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LORD LYTTON'S PLEA

COLLECTIVE PEACE SYSTEM

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

LATEST SHARE QUOTATIONS

The following quotations on the London Stock Exchange have been received by Messrs. Sean, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Renter. War Loon 3

Feb. 8. Feb. 11. British Government Securities

redm, after 1952 £108 £105%

Chinese Randa Bends 1898

London, Feb. 11,

Washington, Feb, 11. The fortunes of the National General Jan Smuts" reference to It would be extremely difficult Government have been seriously the danger in the Pacific was fol- to frame suitable language for a impaired by events of the past lowed closely here by an appeal to Japan by Lord Lotton, hond of formal atatement of the preamble. week.

the Commission which investigat Westminster did not mention, still loss define, Dominion statue, Parliamentary circles are buzzed the Sino-Japancao dispute in and did not alter it at all. That ing with reports of what the Manchuria. India should some time have the coming week may produce. Minis Addressing a large audience, samo rights as the Dominions, he terialists admit that the break-which included Japanese, Chinese most certainly affirmed, but it down in the unemployment assist and other diplomats, Lord Lytton was obvious that India, from her ance machinery has presented the remarked that if Japan persisted

(Ldin. Ins.) £99 size, condition and strategic post. Opposition with a first class with her present policy of force,

pr Bands 1926-47 & 98% tion, would have more dificult fighting issue, in which they have the world problems presented to her than been palpably deficient up to the disastrous system of armament 5'-Shal-Nanking

Rly.... £82. races and alliances which brought were ever presented to the Gov-present.

... £ 35% eraments of other Dominions.

Evon quarters friendly to the about the World War. Even at the 5%. Tient.-Pukow

present moment, ho sald, we were

5% Tient.-Pukow Government comment severaly drifting towards an international

Railway (Supl. The Board has had insufficient Niagara, The collective system

€ 20 Loan) A He regretted that the academic time in working out relief scales

he believed, the S'hal-II'chow- Wan, queation of the right to secede and there have been obvious min-life-line of civilisation. If the Ningpo Rly. £100 from the Empire had been raised.takes. In arithmetic.

other nations of the world. would Honan Rly.. £34 1011 £ 47 6% Lung Thing U.

RIGHT TO SECEDE

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All the pledges to India were Discontent ia accentuated by appeal to Japan for her co-opera- pledges relating to its future development, in the words of the the rebel movement in the Con- tion in an endeavour to save this 1919 preamble, as in integral Hervative party, among which tri-priceless solitary gain from part of the Empire." It was so tics of the unemployment pay. World War, Japan could not re- atated in Lord Irwin's declaration.ments aro at least as numerous assist.-Renier, It would apply to Lord Irwin's de among the Socialists. claration, even if it were not stated, because that declaration

Observers sympathetic to the was solely put forward as an inter-Government fear that its stability pretation of the preamble,

has been seriously threatened, They say the Conservative party is out of hand. They are willing to support the India policy but feeling that the suffer from o party has been devilulised.

Quite obviously, none of the pledges included a promise of status outside the British Empire, nor was the Constitution intended to be used to take India out of the Empire. They were told they

insist that Mr. Lloyd were taking great risks in this George be invited to join the Bill, but was there ever a time Cabinet; others urge that Mr. when the British nation was not Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor taking risks? The whole Empire of the Exchequer, he invited to was one long history of rinka wise-reconcile the conflicting factions. ly taken.

The Governmont, felt that this question had been áo lang ponder ed and so widely discussed by men of goodwill and of experience, that they might go forward in the hope that their intentions would be accepted for what they were worth, and that India might, after this great debate, realise that the people of Britain were prepared now to lend all their efforts to enable the peoples of India to attain what she had taught them to desire the full stature of man- hood within the British Common- wealth.

MR. CHURCHILL'S VIEW Later Apeakers included Mr. Winston Churchill, who prefaced his criticism of the Bill by refer ring to the Dominion status de- claration as a grave new fact.

Some

Policy of Force According to United Press, Lord Lytton gave it as his opinion that Japan's policy was more and more based on force and would destroy the collective system for preserv ing pence if continued.

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Continuing, he and sympathy must be shown for Japan's case in Manchuria. Many concessions must be extended to Japan on account of her economic

necdo and excessive population.

"Japan risked

national existence in Manchuria," he anid. "and feels that it is her lifeline. However, the collective system of pence preservation in the world's

General Electric There is a loud chorus of deffeline. If the world appeala to

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As regarda rumours of impend ing changes in the Government, the situation is by no means clear For example, the talk of Mr. Lloyd George joining the Cabinet must be considered in conjunction with the fact that he could only do 80 through a much greater fissura

Japan's policy, he concluded, than would be provided by drop-had already led to treaty denun- ping

two Ministers. clation, threatening costly com- Therefore, Mr. Lloyd George's ad- potition and further collapse of prace responsibility in Chins and misalon seems remote, with the present leadership and person- throughout the world. Unless the nel of the Government,

abrognted treaties were replaced,Randfontein

Extates the gravest danger of war was

Sub-Nigel What is regarded as being more

impending. current un- likely is that the

start asmali sottioment may

The ultimate limits of crack. subsequent reconstruction cannot at present be foreseen.

Undoubtedly. there is active

tho discontent in Ministerial back benches, but Mr. Stanley Baldwin still leads the party and his appeal for party loyalty The debate is proceeding.against the enemy may, as pre- restore the British Wireless.

viously, Instantly wavering ranks.-Router.

He admitted he himself had loosely and unwisely used the phase immediately after the war, but later it was felt, in many quarters in politics, that such vagus-and-indeânite phuse ought not to play its part in the revision of the Indian Constitution. He claimed they were entitled to clarification of Sir Thomag'i Inskip's statement.

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Commerce in the major project of the United 28, 1936, there were approximately Paris, in which he emphasised States Administration. 10,068,000 insured persons in emthat the Anglo-French proposals The Budget requires $900,000,- ployment in Great Britain, This was 196,000 less that on December were put forward as a "basis for 000 for the Army and Navy. More free and equal negotiation be warships are to be built, one thou- 17 and 176,000 more than on Janu- tween all concerned, has been the sand more war planes are to be put ary 22, 1934.

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The Chief of Staff of the United Government towards the proposala States Army, General Douglas Mac- set-back in January.

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