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CRITICISM OF SOVIET

Non-Intervention:

Breakdown Of

Negotiations

London, To-day.

-THAT-

CHAMBERLA LETTER

Strict silence. maintained by the persona British Pre Chamberlain,

Tai

The only

said it was “

Some criticism is expressed of the attitude of the Soviet Ambassador, M.Ivan Maisky, at Friday's by a Foreign non-intervention sub-committee meeting, one newspaper describing his speech as "threadbare tactics.”

The Soviet reply to the British proposals stresses that when the non-intervention agreement was originally concluded, all States represented recognised the Spanish Government had the sole legal authority in Spain.

For this reason, it was impossi ble to speak of General Franco and the generals associated with otherwise than as rebels and cam inals.

The Soviet asserted that General Franco would either refuse to agree to withdrawal of volunteers or that if he does he will not loy- ally carry out his promise.

SOVIET STAND

The Soviet was unable to acc to the suggestion that Lord Ply- mouth, the chairman, be authorised to open negotiations with the Span- ish Government and with General Franco regarding the conditions! under which belligerent rights would be granted.

The Soviet attitude also meets with criticism in the French press.

Epoque" writes that by its at- titude, Moscow has assumed the responsibility for possible break- down of negotiations.

MOSCOW-DEMANDS

accepted,

FRENCH FISHERMEN'S

HAUL

haul fell hermen" here:

eir nets were hauled besides fish, sev

cases containing pistols and am- munition.

The Customs authorities are investigating the Trans-Ocean

matter.

BRIDGE OF SIGHS MYSTERY

Lead Roof Stripped

By Thieves

Mr. Chamberlain ally intervene în of Anglo-Italian

Trans-Ocean.

JACK PAYNE IN LAWSUIT

COMPANY SCH FOR RUNNING BAND

£8,000 SALARY FOR LEADER SUGGESTED

The proposed formation of a pany to have the exclusive of Jack Payne's-dance-band, salary of £8,000 a year for Payne, was mentioned in the King's Bench DavisIONS

Mr. Payne appl

of a day for the hear

action against

and others

contract

Mr. Rodger

Isaid the jury list

to have the He gave

action began and steps taken

the writ on Dec

It was a tember for his dance discovered by

was that

A shower of rain has presented Mr. Winn added Venice with an extraordinary mys-Mr. Payne's positi The Moscow demands under no fery. It has revealed that all the depended on the elucida circumstances can

lead tiles which have covered the rights of the parties since it would always be easy for roof of the famous Bridge of Sighs contract. Russia to maintain that withdraw since it was built in 1605 have been al of volunteers in nationalist stolen. Spain had not been completed and The theft was that it consequently was impossi-workmen sent to investigate a leak- ble to grant belligerent rights to age of rain water from one of the formed, General Franco.

turrets of the bridge into the State to be managing It is also for obvious reasons out rooms of the Doge's Palace - To of £8,000

"An of the question for France to ad-

nishment they found that here to Moscow's demand that not only the turret, but the whole was made Moroccan soldiers be regarded as of the bridge had been stripped of company, foreigners, says the paper.

the tiles, which gave the adjoining rate of

their

"Echo de Paris" also stresses State Prison Its name of "Plombi" which Mr.

lead

£20,000 Moscow's uncompromising attitude and the impossibility of France Police investigating the accepting the Soviet demands, es cannot discover how or when the pecially with regard to de-nation Head, which must have alisation of the Spanish Moroccan tween two and three tons, was taken troops.

GAVE CHAPLIN HIS FIRST CHANCE

Agile Thieves

ghed

It is presumed that the theft

That

business, Imade no this other for the was at tract..

the work of unusually agile "Defendants

Ithieves, tempted by the high prices

now being paid for scrap metal (may have been

Mrs Elizabeth O'Shea, known in lago, for Venic has had no the theatrical work as “Mother train for a long tim Emerald," who gave Charle

fín his first

The Bridge of Sig

crosses

canal

utterly

BEAR RACE

DENSE FOG

FULL NDS, TOOK

it was im new records.

Stuck, on an Anto-Umon first with a speed of kilometres an hour, beating the

European champion, Bernd Roseme- ver, also driving

an Auto-Union, and Rudolf Caracciola, on a Merce (des Benz

The race was at the same time, the

eries of races for the German Automobile Champion-

CARRACCIOLA WINS

histerday, won the trophy, mainly

through his previo

the

cher

light

with

cean.

German Grand P

Germany pulled events yesterday,

cars and

£3,000,000 NAVY

ORDER

arrier

two Sunder

the is to and her Of this during

have

orious at Walk-

Trainmy For Boy

Scouts

Brighton, aged

She was

hast

of the Ener and Nell,

Lupino, and Rita

seen again opens deghi

ming Birds,

O'She

kim 503 to buy dress suit

Justice Sw

ication, and costs to

eading the police kept

bridge Schiavoni, fear bined weight

down. pa

activities" as