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German Fat Eaters Are "Traitors To Country"

BERLIN, Apr. 17.Persons eating more fat than is noeded for their health and strength must be classed as traitors stealing from their fellow-countrymon, declares the official organ of the German Medical profession to-day.

Exemption is made for occasional festivo occasions.-Reuter.

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PEACE

ANTI-AGGRESSION "NO" TO FRONT EXPANDS

PARIS, Apr. 18.

FRENCH AUTHORITIES state that Britain and France have reached an agreement with Russia regarding the use of the latter's aerial power in the event of further aggres- sion in Europe.-United Press. RUMANIA WILL ACCEPT AID

476 Warships Concentrated WELL-INFORMED QUARTERS STATE

LONDON, Apr. 18.

“DOMEI'S" LONDON BUREAU reports that the Mediterranean Sea is now becoming the scene of the largest scale naval concentrations in its history in connection with the growing tension between the Anglo-French combination

and the Rome-Berlin axis.

The full-dress mobilisation of fleet forces by Great Britain and France in the Mediterranean Sea is under- stood to be connected with the manoeuvres of the German Fleet near Spain.

BRITISH

ISLES

Worth

Se a

While the French Medi-↓ térrancan Fleet, including the 22,000-ton battleships Bretagne and Lorraine, three cruisers and 11 destroyers are concentrated in Gibraltar, the main force of the British Mediter- ranean Fleet is massed at Malta and the rest of it is assigned at Alexandria and antic Suez. ~~

The comparative strength | of naval forces between the i Anglo-French and German- Italian combinations avail- able in the Mediterranean follows:

Anglo- German- French Italian

Battical pa l'ocket Battleships.

0

Aircraft Carriers

2

A-Class Cruisers

B-Class Cruisers

Destroyers

Torpedo-Boats Torpedo Motor

Boats

Submarines

43

44 118 -Domci,

FRENCH NAVAL FORCES

MASS

GIBRALTAR, Apr. 17, The Largest French fleet for many years arrived here to-day.

Their visit la coincident with the extraordinary military, serial and naval precautions which are being taken throughout the Mediterranean Sen.

The French feet included

three aircraft carriers, two battleships,| three cruisers and ten destroyers.

A Portuguese communique dicioses that Italy has given Portúgal annur- ances regarding the presence of Italian troops in Spain.

However, it was not revealed what

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K.O. IN FIRST ROUND

Roper No Match For Brown Bomber

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 18. AT WRIGLEY FIELD, Los Ange les, last night, Jos Louis, the heavy- weight boxing champion of the world,

Ocean

SPAIN

FRANC

ALGERIA

PARIS, APR. 17.

HAS

TO SOVIET AID IF NEED ARISES. Acceptance applies not only to an air pact, but the passage of troops through Rumanian territory...

Commenting on the "most excellent manner" in which nego- tiations are proceeding with Rumania and Poland in connection with the defensive system in Eastern Europe, authorised quarters point out that these are not yet completed, and it would be premature to make any announcement with regard to them. TURKEY INCLUDED

A political commentator, writing in the "Intransigeant," says: "It is expected that from April 18, London and Paris will be in a position to announce that the guarantee extended to Poland, Rumania and Greece, includes Turkey.

"The system will be completed by an agreement with the Soviet, which may be made official by the middle of the week."-Reuter.

GERMAN

Sardinia

Malta

Waryaw

AND

INE

UNGARY

RUMANIA

Bucharest

BELGARIA

YUGOSLAVIA

Shaded are nine countries which it is suggested may be included in the bloc of Powers opposed to aggression. The Scandinavian countries, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland would remain neutral. As can be scon, the combination against aggressor 'states would be powerful,

ANGLO-RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS

LONDON, Apr. 17. The Soviet Ambassador visited the British Foreign Office here to-day.

Embassy officials said that he would probably not see Lord Halifax and that his visit was to talk with a lesser British official as it concerns routine questions rather than the major Anglo-Russian negotiations which are now in progress.

When Parliament assembles on Tuesday. Mr. Cham- berlain will hardly be able to shed much new light on the Anglo-Soviet parleys when he replies to questions as, contrary to the flood of premature press reports, the talks are by no means on the verge of completion.

