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Cabinet. And Anglo-Soviet Negotiations

London, May 24,

BALKAN BLOC PARLEYS

Berlin, May 24.

A significant now phase in the In south- political developments eastern Europe has been inaugurated, according lo the Belgrado corres- pondent of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeltung, by n meeting of the Foreign Ministers

Yugo-Slavia of

and Rumania.

The Cabinet met this morning to discuss

the the Anglo-Soviet negotia-replace tions. Lord Hallfox, Foreign Secre- tary, arrived in London shortly be- fore the meeting, which he attended.

Reuter Bulletin.

Although the reports about the im- pending creation of new alliance of south-eastern European countres to Balkan endangered entente are described by Yugo-Siny circles as premature, it is undoubted- ly true that both Yugo-Slavia and Rumania are striving to set up a new Balkon constellation based on a polley of strlet neutrality. It is realised that this polley is designed to re- present Balkan interest considered na whole and cannot afford to ignore

Bulgarin,

TERMS OF AGREEMENT

London, May 24. In anal spurt before the Whit- 19 sun recess, the British Cabluet meeting to-day to consider the pro- which Lord Halifax has posals

Circumstances might demand the brought back from Geneva.

creation of a new Balkan bloe with The cardinal points forming the basis of the Geneva negotiations takes the view that by alliance with the exclusion of Turkey, a Berlin have already been made known in

Britain this Power has virtually re- London, According to The Times

nounced its adhesion to the Balkan they are in keeping more or less

abandoning la position of with the French formula for a compact by fromise and may be defined as fol-neutrality. It is presumed in Berlin that the meeting between M. Galencu und M. Cincar Markovic is expressly designed to form a new neutral con- stellation of Balkan Powers with the possible inclusion of Bulgaria and Albania--Trans-Ocean,

lows:

Britain, France and the Soviet Union will issue a Joint declaration to the effect that any act of aggres- stop committed against one of them will be regarded as an alluk upon 11 them, and as regards an execu- tion of this pledge of assistance each power is willing to bring it iste im- mediale operation.

smaller States

A report on the whose Independence has been guaran- teed as well as those which have not yet received a guarantee of this sort is to be drawn up for the pur pose of allocating the spheres of in- terest on one hand to France and Britain and on the other hand in The Soviet Union.

The creation of possibilites fur consultation in face of unforeseen developments.

that

The Daily Express learns Lord Halifax again asked the Soviet Ambassador, M. Malaky, to see whe ther he could induce the Soviet For elgn Commissar, M. Meloto, to pay a visit to London.--Trans-Ocean.

VIRTUAL AGREEMENT

COLLEGE BANJ.NOJ VINYWOU ON ⱭNVIOd

London, May 24. Poland, and Rumania have agreed to extend their long standing mutual nssistance pact, originally directed against Russia, to cover attacks from

elsewhere.

Foreign circles in London state that staf talks have been held in technicalities for Warsaw to settle co-operation towards this end,

The attitude of these countries to any Anglo-Franco-Soviet allinnice is described as favourable, provided that it does not involve their enter- ing into an

the agreement with Soviet, which would be interpreted us hostile to Germany.

Thursday,

New Danzig

Incident

Danzig, May 24,

There was a farther ineident this morning, when a German chauffeur driving into Danalg from Elbing alleged that le was fired on, but not hit, after having

the passed

Fallsh customs officials-United Press. SENATE'S TURN TO PROTEST

Dantie, May 24. The Scuato has handed strong protest on the incident

the Polish representative at Danir. They have also handed an answer to the Polish protests on the Gruchner in- cident, denying German res- ponsibility. They therefore de- mand arrest of the Fole alleged to have been responsible.-- United Press.

Pootung Strike

BRITISH

SOLDIERS

POSTED

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Shanghai, May 24. Following the presentation of a virtual Japanese ultimatum, coupled with the despatch of Japanese Army forces, the British landing party which was sent on May 21 to the British-owned Lun Chong Mill in Pooting across the Whingpoo River from Shanghai upon outbreak of

labour trouble has been withdrawn,

---Damei,

MARINES' REPLACEMENT

Shanghai, May 24.

