Sherbrooke daily record, 6 octobre 1931, mardi 6 octobre 1931

[" « ^brrbmoke Established 1897.SHERBROOKE.CANADA.TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1931.Thirty-Fifth Year.BRITISH GENERA! ELECTION TO BE HaD OCTOBER TWENTY-SEVENTH Three Weeks from Today Britishers Will Vote on Issues of \u201cNational Importance\u201d\u2014National Government Will Appeal to People as a Unit, Premier MacDonald Having Won His Struggle to Keep Conservatives and Sufficient Liberals Together Under His Leadership.ONDON, Oct.6.\u2014 Clouds of * uncertainty were rolled away ¦* \u201d* today with the official announcement from Buckingham Palace that the general election would be held on October 27th, when the British people will vote on issues of \u201cnational importance.\u201d Premier MacDonald will appeal to the nation in a speech tomorrow night.The National Government will appeal to the people as a unit, Prime Minister MacDonald at last having won his struggle to keep Conservatives and the National Government Liberals together under his leadership.He also has the assistance of twenty-two Liberal ! members of Parliament under Sir1 ATLANTIC FLEET IS ORDERED TO RESUME CRUISE LORD READING TO DISCUSS | \u201cGENERAL POSITION\u201d | WITH PREMIER LAVAL, OF FRANCE.LONDON, October 6.\u2014Lord Reading, Foreign Secretary in the National Government, left for Paris today, at the invitation of the French Government, to discuss the \u201cgeneral position\u201d with Premier Laval before the latter leaves for Washington.ANOTHER FIRM WAS SUSPENDED FROM EXCHANGE ENTIRE WORLD SORROWSWITH Will Return to Scottish Waters\u2014 Men Apparently Satisfied With Pay Concessions Granted by' Admiralty.PORTSMOUTH,.England.Oct.6.j The Atlantic fleet of the British avy was ordered yesterday to pro- , ,\t,\t,\t, ,\t,\tC\u20ac\u2019s(l to sea next Thursday to re- .lohn Simons, who have pledged sume the cruise from which it was their support to the Prime Minister recal]ed in the recent prot\u20acSt aver m any course he follows.\tj reductions in pay.On the other side of the battle i The fleet will return to Scottish front are the Laborites, minus some w?.teJrs the men apparently sat-.\t.\t,\t,\t.isfied with pay concesswns granted cl tne'.r old leaders, and the portion\tAdmiralty last Saturday.of the Liberal party headed by Rt.j ' Vigorous steps' are being taken to Hon.David Lloyd George.The round up Communist agitators, who Liberal party, decimated by succeed- ^8re reported to have attempted to , i .\t\u2022\t- i .\t1*,.i foment trouble among the sailors.^\till.hof^.7 S'riio i Two alleged Communists are under more widely than ever before.lhe;arr^t atB p01.tsmouth cha d with S\tt .TZt\t^val men to mutiny.They g d \"\u2018th the old guard ot Ldboiiwill \u201epF,gar before a local magistrate m opposition to any protective1 tariff.7!.But the situation remains complex.The National Governmant\u2019s platform will be outlined in a mani- : lesto to be issued by Prime Minister Kamsay MacDonald.This was expected today, but it is more likely i now that it will be issued tomorrow or perhaps on Thursday.The House tay.at deposits of more than $22,000,000.FRANKLIN TRUST COMPANY CLOSES DOORS PHILADELPHIA.Pa., Oct.6.\u2014 The board of the Franklin Trust Company announced last night that its main office and four branches would not open tomorrow.The v.ill be dissolved tomorrow.A Speech i announcement followed a special from the Throne will outline the i meeting of the board.The bank has reasons for a general election th.r.critical period Mr.MacDonald ha- found the general election necessary at last, but the campaign will be short and snappy.Thi\u2019ee weeks from today the people go to the polls.In 1929, when the Conservative Government was defeated and the second Labor Government came into power, polling also came only three weeks after dissolutlun.but that battle had been long expected and the campaign was under way a considerable time before dissolution.Vf hut, exactly, will be the National Government\u2019s platform ?Just what part will tariffs play in it?It has been understood since the political crisis arose the Government would appeal on a broad programme of national reconstruction in which tariffs would figure.But until the manifesto is issued there remains uncertainty as to how far the Prime Minister is prepared to go with the Conservative demand for tariffs, a demand that of late has been put in the background for the sake of union in the Cabinet.And how will the National Gov- JAPANESE NAVAL BASES ORDERED TO BE READY FOR MOBILIZATION Situation in Manchuria Has Become So Serious that British and United States Consular Authorities Have Conferred With Japanese Consular-General Regarding Safety of Their People\u2014Anti-Japanese Boycott Remains in Effect Throughout China.- $¦;- \"OKYO, Oct.6.\u2014The Japanese T Naval Office today ordered its fighting squadrons at the naval bases of Kure and Sasero to prepare for mobilization.MEASURES FOrTsAFEIY OF CITIZENS ARE DISCUSSED ,\t,\tNANKING, Oct.6.\u2014A tense eminent s different political entities ; filing between Japanese and Chin-solve the problem of co-operation in|e;,^ over the Manchurian situation the constituencies.' Agreement must tc(jay ]ed Brjtjsh and United States he reached, if the National Govern- capsular authorities to confer with ment candidates are not to be dc- the Japanese Consul-General about ! feated by themselves while Labor pleasures for the safety of their, fights as a unit.\tnations in the event of a serious j Labor is taking it for granted outbreak, that protective tariffs will play an British Consul-General Moss and!\ta ^ f c «-.v important part in the National Gov- United States Consul-General Peck