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6 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1938 News from Abroad TROOPS ALMOST DECLARATION OF WAR AIMS HITF.KR ON THE IMPORTANCE DISORDERS IN POLAND Many Injured BUYING OUT THE GERMAN jY Object of New Legislation a Completely "Aryan" Business World HARD LOT OF SMALLER TRADESMEN From 'our own Correspondent OF HELPING ONESELF Germany's Political Aim AND AN IDEA BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE STARS to do so, all the same. The com Berlin, May 1. Herr Hitler to-day. made two speeches that werebrpadcast from all'the wireless statiorijrdf the Greater Retch. was to Youth aJ Maidens in'the Berlin of boys and gir vffiroibut the country paraded aniFllMenedto the broadcast of speech.

greeted them with" the Heil, my youth," and My German, boys and girls, you have the fortune to live in an era of which the German nation need not be ashamed. You-axe witnesses of a great ascent of Germany. The great events of the past weeks and months stood under the sign pi Vf he unification of the German nation i- laU German wtn tnestateioitneur unity, since tne days -of the vietaryj6f the' movement me uiiuy oj.uie, people ims- uecuiue a fact and providence- hgs" rewarded us. for GreaterCGefmany result of our unity. This unity' is hot an accidental present -but -the result of a clear-sighted education of boys and girls beginning at an.

lage- when they- are little prejudiced," The boys and girls. are the building-stone of, bur, hew'. Reich. Before the Leader there fine Reich, before the Reich there stands, one people, and before the stands one German Seeing-you, my faith in the German is-inshakeable and unlimited because know that you will accomplish everything we -expect from you. I thus Celebrate" Xhe first of May oy because you are our spring.

A DAY OF SPRING Later a demonstration in the square opposite the Imperial Palace in Berlin was 'attended" by tens of thousands ojclerks, workmen, 'find civil servants of both sexes. To them Herr Hitler Once the first of May in Germany' was celebrated as a day ofspring. Then it became a day of fighting and dissension, as we found.it in 193S. No one before us was able turn this day into a national holiday. We have, made the first of May a national None of our opponents ever believed, that we would be able to achieve such gigantic things as we did.

We. succeeded in making the whole nation' enthusiastic followers of our without coercion or terrorism. To-day we can with an easy mind compare Germany with the countries around us. With the exception of one State, to which I have the honour of paying a visit to-morrow, we see everywhere peonies who used to criticise us and who arc not, to master their problems. To-day the world suffers from unemployment we are beginning to suffer from lack, of workmen.

Countries with ten. people to the square kilometre ancM an abundance of natural resources should be able to feed their people much easily and give them work. We must laboriously work for our existence. In spite of this fact Germany has solved her problem. The Nazi State has overcome the difficulties which we found in 1933.

Germany's economic policy is begin-' ning ttf command the recognition of the It is not based on theories but upon labour and production. It has led to a continuous increase ot our production and has become the cover for our Berlin. May 1. The decree compelling Jews to make a special declaration of their property over 5,000 marks in value is the most important and the most fateful measure for the Jewish population of Germany since the Nurem berg segregation laws. The belief that the Nuremberg laws settled finally the position of the Jews in Germany is proved to be false.

The Nuremberg laws regulated the racial and civic status of the Jew, and since the administrative rules for their application did not prevent Jews from engaging in commerce, it was assumed that the business world was open to tViom rtroent for the bovCOttinB' of Jews by Nazi party members and the restrictions 01 ttus nature generally which, thoufih serious, were not absolutely fatal to the Jews. A RENTIER CLASS The object of the Jewish property legislation is the complete "Aryan-ising" of the German and Austrian business world. In other words, the National Socialist party and the Government are determined to remove the Jew from the business world as well as from the professions and the arts. The intention is to buy out the Jewish owner or participant in business and, as a competent authority informed your correspondent, to convert the Jewish business class into a rentier class. The law provides for a census which, in its completeness, was not available previously.

For example, under it all valuable jewellery and such-like personal possessions have to be registered by the Jews and their non-Aryan partners. The tjroblem became acute. I am informed, when Austria became part of Ciermany. Jbor example, my authority declared, whereas the Kurfurstendam, the principal west end thoroughfare of Berlin, was pre dominantly Jewish, the businesses of the Kartnerstrasse were completely Jewish, not a single "Aryan-owned" firm being situated in this fashionable Vienna shopping quarter. une principle ot tne iNazi totate is that no Aryan shall, in the future, buy or have business dealings with Jews.

