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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY,
VICTORY CLAYM BY ETHIOPIANS
ITALIAN POSITIONS SEIZED IN NORTH
Addis Ababa, Dec. 29. A communique states "that the Ethiopian armie have seized strong atrategle positions 60 miles north west of Makale, and that they claim control of the Temblen area.
It also said that the Ethiopians won battles on December 22 and De- camber 24, inflicting heavy casualties, The communique concluded that the Ethiopians had broken the Ita- llan lines in several positions United Press
Ethiopians Jubilant
Addis Ababa, Dec. 29. Palaco circles are jubilant over the reported Ethiopian victories in the North. It is stated that the troops captured about a score of tanks, be- tween 40 to 50 machine guns and
200 prisoners.
LAVAL'S FIGHT
FRENCH PREMIER
UNSHAKEN
Paris, Dec 29,- M. Laval was cool and unshaken by the fire of criticism na ho fought all the morning for his political life. almost evenly The Chamber was divided and adjourned until 3 p.m., when M. Laval will make a speech for his final defence before the vote of confidence is put to the vote. United Press.
DECEMBER
30, -- 1935.
NEW REGIMENT ARRIVES
ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES
HERE
Carrying the 1st Battalion, the Royal Ulster Rides, which is to replace the 1st. Battalion, the Lincoln- shiro. Regiment in Hongkong the troopship Neuralia arrived yesterday morning from Egypt,
When she sailed from Southampton on November 28, the Neuralin carried the following personnel, in addition to over 250 N. C. O's:
Paris, Dec. 20. Thore was an electric atmosphere
Royal Artillery: Major J. C. Currie, in the Chamber when M. Laval rose nt 4.10 p.m.
to reply to the two M.CL W.D.P.A. O'Grady, Capt. days debate, the sitting of which had F. G. Le Gros, Lt. F. Pock, M.
Wife child.
carlier been suspended amid an up- Lt. (QM) I D
rony
Royal Welch Fusiliers: Major A. ♪. Alston D.8.0, M.C., and wife, Lt. D..M.) C. Pritchancashire Regiment, 2nd Lt. W. G. Griffin,
M. Laval annotinced at the out
and wife, wife and daughter not his intention of replying to all of 12. 0. A. Luckin, wife and children critics giving all the facts by which
of Capt. J. D. Newman. he was affected. In all his actions, he said, he would remain faithful to the Covenant and to Francu's Parys tiona Ho adhored without reserve Makale itself has not beea cap to the Longue and favoured open tured, but the vast flanking move- co-operation with all people, French ment la now progressing with three policy would remain founded on the armies under the Emperor's most Lengue.
Dedjasmatch Kos- trusted chiefs. saxebhot from the north, Ras Kassa was clear and that he had not come from the south, and Ran Seyoum promised relations with Britain. He from the west.
offered to consult the Chamber with was the
of oll sanc- when the time came. The Radical left. and the centre Republican
He affirmed that his conscience
Christmas week agtbreak of 72%ard to application
most bloody since the the war and it is believed that it will be intensified next week.
King's Own Scottish Borderers: Li G.C.S McAlestor.
Ulster Rifles: Capt. G. 9. Royal Frizelle, 2/Lt. D. C. Lincoln.
R.A.S.C.: SSM. C. A. Easton, wife and children, SSM. W. G. Holden, wife and son.
R.A.1.C.: L-Col. II. G. Robertson, Major S. Smith and wife.
R.A.0.C.: Major W. P. Postio, wife
A Had fenture of the campaign is decided to this afternoon child, Capt. P. W. Davies wife!
the thousands of untended wounded lying on the battlefields, dying in gering deaths-Reuter,
Capture of Adbladdi
the Government. And
M. Paul Reynaud offered to resign and child, Lt. B. Fallowfield, wife and the presidency of the centre Repub- child, Armourer SM. 11. Smith, wife Hleans, following criliciam of his and children. speech yesterday, but the party de- clined to accept.—Renter.
Addis Ababa, Dec. 28.
Brilliant and Impreunive "The Lion of Judah in victorious," claima a communique, claiming the
Paris, Dec. 28. capture of Adbladdi, the capital of
The second day of M. Laval'a fight Teinblen, in a surprise attack con- for the life of his Government in the summated by the Abyssinians foreign affairs debate opened with ngainat A
hail of artillery and the Premier's chances considerably
c4.0.8. Mr. W. Clewer, wife and
RAV.C.: Major M. A. Murphy. Army Education Corps: Major II. 11, Joseph. Instructor, Imrie wife and two children.
Army Dental Corps: Major A. B.) Austin and wife.
