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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 5, 1989

Armoured Corps"

From Cavalry

"Royal

Emerges

NEW TITLE ANNOUNCED

London, To-day.

The formation of a new Army Corps, to be known as the "Royal Armoured Corps," was announc- ed in the House of Commons yesterday by the Secretary for War, Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha.

Mr. Hore-Belisha said the step was being taken in view of the fact that all Regiments of cavalry

NEUTRALITY ACT CHANGES

Washington, To-day.

The House of Representatives foreign affairs committee has ap- pointed a sub-committee of seven to consider a possible amendment to the Neutrality Act.

The sub-committee will begin hearings with Mr. Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State, as first witness.-Reuter.

of the line were being re-equipped with arm- GERMANY AND

oured vehicles with the exception of the Royal Dragoons and Royal Scots Greys.

U.S. STILL

STRUGGLES

OVER COTTON

Therefore it had been decided to associate 18 mechanised regular and cavalry regiments and regular and territorial units of the Royal Tank Corps in a new corps to be known as the "Royal Armoured Corps."

BRITISH

ENCIRCLEMENT

The

Berlin, To-day.

LANCASHIRE

REJECTS BIG COTTON OFFER

London, To-day.

. It is learned from Manchester that the Lancashire Cotton Cor- poration has declined a huge offer of American cotton.

It is understood the cotton was in the region of 750,000 bales spread over three years and valued at* £6,000,000.

A representative of the Corpora- tion stated that the Corporation had been approached with the ob-

"Deutsche Allgemeine Ject of buying a substantial The new Corps would have pre-Zeitung" declares that the policy amount of cotton on advantageous cedence immediately before the of encircling Germany differs terms but the offer was | Royal Regiment of Artillery.

from that before 1914 inasmuch down in the best interests of the

turned

Washington, To-day. The cavalry regiments would re-as Germany now has the leader- The House of Representatives tain their existing designations ship without illusions and is industry, as it would have de- ̧ agricultural committee will late and the Royal Tank Corps would ready to take defence measures moralised the whole merchanting this week take up the Rankhead be redesignated the Royal Tank before it is too late. Cotton Bill.

Regiment.

All units would retain their badges and uniforms. Router.

However, some doubt is express-

The "Berliner Lokal Anzeiger" ed whether it will be reported on

contends that Britain, in spite of favourably.

assurances to the contrary by Mr. Meanwhile the Bill's sponsors The King will be Colonel-in-Chamberlain and Lord Halifax, is over the Senate Chief of the new Regiment, adds bent on an encircing policy. Bri-

are disappointed

action in raising the repossession British Wireless.

price to five cents, which is now regarded by many as a mere ges- ture and as offering little induce- ment to curtail to the farmer who has already begun cultivation of his acreage.

SWEDISH-BRITISH TRADE TALKS

Stockholm, To-day.

While no move has lately been made by the Administration to push the export subsidy, presum- ably owing to a desire to obtain a clearer picture of Congressional

Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary for strength behind the Bankhead Bill, Overseas Trade, had talks yester- there are many who do not doubt day with M. Gjoeres, Swedish that the export subsidy will ultim-Minister of Commerce, and 60 in- ately win out over the Bankhead Bill.

dustrialists representing Swedish- British trade interests..

Reuter.

BRITISH OFFICIAL SHOT

JERUSALEM, TO-DAY:

A BRITISH OFFICIAL OF THE PALESTINE ARCHAELOGICAL MUSEUM WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED OUTSIDE HOUSE YESTERDAY.

The military authorities

HIS

are

tish Statesmen, must not be judged by their words but by their deeds, and the latter so clearly point to an unscrupulous encircling policy that all assurances to the contrary are ridiculous.

The "Berliner. Boersenzeitung" says that Britain has always start- ed a coalition against any Power threatening to become powerful on the Continent, and British policy has nothing to do with moral, peace or methodic scruples.-Trans-Ocean.

visit England for trade discus- sions, and this will be followed by

It is reported that a large the visit of an English trade dele- Swedish delegation will, shortly gation to Sweden, Trans-Ocean.

Danzig Leader's

Comment On Outlook

Danzig, To-day.

searching the northern quarters of A reference to the present phase of relations be-

Jerusalem in a search for the as-

sailant, and alĮ Arab traffic has been prohibited from entering or leaving the city.

Thirty-five suspects have been detained and curfew imposed in the quarter-Reuter.

CLIPPER AT SOUTHAMPTON

London, To-day.

tween Danzig and Poland was made by Wil- helm Huth, prominent member of the Danzig Senate, in the course of a speech delivered be- fore. a gathering yesterday of the Danzig Chamber of Commerce.

Danzig, he declared, would not allow Chauvinism of any sort to bring about a curtailment of its vital interests..

The Yankee Clipper. arrived Southampton yesterday afternoon on completion of its flight across

added that Germany was In the past, political happenings the Atlantic via the Azores and strong enough to prevent curtail may have had a bad effect on the Marseilles.Reuter.

ement of German interests in any trade of Danzig but as the The 42-ton Clipper (adds British shape or form.

stood to-day, it would be compara- Wireless) carried a crew of nine There were no grounds for alarm, tivaly easy for Danzigers to adapt

United States Army and he said, nor was there any danger themselves to changed conditions,

stagnation in Dansig trade.

Trans-Ocean.

system of the country.

NEXT CHANGE

Reuter.

AT THE KING'S

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