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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEM ER 26, 1997

- FRANCE NEAR CRISIS

Premier's Allegation Of Political Intrigue TENSION OVER CIVIL TV. SOONG WARTIME

SERVANTS BILL

RAISING SALARIES

Paris, To-day.

Tension again appeared in the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday evening over the Civil Servants Bill.

M. Georges Bonnet, the Finance Minister, in- sisted that he could not possibly go beyond 1,700, 000,000 francs for the increase in civil servants salaries

M. Camille Chautemps, the Pre- mier, who earlier was thought to have succeeded in reaching a com- promise, made a somewhat dis- illusioned statement at a meeting of the Parliamentary Radical S cialist group, of which the civil servants are one of the electoral mainstays

M. Chautemps declared that what was to be done for civil servants was just. It was impossible to go further.

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For nothing in the world would he unbalance the Budget and danger the currency.

-POLITICAL INTRIGUE -

If there were some who thought otherwise, let them take the res

overturning the porsibility of Government.

LEAVES SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day.

Mr. T Y Soon President of the Bank of China, departed from Shanghai yesterday, following more demands by the Japanese that he be deported.

- His destination was not

closed-Our Own Correspondent.

NEUTRAL

INVESTIGATION ZONE DECLARED

UNFEASIBLE INTO "CSAR" ACTIVITIES

Paris, To-day.

Inquiries into the Csars (as the Cagoulards, or Hooded Men, are now known), are alleged to have revealed a sys- tem

North of recruiting African natives into an organ- isation named "French “Al- geria."

Each group of ten is said to have been placed under a native officer, with a European company com-

M. Chautemps added that it! seemed certain that certain peopleander over each three groups.

It is stated that recruits with were manoeuvring with the object of preventing him from going to military knowledge, such

machine-gunning, were given pre- ference-Renter.

London-

NO CRISIS

After the Finance

Commission

as

Tokyo, To-day.

The Japanese drive on Nan-

·king will be seriously hamper- pered if the proposed safety zone is established in Nanking, states the "Nichi Nichi Shim- bun

Pointing out that foreign re- sidents in Nanking are now un- der 50 and that the proposed zone adjoins Chinese forts and military establishments, the papers declares it is impossible for the Japanese to attack Nan king and at the same time leave- the projected zone intact.

It adds that the proposed zone is entirely different from the refugee zone in Nantao, and that the matter must be decid- ed by the Japanese military leaders who are planning the drive on Nanking-Beuter

Tokyo, To-day.

GOVERNMENT IN HANKOW

Hankow,

News of suspension Brussels Conference

concrete result, is cans atmosphere of depression Chinese circles.

the

While the Chinese authorities have never placed much, hope in the Conference, it is rumour- ed that the inability of Britain. and the United States to reach. an agreement on collaboration in the Far Eastern situation: was a keen disappointment

« The opinion is generally held that with outside assistance imn- probable, China must hereafter rally all resources to face a pro- longed war

Meanwhile, the wartime gov ernment is gradually

skeleton

shape, all government merely retaining stan, while keymen do the esser tial work

Uther changes are foreshadow- ed to meet the emergency situa- tion, probably including in men into government rice, a necessary move for prolonged war-Reuter.

DUKE OF ALBA'S APPOINTMENT

London, To-day.

GENERAL RELEASED

Paris, To-day.

The United Kingdom Govern

WAS General du Seigneur, who of the Chamber had approved the

The new Japanese Ambassador to ment have accepted the appoint Government's proposals, observers questioned by the police in connec Germany, Mr. Togo, sailed from ment of the Duke of expressed the opinion that there tion with the discovery of secret Kobe to-day-Our Own Correspon General will be no Cabinet crisis as a restores of arms, and detained all dent. ». salt of last night's vote. Reuter night, was set free yesterday, ac-

MEDIATION?

Paris, To-day.

cording to police information, which adds that the chief of the "CSAR the secret committee for revolution- The question of the raise in the ary activities, Eugene de L'Oodle, salaries of civil servants has not was found and arrested.

The latter's brother, Henri de yet been solved, although feverish action is going on behind the L'Oncle, was also detained.. scenes. The Government has final- The police have also carried out ly agreed to a loan of 1.8 million a search in the Loyalist magazine's Francs instead of the originally otices, the results of which are still stipulated 14 millions, but of inot announced Trans-Ocean. ficials are not yet satisfied. · In the Chamber yesterday various par- ties entered into a discussion the new loan proposal by the Gov ernment, in order to at least make an order to mediate Trans-Ocean

JAPANESE LOWER TARIFFS

Tokyo, To-day. Chugai Shogyo,” a com- aily reports that the Lazatenance Commission

import tarif on ten luding rice, flour, cement, cereals, e products, petro- The new tariff:

on

ARCHITECT ARRESTED

Paris, To-day.

The police now believe that there are 1,500 Csars (members of the mysterious arms plot group) in Paris, and over 5,000 in France.

M. Pierre Parent, a Paris archi- tect, was arrested while shooting game in Normandy yesterday af

noon

Earlier in the day his home

levard des In

ed, and an arms depot alleged have been discovered in the cellar.

Renter

NEW VICEROY IN ABYSSINIA

Rome,

Marsh

London

mco's chief agent in

Wireless.

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