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CONTROL SCHEME IN SPAIN
EXPERIMENT NOW IN
OPERATION
British Ships Depart On
Patrol Duty
GIBRALTAR, APRIL 20.
THE SPANISH LAND AND SEA CONTROL WENT INTO OPERATION PUNCTUALLY ON MIDNIGHT. ON MONDAY,
"The Turkish officer commanding the commission assigned to the frontier between Gibraltar and the Spanish town of Lalinea went on duty despite the fact that the iron gates on the border were locked and belled. Four British destroyers. Antelope, Arrow, Acasta, and Vance set out several hours earlier to take up patrol duties between the Portuguese frontier and Almeira.-Transocean News Service.
Dover, April 20."
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
BUDGET DEFICIT
DISCLOSED
Due To Defence Expenditure
DETAILED FIGURES IN COMMONS
WAS
com-
London, April 20. The House of Commons
the crowded long before mencement of business by mem- bers anxious to hear Mr. Neville Chamberlain open the sixth Budget
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1937.
GERMANY READY TO
CO-OPERATE
Lansbury-Hitler Talks Satisfactory
Berlin; April 19.
Į economic co-operation, provided Following the interview between
her own political freedom is not Herr Hitler and Mr. George, Lans- | imperilled in any way-- bury who has come to Berlin to Reuter have a "peace talk" with Herr Hitler, it was announced that Ger- many was ready to participate in an International Co-operation Con- The galleries reserved for Peers, Ambassadors. and
distinguishedference. strangers including High Commis- sioners and the public were quick-Herr Hitler and Mr. Lansbury, ising over two hours yesterday, was sued after the interview, declares ly filled:
"Germany is willing to attend the conference and participate in a United effort for the establishment of
BROADCAST SPEECH
London. April 20. The visit of Mr. George Lansbury to Herr Hitler, with whom the
and prominent Labour
pacifist A statement, agreed between eader had a conversation extend-
Besides Mr. Stanley Baldwin there were three ex-Chancellors present, Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Winston Churchill and Sir Robert Home..
on official on board as prescribed OPPOSITION NOT House at 3.42 p.m. and started his
tion
in the Spanish sea control scheme
arrived here at midnight. The
name of the ship is not known as
It did not enter the harbour, but
SATISFIED
CHANCELLOR CHEERED Mr. Chamberlain. was cheered when he entered
speech two minutes later.
Reviewing the past year, the Chancellor said that last year, this year and for several years to come, the national Anances" must
calling such a confested aft
followed by a broadcast speech by Mr. Lansbury last night from Berlin which WES relayed to English listeners.
A
He said that the object of dis- cussion and of the memorandum which had been sent by Mr. Chnsbury in advance of his inter-
economic co-operation and mutual understanding between the nations of the world if President loudly Roosevelt or the head of another thegreat country will take the lead in
view was to endeavour to secure Mr. Lansbury stated after the cellor to a
the support of the German Chan- proposal for a new interview that the "object of the
world conference to discuss" the discussion was to secure Herr removal of the causes of war in Hitler's support for a new world connection with this project Mr. conference, specified to discuss the Lansbury has already visited Pre- removal of the canxes of war.sident Roosevelt, M. Blum, M. van told the chancellor of my discus-"
Zeeland, and the Prime Ministers elons with M. Blum, Premier Van of Norway, Denmark and Sweden, Zeeland and the Scandinavian
and be atated that none of them found all of them troubled at the growth of armaments.
sent a motor beat for the official Questions On Bilbao continue to be dominated by vast
It appears as though a high de- gree of secrecy is to be maintained In the control and authorities re- fuse to give any information as to communication with ships and the operation of the fscala- Transocean News Service.
SHIP SEEKS AID
London, April 20. An SOS call from the British steamer Thorpehall was received, stating that the vessel was being fired upon by a Spanish warship. The vessel, in spite of the warning of the Government, attempted to break through the Bilbao blockade
IN
Blockade
London, April 19. The Foreign Secretary, the Pre- sident the Board of Trade and the First Lord of the Admiralty were all questioned In Commons this afternoon on the situation arising from the insurgent effort blockade Basque Ports.
to
defence expenditure.
It was revealed that the realised Budget deficit was £5,597,000 in-
cluding the amount for redemp-Prime ministers. I told him none rejected the proposal and that he
tion of debt. But for defence ex- penditure there would have been a surplus of £2,250,000 and after debt redemption £13,000.000.
The true surplus of current
of them rejected the proposition and all were very worried about the armaments race, and that I was confident they would respond.