In considering how to effect this principle the Government has come to the conclusion that it would be fairer to the Jew to buy him out than to boycott him and thus to ruin the business entirely. STATE BONDS Under the decree, the Jewish owner or part-owner will not be legally compelled to sell his property. Nevertheless, he is considered certain "FAKED SUDETEN RISING" Official Czech Denial Prague, April 30. It was officially stated "Jiere to-day that the report in the German newspaper Angriff of an alleged plot for a faked' uprising of Sudeten-Germans against the Czecho-Slovak Government was absolutely false." It was added During the oast few days ihe authorities had been advised from the German "side" of rumours according to which a certain person had been indulging in actions tending to incite people to action against the State in Northern Bohemia. On the basis of those vague reports a thorough investigation had been begun.

So far no concrete result had been obtained. 10 accuse Czecho-Slovak officers of planning anything such as had been alleged was so stupid that it was not even necessary to issue a denial. Reuter. I.The Angriff alleged in a report from Reichenberg that sections of die Czech Officers Corps had engaged a German emigre to organise within the Sudeten-German party terrorist units who were supplied with arms and who were to stage a putsch on Saturday night, which would oe beaten down by the ANNIHILATED" Japanese Claim CHINESE RETREAT NEAR HANGCHOW Two divisions of Chinese troops who had penetrated to within 15 miles of Hangchow have been almost annihilated, according to a report to Tokio last night, quoted in -a Press Association Foreign Special message. Hangchow, a big port south of Shanghai, fell to the Japanese in December.

The Japanese, who launched a drive in the mountainous regions west and south of Hangchow ten days ago and began a general offensive on Friday, claim that the Chuiese have retreated a great distance and abandoned more than 2.00C dead. The Japanese losses are nut at only 12 dead and over 100 wounded. a-: 1V ChangctaPv Ihsing Wuhu-. i Ml fr'fa- 0 so Boundaries trounces) Another claim from Tokio is that three Chinese 'planes which attempted to raid Pengpu, on the southern part of the Tientsin-Pukow railway, on Saturday were shot down in a battle with four Japanese machines. During the big Japanese air raid on Friday the isolation hospital at Hanyang, a League of Nations enterprise, was bit and considerably damaged, it is complained in a report to Geneva from Dr.

R. E. Robertson, British member of the Leagues Epidemic Prevention Commission in China. Hanyang is the arsenal town just south-west of Hankow. The latest news of the fighting in southern Shantung is that the JaDanese have recaptured Tancheng, about seventy miles east of Suchow and ten miles north of the Lunghai railway, only twelve hours alter the Chinese had taken it in a bitter day-long battle.

The Chinese troops are being reinforced for still another attack on the town. There is also a Japanese claim, not confirmed, that the Chinese have been repulsed from the Taierhchwang sector. NEUTRALITY OF SWITZERLAND Danger of Sanctions From our own Correspondent Geneva, May 1. The Secretary General of the League of Nations received yesterday from the Swiss Government the memorandum referred to in M. Motta's letter of April 20 in which he asked that the neutrality of Switzer land within the framework of the should be placed on the pro visional agenda of the session of the League Council which will begin on Monday, May 9.

The memorandum says that the Swiss Federal Council that is, the Government, supported by the overwhelming majority of the two Houses of the Federal Parliament and of the people of Switzerland, asks the Council of the League with every con fidence for a declaration that the traditional neutrality of the Swiss Confederation is consistent with the provisions of the Covenant. The most important reasons given in the memorandum for this request are as follows Circumstances have greatly changed since Switzerland joined tne League. Some of the most important clauses of the Covenant have not been enforced. The system of sanctions has not operated in every case. uompeuuon in armaments has been resumed on a larger scale than ever.

Instead of becoming universal the League has lost the participation of some important countries. The United States did not see their way to join, and four great countries, two of them Switzerland's neighbours, have Withdrawn. Such a state ot aaairs could not but affect the position of a cemetually neutral country. Owing to her unique situation bwitzeriand cannot accept a system of optional sanctions. Her neutrality cannot be allowed to depend upon circumstances, it has been established once for all.

Its "strength is in its clear definition and its permanent character. At the present day the distinction between military and economic sanctions would prove illusory so far as Switzerland was concerned. If she resorted to economic pressure she would be in grave danger or neing treatea exactly as she had taken military action. EIRE'S EXPENDITURE DEFENCE ON Ihe Eire Minister for Finance, Mr. Sean McKntPP, has issued a statement in answer to a report that in preparing his Budget he would have 2OOJ0OO to play with." He points out that the strengthening of the national defences will require considerable expenditure, aqd that provision must-be made to meet sinking fund and interest of the loan necessary to pay the due to Great Britain under the new agreement.

