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FRIDAY, JULY 10,

BRITAIN'S POLICIES UNDER FIRE Sharp Criticism At Montreux Parley

RUMANIA APPREHENSIVE FOR REGIONAL PACTS

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH").

Montreux, July 9

A heated scene between M. Nicholas Titulescu, the Rumanian Foreign Minister, and the British delegation to the conference, marred the Dardanelles deliberations to-day, when the statesmen were considering the Russian amendment to the British draft convention.

The amendment declares that the convention shall not infringe upon the rights or obligations of the contrac ting parties as members of the League of Nations and preserves freedom of passage through the straits of warships engaged in giving assistance against an aggres- sor under the League Covenant or supplementary agree- ments within the framework of the Covenant.

M. Titulescu, although not present when the British view was explained, demanded information of the

British attitude when he arrived late at the conference. He said:

“You adopted one policy at Geneva and another

here, where you are doing your best to destroy mutual assistance and regional pacts.”

Sir Alexander Cadogan, former |~ British Minister in China, replied,

matter of courtesy l Buying 23 would explain the British tand. There was 3144 foundation for the statement of I. Titulesen, he miled.

Jeopardising Pacts

M. Titulmeu loudly interrupted t this point.

" is not a matter of courtesy that you are jeopardising the pacts be tween my cuntry and France and the Balkan States".

M. Titulescu then left the con- ference to etch a train for Bucharest, where there seems to be a prospect of a ministerial, erigis.

POWERS PLANNING ROBBERY

BEING FORCED

INTO WAR TARIFFS TO BLAME

TILTED WITH TITULESCU

1936.

日二廿月五

LEAGUE STAND

JUSTIFIED

SANCTIONS WOULD HAVE

WRECKED LEAGUE

Brussels, July 9,

The raising of sanctions against Italy was justified as the only possible policy by M. Paul van Zeeland, the Prime Minister, defending his conduct as President of the League Assembly before the Senate-to-day.

M. van Zeeland and that if sanctions had not been unded it would have meant the end of the League of Nations.

"The forces that threaten us are so great and so near that we are terribly anxious, especially in Belgium."

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The Senate passed a vote of confidence in the 'Government

Sir Alexander Cadogan, one of the | by 122 to 10.~Reuter. British delegation to the Montreur conference, was engaged in re heated verbal exchange with M. Nicholas Titulescu, Rumanian Foreign Mining ter. yesterday. The latter accused Britain of attempting to dextran

ritally interested.

el pets in which Rumania vas

DEATH

TOLL

RISES

US. Heat Wave

Spreads East

ALL QUIET ON SOUTH FRONTS

MAY BE PREFACE TO SETTLEMENT

YU HAN-MOW'S

ADVICE

Canton, July 10..

OBLIGATIONS CEASE

Paris, July 0. The Governinant of France ins notified Great Britain and Italy that its obligations of mutual assistance

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SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS

110.00 PER ANNUM

PROMOTED REAR ADMIRAL

Commodore C. G. Sedpwiek, to charge of mural establishmeria in Hongkong the hun hary promoted to the roud

of Rear-Admirol,

in the Mediterranean Sea are Commodore

longer operative, in view of the division of the League of Nations to rise anti-Italian anuctions.--Hefter.

REDUCING STRENGTH

London, July 9.

The Admiralty has begun to re- duce its strength in the Medi terranean.

Wir-

However, it is understood that the will be fleet in the Mediterranean kept above strength until the Italo- Ethiopian trouble is finally dissipated.

Saveral of the withdrawing ships are returning to the Far East. The continued lull in mili-whonce they came at the time of the tury activity on the Kwangtung- Anglo-Italian crisis,-United Press, Hunan frontier is interpreted as a good sign, indicating the po sibility that the Second Plenary Session of the Kuomintang Cen- tral Executive Committee, open-f

NO RELIEF ing in Nanking to-day, may

IN SIGHT

:

succeed in settling the Nanking- South-West dispute by diploma- tic means.

Kwangtung's Commander of the

CRUEL COOLIE FINED

First Army, General Yu fan-mow. TORTURED CAPTIVE

SPARROW

SGT.

