THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 15, 1939.
THE LINE-UP
IN
EUROPE
Reuter Surveys The Military Situation
DEADLOCK
IN RAILWAY DISPUTE
London, To-day.
A deadlock hao arison In the rallway wages situation.
The National Union of Rall. asked the
waymen yesterday
companies for a minimum wage of 60 shillings a wook.
the
The companies Informed Union that their present finan- clal position does not justify a further Increase in the minimum rate of 45 shillinga recently con- coded.
A special delegate conference of workers will be called for sometime next week to consider the position and possible further action. Reuter.
AMERICAN OFFER TO MEXICO
Washington, To-day.
A statement by Mr. Sum- ner Welles, acting Secretary of State, yesterday revealed that the United States Gov- ernment was the originator of a proposal for an interim settlement of the Mexico oil expropriation dispute by the appointment of nine mem- bers to operate the Mexican oil-field.
The balance of power was to held by three neutral members.
Mr. Sumner Welles regretted that the proposal "should have boon disregarded by either party without a fair discussion of merito."
Its
be
He stated that a continuation of the dispute would constitute "a material barrier" to commercial intercourse and to a continuation of friendly American-Mexican relations:
Mr.
Before issuing his statement, Sumner Welles conferred separately with the Mexican Ambassador and with the representatives of the Ameri- can oil companies concerned.-Reu-
ter.
SOVIET AS BIGGEST FACTOR ONE
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
London, To-day.
THE FACT THAT in this nominal peace-time Europe has eight and a half million men under arms-without counting the navies and air forces — is the striking conclusion of Reuter's Military Expert on the basis of reliable available estimates collected to-day.
A fairly even balance would appear to be struck between the Democratic and the Axis groups as far as the alignment at present established is concerned.
gen-
The Democratic group muster 000 troops in readiness. 2,875,000 comprising France, 1,000,- Other "neutrals" who might come 000; Britain, 000,000; Poland, 500,000; into the line of fire in any Turkey, 300,000; Rumania, 275,000; | eral conflagration, and who are known and Greece, 200,000.
to have little sympathy with totali- The Axis group muster 2,700,000 tarian aims, together contribute over distributed among Germany, 1,750,000, | 400,000 and Italy, 950,000
comprising Bulgaria, 160,- or 1,150,000 if [000; Belgium, Hungary's 200,000 is included.
100,000; the Baltic states, 60,000; and Holland, Portugal and Switzerland, 30,000 each.
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ULSTERS GO
TO "WAR" BY PLANE
London, To-day. A detachment of 180 men of the
Second Battalion, Royal UI- ster Rifles, stationed at Park- hurst, fale of Wight, are to-day to be transported by troop-car- rying planes from Ryde airport to Wiltshire to take part in the manoeuvres.-British Wireless.
TREASURE RETURNED TO SPAIN
Madrid, To-day. Valuables worth several million pe- setas which, during the Spanish war THE COUNTERWEIGHT
of intervention were taken to France, Danzig is estimated at 10,000, but were brought back to San Sebastian this include a number of Poles.
The bigger counterweight numeri-La Rochelle, France, yesterday.
by the Spanish steamer Albertia from cally is Soviet Russia, whose 2,000,000, give a marked predominance to any group with which they make common
Given the success of its diplo- macy in Spain, the Axis group could count on another 150,000.
YUGOSLAVIA ANXIOUS The activity of diplomacy in Yugo- slavia is understandable when it is realised that critical anxieties about her future have compelled compara- tively small Yugoslavia to keep 300,- cause.-Reuter.
"I can
Outside French waters, the steamer was escorted by the Spanish destroy- er Escarlo.-Trans-Ocean.
can see you didn't have your Ovaltine last night!"
CRASH AT KAI TAK LAST NIGHT
A plane was totally wreck- ed when it crashed in the height of last night's sudden storm at the Kai Tak' Air Port, the pilot miraculously escaping serious injuries.
Mr. P. H. Raymond, the pilot, was night-flying in an Avro-Cadet ma- chine, belonging to the Far East Fly- ing School at about 9.15 p.m. when he ran into the storm.
He turned the machine back to the landing field, but unfortunately did not land effectively.
The plane crashed
was totally wrecked.
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DİSTRİBUTONS
Mr. Raymond sustained only a few
scratches: