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KING LEOPOLD'S

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London, To-day.

THE address by King Leopold at the Guildhall on the world economic situation has produced a powerful response in the London press. "The appeal made by the Belgian King to England to take the leading role in improving the world economic situation will not go unheard," says "The Times," "but direction of affairs towards economic tranquillisation of the world can only be effective if Britain and the United States act in collaboration.

"An encouraging element in the

PORTUGUESE present situation is that negotia

CHARGED

tions at present are in progress for an Anglo-American trade treaty." - HEART OF MATTER A charge of obtaining money by The News Chronicle considers false "pretences was preferred that King Leopold went to the heart against J. Souza on a five-year-old of the matter when he declared that warrant at the Central Magistracy Britain had special responsibilities,

above all in the economic sphere. this morning.

Defendant was charged with ob- The journal hopes that the British taining by false pretences the sum Government will give these views of $380 between March 10, 1932, serious consideration, for it is de- and May 12, 1932, by pretending sirable that the Belgian King should that one A. Smith, alias Victor El-receive a better answer than has Hott, alias Loraine, was an expert hitherto been the case when similar chemist and that defendant, with appeals have been made. Trans- the aid of Smith, could produce Ocean. chemical oil from water by certain

chemical processes.

Sub-Inspector J. O'Donovan pro- secuted.

-Defendant was remanded for 72 "hours on bail of $500.

DOMINICA TO GO

FROM LEEWARD

TO WINDWARD

KING LEOPOLD WITH DRAGOON GUARDS

London, To-day. King Leopold of Belgium, ad- dressing the 5th Regiment of Inniskilling Dragoon Guards at Colchester, after an inspection of th-regiment of which he is London, To-day. Colonel-in-Chief, said that the re- In the House of Lords, the Parlia-giment began its career in the mentary Secretary for the Colonies lowlands at the time of Mon- moved the second reading of the Dominica Bill which seeks to separ- ate Dominica from the Colony the Leeward Isles and make it separate Colony.

mouth.

During the Great War the regi- of ment was among the first British a troops to arrive to assist the Belgian

army resist the German invasion.

After his address, King Leopold saw a display by crack riders of the

Reuter.

If the Bill became law, he said, it was intended that Dominica should be governed, in the future, as part regiment of the Windward Islands.

Viscount Elibank, in supporting the Bill, said it was the culmination

BRUSSELS

of a very difficult controversy which GOVERNMENT.

had been going on for many years. would not welcome the Bill The There was no-one in Dominica who Bill was read a second time.- tish Wireless.

HUGE SHANGHAI PROPERTY LOSSES

Shanghai, To-day Property losses in Nantao and

ung as the result of hostili

sted at $500,000,000, the Chinese press.

reen 200,000 and 300,000 in these two places have ndered homeless and des-

Reuter

Brussels, To-day.

The Belgian Minister of State left Brussels yesterday for London to inform King Leopold, who is now visiting England, of the pro- gress made in formation of a new

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