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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 3, 19

HIGHER THAN CITY ROOFS

Flood Waters Held Back From Catastrophe

LAPPING

LIP OF LEVEE

WASHINGTON, TO-DAY,

FEARS FOR THE SAFE- TY OF CAIRO, ILLINOIS, HAVE AGAIN BEEN AROUSED BY NEWS FROM

THE STRICKEN CITY THAT THE SWOL- LEN RIVER WATERS HAVE NEARLY REACH- -ED THE BRIM OF THE

SEA WALL.

THE FLOOD WATERS

Severe Floods In Palestine

Jerusalem, To-day. Palestine s the latest coun- try suffering from floods.

Recent rains have swollen the rivers and many villages have been inundated. Traffic between Jerusalem and Beersheba has been suspended owing to parts of the road having been suỠ- merged and a bridge washed away.---Reuter.

RETURN OF

ARE THEREFORE LIT- ERALLY HIGHER COLONIES

THAN THE CITY'S ROOF-TOPS.

URGED

Paris, To-day.

If the embankments succeed in holding the river's impending crest it will be a happy augury for the remainder of the Mississippi colonies now under French Valley.

The return of former German

FRANCE SPEEDING

UP BIG-SCALE REARMAMENT

PARIS, TO-DAY.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT FRANCE IS CONSIDER- ABLY INCREASING HER ARMAMENTS EXPENDITURE WAS MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR WAR: M. EDOUARD DALA- DIER. DIRING THE DEBATE ON DEFENCE IN THE CHAM- BER OF DEPUTIES YESTERDAY.

M. Daladier emphasised that France desired peace above everything and in accordance with this policy was prepared to consider any measure that promised the limi- tation of armaments.

The general rearmament of Europe, however, forced France to look to her defences.

EXTENSION OF MAGINOT LINE

that

The

Minister revealed France had at present between 00.000 and 600.000 soldiers, which date is advocated by M. Gustave in his opinion was insufficient. Nearly 1,000,000 have been

Herve, the well-known publicist, forced to evacuate their homes,

He would therefore create a state the Federal Flood Commis writing in "La Victoire," a publicacorns of 15.000 specialists for ser-

tion of which he is director. sion which has started its survey

vice în defence works, as well as M. Herve says that some proof is the institution of training for. of the flood areas at Memphis, Tennessee. This is the greatest needed of France's good neighbourly vouths in preparation for military number of refugees in any disas-relations with Germany.

service and the organisation of in- ter in the country's history.

France, he states, would not have dustry on a war basis. Meanwhile President Roosevelt to humiliate herself by returning

FOUR: YEAR SCHEME is acting with typical energy. the colonies taken from Germany M. Daladier announced that he had His latest step is to invoke the under the pretext that the Reich deranded a vote of nineteen mil- regulation permitting did not deserve to possess them. liard francs for armaments, this the duty-free importation of France has an opportunity of expenditure to be spread over a foreign donations of food, medical taking the initiative which lead to period of four years. The Cabinet.

emergency

Sir Eric Phipps For Paris

London, To-day. Sir Eric Phipps, at present British Ambassador to Berlin, has been appointed Ambassador to Paris.

* He succeeds Sir George Clerk, who is retiring in a few months. -Reuter.

and other supplies to relieve the further, relaxation of the tension in he added, had signified its appro- BRIGHTER

flood sufferers-Reuter.

Europe. Trans-Ocean.

US. SEAMEN'S STRIKE NEARS END

BLUM CALM UNDER PLOT. ALLEGATIONS

"Military Action" Said Menacing Paris

Paris, To-day.

val.

Since an army of 600.000 was in- ARMY AS WELL

adenuate for national defence, the

-

striking power of the French Army AS BIGGER?

would be increased by the creation of armoured car divisions, one light car division already being in exis- tence.

San Francisco, To-day. The maritime strikers who have entirely paralysed American ship- [ping for several months, are

ported to be voting overwhelming-the frontier defences, known as the

re

MAGINOT LINE M. Daladier also demanded

that

New Uniforms For Coronation

London, To-day.

ly in favour of acceptance of the Maginot Line" be extended in New green and blue uniforms terms of settlement, according to hoth directions, to Dunkerque on will be issued to troops of the re- a Union spokesman.

the Belgian coast and to Basle, ingular and Territorial armies taking Shipping offices are busy book-the South.

part in the Coronation parade ir ing passengers and freight on the He declared that owing to the London. assumption that sailings will be industrial troubles the plans of the In making this announcement at resumed on Friday or Saturday.Army had been retarded by three question time in the House of months, but declared that the Commons, the Secretary for War State-owned armament works had said no decision had been reached not gone on strike but had shown regarding the general distribution an increased output.

of new uniforms-British Wire-

An attack was launched in the Reuter. Senate yesterday against the Blum Government by the Right Wing| Senator, M. Gauthert, who in- formed the Government that a Communist plot against the safety of the State was imminent of deve- lopment.

WILLING TO TALK WHEN

Flint, To-day.

A statement that General Motors were willing to open negotiations

The Senator claimed that for a week he had been in possession of full details of the plot, which was ion as soon as the sit-down strik- with the Automobile Workers' Un- a direct contravention of the Franco-Soviet Treaty.

ers had evacuated the factories. was made by Mr. Knaden, Vice The Communists, he alleged, president of the Corporation, to planned military action in Paris, under orders from the Soviet Gov-

|day-Reuter.

ernment.

M. Leon Blum, replying to the attack, said that public order in France was not in a disturbed state. Trans-Ocean.

SHIP ON FIRE IN MARSEILLES

Paris, To-day.

Concluding his speech, the War less. Minister announced that the arma- ments firm of Schneider-Creusot, at present privately owned, was to be taken over by the Government. Trans-Ocean.

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

Paris, To-day

A vote of confidence in the Blum

CAPE FLIGHT ABANDONED

London, To-day. Flying Officer David Llewellyn, Government was passed by the who left Croydon this morning on Chamber of Deputies yesterday by an attempt to set up a new Eng-

505 votes to 186-Trans-Ocean.

WHITE SLAVERY IN FAR EAST

FIRST REPORT BY LEAGUE ON THE

BANDOENG CONFERENCE

Fire has broken out on the steam- now meeting in Java. harbour. The cause of the fire is

Land-Capetown record in a Percival Vega-Gull machine, abandoned the fight at Marseilles on account of adverse weather reports.

He is returning to England and will renew his attempt as soon as a suitable opportunity occurs British Wireless.

Geneva, To-day. Commission which investigated White slavery is the main point conditions in the Far East in 1930.

EXCHEQUER DEFICIT in a report published to-day by the to 1981.

London, To-day. League of Nations from the East The report states that the white. Exchequer returns show that Asiatic Central Committee which is slave trade is still carried on to a total ordinary revenue amounts to considerable extent, the largest £565,174,741, compared with £556,- The British Empire. the United percentage of victims being in the 566,538 at the corresponding date er "Navarre,” lying in Marseilles States, France, China, Indie, traffic in European women to the last year. Total ordinary expen- Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Orient, though this has been dediture is £642,786,995, compared and Siam are represented on the creasing steadily-Trans-Ocean. with £616,825,518 at the committee, which is working upon Mr. B. A C. North is represent-ponding date of 1936 British the basis established by the League ing Hong Kong at the Conference. Wireless.

not known.

The ship had been chartered from

French company by the Valencia Government.

Ocean.

Corres-