British Army authorities nn- nounced that a British Army officer and 20 men have replaced the naval landing party

at the La Chong Mill.

JAPAN'S SHANGHAI

Reconstruction Cost Heavy

Shanghiol, May 24.

With preliminary arrangements, including the appropriation of land, making steady progress, the Greater Shanghai city plan enters upon the stage

of actual construction from June i under the joint auspices of the Reformed Government, the China Affairs Board and the Shanghai Real Estate Company.

The first stage of the six-year plan will provide for the construction of residential and shopping quarters in .Civic the area south-east of the Centre al Kangwan. Applications for building lots will be received from June 1.

Preparations for the construction of electric power, water-supply, gas and telephone equipment are being made by various concerns. About 4,500 buildings will be erected in the specified area of about 300,000 tsubo.

During the period of six years, an industrial zone will be catablished in the Woosung Creek area; applicants for factory construction are increas- ing steadily.

Bicunwhile, it is revealed that in recent months an average of 1,500 Japanese monthly have arrived in Central China.-Domel,

JAPANESE REASONING

May 25, 1939.

Brussels Hails AQUASCUTUM

Dutch Queen

Brussels, May 24. Peace was the keynote of the speeches exchanged between Queen Wilhelmina and the famous Borgomaster Max when the Queen was welcomed at Brussels town hall,

The Burgomaster stressed, the necessity for the small States to come together to help each other before the menaces of brutal forces. Isolation for them would mean death.

Replying, Queen' 'Wilhelmina said that in the present troubled times they must favour every- thing contributing 10 the general well-being of humanity and work for peace amongst all nations-Reuter.

PACIFISM DOUBTS OF A PARSON

Doubts as to the efficacy of pack- fism in preventing war at the present time were expressed by the Rev. F. Short in an address to the Fence Pledge Union at its weekly meeting yesterday ut the

Shop.

Challenge Book

are extracts from

Merely to confront the world with refusal to fight, even if that refusal be accompanied with a disinterested offer of arbitration and enquiry, seemed to him, he said, to neglect the; fact that force wisely controlled and Tokyo, May. 24. used, could be one of the factors Vernacular papers carry an inter- which would make for the peace of view with a Foreign Ofice spokes-the world in some such limited sense man who asserted that the Settle-as the "law" makes for the peace of ments are under Chinese sovereignty. the individual. although that sovereignty has been The following temporarily suspended under foreign the address: administration. Therefore since I have no doubt that the peace Japan is fighting China, Japan is en- | which, is in the mind of God wil re- titied to suppress anti-Japanism

move the evil of War, and all other within the Settlements, even though is to which man is subject. it may be necessary to use force.--

Nor have I any doubt that war United Press.

can ever be the instrument of God's

At peace.

worst, as the instru- ment of aggression, it is the negation and trustration of the Divina pur- pose; at its best-for it is inaccurate and unfale to evaluate all wars at one low level-it is a negative pre-

"NO FOREIGN MEDDLING"

British naval authorities say the naval Inading party landed at the Lan Chong Mill on May 20, coin- cident, with unconfirmed Chinese re- port that Nanking agents were pro- moting strikes against British owned military force," a Japanese For-ventive of injustice.

to- industry.

which

Tokyo, May 24. "Japan is determined to eliminate anti-Japanese elements from foreign settlements and concessions in China eign Office spokesman declared day, as the retivity of these cle- As far as Poland is concerned, It is stated that she regards her rela- It is significant that the Japanesements is directed by the Kuomintang can never solve the real problems tions with Russia as sufficiently

press predicted "further unrest among and must be regarded as part of the covered by the Polish-Soviet Non-British employees," after which the Chinese operations."

We shall tolerate, therefore, no strike spread to the Pai Lien King The newspapers are almost un-aggression Pact of 1932-unless some

our efforts to Creek Print Works which is under foreign meddling in animous in declaring that as a re- agreement could be reached by which sult of talks between Lord Halifax she might obtain arms from Russin the same ownership as the Lun Chong deal with them," he said,

That Japan participates In ad-peoples und M. Maisky, Soviet Ambassador and communications through Russia Mill. to London, in Geneva the Anglo-la war time-Reuter Special. Sovlet Agreement for co-operation

Paris, May 24.

to resist aggression in Europe is al ready an accomplished fact.-Reuter.

