1938-04-23 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 23, 1938.

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DAILY HERALD PREDICTS LORD PERTH'S RESIGNATION Not Likely To Stay In Rome Much Longer

LABOUR KEEPS UP

KEEPS UP-HORE-BELISHA WARSAW

ATTACKS ON

NEW AGREEMENT

London, To-day.

Every item of news having any direct bearing upon new developments in Anglo-Italian relations is being given full measure of publicity in the British newspapers.

Much notice, for instance, has been taken of the an

nouncement that the Italian Ambassador, Count Grandi, and his wife were among those who attended the Royal reception at Windsor Castle on Thursday. Earl Baldwin, former British Prime Minister, was also present.

Meanwhile, în Rome to-day the Secretary for War, Mr. Leslie Hore- Belisha, will have conversations with various members of the Italian Government and will leave for Lon- don on Sunday morning.

According to the diplomatic cor- respondent of the Daily Herald, as soon as the Anglo-Italian pacts come in force, Lord Perth, British Am- bassador in Rome, will hand in his new letters of credence which are addressed to the King of Italy and Emperor

HAPPY TO BE IN ROME

Rome, To-day.

Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, the British War Secretary, arrived at Rome from Malta yesterday, and was met at the airport by the Italian Under-Secretary for War, on behalf of the Italian army, while members of the British Em- bassy were also present.

Mr. Hore-Belisha, who will see Signor Mussolini this afternoon,

said "I am happy to arrive in Rome. It is like being in Lon-

don." Reuter.

Flying Tanks As New War Weapon

Invention Experts Rejected

of

REPORTS BIG

REVOLT IN

WHITE RUSSIA

Warsaw, To-day.

News of the outbreak lion in one of the biggest garrisons in White Russia is displayed prominently by the Polish news- papers.

The muting is said to have been started by an anti-aircraft regi- meat and to have spread to two infantry regiments which had their barracks nearby. The situa- tion has become very critical.

Details are lacking. It is alleg- ed that the military dissatisfaction is directed against political Com- missars.

Dissensions between officers of the Red Army and the political Commissars had been frequent- oc- currences recently, Polish papers say-Trans-Ocean.

got busy on instructions from Ber-

lin

:

One night Sinclair's fist at Mos-

Both Russia and Germany, it has f When he offered it to the Rus- rejected of Ethiopia. Hav just been revealed, are at present sian Government it was ing then fulfilled his mission, constructing new types aero-again, but later the inventor, whose adds the correspondent, Lord Perth planes that can fairly be described name is given as Mr. Noel Sinclair, will then resign his post and go into as "tanks of the air because they obtained an interview with Stalin Cow was entered by burglars, and retirement

are almost as invulnerable to at-and convinced the Soviet Dictator tack in the air as the land mons-that his scheme was sound. ters to attack on the battlefield.

LABOUR CRITICISM

Incidentally, the same issue of

The original invention was that the "Daily Herald" carries the report of a Briton living in Russia, where of a speech made by Major Clement his father was once in business. Attlee, Leader of the Opposition, în Inverness on Thursday evening, in which he uttered strong criticism of the Anglo-Italian Pact.

He is reported as having said that all Britain had got through the Pact was a series of promises on the part of Mussolini who had declared his willingness, in future, to refrain from repeating unjust acts he had committed in the past.

Trans-Ocean.

THE USES OF HOPS

What are hops used for?" asked Mr. Justice Humphreys, in the King's Bench Division while hear- ing an action relating to hop pick- ing in Kent.

Counsel, Mr. F. G. Paterson, re- plied that hops were used for mak- ing dyes..

"I am the more ready to the court this piece of information because I have only just heard of it. It is quite a new piece of know- ledge that hops can communicate fixed colours. Otherwise I do not know what they are used for

here

Mr. Justice Humphreys: was a thing I used to hear of when I was a young man called think it had then some relation to hops, but the kind of thing may have gone out now, They may for anything I know, make beer entire- ly without hops in these days.

FLAT BURGLED

plans of the invention were stolen. Soon afterwards German factories started work on a similar type, of aeroplane.

It is stated that details of the

Experiments were made and, invention have been communicated after a favourable report on these to Italy and that shortly that coun- Russian factories began work on try will start to build similar ma- He claims that he first offered it the production of this new arm of chines. to the British and French Govern-air warfare. ments, but the experts rejected it as impracticable.

this

been

It is claimed that the "tanks of Rumours of what was afoot reach the air are protected by a дет ed Germany, and agents in Russia kind of armour.