JAPANESE
ΤΟ
REPLY
AMERICAN NOTE
"UNSATISFACTORY"
PREMIER'S PILOT KILLED IN CRASH
LONDON, TO-DAY.
CAPT. E. G. L. ROBINSON,
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
HULL, YESTERDAY DECLARE DELL
THAT
JAPAN'S REPLY TO HIS NOTE OF OCT. 6
PREMIER DENIES
ON AMERICAN RIGHTS IN THE FAR EAST GIVING ADVICE He said the Japanese Government was not respon-TO PRESS
WAS UNSATISFACTORY.
sive to the position of the United States Gov- ernment as set forth in the note of Oct. 6.
WHO PILOTED MR. NEVILLE Neither was the Japanese Government responsive
CHAMBERLAIN'S AERO. PLANE WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER FLEW TO COLOGNE AND MUNICH DURING THE CRISIS, WAS KILLED YES- TERDAY.
London, To-day..
to the general position which the United States Mander (Liberal) asked the Prime In the Commons, Mr. Geoffrey had adopted throughout its history regarding Minister if he would state to what American rights and interests not only with extent recently advice had been China but all other countries. Capt. Robinson met his death Mr. Hull added that he preferred to withhold fur the Government to owners of news- officially tendered by members of ther comment until the State Department had
when a passenger aircraft which
he was flying crashed at Redcliff Bay, Portis Head, near Bristol, and burst into flames.
The other occupant. of the ma- chine, a pilot who was under in- struction, was also killed.
Capt. Robinson had had a crash only a few weeks ago, escaping without injury.-Reuter.
Commander Robinson had flown upwards of 5,000 hours on regular service flights, including 1,000 hours on the might service between Lon- don and Berlin.
A few days before he flew the British Prime Minister to
Godes-
had more time to study the substance and im- papers on the attitude they should
take on foreign policy. plications of the Japanese reply.
MOST
IMPORTANT
EVENT OF YEAR
London, To-day.
berg. Commander Robinson covered Speaking in the House of Com-
the route: London-Stockholm in the record time of, four and a half hours. Trans-Ocean.
*
mons yesterday, Mr. Anthony Eden, the former Foreign Secretary, des- cribed the Anglo-American Agree ment as by far the most important
FRENCH MONEY trade event of the year. RETURNING OF FRANCE
Mr. Eden said it was a step in the right direction, and he hoped others would join in that way.
It was all the more important] as our trade had so many difficul-| ties in other directions.
In the Far East one used to re- PARIS, TO-DAY.
gard China as the one great ex- FOLLOWING PUBLICATION panding market left in the world, OF THE NEW DECREE LAWS A but whatever else happened in NOTABLE RETURN OF CAPITAL the Far East, there was going to WAS RECORDED, DECLARED be great impoverishment. THE FINANCE MINISTER, M. "They have gone through un- PAUL REYNAUD, IN. A THREE told suffering; and when it is HOUR ADDRESS TO THE FIN- over I think the position of the ANCE COMMITTEE · · OF THE Western nations will not be bet- CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES YES ter than when it began:”: TERDAY.
Reuter
Since the beginning of the month gold worth 1,500,000,000 francs had been returned, and subscriptions to Treasury Bonds totalled about 20,000,000,000 francs, compared with 8,000,000,000 francs only few weeks ago.
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This influx of subscriptions had enabled the rate of Interest to be lowered.
MR. STANLEY'S
CONFESSION
London, To-day.
The President of the Board Trade told the Commons at question M. Reynaud declared he was time that no trade negotiations with very satisfied with the situation. Czecho-Slovakia were în progresa The 1939 Budget would be balan- or in contemplation:
ced at 66,500,000,000 francs.-- When further questioned he re- Reuter.
plied: "Had it been likely we could have made a successful treaty Czecho-Slovakia, no doubt we should
NEXT PRESIDENT have done so, but I do not think
OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Prague, To-day.
there is any basis for such a treaty.
British Wireless,
the Supreme Court, will be put for- the presi-
It is understood that an agree- dency of the Republic. ment has been reached between the ~Dr. Chvalkovský, provlously fav- „party leaders under which Dr. Ha- oured for the presidency, would re-
cha, eminent leader and chief of main Foreign Minister-Reuter.
Reuter.
THIRTY HOURS FOR
Mr. Chamberlain replied: "No such advice has been tendered," and the following dialogue ensued.
Mr. Mander: Is it not the case that very recently, representations have been made by members of the Inner Cabinet to. owners and
TEST MATCHES editors of newspapers as to the
London, To-day.
The Advisory County Cricket Committee has decided to ask the Australian Cricket Board of Con- trol to consider an arrangement by which the hours of play of Test Matches between England ́and Austràlia should be standard- ised at 30 hours, there being five days of six hours per day in Eng- land and six days of five hours in Australia-Renter,
way they should treat foreign affairs, and if it was not done offl- cially, was it done unofficially?
Mr. Chamberlain: I said no such advice was given.
Mr. Mander: I am asking if it was not done officially was it done unofficially?
- Mr. Chamberlain : cially nor unofficially, -Wireless.
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