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THE MANCHESTER THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933 CAMP LIFE" IN GERMANY ENGINES FOR THE HOLIDAY TRAINS News from Abroad AMERICAN "BUY NOW" SLOGAN Fear of a Crash if Purchases Are Not Increased GEN: JOHNSON AND THE "TOUGH BABIES" It is pointed out to-day that the retail trade code issued yesterday applies to each retailer only as he signs the agreement. There is no question of compul Systematic (From our Special Diirgoy is one of the most dreaded of the German concentration camps. The inmates number over 300. Most of them are from the neighbouring town of Breslau. Camp life is as hard as malignant ingenuity can make it, and the food is not enough to keep hunger away.

Daily toil alternates with military drill, patriotic instruction, and readings from Hitler's My Struggle." Nightly rest is often broken by fire-drill. When the word "Kaus" (get out) is shouted through the camp the prisoners dash out into the open, do strenuous military drill, return to their quarters, and often, as soon as they have dropped off to sleep, are roused again. Fire drill usually takes place when the camp commandants have stayed in Breslau until a late hour. When they are known to be away many prisoners do not bother to undress, for the night is sure to be sleepless and utterly exhausting. The most unfortunate of the prisoners are former trade union officials, Socialist municipal councillois, or those who were at all prominent in the Socialist party or in the Reichsbanner (generally speaking Socialists are treated worse than Communists in the Special Frsi.

A row of engines of the L.N.E.R. being cleaned and overhauled in readiness for this -weekend's holiday traffic. FRENCH PROTEST TO BERLIN The Recent Raid in Saar Territory (From our own Correspondent.) New York, August 2. The acid test of patriotism for American citizens is likely soon to be whether" they will go out and buy something. General Hugh Johnson, the Recovery Administrator, announced to-day that plans are being prepared at once for an appeal for a sharp increase of purchases of goods' by the general public.

This is necessary in order to keep the wheels of industry turning. Prices have advanced so much faster than 'wages that large stocks are accumulating in the hands of wholesalers and retailers, and a new crash is feared in about ninety days unless the situation is remedied. The chief reliance, of course, is on the general increases in wages, such as are incorporated in the "blanket code" and the other codes that are being prepared. MILLIONS YET OUTSIDE CODE SYSTEM Router's Washington correspondent says it is officially estimated that about one-sixth of American industry, employing about 6,000,000 men, has voluntarily accepted either the "blanket code" or specific wage and hour codes approved by the Administration. About 700,000 employers are represented by these industries, leaving about 4,300,000 still to come into line.

The response in the New Entrland industrial area has fallen short of oihcial expectations. A thirty days' nush has been oflicially launched with the appointment ot iiuu prominent persons to State and district recovery boards to command the campaign and supervise compliance with code conditions. After its efforts to fix minimum wages and hours of labour, the National Recovery Administration now finds itself involved in the question of price fixing. Mr. Walter Lippman declares that it is of fundamental importance that the price oi sieei snouid not ue ovei looked in the proposed steu.

code, while the oil interests have told General Johnson that price control for them is essential. MR. FORD AND THE CODE General Johnson is pressing on with the negotiations for major codes, such as those in the steel' and oil industries. He is using every wile of diplomacy to bring Mr. Henry Ford into the motor code, and has expressed displeasure that the public utility companies have so far failed to present their proposals for codifying wages and hours among their employees.

He says, however, that he expects to encounter "toogh babies" in that branch ot industry, but that pressure will be brought to bear on them laier in the month. Brutality Correspondents.) German concentration camps). They are subjected to special violence and humiliation. The Republican colours black, red, and gold are fouled from time to time, and these prisoners are then compelled to wash Or they are forced to enter a neighbouring pigsty and shake hands with the pigs, greeting them as comrades," amid the jeers of the Nazi guards. One of the prisoners was paraded through the streets of Breslau on July 11 and 12 with the three arrows of the "Iron Front" sewn conspicuously on his trousers.

