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ANGLO-U.S. TRADE PACT NEAR Toll Of Flood

Runciman's Revelation

·BREAKS GROUND FOR

FORMAL PARLEYS.

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More Signs of Economic Co-Operation in Europe

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Washington, January 25.

Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the British Board of Trade, revealed at a press conference at the British Embassy here that he and President Franklin D. Roosevelt were in close agreement in principle on the basis for negotiating a reciprocal Anglo-American trade agreement. He declared they had made great progress in their con- versations.

Only the broadest generalitics had been discussed, however, and details were being left to more formal con. versations between the representatives of both Govern- ments, Mr. Runciman declared.-Reuter.

STABILISATION IN THE WIND

Washington, Jan. 25.

Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of the Treasury, disclosed to-day that British and American spokesmen had agreed in principle upon negotiations for a reciprocal trade treaty.

Simultaneously..Treasury officials had secretly, conferred with Professor 0. M. W. Sprague concerning monetary stabilisa. tion, which Mr. Walter Runciman's conversations with the Presi dent have brought to the fore.

Mr. Hull sald there would be fur- er discussions to determine the re- quirements-for-detailed--negotiations.

of a treaty.

Talked Of Disarmament

It is believed, too, that President Roosevelt and Mr. Runciman ex- plored the possibilities of a dis- Armament agreement, providing a European peace accord was reached

They are thought to have discussed the possibility of American neutrality legislation severing British sources of supply in the event of war.

Responsible quarters believe Britain may be threatening, to depose the United States from the top position in the British market if she continues

in her palley of prohibiting exports to warring nations. United Press.

NOTED GENERAL COMING

COLONEL OF THE ULSTER REGIMENT

BIG LOCAL PROGRAMME

FRANCO ALTERS STRATEGY BUT LOYALISTS COUNTER

(Special to "Telegraph")

London, Jan. 25.

There are increasingly clear indications that General Francisco Franco's next major attack will embrace an effort to sever Madrid's communications with the coast, through a concentrated attack in the Aranjuez sector, about 30 miles south of the capital.

Meanwhile, fighting continues on Queen's Hill, near Aranjuez, where a Government attack proves that the Government leaders are aware of the trend of the Rightist strategy.

Meanwhile, important developments are continuing on the southern coast. But The Leftists have checked the Rightist advance a few miles beyond Marbella. the Rightists have commenced a new drive in the opposite direction. The latest reports are that they had passed Alsama de Granada, 30 miles north-east of Marbella.:

The Leftists have despatched 4,000. men of the International Brigade to support the troops in the Marbella sector.

It is reported an additional, con- tingent of Italians arrived in Cadiz Saturday-United Press.

ARTILLERY. ACTIVE

- Madrid, Jan. 25. The chief activity of the civil wor over the week-end, it is reported be- fatedly, consisted of aerial and artil- tery bombardments of the capital.

Insurgent planes have been busy, also, raking eastern coast towns.

The Government claims that a raid by insurgent planes over Madrid on Sunday was repulsed by anti-aircraft guns and that Government plancs, pursuing the enemy, brought down one of the raiders-Reuter Bulletin Service.

WILL RUSH MALAGA

Hendaye, Jan, 25,

.

It is reported in uncensored des- patches that 10,000 workers have been mobilised in Malaga in order to rush the fortification of the city' in pre- paration for a lust stand against Gen- cral Del Lano's rebels-United Press. OMNIBUSES NEEDED

ULTIMATUM TO

SHENSI REBELS

Must Come To Terms

By January 28

Shanghai, January 26.

It is reliably stated that Nanking officers, acting on Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's instructions, have set a dead- line for noon, January 28, for the settlement of the Shensi trouble.

· However, hostilities may be postponed if there are grounds for hoping that a peaceful solution can be found. -United Press.

Bail Fixed At

One Lakh

A

JAPANESE IN BIG

·DRUG CASE

PATIENCE EXHAUSTED

Shanghai, Jan. 20.

An ultimatum has been presented to the, Shensl rebels by the Govern inent which gives them until noon of Thursday to accept or reject its terms, according to reliable Chinese reports.

Gains Slowly; Rivers Rise

14 PERISH WHEN HOUSE TOPPLES IN TENNESSEE

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Washington, Jan. 25. Fatalities in the American flood disaster now total at least 80.