Audit and Accounts Staff: Mr. T. Hack and wife.
machine-gun fre and an aerial bentes majority of the morning papers | Toung 41.N.S.: Slatern: Missen H, C.
bardment.
V. W. M. Briggs, D. S.
The communique claims that the agree that yesterday was not a good Italians were routed with heavy day for the Government, despite M. Mrs. J. Imrit, Miss M. losses. A hundred native troops Enval's brilliant and impressive in- were taken prisoner, and the bodies tervention, but it is mostly consider Coghlan, Miss A. B. Coughlan, of 20 Italian officers and non-comed that M. Laval will scrape through. missioned officers and many nativo non-commissioned officers were found by the skin of his teeth-Reuter. Among the dead.
The action was apparently part of a concerted campaign to force the invaders to withdraw from a large part of Tigre.-Reuter.
Brush With Enemy
Rome, Dec. 29. No mention of the Abyssinian claim to the capture of Adbinddi was made in to-day's communique from Africa. The sole reference to Ad- binddi is the atatement of the Ab- blad action on December 92 in
which the Eritrean and Italian troops
distinguished themselves.
The communique refers to a brush with the enemy westward of Afgaga PASS and also to the bombing of the Takkazze region and of the Ambe Alagi sector. Reuter's Special,
Two Planes Lost
on
Rome, Dec. 29, The loss of two Italian planes is officially admitted. The planes were machine Kunning an Ethioplan column in the Takkazze sector Christmas Day, when the petrol tank of one was hit by a bullot, the plane being forced down 16 miles beyond the Italian lines; the second plane was damaged when landing to help the first.
Other planes flew back to Aksum and reported the incident and a de- tachinient of Spahis sent out brought back the pilots safely,--Renter,
Southern Front
A Slim Margin
Miss E. A. Dudley, intended wife of 4.M.S. Fideo.
The Neuralla is the second troopship to arrive in Hongkong under the 1935- 30 trooping programme. The II. T Paris, Dec. 28. Lancashire arrived on November 21 By alim margin of 20 votes M. and the troopship Dilwara is expected Laval survived the test of confidence to arrivo with military, naval and R. after personally making an impas-A, F, details on March 8. sioned defence of his foreign policies, The vote was 206 to 276.
Franco
History of Regiment
Was
M. Laval defended the course in
The Royal Ulster Rifles, 1st. Bat- the Anglo-French negotiations. Ho tation, laft Belfast for Palestine in said, "I ask myself what crime I have September 1932, and was transferred committed against
to the Canal Brigade in the following France has applied economic tions locally
Sir Samuel Hoare year. The previous oversea tour and I believed before studying the In India, Burma and Aden in the grave oil embargo that, we should period between the South African War and the Great War. The regiment make proposals to the Italian and
had 21 battalions In France, Flanders, Ethiopian
This pro Governments.
the Balkans, Gallipoli and Palestine. Ject underwent vicianitudes.
lle said that before the oil embar. The title of the regiment was changed from the Royal Irish Rifles after the go became effective the United States War. The old name of the 1st, Bat- Congress must vote for collaboration,
was the 83rd. talions
County of for which reason the question was at
Dublin, and General Sir Alexander present dormant.
Royal Dodley,
Dublin Fusilier, old no
regiment. The 201 is Colonel of the Battalion was the Royal County Dublin. Lt. Col. J. F. Evetta, M. remained behind in Egypt in view of his appointment as
as officer commanding the British troops in Palestine,
The 1st Battalion of the Lincoln- have been M. Laval in his speech presleted shire Regiment, who that France would give full support, stationed in Hongkong during the including military and naval aid, toast three years, will take over duties. Britain in the event of an unprovokal Karachi, and will be sailing on the Neuralia on January 6 together with ed Italian attack.-United Presa
R. A. F. details for India.
After the vote rojecting the cen sure, M.-Laval asked for a second expressing confidence which was vote passed by 304 votes to 201, being merely technical.
The Cabinet hold a brief certainty
of life until the deputies take up the budget.
Work of Conciliation
Paris, Dec. 29. M. Laval said that long before the Rome, Dec. 29: Press dispatches from Mogadiscio War he had started his work of con- nay that the Italians on the ex- cillation. He said that on September treme south-eastern front have erect- 10 bo started a conversation at ed barbed wire entanglements 33 Genova with Sir Samuel Hoare and niles long for the purpose of frus- Mr. Edbu, and "we agreed then that trating the expected mass attack, our first effort at conciliation failed.
It is said that the Ethiopians have Wo worked to mansed great numbers a few miles tinue ou
our efforia."