News, such as that alleging that Russia has already signed agreements with Britain and France to provide an air fleet and munitions in the event of a war, are described officially as being untrue.United Press.

MILITARY ALLIANCE

LONDON, Apr. 18.

A momentous political de velopment in the form of Anglo- Soviet co-operation against the

BURGOS ASSURANCE TO FRANCE Rome-Berlin axis is looming in

GERMAN, ITALIAN TROOPS TO LEAVE

PARIS, Apr. 17.

-

THE BURGOS GOVERNMENT has officially notified France that 45,000 Italian and German forces will leave Spain immediately after the May 15 parade in Madrid.

It is reported from Seville that General Franco reviewed 75,000 troops in the first of series of

POLAND

victory parades. United Press. TO RETURN

Totalitarians Woskoning

Washington, Apr. 17.

In a apeech to-day Senator Key Pittman declared: ""There has been a weakening of the

quer the world.

Totalitarians ambition to con-

They have been obliged to pause, and if this continues a bit from war."United Press. longer, the world will be spared

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DANZIG?

Europe according to well-inform- ed political observers here:

It is learned from reliable sources that negotiations between

Great Britain and the Soviet Union are well in progress and that the Soviet Am- bassador to London, M' Ivan Malsky, is leaving in the next few days for Moscow reportedly to make final arrangements with his home Govern- |

ment regarding the proposed Anglo- Soviet co-operation.

Informed quarters point out that Anglo-Soviet negotiations will be far more extensive than originally re- ported,

Instead of confining the proposed co-operation to air forces between Great Britain, France and the Soviet

Union, the same quarters under

sland, the three Powers will proceed

London Newsman Expelled

The BERLIN, Apr. 17. --- Barlin correspondent of the London "Nows-Chronicla" has been asked to leave Germany within 14 days.

The reason givan for his expulsion is that he has per- sistently sent "false and ten- dontious reports on German conditions."---Trans-Occan ̧ ̧·

14-Year-Old Boy's Pluck

Thief Arrested In

to form a general military alliance. Prince Edward Rd.

PROCLAMATION

BY THE MAYOR. The Federal Troops, thè mem- bera of the Regular Police Force, and all Special Police Officers have been authorized to KILL any and all persons found on- gaged in footing or in the com mlösion of any other-crima, V.

I have directed all the Gos and Electrio Lighting Companies,not to tumi on Gas or Electricity until:

order them to do go, you may

therefor expect the city to remain in darkness for an indefinito time I request all citizens to remain at home from darknesa until day. light of every night until order is restored.

Warn all citizens of the dan gor of fire from damaged or do stroyed chimnays, broken or leak ling gas pipes of fixtures," or any lika cause.

E E. SCHMITZ, Mayor, "! Dated: April 18, 1905)

PLEA

Hitler May Make Counter Proposal

V BERLIN, Apr. 17. THE IMPRESSION in political circles is that Herr Hitler will make some sort of counter-proposal to Presi dent Roosevelt, when he gives his reply to the President's appeal in the Reichstag on April 28.

Observers here do not . anticipate that Hitler is planning to close the whole matter with a categorical "No."

How far Hitler will go in making his counter-proposals it is impossible to say, but it is suggested here that he will probably maintain that Germany can only be asked to guarantee peace if what she considers hèr legitimate demands were gran- ted.

These would include settlement of the colonies quesilon, and freedom to pursue economic activities in the

THIS PROCLAMATION was issued thirty-three years ago to-day, the anniversary of the great San Francis- co earthquake. It a souvenir of the earthquake kept by Mr. G. Baxter, of the United Press Balkans, unhindered by encirclement. Association in Hongkong. Mr. Baxter-Reuter. Was In San Francisco during the disaster.

HONGKONG “AIR RAID" Surprise Black-Out

Is Scheduled

THE HEART of Hongkong will be "bombed" shortly in un nir raid of which the only warn- ing the public-will-have-will be that conveyed by the new sirens installed last week.

The new sirens, which were tested on Friday, have proved satisfactory and are to be per- 'manently installed. It has been found necessary to remove only

one from the site originally chosen.

In addition to the sirens already Installed, seven new Installations are already on order and are expected

in the Colony shorily.

