THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 2, 1937.
EUROPEAN CRISIS WANES
Almeira Shelling Excitement Dying Down
Non-Intervention Still Applicable To Germany
Britain's Peace Efforts
London, To-day.
BRITISH
PROTEST ON BOMBING
London, To-day.
It is announced here that the British Charge d'Affaires has lodg- ed a protest with the Valencia Gov-
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE AND THE CRISIS
DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
London, To-day.
ernment against the bombing at At a meeting of the principal Port Palma de Majorca by Spanish delegates to the Imperial Confer- Red airmen, last Wednesday (Mayence yesterday, with Mr. Chamber- 26), when a bomb fell only 60 feet lain in the chair, the Foreign from the destroyer H.M.S. Hardy, Secretary, after briefly referring to while another bomb fell on the Italian the recent meeting of the Council ship Barletta, killing six officers. of the League, gave an account of
It is added that the Charge the present situationäin Spain.
The conference then resumed its British Government's satisfaction general review of the international
Confidence grows rapidly that the critical situation created by the Deutschland incident and the German bombardment of Almeira will not now d'Affaires has likewise expressed the be aggravated. Berlin has made it clear that no that the Valencia Government have situation which had been suspend- further reprisals are contemplated, and while a in the meanwhile, established a seed owing to Mr. Eden's absence in message from Rome ‘announces that the Italian curity zone in the port of Palma. Navy Review off Naples which was to take place yesterday was postponed owing to the Spanish situation, the decision is not regarded as of serious import.
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Trans-Ocean.
BETTER NEWS
Britain and France are collaborating in an endeavour persuade Germany and Italy to re-
closely
to
Geneva. The principal delegates will meet again to-morrow morn- ing British Wireless
SINKING OF CIUDAD DE BARCELONA
Mine Not Torpedo According To Rebels
Fourteen warships and other naval craft were turn to the counsels of the Non-In- concentrated at Naples for the review, but there is tervention Committee and the con- trol scheme, and any agreed sug- no information that they have been given any spe-gestion, such as an extension of cial orders.
safety zones for patrolling war-
Saint Jean de Luz, To-day. ships, will immediately be convey- The Spanish cargo steamer, the ed to the dissident Powers by Mr. Ciudad
de Barcelona, which as already reported, sankoff Melirat, Anthony Eden.
Meanwhile, it is understood thon the coast of Catalonia, struck a
Britain is taking a prominent part in efforts to re-establish the situation and has ascertained from Germany and Italy that they still hold them selves bound by the non-intervention agreement while refusing to participate in naval measures for control. Reuter and Trans-Ocean.
MR. EDEN'S BID FOR PEACE Moderation Demarches
London, To-day.
a
course of conveying informally to both the Spanish and German Am- bassadors his personal hope that the incident would be * peacefully adjusted.— Reuter.•
Another Deutschland Victim Dead
London, To-day. -
the German and Italian viewpoi mine according to despatches receiv- is that they still adhere to the non-ed here from the Nationalist head- intervention agreement, while with-quarters: drawing from the sea control scheme It will be recalled that the Catalan and the news from Paris, Rome and Government alleged that the steamer Berlin reflects considerable relaxa- had been torpedoed by an tion of tension. Reuter.
submarine.Trans-Ocean.
MR EDEN'S SURVEY IN COMMONS
Efforts To Restore Situation
Important diplomatic parleys took place between the Govern- ments and powers throughout
London, To-day. yesterday, the British Govern- It is announced by the Air Minis- The Foreign Secretary again ment, according to well-informed try that four Army nurses are to made a statement in the Commons circles here, urging all other par-be flown to Gibraltar in two sea- yesterday on the situation arising ties concerned to show a modera-planes to-day in order to assist. in from the bombing of the Deutsch- tion in their actions.
nursing the German sailors now land
He said the German Government The parleys now in progress are lying in the military hospital.
Another member of the crew of had decided to take no further part being conducted above all with
which the Deutschland, who had died in the naval patrol of the Spanish view to deciding measures
from the effects of the injuries coasts or in discussions of the will effectively prevent a recur- rence of such incidents as the bom-received during the bombing of the
battleship, was buried with mili- non-intervention committee so long bardment of the German battleship tary honours in Gibraltar yester- Deutschland. The negotiations, day afternoon. The Governor was however, are also intended to clari-represented at the funeral service. fy the situation which has arisen -Trans-Ocean. owing to Germany's and Italy's tem- porary non-participation in the ap plication of the control plan.
Political quarters here take the view that the calling of control ships at Spanish ports is a per- fectly legitimate measure.
It is pointed out that the British warships engaged in control like- wise called at various Spanish ports on several occasions Trans-Ocean.
ANGLO-FRENCH · COLLABORATION
More Optimistic
Feelings
ment.
Italian
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Mr. Cordell Hull's
Unusual Stepnes
sitting Captain Euan Wallace in the ab- their deep regret at the decision soothing effects in this way gently in- sence of Lord Plymouth, are being taken by the German and Italian dücing sound natural sleep from which directed towards finding a means to Governments. They will continue the child awakens bright, refreshed,
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British Wireless. who took the 'somewhat unusual sent difficulties will be found.
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