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GAZA RAILWAY CONNECTION WITH EGYPT DESTROYED BY ARABS

THE SANCTIONIST

DEADLOCK

SPECULATION RIFE

IN PARIS

ABANDONMENT UNTIL SEPTEMBER FAVOURED BY NEW CABINET ?

*CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Paris, To-day.

Although the discussion about the composi- tion of the forthcoming Leon Blum Cabinet over- shadows all other themes in political circles, spe- culation is still rife as to how the sanctionist dead- lock will be wound up. The "Ouvre," whose for-

is political. correspondent

usually eign excellently informed, writes that the new Cabinet contemplates postponing the final winding up of the Italo-Abyssinian conflict and the abandon- ment of sanctions till the September session of the League.

The turbulent spirit of French politics. M. Charles Mauras, director of the Royalist organ Action Francese, who has frequent- ly been in the public's notice in recent years, chiefly because he 'stirred up the Right-Wing students of the Sorbonne against the Government in power, was once again in the centre of the stage of public affairs when yesterday the Appelate Court dealt with his appeal against the judgment of the Penal Chamber of March 21, whereby M. Mauras was sentenced to four months' imprison- ment for alleged incitement to murder.

IMPERIAL

CONFERENCE

The article in the Action Francaise, for which M. Maurau was charged. appeared just at! the time when M. Leon Blum 'was attacked by students when driving along one of the chief

IN MINIATURE streets of Paris in a luxurious

Valuable Talks At Present Juncture

MEETING IN LONDON

motor-car, M. Biura being seri- Jously injured by the thrashing the received. It was then as- serted that M. Mauras had in- flamed his followers, with the result that M. Blum was made the object of their spite.

The Court of Appeal reduced London, To-day. his sentence to three months' imprisonment, but since M. "The Times" foresees a minia- Mauras has another sentence ture Imperial Conference in Lon-of eight months to go through don within the next few weeks, yet, he must necessarily dis- which it opines is particularly valu- appear from political life for

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the best part of, a year. able at the present juncture, when Trans-Ocean Service. the international situation neces- sitates that Britain and the Domi- nions keep in line.

Mr. Earle Page Menzies from Australia is at present in Lon- don, Mr. Pirow is en route from!

Mac- South Africa, Premier kenzie King is coming from Canada next month and Mr. Nash is coming from New Zea land as soon as possible.

ESPIONAGE IN

. RUSSIA

13 Men And Women Sentenced

Odessa, To-day.

Thirteen men and women

The RM.S. Queen Mary, above, will leave Southampton for New York to-day on her first voyage will break the Nor- across the Atlantic. In official circles it is considered almost certain that she mandie's record time of 4 days 11 hours 42 minutes for the crossing

NEW VICEROY TO BE APPOINTED?

Marshal Graziani Favoured For Position

Rome, To-day. General Santini has arrived. General Mogadiscio is assuming the Governorship of Italian Somaliland in place of Marshal Graziani. This seems to indicate that Marshal Badoglio will not return to Abyssinia, and that Marshal Graziani will be appoint- ed Viceroy-Renter's Bulletin Service.

H.M. AS FIELD MARSHAL

Brief Ceremony At The Palace

London, To-day. H.M the King's acceptance baton of his Field Marshal's' was marked by the minimum of ceremony at Buckingham Pa- Six lace yesterday afternoon. Field Marshals, including Lord Cavan. Lord Milne, Sir.William Birdword, Sir Philip Chetwode, Sir Archibald Montgomery- | .

THREE BRITISH SUBJECTS DETAINED

Italian Authorities' More At

Diredawa

at

Djibouti, To-day. The

Italian authorities Diredawa have detained three British subjects, Colonel Llewel lyn, of the British Ambulance unit, and Major, Bentinck and Mr. Vaughan Jones, who went to Abyssinia on behalf of the Blue Cross-Reater.

Massingberd and Sir Claud IRAQI CUSTOMS

OPPOSITION TO Jacob, all in morning dress, as-

AGGRESSION

National Drive In Canton?

(From Our Own Correspondent Canton, Yesterday.

sembled in the State depart. meats

REGULATION

TROOPS AND TANKS

DESPATCHED THRILLING RESCUE OF JEWISH STEAMER

REGULAR GUERRILLA · WARFARE FAILS TO SHAKE MANDATORY GOVT.

