THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 17, 1988.
NATIONAL REGISTER UEENS
SCHEME IN BRITAIN ATTRACTING DISCUSSION
London, To-day. Organisation of all forces in the service of national defence continues to form the main theme of discussion in political circles here, whereby it ~ is stressed that the organisation is by no means
synonymous with compulsion.
It is expected that the Cabinet will shortly take important decisions tending to improve the air Raid precautions scheme, decisions which will include a big increase of anti-aircraft bat- teries.
It is also expected that a national register for voluntary service in various domains apart from military will be created and that a special Minister for co-ordination of voluntary Ser- vice will be appointed.
FRENCH TRADE UNION LEADER DEATH MYSTERY
Paris, To-day.
The name of Sir John Anderson' continues to be mentioned in connection.
this
The well-known "elder statesman" and former Minister, Mr. L. M. S. Amery, publishes in the "Sunday Times": an article supporting Mr. Anthony Eden's demands for a ["united ‹‹front” in all questions of foreign policy and national defence. The General Secretary of the Mr. Amery likewise strongly ad- Marxist Trade Unions for the vocated creation of a ministry of district of Poutoise was found supply, and says that Great Britaini dead on Sunday on the rails of must draw certain fundamentally the line between Paris and St. important conclusions from the re Germain.
cent crisis, namely.
It is not yet ascertained whe That peace depends solely on ther he committed suicide-or was strength of armaments, and murdered and subsequently plac
LEAGUE FAILURE ed on the rails where the body
That the League has utterly fail- was allowed to be run over by the trains, in order to conceal the ed as an instrument for mainten- crime.
The police state that the ⋅ de-] ceased had recently received a number of threatening letters. Trans-Ocean.
KING AND QUEEN TO VISIT UNITED STATES
ance of peace..
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This fact, says Mr. Amery, has, been jamply proved by the examples, of Abyssinia, China and Spain.
It is moreover characteristic of the discredit into which the League has fallen that Czecho-Slovakia did not apply for its assistance.
Mr. Amery stresses the necessity, of closer co-operation between the Government and Opposition in mat- ters relating to foreign policy,
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that there should be no room for doubt 88 to the solidarity of Paris, To-day; the entire British nation in all The King and Queen of England vital questions affecting its security. have been invited to visit the United States next summer by
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NATIONAL REGISTER President Franklin D. Rossevelt, The "Observer" publishes a num- according to an announcement in ber of letters from leading, Indus- the Paris edition of the “New York|trialists; and cother · representatives Herald", which emphasises that of the business world unanimously official quarters, London refund kadvocating ¿creation of a national to comnient upon the report. +|:register as indispensable to the or
Court circles, however,estate that ganisation of national voluntary the invitation has been accepted service, and also screation of and preparations for the visit are ministry of supply whose main at- already being made. →→Trans-Ocean. tribution would be to assure ade- quate distribution raw matari- als.
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