Mache, the former Mayor of Breslau, and his son are both in the camp. A Reichsbanner leader who has been in camp for months has been flogged many times he must by now have received between one and two hundred strokes. The physical torments inflicted on the prisoners are kept secret, and it is only with difficulty that any details can be ascertained, but almost all prisoners receive a flogging when they first arrive. Many of the prisoners have broken bones. Once a fortnight the prisoners are marched through the streets of Breslau.

They are compelled to sing as they go. They are grey-faced and hollow-eyed, and so utterly worn down that even their friends, who wait to see them as they pass, can hardly recognise them. incidents responsible for the continued tension between Austria and Germany. For some weeks past M. Paul-Boncour, the Foreign Minister, has been watching with uneasiness the situation that has grown out of such acts as the dropping in Austrian town3 by German 'planes of leaflets attacking the Dollfuss Government and the anti-Dollfuss broadcasts from German stations.

He has now communicated with several Governments emphasising the gravity of this state of affairs and has exchanged views on the means of avoiding a repetition of such incidents, as, for example, by concerted action. Reuter. TGerman air raids over Austria for the purpose of distributing Nazi propaganda against the Austrian Government have been frequent of late. Only on Saturday seven German aeroplanea appeared over Salzburg, and another laid was made the same day by a single 'plane over Upper Austria. All Austrian protests to Berlin have so far been disregarded by the German Government.

MEADOW IN A CABINET New Crops Every 10 Days A system of chemical cultivation whichy if official tests prove satisfaelorv. is likely to revolutionise all present methods ot teeding live stock and farming generally was demonstrated yesterday near Reading. The growing of crops of maize in ten days to a size that would normally require two or three months of natural cultivation is one of the results of the new system. The invention is that of Dr. Spangen-1 berg, a German, who has devoted years of research to it, and has now come to England to develop the scheme here and to demonstrate its usefulness to the National Institute for Research in.

Dairying at Shinfield, near Reading. Dr. Spangenherg's method of cultivation is a process whereby all kinds of crops grown from seed, such as maize, oats, barley, lupens, soya beans, cotton nee, and ordinary grass, can be grown in ten days to the same extent as would normally require two to three months. Airtight Cabinet The seeds are sown in trays in an airtight cabinet from which light ia excluded, and are treated with considerable quantities of water containing a email proportion of the chemical. At the end of ten days each, tray contains a closely packed growth, of the particular crop approximately J3m.

to loin. high. The crop can then be removed from the tray and used immediately as food for animals or human beings, as it is free from contamination, the roots and seed being clean. The croti is vmmc i particularly suitable lor the-feeding of cattle, and it is maintained that the Vitamin content, ic wuuauiv ujifiier than that of crops produced under natural The cultivation apparatus is fitted witii ten trays, each measuring one square metre, placed one above the other" in two seta of five. Each tray is it is aimed, an artificial meadow capable of producing a fresh 'crop every ten days, or no less than 30 crops a year Further, the crop is much thicker than the normal growth in that there are approximately rive times the number of stems per unit area.

As a result one apparatus can feed thirty cattle with fresh fodder all the year round, or forty of them housed in a barn measuring not more than 100 feet by 40 feet would provide an output of approximately 4,320 tons a year or sufficient for 1,200 head of cattle. umciem loc: It is thus possible to feed cattle the whole year lound with fresh green fpdder instead of hay and other dried foodstuffs normally used during the winter months. THE YIDDISH PLAYERS The Yiddish Players gave Zalman Kalmanovitch's "The Rabbi's Dream" at, the Derby Hall, Cheetham, Manchester, Inst night. The play is a grim warning against intermarriage. It gives ample scope for tragic acting, which was' given in great measure by Mr.

Aaron Friedenreieh as tha Habbi, whose son marries a Gentile is thrown over, and brings his father 'and himself to a tragic end. Mr. Joseph Greener iPathetic 80n in his weakness lor tne Gentile woman, who was hrillisntlv played by Miss Eata tein: The bickering ski were always amusing. end of '5e Performance' Mr. Frieden reich announced that the company wera iSS1168 61'011 tour- anl hoped to VwSf.li 1 au.tunp op a permanent Yiddish theatre the city.

