DOMINION AND FOREIGN POLICY
London, Tolday.
answering a Commons question, the Secretary of State for the Dominions, Mr. Malcolm Mac donald, declared that DO com- munication had been received from the Government of New Zealand or any other Dominion Government; expressing disagreement on the foreign policy pursued by His Majesty's Government in the Unit- ed Kingdom-British Wireless.
BRITONS IN AUSTRIA
-MARTIAL LAW. IN TSINANFU
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Shanghai, To-day. Owing to the activity Chinese guerillas very near Tsin- anfa, the Japanese in Tsinanfu have proclaimed martial law.
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It is also alleged the Japanese merchants and civilians "standing by" to evacuate the city following instructions by the Japanese military authorities.-- Our Own. Correspondent.
now been informed that no formal- of ities were required in the case British visitors wishing to leave! Austria unless they were resident in Austria. He was making fur-
London, To-day. ther enquiries concerning the con- Answering a Commons question ditions, governing the departure of the Under-Secretary for Foreign British residents.-British Wire- Affairs, Mr. Butler, said he had less.
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ETHIOPIAN LEGATION'S SHARP REMINDER OF LEAGUE OBLIGATIONS
London, To-day.
The Ethiopian Legation has issued a statement say-.
ing that if the British Government intends to request the League Council to release member states from undertakings not to recognise Ita- lian annexation, the Emperor will oppose the decision with every means.
The decision, says the statement, is contrary to the League Covenant, other treaties and the As- sembly resolution of July 4, 1936.
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The Prime Minister in the House of Commons yesterday retorted that he was not aware of such an ab- surd allegation, as Mr. Attlee (lead- er of the Labour opposition) had said was current in many quarters, that Britain was prepared to make profit out of the sufferings of Abys- sinia.
"FRONTIER RECTIFICATION
Mr. Attlee had asked whether in the course of the Anglo-Italian ne- gotiations a request was made for incorporation of some of Abyssin- ian territory in the adjacent Bri- tish territories by way of frontier Fectification or otherwise, and af- firmation of British rights or claims relative to Lake Tsana.
The Prime Minister declined to discuss details of the negotiations before their conclusion.-Reuter.
"BRINGING UP BABY"
Though she has long been es- tablished as a leading dramatic actress, Katherine Hepburn had little opportunity to display her talent for comedy until she was cast in "Bringing Up Baby," which after being shown at a preview yes- terday, opens at the Queen's Theatre to-day.
After her first sensational screen success in "A Bill of Divorcement," it would have seemed as illogical to picture Miss Hepburn as a come- dienne as it would be to imagine the immortal Berchardt or Duse playing the title role in "Charlie's Aunt." But here she comes as a comedienne.
Yet the transition from comedy to tragedy and heavy drama” has been made successfully so often in that order, that it seems only na- tural that a talented performer should have no difficulty in bridging the gap the other way.
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Miss Hepburn's successful por- trayal of a madcap heiress in her film, therefore, should not surprise, even though it comes closely on the heels of her outstan- ding work in "Stage Door
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"Bringing Up Baby is slapstick comedy at its best. Leopards roam the countryside, mnocent people are failed as criminals, museum exhibit which has taken four years to construct crashes în-- to a heap of miscellaneous" "bones, and a score or more of other mad- cap mishaps befall the characters in the film.
Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant, who plays opposite her, get in and out of more trouble than the average pair of screen lovers en- counter in a dozen pictures,
If you liked The Awful Truth," you will like "Bringing Up Baby," and one knows no better
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