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FOUR MILITARY SPHERES ENVISAGED FOR DEFENCE OF CHINA

"NOW THANK WE

ALL OUR GOD"

RELIEF EXPRESSED IN PALESTINE

PRESS REACTIONS TO ARAB KINGS INTERVENTION

Jerusalem, To-day.

The hymn "Now Thank We All Our God" played on the carillon from the Y.M.C.A. belfry, reflected the general feeling of relief that the strike has ended. The Grand Mufti personally at- tended the opening of a number of shops inside the old city.

The rulers' appeals and manifesto are echoed variously in the press. The Arabie newspapers are frankly jubilant at the Arab Kings' intervention, the newspaper Al Difos declaring that the royal pledge resembles the Balfour Declaration, while Al Lixa expresses the belief that the British Government approved of the final text of the Arab-Kings" appeal, thus establishing a preces dent for the rulers' future intervention on behalf of the Pales tine Arabs.

The Jewish press believes that the test of the Arab higher committee's influence will be provided only if terrorism ceases. The Jewish papers stress that the strike ended in failure because it did not stifle the Jewish economic life, which is claimed to have progressed during the strike, including the absorption of 18,000 new Jewish immigrants.

U.S. CURRENCY SYSTEM

Declared Soundest In The World

Denver, Colorado, To-day. President Roosevelt, in a cam- paiga speech, declared yester- -day: "The great hallon-reserve

of the United States are suficiënt to redeem every dollar

of our Currency. They are far more than 100 per cent. Our monetary system is the soundest in the world"Reuter.

US. SUPREME COURT

New Deal Decisions

To Be Reviewed

ALLEGED UNCONSTITUTIONAL

RULINGS

-"", "

Washington, To-day.

The Supreme

The Hebrew press, however, expresses the opinion that there is a dangerous element in the Arab King's intervention, be cause it creates aur that Palestine affairs (within the sphere of influence of

Arab tarvitories.

come

Here are the first photographs of Diaz Sandino, left, Chief of 2 the Catalonian air force, and Garcia Oliver, Secretary-General of - the Committee Against Fascism, who are leaders in the Spanish Government's defence against the militarist-royalist rebels. This picture was taken in Barcelona.

GERMANY OBJECTS

TO NAVAL TREATY

NEW POSITIONS TO

BE CREATED

STRONG AIR FORCE AT

SOOCHOW

100,000 TROOPS STATIONED ALONG

NANKING SHANGHAI RAILWAY

(From A Special Correspondent)

Canton, To-day.

Notwithstanding the foreign problems with which she is en-} gaged, China is doing her own defensive and constructive work. The 18 provinces of China Proper will be divided into four differ- ent, spheres under the control of four Governor-Generals. It is learned that Marshal Chang Hsuch-liang will be appointed Gov- ernor-General of the first military sphere, to be stationed at Sian Marshal Feng Fuk-taeng will be appointed Governor-Gen- eral of the second military-sphere, with headquarters at Peiping, whie the others will be General Pei Chung-hsi, at Nanking; and General Ho Ying-ching, at Canton. The Generalissimo himself will remain at Wuchang to look after the military affairs of the whole country. Se

Rumours are current in Japanese circles that Chinx-is mak- ing war defensive preparations. The Chinese troops along the Nanking and Shanghai Railway consist of over 100,000 soldiers, and a strong Air Force Corps is stationed at Soochow. But news from Chinese military circles states that the mobilisation af troops consists simply of the return of the Central troops în

It is learned that about

ANGLO-RUSSIAN PLANS Awanglung to their respective stations.

DISLIKED

illusion MAY BE PRELUDE TO REQUEST

FOR REVISION

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Impartiai British opinion

Landir, To-day, believes that now that order is The draft Anglo-Russian Naval Treaty was criticised in a being restored, the Royal Com-Note delivered to the British Foreign Office yesterday by Prince mission will be the best instru-von Bismarck, the German Charge d'Affaires, which, it is be- tment for producing a lasting lieved, objects to the divergencies of the treaty from the principles of the Three-Power London Naval Treaty of 1936, on the ground that the concessions to Russia made therein (providing inter alia that if Japan violates the qualitative limits of the London Treaty

peace. Reater.

(Continued on Page 5)

FRANCO-GERMAN Russia may follow suit) are excessive

“INCIDENT"

Hitler Insulted In Speech

GERMAN PRESS INDIGNANT

London, To-day.