Fourteen were drowned to-day at Ripley, Tennessee, when a house in which they had taken refuge toppled over and hurled the victims into the raging flood waters..

Three women and three children were drowned when a rescue boat capsized at Lepanto, Arkansas.—Reuter

Five Millions Permanently

Idle in U.S.

Washlogton, Jan. 25.

A total permanent unemploy- **' ment - figurë of: 5,000,000, even. when prosperityis completely restored, was to-day predicted by Mr. Harry Hopkins, head of the Works Progress Administration. here when speaking before the House of Representatives Ap¬ propriations sub-Committer.

"The year 1037 holds promisc of a figure of 0,500,000 to 7,000,- 000 unemployed." said Mr. Hop-. king.

Mr.

Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell, told the same com milten that relief and recovery outlays from 1934 to 1937. had amounted to $12.611,600.000,---- Reuter.

SEVERE FLOODS

Thames Valley is

an Inland Sea

London, Jun, 25.

Reins in many districts In England are alrendy double the total normal January fall, causing widespread

Floods Gaining

Washington, Jan. 25. The floods in twolve states border- Ing the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys are galning slowly and with Increasingly, dreadful effect. Disease is threatening the 500,000 refugees sentiered over this huge territory and. already there. is punic.

on

the

Meanwhile, the House Appropria- tions Commitice favourably reported Administration's Deficiency Bill, appropriating until June 30, $790,000,000 to uld the unemployed during a confused House debate as to whether the Increased amount of rellet money should provide for the emergency flood altuation.

Mr. Harry Hopkina, Works Pro- greas Administrator, is empowered to use all or part of the money voted for flood relief purposes. The W.P.A. pay roll is cut by this measure by. $000,000 in June.

The cities wholly or partly in- undated by foods are Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Paducah, Kentucky, Evensville, Indiana, Law-

Indiana, renceburg,

Ohio, Aurora, Indiana, Jortsmou

ina, Wheeling, Indiana

West Virginia, Eddyville, Kentucky, Huntington, West Virginia, Shawneetown, Illinois. Elizabethtown, Illinois, Jackson, Mis Bouri, Matchez, Missouri, Concordia and Catanou, Louisiana, Paris, Mis- souri-and-Richards--Landing,--Ton- nessee. The communications are un- workable in scores of other towns, and their plight is not known.

· Hardest Hit Of All Cincinnati and Louisville are the

hardest hit of all. They expect a

erest of 80 feet in the river. Cincinnati, in spite of the flood, Is

belleved to have available a supply

barely adequate to last three days. A new fire has braken out of n 40-family apartment in Cincinnati.

Louisville's 200,000 refugees are now fighting the plague, as well as hunger, cold and flood. Sewers are

London, Jan. 25, Attention was called in the House of Commons 10 a report of the Health Organisation of the League of Nations that 208 motor cmnibuses are needed by the Spanish Govern- ment to assist in the evacuation of the civil population in Madrid. Great preparations are being made Lord Cranborne, Under-Secretary by the 1st Battalion of the Royal of Foreign Affairs, said he under-

This action follows the reported foods. extension of the truce at the request From Reading to Richmond, huge choked. Water covers 25 of the Ulster Rifles to welcome General Sir

G.C.B. stood the request of the Spanish Alexander J. Godley,

Government was an the agende of the

of Yong Hu-chen, which has extracts of the Thames Valley resemble city's 40 square miles.

Swans are swimming K.C.M.G.. the Colonel of the Regi- present Council session, No difficul-

hausted the patience of the Govern-an inland sea.

in

at the ed. ment

who is to visit Hongkong,ty would be placed in the way of

ment. The one hope for pence at around houses, looking

windows.

Pittsburgh Threatened together

A Japanese, named K. Itabashe, present rests upon the result of nego with Lady Godley, from purchase here of omnibuses for this

Eton playing-flelds and the grounds 17 10 February Reliable quarters state that French Februaryished

purpose.-British. Wireless.

aged 40, was brought on remand be tintions between the representatives

of Windsor Castle are inundated. Pittsburg is fearfully watching the fore Mr. K. Keen at the Central Ma-

Ku Tsu-tung, General

In Kent, Sussex, Bedfordshire and food rise again to a threatening -present discussing terms in-connection | Governor of Gilder and former

gistracy this morning charged with commander-in-chief in the North-

tho neighbourhood of Birmingham. level. possession of dangerous drugs and west, and the delegates from Stenfu,

many of the main roads are impass with importing dangerous druga into who are meeting at Tungkwan. abic.

