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QUESTION

U.S. SHIPPING STRIKE ENDED?

Announcement Expected Shortly

New York, Today.

The announcement of the early end of the shipping strike is ex- pected to be made by Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary for Labour. The first ressel to clear the United States since the strike began sailed from Seattle, name- ly, the motor-ship Boxer, bound for Alaska with a full cargo of food supplies.-Reuter.

AUSTRALIA

LOSE 3 MEN

FOR 51 RUNS

Fingleton Undefeated With 89

VOCE BOWLS WELL

Brisbane. To-day.. Australia 'lost three wickets for 51 runs before lunch to- day, their total now being 202 for 5.

A crowd of 5,000 was pre-! sent in warm, sunny weather!

and when Fingleton (61). McCabe (37) resumed the Aus- tralian innings at 151 for 200 a good wicket.

Fingleton, who had hitherto of- fered an impregnable defence. gave two chances before lunch, at 73 and 85, but he was still unde- Teated at the interval. scored 39 out of 202

having

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SMALL SKIRMISHING REPORTED

ALLEGED SUCCESSES REPORTED BY INSURGENTS

“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Salamanca, To-day.

The supreme command of the Nationalist army issued z report on Saturday night, stating that on the Victoria front the operations have been made exceedingly difficult by bad weather. On the Burgos front in the northerly sector of the province small skirmishes and a reconnoitring sally of the Nationalist troops took place between Sargantes de Elosa and Escalada, where the enemy were repulsed and put to fight. Another enterprise brought Nationalist troops to the Red positions near Vila Sante,

400 Reds being killed and 200 rifles and a large quantity of other war material being captured. On the Axcoutie front near Bilbao the Red 'attack west of Mondragon was repulsed and the enemy position occupied, several cases of ammunition and hand-gren- ades being captured. The Reds left 65 dead and wounded.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Rexist Leader Has Narrow Escape

FIRED AT AT POET BLANK RANGE

Brussels, To-day

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On the Somosierra front it was reported on Friday night that a Nationalist group took | --- the enemy trenches, compelling the Reds to flee. Nationalist airmen bombarded the enemy at Villa Real. A railway sta-j tion near Granada was like- wise bombarded. Eight Red aeroplanes attacked the Nation- alist aerodrome at Burgos, south-west of Madrid, but thei Nationalist forces, succeeded in shooting down three Red machines Trans-Ocean Ser-!-

SOVIET SHIPS DETAINED Moscow: It is officially stated

Badly shaken, and with a patch on the bridge of her nose, Amy Johnson Mollison, noted trans-Atlantic fier, is here shown as she arrived at her home in London, after her plane crashed Imst month in Orpington, Kent.

TSINGTAO SITUATION

MORE DELICATE

CHINESE POLICE DISARMED BY

JAPANESE MARINES

(From A Special Correspondent)"

***Canton, To-day.

CABINET MEETING

CANCELLED

STATEMENT PENDING BY PRIME MINISTER

ELIMINATING MISCONCEPTIONS

·WHICH HAVE ARISEN

London, To-day.

Despite an icy wind a large crowd, quiet and undemonstra- tive, assembled at Downing Street and watched the Cabinet members gather for a Cabinet meeting beginning at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. When all the Ministers had arrived many people in the crowd dispersed. After the Cabinet meeting it was an- nounced that there would be no decision last night, and a deci- sive statement in the House of Commons to-day is improbable. Reuter learns that the position is that the King is being given as much time as he chooses to decide on his course, following the disposal of the question of a morganatic marriage, which. is dead. To-day's Cabinet meeting has been cancelled.

It is learned that there is no question of the Cabinet's having presented any sort of ultimatum or formal advice, to the King. It is understood that the deliberation of the Ministers and the Cabinet was directed towards getting into form all the steps and documentary formalities required if the King should decide on a course which would have constitutional consequences. Mr. Baldwin will make a statement in the House of Commons 'to-. day, probably confining himself to the elimination of misconcep- tions which may have arisen regarding the Government's alleged actions from the various stories published over the week-end, par- ticularly regarding the allegations contained in Mr. Winston Churchill's manifesto.

ไ

Beuter learns that the rea LONDON PRESS

COMMENTS

son for the intensive deliberi- tion of the Ministers over the week-end is recognition of the

fact that the King's inevitable delay in reaching a decision is undermining confidence, arest

Compromise Not Now

Under Consideration

PUBLIC SYMPATHY WITH HIS MAJESTY

The

Daily

The Bexist leader, M, Leon Device. grelle, had a narrow escape from

The Tsingtao situation has become more delicate. It is ing employment, depreciating("• McCabe lost his wicket when assassination on Friday, reports

to a large extent mistimed a short run and Barnett, the Rexist Party organ, Le Pays that the Spanish insurgents detain-stated that more Japanese marines and "large amounts of am-stocks and running in from long on, returned Reel. Just as M. Degrelle, after ed the following Soviet ships pass-munition were transported to the place from Shanghai yester- paralysing the Government în the ball to Voce's end and had him leaving the party meeting at Haling through the Straits of Gibral day. A number of Chinese police were disarmed, while people international affairs. - Provi- run out. 166-351. He had bat-near Brussels, was about to step tar between November 28 and 30. going along the important roads were still being searched by sional preparations have been ted aggressively in an inning: into a waiting motor-car, several and examined their documents and Japanese marines yesterday. General Han Fu-cha, the Chair made to enable any constitu lasting 110 minutes and hit six hundred Marxists began a noisy cargoes:--

man of the Shantung Provincial Government, has despatched his tional question resulting from demonstration which caused M. The Rior, bound from Danzig to 74th division to the north of the city to watch the activities of the King's decision to be dealt the least possible boundaries.

