LABOUR LEADERS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20914, 20 September 1939, Page 7

LABOUR LEADERS

CALL ON MR CHAMBERLAIN RECOVERY OF MR ATTLEE (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 20, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. IP Mr C. R. Attlee, leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons, who is resuming his Parliamentary duties after a long absence through illness, and Mr A. Greenwood, deputyleader, called at No. 10, Downing Street, this afternoon. JAPAN’B NEUTRALITY ARMING OF GERMAN SHIPS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 20, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 19 A Ministry of Information bulletin states that the Japanese newspaper IJochi Shimbun is cited us stating that the German liner Scharnhorst, now at Kobe, is being converted into an armed raider. The Ministry of Information announces that the British naval attache at Tokio was informed by the Japanese naval authorities that the arming of German ships in Japanese ports will not be permitted, as It would be an infringement of Japanese neutrality. HATRED OF GERMANY SLOVAKS’ LINK WITH CZECHS ACTIVITIES OF THE GESTAPO • United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 20, 11 a.m.) PARIS, Sept. 19 The Gestapo is reported to be driving against Slovaks who are favouring co-operation with the Czechs as hatred of Germany grows.