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PLAIN SPEAKING IN COMMONS REGARDING ABYSSINIAN

DESSIE EXPECTED Italian Methods And French Attitude Criticised

London, to-day--The death occurred yesterday, from heart failure, of Herr or Hoesch, above, German Ambas- sador in Lendun-Reuter.

TO FALL

SWEEPING ADVANCE BY

BADOGLIO

SUPPLIES MAINTAINED FROM AIR

Asmara, To-day.

Indulging in his favourite tactic of encir- cling his objective with a pincer-like movement Marshal Badoglio is rapidly advancing to Dessie, which is expected to fall without resistance.

According to unofficial but reliable reports the Eritrean Army Corps, which is moving along the Imperial Road in the direction of Dessie, occupied without resistance Kobbo, 25 miles south of Quoram, and is now heading for Waldia, about 25 miles, south of Robbo.

The First Army Corps is also reported to have progressed rapidly along the caravan trail to Magdala,

All the advance columns are receiving supplies from sero- planes, indicating that the troops are making such exceptional

SOVIET AND progress that supplies can only be maintained from the air

JAPAN

RAID ON TOKYO

TASS OFFICES

RUSSIAN EMBASSY

BLOCKADED

ATTEMPT AT PROVOCATION?

Moscow, To-day."

The Tass Agency has receiv ed a report from Tokyo to the.

effect that Japanese Fascists and members of the Kenkoku- kay raided the agency's offices at Tokyo last Wednesday, and that the Tass Tokyo correspon- dent. accused of being anti-; Japanese in sentiment, has been the country on expelled from the ground that he had distri- baled false information.

"Izvestia" alleges that all the Japanese employees of the So- viet Embassy in Tokyo have

been arrested. The police vir- tually blockaded the building. searched all visitors and tam- pered with the mail. It alleges police complicity in the raid on the Tass offices, and that the Japanese Foreign Office was aware of the matter.

The journal declares that a military Fascist clique is seek ing to provoke the Soviet to the utmost. Reuter.

Another Frontier

Incident.

Reuter-

Lieut-Gen. Doihara, above, has been succeeded by Major-General Matsumuro as Chief of the Ja- panese Political Section of the Kwangtung Army at Peiping.

TURKEY TAKES STEPS

Revision Of Convention

Sought

Paris, To-day.

The former Helen Lee Do hefty. Hanghter of Henry L Doherty, the utilities magnate, is here shown with her husband, Theodore Wessel, a Danish sport sman, at Managua airport just before taking of on their serial honeymoon. They were married at the home of President Sacaan of Nicaragua whose daughter, Maruca, left, was ime of the bridesmaids.

FRESH APPEAL BY

LEAGUE

DEMAND FOR HUMANE WARFARE

ITALY PRODUCES DEPOSITIONS ON ABYSSINIAN ATROCITIES

London, Yesterday...

The House of Commons rose for the Easter recess until April 21, Budget Day, after the usual adjournment of the debate, in the course of which there was a good deal of plain speaking regard- ing the Abyssinian war. The French attitude, par- ticularly with regard to sanctions, was criticised, and also the Italian methods of warfare.

GERMAN DIRIGIBLE IN Affairs, ou behalf of the Government, confirmed the belief that

DIFFICULTIES

TWO ENGINES OUT OF ACTION

Paris, To-day.

Lord Cranbourne, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign

the Italians had used poison gas. "The Government considers that if this grave charge is established an issue of the very first importance will have been raised an issue which not izerety affects Abyssinia but all of us and practically the whole future of civilisation. Other charges against the Italians and Abyssin- ians must also be investigated,” he said.

INDIGNATION IN ROME

A message from the German airship, Field Marshal von

Geneva: Mr. Anthony Eden, Hindenburg, picked up at 8 a.m. yesterday, gave her position as British Foreign Secretary, 70 miles to the south-east of Barcelona. The commander report-speaking before the Committee ed that two of the four engines were out of action and that the of Thirteen yesterday, suggest- The Turkish Government has ship was fighting a strong head wind, with the result that it was ed that a solen appeal be made decided to take steps to obtain experiencing some difficulty in reaching an altitude of over to the two Governments to give British Fleet Statement ja revision of the clauses in 9,000 feet

the Dardanelles Convention in conformity with the claims al- ready formulated in Geneva, ac-| cording to messages received from Ankara.