The Society of Sussex TJownsmen is forming a body of watchers who wul be sworn in as special constables for the purpose of policing the. Downs this coming summer, preventing the depositing of litter, and warning motorists who Tnar too.far on to the Downs. 55 Txo. fi Tin Spanish Government A PLEBISCITE PROMISED The text of the declaration of its war aims outlined by Dr. Negrin, the Premier, on behalf of the Spanish Government, was issued by the Spanish Embassy last night.

Points from the declaration are 1. To ensure the absolute independence and complete integrity of a Spain entirely free from foreign interference. 2. Liberation from foreign military invasion. A people's Republic based on the principles of pure democracy.

4. The legal and social structure of the Republic shall be built up by the national will, freely expressed, as soon as the war is over, in a plebiscite to be carried out without restrictions or limitations, with full guarantees of protection against every possible reprisal for those who take part in it. 5. Respect of regional liberties without prejudice to Spanish unity. 6.

A guarantee of all citizen rights in civil and social life, liberty ot conscience, and the free exercise of religious belief and practice. 7. The State shall guarantee legal property legitimately acquired within the limits imposed by the supreme interests of the nation and the protection of producing elements. Without prejudice to individual initiative, it will prevent the exploitation of the citizen and subjugation of collectivity by an accumulation of wealth. The property and legitimate interests of foreigners who have not assisted the rebellion will be respected, and will be examined with a view to granting indemnities for damage incurred involuntarily during the course of the war.

8. A radical agrarian reform to abolish the former aristocratic and semi-feudal system of ownership. The establishment of the new Spain on a wide and solid basis of a democracy of farmers owning the land which they cultivate. 9. The State shall guarantee the rights of the worker by means of an advanced sccial legislation.

10. The cultural, physical, and moral improvement of the race. 11. The Spanish Army, at the service of the nation itself, shall be free from all hegemony, bias, or party. 12.

The Spanish State reaffirms the constitutional doctrine of renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. Spain, loyal to agreements and treaties, will support the policy represented by the League of Nations collective security and the general defence of peace. To contribute to this policy, Spain will develop and intensify every possible means of defence. 13. Complete amnesty for all those Spaniards who wish to co-operate in the tremendous work of reconstructing Spain and making her once again a great nation.

Exchange Telegram. ATTACKS ON BRITISH SHIPS Captain's Protest Strong protests against attacks on British ships off Spain were contained in a message received in London yesterday from Captain Scott, master of the Stan croft, which Is owned by the Stanhope Steamship Company, of London Dated Saturday, from Barcelona, the message says Regret to report another deliberate attack was made on British ships here this morning by Italian and German aircraft All British masters are thoroughly disgusted at the failure of the British Government to make any effective protest against repeated attacks on British shipping and trampling of British flag by Mussolini and Hitler. British flag now ranks lower than Panama ensign. In order to save British lives it is essential that British ships should get the protection to which they are legally entitled. The company's boat Stanbrook was also involved in the bombing.

The Stan croft is a vessel of 1,407 tons and theStanbrook 1,363 tons. GANG KILLS SIX ARAB POLICE Palestine Attack Jerusalem, May 1. oix AraD constables were murdered to-day at the village of Azzoun, near Tulkarm, when a large armed gang entered and attacked nine policemen belonging to mounted column. The notice inflicted casualties on the gang, which, after killing four horses, fled with the rifles of the dead A police detachment is in pursuit. Reuter.

WOODIAND AND GORSE FIRE The Port Sunlight Fire Brigade saved a stretch of woodland at Brackenwood, Higher Bebingtdn, adjoining the Wirral Wishing Gate, last night. A number of trees caught fire, but the brigade was able to prevent the flames from spreading. Early this mornine Birkenhesu? vtro Brigade was engaged in fighting a corse NEW AIRCRAFT-CARRIER The aircraft-carrier Ark Royal, the first and only ship specially built for carrying aircraft for the British Navy, left Messrs. Cammril, Laird, and Saturday lor dry dock at Liverpool. She wilt leave the Mersey for her trials in the Clyde about the middle' of the' month, and will return to the Mersev wiU be handed over to the Adntiratiiii FASCIST ATTACKS ON SOCIALISTS From our Warsaw, May 1.

