THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEME
FOREIGNERS MURDERED
AT CHANGTING
Amsterdam, To-day.
SPECULATION
ON HALIFAX TRIP QUEENS
UNPROFITABLE
London, To-day." The Prime Minister at Commons
The Dutch Bishop Schraven and question time declined to make any seven Catholic missionaries, includ statement or commit himself in the ing two Dutchmen and two French meantime to making a statement on the conversations during the visit men, were kidnapped and murder-to Germany of Lord Halifax whom ed at Chengtingfu on October 8 by he told the House he had not ret
nese bandits..
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This is according to official Later in the afternoon, the Lord information which has just President of Council, who had just reached the victims' families returned to London, called at the The murders are believed to Foreign Office and was with the have followed on slackening of Foreign Secretary for an hour. -- the Central Government's in- fluence, which, it is stated, re- sulted in groups of Chinese sol-versation, Mr. Eden and Lord Hali- fax crossed Downing Street toge diers, forming irregular bands. Renter
ither to see Mr. Chamberlain
DOMINIONS AND ANGLO-U.S. TRADE PACT
London, To-day.
"The British market is so vital to Australia," declared the Australian Premier, Mr. A. J. Lyons, referring to the Dominion attitude towards the impending Anglo-American trade agreement, that we can hardly be expected to make any concessions unless equal conces sions are guaranteed to "Austra lia:"
At the conclusion of their con-
It is understood that Lord Hali fax will report on his talks with Herr Hitler and the other. German minister to his colleagues at ther usual meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday.
No statement will be issued be fore that and in the meantime, specu lation which is deprecated in official quarters, is bound to be particularly unprofitable-British Wireless.
BRITISH GRANT FOR
RELIEF IN SPAIN
London, To-day. The United Kingdom Government The Anglo-American trade agree- have contributed £5,000 in answer ment, according to press reports, is to the appeal of the International causing much concern both in Aus- Committee of the Red Cross în tralia and Canada. Trans-Ocean Geneva for funds for the relief of
victims of the civil war in Spain.
The funds will be used for medi-
BRITISH MISSION cal stures and hospital equipment
TO PORTUGAL
London, To-day. The Foreign Secretary told the Commons yesterday that a pro- posal to send to Portugal a Bri- tish Military Mission of represen- tatives of the three defence ser- vices was under consideration with the Portuguese: Ambassador
to both sides.
The Red Cross Committee also interests itself in negotiations for the exchange of prisoners. tish Wireless..
ITALIAN ARMS
Bri-
in London No decision, how FOR CHINA DENIAL
ever, had yet been reached Bri tish Wireless.
Rome, To-day. “It is quite out of the
IMPRISONMENT OF that Italy deliver arms to China,
BRITONS
declares a semi-official statement.
The statement follows a press linterview given in Brussels by the Chinese Minister of Propaganda,
London, To-day. Mr. Chen Kung pao, who is al- In a Commons answer on the leged to have stated, inter alia, imprisonment without trial in that China was to be provided Bolivia since last January of two with arms and munitions from
Trans-Ocean. British subjects, Messrs. Ashton and Italy. Webster, the Foreign Secretary de- clared that the British Government did not regard such lengthy deten- tion without trial as in any way warranted or consonant with justice.
British Wireless.
DENIAL OF BID FOR TRUCE
Paris, To-day.
PHILIP DE LASZLO PASSES
London, To-day. Mr. Philip de Laszlo, the Hungarian-born portrait painter, who became a naturalised British subject in 1914, died yesterday at his home at Hampstead, aged Laszlo who had painted King Edward VII and many other persons was elected Pre- e Royal Society of Bri- rtists in 1930.
The President of the Generalidad, Senor Luis Company returned to Barcelona from Brus- 68- sels yesterday.
He denied in a press inter
that he had been disc
terins with a third party
Oces
tish Wireless.
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