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SITUATION "BOTH UNHAPPY AND UNTENABLE"--MRS. SIMPSON
ENGLAND
LOSING THE
ADVANTAGE
Three Wickets Fall
For 49 Runs
WARD DOING WELL
STATEMENT ISSUED
IN CANNES
READY TO WITHDRAW FORTHWITH
Brisbane. To-day. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL SHOUTED
England lost Fagg, Hammond
and Ames for only 49 runs be-
fore luich to-day, at which
period England, with five wie-
DOWN IN PARLIAMENT
London, To-day.
kets in hand, were leading Aus- A similar statement to that made by Mr. Stanley Baldwin
tralia by 248 runs.
in the House of Commons was made by Lord Halifax, Lord Privy
A crowd of only 1,000 saw Seal, in the House of Lords. Following Lord Halifax's state- Fagg (24) and Hammond (12)ment Lord Snell said that without the essential facts before them resume the England innings at any discussion must necessarily be unreal and might be injurious. 75 for 2 under a broiling sun On the other hand the matter should not be allowed to drift in- and on a wicket which
was definitely. He therefore hoped that as soon as circumstances per- showing signs of wear.
mitted the Government would give Parliament any information Don Bradman fielded with
at their disposal. bazdaged ankle.
OLDFIELD'S FEAT
Lord Crewe expressed gratification to know that the state- ments in irresponsible quarters. that the Government had appli- Only seven runs had been added undue pressure on the King to declare his decision, were ai- ed before Fary played too far together unfounded. (Cheers). He felt, on the contrary, that forward to a good length ball they were all indebted to the Premier and the Government for from Ward and Oldheld bad the the attitude they had adopted in a difficult situation. (Cheers). bails off in the twinkling of an He expressed profound sympathy with the King and the Royal eye. 82-3-27. Fagg had batted
family, particularly Queen Mary, who had won so completely 108 minutes and hit only one the respect and devotion of all His Majesty's subjects (Cheers). boundary.
Oldfeld's stumping feat repre
Ottawa: Mr. Stanley Bald- sented his 84th in the England.. THE STATEMENT win's statement in the House
Australia Test series, thus equal- i ling the Test record established by Lilley, the former Warwickshire *keeper.
WELCOMED
Possible Way Out
Of Difficulty
LONDON PRESS COMMENTS
of Commons, the full text of which was broadcast in Can-
for the men defending the city from the advance of the rebel army last Women of Madrid are here show as they set off to bake the bread month. While loyalists are Sghting desperately to check the advance of the Fascists, all women in the Spanish capital capable of work have bees inducted into behind-the-lines duties.
MARTIAL LAW IN TSINGTAO
PATROLLING RESUMED
IN SHANGHAI
CHINESE PROTESTS STILL IGNORED
(From A Special Correspondent)
Canton, To-day.
Following the landing of the Japanese bluejackets in Tsing- tao, the Japanese landing troops in Shanghai have resumed their patrolling in the Hongkew and Chapei districts in parties of eight, fully-armed and accompanied by armoured-cars and tanks.. The Chinese authorities at the same time have sent more police to the Chinese Shanghai Municipality to preserve the peace there. As for the Tsingtao situation, there has been no pro- gress in the negotiations. between Admiral Shen Hung-lik. the Mayor, and the Japanese Consul. Both the protests sent to the Japanese Foreign Office and the Japanese Embassy by Mr. Hsa Shik-ying, the Chinese Ambassador to Japan, and Mr. Chang Chun, the Chinese Foreign Minister respectively, had not been re- plied to late yesterday. It is reported that five Japanese planes
sations of the Chinese troops. Martial law has been declared in places along the Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway to watch the mobili. were scouting above Tsingtao yesterday, and later they flew to
Tsingtao and the Chinese troops and the Japanese marines are watching each other, waiting for a settlement.
Smuggling by foreign rozita
FIGHTING very active recently and Dr.
FOREIGNERS
IN SPAIN
ada, occasioned a distinct feel- BRITISH GOVERNMENT DISAPPROVE
ing of relief among all classes. The clear statement that the Government will not press the King with regard to his_deci- sion has given Main Street profound satisfaction.
