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THE CHIMA" MAIL: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1936
When followers of Col Francois de la Rocque attempted to atop a Com munist meeting in Paris last month their enthusiasm in their cause led them
to wreck everything with a tinge of red which came in sight.
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
Two Special Bills Introduced
CARRIAGE OF MUNITIONS
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London, To-day. The President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Walter Runciman. in- troduced in the House of Com mons.. yesterday. the Merchant Shipping Carriage of: Munitions to Spain-Bill, the object of which is to prohibit transhipment in or discharge from British ships to Spanish territory of weapons and The Bill was munitions of war. formally read the first time. In
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LAUNCHED
Addition To French Naval Forces
EXPECTED TO BREAK THE SPEED RECORD
"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Paris. To-day.
BACK AGAIN
Takes Over Colonial Secretaryship
ed by the Prime Minister that the House would be asked to pass it! through all its stages on Tuesday acxt
The Commons then proceeded to; Bill further consideration of the prohibiting the wearing of uni- Lock-forma in connection with political maintenance by #hart Smith; whe was appointed objects and the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong private persons of associationx" of Colony a military character and making
The
Hon. Mr. Norman
in June. arrived in the
The French destroyer Volta, yesterday by the P. and O. liner Provision for the preservation of which is expected to set a few Comorin.
by
order on the occasion of proces sions and meetings in public places. The President of the Board of
as
The com-
to
world's record for this type of He was met at the wharf ship, was launched at Nantes yes-Government officials, and had tif-Trade announced an enquiry by a terday afternoon. The new ship fin with His Excellency, the Gov-
Departmental Committee into the
known has been patterned after the ernor. Sir Andrew Caldecott. at operation commonly Terrible, which at present holds Government House.
sharepushing and sharehawking" the world's record with an averj Mr. Smith was present at the and similar activities. age speed of 45.75 knots, except Colonial Secretariat in the after-mittee which would report as that whereas the engines of the noon, and after renewing his ac-whatever legislative or other ac Terrible are capable of generat-quaintance with the staff there.[tion might be desirable, would have-i ing 74,000 h.p.. those of the Volta took over the post of Colonial Se-jas Chairman Sir Archibald Bodkin, will have a capacity of 90,000 h-P-cretary from the Hon. Mr. B. A formerly Director of Public Pro-
The Volta has a displacement C. North, who has filled it for the secutions. of 2,884 tons and is 137.5 metres includes equipment long. Its eight 138 millimetre and four
past ten months.
Mr. Smith is the first Hong Kong Government cadet officer to
TRADE. WITH AGRENTENA At Commons question-time yes- terday the President of the Board
3.7 millimetre anti-aircraft gbe appointed Colonial Secretary of Trade announced that the trade!
and three triple torpedo-tubes.
France now possesses 31 des troyers and the 32nd will be
for many years.
degotiations with Argentina bave now been concluded, and the provi- sion of the new agreement has
launched soon. The 26,000-ton TWO SQUADRONS OF been settled. Mr. Runciman said
TANKS IN ACTION
(Continued from Face 1)
that the agreement which was be-1 ing prepared for signature would take effect provisionally pending the exchange of ratifications as from November 20. The text of
armoured cruiser Strasbourg will leave the stocks at St. Nazaire on December 12, while the sister ship Dunkerque is at present making trial runs off the coast of Brest According to reports the ber of Government ships which the agreement would be published new ship has exceeded all expec-left the base were pursued by in-as a White Paper as soon as pos Itations. having attained a speed surgent cruisers-Reuter.
of 31 knots without her engines*! running at full speed-Trans Ocean Service.
BRITISH LINE STATED
Non-Intervention Policy
"CHINA - MAIL" SPECIAL
London, To-day.
