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DRAMATIC NEW TURN TO EVENTS AT GENEVA
FINAL LUMP SUM Germany's Return Now Believed Likely: French Plan
PAYMENT
Senator's War Debt
Resolution
Washington, June 6, Senator Tydings has introduced in the Senate a resolution authorising the President to negotiate foreign war debis setlic- ments on a final lump sum basis --forfet.
WAR DEBT POLICY
ENDORSED BY HOUSE OF LORDS
STABILITY of EXCHANGES
The terms of the British note to United States on war debts and the attitude of the Govern- ment in regard to their question were approved in speeches in the House of Lord during a discus- sion on the stabilisation of foreign exchanges.
Lord Reading said that if full payment had been made this month and again in next December, the disturbance of the world ex- changes would have been such that this and · other countrica have returned to the des kwould
pression from which we had just happily merged.
He believed that every attempt had been made to reach an agree- ment to end the present war debl situation and remarked that it generally forgotten that Britain depended for her payments. to America of receiving an equal amount from foreign countries.
So long as war debts were not deal with, however, they cast! their shadows and no-one-fell vertain of what was going to happen.
CONVINCING CASE.
Lard Ellbank congratulated the Government on their Note and de- clared that It presented a con- vincing case in support of the polley pursued by the Government, Earl Stanhope, replying, said the Government bad always separated war debts from ordinary debts, which necupled an entirely different category.
SECRET MEETING
IN HOTEL
PATH SMOOTHED FOR GERMANY
BARTHOU TALK WITH VON LERSNER
(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Brerived, Irac 7, 8.4lix nom, 1
Geneva, June 6.
Events at Geneva have taken a dramatically new turn and disarmament stock, yesterday at its lowest ebb, has sharply rison, although the possibility that hopes may again be falsified cannot be ruled out.
Outstanding among a series of important deve-
lopments during the day was a definite indication that Germany may shortly return
to the Conference.
The way to Germany's return has already been prepared
and an invitation has been extended by M. Barthou...
A secret night meeting in Mr. Norman Davis's hotel room between the British, French and American leaders, is believed to have made room for Germany.
A happy family acons at Lanken Palace, showing the King and Queen of the Belgiana with their child- ran, Princess Josephine and Prince Badouin. Another son was yesterday born to Queen Astrid.
NANKING POLICE
COUP
COMMUNIST PLOT FRUSTRATED
PLANNED REIGN OF TERROR
Nanking, June 7, Sensational allegations of Communist conspiracy to initiate a reign of terrorism
Д
NEW PRINCE OF BELGIUM
SON BORN TO QUEEN ASTRID
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(Special to "Telegraph")
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COLOMBO LACKS AN ALIBI
SAN SEBASTIAN MURDER
FERNANDO BERENGUER SHOT DEAD
EX-PREMIER'S
RENDEZVOUS
Special to "Telegraph" sily Yelegraph, Guturioni, Yetrurapikin dizas
Deliance, turli Beceived
June
Madrid, June 6... General Fernando Beren- guer was shot dead by assassins at San Sebastian. to-day
His assailants: caraped without, trace and the reason for the out- rage a not known, unless he wAN mistaken for his bruther, Genèrul. Damageo Berenguer, the better known Spanish politician, with whom he should not be confused.
It is understood that General Fernando Berenguer had an sp- pointment with his brother, Gen- eral Damasco Berenkuer at the BEATEN IN LASTay station at Hernani and that he was intercepted and shut HUNDRED YARDS dead
GIPSY LEE'S PROPHECY
London, June 6. Over a million spectators, Brussels, June 6, including the King and Queen Astrid to-day gave Queen saw Windsor Lad in Nanking, with prominent birth to a son. Both are win a wonderful Derby in
doing well..
the time of 2 mins. 34 This is the third child born to seconds, which equalled the record for the course established by Lord Derby's Hyperion last year.
M. Barthou revealed to newspaper correspondents to-Government officials as the night that he met a German emissary, Baron von intended victims, are made Lersner, in Geneva on Thursday and their converaa-by the police. -tions.“revealed.important.possibilities for the future... That conversation was largely responsible for the Saar settlement.”
