The Archive · 1938

Rights of Veto

Oslo, June 1 The Storting (Chamber of Deputies) unanimously adopted today the resolution submitted by the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 25 declaring that the aim of Norway's policy must be to keep the country out of war-like complications.

The resolution stated that the Storting maintains the right to. keep the country on a strictly neutral basis towards other states, even if action is decided upon by the League of Nations.—Havas news is received that the special train carrying naval reliefs from Hongkong has arrived there safely, The Falcon will meet H.M.S. Peterel (310 tons) at Ichang and will take aboard all men due for leave.

H.M.S. Gannet (310 tons) will be stationed in Chungking till next November, She is expected to arrive here in two weeks' time.

The officerg and men of H.MS. Falcon qe een entertained to number} of farewell parties. in the past few days, The crew of gunboats like these form appreciable parts of the foreign commuflitv in towns on the Upper Yangtze like Chungking, and the Faleon's men did much to popularize football among the Chinese inhabitants,—Reuter,

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