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Havana, Dec. 24.
Draft charges of an impeachment Buninst Don Miguel Gomez, President of Cuba, have been approved by the House of Representatives, voting 111 to 40.
The accusations are that he is endangering the stability of the nation, violating the constitution, evereing the House of Representa- tivea.
The House of Representatives' naxi move will be to appoint a committee to sustain the charges against Senor Gomez before a Senate Tribunini.
The Representatives action brings to n head the tension between the President and Colonel Don Baptista. chief of the General Staff, whom the President cuspects of
of Fascist ten- dencies. Daplista was a sergeant of infantry when, plucing himself at the head of a military coup d'etal, be won to the position of dictator overnight, some years ago.
The President has just vetoed a bill passed by both houses for a levy of nine cents a bag on all Cuban-pro- duced sugar, the proceeds to be de- voted to schools run jointly by the elvil
military authorities. Con- and sidering the mensure undemocratic. Don Miguel used his power of veto. He said such a mensure would likely result in the children being edeunted
a Faselat manner, and credited Baptista with the, desire to establish 3,000 much schools-Reuter Special.
DEFENDING GOMEZ
Havana, Dec. 22.
A group of young attorneys, lead-. ing the bloc af 45 Representatives which defended Don Miguel Gomez, the President, against the Chamber's impeachment proceedings, have an- nounced the organisation of "The Constitutional Orthodox Committee" and are pledged to realst the military control of Cuba.-United Press.
No Objection
To Retention Of Cruisers
REPLIES FROM U.S. AND JAPAN
Lontion, Dec. 22.
In accordance with an announce- ment made in the House of Com-
Ons
last Thursday by the First Lord of the Admiralty, notification has now been conveyed formal to the United States and Japanese Embassies in London of the intention of the United Kingdom Government, in view of the existing Internationa situation and of the requirements of national security, to have recourse to Article XXI of the London Naval Treaty In order to retain five cruisers.
sub-entegory B.
of
The cruisers to be retained are the Cardiff, Ceres, Caledon. Calypso and Caradoc. The total of excess tonnage is 20,270.
It is understood His Majesty's Government has undertaken the vessels
will be retained for maximum period of five years peace
will be used service and
not as erulsers but as anti-aircraft ships, which will involve substitution of lighter for existing armament six-inch guns.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1936.
HURRIES BACK
TO CHINA
DR. WANG CHING-WEI
has been hastily summoned to Nan king from hits European convalescent tour in view of the crisis which has followed the detention of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek by rebels under
Chang Hmuch-liang.
TROTSKY FLEES TO MEXICO
NO SANCTUARY IN NORWAY NOW
ANGLO-
ITALIAN PARLEYS
PROGRESS SEEMS SATISFACTORY
SETTLEMENT NOT NEAR
London, Dec. 22.
Enquiries in well-informed quar- ters in London indicate that the forecasts in circulation of an early conclusion to discussions proceeding in Rome on British and Italian Interests in the Mediterranean, premature rather ilinn unduly optimistic.
are
It is believed progress is regarded on both sides as satisfactory, but there Is no intention of importing hurry
into the negotiations, which by their very nature demand enreful and com- prehensive review of a great variety of factors.
The basis of the conversations is the mutual assumption that the in- terests of the two Governments. In the Mediterranean are complement- ary and it formal reaffirmation of that thesis is to possess reat value, it must follow a close examination. by both parties, in a
a spirit of good will, of ell possible sources of misunder- standing or friction.
Both in the Eastern and Western Mediterranean recent developments have certainly not lessened the num- ber of points on which the British Government will desire to feel assur- ed it has been acquainted with the whole mind of the Italian Govem- ment. Only when such a process, his been exhaustively applied to all Osin, Dec. 23. questions in the discussion will it be volutionary leader, banished by the to a declaration which both in Lon- M. Leon Trotsky, the Russian re-possible to give substance and anality faction nt present in power, is alrendydon and in Rome is confidently on his way to Mexico.
He has boarded a steamer, whose name is not disclosed, which soiled
Saturday-Reuter,
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expected will be the outcome of the
is a strong desire to see accomplished present exchange, and which there as an important contribution to Euro- ipean appeasement,--British Wireless.
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London, Dec. 22. Large crowds gathered at King's Cross to-day and cheered the King and Queen, who, accompanied by their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, and by Queen Mary, left in a Royal train en route for Sandringham, where they are spending the Christmas.
Earlier to-day for the first time Buckingham since King George's accession. Ste drove to the Palace with the King and remained there for about hour before returning to 145 Plecadilly,—— British Wireless.
the Queen visited
CHIEF'S BONS EXECUTED
Rome, Dec. 22. Ray Kossa's two sons, only sur viving members of the family of the gallant Ethiopian chief, were cap tured by an Italian polico column and later executed. In the public square at Addis Ababa / to-day Reuter Bulletin Service.
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