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FIERCEST BATTLE OF ITALO- ABYSSINIAN WAR NOW IN PROGRESS
Sophocles C. Venizelos, 42- year-old son of ex-Premier Eleu- therios Venizelos, grand old man of Greek politics, snapped on his arrival in New York to survey American political and economic conditions. He is being groomed for the premiership of Greece by his father's powerful political parly.
NEW JAPANESE
CABINET
ARMY AND NAVY DISSATISFIED
“POSITIVE POLICY” REQUIRED
Tokyo, To-day.
The Army is declared, to want a Cabinet able to pursue a pösitive |
TERRIBLE HAVOC AT QUORAM
40-FOOT HOLE IN RED CROSS EMBLEM
OPERATING TABLE WRECKED WHILE IN USE
Dessie, To-day.
The Union Jack floating dejectedly over a scene of utter desolation was found by Reuter's j representative, Mr. Harrison, when he visited the remains of the British Red Cross encampment. A throng of peasants, including sick and wound- jed women and children, stood forlornly around mourning their dead, some suffering from horri- ble wounds and gas burns.
A 40-foot wide hole gapes in the Red Cross emblem, and a torn tent flaps over the wrecked operating table which was in use when the first bombs crashed.
London: The British Government has instructed its Ambas-)
sador at Rome, Sir Eric Drummond, to lodge a protest against
the reported bombing of the British Red Cross ambulance, re- questing an immediate investigation and insisting that instruc-! tions be sent to the Italian military authorities, ensuring the
avoidance of such incidents in future. — Reuter.
BRITAIN'S AIR
POWER
MAIN OBJECTIVE
OF GOVERNMENTS
policy, and not merely sustain the CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER status quo.
The army apparently
particularly objects to Mr. Shigeru, Yoshida as Foreign Minister be! cause he was the son-in-law of late Count Makino.
MAKES STATEMENT
London. To-day. "We cannot shut our eyes to what is going on elsewhere, and we must make our coun- try safe." declared Mr. Ne- Hirata this morning in an endea- ville Chamberlain in a speech
It is understood that the navy is also critical of Mr. Koki Hirota's Cabinet. They are making Gen- eral Terauchi interview Mr.
vour to arrive at an understand- ing-Beater...
POLITICS IN GERMANY
Hitler's Speech To Reichstag
Berlin, To-day. The Reichstag has been summ moned for noon to-day- It is ex- pected that Herr Hitler will make! a long and important speech, 'on which he has been working all day long.
en Ska
..
It is understood that the Ger- requested Government has the British, French, Italian and Belgian Ambassadors to call at the Foreign Office at 11 am to day to hear a statement in con-- nection with the Locarno Treaty. -Reuter.
LONDON NAVAL
TALKS
to his constituents at Edgbas ton. Birmingham.. last night. He said that the Government was determined to build up an air force possessed of such terrific striking power and the power to inflict such ter rific damage on an enemy, that anyone would think a very long time before start- ing hostilities.
"We are not expecting
war.
We hope it will never. Cotat.
But we must be pre- pared for all eventualities." -Reuter.
MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION
OTHER PARTIES SET OUT
London: The steps arising
Making his last fight for the Republican Presidential candi- dacy, United States Scantor William E. Borsh from Idaho, left, is pictured surrounded by, newspapermen at Washington, where he formally tossed his hat in the ring. He will enter the Ohio
primaries.
HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES
ALL RESERVES THROWN
INTO CONFLICT
APPREHENSION IN CAPITAL: ITALIAN PLANES PAY SURPRISE VISIT
Addis Ababa, To-day.
The fiercest battle of the war is reported to be_ raging in Tembien, where the Italians and Ethiopians have thrown in all their reserves and the man power is equally distributed. The tide of battle is flowing in alternate favour.
There are thousands of dead and wounded on both sides, and bodies are littering the dried Ta- kazze River bed.
DRAMATIC MOMENTS IN tal has aroused apprehension in many quarters. The diplomatic
GOERTZ TRIAL
The reconnaissance flight of Italian war planes over the capi-
corps meets to-day to discuss the possibility of an immediate bombardment. Certain Legations have already czhled to their Governments asking that urgent representations be made to
ACCUSED REFUSES INFORMATION Rome, asking whether such a step is intended
ON COLONEL DRESSLER
London, To-day.
