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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 10, 1939.
SCOTLAND YARD SEARCH FOR HANDSOME PRINCE
MYSTERY IN BRITAIN
London, January 25.
Alarmed by his apparent disappearance, friends have asked Scotland Yard to search for handsome Prince Wolff Heinrich von Stolberg, who brought a fairy-tale romance to the Harz Moun- tains village of Stolberg in 1933 by marrying a maidservant.
Nothing has been heard of him since he arriv ed in this country from the United States on busin- ess a short while ago. There are fears for his safety.
He arrived accompanied by a chauffeur. and a luxurious car Widespread inquiries have reveal- ed no trace of either.
Officials at ports and aerodromes have been warned to be on the look-out. Every one who could pos- sibly have had any recent associa tion with the prince has been ask- ed to assist in the search.
BROADCAST MESSAGE TO
KULING PEOPLE
Shanghai, To-day.
GENERAL ELECTION IN OCTOBER
London, Feb. 5. According to the Sunday Chronicle, Mr. Neville Cham-, berlain has decided that gen eral elections will be held next October.
The Prime Minister, the paper added, believes that he will then be in a position to an- nounce Britain's superiority over Germany in armaments and aviation, an improvement in trade, the complete elabora- tion of plans for passive de- fence, the return ・ of agricul- tural prosperity, and the cer-- tainty that there will be a suf- ficient supply of foodstuffs in the event of a war, Havas.
MR. E. BROWN
Carrol Alcott, well-known local AND RISE IN
His Serene Highness Prince Wolff Heinrich of Stolberg-Stolberg-American radio commentator, who Count of Konigstein and Hohnstein,
yes- Lord of Agimont, Clettenberg and makes two broadcasts daily. Lohra-that is the full title of the terday broadcast by special request man who preferred love to sover- of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Com- eign rights.
mander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, a message to foreigners living in Kuling.
JULIANA'S COUSIN
A cousin of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, his bride was Fraulein Irma Erfert, daughter of a petty official and former mayor of Stolberg. They had met four years before while the golden-haired girl was acting as "mother's help" to a family.
Foreigners in the summer resort
isolated near Kiukiang have been together with Chinese guerilla for- ces who are being besieged by the
Japanese.
UNEMPLOYMENT
London, To-day.
RESIGNATION OF SPAAK CABINET
Brussels, To-day.
The Belgium Cabinet resign- ed yesterday after the Premier, M. Paul Spaak, had received the the three Liberal members of Cabinet.
The Liberals expressed their ap- Party's opposition to the pointment of Dr. Martens (ac- cused of being a traitor to Belgium during the German oc- cupation in the Great War) as member of the Flemish Academy.-Reuter.
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GENERAL CONFUSION
Brussels, To-day.
the The resignation of
Spaak Cabinet has caused confusion in political circles. Only very vague ideas about the formation of a new Government exist at the mo- ment.
Answering a question on whether. the King had accepted the resigna- tion of the Cabinet, Spaak himself said: "The King has authorised me
to to continue to attend business. I do not know what that means.'
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current exactly
In some circles, there, is talk of
conflict.
Other circles suggest
the dia-
solution of Parliament and new elec- tion.-Trans-Ocean.
The Minister of Labour, refer- ring to the recent increase in the number of unemployed, at Com the possibility of the formation of mons question time, said the in-a so-called "Cabinet of Personali- crease was regretted in all parts of ties" standing outside the Party the House, but it would be a mis- take to exaggerate, its significance. The increase last month was due in large part to the fact that the increase in unemployment which cessation of Alcott's radio message instructed normally follows
com-Christmas activities was the marooned foreigners to
accen- His family made ambitious plans
municate with H.M.S. Ladybird tuated this year by bad weather for his marriage to a royal princess and the American gunboat Oahu at on the day of count. -----a.marriage that would have as-,
Mr. Ernest Brown also made the Kiukiang. sured him a throne, and great
It is understood from local sour-point that long-term unemployment wealth-but the prince and the
was, steadily on the decrease.. serving mald had fallen in love at ces last night that Ladybird
Oahu were unable to contact the first sight. No one could change
Kuling foreigners, and the radio, their minds.
broadcast was the only means of They were married in January communicating with them.-Reu- 1933 in the chapel of the palace on the hill where the Prince's family -the family he was defying-had lived for 700 years.
He was 29. She was 22. She wore a simple white dress and a white bridal vell. He scorned uniform,
had a plain frock coat.
Only one member of the Prince's family was there to join the thou- sands who saw the fairy-tale come true-his sister, Princess Imogena.
ter.
and
The Labour Opposition's, motion of censure on the subject of unem- ployment will be debated in the Commons next Thursday, British Wireless.
BELFAST POLICE
MAKE EIGHT I.R.A. ARRESTS
Belfast, To-day.
Ulster police,who have been work- ing in close touch with Scotland Yard in the effort to track down in- stigators of the Irish bomb: con- spiracy have arrested eight per- the sons in a raid on houses in Mount Pottinger suburb of Belfast. The arrested persons are believed to be members of the Irish Republican army. Their names have not yet been made ki -Trans-Ocean.
"FOLKESTONE" SEAMAN PASSES
leading Seaman of H.M.S. Folkestone died yesterday at Tsingtao," according to an An- nouncement of the local Naval au- thorities.
The name of deceased is Herbert A. Hopkins, a native of London. “He died last night,
The rallyaya are out for a Musre dently intends to give its pILKATUKSES handreds and thousands works--ready for repairs ahul just a few of the hundreds wheels at the LMS.
by the 'Derby
LORD HALIFAX AT THE PALACE
London, To-day.
an
The Foreign Secretary had audience of the King at Bucking- ham Ealace, yesterday morning.
His Majesty also received the new Turkish Ambassador and the new, Rumanian, Minister, who pre- sented their Letters of Credence.- British Wireless...