Fascist attacks on Socialist May Day demonstrations had serious results in a number of towns in Poland to-day. One Socialist was shot dead and a number were gravely wounded in Kielce, and about fifteen more persons were wounded in other Polish cities. In Lwow Fascist students threw bombs and fired pistols at a Socialist demonstration when it passed the student buildings. About twenty persons were wounded, some seriously. According to the official report, most of the victims are Jews.

Two bombs were thrown during street rioting in Cracow. One bomb was placed in a main tnorougniare in Warsaw wnere a parade of Jewish workers was to take place, but the demonstrators changed their route. The bomb exploded and wounded one person. In Poznan two serious, rights took place between Fascists and Socialists. Six persons are officially reported to have been wounded.

Some smaller disturbances are also reported from Lublin and Lodz. Special police had to be called, and complete order was established. A QUIET PARIS Labour Now Less Combative From our Correspondent Paris, May 1. There were no newspapers this morning, and this was the only way in which the general public was made to feel that labour was demonstrating on May Day. Indeed, the absence of papers accentuated the calm.

Paris seemed unusually deserted even for a bunday, and the cold drizzle in the afternoon was enough to damp any desire to go into the streets to protest against anything. It is said that a certain proportion of the taxis refused to come out, but there were enough for the limited Inumber of people who wanted them. The was, in fact, typical of the of atmosphere in the industrial world. Labour has become much more conciliatory and apathetic than combative. UNITED POLAND Paderewski Appeals to Government From oar Correspondent Warsaw, May 1.

M. Paderewski, the famous Polish pianist and first Premier of indepen dent Poland, has appealed to the Government to come to terms with the Opposition for the good of the country. The appeal is published in the form of an interview which, significantly enough, was not only allowed to appear unhindered but is even repro duced in part of to-day's pro-Government press. 'A. manifesto issued by M.

Paderewski last' autumn was censored in Poland. In order to achieve the much- desired "unity of all Poles urged so strongly by Marshal Smigly-Bydz M. Paderewski advises the Government to recall to Poland the former peasant leader M. Vitos as well as other important Opposition leaders now living in exile abroad. Only by co operating with them and other Opposition elements can unity in Poland be M.

Paderewski says. Asked whether he would nun-self co-operate, he declared that he wpuld rather this to younger people. ANGLO-AMERICAN DISAGREEMENT Bigger Battleships From onr own Correspondent Nbw York, May 1. Reports from' Washington indicate' that United States Government officials are seriously disturbed by the conflict between the British' -and American points of view regarding thesize of new battleships. Britain wishes to" limit them to 42.000 tons the United States would like ships substantially larger of 45,000 tons or more.

As has been repeatedly pointed out, Americans consider that because of their lack of naval bases throughout the world they must have large vessels," with a great cruising range. In the case of battleships, however." the locks of the Panama Canal are a limiting factor. Ships larger than 50,000 tons would need to be so long and narrow that the accuracy of their gunfire in rough weather would be seriously ham- nered. Washington official; believe that Bnnsn i-mcn guns are more emami than the American, but that the reverse is true of 16-inch guns. pensation Jewish owners win receive for their business property will probably be paid out in'State bonds.

This is the sense in which the paragraph about the use of Jewish capital is, according to my authority, to be understood. Whether the bonds- will be discountable or transferable within the Reich has not yet apparently been decided. They will not be allowed to be sold abroad, of course. The intention of the decree is therefore not to force Jews to invest in individual Four-year Plan enterprises, but to effect the realisation of their business property in the form of State bonds. Jewish business owners will, in reality, sell their properties, investing the proceeds in State bonds, and since all investments and savings flow directly or indirectly to the State in Germany, and the Four-year Plan and its enterprises are part of the German economy as a whole, thev will be making the contribution to the national cause mentioned in the paragraph.

THE SMALL BUSINESS While this means of removing the Jews from the business world makes it possible for the wealthy to live as a rentier class upon the proceeds of their former business, this class of wealthy Jew is limited possibly, to a few hundreds. The Jew whose business property is counted in hundreds of pounds or their equivalent and not in thousands, deprived of the opportunity to engage in business or to transfer his capital abroad where he may make a fresh start, and without enough to live on from his realised business property, will, in the course of time, become a member of the proletariat. Moreover, as a proletarian, which will be the fate at least of the next generation of Jews in Germany, his possibilities will again be limited. My authority admitted that, deprived of the right to earn a living as a business man, a professional man or an artist, through dealings with Aryans, the Jews of Germany will inevitably be condemned to the Ghetto unless, as he hoped, foreign countries would take Germany's Jews or a thinly populated part of the earth's surface could be found for them to live among them selves. NO "MIXED MARRIAGES IN AUSTRIA To prevent Aryans from marrying Jews the banns and the wedding ceremony itself must, in future, be stopped by either the officials or priests concerned in Austrian weddings where one of the parties is an "Aryan" and the other Jewish (says Reuter's Vienna correspondent GENERAL DIBENKO IN DISGRACE Removal Confirmed Moscow, Aran.