2

General Ho Ying-chin, “above, is to be appointed 'the Governor- General of one of the four new military spheres, with hir¬hend-

quarters at .Canton.

thousand traitors are systema JAPANESE AIMS JAPANESE DEMANDS TO CHINA tically organised to make trou-

IN CHINA United States Not Asked To Intervene

Probable Demands

-Outlined

ADVISERS ER CHINESE MINISTERIES

Washington, To-day. The State Department Dounces that the United States has not been asked by any signa- tory of the Nine-Power Treaty alleged Japanese demands to join in a probest against the

China-Beater.

to

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It is understood that the German Note in no way suggests RACE ROUND THE that Germany is anxious for a modification of the Anglo-German Naval Treaty, but certain non-British naval circles are apprehen-{ sive lest the German criticisms may be a prelude to the request for such a revision if the concessions to Russia are not altered.

FAR EAST R.A.F. COMMAND

An outburst of German anger Another Squadron For

jagainst France has followed Com- munist demonstrations, on the

Court has frontier of Alsace-Lorraine on

Singapore

WORLD

Two Contestants Due

In Hong Kong

ble in Nanking and Shanghai. the Chinese Government has Jordered the local authorities of these two places to search for: them and have them sentenced to death

The Minister of the Railways | his appointed Mr. Liang-Wing-wei Chief Engineer in charge of the construction of the Canton-Swatou Railway. This line will be ean- nected to the Canton-Kowloon Railway at Cheung Muk Tow...

[From "A" Special Correspondent]

Canton, To-day.

It is reported that the Japan

The smuggling of foreign goods ese. Consal-General at Tientsin appears to be active in South Will increase the number of the China The Kwangsi Government Consular police there. From has ordered the seizure of alt November 1, a branch office of sunggled goods,

Customs the Tientsin Japanese Consulate duties on all foreign goods must will be established at Shanhai-

kwan.

and

be paid before they can be trans- ported into the Province ~ of} Kwangsi

OFFICIAL BRITISH DENTAL

Without German approval not Anglo-Russian treaty for naval

Though the Shanghai situa- limitation can be signed, for

One of the contestants in the

tion has become easier, the Russia has always laid down newspaper reporters' race

Inumber of Japanese warships. that any qualitative- limitation round the world, Miss Dorothy

there has increased to 12, äx London: It is officially denied against nine on Sunday. accerted by her should also be Kilgallen, is believed to have that Britain has approached the learned that the probable Jap It is her specially signatories of the Washington anese demands to be formulated London, To-day.

accepted by Germany: but ifhopped off in

chartered plane from Hanoi this Nine Power Treaty, suggesting in the next banded down a decision grant-Sunday, particularly a speech at A squadron of Short Singapore no Russo-German agreement morning, bound for Hong Kong that the relevant clauses should be Kawagoe meeting will be the Chang Chun- ing the New Deal a review by Strasbourg by M. Thorez, Secre- III flying-boats, to increase

the can be reached on qualitative but as her machine carries no invoked with regard to the pre-co-operation in the suppression the Supreme Court of the Gov-tary-General of the French Com-establishment of the Royal Air limitation the efforts of Britain wireless, no news has been resent Far Eastern situation. This of communism, an absolute ban ernment's contention that the munist Party, in which he de Force Far East Command, will be to extend the pronciples of the ceived here from the machine, disposes of the reports published on the anti-Japanese movement, 50 per cent tax on silver proclared that Herr Hitler's object down from Pembroke Dock to London Treaty to the Baltic and her actual whereabouts are the fits made prior to the passage was the annihiliation of France Singapore on October 14. under

Japanese newspaper the enlargement of the North- of the Silver Purchase Act was The German newspapers declare Wing Commander W. E.

and Scandinavian naval Powers not known.

Kokumin: Shimbun to that effect. Dann will be doomed to failure, while Another contestant, Mr. Leo

ern semi-independent political constitutional. The tribunal

-Reuter's Bulletin Service.

council, the decrease of Cus- consented to review the ruling that this, is an insult to the Ger-who is expected to reach Singapore even the London Naval Treaty Kiernan, is due to arrive at of the Court's claims that a tax mao nation and Herr Hitler, and early in November.

will fall to the ground through Hong Kong at 3.30 p.m. to-day

toms rates. for Japanese goods, that the French Government will The squadron of Singapore fly-the operation of the Escalator by the RMA. Dorado from

co-operation in aviation services. intended by the Government to

ing-boats has been temporarily Clause, bat it is hoped that a Tourane.

and the employment of Japan- prevent tax evasion or profiteer-hare to give an explanation.

serving in the Middle East for the satisfactory settlement will be

jese advisers in the Chinese Berlin: -ing at the public expense was

Germany expects the past year, and will dy the route reached Reuter

Ministries. Rumours in Chin- unconstitutional because it took French Government to take vigor-from Bordeaux to Marseilles, property without the due pro-fous action against those responsi-Malta, Aboukir, Lake Habaniyah.