Meanwhile, the Chinese press Mr. Hin-shing Lo. instructed by reporting dissension the Colony three weeks ago.

Franco-British Talks

London, Jan. 25.

and British Treasury officials are at

23.

General God-

Di

new

Paducah has been ordered evacuat-

a

ASSAULT RENEWED with London credits for the French ley hoy had un extremely active

Madrid, Jan. 25.

At Parkersburg, West Virginia, Government.

militory carcer, seeing service in

The rear of heavy artillery, mor-

patrols are seeking a man, his wife s The Dartmouth. Ufeboat effected and four children, reported adrift Discussions are believed to be many parts of the world. He com-

in the rebel

thrilling rescue of fifty-two

men of the root of a house, centred around the question of the manded the western defences in the tars, machine-guns and rifles denotes

At Portsmouth, refugees at time limit of the credit, whether it slege of Mafeking during the Boer hard fighting in the Moncloa and shall be for nine months ar a year, War, being staff officer to Genernia University City sectors and indicates Mr. J. M. Hall, asked for bali, say-ranks over the question of amliation when the 5.3. English Trader struck

the rocks near Dartmouth. The school-house are necusing one an. Baden-Powell and Plumer. In that that the rebels have renewed their Ing that defendant had been in prison with the Communists, which threa

4.

tens split the ranks of Yang's the amount and the guarantee.

Mr. J. P. war he also, commanded the Rhode- assault upon the stubborn Govern- since. January Assistant Crown | forces, Chang Hauch-ilang's old army rescue was carried out in pitch dark other of thieving. At Jonesboro,

ment positions at these points.

Murphy,

amidst raging

the schools have been scas-Reuter's Bulletin

Arkansas, Estimates of the total of the credit sian Brigade.

Solleitor, prosecuting, opposed ball, into two camps....Opposition to the

Service,

dismissed and preparations made to vary from £40,000,000 to £50,000,- In the Great War, General Godley United Press.

saying the case was a very serious one Communist union is reported to be

NO RAIN IN LONDON

house refugees. -000. In the event that a lower commanded the New Zealand Expe

as the amount of

of heroin found in de- very strong among the men Chang

London, Jan. 25. The Surplus Commodity Corpora amount is granted by Britain, It is ditionary Force

throughout-in. the

fendant's possession was enough to formerly commanded.--Reuter.

There was no rain to-day in the tlon has ordered 72,000 dozen eggs thought likely that Holland and Dardanelles and Egypt and also in

make 18,000,000 pills, which, if suc-

Landon area, but the Thames is still and 20,000 lb. of canned beef for the Switzerland' will advance the re- France and. Belgium. He won many

cessfully disposed of, would bring in mainder-Reuter,

high honours for his services. From

a very large sui

sum of money. If ball ary 2. Defendant is charged separ-rising and flood waters are spreading flood area, it is stated. United Press. 1928 to 1933 he was Governor of

ARMY OF WORKERS low-lying areas are underwater, Gibraltar, retiring in the latter year.

the case.

Japanese, and Mr..W. A, Brown, re

The flow of the river at Eddington

Washinglott, Jan.-25. million Bail in that amount was according-presenting him, asked that ball be was at the rate of 8,700 LOCAL PROGRAMME

The nation's greatest pence-time ly fixed, and Monday, February 1; at | ixed.

a 1,800-mile General and Lady Godley will

gallons in 24 hours, being an increase army is employed on 2.15 p.m., was fixed for hearing. In this case the heroin found was of 1200 million gallons on yesterday's flood front fighting suffering, death. A man named Wong Sheng-shen enough to muke 5,000,000 pills and figure. The average for January and terror among 600,000 refugees also appeared on remand before the ball in $20,000 was fixed.

while the rivers continue to rise in same Magistrate, and his case was

Offer To Germany

Lyons, Jan. 25,

M. Leon Blum, who is on vacation

here, has offered financial and arrive aboard the s.s. Naldera at 0 economic assistance to Germany, with a.m. on Wednesday, February, 17, and the provision that such help will not the General will be received by a

LABOUR FACTIONS FIGHT

be used to increase the strength of guard of honour at the wharf. A SHARP ENCOUNTER the German military machine. But, p.m. the same day, the band and he sald, an economic agreement could bugles of the Battalion will sound

tail

not be approached without a poll "Retreat" at Shamshulpo, and half 1ical settlement.

an hour later there will be a cock-

the Omcers' Mess. party On Thursday, February 18, Gen- eral Godiey will inspect the Bet-

In Berlin, offelala viewed the offer as a good omen for the future."

