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FRENCH SOCIALISTS DECLARED NOT SEEKING WAR WITH REICH

SMUGGLING IN NORTH

CLOSE WATCH ON SITUATION

Partial Moratorium Petition?

NO CONFIRMATION OF RUMOURS

re-

London, To-day. Reuter learns that in view of the North China smuggling and the threat to the Customs venue. German, bankers are close- ly conferring with the London created Lo committee recently

interests of British watch the

bondholders in China.

a mora-

The Daily Telegraph" gives prominence to a report that China may ask for torium on the Customs loans.! London. Later: The fall in Chinese bonds on Thursday is at- tributed. says the Morning Post

to a report from Peiping of the

LEAKAGE OF SECRETS

TEA INSURANCE EVIDENCE

SIR ALFRED BUTT NOW INVOLVED

CALLS ON MR. J. H. THOMAS

London. To-day.

The tea insurances engaged the attention of the budget tribunal

In what was probably his last yesterday. According to the evi-

public speech befare

the, Premiership af France M. Lean Blum. above. Socialist leader, stated yesterday that the policy of France was directed to the peace and security of Europe.

not and that France did

with template Germany.

war

con- Nazi

NEW ORDER IN AUSTRIA

dence of the insurance brokers Mr. Kenneth Butt, the son of the House of Commons member Sir Alfred Butt, relaxed his insurance against an increase in the tea duty; for £75 at 25 guineas per cent. an hour before the budget speech was delivered in the Commons. A

similar risk to cover £450 was

placed in another quarter.

The Deputy Office-keeper of the Colonial Office deposed that

Brine Geft) and Vittorio (centre), sons of Premier Benito

for extraordinary Mussarini, have been promoted Heutenants

the Dispersta · Air merit in East Africa, where they served in Squadron of Count Ciano (right), son-in-law of the Duce.

TENSE SITUATION IN JERUSALEM

MOB CLASH WITH POLICE

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

possibility of China petitioning for HEIMWEHR TO BE Sir Alfred Butt called on Mr. J. H. yesterday after the usual prayers at the Mosque. The officials

a partial moratorium, but in quar-

ters closely in touch with China) no confirmaton of the report has been received and surprise is ex- pressed that such reports should be current at

there are constant rumours fresh loans for China.

DISARMED

Vienna, To-day.

The intention to sarm the the moment when Heimwehr in due course was an- of nounced by Dr. von Schuschnige Moreover, though it is recognisin a broadcast speech yesterday on the occasion of his taking up of- ed that the Customs revenue may

serious losses by fice as supreme leader of the have suffered smuggling, banking quarters attach Fatherland Front. He said that! importance to the improvement' in

apart from the militia there would be henceforward no voluntary Chinese trade. Reuter.

bearers of arms in Austria.

JAPAN STANDS FIRM

Mandates Will Not Be Relinquished

Tokyo, To-day The Foreign Minister, Mr. Ari-

ta, informed the House of Repre- sentatives yesterday that Japan has firmly decided never to relin- quish her mandatory rights over-

Dr. von Schuschnigg, in a ges- ture to the workers, assured them! that nobody would be asked toį which party he had hitherto be longed. Everybody supporting the Austrian State would be heart- ily welcome.-Reuter.

POLISH CABINET RESIGNS

the North Pacific islands. This Firmer Action Against

viewpoint is unalterable, whatever! considerations are evoked else where. Reuter.

UNREST IN SPAIN

State Of Emergency Decreed

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Madric, To-day. Completely unexpectedly a state of emergency all over Spain has been announced provisionally for one month by the Spanish Cabinet Ia a statement, regarding this!

the Premier declared

measure,

that it became absolutely neces-)

Communism

Warsaw, To-day.

M. Koscialkowski's Cabinet, which has held office since last October, has resigned as a result

Thomas there soon after the Easter recess, but could not fix the date. He believed that Sir Alfred CANTON-HANKOW scarcely entered the room, as Mr. Thomas told him that he was frightfully busy. The visit did not

last a minute and a half at the most-Reuter.

FAMOUS LINER PASSES

"Majestic" Sold To Scrappers

London, To-day.

The 56,600-ton White Star line? Majestic has been bought by a Sheeld frm for breaking up.

She was built in Hamburg for

the Hamburg-Amerika line just

before the war and'

was named Bismarck She passed into Bri- tish hands after the armistice.— Reuter's Bulletin Service.

