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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

ANGLO-FRENCH ARMY COLLABORATION

Expected To Loom Importantly In New Talks

QUEEN'S

MOTHER

GRAVELY ILL

London, To-day.

The Countess of Strathmore. mother of the Queen, is gravely ill in her London home, and was visited twice yesterday by the Queen.

The Countess came to London from the country on Monday for the purpose of attending the mar- riage of the Queen's niece, Miss Anne Bowes-Lyon, which is tak- ing place to-day in the presence of the Royal Family-Reater.

Czecho-Slovakian Urgent Appeal To Both

London, To-day.

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE LOAN PROGRAMME

London, To-day.

A Bill was introduced in the Aus-

Among the various questions of international po-

licy which are expected to come up for discus-tralian Federal Parliament at Can- sion at the Anglo-French discussions in Lon-berra yesterday authorising the don to-day and to-morrow, it is surmised that a Government to raise a defence loan to the amount of £10,000,000, prominent place will be occupied by the ques- tion of military collaboration between the two says a press despatch. countries.

Addressing Parliament on the overnment's armament plans, the

nounced that in the next three years

SOVIET BID FOR It is pointed out that the question of military colla-Premier Mr. A. Lyons, 30-

SETTLEMENT

WITH JAPAN

Moscow, To-day.

An exchange of notes for settle

boration may not be confined to the navies and air forces of the two nations.

In all likelihood, the French statesmen will try to find out how far Britain is able, or willing, to send troops in the event of hostilities on the Continent.

the following sums would be spent

on defence.

£15,000,000 on the Navy,

$11,500,000 on the Army, $12,500,000 on the Air Force, $3,000,000 on

ments, and

additional arma-

$10,000,000 on organising in- This view doubtless arises from about an amicable settlement edustry for defence-Trans-Ocean. the fact that Paris has repeatedly this problem. ment of outstanding issues be- sounded London in the matter of With regard to France's relation the Italian conquest at the forth-

the introduction of complsory milito Italy, the paper says that it is coming League meeting. tary service in Britain.

tween Soviet Russia and Japan was revealed here to-day, in the form of proposals from Russia and a Japanese reply.

The Soviet proposals are: Surrender of various Russian boats and the mail plane held by the Japanese,

Release of various Soviet citizens under detention, and .

imperatively necessary to prevent Apart from the military ques-Haile Selassie from obstructing tion, it is presumed that the con- the procedure for recognition

versations will revolve around the situation in Central Europe, the balance of power in the Mediter- ranean and the Spanish problem.

PARIS INTERVIEWS Meanwhile, the French Premier, who arrived at Croydon in an Air France plane shortly before 6 o'clock last evening, with the Foreign Minister and M. Alexis Le- ger (Foreign Office chief) and M. Rochat (director for European af In exchange, the Soviet is prefairs), had several interviews pared to-

Paris before leaving for the British capital

Immediate payment of the over- due instalment of the purchase price of the Chinese Eastern Railway.

IN EXCHANGE

Release and deport to Japan, eight Japanese detained as repri sals,

ers,

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He first of all met the Finance Minister, M. Paul Marchandeau. Release several Japanese schoon-and the Colonial Minister, M. Mar- del, after which he received the Give favourable consideration to Yugo-Slavian Minister in Paris, M the Japanese demands regarding Puritch, and the French Ambassa concessions on Sakhalin Island, dor in Warsaw, M. Noel

Resume parcel post services, and

Retention of the Japanese con-

CZECH PROBLEM The Paris newspapers last even

sulate in Sakhalin, which the Soviet, ing expressed the opinion that the wanted closed.

JAPANESE REPLY

be

Czecho-Slovakian problem will the main-question to be discussed. “Le Temps" considers it certain that Mr. Neville Chamberlain will

The Japanese reply states that the Soviet steamer will be released when the captain has paid the im- do everything in his power to bring posed fine, while the mail plane and

the

C.E.B.. questions must be referred retention of the Japanese consulates to the Government of Manchukuo.at Kharbarovsk and Blagovesht-

The other offers must contain chenak and immediately sign more specified concessions, for ex-long-disputed Fisheries Convention. ample, Soviet Russia must agree to Reuter.

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LOAN IN PROSPECT? The Paris Soir attaches great

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