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SAD M+CA=X## WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20,
1935.
POWERS TO PLAN SEVEN DIE
POLICY
SUMMONING HASTY CONFERENCE
BRITAIN, FRANCE AND ITALY ACT TOGETHER
IN DESERT AIR CRASH
French GOVERNOR AMONG VICTIMS
WRECKAGE
FOUND.
~(Spacial to "Telegraph”)
(Ry Telegraph, Oppyright. Telegraphie Heenager Ordinanas, 1181, Ressivad, March
Paris, March 19.
10, 10.16 mm)
The Belgian Ministry for the Colonies has advised French officials that a Belgian Army plane in the Congo has found the wreckage of a plane near Mossaka, together with seven bodies.
Earlier reports that there had been a disagree- ment in respect to procedure between France and Great Britain, and the intimation that Great Britain had declined to discuss the situation further with France before Sir John Simon visited Berlin Sunday, are now discounted by later news, through Reuter. It appears that the old Allies, Britain, France and Italy, have reached an agreement in principle respecting a three-Africa, missing last Friday but Power conference before the Anglo-German conversa- tions are inaugurated, and will probably act in unison.
Mr. Anthony Eden, who is to attend the Berlin parley with Sir John Simon, will probably represent Great Britain at a hastily summoned conference in Paris or North Italy, at which British, French and Italian representatives will be present. This will be a potent gathering.
Baron von Neurath, incidentally, has announced that now that Germany has done that which brings her to a place of equality among the nations, and has stated that her new armies will never be used in ́aggressive warfare, the feeling of security in Europe
must be greater.
Paris, March 19.
The French Foreign Minister, M. Laval, and the British Minister. Mr. Ronald Campbell, have dis- cussed the question of an ex- change of views between Britain, France and Italy before the visit of Sir John Simon to Berlin.
An agreement in this connec tion has been reached in principle, but details have not yet been settled.
A meeting of the representatives of the three. Powers may be held in northern Italy, but it is most likely that it will be held in Paris. Mr. Anthony Eden, the Lord Privy Seal, will probably repre- sent Great Britain there.-Reuter,
POSITION CLARIFIED
DEFENCE AGAINST
The plane is said to be that of the Governor of French Equatoria)
reported safe on Monday, in despatches from Fort Lamy.
A
The Governor, M. Edouard Renard and five others, was on a tour of inspection when the plane ran into tornado. Wireless messages from the machine said it had weathered the storm but was lost in fog. Last Friday a wide-spread search was organised, but was discontinued when reports from Fort Lamy said the machine had landed at Mirmongo, Monday,
on
It is now believed that these roports must have been founda- tionless, and that the
plane actually crashed after the tornado had been passed and in attempting a forced landing in fog-United Press.
LOST CONTROL
Paris, March 19. The relief caused by the news that M. Edonard Renard, Governor- General of French Equatorial
Mr. Wbuton Churchill, who de claras that Britain is aerially weaker
than Germany.
Expansion Of Airways
BRITAIN'S SERVICE
DEVELOPING
CO-OPERATION
İN EMPIRE
London, Mar. 19.
In introducing the Air Estimates
日六十月二二
SINILE COPÉ ZE ́CKETS
FILOS PER ANNUM
CHINA LOAN WARNS
DISCUSSED
NANKING TAKES
NO ACTION
(Special to "Tulograph") -elly TelegraJALL Copyright. Telegraphis
Msamosa Ordinance, 1494. Raozived, Marsh 20, 10 m.
Nanking: March 20. Responsible authorities hore con- tinue non-committal.when question- ed about the posalbility of an international loan to China.
After meeting Mr. Wang Ching- wel, head of the Executiva Yuan, Sir Alexander Cadogan, the British Minister, will ser the Finance Minister, Dr. H. H. Kung. and the former Finance Minister, Mr. T. V. Scong, in Shanghal.
Sir Alexander said to-day that; there had been no developments in the direction of a loan since he had informed the Chinese Government that the next step was theirs, to inform the Powers as to specific suggestions, which would include the uses to which the money would be put.-United Press,
BOND ISSUE RIDICULED
Shanghai, March 29. The current Issue of the Skun Pao says: "It is the general, consensus of opinion among Chinese bankers that the plan to Jasua $600,000,000 in bonds through title deeds depositories is childish and foolish."
