PREMIER'S STATEMENT ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCO
THE CHINA MAIL, NOV
HONG KONG SINGERS-MR. NAKANO'S
RECITAL
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Northcote have expressed their intention of being present at the Armistice Day Recital by the Hong Kong Singers, to be given in St. John's Cathedral at 9.15 pm on Thursday next, November 11. Among The Prime Minister made a other distinguished guests who are statement in the House of Com expected to be present are the Hon mons at question time on the
London, To-day.
Mrs.
progress of discussions with the Mr. N. L. Smith, CMG, the Pre- Spanish Nationalist authorities sident of the Singers, and in relation to British trade in-Smith, with a party. terests in the territory under their control which it was stat- ed, over 6 weeks ago, were about to begin...
the
The concert, which marks opening of the 1937-38 season of the Singers, will consist of Elgar's
PARTING WORD
Tokyo,
Japan is sending a special en- "Mr. “Nakano, a member of arliament; to Germany and Italy on a goodwill -mission
Mr. Nakano said prior to his departure yesterday that it would
pity if the Japanese successes in China were unifified by diplomatic failures-Renter.
HELEN WILLS DENIES
He said the Government had "For the Fallen," a setting of the INTENTION OF
no intention to make any varia-well-known poem by Laurence Bin- tion in the attitude they had convon, and Mozart's Requiem Mass. sistently adopted to the contend In addition Mr. Lindsay A. Lafford, ing parties and which was gov who is the conductor of the Singers, erned by an international agree will play Bach's C Major Toccata, ment for non-intervention to
Adagio and Fugue on the organ. which they had subscribed.
TURNING PRO.
San Francisco, To-day.
"I have signed no contract and I do not intend to, and I have no
COALITION NECESSARY IN BELGIUM
Brussels, To-day.
M. Hubert Pierlot, Minister of Agriculture in the van Zeeland Government, yesterday informed King Leopold that he was un- able to carry out the task en-, trusted to him of forming a Cabinet.
He is the third Minister to as- sume this task and has been forc- ed to abandon the attempt.
The political crisis has now lasted ten days, and it seems that a coalition government will be formed, as none of the three partiesLiberals, Catholics and Socialists are strong enough to hold a majority in the Legisla- ture. — Reuter.
SPAAK TO TRY
Brussels, To-day. King Leopold, following the fai They were, however, bound to The Mozart Requiem is interesting
lure of M. Pierlot to form a cabinet, for the protection of British na- last work! The composer died beclared Mrs. Helen Wills Moody in M. Paul Henri Spaak, with the tionals and commercial interests fore it was quite completed, and the
an interview with Reuter here task throughout the whole of Spain, version which is known and sung including those large areas in to-day was finished by Mozart's pupil yesterday. the North West and South West, Sussmayer. Elgar's setting is de- as well as the Spanish zone of finitely one of his most distinguished Morocce, of which General works. It is noble alike in concept Franco's forces were nOW in and treatment effective occupation.
take account of responsibilities because it was his first requiem and plans of turning professional,” de- has entrusted the Foreign Minister,
in- M. Spaak has accepted the vitation in principal but will con-
SPAAK TO REPLY
At the same time, well-informed sult his colleagues before announc circles insist that negotiations are
ing his final decision-Trans-Ocean. under foot, and it is thought that the only reason for, withholding The Singers will have the benefit the announcement is that the ques- APPOINTMENT OF AGENTS for their recital of the services of tion of finding a suitable opponent the Philharmonic Orchestra, aug-for the former Wimbledon cham- Accordingly, the Government mented by members of His Majesty's pion has not yet been decided had entered into negotiations for Forces bands in the Colony. Da the appointment of Agents by ing the evening a collection will be also denied his intentions of turn- It is pointed out that Fred Perry them and General Franco res taken on behalf of the funds of St.ling professional until the day the pectively for a discussion of Dunstan's.
contract was signed Reuter. questions affecting the interests |
of British nationals and British
commercial interests.
These agents would not be given any diplomatic status.
The Government had kept the French Government fully in- formed."
Major Attlee asked if this meant, in effect, the de facto re- cognition of the insurgent gov- ernment.
The Prime Minister: "No, Sir, 1 am advised that it makes no difference in the existing situa tion"--British Wireless.
SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS ATTACK
Fierce attacks on the Govern- ment were made by Sir Stafford Cripps, the Left Wing Radical Labour barrister, in a speech in London last night.
Sir Stafford asserted that Bri- tain wished to utilise the Nine- Power Conference to effect busi- ness with Japan, and that the majority of the British Cabinet members were for General Franco in the Spanish conflict Trans-Ocean.
Brussels, To-day. As an outcome of last night's talks, it has been arranged that M. Paul Spaak (Belgium) draft a reply to Japan for to-day's meeting, thus giving more time for formation of the proposed sub-committee-Reuter.
Any left. I wonder?
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