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NOT A WITHDRAWAL COUNCIL

FROM LEAGUE

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the Govern

The Ual Ual incident was hap- Nevertheless, as pily settled, and nothing was now ment has decided that it cannot) left to justify the threat of in-participate with Abyssinia in the pending military operations. He League, the Italian delegate will asked the Council to ignore the again leave the session when the threat and forget Articles X. XI Abyssinian begins to speak. But as long as the Abyssinians are and XV of the Covenant.--

He declared

nobody passive spectators, the Italians that sympathised with the internal re-will remain at the session.

THE "CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

MEETING

AT GENEVA

Why Italian Delegates

Withdrew

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LAKE TSANA QUESTION

The time for adjournment was according past In view of the extreme Esmanite. danger threatening one member of the League, immediate action was A message from Cairo states

Abyssinia was

that following the receipt of al London, To-day.

pared to accept any proposal for telegram from the Egyptian Lega- The League Council met intermediation that promised

tion. in London, the Cabinet Council in a secret session, ap-i again last night. first in private stave off an outbreak of war. and then în public Press LITVINOFF'S SPEECH V

proved of the draft agreement messages from Geneva indicate that, the private sitting was first reminded

M. Litvinoff spoke next He with the Sudan on the Tsana

his hearers that Lake question. concerned with the plans for Soviet Russia had been on very The pact is a project dating but no internal conditions could attend if the Abyssinians are setting up a small committee of friendly teams with Italy for 10/back to April of this year when,

the Council to examine further years past, and hoped that the the Italo-Ethiopian dispute and friendship would the possiblities of a conciliatory Nevertheless. M. Litvinoff decla settlement.

ed himself incapable of consent-

gime of Abyssinia. as demon-! It is not certain. however, whe strated by the Italian document.Jther Earon

deprive a State of its right to in-present. tegrity and independence, and the

fence.

DRAMATIC WITHDRAWAL

The

Council are as follows:-- .

Baron Aloisi withdrew is soon! as Professor Jeze began to speak and Signor Rocca replaced him.

Signor Rocca said that he must consult his chief, and asked: Would

Aloisi himself

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Abyssinian Government to take Italo-Abyssinian | League should stand firm on the rupture of

part in a conference on the Tsana principle that no fighting should diplomatic relations, but this is a

Lake question, the Egyptian, as occur except as absolute self-de-logical sequence to the Italian It is understood that the per-ing to Italy's proposal that the well as the Sudanese Government, decision not to participate on an sonnel provisionally suggested in-League of Nations should declare replied that they must settle the equal footing at Geneva with *cludes Mr. Eden (Great Britain), itself disinterested circumstances of Italy's country which Italy considers has Monsieur Laval (France). Senor Abyssinian conflict.

in the Italo-matter between themselves a25 Egypt was in possession of the dramatic withdrawal from the consistently violated its League de Madariaga (Spain). Colonel

undertakings.

Beck (Poland), and Monsieur Aras it threatens to

Italy did not deny, he said, that great rights for the ultilisation of

this Nile spring. attack Abyssinia. MORE CALLED TO COLOURS

(Turkey), and that the number Such an attack would be a flagrant A message from Rome states will probably be limited to five. violation of the League of Nations | that the breadwinners and only!

Covenant and a dangerous pre- After withdrawing Signor Rocca sons section of the 1912 class will Following Wednesday's meeting cedent of the future privately sent a message to Presbe called up at the end of the of the League Council the-dela-

The principle of the dent Guinazu asking him to call month. This is because the call-gates were in negotiation yester- Professor Jeze to order. King up of the 1911, 1913 and 1914 day at Geneva. Both the French divisibility of peace Gulnazu replied that he saw classes has not produced the ad- Premier. M. Laval, and the British tunately winning more and more adherents It was an inadmis- reason to do so, and anyhow Mditional 200.000 men announced as Minister for League Affairs. Mr.

A message From Paris states: Litvine was about to speak and required by Signor Mussolini at Eden, spent a busy morning and sible attempt, said M. Litvinoff, to therefore he hoped that Signor | Bolzano.

afternoon in mutual and separate Justify a military operation be that the press there is relatively satisfied with the result of the consultations. Mr. Eden and Mr. cause of the internal conditions Geneva negotiations. A settle Reces would retura.

