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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1937.
THE BIG FOUR OF NEW CRISIS
The new crisis that has arisen in European politics as a result of the failure to reach an agreement on the measures to be taken as a result of the Leipzig Incident, may well depend upon the future conferences of these four statesmen, representatives of Britain, Germany, France and Italy, to whose hands the London negotiations are entrusted.
M. Corbin, the Ambassador of
France in Britain.
Mr. Eden, Britain's Foreign Se- cretary.
Herr von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador.
Count Grandi, Italy's envoy.
CZECH AIRMEN FORCE DOWN
GORDON BENNETT BALLOON
Berlin, To-day.
CZECH INTERFERENCE..
Their hazardous flight, however, The first landing of balloons jended safely.-Trans-Ocean. participating in this year's Gor- don Bennett Race, which left Brussels on Sunday, have now been reported.
Prague.
The German balloon "Hilde- brand," which was participating in, The German balloon, which land-the Gordon Bennett Race, and was ed near Prague yesterday, covered a distance of 600 kilometres.
The Polish entry, piloted by Burziniky, twice winner of the trophy, and the Swiss balloon, both landed in Poland after drifting 800 kilometres.
forced
the German favourite, was down by military planes over Czechoslovakia, packed up and sent to Germany by the military
authorities.
The pilots
were detained
and
King Holds A Levee
London, To-day:
The King held a Levee at St. James's Palace yesterday morn- ing at which 900 persons wer present.
His Majesty wore the uni form of an Admiral of the Fleet and drove from Buckingham Palace in a closed car. He was cheered by crowds along the route.-Reuter.
BAN ON
questioned, but finally released MARCHERS
The Swiss balloon ran into a Trans-Ocean. heavy thunderstorm over Stuttgart and within a few minutes was driven to a height of 5,000 metres, where the occupants experienced a sudden drop in the temperature of thirteen degrees Centigrade.
Twelve Years
Sentence
AUSTRIAN TRIAL
ENDED
a
Vienna, To-day. A trial which has caused sensation in Austria came to an end yesterday when Fritz Woits- che, an Austrian Nazi, was sen- tenced to twelve years' impri- sonment for a bomb outrage on a train.
The main charge against Woit- ache, that of plotting, to assassinate the Federal Chancellor, Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg, will be the sub- ject of a later trial.
The prosecution will allege* that Woitsche, said to be the leader of a Nazi organisation in Lower Austria, planned to murder Dr. Schüschnigg while he was visiting his mother's grave.
The organisation of which he is stated to be the leader also planned to assassinate the Chancellor by dropping a bomb on the Chancellory in Vienna from an aeroplane.
A number of Woitsche's accom- plices were also on trial-Reuter,
New Soviet Stamp Issue
Moscow, To-day.
The Soviet Postal authorities have issued a set of new stamps, with pictures of the Palace of Soviets, Hotel Moscowet, Theatre of the Red Army and the Building of the Commissariat of Railways,
These buildings are projected or in course of construction.--Trans- Ocean.
London, To-day,
The Commissioner of Po- lice has banned all proces- sions in the East End of London, and has refused the application of the Union of Fascists to parade through the East End of the Jewish quarters on July 4-
The Commissioner Order was made under the Public Order Act, 1936, prohibiting political proces- sions in that area of the East End embracing the boroughs of Stepney, Bethnal Green, Poplar, Bow and Bromley, Shoreditch and parts of Finsbury, Hackney and Talington- Reuter.
TENSION IN TRINIDAD PERSISTS
PORT OF SPAIN,
TRINIDAD, TO-DAY.
THE STRIKE SITUA- TION ON THE
BRITISH-
OWNED OIL FIELDS IS
STILL TENSE.
The strikers yesterday, paraded the town, forcing shops to close, one of the workers being shot by police.
It
·· was-revealed yesterday that previously four had been killed and 28 wounded.
HMS. Ajax,
whose assistance: had been demanded by the Govern or, is expected to arrive at Port of Spain at any moment, Reuter.
Mr. Chou Min-tsai's Successor
Canton, To-day. The Executive Yuan has officially Lappointed Mr. Chen Iu-cho, Director.. of Public Highways in Kwangtung, to be a Member of the Kwangtung Provincial Government to succeed Mr. Chou Min-tsai. Our Own Cor- respondent.
Photo taken at the funeral which took place yesterday afternoon with full military honours, of Mr. Ed- ward Allen," "expense store accountant of the R.A.S.C. and formerly' in the R.A.0.C. A firing party from the
Seaforth Highlanders, is in the act of firing a volley. ... (“Mail” photo).