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GERMANY NOT IN POSITION TO VOTE AT

GERMAN DEMAND

FOR EQUALITY IMPRESSIONS MADE IN

LONDON

FACILITATING NEGOTIATIONS

CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL,

Paris, To-day.

An interesting insight is afforded by a French semi-official report into the impression made in London by the German Government's ac- ceptance of the invitation to join the negotiations.

The French reports say that, fundamentally, Germany is quite entitled to demand equality of status when discussing its point of view with the League Council, but as regards the other German demand, that the German proposals be discussed forth-1 The League Council with, one does not see how it is possible.

has only met to decide on the German violation of the Treaties of Versailles and Locarno The English view is that if Germany had the opportunity of tabling a motion at the present conference requiring discussion of the German proposal, that would undoubt- edly facilitate the opening of negotiations in the desired sense.

RESIGNATION REFUSED

Another semi-official French report gives the view prevail- ing among the members of the declaring French delegation,

that the members of the League

the Mr.

Mellon, Andrew Pittsburgh millionaire and United States Secretary of the Treasury under three Presidents, as appeared at Washington month, when he was his witness before the

American Board of Tax Appeal to show that he sustained the losser list- ed in his income tax returns.

OWN

GENERAL TENG TO Council would certainly propose LATE MR. C. E. L.

CARRY ON

[From Our Own Corresponden) Į

Carton. To-day.

that the Neurath procedure should be followed if it were not for the stubborn opposition of the French delegation.

GRIST

SUPREME COURT TRIBUTES

P

FULL GATHERING OF LEGAL PROFESSION

RAID ON QUORAM

CITY HEAVILY BOMBED

ITALIAN PLANE CRASHES

FIVE OCCUPANTS KILLED

Addis Ababa, To-day.

It is reported that Quoram was heavily bombed by seven planes yesterday morning.

A Rome message states that Marshal- Badoglio's latest com-i munique states that a bombing plane crashed within the Its- reconnais- lian lines after a sance flight yesterday. All five,

Other occupants were killed. wise there is nothing important [to report. Reuter's Bulletin

Service.

BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES

DEBATE OPENED IN COMMONS

LARGER APPROPRIATIONS

TABLED

London, To-day. Opening the House of Com mons debate yesterday on the Navy) estimates, amounting to £9,930,-

COUNCIL -MEETING

In 1927 Mrs. Laura Knight wat elected an associate. member in the Royal Academy of London in recognition of her works. Just made a full recently she was member and thus became the first woman to be so honoured.

NEW BOXING SENSATION

CARNERA BEATEN BY UNKNOWN

TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUT- IN THIRD ROUND".

France takes the view that ne- The resignation of. Lieur-gotiations about the German pro- General Teng Lung-kwong as posals can only begin after the divisional commander of the violation of the Treaties of Ver-

000-an increase of 59,880,000 over

Philadelphia, To-day. sixth division and concurrently sailles and Locarno has been de

Last year the Parliamentary To begin negotia-

Leroy Haynes, a Negro boxer Pacification Commissioner of cided upon.

about some For the fourth time in 10 Secretary to the Admiralty, Lord!

from Los Angeles, caused Swatow districts has been turn-tions with Germany

sensation last night when he ed down by the First Group new diplomatic determination of weeks the Full Court was con-Stanley, paid a tribute to Earl

vened to take notice of

the Beatry, whose funeral took place technically knocked-out Primo Army, which has instructed the

death of a member of the legal yesterday morning at St. Paul's

Carnera, the "Italian Man- General to return to his post at

when the Court Cathedral.

Mountain," in the third 'round 10-round of their scheduled Ibout.

Swatow

expires.

as soon as his leave DUKE OF YORK'S NEW HONOUR profession

General Li has been stayingi in Canton for the past week. and this indicates that develop-

are not ments in Fukien

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alarming as to affect Kwang tung. He wishes to relinquish his military duties in order to take a trip to Europe and study

London, to-day-HR.H. The Duke of York has been appointed

a Knight of the Order Patrick and is thus now

St.

mem-

ber of the three great Orders of

he is already Chivalry, an Knight of the Garter and of the Thistle-Renter.

the latest science and weapons the status of Europe, without of war.

first having condemned the

LONDON 'NAVAL PARLEY Treaty Expected In 10 Days' Time

מנן

sat this morning to pay tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Charles Edward Laurence Grist, whose death at the War Memori ial Hospital was reported in the China Mail yesterday.

ESTIMATES PASSED

Later: The House of Commons agreed to the naval estimates, after rejecting by 191 votes to 75 a Labour motion for a retine

Lion in the Reuter.

number

of men.

a

PEACE PLAN UP TO LOCARNO POWERS

RULING A CCEPTED IN BERLIN

DIPLOMATIC PROCEDURE

London, To-day.

