THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 6, 1989.
"WE ARE STRONG AND WE STAND TOGETHER" Mr. Hore-Belisha On Anglo-French Relations Challenge Will U.S. TREASURY
Be Met
With Decision
Paris, To-day.
Anglo-French solidarity in the face of any chal- lenge was stressed by the British Secretary for War, Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, speaking at the annual dinner of the Association France- Grande Bretagne yesterday.
STATEMENT TO-DAY
Washington, To-day.
The Treasury will issue a clari- fying statement on the monetary situation early this morning, some hours before the Senate is due to vote on the Monetary Bill.
It is believed that the state- ment may include a general out- line of the policy on the purchase of foreign silver.-Reuter.
"Let the whole world know that our two countries FOREIGN GOODS
understand completely the character of the
challenge which is offered us and will meet it if MAY HAVE TO need be with decision.". Mr. Hore-Belisha de- BE LABELLED
clared.
London, To-day.
"It would be the most mortal of errors for obser- "A Bill providing for the compub
vers,
rs, and still more for the interested parties, sory labelling of foreign made to make false deductions from the fact that goods, so as to indicate the coun- circumstances have placed us upon the defen-try of origin, was introduced in
sive.
"As we lack aggressive inten- tions, the initiative cannot in the first place lie with us.
"This, to the superficial onlooker, may appear a weakness, whereas in the long run it will be a strength."
LIVING AS COMRADES
Referring to the close relations. between the British and French armies, Mr. Hore-Belisha said: "There is no military secret that we keep from each other. **-
"There is a complete interchange of information, knowledge and ex perience. We live as comrades, as if need be we shall die.
NOT EXCLUSIVE ·
"There is also the closest liaison between Government departments in London and Paris, and we are evolving in peace with ever-grow- ing ease and as a matter of habit,
tion of the first 50,000 militiamen disclosed that over 97 per cent. were fit for military service.
VATICAN'S ROLE AS MEDIATOR
VATICAN CITY, TO-DAY. THE HOLY SEE HAS NOT YET ABANDONED HOPE OF PLAY- ING THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR IN THE PRESENT INTERNA- TIONAL TENSION, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO POLAND.
Attention is drawn to the arrival in Rome of the Papal Nuncio in Warsaw, Monsignor Cortesi, follow- ing further lengthy conversations with the Polish Foreign Minister, Col, Beck.
It is also pointed out that at this critical. moment the Polish Government has appointed a new Ambassador to the Holy See after the post had remained vacant for some time. Trans-Ocean.
POPE POSTPONES HOLIDAY
Vatican City, To-day. the House of Commons. yesterday
Pope Pius XII has postponed his departure for his summer residence by Mr. A. Edwards (Labour).
at Castel Gandolfo for at least a If the Bill is passed, foreign week, and possibly a fortnight, in made goods will in future be de-view of the various diplomatic con- "Who are the physicians who signed not merely as "foreign"versations he intends to have in proclaim our decadence?"
goods but will have to bear a connexion with the strained Euro- The strength of the British label revealing the name of the pean situation. Army, Regular and auxiliary, individual country from which would be over 1,000,000 men with the products in question are im- in a year, and would be continual-ported. ly increasing.
WE ARE STRONG
Just as France had the greatest army, Britain had the greatest navy, and together, judging by the acceleration of the rate of produc- tion, they would have the most modern and in quality the most powerful air force.
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OLD ENEMIES GET TOGETHER
Belgrade, To-day.
A meeting between Dr. Georg Kjosseivanoff, the Bulgarian Pre- mier, and Dr. Cincar Markovitch, the Yugoslavian Foreign Minister, took place yesterday morning when the special train conveying the
His Holiness had originally plan- ned to leave the Vatican to-day- Trans-Ocean.
NETHERLANDS TO HAVE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
The Hague, To-day. Dr. Colijn, who is trying to form a new Netherlands Cabinet, was received by Queen Wilhelmina yesterday.
Concluding, Mr. Hore-Belisha de- clared: "England can say to to England: France, and France We have thought in the same way, we have reached the same conclu- sions and cherish the same ideals, a system of collaboration we tried we are friends, we are strong and repeatedly to improvise in time of we shall stand together."Reuter. his way to Berlin) passed through meeting difficulties, the Roman
war,"
Mr. Hore-Belisha stressed that the partnership was neither selfish nor exclusive. It was ready to act on behalf of others who might find their independence threatened.
CONFERENCE WITH GAMELIN
Paris, To-day,
Bulgarian ·· statesman (who 13 on the Yugoslavian capital.
A sojourn of several hours was Mr. Hore-Bellsha had a lengthy devoted to a conference between conference yesterday with General the two ministers.. Gamelin, Chief of the French Gen-Dr. Kjósseivanoff refused to eral Staff, at the British Embassy, make a statement to representa
A communique on the meeting tives of the Belgrade Press. . will not be issued, but it is stated In order to continue the discus- Referring to the introduction of in informed, circles that the dis- sion, Dr. Cincar Markovitch ac- conscription in Britain, Mr. Hore-cussions dealt with questions of a companied the Bulgarian Premier
Trans-Ocean, as far as Sremska Mitrovia. Belisha said that medical examina- general nature.
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Catholic Party having declined to participate in the new Government.
Further conferences between Dr. Colijn and party representatives- will take place to-day, and an at- tempt will be made to form either a national government or a cabinet of functionaries. Trans-Ocean.
MINISTER HAS AUDIENCE
London, To-day.
The Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, called at Buckingham Palace this morning to see His Majesty. Reuter
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