If the Rome parleys fail the Government, observers asserted, will probably introduce compulsory national service. And this will necessitate the creation of a new post, to which Mr. Leslie Here-Belisha, present War Secretary, is likely to be moved because of his warm support of the compulsory national service movement.
Thefutureof Mr. Robert S. Hudson, Overseas Trade Secretary who still refuses to retract his views as a "rebel" in the Cabinet. remains uncertain and depends upon the evolu. tion of international affairs.
Mr. Herbert Morrison, Agriculture Secretary, will be replaced, observers arrival of British vessels with arms for China. He asserts that the first convoy of arms consisted of 22 lorries, He admits that "Japanese bombing squadrons can do little against the problem of Yunnan, owing to the mountainous nature of the country."
The paper describes the new development as a "revolution in the Far East, and the commencement of a new chapter in the Sino-Japanese War."—Reuter.
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