FRENCH SATISFACTION

Paris, May 24.

Satisfaction is expressed in French circles at the very definite reports from Geneva that an agreement in principle has been reached between Lord Infax and M. Maisky regard- ing the Anglo-Soviet assistance puct.

It is realised, however, that foal approval of the governments in Lon- don and Moscow must yet be ob- tained.Reuter Bulletin.

DARDANELLES QUESTION

Paris, May 21

62 Entombed

Men Wait To

Be Rescued

Later.

ministration of international settle-

It bars the way to aggression; it|

confront humanity; it can at its conclusion, with bring man scales admittedly heavily weighted, to the place where justice may be done, and the decisive problems of

FTY OF WAR

The end of a war can never be

The British nuval landing partyments, gives her a right to send the end of the netion; it is the pre- from the Lun Chong MHI landed at troops when required, the spokesman

the strikebound British owned China Prioting and Fishing Company's Pai Lien King Creek Paint Works; 4150 Pootung Point, thereby reinforcing the British

on

actually position.

The

taimed-Reuter,

ALL CHINESE TERRITORY

over

Tokyo, May 24. The International Settlements or foreign Concessions at Kulangau, Shanghai and Tientsin essentially are British Consulate has an- not the territories of foreign Powers nounced that the British agreed to and the Chinese sovereignly withdraw the naval landing party them has not been repeated, but is to administrative re- from the Pal Lien King Creek Works only subject U.S.S. Brooklyn, May 23.

after the Japanese army assumed res-gulations by the Fewers concerned, The U.S.S. Brooklyn is n route to Portsmouth to assist in the rescue of posibility for maintaining order, spokesman of the Foreign Ofice the sunken submarine Squalus.

However, they did not agree to with- declared to-day. Patchy weather and fog have delay-

draw the British army party from edi progress,

the Lun Chong MIL-United Press.

The Brooklyn is carrying 3,000 feet of air hose to be used for the Squalus crew in the event of their oxygen becoming exhausted.

It is expected that the Brooklyn the rescue work.-United Press. will become the headquarters for

A new aspect in given to the Anglo Soviet negotiations by a despatch in which the special correspondent of the Petit Journal, enbling from Angora, claims to be in a position to state that one of the main objects of the recent visit of the Soviet Assistant Commissar for Foreign Affairs, M. Potemkin, to Turkey and the Balkan countries, was to submit a plan aim- ing at bringing the Black Sen and Dardanelles under Boviet control, to the exclusion of British influence.

The Moscow plan, according to the

be regard-will French correspondent, can ed as a revival of the aspirations which largely dictated the policy of Czurist Russin, and aims at the crea- tion of an alliance formed by those countries encircling the Black Sea, namely Soviet Russia, Turkey, Rumania and Bulgaria.

RESCUE WORK AT DAWN

Portsmouth, May 23. The submarine Squalus with 59 the men aboard is on the floor of Atlantic waiting for rescue opera- they tions to begin at 6 am. when

have been submerged for more than 20 hours.

Queen Mary's Restless Night

The latest reports from the sub- marine state that all aboard are satisfactory-Reuter. alive but "cold."

C. B. Lieutenant Commander Momisen, the inventor of the lung used in submarine rescues, and five divers

in in

While a state of war exists China the Chinese sovereignty the occupied area falls under Japan- ese control and It naturally follows that the Settlements and Concessions in the area come under Japanese control, the spokesman further in- dlented.

rent statecraft the oppor lude to rent tunity to garner out of its tragedy the hope of God's peace. That it has if not invariably. almost always, failed to achieve a a place which is more than an interruption of strife- is an indication of the diffletties which war itself engenders, and of the utter futility of war as a means of settling disputes between nations. It follows that I um Interested in all that makes war unnecessary, Frankly. I have no doubt, that to banish war there is one essential, the recovery of the sense of God and acceptance of responsible religion. The guilt of war is on us all. Its shade and degree may vary, but no people in the world is free from res

free ponsibility for past wars, nor from acceptance within its life of factors that make for wor

the

PACIFIST IDEAL

It is at the same time quite na- tural that in the event of the Chi- "The pacifist has his place, he nese engaging in positive activity in holds aloft the torch of the ideal of the foreign areas, they should be peace, he ensures man never forgets eliminated.