He appealed to the Jewish, community of Manchester for support. to the schemes now on! he said that the vacant building adjoiPing.the premises of the Jewiih BriUsrl Legion Cheetham Hill Boad woMd maka an excellent theatre. It is -understood that steps may be taken to secure this building with a view to converting Jt. LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION JAPAN Import Embargo and Withdrawal of Ambassadors sion. New York City bootleggers are patriotically supporting the President's efforts to raise prices, says the New York Evening Eost.

The price of a case of alleged rye whisky has been raised bv between S15 and S20 an increase of more tnan 50 per cent Prices of all other liquors except beer which is legalised are also expected to rise sharply. TEXTILE CODE AMENDED Washington, August 2. The cotton textile code has been amended. In place of the provision in the original code for an investigation into the much-attacked "stretch-out" system, a new provision is inserted the method under which extra machines are assigned to individual workers to increase production and keep down labour costs. Exchange Telegram.

NO FURTHER TAXATION New York, August 2. Receiving pressmen at Hvd Park. New York, his country residence, where ne is on vacation, President Roosevelt to-day stated that the Treasury balance on August 15 would prove to be the largest in the history of the country and would suffice to carry the United States through the first year of his Presidency without the necessity of further financial measures. Central News. NAVY PROGRAMME SURPRISE Washington, August 2.

vessels for the United States navy, includ- infr nnP Pmi.CAr has hnon naloval nanlmn an investigation of Senator Trammel's rrae rt sr lnpin. 1 r. 1 i "i Luuuomu uy iour majur snip- KllilHinrr trm noI nr- t-vi jK. construction. Reuter.

GRAIN PRICES FALL BACK Winnipeg, August 2. Profit-taking in the market to-dav after yesterday's strong upward movement in export grain tutures resulted in losses of approximately 4c. a bushel. The close was steady with the undertone fairly firm, and prices showed Ic. or more a bushel above the day's lowest levels.

Reports to-day from several areas of north-west Saskatchewan said that thp frost in the recent cool wave would probably cause considerable damage to the maturing crops. Reuter. DROUGHT IN UNITED STATES Washington, August 2. There is at present a severe drought comparable with that of 1930 in the north-western plains. The Weather Bureau has declared that it.

is expected that the official crop leports on August 10 will show serious deterioration, especially in small grains. Exchange opinion in Britain, have confused the is.513P. Th niTOctirty, 4i.vui.vu a in V.U1H.C1113 LUC world is not whether Japan has received yivvuuuuon irom omna, out whether Japan is justified in settling the whole issue by her own force and defying Leacne inter vpnt inn T.nvrl T.rHn lc himself- again and again insisted upon mis uisioruon ot me point at issue, tie ays ot tne Japanese attitude: Throughout the discussions which taken place at Geneva, the arguments used by the representatives of Japan haie been irrelevant to the issue which was under discussion. The Japanese speeches have all dwelt upon the chaotic condition of China, upon the provocative nature of the anti- loreign propaganda of the Chinese Government, or of the faults of the Chinese administration in Manchuria; but beyond uie Dare assertion tliat everything that Japan has said is true and everything that Japan has done is risht. there ha's been no attemnt to answer the charge that whatever the grievances of Japan might have been they uw.

juamj uw uuvuimuuu oy iurce oi Chinese territory. That is whv the efforts to arrive at an agreed basis for the starting point of the negotiations were doomed to failure from the outset. The parties were never discussing the same issue. "Japan persists in her claim to be arbiter in her own quarrel and remains in occupation of the Chinese provinces in defiance of the unanimous decision of the League. Lord Lytton's Commission stated in its report The interests of peace arc the same the world over.

Any loss ot confidence in the application of the principles of the Covenant and of the Pact of Paris in any part of the world diminishes the value and efficacy of those principles everywhere. Failure to effect a settlement of the Far Eastern dispute and acquiescence in a situation which has been brought about by force would undoubtedly be a weakening of the Covenant and would have grave consequences in Eurone. where the difficulties of the League would be greatly iiicieuavu. j.ne situation in tne i) ar Jiast has already reacted unfavourably on the Disarmament Conference. The Executive Committee of the League of Nations Union is of opinion that, when the aid of the League is again invoked by China, the League should take action to bring to an end the present position in the Far East, and that the British Government should support such action and be prepared with a definite policy for that emergency.

