1937-11-22 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL NOVEMBER 22, 1937

"FREE, FRANK, INFORMAL

AND

CONFIDENTIAL"

Lord Halifax On His Talk With Herr Hitler

HOPE THAT DOOR HAS BEEN OPENED FOR NEW UNDERSTANDING

Berlin, To-day.

Free, frank, informal and confidential, were the terms in which Lord Halifax described his dis- cussions with Herr Hitler, General Goering and Baron von Neurath in an interview with British cor- respondents in Berlin.

Lord Halifax hoped they would result in the door being opened a little along the road leading to

FRANCO DENIES AN INTERVIEW

Salamanca, Today.

An interview given by General Franco to a certain English news #gency, ," is strongly denied by the Nationalist authorities/

In the interview, General Franco was alleged to have said, inter alia, that Nationalist Spain would never join any political aris

No such interview. ever took place, it is now declared. Ocean

MUCH FRENCH SPECULATION ON VISIT

Paris, To-day. Informed quarters in Paris say that the Quai d'Orsay has not yet received any information from London concerning the Halifax Hiller talks, but that in view of the invitation to Baron- von Neurath to visit London, these quarters believe that the talks must have been "fairly

better Anglo-German understanding, and stressed DEPARTURE OF satisfactory."

the cordiality with which he had been received.

AGA KHAN

Political quarters are ilging in much speculation over what Herr Hitler told Lord Halifax and in this connection the Central European problem is mentioned

Special interest has been arous

reports explain it as owing to the re-enter the League of Nations and Khan to India, though some pressed by rumours that Germany may may consent to participate in nego- illness of his mother.

The Aga Khan, as already retianions for disarmament. ported, flew by Imperial Airways The opinion is held that if these no better understanding between the flyingboat from Marseilles to Kar-possibilities one day are realised, The papers declare there is urgent necessity for a visit by Baron two countries.

Until Lord Halifax had inform- von Neurath to London. ·

The German papers, while agreeing that the

London, To-day. Considerable surprise surrounds! visit will help to promote understanding, emphasise that the talks were merely informative, are not ex-the sudden departure of the Aga pected to produce positive results at present and should not cause a feeling of disappointment or un- timely hopes.

The "Hamburger Fremdenblatted the British Cabinet of the out- writes: "With the political impres-come of his talks, no useful pur- in Nazi pose could be served in speculat- sions gathered by him Germany, especially in his candiding on how these talks might be conversations with the Fuehrer, continued. Lord Halifax will return to Eng- land and inform Mr. Neville Cham berlain personally of what he has seen and heard.

TOO EARLY TO GUESS

"Mr. Chamberlain has repeatedly

One thing is certain, however, says the paper The fact that the talks took place, has created gen- eral satisfaction throughout Ger- many.Trans-Ocean.

DINNER PARTY

expressed his desire for understand- AT EMBASSY

ing, and the manner in which the preliminary contact established with Germany will be continued, depends

On

Berlin, To-day.

The British Ambassador, Sir Ne

a large extent on his decisions. vile Henderson, gave a dinner at "At the present moment it would the British Embassy on Saturday certainly be too early. to make any evening in honour of Lord Halifax prognostications on the subject, since Among the guests were the De- it now rests with the British Gov-fence Minister, Field Marshal von Blomberg, the Economics Minister, ezument to decide its attitude the basis of the impressions trans-Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, the Minister of the Interior, Dr. Frick, the Fin- mitted by Lord Halifax."

ance Minister, Count von Schwerin- Krosigk, the Secretary for Air, General Milch, and the head of The "Essener National Zeitung" the foreign organisation of the stresses that the conversations took Nazi Party, Herr Ernst Bohle. -place at a time of great international Trans-Ocean.

INTERNATIONAL TENSION

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tension resulting from the conflicts

in Spain and the Far East.--

The existing political situation in. the world, says the paper, is still so obscure that it will probably be necessary to await a certain mea- sure of clarification before either Germany or England indicates de- and dis- sire for a further meeting cussion bet stategumen of the and Trans-

two Countries.

Ocean

PAVING THE WAY

Berlin, To-day. er Tageblatt says nothing in the nature of far-

results is expected from

Halifax visit to con

NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR IN BARCELONA

Barcelona, To-day The newly appointed French Am- bassador to Spain, M. Labonne, ar- rived here yesterday from Perpig nan accompanied by the military attache at the French Embassy, Col Morel

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prime object was to clarify represen the situation and pave the for Ocea

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From Karachi he will continue problems which to-day appea

brought near to solution. plane. Trans-Ocean. his journey by specially chartered insoluble would probably

Ocean.

AIR ATTACKS IN CIVIL WAR

planes successfully bombing tary objectives at Saragossa.

A squadrons of Nationa

Barcelona, To-day. planes bombed Castellon Almazora, Two large-scale air raids occur- 20 civilians being killed red yesterday, 35 Republican wounded. Trans-Ocean.

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