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PARIS PEACE PROPOSALS

Mr. Eden Replies

To Criticism

London, Dec. 10.

AIR CRASH IN

KENT

Dead Include Two Englishmen

Landon, Dec. 10.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. Anniversaries and Holidays. ---- St. Constantius, Martyr. Feast of Finding of the Body of St. Francis of Assisi.

Cinemas.

Kings. "The Wedding Night." - Queen's:-"Smart Giri.” Central Chinese Picture." Oriental:-"Paris In Spring.” World:"Chinese Picture," Alhambra; - "King Solomon Of

Broadway." Majestic:-"Chinese Picture." Star-The Florentine Darger,”

A Babenas passengers airliner. The principle that any peace. propcsale in connection. with the bound from Brussels to London

crashed at Tatafeld, Kent, to Italo-Ethiopian dispute must be: acceptable not only to Italy but tonight. The pilot a crew of three, Ethiopia and the League of No- and seven Dassengers were killed, tions, remains the Arm policy oThe plane was wrecked complete- the British Government, declared

The airliner was Belgian owned, Mr. Anthony Eden. Minister for League of Nations Affairs. when, operated, by the Belgian Babena replying in the House of Commons Alrane, and it is understood that to-day to the Labourites strong, the Belgian Government the Exhibition's-Hong Kong Phil- criticism of the reported Pars chief shareholder in the company.atelic Society stamps, at“S. C, M.

The pilot and his crew of three Fost" Building, 3 to 8 pm. plan, agreed to by M. Pierre Laval, the French Prime Minister, and were all Belgians Sir Samuel Hoare, the British For- elga Secretary.

I,

Lectures. Dr. Shin Lok-sang's In addition to the two English-Second First Aid Lecture tin Chin- men aboard, the piane carried four

ese), for women only, at St. John Labour'sgan. Two women

German passengers, and one Be

Ambulance Headquarters, 7:30 were 返 th

pm Rev. C.B.R. Bargent machine.c

Caruso, St. Andrew's Hall, p.m. Reuter.

Meetings-Victoria: Chess Club, Gloucester Hotel, 5.30 pm; Theo- sophical Society, 6-p.m.

Mr. H. B. Lees-Smith, spokesman, had declared that if only half of what had been report- ed were correct it was a contradic- tion of the League Covenant and COMPLETELY WRECKED abandonment of the foundation on

London,”Déc. 10. which the Government had fought. It is now learned that the Sa- Miscellaneous-Arrival of Hong the election.

bena crash occurred on the sum- Kong's new Governorat Queen's Mr. Eden, replying, affirmed 'mit of Pitsie. Hill near Biggin HI

Pler, 10 a.m.; Public Reception and avain the policy of the Govern-Air Station Beacon.

Address of Welcome to HE Bir ment, insisting that it had not The plane was dying low appare Andrew Caldecott, at Volunteer changed its attitude or abandon-ently because of an ice formation Headquarters, noon; Arrival of new ed the principle that a settlement' on the wings.

0.0.0. Major-Genera! A. W. must be acceptable to all parties. People in the neighbourhood saw Bartholomew, at Queen's Fier, 9.30 He emphasised that the Paris one wing crash into the tree-tops a.m.; Women's Fellowship, St. An- proposals were only a first step in on the small hil The wing ap-drew's Ball, 2.45 p.m.; League of a long and complicated enterprise peared to fall of. The machine Health and Beauty Class, Sailors' staggered and the plot apparently and Soldiers' Home, 5.30 p.m.: There were three main princi- tried to gain height. But the ma ples on which the peace proposala chine crashed almost instantly.

Opening of new Parochial Hall and St. Teresa's Public Lending Library. were based, he asserted. The first- It was completely wrecked. Its

6.30 p.m. of these was that an exchange parts litered woods-for a hun of territory be arranged which was dred yards around: definitely advantageous to both. parties to the dispute. Secondly."

