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LAVAL ANGRY AT TRICKERY RUMOUR
MADE NO FALSE STATEMENTS
BALDWIN DEFENDS SIR S. HOARE
CRITICISM OF CABINET NOW MODERATING
(By
(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH”) ·
Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphio Meanagen Ordinance, 1894. Received, Dec. 17, 1.30 p.m.)
Paris, Dec. 17.
M. Pierre Laval, the Prime Minister of France, who is generally held primarily responsible for the Franco-British peace formula which Geneva and the Italian and Ethiopian Governments are now considering, is angry at the London rumours that he tricked Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Foreign Secretary, into agreeing with the Paris peace plan.
M. Laval will make a heated denial of these rumours in -the Chamber of Deputies at the earliest opportunity.
The London reports were to the effect that M. Laval won Sir Samuel Hoare'a assent to the peace scheme by means of two false statements. The first of these alleged statements was that, as the spokesman for Signor Benito Mussolini, he was authorised to say that an oil embargo declared by the League of Nations would mean war,
In the second place, he is said to have told Sir Samuel that the French flect was not ready to meet a submarine attack, and hence the League's defence in the Mediterranean must be borne by Britain alone.-United, Press.
TO FACE CRITICS,
Paris, Dec. 17.
M. Pierre Laval faces possible ut- tacks at today's Cabinet meeting: when M. Herriot, radical supporter of the Government, may question him the Paris penco plans. Fireworks may be avoided, however, for M.
will
say he merely Laval
drafted the
on in the in- terests of peace, preparing a plan which could either he accepted, re- Jected or revised.
To-morrow he will face a second barrage when Russia, Denmark,
Jugo-Slavin, Lexico, Rumania,] Czecho-Slovakin, Greece, and Turkey will speak In opposition to the peace plan at Genova.
Rollable circles predict that there will be majority against the plan if it goes to a decision vote before the League members.-United Press.
RUMOURS DISCREDITED
London, Dec, 16.
Rumours that Sir Samuel Hoare will resign are now much discredited
in responsible Parliamentary circles.
ITALIAN ATTACK RESISTED
HEAVY FIGHTING IN OGADEN
NO APPARENT GAINS
Addis Ababa, Dec. 16. A heavy bombing attack by Italian plane upon the Ethiopian lines in several sectors is apparently the pre- A renewed offensive in the Ogaden territory.
Italian And
Somali troops, support- ef by tanka and armoured cars, at
Judo to
Any repudiation of Sir Samuel by the tacked the Ethiopian lines forty miles Cabinet is considered out of the quesouth-east of Sasbanch. tion. On the contrary, it is belleved
Neither side gained any appreci- | that if necessary Mr. Baldwin will able advantage in the fighting which
ensued.
vigorously nctions.
defend
Sir Samuel's
It is claimed that on this occasion Meanwhile, there is a tendency to the Ethiopian army put up a stif wards a less critical attitude where the fight, which is a change from the tre- Governinent's actions are concerned, as tiça of retreating actions previously
it
is believed the Ilouse of Commons adopted.
will be told on Thursday that Italy
Several hundred Somalis are re
intended to treat oil sunctions as an ported to have deserted to the Ethio- net of war and that the Government plan alde-Reuter.
was not satisfied that the necessary collective
nction
the to support League policy would be forthcoming.
It is pointed out that Great Britain never pledged herself to anything
TROOPS BOMBED
Mogadiscio, Dec. 18
A communique issued by the Italian
more than collective action and if the headquarters here to-day states that Ministers were not satisfied with re-fifteen bombing planes made a 500 gard to its availability with respect to mile light into Ethlopla and bombed oll sanctions, they were entitled to Lake and damaged Ras Desta's, advance what they considered the next best columns in Ogaden.-United Press. step, namely, to make a supreme effort at conciliation.
CRISIS TALE DISCOUNTED The current stories of a crisis in the British Cabinet consequent on the Government's approval of the Paris ponco torma, are being discounted, ponding an explanation of the altua tion to the House of Commons Thursday.
on
Opinion among a large body of Government supporters is still frank
action.
STOP PRESS
Peiping, Dec. 17.
It is learned that the Japanese
Egyptian police are here seen assembled in one of the main streets of Cairo after having dis-
persed violons atudents,
MODIFIED FORMULA SOUGHT
ITALIAN REQUEST MADE TO PARIS
WON'T GIVE UP ASSAB
Tarls, Dec. 16.
It is believed that the Italian Am-' busnador here, Signor Cerrutil, has informed M. Pierre Laval, the French Prime Minister, that there are four points on which Signor Mussolini wants modification of the peace pro- posal.
Signor Mussolini declares, first, that Aksum should belong to Italy.
Secondly, he says that control_of
must remain with Italy, with Ethiopia being given shipping rights
Thirdly, all foreign concessions must be nonalled in the region set: aside for Italian colonisation in South Ethiopia.
