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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1938.

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NEW TURN IN PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES CONTROVERSY

1.

Allegation Against Military Court Misplaced? Curious House Of ROOSEVELT TALK ITALIAN AIR

Commons Intervention

London, To-day.

An important development in the controversy over Parliamentary Privilege occurred at the end of the question time in the House of Commons yesterday.

Lt.-Col. A. P. Heneage, (Conservative, Louth) sup- ported by Mr. Winston Churchill, asked the Speaker to consider the fact that information had come to their hands differing from that on

which the Committee of Privileges had reach-

ed their decision.

Mr. Churchill asserted that, as a member of the Committee, he had come to the conclusion that the Committee's decision had been taken from a misleading presenta- tion of facts, and the new facts altered the incidence of a breach of privilege.

EVIAN COMPLETES LABOURS

Evian, To-day. The Speaker said the position re- The Refugee's Conference has quired consideration and that

he virtually completed its labours and would give a ruling on Monday. the head of the delegations; have, Various explanations are given as freached an agreement on the text to the situation. The most com- of the resolution for approval at al mon is that whereas the Committee plenary meeting to-day.

on Privileges has declared that the A full conference will be held in Military Court had committed a the evening to decide the methods breach of privilege in summoning of financing the permanent com- Mr. Sandys to give evidence. The mittee to be established in London. further information now available--Reuter. suggests that the

summons did

not come from the Court, who

therefore should be exonerated. — Reuter.

ANY PRECEDENT?

London, To-day..

Colonel Heneage said the informa-

GIBRALTAR DEFENCES

ON ARMAMENTS

AND PEACE

San Francisco, To-day.

DISASTER

Rome, To-day.

All of the 20 passengers of the airliner which crashed were Ita- lians and the victims included the "The United States is ready to Marquis Pes di Villa Marina, Gen- encourage other great Powers in tleman-in-Waiting to the King of

towards a definite re- Italy. duction in world armaments," any effort

The cause of the disaster alter- said President Roosevelt 'yester-been a broken air screw or a fire natively, has been stated to have American Fleet. day, prior to reviewing the

Reuter.

aboard. Declaring that everyone in the General Valle participated in the

search by safer for the nation to spend less United States wishes it were on armaments, he said: "All know

that we are faced with a condi- HAWKER FINED $20

tion not a theory. The condition is not of our choosing. We fer- vently hope for the day when other leading nations; will realise that the present course will in evitably lead to disaster.

Charged wit

hawking cut co- conuts in Statue Square outside the Supreme Court in contravention of the anti-cholera emergency regula- "The year 1919," he added, tions, Pang Kong, 29, was fined $20 "would see a world of world-or 14 days imprisonment by Mr. wide rejoicing if it could mark R. Edwards at the Central Magis- definite steps towards permanent tracy this morning. world, peace." Reuter.

SOCONY OFFICIAL BEREAVED

BAN ON WIRE TO HITLER

The telegram which Comman der Locker-Lampson, Conserva- tive M.P. for Handsworth, sent Mrs. Phoebe Mears Durrschmidt, to Hitler giving some advice "as wife of Mr. H. S. Durrschmidt, of one Aryan to another," ahs |the Standard-Vacuum Corporation, not been allowed to reach him.

died early this morning at her re- Commander Locker Lampson sidence, No, 513, The Peak, fol- has received a telegram that lowing a long illness.

"Berlin advises that his tele- There will be no funeral but cre- gram to Hitler has been stopped mation, will take place at 5 p.m. to- "in accordance wiht provisions of day. It is requested that no flowers Article 26 of the International- be sent.

Telecommunications Convention, under which Governments empowered to stop private tele-

BRITISH TRADE

London, To-day.

are:

grams which appear dangerous

tion which had come into his pos-

London, To-day. session would appear to be incon- Sir John Simon, Chancellor of sistent with that upon which the the Exchequer, replying on behalf Committee of Privileges founded of the Prime Minister to a question

to the security of the State their report.

in the commons as to whether in-

contrary to the laws of the coun- the He asked the guidance of the structions would be given to

try or to public order or decency." Speaker as to how the doubts raised Committee of Imperial Defence to

The banned telegram advised thereby could be cleared up. The review the whole question of the The full returns for overseas Hitler to drop all thought of Speaker said that anything of that defence of Gibraltar in the light of trade in June were published yes colonies as long as he attacked nature raised questions of extreme recent events in Spain and the terday. importance. The House had agre Straits of Gibraltar, said the Com-634, ed to the report of the Committee mittee already had this question of Privileges and it would be dif- der review.-British Wireless. ficult to reopen the question." He did not know, without further con- sideration, whether there were any precedents for such a situation. The House would, he was sure, be willing to grant him time before he gave a ruling on such an

im- portant matter, but he would be prepared to do so either to-day (Friday) or Monday.

Imports totalled £76,052, his own minorities, and spoke of exports £36,893,525 and re- German money paying for “poi- exports £4,987,170.-British

Palestine Wire- son propaganda” în less.

and anarchy-in Jamaica.

CENSURE MISPLACED

Mr. Winston Churchill asked whether the Speaker would be pre- pared to receive information from other members.

Speaking as a member of the Committee of Privileges, he had come to conclusion that decision was taken upon a misleading presenta tion of the facts.

Censure had alighted on persons who were completely innocent of #kany action, and who took no part in incidents complained of.

The Speaker said that before coming to a conclusion, he would like to have any evidence which could be sub- mitted to himBritish Wireless.

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