1937-06-23 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1937.

NEW

SITUATION

CREATED

Grave View TakenInLondonOfFour-PowerBreakdown

SEIZURE OF

OF SHIPS, AND BLOCKADE DEMANDED

London, To-day.

"Great Britain has no intention of joining any ⠀⠀ naval demonstrations off Valencia in connection with the Leipzig torpedo incident."

So declared the Foreign Secretary, Mr. An- thony Eden, in the House of Commons yesterday, following a suggestion made in authoritative quar ters in Berlin for confiscation of merchantmen, blockade of harbours and naval demonstrations as

British Rights

In China

London, To-day.

for

"No negotiations are contem- plated or are proceeding abandonment of British terri- torial jurisdiction in China.”

So declared Viscount Cran- borne, Under-Secretary for For- eign Affairs, replying in the House of Commons for Mr. An- thony Eden yesterday to a ques- tion from Mr. Geoffrey Man- der (Liberal, Wolverhampton East.)-Reuter,

penalties for the Spanish attempts to damage pa- FILM CONTROL

trol warships.

IN BERLIN A SPOKESMAN TOLD REUTER'S CORRESPON- DENT: "THE ATTACK ON THE DEUTSCHLAND HAS MADE US SENSITIVE AND WE REGRET THAT OUR INDIGNATION ABOUT THE LEIPZIG WAS NOT TAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS IT OUGHT TO BE.

IN ITALY

Rome, To-day.

A decree, prohibiting the display of films over a length of 500 me

KNAPSACK TELLS GRIM TALE

Berlin, To-day. Additional details are pub- lished by the Berlin news- papers of the disaster to the German Nanga Parbat climb- ing expedition, contained in telegrams from Srinagar.__

:

It now appears that Lieutenant Smart, of the Indian Army, who acted as liaison officer, left the actual climbing party last week at Camp Four to bring down some sick porters.

Lieutenant Smart relieved Dr Ulrich Luft, a member of the Ger man party, at the base camp, and Dr. Luft, arriving at Camp Four last Friday, found it covered by an ice avalanche.

NO TRACE.

He found three knapsacks but no trace of the mountaineers.

Further details are expected only Indian Army, who has started on a after Colonel Kirkbridge, of the

relief expedition from Gilgit, has into Italian in some foreign coun-

returned. try, has been issued in the Italian Herr. Paul Bauer, who was one Official Gazette, within the frame-of the organisers of the expedition, work of the legislature providing for will leave Munich by plane for a protection of the Italian film in-India for further investigation of exact dustry.

the catastrophe, to-morrow.

"The Reds must be made to immediate proof of the solidarity tres which have been synchronised understand that they will not of the four Powers. only be punished for repetition of the incident but that their military position will be effective- ly weakened."

NEW SITUATION

Failure to reach an agreement creates a new situation, the nature of which will depend on The synchronisation of foreign whatever unilateral action Germany films, which, accordingly must, in decides to take. in

future, always be undertaken

After announcing Britain's reac- tion to this proposal, Mr. Eden opined that the principal cause of the unsatisfactory situation Spain was the presence of Spanish nationals among the com- batants.

non-

agreement.

Fritz Bechthold, one of the sur- He will be accompanied by Herr

in vivors of the 1934 Nanga Parbat It is hoped this will not involve Italy is-as far as the display is expedition, and Dr. von Trauss, who denunciation of the four-Power permitted by the Italian Ministry attempted to scale Nanga Parbat in

for Public Instruction-subject to a 1929. Trans-Ocean. The Government had placed its in this instance the

It is pointed out that although tax of 25,000 Lires in case of films

consultations services at the disposal of the have failed, the machinery

up to a length of 1,000 metres and non-intervention committee in tablished under the June 12 agree-films.

of 50,000 Lires in case of longer order to expedite the withdrawal ment still holds good for future in-tax free.-Trans-Ocean.

Films under 500 metres are of foreign combatants.

cidents.

NEGOTIATIONS BREAK DOWN.

SALAMANCA RESPONSE

es-

Meanwhile it is understood that The authorities at Salamanca, in the negotiations between Britain, response to a communique from France, Germany and Italy regard- the British Government on behalf ing the Leipzig incident have been of the four Powers engaged in pa- broken off.

trol work, indicate that they will

A communique issued by the give guarantees for the complete Foreign Office states that at yester-safety of warships of the four day's meeting of the four Powers Powers patrolling the high geas it was unfortunately found impos-and elsewhere. sible to reach an agreement on the They are also prepared to indi- measures which should be adopted. cate safety zones in Government On the one hand, it was con- ports, where warships will be free sidered that while the proposals of accidental attack, says, a commu- should frankly be examined for nique issued by the Foreign Office.| increasing the security of the Hitherto no reply has been ships of the four Powers on pa-ceived from the Valencia Govern- trol, an enquiry into the circum-ment to a similar request. stances of the incidents should precede any step's directed

against the

Spanish party in-

volved.

GERMANY'S ATTITUDE

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

re-

in

An official statement issued Berlin yesterday says that the pre- sence of two Spanish submarines

On the other hand, the facts were in the neighbourhood of the Leip regarded as being clearly establish-zig on the day of the attack has ed and the incidents considered to been proved.

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require immediate and active steps The statement adds that the as- in order to maintain the solidarity sertion that there were no Red sub- of the Powers and forestall recur-marines at sea at the time of the rence of such incidents.

attack is disproved by the fact that The proposal on which agree-two Red submarines

on June ment could not be reached was bombarded the Spanish nationalist that an immediate naval demon-positions on the coast near Cala- stration, showing the flags of the honda, east of Malaga. four Powers, should be held off The attacks on the Leipzig oc- the coast of Valencia,

curred on June 15 and 18 in the

It is understood that Britain and neighbourhood of Oran, which is France wished for an enquiry half a day's steaming from Cala- while Germany and Italy desired honda. Reuter.

An R.E.0.C.A.- Whist Drive and- Tombola will be held in the Garrison Lecture Hall on Tuesday, June 29, commencing at 8.30 p.m.

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