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May 12, 1939.

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MR. CHAMBERLAIN has warned Germany, in unequivocal terms, that any attempt to seize Danzig by force, or any threats whatsoever

er against Polish independence, will result in a general war in which Britain will be involved. The full text of the Premier's speech is given below.

Chamberlain Warns The Dictators: NON-STOP Force Will Be Met by Force

AUSTRALIA LONDON, May 11-Speaking before 8,000|

Conservative women in the Royal Albert Hall

AIRMAIL to-day, Mr. Neville Chamberlain referred to the

PLANNED

Non-stop England - South Africa and England-Australia airmail service, planned by Im- perial Airways, will cut days off air schedules if they are carried out,

Birmall #petd

The

most 1:57,

ambitious ever planned, is to be done

by mid-air refuelling.

Two R.A.F. "Harrow" bombers, converted to pump 1,000 gallons of petrol in a few minutes into an Im perial Airways boat dying at 125 m.p.h., are being shipped to-day from Southampton Botwood airfield, Newfoundland.

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events of the past twelve months.

Britain, he said, had been through the whole gamut of emotions, until now people had settled down into à mood of firm and fixed resolve.

"Although we should be glad to see the differences between Poland and Germany amicably settled by discussion, and although we think

"Confident in our strength, Europe to-day is Danzig. clear in conscience that we were

Our assurances to Poland are clear doing, and have done, all that

and concise. man could do to preserve peace and convinced of the rightness and unselfishness of our aims, we are, however, às ready as ever to listen to the views of others.

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"But we are determined submit to dictation,

not to

"Nothing will Induce us to enter upon war unless we are absolutriv

they

could and should be so settled, if an attempt is made to change the situation by fores in such a way as to threaten Follsh independence, then that would inevitably start a general conflict in which this country would be

'involved."

There they will refuel in mid-air Imperial Airways' airboats that are convinced t cannot be avoided Chamberlain dealt with the feeling to start Transatlantic mall services in June.

Imperial Airways have been ad- vised that tankerplanes cun be stationed at twenty points to keep British mallplones going nonstop round the world.

Stock Market Is Depressed

London, May 11.

without sacrificing our liberties and good name,

No Busybody

the

Referring to conscription, Mr. of doubt in some of the continental countries as to the seriousness of Britain's intentions.

WOMEN

WED TO KILL

-Police Claim PHILADELPHIA, May 11.

Mrs, Carina Favato, accused by the police of being a "professional widow" and member of a mass-murder poison ring is standing her trial in Philadelphia.

She is accused of murdering her seventeen-year-old stepson, Philip Ingrao, with aracnic.

Mrs. Favate is alleged to have insured her stepson, who earned £1 a week as an errand boy, for £2,000 in five different policies.

The murder ring are said by the

hundred murders.

to häve committed two

Technique Simple

"We found this feeling so strong "It has never been part of Brush that it was actually jeopardising the policy to be meddlesome busybodles, success of the policy of trying to

Herman Petrillo, a member of the interfering in other people's concerns. build up pence front.

been

convicted gang, has "As for Germany's actions, Britain

of first "It would have been a frightful degree murder, Is not necessarily concerned with thing if Europe had been plunged cused of being a witch doctor

Paul Petrillo, DC- and them so long as they seek to promote Into war on account of. mlaunder-the brains behind the ring, is to be

intercals of Germans without standing. threatening

"The attitude of the Labour Party Mrs. Susie di Martino, widows of two tried with Mrs. Stella Allans and German countries,pendence of non-

on the conscription question is men said to have been poisoned. Mr. Chamberlain added that it singularly unfortunate. I am satia- never entered their thoughts to fled that the Labour Party does not f After the recent upward trend, the isolate Germany, or to stand in the represent, in this matter, the people

way of the natural and legitimate for whom it professes to speak. London Stock Exchange markets-to-expansion of her trade in

Central day encountered profll-taking, which, together with the cessation of bear and South-Eastern Europe, still less

"If only we could get a little relief covering, resulted in prices in most

combination against her from international tension, there are to plan some nections closing lower on balance.

with the iden of warring upon her. many indications that we might see Losses however

"Any suggestion of that kind is a great expansion of trade and were nowhere were the

fantastle. It is not believed any-prosperity which would benefit every exception,

where outside Germany."

nation in the world. improve.

The power of restoring confidence Bugar Was

does

not lie in our hands alone, but Herr so

I tion and uncovering.

am where I am, I shall long as The Inter- national Sugar Council's excutive Hitler's speech regarding the Anglo- continue to hope and to spare no sald, falled only once,

German naval treaty.

effort to bring it back.

and they

Among commodities,

weak, declining on August liquida-

committee meeting was adjourned until to-morrow.

Mr.

