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KING FAROUK OF

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Accession Of World's Youngest Monarch

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years, Farouk I was only 17 when he ascended the throne. He.

was born on February 11, 1920.

His father, Fuad 1. a "ruler of the old Turkish school. allowed his son little freedom in his early years. but gave him a very good education in the seclusion of the Royal Palace.

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English nurses instructed him in English, and he also learnt Arabic and French. Physical training and sport took a big part in his educa tion. He was taught to ride, play polo and tennis, box, and drive a car.

"

At 14 he was given the title of Prince of the Sald, and deputised for his father at the Universal Postal Congress in Cairo In Febru- ary 1934, when his father was ill

REGENCY COUNCIL Thereafter the Prince appeared often in public, and became ex- tremely popular.

In 1935. Prince Farouk sailed for England, where he was to com- plete his education and enter the Royal Military Academy at. Wool- wich. He studied under private tutors at Henry House. Kingston HUL

"CHAOS IN SPAIN'

SECRET HISTORY REVEALED

Chaos in Spain. By Jacques Bardoux (Burns, Oates, and Washbourne. 6d.) The remarkable pamphlet, first published in France translated

and riow Into English, makes some important revelations in re- gard to the outbreak of the Civil War in Spain. The author is a Frenchman whose name will carry great weight not only with his awn people but with the British public.

was at

M. Bardoux (M.C. Commander ofthe Legion of Honour, Croix de Querre. etc.)

one time private secretary to Marshal Foch. attached as Liaison Officer to the and during the Europeon. War was

British Army. He has been lec- Guerre. French expert to the turer at the Ecole Supérieur de Genoa

Conference

(1922) and

Nations (1923). In politics a mo- French Delegate to the League of derate Republican he was elected to Senate in 1927 and again in 1995. Partly educated at Oxford, he is a friendly student of Eng land and her affairs, and has and on British written books an Queen Victoria, relations with France, Such is the author of this sensational pamphlet.

"Chaos in Spain" gives a well documented narrative of the Rus sian Interventions in affairs since the foundation of the Spanish

Republic in 1931, which, he says. were continuous and directed to the main end of Red Revolution and the establishment of an ad Fate intervened, for on April Vanced base for Stalin in Western 28, 1936, King Fuad died and the sta supported the Red revolt in Europe. After showing how Rus- young Prince Was proclaimed King. He heard the news by tele-arms" and other help. M. Bardoux Asturias in 1934 with "70 cases of phone and hurried back to Egypt.

The young King, of course, had to work under a Regency Council. a necessity that immediately, pro- duced something approaching crisis.

&

The will of King Fuad had given three names as Regents, but the Egyptain Parliament. which had been elected only four days before

It

U

ed by the official murder of Calvo Sotelo on July 13, which provoked the military rising." When war is wanted." says M. Bardoux. "it is elementary strategy to get the enemy to declare it.”

* THE WARNING BOMBS

period gives elaborate instructions Another document of the same

for Red Revolution in Madrid, in- cluding "the execution of those who names are on the black list:"" "The revolt will be announced by five bombs let off at dusk. mediately, a Fasciat attack on one Im-

of the CNT. centres wil be faked; then a general strike will chiefs who support us. will rise in be declared and the soldiers and

revolt. The groups will come into action."

M. Bardoux lends a piquant in- terest to this document by placing

what similar instructions to Com- it in parallel columns with some- munist groups in France. He des- cribes in detail the precautions taken by French Army against Com- various units of the

munist plot in November, 1938. and proceeds:

3

"The French War Omice for- warded to the Prime Minister a report giving the address for Paris and district of Communist depots for arms and ammunition, and

charged with their custody. the list of the Communist sections

formation was given for other dis- tricts. The military authorities demanded confiscation and pro- secution. The reports and com- plaints came to nothing."

