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Ogpu Agents Believed Responsible: Victim

A Friend Of Sokolnikoff)

DAILY EXPRESS ON RIDDLE

OF MOSCOW CONFESSIONS

PARIS, TO-DAY.

A HUGE SENSATION HAS BEEN CAUSED HERE BY THE ASSASSINATION OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMIC EX- PERT, DIMITRI NAVACHIN, WHO WAS SHOT BY UN- KNOWN PERSONS WHILE WALKING IN THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE YESTERDAY.

It is not known whether political motives were behind the murder, though several factors point to this being the case.

Navachin, who has resided in Paris for some time, played an important role in relations between France and Russia and was generally regarded as a staunch member of the Soviet Party.

DISTINGUISHED ARMY LEADER

ARRIVINGTMTM

Recently, however, he sever- ed all connections with the

Soviet Embassy in Paris and

associated himself with the large White Russian colony For political exiles in the French

capital

· The "Temps" asserts that

COLONEL OF ROYAL Navachin was an intimate

ULSTER RIFLES

PROGRAMME FOR RECEPTION

General Sir Alexander J. God-1 ley, G.CB., KCMG. Colonel- in-Chief of the Royal Ulster Rifles, is paying a visit to the Colony and the 1st Battalion here next month.

He will be accompanied during

ULTIMATUM TO SHENSI REBELS

NANKING GROWS

IMPATIENT

NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS

Premier To Resign After Coronation

London, To-day.

The Prime Minister, Mr. -Stanley Baldwin, still adheres... to his intention to resign after the Coronation, states the "Daily Telegraph,” denying rumours that the veteran Con- servative leader will not relin- quish his post.

Mr. Baldwin, adds the paper, will recommend the Chancellor of the Bochequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, as his succesSOT, -----Trans-Oceani

Shanghai, To-day. An ultimatum has been pre- sented to the Shenisi rebels by the Central Government, ac- cording to reliable Chinese reÁTIKLIKLARISATIONALENALZATETTMÁLEZEYLARIYLIK ports.

The ultimatum gives Ger- GERMANY STILL eral Yang Hu-chen until noon

on Thursday to accept or re- DISCUSSING

ject Nanking's terms.

The action follows the reported BLUM SPEECH

extension of the truce at the re- quest of General Yang, who is ex-

President Manuel Quezon, chief executive of the Government -of the Philippines, photographed in Hong Kong yesterday on his way to Government House where he leached informally with HE the Govizor. President Quezon left to-day in the Empress of Canada: for Westinghausting the patience of the Go

ton, where he will discuss new trade agreements between the Philip- pines and the United States

Lord Nuffield In Arms

Londen, Today. Another firm has entered the armameris feld in the shape of Nuffield Mechanisation. Limited, a private concern headed by the automobile mag- - mate, Lord Wüfield

The firm has c nominal -capital of £250,000;—Frana

Ocexton

friend of M. Sokolnikoff, former, UmanentLEMENTEERTREETDONOSTIAKASTIETOLESTEROLINESTRENA Soviet Ambassador to Britain,

erament.

Hope of peace at present rests on the result of the negotiations] between the representatives of

[FULL TEXT General Kue Tsu-tung, the newly-

OF GERMANY'S

REPLY

CONCILIATOWY ATTITUDE

Berlin, To-day. The long-awaited. German reply to the British Note the question of non-interven-

and M. Ofpjatakoff, both of EIGHTY DEAD IN on in Spain was handed to the

whom are among the accused in

:

the sensational "mass trial" US. FLOOD Trans-Ocean.

now proceeding in Moscow.

DRUGGED ACCUSED?

London, To-day,

The extreme obligingness of

DISASTER

Washington, To-day.

appointed Commander-in-Chief of ¡the Government troops in the (north-west, and a delegate from Sianfu, who are meeting at Tang- kwan.

INCLINED TO BE

SCEPTICAL

BUT DESIROUS OF RAPPROCHEMENT

$100,000 BAIL DEMANDED

JAPANESE HELD ON

DRUG CHARGES

A serious drug case, in which a Japanese subject, K. Itabashi, is accused of unlaw- ful possession of 45 pounds of heroin, suficient for manufac- turing 18,000,000 pills; and, of importing dangerous drugs: into the Colony, will commence on Monday, February 1, at 2.15 pra.

