THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 22, 1937.
CALL FOR ARMISTICE IN
SPANISH Strong Hopes Of Early Truce
BELGIUM TAKES INITIATIVE
London, To-day.
IMBROGLIO
SCOTTISH
PHILANTHROPIST
DEAD
Sir Alexander Grant Passes Away
· LIFE A TIGHT SQUEEZE
Problems Of Living
In New York
When next you read about London, To-day. “America's high standard of liv The death took place yesterday ing" and all that sort of thing. be at Edinburgh of Sir Alexander glad you don't have to live Grant who was well-known as a raise a family in New York!
and
was
the
Hopes that a temporary, if not a permanent, philanthropist. His services to edu- The other day the question halt may be put to the slaughter, of the Spanish cation were particularly note-heard: "Who has the happier life civil war, have been roused by intense diplomatic worthy and as a result of his be--the American housewife or
nefactions, several· scholarships British?" debated by a New York activity in the capitals of Europe.
were founded and handsome don-women's club; and they almost ations were made to Edinburgh cided that British women were more
fortunate than American. the contributed £200,000, to
One thing is certain
3
de-
The house-"
The plan for an armistice, mooted for several University. weeks, has been given fresh impetus by the Bri-founding of the Scottish National wives of London have a much more tish, French and Belgian Governments, though it is frowned upon by Italy and definitely rejected by General Franco.
Library.
Sir Alexander Grant, who was a man of humble birth, was particu- larly generous to friends of his
comfortable life than the house- wives of New York.
One-Room Apartment, £5 For this is a city of rising prices
as an
an in-
lyouth. These included Mr. Ram- [without rising incomes. It is & YESTERDAY, THE FOREIGN OFFICE REQUESTED THE say Macdonald to whom in 1924 he city where home as Londoners BRITISH AMBASSADORS IN CERTAIN EUROPEAN CAPITALS presented a motorcar. This week it know it does not exist. TO SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS UPON THE POSSIBILITY OF A became known that Sir Alexander The average New York family TEMPORARY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN SPAIN, DUR- had presented £10,000 worth of sil-lives in a building known ING WHICH FOREIGN VOUNTEERS SERVING ON EITHER
house. Such buildings ver and banqueting plate and apartment SIDE WOULD BE WITHDRAWN.
household goods to Hollyrood Pa-are usually large, but the individual lace, the Royal residence in Edin-apartments or flats might have been TECHNICIANS AND EXPERTS OF THE NON-INTERVEN-burgh. British Wireless,
constructed for dwarfs. TION COMMITTEE ALSO MET IN LONDON YESTERDAY TO
Fifty per cent. of New York's STUDY THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS RECOGNISED TO BE AN phase in the civil war.
apartments haven't even got kit- EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ONE.
Much is made by the London pa- chens. Cooking is done on pers of a report that General finitesimal apparatus in the living. From Brussels comes a report Belgian Foreign Minister, M. Spaak, Franco has addressed an urgent ap-room.
Twenty-five per cent. of stating that France and Belgium is the originator of the truce plan. peal to Signor Mussolini for sup- have agreed to make an
According to “Giornale d'Italia," port, and that the Duce intends to apartments consists only of deavour towards an Armistice in M. Spaak has been asked by the recall the Italian volunteers.
room and a bathroom. Entire famil- Spain.
British Government to investigate This is said to be the reason forțies occupy many of these. This was
by the the possibilities of giving effect the departure to Rome in the last A simple one-room apartment on French Foreign Minister, M. Yvonto the plan and, acting in this sense, few days of many Spanish notables, Manhattan can cost as much as $5 Delbos, who is at present visiting The discussed the matter with M.including the Duke of Alba.. a week. Brussels, after a conference with Delbos. the Belgian Premier, M. Paul van Zeeland.
announced
en-
M. Delbos told journalists: "If we bring about acceptance of an armistice, we should be very near the end of hostilities.”
BRITISH ACTION
the
one
On the other hand, the "Evening Shopping in New York becomes The journal introduces a pessi-News," in a message from Rome, an încreasing problem. Essential mistic note, however, saying "The says that all rumours regarding re-foodstuffs are twenty per cent, more whole suggestion has been par-call of Italian volunteers must be than in England. If you have them. alysed by the action of the Va- regarded as highly incredible. delivered to your door you must pay lencia Government in appealing Trans-Ocean and Reuter.
[still more.
to the League of Nations, which is itself at the next session pre- paring to launch a renewed at- tack on Germany and Italy.
VISAGREEABLE SURPRISE
In Paris "Le Soir publishes a report from its Brussels correspon- dent saying that the French Gov-
“The British Government has ernment has already notified the Bri- tish Government of its approval of been very disagreeably surprised the British action in sounding the by this action by Valencia.” various British Ambassadors as to Opinion in Rome is that any pro- the prospects of bringing about a posal for a truce in Spain should
truce in the civil war.
In the course of conversations which M. Délbos had in London with British statesmen (says the correspondent) it became evi- dent that a truce would have to be called as a preliminary to ef- fecting the recall of foreign vo- lunteers.
The British Government then sought to obtain the views of vari- ous other Governments on the mat- ter
some
be put before the non-intervention committee. The plan itself, quarters think, is not very prac- tical.
"The only answer which Na- tionalist Spain can give to the... rumours about the armistice is that it is quite out of the ques- tion,” said General Franco to newspaper correspondents in Salamanca yesterday. The opinion is held at insurgent headquarters that the rumours were The Belgian Government offered circulated as a result of the its Bervices in the role of media- Spanish Government and of the tor, although the opinion is held in fact that the new Valencia Pre- many quarters in Brussels that this mier, Senor Juan Negrin, recently position would be better filled by a had a series of talks with Mr. An- country not a member of the non-thony. Eden in London.. intervention committee
In any case, concludes the cor- respondent, Europe is making a serious effort to put an end to the hostilities.
< ITALY'S ATTITUDE
A message from Rome states that the Italian press thinks that the
new
These talks, say the insur- gents, tend to show that the Valencia Government is ready to discuss armistice terms, but “for Nationalist Spain it is an Impossibility.'
NEW PHASE
Simultaneously with the rumours, the British press predicts a new
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