In-

the Communist fury in France M. Bardoux is of opinion that

of the Blum administration. "It was mitigated by Soviet support explains how the Communist or would not be the same thing." M. Frente Popular which came into a Daladler Ministry were in ganisation brought about the Litvinoft is reported to have said. power "in February, 1936. From power." Even so, the disorders were so formidable in France as to suggest the fate of Spain.

that date on the Communists re-

spain into revolution.. doubled" their efforts to plunge

"REMOVALS" ORDERED Thus in the Spring of 1938 the

"By the same stages, the same plan, the same hand," says M. Bardoux. "France has been forced

with a big Wafdist (Nationalists Communist Committee in Paris, on the slope down which Spain

majority, rejected these and elect- ed three others.

Early this year, King Farook toured Great Britain, France and Switzerland to complete his edu cation. and returned for the com- Ing-of-age celebrations.

The young King has personal charm, modesty, and cordiality, a receptive mind. and a definite personality with regal dignity., as he showed when attending the funeral of King George V.

He has greater responsibility than his father, for he is the first sovereign of an independent Egypt.

AUGURIES GOOD

The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty is being put into operation, with an the expense and responsibility for complete independence...and its defence.

which supervised the operations, sent detalled instructions for a revolt fxed for May 1, 1936. It

included attacks on barracks and the assassinations of otcers. The bloodthirsty nature of these in- structions will be seen from the following extract;

Those whose duty it is to at- tack the chiefs (generals in com- mand of units) will number 10, of valvers. N.B.-These generals have whom two will be armed with re-

each A.D.Cs. and a secretary, and It may be better to attack each of

these separately in their rooms

they must be picked men who will deal severely with any- one who opposes them, with re- gard to age or sex...."

Prominent capitalists were to be seized and made to hand over thetr wealth: In their ense vio- The delicacy of the situation in

lence was to be avoided unless re- the Mediterranean has impressed sistance was offered; but, upon Egyptians with the importance of y

any attempt to mislead, "the cul-

the military clauses of the Treaty, prit is to be removed, as well as although the Ascal burden is such all the members of his family that plans for social reform will without any exception."

have to be embarked on very gra- dually,

This document, published in the "Echo de Paris" of January 14,

Egypt will become a member of 1937, was repudiated by the the League In September, the Komintern, but M. Bardoux is cer- transfer of the British Army to tain that it is genuine.

Owing to the fact that French Communista

were

has fallen. Madrid is the mirror of France London "Morning Post."

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the Canar Zotie will be under way. and the Montreux Agreement giv- ing fiscal independence will have ready for collaboration the rising been ratined. The Wardist Party

was postponed to the 10th, and has shed its extremism with the

then to the 29th of June, 1938.

responsibility of Office and

and postponed again, so that the showing willingness to co-operate Civil War was actually precipitat-

with Britain.

HENRY COTTON "AS BEST MAN

Mr. H.C. Bentley Married

is

JOHN MIKAELSSON

Breaks More World Walking Records

H. H. Whitlock of London, who Henry

Cotton, the "Open golf won the 50,000 metres walk for champion, was best man at the Great Brithin at the Berlin Olym- wedding of Mr. Harry C. Bentley plad, antshes less than half a at Emmanuel Church, Southport. minute behind John Mikaelsson, Mr. Bentley is an ex-amateur the Swedish walker, when the English champion Walker Cup

latter set up new world's records player and is one of the players for 15,000 metres. 20.000 metres from whom will be selected the and 25,000 metres during a 25,000 English side to play Ireland. He metres walk at Stockholm, was married to Fraulein Anja

Mikaelsson's time for the entire

Schritter, of Berlin.

distance was 1 hour. 67 minutes They met while the bridegroom 31-3/5 seconds and the previous was on a goling holiday in Ger- record, held by J. Dalinah (Latvia) many, and it is a concidence that was 2 hours and 46 seconds. he will play in the German For 15,000 metres Mikaelsson's amateur championship while on time was 1 hour 8 minutes 40 his honeymoon. He won this in seconds beating the previous re- 1932.

cord held by A. T. Schwab. of Switzerland 1 hour 9 minutes 4-8/10 seconds.

It was intended to keep the time of the ceremony a secret, but there were about 50 people. pre- Mikaelsson's figures for 20,000 sent in the Church, including metres were 1 hour 31 minutes 47 many members of the Hesketh seconds beating the record for Golf Club, of which the bride-merly held by himself by 25 groom is a member,

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