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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1939.

Oborg, Supreme Court

PLAN TO TRAIN THE TERRITORIALS ABROAD

HERR HITLER RECALLS PAPEN FROM ANKARA

Paris, To-day.

The "Paris Soir" reports that signature of the Italo-German mili- tary alliance treaty will take place on Monday.

The newspaper stated only

a

MAY BE SENT

TO FRANCE

IMMEDIATE

REPLY TO

M.P.s are discussing a plan to send large num- SOVIET NOTE

bers of Territorials to France for their annual training next year.

..

London, To-day.

Some Territorial officers have already paid The British reply to the Soviet Government's counter-proposals valuable visits to Gibraltar and Malta to supple-will be conveyed to Moscow within the next three days, ac- ment their training.

Army manoeuvres to be held in Yorkshire in couple of days ago that consider the autumn will be the nearest approach ever to

able difficulties had arisen in work-

ing out the details of the alliance. the “real thing.”

These difficulties, it says, have now apparently been

surmounted Troops will represent

Alliedly to war strength will take place since Count Ciano, the Italian For-armies as well as the enemy, and at Aldershot during the five days eign Minister was due in Berlin railway companies are to co-operate before the movements to Yorkshire. yesterday.

According to the Berlin corres- pondent of the "Paris Soir" the act of signing of the treaty will take place in the new Chancellery in the presence of the Fuehrer.

cording to informed quarters.

Britain, it is stated, is anxious

that Moscow should be in possea-

sion of London's reply before the opening of the League Council at Geneva.

Ocean.

The definite text of the reply will be drawn up at to-day's week- in running special trains, as they Troops taking part with the 1st ly meeting of the Cabinet.--Trans- would in war-time, carrying petrol, | Corps will include 1st and 2nd Divi. ammunition and food. Supplies will sions, various units of G.H.Q. and be withdrawn if it is adjudged that Corps Troops. Supplementary Re- and 74th Field the enemy has attacked the trans- serve units, 70th port successfully.

Regiments, Territorial Army, and The presence of the Italian For- The 1st Corps, made up to war their signal sections, and the 51st eign Minister in the German capital strength, will be moved by road and 52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Re- will be the signal for new diploma-and rail from Aldershot to York-giments. Territorial Army, tic activities on part of the totali-shire, a big area of which is to be

to placed under the Manoeuvres Act. tarian powers mainly in reply

The manoeuvres will last from the conclusion of the Anglo-Turkish

about September 15 to September agreement.

23.

Explaining the "exceptionally long continuous period" of the manoeuvres, a War Office an- nouncement stated:

their signal sections.

and

BRITISH NAVAL CRAFT AT AMOY

The R.A.F. will also co-operate. The allied army and the enemy will be provided from troops from the Northern Command, and will VON PAPEN RECALLED

ADMIRAL SIR PERCY NOBLE, include the 5th Division, 147th and Franz von Papen, the Ambassa-

151st Infantry Brigades, Territorial THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, IS Army and tanks, together with STILL IN AMOY, NAVAL CIR- dor to Turkey, says the French cor- to

reinforcements of various units CLES REPORTED THIS MORN- respondent, has been summoned

HE IS ON BOARD H.M.S. Berlin to report

from the Eastern, Scottish and ING. on the Anglo-

"This will impose greater strain

BIRMINGHAM, AND HAS BEEN Western Commands. Turkish

There negotiations.

Military representatives of the JOINED BY H.M.S: DUNCAN reason to believe, he adds, that the on the troops, but will have the

Governments very important advantage of allow-Dominions and of foreign nations AND DEFENDER, DESTROYERS. German and Italian ¡will address a note to Ankara re-ing all ranks to become accustomed

to their role. monstrating against the attitude Govern- adopted by the Turkish ment. Trans-Ocean.

pen may not return

is

tions.

his

"In shorter exercises officers and men and particularly the staffs It is also reported that Von Pa- frequently work continuously with out a rest, and thus are liable to to Ankara, partly as a mark of Hitler's dis- get a false picture of war condi- pleasure with Von Papen at

"With an exercise lasting several failure to prevent the Anglo-Tur-days they are compelled to organise kish Agreement, and partly in line their work in reliefs." with "reprisals" planned,

of the also included withdrawal German Ambassador from Warsaw. Von Papen was fetched out of retirement only a week or two ago in to take up the appointment Turkey.

TWO LONDON BY-ELECTIONS TO-DAY

which

London, To-day.

Polling will take place to-day in

two London by-elections.

In the Abbey division of West-

TROOP TRAINS "ATTACKED"

During the strategic move to and from Yorkshire, strong air forces will "attack" the transports.

Many thousands of vehicles will make the 200-mile journey from Aldershot, and special trains will carry those of the 1st Corps Infan- try, who would otherwise have to march.

are to be invited to the manoeuvres.

BELGIUM'S NEW AMBASSADOR

H.M.E. SCOUT IS ALSO IN AMOY AS GUARD-SHIP.

an

The length of Sir Percy's stay in Amoy is not known in Hong Kong. Local naval circles emphasize that it was by coincidence that Sir Percy

ор arrived in Amoy at such portune moment, for, they point out, he sailed from the Colony on his inspection tour of Amoy, Foo- The new Belgian Ambassador tochow and Shanghai before news of Spain, Count Charles de Vichenet, the "incident" reached, here. was received yesterday by General Franco to whom he presented his letters of credence.

Burgos, To-day.

H.M.S. Kent, the Admiral's flag- ship, went into dock the day Sir the Percy transferred his flag to reply, Birmingham.

re-

General Franco, in his stressed his pleasure at the establishment of diplomatic rela-

The M.V. "Silversändal" from tions with the Belgian nation with whom Spain had been united for New York sailed from San Fran- Trans-cisco on April 15 and is expected The assembly of troops necessary centuries by tradition.

here on or about Friday, May 19. to bring the 1st Corps approximate- 'Ocean,

INSIST on

minister, Sir Harold Webbe, Lead Genuine

er of the Municipal Reform Party on the London' County Council, is standing as Government supporter in place of the late Sir Sydney Herbert, who had a majority of 12,862 at the last election.

Sir Harold Webbe is opposed by Gabriel Mr. an Independent, Carritt,

At Kennington, where the Gov- ernment majority at the last elec- tion was only 545, the two can- didates are Mr. Angus. Kennedy (Conservative) and Mr. John Wilmot (Labour), — -British Wire-

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