REPUBLICANS KEEP
LOAN PROMISE
UP ATTACKS TO PRAGUE
IN SOUTH
Barcelona, To-day.
NOT BEING FULFILLED?
London,. To-day.
An important munitions depot fell into the hands of the Repub- licans yesterday
Dr. Pospisil, head of the Czecho- on the Estré- madura front.
Slovak financial delegation in Lon- Despite unfavourable weather the don, called on Sir Frederick Leith-
- to
TO BUY INTEREST Republican forces - continued
IN CZECH ARMS
FACTORIES
BERLIN, TO-DAY. THE "BERLINER TAGE-
-
advance important positions in Ross, Chief Economic Adviser to cluding Vortice, Sante. Inez and the British Government, at the the height of Castuera.
The advance continued as far as formal conversation preliminary to Treasury yesterday and had an in- Veitce Coscojan, all counter-attacks
de According to the Political Cor- Segrasector and six assaults on respondent Vertice Masbeli were repulsed.
of the "Daily Tele-
tion of Mr. Chamberlain's promise graph," the Treasury has set its Fighting in the southern zone face against the full implementa- that a loan to Czecho-Slovakia would be arranged.
being repulsed. The number of resumption of the formal talks prisoners is high, and numerous on financial matters concerning Nationalist soldiers deserted to the Czecho-Slovakia. Republicans. Celewicz demanded that the Po- BLATT PUBLISHES ARE licans repelled several violent Na-British Wireless.
On the Catalan front, the Repub delegation have yet taken place.-
No formal meetings with the lish Government should announce a PORT FROM PRAGUE TO THE tionalist attacks in the Artesa large scale programme regarding EFFECT THAT THE CHINESE the Ukrainian question providing GOVERNMENT THROUGH for homogeneous treatment of the INTERMEDIARIES HA S Ukrainian settlement areas and MADE AN OFFER TO THE continued throughout the day with giving the possibilities of-develop- CZECH GOVERNMENT ΤΟ ment to Ukrainian youth.
PARTICIPATE
the Italians in the van. POLISH ATTACK
BRUENN AND SOUTH BOHE- The Italian divisions suffered The Polish Deputy, Wagner, re-
MIA MUNITION AND ARMS severe losses, and, despite their bet- plied that Celewicz by his speech
WORKS
ter equipment have made little ad- had placed himself outside the Po- This information the corres-
vance.-Trans-Ocean. lish State and had adopted an atti-pondent claims to have received tude impossible for Polish citizen. in connection with the sale of
Wagner denied any title to the
the majority shares in the Bruenn name "Ukrainian" and stated that arms works to a private consor-| he knew only the "Ruthenian” pro-
tium. blem.
mist activities.
The Ukrainians
mier used that Ocean.
name.
IN
THE
DAMASCUS DEMONSTRATES
.
The mission of financial experts which was in London before Christmas returned to Prague, wondering why they were invited to come to London for discussions when it was obvious from the out- set that the Treasury Had no in- tention of working out a plan for making, a substantial dan avail- able at an early date.
In conclusion of this transac- He charged the Ukrainians with tion, the correspondent claims, a responsibility for the existing ten-delegation of Chinese, represent-
CZECH REQUEST sion on account of their autono-ing Generalissimo Chiang Kai-
After the Munich agreement was shek, arrived in Prague to begin
signed the Government of the trun- declared they negotiations for Chinese, partici-
DAMASCUS, TO-DAY. were insulted by Wagner's speech pation in the Bruenn and SouthTIONS ACCOMPANIED THE AR-guaranteed by Britain and France.
SOME HOSTILE DÉMONSTRA- for a loan
cated Czecho-Slovak state asked
`of £30,000,000 to and the court of honour of the Bohemia arms works.
be Sejm will deal with the incident. The Chinese delegation declar- NEW FRENCH
RIVAL AT DAMASCUS OF THE The Government promised to make The Premier, Dr. Slawoj-Sklad-ed that it possessed the necessary SIONER, M. PUAUX,
HIGH COMMIS- £10,000,000 available at once, and kowski, gave
that capital to acquire the requisite FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT. an assurance
ON HIS arranged with the French and there is no intention of denation- shares, this capital having been
other The Syrian Cabinet and leading sum.
governments for a larger alizing the Ukrainians. The Pre-placed at the disposal of the officials were at the aerodrome to
Trang Chinese Government in order greet the High Commissioner and nouncing that he had made ar-
Mr. to strengthen Chinese resistance the five-mile route to the Residency rangements with the Bank of Eng- Chamberlain, when an- against Japan.
