1935-12-18 — Page 12

THE CHÌNA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1935

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GERMAN TRADE

FIGURES

Satisfactory Position Disclosed

- CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Berlin, To-day.

Again Germany's foreign trade returns show a substantial export surplus of 51,000,000 marks for November, by comparison with an export surplus of .55,000,000 for October, 1935 and of only 10,000,- 000 for November 1934. The total volume of foreign trade for the month of November 1935 showed an increase over October 1935 and November 1934, imports in No- vember 1935 being 346,000,000, against 336,000,000 in October 1935 and 345,000,000 in November 1934: while exports were 397, 000,000 in November 1935, against') 391,000,000 in October 1935 and 356,000,000 in November 1934

The November, 1935 imports were exactly the same as in Nov- ember 1934, but were considerably less than the monthly average over (the whole year 1934: whereas er- ports in November 1935 were much greater than in November 1934,

and still greater than the monthly

javerage for 1934.

Up till November 1935.exports exceeded the imports by 74,000,000 Reichsmarks, whereas for the car- responding 11 months of 1934 im- ports were in excess by 240,000,000 Reichsmarks. Trans-Ocean Ser

vice.

RETREAT

(Continued. from Pace 1)

Fully recovered from his r cent Diness: General Pershing ar rives in New York from France where he spent the summer in connection with the Battle Monz- ments Commission' work.

SPANISH CORTES ADJOURNED

Expected Dissolution At New Year

-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Madrid, To-day.

BRITISH TRADE AGREEMENTS

Informal Exchanges With America

London, To-day. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman, în ja written reply to a Parliamentary question as to whether-any-dis- cussions were in progress with a view to an Anglo-American trade agreement, said: "Following the declared policy, the Government have under constant review the possibility of negotiating trade agreements with foreign. corn- tries. Informal exchanges have accordingly taken place from time ito time with a view to ascertain- ling whether a basis exists for negotiations between the United Kingdom and the United States. but these exchanges have been off an exploratory nature. British Wireless Service.

SCIENCE HELPS TAX COLLECTOR

"Bloodhound" Detects Mountain Stills

Science is coming to the aid collector of excise

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A decree adjourning the Cortes of the until January 1--not December 27 taxes on spirits. "A new device. as the first reports had it was known as a "bloodhound,"

Gazette detects the existence of the published in the official yesterday.

The Goverment de secret stills where tax evaders

INVADING ARMY IN cided to postpone the original date distil moonshine." the poteen

for a few days in order that elec of America.

In outward appearance like a tions may take place after the! carnival festivities in the last week camera. the "bloodhound" con- tains a sensitive plate which is ¡before Lent

It is generally anticipated that affected by the bacteria present in the rear the block houses were Parliament will be promptly dis- in the air. Presence of a still reinforced, but by 6 am.

the sclved on January 1 and that the is indicated by the abnormally Italians were retreating to Dem-date of the elections which under large bacterial content of the air, caused by the fermentation beguina Pass, a dozen miles to the the constitution must take place north-east of the ford where the within 60 days after the dissolu- of the "mash."-Beuter.

tion-will be fixed for March 1 attack began.

The Government meanwhile is There the Italians were strong taking measures to strengthen its ly reinforced and claim that they position by appointing numerous severely punished the advancing new Civil Governors and municipal. Abyssinians: This second phase councilors to replace those nom- of the battle lasted until late in inated during the past two years.. the afternoon.

-Trans-Ocean Service.

ABYSSINIANS CROSS RIVER

Meanwhile a considerable force

of Abyssinians commanded by

HOPEI-CHAHAR COUNCIL

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chen was elected to carry on the routine business of the icommittee. The members then

Dedjasmatch Ayelabarru crossed TREASURY RETURNS adjourned for a banquet.

Revenue Increase Reported

London, To-day,

Reuter.

Acid Comment By

"The Times"

London: Another act of the

the river 60 miles downstream, threatening the Italian flank 'and! penetrating the Shire Adiabo regions for the purpose of in- timidating the local population, which has submitted to the Italians. Italian planes and whip The Exchequer returns show ret tanks attacked the invaders, that the total of ordinary re- North China drama, is over, says who nevertheless continued to adsense, excluding self-balancing The Times, but it has left the vance until late on Monday after-items, amounts to £411,460,600 as audience slightly puzzled by a compared with 393,863,147 at departure from some of the the corresponding date of last precedents set on previous occa- sions. All the stock characters

2002-

U.S. DEMONSTRATIONS

year.

Jersey City: Carrying anti-war The total inland revenue is have appeared the Japanese and anti-Fascist posters crowds 4158,972,000, against £152,638,000 militarists, their subject-allies marched to the pier where the in the same period of the last in-of the Japanese Foreign Office, Norwegian freighter Spero was ancial year, while the total ordin-their creatures the Chinese au- loading with scrap iron for Italy-ary expenditure, exclusive of tonomists, doing their comic The crowds tried to board the self-balancing items, is $524,208,- business in the wings, and the ship to protest to the captain, but 024 as against £504,905,618 at the Spectator Powers, some as were kept off by the police. The corresponding date of 1934 leaders of the

demonstrators British Wireless Service. mounted bores and made speeches) against the shipment of the war materials. They were joined by 19 sailors from the Spero.

The police arrested eight de- monstrators after their refusal to disperse Beater.

GREEK PARLIAMENT TO

BE DISSOLVED

mute as oysters and others mut- tering disapproval. -

But there has been one im- portant change, namely, that| --- the Nanking Government, in- stead of succumbing, resisted | the pressure and escaped on bet ter terms than were expected: | Athens, To-day-The Premier, The question has been settled by M. Demertzis, announced yester

a compromise agreement and day that his suggestion to die will certainly strengthen the EARLIER MESSAGES solve Parliament had been pJapanese position in North proved by the King, and that the China-but not nearly so much date of the elections had been as the militarists hoped fixed for January 26. The new

Abyssinian Positions Attacked

ITALIAN REINFORCEMENTS

ARRIVE

Parliament will asserable March 12—Trans-Ocean Service,

The composition of the new Ministry at Nanking suggests that the new administration can co-operate with Japan if MARGATES INCOME

the Japanese militarists do not alienate it by further bullying. Margate's Income. from enter-

The ultimate aim of the Addis Ababa: Heavy fighting foments for the year ended Octo Japanese in North China is still bas heen reported from Nexhelin ber 31 last was £67,161, compared uncertain, but more important 45 miles south-east of Sasabaneh with £62.307 for the previous, 12 than speculations on the matter where an

under General

Graziani, who has just received.

fortress.

mouthe

is the attitude of the Japanese | Foreign Office, whose spokes- PLEA severely-criticised the Nine-Power Treaty. It is con-

via Mogadishu, the long expected reinforcements to the extent of one division. attacked the Abyssinian guns, but only succeeded in damage ceivable that the Japanese Gov- ing one plane, which, though crip ernment has some bargain in pled, managed to reach its base mind, and that we shall hear more on the matter as sOON+ 23: the discrepancy between the.

Japanese claims becomes obvi- ous. Better

Abyssinian reports declare that again. the Halians were repulsed, 13 of

their armoured-cars having been Defence Measures On American naval policy and the

destroyed.. South-west of Sass- baneh the Abyssinians are holding their very skillinly devised de- fences.

three-engined bombing

Ogaden Front

Addis Ababa. In view of the offensive, the Abys-

WEATHER REPORT

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