Threatened; Special Precautions Taken Pacific Professions
London, Feb. 5.
London, Feb. 4. PES to blow up Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, the Chancellor Adolf Hitler's professions "House of Commons, the Bank of England and Scotland Yard outlined on Monday led the British Cabinet at its meeting on Thursday _in a sensational document reported to have been to decide to approach Germany through the usual diplomatic channels to test the substance of the Fuehrer's intentions, authoritative sources re-ist the assassination of important British police officers, some members of the Special Branch of Scotland Yard being men-investigation reveals a by name. Extra guards have been placed in Downing genuine German desire to open and Whitehall generally.
Whi formal negotiations for peace, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime "Throughout the week-end the police patrols will be reinforced Minister, will be ready to propose to Manchester, with oticers on duty at vulnerable points being Herr Hitler a joint Anglo-German ned. Special precautions are being taken at Windsor Castle. declaration of the desirability of beginning formal peace talks in which Particular precautions are being taken in the State apartments, St.
Italy and France would participate, George's Chapel, and all parts to they said. which the public is admitted.
Meanwhile, diplomatic advisers be-All visitors carrying attache cases lieved that the present atmosphere and parcels are required to disclose was still tense and therefore it would their contents before entering the be useless to approach Germany on Castle. This is being done for fear such a plan. Most colleagues of Mr. that time-bombs may be left behind.
Chamberlain, however, it was learned, All these special precautions are were optimistic over the growing being taken on instructions from belief that German opinion was London. favourable toward a concord in The police are keeping an all-night Europe.
ward in the grounds of the Royal Chungking, Feb. 4.
Britain. is puzzled and unable to Lodge at Windsor, where Their A pathetic picture, giving details understand Germany's raul colonial Majesties and. the Princesses are of yesterday's bombing of the capital views, since thus far Germany has spending the week-end. The gates made no demands officially for the of the lodge have been closed and return of colonies, reliable circles' all cars approaching Windsor are said. Because of this situation, being stopped and the drivers in-Britain intends to ignore references terrógated. to the colonial question, they} Prime Minister Guarded asserted.
Two car loads of picked police The British Cabinet has given the Photos. Straw-Hut Village Fire Near Siccawei have been sent to Chequers to guard Board of Trade complete freedom in Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime the methods to be employed to fight After fighting the flores which gutted about 300 straw huts in the vicinity of the Siccawei Cathedral, intensified German competition in the for upwards of nine hours, the French Concession Fire Brigade left the scene of the huge outbreak world's markets, the financial section at 7 o'clock yesterday n ming. No casualties have so far been recorded and preliminary searches of the "Daily Express" said today. for possible victims made yesterday yielded no corpses, whilst nobody has been declared missing Feeling Against Irish This reported decision means the so far. The number of those believed to have been rendered homeless as a n it of the conflagra-Government will be prepared, if tion could not be ascertained, but is likely to be in the vicinity of 2,000. A Chinese medical school, Grows in England necessary, to resort to subsidies, there courses in Chinese medicine were given, was also partially destroyed. guaranteed credits, import quotas, Some of the homeless
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tariffs or any other methods used by people are seen in the top picture, gazing at what only a few hours before had been their homes Germans in their export drive of the whilst at the bottom, Concession policemen supervise the distribution of rice to the unfortunates. London, Feb. 5. past years, the "Daily Express"
The blaze itself was one of the most difficult the Concession. fire brigade had to tackle in the last Following the series of ex-pointed out. few months, owing to an acute shortage of water and a strong wind which fanned the fire. plosions in England, hundreds The plan will considerably streng-complete account of the fire appeared in yesterday's "North-China Daily New: of Donegal men are returning then the position of representatives from employment in England. of five major British industries who Public feeling in London, Glas-ere leaving for Germany at the end gow and elsewhere, they de-of this month to discuss export pacts with German competitors, the journal clare, is against further em-
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