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~THE CHINA MAIL NOVEMBER 29, 1988.

ROME-BERLIN TOKYO ALLIANCE MYSTERY

London, To-day..

Inquiries made in Japanese official circles with re- ference to the reported Japanese-Italian-Ger- "man military alliance, as reported exclusively in the "News Chronicle" yesterday, elicited the following reply, "That is a very delicate ques- tion!"

With reference to the reports that Italy hesitates to sign the Triple Alliance, apprehending મ possible: offence to Great Britain,, it was expressed that there was no reason why Italy need have 'any such fears as the Alliance, if, realised, was in no way aimed at Britain.

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The Japanese Embassy was very reticent with Reuter's diplo matic correspondent and had no official information on the subject,

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IN PARLIAMENT necessity of preparing for simul-

London, To-day,

A number of questions on Czecho slovakia were answered in the House of Commons yesterday.

military. operations against the Soviet and China.

While seeking a satisfactory end to the present China trou- ble, the Japanese army hold that they must face frontal clash with both those Powers in future, In reply to a question relating to consequently new armament must the final frontier between Germany be built on two power standard. and Czechoslovakia, notified to the The War Minister, General International Commission on No- Itagaki, was also present vember 21, Mr, Butler pointed out appealed to manufacturers for that it was not stipulated in the even greater output of munitions Munich Agreement that a final ad- declaring that the end of the justment of the frontier would be China incident was still far off. banned on technical grounds..

As a result of the final. adjust- ment, it was understood that on balance, several thousand Czechs additional to the 580,000 of which the Premier had informed the House on November 1, would be in- cluded in German territory.

The text of the agreement on the right of option had not been re- ceived by the Government.

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The Right Reverend R. O. Hall, As it had been been reached by Bishop of Hong Kong and South the German-Czechoslovak Commis-China, has received the aum of sion, as provided in the Munich $20,000 (National Currency) from the Civil Agreement, no further reference to General Wu Te Chen, the International Commission

Governor of Kwangtung. Berlin was required.

General Wu has requested, that The Prime Minister told the this money should be devoted to the relief of refugees who have House he had no information re- garding the threatened Polish in come over the border during the

present. hostilities. vasion of Ruthenia and recalled that the changes in the Polish-needed help will contribute appre- ciably in making the lot of the un- Czechoslovak frontier, were

fortunate victims of war a bit more made as the result of direct agree-

tolerable. ment between the Polish and 'Cze- choslovak Governments. He had no new statement to make on the Bri- tish guarantee of Czechoslovakia.

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Their plight, however, is still very great and it is hoped that the example of the Civil Governor of Kwangtung will be followed by

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The Under Secretary told another many others both in Hong Kong questioner that the motor road and in China. across Czechoslovakia did not fall under any provisions of the Mun- ich Agreement and he was not able to say anything about its owner- ship. British Wireless,

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Shefeld, To-day. strike which broke out this weekend in the Vickers, Armstrong armament works became more serious when another 500 workers Joined the 2000 atrikers. “

The management, hopes that the men :) will soon return to ́ ́ work, but the strike leaders declare that unless their demands are: accepted other "Shemeld" factories will join the strike. The workers of the Vickers factories in Newcastle and Darlington also threaten a strike,

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