Stanley Bruce, Australian Member of a country.

ment may not have been reached, A message from London states of the Council conferred with Admitted nobody had sympathy

saye Le Journal, but these clashes the President interrupt the meet-that immediately after Mr. Stat- other Dominion representatives for the conditions in Abyssinia, as which have been feared, and ley Baldwin. Prime Minister, re- Mr. Eden also had talks with the depicted in the Italian memoran which might have led to a grave ing for a brief interval?

from London yesterday Polish, Turkish and Danish memdam, but nothing could justify rupture, have failed to take place. turned President Guinazu replied that he could not: whereupon Signor afternoon from Aix-les-Bains, bers of the Council, as well as with discrimination against a member The newspapers express mild Rocca brought a

the President Signor Gainaza of the League of Nations because admiration that message from meeting of Ministers

Mr. Anthony"; Baron Aloisi, that the latter would moed at Downing Street.

(Argentina) and the Secretary of inner conditions in that mem-Eden did not speak of sanctions Minister of War, the First Lord of General, M. Avenol The members ber's country or because of race, but merely reported on the Three- examine the text of Professor

The Admiralty, the Minister fort, Jeze's speech before coming to any air and the Colonial Minister were also occupied with the stady degree of cultural development terms, thus leaving open all pos

Tof-the Council and their experts or the colour of the skin, or the Power

in general

arrived about 5 p.m. accompanied of the voluminous document cirer-All had an inalienable right to in-sibilities. by experts. It is understood that lated by Baron Aloisi containing dependence and territorial in A statement made by Baron An earlier Geneva message M. Ramsay MacDonald and Mr the Italian charges against the tegrity. Nothing whatever could Aloisi is likewise regarded as stated that the Council meeting Neville Chamberlain were also Ethiopian Government. was postponed until 7 pm. and was present.

The four major points of com-self-defence.

out that the Italian delegate, al-! then expected to be short, because ITALIAN REQUEST REFUSED

plaint are:

though rejecting direct talks with only "Professor Jeze's name was on An Addis Ababa message states

(1) Abyssinia's alleged re M. Litvinoff closed by remind-Abyssinia, did not refuse to co- the agenda and Baron Aloisi had that the Government is reported fusal to establish her frontiers ing his hearers of the Kellogg operate with the League Council previously asserted that be pro-to have refused to allow a COM-

with the Italian colonies and re-Pact, and called on the League If the League of Nations will posed to ignore the Abyssinian pany of Italian native troops to

UPPER the vino. All the men was either statement. It was understood that guard the Italian Legation, and Peated and inadvisable occupation of Nations to neglect no effort offer Italy sufficient satisfaction,

peated and inadvisable occupatio, and shun no decision in order to and if it succeeds in obtaining hands was over, and the vines or dock-wallopers-car- Britain. France, Poland. Spain and has ordered foreigners to as-

attacks (2) Repeated

upon avoid armed conflict

the Negos's consent, then Italy watch had gathered round the gadores, they called **---and Turkey had agreed to serve on the semble at certain fixed places. The Italian Consular and diplomatic No other delegate having signi- would be willing to abstain from hatch of No. 1 hold, and were if there Was any women they ified a desire to address the incet-military operations, asserts the smoking and yarning in the must have hid 'em away some (3) It is claimed that the ing, the President of the Council newspaper, adding that the reply half-hour left to them before where, for I never see one that The exodus of Europeans from material and moral rights of closed the session with the an to the question of whether there eight bells struck and they went wasn't about eighty, and ugly at JEZES VIOLENT SPEECH the capital continues. and 1.003 Italians in Abyssinia have been nouncement that at the next meet-will be war or peace will depend on duty again.

continually trampled upon, to the ing, the time of which was not yet on the attitude of the League of The talk had run upon the in- There was a little dockyard. detriment of the economic rela- known, he would make sugges-Nations, and particularly those quitous price of shore tobacco, as, with a high wall all round it, and tions of the two countries;

tions to the Council about the Powers to whose voice Addis compared with that of the ship, a pair of iron gates that was course of the further proceedings Ababa is prepared to listen.“

Abyssinia Will Not Accept Compromise

decision.

STATEMENT IGNORED

·

special committee. M. Litvinoff Emperor has promised policej (USSR) was invited, but de-protection to the various missions clined.

The Council met at 7.10 p.m. troops have entrained for Baron Aloisi was not present, but frontier-Beuter. was replaced by Signor Rocca. Professor Jeze began his speech in defence of the Abyssinian case. He was very violent, and towards the middle of the speech Signor Rocca rose, and left the table.

Italy objected to Britain and France being members of the com- mittee of five reporting on the Abyssinian question, on the ground that they were interested parties.

