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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 1 1987.

LEAGUE'S SPAIN RESOLUTION Several Countries Abstain From Recording Vote

SIX

MAIN POINTS IN ITALIAN

DOCUMENT

*Geneva, To-day.

The text of the resolution on Spain, to be pre- sented to the League Assembly, was published late last night.

There are six points:

1. The Assembly declares its agreement with the position taken up by the Council, namely, that it is the duty of every State to respect the territorial integrity and political independence of every other State, a duty recognised by the League Covenant as devolving upon all its members

2. The Assembly declares that of the resolution examine the ques- every State is under the obligation tion of whether the non-intervention to refrain from interference in the policy should be definitely regarded internal affairs of other States. jas untenable Trans-Ocean

3: The Assembly recalls thei special obligations undertaken by European ernments to restrict the Spanish conflict and thus main-

tain peace in the rest of the world. FOREIGN INTERVENTION

FRANCO BRITISH

ASSURANCE

Determined On Ending

Volunteer Issue

SEAPLANE

CRASHES

Rome, To-day.

Eight were killed and one jured when an Italian naval plane crashed at the naval base at- Spezia yesterday.

The plane struck the roof of a warehouse on the guy and crash-, ed into a group

its who were engaged in drilling.

The observer of-the-plane and seven of the recruits were killed. while the pilot escaped with in- juries-Renter.

GLASS LOUNGE IN NEW LINER

5-Room Suites With

Pantry re

ANTI PIRACY PATROL PLAN

Paris, To-day. Although the text of the an- ti-piracy agreement has not been ablished, French circles state that the various zones of patrol have been definitely established. In Western Meterranean waters around Gibraltar, patrol has been entrusted to Britain the sea routes. to Algeria, especially from Mar- seilles, to Tyrrhenian and

and

and the entire Zound Sardinia Kas the Iranian

been assigned the politan coast and Fort Said, so that routes to Italian Tripoli

The Aegean is under British con-

I have just travelled in a British ship that provides a striking object.trol as far as Port Said, while lesson on how the interior architec-France is to control the zone from ture and decoration of a liner Port Said along the Syrian coast.

Trans-Ocean. should be carried out, writes a cor- The threat that unless foreign respondent.

GERMANY AND NYON PLAN Berlin, To-day. are withdrawn from

Germany welcomes agreement be-

4. The Assembly regrets that a section of foreign armies at present are on Spanish soil, this constitut ing foreign interference in Spanish volunteers affairs.

London, To-day.

.

The vessel is the new Orient liner

Spain, the non-intervention policy Orcades, which; after conveying antween Britain, France and Italy re-

in-

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enthusiastic inspection party of artists and architects from Tilbury to Southampton, has left on her maiden voyage, a holiday cruise.

garding control in the Mediterran- ean, since any solution of the ques- tion without the co-operation of Italy would necessarily have to be

5. The Assembly expresses the will be abandoned, which was sincere hope that diplomatic accluded in the Geneva committee re- tion recently begun by several solution, is featured prominently in Powers will lead to immediate all the London papers. and complete withdrawal of those, The news agency, Exchange Tele The Orcades is notable not for fragmentary. non-Spanish com ants now graph, declares that the British and her size 23,390 tons-nor her On the other hand, agreement be- taking part in hostilities in French representatives on the speed-21 knots-but entirely for tween the three Powers would furn- Spain.

Севета committee, assured the her comfort and for the decorative ish guarantees of useful future col- 6. The Assembly appeals to all Valencia Government's representa-scheme and the furniture. The laboration in the difficult matter of Governments concerned to under- tive, Senor Alvarez del Vayo, that theme throughout is uncompromis mutual adjustment of the respec- take new serious efforts in this non-intervention would be definitely ing modernism, but on a subdued tive interests-Trans-Ocean direction and to take cognisance of discontinued should the negotiations note. the fact that, if such a

result can- for withdrawal of foreign volunteers not be attained in the near future, fail.

lof glass everywhere. In the first- The main lounge, for example,

class cafe there is a huge green has walls almost entirely of glass. those League "members signatories In such case, France would im-Great windows, Stretch in uninter-glass screen with a new type of sur- of the non-intervention agreement mediately declare the Franco-Spanish rupted ranges for nearly 100ft down behind, and in the halls and corri- face, representing leaves, lit from will seriously consider termination frontier open. of non-intervention-Trans Ocean.

Austria,

ABSTAINERS

Geneva, To-day. Hungary, Ireland, Bulgaria and Portugal abstained from voting in the sixth League committee on the resolution on Spain, which was adopted

South Africa reserved its vote. -Renter.

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It is stated that agreement period of one month for evidence lof definite progress on withdrawal jof volunteers, has been reached.

Tran-Ocean.

LUFTHANSA

Geneva, To-day PLANE AT

the

The drafting committee of League Committee on Political Ques tions, reached agreement yesterday

each side, and the entrance doors are screened by mirrors.

14ft Wall Painting

dors there are numerous small and attractive glass decorations.**

There are a number of "floating At one end of the room is a 14ft

flats," consisting of a living-room, wall painting by John Armstrong-cabins with twin beds, bathroom, The subject is a herd of wild horses, hall, boxroom and pantry. done in a highly formalised style,

The supervision of the decoration with subdued colours and a matt and furnishing of the ship was en- surface.

The furniture is bleached walnut and the rugs deep maroon and blue.

TEHERAN Bright colour is provided by cur-

Teheran, To-day

The German Lufthansa plane,

tains of coral red, azure blue and

maroon.

trusted to Mr. Brian O'Rorke, the young architect who was respon- sible for the inferiors of the Or-

cades, sister

the Orion.

Doors made of elm from the found- ations of old Waterloo Bridge. and One of the most effective decora- wood of the London plane tree from concerning the text of the resolution Rudolf von Thuna, made a shortclass.cafe, where there is a symboli-tional old English timbers used in tions is in the spacious tourist-Hampstead are among the tradi- to be presented to the plenary As-landing here yesterday.

cal painting of the Orkneys-called the decorations. sembly on the Spanish problem.

The Rudolf von Thuna was the

Controversy was focussed mainly plane held by the East Turkestan on the demand of the Valencia Gov-authorities for nearly four weeks, ernment for recognition of "Italian and is now on her way home to and German aggression" against Republican Spain, and for uarestrict- ed supply of war material to the loyalists.

Berlin via Kabul and Teheran.

The crew of the great four- engined plane were welcomed at the aerodrome by members of the According to well-informed circles German colony in Teheran Trans- the resolution approved contents it- Ocean.

THE FUTURE

Berlin, To-day.

self with the expression "foreign intervention," and foreshadows the possibility of abolition of the ob- ligations imposed by non-interven- tion in the event of diplomatic nego- At the personal order of the tiations for withdrawal of foreign Dace, the Councillor at the Italian volunteers failing to reach a success-Embassy yesterday handed to Herr ful conclusion at an early date.” Hitler a portrait of the Duce bear- In this event, the member States ing in his own hand the inscription

by the Romans the Orcades. It has

The Orcades was built by been done by John Hutton.

Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd., at Bar- Imaginative use has been made row-in-Furness.

QUALITY & STYLE

Plaids are smarter

colour design

SATISERTION GUARANTEED

AHMED DIN & SON

of the League which are also re-To the Fuehrer and Chancellor of No. 4, D'Aguilar Street. presented on the non-intervention the Third Reich in cordial friend- committee, would under the terms ship Mussolini.”- Trans-Ocean.

No other Branch add

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