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BRITISH FAR EAST POLICY AROUSING SPECULATION

-MUSSOLINI-

LANDING

MORE MEN IN SPAIN?

London, To-day.

A sensation has been created here by reports from Gibraltar that Mussolini-is-landing further troops in Spain.

Alleged eye-witnesses of the landing stated, on arrival at Gi- braltar, that the total exceeded 25,000 in 24 hours.

AIR RAID SYRENS' TEST ON FRIDAY

New air raid warning tests are planned in the Colony,

Syrens have now been erected at various points on the Island and it is intended to test them at 2.15 p.m. and 2.25 p.m. on Fri- day.

It is of importance that all re- sidents should recognise the sound of the syrens and the mean- ing of the signals.

The first test at 2.15 p.m. on Friday will be the "Air Raid Warning" signal, and will consist of a fluctuating or warbling sound and the whole signal will extend over a period of three minutes.

This signal would indicate that an air raid might occur within a few minutes.

The second test at 2.25 p.m. will be the "Raiders Passed" signál, and will consist of a steady blast extending over period of three minutes...

This signal would indicate that the hostile aircraft have left the area, or that the threat of a raid was no longer imminent.

BLA OUT LATER.

Bre

it is

the

Tokyo, To-day. Conviction is growing here that the Shanghai con- ference between Sir Robert Craigie and Sir Archibald Kerr Clark-Kerr foreshadows new action by Britain in the Far East.

GERMANY GIVES WARNING

Political quarters here infer that a direct outcome TO POLAND

to

Warsaw, To-day. The Polish Ambassador to Bet- lin, M. Lipski, arrived here on Tuesday evening" and was imme- diately received by the Foreign Minister, Colonel Beck.

of the conference will be noted shortly in a stif- fening of British policy towards Japan, and it is suggested that Sir Archibald is going to Chungking to secure Chinese co-operation. The British Ambassador to affected by any British measure. Japan, Sir Robert Craigie, declar- -Our Own Correspondent and ed yesterday on his return from Trans-Ocean. Shanghai that his Journey to

SIR ARCHIBALD GOING China had no special political

IN DESTROYER significance. He declared that The British Ambassador British Policy, towards the Far China, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, East conflict would remain uni- who arrived in Hong Kong this changed.

morning on board the B. and S. Nevertheless, the Japanese steamer "Taiyuan" from Shanghai, press- declares that Britain, declined to make any statement to France and the United States are the Press. working in harmony and intend Sir Archibald, who is spending to exert pressure on Japan in the day at Government House, is order to compel action on third leaving in H.M.S. Delight this Power, grievances.

evening for Haiphong, French Indo- The papers declare that Japan China, en route to Chungking. It is stated that Colonel Beck herself to be The Ambassador will probably will receive the German: Ambas- fly from Hanoi to the Chinese sador to Warsaw, Herr.von Moltke, capital.

on Wednesday Trans-Ocean.

will

not allow

ITALY CALLS

FIVE CLASSES

TO COLOURS

Rome, To-day: The calling up of different Ita- lian military classes during the past days is reported in the fol lowing semi-official report of the Stefani News Agency issued last evening:

"With the calling up of the classes of 1811 and 1912, in ad- adition to the classes of 1917 and 1918, and a certain percentage of the class of 1919, which is now undergoing service, as well as of specialists from other classes, the effective strength of the Ita lian standing

has attained an imposing

Should

7.

.

A

M. Lipski-informed Colonel Beck on a talk he had had before leav Ing Berlin with the German For- eign Minister, Herr von Ribben- trop, when the Garman Govern- ment was officially informed of the Anglo-Polish Pact, and the Ger- man Foreign Minister explained the German point of view...

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