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Count Covadonga Seriously Ill
Habana, To-day.
Count Covadonga, eldest son of ex-King Alfonso of Spain, was again taken ill yesterday and had to have a blood trans- fusion.
The Count has suffered from loss of blood all his life and on many occasions has been near
to death.
Last night his condition was stated to be rather worse and doctors are in constant atten dance on him-Reuter.
NAZIS FAIL IN DUTCH ELECTION
RUNCIMAN
To Leave Cabinet With Stanley Baldwin
(SPECIAŁ TO "CHINA MAIL")
London, To-day.
University And The Govt. Report
An official communique from the University Issued this after- noon states:
·The Court of the University at a special meeting held on the 21st May decided to refer the Report of the University (1987) Committee to the Council of the University for its considera- tion and for such recommenda tions as it may think fit to make.
EXECUTION OF FLIERS Another member of the Cabinet is to resign in POSTPONED
the general re-shuffle which will follow the resigna-
Bilbao, To-day.
tion this week of the Premier, Mr. Stanley Baldwin. The Basque Government... an-
:
He is Mr. Walter Runciman, the Liberal Pre-nounces that it has postponed the sident of the Board of Trade and son of Lord Runci- man, one of the largest British shipowners.
Mr. Runciman's resignation Both Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Runci
execution of the three condemned German airmen with the object of contributing to the disappearance from the international scene of all motives which could
con- tinuance
ention of the
Amsterdam, To-day. was announced at a meeting of man, who also delivered a farewell National Socialism has receiv- the Cabinet yesterday, which al- ed a severe check in the General though the usual weekly gather-speech, will be raised to the Peer- Fascist Powers in the Spanish civil
age. with an Earldom, and will war. Elections now being held all over ing, was historic in that it is the
the "Forms of exchange of prison- the Netherlands, while the last occasion on which Mr. Bald- shortly take their places in
House of Lords. Trans-Ocean.
ers are being studied.” —Reuter. Colijn Government parties- have win will preside. increased their majority.
So far, results in 440 districts out of the total 1,056 have been published, and the Government and its supporting parties have gained easy majorities with more votes than at the previous elec- tion.
The National Socialists have hitherto polled only. 50,000 votes, while the Communists have se- cured one or two gains. Reuter. FINAL RESULTS
Amsterdam, Later. Final results in the General Elec- tion are:-
Catholics
.31 seats .28
Socialist
Anti-Revolutionaries
(Pre-
mier Colijn's party)
..17
Christians
8
Radicals
6
Liberals
National Socialists
Communists
Calvinists
Christian Democrats
Mr, Baldwin made a short fare- well speech, in which he thanked his colleagues in the Cabinet for their loyalty during his term of office.
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PAN-ISLAMIC UNION
FOUR-POWER PACT IN OFFING
Teheran, To-day. The Turkish Foreign Minister, Tewfik Rushdi Aras, and high of- ficials of the Foreign Ministry, will pay a visit to the Iranian capital în June.
The question of a Near Eastern four-power pact, including Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, which is strongly advocated by Turkey, will be discussed.
Well-informed circles, however, believe that the draft of such pact, which would open a new era Near Eastern affairs, will not
MAYOR OF ST. DENIS ready for signature at the date of
Relieved From Office
Fom
Paris, To-day. The leader of the French People's Party, M. Doriot, has been relieved
office as Mayor of St. Denis, This follows reported revealing of irregularities in deliveries. of coal and lamps for the City admin- istration.
M. Doriot will, however, remain a member of the Municipal Council of St. Denis-Trans-Ocean,
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It is also rumoured that the Tur kish Dictator, Kemal Ataturk, will pay a visit to the Iranian capital' în the near future — Trans-Ocean.
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