It is reported that M, Poncet, the French Ambassador in
Berlin is negotiating for Germany's return and also. for German participation in the Franco-Russian mutual assistance pact proposals.
COMPLETE EQUALITY OF RIGHTS
of
coordinating
the
resolu-
He assured the House that at M. Barthou, In the course of his, turpose every favourable opportunity the speech in support of his resolus Henderson and Barthou Government had raised the question, which calls for the setting up tions-United Press. tien at Washington with a view to of a series of special Commissions reaching & war debt agreement to investigate and report on fur and they were still ready to ther regional agreements discuss the subject when a sult able moment arrived. The Govern- ment had not repudiated the debt.
EXCHANGE POLICY.
With regard to exchanges, the view of the Government was that the whole question of stabilisation' must depend on the improvement of prices relative to the capital
cost of goods, and once that result could be achieved they might look forward to exchanges once more becoming more stabilised.
Evrope, guarantees of execution of a disarmament convention, in- Jernational contial of civil avia lion and a reduction of military air forces, a solution of the problem of private manufacture of the Litvinoff scheme to all and trade in arms, and submission
overnments, invited Germany to return to the Disarmament Con-
ference
BARTHOU SCHEME
AMPLIFIED
Wide Field of Inquiry Proposed
London, June 6. At a meeting of the of the Dis-j armament Conference at Geneva this afternoon, Monsieur Barthon
the King Leopold II and the Queen of the Belgians.
It is claimed that a Communist plot with wide ramineations has been frustrated by a series of Charlotte and the heir-presumptive The eldest is Princess Josephine important arrests In Nanking inis Prince Budouin Albert. the course of the last few days.
According to an oficial
They were married in 1925. United Press. nouncement
made Last night, acting on secret informntion the police raided a house in Hslak-
an-
His brother was formerly Prime Minister of Spain, take up the
osition after he had brought. about the fall of General Pelino de Rivera, the Dictator.
He was thrown into prison föl. · lowing the abdication of King Alfonso,-Tited Press.
SAVINGS SOCIETY
ACTIVITIES
$1
REPORTED CANTON CLOSURE ORDER
Canton, June 7.
The Canton Finance Department
| It is estimated that although announce that orders have been Colombo was benten, the book-served un the International makers lost at least £1,000,000 on Saving Society and the Sino-French the race.
Savings Society to suspond bus- iness immediately on the ground failed to stay. There that their activities are harmful Colombo was little doubt about it.
It was the Arst defeat of his
to the interest of the public. career, but the result confirms the suspicion that he might run in the Orwell groove, unbeatable over a mile, but not reliable over a longer dislanec.
was on May 31, when a number WELSH FUSILIERS brilliant
of persons Were arrested, in- eluding Paí Chuan-fu, an alleged representative, of the
notorious
ited tender. Día Chen-tang.
Subsequently, it is alleged, the arrested persons confessed to connections with the Red
Army in Kiangsi, as well as to un In- tention to organise · disturbances Nanking and the assassination of political lendora,-Renter.
BAER-CARNERA FIGHT MAY BE POSTPONED
Baer Not Yet in Good Condition
COMING
TO RELIEVE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS
not
Both societies aro given a limited time to settle their accounts out- standing.-Central Neim" ***
PRINCE CHICHIBU IN CHANGCHUN
OFFICIAL VISIT
TO PU YI
AN
strict
NO ALIBIS. Johnstone, Colombo's jockey, did attempt to offer any aliis. Under the provisional trooping He said that Colombo had every programme for 1934-36, the 1st chance but weakened in the last! Battalion South Wales Borderers, hundred yards. at present stationed in Hongkong, "Good old Pip," roared thousands i will leave the Colony on the of people as the Maharajah of Somersetshire on
Changchun, June 7. November 20 Rajpipla led in the winner to the
Prince Chichibu, who is paying for Karachi and will proceed from paddock. The Maharajah. was an official visit to Henry Pu Yi on that port to Rawalpindi.