HAMMOND'S BAD LUCK Leyland joined Hammond and the pair saw the century hoisted after 151 minutes. Five runs late, however. Hammond hit his,
London, To-day. wicket when trying to get a balli
Mrs. Simpson's statement has London: The amazing scene from Ward away to the boundary,
more honeful atmos-in which the House of Com-1 105-4-25. He had batted 95 created a minutes and hit two boundaries. There in Parliamentary circles mors vented its disapproval of Ward had then taken 2 for 12and the opinion is generally held Mr. Winston Churchill was thei statement may offer sole topic of conversation im-f this morning.
Directly Mr. misfortune to play a fast one from while some quarters express the statement. Sievers on to his wicket 122-5-9. view that the pronouncement may Churchill rose a number of La- Leyland and Allen then showed bring a dramatic acceleration to bour members shouted "Sit
down!"
These protestations extreme caution and managed to the march of events. remain together until the lunch
The Morning Post, in a leading continued, supplemented with "Question!" and interval, which was taken with the article, says that there is certain cries of score at 124 for 5, Leyland being!to be unhappiness for the King. "Speech!" as he firmly stood his
final decision may ground and
that the
London, To-day.
GERMANY AND CHINA
in Shantung Province has been
EH Kung, the Chinese Fin ance Minister, has instructed Baron Von Neurath Explains The General Han Fu-chu, the Chair-
Anti-Comîntern Agreement of Shantung Government, ung Provincial measures to stop these activi- ties.
Answering questions in the House of Commons on Monday,
JAPANESE TO EVACUATE? as to whether he was aware that large numbers of Russians and other foreigners were serving in Spain for the Valencia Govern in Chinese circles that the Japan
Canton: Rumours are current ment and Germans and Kalians for General France's forces the exe Residents sciatica in Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, stated that the British Shanghai has received instructions Government disapproved of volunteers from other countries par from the Japanese Government, ticipating in the Spanish civil war.
The President of the non-inter-Nanking, that all Japanese re through the Japanese Embassy at vention committee had only the
(Continued on Page-10)
Ames again failed, having the possible way out of the difficulty, mediately after Mr. Baldwin's RED AGENTS AT previous Friday made a statement
19 and Allen 0.
Scores:
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS Worthington, e Oldfeld, b Mc-
• Cormick
Barnett, e Oldfield, b O'Reilly Fagg, e Oldfeld, b McCormick Hammond, c Robinson, b Mc-
Cormick Leyland, b Ward
Ames, e Chipperfield, b Ward
Hardstaff, e McCabe, b O'Reilly
R W. V. Robins, e Brown, b
O'Reilly
G. O. Allen, e McCabe, b O'Reilly
Verity, e Sievers, & O'Reilly
Voce, not out
Extras
Total
McCormick
Sievers
Bowling Analysis
O'Reilly
Ward
Chipperfield
McCabe
whatever his
endeavoured to he. Unhappily that is inherent to smash down the opposition. the situation. The declaration issued on Mrs. Simpson's behal
SPEAKER INTERVENES
is proof enough, however, that it Then the Speaker intervened
WORK
Recruiting For The Spanish Army
ACTIVITY IN HUNGARY
"CHINA „MAIL" SPECIAL
Budapest, To-day. Spanish Bed agents are at work
4 had been looked forward to with was insisting going beyond aftween 18 and 20 a sum
of 5,000
purpose
to the effect that the British Gov- ernment had expressed gizYE... CON- cern regarding this problem and bad urgently requested the com mittee to adopt resolutions for the of preventing foreign volunteers from taking part in the Spanish conflict. Proposals with | this object would, he hoped, be formulated by the non-intervention committee at the session next Fri- day.
simple question. Mr. Baldwin refranes if they joined the forces of HEAVY FLOODS
IN LUZON
་
FAR EASTERN RAILWAYS
Feverish Activity By Soviet
"CHINA RAIL" SPECIAL
-Warsaw, To-day.
