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PRIVATE TALKS
AT BRUSSELS
Chinese Delegation Awaiting Nanking's Instructions
Brussels, Nov. 23. Lord Cranborne, Mr. Norman Davis and Dr. Wellington Koo reviewed the Sino-Japanese situa- tion at a private meeting to-day. The Chinese delegates have not from yet recelved instructions Nanking, but it is hoped they will be received before the meeting to-
MOTTOW..
GRAVE FRENCH PLOT UNEARTHED
Secret Organisation
Of "Cagoulards" Planned Coup d'etat
Parts Nov. 23.
"A plan for a concerted attack on the Chamber of Deputies is claimed to have been found in a Paris office by the Police among the complete, archives dealing with the Cagoulards.
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NO date for the attack was given. but there was also a de- talled plan of M. Leon Blum's residence.
The British and American dele- gates examined the Conference declaration with M. Paul Spaak of Belgium. No Important amend-
Meanwhile the greatest reticence has been received from any delegats being observed regarding the tión.- Reuter.
CHEN KUNG-PO ARRIVES
IN BRUSSELS
Brussels. Nov. 23. Mr. Chen Kung-po arrived from Rome to-day and in a statement to the press said he had interviewed Count Ciano and Signor Mussolini: He emphasised that the Italian
statement had assured him that Italy's signing of the anti-Com- intern Pact had nothing to do with the Sino-Japanese conflet.
Mr. Chen Kung-po said the business of the Brussels conference was to find a rapid and satisfac- tory solution in conformity with the Nine-Power Treaty. The -ob- ject of his mission was to inform the Chinese Embassies and Lega- and tions of internal conditions policies of China since the begin
ing of the hostilities.
Cabinet consideration ΟΙ the Cagoulards activities. It is merely announced that the Minister for the Interior gave an account of the police enquiries.
of
the
HALIFAX SEES
THE KING
Reporting To Cabinet Regarding German
Visit
London, Nov. 23. Lord Halifax, Lord President of the Council. had half an hour's audience with the King at Buckingham Palace this morning the Privy after the meeting of Council Lord Halifax will report to his colleagues on his recent German visit at to-morrow morn- ing's meeting of the Cabinet, and the Prime Minister promised the Opposition leader In Commons to- day to thake a statement at ques- tion time to-morrow. This morn- ing, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden called on the Prime Minis- ter at Downing Street. and was with him over an hour.-
trarish Wireless
London, Nov. 23. Mr. Clement Attlee. Eleader of
pecting the visiting of Lord Hall- fax to Germany.
UNBEATABLE CHINA
Dean Prophesies Victory
"Japan is throwing the whole of her weight against China and she will never break her," said the Dean of Canterbury, speaking at
a
pro-China demonstration at Queen's Hall, Londan, recently.
There was a power of recovery in China which at length would make her victorious. the Dean continued. Any nation should count it a privilege to be able to stand side by side with China in this, the greatest moment of her history.
Referring to the Japanese in- cident in which he nearly lost his lite ve years ago when travelling through China, the Dean said that the Japanese statement then that she was working for order in China was "a most monstrous and a most damnable. Le."
Madame Chiang Kai Shek sent
that the outcome of the meeting would
"the vindication be justice in international affairs."- "Bulletin."
of
The official communique adds that the organisation is designed for a civil war and the replace- ment of the Republican form by the Opposition, questioned the Pre-A telegram expressing the hope a Dictatorship which would premier in the House of Commons res- cede the restoration monarchy.
ARREST OF MINISTERS Detailed plans have been dis- including fascimile signatures of certain Ministers and a list of Ministers and Members of Par- lament to be arrested at a given signal
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The organisation is stated to comprise General Staff, first, second and third bureaux and a medical service The effective
Mr. Chen Kung-po is going Paris members of the organisation would
from Brussels.- Reuter,
MR. MACDONALD IN LONDON London, Nov. 23.
be separated into "divisions, brigades, regiments, battalion," and so on.
