programme was most inade- quate.
CURRENCY ANXIETY
BELGIUM MAY
BE FORCED INTO
STERLING GROUP
Roosevelt's Chance For World Parley
REASON FOR RESIGNATION OF BELGIAN CABINET
Paris, To-day.
The resignation of the Belgian | Cabinet `is ́`attributed to the French
decision not to grant the 4,000,- 000,000 francs loan and adequate commercial concessions.
Paris believes that Belgium
per reviewing, a Roma, forcen mobilised in celebration of the 12th and, owing to the prospects of a A new photograph of Signor Benito Juarez Mussolini (arrow), Italian will follow the sterling group anniversary of his rise to power, These and many more were put under similar measure by Holland, Pre-
arms for the conquest of Abyssinia,
aldent Roosevelt will have an un- expected chance to propose a world currency parley..
NEW RUBBER RESTRICTION A nervous feeling is apparent
We had entered a period of the gravest | peril, he said, and were faced with something KARACHI RIOT very like the possibility of a resumption of the war which ended in 1918, but he still hoped and
believed it might be averted.
QUELLED BY
FIRM ACTION
Inhabitants Approve
Use Of Troops.
about all gold currencies.
The official French. support given to the Belgian franc yester day afternoon suggests that hopes. of helping Belgium have not en-
{COMMITTEE'S
DECISION MAY
BE CHANGED tirely been abandoned.
Raise Expected In Dutch Circles
OVERRATED CONSUMPTION
|
London, To-day..
The
..
London's immediate reper cussion to the resignation, was
a rapíd improvement of isteri- ing in terms of dollars and
heavy Continental demand francs, in view of the very
The news unsettled the stock exchange owing to fears of indus
FOG HOLDS UP SHIPPING
* Sir Phillip Bassoon, Under-Secretary for Alle In reply, said thal, according to the Government's latest information; we had every reason to think that we were still stronger than: Germany. It was reported in Paris on Sunday
nerially, though, the situation had deteriorated to a certain ex- tent from Fort Lamy, French Equatorial.
· DEFENCELESS HINDU WOMEN Africa, that the plane in which M.
(From Our Own Correspondent)
́ ́AND CHILDREN SAVED Edouard Renard, Governor of Frenchi
Canton. To-day. Since last November there had tion of the country and the Em Equatorial Africa, with his wife and
a greater acceleration inpire. Reuter. five other persons, which has been To cope with the second Com-been
Karachi, To-day.
Financial Times' Am, trial-competition in the ovent of AIR ESTIMATES INTRODUCE” missing since Friday, had landed munist drive into Southern Sze German manufacture of aircraft,
The Air Estimates for 1935, total..
correspondent That the prompt and firm ac-sterdam
states Belgium going off gold-Reuter, enfely at Mirmongo in fog.
chuen, General Chiang Kai-shek, but, nevertheless, he considered Chairman of the Military Affairs that at the end of the year we ling £28,851,100 gross and a small tion of the authorities has pre- that there: la considerable sur Commission, has ordered the North- would still have a narrow mar-supplementary estimate of £200,000 vented a serious situation and prise in well-informed Dutch for the current year, were intro saved thousands of defenceless quarters that the Rubber Regn: eastern troops in Hopel (formerly gin of superiority.
He emphasised that the Bri- ducted in the House of Commons Hindu women and children is Chihli) province to proceed to ON GERMANY'S
Szechuen, according to intelligence fish programme was a defensive yesterday by the Under-Secretary the view expressed by several lation Committee has not yet {reports...
one, capable of increase or de- of State. for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, responsible Indian residents raised restriction, to 30 or 35 ANNOUNCEMENTpart from using the North-eas-crease as the emergency requir
Four Liners Anchored He said that in the cause of here. The British troops saved per cent. peace the British Government had the city from a terrible catas
Off Waglan tern troops to fight the Reds, Gen-ed,
It is opined that the Com- The Government, he said, had postponed for 10 years past what trophe, said one prominent in-
mittee has considerably over Heavy fog is reported to be Debate To-morrow Ineral Chiang Kai-shek wants to ap
pease the Japanese who are op not abandoned hope of a limita- had been declared as a minimum habitant.
Though the city is now outwardly rated consumption and overlook-prevailing in the vicinity of House Of Commons posed to the presence of the North-tion of armaments and did not programme of air defence. for the
consider that expansion or ac- United Kingdom. The British normal an air-of subdued excite ed the fact that the consumption Waglan Island, which is situated eastern troops in the Pelping area celeration was yet rendered fin- weakness in the air was a danger ment remains, and the troops cu peak in the United States is no 12 miles from Hong Kong Har-
ally necessary. The situation to world peace, as well as to Bri- tinge to patrol the streets-Reuter,
bour. to Szechuan, the Peiping ares will was a very anxious ono and the tain herself, and the air forea Cables received last night stated longer March, but January.
