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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 12, 1989

Germany Satisfied That Britain Is Not Bluffing

TRIPLE COLLISION IN MID-AIR

Bucharest, To-day.

Three Rumanian air force planes collided yesterday

Klausenburg.

near

All three machines were total wrocks, and the three pilots were killed instantaneously.

Ocean.

Trans-

FURTHER NEW INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSCOW

LONDON, TO-DAY.

THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COM- MITTEE OF THE CABINET, UN-

AIDING POLAND TWO MORE HUGE WITH "SUSPECT

EAGERNESS"

Berlin, To-day.

BATTLESHIPS FOR AMERICA

New York, To-day, Despite repeated assertions that there was nothing Washington reports state that the Navy Department intends to new in Mr. Neville Chamberlain's Danzig state-ask Congress at the next session ment, the Nazi press and official circles con- for funds for two further 45,000-

ton battleships. tinue to comment on the statement.

The keels of the first two ships of this class, "Iowa" and "New

Jersey," were laid some weeks ago, and besides, six 35,000-ton battle-

The "Diplomatische Korrespondenz' admits that Britain certainly is not bluffing when "with suspicious eagerness" she supports the main-ships are now under construction. tenance of the Danzig statute in some form.

.

Naval experts think that 35,000- ton warships are no longer large enough to meet the requirements of the situation.

Cost of construction of a battle-

ship of this size is roughly $100,-

Some commentators in Berlin seize on the Pre

mier's remarks that an improvement is possible as an admission that the present situation is 000,000. unjust.

Nazt circles are still very up-

DER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF set, however, that no reference MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, was made by Mr. Chamberlain to MET AT NO: 10 DOWNING the "natural aspirations of the STREET YESTERDAY FOR DIS- Danzigers," CUSSION OF THE INTERNA-

TIONAL SITUATION,

In Rome, Fascist quarters stress Mr. Chamberlain's re- ference to the possibility of improving the Danzig sta- tute.

The meeting is believed to have the been devoted to discussion of Moscow negotiations in the light of the report received from, the Despite the Premier's reitera- Ambassador in Moscow, Sir Wil-tion of British pledges to Poland, liam Seeds, in which the Ambassa- the statement is regarded in dor gave an account of his last Rome as an invitation to the two meeting with M. Molotov, the So parties to negotiate. viet Foreign Commissar.

New instructions are being sent to the Ambassador.

M.

Meanwhile in Paris yesterday, the French Foreign Minister, Georges Bonnet, gave a resume of latest developments in the interna- tional situation.-Trans-Ocean,

COUNT RACZYNSKI AT F.O.

London, To-day.

Reuter.

FAVOURABLE FRENCH-

RECEPTION

Paris, To-day.

ITALIAN COMMENT

Rome, To-day.

The statement is no contribution to settlement of the dispute, says the Italian press.

"Gazetta del Popolo" declares the statement might be compared with a firecracker which produces great deal of noise without damage or harm.

a

Trans-Ocean.

FIFTH COLUMN IN THE BALTIC

-LONDON, TO-DAY. THE QUESTION OF “IN- TERNAL AGGRESSION” IN THE BALTIC STATES IS DISCUSSED BY THE "YORKSHIRE POST."

The newspaper says that the So- The speech, the paper adds, has viet Government proposed to Bri- done no service to peace or to the tain that a change in the constitu- cause of Poland, but has "merely tional system of the country in con- prolonged for a few weeks the sequence of pressure from without life of the Chamberlain Cabinet should be regarded as an act of and the farcical spectacle of aggression. Britain which is talking and mak ing a great deal of noise but which is not translating her words into

Mr. Neville Chamberlain's state-action, nor is she likely to do so ment is given a generally favour-in-the-future."-Trans-Ocean. able reception in the French press, though a few press uneasiness regarding remarks on the possibility of Ger- man-Polish negotiations.

commentators

ex-

his

"Populaire” says that Mr. Cham- berlain left 110 doubt regarding Britain's intentions.

declaration

of

"Figaro" states the does not contain the shadow reserve on the value of the Wes The Polish Ambassador in Lon-tern Powers undertaking in don, Count Raczynski, who return ed to London from Warsaw on

Sunday, saw Lord Halifax yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. British Wireless.

gard to Poland.

NAZI DANZIG

PAPER GIVES ITS

POINT OF VIEW

Britain and France, the journal adds, made counter-proposals to the effect that the obligation to resist aggression should be implemented only if one of the three contracting nations Britain, France and Rus- sia was directly involved in such a change in the constitutional sys- tem.-Trans-Ocean.

FARES CUT ON

MACAO RUN

One may now travel to Macao for a small sum of 30 cents!

Dantig, To-day. re- Commenting on Mr. Chamber

lain's statement on the Danzig There is the result of keen com- "Le Petit Parisien" says Mr. question, the semi-official "Dan petition among the riverboat com- Chamberlain did not exclude the ziger Vorposten" takes the line panies, which, following the re- possibility of a peaceful arrange that the statement of the British lease of the boats by the Japanese ment. This possibility, however, Premier was mere hair-splitting de-in Canton, have placed all their seems very improbable at the mo- signed to take advantage of the vessels on the Hong Kong-Macao ment.

general lack of knowledge in the route.

Epoque" writes that the pas-world concerning the real situa Slashing reductions have been Mrs. S. Sequeira, of 16 Jordan sage in the speech contemplating tion, in order to justify the Polish made during the last six months, the most recent by the Steamboat. Road, was bitten yesterday after the possibility of negotiations was thesis. noon by a dog belonging, to Mr. P. not so fortunate; because Germany

Company, largest river boat con- Bock. She was subsequently treat will only consent to a reconciliation

cern in the Colony. ed in hospital and the dog has been with Poland if the latter gives up put under observation.

Danzig.Reuter,

Book through AMERICAN LLOVD

TRAV

With reference to Mr Chamber lain's assertion that the status of the Free City was not funda- mentally, unjustor Illogical, the paper says that over one hundre issues between Danzig and Poland have had to be submitted to

ons.

The company, has now reduced. the return fare (saloon) to $5.

class has been re- 00% Chinese first-class passage to 70 cents,

to 30 cents.

steerage passag

Mr.