THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 1, 1989.
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LIBERAL DISTRUST OF
GERMAN PRESS PRAISES
HITLER SPEECH
Berlin, To-day.
"Change in the attitude of Lon- don," "Freed from Nightmare," "World Extraordinarily Impressed" and similar headlines appear in the Berlin newspapers over despatches about the reception of Hitler's Reichstag speech abroad.
The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeí- tung" says that the right word at the right moment has been spoken as the German contribution to Europe's reorganisation.
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PREMIER'S POLICY
London, To-day.
BRITISH
ASSISTANCE FOR CHINA
London, To-day.
The Marquess of Zetland, 80- cretary of State for India, in a speech at Cambridge yesterday, said, there was no doubt that Par-
China.
Ho added that they had under consideration further methods for granting China assistance-Réù-
Sir Archibáld Sinclair (Liberal), speaking in the foreign affairs debate in the House of Com- mons yesterday, was of opinion that although lament would grant a credit to there was no ground for defeatism there was a certain distrust of the Government's policy. While on one side we were rearming we were losing ter abroad the support of vital powerful forces on which only a few months ago we could have re- lied to help us to resist aggression.
The Rome-Berlin Axis was now to be seen across the map of Europe strategical -a geographical and reality dividing west Europe from
"We must wait eagerly and see if and how the lines of Ger-east Europe. many's foreign policy are accept- ed by other states."
FRENCH APPEAL
DEMONSTRATORS TO BRITAIN TO
AID REFUGEES HOLD UP LONDON TRAFFIC
Britain must show that it is nei- ther ashamed nor afraid to take a interna- stand for freedom, and
WARNING TO WORLD "Lokal Anzeiger" warns the tional goodwill. the world against misinterpreting} Hitler's speech.
The journal says: "Great pro- blems have in no way lost any thing of their severity and ur- gency of force.
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We wanted, the help of the Ger- mans and Italians and all other in establishing
a world peoples
would be just, fair order which and righteous.
CREDIT SIDE
Chamberlain
London, To-day.
London, To-day.
Mr. R. A.. Butler, Under-Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs, replying for the Government in the for- Hundreds of extra police were of Commons yesterday, announc- eign affairs debate in the House
drafted to Tottenham Court Road ed that the French Government yesterday when thousands parti-had appealed to Britain to offer "arms for Spain" help on an enormous scale to feed and shelter the Spanish refugees who had crossed the French frontier.
brought forward in a way which Sir Archibald Sinclair concluded cipated in an has placed our opponents from by saying that Mr. the start in a bad position, and had put one item on the credit side demonstration. this has been felt precisely by of peace.
The crowds listened to speeches that power which had the pre- He was covinced that a large part criticising the Government's for-
Britain had replied that she sumption to consider the distri- of the German and Italian people eign policy, particularly regard-proposes to offer further help as bution of the world as its own were people of goodwill and peace-ing Spain.
the need develops...... business, namely England. ful intentions, and not only himself Reuter.
but all his supporters in Great Bri- tain.
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BAN ON JEWISH DENTISTS
Berlin, To-day. Another step in the exclusion of Jews from German economic life occurs to-day, after which no Jewish dentists are allowed to practise in Germany.
Actually, about one-third of the 120 Jewish dentists in Berlin have been informed that they would receive temporary permis- sion to continue practising...... Reuter.
ANGLO-GERMAN BUSINESS TALKS.
Fifty members of the Interna- tional Brigade, who had just Mr. Butler declared that the Both in Germany and Italy there returned from Spain, marched to British Government was not res- were a large number of people who the meeting singing revolution-ponsible for the actions of other
his ary songs: saw in Mr. Chamberlain and umbrella the symbols of decency, tolerance and quietness, which con- trast favourably with the noise and self-assertiveness of the governors of totalitarian states.
WITH CONTEMPT
Mr. Arthur Greenwood (Labour), winding up for the Opposition, de- clared that 130 British ships had' been attacked by the Franco forces, and British protests were received with contempt.
Intervention had been intensified and the British Government took the extraordinary position that the supply of arms to the Spanish Government side might precipitate war, whilst the use of the undis- guised power of Germany and Italy on Franco's side would procure peace,
It was fantastic to suggest that Berlin, To-day. the mass of arms in the possession of General Franco had been cap- tured.'
DANGER OF WAR -
It is learnt in well-informed cir- cles that the conversations between representatives of British and Ger- man industry will open in Dussel- dorf on February 28.
Main matter to be discussed will be questions of price, with special reference to machinery and coal. Reuter.
AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN EGPYT
Cairo, To-day.
A. British Commission of en- gineering experts are expected. to arrive here in the next few days to study, the possibility of erecting á factory to build bodies of military airplanes. The factory would be erected with the aid of British capital- Trans-Ocean..
They had been provided by the two states with which the Prime Minister was in such friendly as-
sociation.
The danger of war, Mr. Green- wood. declared, lay with only two men-Hitler and Mussolini. Reuter.
DR. KUNG'S NEW APPOINTMENT
Dr. H. H. Kung, China's Minis- ter of Finance, has been appoint- ed, concurrently, Chairman of the Executive Yuan.
governments. "We have strictly observed our own non-interven- The demonstration later walk-tion undertakings!" ed round Piccadilly for an hour, crying. "Arms for Spain."'.
The Government motion for Traffic was suspended and a adjournment on which the de- number of arrests made. Reu-bate took place was carried by ter..
258 votes to 133. Reuter.
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