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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 11, 1938.
79AURI HAM AXTHO BEL
EYE-WITNESS REPORT OF
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SOVIET DIRIGIBLE SMASH: QUEENS
CRASHES INTO TREES
Moscow, To-day.
The first eye-witness report on the destruction of the Soviet dirigible on the trial flight to Mur- mansk last week, was officially published yes- terday.
One of the surviving sub-commanders of the air- ship, reports that the airship entered dense fog and had to fly "blind."
The craft was flying at a speed) of 100 kilometres an hour
at a
height of 300 to 400 metres but then ascended to 450 metres over, hilly country.
"We
HUGE ARMIES
Suddenly, the pilot shouted MASSED ROUND
are getting near mountains.”-
The second-in-command imme-
diately operated
the elevator in order to bring the airship higher but a few seconds later a scraping noise was heard and the airship crashed into some trees with a ter- rific explosion.
Within seconds the craft was enveloped in flames, in which al- most all members of the crew perished.
The explosion
was apparently
HSUCHOW
Shanghai, To-day. According to Japanese military reports here, the Chinese have increased their forces 400,000 regulars in the Hsuchow- fu area.
:
The Japanese military
authori-
caused, by a short circuit in the ties, it was also stated, have also electrical apparatus.-Trans-Ocean. considerably increased their forces.
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NEW SOUTH WALES defence
Sydney, To-day.
The differential treatment of Ger- man medical doctors in New South Wales will shortly be abolished, stated the Premier of New South Wales, Mr. B. S. B. Stephens, yes- terday.
re-
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DIPLOMATIC PROBLEM
VIS-A-VIS ROME
The Hague, To-day.
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The question of Nether- lands dipomatic representa- tion in Rome, is again being discussed by the press here.
Several papers say that the new Netherlands Minister to Rome will be accredited to the "King of Italy
TALKS IN TOKYO and Emperor of Ethiopia," which
Tokyo, To-day. Strengthening of the cultural- ties binding. Japan and China, was discussed by representatives of 26 public organisations at a meeting sponsored by the Central Federa- tion of Japanese Culture vester-
day.
would amount to de facto recogni- tion of the Italian Empire.
No official statement, however is so far forthcoming on the subject.
According to the Brussels cor- respondent of the Amsterdam "Telegraaf,” înformed quarters The bodies represented included the Belgian capital say that the the Japanese Broadcasting Asso Belgian Government has decided to ciation and the Toado Bunkai, accredit the new Belgian Minister which maintains Tung Wen Col-to the "King-Emperor" in Rome. lege in Shanghai. Reuter
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Mysterious Steamers Appear In Butenko Case
No
Bucharest, To-day.
trace of the vanished Soviet charge d'affaires, M. Budenko, has yet been discovered.
The affair has resulted in practically every newspaper in Ru- Mysterious Russian mania putting forward a theory of some sort. steamers off the Rumanian Black Sea coast, sinister G.P.U. agents and espionage are all mentioned.
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