Fourthly, Italy must have full con- trol of the policing of that region of colonisation-Water
SLUMANARIT BRATYBCMARTINIA
WON'T ACCEPT PEACE PLAN
Emperor Selassie's Statement
(Special to "Telegraph")
cam-
Dessiye, Dec. 17. Emperor Haile Selassie, personally commanding his' black warriors in the paign to defeat the Italian plan of invasion of Ethiopia. has issued 3 statement which unequivocally con: demns the Paris peace plan.
Acceptance of the Anglo- French plan, he says, would be a betrayal, of his people.
Moreover, he adds, the people of the small states are, relying
upon the
League's security system for their continued safety. United Press,
Relief Worker Kills Four
troops who entered Kalgan last week, FOUR OTHERS BADLY
WOUNDED
Los Angeles, Dec. 16. Four relief workorn word shot dend
ly hostile to the proposed peace are returning to Dolonor. They were formula, but there is an underlying believed to have gone to Kalgan In confidence that Mr. Stanley Baldwin connection with demands made by the Prime Minister, had some good renaone for his apparently enigmatic Manchukuo for the handing over of
six hslen of Eastern Charhar for in- and four were seriously wounded in Much consequently depends upon elusion in Jehol. The area included a sensational battle hord to-day. the ox
e extent to which Mr. Baldwin can Kuyuan city and Paochang, both occu
One of the workers, Charles Way- disclose the Government's motives
prompted the backing of the pled by Manchukuo troops, though man, allegedly stood on a mound, of carth and blazed away with a rifle at Paris plan. Sir Samuel Hoare will still officially In Chinese hands those about him, then dropped the have to be very explicit if he is the Reuter.
rille and ran away.
which
first Government spokesman, for
many consider ho is a sick man and that his illness mado him more easily persuaded at Paris, and that Mr. (Continued on Page - 14.).
When police, armed with sawed-off shotguns, forced Wayman to sar- render, he reportedly asserted; "I shot the others because they had been browbeating mo."-Reuter.
ACTRESS' STRANGE DEATH
THELMA TODD DEAD IN MOTOR CAR
POPULÄR IN COMEDIES
Hollywood, Dec. 10. Tho film actress, Miss Theima Todd, was found dead in a motor-car parked near her residence today.
Delectives who aro investigating the case at present decline to make any statement on the matter.
MONOXIDE POISONING
It was later disclosed that Miss Todd's death is believed by police to have been due to carbon-monoxide poisoning
Her body was found slumped over the steering wheel of her car. Police believe she had been dead for two days.
A post mortem examination, ac cording to the authorities, showed that the woman's blood contained an enormous proportion of monoxide.- Reuter.
Thelma Todd, formerly a school teacher, has been making pictures Aner* 1920.
A blond, blue-eyed beauty, she land heen one of the Inl Ranch couusly Aturs for somo yuuk, and kinet won acclaim for her performance, in "Corsair" and with Laurel and Hardy, In "Fra Diavalo."
With Zasu Pitts she made a number of phurt comedies which Canenie ly popular. •-• *.
Werd
Miss Todi was onb"dr the must charming of the young Hollywood ho-tersen. She wha' married.
Miss Thelma Todd, whose myster- -ious death has shacked Hollywood,
SERIOUS JAPANESE CONCERN
READY TO TAKE NEEDED ACTION
IF INTERESTS THREATENED
(Special to "Telegraph")
|{lly Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphie Afsa- Pages Ordinancs, 1894. Received, December 17. 10 p.) ·
Tokyo, Dec. 17..
An official statenont from the Foreign Office said to-day that the Japanese Arniy was watching with merlous concern the student rioting in North China.
PEIPING CROWDS
CRY FOR
WAR
"DOWN WITH JAPAN
IMPERIALISM"
10,000 DEMONSTRATE
IN IN OLD CAPITAL
(Dy
(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH") Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordistance, 1894. Received, Dec. 17, 8 am)
Peiping, Dec. 17. Ten thousand students, peasants and workers assembled. at the Tomple of Heaven last night and passed a resolution to attempt to organise and arm the masses of the Chinese people * to fight against Japanese imperialism. That cry echoed in Peiping more than once last night: "Down with Japan Im- perialism."
The mass meeting determined to ask the new Political- Council of Hopei-Charhar why it was selling out the national interests.
The wholo 10,000, in orderly ranks, shouting slogans, with banners flying, marched towards the Chienmen Gate, near the American Embassy, and there clashed with the police.
Y
Five thousand of the marchers, divided into small groups, were finally permitted to enter the Tartar city.
Soven boys and four girls were treated for injuries follow- ing the brush with the police officers.
Old residents say that demonstration was the most orderly and patriotic and significant in many years.