****

SIR JOHN CARDEN DEAD

the League's assistance to Ethiopia An eye-witness relates how h

In matters of social, economic and heard the noise of the crash ̈and administrative development was rushed out of his house, near-by. essential. Thirdly, it was neces-immediately. He saw a maas sary to provide special facilities twisted and crumpled fabric and.

He hurried to lend aldi for Italian settlers and companies steel

With others who had rushed o the scene, he assisted In getting some of the bodies

of the

wreck.

in connection with the economic developments contemplated.

INACCURATE REPORTS"

out

Social-Civil Service Cricket Club (Whist Drive, 8.45 p.m.

Sports

Chess-Victoria Chess" Club v. Kowloon Chess Club (Gloucester, Hotel), 5.30 p.m.

Hockey-Navy v. Poilce Beconds king's Park,.

•Miscellaneous, - Hockey Lecture St. Andrew's Church Hall), 6.30

p.m.

Snooker. Steel. Coulson League, Hoya: Engineers v. Catholic Union' Dockyard · R.C., v. Garrison get. geants; Prisan Offléers - v. Civil- Service; St. Patrick's...v. ́ ́Naval

Mr. Eden described many of the "We were able to get five out press versions of the Paris pro-One woman was decapitated. The posals as most Inaccurate. Others other occupants were badly crush-

ere mutually contradictory. It ed by portions of the machine," was impossible at the present. The well-known engineer and stage to publish the proposals, designer of Garden engines, Beckyard Police, however. It would be an unpre- John Carden, who helped design) cedented thing to publish them be- the Army's tanks,, was one of the fore they were presented to the dead-Į principles in the case or communi- | Reuter. cated to the League.

"We never said that either party must accept the proposals." 'Mr. Eden declared. "We are not seek- ing to impose them on anyone.

We are trying to find, by com- munications with the parties to the dispute, whether it is possible to discover a basis upon which peace negotiations should be pos- sible.

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"It the proposals are contrary to the principles of the League of Nations, it is for the League to say 80." he went on. “If it does we shall not complain. We are ready to accept its judgment, just as we have been ready to take our part in this unwelcome task.

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Anniversaries sand Holidays --- St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. ...! “

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Swollen by heavy rains, the Buffalo and Bayou Rivers have: overflowed their banks, and caused King's-The_Wedding Night." a swirling torrent to rush through, Qheen's: Asmart" Giri.” the heart of the city.

*| Central:~"Chinese" "Picture."" The low-lying county round-Oriental:"Black Fury.” about Houston has suffered ex- World:"Chinese Picture.” rezsively. Damage "la diready hambra? “King” Bolomon of kown to have reached a total of

Broadway." "I shap go to Geneva io-morrow

more than $2,000,000.

Majestic19George White's 1935 because the policy of the British

**Many part of the business aec-

Scandals," Government remains. based uportions of the city are at submerged its membership in the League, and Natonal Guardsmen are pa-

chall seek with my colleagues from trolling the streets to prevent loot many countries to determine the

best course to establish peace and maintain the authority o!' the League." Reuter.

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London, Nor, 13. London, Dice. 10. A total of 24.500 was obtained The Admiralty "issued a state-yesterday at Harmer's, New Bond Badminton-Mixed Doubles, St. meat to-day confirming that two Street, London, for a collection of Andrew's 12 Fire Brigade; Gallots cases of sabotage had occurred, freak stamps and varieties produ-and Soldier Home Club de Re- one aboard the submarine Oberon, coa by the French colonial postal trio, 81. Jolm's v. Taikoo R.C. one of the biggest in the Navy, and services. A French Levant or ofe Hockey HKSRA V. Funjab another aboard the battleship plastre, or 1885, which had the Royal Oak

letter ***** instead of the figure Both apparently occurred while "1" was sold for £100. There are the vessels, were in Devoport dock only three cuples of the stamp yard for refitting

With this error, The statement adds that in

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