The Prime Minister communi- Icated this decision to the Par- liament Group of the Peoples' Party, which approved it. The decision will be handed, in the form of a Note, to the repre- sentatives of the Goverments. who are signatories of the Treaty of Lausanne. - Reuter

AMERICAN LEAGUE OF NATIONS

DUST STORMS IN PLAN SUBMITTED

DESERT

ITALIAN COLONY FACES CRISIS

HUGE CATTLE TRANSFER

TO WASHINGTON

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGAINST AN AGGRESSOR

BELGIAN SENATE'S. LAST-

· SESSION -

Chamber Elections On May 24

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Raises Storm

NEW PRESS ATTACK

~ CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL E Rome, To-day.

ja pledge to refrain from the use For this reason the dirigible of gas in future. He said that

following the valley of the matter did not. Be with ther Rhone instead of fiving directly high command or aviation, but across the Alps. The Hinden only a Government could autho;} burg has thus covered about 600 rise the use of gas. miles since passing over Malaga. "We know from the declara- with an average speed of 55tions of Italian shippers at the miles an hour.

Suez Canal," he said, "that over Roger Keyes, Commander-in-Chief A later message stated that 200 tons of gas has been sent to of the Mediterranean Fleet, to the at 8.55 am. yesterday the air-the front in Ethiopia It is effect that the whole of the Bri- ate expired on Thursday night ship flew over Cape Creuse, to most important to make it clear tish fleet has been mobilised in the north-east of Barcelona. that there is absolutely no justi-readiness for any action that

Berlin, Yesterday: Captain)fication for it. It is said that it

- CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Brussels. To-day.

The session of the Belgian Sep-

when Parliament completed its term of office after its four years" legislative period. The Home Minister announced that the new

The utterance of Admiral Sir

Schiller informed the authorit-does not matter what happens might be taken by Premier Mus elections for the Chamber would ties at Friederichshafen that the so long as it is only in Africa solini, has aroused a storm of in-

Hindenburg would take advant- That is not the view of the Brit dignation here. age of the permission granted ish Government.” her to fly over France and stat- (Continued on Page 14) ed that the airship was continu-

May 24, and the take place provircial elections on June 7,

The decree dissolving Parlia ment is expected to be proclaim- ed after Easter. The Senate pass- ed through the last stages of the new electoral law which provides that the new Chamber will con- sist of 202 · members and the Senate of 101. Trans-Ocean Service

The Giornale D'Italia, usually the mouthpiece of the Italian for eign Office, and whose editor-in- chief was received by Il Duce-yes-

ing her voyage at a satisfactory AGREEMENT AT terday morning, replies to the Bri-

speed-Reuter.

SAFE ARRIVAL

WARM WELCOME GIVEN AT FREIDRICHSHAFEN

COM-

GENEVA.

League To Examine French Plan

STAFF TALKS TO OPEN.

ON APRIL 15

V

of the American nations pledged Washington, To-day.

to mutual assistance against foreign aggression in substan- A plan

Freidrichshafen, To-day-The! for an American tiation of the Monroe Doctrine, jairship Field Marshal von Hinden-] League of Nations has been re-and an American Court of In-lburg arrived safely at 5.30 p.m. Tripoli, Yesterday. ceived here from the President ternational Justice modelled on G.MT.. yesterday, having

Geneva, To-day. Parching desert winds have of Guatemala,

General Jorge The Hague Court to arbitrate pleted its trans-Atlantic trip. catised the worst drought and Ubico, for submission

to Pre-in disputes between the Ameri- Five thousand people cheered reached agreement.

The Locarno Powers have heat wave in Tripolitania for sident Roosevelt with a view to can nations.

and sang "Deutchsland über 55 years, the degree of heat re-discussion at the coming Pan-

The meeting of the Locarno The plan sets forth a form of Alles" on the arrival of the Hin-Powers lasted from 3 p.m. until American Conference at Buenos covenant on which the American denburg with three of its four en-8 pm, and was adjourned to corded being 110 Farenheit.

Aires.

The plan envisages a concert based. -

League of Nations might be gines working. A section of the 9.15 p.m., after which the com- crowd specially cheered Dr. munique was issued. Mr. Eden Eckener who was seen, pale and and Lord Halifax were to leave fanxious, peering from behind a for London last night

row of cheering passengers lean-

Changchun, Yesterday. - A Japanese Lieutenant was killed and five Japanese soldiers are Owing to the drying pastures missing; feared killed, in a clash the Governor, General Balbo, at noon yesterday with 14 Sohas ordered the transfer of cat- viet soldiers in Manchukuo ter-tle and sheep to the adjacent ritory, to the east of Saifenho. colony of Cyrenaica. Every Details are lacking. — Reuter. available ship has been hired, London, To-day-The following Tottenham including ships on the regular were yesterday's League Foot-West Ham

About 100,-ball results:- MAUNDY PENCE service to Italy.

