THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 28, 1988.
GERMANY'S
OVER
HIGHWAY CZECHO-SLOVAKIA
First Stage Of The Berlin-Bagdad Through Route
Cuts Country In Two From End To End
London, To-day.
London newspapers give considerable prominence to the new German-Czech agreement, placing special emphasis on the agreement of the Czechs to construct a motor highway through the country.
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The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" points out that the new road will traverse Czecho-Slovakia from end to end, cutting the country almost completely in two.
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The strategic value of highway is not concealed in Ger- man quarters; jubilation on the contrary, is the attitude.
It is generally considered to be
SPLIT IN
the first stage in the develop IMREDY PARTY
ment of the German dream of a road from Berlin to Bagdad.
The road is expected to be com- pleted in the course of 1940 and pressure for its continuation east will probably begin before that time.
Work is to be started almost immediately. Trans-Ocean.
"INSTIGATION TO MURDER"
New York, To-day.
An "instigation to murder" is published in the New-York "Daily News," which prints a letter to the editor which sug- gests that 10 or 12 professional murderers should be released on the condition that they: "dispose of Hitler and Com pany."
German official quarters in New York decline to comment, adding that it is up to the Public Prosecutor to deal with such instigations to mur- der. Trans-Ocean.
H.M.S. MOTH BRINGING DOWN GERMAN CONSUL
IN HUNGARY
Budapest, To-day.
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NO CHANGE IN HOW BRITAIN IS TURCO-BRITISH RELATIONS
London, To-day.
The British Government has been officially notified by Turkey that the death of Kemal Ataturk does not involve any change in Anglo-Turkish relations.-Reuter..
GRYNZPAN CASE APPLICATION REFUSED
Paris, To-day.
The new application for release from custody of Abraham and Chana Grynspan, uncle and aunt of the murderer of the German Lega- tion Councillor, Ernst vom Rath, was rejected yesterday by the inves- tigating magistrate who as reason for the refusal declared that at the stage hitherto reached in the
amination, release of the two persons detained would involve the risk of a concealment of evidence.—Trans-
A split pccurred in the Hungar-Ocean. ian Government Party yesterday afternoon as result of a dissension of 61 members, including Mr. M. Kornis, the Speaker of the House of Deputies.
As this action follows the recent resignation of four other members of this Party, whose leading mem- ber is Bela von Imredy, the Hun- garian Premier, its number has now been reduced to 98 headed by the former Minister, von Darany.
The Deputies who have discon- tinued their support of the Govern- ment have formed a new party..
The reason advanced is that the Premier, von Imredy, is aiming at a dictatorship. Yesterday after- noon, the Premier called a meeting of the Deputies who remain loyal to him and informed them that ne did not contemplate resigning and would in no way modify his na- tional programme of agricultural and industrial reform.
The defection of 61 Deputies has merely served to clarify the situa- tion. The Government can still count on 150 of 255 members of Parliament.
Dr. Imredy, will to-day deliver a Government declaration in which he will ask for a vote of confidence. -Trans-Ocean,
- FRESH; FINE
The river gunboat H.M.S. Moth (Lt. Comm. Baines) is arriving in Hong Kong from Canton at about 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone has decreased slightly in intensity, and appears to bo, moving eastward.. The depres- It is believed that the Germansion is situated about 800 miles Consul General in Canton is on south of Manila, moving westward. board.
Forecast:-NE, winds, fresh; fine.
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BEING PUSHED
OUT OF SHANGHAI
Shanghai, To-day.
Five countries to-day control almost 90 per cent. of Shang- hai's foreign imports, while all other countries share little
more than 10 per cent. of this trade, a detailed analysis of
the Chinese Customs trade re-
turns for October reveals.
These five countries are the
Japanese Empire, the British
Empire, the United States, Germany and the Netherlands Indies.
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The Japanese lead easily, their share of local imports in October being slightly more than one-fourth compared with pre-war days, when Ja- panese imports held third place. · being about 17 per cent.
The British Empire is se- cond with 22 per cent, com- pared with first place prior to the war, while the United States is third with 19 per cent., whereas before the war she was second, far ahead of Japan. Reuter.
THE OBLIGING MOUNTAIN. The mountain tableau which took part in the Lord, Mayor's Show. The mountain which is 25 feet high had to be lowered to 17 feet in order to get under a railway bridge which crosson a road along which the pro Photo shows the Mountain puisie g. ducesankall kuid ka after the height had been reduced to 17 fosc,