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THE LEIPZIG INCIDENT

Another Meeting:

No Agreement

London, June 22,

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SITUATION IN

SPAIN

AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION

Dissatisfaction lu Britain

Talks In International Labour Office

London, June 22

Geneva, June 22.

A communique lasued this even- In statement at CommoNS A juint resolution submitted by Ing states that a further meeting question time, the Foreign Secrethe Belgian, Indian, Chinese and to consider the incidents in which tary recalled Lord Plymouth's ob" | Japanese workers' delegates, iri fa- the German cruiser, Leipeg, was servations at yesterday's meeting vour of application of a uniform Involved was held at the For of the Non-Intervention Committee system of protection for the wor- eign Office on June 22 between the to the effect that His Majesty's Kers of China, whether their un- Foreign Secretary and the French, Government were most dissatisfied dertakings were situated in for- German and Italian ambassadors. at the present state of affairs tign concessions or not, gave rise

It was unfortunately found im- which, tri their view, could not be

to an animated discussion at the possible to reach an agreement on allowed to continue if the existence International Labour Office to-day the measures which should be of the Non-Intervention Committee before it was carried unanimously. adopted in' this case. It was cop- were to be justified. Mr. Eden con-

The Japanese employers' adviser. sidered,' on the one hand that tinuca that "in the view of His Mr. Kawaguchi, read a telegram while the proposals should be Majesty's Government, the prin- from the Japanese Mill Owners' Jointly examined for increasing the cipal cause of the present unsatis- Association in China claiming that security of ships of the four factory state of affairs is the pre-employment conditions were better Powers on påtrol, inquiry' into the sence of nun Spanish nationam in in the concessions than in the rest circumstances of the Incidents Spain. The House is aware that

of China. He contended that Chi- should precede, and steps directed the Committee have before them a

nese factory law was not really ob against the Spanish party involved. report which provides a plan for served in Chinese

factories be- the withdrawal of these foreigners, bause it was too idealistic. but inevitably

must some time elapse before such a plan can be put into effect.

FACTS ESTABLISHED On the other hand the facts were regarded as being clearly establish- ed and the incidents were con sidered to require immediate ac- tive steps in order to maintain the solidity of power and to forestall a recurrence of such incidents. The proposal on which the agreement could not be reached was that im-

mediate, baval demonstrations, showing the flag of four powers should be held off the coast of Valencia.

WITHDRAWALS. DESIRED

The representative of the Chi- nese workers, Mṛ. Yao, said that if the intensive industrialisation of China proceeded and unfair con- "His Majesty's Government have,ditions were allowed to persist, fair therefore, offered to "place their competition would be greatly im- services at the disposal of the Com-paired and serious economic reper- mittee in order to facilitate and to cussions would ensue. hasten the early withdrawals of foreign combatants which they desire ahould take place without any further delay.

"I am not able, "at present, to give further details of these pro- posals which are under considera- tion by Governments who: parties to the agreement."

· NOT WORKING SMOOTHLY The communique shows that the machinery provided by the agres- ment of June 12, has not worked in this case to produce a satisfac- tory solution, but the machinery | continues in existence so long as the agreement. is not repudiated and it may be assumed that in the event of any further incident, in which His Majesty's Govern- | naval demonstration. ment were concerned, they would invoke this machinery. British Wireless...

EVACUATION OF

BASQUE REFUGEES

London, June 22. The Prime Minister answered a Commons "question to-day on the evacuation of Basque refugees. He explained the "difficulties arising from the absence, since the end of last week, of conditions on which British naval protection had previously been given to refugee ships, namely that the assurance was carried out.

In the altered circumstances the Government were considering the possibility of other measures with a view to supervise the character of the evacuations. In addition they were communicating with the French Government, with a view to arranging a system' of joint con- trol at ports of arrival in France.

Meantime, instructions were be- ing sent to the naval authorities on the north coast of Spain to continue with the protection of re- fugees, British and others proceed

ing to France.

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The Foreign Secretary also re- fèrred to the Fuur-Power discus- sions on the cruiser Leipzig-in- cident and the Opposition leader questioned him on the rumours re- garding the proposals for a joint

China's Government spokesman refuted some of the contentions of Mr. Kawagushi. The Japanese ad- viser had said that it was notable that wages in the concessions were 10 per cent, higher. On the con trary, the Chinese spokesman said, Chinese workers averaged 39 per cent. more outside the concessions.

The French spokesman said his Government was ready to apply any progressive legislation, if it were applied equally throughout China.

The suggestion that a 40-hour week for all industry, be made ge- neral was placed on the agenda NO DEMONSTRATIONS

for the next Labour Conference, Mr. Eden thanked Major Attlee the delegates voting 66 to 38 in for raising this point and said, "Ifavour of the move.- can say definitely His Majesty's Reuter Government have no intention 01

joining, in any naval demonstration of Valencia,"

A CHINA LEADS

Geneva, Jure 22. China heads the list of coun- Major Attlee then urged that the tries elected to replace the eight Non-Intervention agreement bad retiring members of the govern- broken down and suggested" reng body of the International La- ference of the Spanish situation to our office. Spain, at the bottom the League of Nations. Mr. Eden of the list, was re-elected. said. "It is clear the agreement is Reuter. not working as we should wish it to work, but this is an agreement to which every nation in Europe has put its name, and consequently we have gravely to consider the position which confronts us." British Wireless.

NANGA PARBAT

TRAGEDY

GERMAN SCIENTISTS .FOR INDIA

Berlin, June 22. The three heads of the Ger-" man Himalayan Foundation, which promotes the climbing expeditions Germany sends to the famous Asian range, will fly from Murileh to India on June 25, catching a British aeroplane 'a' Brindisi, They arrive at Karachi on June 27 and from there will"proceed bý

Berlin, June 23. Paul Bauer, who was one of the organisers of the German Nanx8 Parbat expedition, and who parti-the quicket way to the scene of the disaster on the slopes of Nan- cipated in previous expeditions to that region, will leave Munich by za Parbat, by way of Brinigar.

The "German expedition which plane for India forta further in-

was climbing Nanga Parbat was buried in an avalanche...

Mr. Neville Chamberlain referred to the suggestion sponsored investigation of the catastrophe.. Commons yesterday by Mr. Lloyd

He will be accompanied by Fritz. George that. Basque women and Bechthold, one of the survivors uf children should be

the 1934 Nanga Parbat expedition, evacuated through France to Barcelona.. and

and by von Trauss, who was at Valencia. The Government. had the Nanga Parbat in 1929- consulted the French Government

Transocean Weiss Service. and received a favourable reply from them on this proposal, and if the refugees themselves wished to ga in this way the British navy would give protection to such a ∙scheme.

British Wireless

16-INCH GUNS.

Washington. June 22. Questioned by the press to-day, President Roosevelt indicated that the new American battleships, soon to be built, will carry 16-inch-

Reuter,

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Mr. Frederick Shite, Jr young man who lives, encased in s barrel-like "tron lung" since.be- coming paralysed while on a tour of China, has arrived at hospital here.

Doctors say It will take at least seven years to restore him to health

Reuter

·AUSTRIAN NAZI GAOLED:

Vienna, June 22. Fritz Woltache, an Austrian Nazi, has been sentenced to 12 years' im» prisonment for the bomb outrage on a train on June 6

The charge that he plotted to assassinate the Chancellor, Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg, by dropping a bomb on the root of his residence. will be the subject of a Ister trial Reuter

The flers include Dr. Berchtold. chairman of the Foundation, and the well-known mountaineer. Baur. Reuter.

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