DISTRIBUTION OF RAW MATERIALS GERMANY'S VIEWS ON PROBLEM

Germany's

Berlin, To-day. colonial

LEON BLUM OUTLINES PROGRAMME

PEACE KEYNOTE OF

NEW POLICY

APPEAL FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RECONNAISSANCE

Paris, To-day.

M. Leon Blum, the Socialist leader, in a speech yesterday at the American Club which is. probably his last speech before assuming the Premiership, warmly repudiated the idea that the French Socialists sought a war with Nazi Ger many to avenge the persecution of their com rades.

"The experiment we are going to try needs internal peace and still more external peace," he said. — Reuter's Bulletin Seri vice.

Paris: M. Leon Blum, the leader of the French Socialists and prospective Premier, in a speech on French foreign policy given at a luncheon given in his honour by the American Club, declared that France desired to live at peace with all nations, no matter on which principles their home politics were based. France's en-

;

"We want peaceful relations with all nations of goodwil and do not for one moment tolerate the idea of a repressive or propaganda war."

Jerusalem, To-day. Arab demonstrators in Jalla attacked the police with stones

deavour was to remove all cause for disputes which could one day give rise to war. fired on the Arabs, of whom some were killed and 18 wounded.

In the present agitated state of feeling the chief task of the police is to prevent the occur rence of any incidents which

Referring to his Jewish ori- might icad to a general politi-gin, M. Blum said he had never cal conflagration, hence this made a secret of his belonging episode is greatly increasing the to a race which had to thank the tension arising after the expiry French Revolution for its free- of yesterday's ultimatum of the dom and fiberty. He made a Arabs to the High Commission plea for a removal of the vari

Trans-Ocean Service.

ous Customs walls, and conclud- ed by saying that only an eco-

RAILWAY

Question Of Grand Terminal

CANTON OR HANKOW?

[From Our Own Correspondent]

Canton. Yesterday. Ignoring the Canton sugges- tion that the main station of the completed Canton-Hankow Railway be located in this city, the Executive Yuan in Nan-1 king has decided that the main stop be located at Hengchow in! Southern Hunan.

er.

LONDON NAVAL nomic reconnaissance in Europe

AGREEMENT

Soviet Desires To Adhere

NOTE HANDED TO FOREIGN OFFICE

Hengchow and not Hankow is

London. To-day. chosen because the former is The Soviet Ambassador, M. inland and can be better pro-Maisky. has handed to the For- tected against bombardment in eign Office a note indicating the event of war, the Nanking that the Soviet is willing to thorities explain. Consider-jopen conversations with a view able publicity is issued to the to adhering to the London

and the world could provide real security and thus banish all thought of war. - Trans- Ocean Service.

THE LEAGUE OF

NATIONS

GUATEMALA TO WITHDRAW

CHIPS OF THE OLD BLOCKS

"Extraordinary Merit In East Africa

Rome, To-day. Signor Mussolini's sons Bruno and Vittorio have been promoted i to Lieutenants for "extraordinary merit in Eart Africa.”

They served in Count Ciano's Dis- perata Squadron of the Force and are now on their way to Italy with Count Ciano and the Duce's nephew. Marshal Badoglio's son has also · been promoted Lieutenant-Res- ter's Bulletin Service.

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A

SECURITY FOR EUROPE

Russia And Collective. System

NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP

MCHINA MAIL" SPECIAL. efect that the Nanking Gov-naval agreement.

Geneva, To-day. It is recalled that the agree- The decision of Guatemala to ernment is preparing for the inevitable war with Japan.ment shelved the question of withdraw from the League of

London, To-day. Such propaganda is to secure quantitative

and Nations was communicated to limitation,

"We desire to strengthen, the the support of the people. hence the agreement would not the Secretary-General of the

The Canton-Hankow Railway affect the size of the Soviet League in a telegram published Covenant and the League and to problem is expected to do good business, fleet, which largely depends on yesterday. The telegram mere-jouild up collective security for the Secretary-Jevery part of Europe," declared of dissensior in the Government cannot be solved by a policy of the and all receipts are to be re-the situation in the Far Eastly informs

A new and could only be limited if a General that the. Guatemalan the Soviet Ambassador, M ranks, the military section of open door enabling her to buy mitted to Hengchow.

were made Government is preparing a note Maisky, at the dinner of the which is demanding a stronger raw materials, declared the Fin- director of this completed rail-special agreement

to the League of Nations giving Angle - Russian Parliamentary line against the alleged Com-ance Minister, Count Schwerin way will be appointed in place with Japan. munist tendencies in the country. von Krosigk, addressing a gather- of the three directors of three It is hoped that conversations formal notice that it intends to Committee yesterday.

ill begin early next week 10 terminate its membership, and He said that the U.S.S.R.. had General Slawojskladowski, the ing of economists yesterday. He independent sections.

