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Mr. Duff Cooper On Naval Situation

London To Hong Kong By Air

A TRAVELLER'S "IMPRESSIONS

London, June 2 As the Washington and London 1930 Naval Treaties are no longer in force, and as "Japan is not, a party to the London Naval Treaty of 1996, no exchange of naval in- formation now takes place between Japan and this country, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Duff Cooper, told Commons at question|ler's Gazette. time to-day. and His Majesty's government had not, therefore, been informed of the Japanese in tentions with regard to battleship construction:

Fog, arow, heat over wilder~ ¡ the 'Dorado' :(Capt. Lock). This is nesses, the awe inspiring for- a. "Diana' class liner (DH. 88), midableness

of dense tropical | designed and constructed by the forests were among the diversified de Haviland Aircraft Co..". Lid.. and stimulating experiences gar- powered by 4 D.H. Gyspy VI. en- nered by an air traveller, who few gines of 200 HP. each, giving a 'from Croydon to Hong Kong by maximum air-speed of 175 miles the Imperial Airways, Ltd, accord- an hour: It carries a crew of two ing to Cook's Far Eastern Travel- and accommodation for ten pas- sengers in normal 'circumstances. The majority of travellers still The Dorado' and the Delphinus' look upon air travel as a means of operate the Pehang-Hong Kong reaching their destination quickly.service, and as the sea crossing is Only those experienced in flying very long they carry, extra supplies realise the comfort in which a of petrol, and the additional weight Mr. Duff Cooper added that journey. long or short, can be necessitates the use of only four since their refusal at the end of

made; only those and others who seata. Marth to accept the fourteen-inch study statistics realise the safety gun limitation, no further repre-in which any air journey may be sentations on the subject had been

made in the modern air liner. made to the Japanese Government.. -British Wireless.

VON NEURATH ON PEACE MISSION

Berlin, June 2. Baron Kostantin von Neurath's impending visits to Belgrade, Sofia and Budapest are designed

primarly, according to the "Ber- liner Tageblatt," to develop and deepen the German relations with these countries and to contribute "towards a further appeasement of“

South-east Europe....

Germany's relations with Hun- gary and Bulgaria are traditional, while those with Yugoslavia have become definitely more fruitful since the political leaders of the country have succeeded for their gwn part in gaining a position sources of their territory to be fully that will enable the eonomic re- developed

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KING FAROUK'S CORONATION

Great Doings In July

Cairo, June Z. "The Coronation of King Farouk I of Egypt, which will take place at the end of July, when the King comes of age, will be staged with much pomp and ceremony.

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The letter states that, the trip was most enjoyable; "I hope to be able to do it again." it concludes. Dealing with the "Canopus' one of the new "C" class flying boats of the Imperial Airways, boarded at Brindist, the corres- pondent states:

She carried a crew of five and there was accommodation for 24 passengers in four saloons, which

Include

a smoking-room and promenade. There are two decks, crew's quarters, freight, mail, bag- gage and general storage. This is La_very_comfortable plane, and it was amusing to use the promenade. and then take a stroll to the smoke-room.

THE DORADO Referring to the passage between Penang and Hong Kong, the letter continues:—

"Calling at Saigon for refuelling, we arrived at Tourane about 3.30

p.m., where I was taken to the Grand Hotel de Tõurane. There are some Interesting caves · near Tourane, but I did not visit them. "The following day, the Dorado' again took or 5.40 a.m. and arrived. Hong Kong at 11.00 a.m.

"This hop is made entirely over sex, but almost the whole way all that could be seen below was white cloud like a vast snow-feld. "Thus ended the journey, which

I thoroughly enjoyed, and I hope to be able to do it again.

"It would take too long and re- quire a more fluent pen than mine to portray what could be seen below. "Most of the way we flew at heights varying from 2,000 to 10,000 feet. Over the jungles between Bangkok and Penang we flew so low that I spent most of the time lobking for game. From. Penang to Hong Kong"we flew at

We left Penang at 6.00 a.m. in 12,000 feet.