that there is a goal other than that Declaring that anti-Japanese ter- of war, and there is a road other than the that of strife. But I doubt if the London, May 24,

rorism and propaganda under

the existing circumstances

will represent paclist

ever provide the orough House up that comen Mary part and particle of the Chinese mill-mechanism or the dynamic experience

says Queen tary operations, the spokesman's which usher peace, passed a restless night, partly due statement asserts that it is only rea- he seems to me to fall in realism in to an injury to one cyc, which, sonable that Japan should resort to two places, in his estimate of the though painful, gives, no cause for military force for the elimination of forces that break the peace of God, anxiety. The general condition is these anti-Japanese influences. In and in his estimate of the forces that

such eventualities no foreign inter-make for the peace of God. vention should ever be permitted,

THE PRESENT COLLIDED AT CROSSING

the statement says.

What is the contribution that London, May 23. Since Japan also shares rights in Pacism can make to a world which The responsibility for the accident the International Settlement, it is in includes countries determined to be According to this plan, control of equipped with salvage geur, are has not yet been established although accordance with the principles of judge in their own cause, to achieve the Dardanelles would be used in preparing their equipment under the it is known that the ces come at jurisprudence that Japan should their ends by force of arms, and to the hands of commission, compos-glare of flood lights.

crossing when the traffic light to the administrative rights in ride roughshod over the moral con- ed of representatives of these Black

closed case of the mobilisation Another detachment of 13 divers showed yellow, The Police

of armed viction of mankind? 'Sen Powers,

the crossing to traffle while investi- force in

the area. and three officers is arriving soon.

The future must discover the ways; Referring to the arguments that the and the arts of peace-but the pre- They flew from Washington to New-gallons were held and a series of

reforms of Municipal Councils in-

sent, port, Rhode Island, and from thence Photographs taken.

will it be best served by Dick Queen Mary will_celebrate io New London, where they were

her cluding greater representations for Sheppard's pledge? picked up by U.S.S. Brooklyn,

72nd birthday on May 20.-Trans-Japan should not be made under the Disarm and you will have no Оссать.

extraordinary period of the China chemical Unilateral disarmament and Affairs, the statement says that these defensive weakness have been shown Winnipeg, May 24. the very extraordinary situation that sive action, and I am forced to the Their Majestics are lunching at gives rise to the necessity for in- conclusion that Pacifism is Government House and will make a creasing the Japanese representation, sumciently realistic in its approach four of the city to-day,

Scarlet-coated mounted police will form the guard of honour when the King and Queen arrive,

Undoubtedly this in practice would lead to a preponderance of Soviet control. Hence, he declares, Tur-

kish circles have been demanding an allocation of votes which would give Angora parity with Moscow.

By promising to back the demand

The seas have been very rough following two thunder sterms,

but

་

for a return of the Dobrudja, which they are calmed now by north-east / KING AND QUEEN IN WINNIPEG | are only subterfuges, because it is to encourage rather than halt aggres- |

was annexed by

M. Potem- Rumania, kin is said to have succeeded in in- teresting Bulgaria in this project.

In Bucharest the Soviet Deputy Foreign Commissar gave to under- stand that in exchange for Rumanian adicsion to the

to the plan, Soviet Russia would be prepared to recognise the Rumanian annexation of Bessarabia. In this way Soviet Russia would, be in a position to guarantee the fron- tlers of these three potential allies.

Commenting on this scheme, the Parts newspaper says that the Bri- its

tal Government would not give support to any project designed to exclude Britain from the Dardunelies, It was for this reason that the Bri- tish Government was no eager to reach an agreement with Turkey.— Trank-Ocean.

winds.United Presa.

has

MEN STILL WELL

Portsmouth, May 24. Sixty-two men are still trapped in the sunken submarine Squalus, which now been submerged for 27 message was tapped in hours, A morse from the Squatus which stated that the condition is satisfactory, but that it it is getting cold. Nine rescue ships are at present at or near the scene-Reuter. Bulletin.

