THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 19, 1937.
NON-INTERVENTION TREND CAUSES PESSIMISM IN LONDON
Italian Proposal Not Acceptable
CONDITIONS ATTACHED
DISCOURAGE CONFIDENCE
London, To-day.
France is not prepared to accept the Italian proposal to the non-intervention committee that an equal number of volunteers should be withdrawn from both sides in Spain, says a despatch to “The Times" from its Paris correspondent.
In a leading article, The Times" characterises the Italian proposal as unacceptable in its present form, since "there is reason to believe that the num- ber of foreign troops fighting on the Nationalist side is greater than that in the service of the Valen- cia Government."
The press in England is general- ly pessimistic over Saturday's ses sion of the intervention com-{
mittee.
The "Daily Telegraph and Morn- ing Post" writes that it cannot bel maintained that discussion in the committee has awakened great hopes for the future.
CONDITIONS »
Italian and German talk of with- drawal is cheering, but this is off- set by the nature of the conditions laid down for withdrawal, which do not encourage the belief that a sa- tisfactory solution will soon be found.
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Even if withdrawal of volunteers should be decided upon, differences
ANOTHER AIR RAID ON HANKOW
Hankow, To-day Twelve Japanese bombers raid- ed Hankow yesterday afternoon and dropped five bombs in the vi- cinity of the military aerodrome.
The bombs started a hinge fire, which was visible for miles round. The raiders disappeared after ten minutes.-Beater;
TO-DAY'S MEETING
London, To-day. This afternoon, the Chairman's of opinion would still continue to sub-committee of the international prevail between Italy and Germany non-intervention committee will re- on the one hand, and the Western assemble when all the members Powers on the other, as to whether hope to have received full instruc- the number of volunteers to be tions from their Governments re withdrawn should be the same on garding the proposals brought for- both sides, or whether it should be ward by the French representative în proportion to the numbers en-at the meeting on Saturday. gaged on both sides.
MR. EDEN TO PRESIDE
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The journal confirms that Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, will preside at to-day's ses- sion of the committee in the hope of facilitating prompt solution.
The "Daily Mail" stresses Italy's readiness to withdraw her volun- teers, and expresses the opinion that although difficulties still exist concerning the method of with- drawal, the main interest for Bri- tain is that withdrawal should be started.
Meanwhile, the technical sub- committee entrusted with the task
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RESTORATION
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CATHEDRAL
Paris, To-day.
Restoration of Rheims Cathedral,
of arranging sea and land control, 500 years old and one of the finest met yesterday to consider their Re-examples of Gothic architecture in
port on the subject.
It is stated that the system of France, is almost completed. neutral observers on board foreign The Cathedral, which was dam- shells ships has not come up to expecta-laged by about 300 Gem tions Trans-Ocean.
during the Great War,
Ras been restored to practically its former splendour during the years since the War through splendid financial assistance from the Rockefeller
lations
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