1937-02-10 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 10, 1937.

A new picture of the Royal Family, the King and Queen, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Mar- garet Rose, photographed in London. Princess Elizabeth attended the christening of her new con- sin, the infant daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, yesterday.

EXPLORATORY TALKS

ON COLONIES

Limited Scope of Proposed

Halifax-Ribbentrop Meeting

LONDON RUMOURS DEPRECATED

BY GOVERNMENT

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA. MAIL”)

LONDON, TO-DAY.

GERMAN DEMANDS

"HARMFUL AND OBSTRUCTIVE" IS HOW POLITICAL QUARTERS HERE DESCRIBE NEWS ITEMS THAT ARE BE- ING PUBLISHED HÈRE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRO- BLEM OF RETURN OF THE GERMAN COLONIES.

Responsible circles have con-colonial question with a definite sidered it necessary now to come formulated peace programme. out with a categorical denial of à

and The impression created here is. report that Great Britain France are consulting each other that London is mostly interested at in regard to the attitude to be the moment in getting to know the adopted on the colonial question. full nature of the German demands Furthermore, it is strongly denied and is expecting to gain that in- that Britain has the intention of formation at the meetings arranged linking up all negotiations over the between the German Ambassador, Herr von Ribbentrop, and Lord Halifax, who is in temporary charge of the Foreign Office Trans-Ocean.

TEST FOR NEW AIR ENGINE

Hawker Hart Bomber In Canada

A Hawker Hart bomber, fitted with the Perseus sleeve-valve engine, has been sent to Canada to test the be haviour of a new air engine in ex- tremely low temperature. It will be flown at Ottawa, piloted by the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Similar tests have beer held ore- viously for the Air Ministry with

LORD HALIFAX'S APPEAL

Oxford University

Funds

London, To-day.

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Odd Shillings Make £196,000

London, To-day.

The King George V National Memorial Fund has now reached the sum of £533,000, while gifts

of land total over £1,000,000.

The novel proposal that bank customers direct their bank to de- vote the odd shillings and pence of their balances to the Fund on a specified date, has already produced the sum of £196,000.— Reuter.

ASSISTANT

WAR COMMISSAR ARRESTED

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”).

Moscow, To-day

LIBERTY OF THOUGHT

Disillusionment In The World

LORD HALIFAX AND OXFORD

London, To-day.

Lord Halifax, as Chancellor of Oxford University, spoke at a City dinner last night On an appeal launched to all English-speaking peoples for funds to meet the press- ing needs of the University if it is to meet the challenge of the twen- tieth century in a manner worthy of its past.

In respect of humane studies, the requirements include extensions of the Bedleian Library and the Ash- molean Museum and increased pro- vision for social studies. In natural science new research labora- tories of various kinds are among the first needs.

Lord Nuffield, who has given |$2,000,000 to medical development jat Oxford, has contributed the first £100,000 in response to the new ap- peal.

Lord Halifax spoke of England's and the world's debt to Oxford and said, "To-day there is a new call to the universities. For this age, dis- illusioned by the folly of war and seeking relief from its exhaus- tion, is launching fresh threats against the true liberty of thought which it has been the business of the universities to promote, and which under all conditions it must be their business to maintain.

"They have now not only to di- rect the progress of civilisation but to defend it."-British Wireless.

MILITARY MEN

ASSEMBLING

AT NANKING

Gen. Yu Going From Kwangtung

Canton, To-day. General Yu Hon-mow, Pacificz- tion Commissioner for Kwangtung, is leaving for Nanking to-day to at- tend the third plenary session of the Kuomintang. General Hiang Han-ping, Vice Commander-in-chief of the 4th Route Army, will take charge of military affairs in the province during General Yu's ab-

sence.

It is learned that Mr. Huang Ko- taai, Governor of Kwangsi, is also going to Nanking to day, but the.. Kwangai military leaders, General The Assistant Commissar for La Chung-jen and Pei Chung-hai, War has been arrested, according will not attend.

Military leaders who will be in to reports here, which are not den-

the capital in the next few days ied by the Kremlin.

Meanwhile it is stated that the include General Han Fu-chu, GoT- political bureau of the Communist ernor of Shantung, General Ho Party has obtained the Govern Cheng-chuan, Director of the Han- ment's approval to a thorough kow Headquarters, General Sung purge, even of Red Army officers, Chi-yuan, Chairman of the Hopei if their hostility to Stalin can be Chahar Political Council, General Sheng Chan, Governor of Honan proved.

General Huang Shap-hung, Governor of Hupei The Generalis-

Among those on the "black list" and are said to be the commander of

Oxford University has already the military forces in the Ukraine Simo went to Shanghai from Hang-

received over £250,000 towards the

different engines some air-cooled appeal for £1,000,000 made by the and the political chief of the same

some liquid-cooled. They are-con- Chancellor, Lord Halifax- sidered vital to the interests of ser- The Rhodes Trustees have pro vice called on to operate in various parts of the world. Other tests mised the sum of £100,000 to in- being held in tropical countries.” crease the facilities for research at

In the production of a practical the University available for Bhodes sleeve valve engine the British sireraft industry has led the world

Scholars-Renter

districtTrans-Ocean.

chow yesterday with Madame Chiang, and he will go to officiate at the session himself on February 15.

Our Own Correspondent.

The Leberecht Maass, the first of a

dest vers claimed to be A definite tendency towards earlier modern construction, has and even juvenile marriages is reveal- ed the latest statistics for Germany,