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KELLOGG PACT REMINDER

EGYPT PREPARING

(4) Attacks upon the lives and goods of Italians in the Italian colonies.

A message from Cairo states TREATY VIOLATIONS ALLEGED that "The Egyptian Government It is contended that Abyssinia just.. now is occupied with the manifestly, and with full realisa- examination of certain interna tion of the responsibilities, has tional treaties concerning the continually violated her treaties Suez Canal,” declared the Premier, with Italy.

Tewik Fasha, in an interview,

NEGUS GRATEFUL TO POPE

A message from Addis Ababa

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Yarn

throat and asked:

that

By Sydney Parkman

and during a pause Joe Cam- closed at six o'clock every night, mings, the old man” of the when the cargo shifters knocked fo'c's le, suddenly cleared his off work. After that you could only go out by a little wicket, and "Did any of you blokes ever an old feller named Valdez come run across Bill Durrant?**

on watch about that time, and sat There was a general shaking in the guard-room, seeing that no of heads.

one walked out with a donkey “No? Well, maybe he was a bit boiler or any, contraband goods.

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ARRIVAL AT YOKOHAMA

Yokohama, later. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross The second part of the Italian adding that this examination was states that new instructions were before your time." Joe went on He was a kind of night-watchman. A later Geneva message states Asia at noon.

arrived by the RMS. Empress of memorandum sets out to prove being conducted exclusively from cabled yesterday morning to the ruminatingly. I've lost the run and Customs bloke all in one, and tha Baron Aloisi has called for by the Vice-Minister of Finance, her obligations as a League mem-no definite aims and intentions of the previous Abyssinian view the old Francis Hutton and a re-shore police, that kept the gates He was welcomed that Abyssinia has never fulfilled the juristic standpoint and "serves Abyssinian delegate at Geneva of him these twelve years meself, if he had any trouble he could advising him to strictly maintain but he was shipmates with me in blow his whistle, and the regular the text of Professor Jeze's speech Mr. Tsuchima, and other notables. ber, and that her political struc- any kind” and will decide the course to Later he left for Tokyo.

point and not to pursue when he has examined interviews the Foreign

Hein-ture is itself contrary to that of This is the first time that the

accept a com gular heller he was too a red-during the day, would come on the promise solution:

headed feller, and as hard In the lobbies it is generally next Wednesday.

Minister civilised nations, and argues that Egyptian Government has ad-

as run to lend him a hand. " Official quarters here are now nails. Your talking about tobacco "Well, one night Bill Durrant izi. defending berself felt that Professor Jeze's speech

against mitted publicly in connection with Sir Frederick's mission has Abyssinia Italy is in reality de- the East African conflict that it is with considerable optimism. The a tobacco deal once, and come out vino in the posada they always inclined to regard the situation 'minded me of him, for he was in and Spence was ashore, drinking rather exceeded the bounds of aroused the greatest interest, the fending the principles and equity considering the question of whe Emperor of Abyssinia, on Wed-all covered with glory." -diplomatic usage and is calculat-Japanese press forecasting the of the League.

ther the Suez Canal should be nesday night, sent a telegram to

went to, and trying to imagine it ed unnecessarily to exacerbate objective as the re-strengthening

REFUSED TO LISTEN

closed or not.

He paused and pulled hard at tasted like beer. The boss of the Italian feeling. It will be most of British influence in China.

the Pope thanking At the public session the spokes-

the Holy his pipe and the others settled show was sitting with 'em, for difficult to restore the concilia-Reuter.

Father for the latter's peace down comfortably and gazed at Bill 'ad picked up a bit of Spanish man of Ethiopia replied to Baron A Eome message states that the tory atmosphere until the personal

manifestation. Aloisi's speech at Wednesday's further proceedings at Geneva is

him with expectant faces through being on the South dispute between the Italian and A message from Tokyo dated meeting of the Council when he that Italy is still prepared to col-

̈“Ab, he was a proper laddo, American run a couple o' years, Abyssinian delegates had been ad- August 24 said that Sir Robert made an appeal to the League to laborate with the other great

was Bill Durrant," he went on, and they, was chinning away justed:

Clive, the British Ambassador, defend the independence and exis Powers concerning the solution of

after a short silence. “Him and about this and that, and present- Meanwhile the whole question called on the Japanese Foreign tence of his country, Signor Rocco, the Abyssinian conflict and to sit GENERAL REGRET EXPRESSED of the constitution of the League Minister, Mr. Hirota, on that day who was acting in place of Baron on the commission entrusted with Committee under Articles X and and conveyed to him the desire of Akisi as Italian member, rose and the examination of the evidence, V remains open, in the hope that Sir Frederick Leith-Ross to hold a left the Council chamber. The but only on the condition that the private talks yesterday eve-conference with him in Septem-Italian delegation explained after- Abyssinia is not represented ning will lead to some new arber, when Sir Frederick reached wards that this proceeding had no Trans Ocean Service. rangements.

significance in regard to the Italian The Foreign Minister replied League membership, but that Italy

ing.

