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EUROPE'S DICTATORS
DICTATORS INSPECT FORTIFICATIONS ON "DAY OF VICTORY FRONTIER
IN SPAIN
. BURGOS. May 17 (Reuter) The Minister of the Interior, Senor Suner, signed a decree ordering May 19 to be known as "Day of Victory."
On the evening of May 18 religious ceremonies. parades and popular festivities will be held in all provinces.
May 19 wilt be devoted to celebrations in Madrid.
Construction
Of Great Soviet Navy
"INACCESSIBLE"
COAST
-Extensive
OMINOUS
SIGNS
UNDERGROUND FORTRESSES
Shu Valley And Siegfried Line LONDON, May 17 (Reuter)
Both Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini toured their forti- fied lines along the French frontler yesterday.
A message from Rome states that Signor Mussolini. left Turia early yesterday morning and visited the Shu Valley, dominated by Mount
MOSCOW, May 17 (Reuter) Cents, and Mount Chaderton, trial was on the summit of which Italy given to a number of Soviet-maintains the highest placed built warships during the battery in Europe. Baltic fleet manoeuvres which have just ended. The vessels. which include a battleship, "are stated to have completely
satisfied the experts.
It is announced that the term of service in the Soviet Navy has been increased from three to five years.
Newspapers hail the con- struction of the great Soviet Navy under M. Stalin's per- sonal supervision..
"Izvestia" declares that the coast is now "armour-clad and inaccessible."
“KIDNAPPING” BY JAPANESE
Shanghai Chinese'
Protest.
CHUNGKING, May 17 (Cen- trai)-It is understood. that Chinese public organisations In Shanghai have sent a joint letter to the Chinese Rate- payers' Association asking it to prevall upon the Shanghai Municipal Councl) to lodre a vigorous protest with Japanese in
connexion
the
with
the "kidnapping" of five nese from a restaurant In the International Settlement
Chi-
Te-
cently, according to a Shang-
hal report!
+
Later Il Duce visited the Cavalry School in Pinerol.
A Berlin despatch states that the German Fuehter, continu- Ing his tour, inspected the Star District.
that It is reported
the Siegfried -line has an average depth of 30 miles and comprises 12,000 fortified positions, rang- tug from machine-gun pill- boxes to huge underground fortresses
435,000 which workmen are stated to be still "engaged.
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COLONIAL DEMANDS
(Reuter)- VIENNA, May 17 "Herr Hitler is not unfriendly te Britain, but his colonial demands: must be met," declared Herr Ritter von Epp, head of the Reich to the League.
He added: The former German colonies will be re- turned, may be in one yest may be in ten.”
REPLIES TO HITLER
STOCKHOLM, May 17.(Reuter)-
CABLES
SINO - BRITISH
CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
FORMAL PROTEST || Hongkong Branch To
TOKYO, May 17 (Reuter)-- Counsellor Dodds, of the Bri- tish Embassy in Tokyo, pre sented a formal protest to the Japanese Foreign Office yes- terday. In connexion with 'the occupation of Kalangsa.
Sir Robert Craigle, the Bri- tish Ambassador, is indisposed with a slight cold.
France As "Honest Broker"
As
Ironing - Out
Anglo-Soviet Differences
PARIS, MAY 17 (REUTER) A REPORT IS CURRENT IN POLITICAL CIRCLES THAT during the coming week-end and also at Geneva, France will play the part of honest broker In ironing out the differences between London and Moscow regarding the best means for resisting aggression. e
a
Confidence is, felt that com- promise on sound lines will be reached..
The "Journal Debata' says that
Be Inaugurated
CHUNGKING, Hay 1% (Reu ter) Warm tribute to the courage and endurance of the Chinese was paid by the 1 British Ambassador to China, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, in an address before the annual meeting of the Sino-British Cultural Association.
Mr. Duncan J. Slöss, Vice-Chan- cellor of the Hongkong University. who is at present in Chungking. was also a speaker.
em-
Mr. Sloss cutlined the work of the Hongkong University phasizing the desire to co-operate with the Chinese universities in the interior.
It was announced at the meeting that a branch of the Association will shortly be in- augurated in Hongkong...
The trustees of the Sino-British Boxer. Indemnity Fund have ap- propriated $10,000 for a scholar- ship fund enabling selected students from the interior to study at Hongkong University, also the exchange of lecturers between the Hongkong University and the Chinese universities in the interior.
