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Abducted "Hands off Americans'
Girl's Night Of Terror
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TERRIBLE story of how sho, was dragged 16 miles through fields and woods last night by a man who threatened to murder her if she did not do his bid- ding, was told recently by Florence MacKenzie, 16- years-old schoolgirl, of Bal- mughile, near here.
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Declaration at Lima
Limn, Dec. 27.
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DELEGATES AT the Pan-American Conference met to-day
to sign the 111 resolutions, declarations and projects which have been passed during the conference, Including the "Declaration of Lima", with its pledge of continental solidarity agnirwi aggression.
2. Declaration on the stimulation
The conference will end this; 1, Solidarity afternoon at a plenary session,f trade where delegates will sign the
3, Dental of the right to foreigners conference's "Anal act", listing
to exercise collectively in an Ameri- Its activities.
can country such political rights as The United States delegates, who they would enjoy in their own coun- are contented with the declaration of Įtrica, solidarity, have planned to leave for 4. Denial of the right of foreign Home on Wednesday, after attending groups to claim rights as the banquet at which President Bena-minorities in the American republics. vides of Peru, and Mr. Cordell Hull 5. Resolution against racial perse will be the principal speakers.
cution.
It is notable that not a single formal treaty or pact has been signed.-- United Press.
The delegates have listed the main Florence vanished on her way accomplishments of the conference as home from school, and while follows: policemen
bloodhounds, gamekeepers, and estate workers' searched for her, a shepherd saw her in a small boat in the middle! of Loch Grannoch, 16 miles! from here.
Sobbing and exhausted, she drag- ged herself ashore, and sald she had i escaped from her emptor by rowing neross the loch. Site was taken home by car.
Here is the story she told:
"I was cycling home, and was only a few minutes from the house, when
innan jumped from the sideway and
dragged me into the bushes.
He held me on the ground, put his hand over my mouth, and he said I screamed or tried to escape he would let me.
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China Fights For Democracy
Lundon, Dec. 28.
entitled
national
internal German situation is now so bad But there must be spine new victory by April, The complete dis- jappearunce of the bullying attitude when the dictators talk to the de- mocrats. Very important Muzt leaders belleve the next move wili
Vertion Bartlett in an article in eum, probably against Holland.
Light comes from the East, says be against Holland or against Bel- "News-Chronicle"
Mr. Bartlett concludes by observ- jing: "I believe that out of the crisis,
bit ¡every as harrowing as of September, the democracies
lust
whit
to-day "Three Hopeful Signs For 1939." The article says that masses Chinese
are migrating westwards "I became dark, and I saw some-across the burned brown plains beste triumphant, and then we shall one-I think it was
be able to talk of peace, instead of fatherfore the advancing Japanese, my
and appeasement."Reuter. searching around with a light. But this may yet save us from another! war. With hardly a slogan about democracy in their heads, and stin tess experience of it in their lives. they are fighting pur battle, while Mr. Chamberlain makes appeasing and ineffectual concessions,
I dared not do anything.
Then the man said he was going to take me away. He made me walk all night, We started off Deross Helds and over walls. Whenever he could be kept to the woodlands.
"I do not know where We went. We kept going up hills and into valleys until worn out.
Was
"It was terribly cold and I felt frozen. With the short stops for me to rest, we kept on all through the night.
JUMPED INTO BOAT
to
The fallure af Britain and France see that greater quantities of urms! renched the Chinese armies, may. the long run, be to the advantage of China. Chinese taxation per has increased by only 30 per
head since the war began, while in Japan!
cent.
has risen 160 per cent. A Chinese victory may be delayed but it will be victory. se casualties hither!
in
"When dawn carne we were on aj The lonely hill, and I said I should have have been 74,000, and although to have something to eut. I find not governments cin wage war for a had a neat since lunch at school the short time without day before.
He went away in search of a goat, and that was my chance to escape.
"I ran down the hill to loch and found three boats moored there.
"I jumped into one and used a floor-bourd as an oar.
"I rowed until I got almost to the other side, where I saw a shepherd, I unded and he took me to a man who had a car, in which I was brought home."
Japan's re sarves are now practically The British and Americas govern- exhausted.
ments ure recovering their courtes and allowing a trickle of financial help to reach China. The "City" in't likely to do much to rescue thei Tokyo Government. The Russian are again showing activity in the Far Est. The breakdown of the fishery negotiations may have Important re- salts.
FAILURE OF AXIS
Viscount Chilston quite probably
To Retire
Mr. Bartlett says that 1930 mayi
500 The open and ulter failure of the Tokyo corner of the triangle between Germany, Italy and Japan.
He says that the other two en- couraging factors are Spain, and the American abandonment of isolation. Another six months of civil war will
Lention, Dec. 27. The King has approved that Viscount Chilston be sworn off the bring terrible suffering to Barcelona, Privy Council. Lord Chilston had but it will also bring disruption and been Ambasautor at Moscow since defeat for Burgos. October 1933, and retires from public The article declares that the real service this month-British Wireless. danger is in Western Europe. The
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