Several ocean-liners which Government was determined to General Chang Hauch-Hang is see that no stone was left un-
that 19 were killed and many in It is believed that American con- were due to arrive here jured as a result of the police firing]
AMBASSADORS' MEETINGS IN LONDON
(When these forces are transferred
become a demilitarised zone,
(Continued on Page 12)
T
the commanding officer of these turned for the adequate protec MYSTERY lowing the execution in the local be 182,000 tons, us aga consumption
London, To-day.
troops. He has never been popu- The situation created by the
lar with the Japanese, 18 he Government's announce is belleved to German
be connected with ment last Saturday of their inten the volunteer movements in Man- tion to Introduce concription, and churia. General Chang is the) by subsequent developments. executive officer of the Anti-Com- likely to be fully discussed in the munist command, with headquar course of the debate on foreign ters at Hankow.
ar.
affairs which has been ranged for Thursday in the House of Commons.
Meanwhile, consultation between the British, French and Italian
diplomatic channels, boga
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SIGN-BOARDS DAMAGED
ANTI-SOVIET ACTIVITY
1,000 Arrests Made In Leningrad
For stealing gold-leaf from the
Moscow, To-day, Governments continues through sign-boards of the Wo Ping, Tung
The arrest of over 2,000 Tsarist On, and Kwong Sing Tal firms in ex-officers, ex-noblemen and ex- Sir John Simon, the Foreign Se- Wing On Street, and, alternatively, officials in Leningrad was yesterday cretary, received a visit from the for damaging the sign-boarda, Mak announced by the Soviet. French Ambassador, M. Charles Wing, 21-year-old unemployed, was It is stated that some will be Corbin, yesterday morning and sentenced to three months' hard charged with anti-Soviet activity on again in the afternoon. He also saw labour by Mr. E.-L. Wynne-Jones behalf of a foreign Power, the Italian Ambassador,· Signor at the Central Police Court this Others have already been sent to
Siberia Reuter.
Dino Grandi and Sir George, Clerk, morning.
the British Ambassador at Paris,
who is temporarily in London,
while Mr. Anthony Eden, the Lord
Privy Seal, received
a call from
the Russian Ambassador, M. I. M. Maisky, British Wireless Service.
BURNLEY BEATEN AT
HOME BY HULL.
London, To-day. In the only Second Division soccer game play. ed yesterday, Burnley, who reach ed the last four in the Cup, were surprisingly defeated at home by Hull City by ♬ goals to 1 AB A result they have been displaced by other attem Hull in the League table. Benter. Dartons Mojzes (Tableĝon Page 5)(AES
OF LEGS
SOLUTION SEEN
AS TRUNK OF MALE
in the fog M.S. Empress of
this on a turbulent Maslen crowd, fol. sumption for the first quarter will morning are now anchored out gaol of one Abdul Quayam, for mate of 140,000, while
Japan, which was scheduled to in the second quarter will be con arrive at 8 am to-day from murdering a Hindu. ⠀⠀
The Hindu ia alleged to have siderably lower.
Manila, the 8.8. Corfu, the 8.8. Nako Maru; and the 8.8. Odor. are four of the vessels now an- The Dutch further point out that chored off Waglan. It is under- stood that the ships which left German rubber imports in January here this morning are also
written an offensive work about the prophet Mahomet.
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CONTINENTAL DECREASE
BODY IS FOUND 100 PASTORS ARE were 20 per cent. below those of stranded.
Children's Gruesome
Discovery
HEADLESS AND LEGLESS BODY IN GRAND UNION CANAL- NEAR BRENTFORD
RELEASED
Sequel To Nazi Raid
Berlin, To-day,
last year and that Italian, imports of British rubber will be reduced by 20 per cent.; hence there is suffi- Icient reason for the Committee to reconsider their decision. Reuter.
PROTECTING THE GUILDER
WEATHER FORECAST The anticyclone over north China has increased considerably in in tensity and is extending eastward The Pastors, to the, number of
and southward. A An area of over 100, who were arrested on
moderately high pressure covers the Saturday night, to prevent them The Hague, to-dayA Govern Pacific to the south of the Boning London, To-day reading from their pulpits the Gov-ment bill provides for budget The depression is passing into the ernment proclamation against neo-economies of £8,500,000 to protect Pacife to the east of Japan. Shal- paganism have been released.
The possibility of a solution of the bitherto baffling legs mystery reported on February 25 has been opened up by the discovery in the
Router.
the guilder Reuter,
low depressions are situated over, west China and Tongking, The local forecast for to-day as issued) by Royal Observatory this mor-
winds, moderate, freshening from
Grand Union Canal near Brentford British Treasury Returnsning, was south east or variable
of the trunk of a male body, minus the legs and head.
Londen, to-day. With two weeks, umeanted to £5,808,000 bringing the NE cloudy, for or mist at arst,
rain later, cooler. One hand of the body, which to run before the end of the finan- total to date to 2218,488,000, which had been in the water for sotie cial year, the latest Treasury re- is almost within £1,000,000 of the time, was green”
EUROPEAN DRIVER IN budget estimate, for the whole year, in the P
turns show that ordinary revenue
4 of 4219,500,000, collected up to the
CAR MISHAP inted, at March 10, tu £881,858, corresponding date last year 685, which is an increase of Ordinary expenditure up
18,082 over last week's figure. 16 15.2675,980,952, $706, £868,495,215 on M revenue col-The tot estimat
canal by some
lice were inf
officers rushe
Brentford is on
The
year
}15; therefore ¦ already pendituri
£25,000,000 of budget clpd
Income tax collected last week vie
March
Mr. Brownin of No. 888 The Peak, reports that, at