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Change Of Front Towards China
SHANGHAI, May 17 (Int'l)—A of Germa commercial change
It is believed that, with diploma-polley in the Far East by turning
tie co-operation, France and Bri her attention to China, instead of tain will succeed in surmounting Japan, is predicted by German the obstacles.
ALREADY DRAWN UP? The "Intransigeant" goes fur- ther and says that, according to some reports, a compromise has already been drawn up which will be perfected on May 20 and sub- mitted at Geneva on May 25" to the Soviet representative.
Sweden, Norway and Denmark WIT ANOTHER U.S.
The letter urged that demands "for the Ave, Chinese and a guaran- |..
reply
simultaneously
to
Herr
Hitlers offer of a non-aggression MISSION
pact.
Finland replied yesterday even-
ing.
PARIS TALKS
PARTS, May 17 (Reuter)-M. Daladier, who is Defence Minister
STATION BOMBED
as well as Prime Minister, had aaj - Another interview yesterday afternoon for threequarters of an hour, with M. Kasprzycki, who accompanied the Polish Ambassador in Paris.
FEZ CAPS IN PALESTINE
PEKING, May 17 (Renter)—
to protest
Japan from America appears to be foreshadowed by the complete destruction on May 2 of the American Mission station at Tangpet on the Honaa-Hupeh border by Japanese planes... The bombs completely destroyed the church. There were several Chinese, but no foreign casualties Travellers returning from Pales-The Japanese Army was supplied The letter asked for an ex-tine comment upon the increasing with a map showing the position planation for their arrest by the resumption by townsmen of the'r of this mission a year ago. Japanese, 'saying that even though normal head-dress, the fes, as an they were found to be guilty, they interesting symptom of restoration Guerillas continue to be very ought to be taken into custody of more normal conditions.
active in Peking area. Refugees through legal procedure.
tee
against the
Japanese.
recurrence
of
similar incidents be made to the. LONDON, May 17- (BWS).
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The Japanese action in the International Settlement, the letter said, was in total disre- rard of the police rights of the Settlement, and was there- fore, not only a
GUERILLAS ACTIVE.
At the time when terrorism was are flocking in from Huallai, active, gang leaders attempted to just north of Nankow Pass, in which compel townsmen to wear the the Japanese forces have been desert head-dress, of cloth and engaged with a considerable band cord, despite its unsuitability to of the Eighth Route Army, while urban conditions. »
west of Peking, near the French Monastery, Japanese thankfully detachments which invaded the traditional Eighth Route Army territory there a few days ago were completely routed, leaving many dead, accord- ing to reliable travellers coming in from the hills.
Now townsmen, no longer in Trappist menace to
the safety of the Chinese rest- dents but also a 'cause for dis- turbance.
fear of gangs, are reverting
fezzea."
to their
Mr. Cyril Douglas Hopper and his bride, formerly Miss Mar- garet Robson Bell, after their marriage at St. Andrew's Church yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Hopper will fly to Assum by Imperial Airways to-morrow morning.
EUROPEAN FOUND
DROWNED
business men burs.
It is pointed out that Berlin is disappointed with the results of the Nazi-Manchukuo Trade Pact in which, the merchants said, "Ger- many has fulfilled her obligations, but Manchuktio has not." These merchants stated that Berlin is likely to turn her major attention on China as a Beld of commerce in the Far East rather than Japan.
Reports circulated abroad that i China have already concluded a new trade pact have been denied by both sides, although a barter treaty was signed some time ago which China is to exchange cer- tain minerals for manufactured German products.
LEAVES LINER WITH REGRET LONDON, May 17 (BWS)— The King, in his message to Sir Edward Beatty, Chairman of the Canadan Pacific Steam- shipx, concluded with the words: "We say goodbye to the Empress of Australia with re- gret and with gratitude."
Plans
FIRST GROUPS TO BE CALLED UP LONDON, May 17 (BWS)— The first group of men to be called up under the Compul- sory Military Training Bill which it is hoped put on statute book before Whitsun, will consist of between 40,000 and 50,000 and they will re- ceive notice on or about July 1, to report to their units a fort night later.
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Registration of all men be tween 20 and 21 Hable under the Act will take place on June 3 and the medical examination will commence on June. 8.