000 cattle have already been! CEREMONY shipped and another 100,000

are awaiting ships.

His Majesty Present In Person

Reuter.

Home Football

Results

3

Charlton Leicester

1

2

Port Vale

I Fulham

0

Aldershot

1 Newport

2

Bristol R

2

Cardiff

1

Clapton

1 Crystal P.

2 Reading

2. Southend

◊ Brighton

4

FIRST DIVISION Arsenal

West Brom. Aston Villa 4 Wolves

2 Liverpool

1 Preston

1 Derby

1 Brentford

3 Stoke City

Leeds

THIRD DIVISION (South)

2 Callingham

Millwall

3 Queen's P.R.

01 Watford

Portsmouth 0 Huddersfield *Wednesday Middlesboro"... Sunderland 2 Birmingham

not played.

1

Dust storms are making visi- Blackburn bility as bad as a London fog, Bolton causing the suspension of the Chelsea air lines. Even ships at

sea Everton London, Yesterday. are finding difficulty in navigat-Grimsby His Majesty the King was ing-Reuter's Balletin Service. M'chester C. 1 present at the ceremony of the distribution of Maundy Pence

CONSTITUTION OF MALTA at Westminster Abbey yester- day. This is the first time for

London, Yesterday-Prelim- 250 years

that the reigning inary steps have been taken to King has distributed the money enable His Majesty to revoke in person on Maundy Thursday and amend the Malta-constitu-

Forty-two men and 42 wo- tion, which was suspended some Burnley men, the zumber of years of years ago owing to the internal Bury the King's age, received the situation. The empowering Doncaster money enclosed in an envelope bill had its first reading in the Newcastle U. 4 Hull City from the King's hands.Reu- House of Lords yesterday. Notts Forest 2 Norwich ter's Bulletin Service.

Reuter's Bulletin Service.

SECOND DIVISION

2 Southampton

Blackpool

2 Luton

0 Northampton

1. Bournemouth

4 Bristol C.

THIRD DIVISION (North)

Carlisle

Chester

1

0

1 Notts C.

5 Wrexham

2 Stockport

0

4 Southport :

1 Hartlepools

& Rotherham

0 Chester

Mansfield

-3 Accrington

Crewe

2 Manchester U. 2Lincoln

1 Bradford

→ Sheffield U.

¡Plymouth 1 Swansea

0 New Brighton 2 Rochdale

1 Tranmere

It is understood that the Bri-

tish statement with a very serious warming.

NO THREAT TO NATIONS

The leading article declares that Italy is not threatening any civilised nation, in the world, but is firstly resolved to reply, ever with armed force, to any threats and challenges, no matter from where they come.

Signor Mussolini's declara- tion at the last Council of Ministers, continues the jour- nal, has determined this at- titude for Italy once and for all. It must be understood that Italy's military situation on the sea, on the land, and in the air is becoming stronger every day.

The

ing from the windows of the satish delegation maintained its standpoint that conciliation was

paper then states that joon.

not exhausted.

Italy's chief aim in East Africa is (Continued on Page 14)

It is believed that several that the safety of its colonies will points in the German proposals soon be attained, but this neces were considered to be open forsitated the total disarmament of examination. These Abyssinia. As for Great Britain, be discussed the Giornale D'italia denies the between Mr. Eden and the Ger-right of its representative to ap

pear in Geneva in the role of a.cir- man representative.

It is anticipated that the cus director, with whip in hand, question will again be considered ordering everybody to go through at about the time of the May the most grotesque performances. meeting of the Council

-Trans-Ocean Service:

STOP PRESS will probably

Canton, To-day.

A disastrous fire broke out in * Gotermment godown shortly after midnight and is still raging fiercely, despite the combined efforts, of every fire appliance in the city.

The vicinity of the Canton-Hankow Railway station, TUMEZIOS buildings being involved, and

outbreak - is in the

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED

the - German

WEDDING POSTPONED

The communique of the Locarno Powers states that the Powers have noted that

The wedding between M, WI- Government has not contributed liam C. Muir, of the Dairy Farm to the re-establishment of con-Co., Ltd. and Migs Isobel Mac- fidence indispensible for the ne-Been, which should have taken gotiations of new treaties, but place this afternoon at the Union a very large death roll is anti-consider it desirable to explore Church, Kowloon has been" tan- all the opportuniting for concilia-avoidably postpozed. It will take Con

place at a date to be announced {Inter.

cipated. Many firemen are re,

✪ Halifax

2Wakal

1 Oldham

2 York City

1 Barrow

ported to have been fájured.— Our Own Correspondent,

(Continued on Pàge Li)