Hitherto, it is believed, the capital and Diredawa have been regarded by the Italians as open towns and as no longer military |bases, but now it is felt that the aerial flight was made with the object of securing photographs preparatory to a bombing expedi-
At the resumption of the Goertz case the acused underwent a tion, Renter.
which was not finished when the court adjourned to March 9.
from the bombing of the British stiff cross-examination at the hands of Mr. J. D. Cassels, K.C., Rome:
Red Cross at Quoram are under the active consideration of the Foreign Office, who have re ceived an official report from Dr. Melly, the head of the ambu- lance unit, confirming the de- tails already published.
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DOUG. IN A HURRY
WANTS TO GET MARRIED
Paris, To-day Douglas Fairbanks is in a hur
to get married, it is said, due to his immediate desire to go to
China for his projected film on the explorer Marco Polo, Douglas re- cently tried all methods to avoid Idelay in putting up the banns, but he is still unable to secure a spe- cial dispensation, owing to the ab- sence of a legal document, which has been ordered by air from Lon- don--Eeuter.
An earlier message said that |Douglas Fairbanks and Lady Ash- ley had applied for special dispen- sation to avoid banns and hoped |
LORD BEATTY'S HEALTH
BECOMES FORSE
Renewed Anxiety Caused
Londen, To-day.
Earl Beatty's health is causing renewed anxiety. Lord Horder was summoned yesterday after- noon and stayed 75 minutes. An earlier bulletin reported a slight improvement, but that there was still canse for anxiety.
It is understood that at £30 p. yesterday his condition was unchanged-Beater.
RED SITUATION IN NORTH
General Offensive Proceeding
COMMUNISTS DISLODGED FROM FENGCHOW
Nanking, To-day. Replying to enquiries from a
to have the marriage ceremony private source here concerning carried out to-day."
R.A.F. GOODWILL FLIGHT
the Communist situation, Gen- eral Yen Hsi-shan denied that the Communists had penetrated; as far as Linsheh, south of Fengchow, saying that the main body of the Reds, numbering was located be about 20,000, OFFICIAL VISIT TO tween Chungyang and Shihlou. la considerable distance west of CANTON
Fengchow.
Marshal Badoglio's, POIGNANT LAST He declared that his detailed communique states that the
MESSAGE third army corps, which has sketch of Manston aerodrome completed its special task at was for use in connection with a Tembien, has begun a south
novel in which aviation was
largely centred. He had des-ward movement aiming at the troyed the skeleton of his novel. capture of Fenaroa and Samee.
He was closely questioned with The rounding up of the enemy)** regard to the visit paid to several bodies is continuing without ze- serodromes, as recorded in his spite. The enemy has been cuti- diary.
off beycad the Takazze River, a dramatic moment whose fords have been occupied when the accused declined to say by the Italians-Bexter's Bulletin what the German Air Force Co-Service. lonel Dressler was, whom he visit-
There was
RUMOURS DISCOUNTED
Troops And Bodies Of
Two White Men
PRETTY ABYSSINIAN GIRL SAVED FROM STARVATION
Rome, To-day. According to reports from Asmara, the Italian troops ad- vancing up
to Amba- Alagi dia- covered a pretty 18-year-old Abys- sinian girl who said she was Ras lughetz's typist hiding in a cave, where troops, attracted by at
ed on his trip to Berlin, on the ground that it might land him and Addis Ababa: Abyssinian head- the Colonel in serious trouble with quarters deny that the Italiana the German authorities. Never-are gaining important victories,
onel was neither an intelligence issued here yesterday, which also typewriter beside her. theless, he asserted that the Co-according to an official statement faint cry, found the girl lying on
nor a secret service man.
the
the ground half-starved with
鼈
denies the rumour that the Negus
She was given bread and milk, He also declined to describe an-is ill or wounded Italy, so
which she consumed ravenously, other unnamed friend whom he report states, cannot at present and was then taken to head-
said she had been
The outcome
met in Berlin. "I cannot, dare talk of victory, since this battle quarters, where, speaking fluent not, answer. It is impossible for is still in progress.
French, she re- of the engagement is still in the four days without food. me," he said. He admitted cerving £102 from Germany,fair. whereas the permissible amount was 10 marks.
The case is expected to finish late on Monday-Reuter.
to
IMPERIAL DEFENCE
Official Opinion In New Zealand
Wellington, To-day. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, commenting on im- A body of 2,000 Reds occupied perial defence, said that the Air-Commodore Sidney Smith,
the town of Sanchuenchen. (Empire's first line of defence Officer Commanding the Air within the jurisdiction of Feng-should be the population. This Force in the Far East, who was chow, on the night of March 2. does not mean indiscriminating in command of the abandoned
bat were dislodged from the migration to the Dominions; goodwill flight to Japan and who town on March 4, leaving many but the Dominions are anxious Darjeeling, To-day.
arrived here yesterday with the dead and wounded.
have immigrants who are Mr. Noel Humphreys, a member two flying-boats from Amoy, Battleship Agreement of the Everest Expedition, has paid an official visit to Canton A general offensive was order-ready to invest money and de- left Darjeeling with his wife for to-day with the two flying-boats. ed against the Reds on March 3. vote their life to pioneering.