They
jubilant.
behalf of the Japanese Emperor, are being relieved in
arrived here early this morning. Windsor Lad's victory over the He was welcomed at the railway Hongkong by the 2nd. Bu. Welsh Derby distance in the Chester Vase station Fillers, who are at present at Gibraltar,
with splendid ceremonial and whe will arrive
was a good guide to his prospects. scenes. The Manchukuo author- (France) introduced another draft
on the Somersetshire on her out-
The Maimurajah of Rajpipla) Itles are maintaining resolution calling for a continu-
ward journey on November 22, wns called to the Royal Box and vigilance, as a precaution against ance of the work of the conference
The 1st. Bn. Royal Inniskilling received the congratulations of any untoward incident during the and the further pursuit of in-
New York, June 6.
Fusiliers arrive in Shanghal from His Majesty the King. A statement has been issued by the United Kingdom on November
Japanese prince's visit-Central Nower. without prejudice to any private Ancil Hoffman, the manager of 12 on the Dorsetshire, and will negotiations Into which any Mux Baer, who is in training at relieve the 2nd. Bn. Worcester- government may wish to enter.
Asbury Park, New Jersey, for his shire Regiment who are to be the prophecy of the famous Gipsy here from Singapore at 7 a.m. un the The P. and O. liner Soudan is due fight with Primo Carnent for the transferred to Tientsin. The lat,, Lee, who died in April. She said 10th inst. The resolution suggested re world's heavyweight title, that be Bn. Queen's Regiment garding security, that in view of is asking for a week's postpone Chinwangtae for Queita on No-name would win the race during leave that no horse with a "W" In its the regional agreements conclud ment of the fight on the grounds vember 24 and will pass through her lifetime. This paragraph throws open the ed in Europe during the past year, that his protege has not reached the Colony on November 30. opportunity of arranging for the Political Commission should the peak of condition. settlement of acute difficulties resume investigations with a view through any negotiations that to promoting further agreements York State Athletic Commission, Mr. Bill Brown, official of New any government may wish to of the same nature and to detor- states that he, will order a week's BELGIAN CABINET underinke with any power." mine their relationship, if any, to postponement if he finds that Baer
"I say frankly,” said M. Barthou, a general convention."
PRIVATE TALKS.
That was the policy the Govern-solution referring to the possi-vestigations already undertaken, ment was pursuing and they hoped to achieve some success in that direction-British Wireless,
NYE WAR DEBT PROPOSAL
Considerations In.
Settlements
Washington, June 6.
He cited a paragraph in his re-
bility of private negotiations bo tween different countries in an effort to ensure the final success of the conference.
Itees of execution,
AIR COMMITTEE..
is not in proper condition when he
RESIGNS
GIPSY LEE'S PROPHECY.
Windsor Lad's victory recalls.
She has been proved absolutely
right.
Since Blue Gown won in 1868, USED Windsor Lad is the
first horse with a "W" in its name to win the Derby.
The weather' was unexpectedly! dull and there was slight rul
TWO DEFEATS IN THE before the start-Reuter,
CHAMBER
(Special to "Telegraph")
place shortly of Mr. Donald Alexander Corlett, Assistant Manager of the States Steamship Co., residing at 26, Lycemun Buildings, and Hiss Flora Valentine Murdock, of Philip's House, 7. Ad ..) Kowloon.
In addition to the Tydings re-that I mean Germany, which must The Political Commlasion, It visits the camp to-morrow.-** solution, a second resolution on be a party to any understanding was also urged, should proceed Reuter, war debts has been introduced concluded here, although I do not with the consideration of question
believe that the Conference cannot fof supervision and devise guaran. The wedding is announced to take In the Sonate, by Senator Nye.
He would authorise the Presi-proceed without Germany. lent, subject to the ultimate up. proval of Congress, to negotinic EQUALITY OF RIGHTS. with the henda of other govern
The door must remain open. An Air Committee is requented ments with a view to securing dia armament and a war debts settle Germany must be able to cross the to study the possibility of the ment, based on a number of con- threshold with complete equality internationalisation of civil avia «iderations, such as, a nation's of rights, but she must also accept tion, the abolition of air bombard- ability to pay, the amounts that responsibility which she will ments and the reduction of millt- they have received, and the losses share with everyone as soon as sheary air forces, etcetera.
A Committee on the they incurred during the period re-enters."
Mr. Norman Davis proposed ad-fucture of and trade in arms
manu that the United States participated
deurument until Beldesi fans they
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