UNSTOMACHABLE ATTACKS

Japan.

China

MEETING ARRANGED

ITALIAN STANDPOINT

Royal Air Force Manoeuvres

Oil Deal Cancelled

· IN ADDIS ABABA

his pal, George Spence George ly Bill hands round his cigarette

[stood about six foot two or three, tin.

and was built like a battleship, The boss lights up and draws but be wasn't smart, like Bill was, in the smoke like it was mother's A message from Addis Ababa Kind of slow, if you know what I milk states that the news of the ammul mean, but strong- Say, I've Ah, this is tobacco" he says. ment of the oil concession by the seen that feller lift weights that If we could only get any so good! Standard-Vacuum Oil Company would crumple up any ordinary But here the Government holds A later Geneva message states that he was very willing to meet did not recognise Abyssinia's right

has caused considerable disapman,

the monopoly, and we must smoke that Italian quarters complain of

pointment there. One of the “Well Bill and him always, run the dried cabbage leaves they sell Sir Frederick The Ambassador to be a member of the League and

Cabinet members, questioned by around together, and you had to us. N the fact that Professor Jeze, being then requested Mr. Hirota's good her delegate refused to listen to a French lawyer, made remarks offices in supplying the British the Abyssinian representative

foreign press representatives as stand from under when they got “Well, you can always import Particularly offensive and annoy expert with data for. his forth-

STATED TO HAVE BEGUN IN to what attitude the Abyssinian going. I can tell you But about English ones, Bill tells him: The Ethiopian representative

SUEZ CANAL ZONE Government would adopt in view the time this deal come off there "The boss throws up his hands." They would not have been so

coming economic inspection of said that Italy was attempting to

of the changed situation, did not wasn't no devilment they could," "Caramba! But at what s disturbed if the speaker had been!

dishonour a country she desired to A Milan message states that attempt to hide his regret over get up to from the look of things, cost" he says. "It would be smok- Abyssinian, although they believe

suppress. The accusations were British aeroplanes have begun the latest development, and de- We was ander charter then to a ing gold!" - that Mr. Teckle Hawariate would

not worthy of a detailed answer manoeuvres in the Suez Canal clared that he was unable to an copper-smelting firm, and was "It was that that give Bill his have been much more moderate:

He refuted the charge that Abys zone, according to the Corriere derstand how an agreement, such running as regular as clockwork big idea. but Professor Jeze imparted at

sinia was prepared for attack della Sera, in a message from its as the concession, could be uni- between Swansea, and a dead-and-" "What would you call a reason- warmth into the attacks which

Gene Künnes, professional of

“We solemnly pledge ourselves Alexandria correspondent. Ismailaterally annulled one week after alive little hole called Basco, sable price to pay for them?. to respect all our international lia, which is half-way along the its conclusion. Trans-Ocean Ser- bit to the west'ard of Bilbao. It asked slowly. was quite unstomachable,

ristown Pasedena, to-day woD the Canadian Open Golf title. He obligations. We are ready to ac canal, is being used as a base for vice

{was out in steam coal and back. The padrone "Aida" though they intended, leaving a representative present during the

ned in a brilliant card of 280 cept help from disinterested coun- the manoeuvres, which includes

again in ore about a fortnight think. the round trip and, what with I would gladly whole speech......

the time in port, nobody couldn't pesetas, a hundred? he save any candi nd all hands that I could make a good profit.”

23 25 miserabl

lot of wet Bill takes a deep breath. They vas paying one and eight for 2 "sboard; the "ship, and this bloke offering

Italy objects to Professor continuing as the chief Abri-

sinian delegate.

FUTURE ACTION

A Rome message announces

it is stated in Italian

drcles that Signor Bo

loes not const

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200 CORPSES BURNED

under Heles Covenant

XV of the the

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where the Spaniards How

ent and blued all their dough on

stop to

shall have 'em!" he says: many do you (Continued on Pege 11)

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