It is therefore suggested that the League of Nations Union should, on all its platforms and in its publications, insist 1. The moral obligation of every State member of the League to p'reserve Chinese territory against external aggression; and 2. The grave consequences of allowing Japanese troops to remain in occupation of Chinese territory. "It is of great importance -that, thp members of the League should make clear to apan tne seriousness with which they view the situation. For this purpose they should be prepared to withdraw the chiefs of their diplomatic missions from Tokio and to exert conceited economic pressure by such a measure as the general refusal to accept imports from Japan.

The need for American co-operation in collective action on these lines would be essential to its success. "In the meantime efforts should be continued to secure agreement between the parties on the lines of the Lytton Report. We should also do everything we can to assist international co-operation in. Chinese reconstruction." END OF MEERUT APPEAL Over in Eight Days INDIAN COMMUNIST PARTY'S SIZE Allahabad, August 2. The appeal of the 27 prisoners, including three Englishmen, against the sentences passed on them in the Meerut conspiracy case for conspiring to deprive the King Emperor of his sovereignty in India came to an end to-day, after the hearing had lasted for eight days.

The Court reserved judgment. The trial in the courts below lasted for more than three years. During to-day's hearing Mr. Justice Young commented on the lengthy and involved procedure laid down by Indian law for such cases as complied with English tiials and suggested that the system should be remedied, "in reply to a question from the court to explain the leasons for the great length of the tiial in the courts below, Air. Kemp, Crown counsel, diew attention to the remarks of the sessions judge on that He said that the judge's comments were to the effect that the delay was due largely to the lengthy and useless cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution by the accused themselves; to the time taken in making objections to the admissibility of documents as evidence; to the irequent transfer of applications, ana tne excessively long statements made bv tiie accused, most of which was irrelevant.

INDIAN COMMUNIST PARTY In his final speech on behalf of the appellants Dr. Katju, the leading counsel for the defence, stated that the total number of members of the Com munist party in India was about fifty and their activities were not dangerous. He urged tlie Couit also to consider the sentences which had been imposed. He characterised them as excessive in comparison with sentences passed at English trials. Mr.

Justice Young said the standard of sentences was higher in India. Keplying on behalf of the Crown, Mr. Kemp 'submitted to the Court that the accused should not be dealt with lightly, otherwise it would act as an incentive to others. The case of Spratt, he contended, was the woi st. He was a most dangerous man, as his connection with Kussij showed.

CHIEF JUSTICE'S COMMENT Sir S. M. Suleman, the Chief Justice, remarked that the sentences 'seemed to be severe. Press Association Foreign Special. GREEK BONDS Reported New Offer to the Holders (From our Correspondent.) Athens, August 2.

At a conference yesterday the Opposition leaders were informed by the Cabinet of the progress of the negotiations with the bond-holders and the Government's decisions regarding the resumption of the negotiations. The Opposition's views did not coincide with those of the Government, but the Cabinet stated, that it will continue to handle the question, uninfluenced by the Opposition's objections. The Government's final instructions, including a reply to the bond-holders' last proposals, are being dispatched to Mr. Caclamanos, the Greek Minister in London, and other Greek representatives abroad who are handling the problem. Although the contents of the statement have not been made known, it is said that the Government's last offer has been increased.

AMERICAN DEBT POLICY UNCHANGED Hyde Park (New York), August 2. Professor Moley, speaking of a report that the United States does not propose to confer, with the debtor nations on war debts in the autumn, said to-day that there was no change in the United States policy in this matter a.s far-as I know." Professor Moley was fecentlv Placed in charge debt -negotiations and is at present visiting the President at his home, here Keuter. NAZI ACTIVITY IN AFRICA Incident in Assembly Windhoek, S.W. Africa, August 2. As a protest against the attitude of the Union members of the Legislature of South-west Africa towards the Nazi movement, German members to-day presented a memorandum to the Chairman of the Assembly, and then walked out.

