THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1989
Significant Diplomatic Activity In London Yesterday
LORD HALIFAX TALKS WITH GREEK MINISTER
London, To-day.
There was considerable and significant diplomatic
activity in London throughout Sunday. The Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, in the morn- ing had conversations with the Greek Minis- ter, M. Simopoulos, Mr. Neville Chamberlain (who was called back from his Scottish holi-
BRITISH MINISTER SAFE
London, To-day. Anxiety for the safety of Sir A. Ryan, British Minister to Al- bania, has been dispelled.
A number of letters from him, dated from Durazzo, the Albanian port, have now been received in London. Reuter,
day), and the French Ambassador, M. Corbin. ITALIANS
In the afternoon, Lord Halifax, accompanied by Sir
Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Under-Secre- REACH SOUTHERN
tary at the Foreign Office, visited the offices of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
There they had a conference, Before this Council, M. Bonnet with Viscount Gort, Chief of the and M. Daladier arranged to meet Imperial General Staff, and Vice-fat 4.45 p.m.
Admiral Cunningham, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.
ALBANIA
Rome, To-day.
A communique from Tirana
Immediately after the close of states that Italian mechanised the Council a conversation took
In Paris, the French perman- ent Committee of National De-place between M. Bonnet and the troops have occupied Argyro
British Ambassador, Sir Eric Castro, in Southern-Albania.
fence met yesterday afternoon at the War Ministry under the pre- sidency of the Premier, M. Edouard Daladier.
The meeting was attended by M. Georges Bonnet (Foreign Minister), General Gamelin (Chief of General Staff), M. Campinchi (Minister of Marine), M. Guy La Chambre (Air Minis- ter), Vice-Admiral Darlan (Chief of the Naval General Staff) and General Vuillemin (Chief of the Air General Staff). Reuter.
All through the day there were large crowds in Whitehall and Downing Street to watch the move- ments of Ministers.
GUARANTEE
Phipps.
It is considered that precaution> ary measures for national security are being decided upon.
Another communique states that an Albanian administrative com- mittee, composed of "eminent Al- banian officials and dignitaries," Immediate occasion for the call- has taken over the administration ing of the Cabinet meeting earlier of Albania temporarily. than intended was that the First The Italian Foreign Minister, Secretary of the British Embassay Count Ciano, yesterday returned to Mr. W. N. D. Black, paid a visit to Rome by air from Tirana and im- M. Bonnet yesterday morning and mediately called at the Palazzo obviously delivered a weighty com- Chigi. Reuter. munication from the British Gov- ernment.
M. Bonnet then went to the Ely- see Palace to inform the French President of the purport of the com- munication.-Trans-Ocean.
FOR GREECE? JAPAN STUDIES
London, To-day.
Downing Street yesterday wit- nessed its busiest Easter for many
a year, and perhaps in the whole of its history.
At 7 a.m. Mr. Neville Chamber- lain arrived from Scotland, and`at noon, he received the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax. Their talk lasted 20 minutes.`
SITUATION
Tokyo, To-day.
SWEDEN PLUMPS FOR NEUTRALITY
STOCKHOLM, TO-DAY. "THE RISKS OF A POLICY OF COLLABORATION WITH' POW- ERS OTHER THAN THOSE - OF THE NORTH ARE TOO GREAT AND THE GUARANTEES TO0 UNCERTAIN," DECLARED» MR. SKOELD, SWEDISH MINISTER OF DEFENCE, IN A SPEECH
He added: "Neutrality is a na- tural attitude for our country.”
Long conferences between lead-YESTERDAY. ing Ministers, including the Prime Minister and Defence Ministers. continue in reference to the situa- tion in Europe.
After the Greek Minister had called at Foreign Office, Mr. Cham-
Well-informed circles state that berlain and Lord. Halifax are said to have discussed a British guar-the issue under discussion is he- antee for Greece.
ther Japan will. throw in her lot Lord Halifax then returned to finally with the Axis Powers, or the Foreign Office, where he re-observe neutrality, and present in- mained for a long time at work dications are that Japan will de-
cide to sit on the fence." without receiving visitors......
It is stated that the Foreign Secre-Own Correspondent. tary had a long series of conversa- tions with Foreign Office experts on Mediterranean - and Near East affairs, Trans-Ocean.
BRITAIN'S MESSAGE TO
FRANCE
Contrary
COUNT CIANO FLIES BACK
Mr. Skoeld emphasised the need for calm at present, and declaicu ""The chances of success in defence against possible aggression are just as great as the risks of failure."
Concluding, Mr, Skoeld dwelt on the strength of Sweden's defence.
Reuter.
Our 200 CASUALTIES
Rome, To-day.
IN JAP. RAID ON YUSHAN
Yushan, To-day, More than 200 civilians were killed and maimed In Yushan, on the Cheklang-Kiangsi Railway Fin Clano returned from east Kiangsi, in a terrifle air rald Tirana, by, 'plane at 1.30 p.m. yes-staged by nine Japanese terday, Trans-Ocean learns from a yesterday. source usually well nformed. · Im- mediately after his Clano aylong
Count Paris, To-day. the original assump tion that the French Cabinet would not meet till Wednesday a Council of Ministers was terday to meet in War at 5.80
manship of 14.
British
Some 800 shops.
Rome were lev
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RUMANIA IN AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY
ISTANBUL, TO-DAY.
THE RUMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, *M. GAFENCU, LEFT FOR BUCHAREST YESTERDAY AFTER HIS TALKS WITH M. SARAJOGLU, THE TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER.
A communique states: "The two countries agreed to pursue the po- licy of the Balkan Entente, aiming at strengthening the security and independence of friendly and allied countries.
"They also agreed to tighten the linka with neighbouring peoples in conformity with the spirit of the Salonika Pact of July, 1938, be- tween Bulgaria and the Balkan En、 tente States, providing for friendly settlement of all differences through
negotiatione and denouncing all re-
course to force."-Reuter.
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