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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 14, 1988.

·NAVAL

UNIONS AND

FORTIFICATION ARMAMENTS REPORT

London, To-day-

(La-

Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, First Lord of the Admiralty, replying to the Rt. Hon 4. V. Alexander bour) in the House of Commons yesterday, said he had received a report that a fortified naval base

was being established on the. island of Sylt, off the west coast of Schleswig.

The Board of Admiralty had considered all the implications. arising from this new develop-- ment.-Reuter.

ACCELERATION

London, To-day.

The Minister for the Co-ordina- tion of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip, referred in the Commons to his conferences with the representa- tives of employers and the trades unions of the engineering industry. He informed them, it will be re- called, of the government's desire to accelerate the completion of the

SHOTS AT DANISH defence programme with their co-

MINISTER WERE BLANKS!

Copenhagen, To-day.

operation.

He told the House that he had made it clear that the methods to be adopted to accelerate engineer- ing production were matters to be discussed by the industry itself. He had emphasised, in accordance with the statement made by the

Prime Minister, that it was not for

It is now learned that the shots fired at the Danish Minister of the Government to try to dictate to Justice in the House of Parliament the industry the detailed action

that would be necessary. yesterday were blank cartridges. It was in accordance with British

When the Minister was mak- ing a speech in the Lower House, it is understood that a Nazi youth sitting in the visitors gal lery rose and fired two shots at the Minister without effect.

Later the police arrested a number of youths, including the would-be assassin-Renter.

tradition that great industries themselves should through their joint machinery work out details in the manner likely to be most effec-

tive.

NO DISCUSSIONS YET

He understood that it had not yet

beer possible for discussions to be commenced, but he was confident that the procedure he suggested would be seen, by those concerned, to be that best fitted to meet the

DROPPED LEAFLETS

Copenhagen, To-day. The youth who fired the blank cartridges in Parliament yesterday, national requirements of the de shouted We don't want to listen to fence programme with true regard a compromised Minister," and at for the interests of all those en- the same time dropped leaflets into gaged in the industry: the hall.

Sir Thomas Inskip also denied

When the session was resumed, that the Unions had asked for any the Minister of Justice, who ap-guarantee în connection with peared quite unaffected by the in- foreign policy or any other matter. cident, laconically remarked: "I am-British Wireless. accustomed to such affairs and do

not pay any attention to it.”—Trans-

Ocean.

BRITAIN AND RECOGNITION OF CONQUEST

London, To-day.

The Labour Opposition Leader, Mr. Attlee, in a private notice ques tion to the Prime Minister, asked

British

BRITAIN'S ANCIENT PACTS WITH PORTUGAL

London, To-day. Referring to the treaty under- takings existing between the Unit- ed Kingdom and Portugal, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Af=" fairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, circulated, with the official Commons report, a statement that such undertakings were contained in treaties conclud- Whether any communication had ed respectively in the years 1373, been received from the Secretary 1386, 1642, 1560, 1961 and 1703, General of the League of Nations which had further been reaffirmed with reference to the request of the by Article Three of the Treaty of Government that conse- January 22nd., 1915, the Declara- quences arising out of the existing tion of October 14th. 1899, and situation in Ethiopia should be Arbitration Agreements on Novem- placed on the agenda of the Coun- ber 16th, 1904, and November cil of the League of Nations' meet 16th, 1914-British Wireless. ing next month, and whether the Prime Minister would give an un- dertaking that the Governmen would act in conformity with the resolutions passed by the Assembly of the League relating to the non- recognition of conquests by aggrer: sion. Mr. Chamberlain replied: Lord Winterton, Chancellor of

The answer to the first part of th the Duchy of Lancaster, questioned i question is that the Secretary-Gen-in the Commons as to

the posi eral had addressed no communica sibility of the United States sup- tion to the Government on this sub-plying military aircraft to the i ject. The second part of the question Royal Air Force said: "Definite ex- does not, therefore, arise. With re- ploratory action is being taken in gard to the last part of the quesregard to the possibility of the tion, the Government have, in supply of aircraft for the Royal way, changed their view of the im Air Force both from the United portance of the principles enunciat States of America and Canada." ed in the resolutions to which the British Wireless.

Et. Honourable- gentleman refers,

R.A.F. PLANES FROM AMERICA

London, To-day-

but in their application to any case other members of the League and the Government must be entitled to the facts of the international situa take into account the attitude of tien-British. Wireless.

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