THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 2, 1938.
CZECH-HUNGARIAN
FRONTIER ARBITRATION Diplomats Arrive For Vienna Conference
WIZARD OF PEN, AGED 7
WORLD'S LATEST WONDER CHILD IS PLACID, ALMOND- EYED PLATO X. CHAN, WHO CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A POLITICAL CARTOON ON ANY
TION WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES.
Poland And
B.B.C. FOREIGN
Hungary Not Likely LANGUAGE To Gain Objective BROADCASTS
Vienna, To-day.
THEME YOU CARE TO MEN- The entire public life and press is dominated by the historic event expected within the next 24 hours in Vienna, where the new frontiers be- tweeen Czecho-Slovakia and Hungary will be drawn up.
He can also turn out some amazing
symbolic paintings in oil, to say nothing of any number of black-
you must agree, isn't bad for the
age of seven!
TO CONTINUE
London, To-day. The practice of broadcasting news bulletins in French, German and Italian, which was instituted in
and-white impressions. And that, The arbitration court consisting of the German and the recent international crisis, is to Italian Foreign Ministers will meet at be continued, said the Postmaster- Belvedere, the beautiful baroque palace built General at question time in the by Prince Eugene of Savoy.
House of Commons yesterday.
He added that news has been some months in
Plato is the son of a Chinese at- tache in Paris. And it is no ex-
aggeration to say that he startled Some members of the Italian delegation arrived broadcast for
yesteday morning and are staying at Imperial Spanish and Portuguese for South Hotel, headquarters of the conference.
America, and also Arabic.
the artistic world with his sketches and paintings.
"TALKS" WITH BRUSH
to
He is paying his first visit England with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Yat-Kwong Chan, and his sis- ter, Christina.
Little Plato, who speaks English, French, Italian, Chinese and
Field-Marshal Goering, who is in Vienna on a private visit, is at the same hotel.
The Hungarian delegation, head-
ITALIAN VIEW
It was at present not intended to add other languages.
"SPARSE AND SCRAPPY”
The Postmaster-General under- took to represent to the B.B,C,
and scrappy. Italy and Germany was too sparse points raised that the broadcast to
I had tea with the Chan family, fed by the Foreign Minister, Dr. de
Turin, To-day. soon after their arrival, at the Kanya, arrived in the afternoon siderable importance to the article Political circles here attach con- China -Institue, Gower-street, Lon- and is staying at the Bristol. don.
in the "Gazeta del Popolo". here Dr. Chvalkovsky, Foreign Minis-which deals with the Czech-Hun- the broadcasts
Another point was that although ter of the Czecho-Slovak Central garian frontier dispute, and de- doing a great deal of good, they to Germany were American-is not anxious to con-while the Slovak Premier, Dr. Tiso, tion of a common frontier between for the poorer people with cheaper Government, arrived last evening, clares that "there can be no ques-were not on a wavelength suitable verse in any of these languages. He prefers to "talk" with pencil and Ukrainian Government, Mgr. Wo-
and the chief of the Carpathian Hungary and Poland". brush.
The fact that this declaration. "What do you think of the politi-staying at the Grand Hotel.
loschin, arrived last night and are appears on the eve of the Vienna cal situation to-day?" I asked, for
Conference at which the delimita- Plato's air of serene
of the fron- wisdom discourages frivolous ques- tions.
also Italian Arbitration is regarded as especially significant. It is point-
aets.
Reuter.
benevolent The Reich Foreign Minister, tiers is to be decided by German- LEBANON CABINET
Herr von Ribbentrop, has arrived.
Beirut, To-day.
For answer, he swallowed his last piece of bread and butter, cocked take about one
The conference will probably ed out, that the Rome edition of
and a half days. the paper, "Poplo d'Italia" main- According to reports received one leg over the other, and, having The programme includes a recep-tains close relations to the Italian here the new Government of the busied himself with pen, ink and tion and gala performance at the foreign office.
