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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1937.

HOLLAND DENIES NEED FOR ANY AGREEMENT

RECENT GERMAN INVIOLABILITY OFFER DISCUSSED

(SPECIAL TO THE "CHINA MAIL”)

The Hague, To-day.

The Netherlands Government is not prepared to conclude an agreement with any foreign Power over the inviolability of Dutch sovereignty.

So declared the Netherlands Foreign Minister, Jonkheer A. de Graaf, in a speech to the Cham- ber on Saturday in reply to Ger- many's offer for a guarantee of the Netherlands' territorial in- tegrity.

The Minister declared that the Netherlands was fully conscious of the good intentions which, found expression in the German offer but the Government was not prepared to conclude an agreement.

Clarification Sought Dutch sovereignty, he declared, is a question which is not a fitting subject for a treaty to which the Dutch people would be. asked to give their assent.

The statement was made in reply to an interpolation by a Deputy, who asked for clarification of the Dutch attitude.

SPACING OUT THE AIR!

To Remove Collision Risks

Three thousand miles of American air routes are now governed as strict- ly as railways by "safety first” re- gulations just drawn up under Govern- ment supervision..

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The new code aims at removing all collision, risks.

'Planes flying east must cruise at "odd" height levels 1,000, 3,000 5,000 feet West-bound machines must fly at "even" heights-2,000, 4,000 feet, and so on.

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Aircraft that have to change height Pilots must get radio permission. must fly on the right-hand side the radio beams linking air-ports. Jonkheer de Graaf further stat- If their route cuts across another ed that the Netherlands Govern-airway they must climb 500 feet to a ment had put itself in touch with height between that used by normal Berlin for the purpose of inform-traffic in either direction, and keep

that height four minutes before ing itself on the nature of the Ger-

after crossing. man offer.

Hitler Speech

and

Incoming planes must radio air- vorts for landing instructions ten min- as-utes before arriving.

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The Government, he declared, sociated the words of Herr Hitler in his Reichstag speech, when stated Germany's readiness to guar- antee Dutch and Belgian inviola- bility, with the Chancellor's com munication in March last year.

On that occasion Herr Hitler de- clared Germany was prepared to conclude a non-aggression pact with Belgium and France, Great Britain and Italy being possible which the guarantors, and in Netherlands could participate.

The German Government had

Croydon, main British centre of international traffic, has no power to dictate to airline pilots in flight, can only advise them. Pilots must make their own decisions.

GAS MASKS IN COURT

Worn By Bow Street Magistrates

Mr.

confirmed this interpretation, he Mr. Reginald McKenna and stated, and added that Herr Hitler's John Harrison, the Metropolitan speech in the Reichstag should be magistrates, sat on the Bench at Bow- looked upon as an offer both in the street Police Court recently wearing event of creation of a new Western gas masks. Pact and in the event of some other arrangement should the materialise.Trans-Ocean.

In the well of the court were all the officials from Bow-street and Clerken- Pact not well Police Courts, and they —— 47 all told also wore gas masks.

QUEEN MARY FIRE

No Serious Damage

London, To-day.

No serious damage resulted from the fire, which broke out in the smoking saloon of the giant Cunar- der “Queen Mary on Friday night, and she will sail for New York on Wednesday as scheduled.

It is learned in Glasgow that con- struction of the new Cunarder may be held up by the shortage of steel

-Trans-Ocean.

SKI-ING CHAMPIONSHIP

Chamonix, To-day France won the men's down hill ski-ing championship in the Winter Sports meeting here on Saturday:

The race took place in a snow- storm with the result that there were many falls, though none of the entrants was seriously injured Trans-Ocean

had

The magistrates and officials listened to a lecture by a police in- structor, telling of the various gases, the dangers of them, and their effect on human beings and on clothing, food, and other materials.

Then the instructor, told them how he to adjust the gas-masks, though added, half-apologetically: **Some of you probably know as much about gas as I do, having served in the war.".

As a matter of fact, about half of the officials had served in France and experienced gas attacks.

This was the first of a series of demonstrations organised by the Home Office Air Raids Precautions Depart ment.

Seaplanes of the Croif du Sud type have been provisionally withdrawn from the Air France, South Atlantic line following the disappearance. some weeks ago of the machine flown by the famous pilot Mermoz

The Australian Government has is- saed & regulation prombition the im- portation into Australia of all foreign goods bearing royal emblems or any other marks making them suitable for use as Coronation souvenirs.