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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

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MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S HAND

BEING FORCED

General Election In SABOTAGE OF Britain Again Mooted REYNAUD PLAN

London, To-day.

SIR ARCHIBALD Public opinion in Great Britain has been so deeply CLARK-KERR IN CHUNGKING

Chungking. To-day.

It

hour.

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Paris, To-day.

shocked by the anti-Jewish pogrom in Ger- A proposal that the Confedera many that resistance to Mr. Chamberlain's for-tion Generate de Travail should eign policy is growing even in circles normally seek by every method to sabotage supporting the Government. Possibility of an Finance Minister Reynaud's eco- early general election is again the topic of the nomic plan, was made at the C.G.T. Congress at Nantes yesterday by is argued in Opposition circles that Mr. Cham-the delegate from the Nord textilė

berlain has no mandate for the policy he is pur-section. suing, and it is contended that at least 80 per The delegate suggested that

action might extend even cent. of the British people are opposed to a pro-general strike. German approach in foreign policy.

The British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, arrived here at 3.30 yesterday afternoon, and will call on the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. Wang Chung-hui, to- day.

The Ambassador, accompanied According to well-informed cir-suggestions of the Party headquar by his private secretary, Mr. J. G. cles, the Conservative Central Office ters, but will probably modify his

of programme. Thourdin,...and the American as-has already completed its list sistant naval attache, Capt. James candidates for the next election, In It is already hinted (says Trans. McHugh, left Kwaiyang by car on anticipation of an early appeal to Ocean) that events are compelling Monday morning at 10 o'clock.

After spending the night at Tungtze, on the Kweichow-Sze- chuen border, the party continued the journey yesterday morning to Chúngking

the country.

to à

support Despite enthusiastic from the Communists, however, M. Leon Jouhaux, the President, adopted a wait and see attitude.

He said he supported general condemnation of the decrees but did not favour an immediate vote, as he considered it preferable to some constructive mo- The question of the creation of substitute

tion. — Reuterali) dan na a Ministry of Munitions and Sup ply has again come to the fore-question to day at front, following the pogrom; and

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the Prime Minister to change his Much is likely to depend upon policies. the results of the by-elections be- ing held this week..

Walsall goes to the polls to-day (Wednesday).

political cor-

ly meeting, and regular week- Doncaster and 'Bridgwater poll pressure is being exerted not only respondent, of the "Daily Mail" re- by the Opposition but also from ports that it does not seem impos- wide circles among the Conserva-sible that Mr. Chamberlain will tives, particularly on the Right.

The Ambassador was met on ar-] rivál here by members of the to-morrow. British diplomatic mission and At the last election, the figures representatives of the Chinese were: Foreign Office.

He stayed last night in the rer sidence of the local manager of B. and S., but is moving into the Foreign Office hostel to-day.-Reu- ter.

NEW GERMAN CLAIM ON

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

PRAGUE, TO-DAY,

THE CZECHOSLOVAK GEN-

Doncaster

Labour Cons.

29,963 22,011

Bridgwater

Cons. Liberal

17,939

7,870

Labour

6,240

Walsall

Liberal Nat.

28,563

19,594

1,480

Labour

Ind.

Upon the analysis derived from these elections, following upon Ox- ford and Dartford, a decisión ́on an election will be taken.

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-:WALSALL MAY DECIDE If, for instance, Walsall should TRAL GOVERNMENT MET YES-be lost to the Government as TERDAY EVENING TO DISCUSS confidently predicted in Opposi- A MINOR FRONTIER RECTI-tion circles, it is unlikely that Mr. FICATION WITH GERMANY. Chamberlain will give way to the

Informed quarters declare that the new territories demanded by Germany have a total population of about- 88,000, including 10,000 Czechs. The regions concerned are rural districts near Taus, Melnik, Starkenbach, Pilsen Budwala,

AIR RAID SIREN

TEST ON PEAK

A test and

an air raid warning siren will be carried out from Gough Hill Police Station at 10 a.m. on Saturday 19th.

An agreement between the Slovaks, and Creche submitted to the Government is provisional and embodies Slovak Autonomy in the Constitution of the Czecho-Slovak State.

The siren will be sounded three times at three minutes' Interval,

munications shall be left to the The agreement provides that: Ministries of the Central Govern- questions of finance, foreign policy, ment in which the Slovaks will be military organisation and com- I represented. Trans-Ocean.

P

recede from his stand that creation CABINET DISCUSSION of such a Ministry in peace-time is The Cabinet is reconsidering the inexpedient. Trans-Ocean..

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