KOREAN'S TRICK
· ON POLICE
Osaka, To-day.
! A Korean lunatic whose one joy in life, it seems, is to sec policemen dashing about, had a particularly good time a few days ago when over 25 policemen formed a cordon around his home near this city, in the belief that they were closing in on a gang of desperadoes.
Dashing into the local police station just before noon, the lunatic gasped out that two of his brutally brothers had just been butchered in cold blood by a gang of bandits.
Issuing an emergency call, the entire local police force went into
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to Poland and Rumania, she be- came involved in warlike compli- cations.
French diplomatic quarters state that the reply is the out- come of the long discussions be tween Lord Halifax, Sir Robert Vansittart and M. Maisky, and acceptance by Moscow is expect- ed. Trans-Ocean.
HOPE OF AGREEMENT
Paris, To-day. Several Paris newspapers, parti- hold out action. The Chief posted his mencularly "Intransigeant," at strategic intervals to cut off the hopes of an early agreement. retreat of the malefactors, while the lunatic looked on secret glee, they attacked drawn swords.
and
in with
Bursting into the house, they found the lunatic's wife quietly washing dishes, humming a Korean ballad.
Reuter.
"PEOPLE'S CAR"
Berlin, To-day.
It is stated that production of
The "Paris Soir" paints a similar picture of the present state of the parleys and repeats the report that Lord Halifax will pay a visit to Moscow after attending the League if in the meantime Council, nothing comes of the negotiations.
Trans-Ocean.
CZECH FINANCE
Prague, To-day. The Governor of the Czech Na- the people's car on an experimental | tional Bank, Dr. Dvorak, declared scale will begin on May 26, exactly yesterday that Czech currency is to one year after the foundation remain and that the National Bank stone of the new works was laid will continue to exercise its func-
tions. Trans-Ocean.
by Herr Hitler.
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 19, 1939
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