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VITAL CABINET MEETINGS IN
LONDON AND PARIS
London, To-day.
THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN the Premier, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, and the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax,
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noon after lunch at 10, Downing Street.
The Secretary for War, Mr. Hore-Belisha, immediately after
returning from Paris by special plane in the afternoon called at the War Office. Before leaving Paris, Mr. Hore-Belisha had a conference with the French Pre- mier, M. Daladier, lasting an hour.
A continuous coming and going of diplomats and politicians at 10 Downing Street led to a crowd assembling in front of the Foreign Office which finally was cordonned off by the police.
It is now certain that to-day's Cabinet meeting will be attended by all Cabinet Ministers with the excep- tion of the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Maughan, who is in Canada.
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Of the London newspapers attribut-6. ing a great deal of importance to to- day's Cabinet meeting the "Star" states that the following items are to be discussed by the Cabinet:
MOSCOW TALKS
1. A confidential report from the Dan- zig League of Nations' Commis- sioner Burckhardt on his discus- sions with the German Chancellor. 2. The new German-Slovakian mili-
tary treaty.
3. The reports which the British Am- bassador to Berlin, Sir Nevile Hen- derson, sent to London from Berlin
and Salzburg respectively.
consultations between
4. The
Reich Foreign Minister, von Rib- bentrop, the Italian Foreign Minis- ter Count Ciano and the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Count Csaky. Reports from Rome and Danzig. The state of the Anglo-Soviet gen- cral staff talks in Moscow.
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7. The endeavours of the Pope
bring about a peaceful settlement
of the international conflicts. Trans-Ocean.
SIGNIFICANT MEETING
Paris, To-day. The French Cabinet Council to be held this afternoon at the War Minis- try will be followed on Thursday afternoon by the Ministerial Council at the Elysee with President Lebrun in the chair.
It is learned from well informed French sources that Premier Daladier the and Foreign Minister Bonnet will in-
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form the French Ministers of the pre- sent state of international situation, of the political and military negotia- tions in Moscow and the general mili- tary position in Europe.
The Ministerial Council is expected to pass a number of economic emer- gency decrees to become valid in the event of the international crisis grow- ing worse.
The Paris Monday afternoon press stressed by big headlines the significance of the British and French Cabinets meeting almul- taneously.
Special importance is attached in connection herewith to the exchange of opinions between Premier Daladier and the British War Minister, Mr. Hore-Belisha, yesterday.
Numerous Paris papers believe the. British Cabinet is about to take far- reaching new measures. The Com- munist Boulevard paper "Le Soir" headlines. an article "London on the eve of decision."-Trans-Ocean.
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