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ANDERSACHETO

DESPERATE BID TO-DAY BY NANKING TO RESIST AUTONOMY

Shanghai, to-day--Mr. Wang the President Ching-wei, above. of the Executive Yuan and

Foreign Minister.

wha

HEAVY FIGHTING AT

ABARO PASS

ITALIANS RETREATING ON ADOWA

STELLAR INFLUENCES BACK

ABYSSINIAN CAUSE

·CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL.

Addis Ababa, To-day.

According to Abyssinian reports, heavy fighting has been going on for several days past at the Abaro Pass, 40 miles north of Makalle, that is to say behind the Italian lines. The Abys-

Ex-King Alfonso of Speia ii păstographe peasants whom he invited to the wedding-aēls Prince Juan, in Kate. Prince Juan wan M Princess Marie Mercades of Bourbon-Sicily,

to

FINAL APPEAL TO

THE NORTH

JAPANESE GARRISON TO BE REINFORCED LOCOMOTIVES DEMANDED

Peiping, To day.

A crisis in the affairs of North China is pected to develop at any moment after the arri val here to-day from Nanking of General Ho Ying-chin, who will make what is generally garded as the last attempt by Nanking to rally North China officials to resist the autonomy move- ment, in which connection à Nanking message

and sinians declare that their object is to cut off the EXPORT ́EMBARGO states that the Commander-in-Chief has sent

shot at and seriously wounded by reinforcements of troops, war materials and pro-

a Chinese journalist last month,

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has resigned both offices on the grounds of ill-health. He is re covering. but underwent second operation last Friday. when a ballet was removed from his back-Reuter.

ITALY PROTESTS

TO AMERICA "Playing Into Hands"

Of Britain

NEUTRALITY PROGRAMME

ever

Rome, To-day. Economic sanctions do not offend Italy.. as she has. more raw materials than she realised, but it is the moral at- titude which gives offence. de- ! clared Signor Mussolini in speech to 846 war widows and

visions on the road between Makalle and Adowa.

The Italians are said to have suffered heavy! losses and are already retreating on Adowa,

ON OIL

A report received here from Asmara declares that strong FRENCH PRESS COMMENT

Abyssinian columns are advancing between Lake Ashangi and Ambanalatchi.

MOTHERS MEET IN ROME PROTEST AGAINST

!

UNFAVOURARE

ACHINK MAIL

bRIAL:

Po-day.

Nanking a telegram, regarded as inspired by the demands of the Japanese Major General Doihara stating that the provinces of Hopei and Chahar

autonomous State" as soon as possible..... and the cities of Peiping and Tientsin will form an

As evidence of their intention to reinforce the garrison in North China, the Japanese military authorities have requested the Chinese railway authorities to provide immediately five loo0-

from Tientsin state that Mr

Shanghai Japanese

Cheng Feb, Mayor of Tientsin. as sent a circalar, telegrams to

the Ninking:

PHOTOGRAPHERS BARRED

On the southern front in the Dolo section the army under as Desta has begun an increased aggressive activity. The Em peror's astrologist has prophesied that in this section on one

The serious conflict with Italy to the chief motives for the transport of troops from Shanhaikuan Thursday during December a great battle will begin, and that it will last four days and end victoriously for the Abyssinians.

place in the French press yesterday, the two chief Rome: The Italian advance! to the souths will not begin be events occurring on Saturday being fully report fore the native army corps based and dravissed ( M. Faval's entreaty to cleared up the Tembien hills of Signor Mussolant to state his minimum the Abyssinian bands at pre- sent in possession, reports the before the Sanctions Committee re-assembles on propriate measures He special correspondent of the December 12; and (2) the warning of the Italian that unless a remedy is offered by Sicampa This preliminary ac- League of Nations delegate to the members of the Tentsin Special Municipality will vent the possibility of flank at-Sanctions Committee, that Italy would regard be compelled to proclaim 12-

(Continued on Page 123 the cutting off of oil as an "unfriendly act," which tonomy.

INTERVIEW AT TOKYO- might lead to serious consequences.

Tokyo, To-day-Mr. C.

SANCTIONS

ONLY MORAL OBJECTION

~CHINA NAIL" SPECIAL

Rome, To-day. The mothers and widows of all

tion is essential so as to pre-

tacks.

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BRITISH PRESS COMMENT

mothers. representing 94 pro-those who fell in the war and the vincial committees, at the Pa-Fascist revolution were received lazzo Venezia to whom he ap-by Signor Mussolini yesterday at yde Dealer for help to resist the the Palazzo Venezia, as delegates Oil Embargo As Spark

"disgraceful economic siege of from 94 fighting committees form- Italy"

fed in all the provinces of Italy to

A Washington message states organise resistance to sanctions.

that it is rumoured that the Italian Ambassador, Signior Rosso, has emphatically protested to the State Department against the pro-League States course which the United

neutrality programme is allegedly taking.

The New York American de-) clares that Signor Rosso warned the Department that any extension of the present efforts to curtail the

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PIRATE THREAT TO SHIPPING

ETHIOPIANS PENETRATE

SOMALILAND

Reported Capture Of Amaen

Harrár, To-day.

It is reported that the Ethio- pians have taken Amara, near the Sultanate of Obbia in Italian Somaliland. A battle is stated to be proceeding in the vicinity of Webbe Shibele between the Italians and Ethiopians cam- manded by Pas Desta-Reuter

To Magazine.