The party will go He was accompanied by Group Serious fighting has since been The Dominions do not lin- batches and Mr. Hugh Captain Willcock, Air Attache progressing, with the Govern their open spaces filled with
to to the British Embassy in ment forces operating from the struggling wage-earners..
Reuter, Ruttledge will be the last The battleship agreement at leave.
China, Colonel H. C. Harrison, east and south. --- the London Naval Conference,
|D.S.O., G.S.O.L, Commander T. It is understood that the Indian A. Hussey, Commander HPK which provides for a 35,000-ton battleship with a 14-inch gun, Government has allowed one com- Oram, of HM-S. Bruce and with a provise that if the Treaty missioned officer and two
Formally Adopted
London, To-day.
Kalampong.
boat,
NY. LIFTMEN'S STRIKE
Partial Settlement Reached
want
The Prime Minister suggest-
et a round-table conference between the Dominions to
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STOP PRESS
Paris, To-day.
Herr Hitler is announcing to-day that the German Gov- ernment is denouncing the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact concerning the demilitarisation of the Rhine- land zone, according to
Herr message from Berlin. Hitler will offer to sign a new and better Locarno agree ment.
the
It is reported that Ger- many is prepared to offer guarantees regarding Western
frontiers of Ger- many to France and Belgium. It is not believed that Herr Hitler wishes to issue an ultimatum or a fait accompli, but the denunciation ́is con- a symbolic
Study defence policy and its de-sidered to be velopments. He said: "We don't know what Britain does, and Britain does not know what we do." -Reuter's Bulletin Ser- více.
FRENCH GENERAL ELECTION FIXED FOR NEXT MONTH DE
non-Squadron-Leader Bladon, Staff accom- Officer to the Air Officer Com- is not signed by all the Wash-commissioned officers to
The commanding. ington Powers by the end of pany the expedition.
Squadron-Leader Lloyd was this year the signatories may missioned officer will stay at the revert to the 16-inch gun, has base camp and the other two will the captain of the first flying- and Flight-Lieutenant been formally "adopted by the accompany the climbers. Technical Committee, which! In connection with the blessing Rickard was in charge of the has also decided on the currency of the porters by a Lama, he used (second, with Flight-Officer Thun- of the new treaty. until 1942, red cords on his stoll instead of der as second pilot. though fresh consultations will the usual white cords, as he firm Flight-Lieutenant Murray of where the managements have Paris, To-day. The general be arranged in 1940 with a lv believes that the expedition the Far East Aviation Co., Ltd, agreed to increase the men's wages election has been fixed for April view to a reduction in the size will reach the summit-Beuter's Kai Tak, also accompanied the by a month, but it continues 26, and the second ballot for May
3. Reuter, elsewhere.Reuter. Reuter.
party. of the battleship.
Bulletin Service."
New York, To-day, The lift strike has been settled i by arbitration in 58. buildings,
gesture.
Following a bastily. com- voked conference of the Ger- man army "generals it is understood that the German high command expressed the view that the decision mill tarily to reoccupy the Rhine would lead to risks which
She is
a girl of considerable refinement; she was educated by missionaries and once lived in Paris.
The Italian troops also found the corpses of two white men of about 30 years of age, tall and fair. The bodica were stripped of their clothes and belongings. and had been partly devoured by wild animals.
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ROWDYISM AT SORBONNE
Prof. Jeze's Lectures · Again Interrupted
**CHINA MAIL “ SPECIAL
Paris, To-day.
In the Sorbonne, the University · of Paris, renewed scenes of rowd- yism occurred yesterday. Again Professor Jeze, in the facnity of law, who had acted as the repre- Isentative for the Ethiopian Government, was the object of the uproar. Doors were smashed, and the noise was so much that the Professor was obliged to termin- Jate his lectures. Then the Na- ⚫tionalist students, who ́are respon- sible for the anti-Jeze campaign, left the lecture room, and made a violent onslaught on Left-wing students in the corridors of the University and in the streets in the vicinity:
The Republican Güzed had fin- ally to interfere in order to res- Germany was not in a portore law and order. Despite these tion to assume, bot ́it 18-stat- » disorders, Professor: Jeze will con-
ed that Herr. Hitler imposed÷/finue-his-lectures-to-day his decision-Reuter
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