ΤΟ

SULLIVAN RESCUE

New York, June 9.

has issued a telegram from Nanking, The death roll of the American addressed to all Cantonese comman heat wave is mounting steadily ders, in which he says that leaders and the high temperatures have must sink their political differences. for the general welfare of the coun- spread to the East Coast.

try. Aimited front must be pre- So-intenan-was the heat insented to ward off foreign_Invasion. New York City that two swing While in Canton, he says, he has en- to prevent azij bridges over the Harlem Riverdeavoured his best

open split between Canton and Non-1 were buckled. The temperature king, and it is for this reason that With hole pierced through its rose to 101 degrees, which is he is attending the Nanking parley, beak, a sparrow was exhibited at the when only one degree below a long-At the conference he will do his best Central Magistracy to-day The British delegation has not re-

to bring

about standing record. The buckling China's leaders. Its appeals to the Queen's Road West, was fined $20. in consolidation of Leung Shing, 41, unemployed, of jeeted the Russian proposal, but has

of the bridges necessitated the Canton officers to support pointed out the dieulties which

him in default, imprisonment for three Charlotteville, Va., July 9, arise if it were atlopted. The

Idiversion of traffic.

'his direction.

weeks, for cruelty. Japan, Germany and Italy are orm- sian proposal is eerlain to recrive |

There has been some rain in severni Nanking has invited General Li

for Sub Inspector Kirby, for "international bber parts of the country, but the weather Han-wen (the resigned Vlee-Com- police, told Mr. C. B. Burgess, that clared Hrigadier-General John Rose, States,

of Kwangtung's Second at 9 am, yesterday Sgt. Sullivan, The next plenary session of the Cat, D.9.0., D.V., Canadian infantry Lureaux pridlet a continuance of high mander conference is expected Monday-the Boer War

Bonham. Rozfel, officer who served with distinction in temperatures.

France from It is estimated that one third of the Army), to attend the plenary session. while on patrol in Reuter Speciul

saw Loung with the bird attached to a piece of string about 3ft, long, 1914 to 1918, when he Virginia Universit nidressed the Brable land in the United States is

Institute of affected by the month-old drought

He was letting the bird By away Reuter, Affairs, to-day,

to the length of the string and then jerking it-back.

Question Held Over

sery and in

Pis trio of nations, he said, was!

Montreux, July 0. Following yesterday's deliberations, now compelled by economic necessity the Dardanelles conférence decided to created by other nations, furcibly to

215. DEATHS

Chicago, July D.

NANKING'S CAUTION

the

Sedgwick

Promoted

LONG PERIOD ON CHINA STATION

WILL RETIRE ON JULY 20

Commodore C. G. Sedgwick is promoted Rear Admiral with effect from July 19. 1 was notified to-day. He will be placed on the retired list Con July 20,

la probable that as Rear Admiral he will continue his prezent 'dules ntil the end of the period for which he was appointed, March, 1937.

Commodore Sedgwick has been

over a year in his present post. Prior to that he was on the Chinn

Station as Captain of H.M.S. Ber-

wick.

it is notified in the War Office Gazette that Chptain G. F. Maclean, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. and formerly G.S.0.3 China Com- mand, has been promoted from Brigade-Major-Cairu-Arigade-to- G.S.0.3, War Ofce, with effect from June 17.

SNIPERS CONTINUE CAMPAIGN

DESPITE APPEAL AND WARNING

TRAVELLERS AMBUSHED

DUNLOP

TYRES

make

every road

a SAFER road

LABOUR WINS DERBY

Formerly Seat of Mr. J. H. Thomas

MAJORITY OF 2,753

London, July 9. The by-election at Derby, caused by the resignation of Mr:- J. H. Thomas (National Labour), former Secretary of State for the Colonies, following the Budget leakage revelations. has resulted in the Labour Party securing a gain at the ex- pense of the Government. The result was announced to-day as follows:

Mr. P. J. Noel-Baker (Lab.) 28,419. Major A. 6. Church (Nat) 25,666.

Labour majority

2,703

Derby returns two members. at the last General Election the Conservative nomineo headed the poll, with Mr. Thomas retaining the other Rent, two Labour candidates being unsuccessful. Mr. Thomas polled #7,666 votes, against 25,007 for his nearest Labour rivel, thus having a majority of 12,520.

Mr.