Plans are now being developed to

test the sirens under actual war-time

conditions.

If Government agrees, a surpilse "blackout" will be held in the Colony. No. Warning

No warning will be conveyed to the public, who will first know that the enemy "raiders" are approaching when the sirens shriek their warning end street lights are cut off.

Householders and business establish- ments will be required to "black-out" all lighting in their premises during the interval between the "warning" signal and the "all clear."

To Test Organisation During the test, ALP. organisations will be tested. They will include one Police division, the casualty service, communication service, fire brigade, air raid wordens and the decon- tamination squads.

·Out And Out Rejection

Rome, Apr. 17. It is thought that the replica of the Axis Powers to President Roosevelt's message will both bo

tantamount to art out and out

rejection of the main proposals, namely a 10-year guarantee that no be attacked, and the iden of ticipation in a world conference.

desires nothing more than peace, and the action, both in Ethiopia and Albania was brought about by a state of affairs which threatened world peace.

Regarding a world conference; it is probable that Italy will declare that satisfaction of her claims against- PLEASE Turn To Page 12.

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CROATIAN AUTONOMY IN YUGO-SLAVIA SEEN

ZAGREB, Apr. 17..

THE YUGO-SLAV Premier M. Tsvetkovitch, and the Croa tian opposition leader, M. Matchek, announced to-day that they had reached an agreement as to the basis for discussion of the Croatian autonomy problem. ́ ̧·

The agreement is to be referred to to press reports, provide for the ad- the parties concerned, after which M. ministrative union of Sava Banat Tsvetkovlich und M. Matchel will with the maritime Banat, thus creat- hold a further meeting, probably tits ing a homogenous Creat-Banat with wock,

4,000,000 inhabitants, who will enjoy

The Soviet Union is understood to have informally agreed to guarantee

FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD John! the independence of Rumania, in re turn for which Great Britain will Amy, residing at Sai Yee Street, Berlin, Apr. 18.

guarantee Poland, Turkey and other

thief arrested Q Well informed circles hero countries bordering on

the Soviet

at Prince Union. persistently report that Germany

Edward Road yesterday after Some circles. and Poland will soon rench an]: 20

s predict that an agree agreement providing for the re-ton and mutual assistance between

noon.. ment providing for general co-opern- turn of Danzig to the Relch Great Britain and the Soviet Union, While Chu Yul, 28, unemployed, It is cphasised that once the im- complete autonomy within the Ame

questions · pro virtuaily tantamount to ari Anglo- was being chased by Lam Chiu, a portant ferritorial Soviet military alliance, will shortly cook; for the theft of a pressing-iron ed epresenting the Government

rottled, a Government could be formalitution.

opposition. PartyReuter,

United Press.

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work

of the existing Yugo-Slay con-

in connection with a gambling case be sigried between the two Govern from his house in Bellram Road, famy Party and the Croats and Serblaning to the administration of internal knocked out Jack Roper, of California, LONDON; Apr. 17-Paymaster which was henid by Mr. It. Edwards Techikal negotiations preparatory joined in the chase and arrested him. in the drst round of their scheduled Captain D. S. Lambert, has been ap- at the Central Magistracy yesterday, pfen-round bout,

pointed Paymaster Director-General, Dr. S. L. Kwong, of King's Theatre to the invocation of the Soviet-French Six weeks' hard labour was im-

Louk was a 11 to one on favourite to beat his 30-years-old opponent. Rauler: Message.

with the rank of Rear-Admiral, in Building, wishes to state that he was mutual assistance pactare play succession to Sir Arthur Strickland, not the person named Kwong Sik, understood to be in progress. The posed on Chu by Mr. E. Himsworth Die appointment to date from July described as a dentist, who was one British Government le kept informed at the Kowloon Magistracy' this [10, 1039-Reuter,

of the defendants in the case.

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morning.

In respect of all questions pertain- affairs, such as Justice, Economy, and Culture, Banat will be entirely auto- nomous, while questions affecting tho Interests** of Yugn-Slaving such Foreign,” Military” and Financial The pending agreement between affairs, will remain reserved for the the Serbs and Croats will," according Yugo-Slov. State, Trans-Ocean,

Completa Autonomy.

5. Helgrhós, Apr. 17.

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