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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER (31 1932:
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
DISARMAMENT PLAN
FRENCH PROPOSAL
REACTIONS
A clever example of card read-
London, Oct. 30. ing by application of the rule of An important statement on the 11 occurred in the final scasion of French disarmament plan na it the National Masters' Individual affects Britain, has been made Championship Tournament, Thato Reuter's Paria correspondent East hand was played by David by a high ofcial who is closely Burnstine, and he succeeded in associated with the preparation.
of the plan. making four no trump against x defonce which defeated most. East players at three.
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The Bidding. After a paks by South, West opened the bidding with one dia- mond. North and South being vulnerable, the North player did not dare consider a defensive over enll. He passed and East bid two no trump. West raised to three no trump, which became the final
contract...
The Play.
South's correct opening was the seven of hearts and most declaters finessed the queen n dummy, which proved to be a fatal error. North won with the king and drove out the ace of hearts immediately, so that when South was in the lead with the ace of clubs, his remain- ing hearts were established.
Burnstine played more cautious ly and refused to cover the acven of hearts when it was led. North now did some card counting, and by the rule of 11 he determined that Burnstine in the East had no
He said there was no cause for nlarm in Britain, as there was no question of resuscitating the pro- tocol with its compulsory armed resistance for attacked countries.
to
The proposed system of regional mutual assistanco did not mean asking Britain to join the Eastern Locarno nor for Britain to be called on to
troops supply a standing common army to pre- vent aggression. Similarly the plan left unaffected armies, such as Britain's, which were kept for Colonial service. Britain WAR (not expected to adopt conscrip-
tion,
Two New Points.
The oficial French communique on the disarmament plan adds two points to those announced by M. Herriot yesterday.
with
The points which deal the conditions on which France will agree to the generalisation of reduction of short-term service for all metropolitan land forces are(1) Provided disarmament is interdependent between land, sea and air forces. (2) Provided the nationa responsible for over- Acas territories retain their specialised forces.
The International atmosphere which has hitherto been shown in the
French disarmament plan encouragees M. Herriot to puraue a daring plan of issuing a verbal summary of the proposals, which will probably be given at Geneva on November 3.
Silently Hospeful.
Omein opinion in London ja silently hopeful that the initiative of tho American Ambassador, Mr. Norman Davis, will lead to the achievement of a formula under which Germany will be brought back to the Geneva Conference.
Ger- Though there will be no heart which could take the seven, man delegation to the Disarma- therefore North played the deucement Bureau meeting at
on Thursday, it is known of hearts. When South's seven
ba 4. held the first trick, he continued Herr Neurath will then
Geneva in
tho connexion with with the five of hearts,
Manchurian issue.
Geneva
that
It was now Burnstine's turn to It is realised that the final apply the rule of 11 and he rea- solution of the disasthamont pro- soned in the following manner blem hinges on the result of the Ger- South's seven spot lend showed German elections, but the that he had three higher hearts; man Government's qualified wel- therefore, by a process of elimi-come of the French plan shows
that a constructive approach tion, North had two.
from both now in the making sides of the Geneva fence.
in
The five of hearts led to the second trick marked South with a
Press Comment, five-card suit originally, and there- The Observer says the plan is fore North could have only two mystifying Paris and the world. hearts left both of which were The scheme is hard for Germany higher than the seven.
LABEL: trick for two
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If North had held two interme-for some years the present rela tive inferiority of the Helchs- diate hearts such as the eight, wehr. The newspaper contends nine, ten or jack-he should have played one of them to the first that the vital cause of dificulty
and danger is not the reasons: first, to signify his approval of the lead German question but and his desire for its continuation; plicated Polish question, but for and secondly, to unblock the suit hul and Teuten could be effec-
which rapprochement for his partner. When North played the deuce, a decidedly dis- couraging card, it could only be because he did not wish to take the lead, and the deuce was the only card he could play to leave the lead with South.
ted.-Reuter.
German Acceptance?
Borlin, Oct. 29. It is learnt officially here that
considera Germany
that the French Disarmament plan can be made an acceptable basis for dis- Burnstine reasoned that Northcussion-Router. allowed South to hold the first trick In order to get another lead through the ace-queen in dummy. and therefore one of North's high hearts must be the king. · Accord- Ingly he played the ace in dummy. wisely refusing an obvious fincase,
After running off ive diamonds, he led a small club from dummy. South won with the ace and re-
turned a heart, but North's king blocked the suit.
Although South held two more good hearts there was no way for him to get the lead and Burnsting made the remaining tricks.
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