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PÖHNA AE, JUNE 29, 1889

BRITISH MEMORANDUM TO GERMANY ON NAVAL PACT

Britain No Longer Bound By Strength Forecasts

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London, To-day.

The text of a memorandum on the termination of

the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which was handed to Herr von Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, by the British Embassy in Berlin, has been published by the Foreign Office.

It says that it is not the case that in whatever part of Europe Germany might be involved in war Britain must always take an attitude hostile to Germany. Britain could only be hostile if Ger- many committed an act of aggression against another country.

PREMIER TO BROADCAST

ON SUNDAY

London, To-day.

to

The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, has arranged broadcast to, the nation at 8.05 p.m. (G.M.T.) on Sunday evening, Mr. Chamberlain's subject' will be National Service, and the talk. will last ten minutes-Reuter,

JAPS. GIVE A

FILM ACTRESS

APPEALS FOR AID TO CHINA

LONDON, TO-DAY.

OF ALL THE TERRIBLE

HARDSHIPS IN THE WORLD

TO-DAY, CHINA'S WAS THE

MOST TERRIBLE, DECLARED

MR. NOEL BUXTON AT A LUN- CHEON OF THE OVERSEAS

WEEK'S NOTICE TO LEAGUE IN SUPPORT OF THE BRITISH MISSION

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Peiping, To-day.

CHINA CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

YESTERDAY.

apeaker painted an

appalling picture of China's suffer- ings, and appealed for assistance

The The Japanese military authorl- ties are reported to have given the Anglican Mission one week's notice to vacate the hospital. In the su

burbs of Tatung, Shansi.

Bishop Norris has gone to Ta- tung to investigate the Japanese

It is stated the British property

It declares that the description in the German demands.

memorandum from the German Government is worth $400,000, but the Ja- of British policy as one of encirclement is with-panese are offering $70,000 for it.-—- out any justification.

Reuter.

Britain has no desire to res- No further forecasts will be no- LONDON FIRES:

I.R.A. SUSPECTED

LONDON, TO-DAY. ANOTHER LARGE FIRE OC-

trict the development of German cossary, since they were designed trade; the memorandum points merely to allow Ġermany to make out that already. a considerable full use of her 1985 quota, but if supply of free exchange had been Germany is to be no longer bound made available to Germany for to the limit of 35 per cent specified the acquisition of raw materials. in the agreement, His Majesty's | CURRED IN THE CITY YESTER-

The British Government looks Government can no longer be bound DAY. forward to a discussion for fur- by their past forecasts of strength ther improvement in Germany's which must therefore be considered Upper Thames Street burst into economic position if only mutual to be cancelled. confidence and goodwill can be established.

The consistent desire of His Majesty's Government, far from ́being the promotion of war with Germany, is to establish Anglo-

This time two warehouses in

for humanitarian work, "if only to vindicate our own consciences."

The appeal was supported by role in the film Louise Rainer, the film star, who

took the leading "Good Earth.”

Miss Rainer said that modern inventions in the last 50 years had made us realise the smallness of the world, "and what happens in China' to-day may happen here.”—— Reuter 33

GERMAN-ITALIAN

flames shortly after the employees AIR CO-OPERATION

If Germany contemplates the had left the premises. negotiation of another agreement. The police immediately opened His Majesty's Government would an investigation, suspecting Irish be glad to receive some indication extremists. — Trans-Ocean. of the scope and purpose which the German Government would consider

German relations on a basis of appropriate to such an agreement. ANTI-BRITISH

mutual recognition of the needs 'of both countries, consistent with the regard for the rights of other nations.

ELEMENT OF STABILITY The main object of the Naval Agreement - was to introduce an element of stability and to avoid unnecessary competition in arma- ments, hence the agreements con- tained no provision for unilateral denunciation but clearly contemplat- ed a termination or modification

of

.

In particular, His Majesty's Gov- ernment desire to know,

Firstly, when in the German view such discussions should take place, and

Berlin, To-day.

An

agreement for close operation between the German and Italian air forces is announced in an official communique on a meet-

TSINGTAO CAMPAIGN ing held at Karinhall between

Shanghai, To-day. Field-Marshal Goering, Nazi Air The Japanese-inspired antt Bri Secondly, how the German Gov-tish campaign is in full swing in Minister, and General Valle, chief 'ernment would propose to ensure Tsingtao, according to reports of the Italian air force, o that any action in the shape of arenching Shanghai, denunciation or modification of the

new agreement during the terms of ita validity should carry the consent of both parties.-Reuter.

BRITISH GUARANTEES only by mutual consultation.

The memorandum opens with the The agreement of 1985 was-ex-statement that the German Gov- pressly stated to be permanent. ernment justify the termination of The only provision, apart from the naval agreements on the ground the special case

submarines that the attitude of His Majesty's (which, it was contemplated, might Government showed that they now entail modification), was a violent held the view that in whatever part disturbance in the general equil of Europe Germany might be in- brium of naval armament and even volved in a war-like conflict, Bri- then the modification ould only tain must always be hostile to Ger- take place in consultation with His many even where English interests

Majesty's Government.

NO ~MORE FORECASTS The German Government do not maintain that such a condi- tion in fact exists. Still less have they invited His Majesty's Gov ernment to examine the situation before taking their action.

The past/% HI

were not touched.

agreement.'

Posters with the words "knock been agreed to continue to clarify The communique adds it hag down Britain" in English, Chinese all questions concerning employ- and Russian are fixed on buildings — ment of "the air force, its organ- and firms.

Other posters displayed promin-isation, training and technical

Reuter. ently in the city contain the words "welfare of the Chinese people is to crush British Inftuence in China" and "British capital must be banished from China. Trans- Ocean.

must be corrected.

The recent action of Germany to incorporate certain territories in the Reich undoubtedly resulted in a great increase of anxiety in many quarters.

LABOUR AND SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS

London, To-day.

No decision has yet been reach-

ed regarding readmission to the Labour Party of its former M.P., Sir Stafford Cripps.

mittee,

After stating that Britain could only be hostile to Germany if the · Subsequent actions by the Unit- latter committed an act of aggreg-ed Kingdom were designed to con- Yesterday, Sir Stafford's applica- sion, the memorandum emphasises tribute to a removal of this anxiety. tion for readmission was examined that political decisions involving The memorandum draws atten- by the ommittee and referred to guarantees by Britain to certain tion to the confusion regarding the a countries could only operate if the cruiser size arising from Germany's countries concerned were attacked expression of a desire that the qual- orandum states that by Germany. 1.

itative procisions of the 1987 agree aats of strength"____which |~

NAZI ACTION

ment remain unaffected and asks by a Government made to The description of the British po- Germany to confirm the assumption ere given solely for the licy as one of encirclement is un- that the limit to which Germany urpose of implementing the provi- Justified and indicatos, cu misunder- Intends to adhere Is 8,000 tons and sions of the 1985 Agreement. standing of British purposes which | 6.1-inch guns. —Reuter.

Germa

were ex-

Sir Stafford, who belonged to the Left Wing of the Party, and two other MPB, Mr. Aneurin Bevan and: Mr. Georre pelled in May because they ad- vocated, a Popular Front with the inclusion of the Communists. Trans-Ocean.