ANGLO-SOVIÉT NEGOTIATIONS
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1989
Baker Demands
Mr. Noel
Publication
AND THE PRIME
MINISTER
DECLINES
London, To-day.
Of
Proposals
Questioned in the House of Commons yesterday re- garding the Anglo-Soviet negotiations, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said he had nothing to add to his statement on Monday.
LONDON STILL OPTIMISTIC
London, To-day.
It is understood that fresh instructions were despatched to Sir William Seeds, British' ́Am- bassador in Moscow, last night.
Another meeting of the British and French Ambassadors and the Soviet Foreign Commissar, M. Molotov, will be held shortly at which outstanding difficulties will be cleared up.-Reuter.
Mr. Philip Noel-Baker (Labour) suggested that as GOVERNMENT
the negotiations have been going on for three
and a half months, and as in the early weeks REORGANISATION the Russian Government showed very great willingness to come to some agreement, the IN WASHINGTON British Government should publish all pro- posals put forward on both sides.
BRITAIN'S
MANDATE IN PALESTINE
LONDON, TO-DAY.
MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD, THE COLONIES SECRETARY, REPLIED TO NUMEROUS QUES- TIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COM- MONS YESTERDAY ON THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS
Washington, To-day.
PASSING OF FAMED CLIMBER AND SOLDIER
London, To-day.
The death has occurred of Bri- gadier-General Charles Bruce, leader of Mount Everest Expedi- tions.
The late Brigadier-General Bruce and was the was 73 years old youngest son of the first Baron Aberdare.
He combined a long soldiering and career with mountaineering, was a winner of the Gill Memor- ial Prize of the Royal Geographi- cal Society, holder of the Found- ers' Medal and a gold medallist of the Society de Geographie Fran- caise.-
After service in Burma, Hazara, Miranzai, Waziristan and Tirah, he commanded the Gurkha Rifles in Egypt during the Great War in the Dardanelles. President Roosevelt has appoint-and served ed three of the six administrative After the War he again saw
vice in India and Afghanistan. This should be done, he said, in assistants to the- President au- In 1922 and 1924 he headed the order that the House and the public [thorised by the recently enacted Mount Everest Expeditions. could determine where the respon-Government Reorganisation Law. sibility lay.
Mc-
ser-
He
They are Mr. Laughlin Currie, was the author of several publica-
tions on mountaineering-Reuter. economist employed by the Federal Mr. Chamberlain: "Probably be- Reserve Board, Mr. William fore we are done, there will be pub-Reynolds, at present assistant. lication of the proposals put for the Secretary of the Treasury, and ward, but I do not think that at Mr. James Rowe, assistant secre- present it would be desirable.
tary at the White House.
NO ARGUMENTS
to
The posts were created after Pre- [sident Roosevelt had asked for six young assistants "with a
"It might lead to further recri- for anonymity."-Reuter.
mination."
passion
Athens, To-day.
COUNT GRANDI'S NEW POST
Rome, To-day.
of One of the first big tasks Count Dino Grandi, the new Italian -The close Graeco-Egyptian rela-Lord Chief of the Seal and Minis- did not think that while the negotions were referred to last night atter of Justice, will be settlement of
Replying to supplementary ̈ ques- ANDtions, Mr. Chamberlain declared he
THE PALESTINE. WHITE tiations were in progress it was a banquet given by the Greek Pre- the Southern Tyrol migration ques-
PAPER.
a good thing to enter into
Reuter.
the tion. argu-mier, General Metaxas, to
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Yehia Pasha.-Trans-Ocean.
Mr. Macdonald said the Report ofments as to who was to blame.
the permanent Mandates Commis- sion was unlikely to be published
the when August.
in House adjourned
de-
Mr. Arthur Greenwood (Labour) asked if Mr. Macdonald would stay his hand with regard to any finite action until the House had had an opportunity of discussing the Commission's Report and decision of the League Council.
NOT CORRECT
the
by
Mr. Macdonald declared that if
reached decisions any. the
suggested League Council any modification in the policy ap proved by the House, then the Gov-
ernment would certainly feel that
it was necessary to come to
the
House again before taking further
action in regard to those particular matters.
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF FATAL THETIS DIVE
:.
London, To-day.
The appointment of Count Grandi, who was formerly Ambassador in London, caused no surprise in Rome.
He is also mentioned as possibly the being the next Secretary of Fascist Party.
Count Grandi's successor as Am- bassador in London has not yet been nominated.-Reuter.
LONDON NOT INFORMED
London, To-day. Official circles in London have no
ment of Count Grandi to 4 Minis
terial post in Rome.
A graphic description of the fatal dive of the sub-knowledge of the reported appoint-
marine Thetis was given by the Master of the accompanying tug, Captain Godfrey, when the inquiry into the disaster was resumed yes- terday.
Captain Godfrey said: "Thetis went down stern first and started to roll from side to side. Then the bow went down and she swung round to
port on her helm.
"She steadied up a bit, although ine's captain, had earlier advised and him that Thetis could do 15 to 16 still swinging on her helm,
knots on the surface. disappeared;
Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Liberal) naked whether Mr. Macdonald could deny that five out of seven members "She simply sank out of of the Mandates Commission had and was slightly down by condemned the British Government |head." policy.
Mr. Macdonald said that when
to
IN TROUBLE
sight
Captain Godfrey had asked him the to accommodate his speed to that of the tug, which would do only 11 to 12 knots..
it
Mr. Mander had a chance of study- Captain Godfrey added that ing the Report he was likely appeared to him that Thetis was find his information incorrect. in trouble. Reuter.
Commander Bolus, the submar
It is understood that the British Government has received no intima-
tion from the Italian Government
regarding the change in Italian
-British Wireless.
diplomatic representation in London.
Rome, To-day. Rumours are current. that
the [Under-Secretary in the Foreign. Office, Signor Bastanini, will be appointed Ambassador to Britain in succession to Count Grandi. Trans-Ocean.
Paris, To-day.
The French Council of Ministers He made this request because is personally subscribing · 100,000 previously a submarine which heifrancs for rearmament.
was escorting "ran away" from him. Nineteen Minister will donate When Thetis disappeared she 5,000 francs each, and the Premier was only 300 to 400 yards from the will_raise 95,000 francs.-Trans-
Ocean. tug-Reuter.
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