Armament Race

quoted Chamberlain

"I want now to make a

Restoring

ring Confidence

the

of Captain James Kelly, Homicide Squad, sald the "pro- fessional widow's" technique is airo- ple

"She selects a victim, marries him, cajoles him into inking out Insurance, and then gives him arsenic.

"When her husband for a month' dies the ring give her £100 us her share of the insurance."

Six Arraigned

a

ne These "professional widows,"

when husband declined to insure his life. He said:

"I had an opportunity yesterday of He was divorced.—United Preas, Wall Street, was steady to firm-firm and delnite assertion that so exchanging a few words with M. Reuter Special.

far as we are concerned, the basis of Blum, who said that, in his view, and the treaty has not been removed. On in the view of all his Socialist friends, the contrary, our two peoples will there was only one danger of war in never to go war with one another Europe, and that was a very real one, "It was that the Impression should get about that Britairi and France were not in earnest and could not be relied upon to keep their promises.

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Mr. Chamberlain sald that he be- lieved that that desire existed firmly as ever among both peoples who expected their governments so their relations with one another that no question of war be tween them should arise.

quoted

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arrange

Mr. Chamberlain further Herr Hitler as saying that he hoped avoid an armaments race they might avo between Germany and England, and that he would be ready to negotiate on naval questions.

The British Government rive most careful considerations to that statement, and in due course

would send a reply to the German

Government.

"If that is so", continued the Premier, "no more deadly mistake could be, made.

"It would be a frightful thing if Europe were to be plunged into war on nocount of a misunder- standing.Reuter,

in

PHILADELPHIA, May 11-Six of the twenty-four people held In custody connection with the "murder-for Insurance" case have been arraigned in three different

here courts

and charged with murder.

Meanwhile, new evidence has con- firmed the bellet that the murder syndicate operated branches on the north eastern seaboard.

The authorities are very guarded regarding the new evidence and also the identity of the Brooklyn resident who was believed to have been л

DUMPED JARS IN SEAvetim of the ring.-United Press.

Boatman's Trick to Avoid Seizure of Wine

"But let me say here and now, that neither in armaments, пог in Lam To-kwong, 57, and Lam economies, do we desire to enter into Kun-shi, 30, beaumen, were charged unbridled computition with Ger- before Mr. E. Himsworth at the

many.

Thraa Moro On Trial PHILADELPHIA, May 11-There were further dramatic developments in the investigations of an amazing "murder-for-insurance" ring to-day, when three more people were raigned.

of

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Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with "We would not refuse to enter into dumping jars of wine into the har-

The widow of a man who died a discussion of methods for the in-bour to avoid seizure,

from arsenic, Mrs. Josephine arraigned On ឆ crease of our mutual trade, or for the Sgt. E. Wheeler said on Wednes- Romualdo, was improvement of our economic condi-day defendants were in a boat being charge participating In the tions, but we will enter the discussion towed by n launch. When a Police murder of her husband, Antonio, can be launch was about 30 yards from the becoming cool towards her, she went

She only if unmistakable signs

said that as her husband was given us of the desire to restore that {junk, first defendant dumped several confidence

which hag been soars into the harbour.

to a Mrs. Carina Favato, confessed Lam admitted the jars containing and she gave her a "love potion" to severely shaken.

leader of the murder ring, No Rest In Europe dutiable wine and added that second give to her husband. Shortly after-

defendant had nothing to do with the case, as he was only rowing the wards he "started to fall in health

and died." boat.

"I want to make it equally plain that we are not prepared to stand by and see the independence of one country after another destroyed. "It is because there con be

Lam To-kwong was fined $30, or no month's imprisonment and Lam

Kun-sal was discharged.

rest and no security in Europe until the nations are convinced that no auch attempt is contemplated that we

have given assurances to Poland.

Rumania, and Greece.

"For the same purpose of calming and stabilizing the situation, we entered upon conversations with the other countries, particularly with |Russia and Turkey.

woman

Meanwhile another widow, Mrs. Mille Ciagobbe, who is among the accused, collapsed and became hys. tericnl when her attorney, Mr. Claude Lanciano, said he had re-

Heavier Fines Forquested toxicologists to examine her

Fare Evaders

and to determine whether she was mentally fit.

The third accused is Mrs. Potrilly, SAYING that I similar offences whose husband, Paul Petrilly held a continue he would raise the lines, $1,000 policy on her life-United

"These conversations are proceed- Mr. Q.A. A. Macfadyen, at the Kow-Press. ing, and I only say that it is the loon Magistracy to-day, fined Wu Yu- carnest hope and desire of the Gov-ming, $15, on a charge of evading ernment that they are brought to an ferry fare.

early and successful conclusion, and Inspector Wright said that Wu was that in this way the cause of peace travelling on a Yaumati ferry yester- may still be further buttressed.

day and had Indiented that he had monthly tickel, Asked to show it, he "In many minds, the danger spot of was unable to do so.

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