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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1987.

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AIR LINE FIRE DRAMA

ROYAL VISITORS

TO BIF.

Queen Mother With Family

London, To-day.

The King and Queen, accompani- ed by Queen Mary, the Princess Roy- al and the Duke and Duchess of Kent, visited the Olympia section of the British Industries Fair and spent nearly three hours in a detail- ed Fuspection of the exhibits.

The Royal party made many pur-. chases

Another member of the Royal Family paid a visit to the Birming-

Startling Radio Message Picked Up: French Mail Liner's Escape

OUTBREAK ON BOARD IN MID-OCEAN

Paris, To-day.

The dramatic message "Fire broken out in ham. section of the Fair. The Duke rear port-side engine," startled radio operators at of Gloucester arrived there before Orly Aerodrome yesterday.

lunch and spent an hour in the hard- ware and gas sections. In the afternoon, he made a tour of the electrical and engineering sections.

--British Wireless.

THE MESSAGE HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM A FRENCH FOUR-ENGINED MAIL PLANE WHICH WAS NEARLY HALF WAY OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, BETWEEN AFRICA AND

SOUTH AMERICA.

OUTSPOKEN SPEECH BY RIBBENTROP

HOPES VOLUNTEER SITUATION WILL NOT AGAIN ARISE

(SPECIAL TO THE “CHINA MATI”)

London, To-day.

An extraordinary outspoken speech was made by the German Ambassador, Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, before the full session of the non- intervention committee yesterday.

Herr Ribbentrop made : a strong attack on the dilatory manner in which the German and Italian proposals for non-intervention in Spain had been treated seven muulks ago.

"I hope that a situation will not again rise," he stated, "when a proposal made by Germany, but shelved by the other Powers, is brought to light by the latter when they consider the moment op portune."

FOREIGN REACTION-

At the same time, however, he sure enforcement of the plan as ear- announced Germany's acceptance ly as possible-Trans-Ocean. of the control plan and stated that

⠀ German and Italian reaction to the Reich was willing to effect an advance payment of £2,000 for im-the decision of the non-intervention mediate carrying out of the plan. committee to inpose the suggest- ed control plan, is now taking shape.

"FINANCIAL AID

He also referred to the question of financial assistance to the warr ing parties in Spain and to the de- posits of gold made abroad by the Madrid Government,

In Berlin, the plan receives a warm welcome in political quar- ters, though regret is again voiced that the decision was not reached Both these problems, he stressed, seven months ago when the Ger- required the immediate attention of man and Italian proposals suggest- the Powers represented on the coming more far-reaching prohibition mittee.

of volunteering in Spain were

After Herr Hitler's envoy had made. concluded his speech the committee The same quarters express the approved the recommendation of hope that none of the Governments the sub-committee that prohibition concerned will try to delay the of recruitment and the departure coming into effect of the plan, of volunteers for Spain should be which would put an end to the ar- come effective on February 20, and rival of foreign volunteers in Spain. that control of the Spanish land! NO FURTHER SETBACK and sea frontiers commence on In Rome the papers devote extenTM March 6.

sive space to the control plan. Discussion of control of the Por- It is said that acceptance by tuguese frontier was postponed till France and Russ of the plan, to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon, which will make rapid and vigorous since the Portuguese delegate was enforcement of non-intervention still waiting for instructions from possible, came rather unexpectedly his Government.

in view of the last utterances made Several delegates drew attention by the French Left extrem to the fact that the parliamentary After pointing out situation in the countries which don non-intervent they represented might not permit would hardly survive a the prohibition of recruitment and back, me paper declares the departure of volunteers becom tain countries may try ing effective on the date set by the speed enforcement ou committee, but promised do vention by parliamenta

everything

the

Anxiety and alarm was later relieved by a subsequent, mes- sage stating that the fire had been extinguished but only after a considerable amount of oil had been lost.

General Goering In Warsaw

General. H the German in Warsaw yes

for another hunting in Bialowieze.

It is noteworthy, that he brought his and spent the day calls-Beuter.

To-day

Goering,

her three remaining engines at reduced speed.

The machine, which is carry- ing a crew of four, is a Latecoere 300 type. Beuter.

SAFE AT NATAL-

Paris, To-day. The French mail plane "City de Montevideo," which caught fire over The engine had been stopped the Atlantic, has arrived safely at and the plane is continuing on Natal-Trans-Ocean.

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