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CITY BOMBARDED Berlin: Counter-attacks large scale were launched by the Miftia against the University City and the Segovia Bridge on Wednes- day, states the special correspon- dent of a German news agency with General Franco's forces on the Madrid front: These attacks were, however, repulsed by the re- doubtable Letionaries with the customary heavy losses for the enemy, while the artillery kept the: northern suburb of Castro Caminos under heavy fire. Other parts of
The non-intervention policy of the British, French, German and the city were also bombarded from
aible after signature-British Wireless Service.
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FRENCH PRESS BILL
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Drastic Conditions To Be Imposed
NEW LAW DRAFTED
"CHINA MAIL" SPÉCIAL
Paris, To-day. The new French Press Bill Italian Governments is to be con- aeroplanes dying quite low owing which was drafted as a result of tinued, declared the Under-Secreto poor visibility, discharging their the press campaign conducted tary of State in the Foreign Of-bombs heedless of the fire from the against the late Minister of I-1 Sez, Lord Plymouth, yesterday in anti-aircraft guns.`
the House of Commons, and the Governments of the four Powers had given an assurance of this fact within the last few days.
ANOTHER RECOGNITION Tirana: The Albanian Govern- has recognised General!
ment
terior, M. Salengro, was subenit- ted to the Chamber yesterday and will come up for debate next Tuesday.
According to the Bill every
SLI..
At the same time Lord Ply. Franco's Government, it is official-
juust be a limited company and mouth emphasised the fact that announced. This recognition, it newspaper publishing enterprise of the shareholders: although the British Government is added, is the natural consequence
must be announced. An annual does not recoguise General Francs of the anti-Communistic policy fol-the names
lowed by the Albanian Government.list of the managing board as the head of the Spanish Gov-¦'
-Trans-Ocean Service.
the main shareholders must be erament. oficial communications
published and a framcial state- ment, with vouchers, must be sub- Imitted to the Ministry of Finance for examination, the income from foreign sources being entered in
with him have been going on re- CHINESE VICTORY IN THE AIR
garding British interests in the
ports of Spain controlled by him.
|British ships on the high seas will (Continued from Page 1)
be guarded against molestation by¦ ships of either party-Trans-General Chen Sheng arrived at a separate account. Ocean Service.
Kweisni, the expital of Sufyuan. | In case of slander or libel in yesterday afternoon, and Govern-future the director of the com
the
DUTCH FOREIGN ment troops have already proceed-pany, the representative of
POLICY
Points Outlined By Minister
“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL.
Amsterdam, To-day,
The law
ed to the front,
managing board or the editor will General Chen will direct be liable, although, if the author (counter offensive on the rebels of the libellous article be known, lin co-operation with General Fujhe shall be held personally ac
before they unite their fortes. countable, while the members of the company and the editorial STEPS TAKEN IN CHAHAR - General Sung Chi-yuan, Chair-force will also be regarded as ac- man of the Hopei-Chahar Folitical cessories to the act In a memorandum dealing with Council, fearing an invasion of also prohibits the circulation of certain French петрареть in Holland's foreign policy subruitted Chabar. Province, held an import- to the Second Chamber by the For- aut military meeting with all the foreign countries-Trans-Ocean
Service. eign Minister, Jr. de Graeff, the Divisional Commanders of the latter stated that the Dutch Gov-9th Army, of which he is con- ernment had no occasion to make currently Commander, on Wednes any change, in their attitude of day night It is learned that Gen-
An anti-cycline of moderate in- non-recognition of the Soviet Un-eral Sung and his subordinates ion. Further he declared that the have planned a national defence tensity has developed over China. Dutch Government recognised in-scheme for Paiping, Tientsin, and The depression has moved into the reservedly that good relations with the rest of Hopel and Gushar Proses of Japan, and Eas reached con- VÍDCELTM General Lin Yue min. siderable intensity. The local fore- Germany were a valuable asset:
Summing up the Dutch Govern-Chairman of Chabar Provincial cast for to-day, as issued by the ent and concurrently one Royal Observatory, this morning, ent's attitude towards the League Gover
Skrmy Divisional Com" waz: North and north-e Nations the Minister said that!
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and, notwithstand
of Nations policy, the
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