"What I wanted from Herr Hitler
revenue over expenditure exclud-" I got from him, namely that Ger- i would be willing to attend the con-
ing debt redemption was £10,- 500,000.
inland revenue and customs excise realised expectations. The
Several questions on the order paper, addressed to the Foreign Secretary which involved naval latter yielded £4,500,000 over the details, were answered by the First Lord and at the end of Sirimate, but income tax surtax
many was willing, with good heart,
At the conclusion of the Hitler interview, an made in Berlin that Germany announcement was
ference and take part in a united to enter such a conference.”
effort for establishing economic Mr. Lansbury said the question co-operation and mutual under- of participation of the USSR in standing between the nations f such a conference was not raised. President Roosevelt or the head of He said that he had asked Pres-another great country took
the
and actually succeeded in reaching samuel Hoare's replies to the sub. and death dutles were £5,500,000/dent Roosevelt to summon the con-lead in calling such a conference.
the harbour It is believed that on attempting to leave the har-
fred bour, the vessel was although official " confirmation of the incident is not obtainable.-- Transocean News Service.
sequent supplementary questions. the Opposition leader. expressed upon.dissatisfaction and gave notice that he would raise the subject on the adjournment to-morrow. The moving of an adjournment on any other question on the day of the Budget is a most unusual proce- dure.
THROUGH TO BILBAO
London, April 20.
The British ship Seven Beas Spray arrived at Bilbao from St. Jean de Luz with a cargo of food in according to news received London by the Independent Labour Party-
Pranenceam News Servien.
ALL QUIET
Salamanca, April 20. A Nationalist communique re- ports quiet on all fronts on Mon- day, except Cordova, where the Republicans attempted to take the Nationalist positions near Villaharta by storm, but were re- pulsed.; The Nationalists have bombarded various parts of
Madrid, including the telephone building and the Quatro Vientos barracks.--
Transocean News Service,
NEW NATIONAL
under the estimate.
Death duties, which the Chan- cellor said was a sort of trade barometer, reached the gratifying total of over £29.000,000.
BUOYANT REVENUES
The buoyant revenues were the
and
AC-
product of expanding trade increasing purchasing power. The Exchange Equalisation count stili showed a proft.
It was proposed to adhere to the agure of £224,000,000 as the axed debt charge.
Mr. Chamberlain explained that" although there was a saving on the civil estimates, the defence estimates showed excess of nearly £8,000 000, "the total defence Issues being £186,000,000, nearly £50,- 000,000 over the previous year. which figure gave an idea of the
When, in answer to a question the Foreign Secreatry said that he had nothing to add to the state-o'd ment made in
the debate last Wednesday on the situation a Bilbao and to the Government's policy, one member asked if he was aware that shipowners' and insurance companies were left in a difficult situation by the Govern ment's attitude, and another mem- ber countered this question by asking if it was not a fact that in' the view o. the shipping industry, the Government were dealing very successfully with a difficult situa- idion.
amount which would be avaliable
for redemption of debt and other purposes if circumstances in world had been happler..
the
Mr. Chamberlain proposed not In another reply Mr. Eden şald
to include the deficit in this year's that the Military Governor of Irun, accounts, but ask for legislative acting on instructions from Gen-relief as in 1931-3. eral Franco, informed Sir Henry Chilton on the evening of April 9, The estimated
that the entrance into Bilbao of four British ships, known to be
ESTIMATED DEFICIT
total revenue available on the existing basis of taxation was £847,950,000, thus
PARTY OF SPAIN in St. Jean de Luz, would be giving an
Announcement Broadcast By General Franco
Salamanca, April 20, The founding of a new National Party of Spain was announced on Monday evening at eleven o'clock over all nationalist "radio stations by General Franco.
Following the Fascist principle, the party will be the only one in Spain and will include the syndi- callats, also known as Falangists, as well as the Requetes, who har- bour Carlist sympathies. General Franco himself will be the leader of the party and will preside over a National Council, composed of one high army oficial, one repre- sentative of the Militia, one repre- sentative of the Falangists and the Requetes. All other parties and military organisations are dis- solved.
The new party is open to every member of the Falangists and Requetes, but membership must be applied for- Transocean News Service
SOVIET AIRMAN'S FLIGHT
resisted by Insurgent warships.
estimated deficit of
£14,898,000.
It is estimated that expenditure on roads last year amounted to nearly £25,000,000. For the cur- rent year it wil be £28.500,000.
