SOVIET DECLINES TO BUDGE ON BELLIGERENCY ISSUE
Lord Plymouth Confers With Ambassadors
GERMANY HOPEFUL SIAMESE
OF EARLY AGREED
SOLUTION
London, To-day.
Contrary to what was expected earlier, the So- viet Ambassador, M. Ivan Maisky, when he saw Lord Plymouth, chairman of the non-intervention committee, yesterday afternoon, did not convey modification of Soviet views regarding non- intervention.
It had earlier been reported that M. Maisky
REGENCY
RE-ELECTED
Bangkok
After accepting their tion on August 1, the Assembly yesterday
cided to re-elect the egency Council en bloc.
The resignation of the Comm cil, it will be recalled, followe alleged scandal regarding of the King's lands at a under their true value.
sale ce far eater.
would announce Soviet willingness to accord belli-ORGANISATION
gerent rights to both Spanish parties before with- drawal of foreign volunteers from Spain.
in of
Last night M Maisky declared that the statement circulated London alleging modification the Soviet position regarding belli- gerent rights lacked foundation.
Besides M. Maisky, Lord Ply- mouth yesterday saw the French Ambassador, M. Charles € Corbin, and the Italian Ambassador,-Count Dino Grandi.
U.S. POLICY OF ISOLATION
Berlin, To-day. Papers here comment with satis- To-day he will see the German faction on the speech delivered delegate.
A meeting of the sub-committee will probably be held to-morrow. Beuter.
MEETING "CALLED
any
American
FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Wellington, To-day.
An "organisation for na- tional security has been called into existence by the New Zealand Government, the Premier, Mr. M. J. Savage, revealed yesterday. by the United States Secretary for War, Mr. Harry Woodring, at a
Formation of the new body, stat- meeting of the American Legion at led Mr. Savage, would mean that the town of Durban, North Caro- the organisation would be ready to hina, in which he protested against function immediately in time of na tional emergency, including war, interference in internal affairs of other countries earthquakes, floods and so on, German press, is all the more existence when the necessity arises. the non-intervention committee has justified since a number of inter-
The new organisation, said Mr. been convoked for to-morrow after-national wirepullers in the United Savage, resembled the British Com-
States take every opportunity of mittee of Imperial Defence. So declared Lord Plymouth after fishing in troubled waters without
Ocean he had seen the French, Italian the slightest regard to interna- and Soviet Ambassadors yesterday, tional relations Trans-Ocean and had arranged to meet Herr Ernst Woermann, the German charge d'affaires in London, to-day.
London, To-day.
FAULKNOR'S COLLISION IN THICK FOG
statement iss
that
don, To-day.
From the
Faulknor collision with the SS Clan Macfadden a thick fog off Usha early yesterday morning
It is understood that the Clan Macfadden received only slight dam- age and proceeded on her course to
The Faulknor received a certain amount of damage and is returning to Portsmouth.
The Faulknor was on her way from Portsmouth to relieve HMS. Kempenfelt on the north coast of Spain. The Faulknor is the leader of the 6th destroyer flotilla. tish Wireless
Bri
RONALD COLMAN COMING TO HONG KONG?
Ronald Colman is planning to step out of the Hollywood scene for several months, now that he Prisoner of Zenda.”
The chairman's sub-committee of This warning, according to the stead of having to be called into has completed his role in “The
noon.
The reported change in the Soviet attitude, and the sabse quent denial, has caused much surprise both in London and Berlin
GERMAN BELIEF
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Poor Relief day and is due here on Saturday at worth while
In England
London, To-day.
nce that the beneficial re- sults of the British trade revival In the German capital it is stat-are reaching all classes of the com- ed that such rumours can have only munity is contained in the quarter- a platonic value, seeing that they statement just published of the non-intervention committee is the number of
persons in receipt of sole authority competent to deal poor relief in England and Wales with matters of non-intervention. for the quarter ended March, 1937. In spite of the Soviet denial, The total number in receipt of Berlin quarters think that to-mor-relief was smaller in each week of row's meeting would not have been the quarter than in the correspond- summoned unless Lord Plymouths week of 1936 the number in had first of all assured himself of
of March being 73- the possibility of bridging the pre-230 less than in the last week of sent differences, and had already March 1936-British Wireless. succeeded in finding a new basis. for carrying on the discussions. Trans-Ocean.
S.S. “KAISAR-I-HIND
The ss Kaisar I Hnd" is due to
arrive from Shangha
on Saturday. The
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the last
TRINIDAD ENQUIRY
London-To-day.
The Chairman and United King-
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complete rest
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