INVADERS'
It is reported here that Japanese officers laughed when the Tlentsin and Tangku Penco Preservation | Corps headquarters asked the Jap- aneso military authorities to aid in
ENORMOUS evicting the "Autonomists" troope OBSTACLES
WAS ITALIAN SUCCESSES
NOT IMPRESSIVE
sfennwhile, they were fully pre- pared to take whatever action necessary in the event of the move- mont assunting proportions likely to threaten the safety of Japanese residents' properties or other intereste, Although the present reports do not indicate that such expansion is likely
JOUTACINIONELABUHOKOUAZIONEUNIONINDŽIA
STRONG JAPANESE
PROTEST
Strict Censorship In North China
(Special to "Telegraph")
Peiping. Dec. 17. Major Tan Takahashi, military attache of the Japa- nese Embassy, in Peiping. has lodged a strong protest to the Mayor of Peiping, in connection with yesterday's anti-Japanese. demonstra-
tions.
Major Takahashi recalled the promise given by the Chinese authorities after last week's demonstrations, that the Government would prevent recurrence of the anti-Japanese expressions on the part of students.
The Chinese papers de- monstration storics have been strictly censored and only the meagrest official communique was published.
United Press.
RAINY SEASON DRAWS NEAR
London, Dec. 17
"Do the realities of the military situation in Ethiopin justify the peace terms proposed ?" asks the London Tire in an editorial to-day
I would hardly seem so, the paper ansavers its own question.
4
|`ft is diflicult to believe, the Times is NO declares, that the situation Favourable for the Italians as they imagined it would be when they were planning their campaign.
who had occupied Tangku.-United Prose.
POLICE OPEN FIRÉ
Polping, Doc. 17. Five thousand students from un- Iversities and middle schools paraded) Pelping's streets yesterday on a protest against the formation of the now Hopel-Chachar Council and the separation of this area from Nan- king's control.
They urged armed resistance to Japanese aggression in North China
They urged that the 20th Army resist the invaders, recalling that army's exploits in 1933 when the men had fought against the "apanesa at. Hsifengkow with only broadswords ка испров.
STUDENTS' DEMANDS
Many columns, of demonstrators converged on the Tienchino Bridge, outside the Temple of Heaven, and en route one column was prevented After ten weeks of strenuous effori, | from proceeding by pollee, who un- the Italians have, gone a very little mercifully beat a few students with way towards solving the problema, bamboo sticks and swords, wounding The limited extent of their achieve-[between ten and fifteen. ment hitherto has seriously diminished|
When a fire-engine was brought up of adequate progress be with a hose to turn on the marchers, prospects of made before the rains set in. the the students set about it; amushing Times points out.
the
ing
Ita windshield. Finally the studenta were allowed to proceed.
In the North. the paper goes on, they have not penetrated as far as did the small Italian forco in 1895. In From Tlenchiao they began their the south they had one significant return march in a long orderly success nt. Gorrahel; otherwise they column, Bix abreast. There wore, have lttle to show.
many giris among the marchors. All distributed handbills to the crowds.
HAVE SUFFERED HEAVILY There is much evidence that they
NO ONE WOUNDED have suffered heavily through the ex-
None of the students at the Chion- cessive strain on supply along routesmen Gate were wounded by the volleys, unfit for heavy traffle.
Clearly Marshal Badagilo has been fired by the police. The shots falled shuffling the disposition of his troops, even to make the students flinch. meanwhile Intensifying his nir After throw hours of standing at activity. But when the advance is the gate, atorming for a free passage, resumed, will it result in more than they were finally allowed to march off contact the gradual extension of the occupied quietly to their universities. in the near future, the Army realines of the invadors' dificulties?
territory and the greater extension that anything is possible.
Several girl studenta in the front When the ruins descend, the Times ranks atcod steadily and calmly when In the event that the riots are of points out, the dificulties of the in- the police fired on them. a spasmodic nature, and will soon sub- side, the Army will be little concerned, vading army will be multiplied, Such considerations should not be over- However, it belloves danger lies in looked by other countries when the continuation of disturbanes, with the peace proposals are being considered. possillity of the lower class of the Reuter.
citizens
Joining and giving the events
|a menacing character.
One of the demonstrators was at American youth, a student at one of the universities, and when correspon dents talked with-him he repeatedly réferred to "our, cause" and "wo students."
Some individuals believe that cer Government has not made "a good tain cliquos very closo to
A number of students from Yon tho start, and that it is still undor Nan-Ching and Tsing Hua Universities Kuomintang are participating, and king influence, possibly directing
who wore refused admission at soveral tho student "Under such circumstances we must gates, burst through the railway gate activities-United Proas.
expect dangers, in the event of our at the West Wall of the Chinese city attempting to negotiate in matters in order to join their comrades inside concerning North China. Nanking should avoid making this another Pol-j ping Political Council, which was completo failure."United Press,
NOT A GOOD START
Tokyo, Doc. 17.. The Osaka Asahi, in an editorial, saya to-day that the new North China
Demonstrators had returned to their schools and unlvaraition at
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