It is further said that bankers have definitely declared that they would not support the plan, since it would be impossible to raise the in the House of Commons, Sir $300,000,000 cash reserve required Phillp Sassoon, dealing with civil to assure the free circulation of aviation; paid a tribute to the work the bonds.-United Press. of the Imperial Airways in 1934. The weight of some six million letters sent by it from Britain Inst year was 122 tons, an increase of
43 per cent, on the total for 1939..
In consequence the recent ten- -year agreements with Italy and the provisional understanding which had been reached with France, Im- perial Airways planned soon to
AIR RAIDS.Africa, had been found safe near operate an inter-service through to
BRITAIN TAKES PRECAUTIONS
BERLIN TESTS STRENGTH
(Special to "Talegraph")
Berlin, March 19. (ly Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphie Niceagra Ordinance, 1294. ¡ecaived, March Now that Germany has taken 2020 m.) the measures she. considers
London, March 19. necessary to give her a place of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the equality among the nations and Prime Minister, to-day told the Horr Hitler has announced that House of Commons that Great the new military force will never Britain had already taken steps be used for purposes of aggression, to defend herself against
a general feeling of security for possible air raids in the future. Europe should result, declared Baron von Neurath, Reichsminis- Under-Secretary for Air, present- A little later, Sir Philip Sassoon, ter for Foreign Affairs to-day in ed to the House the huge Air an interview with Router.
Defence estimates,
He added that it might be possible to reach a common baxis for an understanding.
"I am sure," he said, "that an other war would be the end of Europe."
The estimates provide for a pro- gramme, envlanging an increase of R.A.F. to a total of 1,460 by 1938. the fighting machines of the
United Press,
BERLIN'S DEFENCES
Berlin, Mar. 10.
Referring to the proposed visit of Sir John Simon, British Foreign Minister, to discuss terms of security, he said the discussions Berlin to-day saw a display of could not be ensy, but now, at German air strength, least, the basis was much clearer. -Reuter Special.
EARLIER REPORTS
and
Fifteen giant bombers thirty-five powerfully-motored pur- auit planes roared over the city in formation, dived and stunted in a striking series of manoeuvres, proparatory to to-night's air de- fence drills.-United Press.
Mirmougo, in the Belgian Congo, turned to dismay to-day with the arrival of an official report atating that he and his wife and their five Compusions were all dead.
Frt.
The party disappeared on day, while making a tour of inspec tion in the Chad region. The bodira were found beside the wreckage of the plane, which was shuttered to fragments. It ap parently struck the ground with great force.
It is believed the pilot lost con- trol of the machine in the sand- storm which enveloped Reuter.
It.-
DISMAL VIEW OF MARKET
NEW YORK CRITICS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
(Special to "Telegraph”)
New York, March, 19, Commenting on the New York Stock Market, the current Issue of the Annalist says:
"The past week's decline Is attributable to the possibility of proposed legislation which would
Brindisi with small mail-carrying aircraft. A full service by large be brought into aircraft would operation when the Company's flect
・WAR DRUMS OF
ABYSSINIA
Signal For General Mobilisation
(Special to "Telegraph") - Rome, March 20. The Italian East African consular officers are under- stood to have reported war drums beating in Northern Abyssinia. This is a signal for a general mobilisation of the Abyssinian forces.
Meanwhile, it is learned Italy has urged Abyssinia to continue direct negotiations to facilitato a settlement of the dispute between them. -United Press,
BUNCERTAIN CAJÓN CARNAVALERIZO NGARAMENTE
prove to be further unfavourable had been augmented to minko up to the railroads, as well as to tear for the heavy demands caused by that Congress might introduce recent duplication of Empire Ser- other legislation unfavourable to business."
Barron's Financial Weekly says: "The subsidence of inflation talk and a moderate let-down in business activity are both sufficient to offset the influence of cheap money and and Increasing potential credit.
vices.
The Air Ministry, the Post Office
ADMIRAL SEIZED IN CANTON?