It is understood that the secret meeting of

the League Council decided:-

(1) That Germany be informed that she might attend the meeting of the Council on the same footing as the other signatories of the Locarno Treaty, namely, without the right to vote; and

(2) That the question of the German peace proposals was a matter not for the Council but for the signatories of" Locarno,

The decisions are regarded as tantamoun, to a qualified re- fusal of Herr Hitler's condition

The meeting of the Council was opened by Mr. Stanley Bruce, High Commissioner for Australia in London, asking whether the further proceedings should be private or secret (the latter means with the exclusion of all advisers and the secretarial staff). Flandin, the French Foreign Minister, began a speech raising ob- Jections to the nature of the German reply. whereupon Mr. Bruce interrupted on a point of order, and the meeting decided to go into a secret session to consider Germany's reply. A public meeting was to have been held at 6. p.m.

Later: The Council had a

brief meeting, at which M Flandin. supported by M. Vanj Zeeland, the Belgian Premier, submitted a motion affirming that Germany had violated Ar- ticle XLII of the Treaty of Versailles by the occupation of the demilitarised zone and in- viting the Secretary-General to inform the signatories of the peace treaties to that effect.

FRENCH RESERVISTS FOR FRONTIER

reserve

Paris: About 2,000 troops have left Paris for the garrisons in Eastern France. It is stated that these are reservists, called up for a refresher course. Their despatch to the frontier is a perfectly normal event-Rea-

ter.

REPLY TO GERMANY The chairmaa

BERLIN PRESS COMMENT

Council's Action Only One Possible

-Berlin, To-day.

Commenting or the League Council's decision with regard to Herr Hitler's proposals, the Tageblatt agrees that is not for the Council but for. the Powers concerned to give an assurance of their willingness in due course to enter into negotiations about the matter.

was

the scenes for its goal-Reuter.

The Lokalanzeiger says that There were 10,000 spectators

Germany's second demand present when Primo Carnera en-

addressed chiefly, to the Locarno tered the ring at 18 stone 13 Ib.)

Powers and Britain, as the media- tor. and Haynes at 14 stone 1 lb., but

It is difficult to believe that the other Powers in Europe will Mr. Justice Lindsell presided,

Haynes, despite his big handicap in height and weight, pounded

permit France to hold. them back together with Mr. Justice Hay-

Carnera mercilessly in the first den, and included in the large

announced that from reaching out for.a.common. round, dazing the giant Italian gathering were the Hon. the At-

with a right which put him down the Secretary-General had been sense step, which would be to the advantage only of Moscow, which torney-General, Mr. C. G. Ala-

He explained that no provision twice in the second round for requested to send a.telegram ta lateral repudiation of the obliga-baster. Messrs. E. H. Williams,

Germany, stating that Germany also in London is working behind

Coum- tions of freely negotiated Trea-EP. H. Lang, T. M. Hazelrigg, was made in the estimates for short counts. ties, would amount to bowing to J. B. Prentis and Mr. J. Abbott. any additional expenditure arising Haynes opened the third round

may participate in the

of dis-i smashes to Carnera's cl with full rights a fait accompli

Mr. Eldon Potter. K.C. Mr. from the proposals for making with two

outlined in face.

The Italian backed away cussion like the other signa- On the other hand it would G. Sheldon, KC.. Messrs. good the deficiencies

of Locarno; and that seem that the German demand for Hin-shing Lo, Harold Lee, Tung-the Government's White Paper on and then turned toward his ritories.

val, but the Referee stepped beGermany's second

point regard- the equality of status of its reifan Lo, H. C. Macnamara, Leo defence, nor for the 1936 con-', presentative in London would be D'Almada, jnr., and Sir Henry struction programme. These large tweet them and ended the fighting the discussion of Herr Hit-

items would have to be the sub- Reuter.

(Continued on Page 12) admissible, since Article IX of the Pollock.

ject of supplementary estimates.

EARLIER PROMISE London, To-day. Locarno Treaty prescribes that

Messrs. F. X. D'Almada, sor.,

The increase on the 1935 estim- Carnera recently displayed ex-

GERMAN FOREIGN the inter- when the League Council votes in Notwithstanding

6 when on March national crisis progress con-a case like the present, those Geo. K. Hall Brutton, the Hon.

Sir William Shenton, the Hon. Mr.jates was as to 54,545,000 for con- cellent form

a smashing triumph tinues with the Naval Confer-

M. K. Lo, Messrs. D. H. Blake,struction already authorised in he scored ence. The sub-committee has!

also being made ish heavyweight, who succumbed nearly finished the work of MONGOL FRONTIER G. G. N. Tinson, A. el Arculli W. the 1934 and 1935 programmes. over Isidoro Gastanaga, the Span-

M. Brown, P. M. Hodgson, D. s. Provision was Cartia, D. L. Strellett, J. T. Prior.for larger requirements of am- to a technical knock-out in the anti-aircraft, Fifth Round of their scheduled G. S. Hugh-Jones, H. C. Lee, G. S.(munition, mainly

10-round bout at New York (Continued on Page 9)..

