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ABYSSINIANS OFFICIALLY
RED CROSS SLANDER
AGAINST ITALY
ALLEGED EXPLOITATION OF DOLO INCIDENT "HONOUR OF ITALY BESMIRCHED
·CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Stockholm, To-day.
Despite the rumours to the contrary the Swedish Government, it is officially stated, has not yet taken any steps in connection with the Count Ciano, abore, Signor bombardment of the Red Cross unit. It is gen-
has. - dergone a successful operation
Mussolini's son-in-law.
and やまて trooble caused by active service
at Naples for дозе
in East Africa..
JAPAN'S TERMS STATED
Virtual Protectorate Over China
SOUTH-WEST LEADERS WITHHOLD OPINIONS
From Our Own Correspondent)
Canton, To-day
erally understood here and is also reported in the paper "Aftonbladet" that the Government's deci-i Įsion as to the eventual diplomatic action it may take will be made only after full documentary
evidence has been received.
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RE-CONQUEST OF TEMBIEN
For the first time since last May, on the occasion of the war manteneres in Northern Italy, King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and Signor Mussolini were seen together in public at yester day's ceremony ~in Rome, at which the King laid a wreath on the grave of the Unknown Soldiers
ITALIANS IN FULL RETREAT
BURNING VILLAGES LEFT IN WAKE
NO RESISTANCE OFFERED
Addis Ababa, To-day.
It is officially claimed that the re-conquest of the Tembien district, west of Makalle, has been completed. It is asserted that the Italians, who fled without offering resistance, are burning all villages during their retreat-Reuter's Bulletin Service...
Addis Ababa: Leaflets in Amharic calling on the population of the northern provinces to re- volt against the Addis Ababa Government have
POLITICS IN AMERICA been dropped from Italian planes along the whole
ROOSEVELTS MESSAGE TO
THE NATION
Washington, Today.
of the northern front.
These leaflets assert that the Central Government is ruining A Rome message states that the proposals made by the re-
the economic life of the provinces, raising taxes which only go presentative of the Red Cross mission at Addis Ababa to the headquarters of the Red Cross at Geneva, that the tents and
into the pockets of the Negus. The Addis Ababa Government, it is added, has no right to term itself the Government of the Red Cross ambulance stations in Abyssinia should be camouflag-
whole of Abyssinia, and therefore Abyssinians are under no obli ed, since otherwise they are made special targets by the Ita Hans, is indignantly resented by the Italian Government press,
Whatever may be my platform in the forthcoming Presi-gation to sacrifice themselves for the Emperor.
The first batch of Italian prisoners from the northern front the semi-oficial. Giornale d'Italia designating this proposal as an- dential election whoever may be the Democrats' party unworthy exploitation of the incident at Dolo to mislead world! lopimigh into thinking that Italy has purposely violated interna-nominee, the basic issue will be the retention of popular gov-has now arrived at Dessie. The prisoners have made no com-
red President Roosevelt in a message ad-plaints regarding their treatment, it is stated here tional agreements and rules.
The swedish proposal, continues the Giornale, is malicions dressed to every citizen on the occasion of Jackson Day, cele Service.
London: News has been and spiteful and is designed to besmirch the honour of Italy and brating the defeat of the English at New Orleans in 1815.
After refering to the despereived of the opening of to create the impression that the Italians fired on defenceless
ergiment?
The exclusion of the Westeryl wounded and ambulance statis. The advisers of the Negus, con- HALLEMANN ate struggle of Andrew Jack-Hime 46 miles long from A
cludes the Giorzele, would do better to persuade the military au- Powers from China's foreign re-thorities to order the ambulance stations to take up positions lations, the recognition Manchukuo, the stationing of at a reasonable distance from the firing line
of
Japanese and Manchukno troops:
in Hopei. Chahar, Suyuan and
to
COAL DISPUTE IN BRITAIN
Bome Italian artillery bom- banded a concentration of Abys sinian troops near Amba Aradam,
Inner Mongolia allegedly suppress the Communists; and Sino-Japanese alliance are
а
the terms of the repprochement, as offered to China by the Jap anese Government, according to 2 Tokyo dispatch published this morning in the Canton Daily Sun
Situation Declared Critical
LAST TRY Desire To Meet Court Of Pardons
Trenton, To-day
Trans-Ocean.