Berlin, To-day. *The Chinese Ambassador called on the Foreign Mixxister, Baron von Neurath, yesterday, who co- phasised that the German-Japan- ese anti-Comintern ESTDEMENT was in no way directed against -Ching, with, whom Germany-wish- ed to maintain the most cordial reistions. Peuter.
AIR VISITOR TO COLONY
Air Commodore A. W. Tedder
INSPECTION CALL AT
KAI TAK"
When the RMA. Dorado
In spite of a heavy frost the landed at Kai Tak Aerodrome
In reply to a Labour member's work of improving and developing at 11.10 a.m. to-day she brought amar avert the worst that threaten-with: "I think Mr. Churchil in Hungary recruiting young men question as to whether the British the Soviet railway lines in the with her a distinguished pas- 69 d. If the King chocres the should confine what he has to say for service in Spain, according to Government had made diplomatic Far East is being carried out with senger to the Colony in the per- 4 straight and story path of self-to a simple question." The House a revelation made by the Govern- representations in this matter in all speed, according to reports in son of Air-Commodore A. W. sacrifice the present pain will earn at once bowed to the Speaker's ment organ Esti Ujsag. The police Berlin and Rome, Mr. Eden de the Polish press, where it is stat Tedder, who has succeeded Air 126 abundant rewards not only in fu-wishes and enable Mr. Churchill have succeeded in arresting aclared that this was not the case. ed that 66,000 workmen, mostly Commodore Sydney-Smith, in 24ture neace of mind but in the to put the question, but the latter number of such persons in various since it was a matter for the non-political prisoners, are now em-command, of the Royal Air 43 world's reward.
was pulled up by the Speaker parts of the country who, under intervention committee to deal ployed on the section between Force, Far East Command The Daily Telegraph savs that when the question was developing the pretext of soliciting for re- with
Vladivostock and Khabaruvik, and for the Kine this is a drama of into an expression of views. The craits for the French Foreign (Continued on Page 10) 130,000 on the section of the Fine Air-Commodore Tedder is mak conscience. The marriage the Kine Speaker said that Mr. Churchill Legion, offered village youths be
which leads to the frontier of ing an ordinary routine call, part- Manchukuo. The feverish activity ly in order to introduce himself in developing the Far Eastern to the officers of the Hong Kong Hines is attributed here to the in-Area and Fleet Air Arm and part- crease in the tension between So-ly to pay an inspection call at the viet Russia and Japan-Trans- Kai Tak Base, which he has not
yet seen. Ocean Service.
While in Hong Kong he will be
Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott,“ lat Government House and will make informal calls on HE the ¡G.O.C. to-morrow, morning and on: HE the Commander-in-Chief on Thursday morning, having lunch with the Commodore the same day.
8) happy anticipations for many 4
long year. If there had been
plied, amid prolonged, cheers, that the Spanish Red Gövernment. One
2
358
(Continued on Page 101
8 1
3
.16
40.6 13 -102
42
.36 3 128
3
Q 10
Twelfth man--Fishlock.
in answering Mr. Churchill he uch agent' could speak nothing must inform him that at present but Spanish but possessed a list
"of prospective recruits to be visit Fall of the wickets: 1 (Balenky it was impossible to reply. for 13: 2 (Bradman) for 89; 3 (M... don't know yet, and cannot knowed. Cabe) for 165: 4 (Rohimaan) for 175 yet, what the King may decide, or
Fall of the wickets: 1 (Worthing- ton) for 0: 2 (Fazz) for 20; 3 (Hammond) for 20; 4 (Barnett) for (NSW
W. A.
Brown
Twelfth man
119; 5 (Ames) for 162; 6 (Leyland) ENGLAND 2ND DownKZE for 252: 7 (Hardstaff) for 311: 8 Worthington, st, Olksth McCabe A (Robin) for 311; 9 (Terity) for 345; Barnett. e Radonek, b. Ward..
J. H. Fingleton, b Verity
10 (Allen) for 358.