RUMOUR OF TREACHERY WHISPERED ·
Canton, March. 20. A sensational report circulating -in-the-city-this-morning--that
All that is known about tyre making
is embodied in^-
DUNLOP TYRES
WARNS BRITAIN OF WEAKNESS
FIGHTING AIRCRAFT STILL INADEQUATE
CHURCHILL INDICATES GERMAN SUPERIORITY
London, Mar. 19.
Declaring that the British Air Defence programme was entirely inadequate, Mr. Winston Churchill to-day caused a sensation in the House of Commons when he warned that the British Air Force had been allowed to stand inferior in strength to that of Germany's.
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The country was faced with something very like the possibility of a resumption of the War which ended in 1918, he challenged.
Speaking for the Government, Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-Secretary for Air, admitted that the political situation was most anxious, but asserted that the Gov- ernment was determined to see that no stone was left' unturned for the adequate defence of the country and the Empire.
CRUSHING DEFEAT OF REDS
HEAVY FIGHTING AT LUPANCHANG
HIGH OFFICERS CAPTURED
The feature of the debate on the Air Estimates was Mr. Win- ston Churchill'a. address.
He bluntly. asserted that, last November, Great Britain and Ger many were virtusily of equal air strength, but insisted that since then the British position had
worsened relatively. He he declared, now possessed a minimum of six hun- dred first line combat aircraft
It was possible, ho. said, that the addition to Germany's mighty fleet of military aeroplanes during 1935-36 would total 1,600 ma chines.
In this light, he charged, the British programma of construc- tion was entirely inadequate.
PERIOD OF PERIL
"We have entered into a period of gravest poril and are faced with something-very-like--the
(Special to "Talagraph")
18y Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphic Admiral Gang Shi-yuen was denses Ordinance. 1894. Ressived, Marah possibility of a resumption of the tained at the Canton Military 10, 21 smj Hondquarters last night by order of General Chen Chai-tong, No official explanation has been so for given.
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Shanghai, March 20.
war which ended in 1918,” Mr.: Church!! cried.
However, he still hoped and be-
Despatches reaching here lieved that the danger of armed, conflict in Europo, might be state that Admiral Gang Shi-yuen is the from Kwenming
averted, Commander of the Canton Coastal General Haue Eh-yoh reports Replying for the Government, Defence Fleet, which includes the the Fifth and Seventh Com Sir Philip Sasacon, Under-Secre- cruisers Haichi, Haihsîn and
ntary for Air, said that according Shnoho.
munist armies shattered in
formation he had every reason to think that Great Britain was.
It will be remembered that re-heavy engagement at Lupan- to the Government's latest in- cently the Canton Government rechang, on February 16. ceived secret Information that
The battered and decimated still stronger than Germany in certain treacherous elements were
He admitted that the situation trying to induce the crews of the ranks of the Red battalions are the air. three cruisers to deaert the retreating in disorder towards
Kulan, where Szechuen Provincial had deteriorated to a certain ex Canton command. Admiral Gang's troops have been ordered to head tent since last November, because detention is probably in connecthem off and effect an enveloping there had been a greater accelera.. tion with this matter.-Central
will completely tion of Germany's manufacture of movement which News.
sundue any spark of spirit remain aircraft. Nevertheless, he
sidered that at the end of the Ing.
year Britain would still have a British programme of defensive over the German air forces,
For Destitute
Children
“SIR WILLIAM PEEL' FUND
STRONG APPEAL TO PUBLIC
In order to commemorate Sir and Imperial Airways were con- William Peel's Governorship of tinuing to co-operate on a long- term polley aiming at quicker and the Colony, from which he in
more
Con-
! From Changsha it la learned that Government troops are advancing towards Yangshuon and Shang
READY FOR EMERGENCY chih, the last strongholds of the who are Hupan Communists,
Sir Philip emphasised that the reported to have suffered very British programme of defensivo severe losses in fighting around construction was capable of. In
crease or decrease as emergencies. these two walled cities.
required.
There have been several high officers among the Reds captured recently.-United Press.
The Government had not abañ❤: doned the hope of limitation of armaments by general agreement, and did not consider, that expan- alon or acceleration of aircraft
neconBury.
