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TUNGWO INCIDENT ALLEGATIONS

London, To-day.

NEW MAHMOUD PASHA CABINET

Cairo, To-day.

After a series of deliberations lasting a fortnight, Mahmoud Pasha, the Premier, has succeeded in form- ing his third Cabinet.

The reports of the seizure of the British steamer “Tungwo" by The new Government has already the Japanese at the entrance to taken the oath of allegiance to the the Yangtse River were promin-King, and it is expected the new ently featured by the press here, Cabinet will present itself to Par- particularly by those papers liament on Monday.

which never attempted to

hide The new Government is merely

their anti-Japanese feelings. a re-shuffle of the former body.-

The tone of the reports is char-Trans-Ocean.

acterised by one of the headings)

which declares: "Crew Of British

Ship Attacked With Bayonets By I.L.O. DIRECTOR

Japanese."

The papers assert that the crew of the "Tungwo" was assaulted by Japanese but it appears that the matter has now been settled.

MAY RESIGN

Geneva, To-day.

It is reported here that M. Har- old Butler, the Director of the In-

The Japanese are said to have assured the British authorities that an enquiry into the inciden: ternational Labour Bureau, will will be held-Trans-Ocean.

JAPANESE

inform the governing body when it meets for its spring session to-day of his intention to resign his post: in order to become Rector of new

IN N. KIANGSU College, Oxford..

Mr. Butler has been connected Shanghai, To-day. with the International Labour According to a Japanese com-Bureau since its foundation firstly munique issued this morning, as British Sub-Director and since Japanese troops landed on April the death of Albert Thomas in 1932 17 at Haimenting in Kiangsu, as Director.-Trans-Ocean. have reached Yenshen cuping Tungtai.

after oc-

the Tasung Lake. The object is The Japanese troops plan to to relieve pressure by the Chin reach the Grand Canal by push-ese at Taierchwang. ing towards the Yen River from Correspondent.

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ANGLO-FRENCH ARMY COLLABORATION

(Continued from Page 1) importance to the memoranda pre sented to the British and Frenc Governments by the Czech Minis- ters in London and Paris.

The paper asserts that Czecho Slovakia, urgently appealed to Bri- tain and France to assist Pragu in the present difficult situation.

The Czech Government, says the paper, recognises that countries willing to help Czecho-Slovakia also have the right to be consulted

"Le Soir" speaks of a British loan to France, saying that a shor' term loan of from £20,000,000 £50,000,000 may materialise from the London talks.—Trans-Ocean.

THE NEGOTIATORS

London, To-day. Besides Mr. Neville Chamberlain (the Premier), Lord Halifax (Foreign Secretary), M. Edouard Daladier (French Premier) and M Georges Bonnet (French Foreign Minister), the chief. Diplo matic Adviser to the British Government, Sir Robert Vansittart, and the Secretary-General of the Quai d'Orsay will take part in the Anglo-French talks.

It is believed, according to 2 financial newspaper, that financial problems will play a prominent role in the talks-Trans-Ocean.

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