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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 25, 1988.

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GERMAN PROFESSOR AND CHINESE TENACITY

Berlin, To-day.

EMASCULATION

London, To-day. Important decisions by the British Cabinet regard- ing the future of the League of Nations, are im- minent, says the diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Express."

According to the correspondent, the British Gov- ernment envisages separation of the League Covenant from the Treaty of Versailles, aboli- tion of Sanctions and restriction of the League's activities to mediation and economic questions.

The British Government hopes, says the correspondent, that reform of the League along these lines will result in return of the Powers which have quit the Geneva body.Trans- Ocean.

ANGLO-U.S.

ANGLO-FRENCH CONTACT TO CONSULTATIONS

London, To-day.

COME UNDER FIRE

Washington, To-day.

It is learned that the British Foreign Secretary and the French Foreign Minister will discuss in Paris today the general lines of Dr. Albert Hermann, professor of Berlin Univer-policy to be pursued at the League

sity and compiler of the well-known economic Council meeting.

atlas of China, addressed the German Geo- graphical Society_last night on the "Founda- likelihood of a joint Anglo-French message is not ready and will not declaration în regard to the future be sent to Congress until the end tions of Chinese Economy and Politics."

British Gas

A White House announcement

It is understood that there is no that President Roosevelt's naval

of the League.

The question of reform of the of the week or r the beginning of Dr. Harmann said that China's League is still being discussed by next week, has occasioned reports

of the League to eighteen provinces formed one in-the committee divisible economic unit, with so which any proposals will first be that pending clarification of the intentions of other powers, notably Japan and Britain, the Administra- London, To-day. tion is not entirely satisfied in The Foreign Secretary, Mr. An-regard to the size of battleships it He expressed faith in China's thony Eden, left for Paris, en route should recommend. future. The tenacious vitality of to Geneva, yesterday.

many features in common that they referred.-Reuter. could not be conceived of except as one united state administered by

Precautions one united economic authority. Are Safe

MR. EDEN LEAVES

the Chinese people had in. 4,000 In Paris to-day he will meet the years always enabled them to over-French Foreign Minister to discuss

gas at-come whatever adversity had over-the forthcoming League Council | nervousness on the part of

Vigorous and intensive tacks on a gamekeeper's cottage "somewhere in England" have prov- ed that measures recommended to the civil population for counteract ing enemy poison-gas peril give high standard of protection.

a

The experiments were purposely ,designed to represent the most se-

vere conditions likely to be met.

Gas attacks were made under the direction of eminent scientists. They proved that during a gas at tack you will be out of danger if you-

(1) Go indoors;

taken them.

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to

There also appears to be some the Ad- meeting, and is expected to return ministration in regard to reception This vitality and respect for law, to London from Geneva on Satur-by Congress of what amounts anchored in the moral teachings of day. Trans-Ocean.

a rearmament programme of the also Confucius, and in ancestor worship,

War Department, which is making last minute efforts to ob- would always be the immutable

tain an increase in recommendations basis of Chinese policy.-Trans-

for the army. Ocean.

after seven minutes.

SANJAK ISSUE

London, To-day. Franco-Turkish negotiations on the Sanjak of Alexandretta will play In another experiment the house a part in the forthcoming talks at diplomatic cor- was enveloped in a cloud of mus-Geneva, says the

respondent of the tard gas for an hour.

"Evening Animals remained in an un-Standard” protected room for a further The correspondent says that the twenty hours while the house was anti-Semitic policy of the new subjected to the vapour of mus-Rumanian Government will also be tard gas given off from trays, discussed by Mr. Anthony Eden None was seriously harmed. and M. Yvon Delbos, following

demands of League intervention. TWO TONS OF CHLORINE

Trang Ocean. Tear gas in a third experiment De-enveloped the cottage for an hour. Men 200 yards downwind were in- capacitated in about a minute; men

(2) Arrange for the room to be made as gas-proof as possible;

(3) Take with you the respir- ator which will have been issued to you.

Those are the instructions issued by the Air Raid Precautions partment of the Home Office.

GAS CLOUD FOR 40 MINUTES.

in the house found no need to put TREASURE"

on their respirators for thirteen

A report describes experiments minutes. to test these precautions.

bren

Experiments were then carried

after the The Chemical Defence Research out

cottage had Department carried out the tests treated by unskilled men in acqor- with four different types of actual dance with the Air Raid Pregau- war gas.

tions Handbook No. 1.

SNIPING EXPECTED

It is understood that President Roosevelt paved the way for accep tance of his programme by Con gress in a talk with Congressional leaders yesterday, but it is expected that when the naval increases come up for debate in Congress, the isola- tionists will subject the Adminis- tration's foreign policy to consider- able sniping, particularly in regard to the Far East.

Extreme opposition is not ··

ex-

SHIP pected, and the naval increases will

AT GIBRALTAR

probably be accepted as they stand, but the isolationists will press for

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a clear statement In regard to what menace particularly makes building

-necessary.

Gibraltar, To-day Chinese -“treasure ship.” al- leged to have £2,000,000 in Chinese

LIVELY DEBATES silver coins on board, arrived here In one experiment more than a Within an hour two tons of

Lively foreign affairs debates are ton of actual chlorine gas was re- chlorine were released twenty yesterday en route to England.

Considerable mystery surrounds expected to follow the President's leased twenty yards from the vards from the house. Animale in house. A very strong gas cloud was an unprotected room were killed "treasure” of the ship, the P. and Message, and Anglo-American con- maintained for about forty minutes. but animals in the “egs protected" O. liner Ranpura, and the agents tacts in the Far East are expected Occupants of the unprotected room were unaffected and remain- refuse to reveal information of the to come, particularly under review.

shipment.-Trans-Ocean. had to put on respirators ed normal.

room

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