1936 EVERES EXPEDITION
Great Hopes Of Success
LEADER RECOUNTS HIS PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
London, To-day.
Eis belief that there was Rome: For the first time since more reason for hoping for suc-
son, victor of New Orleans, foro Bologna, through which th the ideals and policies of a de- Italians hope to convey 1,000 mocratic repcblic against the stoms of crude oil daily to Italy. opposition of an overwhelming The oil concessions in Albania proportion of the material pow- are held by an Italian company. er of the country, Fresident and it is believed that the Roosevelt said that history had fields can yield a total of 100~| repeated itself in the past 000,000 tons. Meanwhile new south of Makalle, states official Bruno Hauptmann has asked crowded 34 mouths. The issue refineries are being built in Italy war bulletin No. 91, adding that for permission to appear on Sawas fraught with the difficult to deal with this tremendous the encounters in the Tembien turday before the Court of Far problem of disseminating facts outpat district resulted in 22 Abyssinian dons in order to answer any ques and yet more facts in the face dead being left on the battlefeld tions the Court cares to pat to of an opposition bent on dis- KING AND DUCE TOGETHER
torting and hiding facts. him.
President Roosevelt expressed last May the King of Italy andį, cess in the 1936 Mount Everest Air bombing operations were Governur Hofmann described carried out in the vicinity of the request" 26 znusual, and gratitude for the messages he had Signor Mussolini have publicly
Texpedition than ever before was Ashangi Lake, and the bulletin doubted whether Hauptmann received from thousands of an appeared together at a ceremony,i
people, concludes with the assertion that would be asked to appear. He add-known
that at which the war standards be expressed by the leader, Mr. showing the military pact signed last sum- mer in Tientsin between Lieut. The coal owners offer to the when the Abyssinian troops neared that he had no intention of it was a minority in business and longing to the disbanded re- Hugh Battledge in an inter- General Yoshijiro Umezu, then miners in response to their de-Alamata, south of this lake, saw postponing the execution date.mance that wanted to "gang up riments were presented to new view with the Daily Telegraph
the planes approaching they Renter
áganist the liberties of the people regiments, and the King placed
wa wreath on the tomb of the He pointed out that the 10 GO.C. Japanese troops in North mand for an increase of 25. per
AAA DECISION—
Unknown Soldier. Mussolini ware members had had u
previous Chins, and General Ho Ying-ching, shift in all districts falls con- spread three large red crosses an
Fresident Roosevelt said that his favourite uniform an Himalayan experience. The ex- Minister of War Japan bases siderably short of this amount the ground and assembled round
At the conclusion of a three them
he could not comment on the honorary corporal of milti
pedition consisted of first-rate her military and political activities in North China on these two hours meeting between repre-
Supreme Court's A.Á. A decision Reuter's Bulletin Service.
men, and it was all the stronger and its ultimate results in lan- agreements, but Nanking denies sentatives of the colliery owners
becanse it was not too numer guage suficiently strong the existence of the Ho-Umem and the Mine. Workers' Federa- pact.
The Japanese also demand the PROPOSALS FOR ASSISTANCE
strict enforcement of the Tangku armistice of May 31, 1933, and
BY GOVT. REJECTED
London, To-day.
DE. HU SUPPORTED
TEM
The
CHANGES IN US. NAVY
Proposed Building Held Up
Washington, To-day.