30. General Dibenko, one of the outstanding figures of the Bolshevik revolution, has been removed from his post as Commander of the strategically important Leningrad military district. Rumours of his disgrace had been current since February, but they were confirmed to-day when an order for the Leningrad May Day parade was issued above the signature of Khozin. his successor. The rumours arose when his name was omitted from a list containing thousands of others cited for honours on the twentieth anniversary of the Red Army.

As a 1 naval rating Dibenko led the Baltic fleet which trained guns on the Winter Palace at Petrograd (now Leningrad) in 1917; thus greatly aiding in the Bolsheviks' seizure of power. He was one of the judges who passed the death sentence on Marshal Tukha-chevsky and seven other high Red Armv leaders in June. Three other of ihe judges in that trial Generals Alksnis. Beloff, and Kashirin have also been removed, and their fate, like-that of Dibenko. is unknown.

Reuter. consider any negotiations which might have a serious chance of removing the danger of war, but it is recalled that M. Blum made overtures towards. Germany in the summer of 1938, and made them in vain, and it is considered that the psychological difficulties are much greater now. than they were then.

It is even -thought that Henlein's last. speech in Czecho-Slovakia a speech made obviously under orders from Berlin must surely have convinced Mr. Chamberlain that it will be. very difficult to reach a reasonable settlement with Germany. Moreover, there are passages' in Mein Kampf which' ihave never been withdrawn and declare that the frontiers of 1914 are-entirely insufficient for Germany, who must be- prepared to 'shed her blood in order to enrol thousands of new, citizens.

NO FOUR-POWER PACT "Above all, it is considered that France, must not be tempted to exchange the principle of collective security anything in the nature of aFourrPower Pact, for that would mean -abandoning -Central and Eastern Europe and allowing it to pass inid the-German orbit, if not to under German "domina- rtioiiL Germariy would soon be at the Black-Sea- as well as the Adriatic, and. Russia; would hasten to make an alliance 'with hen German Reichsmarks. Behind the German mark there stands a great industrious nation, and not gold or foreign currencies. Germany's economic policy is based on the principle of help yourself. This is our economic and also our political principle help yoursell and God Almighty will help you.

Tn order to he strong and firm for thp niirnose of warding off external quarrels it is necessary to exterminate quarrels at home. Therefore no more civil war no more class strife or dissension. We once again celebrate the first of May. especially as a day of joy that 6,000.000 Germans have been included in our Holy Reich. They are happy to be part of our Reich.

"WE MUST GO ON ARMING" Addressing units of the armed forces at the end of the day's celebrations, iu marauu uunuu smu. umai continue to build up our armaments. When we see how the nations around us continue to arm. to buy aeroplanes from abroad, to pile up stores for war we ask why Germany is sufficient unto herself. She wants only to work and live." After referring to the unity which makes Germany invincible" he said that the 150-year-old tree from Austria which stands to-day as the huge maypole in the Lustgarten hadseen the Firs't Reich fall, split by domestic quarrels.

It saw a Second Reich arise, born after victorious battles in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. It saw this Reich 'fall, too, in the Hall of Mirrors throueh lack of unitv. Then." Field Marshal Goring con tinued, after the blackest night in our history the Fiihrer fetched his new idea down from the stars. STANDING UP FOR ONE'S SONS He declared that their new unity had brought that power which made it possible to win back Austria, and added We have thus shown the world that Germany will not allow her millions to be mutilated because they are Germans. We showed the world that Germany is able to stand up for her sons.

