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COMPLETE DEADLOOK AT NON-INTERVENTION TALK
Mr. Eden Decides To Call For Adjournment
GULF BETWEEN VIEWPOINTS
London To-day
ROOSEVELT AND WALL STREET
Hyde Park
The fateful meeting of the non-intervention sub-committee to discuss the French prop regard to withdrawal of foreign volunteers in Spain, began at the Foreign Office at 4 o clock yes- terday afternoon under the presidency of the For- eign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, who had a short Renter preliminary talk with M. Charles Corbin, the French Ambassador, before the meeting.
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here.
press conference yesterday the President refused to discuss the present Wall Street slump
Dr. Woermann, the German Minister in Lon-A.P.H.'S BILL
don, 1 represented Germany in the absence of the Ambassador, Herr von Ribbentrop, who is in Ger- OF
many consulting Herr Hitler.
Another deadlock was reached at the meeting, DIVORCEMENT
London, To-day
FEAR OF PERIL TO HAINAN ISLAND
The presence.
anton, Japanese
rships
off the coast of South-West Kwang- tung is, intended as a prelude to
and seizure of Hainan Islan
Lachow Peninsula.on
according to intellis
ceived here to-day
and,
Japanese occupation of these strategic parts of South China would interfere with foreign shipping especially the marine routes be tween Europe and the Far East. v
The Chinese gar Itwo
and the
have made every preparation
cope
The
these
and 17 was re- afternoon and is
aircraft carr the Italian and German delegates stating they pre-
Mr. A. P. Herbert, M. P. disclos-which was grounded off Hopao Is- ferred to discuss the original British plan for eva-
that the King's Proctor himself floated cuation of volunteers before the committee lasted at a dinner in London last night land on July, while the Soviet delegate insisted that recog-greatly desired that his Matrimoni- now hovering in the vicinity nition of belligerent rights should not be granted al Causes Act should pass Parlia-Tongkawan This until all volunteers were withdrawn from Spainment and gave unfailing assistance bombing at Sheklung yesterday
Mr. Eden, stating that no progress appeared to be in sight, adjourned the meeting until 3.30 this the Exchequer, in a speech at the the world.
afternoon.
In the meantime, Mr. Eden ex- pressed, the hope that progress could be made towards bridging the gulf between the two points of
view.
PESSIMISM CLEAR Fear That Impasse Is Already Reached
London, To-day
to the Bill
Sir John Simon, the Chancellor of
dimmer, said that this had been &
performance by Parliament, Herbert had done a good
THE
ity, our country
explained the
International News.
Mr Herbert raised a laugh when
vernment's at the Act as
tion Reuter.
WORLD GOES BY
By ULYSSES"
good recipe
de- RACING motorist confesses could give me
that frequently he has fallen stroy cockroaches, or at least keep
his hands. He was lucky not 10
Czecho-Slovakia, Belgium and Sweden supported the French pro- posals, while the Portuguese re-Pessimism is the only reach presentative indicated that his of well-informed circles to vest Government was prepared to con- day's fruitless session of the non- trol its own land frontier provided intervention sub-committee the French Government was pre- Foreign Office circles of easy ad-
Well, so far as we can see it all pared to restore
control of the mit that they fear that an impasse asleep with the steering wheel in them away.
depends what you really want to do. Pyrenees.
is already threatening, since the
The cockroaches
to destroy viewpoints of the two principal wake up holding a harp groups are so completely opposite
Insects are now used as ornaments we shoot, those we that the likelihood of finding à common basis for negotiations is for hats. Once rather sympathises away we give with the young husband who, an-bably the most
little as doubtful
the xious to be tactful, congratulated ing pointed out that
on the big bee ozick the m on one side, and Italy, his mother- many and Portugal on the in her bonnet. other, maintain the same attitude that caused negotiations to col- lapse in August.
SOVIET ATTITUDE
The Soviet Government through M. Ivan Maisky, the Ambass in London, declared that French plan amounted tion of the policy of "so-call intervention" but if the
You first catch your
him
Chim
ugas pop a smal ed bathbrick into h being instantaneous.
A distinguished scientist says French and other Governments con-
that he really can't stop work. So to him. When sider it necessary to continue this
any dose of policy, and still entertained some The opinion thus prevails that it seems hopeless to expect
fif not quicker belief in the possibility of its suc-in the event of this afternoon's body to stop the thing, but one mouth, cess, the Soviet Government did session leading to failure, it will would like to know who started it. not intend to create any difficulties be due not to questions of pro-
The office blonde thinks double Circulation in regard to such a policy but decedure but to the fundamental
attitudes which the various Powers talk is a conversation about Simone clined any responsibility for it.
Simon. Reuter.
are unwilling to change.
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA
London, To-day
MR. EDEN-AGAIN
There was the man who one even The Foreign Secretary, Mr. An ing listened to two broadcasts on will again preside at the subject of the pleasant little ce Lord Ply game they are having round
All the British newspape given the non-intervention sub-month has committee meeting pride of place London.
their news columns, though no
are available as yet c mock reached at yester
emps, and the
in Pari
influenced Russia
moderate stand in the committe
ot yet returned to hai, and came to the
that there was not one but
progress
An enquirer writes that we
It is learned that the question of "symbolic" withdrawal of a small number of volunteers by both sides in Spain, as an indication of good↑
that the Battle of Waterloo was merely mentioned
won on the playing fields of passing at yesterday's session, ton, but is the battle at Shanghai
political circles had looking to be won golf.com ed upon such action as a promising. Hungjão.
ing
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direction of eventua
the proble
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communique
why it shouldn't,
day's sion is to Household Hint
be published this
It is not often that I adventure into the realms of Heavy Industry (writes Dr. Archibald Grubb, Litt D.), but the development of the scrap iron industry is interesting.
Australia has for some time been elling her scrap "to Japan.
Japan is now
China may yet profit by collect- ing it, selli it to Russia and thus -avenue for Chinese
unload stocks
ation develops Circulation of Scrap how far have pro
the
blood! Peter
the editor
I shall be
to anyone who
in the Sydney