This information was received in London on the moming of April 30, but Mr. Eden added in reply to a supplementary question that General Franco's blockade warning had nothing to do with the decl- sion taken by the Government, and he chided the Liberal leader, Sir Archibald Sinclair for imagin-mentary estimates. ing that the Government's action was taken
General Franco's note. He also informed the House that the French government had been kept fully informed of the British attitude and he had, no reason to suppose that on the „broad lines of the policy the French
government bad dingrëed.
Civil estimates amounted to £419,000,000 and defence £198,- 000,000, to which has to be added £10,000,000 for civil supple-
Ori
IMPORTANT STATEMENTS London: The most important of the statements made in the First Lord's replies, was that the reports received from the Vice-Admira”, commanding the battle cruiser squadron in-H-M. 8. Rood, read together with reports received from other authorities concerned had
view that confirmed the
the Spanish Insurgent Authorities had
established an effective de facto
blockade.
To a member who enquired how the blockade was being made și- fective, he reported "by Insurgent- ships and by mines."-
Bir Samuel Hoare also said that up to about a month ago, the re- Moscow, Apr. 20. ports showed that the 'Spanish zu- Golovin, the famous Soviet alf- thorities had attempted to main man, landed at Prince Rudolf tain a channel through the mine- Island, "the most-northerly radio fields into Bilbao but he was unable station in the world,” completing a to say whether they had, in fact, 2,500 mile dight from Moscow and found. It possible to continue this covering the distance in approxi-operation in the face of the super- mately twenty-four dying hours:
Golovin was frequently delayed by bad weathery Beuter
for Insurgent forces, play
In another reply, Sir: Bamuel Hoare recalled that instructions to His Majesty's ships have, since the
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The defence Agure excluded £80,000,000 which will be borrowed.
ference and belleved he might do so if he could expect response from
BRITISH EXAMINATION the other great powers. The con- The results of Mr. Lansbury's ference would deal with the arma- conversation will be examined by menta race, international control the British Government, but. It is of undeveloped territories, raw recognised that most careful pre- materials, and the organisation of paration would be necessary be- markets. It should also be willing fore any such project as that con- to assist the Spanish nation to set-templated could be set on foot and tle themselves without outside that such a conference should Interference from any quarter ar only meet with the clearest, con- to how they wish to be governed. ception on all sides of what it was Rester.
hoped to accomplish.
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NO COMMENTS
The "Daily Herald" (Labour) Oficial circles have no comment | says: "The real problem at the to make at present on Mr. Lans-moment is not the assembly of bury's talk with Herr Hitler. The such a conference. It is to get · communique which Herr Hitler au- international relations to such an thorised Mr. Lansbury to give, to improved point that the the foreign press" has not yet beenference having met wou'd be suc- isaued here, and it "seems to be cessful. For failure would be a generally regarded as nothing more fatal setback to the reviving forces of peace. And a world disarma- ment conference and world econo-
than
a logical statement of the standpoint which Herr Hitler has always taken up, namely that Ger- many will be ready to further the cause of international peace and
PARIS CRIMINALS UNCOMFORTABLE
Paris, Apr. 20. A campaign to, purge "Paris of the underworld of thieves. pick pockets and other criminals has been carried on for same time by the Prefect of Police in view of the large crowd of visitors expect- ed in the summer to visit the World Exhibition In Monmartre and Bastille quarters over 10,000 person's have been held for in- vestigation in the course of the proceedings. It is stated that the situation being so uncomfortable for them,
many Crooks have
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London, April 19. The first direct offer to attend that Ger- many has made since she walked mic conference serve as warnings out of the League (as the "News of how easy failure is" British Wireles
PARIS THEATRE STRIKE
I
Faris, April 20. The strike in Paris theatres and
yesterday's
Chronicle" regards communique issued Efter the conversations between Herr Hlt- ler and Mr. George Lansbury) has
achieved universal approval,
extraordinarily
"KING'S PERSONAL
SOUVENIR
London, Apr 40, The King has", approved the issue in commémoration of the Coronation of a silver medal to be known as the Coronation Medal. Sóme: 90,000 medals will be strick for issize as a personal souvenir from the King to persons, în Crown services and others in this country and In the Empire.- British Wireless.
LONDON SOCIAL SEASON OPENS
London. Apr.- 20:!
The London Social Season open-
This is notwithstanding the ed "brilliantly last night when the widespread desire for further Covent Garden Opera House was filumination. British commenta- crowded with a distinguished audi- other amusement establishments proposal is limited to economic ternational opera season at which tors assume that Herr Hitler's ente for the first right, of the 'in- largely died out by Monday even- ing, only two large boulevard establishments remaining closed. However, except for the "Folles Bergeres," all revue theatres and cabarets are still closed, but it is announced that they will reopen on Tuesday. Transocean News Service
TROUBLE OVER
discussions and declare that Ger- Verdi's Othello was sung by the man opinion during the past Italian cast. Sir Thomas Bec- months has been moving away cham conducted.- from the idea that economic, British Wirelòs. isolation is possible.
