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EDWARD ARNOLD
Cary Grant
Frances Farmer Jack Oakie
"ROBBER BARONS"
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Roaring Thrills on a Raging Sea
“WINDJAMMER
George O'Brien
EMPIRE EXHIBITION AT GLASGOW
Paris, To
The British Empire Exhibition to be held in Glasgow in 1938, will prevent British participation in the Par Exhibition next year.
Participation in two major Ex huastions at the same time would be too great burden to British, industrialists.
This is according to a member of the British commission to the Paris Exhibition.--Trans-Ocean.
HANKOW TO HOUSE THE EMBASSIES
London, To-day.
Constance Worth
SINO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP
WAR BASIS
Tokyo, To-day
"The decisive turning point the history the Japanese
Empire" the description applied by the Japanese press
to the decision-to form Im
perial Headquarters in Tokyo,
"Since it will make possible
an intensive war organisation
intensive
partment.
administrative de
The Premier, Prince Konoye,
according to the papers, will take
ANDOPLANES
seventeen zeroplan
training. New Zealan
LORD HALIFAX VISIT: GERMAN COMMENT
Berlin, To
The German press continues to
on
all measures necessary in order be very reticent in comments to institute the organisation de the political importance of the visit mand necessary by the military
leaders, and to place the whole of Lord Halifax. country on a 100 per cent. war e basis.
DECLARATION OF WAR NOT NECESSARY
The "Lokalanzeiger, compares the coming interview between Lord Halifax and Herr Hitler with a slender thread destined to render negotiations possible.
It is announced in semi-official The Essener National Zeitung” quarters that the Imperial decree writes that 25 years of misunder concerning the establishment of standings cannot be bridged over Imperial Headquarters, stipulates in the course of a single conversa- that this measure is not to be con-tion and that the visit of Lord fined to periods of war but may also Halifax can therefore "only be be applied in times of general na-either a beginning or a tional crisis, and that a declaration Berlin, To-day of war is not a necessary prereqni- Political circles here generally
References to the heroic stand of
site.
FIRST STEP
Jure
The
take the view that it would be the Chinese troops against Japan, While emphasising that henceforth perfectly comprehensible if and to Sino-German friendship, were all other Government business will visit were only the first step in the made at a reception given by the be subjected to that of waging war. direction of establishing better re China Study Society yesterday in the papers point out that at least for lations between London and Ber honour of Lt. Gen. Chiang Po-lie. the time being no reform of the lin special envoy in Europe of General Government system, or changes in Chiang Kai-shek.
the Cabinet, will be made.
Lord Halifax had no politi cal talks yesterday, says formation supplied --
Trans Ocean LUNCH WITH AMBASSADOR After again visiting the Hunting Exhibition in the morning he lunched with the British Ambassa-- dor and the principal members of his staff at the Embassy, and in
Welcoming General Chiang, Ad- miral Retzmann expressed profound
LIAISON COUNCIL regret that the hopes of permanent
Through these new measures, the peace voiced last year when General Chiang visited the Berlin Olympics Premier, it is declared, will bring about complete centralisation of all China, which was engaged in a departments, and as a liaison organ life and death struggle for its na-between Imperial Headquarters and tional existence, had many friends the Cabinet, Prince Konove will the afternoon fulfilled a number in Germany who sincerely sympathiscreate a special body which is chat of private engagements
had not been fulfilled.
ed with China.
Whatever fate would have store, China could take pride in the fact that she had achieved ity in her darkest hour, and that the "The Times" expects the for-heroic resistance of the
army was watched with eign embassies and legations
throu Nanking to be transferred at any
SIN
4 admiration
FRIENDSHIP
Trans-
acterised in the press as the "Na tional Defence Council.” Ocean
PLAN SUBMITTED
The Chief of Ge
and the head of the miralty, Prince Fushimi,
to the Emperor the
by the
Lord Halifax,
amed by accom the German Foreign Mini ron von Neurath - left Berl Berchtesgaden, Herr Hitler's try residence,
day ever
HANKOW'S NEW PROMINENCE
the
Government.
iver gun-
nds
the friendly
and said that the China and Germany would continue in future. He toast than
boat HMS, Bee has been commis- said he knew no better tone BOCCA TIGRIS
sioned 20
British E
fer members of the to drink to maintenance of German-
up river.
Late
Chinese friendship. In speculating on the
Those present at the reception in- Nanking, the papers stress the cluded the Chinese Ambassador and
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Ocean
heroic resistance of the Chinese, members of the Chinese Embassy, NIGHT ATTACK
but are generally of - the opinior Dr. Dorymailer, German Transport that the superiority of the Japan-Minister General Wetzell and Ad- ese from the technical viewpoint miral Menchen-Trans-Ocean. will give them an advantage.
TYPHOID IN CROYDON
Paris Exhibition Success
Paris, To-day.
Thirty million people ha
the Paris World. E- Thursday
The Minister of Health is dire ing a public enquiry into an outbreak
It is reported that the General) of typhoid in the Croydon District Commissioner of the Exhibition has where to date 95 cases have been decided to donate the proceeds notified. Five deaths have
the last day of the Ermbition, on↑ resuited from the epidemic Bri- Nov 28, to the poor of Paris. tish Wireless.
Trans-Ocean.
excitement
are wa
o-day.
The fire, however, turned out to be merely Chinese practice
Renter.
tive
Government
tres in the upper Yangtse
be completed
The four leading
hai are planning their
entis to the
Hua Na