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NOVEL METHOD OF EDUCATION
CHUNGKING, May 17 (Central)
Under the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces B01, which should also be- come an Act of Parliament next KAOAN, KIANGSI, May 17 (Cen--A novel measure adopted by the Japanese planes Ministry of Education has succeed,
week, the Admiralty propose, intra-Three order to increase the preparedness bombed their own troops by mis-ed in spreading education among of the Fleet, to call up into service take during a battle at Tapiehshan, upwards of 300,000 men, women halt the Royal Fleet Reserve from west of Niuhang in the outskirts of and children in sechwan in the June 15 for three months and the Nanchang, on May 14.
{ past six months. other half in mid September. The Japanese machines came to
In the case of the Army, the first assist their infantry at the height ployment of boats equipped with group of Territorial Anti-Aircraft of the battle. They dumped about books. and. educational fims,
The measure consists in the em
other
Units will be called up to report 20 bombs. Three missiles fell on on June 11. and the first group, of the Chinese side, wounding four gramaphone records," and
apparatuses which makes visits to rest Chinese privates, while the Reservists on June 15.
| various - villages and towns along As regards the RAF., it is in landed on the Japanese side, in the Yangtze River. At each place
tended to call up, by group, the per- jflicting more than forty casualties. sonnel of the London Squadron of
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Japanese units made feeler at-lms were shown, dramatics per- the Balloon Barrage and the first tacks on Chinese positions north-formed and lectures given to edu group will be called up to report east of Kaoyughin, eight miles ate the public
northeast of Kacan, on May 15. During the six months, the itin- on June 11.
They were repulsed yesterday erary of the "floating school" has morning.
covered 18 hsten
New Clause In Military Training Bill: British Subjects Abroad
LONDON, MAY 17 (RKUTER)~~~WHEN THE DEBATE ON THE MILITARY TRAINING BILL WAS RESUMED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY, the Attorney-General, Sir Donald Brad- ley Somervell, moved a new clause giving power to apply the act to British subjects ordinarily resident outside Great Britain. The Attorney General explained should not be exempted from that, under the new clause, it zullitary training. might be considered desirable that! British
He admitted that difficulties persons living abroad might arise in cases of doubt register at A British Consulate, about the nationality of some instead of having to come to youths, but as all countries did not accept the same laws, there England,
Mr. Wedgwood Benin (Lab) asked could ve ne final and complete what would happen to a south solution of the problem.
The clause as proposed was in- African living in England?
Other speakers naked whatserted in the Bi
The body of a European was found by police in the harbour. near the Kowloon Godowns yes- terday morning. The man is about 35 years of age and was fully dressed: There was no mark would be the position of a man
to indicate the identity of the man, but the name of the maker of his shirt was found to be Phillip Jones.
The police could find no indica- tion of foul play.
PEPPER THROWN.IN WOMAN'S FACE While walking by the Lingnam Bchool; Wanchal, late yesterday afternoon, a woman, Ng Sze, 38 was approached by a man who suddenly rushed at her, threw pepper in her face, and tore a gold earring from her ear,
even The robber ran RWBY
wits before Nggathered her ruficiently, about her to raise an alarm. The earring is valued at
born of English parents in France born" of English and of a man parents in. the Argentine?
* LEGAL EXPLANATION
The Attorney-General declared
TWO LONDON BY - ELECTIONS
LONDON, May 17 (BWB)-Pol-
that the Bill did not apply to ling will take place to-day in two persons ordinarily resident in the London by-elections. Dominions "overseas. That in-In the Abbey Division of West- chided self-governing dominions, rainister, Bir Harold Webbe, Leader colonies and protectorates, There-of the Municipal Reformi Party on tore, a South African national was the London County Council, is standing as Government supporter excluded,
Those living in self-governing in place of the late Sir Bydney Her- dominions and other parts of the bert, who had a majority of 12.882 Empire had certain obligations to at the last election, '·.
Sir Harold Webbe is opposed by serve in the defence of their own territory. Therefore, they were be the Independent, Mr, Carritt, ing excluded from the Bill
At Kennington, where the Gov ernment majority at the last elec- tion was only 345, the two candi- dates are Mr. Angus Kennedy, Conservative, and Mr. John Wil- mot, Labour.
On the other hand, British subject
foreign countries retained the advan- tate of Britists protection and seemed right that they
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