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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
BEFORE FINAL
IN SHANTUNG
Gathering Forces For The Decisive Clash
CARDINAL INNITZER IN ROME
Rome, To-day. Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna, arrived in Rome yes- terday and is expected to see the Pope to explain his motives in ad- vising Austrian Catholics to vote for the anschluss.
Catholic circles state that the Cardinal has come on his own ini- tiative and was not summoned by the Pope-Reuter.
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"DAY OF GAEAT GERMANY"
.
BERLIN, TO-DAY.
THE ENTIRE GERMAN NA- TION WILL CELEBRATE THE “DAY OF GREAT GERMANY” Ox SATURDAY, THE EVE OF THE
PLEBISCITE.
Japanese Army
Being Put To Final Test
Shanghai, To-day.
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RICKETT OIL
DEAL IN MEXICO
ふ
Mexico City, To-day.
Mr. F. W. Rickett, the inter-
national financier, has come here
tion
The terms cannot be disclosed
With troops on both sides near exhaustion, the bat-with, it is understood, the purpose tle at Taierchwang has somewhat abated. of closing an oil deal involving the Gunfire and constant action has not ceased for major portion of Mexico's produc- a moment for over two weeks. Both sides ap- pear to-day to be consolidating their positions, according to the latest reports from the front. The decisive encounter for the town is, however, expected within the next twenty-four hours, as both the Chinese and Japanese are moving fresh buyers. reinforcements into position as rapidly as pos-with the Mexican
sible.
It is predicted that the re- sumption of the battle will be the signal for the bloodiest fighting yet experienced in China, accord- ing to well-informed foreign military experts, who believe that Japan's claim to superiority on the battle-field is to receive a
severe test.
The Propaganda Minister, Dr Joseph Goebbels, has worked ou an elaborate programme. At noor
Fresh Chinese troops have been the order to host flags will be pouring into the sector with given over the radio to all Ger- plentiful supplies of ammunition, and war implements of foreign manufacture, while Japanese mechanised units. have now reached the zone.
mans.
Then the entire nation will stand to attention for two minutes.
The silence will be broken onl by the droning of aeroplanes and the howling of sirens in all factor ies and locomotives throughou Germany.
According to Japanese reports, the Chinese are, in addition. massing a strong army across the Grand Canal, where on the neighbouring hill-sides they have In all factories and offices, em located artillery batteries and ployers and employees will gather machine-gun nests overlooking for a short ceremony. Bands wil the Canal.
play in public squares in the after-pondent. noon and millions will parade th
streets at night. Trans-Ocean.
DANUBE ISSUES
London, To-day.
The British Government will take
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Our Own Corres-
"EVENING POST" INCIDENT
Shanghai, To-day.
The United States Consul no initiative in calling a Danubian minority conference, declared the General, Mr. Clarence Gausa, has Under Secretary for Foreign Af made representations to the Jap fairs, Mr. R. A Butler, in the anese authorities requesting in House of Commons yesterday investigat regarding thei reply to a Labour question.
ed banning of the Mr. Butler declared that 21-cwned newspaper "Evening Post though the Government realised and Mercury."
American
the importance of the extremely Mr. Gauss previously had taken complicated minority problem, it the position that the United States did not recognise the Jap
doubted whether the airing of
ous questions.
rence would help the
tion Trans-Ocean.
terferen
with
REFUGEES CROSS INTO FRANCE
Paris, To-day.
More groups of several hundred refugees from Spain crossed the Pyrenees and arrived in French territory yesterday.
but are stated to involve a cash advance which might well clear
British and American Interests are reported to
the chaotic exchange situation.
Mr. Rickett is now conferring
ter Reuter
GOVERNER OF BANK OF ENGLAND
London, To-day.
Mr. Montagu Norman, who for many years has been Governor of the Bank of England, was yester- day re-elected for another year.
The Deputy Governor was also Trans re-elected for another year. Trans-
Ocean
The refugees are being accom- i modated in a special camp
Ocean.
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