NAVAL PATROL

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London, June 2

DUKE OF KENT ON "FOREIGN" ART LURE

The practice of belittling Bri- The hope that it would be pos- tish art was deplored by the Duke sible to bring Germany and Italy of Kent, speaking at. the Royal back to the Non-Intervention Com- | Academy (banquet. * mittee has not altogether been "Announce a pianist or a singer abandoned, although no real head- with "a foreign name," he said, way was made in this connection "and at once he or she will have. and the Non-Intervention Com-an audience; advertise an exhibi- mittee has not called another

tion by someone, with a less home- meeting for to-day. Endeavours y name than Smith or Brown and are continued to be made to form the same result is achieved. This e scheme of sea control that would is all wrong. make the patrol of the individual courtries something like one inter-

It is stated that the Egyptian de- legation to the Coronation of King George VI was greatly impressed by the pomp and pageantry dis-national unit. At the same time played in London, and has made attempts are being made to solve similar arrangements for Cairo, the question of those guarantees King Faronk, as Sovereign of the demanded by Germany and Italy. most ancient Moslem kingdom, |--Transocenn News Service.

will, after swearing the oath, be girdled with the sword of Moham- med All, the founder of the reign- Ing dynasty.--

Trancaccam News Service

MR. LLOYD GEORGE-

LEGIONARY

At the British Legion meeting recently a minor storm arose over the mention of the fact that Mr. Lloyd George was a member of the Legion."

Delegates who shouted rudé com». ments like "What was his service?” and "What's he done?" had evi- dently forgotten in the heat of the moment some small services which

Germany And Vatican. At Variance

Berlin, June 2

In political quarters here to-day, It is denied that German relations with the Holy See have been brok- en of

Nevertheless it is emphasised that the relations are severely strained.

Reuter.

PAPAL NUNCIO RECALLED

Vatican City, June 2.

It is officially stated at the Vatican that though the 'Papal

Mr. Lloyd George rendered during the war. such as, for instance, win-Nuncio in Berlin has been recall-

ning it.

Shortly

after the Legion was founded Mr. Lloyd George was made an honorary member as a tribute to the part he had played.

ed it is not any indication that the German Government handed him his passport, or intended to do so. 'The German Ambassador to the Holy See 18 now on vacation in Since then he has taken a keen Germany, and it is stated that tnterest in its activities, and is now the holiday has nothing to do with Vice-President of the Hindhead | relations Between Germany, and branch, the nearest Legion branch the Holy Sec- to Churt.

Reuter.

JAPANESE OPIUM POLICY CRITICISED IN U.S.

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Geneva, June 2. American criticisms of the Japanese oplum policy in North China were supported to-day by British and Canadian representa- tives, speaking before the League of Nations Optum Advisory Com- mission.

The Commission was told that 500 kilos of heroin, dreaded opium derivative, were exported weekly from Japanese concessions, in China and went chiefly to the United States,

reports and would draw the at tention of the Japanese Govern merit to them

He admitted that Tientsin was a weak spot. In some places Sino- Japanese collaboration had helped to reduce the amount of left trame in oplum, he asserted

Mr. Victor Hoo speaking for China, said there was no illicit traffic other than in the foreign concession of Tientsin,

The Japanese who have been poisoning my country are them- selves becoming addicts, wald Mr. Hop, h

The information submitted pro- ter ved that trame in drugs had the Evidence was coming to hand nature of a bomerang that Japanese officer and soldiers were also becoming drug addicts.

Mr. Yokoyama, the Japanese delegate to the Commission, sald, he had no reason to doubt the bona ndea of the information presented As a human he was shocked by the

He hoped the Japanese Govern meat would be warned in-time, he added. Heuter-

"I am a great admirer of the French school of impressionists. and I do not hesitate to say so, for I am sure that without Con-. stable's influence that school would not have produced the masterpieces which have made

It famous."

He hoped that in the years to come the close connection between the Royal Family and the Academy would have a very great influence on the artistic life of the country.

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