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GRAVE DANGER SEEN BY EUROPEAN PRESS

ONLY ONE WEAPON AT DISPOSAL OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA

London, To-day.

What was probably the last meeting of the Naval Conference on a five-Power basis was held yesterday afternoon. A re-statement of the Japanese case for parity was followed by an ad- verse pronouncement of the other Powers on the question.

It is not expected that Japan will attend to-day's adjourned meeting, in the meantime writing to Lord Monsell to explain the futility of being present, in view of the united opposition to her

claims.

EMBARGO ON OIL NO IMMEDIATE DECISION

BRITISH CARINET

MEETING

CO-OPERATION OF MEMBER STATES IMPROVES

“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Rome, To-day.

The Italian Government has not yet decided whether it will send ja delegate to Geneva for the forthcoming meeting of -- the League Conseil and will make the decision dependent on the final attitude taken up by France and to the England with regard eventual proposal for an oil ex- targa, was the statement made by a Goverment_repisentative to | --

Jose A., Barnet, feft. who is shown taking the oath of office as President of Cuba from Chief Justice. Frederico Edelman, credits Mrs. Marion Hughes Pierce, right, of New York, with in- suring the sterers of the revolution by supplying the rebels with needed funds at a critical hour. He promises to decorate her with Cuba's highest medal.

Later: The Japanese decision to withdraw from the Nayal Conference was officially announced and a statement issued at the end of yesterday afternoon's meeting, in which it is stated: "We desire to declare most emphatically that, notwithstanding ITALIAN PLANE OVER "SUDAN our withdrawal from the Conference, we are far from extertain- ing the slightest wish to embark upon an armaments' race. are firmly determined to endeavour as heretofore to promote the| cause of world peace by assiduously cultivating the best friendly | relations with the other nations.”

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At the Naval Conference

Government's Action Not Yet Known

LONDON PRESS [Lord Monsell, discussing the made a forced landing at Toka

COMMENTS

Momentous Matters For Decision

BALANCE OF POWER IN PACIFIC

Khartoum, To-day. An Italian military monoplane

It is technical aspects, made six The occupants were saved.

not known what action the Sudan points:-

Government will take exter's Bulletin Service.

(1) Navél equality is not mea- isurable in terms of ships, but in distance from bases. Long com- munications must also be sidered;

COD-

(2) The Power with the greater naval needs cannot denude its berritories of essential defences to concentrate its entire feet in dis-

worldwide

London, To-day. The Daily Telegraph says that tant waters:

withdrawn Japan has

from the!

gone also

BLACKOUT IN NEW YORK

Failure Of Electric Supply

MILLIONS AFFECTED

stopped.

VIGOROUS LANGUAGE IN Fremen yesterday,

POLITICAL NOTES

TROUBLE BREWING BETWEEN MONGOLIA AND MANCHUKUO?

Moscow, To-day.

The spokesman added that the Italian Government was- not yet its attitude to ready to define wards the Abyssinias request that the League of Nations-should. send a commission of enquing to the front in order to investigate the methods of warfare employed by the belligerents The Gov- Vigorous language is used in notes exchanged between the{ernment, however, would refuse Governments of the Mongolian People's Republic and Manchukno, to have anything to do with on the subject of the recent border incidents. In a note dated paciest mannenres of concilis December 25 the Manchukuo Foreign Ministry threatened to tion" calenlated to weaker the undertake decisive action, notwithstanding the consequences. In indomitable spirit of the Italian -Ja second note three days later the Manchukuo Government refter people.

ated that in future it would be forced to undertake any ces necessary for the purpose of self-defence.

Replying on January 12, the

stressed The spokesman conclusion that the intentions at- tributed to the Italian Govern- {ment had not undergone any

Government of the Mongolian National Republic says that the CITY OF KHARTOUMnges recently, the operations

nature and tone of the Manchu- only serve as fresh kuo: notes confirmation of the absolute lack!

tries.

DISASTER

Inquest

in East Africa taking their Enormal and logical coarse-and there being no question of the

Trans-Ocean Service.

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COMMUNISTS IN KWEICHOW

Kwangsi Co-operation

Desired

MOBILISATION OF TROOPS

(3) A Power with Martial law was relaxed last Naval Conference with dignity responsibilities must devote its night when buses and

motor and good temper, but that the loss naval forces to protection of the

New York, To-day. of desire on the part of Manchu Evidence At Resumed Italian troops evacuating Makalle. cars were allowed to pass up to to the world is great. In all pro-communications between the vari-

to settle kuo

peacefully the 11 pm without any search orbability Japan will not plunge intojous parts and long lines of com-

caused by About 60,000 people going frontier incidents gendarmesan armaments race, but she can minications, and must have forces detour, although

untram exceeding those of a Power with home as underground railway

CLOSE QUESTIONING BY her course and police armed with rifles and now pursue

Now its whole fleet in home waters; passengers and occupants and Japanese and Manchukuo troops

CORONER fixed bayonets were patrolling melled by any obligations.