-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Jerusalem, To-day.

The Arab disturbances in Palestine are in- creasing from day to day and have now taken the form of regular guerrilla warfare against the The Mandate Government's police and troops. whole of Western Palestine, from Haifa in the north to Nazareth in the east, with Jerusalem and Gaza in the south, is infested with armed band's who in the past two days have been attacking po- lice and soldiers from ambushes, cutting tele- phone wires and putting signals on the railway jout of action.

The centre of the revolt now appears to be shifted to Gaza where, in addition to signals being damaged, the railway lines were torn up. yesterday, thus causing a suspension of this im portant section of the line providing connection with Egypt. In the streets of Gaza itself barricades have been erected and vio- lent street fighting has occurred between rioters and troops..

in Jerusalem the conditions are now quieter, thanks to the energetic measures taken by the authorities, so that it has been possible to despatch troops and tanks to Gaza and other threaten- ed towns, including Nablus, where grcups of Arabs are firing- wildly at the military camps.

An

audacious attempt to

seize a Jewish steamer outside TROUBLE

the three-mile limit at Tel Avivi was made by Arabs, who sur- rounded the steamer in boats; and threw three bombs at it. The police, however, raced out from Tel. Aviv, in fast motor- boats in time to free the steam-. er from the attackers.

Any hopes that the Arabs may have entertained that the Manda-

with the senior Field! DIRECTED AGAINST tory Government might weaken

JAPAN

Baghdad, To-day.

EXPECTED

IN AUSTRIA

HEIMWEHR NOT FINISHED

SECRET CONFERENCE HELD

Vienia, To-day.

were squashed by a speech by the.. Marshal, H.R.H. the Duke of: Connaught, who handed to His!

British High Commissioner, Sir That the Heimwehr is not going Arthur Wauchope, yesterday at to be extinguished without a seri- Majesty the symbol of rank, ac-

the Levant Fair in Tel Aviv, when ous struggle is proved by the out- companying the act with a few words, to which the King graci-

come of the protracted secret con- A new Customs regulation pre-he stated that neither strikes nor Jously replied. Only two Field vides that Japanese piece-goods acts of violence would prevent the ¡Marshals were absent-King

cannot be cleared at Iraqi Customs British decisions and obligations ference of all the provincial len No definite result has been Alfonso and the Emperor of houses unless the importer can under the Mandate being carried ders. A laconic communique an- nounced that the Heimwehr head- reached between the Nanking Japan.

prove the export to Japan of Iraqi out.-Trans-Ocean Service.

quarters had been transfer- of 15 per and delegates

the Canton

produce to the value authorities concerning co-opera- |

cent of the Japanese goods he de- Cairo More troops are leaving red to time (the birthplace of Ition between the

sires to clear. The proportion of for Palestine to-day, but there is Prince von Starbenberg), and Central the Authorities and

military

Iraqi exports will later be in-no queation of any large reinforce that Herr Karl Wenninger had been There. A further exchange of

ments and probably no mere than appointed Chief of the Heimwehr... views took place last night and a showdown is expected by the end of the week.

The

Central Authorities undertake to assist the Canton rested, charged with counter-re-regime in restoring the value volutionary espionage and at-of its banknotes, whose credit All come to deal mainly with

establish support is affected by the rising value tempting to commercial matters except Mr. within Russia for a foreign Gov-jof the Hong Kong dollar. The Pirow, who will discuss pro- blems affecting communicationsament in the event of war, have premium for Hong Kong cur- been sentenced to imprisonment) of South and the defence

rency has been rising, and this Africa, but The Times opines varying from two to 10 years.

reduces the purchasing power It is alleged that the leader of for arms and other imported | that the talks are certain to cover the whole range of sub-the movement, a physician named goods. jects foreign policy, defence, Sualich, established headquarters On the other hand, Generals for his accomplices, who are des-Li Chung-jen and Pai Esung- scribed as former landlords and hsi, Kwangsi military leaders, | kulaks. Suslich, his mother and believe that economic ques- his uncle were all sentenced to 10tions, are subordinate to the years' imprisonment.-Renter.

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and communications tional trade. Reuter.

interna-

DARDANELLES CONFERENCE·

FORMAL MEETING NEXT MONTH

Geneva, To-day..

