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Moscow, To-day.

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Three Soviet airwomen took off from Moscow on a non- stop flight to the Far East, are missing.

Wireless communication', was kept up with them until they were east of Lake Baikal, after which they passed into a bad weather zone. Reuter.

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JAPANESE WARSHIPS CLEAR FOR ACTION

Canton, To-day.

A sensational report received

here states that all Japanese war- ships operating between Hong Kong and Hainan Island and those around Hainan Island and the Paracels, "cleared decks" for action yesterday.

Tension prevails along the coast and on Hainan Island as the result! of rumours that the long-heralded Japanese South China invasion will be embarked upon as soon as wdr breaks out in Europe.

Additional French gunboats have arrived at Kwangchowwan from Haiphong, it is added.

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The French authorities Kwangchowwan are taking precau- tionary measures and are viewing the Japanese concentration around Hainan Island seriously,

It is reported that several Japan- ese warships are cruising off Pak- hoi with decks cleared for action, and that thera...zoyer. 20) gunboats, cruising near the Hainan Straits →→ Our Own: Correspon

REASSEMBLY OF PARLIAMENT?

London, To-day,

That Parliament will be summon- ed on Tuesday or Wednesday is the Members view prevailings, among o of the House of Commonal teen ana

It is expected that Mr. Chamber- lain will then make a full declara- tion about the International eitum tion.—Trans-Ocean,

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Czechoslovakian Reply Reported Made Known To Lord Halifax

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).

London, To-day.

Persistent reports early this morning, believed to emanate from well- informed quarters, declare that M. Jan Masaryk, the Czech Minister in London, has informed Lord Halifax that the Czecho - Slovakian Government is unable to accept the terms of the German memoran- dum. Our Own Correspondent.

Bucharest, To-day.

A wave of sympathy for Czecho-Slovakia is sweeping Rumania. Every- where people are talking of their readiness to help their neighbour and ally. Reuter.

Warsaw, To-day,

Czecho-Slovak sappers have blown up a section of the Cisna - Lupkow railway near the Polish frontier, according to the Polish news agency. The line is part of the Polish railway system, and runs through

Reuter. Czecho-Slovakia for only a short distance. London reports that Czecho-Slovakia has rejected Germany's terms follow ex- pectations, and are in line with semi-official indications that Paris is firmly against any attempt to bring pres- sure on Prague towards ac- ceptance.

Reuter, cabling from Paris this morning, stated that French experts are of the opinion that fulfilment of Hitler's demands would put Czecho-Slovakia at the mer- cy of her neighbours.

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nly link being a corridor twenty miles

e without a railway. The map shows that Ger- many is demanding a plebis- cite in regions where the German element is extreme-

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stipulation that all cattle and must be handed mi atombensation, the experts consider, would only be Justified if Czecho- Slovakia is defeated in war.

-Reuter

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