GENERAL CABLES

Grey River Argus, 1 December 1938, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

RUGBY, November 29.

Replying to a Commons question regarding Mr Pirow’s Continental tour, Mr MacDonald said: “I have no doubt that, when Mr Pirow returns to this country, he will give us information about these various conversations in Europe, but Members are under a misapprehension. They seem to suppose that some negotiations are proceeding between Mr Pirow and Herr Hitler. As I said previously, I am not aware of any such negotiations having taken place.”

Mr MacDonald pointed but that Mr Pirow’s talks were personal, not official on behalf of the Union Government. BUCHAREST, November 29. Following the fatal shooting of Professor Stefanes Cugoanga, hundreds were arrested after the discovery that the Iron Guard were planning a terrorist campaign. Troops surrounded the city. Cinemas and public halls were closed and students’ homes were searched.

The police state that no mercy will be shown those attempting an antiSemitic campaign. RUGBY, November 29.

Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, Com-mander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, has arrived in London to take part in discussions at the Admiralty with the naval staff, and on general questions affecting the Fleet. He will return to the Mediterranean in a few days. RUGBY, November 28. Asked in the House of Commons whether he was aware of the activities of foreign political parties in India, and what steps he was taking to counteract this propaganda, tne Under-Secretary for India (Mr J. Muirhead) said activities of this nature hitherto had not been such as to call for special notice, but the question was the subject of careful observation.

PERUSALEM, November 29. Two British soldiers were killed, two seriously wounded, and five slightly wounded, in a hand-to-hand battle with Arabs, south from Haifa. Twenty-six Arabs were killed. Heavy fighting is continuing. Lance-Corporal McCallum was fatally injured, in a land-mine explosion at Tulkarem.