Degrelle who was taken by sur Iran: the Kassareff, with a cargo the Japanese marines, and the Central troops have been seen with with Hobinson was well caught low

Oran: the being transported to the north in the north-bound trains of the delay. down in the slips by Hammond of Prise at the sudden outery, to halt of British coal for

for an instant. This momentary Emba, with oil for Tallin; the Peiping-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow lines. Voce 17642-and Chipper hesitancy saved the Rexist lead- Stepan Khalturia, taken to Centa

Mr. Elsa Shik-ying, the Chin- field left 26 runs later when he

ese Ambassador to Japan, and er's life because a revolver shot and released after examination. On $30,000 Reward Offered snicked one from Voce into the was fired at him point blank at December 1 the Schora, bound For Wang's Capture Admiral Shen Hung-lik, the safe hards of Ames. He had

of Tsingtao, have pre- close quarters

Mayor It passed be- from Rotterdam with batted very shakily for his seven tween him and the motor car, just coal for Italy, was fired on by the

Peiping: Chinese troops advan-sented strong protests to the grazing M. Degrelle's head. The rebels, who attempted to take the cing from Pailingaiao have cap-apanese Foreign Office and the at Tsingtao glass window of the car was shat ship to Centa, but

the captaintured Wutulan, near Tamiao, the Japanese Consul would not submit and continued Voce, who kept a very five tered.

base of the Manchukuo-Mongol respectively, demanding the im- length and was getting some life

on his route. The Kharkov, bound invaders of Northern Suiyuan, ac {ediate withdrawal of the out of the wicket, had the follow-

an enquiry, but consider it raio with German coal for Italy cording to reports from Kwelina Japanese marines, but without! An earlier message stated that: The News Chronicle says that ing analysis this morning:

ritten.

FINE ANALYSIS

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Supported by Robins's spinners

he had the batsmen fighting hard for runs.

Lunch was taken at 202 for 5, Fingleton then being 69 not out. Australia had thus lost three wickets for 51 runs-Reuter.

Senres:

England

358

AUSTRALIA

J. H. Fingleton, not out

$9

C. Badcock, b Aller

D. G. Bradman, e Worthington, b

Voce ......

38

S. J. McCabe, run out

51

R. Robinson, e Hammond, b Voce

A. G. Chipperfield, e Ames,

Voce

Extras

Total (for 2 wkts.)

The police immediately institut- from Rotterdam for Porto

German

Fer-1

led highly improbable that the identity was escorted to Palma on Novem-

of the would-be assassin, who dis- ber 30 and released on Desember

appeared in the crowd, will ever 2-Reuter. be satisfactorily established. Trans-Ocean Service.

POPE PIUS'S ILLNESS

Condition "Slightly Improved "

THE NEW SOVIET CONSTITUTION

Unanimously Passed By Congress

Moscow, To-day. The All-Union Soviet Congress unanimously passed the new con- stitution, with amendments made) by the drafting committee, includ- No acute change has taken placeing an amendment introduced to

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Rome To-day.

meet the French criticisms that

in the Pope's state of health since the original text made the Franco- Saturday. His Holiness passed a Soviet Pact meffective. 7quiet night, his Physician-in-Or-

The original article which em-

dinary, Professor Milani, again powered the Presidium of the 151 remaining at the Vatican so as to Supreme Council to proclaim a Fall of the wickets: 1 (Badcock) be on hand should any development state of war in the event of an for 13; 2 (Bradman) for $9: 3 CM in the condition of His Holiness armed attack on the Soviet is now Cabe) for 166: 4 (Robinson) for 176;

require instant medical skill. Al- 5 (Chipperfield) for 202.

EL McCormick (Victoria). W. A though no diminution in strength so amended as to include: "In the ternational treaty obligations con- (N.S.W.). F. Ward (South Australia), canses uneasiness for other rearning mutual defence agains! Oldfield (N.S.W.), W. J. O'Reilly is recorded the patient's condition event of the necessity to fufill in and M. W. Sievers (Victoria) to bat.

sons. The infiammation in the Twelfth min

W. A Brown veins of the left leg where bleed-gression. The new constit ing has occurred, is exceedingly on comes into force inmediately

Beater. painful, the left knee being also badly swollen.

(NES.W.).