CANADIAN OFFICIAL CAUSES SURPRISE

the National Government

WANKING WAR: MINISTRY'S NOTIFICAZION

[From Our Own Correspondent) Canton, To-day. The Ministry of Wär has again notified the military authorities

is soaring over cities and military

These two considerations gave rise to animated discussion in the Paris press for and against the inclusion of oil among the Wang interviewed Messrs. Khere that no strangers are allow list of products on the sanctions list. The Ecke de Paris takes the Hirota and C. Shigemitsu this ed to take photographs or to make view that the sanctions already in operation will work very slow morning. A Foreign Office sketches of any military establish- discussing the ments and their vicinity. This is Sino-Japanese situation, reto prevent espionage în view of consequences for Italy within a very short time:

whereans an export embargo on oil will have most unpleasant spokesman, The Echo de Paris asks, however, whether it is absolutely marked that Japan considered the external menace to the coun necessary to reduce the whole Italian people to despair. Without that General Ho Ying-chin's de

fed that Generalissimo Chiang commercial frying are instructed in any way violating the League of Nations Covenant the Powers might at least wait until the attitude of the United States is clari-parture to North China sigui Aviation companies engaged in fied. The time thus gained could be well spent in pursuing the Kai-shek did not desire to dis-not to allow passengers to take cuss the North China situation pictographs while the seropiane peace negotiations.

with Mr. Ariyoshi, q The Petit Parisien also desireS,

VEN LATER MOVEMENTS

Peiping, Later: It is reported depota.

Such precautions are necessary that General Ho Ying-chim, left) Thinpu at Hsuchow and passed owing to the presence of many through Chengchow, Honan, at foreign agents along the maritime Some of them look 1030 pm yesterday. After stay-provinces. ing one hour he left for Pasting like Chinese but do not speak They are fu, where he is expected to arrive Cantonese very well some time this afternoon-Bea-pposed to be "cultural cominis- sioners" on a mission to study the Athens, To-day.

cultural progress of the Chinese general amnesty

of allter

people. political offenders, civil and military, is effective since 9 [p.m. yesterday.

London, To-day. The importance of Britain's that the 14 days until December attitude on the question of the 12. might be used in trying to oil embargo towards Italy, come to an understanding with about which the Cabinet is ex-Italy. pected to reach a decision to day, is stressed in the leaders

in the newspapers

The Morning Post urges com-{ sideration whether the ban may not be less likely to make peace in Abyssinia than war in Europe.

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ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE

Conference Being Held At Ottawa

PLANS PUT FORWARD.

AMNESTY IN GREECE

KING GEORGE WINS HIS POINT

Under the amnesty over 1,000) offenders will be released Am pardoned officer considered dan gerous may be ordered to reside in specified town at the expense of the Statew

STATUS OF THE SOUTH-WEST

Semi-Independence Maintained

OFFICIAL RECOGNITION BELIEVED PENDING

The Daily Mail remarks that it Signor Mussolini gave a short is a drastic sanction, admirably

calculated to precipitate a wal NOTIFICATION TO

the speech, declaring that the sons

The Daily Telegraph, on SHIPS MASTERS

and husbands of the women re

contrary. expresses the opinion

Ottawa, To-day. ceived by him to-day fell in res-

Recommendations for the POSSIBLE INTERFERENCE WITH cuing a threatened France, and that any lack of nerve now would NAVIGATING LIGHTS an overrun Belgium. They fought be fatal to the whole policy of

The King's victory over the heroically to win the final victors collective and effective sanctions establishment for an air mail which the British people endorsed service between Canada and practically and unanimously at the Ireland vis Newfoundland are opponents of the amnesty is mak- The harbour authorities in of Victoria Veneto.

understood to have been made ing him a popular idol, and the general election, Canton have notified all ships

The Dolly Herald says that it by Canada at the trans-Atlantic yazilists have rallied to his

conference meeting masters that the lights between Tai Shan tide-guage and Tai

Cabinet will generally accept the here, attended by delegates Mai may fail at any moment, as

may be taken for granted that the airways conclusion reached by Sir Samuel from Canada, Britain, the Irish pirates have, threatened the

Hoare, Mr. Anthony Eden and Free State, Northern Ireland MORE RIOTING IN While Kuomintang leaders light-keepers A few months

Stanley Baldwin with regard to and Newfoundland. The Cana ago the tide clock at Tai Shan

the necessity for the embargo.. was burnt down by pirates for

CANADIAN-STATEMENT the purpose of grounding ships engaged in smuggling

We understand that the mat. ter has been put into the hands of the Canton military authori

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FOREIGN MEDALS

DISCARDED

Italian Ex-Service Men's Decision

CHINA, MAIL"-SPECIAL

Rome, Today

The opponents of the oil Banc tions call to their aid a state issued by Mr. Lapointe, an

All members of international ing Premier of Ottawa,

the Canadian Gover servicemen's societies will cease

ctions would

wearing the medals of these

MILITARY REVIEW IN CANTON cities in accordance with a de

ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

cision of the ift lan

men's union. The reason gir

is that the medals have

sym

who

dian terminne will be North Sydney, Nova Scotia.

enter support.

LAHORE

There will also be an inform-THREE KILLED AND

discussions between the resentatives and

States delegates pro

out

Ged

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Killed

"[From Our Own Correspondent] Canton, To-day.

there are disheartened by

lack of concrete plans in deal ing with foreign problems

Cotigress satisfaction the part of the Fifth Nationa

pressed in

the

gress has not disturbed litical status of the Sou

The semi-independen

th-west is maintained gh the South-west Politi cal Counen and the Rucrintang South-west Xxecutive Com mittee

two offices were w-products of the Fourth Cor With the retes

organisations, no itang meetings an petent to modify their sty

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TWO JAPANESE MAN-HANDLED Incident At Chinese Village

Peiping, Villagers at Tawangchang, to the east of Tientsin are re-

posted to have manhandled and

fatally injured two Japanese who gathered them together on Saturday and harangued them on the subject of autonomy. The story is confin

the

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are silent on the

senti

JAPANESE PLANE OVER

-Mild surprise the local inha

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and them headed