The case is for committal.

Appearing before Mr. E. Keer this morning, accused was allow- led bail of $100,000, while Wang Sheng-shen, who was charged with similar offences, was allow led bail of $20,000.

On behalf of the Japanese ac- cased, Mr. Elin Shing-lo applied for the amount to be reduced, stating that it was excessive and Jamounted practically to "no bail". His client was arrested on Jan- uary 4, and had been in custody ever since.

-

the

The Assistant Crown Solicitor, Berlin, To-day. Mr. J. P. Murphy, stated that the An element of criticism apesse involved one of the most ser- pears to have been substituted ions local heroin seizures, for DISSENSION AMONG REBELS for the earlier feelings of which the maximman sentence was Meanwhile, the Chinese press satisfaction in Germany at the imprisonment for 10 years with reports dissensions among the re-speech delivered by the French hard labour, in addition to a fine 1bels over the question of com- Premier, M. Leon Blam, on of $10,000. Considering

munism, which threatens to split Sunday.

amount of profit the accred both the forces of General-Yang The latest reaction to the speech sen har me if he had not Ho-chen and Chang Hanch-liang's comes from the semi-official organ been arrested the bail was not former troops into two camps,” Deutsch Diplomische Politische excessive.

Opposition to communism is re- Korrespondenz.”

The Assistant Crown Solicitor ported to be particularly strong

While admitting that the man-concluded that it was quite pro- among the forces of the "Young ner in which M. Blum dealt with bable that the accused might jump Marshal-Reuter,

Franco-German relations was bis bail. carefully calculated not to give offence to Germany, the paper points out that there is still al great divergence of opinion be {tween the two countries regarding the methods to be chosen to bring

economic about peace and covery.

British Ambassador in Berlin,]": Sir Eric Phipps, yesterday morning.

The full text of the reply, which |

INVESTMENTS IN UNITED STATES

is practically identical with the Interesting Figures

Italian Note, also presented yes- terday, is as follows:-'

1 The German Government

Supplied

London, Today.

million

ACTIONS" AND WORDS

Te-

The arguments outlined by the

OMNIBUSES FOR MADRID

For Evacuation Of Civilians

London, To-day.

called in the

Attention was

the accused in the Moscow Fatalities in the flood disas trial, their willingness to admit ter in the Ohio and Mississippi notes with gratification that in. It was stated in reply to a Par- every indictment and their ten-River valleys have now in the opinion of the British Govern-ismentary question that stimates French Premier appear to clash House of Commons to the report the visit by Lady Godley.

dency even to compete with creased to 80.

ment the Powers chiefly concert recently compiled by the United Fourteen were drowned at ed are now agreed as

to some extent with the policy ac-of the health organisation of the A special programme has been each other in confessing trea drawn up by Lieut. Colonel P. Msonable activities, is the sub Ripley, Tennessee, when

to the States Department of Commerce tually pursued by France. No-one League of Nations that 200 motor a necessity of immediate measures showed that at 31st December can, assert that France's relations omnibuses are · Rodwell, commanding the 1st ject of much comment and spe-house in which they were tak for the prevention of the inflow of 1985, investments in United States with all European powers are bas Spanish Government to assist in needed by the ing refuge, toppled over and volunteers into Spain, and that by Britain stood at 1,374 million for France has concluded, or at-lation in Madrid Batt., for the entertainment of the enlation in the London press.. - distinguished visitor.

The "Daily Express declares hurled the victims into the food moreover an agreement in prin-dollars; by France 252

ed on the principle of collectivism the evacuation of the civil popu-

Sir Alexander will arrive in the that.observers at the trial were women and three chil- should be taken simultaneously on

ciple exists that these measures dollars, and by Canada, 1.006 mil-tempted to conclude, innumerable Lord Cranborne.Under-Secre- P. and 0. 5.5. Naldera on Wednes- of the impression that accused Three day, February 17, and will be re-had been hypnotised or drug-dren were drowned when a res by all the participating Powers, Germany were not known separate powers.

