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ROCK OF PARTITION

THREATENS TO SINK

IRISH CONFERENCE

London, To-day.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, returned to Downing Street yesterday evening from Chequers, where he had spent the week-end making final preparations for his talks with the Irish delegation this afternoon.

The Irish delegation held a final meeting in London yesterday afternoon, and it is understood they reached an agreement regarding the neces- sity of obtaining some concession on the unity of Ireland.

This question, therefore, is likely to be dis- cussed first to-day.

If a concession of some sort is not made, there is little likelihood that an agreement will be reached on any other issue, and the conference will founder on the rock of parti- tion,

GREAT DIFFICULTIES

M. Eamonn de Valera, the Irish Premier, in a message to Reuter yesterday evening, declared: "There are great difficulties to be overcome.

CANDIDATE FOR CALIPHATE?

Cairo, To-day.

On the occasion of the solemn weekly religious ceremony in the El Azhar Mosque here yesterday

the last to be cele- brated before King Farouk's marriage the Rector of the "As far as the Irish delegation University, Sheikh el Maraghi, is concerned, we earnestly desire to lay the foundation of friendly mentioned the possibility of King Farouk as candidate for the Cali- relations between the peoples of

the two countries, and we hope phate.

The rector vigorously attacked

that in the present conversations some progress may be made to the ex-Premier, Nahas Pasha, and wards that end.”

It is understood that the attitude

the Wafd Party.

The

speech is interpreted

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of the Irish delegation on partition meaning that Islamic circles will is that they cannot return without solidly support King Farouk some hope about partition, and it Trans-Ocean.

is definite that the problem cannot remain untouched.

JAPANESE ADMIRAL No formal agenda has been pre-

LONG-DISTANCE JAPANESE ADMIRAL

FLIGHT IN LIGHT PLANE

Rotterdam, To-day.

The German airman, Major Haerle, who recently set off in his Klemm (KI. 35 type) machine on a flight to the Dutch Indies has landed in Batavia.

Haerle covered, in the course of fifteen days, a distance of nearly 15,000 kilometres after having been compelled to spend two days in Buchir in order to obtain permis- sion to fly over Irak.

This flight deserves some mền tion inasmuch as Major Haerle's machine is fitted only with an or dinary 801 p. Hirth engine, and is of the ordinary Klemm con- struction and not specially built for long-distance flying. Trans- Ocean.

Colonel Beck Takes It Easy

:

TO SEE POPE PIUS

Rome, To-day. The Japanese Admiral, Hinjiroj Yamamoto, who arrived here on Saturday night, is visiting Italy in a private capacity, according to a authori- statement issued by the ties.

One reason of the visit is the wish of the Admiral, who is a de- vout Catholic, to seek an audience with the Pope and to present to His Holiness an address of homage from the Roman Catholics of Ja- pan. Trans-Ocean.

MORE RAIDS ON BARCELONA

pared for to-day's meeting. Reu- ter.

BRITISH M.P.S. ON SPANISH VISIT

three

Barcelona, To-day. A group of British Members of Parliament, drawn from political parties, arrived in Barce- Iona ⠀ on Saturday afternoon 24 hours after the departure of the British Labour mission to Spain.

The group, which was invited to make a tour of Republican Spain

GERMAN-POLISH RELATIONS

Warsaw, To-day. The political situation in Europe and Germano-Polish relations, were exhaustively discussed by the Po- lish Foreign Minister, Col. Joseph Beck, with German statesmen dur- ing his stay in Berlin, according to press reports.

The semi-official newspaper says. that the "element of surprise has now been excluded from Germano- Polish relations."- -Trans-Ocean.

by the Valencia Government, was STILL IT GOES ON

be received by the Premier, Senor Juan Negrin, in the evening.

Another prominent foreigner, M. Vandervelde, the Belgian So cialist, leader, will shortly pay & visit to Republican Spain.-Trans- the Ocean.

Madrid, To-day. ery little activity on Terruel front was reported by the Defence Ministry here yes- terday.

In Teruel, Republican Spanish troops succeeded in blowing up a store of explosives resulting in

the death of 50 insurgents.

From the other fronts there is nothing new to report.

Bucharest, To-day.

Press reports state that the Rumanian Government is pre- paring a measure forbidding Jews to hold licenses for selling intoxin- ants.

Another decree is being pre- pared forbidding Jews to employ Christians as servants. Trans-

SUBMARINE Ocean. FOR POLAND

Warsaw, To-day. Berlin, To-day.

The fourth submarine to be On Saturday evening on two oc- launched for the Polish fleet from The Polish Foreign Minister,

casions three insurgent bombing Netherlands shipyards took the Col. Joseph-Beck, left Berlin-on- Saturday afternoon for Zurich. planes flew over - Barcelona

a water successfully yesterday. their He will spend a short holiday in great height discharging

With a length of 70 metres, the Zurich before attending the meet deadly missiles which caused deaths new underwater craft is said to ing of the League Council on to few w civilians and only slight have cost 8,200,000 zloty,--Trans-

Ocean. January 26,—Trans-Oçean.

material damage-Trans-Ocean,

PACT RATIFIED

Ankara, To-day. The Turkish National Assembly“ yesterday ratified the Pact con- cluded on August 8 last year be |tween Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran.—Trans-Ocean.