DIVERS INVESTIGATE

Portsmouth, May 24. The Falcon has sent divers over

side.-United Press.

-Dómél.

Daily Mail New York correspondent, So the following rules have issued:

been

not

to the modern setting of the fasue of peace and war. War will come because one country or group of countries is determined to take that Their Majesties paid a surprise visit to the Red Indian Reserve near

way. Can Paciflam stand in its path? Fort William, which they passed en

"Your dreams of peace tade swDY "A man meeting the King should inte the daylight of world of men, route to Winnipeg-Reuter Bulletin. bow low from the hips, with the who, gitted with the opportunity to

GUESTS OF BRITISH EMBASSY

arms at the side, heels together, direct their lives towards either the TO MEET MAJESTIES

neck stiff, when six yarda from his arts of war or peace, the ways of Majesty. Then he should walk evil or good, self interest or dis- Washington, May 29,

further three steps towards the King, interested service of their neighbours, Lady Lindsay, wife of the British watching his face closely. If

the choose the Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay. King holds out his hand the man Part of the, price of their choice is one and not the other. revealed that the guest Hat of

the must bow again, but not so deeply, British Embassy's garden party to

unemployment and "The King must always be allowed war, part Is be given in honour of Their Majes- to speak Arst, and the reply should poverty, and all the rest of the tics on June 8, includes Mr

John be general, never personal,

troubles of our day. Lewis, President of the C.I.O "When presented to the Queen the

So far as their relationship to God William Green, President of The AFCL., Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, ed and it is important never to kiss good; He changes not, and man is same performance should be repeat-la. concerned the ways of God bold Colonel Charles Lindbergh, John D. her hand.

left free to deny, to thwart, and to net Rockefeller, Jr.. Herbert Hoover,

"On leaving their Majesties two contrary to all that that relationship Vincent Ailor, "a member of the

should mean. Dupont family," Mayor La Guardia bows are again in order,

Women are instructed to follow

'FORCE NECESSARY of Now York; General John Persh-

the same procedure, except that they What of their relationship to man; ing, and their ladies; widows of are allowed to curtsy with the left as man to man, as map to Stats, ar

ex-Presidents, *** foot.behind the right, 1f_the_wish_

State lo Stato? Isn't it true that an In MADISON, Wis-The-coastal--guard- observed the United States

his personal relationships man Wisconsin, In 1930, reared and accident and-a-ilfeboat immediately. Ambassadors to Great Britain and

NO RETURN VISIT. A

acceptest the use of force sufficient. planted 1,124,882,760-fish and pro- put out to rescue the men of the widows of ex-Ambassaders-United

PE

Washington, May 24. to secure the ends of justice? Should panations are now under way to meet trawler hanging on to the wreckage

CORRECT ETIQUETTE RULES

President Roosevelt, has declared, not force sufficient secure

the minimum quota of a bilim fish or struggling in the water. The life-

Thousands of Americans have it became known yesterday, that ends of justice be available? No again for this year, it was reported by boat, however, was unable to combat the tale conservation commission the heavy seas and overturned and written to the State Department in contrary to the rumours.circulated and no least. And If that is 20,

more Washington inquiring about the cor- he did not intend to return the vleit must you not admit the use of force, Of the total 1938. planting. 9,435,450 sank,

The crews of both ships were lost. rect etiquette to adopt if they should of the King and Queen of Englands even to the point of war, in the in- were brook, brown and rainbow trout

-Trans-Ocean.

meet the King and Queen, says the --Trans-Ocean,

forest of Justice and treadorn -and-22,238,381 were laice trout.,.

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SPANISH TRAGEDY

Burgos, May 24. Fifty-nine sallors were drowned off Santander when two vessels sank [in heavy sets.

A trawler with a crew of 49 was caught in a violent storm near the entrance to the port of Bantander and enpaized.

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