(4) A common

upper limit is over a million homes and offices and to prevent further incidents. the principal streets.

that the Washington Agreement

Alexandria, To-day. Student agitators are cowed has gone the strongest security inconsistent with the defence re were plunged into confusion at clearly aiming at creating com-

Keen questioning by the car- by the rigid measures of the for Far Eastern peace, namely, quirements of the British Com- 4.15 p. yesterday when the plications between the two coun-

MONGOLIAN DEMAND.

oner with regard to the time military authorities and over the non-fortification of the Pacific monwealth which must take ac-electricity supply failed over anj and mo- count of its responsibilities in area comprising virtually all! thousand of them have gone to islands, has

Government which elapsed before a searen The Mongolian Hong Kong The ringleaders mentous decisions for Britain and European water and the Atlantic New York city, from north and middle Manhattan, extending to

TLO one in the entire was made for the City of Khar- want to avoid prosecution, the Empire may be required at no and Pacific Oceans:

(5) The Washington Treaty the northern boundary of the adds that while innocent students desire distant date if the present balance

golian people, entirely occupied the resumed inquest on the vic-

From Our Own Cocrespondent) to steer clear of implications is disturbed. An Anglo-American offers the best guarantee for Bronx Electric lifts and clocks world will believe that the Mon-toum was the main feature of

with economic and cultural devetims of the disaster.

Mr. McMeeking, superintendent}

Canton, To-dky. What was once a patriotic out-naval understanding ruling out equality and security;

(6) The Japanese proposal Mayor La Guardia called out lopment, can strive to effect war

on the night of the burst has been degraded into competitive building may partly

of the would face Britain with the 18,000 extra policemen to pre with Japan and provoke clashes of the base

General Chiang Kai-shek, Pre- the usual political manoeuvres compensate for the loss

18 pa that the flying-bost had aident of the Executive Yuan, is engineered by several politi- larger hope and itself be a strong strange situation in which every vent looting and disorder, and with the Japan and Manchukoo disaster, stated that he was told at

not yet landed. He went to the evidently anxious to secure the guarantee of peace in the Pacific country, however slender its re7,000 firemen stood by for ex- Two politicians who failed to The Morning Post comments sources, would not only be entitled tra service. The blackout con-

It further draws the attento janding stage to see whether there co-operation of Kwangsi în sup- secure high Nanking posts that it is more a cause for regret but would actually and indirectly tinned for three-quarters of an

(Continued on Page 9) hour before the services were of Manchukuo to the great danger were any signs of the machine and presstug the Communists in Fast tempted to stir up the students. than for surprise. Japan

restored and millions of can-to the cause of peace of further returned to the office and asked ern-Kweichow, as Mr. Wu Chung

Mickle-hain, Chairman of the Kweichow each in the hope of becoming acted entirely within her rights in president of Sun Yat-sen Uni-denomeing a treaty which she

dies were snuffed out Beuter. attacks on its frontier units, and Lieutenant-Commander

demands the immediate return of thwait of the destroyer Beagle, Provincial Government, arrived versity, but they find that Mconsidered derogatory to Chou Lou, the present incura- dignity or dangerous to her safe-

the arrested Mongolian soldiers, who was waiting to meet a pas bere yesterday morning en route claim senger on the City of Khartowan, to Nanning to see the Kwangsi Both parties dispute the

military authorities:*: bent, is in a strong position.ty, but we must retain our opin

that their troops were on their to put to sea for a search. - While Mr. Chou was in Nanion that equality of security can-

own territory when the incidents This was at 815 pm, about an

Chairman Wa called on local hour after the accident: The king during the early part of not be said to rest, as the Japan

occurred. Beater

Commander-in-Chief of the British officials and visited places of in- the month, he was offered the fese case implies, upon equality of Presidency of the Executive armaments. Now that Japan has Yuan, which was not accepted asserted her claim to equality we

et 52 gave permission terest. His mission is to urge to. Lieutenant Commander Mickle Generals Ll Chung-jen and Pzí As no further outbreaks have must look rather for co-operation.

thwait to put to sexHsung hai to accept the respec- occurred during the past two than confict in the Far Eastern

The Beagle started at 9.35 pin five posts of Commander-in- It was delayed in order to obtain Chief and Deputy-Commander-in- days, the emergency measures (sphere.

the latest information - from the Chief of the anti-Red forces in will be over by to-morrow or PLAINLY UNREASONABLE possibly this evening.

pilot of the Imperial Airways Hman, Kweichow and Kaangzi. Actually this means the mobilisa-. plane which had just arrived

tion of Kwangsi: troops to fight Reuter

the Reds

MR. - KIPLING'S ILLNESS

Slight Improvement

Maintained

London, To-day

has

her

INEVITABLE OUTCOME

"Japan Goes And Moscow Comes'

GERMAN PRESS VIEWS

Berlin, Today. The Japanese withdrawal from The Naval Conference will go the Naval Conference is regarded on, comments The Times, adding as the inevitable outcome by prac-

that when sufficient progress istically the entire press "Ispan

GREAT RECORD BLEMISHED

Southern Railway's Accident

ONE PASSENGER KILLED

London, To-day.

ABORTIVE REVOLT IN SPAIN

Catalan Separatists Sentenced

A shadow crossed the Great

→CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL made the other naval Powers such Goes: Moscow Comes comments Western Railway's claim to be

Madrid, To-day as Germany and Russia will prob the Lokalanzeiger, which adds the safest railway in the world that the absence of an honest de by the fatal injuries to the

Another trial of Catalan sep- (Continued on Page 9)

Itermination to disarm condemned driver and a passenger: when

the Conference to failure from the Penzance to London night aratists who participated in coladed with five trucks the abortive uprising of Octo the beginning

ke away from a- ber, 1934, ended here

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CANADIAN CONSTITUTION

A bulletin issued at 10:30) Ottawa, To-day The Cara-

pm yesterday stated that Mr.dian Provincial Governmenta

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Generals Li and Pai, it is azid, * certain monthly sum for inflitary expenses, and the actual figures will be decided upon when Chairman Wa interview them at Tanning during the coming week.

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