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RUMANIAN COUP D'ETAT PLOT Anti-King Accusation Against Maniu and M. Titulescu
PLANNED REVOLT AND
REPUBLIC
BUCHAREST, TO-DAY. GREAT EXCITEMENT PRE- VAILS HERE AT THE PER- SISTENT RUMOURS · THAT
THE FORMER PREMIER, M. MANIU, INTENDS TO STAGE A COUP D'ETAT, BY WHICH HE HOPES TO RE- PLACE THE PRESENT RE- GIME BY A REPUBLIC.
It is stated that M. Maniu, who is leader of the Agrarian Party, conferred in Paris with the former Premier, M. Nicholas Titulescu, and agreed with him to organise a Republican movement and to over- throw the present regime in open revolution.
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M. Titulescu, alleged to be in- volved in a plot designed to over- throw the Monarchy in Rumania.
ALL OF US
It is stated that the recent change NEED MENTAL
in Rumanian foreign policy, which
was Francophile in the extreme, TREATMENT
might result in a dwindling of in-
AGAINST CAROL
fluence of the National Agarian Everybody ought Party, which is also Francophile.
to be psycho- analysed, said Mr. J. F. Gaha, Minister of Health of Tasmania, at the English Speaking Conference on Maternity and Child Welfare in London.
Since King Carol himself is known to have advocated a change of foreign policy, M.
and M. Titulescu want to
overthrow the Monarchy and replace cophile republic.
Search For Miss Earhart To Continue
MAY BE ALIVE ON PACIFIC ATOLL
San Francisco, To-day.
Although there is still no news of Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, naval officials who have taken
LOOPLINE PROPOSAL FOR K.C.R.
Canton To-day.
After completing investigations in connection with the proposed loop line connecting the Canton- Kowloon, * Canton-Hankow, and Peiping-Hankow Kailways, - Mr. Chen Ching-miu, assistant direc- tor of the Canton-Hankow-Rail- way, left for Hankow yesterday.
Our Own Correspondent
charge of the search are VAN ZEELAND
proceeding on the theory that the aviatrix is still alive.
They consider that she must have landed on a lonely atoll, apparently basing this assumption on the many reports of receipt of radio messages apparently from the airwoman.
...The... battleship Colorado, which is leading the great res- cue expedition, was expected to release her catapult planes last night to search the area south- east of Howland Island.
The Colorado, however, was to "I hope the day is not far dis- victual the coastguard cutter Itas
have first paused to refuel and re- it by a Fran-tant when all of us will be psycho-ca, which is participating in The fact that such an impor-day does come there will be some
the analysed," he said "and when that
search. Reuter. tant person as the former Secre- very unpleasant revelations for all tary of State, M. Tilea, is one of of us.” the persons chargnig M. Maniu with the intention to overthrow.
the monarchy, gives a certain;
QUEST TO BE
PURSUED
London, To-day..
The Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced in the House of Commons yes- terday that he had conferred with the Belgian Premier, M. Paul van Zeeland, who reported the results of his conversations with President Roosevelt, Secre tary of State Cordell Hull and American economic experts in Washington.
Tai Yan, an accountant at the It was agreed, continued Mr. Mei On Sandal Wood store was Chamberlain, that M. van Zeeland killed yesterday when he jumped should proceed with his enquiries from the third floor of No. 142 Con-in an endeavour to see how far pos-
sible it naught Road West.
was among a number of States to obtain agreement on cer-
policy, including the signatories tain general principles of economic
and adherents of the tri-partite Icurrency agreement-Reuter.
Scourge Of Mankind amount of credence to the rum-
Mr. Gaha said that he believed it ours, although political friends was possible to divert people's of M. Titulescu and M. Mániu minds away from war and des-arrived at Yokohama yesterday at 3
The R.M.S. "Empress Of Russia" emphatically deny that the two truction just as readily as they 30 p.m. and is due at Hong Kong ex-ministers
conspiring could be turned towards these Thursday, July 15, at 9.00 a.m. against the Government.
things.
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M: Tilea is said to have answer- Dr. J. A. Hadfield - (lecturer in ed the denials with the remark that psychopathology and mental hy M. Maniu's hostility to the King giene at London University), said is a matter of common knowledge. that it had been computed that King Carol, M. Maniu charges, there were in Great Britain about virtually eliminated the peasant 4,000,000 people who required leaders" powers, although M. Maniu treatment for neurotic disorders. prepared the return to the Throne "In my opinion," he declared, of Carol in 1930. Trans-Ocean. "neurosis is the greatest scourge of
mankind to-day.
£20 FOR EACH SPANISH PLANE
NO EVIDENCE OF SHOT DOWN ITALIAN BREACH OF FAITH
London, To-day.
“The British Government is not in possession of definite proof that Italy has violated the non-intervention agreement and sent volunteers to Spain." This statement was made by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, in answer to a question in the House of Commons yesterday on alleged Italian intervention in the Spanish civil war.
Captain Charles H. Maddox, com- mander of the United States war- ship Raleigh, is to pay £20 to any member of his gunnery crew who shoots down an aeroplane menacing the ship in Spanish waters.
His offer is unofficial, and the money will be paid out of his own pocket.
Captain Maddox said that He would open fire, without hesitat on any menacing-plane. "It is my right to do so, and I shall certainly exercise it," he said,
The Raleigh has been in Euro- Dean waters since last November, being used to bring Spanish war re- fugees to French ports.
Mr. Eden continued that the Bri- tish Government” was giving its George Roberts, aged 3, was at main attention to the question of tended by Dr. Roza after being bit- withdrawal of volunteers from ten by a dog belonging to Mrs. Spain and would do everything pos- Portina of No. 47 Robinson Road sible to bring about realisation of yesterday. The dog was sent this plan.-Trans-Ocean.
Kennedy Town for observation.
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