United Press.

Foreign Investments

London, Jan. 28,

IN 'FRISCO

tallon at 10 a.rn., and will present NOW IN SIGHT

long Acrvice and good conduct medals. He will visit the Sergeants Mess and Institutes at 11 am. At 0

was to be axed. $100,000 would meet ately on the same charges as then the Thames Valley where large

Mr. J. P. Murphy was present for year the flow renched 2,000 million. 11 states. known dead. The

fixed to be heard on Tuesday, Febru- the Crown.

SAVE END OF STRIKE STILL UNABLE TO

CREW OF STORM-RIDDEN

WRECK IN NORTH SEA

Oslo, Jan. 25.

2,407 million, but in January last That figure, however, was well below

So far 49 are totals of great floods in the past Red Cross has again appealed for British Wireless.

$4,000,000. A force of 749-trained nurses, and 40,000 W.P.A. workers, with thousands of volunteers

Const

Guard

men. and have entered

►

CRICKET MATCH

ABANDONED

HEAVY RAIN~IN

ADELAIDE

Auclaide, Jan. 26. “There was again heavy rain over- play in the match between the night, this making a resumption of M.C.C. and South Australla impos

the fight. 10 dood in Chitose?

There are

West

in

Virginia, four in Kentucký, three in Illinois, eight in Indiana, one in Penrtsylvania, and others meal- fered through Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi-United Press, '

San Francisco, Jan. 25. -Two- hundred ILA. strikers It was slated In reply to a Parlia- p.m.,Mrs. Rodwell and officers'

district mentary question that estimates rewives will give a cocktail, party to battled with Lee Holman's Union

members in the flanelol cently compiled by the United States meet Lady Godicy.

a dinner in honour to-day as the result of the latter's There will be a Department of Commerce showed

The plight of the crew of 27 aboard the Norwegian that on December 31, 1035, invest of the General and Lady Godley at efforts to distribute coples of Hol- ments in the United States by Britain Flagstaff House at 8 pm, on Friday, man's newspaper. Four men were

arrested and one sent to hospital steamer Vent, pounded by a fierce North Sea gale, is now whilst on the following stood at 1,374 million dollars, by February 10, France 282 million dollars and by day the distinguished visitors will suffering from but believe that desperate. So badly damaged that her crew are helpless to

·Canada 1,000 million.

attend the Races and later be the Investments by Italy and Germany guests of honour at a dinner at Gov- the ILA. action and the most recent control her, the freighter is constantly swept by great seas.

**** | proposals by the shipowners con Tho..erew, la¦ assembled on the Trym a few hours before she unwered "ilble before lunch. It is, in net seda the food and fire mezace, ernment House. were not known separately. Be- On Sunday, February 21, General stitute the crisis of the strike,

to leave the scene. She is running tween the dato

mentioned and and Lady Godley, will attend: the It is believed that as soon as the bridge, as far as possible from the the Veni's calls for assistance, has had

short of fuel. The mall ship Venus, another September 30, 1930, Italy and Fanling Races, and on the following ILA checker clerks have completed battering waves,

The Jupiter, a vessel of same Germany hadan balance sold day will make a visit to Canton, their agreements with the ship- mecurities to the value of 1,400,000 They depart on Tuesday, February owners the strike will be terminated, Norwegian vessel, which had effected mall lines a use of the vent and the match line boeri, abandoned during the past few

(Continued on Page 4.). (Continued on Page 4.)

observers.

a gallant rescue of the crew of the however.--Reuter:

at: all to-day-Reuter, unlikely that there will be any play

*impossible Rain his mado" play

as a drawkeute

DISEASE IN WAKE

Washington, Jan. 26. Discase threatens to super-

which have suffered from the devastating rise in river croats throughout the twelve states

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days,