поту Noel-Baker,

returned, unsucessfully fought Coventry at the last two General Elections. He was farmerly Parliamentary Secretary to the late Mr. Arthur Henderson and substitute delegate the League of Nations Assembly in 1929 and 1000. He in a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and was for some tinie

Professor Слячей

on International Relations at the London University,

Major Church was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the President st the Board of Trade in the first Labour Government and to Secretary for War. in the secon·l Labour Administration. He was on of the members of the Labour Party who followed the lendership of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald on the formation of the

Renter..

National Government.-~-

REVISED RELIEF RULES

ENTAIL FURTHER EXPENDITURE

BUT LABOUR OPPOSED

(Special To "Telegraph")

London, July 9. Jerumiem, July 9,

The expenditure of £775,000 Sniping in Palestine continues, and in addition to the present £38,- year, on unemploy- here searching pedestrians for conceal-

ilitary police are parading all streets 000,000

ment assistance, is provided un- ed arms,

Aeroplanes are lying over villages der the now assistance regula- and dropping pamphlets containing the tions issued to-night. text of a broadenst append by the High It is claimed that one-third of the Wauchope, in which he asks the Arabs to discontinue their campaign of vio- lence.

Nanking, July 10, Five South-Western delegates to the Plenary Session of the C.E.C. of the Kuomintang Party, arrived here

When he made a close inspection At least 216 persons have died as early this morning and were greeled hold over the thorny question of the seek sources of supply of rawa result of the beat, wave, which is by a bare gathering of light officials of the sperraw: Sgt. Sullivan dis covered that a hote had been pierced rights of battleships to enter or leave materials as well as markets for their now moving eastward.

. Mr. Huang Lin-shu, one of the the straits in wartime.

preincts.

passed through it. A new deadlock, however, developed Tariff walls, he said, were forcing in the drought area, but they were to Senchow an Thursday afternoon to

There have been scattered showers members of the delegation whe went through the beak and the string Admitting passession of the bird, to-day on the British proposal to these nations into war.

mainly tantalising and meteorologists visit friends, joined the train there Leung said he found it a few minutes. retain the straits Commission of Con The United States, said General prefet no material change in the and arrived with the others. trol. Turkey objected to this sugges. Ross, fuees wo dangers. The first entire central states area, which is tion, on the ground that it was against would come if a power attempted to in for another sizzler."

Yang-tai, General Ho Ching, General string was already through the hole Today's arrivals include Mr. Yang Before the through the hole her national prestige. All the Baikan seize United States territory, The Itains

Houth Saskatchewan, Hsiung Shih-hul, and General Shang in the benk when he found the bird. Mr. Burgess: What was he doing States suppárted her. Russin was second would come from a European Canadian whent country, have Chen, who are the respective Gover

lent. France

supported wor, in which the United States might materially based cove of flare, Hunan, Kiangst and it fort alone

Sub-Inspector Kirby Just Britain

be embroiled-United Preani

On the eve of the opening of the amuse himself or anyone passing by. Commissioner, General Sir Arthur | 609,000 persons affected will get in-

The bird was liberated immediately an order, forbidding public demon- the ease was concluded.

of large abrations or the gending delegations to the Conference to submit petitions. All proposals must be made in writing through the Secretarial, but if a delegation is sent instead, it must not exceed ten persons.

Turkey suggested some arrange. ment whereby the Consular dy should replace the commission. Router.

Arbitrating Dispute

ROOSEVELT ASKED TO ASSIST

PERU AND

ECUADOR

Prens.

FIGHTING UNITS'

HEAVY COST

BRITAIN WILL SPEND

£188,163,700 A YEAR

London, July 9. Supplementary estimates issued to-day bring the total expenditure on. Britain's fighting services for the current year to £188,103,700. Today's supplementaries include £11,700,000 Washington, July 0. for the air services, £6.600,000 for the Army, £1,059,000 for the President Fraulein D. Roosevelt Navy, and £293,000 for the Army Royal Ordnance factories, has accepted the taak of arbitrating, but the total for the year given above also includes the £10,- tween Peru and Ecuador.

the long-standing frater dispute 300.000 supplementary estimate for the Navy published on

The President announced his accep- April 28.

Honan. Ression, the authorities have issued

Violators of these rules will be liable to punishment.-Reuter.

the

FINAL APPEAL

Nanking, July 10. It is learned that on the eve of Kuomintang conference, the Nanking Press Association and other bodies telegraphically appealed to General Chan Chai-tong, General L Chung-jen and General Pel Chung- hsi to personally attend the session. Reuter.