FURTHER ROBOT construction was rendered finally
PLANE TESTS
HAWAIIAN
FLIGHT
The situation was admittedly most anxious, he stated, and 'the Government was determined to seo that no stone was left unturned) when it came to planning for the adequate defence of the country.
frequent services, and the soon retiring, it has been de carriage of all Arst-class Empire cited to open a public fund on MAY BE ABANDONED and the Empire.--Reuter
air without surcharge. behalf of the Society for the The scheme would be in 'collabors Protection of Children, with tion with the Dominions, India and which His Excellency has per- the Colonies funds of fresh capital mitted his name to be associated. two million pounds of Already over $8,000 has been to extend the Imporial Airways
raised as a start, and it is hoped
fleet.
Sir Philip stated that the Air that the public will liberally prize for the best medium-size com-made.
(Special la "Telegraph")
Washington, March 19.
Mr. Eugene Vidal, Director of
of Commercial Avia-
GOODWILL PLANE IN KOREA
London, March 19. The European crisis has taken grave, turn, due to the fact that Great Britain and Ger-
DANGER TO PEACE many, as well as France arid Britain, have apparently dis- The Air Estimates for 1936, some drastic action very soon will
London, March 19. agreed on vital issues.
totalling $23,861,100 gross, and a produce the stimulus for a spring Great Britain and Germany, in small supplementary estimate of rise in stock values and in business the first place, took divergent £200,000 for the current year, wöre views as to the basis upon which introduced in the House of Com-
generally.
Standard Statistics, weakly bulle- Sir John Simon, the British Foreign raons to-day by the Under-Secretin, says: "With the prospect of Minister, and ferr Hiller, the Ger-tary of State for Air, Sir Philip relatively static markets there is man leader, would negotiate for Sassoon. Ho said that in the little point at the legalisation of German re- cause of peace the British Govern-speculative positions."
present to aller Ministry: wore offering a £26,000 respond to the appeal now being the Bureau
tion, said to-day that the "robot" BOUND FOR NANKING
FROM JAPAN ment had postponed for ten years Secondly, the French people past what had been declared as a "The underlying situation is un- British arm, and were preparing explanatory letter on the subject long distance flights, may not fly. Moody's Investors' Service says: mercial aeroplano", produced by alWe have received the following plane, which the United States Government has been testing for
Soool, March 20.7 bitterly criticise Great Britain's minimum programme of air do favourable." United Press. to construct two experimental ma- Sir,-As His Excellency's parlod to Hawall after all.
The, Tokyo Asahi's goodwil sera procedure in the matter of ap- fence for the United Kingdom..
chines with which they might of ollico as Governor of Hongkong
plane, piloted by K. Niino, hen ar proach to the German re-armament British weakness in the air was a question. France has drafted a danger to world pesco, as well as
eventually try for the high and dis-nears its end, increasingly fre.. To-day he telegraphed to the rived here. strong protect on Germany's con- to Britain herself, and the Air
tanco records. He exprosed optim- quant expressions of regret are test, pilots telling them to make The machine landed hare a ism in regard to the progress of being heard on all sides at his two more, experimental flights to p.m. to-day, having left Tök cription movo, which will be do- Force could not be allowed to re
private flying in Britain, and said approaching departure.
sea, directed by the radio stations| 7.40 sm, this morning, T spatched to, Berlin after the Ca- main fifth among the Air Powers
there were more private pilot Nowhere have these been voiced in California and Hawall, in the chine flew ovar Orska 16)) binet meeting to-morrow.
in forms of first-line strength.
Hoences current in the United King- more fully and warmly than at the hope that those trips would provide will leave here, në 250 Thirdly, Sir John Simon Is At the same time, Sir Philip
dom,: In proportion to the populn annual meeting of the Society for aufficient data to make a longer Nanking where at Fir reported to have refused the Sassoon refuted exaggerated ac-
tion, than in the United States the Protection of Children of which test flight unnecessary. Unded bout here'clock tonight. (Continued on Page 4:)
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armament.
GOLD FOR LONDON
Plymouth, March 19. Gold to the value of £205,442 for shipment to London arrived here to-day Press,
from
Canada.-United
British Wireless.
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