Tavestments by Italy and 2greements directly with other tary of Foreign Affairs, tald he understood the request of Spanish ceived by a Guard of Honour at ged, as the appeared to be cue boat capsised at Pepanto, that the whole problem of indirect 1

After pointing out that some of Government was, an the agenda of. without any strength of will Arkansas. Reuter

forms of intervention in Spain

Between the date mentioned and At 6 p.m., the Band and Bugles and were "merely marionettes.”

these agreements unlike simi-the present council session. No

will sound the Retreat at Sham-

As the toll of death and misery that there be established

should be actively pursued and September 30, 1536, Britain and lar agreements which have been difficulty would be placed in the Admitting that such statements

concluded by Germany - shuipo Campy-after which there may sound fantastic, the

is mounting in the Ohio Valley, effective system of control.

can way of the purchase here of an invested an additional 86 million hardly be said not to be directed omnibuses for this paper

dollars, France 21 million, and

purpose will be a cocktail party at the Of nevertheless fails to see any other fears are expressed that the great-

British Wireless. Canada 16 million. explanation of why people who, a est bood in the history of the Mis- “GERMAN OFFER

the docks at 9 a.m.

ficers' Mess.

....

Memphis (Tennessee), To-dzy.

A general inspection next day short time ago, were main figures sissippi River will inevitably, for will be notable for the presenta in Russian political circles, are low tion of Long Service and Good willing to give such fatal evidence Conduct Medals. General Godley against themselves. will-visit the Sergeants' Mess and

the Institutes at 11 am

ANOTHER ASPECT

This would be tantamount to Italy and Germany had, on bal Me falfilment of those conditions on $1,400,000 and $1,810,000 respec- ance, sold securities to the value of Colonel Eugene Reybold, district which the German Government, intively in the latter period.-British chief engineer, to-day predicted its note of Jan. 7, based its wil-wireless. that a super-hood was now on the lingness to put into operation the way there.

measures to be adopted. A

"There will be 55 feet of water

2. In these circumstances, the

German Government has already

In the evening, the ladies of the Viewing the trial from another regiment will give a cocktail party aspect, the "Daily Telegraph in Memphis," he predicted, "be reception

to Lady Godles, and states the opinion that it is

2 fore the water now in sight from prepared legislation which would dinner will be taken at the answer to the anti-Communistic Obie mozes out " Officers' Mess.

pact recently signed by Germany

forbid, and threaten with punish-

IRELAND AND. THE EMPIRE

-London, To-day,

Fram Columbus, Ohio, it is learn-ment, the entry into Spain of Ger- Asked whether the claim of the On Friday, Sir Alexander and and Japan, and is merely, an in-ed that 850 troops have been or Lady Godley will dine at Flagstaf direct method of attack on these nered to Louisville, Kentucky House, on Saturday, February 20, two countries.

where martial law has been de-l

they will attend the races

Explaining this attitude, the clared in order to combat panie dine at Government House, on paper says that it is scarcely po and pestilence – Renter Sunday a trip will be made into the sible to believe that these seven- New Territories for the Fanling teen accused conspired to cede the Hunt, and on Monday, February Soviet Ukraine to Germany and 22, General Godley will pay a visit the entire Soviet possessions in the Far East, incinding Vladivo

to Canton.

LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST

The Royal Observatory reports The distinguished visitors will stok, to Japan, merely out of hate that a string anti-cyclone covers leave on Tuesday, February 23 for Stalin and a desire for per- Chine, Manchuria and the ad-

BRILLIANT CAREER ⠀ sonal power.

jacent seas. Forecast:N.E. General Godley was in com-

The article also prints out that winds, moderate to fresh, fair mand of an Army Corps in it is curious that although nine France, Belgium and Germany of the accused are Jews, they had during the years 1916-19, was conspired to make a part of their Commander - In « Chief – British country a Nazi colony.

MCC MATCH DRAWE

Adelaide. To-day

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TURKO-GERMAN RELATIONS

Goering Visit To Angora Demed

Berlin, To-day. Political quarters in Berlin the rumour, pablishe newspapers "abroad; Hermann Goe

mier

Government of the Irish Free State to be a republic as regarded to- ternal affairs and a Dominion as regarded extemal affairs, was re- cognised by Eis Majesty's Govern- {ment in the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister said to-day that the question and effect of recent Irish Free State legislation on that country's relation to the British Commonwealth of Nations was now under, sideration and until the wwws.complete no state- made-British

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