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Protest.
"A SERIOUS MENACE."
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Berin, Dec. 29. Germany is making a diploma- tic protest against the Landau Judgment through Hoesch, the Ambassador Paris, who has been instructed to point out the serious menace to friendly French and German re- lations and to demand a re-open- ing of the case.-Reuter.
French Comment.
Paris, Dec. 22.
NOTABLE BRITISH FEAT.
Rugby, Dec. 22.
PROGRESS OF INDIA FLIGHT.
STRONG HEAD WINDS.
Rugby, Dec. 22,
Mr John Leeming, Chairman of Owing to telegraphic" delay, the the Lancashire Aero. Club, and news of the progress of the Empire Mr. Bert Hinckler, who flew in the air liner for the Catro Karachi ser- Schneider Cup Race, landed on vfee on which Air Vice-Marshal Sir the top of Helvellyn in an aero-Sefton Brancker letravelling, was plane this afternoon, and made a not received after the machine left
Naples yesterday.
safe return.
Helvellyn, which is 3,100 feet; high, is in the Lake District on the border of Westmoreland and Cumberland and is one of the highest mountains in England.
The newspapers are not per. The tight was made with the turbed by German indignation object of demonstrating the over the Landau court martial safety of modern aeroplanes. which they contend rendered the British Wireless Service, only possible verdict after a thorough sifting of the evidence in a confused series of events amacking more of a drunken brawl than anything else.
WAR DEBTS.
FRANCE AND UNIVERSITY PROPOSAL.
The newspapers express the opinion that the German anger will prove a storm in a teacup..
Paris, Dec. 22. They point out that the sentences
The Temps," commenting on pronounced on Germans who did the University of California's not face the court were heavier debts manifesto, concludes that it than on those who stood their will be long before American triak
opinion generally realised that the United States stands to lose more than it stands to gain by the pre- sent debt policy and the time does not seem ripe for an internation- al debt conference.---Beuter.
The organs of the Left alone are dissatisfied with the trial on the ground that the verdict does not accord with the Locarno
pirit.-Reuter.“
Earlier Messages,
Berlin, Dec. 22.. Unabated indignation at the EMPIRE AIRWAYS. Landau judgment is voiced in the morning's papers unanimously declaring that while German"ter: ritory is occupied and such acta are committed with impunity, real Franco-German conciliation is impossible.
TWO MACHINES REACH MALTA.
Rugby, Dec. 22. The second of the three Em. pire air liners, designed for the The "Lokal Anzeiger says that Cairp-Karachi gervice arrived at the verdict will unite all hearts in Malta at half past twelve to-day, Germany. The "Kreuz Zeitung" soon after the first liner. Both says that thus does. Locarno look liners will leave to-morrow morn- in reality The "Tages Zeitung"
ing, continuing their flight to says that the decision will not be Basa-British Wireless Service, forgotten when France again) tries to mislead Germany with promises..
The "Allgemeine Zeitung" de- clares that the verdict, which acquits a murderer and sentences his victims, is a bloody, mockery of justice.-Reuter,
SWEDEN'S NAVY.
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GOVERNMENT COMMITTER'S
PROPOSALS.
Stöckholm, Dec. 22. Naval expenditure of 105,000, 000 kronen Between 1928 and 1938 is advocated by a Govern- ment committee appointed": "to draft the naval construction pro- gramme.
TACNA-ARICA DISPUTE.
Lapzze, Bolivia, Dec. 22. In a statement published in the Press purporting to be Feru's reply. to Mr. Kellogg's suggestions re- garding the Tacna Arica dispute, the Peruvian Government proposes that Peru retain Tacna Arica, while Peru and Chile, acting in agreement cede to Bolivia, without pecuniary or territorial compensa- tion, all the territory south of Tacha Arica as far as the River. Camarones. Chile is to retain the
Childaya nitrate field and Bolivia Port Victor-Reuter.
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It is now learned that the sero, plane, after leaving Naples, en countered strong head winds down the Italian coast and over Sicily. and the pilot decided to refuel at the well-known, aerodrome of Cata- lia before completing his 400 miles fight to Malta.
A delay in securing supplies "of aviation spirit necessitated a BO- journ at Catalin until today. The machine reached Malta at o'clock this morning,
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Copenhagen, Dec. 22. Denmark is returning to the gold standard on January 1, under the terms, of a bill passed by Parlia ment authorising the convertibility of Danish noted into gold at the rate of 28,000 kroner to one bar of gold-Router.
Consul-General for Japan, Mr. Eishiro Naida (accompanied by Mrs. Nuids and their son) is. bound for Manila on the President Lin-1 coin" which arrived here to-day from the North.
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The committee insists that Sweden must possess a fleet capa-proval of a new garment for the ble of defending the whole coast. "gob" otherwise the sailor, when line and recommends a battle he goes on shore leave and pro- ship of 7,600 tons, four destroy.mises to make it available soon.
The new garment is a raincoat era, seven submarines, eight.
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ILLNESS OVER.
KING OF ROUMANIA NOW BETTER
Bucharest, Dec. 12.
An official communique states that the King has recovered from his operation and has left his bed His general condition is satisfac tory-Renter
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Bucharat, Dec. 22: King Fedinand, in the course of a reply to messages of loyalty, declared that the homage was
well merited which was paid to the Queen for her service to her country by her recent voyage Overseas Reuter.
According to a British Wireless message from Eugby Alt Vice Marshal Longcroft, whe com- mands the Inland area of the Royal Air Force, was somewhat seriously injured last night, wh his catucollided head on with other cur at Edgy
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