The Chinese intermediaries sti-
was lined by French troops. pulated that, as soon as the capi-were closed as protest against the the session after discussion with In the business quarter, shops to introduce legislation early in land for the £10,000,000, promised tal 'was paid in, the works should French attitude towards Syria and be organised to make deliveries Syrian mobile guards, wearing for to China and should carry over the first time their steel helmets, were posted in various parts of the even though placed earlier. The town to prevent incidents. Czech Government, however, re- Chungking, To-day.
The High Commissioner fused Yoyang is practically an empty Ocean.
enter- this.
3- -condition.—Trans- tained members of the Cabinet to city, the bulk of the Japanese
at the Residency. troops having been withdrawn, according to General Chen Cheng, Chairman of the Hupeh Provincial Government.
JAPANESE SHENSI
FRUSTRATED orders received from other places,
PLAN
...
Chinese units are closing in on the city.
With the Chinese recapture of Chihsien, Taning and Siangning, the Japanese plan to invade Shen- si from west Shansi has been frustrated.
In Kwangtung, General Chen revealed, Chinese partisan units are extremely active on all fronts, and behind the Japanese lines. Central News.
WHEAT MEETING
London, To-day. At its meeting yesterday the In- ternational Wheat Advisory Com- mittee fully agreed in principle to convening of .. an International wheat conférence, but the date and place have not yet been fixed.—Bri- tish Wireless.
DECREE NISI GRANTED
Finding a charge of misco- duct against respondent at Fanl- ing proved, His.. Honour the Chief Justice Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor granted a decree nîsi to Lilian Edith. Evans Beatrice Mueller against Hans Herbert Mueller.
Petitioner was represented by Mr. D. J. N. Anderson, in- structed by Mr. H. J. Arm- strong, while the suit was not defended.
Granting the decree nisi, His Lordship said that he found misconduct at Fanling proved but the allegation of misconduct at Courtlands Hotel was
not substantiated by the evidence.
He granted petitioner custody of the two children.
luncheon Trans-Ocean.
CHAIR OF GASTRONOMY
Paris.
The French Government are re- ported to be willing to support. proposals for £30,000,000 to be made available over a period of one or two years, provided that the |British Government is agreeable.
TREASURY PROPOSALS What has actually been proposed by the Treasury experts, headed by Sir Frederick Leith Ross, is that £4,000,000 of the £10,000,090 originally promised by the Prime Minister for immediate use should be a gift from the British Govern- ment and £6,000,000 would be joint- and
Master Chef Suggestion y guaranteed by Britain
and raised in the open
The founding of a chair of gastro-France nomy at Oxford or Cambridge was market, suggested by M. Emile Aymoz, mai- trechef
The Prague Government has at the Dorchester Hotel, protested that it does not want a London, when addressing á gather-¡gift, but a substantial loan, which ing of doctors to whom he pleaded it had been led to expect would be for a study of cuisine, research in arranged in London and Paris. It nutrition and training of men to has offered to draw minister to the bodily needs of the posed £30,000,000 only when pay- on the pro- nation.
"Modern womaff no longer tries every step in the expenditure to ments are necessary, and to submit to slim herself to a skeleton. A few
supervisera appointed years ago three women out of five guarantors.
by the refused to cat potatoes. Now not more than one in ten potatoes by," M. Aymoz said.
"
passes SOLDIER HURT
Private Chalmers, of the
Sen-
The popular revival of interest in good cooking, he added, had probably forths, is being treated at the Mil- come from America. Americans itary Hospital for injuries sustain- took greater interest in food than ed when he fell down some steps did the English.
in MacDonald "Roäd yesterday...