Ambrose Hilliard Douglas, 92-year-old former ́slave living near Brooksville, Fla., became a ther for the 38th time with the arrival She is the 13th child of his second of a baby daughter, Georgia. wife, Minnie, whom he married in 1918 at the age of 13, shortly after the death of his first wife who bore him 25 children.
THE
DR. SCHACHT EXI
GERMANY EAGER FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION.
(SPECIAL TO THE "CHINA MAIL”)
Brussels, To-day.
The veil of mystery which has surrounded the visit to Brussels of the President of the German Reichsbank, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, was lifted yes- terday when Dr. Schacht himself explained the ob- jects of his mission.
DR. SCHACHT, WHO SPOKE TO A GATHERING OF NEWS- PAPERMEN, STRONGLY DENIED THAT HIS VISIT WAS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH POLITICS.
Reorganisation` of the econo-f quest of the
British and French
mic relations between various Governments, and Germany looked peoples was his aim, he stated, upon it with every sympathy. and this was only possible and effective if it was preceded by a general political settlement.
In his opinion, said Dr. Schacht, no nation wanted to resort to war in order to bring about "European agreement.”
to
GENERAL UNDERSTANDING A general understanding as what was desirable and necessary already existed--the only snag was the difference of opinion as to how this end was to be attained.
Germany was fully ready to co-operate in any effort to re- She medy the ills of Europe. was especially ready to help establish the stability of inter- national currencies.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
rearma-
Dr. Schacht concluded with a defence of Germany's ment programme, which he de- clared was absolutely essential
to world peace.
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He added that Belgian's policy of complete independence was high importance in assuring the peace of Europe.-Trans-Ocean.
To Go To Paris?
Paris, To-day. It is believed here that the Reichsbank President, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, who is now in Brussels, will come to Paris in order to co- dify a new Franco-German · trade treaty which it is hoped will be i
commercial result of the present negotiations.
of
Economic self-sufficiency,“ he stated, could never be an ideal con- dition. The ideal was rather exact- ly the opposite, the greatest pos- Commenting on the purpose sible mutual exchange of goods. Dr. Schacht's visit to the Belgias This was the subject of the eco-capital, the newspapers sugges! nomic examination now being car-that Germany is seeking to obtain colonial pro- ried out by the Belgian Premier. some of Belgium's
re-ducts-Ocean. M. Faul
van Zeeland, at the
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Mlle. Suzani hair, but she shown with
These three children were included in the guard of honor at Salamanca, Spain, headquarters of the rebel Gen. Francisco Franco's government, when Gen. Faupel, Hitler's envoy to the insurgents, presented his creden- tials. All under ten, the children carried miniature rifles with fixed bayonets.
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