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Bandits Cut Railway

ITALIAN TROOPS SAVE TRAINS

to

Rome, July D. Bandits have destroyed a portion of the line on the Djibouti-Addis Ababa railway, with a view to holding up two supply trains on their way to Addis Ababa.

The High Commissioner reiterates the British Government's intention of

enforcing peace and order at all costs, Six quarry man returning to Jeru- salem on the Juifa-Jerusalem road were ambushed by snipers. One was killed and all the rest were wounded, af them seriously-Router. Bulletin Service,

TYPHOON ENTERS COAST

LINER COMPELLED TO HEAVE-TO

Telephons and telegraph wires The Royal Observatory reports this CONFERENCE OPENS

were also cut, but Itallan troops were morning that the typhoon has probably Nanking, July 10. rushed to the spot and routed, the entered the coast near Amoy and to brief ceremony marked the marauders before the trafas arrived.filling up to the north of that port.

repaired.- pening of the C.E.C. session. No The line is now being meeting will be held this afternoon. Renter Bulletin Service,

While no official announcement has

A

liner northward bound from Aliner Hongkong was compelled to heave-to. for some time south of Amey while tanca of this task following a visit lo

the typhoon passed in front of her. the White House of the Peruvian Am-| In connection with the additional year under the existing Naval Treaty been made, it is believed the first res bassador and the Minister for Ecuador.provision now made for the Navy, of 1930, and five of 5,000 tons; 18 des-guine, session will be held to-morrow bers of the standing committee of the The vere reported wind of Force 1), These gentlemen submitted the contro- the following additions to new war troyers; two aircraft-carriers, which morning.

C.E.C., was elected, these including a strong gule.

The local forecast is-South-west versy to him, urging his acceptance of ship construction, already approved, will be ordered but not necessarily The entire delegation visited the Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, Mr. Ting the responsibility:

is announced: Two 5,000-ton cruisers, completed, this year; and oight sub- Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum at 6 nan. to-Wet-feng, Mr. Yu Yu-Jen and General winds, moderate; fair to showery. nine destroyers, President Roosevelt stated that ar

ono aircraft-carrier marines, all under the terms of the day to pay respects to the late found-Chu Cheng bitration of this dispute would do much and four submarines. This brings 1936 London Naval Treaty,

of reform in China.

Secretary Corfu when Chu-chang, to ensure the success of the alalibora-the total new construction for 1030, The supplementary estimate' is The preparatory session of the Con- General of the Kuomintang, was Shanghal this morning, stated that tions of the twenty-one American rein the above categories and capital important as showing the firm interference began at 8 am, at the Central elected Secretary-General of the con- they had not encountered the typhoon. publies at the forthcoming Pan-Ameri-ships to tivo battleships, which will tion of the British Government to Kuomintang headquarters under the forence. It is announced that all pro- The ship did not experience any very can conference:

be equipped with 14-inch guns; seven implement their declared polley of chairmanship of Mr. Ting Wei-feng-posals to be submitted for discussion rough weather and though she rolled The arbitration starts in Washing-cruisers, of whicks two of 10,000 tons providing the necessary means "both A presidium consisting of nine pro- must be handed in to the secretariat alightly in a moderately strong wind ton on October 30--Reuter.

will be built in the prezent calendar }; P (Continaed on Page 5-) minent members; who gro also:mem- before to-morrow-Router.

last night no-one whe inconvenienerd.

cr

Mr.

Ych

Those on board the P. und 0, liner she arrived here from

creased allowances,

Nevertheless,

the Opposition is likely to hotly con- test the regulations when they are presented to Parliament before the present intentions, brought into opern- end of the month, and, according to

on on November. 16,

*The reason for the opposition is to be found in the unpopular Means Test which is contained in the new re- gulations, ns in the old.

Where reductions of allowances are introduced they will be spread gra- dually over eighteen months.--Beuter, Sprotal.

Brother For Five Dionnes

Callander, Ont., July 9. Mrs. Dionné, mother of tea. Tamoun quintuplets' gave, birth to an eight.

pound sontor who attended her said

Hoth are doing well.

The event was anticipated for. several weeks, but the Diennes main- tained the strictest neerecy about it. and even built, a board fence around their yard and refused entrance to anyone except on passes signed by Mr. Dionne, United Press.