Continued on Page 31 Ford, Leo D'Almada sar., C. E. and greater fuel supply.

drafting the safeguarding clauses and the clause limiting!

the use of submarines in war-

(Continued on Page 12)

INCIDENTS

time. The latter will form a Mixed Commission Of separate document.

The Anglo-German negotia

tions are at present in abeyance, but it is reliably stated that the

temporary lack of progress in

Investigation

Moscow, To-day.

R Sanderson, W. C. Hung. E. C. Davidson, H. J.. Armstrong, Bulmer Johnson, D. E. Evans, HL S. V. Hossop, Peter H. Sin,

It is reported from Ulanbator F. R. Zimmern, M. M. Watson,

(Continued on Page 9)

that connection will not hold that Manchukuo has agreed to the RH-Cole and W. A. Mackinlay. up the signing of the treaty, establishment of a mixed,.com- which is expected within 10 mission of Mongols and Manchu- days.

Reuter.

CYCLONE STRIKES

ARGENTINA

Nine People Killed In Coastal Town

-

Buenos Aires, To-day.

kunans to investigate the frontier

Fe-

incidents. The incident on bruary 12 will be first investigat ed and if that can be settled ami- cably then the other incidents

LATE KING GEORGE

will be discussed. Reuter's Bull Memorial Statue For

letin Service.

TURKEY JOINS THE HAGUE COURT

Calcutta

BRITAIN'S SAFEGUARD AGAINST SUBMARINES FOOLPROOF AND EFFICIENT

London; To-day.

OFFICE

Ministers Raised To Ambassadors

→ CHINA ·MAIL. SPECIAL

Berlin, To-day.

BURYING THE HATCHET

Hitler Applauded At Frankfort

Frankfort,

To-day.

"German nation,-Do you want to bury the batchet with France?" Deafening shouts of "Tal Ja greeted this question by Herr Hitler in his third election speech in 10 days

He said that the issue was not As a sequel to the agreement Locarno or Versailles, but whe- reached some time ago, the Fuether it was possible to exclude a He ihrer has raised the following Min-nation of 65,000,000 people from isters to the status of Ambassa- the community of nations.

added: "I shall always be ready dorstil

GRAF ZEPPELIN Being Prepared For Next Flight

Dr. Schmidt-Elekop in Ria de to enter into an agreement with

France-Beuter. Janeiro, Brazil;

Baron Dr. von Thermann, in Mr. S. S de Chair (C., S.W. Norfolk), son of Admiral Sir Buenos Aires, Argentina;

Baron Dr. von Schoen in San- Dudley de Chair, speaking on the naval estimates in the House of

has also Commons yesterday, said he hoped he was betraying no secret, tiago, Chile, but in fact we had an almost foolproof and efficient anti-sub- The Fuehrer

If alferred the Minister in Copenha marine device operated on the system of a reflector ray. submarme came within torpedo range of a ship it would be ingen, Baron Dr. von Richthofen, to jbe Minister at Brussels-Trans danger of instant destruction.

Ocean Service.

trans-

“CHINA MAR.” SPECIAL

Friedrichshafen, To-day. The airship Graf Zeppelin. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK FELT which has been thoroughly over-

AT QUETTA

hauled during the three months that the trips to South America" were suspended, will make its season next week

Calcutta, To-day. A representative meeting He added that by converting type of ship capable of develop

that a an

old cruiser into an unanimously agreed

anti-inng a terrific volume of fire for Nine people were killed and se-

the Admiralty the defence of harbours. veral injured by a violent cyclone Geneva, To-day. Turkey has statue of King George be erect-aircraft ship

Permanent Court of ed in memory of his death and had constructed an entirely new

Lord Stanley, Parliamentary which struck a small town on the joined the

and Financial Secretary to the coast of Argentina. Many houses International Justice and has that a memorial fund be estab-

shejlished under the chairmanship EGYPTIAN ELECTIONS

Admiralty, had carlier stated were destroyed-Beuter's Bulle signed a protocol' whereby tin Service,

will in future place any dispute of Sir John Anderson, Governor

that we still maintained the "An earthquake shock was felt first trip this between her and any other cour of Bengal, for the relief of

Cairo, To-day. A Royal De superiority over the submaring at Quetta yesterday morning, but The gas chambers are at present we had secured no damage is reported--Reuter's being filled-Trans-Ocean: Ser-

Ivice HMS. Folkestore arrived in port try or countries before the Court suffering throughout the Resi- from Swatow this morning and fired for arbitration. Reuter's Bulle dency. Beuter's Bulletin Ser- cree fixes May 2 for the elections menace which

Ito the new Parliament-Beater. by the end of the war-Beuter. Bulletin Service. vice. a ralute of 11 guns for the Co-Itin Service." modore..

New Delhi, To-day