STOP PRESS

Australia: 220 for 67 (JEL Fingleton 100 out)-

-Beater,

at Australia 234 all out

Later: Professor Milani, who examined the Pope again thorough-

FORTHCOMING WEDDING

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General Fu Tso-yi has offered reward of $30,000, for the capture of Wang Yin, the Mongol leader

-Reater.

AMERICAN SAILOR MURDERED

Amoy, To-day.

The body of Eric Carl Ha- gen. of the U.S.S. Tulsa, aged 25, who was last seen în Amoy on: November 30, has been washed ashare on, the beach at Kalangsu. Head wounds in- dicate that be was murdered, with robbery as the probable motive-Benter.

INDIAN SOLDIER

INJURED

Struck By Railway Engine

An Indian soldier, Razal Dad,

NO STATEMENTS

London, To-day--Beuter is an- thorised to state that Mrs. Ernest Simpson has given no interviews and made no statements, either in Britain or while journeying in France-Beater.

London, To-day.

Telegraph em- phasises that no pressure was brought upon the King by the Ministers and considers that the King is not likely to reach any decision for some days. The paper expects that to-day's statement in the House of Com- ¡mons will be devoted largely to dissipating the false impres- sion created by rumour or mis- understanding, and adds that the question of a compromise arrangement is no longer under consideration.

{success. It is learned that Mr. Winston Churchill had issued public sympathy with the King is Jumber of strong demands

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have been put forward by the a statement pleading for time and strong and nothing should be Japanese Consul, and they have patience. He said that the nation done hurriedly or without due con- all been refused by Admiral must realise the character of the sideration.

constitutional issue.. There was The Morning Post says that the Shen, the Mayor.

no question of conflict between King is known as a dedicated spirit the King and Parliament, which to the Empire over which he had not been consulted nor allow reigns. What would be thought of ed to express any opinion.

him if, he procliamed that he (Continued On Page. 10)

would not, in sach a trust, sacri- fice something less than what hun-

Four Demands By Japan

PRESENTED TO TSINGTAO AUTHORITIESTM“.

Tokyo: The Japanese authori ties at Tsingtao have presented four demands to the Mayor, Ad- miral Shen Hang-lieh, in comec- tion with the strike of cotton-mill workers, according to press re ports, namely:n j

(1) The Japanese: naval au- thorities should co-operate in the maintenance of peace and order until the strike is set tled;

KING'S DIFFICULT POSITION

Matters Of Profound Significance

dreds of thousands of humble men cheerfully sacrificed during the.. great war?

The Daily Mail says that if by the King's own act or by the will of the King his subjects lose the benefit of his vast knowledge of the empire and extraordinary po- London: Mr. Stanley Baldwin pularity the nation will deeply called on Queen Mary at Mari lament that loss. borough House yesterday mor ming. The Sunday Despatch issued

-"FRANTASTIC

a special edition in the afternoon, The diplomatic correspondent of declaring that the visit was neces- the Daily Herald characterises my sitated because King Edward VIII reports that the Government is had arrived at a final decition precipitating the King into a rash. While the paper was unable to say and hasty, decision as fantastic, (2) The more subversive what this decision is, it points out but says in an editorial that the elements should be expelled. that at the moment the King" is dangerous deadlock must be ended the municipal oficials involv-neither in a position to regulate som The demostration Sy the his private life in conformity with minority of hostility towards the the advice tendered him by the Cabinet is a regrettable disservice Prime Minister presumably what to the King and the country. The is meant is to separate from-Mrs sumall groups behind it oppose the Simpson nor to prevent the exta Cabinet not because it is Conserva strophe that would overtake the tive but because it is Parliamen British Empire were the King, to taryb

No. 12934 of the Sith Punjal, Re- giment, was seriously injured lasted in the strike activities should be discharged, and the Saturday afternoon, when an en-

local Koumintang dissolved; Rise of the Kowloon Canton Rail- way struck him while he was crossing the track near the Marina

ly last night, pronounced the pati- The forthcoming wedding is an- Ground ent's condition to be "slightly in-nounced of Mr. Antonio, María It appears that Dad could not. proved." Yesterday afternoon His Xavier, of the P, and 0. Bank, cross the track in time and re- Holiness received a visit from his residing on the first floor of Noecived injuries to his skull and sister and niece, when he express-8, Tang Cheng Building, Kowloon, legs and bruke his arm He was ed his firm intention to leave his and Miss Augusta María Yvanovich, removed to the Military Hospital bed and resume his duties to-day. Noronha, of No. 27, Ashley Road, The incident occurred at about 5

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Kowloon..

(3) Many Japanese advisers should be engaged to carry eut a friendly policy towards Japan; **

(4) The grants to the South Mancharita“ Railway.

by established for the mic exploitation of Chime should be zeo

take the opposite conres that MISCHIEF-MAKING to say, to marry Mrs. Simpson

Not the persons but the events

and subsequently be unable to demand that the fateful choice to sue shall not be delayed indefinitely find another Governm

ceed the present one,

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says the Parliamentary.

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