1938-04-09 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 9, 1938.

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BLUM AFTER DEFEAT IN SENATE French Premier Challenges Senate's Authority

GOVERNMENT OUT

Daladier Likely

To Go Cabinet Making

Paris, Fo-day.

M. Leon Blum's Popular Front Government has re- signed, following yet another defeat in the Senate.

M. Blum resigned last evening after the Senate re- jected his Financial Bill by the overwhelming majority of 223 votes to 49.1

The Senate gave summary treatment to the mea-

ANGLO-EIRE TALKS TO BE RESUMED

Dublin, To-day.

The Eire Premier, Mr. Ea monn de Valera, announced" in " the Dail yesterday that he hoped. the Anglo-Eire conversations would be concluded one way org the other at the end of the month

He regretted the delay in con- Icluding the negotiations, which he attributed to "internal încidents.” -Reuter.

sure, refused even to discuss it and rejected it 'AWFUL TRUTHS

outright.

The Senate was never so crowd- ed in living memory.

M. Blum spoke for two hours. and was frequently interrupted by ironic applause. He bitterly as- sailed the Senate, declaring that circumstances were no longer the same as in 1926 or in 1984.

HUMOUR ARMY TRAINING

New Form Of Manual With Sketches

The working classes had become RIGHT AND WRONG

WAY FOR TROOPS

conscious of their rights.

“You have no right to decide,”

M. Blum declared. "That belongs

to the assembly chosen by univer-mour into military training. sal suffrage."

PRESIDENTS REPLY

WISE-CRACKING CONTEST

All you have to do is to fill wise cracks in the spaces provided in the pictures, or attach a note with the clipping of the pictures, with whati

MARQUIS OF MILFORD HAVEN PASSES

London, To-day. »

The death o occurred yesterday of the Marquis of Milford Haven, at the age of 46.

George Louis Vietor Henry Ser- gius Mountbatten was the eldest son of the first Marquis of Milford Haven and Princess Victoria, daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and of Princess Alice, Queen Victoria's daughter.

He married, in 1916, Nadejda, daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia, and had

son and daughter.

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He entered the Royal Navy in 1905 and was present at the Battles of Heligoland, Dogger Bank and Jutland. He finally retired from the Navy in 1932 with the rank of Commander. He was Freeman of the City of London.

His heir is the Earl of Medina, Reuter

"Awful Truths are they saying. The captions under each illustration will give you an idea of the situation in- volved.

There will altogether be six pic-} NOŻKOZE SCRUBZING The War Office is introducing hu-tures, two appearing today, two in the "Sunday Herald and two on Recognising that a picture will Monday. To the two best wise-crack- often make a point more forcefully circle tickets will be given to see the ers of each picture, two pairs of dress- than many words, it has prepared repeat engagement of "The Awful a new kind of manual in which the Truth, Columbia Picture, of the The president of the Senate in-formal writing and diagrams of King's Theatre on Tuesday, 12th

April terrupted with "This House will previous manuals are abandoned.

Contest starts to-day and closes on make a decision of complete free- Instead, the soldier will find a Monday, 11th April, at 5 pm. Win- dom, and you, Monsieur Prime great many simple, and sometimes ners will be announced on Tuesday, Minister, must draw your conclu-amusing, sketches accompanied by 12th April, in the First Edi- - Cos- tion of the “China Mail” brief captions, to teach him the testants must send in their entries to right way and show him the wrong Columbia Films of Chine, Ltd., King's wartime duties. way of carrying out a variety of Theatre Building. As many entries ás desired can be sent in by each per-

sions."

M. Blum proceeded to make last appeal, adding that the Senate was going to the limits that the Con- stitution allows.

There was a frigid silence as the Premier left the tribune.

BLUM DECISION

The manual is to be issued freeson, but each entry must be accom down to section leaders of infanpanied by a clipping of the pictures

from the "China Mail or "Herald" try, Nos. 1 of artillery and corres- Here's the First Picture. ponding ranks in other arms, and is expected to be of the greatest value in the Territorial Army.

Shortly after the Senate vote,

It is the first manual designed to the Government definitely made up 'be of interest also to the general its mind to resign,

public, who can buy it for 6d from the Stationery Office.

There are indications that M.

Edouard Daladier will be called on to form a Government, and will attempt to do so on a wide basis covering practically all parties. Reuter.

TROUBLE AHEAD

Care Of Equipment

The first lesson deals with the care of arms and equipment. Two pictures show the right way- and the wrong way of cleaning a rifle. Badly-trained troops carousing in Paris, To-day.

slovenly billets are compared with Political circles generally be good soldiers who keep themselves, lieve that following M Blum's their equipment, and their clothes resignation, M. Edouard Daladier in order.

forming the new Cabinet.

will be entrusted with the task of A picture of a soldier smashing]

Great difficulties are foreseen in a carriage window with his rifle the constituting of a Cabinet cap- butt as he entrains points the moral able of surviving for any length of that it is easier to enter the train time, since recent developments in the correct way.

would appear to render a so-called A section is devoted to safe and government of National Union im-flangerous methods of using cover possible.?

tand camouflage. Two sketches--

Under these circumstances the of an enemy aircraft firing over only alternatives, in the opinion of brilliant lit billets and the same military circles, would be a “Ga-billets in darkness--need fewer binet of Public Welfare composed than 20 words of explanation: of a few members without Party Scouting and sentry-duty, night ties, or a Cabinet formed exclu-work, anti-aircraft defence, field sively of Radical-Socialista

craft, small arms fire and transpor- regarded tation are dealt with in the same

graphic fashion.

The latter solution as probable.Trans

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Husband 12 Fis

The sternal

mots.

A regular sprinkle of HARPIC

cleans and disinfects the lavatory-pan

in one operation

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