The House continued business with only ten L-nion members present. The German members later returned to the Assembly tn vote against an anti-Nazi motion, which was finally passed by nine votes to seven. The motion read The House is of opinion that legislation should be introduced as soon as possible prohibiting the continuance of Nazi or t-imilar propaganda which might distuib relations between the various sections of the European population, and compelling existing Nazi and similar movements to dissolve. After the vote the Germans again left 1he House, which continued its business in their absence. South-west Africa was formerly a German colony and is now administered by the Union of South Africa under a League mandate.

lleuter. FORMING NAZI CELLS IN TANGANYIKA Dah-bs-Salaam, August 2. Following on the anti-Nazi measures in the Legislature of South-west Africa (formerly a German colony) it is learned that increasing numbers of distinguished Germans are visiting Tanganyika, all of whom declare that no significance attaches to such visits. The situation here is not disturbing because there are in this vast territory very few Jews, who might be a cause of trouble in view of the racial treed now fashionable among Germans. None the less Nazi celK have been formed here, and it is understood that steps are being taken to extend, tne movement.

neuter. LITVINOFF AND TROTSKY Meeting Denied (From our onn Correspondent.) Pabis, August 2. Speaking to your correspondent to day, Mr. Dovgalevsky, the Soviet Ambassador in Paris, denied that there was any foundation to the recent rumours that Mr. Litvinoff had seen Mr.

Trotskv at Rovat, or that any reconciliation between Trotsky and Jstalin was contemplated. Judging from Trotsky's recent writings," Mr. Dovgalevsky said, "it does not seem that he is any more anxious to make peace with us than we are to make friends with him. "Every veaT." Mr. Dovealevskv con tinued, I take a cure at Boyat, and 1 am going there again next week.

will bet vou anvthing," he laughed, that some of the papers will put two and two together and say that I have gone to Koyat to see Trotsky. DURHAM COLLIERIES AND AMALGAMATION (From our Correspondent. Newcastle, Wednesday Eepresentatives of Durham coalowners are meeting Sir Ernest Gowers. chairman of the Coalmines Reorganisation Committee, in London to-morrow to discuss the amalgamation of Durham collieries. For two years Durham owners have steadfastly opposed any scheme of compulsory amalgamation on the grounds that, geographically and physically, "the nature of the Durham coalfield makes it impracticable and that grades of coal are so nuunrous.

It is also claimed that amalgamation on a voluntary basis has been-carried out as and when practicable by the owners themselves. Sir Ernest met some of the coalowners privately last' week in Newcastle, and to-morrow's meeting is a sequel to the former interview. The owners generally do not consider that there will be any drastic attempt made on the lines of compulsory amalgamation, as tne omy two nut forward bv the com mittee are for the Forest of Dean and Scotland, and in-each case the owners are making an appeal to the proper tribunal. Durham owners feel that nothing is likely to- be done until this appeal is heard, and if it goes in favour of the annellants it is possible that the whole idea of compulsory amalgamation may ne- aroppea. Paris, August 2.

The French Ambassador in Berlin has lodged a protest with the German Government against the action of a party of Nazis in invading the Saar territory on July 22. The Chairman of the Saar Basin Governing Commission recently notified the League of Nations of the incident. Three inhabitants of the Saar a woman of 48, her son, and another man living at nomDurg, ne saw, were seized by a grouo of aeeressors who had come from Germany, and were carried off under threat of arms. In a protest to Germany the Commis sion requested the German Government to see that the victims were set at liberty and the offenders punished. AUSTRO-GERMAN quarrel Definite steps have been taken bv the French Government with a view to action by the Powers in the matter of the recent FALSE PRETENCES A Remarkable Business Career The remarkable business career of a young married man, who, it was alleged, had secured confidence by false stories of the possession of large sums of money.

was described at the Salford Hundred Quarter Sessions in Manchester yesterday. The man, Joseph Edward Burton (29), chemist, of Manor House, Woodley, withdrew his plea of not guilty entered on Monday and pleaded guilty to seven charges of obtaining goods and money by false pretences. He was sentenced to three years penal servitude. Mr. W.