The Premier asked Mr. Attlee to repeat the question to-morrow when he hoped to make a state- ment... Reuter
TERRITORIALS
COME INTO LINE
'London, Nov. 24. The British Territorial Army will
be made a supplementary part of the British defence forces, de-
The police also discovered pa- pers showing means of seizing the depots and Board canal trafficclared the Secretary for War, Mr. and road traffic outside of Parts: Hore-Belisha, in the House of with the intention of transfor- Commona. Pensions of officers in
Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, the. Dominions Secretary, returned to London from Brussels this evening in order to attend to-morrow's Cabinet meeting and to make arming them into offensive equip- the Territorial Army will be simi- rangements for the funeral of his father, whose body conveyed in a British warship is due to reach this country on Thursday. A ser vice in Westminster Abbey will be held on Friday British Wireless
PRUSSELS..
CONFERENCE
was
ment, and a plan for selzing arms lar to that of officers of the re- at Mont Valerian (a fort on thegular army and Territorial ofcers outskirts of Paris).
will in future have to attend
..
"These prepations have come to various war academies which naught thanks to the vigilance of
were formerly closed to them.
the Government which has the This statement shows that the confidence of the country. Re-territorial army is now considered publican institions have nothing to fear from the operations of these dissidents" adds the com- munique.
COMPLETE PLANS The communique was issued by the Ministry for the Interior.
The communique revealed that 'the dissidents' plan was minutely prepared and searches revealed apparatus for making false Identity papers, instructions for transport of arms, and information regarding the state's forces in Paris and its environs, with the names of off- cers commanding units. There was also information regarding various officers and the equipment of certain regiments.
blank with stolen army forms
from the
Brussels, Nov, 23. American delegation circles to- y emphatically deny the state- ments made that the failure of the Far Eastern Conference due to the attitude of the Ameri- can delegation. It is stressed that although the United States had signified its willingness to attend the Conference with the view of helping to attain a peaceful settle- ment of the Far Eastern confict, the United States Government had thought it neither necessary nor desirable that the U. 8. delegation should play any leading role in the negotiations. It is. moreover, re-military offices. called that Britain took the initia- There was among the papers a tive of convoking the Conference plan of the sewers, with routes and that the United States merely leading from
the Chamber of agreed to accept an invitation to Deputies. and a plan of the offices "participate.
of the Left Wing newspapers and the plans of the homes of the Sociallst deputies.— Reuter,'
It is, however, stated that the U S. and British delegations late to-night once more discussed the possibilities under which the Unit- ed States and Britain might yet mediate between the parties in the Far Eastern crisis. It is pointed out that if any attempt of that nature is made by the two Govern-. ments, the present' situation in the war zone would have to be taken into consideration.
MARQUESS" OF DUFFERIN
To Tour East Africa
London, Nov. 23: It is announced that the Under-Secretary of State for
the Colonies, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, will shortly undertake a tour of British pos-
The two powers, it is. stated, would therefore be prepared to discuss with Japan the creation of an Indeperident State from the Five Northern Provinces occupied sessions in East Africa in the by Japan, if a guarantee against course of which he will visit the further Japanese "penetration" in- Sudan, British Somaliland, Aden, to these provinces is given, to Kenya and Tanganyika... avoid the Provinces having the Transocean News Service.
same fate as "Manchukuo,”
British circles particularly, it is
stated, are of the opinion that the
creation of such a state would lead NEW ANGLO-SIAMESE
to a permanent appeasement of the Far East.
The Chinese delegation declares the proposal to be "completely un- acceptable," and adds that China would never agree to an Anglo- American mediation 1. this is to become basis of the negotia- tions. Transocean News Service
SERIOUS FLOODS IN JAMACIA
Kingston, Jammalca; Nov. 23. Nineteen persons have been drowned by serious floods which are raging in parts of the island, while many houses have been washed away and sugar planta- tlons damaged. Reuters
TREATY SIGNED
Bangkok, Nov. 23.
The new Anglo-Siamese treaty of friendship was signed to day. This takes the place of the treaty which expired on November 3.
Blam denounced all foreign treaties following the abdication of King Prajadipok of Slam- Router..
NATIONAL DEFENCE OF YUGO-SLAVIA Belgrade, Nov 23: Expenses for the national defence of Yugo- slavia are estimated at 2.77 mil- llard dinara in the 1938-39 budget showing an increase of 313 million dinars 1.8 compared with the previous year. Transocean News Service
an integral part of the British forces, and Territorial troops re- gular soldiers.- Transocean News Service.
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