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French Press Comment
ROYAL AIR FORCE Official Strength Figures
London, Aug. 5.
London, Aug. 3. Messages from Parls reporting
Latest official ngures of Royal the French press comment ca
Air Force strength in air-craft and the Exchange of letters between personnel indicate the expansion Mr. Neville Chamberlain and programme, launched in 1935 and. Signor Mussolini show that there greatly augmented in 1936, as mIRK-
in is a general appreciation
ing very satisfactory progress. New France in the nature of the case, service stations and armament and by virtue of the established training camps already opened principles of the British foreign total 22. The strength of Metro- policy, nothing derogatory to the politan Air Force home defence friendly understanding which units. army co-operation squadrons and coastal command-is now 123 exists between the British and French Governments is involved squadrons, increase of 137 per in the more cordial, atmosphere ceat, over pre-expansion strength. which should result in the rela-equipped with 1,542 arst line air- tions between London and Rome craft. This is approximately 200 from the Premiers correspondence, aeroplanes less than the first line total of Metropolitan Air Force The attitude of the majority of
strength envisaged for the end of French
is the
commentators
the programme. warmly welcomed in London where the disposition, evident for some time in a certain quarter to regard the improvement of a country's relations in one direc- tlon as necessarily implying their deterioration in another, is strong ly depreciated.
Behind the ultimate total or 1,750 first line air-craft and 900 or so aircraft forming the frat line of overseas "squadrons, and the Fleet Air Arm, will be full war reserves of aircraft artament,
equipment and supplies sufficient to justify the claim that the Royal Air Force will be second to none in strength for defence and coun- ter attack.
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The Foreign Secretary's spen ches have repeatedly emphasised the desire of His Majesty's. Gov- ernment to promote and maintain friendly relations. all round with equally strong determination that new friendships shall not be se- cured at the expense of old-service and 3,100 have begun train- British
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ROBBERY ON JUNK
Technical Point Discussed
That they had committed an armed robbery was the charge alleged against six Chinese. mostly fishermen. who appeared before. Mr. G. 8. Kennedy-Skipton, District Officer South, at the Dis trict Office South yesterday mor-
ning.
They were charged with having on July 31 armed with a revolver and knives, boarded Class IV Boat No. 249 whilst it was lying at Lung Shun Wan. High Island in this Colony, and robbed Kong Chun, master of the boat and others of 37 sacks of sugar, 40 tins of kerosene, one case of matches, four sults of clothing. one pair of trousers and one singlet.
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There was some discussion as to whether the place where the alleged robbery had taken place was in the Southern District and
Recruitment and training of per- sonnel have made' giant strides. Blace April 1935 approximately 3,500 pilots have been selected for
ing. The total number of airmen entered since that date is 22.300."
This increase, great though it is. is dwarfed by the increase in striking power made available by the creation of new types of, Bṛl- tish fighting and bombing aero- planes. These machines, built to the most up-to-date formulae and powered with engines of unrivall- ed efficiency and trustworthiness, are vastly more formidable wea- pons than their fore-runners. Squadron after squadron is re- ceiving bombing aeroplanes cap- able of gres speeds and carrying big loads over distances demand- ed by strategy of home and im- perial protection. At the time power in defensive combat is: being augmented by a supply of aghters more heavily armed than any of their fore-runners yet cap- able of speeds of well över 30% miles hourly British Wireless.
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London, Aug. D. The meeting of the Chairman's Sub-Committee of the London- Intervention Committee will be held at the Foreign Office to- morrow afternoon. The last meet- ing of the Sub-Committee was on July 30 when after 3 hours discus- slon of the replies received re-
If the case should be tried by thegarding the British proposals for District Officer South.
ending the deadlock, was adjourn-
The case was formally remanded ed to enable the Goverminents to for one week and It will probably be tried by the District Oficer
North at Talpo.
The six accused were Chan Wing Choi 37 fisherman. Tang Sang. 38. allas Cheng Sang, junk master, Ng Kau, 34, sh dealer. Shek Sang. 30, fisherman. Ma. Fung Yiu, 24, Asherman and Wong Hon 27, fisherman.
Wong Hon was further charged with having in his possession a revolver. He was not legally re- presented but second and third accused were defended by Mr. H. A de B Botelho and the other three were represented by Mr.
Peter Sin.
consider the situation in the light of the discussion.
Since then the chairman, Lord with representatives on the Com- Plymouth, has kept in close touch
mittee. To-day he had a talk with Dr. Wbermann, the German Charge d'Affaires.-British Wireless
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Mr. Ormsby-Gore Replies Sharply To Criticisms
Geneva, Aug. 5.
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napping of a soldier, whose where- abouts were discovered within 24 hours, an excuse for military inter- vention. He continues:
The present Japanese ättäck has been carerally planned and of the Basque refugee children into resist Japanese expansion, and sanctioned by the Emperor. The thus it seems that a grave, con originator of the plan of attack the United Kingdom-has been dis-: cussed between the Foreign Office flct between the two powers is 1 General Tanaka, when he was unavoidable," said Dr. Wellington still Premier, at the time of the of his notorious Koo, Chinese Ambassador to Faris, publication to a representative of "L'Intran Tanaka Memorial.”
excessively conciliatory "The geant." to-day, the terminating the tension, the Am the time of the Russo-Japanese As regards the possibility of attitude shown by Soviet Russia at
take place after an explicit inter-strengthen Japan, as she was try bassador continued, this can only Amur incident has served to
vention of the powers who deatre ing to sound the state of the nancial exhaustion or economic The European situation and the to see peace preserved or after ground, before venturing on it. bankruptcy of the aggressor. repercussions of the Spanish ss110
proposed partitioning of Palestine
be behind closed doors and the National Joint Committee The next publie session. it was for Spanish relief in view of the ́announced to-day, will not be held reports that conditions in Bilbao before Monday.
will shortly be sufficiently nemal Speakers who favoured open ses for the children to return home. sions argued that after the speeches of Dr. Chaim Weizmann complicated by the fact that many Matters, however, are somewhat and Dr. M. M. Usaishkin, chair or the parents have left Bilbao man of the Congress and chairman and are scattered in other parts of of the Board of Directors of the Spain. The committee itself is Jewish National Fund, respectively, considering establishing contacts there were no more secrets left to with the various Spanish authori be diclosed, especially as Dr. Weiz mann had expressed himself 10, British Wirelean. The fact should not be lost sight favour of a modifed partition of, he asserted, that Britain was plan. But the advocates of a clos administering the mandate on beed sesalon contended that open half of the League of Nations. debates on the partitioning plan graphic agency, as possibly foretion of international peace and of which Japan could nos put mill-
Meanwhile, at Zurich, the Zionist might lead to a split in the Zionist shadowing the adoption by the Congress proceeded. There it was movement at a time when unity Congress of a resolution sponsored decided that its political commis was necessary, th
by Dr. Weizmann, favouring the son should meet in secret. This To-day's vote 18 interpreted, Palestine partitioning principle means that the debates on the here, according to the Jewish tele- Beuter.
ties.
"To be sure, all countries have gave the Japanese, leaders the im- their domestic troubles, but they pression that they could rely on will have to bear in mind that comparatively-full, freedom of ac- milltary-aggression -- wherever it tion. Added to this was the rapid occurs, constitutes a direct viola | development of China, in the face disturbs the security of all peoples tary action aside any more if it did not want to lose the last of the world wa
Referring to the origin of the chance to gain her ends m conflict, Dr Wellington Boo seld China. ***** that Japan made the alleged kid- Transocean Howa Barison.