Gorman, K.C., said Burton commenced a series of offences from the early days of this year. He fraudulently ana aisnonesuy ootamea goods anu credit in connection with a business called the "Ubiaue Stores. Limited." in Prince's Street, Stockport. A large number of people had relied upon statements which he had made, and which were false, and as a result lie obtained over 3,000 worth of goods. On March 14 this year Burton approached a bank manager in Stockport and asked for temporary accommodation to the extent oi tsu.

lie said he was a manufacturing chemist, and in a month's time he had 3,003 coming to him from a drue comnanv from an action he had recently won against them in London. it was only a question of settlement of costs before the money was paid. He had aiou uu, saiu, an action against a certain London newspaper for 11,000 for libel. -Mr. Gorman added that these statements were untrue, although it was true that the drug company had paid him a hundred iruineas towards hiss nnsis The action against the London newspaper resulted from an article which described in extremely serious terms.

A defence of justification was entered in June, 1931, and not another step had been taken by Burton since. The "Unique Stores, Limited," had never been registered, and there was no such company. Eventually Burton was as much as 200 overdrawn at the bank. He advertised for apprentices to pay 50 a3 loan in the company. Two men paid him 50 each.

Another man left a good position in a grocer's shop in Hyde to become manager of the shop in Prince's Street, and he had received weekly salaries for eight weeks, 5, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, and 10s. The Accused's Record Detective Sergeant Brookes said Burton was born at Rishton. After acting as relieving assistant at chemists' shops in various parts of the countrv he com menced business as a chemist in 1925 at Nelson and removed to larger premises. The business was unsuccessful. He was unemployed until 192G and then onpneri a similar business in Raikes Road, Blackpool, with money he had won at horse- racing, ihis venture was also unsuccessful and no dividend was paid to unsecurea creditors.

in 1927 he commenced business at Westcliff-on-Sea. and he was adjudicated bankrupt the same year. At Southend he started with two other men making an ointment and then returned to Nelson, where he continued in a similar business. In September, 1930, a winding-up order was made, his liabilities being 1,840, and in January, ts.il, ne was granted his discharge -from oanKrupicy suoject to two years' suspension. Mr.

A. H. Stanley, for the defence, said that Burton conceived the idea of opening a chain of He had an offer of from a man to support the business, but this was not forthcoming and Burton then found himself in a difficult position. He had incurred liabilities and the best thing was to get oat with the least possible loss. Sir James Openshaw, the chairman, said he was quite satisfied that' the whole thing was bogus from beginning to end.

We have hesitated whether to nasa the maximum sentence, but in- view of yonr a Re aid the fact that you have not been in prison before we are educing it to one oi inree years penal servitude on all cnarges, run concurrently, he concluded. ALPINE TRIAL ESCAPES British Car's Speed Turin, August 2. One of the team of British ltiley ears bad two nariow escapes on the third stage of the Alpine trial from St. Moritz to Tuiin to-day. The car left St.

Moritz one hour and 14 minutes late, and had to travel at the rate of G8 k.p.h. (over 42 ni.p.h.) for 235 kilometres (146 miles) over mountainous roads in order to anive heie in time. Twice the car took hair pin bends too fast and a crash seemed imminent, but each time the car lighted itself. Once it stopped with its front wheel actually on the edge of the road on the St. Bernard Pass.

A little later at a level-ciossing the car hit a milestone which could not be seen owing to the dust raised by a car in front. Luckily no damage was done and the car arrived here on time, together with two other membeis of the Kilev team. Another Riley car, driven by N. M. H.

Keep, in the individual class, skidded on the Italian side of Lugano and twice turned completely roundj Fortunately it did not hit anything. Only a few of the British competitors lost maiks to-day. Miss M. D. Patten (Alvis) passed the line three minutes before time, but as cars are allowed five minutes she was not penalised.

She, how ever, lost 20 points through arriving in advance at veieem. ner total lost marKs are 272. C. M. Walker (Daimler) has lost 255 maiks, two of the Riley team 10 and 14, and F.

W. Morgan (Wolseley) 110. Nearly all the marks were lost yesterday in cnmDing tne tsteivio ass. the Inchest road in Europe, which is over 9,000 feet high. Ihe iirst British driver to arrive at Tuiin was Mr.