Assurances for Britain
not
how we could con-
Officers of Regiment
1st. Battalion of the Royal Ulster The following are the Officers of the Rifles:
C. Mitchell,
Major R. M. Rodwell, Captain N. McGavin, M.C., Capt. R. J. R. Camp bei! (Garrison Adjutant and Quarter-
Capt. B. J. Rimmer, st.M.,, master), Capt. . B. J. Clarke, Capt. R. N. Thicknesse (Adjutant), Cant. R. F. A. from the Italian Somaliland border, M. Laval emphasized the cloro col
Crookshank, Capt. I. II. Good, Capt. the defensive. The Turkish General, British Ministers and said that. Shean, L. P. J. Ashton, Lt, R. where the Italians are definitely on laboration between the French and Limon (Quartermaster), It. W
Rateliffe, Lt.
J. Webib Pasha, commands the attack-agreed on sanctions and also decided ing Ethiopians-United Press:
to
impose sanctions which would H. Carron. Lt. I. C. Harria, Lt. B. J. Scott- lead to a naval blockade or the clos- Sco
Lt. C. A.H.B. Blake, Lt. J. Drummond,
Lt. J. E. G. Moriarty. ing of the Suez Canal." London, Dec. 28.
M. Lava! gave a resume of his LAW. Ward, Second Lt. E. D. D. The British have received oficial efforts to find a basis of conciliation Lt. B. J. Fitz G. Donies, Second Lt. G. Wilson. Second Lt. W. C. Kolly, Second nasurances that France, Turkey, and. said he would recognise the Jugo Slavia and Greece will support failure of the Honre-Laval plan both P. Riekcord. them in the event of an Italian at- before the House of Commons atul tack.-United Press.
the
League, but
but he added that dis- King Leopold's Mission
could not be allowed. couragement Landon, Dec. 28. Referring to all sanctions he said The Daily Mirror has reported that the House of Commons did not
the who understand
to the landed at Dover on Friday ostensibly League and that the application of of
to pay a private visit, is really the sanctions required the support of the Intermediary between Britain and United States. This means approval Italy.
of Congress, which does not meet until after January 15.
He said his visit was prompted
Italy'a desire to by
that Britain should urge the League to modify existing sanctions and also definité,
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It is said that King Leopold's complaint that no ship or man had nister, Princess Marie Jose, wife of been moved except British and the the Italian Crown Prince, requested request for technical details in re- King Leopold to come to Britain.
to mutual aid he said that It is said the Belgians bolleved some say, "I gave France's assur
ance that King Leopold would seek a per that insult for myself but not for not very heartily. I accept sonal interview with King George to
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Ile concluded that Franco-British relations would remain as close as and reiterated his conviction ever that their co-operation was necessary not only to save France but. for the pence of Europe. Reuter.
Speech Acclaimed
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Chicago, Dec. 28. report is current that Mr. Samuel Insull, senior, at the age of 74, may attempt a como-back as head of a chain of wireless stations in the Middle West.
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Mr. Insull has refused to confirm or deny the report-Reuter Special
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Oficial Figures
Paris, Dec. 28, The official figures in the motion of non-confidencö in M. Laval show that the motion was rejected by 200 voted to 276.
London, Dec. 28.
Paris, Dec, 20, There are over 5,000 at work on the M. Laval's speech was acclaimed The second division on the vota' of ginnt Cunard White Star ner, Queen as probably the best he has ever confidence moved by M. Chappalaine Mary, which is due to leave the at-mado. Chamber observers weighing resulted in a Government victory by ting out basin at Clydebank on March up the result of the debate point to 304 votes against 201-Neutor.
Armed Leagues 24. The 200,000 horse-power engines the fact that M. Laval is now open-
Parle, Dec. 20. are being run in and tested, while Britain. He has also won over the ly committed to mutual aid with
The Chamber rose at 11.50 p.m. the. ship stationary, by dia- more conservativo elements comecting the drive to the propellers, Chamber to his policy, of working 104 fo suppress
of the after passing a bill by 433 votes to armed national Vibration has been reduced to with the League,
leagues,UKA minimum by mounting the entiro
Finally M. Laval has put the res It also adopted the text of a bill onging units on rubber blacks and ponsibility on the Chamber to decide to prohibit the carrying of dra arms surrounding the cablus, neighbouring whether France, will support all as approved by the Senate and” ap- the orgine rooms, with a special anti sanctions or otherwise.
proved the amended text of a bill vibration apparatus. The ship is **M. Laval, has smoothed the way | governing the freedom, of the press, already generating her own electricity, for M. Herriot and other Radical which is now to return. to the Senate.
British Wireless.
ministers remaining In the Cabinet, Reuter.
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