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IL DUCE WANTED SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
FAILURE IN ROME ATTRIBUTED PHILADELPHIA
TO SPAIN
FRENCH
FIRM IN HANKOW
Shanghai, To-day. Twenty-seven Chinese who are alleged to have been plotting ter- rorist acts were arrested when, with the consent of the French Consul, Japanese military police entered the French Concession at Hankow.
Seventeen of those arrested were later released, the others re- maining under detention by the French authorities, who, until de- finite charges are framed and pre- Bented, have refused to hand them over to the Japanese.-Trans- Ocean.
MAY GENERAL ELECTION
PREDICTED
BLACK HOLE VERDICT
PHILADELPHIA, TO-DAY. FRANK A. CRAVEN, DE-
Rome, To-day. PUTY WARDEN OF PHILA-
YESTERDAY CONVICTED OF
A mood of pessimism has taken hold of British DELPHIA COUNTY JAIL, WAS circles in consequence of the apparent failure INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGH- of the Anglo-Italian conversations to achieve TER IN CONNECTION WITH positive results by last evening.
THE DEATH OF ONE OF FOUR CONVICTS.
The bodies, which were naked,
The high hopes that some arrangement would be Conditions which were com- reached about the Mediterranean and the pared by the District Attorney to Spanish question began to dissolve into thin the Black Hole of Calcutta were Juncovered in one of the cells in air when it became known that neither the con- 'which the four convicts, who had versation between Lord Halifax and Count been on hunger strike, were found
dead. Ciano, lasting one hour, nor the heart-to-heart talk between Mussolini and Mr. Chamberlain, which lasted for two hours, had brought these matters nearer to a tangible solution. Stating that Anglo-Italian rela- of these relations, tions are such that they need no British circles are, however, find-how the stifling men screamed in further clarification, both Britishing it hard to understand why, then, agony and beat themselves and Italian circles' are seeking to these relations should have to be against the walls of their cells as keep up an appearance of optimism made the subject of such prolonged the heat became increasingly un- by insisting on the positive nature negotiations between responsible bearable.
ITALIAN STILL IN GUERILLA
British and Italian statesmen...
· STIFFER ATTITUDES
were black and blue. Death was from scalding, while there were
also signs of suffocation. ·
POSSIBLE PENALTY Convicts who survived, testified
The sentence passed on the Deputy Warden carries a possi- It would appear that both sides ble penalty of one and a half to have stiffened their attitude on the three years' imprisonment.
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Reuter.
London, To-day.
King George VI, during his HANDS
Canadian tour, will keep in con- tinuous touch by radio-telephone with the Council of State and, if
Peiping, To-day. Despite all investigations, noth-
need be, with the Government ing is known yet about the itself.
This fact is considered of great practical significance here, since it is not unlikely that during the King's absence, Mr. Chamberlain will have Parilament dissolved and new-elections held.
whereabouts of the pro-Japanese postal commissioner, Signor Poletti, who disappeared last Sunday, al- though the ransom demanded by the kidnappers was paid by the Government last Wednesday.
While the Council of State, con- sisting of the Duke of Gloucester, There is reason to believe that the Duke of Kent, the Princess Signor Poletti's abduction was due Royal and Princess Arthur of to political motives especially since Connaught, will have full power to he is an Italian national. discharge all State business by Letters Patent; the Council of State will have no means of die Bolving Parliament, should Mr. Chamberlain wish to do so. This power can be exercised by the King alone.
The technical preparations for establishment of radio telephone between England and the United States have already been carried out, Trans-Ocean.
In the last few days, Chinese irregulars have been particularly active. Among other exploits, the irregulars have attacked the Peiping-Mukden and the Peiping Hanków Railway.
Railway communication between Peiping and Tientsin was inter rupted for over 12 hours, because the Chinese irregulars had torn up the rails in several places.-Trans- Ocean.
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