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SOPTICTAN BINDY
the meeting of the council of the Balkan Entente, STOP PRESS TEL 20022 or 33993 scheduled to be held in Belgrade on February 2. It is considered that the meeting will establish whe- ther the new plan for south-eastern Europe, worked out at the Italo-Hungarian conversations in Venice, has chances of success.
Meanwhile, further Italo-Hungarian | question comes finally to that of talks are taking place, and Count Italo-Turkish relations. Csaky, the Hungarian Foreign Minis-
It is considered in Rome and Ankara
ter, will soon bring Mussolini Buda-that a satisfactory settlement is possi- pest's detailed answer.
It is considered possible that Hungary will agree to forget her revisionist claims, but this conces- sion is considered Insufficient for establishing Balkan security.
Active co-operation between Yugo- Slavia and Rumania is necessary un- der the form of Rumania's minimum concessions to Hungary, and Yugo- Slavian consent to the passage of Ita- Han troops through her territory.
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Such co-operation would be cepted by Belgrade and Bucharest only if it does not mean the formation of a bloc directed not only against Rus- and sla but also against Turkey Greece, who are Yugo-Slavia's and Balkan Rumania's partners in the Entente.
As Turkey holds a preponderant part in the Balkan Entente the
ble, and hopes were further increased by the announcement of the arrival in Rome of a Turkish economic mission. -Havas.
GERMANY TO STIFFEN UP RED ARMY (SPECIAL TO “CHIÑA MAIL") Rome, To-day.
The "Corriere della Sera" reports that 20 German General Staff officers have left for Russia to reorganise the Red Army-Havas.
"PATROL ACTIVITY"
Paris, To-day.
Last night's French war communi- que stated that during the night there was marked activity by our patrols.
Reuter.
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As a sequel to the disastrous Are in Shanghai street or Decem- ber 3 last year; an inquiry opened before Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen at the Kowloon Magisteracy this afternoon into the death of a 9-year-old Chinese girl, one of the many victims who attempted to escape by jumping from the burning buildings.
The jury comprised Mr. B. A: Gellman (Foreman) and Messrs. J. A. Remedios and Wong Kwai- yin. Inspector A. Wright repre- sented the Police.
Opening Mr. Makfadyen told the jury that the inquiry' was to attempt to ascertain as far a possible the cause of the outbreak in which 46 persons, mostly wo- men, children and baby-girls, were killed and nine injured.
First witness was Dr. H. H. Tai of the Kowloon Hospital, who said that the nine-year-old girl died of a fractured skull and lacerated brain. Witness also carried out a post mortem on 45 other victims of the fire. Of these, only reven were identified, the rest being "burned beyond recognition.
The inquiry is proceeding.
HATA RESIGNATION RUMOURS
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Shanghal," To`day. -
rumoured it is persistently here that General "Hata, the Jai panese War Minister, has resigni ed---Havas.
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The outbreak of smallpox in Kowloon continues to claim its victims. Yesterday there Were five further cases from the Kow- loon area.
An order that all luggage is to be searched before departure by air from the Kal Tak Air Port was enforced this morning wherr-- the Eurasia plane left for Chung- king.
One Chinese passenger had se- veral letters seized but was al- lowed to leave:
The prefix "Eposia!” to telegrams is used
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