"The Supreme Court's opinions]
of
-AIR CHIER AT ASMARA Rome: The State Secretary fo1008
"RED CROSS-MISUSED Rome: After the Italian press tion it transpires that the largest has several times asserted that offer is a Is increase in Lanca-the Abyssinians have misused the
will profoundly affect the lives of the Air Ministry, General Valle, Mr. Ruttledge revealed that shire, North Wales, South Derby-red cross, Italian official
Americans for years to come. It who left Rome on Monday he intended to place an addi- Educational circles here are in shire, Leicestershire, North and bulletin No. 91 refers to the mat-
Mr. Claude A. Swanson, Secre is enough to say that the attain- aeroplane, reached Azmar Festional camp about 400 feet Staffordshire, support of Dr. Hu Shih's suggesSouth
Cannock ber for the first time. tion that the General Authorities Chase, Warwickshire and Shrop-Lavoro Fascisto yesterday stated tary of the Navy, announced yes-ment of justice and prosperity for terday, according to newspaper higher and one-third of a mile shouk publish the terms of these shite; a 9d. increase in Scotland, that as the Abyssinians has misterday that the United States is American agriculture remains the reports Trans-Ocean Service.
secret pacts, so that the Yorkshire and Forest of Dean; used the red cross as protection considering the battleship re- immediate and constant objective Chinese people may know where 6d. increase in Northumberland, for troops and munitions, Italy placement programme, but 30 of my administration.”
Durham and Cumberland; a 8d now has the right to refuse to action will be taken until the out- There are no Communists in rise in Somerset; an increase of recognise the red cross on Aby come of the Naval Conference in Hopei Chahar, Sui Yuan and from 2272 to 25 per cent in the sinian soil altogether. Inner Mongolia, and their occupa minimum percentage on the basis Ocean Service. tion by Japanese and Manchu of the rate in South Wales, with
two
they stand vis-a-vis Japan.
knoans is likely to be opposed by subsistence wages of Sid., and POLICE RAIDS
the Nanking Government
SOUTHERN LEADERS SILENT Leaders here have not express-1 ed any opinion on Sino-Japanese relations although the talk of ad- justing the issues between the two countries is initiated by Nan- king. They will not form any definite stand until they have seen Mr. Hu Han-min, who is due to arrive at Hong Kong from Europe on January 19.**
The foregoing Japanese ter virtually make China a protector- ate of Japan, in the opinion of political, observers here.
ESPUN CUP DE COLONY:
HW.Bundle; captain of Hong Kong Izwn bowls te Wanstead last year
to the Colony this morning the Folin Chn, whi
competi
a daily increase to 97d, and in Kent a 5d. increase.
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OBSTINACY SHOWN BY JAPAN
INSISTENCE ON COMMON UPPER LIMIT
to the arduous tasks ahead and Izkus: Landan is known.
expressed the opinion that no The announcement coincides candidate of reaction could fulfil with the news of several changes the hope and faith of the Amer IN in the high command of the Navy ican people, particularly of Amer- including the appointment fromican youth: "It is the sacred duty June of Vice-Admiral Arthur of all of us who are vested with Hepburn, to be Commander-in-the responsibility of leadership to Chief of the U. S. Seet, in succes justify the expectations of the sion to Admiral Beeves Beuter young men and women of Amer
ica We are at peace with the
frontiers to-day are economie, not micals Our enemies" forces privilege and greed in cognition of a
limit brought the Naval borders the people of know in their heart the their Government We
Six Italian Residents Deported
Malta, To-day The police yesterday raided the houses of 14 persons, mostly Ita- hans, but also two Englishwo All 14 wer detained for inter gation, but eight were subse caently released. The i six are being deported to-day.
They comprise a Professor the Halian Government school, Lieutenant
BRITISH PLANE, but the fight goes on. Our
MISSING
Lost In Exercises Off Isle Of Wight
London, To-day. seaplane attached three squadrons of Force planes CETT
gang in
SUIT OF
London,
nester the summit than the highest camp in 1983. This will be Camp, 7, which will be about 1200 feet from the sum-
mit. Even then it might take 15 hours to climb to the sum- bmit and "back. The climbers will have a maximum of half an bour at the top..
Mr. Buttledge will leave Eng- land with the advance party on January 31. The two other parties will follow in February The expedition starts from Kalimpong on March 20 and Japan's frm insistence an her hopes to arrive at the base cardinal demand
FP camp on the Bongbuk Glacier apper the last week in April: Ren Conferter
kdown
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changes between Lord Monsell BRITISH SEAMEN HONOURED and Admiral Nagano..
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