Two air raids again disturbed Shanghai last night before 1 a.m. The first, whicH occurred at 10.50 p.m. was very brief, a solitary plane flying over the Whangpoo and stirring up the anti-aircraft batteries of the Japanese, but not dropping any bombs. The second occurred at 12.15 a.m. and wes of longer duration. The Chinese planes evaded a barrage of shrapnel and dropped two incendiary bombs in the Yangtszepoo district, afterwards going on to the battle lines in the SAn understanding on the subject, he adds, was reached at meeting of Signor Benito Mussolini, Count Ciano, and Dr. Yotaro Sugimura, Japanese Ambassador in Rome, and Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to Great Britain, at present visiting Italy.
Belgium may be in the throes of a Cabinet crisis when the Nine-Power Conference opens there at the end of next week. 1 M. Paul van Zeeland, the Belgian Premier, is credited with the intention of resigning immediately to be free to defend his actions as vice-governor of the National Bank some years ago, when irregularities in its administration are alleged to have occurred.—Reuter.
Conference Will Go On Paris, Oct. 25.
Despite the Belgian ministerial crisis, the Nine-Power Conference will open this Saturday, authoritative circles here affirm. Only two eountries have so far failed to answer the invitation to attend: Japan and Bolivia-All others have replied in the affirmative.
The opening session of the conference will determine whether or not other countries interested in the Far East, such as Germany and the U.S.S.R., ought to be invited. Consequently, debate on the Sino-Japanese conflict will take place only after these states have replied, thus delaying the real deliberations of the conference until November 4. It is unlikely the Mr. Anthony Eden and M. Yvon Delbos, the British and French Foreign Ministers, will attende the first meeting in Brussels, although M. Delbos has not yet decided on this point.—Havas.
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