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War Planes Stunt Over

Race Course

Action Does Not Allay Foreign Apprehensiveness

Shanghal, Dec. 6. The apprehensions aroused by the Japanese military parado through the International Set- tlement on Friday Inst were not alleyed by the action of threw Japanese planes in stunting! over the Racecourse in the heart of the Settlement yesterday.

While 2,000 foreigners, mostly

British, watched soccer and rugger games, the planes per- formed power dives and flew very low over the race course.-- Router.

CYGNUS TOOK OFF IN GALE Eye-Witness. Tells Of Fatal Crash

Air Marshal Injured

London, Dec. 5.

It is now stated that the Australian passenger killed in the Imperial Airway flying-bout tragedy at Brindisi carty to- day, was Captain MacDonald Falconer, and not Captain Mac- Donald, na originally reported. To-night it was revealed that Air Marshal. Sir John Salmond, who was a passenger in the plane, and who was at firat stated to be suffering from a cut shoulder, sustained a broken right collar bone, but his condition is not serious.

The plane, Cygnus, was carrying Australian and Hongkong mail, and sinking crashed at the take-off, rapidly.

TAKE-OFF IN GALE According to an eye-witness of the of gule disaster there was a wind velocity when the Cygnus left its moorings. After an unusually long run the Cygnus just managed to leave the water when u sudden gust of wind upparently upset the balance of the machine which crashed in n gigantic cloud. of spray. The nose of the hull appeared to crumple up like cord- board.

Mr. Robert Lutyens was one of the passengers. but he was not seriously injured. He is the son of Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect-Reuter.

Lindberghs Visit U.S.

But Children Stay In England

New York, Dec. 5.

MONDAY, DECEMBER

6. 1937.

JAPAN'S ENVOY ANXIOUS TO TALK TO EDEN

VISCOUNT ISHII DENIES COUNTRY PURSUING

IMPERIAL

SCHEME

Paris, Dec. 5.

Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, Japan's envoy to Europe, arrived from Rome to-day and is proceeding to London

to-morrow.

In in interview with Reuter, Viscount Ishii said he hoped to see Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, with whom he would discuss the Far Eastern situation.

While in Rome he saw Signor Mussolini, but it was untrue to say he was on a special mission. "I am on a purely private visit," said the Viscount, "but naturally I am taking opportunity to discuss the Sino-Japanese conflict with European statesmen. This question was touched upon during my interview with Signor Mussolini, but was agreed that nothing should be made public."

GERMAN MEDIATION FAILURE

"Nothing Definite" Energes From Kuling Talks

Hankow, Dec. B. Dr. Osca Trautmann, the German

who Ambassador.

has been in conference with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Kuling endeavouring to persuade the Chinese leader to seck pence terre, arrived from Nanking to-day, acompanied by the Chinese Vice-Ministr for Foreign Affairs.

stated It is nuboritatively

that "nothing denite" emerged from Dr. with conversations Trautmann

Generalissino Chlang.--Reuter,

STOP PRESS

SOONG SEES R.G. HOWE

} HOPES FOR settlemENT

Viscount Ishill said he knew nothing about German and Italian mediation In the Far East, but he certainly hoped that it might be possible reach a settlement soon.

There was no question of Japan carrying out any imperial scheme the and there was no danger that war party in Japan would get too much power. But the Communist peril was very great and there might come a time when their patience was tried too fur by Soviet propaganda in Japan, he warned.-Ruter.

JAPANESE ENTER BRITISH SECTOR

Suggested Permit Be Asked In. Future

Shanghai, Dec. 6. As a result of Japanese troops al- tempting to pass, and one instance actually passing, through the British defence sector Shanghai without permission, it is learned it has been informally suggested that in future the Japanese Army request leave to enter this area.

A lorry loaded with Japanese troops ent-red the sector without per- mission to-day, on the way to station

a Japanese mill.

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Earlier, six Japanese cavalrymen attempted to enter the Britsh defence sector at the point through which the parade passed an December 3, but the British troops refused to remove the the barbed wire barrier and troopers rode away-Reuter.

A United Press despatch tells of a Japanese soldier having twice

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JEAN ARTHUR - RAY MILLAND in "EASY LIVING” A Paramount Picture

NEVER AGAIN WILL

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BE OFFERED AT PRESENT PRICES

The demand for raw materials is reflected out only by an up- ward trend in wholesale prices, but also increased labour costs.

In the world market for material required In the manufac- Mr. R. G.Howe, Charge d'Alaire saulted a British Fire Brigade omeer ture of Radio Receivers, prices for instance of copper, cadimum, Colonel and Mrs, Charles Lindbergh in China, réelved Mr. T. V. Song while the latter, Sub-Inspector B. C. tin, rubber, resin, wood, etc., show enormous advances. We shall arrived here on an unexpected visit, and had a Uk with him this morn Melin:ux, was fighting a

blaze in endeavour to maintain our present prices as long as possible, the first they have paid to the United i ing when the latter called at Govern" | Yangtzepoo on Friday.

The Japanese appears to Sintes since they took up residence in ment House, No information on the

subject of their conversation was butted the Sub-Inspector with his England two years ago.

Complete secrecy marked their given. voyage on the President Harding. The Embasy party including Mr. head and later to have kicked him

from behind. the Blue Funnel Col, and Mrs. Lindbergh disembark-Howe, leaveby

ed through the third class gangway. liner Patrocls for Shanghai at 5

It is understood that the Lind- o'clock this afternoon. bergh children are remaining in Eng- land.

The famous aviator and his wife appeared in the passenger list as "Mr. and Mrs. Gregory", and they remain- ed in their suite until the vessel left Queenstown, after which they ming- led freely with the passengers.

Colonel Lindbergh refused to talk to reporters when the ship docked, but officers of the liner said that the Lindberghs had come to spend Christ. mas with Mrs. Lindbergh's mother at Englewood, New Jersey, and they will be returning abroad immediately after Christmas,

Recently it was reported that a friend in United States had received a letter from Col. Lindbergh_exprís5- ing a "desire to return to St. Loula very soon."-Router.

VILLAGERS SURPRISED

Sevenoaks, Dec. 5. Villagers in the Weald of Kent, whers the Lindberghs have made their English home, were surprised to learn that Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh had left for America. No one seemed to be aware of the time of their departure.-United Press.

British Labour Leaders Visit Spanish Front

Madrid, Dc. §. Mr. Clement Attce lender of the Brittal Labour Party in the House of Commons, together with Mr. Noel Baker and Misa Elica Wilkinson, Labour Members of Parliament, ar- rived here to-day on a 'visit to the

the Madrid front and

devastated areas-fleuter.

TEMPERATURE LOWER

have

Temperature at 10 a.m. ul. the Royal Observatory to-day was 83,

four degrees lower than the corres- ponding reading yesterday, and humidity was 77, one

per cent. higher.

Th

anti-cyclone remains over China, Japan and the neighbouring seas, and continues to increase in Intensity. The depression appears lo be stationary to the north east of Hokkaido, and the typhoon is situated about 100 miles south of Manila, moving west-north-west.

Local forecast:-North-east winds i fresh; fair.

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