Free st. Owlfield. b Weerl
AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS
Hammond, hit wkt. b Ward
23
100 Leviant not out
19
8 Amm b Sievers
381
G. 0,-Allen, not ocz
Extras
C. Badcock, b Allen
Đ. C. Beans, e Worthington a
Voce
S. J. McCabe, c Barnett,
Foce. 51,
R. Robinson, e Hammond, b Voes A. G. Chipperfield, e 'Ames, b
Face
W. Sievera, b Allen
W. A. Oldfield, e Ames, ↳ Voce
W. J. O'Reilly, & Leyland. b Voce
F. Ward, < Hardstad, v Allen
E. L. McCormick, not out
"Vore
Extras
Totul
Bowling Analysis
-234
(Continued On Page, 10)
POPE MAKING PROGRESS
Other agents actively at work in
Fifty-Four Villages Inundated
FRENCH FLIER the guest of His Excellency the
MISSING
Presumed Breakdown
In Radio
Paris, To-day.
Jean Mennos, the famous He will be returning to Singa-
|5 (Chipperfeld) for 207; 6 (Finele how he may decide to act. It the province of Szegedin promis-
THOUSANDS DROWNED sam) for 220: 7 (Obifald) for 229: 8 quite impossible for me to entered village youths 500 Austrian (Siever) for 231; 9 (Ward) for 231:};
Manila, To-day. into hypothetical considerations." schillings and a complete outfit of 10 (O'Reilly) for 234.
"Thousands” are dead as a (Loud cheers).
clothing, to be supplied in Vienna, result of floods in Isabella Pro- if they enlisted in the Spanish vince, North Luzon, according Red army. The Government or to an official Constabulary re- gan, in calling attention to these port, which was delayed owing activities, declares that this is to the interruption of com- merely one phase of an elaborate munications in the affected area. system of Communist propaganda The foods, the worst in his being carried on throughout the tory, were caused by an out of trans-Atlantic fier, is missing pore by the Dorado on Friday
season typhoon which swept board a mail plane flying the morning [the islands on December South Atlantic. The plane left: The Dorado was met by two Daker at 6.35 am yesterday fights comprising 15 seroplanes Fifty-four villages in Isabella for Port Natal and was last attached to the Royal Air Force were completely inmidated by heard of at 11 am, when it Base, Kai Tak, in the vicinity of the flood waters. Beater was 435 miles south-east of Bepulse Bay, and was escorted to Later: About 1,000 people were Dakar. It is hoped that the the aerodrome, where all the ma carried away as the flood water silence is only due to a break-chines landed after the Dorado swept down to the sea and the down in the radio Reuter had made for the hangar. death roll is believed to be enor- mous-Beuter
10
IZA
Total (for a wictx.)
•„Fall of the wheksin; ↑ Marthing-> And för 17: 2 (Barnett) to 50; 3) Sage) for $4 (Hammond) for |105: 5 (Amer)' for 122,7
Heart Causing Some Anxiety
Vatican City, To-day,
Although the Pope hada slight heart attacky brought on by coughing, and the condition
SIND PRE of his heart is worrying his
Brishane. To-day: Eng- land 145 for 6: Reiter, Later: England 211 for 8 (be) Ber
txined
country by specially agents Trans-Ocean Service.
FURTHER ARRESTS IN SOVIET
German Engineer And His Wife
** Among the officers who met Air doctor, according to official
CHAL PASSENGERS Berlin, To-day.
Compodore Tedder were Squad- quarters he is progressing satisfactorily towards recovery, A German engineer and his whie PUBLIC ORDER BILL FASSED
Among the passengers who left ron-Leader WAZ Dalzell, He was able to sign a number have been arrested at Leningrad
Hong Kong Yesterday morning by Officer, Commanding the Royal Air documents yesterday and} for Geged-espionage and counter- London, To-day. The House of the GN.A.C.. plaNG
Force Station, Kai Tak, and Wing- Baw-Cardinal Pacelli, revolutionary activity. Cording Commons passed the third reading were hit. Chen Ke
Commander A, G. Bishop, OBE Papel Sacretary of State
dal news
Ben- of the Public Order Bill without Swataw and Messr T. Baker AFC, Royal Air Force Officer, sad e. Baker, for Shanghai a-division Renter
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