N. JERSEY FOREST FIRE

WORST IN HISTORY OF STATE

New Gretna, N.J., To-day.

A conference on the Dardanelles

Five people have been killed and seven admitted to hospital will be held at Montreaux imme- as a result of the worst forest fire in the history of New Jersey. diately after the meeting of the About 15,000 acres of timber have been destroyed. Thirty-three League Council, probably on June other people were reported to be missing earlier, but 17 of them 16, and it is expected that Mr. are now accounted for."

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Anthony Eden, British Foreign The blaze raged for 48 hours. Just as 750 weary fire-fighters Secretary, will preside. The Tur- in the early morning thought they had conquered the fire it broke kish delegation will be headed by out again, and only a superhuman rally, directed by radio and the Foreign Minister and will ar an aeroplane, led to the final subduing. Scores of families fied rive at the Conference with a pre-from their homes along the busy highway between New York and pared plan-Beuter,

Atlantic City. -Reuter,

Reuter.

Home Cricket, Golf and Tennis

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OBITUARY

Mrs. Hopkins Passes At Victoria Hospital

WELL-KNOWN CHARITY WORKER

We regret to have to record the death of Mrs. F. A. Hop- kins, wife of Mr. F. A. Hop- kins, J. P., Assistant Superin- tendent of Prisons, which oc- curred early this morning at the Victoria. Hospital.

The funeral will pass the Monument at 5 pm. to-day.

Mrs. Hopkins had been suffering for about a week with heart trouble, and was about 50 years of age. She was responsible for un- tiring work on behalf of local charities, among them" being the Prison Branch of the Ministering League. Mrs. Hopkins came to the Colony about five years ago with her husband, and during the time of her resi÷ dence here had made large number of friends in all circles with which she came in contact.

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Great sympathy will be felt, with her husband, her daughter in Hong Kong and her son in England, in their bereavement.

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TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE

British And Dutch Interests

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TROOPS FROM CAIRO

lone company will be sent Beu-

ter's Bulletin Service.

General Staff. ....

The conference" affirmed its ROYAL COMMISSION,

intention to pursue the fight London: "A state of unrest, ac for the aims of Heimwehr fideli companied by acts of sporadicty to Prince von Starhemberg. It violence, continues in Palestine" is learned from a high authority, said Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, that the new programme cop Minister for the Dominions, in the sists of arming the Heimwehr The Hague, To-day. Details of co-operation between House of Commons yesterday. Be to the teeth, despite Chanceller and sea rejoiced that order had been res-von Schuschnigg's intention ta British and Dutch air lines were prepared in committee tored at Gaza, where the most disarm it.

All possible members of the when the transport conference serious disturbances occurred., opened yesterday, attended by re- He explained that, authority was Heimwehr will enter the official presentatives of Imperial Airways given earlier in the year for in-militia, but will retain their Royal Dutch and all the pro-creases in the British and Pales Heimwehr allegiance The re- minent British, Dutch, European tinian-British sections of the mainder will be organised to. and Oriental skipping lines, Both police, besides the recent enrol-resist trips and fares were discussed.ment of a number of ex-constables Vice-Chancellor, Major

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COMPROMISE PENDING?

NEW POLICY URGED BY KREMLÍN

Moscow, To-day.

It is understood that the Kremlin is urging a compromise] with Italy, believing that German policy entails the greatest threat

the disarming. The

тод Baarenfels, and other Heim- wehr members of the Schusch- nigg Cabinet will not resign from the Government--Reuter.

NEGUS'S JOURNEY TO ENGLAND

Booked By "Corfu”

Gibraltar, To-day. Passages for the Negus and his

to European peace. M. Radek, writing in Javestie, writes that an eleventh hour attempt will be made to organise collective security retinue have been booked aboard along the lines of the regional peace parts proposed by the late the P. and O. liner Corfu. There M. Luis Barthou

[will be no official reception when

Urging collective security as the sole means of maintaining the Negus arrives on Friday by peace, M. Radek declares that England' is unable to protect her HMS. Capetown, and he will interests single-handed, against Italian attack, while an Anglo-probably stay aboard the cruiser German understanding would antagonise all the nations witch while in Gibraltar-Beuter's Bul-

Reater are apprehensive of German aggression,

'letia Service.