When Germans unite with Germans is not an international problem, it is a German one. Reuter. HITLER GRANTS AN AMNESTY For "Excess of Zeal" Berlin, May I. An amnesty for minor offences has been proclaimed for Greater Germany, it was learned tofnight, "on the occasion of the reuniAi 'f Austria with the Reich." All punishments.1 for- offences com mitted out of an excess of zeal in the National Socialist' cause in Austria are wiDed out bv this measure. Political offenders in the rest of Germany will be set free if their punishment does not exceed six months' imprisonment and if their crime was not committed.

out of vile motives." Sentences ranging from six to twelve months wm be conditionally suspended. Finally the amnesty provides for the annulment of all punishments not exceeding one month. As far as is Known at present the amnesty- affects only those who have been condemned by the ordinary courts. Reuter. MR.

in the Red Square Correspondent military in which 500 aeroplanes took part. "NATION MUST BE KEPT MOBILISED Moscow, May 1, Declaring that "mankind is rolling at a growing speea towards a Dottom- -less abvss of universal sanffuinarv slaughter," Marshal Voroshiloff, Com missar for Defence, in- a -Labour Day message warns the nation that it must be kept in a "state of mobilisation, -rats must be done so that no acci dent and no tricks of our external -enemies can take us unawares." We cannot fail to realise that at present the world is -transformed into, an armed camp," he says." The" flames of war are blazing in -two. con tinents, while our numerous enemies, attempting in every way to undermine, our constructive work from open war against us." In the West and in the East the message continues) war organised by Fascists has already assumed such tremendous dimensions and acquired such modern shape that the world bourgeoisie and its Fascist vanguard can only rejoice at the successful rehearsal of world war being prepared by them. The incendiaries must remember, however, that. the conflagration of a world war not only burns the huts of the toilers and exterminates millions of workers and peasants but annihilates tsars and kings, landlords and bourgeoisie.

-Reuter. INDIAN POLICE ON TORTURE CHARGE Case of Kiroo Rawalpindi, April 30. A European inspector, an Indian -head constable, and two constables of the Punjab police are lb be tried on Thursday on a charge of voluntarily causing a hurt to extort a confession or compel extortion of property." The allegation-was made in the High Court, which quashed a sentence of life transportation on a watchman named Kiroo for the manslaughter of a police man. Kiroo was being questioned 'on susnicion of theft when the allee torturlnx took nlace. The High Court held that he was within his rights, in numRa officer wno was torturing him Kesiter.

The cue of Kiroo led to a question in the House of CommonsJ MOSCOW CARICATURES OF CHAMBERLAIN FRENCH COMMUNICATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Britain and Talks with Germany From one Correspondent 2,000,000 People From our Moscow, May 1. The observance here of Labour Day was marked by criticisms of British policies. A manifesto by the Comintern having accused British Conservatives of "complicity in Fascist aggression in Spain and China and Sir Citrine, secretary of the Trades Union Congress, of betraying the British workers, marchers carried through the Red Square to-day numerous cartoons i docile British lion with Hitlerand Mussolini tying knots in its tail." TherS-were also caricatures of Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in top hat, recalling monocled- effigies of his brother, the late Sir Austen Chamber lain, in similar demonstrations years ago. Seeing that Sir Austen's antagonism to Hitlerism in his last years won the praise of Russian obituary there is still hope for his brother, but to-day he is the most unpopular democratic politician discussed in the Soviet Union.

The crowd in the Red Square was estimated at about 2,000.000. Before: it demonstrated there was the usual! EGYPPS COTTON TARIFFS Quota Plan Opposed From our Correspondent 3. May 1... Germany and Czechoslovakia have made representationsutp 1heEgyptian Government regarding -the new cotton tariffs. Germany claims-that the majority of her textiles are not of pure cotton but cotton mixtures, and therefore the duties are inapplicable, while the Czechs, suggest the revision or at until existing orders are settled.

The suggestion from Lancashire will press for the quotas for British goods is hotlwwed favourably in Egyptian which are resolutely to tne quota proposal. Paris. May JL It is believed in certain quarters here that the Anglo-French conversations in London, in so far as they, concerned Italy, included a promise by Great Britain to intervene in Rome in order to obtain guarantees for French interests in Tunis and French communications in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea in return for the consent t0 support the proposal at recognising the Italian conquest of Abyssinia. With regard to Spain, it is believed that France, will agree to the international control of the Pyrenees frontier' "emg re-established as soon as the" wmmission lor the withdrawal of foreign volunteers shall have entered Sram and begun to worfe; hut has reserved the right to resumsfreedom of action at the 'end fif a month" if tnerehas not been an important with-Pafeaf nTenand war -x RANCOtlItiuAN TALKS r-'- The evident desire of the Briiish Government to lead France towards conversations with Germany' regarded th'co tsejraumi ot the Left Therei is a general desire that itshall not' be rooght that France would refuse to.