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BRITAIN

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SEEKING TO SECURE SPAIN TRUCE

Political Intervention In Civil War Possible

CHINA CURRENCY POLICY

Hankow, To-day. Interviewed this morning a Fin ance Ministry spokesman denied reports that fundamental méa- sures regarding the currency po licy are being considered at the Bankers' Conference. Reuter.

BRITISH SECRET SERVICE HELD RESPONSIBLE

Berlin, To-day.

The papers here assert that the

Mr. Chamberlain's MR. S.W. CLARK

Diplomatic Objectives

London, To-day.

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SECURES RESPITE

Mr. S. W. Clark, who towards

The British Government is considering the possibi- the middle of last month received lity of political intervention in Spain, with the considerable publicity as the re- object of effecting a truce and to enable the sult of eviction proceedings in- Spanish Government and the insurgents to stituted against him by the land- meet at the conference table, according to the lord of his residence, at No. 134, diplomatic correspondents of this morning's en

Kennedy Road, successfully ap- newspapers.

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The correspondents state that such action would follow successful application of the British pro- posals for withdrawing foreign volunteers.

British Intelligence Service was re- VIOLENT GALE

sponsible for

spreading the

"rumour" of German troop move- ments towards the Czechoslovakian frontier which caused the recent

political crisis.

SWEEPS SOUTH ENGLAND

THE

In support of this assertion, the

LONDON, TO-DAY. papers refer to a statement made EXTENSIVE DAMAGE HAS by the French journalist, Jules BEEN SUFFERED IN Sauerwein.

SEVEREST JUNE GALE IN Sauerwein says he was told by LIVING MEMORY. authoritative Czechoslovakian quar- The gale began with a series of ters that Prague received a tele-thunderstorms in the afternoon, phone call from London the the and swept across Southern Eng- evening of May 20, which informed land and the Channel last night, the Government that the British In- reaching a' maximum velocity of telligence Service possessed in- 190 miles an hour at Plymouth. formation that German troops were moving towards the Czecho- slovakian frontier.

Partial Czech mobilisation was therefore ordered, according to Sauerwein..

MATTER OF MINUTES

Tents and marquees at the Royal Counties Show at Bournemouth were ripped to pieces, causing damage es- limated at £30,000.

The bookmakers' stands, and the 100-foot television tower on

It was a matter of minutes and Epsom Racecourse were levelled there was therefore no time for in-flat, :: quiries in Berlin.

Six lifeboats were called out to Regarding the nature of the help distressed yachts, troon movements the Hamburger “QUEEN MARY” HELD UP Fremdenblatt comments as follows? The liner "Queen Mary" was "The attempt to place the respon-prevented at midnight from -sibility for the crisis on the shoul-docking at Cherbourg,

ders of the Reich thus now. 12 days Seaside towns were flooded after later is realved by Franco-Czech cloudbursts, and quarters, to have been due to the A balloon broke adrift from the report of the British Intelligence Air Ministry barrage at Dagenham Service"-Trans-Ocean,

Dock Reuter

DEFENCE TEST LANDING

landing at Taishan Bay in Latest reports state that the en- the Po On District reported this terprise was abandoned by Japanese morning, and denied by official quar-

ma

ters in Canton now appears to have bluejackets on meeting with -been on a small scale and in the nachine-gun fire from defence post-

ture of a defence-testing expedition. Itions.

pealed for an extension before His Honour the Acting Chief

Justice, Mr. Justice Lindsell, in t Chambers this morning.

Mr. Clark, under the terms of It is pointed out that the Span a court order made on May 13, ish conflict, which some months was required to give up posses- ago it was believed could not long sion to-morrow. As he had not continue, still lies athwart the succeeded in finding alternative road to general European appease-accommodation, he lodged an ap- ment, and retards completion of peal yesterday. the Anglo-Italian Agreement.

It is further suggested that This morning, he was granted

an extension of three months at at

the Government projects the re- orening of direct Anglo-German a rental fixed by the court talks for a general understand- $110.00 per month, an increase ment of the Czecho-Slovakian This is the first case in which ing, but it is realised that settle-

of $20.00.

problem is an essential prelimin- the new Prevention of Evictions ary, possibly through British Bill has been taken into account. mediation. Reuter.

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