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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 10, 1937.

Piquant Action To Be Heard In Paris Court

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”)

Paris, To-day.

Haile Selassie, deposed Emperor of Abyssinia, came into the news headlines again yesterday when he announced the intention of bringing a lawsuit against Italy.

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Bone of contention is the railway between the French port of Djibouti and Addis Ababa, shares in which are still in the possession of the Negus and are worth about 30,000,000 francs.

A few months ago Haile Selassie endeavoured to dispose of the shares but was prevented from do- ing so by a protest lodged by the Italian Govern- ment with the railway company in Paris.

Italy maintained that the Negus should not make any use

of the shares as the latter were FUTURE OF

registered in the name of the Abyssinian Government and not of Haile Selassie personally.

Italy claims that the shares, therefore, still belong to the Gov- ernment of Abyssinia, that is, the Italian authorities, as they alone possess powers of adminis- tration.

SELASSIE'S CASE

GOLD

GEN. SMUTS ADDS HIS REASSURANCE

Lydenburg (Transvaal),

To-day. Questioned at a political meet- ing here yesterday in regard to the position of gold, General Jan The Conquering Lion of Judah Smuts, South African Minister bases his claims on the fact that for Justice, made the following the Franco-Abyssinian railway statement:

company must

"I do not speak as an expert the recognise as Government of Abyssinia the same but from authoritative informa- Government as is recognised by tion at my disposal I say that I the French State, which so far has am not afraid. not confirmed Italian domination over the territory.

"The best and most reliable information is that the gold position is not the least in danger and the price of gold will be maintained.

""The rumours of the last few

The Negus has engaged a group of prominent French lawyers and the case is expected to come up for hearing in the near future.Trans-months, which were responsible for Ocean.

NEW U.S. MERCHANT FLEET-

Washington, To-day.

the slump, were not founded on fact, and they were only meant to mislead and were. calculated to persuade share-holders to sell and lose so that others could buy and make a profit.

"As far as we can ascertain, the position of gold is as sound and safe as ever."-Reuter.

CORONATION POTTERY STILL BEING MADE

President Roosevelt's shipping construction programme, for

The enormous "boost" given to which he has recommended Con-industries”in “Manchester by the gress to authorise an appropria- Coronation is not expected to be tion of $150,000,000 envisages followed by any immediate slump. the building of a new, fast mer- chant fleet of 95 vessels.

In many trades ordinary business had to be put on one side to deal orders The new fleet will comprise 60 with the huge quantity of cargo ships, 24 combined cargo for souvenirs and decorations want- and passenger vessels, 10 tank-ed in the limited time available. In ers and one liner of the "Man-others, the special Coronation trade hattan" type.

came at what is normally a quiet part of the year, and filled up the gap between seasons.

Half the ships would be laid down in the first year and completed in

The potteries, which. have....... sold from eighteen months to three years, about 8,000,000 pieces of Corona- according to Mr. J. P. Kennedy, tion pottery, are still working ·

Chairman of the Maritime

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arrears on orders. The demand was so great that many firms-dur- It is understood that at least $50,-ing the past few weeks have had to 000,000 of private capital is involved refuse contracts. in the project.

The total programme is expected to cost $450,000,000, of which $160,-

Govern 000,000 is proposed as a ment subsidy-Reuter.

Parents at Berrylands, Surbiton, are threatening to keep their children at home because they have to walk six miles to and from one school every day. while there is another school nearer their homes.