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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 19, 1987.

BRITISH HOPE OF NEW-

LOCARNO

TRIUMPHANT

VOTE ON ARMS PLAN

CALEDONIA'S

RECORD FLIGHT

London, To-day.

A non-stop flight of 2,500 miles several hundreds of miles greater than the Atlantic crossing from Ire

Labour Holds Seat

London, To-day. Labour yesterday retained their land to Newfoundland was made seat in the Gorton division of Man- yesterday by the Empire firingboat chester, when Captain Wedgwood Caledonia

Benn was returned in the bye-elec- The Caledonia left Southampton tion there with a majority of 4,758 at 4.15 am. and wirelessed that over his Conservative opponent she was approaching Alexandria at

The final figures were:

4.45 p.m. She arrived there at 5.50, p.m.

After vigorous Labour speeches in a debate lasting two days, the House of Commons yesterday carried the defence loan resolution, calling for ex- The giant flying-boat is specially

Capt. Wedgwood Benn (Lab) 12,849 Mr. A. C. M. Spearman (Con) 13,091

penditure of £1,500,000,000 in five years on arma-equipped for Atlantic and other The Labour majority at the gen- ments, by 329 votes to 145.

co-opera-

long-distance flights. Beuter.

was broken and we were member?” of it, we might find ourselves sud- denly opposed to a first-class mili- tary and air power in Europe.

SAFETY FIRST Britain had possessions overseas be able to look after itself on the and interest in the East, and must

sea and yet be able to look after itself if disaster should come fur- ther afield.

eral election was 4,206.-Reuter.

MOTOR STRIKE TROUBLES Begin All Over Again

St. Louis, To-day. Harassed Department of Labour officials now have yet another worry on their hands.

·

Labour speakers were promin-was an indispensable means to our ent during yesterday's continua-objective, which remained the nego- tion of the debate, the out-tiation of a European settlement standing speech for the Opposi-and strengthening of the authority tion "being made by Mr. A. V. of the League of Nations. Alexander, former First Lord of "We are, prepared to co-operate in the common work of political ap the Admiralty.

Labour, he said, is willing to vote peasement and economic any amount which might be requir-tion" (Lond cheers)-Reuter. ed for the collective security. .... sys- *NO PEACE POLICY

Yesterday employees of the Gen- ter under the auspices of the League, Mr. Geoffrey Mander intimated of Nations but is emphatically op- that the Opposition Liberals would lective security when she was not which employers over 1,500 men, be- For Britain to enter into any col-feral Motors Fisher body plant here, posed to any attempt to initiate an vote against the loan, while Major in a position to pull her full weight gan a sit-down strike. egotistic nationalistic policy.

Attlee, the Labour leader, declared with other countries, or to defend Mr. Alexander warned the Gov- that the Government had absolutely herself satisfactorily would be apathy ernment that by the armament no peace policy and were merely most dangerous thing. Ican of £400,000,000 the standard piling up armaments and contem- of living of the British nation plating war as a certainty. would be appreciably lowered for an entire generation. In his

opinion the rearmament programme could be carried out at

a much lower cost.

It was to avoid that that these Mr. Stanley Baldwin winding up

proposals were made. the debate for the Government,

"It is for the safety of ourselves again emphasised that the sole ob-and our people that to-night we are ject of the arms expenditure was going into the lobby"-Reuter. to bring up Britain's forces to the standard necessary to insure the safety of the Empire and enable us to The Premier, he stated, had de-play a part in securing the peace of ceived the electorate in 1935, since the world. he failed to say any word at that time that he intended to spend £1,500,000,000 during the next five

year.

ELECTORATE DECEIVED

MARGIN OF SAFETY

FINANCE ISSUE

He believed the country was able to finance the defence programme without risks to the social services and without affecting the standard of living any more than it might be The debate was opened this morn-affected from time to time by the ing by Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister rise and fall in commodities. for the Co-ordination of Defence. He urged that the proposals should Sir Thomas said "You can never be regarded in the light of Mr. An- calculate safety on a narrow mar-thony Eden's recent speech in which gin. Ultimately the task of any he said that British armaments government will be that of making would never be used for aggression certain that no foreign foe will pre- but for defence of the Empire and vail over us.”.

victims of aggression.

Great Britain's unassailable credit, he said, was an invaluable asset.

DOMINION POLICY Deprecating. the Opposition re- ferences to the policy of the Do minions Governments, Sir Thomas added that this year we shall enjoy to the full measure a conference with Dominions representatives.

HOPE NOT ABANDONED Mr. Baldwin said that the object of all parties in the country was to maintain peace. The Government had done its best to build it up through the League. If it failed they could not accept its failure.

Finally, they had in no way ab- andoned hopes and their object of "Let them speak through their maintaining peace, and were devot- accredited representatives in their ing their efforts to bring it about by own way and do not embroil them a pact to replace the old Locarno in our commitments.”

Pact with the old Locarno Powers. Replying to an Opposition sug-

REGIONAL PACT gestion that Britain was being ask Mr. Baldwin stated the opinion ed to pay for Dominions defence, that it might well be that in the Sir Thomas said "We ask this coun- immediate future the most hopeful try to pay for the colonies and de-prospect was the prospect of a re- pendencies and those parts of the gional pact.

Empire for which we are respon- One of the most cogent causes of sible, and on which we depend forfunrest

much of our TEW

DOMINIONS ACTIVE

"The Dominions

the value of their

Britain and

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two or

lack of bligations and he

dave

Mr. J. A. Bata, head of the well-known firm of shoe manu- facturers who is on a fight to the Far East, has arrived in Hanoi. Subject to permission from the local authorities, he will arrive in the Colony this afternoon or to-morrow.

The strike was started in sym- with similar action by seventy Union men in the parts de- partment of the Chevrolet (General Motors) plant-Reuter.

St. Louis, Later: “--- The Fisher sit-down strike has been settled and the men are expected to resume work to- day. Reuter.

SKIRT PARACHUTE

A woman who tried to commit sui- cide by jumping from the top of hospital in Nish was saved by her skirt, which billowed out like a 'chute and broke her fall.

Under the distinguished Patronage of

H.E. The Governor

In Aid of

SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

and

DEAF SCHOOL, KOWLOON

ELIJAH

(Mendelssohn)

by

HONG KONG SINGERS

with ORCHESTRA

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ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

TUESDAY

23rd February

at 9 pm

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