Lebanon Republic at last has been paper for five minutes, handed me a Opera. sketch.
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It represented the "big four" re- presentatives settling the "business of Czechoslovakia over mugs Munich beer and a dish labelled "Prague."
HAD NO LESSONS
M
Trans-Ocean.
The "Gazeta del Popolo" emphasises formed after lengthy negotiations. that the German-Italian
The new Lebanon Cabinet is com- will be based upon the ethnographic posed as follows:
verdict
COMMON
FRONTIER facts of the situation and
of
HOPE
FUTILE
historic and economic factors play only a secondary part.
that will
Milan, To-day.
CENSUS FIGURES It is stated that the German and
Premier and Minister of Justice, Yaffi,
Interior and National Defence, Kaib,
Finance Frangle,
and Foreign Affairs,
Agriculture, Hamade, Health and Post, Abouns Aboun- ader.-Trans-Ocean.
The imminent meeting of the Italian Foreign Ministers will use Italian and Here was an astounding carica Ministers in Vienna for settle-on
German Foreign the excellent ethnographical maps ture of Chamberlain, a Union Jack ment
population statistics of the of in the froth of his beer mug. Hit-Hungarian border questions, is for their verdict.
the Czecho-Slovak-census of 1910 and 1930 as a basis ler, a swastika in his, Daladier seen characterized by the Italian press with more perception than benevo- as an "event of the highest im- where the Czech
As regards Pressburg-Bratislava, lence, Mussolini's shaven head and portance for the diplomatic his- dominant, the wishes of the 32,000 Scots, was admitted to the Military element is pro- Pte. Carruthers, of the Royal globular eye opening a wide and tory of Europe." rapacious mouth for his share of the
Germans living there would also Hospital for treatment, after being Gazzetta del Popolo regards the have to be considered. meal.
Vienna arbitration court as proof burg were given to Czechoslovakia, yesterday.
If Press- bitten by a dog at Murray Barracks "Plato has never had a drawing that Italy and Germany are now Kaschau, in the opinion of lesson," said his smiling. little the strongest forces in mother.
Central paper, would be the best compen- "He started to draw when Europe.
sation that he was 18 months old,
could be given He just Regarding the procedure to be Hungary.-Trans-Ocean. draws whatever he sees or hears." taken at the Vienna conference the On his own initiative, Plato has paper says that the most important been raising money for Chinese and documents on which Count Ciano Spanish refugee children by the sale and Herr von Ribbentrop will rely of drawings and paintinga. Some are ethnographic maps of Slovakia of his works, including a large and Ruthenia based on the plebis- mural representing the history of cites of 1910 and 1930. "This au- the Chinese Republic, may shortly tomatically eliminates the solution bo shown in London.
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ALL TO BE OVER IN 2 HOURS
Each of the four countries will în addition be represented by a se: cond delegate at this conference, during which the Hungarian and Czechoslovak Ministers will have opportunity to present their res pective claims.
be
IN TWO HOURS. "Vienna, To-day. After luncheon, which will of the common frontier between
The "negotiations which are Hungary and Poland which has lead to an arbitration verdict by Italian Foreign Ministers will hold to taken at 2 p.m. the German and been lightheartedly considered in the German and Italian Foreign a conference at 4 p.m. the past few weeks," the Gazzetta Ministers regarding the new boun-pected that this conference will It is ex- del Popolo adds. Trans-Ocean.daries to be drawn between Czecho- last about 2 hours, and that the ar- slovakia and Hungary, will begin bitration verdict will be announced at Belvedere Palace at 11 am, to at 6 p.m. kipaza k liament will be prorogued on Friday with a conference between the The Labour motion on A.R.P. day. The new session opens next Foreign Ministers of Germany, dict will be followed by
The pronouncement will be debated to-morrow and Par- Tuesday.-British Wireless.
Italy, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. ing of the
A.R.P. DEBATE
London, To-day..