President Roosevelt is not likely to respond until it is ascertained that there is a firm basis for agreement.
"T that is found. Mr. Lansbury will have done a real service." say
The debt charge of £224,000,000 migrated to Mediterranean resorts. cinemas, theatres and other places the "Daily Telegraph."
brought the total expenditure to £884,848,000.
It is anticipated that favourable ceonomic conditions will continue
this year and be further reinforced by the Coronation activities. It is also anticipated that there will be an increase of customs and excise of over £12,000,000 and an appre- ciable increase in income tax, death duties, surtax on oll, tobac co, beef, veal and other taxes.
New taxation, however, is un- avoidable, but taxpayers and new contributions would provide ever quickening approach to goal of anfety snap. by three pence.
Incolne tax has been increased
Reuter,
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the
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beginning of the civil war in Spain, been to the effect that if it came to the knowledge of a British man- of-war that a British merchant ship was being interfered with on the high seas by a Spanish war- ship, British ships were to be afforded protection, but no new instructions had been issued since it was not proposed that British merchant ships should be convoyed
BUDGET STATEMENT IN COMMONS
London, Apr. 20. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, will make
Paris, Apr. 20. The strike of employees of
of amusement was settled to-day
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
MR. EDEN'S VISIT TO BELGIUM
London, Apr. 20. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. An-
SULLIVAN NOT TO BE REPLACED
Canberra, Apr. 20. -- The Commonwealth Cabinet has decided not to replace Gunner Sullivan who was killed in an ac-
cident in London.
The "Daily Mall" speaks of this declaration of first importance
It was at first reported that an- which marks a new advance in the other Australian V.C. will be sent work or international appease by air to London to fill Sullivan's ment."
place in the Australian contingent, On the other hand, the "Mor-but the proposal has now been ning Post" sceptically asks why turned down owing to insufficient Herr Hitler enlists the co-opera- time for the necessary training of tion of Mr. Lansbury, who is en- the new man titled to speak for nobody but Reuters Bulletin Service himself.
his Budget statement in the Com-thony Eden, will leave London on mons this afternoon. It is expect Sunday for his brief visit to Brus ed that the speech in which the sels where he will be the guest of country's finances will be reviewed the British Ambassador, Sir E-that omelal and unofficial America SALE OF TREASURES will last about 80 minutes. De-mond Ovey, until Tuesday night is keenly interested in the Berlin
tails of the Budget were revealed to members of the Cabinet at a special meeting last night
British Wireles
PITCAIRN ISLAND DELEGATE
London, April 20. Among the delegates from all over the world to attend the Coronation, there arrived also ca representative of Pitcairn Island, of "Mutiny on the Bounty fame. The official delegate of the Island is Edward Young, great-grand-
up to the limits of Spanish terri- | child of the cadet Edward Young torial waters,—
British Wirelean.
of "FM8. Bounty.”— Transocean News Service.
From Washington it is reported
communique."
London, Apr. 20..
A three-day sale was started at Christie's this morning on Roths- child treasures
when he will return to England.
It is recalled that President Mr. Eden will meet the Belgian political leaders at luncheon at the Roosevelt and the Secretary of British Embassy on Monday and State (Mr. Cordell Hull) had pre- `in the evening he will be the guest viously averred that they do not in- The first day's sales amounted to of honour at a dinner given by tend to infitate a world economic | £40,000. One picture, depicting & the Belgian Foreign Minister, M. conference, and it is felt that the Dutch courtyard by a famous ar- Spaak.- British Wireles
COROFIN WINS AT EPSOM
London, Apr. 20. The Great Metropolitan run to- day at Epsom resulted in a victory for, Corozin..
Styx River was second and Kep ton third Reuter.
Belgian Premier,, M. van Zeeland, tit, brought in £17,000. would be the most suitable spon-Reuters Bulletin Service.
-DIVINE WIND IN PAKIS
BOT.
In Roing the news has created a good impression, though any in- ternational conference to satisfy
Paris, Apr. 20% Italy must ostentatiously be dis- The Japanese monoplane." DI- sociated from the League.
vine Wind, arrived here this morn- "Excellent“, sums up an authori- | ing from Germany where the airy tative spokeman's reaction in men went from London during the Paris, where it is felt that the very week-end, carrying goodwill atmosphere of such a conference messages to the peoples of Ger would alone be helpful Beuter.
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