THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 26, 1938
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LORD HALIFAX CONFIRMED .AS FOREIGN SECRETARY Premier To Handle Important Affairs In Commons Opposition Demands-INDIA-
Debate On The Appointment
London, To-day.
It is officially announced that Lord Halifax has been appointed Foreign Secretary, and Mr. R. A. Butler (parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Labour) Under-Secretary for For- eign Affairs.
Following the appointment of Lord Halifax it is. understood that Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, is dealing with all important aspects of foreign affairs in the House of Com-
mons.
ANGLO-EIRE TALKS OVER WITH NOT MUCH ACHIEVED
London, To-day. The present stage of the Anglo-Eire talks ended yesterday evening
Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd, Conser- vative M.P. for Mid Bedford, has been appointed to take Mr. Butler's place at the Ministry of Labour.
The opposition has indicated that a full House of Commons de- bate on Lord Halifax's appoint- ment will be demanded, both Mr. Attlee and Mr. Wedgwood Benn making it clear that they felt strongly that the Foreign Secretary. should be in the Commons instead of the Lords.
The debate will probably take place next week. Reuter,
when the trade discus IRANIAN FOREIGN
sions at the Dominions Office adjourned without having concluded ex- amination of trade questions.
MINISTER DEAD
coun-
Teheran, To-day. The death is announced of the rarian Foreign Minister, M. Ena- gatella Sami, early yesterday morn- ing following a second operation. It is stated in British circles Sami had represented his that although the trade talks oc-try- in negotiations with Iraq, cupied the greater part of the Turkey and Afghanistan, which re- time, owing to the greater sulted in the conclusion pact, known amount of detail involved, dis as the Saadabad Treaty, last year. cussion of all subjects under ré- -Trans-Ocean. view is still proceeding.
Although it is too soon to fore-
cast success of the talks, it is . It is notified that the Hon. Mr. regarded as a hopeful sign that R. A. C. North resumed duty as Se- Mr. Eamon de Valera, the Eire cretary for Chinese Affairs on Premier, and his colleagues, are Thursday. returning to London to resume the discussions on Thursday. Reuter.
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
His Excellency the Governor has appointed Miss Susan Frances Sut- ton to be Principal Matron, Medical Department, with effect from the 30th October, 1937.”
Miss Margaret Frame-Davidson Gemmell has been appointed to be Assistant Mistress, (Kinder-
con-an
London, To-day... Mr. De Valera and his colleagues are going back to Dublin to-day as their presence is required in nection with internal affairs. They garten), Education Department. will return to London on Wednes- day and discussions with the Unit- ed Kingdom will be resumed Thursday.
on
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Honour- able Sir Shouson Chow, Kt., to be an additional Member of the Coun- During yesterday, ministers of cil of the University
of the Governments of Eire and the Hong Kong for a further period United Kingdom had been discuss- of three years, with effect from 1st ing a trade agreement:
February, 1938.
During the absence of the minis-
ters of Eire, discussions between of the talks fixed for Monday was the officials of the two Governments delayed by Parliamentary calls on will continue.
Mr. Chamberlain's time arising
Mr. De Valera arrived in Lon- out of Mr. Eden's resignation. don last Saturday but the opening British Wireless.
CRISIS SETTLED!
Bombay, To-day. The Government of the United Provinces, which resigned recent- ly, has withdrawn its resignation. The Governor and the Premier have come to an arrange- ment by which the case of each prisoner to be released will be ex- amined separately on its own merits.
It is understood that a number of cases have already been ex- amined, and that the prisoners' release will be affected Boon.- Reuter.
LORD PLYMOUTH
BUSY
London, To-day.
SERIOUS DEMONSTRATION AT GRAZ
Vienna, To-day.
Serious disorders occurred in Graze, capital of Styria, on Thurs- day night when members of the Patriotic Front were engaged in a demonstration following, the speech by Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian Chancellor, in which he reaffirmed the independence of the country.
According to reports, com- munists seemed to have mingled with members of the Patriotic Front and during the demonstra- tion suddenly began to shout “Heil Moscow !" Following this, a Nazi counter-demonstration was staged, and the resultant disorder was so great that the broadcast of Dr. Schuschnigg's speech through on-intervention committee, is con-loudspeakers had to be interrupted inuing the series of consultations until order was restored. he has had in the last few days in The Swastika flag was hoisted he course of which he has seen the above the town hall in the course French, Italian and Russian Am- of the demonstration. cassadors and the German Charge d'Affaires.
Lord Plymouth, chairman of the
It is said that Herr Gorbach, leader of the Patriotic Front in It is assumed that in these con- Styria, has been forced to resign. sultations the British formula re In all of the principal cities of garding the terms of withdrawal of non-Spanish "volunteers" from Spain Austria demonstrations and torch- ind the granting of belligerent light processions were staged last the streeta ights is being discussed in all its night, but although letails, preparatory to a further were crowded with celebrating neeting of the Committee. —– British crowds no`clashes occurred except
in Graze. Trans-Ocean. Wireless.
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