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TO FIGHT TO THE BITTER END

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Since his return from tu. Chiang Kai-shek has sopar- ately received the British Amarl- can and Soviet Ambassadors, ac- nording to Chinese reports from Chungking, which declare that In his interviews with the for. aign envoys, the Generalissimo reiterated China's determination to fight to the bitter and.--Reu- ter.

BRITAINS MIGHT FOR THE DEFENCE OF FREEDOM. This striking plature, taken at a works "some. where in England" shows Spitfire fighters in course of construction. These machines, each powered with a single Rolls-Royce engine, are the fastest single engined fighters in service. (Copyright. By Air Mail. Passed

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GERMANY RUDELY UPSET IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

London, To-day.

THE ANGLO-FRANCO-TURKISH treaty has been received with considerable relief in the Balkan countries.

SIR KINGSLEY WOOD ́IN FRANCE

London, To-day. The Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, visited advanced aerodromes of the R.A.F. in France yesterday.

HONEYMOON COUPLE IN · INCIDENT

SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.

A BRITISH COUPLE, MR. NOEL ABBOTT, EMPLOYED BY THE IM. PERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, AND HIS WIFE, WHO ARE HONEY. MOONING HERE, WERE INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHILE RIDING IN THE HÚNGJAO AREA - BEYOND THE INTERNATIONAL · ·SETTLE- MENT BOUNDARY,:YESTERDAY.

Mr. Abbott's pony shied and advertently knocked a puppet police-

man off his bicycle.

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An altercation followed, which "re- sulted in the Japanese sentries re- fusing Mr. and Mrs. Abbott permis- sion to re-pass the barriers into the Settlement,

A high British military officer eventually appeared on the scene and Sir Kingsley is the first British Ca- | secured the Abbott's release from the

In Bucharest, the Rumanian capital, it was stated:

"The sublime loyalty of the Turks has once more binet Minister to visit the French war puppet Police station where both had been proved.

"The Turks are capable of talking and listening all

day, and then saying, quite simply, 'no.'

"Turkish resistance to threats to Belgrade radio announced that such her independence has made possible a bloc (to consist of all Balkan coun- the formation of a solid Balkan bloc."tries, including Bulgaria) was now to

be expected.

SOVIET PACT

RUMOUR

Shanghai, To-day.

In Bucharest it was also an. nounced that a Rumanian econo- mlo delegation has left for Ankara to conclude a trade pact with Turkey.

The delegation will later go to Cairo to negotiate a trade with Egypt.

TITULESCU'S OFFER 1 Meanwhile, M. Titulescu, the for mer Rumanian Foreign Minister who

Overnight rumours of the arrival in Chungking of five planes carrying, a Soviet Military Mission, presaging the conclusion of a Chinese-Soviet Pact is cannot be confirmed in authoritative quarters in Shanghai.

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Hitherto no news has been received from Chungking, presumbly as the result of censorship. Reuter.

BRITAIN TO BUY MORE WOOL

Capetown, To-day. The South African Department of Agriculture antiquvices that Britain will probably bug the Union's wool clip at the same average price as she is pay ing Augális, namely 10%; pár) 1b.-- Reuter.

now living in Switzerland, has | written to King Carol placing: his

services at the King's disposal. :

.M. Titulescu was Premier for 20 years until 1926. He is a fervid op- ponent of Fascism and a good friend of France.

SLENDER HOPE GONE

In London, the “Evening Standard,' commenting on the anglo-Franco-Tur- kish treaty, says: "Thus Germany, has been deprived of her slender hopes of diverting the war from the forti- fled west to the unfortified east.

"Britain will receive strong help in sea. now

ility of the Eastern Medi- well prove to be de- this war, and-Turkey- Lhe greatest service",

area. Reuter.

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