THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 21, 1989
Revision Of Britain's National Defence Plans
Mr. Chamberlain Answers Questions On Czech Events
London, To-day.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, was bombarded with a series of questions on Cen- tral Europe in the House of Commons yester- day.
Mr. Chamberlain made statements on our defence programme and on various events in the rape of Czecho-Slovakia.
A question on the national defence programme was put by Captain Wedgwood Benn (Labour).
Captain Benn asked: In view
of Germany's acquisition of war
material and munitions factories OPIUM EVIL
in Czecho-Slovakia, does the
Prime Minister intend to propose INTRODUCED
revision of. the national defence programme?
Mr. Chamberlain that
his statement at Birmingham on AT WEIHAI
Friday, that every aspect of the national life must now be re- viewed in the light of our nation- al safety, of course covered the national defence programme.
SELLING SCRAP TO GERMANY
Miss Ellen Wilkinson (Labour) asked if this included any repre- sentation to the Iron and Steel Federation of Great Britain that pig-iron and scrap shall not be sold to Germany as we sold it in the last war.
Mr. Chamberlain replied that that might be called an aspect of nútional life.
As far as he was aware, no written ultimatum had been pre- to President Hacha prior to his acceptance of the agreement with Hitler on March 15.
sented
LONDON, TO-DAY.
IT WAS STATED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTER-
DAY THAT THE PORT OF WEI-
HAIWEI, IN SHANTUNG, PRE- VIOUSLY LEASED TO BRITAIN, WAS
UNDER NOW
JEWS TO
PROVIDE TRANSPORT
London, To-day,
According to a message from Bratislava, the chief of staff of the Hlinka Guards has ordered all Jews to place motorcars not essen- tial to their business at the dis- posal of the Hlinka Guarda.---Reu- ter.
NO SURRENDER OF MADRID
K.C.R. FOREMAN
FINED FOR SPEEDING
A fitters'
foreman of the Kow- loon-Canton Railway, Lau Shui, was this morning fined $20 by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at Kowloon when summoned for speeding in
excess of 20 m.p.h. through the Tsun Wan controlled area.
The summons was taken out by Mr. G. A. V. Hall, who he Was driving towards the town with a friend, Mr. Blins. He heard a horn from behind - when entering the controlled area and signalled the car not to pass. When in the area the car, driven by defendant, paid no attention and overtook Paris, To-day. him. Mr. Hall added that he was According to a Burgos despatch doing full speed when he was to "Matin," Madrid's surrender to overtaken by defendant. the Government of General Franco is no longer expected as imminent.
Defendant denied that he had overtaken any car inside the con- trolled area but was beyond the area.
General Franco's refusal to make any concessions and his determina- tion that the capitulation must be. Collaborative evidence was also unconditional is stated by the paper given by Mr. Blias for the pro- to be the chief reason for giving up secution. hope of any sort of understanding or compromise between Burgoa and Madrid.
As heretofore, says "Matin," the formula of the National THE
Spanish SCOURGE OF THE OPIUM EVIL Government reads "everything and FOLLOWING JAPANESE OCCU-.nconditional.-Trans-Ocean. PATION OF THE AREA.
A statement to this effect was
made by Sir John Haslam, Conser-
vative Member- for Bolton.
Sir John asked whether the Premier was aware that during the whole of the British lease of Weihaiwel, the port and surround- ing district were entirely free from the opium evil and
continued so until the Japanese occupation, and that since the Japanese took over the port many opium dens had been opened.
Sir Nevile Henderson.. (our Am- bassador in Britain) was instruct-
"UNDER CONSIDERATION" ed on Friday to inform the Ger-
Sir John asked whether the man Government that the British
Premier would draw the attention desired to make plain that they of the Japanese Government' to the could not but regard the events of the past few days as a complete opium dens to exist and to its in- grave consequences of permitting repudiation of the Munich Agree-crease in Chinese territories under ment and a denial of the spirit in
their occupation. which the negotiators of the Agree- ment had bound themselves to co- operate for peaceful settlement.
The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, replied "Yes, the question is at present under consideration.” Reuter.
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DISCOVERY
JEWS ARRESTED IN PRAGUE
London, To-day.
The Jewish telegraphic agency says that the arrests of Jews in Prague continue.
Many Jewish bodies, including The British research ship. "Dis-the Zionist organisation, have been Czech and Ger- covery II," has discovered new land closed, while the
man press is under censorship.
Capetown, To-day.
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UNDER REVIEW Sir Nevile Henderson was also instructed to say that Britain must with other take that occasion to protest consequences of the German action against the changes effected. in against Czecho-Slovakia before any Czecho-Slovakia by German mill-statement could be made · on the tary action, which they were of question of recognition of the Ger- opinion was devoid of any, basis of man annexation and control of the legality.
seized territories.
The Prime Minister réplied 'af- In another reply relating to con- firmatively to an enquiry whether sultation with other governments he had seen any press statement adhering to the principles of the that Hitler threatened to bomb League Covenant and the Kellog Prague unless President Hacha Pact, Mr. Chamberlain again em- accepted the demands,
phasised that the whole situation The whole situation in connec-was at present under review by tion with the annexation of Czecho-the Government. Slovakia was-at-present-under-re
NOT MILITARY view by the British Government. He declined to accept the sug- Reuter,
ANOTHER STATEMENT Mr. Chamberlain who (adds Bri- tish Wireless) promised the Op- position leader to make a fuller statement at the earliest oppor tunity, told another questioner that the Government would require to give full consideration in concert
gestion of another member that military representatives should be added to the officials accompanying Mr. Hudson (Secretary for Over- seas Trade) to Warsaw and Mos- cow.
Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that the object of Mr. Hudson's mission was economic.
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