Mr. Li Sen-ken, director of London and will speedily pro-setting forth the reasons for so objection in principle to Under-Secretary for War, has declared that Germany's currency

Nothing is at negotiations with Germany, but those present known as to the motives believed that Herr Hitler's peace been asked to form a new Govern-problem could only be helped if the southern section, recom-vide a basis for agreement this decision.

she were able to buy a certain mended to the South-west Poli-along lines similar to ment.-Reuter.

naval negotiations-Renter.

this decision, Guatemala being mising real peace in Europe. (Continued on Page 12)

one of the original members of "We consider it essential that the League.

SWEDES WIN DOUBLES IN DAVIS CUP

quantity of raw materials in hertical Council that the grand adopted at the recent London which led Guatemala to take iplan could not be regarded as pro-

own currency.

He said that the rebuilding ôi the world economy was dependent Dublin, to-day. In the Davis upon a just solution of the pro-

sary to take action of this kind, Cup encounter bere yesterday blem of the distribution of raw

in order to deal with the extrem-Schroeder and Oestberg (Sweden) materials.--Reuter.

ist elements which are continually defeated G. Lyttleton Rogers and menacing pence and order Spain. Trans-Ocean Service.

U.S. HIGH COMMISSIONER FRANK MURPHY LEAVES

in

but Ireland leads by 2 matches to

Mevengh 3-6, 6-2, 97, 75, and are expected to win one of the remaining singles matches to-day.Trans-Ocean Service.

Many prominent Filipino off-

cials were present at the Kowloon

ESPIONAGE IN RUSSIA

Wharf this morning to bid bon OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH

to High Commissioner voyage Frank Murphy when he left the Colony this morning at 8 am. for America via Shanghai by the a President Coolidge.

FOLKESTONE ARRIVES

Moscow, To-day.

Three railway officials have been sentenced to death for counter-revolutionary activities and espionage at Novisibirsk., A military tribunal found them guilty of working in the pay of a The "certain foreign Power" to disrupt the Tomsk railway. others were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on similari charges.

H. M. Sloop Folkestone return-

The tribunal found that the men sentenced to death mis- ed to the Colony this morning directed trains carrying important military freight to the Far from Hainan Island and will re-East and hired railway workers in the interests of a certain for- main in Hong Kong until June 20, eign secret service, placed documents in the hands of that organ when she will leave for the North.isation and otherwise disrupted the work of the railway-Renter.

PORTO RICO UNREST

Flag Desecrators To Be Punished

San Juan, Porto Rico.

To-day.

to

As a result of the recent demonstrations in which American flags were torn down and Nationalist ban- ners hoisted instead, the Governor has sent a mes- age to all the island an- thorities

prosecnte promptly all desecrators of the U.S. flag. declaring that the crime of violence and terrorism will not be taler- ated, and calling on good citizens to support the au- thorities in the preserva- tion of law and order. Reuter.

LONDON NAVAL

TREATY

Coming Before Senate On Monday``

It is, however, taken, in con. Prior to these negotiations the other Powers generally interested junction with the attitude of Chile and Ecuador against

in the cause of peace should meet

sanctions, as a sign of the gen- land elaborate" a common basis on

eral discontent of the South which the negotiations with Ger- American States with the many might be conducted."- Washington, To-day. League policy. --Trans-Ocean Resten The Senate Foreign

Re- Service. lations Committee bas vot- led favourably on the Lon- don Naval Treaty, which now goes to the Senate. It is ex- pected to be taken up on Mon- day next. — Reuter.

SIR A. CADOGAN

Received In Audience By The King

London, To-day. HM the King yesterday re- ceived in audience Sir Alexan- der Cadogan, upon relinquish-| jing his appointment as Ambas

sador to China. Berter.

FRANC SCARE SUBSIDES

WATER SHORTAGE IN :

KOWLOON

In spite of the heavy rain which fell intermittently throughout the

Nothing Sensational night and this morning, there was

Expected

Paris, To-day.

devaluation The franc scare has temporarily sub- sided, and nothing sensa- tional is now expected to happen until the new Gov- ernment assumes ́office on June 1, apart from sudden unexpected developments. Reuter.

practically no change at Shing man Valley, and 11 more faches fare still wanted to prevent an facute shortage in the supply next

July.

WEATHER REPORT

Cloudy, showery, with moderate |south winds, is the forecast for. to-day, as issued by the Royal Observatory this morning.