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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1932.
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By W. E. McKenney
DISARMAMENT PLAN
FRENCH PROPOSAL
REACTIONS
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London, Oct, 30. A clover example of card read-
An important atatement on the ing by application of the rule of 11 occurred in the final session of French disarmament plan as it the National Masters' Individual affects Britain, has been made Thoto Reuter's Paris correspondeht | Championship Tournament. East hand was played by David by a high official who, in closely preparation Burneting, and he succeeded in associated with the
of the plan. making four no trump against n defence which defeated most East players at three.
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He said there was no cause for alarm 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 assistance did not mean nsking Britain to join the Eastern Locarno nor for Britain to be called on to supply troops In standing common army to pro- the vent aggression. Similarly plan left unaffected armies, such A Britain's, which were kept for Colonial service. Britain WAA not expected to adopt conscrip- tion.
Two New Points.
The official French communique on the disarmament plan adds two points to those announced by M. Herriot yesterday. The points which
den) with France
After a pass by South, West the conditions on which opened the bidding with one din-will agree to the generalisation mond. North and South belux of reduction of short-term service vulnerable, the North player did for all metropolitan fand forces not dare consider a defensive over- are.-(1) Provided disarmament land, call. He passed and East bid two in interdependent between no trump. West raised to three sea and air forces. (2) Provided no trump, which became the final the nations responsible for over- retain their
contract.
The Play.
South's correct opening was the seven of hearts and most declarers finessed the queen in dummy, which proved to be a fatal error North wan with the king and drove out the ace of hearts immediately. Iso that when South was in the lend with the ace of clubs, his remain- ing hearts were established.
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The International atmosphere which has hitherto been shown in the French disarmament plan encouragees M. Herriot to pursue a daring plan of issuing a verbal summary of the proposals, which will probably be given at Geneva on November 3.
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Silently Hoopeful. Official opinion in London silently hopeful that the initiative Burnstine played more cautious of the American Ambassador, Mr. ly and refused to cover the seven Norman Davis, will lead to the of hearts when it was led. North achievement of a formula under now did some card counting, and which Germany will be brought by the rule of 11 he determined back to the Geneva Conference.""
Though there will be no Ger- that Burnstine in the East bad uo heart which could take the seven, man delegation to the Disurma- therefore North played the deucement Bureau meeting at
on Thursday, it is known South's seven of hearts. When
then be at held the first trick, he continued Herr Neurath will
Geneva in connexion with the with the five of hearts.
Manchurian issue.`-
Geneva
that
It is realised that the final It was now Burnstine's turn to apply the rule of 11 and he rea. solution of the disarsament pro-: soned in the following manner blem hinges on the result of the South's seven spot lead showed German elections, but the Ger- man Government's qualified wel- that he had three higher hearts; therefore, by a process of clinicome of the French plan shows
that a constructive approach tion, North had two.
from now in the making sides, of the Geneva fence.
Press Comment.
The five of hearts led to the second trick marked South with a five-card suit originally, and there-
Is both
The Observer says the plan is lore 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.
to accept as it will perpelunte
between
the Reichs. If North had held two interme-for some years the present rela- contenda diate hearts-such as the eight, tive inferiority of nine, ten or jack-he should have wehr. The newspaper
Franco- played one of them to the first that the vital cause of difficulty
the irick for two
com- reasons: first, to and danger is not the signify his approval of the lead German question but and his desire for its continuation; plicated Polish question, but for
which rapprochement and secondly, to unblock the auit Gaul and Teuton could be effec-
When North for his partner. played the deuce, a decidedly dis- ted.--Reuter. couraging card, it could only be take because he did not wish to the lend, and the deuce was the only card he could play to leave the lend with South.
Burnstine reasoned that North allowed South to hold the first trick In order to get another lead throuch the nee-queen in dummy. and therefore one of Nartin's higir hearts must be the king. Accord- ingly he played the ace in dummy, wladly refusing an obvious finesse,
After running off five 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 hold twe more Kood hearts there was no way for him to get the lead and Burnatine nade the remaining tricks.
SALESMAN SAM
Gorman Acceptance?
Berlin, Oct. 29. It is learnt officially here that considers that the Germany French Disarmament plan can be made an acceptable basis for dis- cussion-Reuter.
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