THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 19, 1938
GERMANY FOSTERING UNKRAINE UNREST Confidential Bureau Opened In Berlin
CHAMBERLAIN
FOUR-POWER
CONFERENCE SCHEME
London, To-day.
The "Sunday Chronicle" alleges that Mr. Neville Chamberlain, after his return from his visit to Rome plans another call on the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler.
The paper asserts that Mr. Cham- berlain and the British Foreign
Military Training To Be Given In Special Schools
London, To-day.
A definite movement has been launched in Berlin for inauguration of an independent Ukrainian state, including Ruthenia, as well as exten-
-BURMA-
UNREST
Rangoon, To-day.
To meet the threatened civil disobedience campaign, the Gov- ernment of Burma has issued a communique announcing the deci- sion to take "all necessary mea- sures effectively to check the present campaign of civil disobe- dience and general lawlessness." -Reuter.
sive regions in Poland, Russia and part of ITALIAN CRUISER
Rumania,
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This despatch, from its correspondent in the Nazi capital, is featured in the "Sunday Times.' Secretary, Lord Halifax, on their A "confidential Ukrainian bureau," says the cor- respondent, has been opened in Berlin by Dr. Mikola Suschko, believed to be a former officer in the Ukrainian army.
way back from Rome to London- will meet in Paris, the French Pre- mier. M. Daladier, and M. Bonnet, to discuss the possibility of invit- ing Field Marshal Goering to Lon- don to discuss pending political questions.
The result of these various dis- cussions would be a Four-Power Conference.
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All "stateless Ukrainians" been asked to register at bureau.
have the
Another "Sunday Times" report, from the journal's Warsaw corres- pondent, says that Polish political circles are astonished at the haste of the Nazi authorities in organis- ing 40 000 Ukrainians resident in Germany, be
to
The "Sunday Dispatch" believes that the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, will next year submit the world the plan of a conference on armament restrictions, to signed by the four big European lieutenant for Ukrainian affairs, Dr. Rescnberg, Hitler's chief
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RUSSO-JAPANESE TENSION DEVELOPING
Shanghai, To-day. ¡
A large concentration of So- viet troops on the Manchukuo border is reported by the com- mander of the Japanese unit which participated in the Changkufeng incident in the summer, according to a message received here. Reuter.
Negotiations between Japan and the Soviet Union · concerning the fishery agreement appear to have reached a critical stage since the last conversation between the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow and M. Litvinoff had a negative re- sult.
PREACHER OF MOSQUE OF
OMAR SHOT DEAD
ARRIVES
An Italian cruiser, the "Bartho- lomew Colleoni" arrived in
the
Colony this morning. from the south and saluted the country and the Commodore, Blackhead Forts and H.M.S. Tamar, respectively, reply- Jing with 21 and 17 guns.
The French Flagship "Pri- maguet" arrived in the Colony yes- terday from Shanghai.
GYDNIA COLLISION
Warsaw, To-day.
A serious collision between a Latvian and a Norwegian steamer is reported to have occurred in the
Jerusalem, To-day. Sheikh Arkati, a preacher in the has created a special Ukrainian Mosque of Omar, was shot
port of Gydnia. dead Department in Warsaw to co-oper- within the Old City of Jerusalem steamer, "Dangars" rammed the The outward-bound Latvian ate with the bureau in Germany.
yesterday.
incoming Norwegian steamer,
MILITARY TRAINING Ukrainians will undergo military training in special schools, one, of which, for officers, is said to have been opened in Danzig.
The Polish Government, mean- while, has lodged a sharp protest in Prague against anti-Polish Ukrainian propaganda in Czecho- Slovakia.-Reuter.
NAZIS GIVING
WARNINGS TO
SWITZERLAND
BERLIN, TO-DAY.
M. Litvinoff has declared' that A WARNING TO SWITZER- Moscow is not inclined to conclude LAND THAT IF SHE WANTS a provisional agreement,
TO BE REGARDED AS A The Japanese Government, accord-NEUTRAL POWER SHE MUST ing to informed quarters is Tokyo CEASE. AGITATION AND PRO- has wired new instructions to its PAGANDA AGAINST - GER- Ambassador in Moscow, instructing MANY, IS CONTAINED IN him to demand from the Soviet "VOELKISCHER BEOBACH- Russian a definite statement by TER." December 20.-Trans-Ocean.
The paper says: "Shameless agitation has been going on for years against the internal policy of
NO FROLICS THESE Germany, and has reached intoler-
DAYS
Chungking, To-day.
able proportions since the taking over of Austria and the Sudeten- land.
"Switzerland must be told in a A recent notification issued by decided manner that it isn't in the Government states that Gov-the least like neutrality when all ernment officials discovered în pro-German elements in the coun- dancehall and gambling establish- try are prosecuted and proscribed, ments will, in future, be court while the worst agitators against martialled. Our Own Correspon- the Reich continue to function with dent.
impunity."-Reuter.
He was one of a group who re- "Herm." cently invited British troops to in- The Norwegian steamer was spect the Mosque precincts when seriously damaged and its sinking snipers were alleged to have been prevented only with great difficulty. hidden there.--Reuter.
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