E. K. Ravson. who is driving a Mercedes. He lost time in reversing at two corneis owing to the length of the car.

Mi. Ravson is the only British driver in the big car class (over ii.uuu e.c. ne nas never competed in such an event before. The second British driver to come in was A. F.

Lago, wno is anving a standard. Tatbot. Ihe weather was cloriouK throughout the journey, although it was verv hot. A free bar was offered to all competitors on arrival at tne station, and the Mayor ji J.UUI1 gave a reception to mem. THE CLASS LEADERS The positions in the respective classes at lurin are as follows: First GrouD (3.000 c.c.).

Van Ttp.plr- calkoen (tord) leads in this class. having lost only two marks. Van der Meulen Ford) comes next with the loss oi tliree marks. Second Group (2,000 c.c.). Mile.

Hellc-Nice (Bugatti) is the leader, havine lost no marks. E. Legre (Busatti) is next wnn a ios ot one marK. Third GrouD fl.500 to Q.rrflO p. VM Carriere (Alfa-Romeo) is leading, having lost no marks.

Then come two of the German team of Adlerwerke with nine marks lost. Fourth Group (1,100 to 1,500 c.c.). Jack Hobbs (Riley) leads with one of the Frazer-Na6h team, neither having lost any marks. Then come Mr. A.

G. Gripper (Frazer-Nash) with two marks lost and two of the Riley team with five and ten marks lost. Fifth Group (500 to 1.100 c.c.). D. HI.

Heaiey (Riley) is the leader with W. R. Belgrave (M.G.). Neither has lost a mark. Then follow two of the M.G, team with 13 marks lost.

Miss 1) Champney with IS marks lost, and the third member of the M.G. team with 24 marks lost. Press Association Foreign special. MR. C.

B. COCHRAN'S NEW MUSICAL PLAY Production in Manchester On September 11 Mr. Charles B. Cochran will produce his new musical play "Nymph Errant," an adaptation from a novel of the same name by James Laver, at the Manchester Opera House where it will remain for three weeks before it is taken to London. 'The adaptation is by Mr.

Romney Brent, who appeared in the Noel Coward revue "Words and Musiel" The mnsic has been written by Mr. Cole Porter. Miss Gertrude Lawrence will have the part of -the -heroine and Miss Nora Howard, the schoolgirl of "Mad about the boy," will be one of the- heroine's school friends. Mr. Cochran has also engage.d the Parisian actress Mile.

Helene d'Algy, Miss Jessie Busley, the American actress, and Miss Hella Knrty, the Hungarian star of Land of The following statement of policy was adopted by the Executive Committee of the League of Nations Union at its meeting last week "The action of Japan in relation to Liuna constitutes a grave menace to the League system which the world since the Armistice lias been struggling to substitute for, the national rivalries and chaos which produced the war. The present situation is as follows Japan has overrun and occupied four provinces which belong to China, covering an area greater than the combined areas of Britain, France, and Germany. These operations have involved great destruction of Chinese property and the killing and wounding pf manv thousands of Chinese subjects, the Japanese themselves haying also suffered casualties. The responsibilities are no longer in question by the unanimous decision of the Assembly of the League including the vote of Great Britain China has been declared the victim of aggression. This decision does not mean thai China is blameless in her dispute with Japan and that the latter had no provocation; but that Japan did not, as she might have done, seek redress through the League, and persisted, instead, in attempting to settle a dispute to which site was a party by her own force, thus becoming her own judge in her own cause nnr: challenging the fundamental principle upon which anv system of organised peace must rest.

Lord Lytton's Commission found that the interests of China and Japan were not irreconcilable. The Chinese had done much to irritate the Japanese and had not fulfilled their treaty obligations, but they had neither made noi threatened an attack on the Japanese, and the Japanese seizure oi ATnnpVmrin milr1 nrtf nalln i vhiilu a ucicu sive measure. The Commission, however. suggested changes in the government of Manchuria which would have secured to Japan the internal order for which she was entitled to ask. "Throughout the discussion the Japanese, as well as certain sections of SEE THE NEW FORDS at the Royal Lanes.

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