the Japanese Government is ese circles state that the aim of

cess of the law,

ble for the demonstrations at Basra, Rasal Khaimah, Karachi, The Court also granted a re-Strasbourg, but nothing is known Allahabad, Calcutta and Mergui, a view of the Government's con-at the Wilhelmstrasse at present total of 8,000 miles-Renter. tention that the 1934 Arms of a

formal diplomatic protest Embargo Act authorising the The officials are waiting to President to forbid the sale of what the Premier, M. Leon Blum, munitions for the use of the will do about the "breach of in- 'Gran Chaco war was constitu-ternational courtesy and the in- tional on the ground that it con- temnationally acknowledged · rules stituted an unconstitutional de-lagalust bringing the head of legation of, legislative power State into a debate for the pur- from Congress to the President. pose of throwing mud `at him.”— -Reuter

TYPHOON WARNING

Reuter.

TROOPSHIP ARRIVES

Bee

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JEAN BATTEN'S

PLANS

To Fly The Tasman Sea?

M.C.C. TEAM ARRIVE AT FREEMANTLE

Freemantle, To-day-The MCC.

Mr. "Bud" Ekins, who is lead- ing in the round-the-world 'race, was due to have left on Sunday jby the Hawaiian Clipper from Manila, but the plane was de- layed by bad weather,

Later: At 2.30 p.m. there had

LONDON'S NEW LORD MAYOR

Chief Justice Presides

At Ceremony

London, To-day.

London, Today. FIERCE FIGHTING RAGES be able to resume his official du-

A Melbourne message states that the Australian Air Board have decided that they have" noj jurisdiction to ban Miss Jean Bat-! [ ten from flying solo over the: Tas-

AROUND MADRID

CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS

Test cricketers arrived here yes- still been no news of Miss KI-A statement issued yesterday terday, a looking very fit, and gallen's plane. It was thought regarding the liness of the Lord were accorded a very warm wel- that she had met strong head-Chanceller says that Lord Hail-

Reuter

winds in the course of her fight. sham is making an excellent re-

covery, but does not propose for} the present to attend the meetings [of the Cabinet. He expects to

ties in full at the end of the year.

The Lord Chancellor's place! was taken yesterday by the Lord Chief Justice in the ceremony at the House of Lords of conveying His Majesty's approval of the a pointment of a new Lord Mayor of Fierce fighting in heavy rain raged 40 miles west of Madrid London. Addressing Sir George yesterday, where the Government are striving desperately to Broadbridge, Lord Howart said he they are to make an indirect aprevent the insurgents, exploiting the recent capture of Cerence was entering upon his office at a peal to her to forego her plan, and San Martin.: The Hadrid Government claims not to have memorable moment in the history Miss Batten's machine, in which elded an inch of ground in this important sector, while the in- of London and of England, at the she flew the South Atlantic and argents state that the Government flitia counter-attacked at beginning of the year which The forthcoming wedding is an- has just created a new record time San Martin Yesterday, mornin This places the typhoon about nounced between Mr. Marins Ber- of 5 days 21 hours 2 minutes fur af 500 kibed and wounded. 600 ruiles from the Colony in ganat, of Messrs. Loxley and Co., the fight from England to AXIS- Northern Luzon, making to the Ltd., and Wise Austa. Larssen, of tralia, has only - me North-east of the Loochoo Islanda, No. 7, Peak Mansions

British Wireless Service

The American Consulate Gen- H.M. Troopship Lancashire arriv-man Sea to New Zealand, as she ̈eral in Hong Kong received aed in Hong Kong this morning from is flying with a British licence typhoon warning from the Manila England with reliefs for the Royal granted under British Air Miris- Observatory at: 9.30 am, to-day Navy and Army, as, - previously try conditions." At the same time to the effect that the disturbance published in the China 'Mail. was situated in about Longitude 122 degrees East and Latitude 171 degrees North, recurving north- eastwarda.

FORTHCOMING WEDDING

Government DODES insurgent positions ner ~~~Renter's Bulletin Service

London, To-day,

with a lons would see the Coronation of the

King, and which they hoped would hejmark, a new epoch of peses -"and prosperity for the country-Br) Itish Wireless Servic

conomic co-operation in North China, and the semi-indepen- dence of the five northern pro- vinces

STOP PRESS

Amay, To-day The steamer, Yung Shing,, which left Shanghai, last Friday, was boled and sunk by a submerged rock at Chang chow, of the Fukien coast. All the passengers and

crew were saved.

Shanghai Nineteen aero- places purchased with the funds raised by popular subscription in Shranghai in honour of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's fiftieth birthday will be

at Lunghua Aero October 25, Eer