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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 26, 1988.

KING BORIS DROPS STRONG MAN FROM WAR OFFICE POST Bulgarian Cabinet Crisis Comes To Head

Defeat Of Group

Pressing For

Democratic Rule

Sofia, To-day.

-INFANTILE- NAHAS PASHA'S

PARALYSIS OUTBREAK

Melbourne, To-day.

A Bulgarian Cabinet crisis, which has been simmer- of Victoria, where 1,700 cases hi-

in recent months, came dramatically to a head yesterday when King Boris dropped his “strong man,” General Lukov, from the post of War Minister.

-An · epidemic of infantile par- alsis has been sweeping the state

therto have been recorded.

There have been. 88 deaths so for-Reuter.

JAPANESE

In his stead, the King appointed General Daskalow,

commander of the Plevmo garrison, to the KWANGTUNG position of leader of the Cabinet.

PROPAGANDA

、,

Other changes were also announc- ed, and political circles are of the opinion that the crisis, which is specially significant in view of the coming election," is not yet over.

INTERNAL RIVALRIES

It is stated that personal” rival- ries inside the Government, which was split into two camps, led to the decisions which represent de- feat of the "group which has been de- pressing for return of more mocratic rule and restoration of the Constitution.

Apparently King Boris, at any rate for the time being, has decid- ed to favour the status -- quo., Reuter.

ITALIAN PLANES AT DAKAR

Paris, Today.

PLOT TO

ASSASSINATE GREEK KING

Budapest, To-day.

plot to · assassinate King George of Greece and his Prime Minister, General Metaxas, was recently dis- covered and the plot frus- trated, says" a local news- paper.

The paper alleges that author of the plot was the former president of the Greek state police, M. Poly- chronpoulos, who four years ago was dismissed from office for a plot on the life of the late Greek Premier, M. Venizelos.

The man intended to shoot the King and Gen. Metaxas in Athens Cathedral * on January 9 at

the Crown Prince's wedding.

The three Italian planes which hopped off from Rome on a flight to Brazil early yesterday morn He was arrested, the paper says, ing, arrived at Dakar at 5.10 in and is now interned on the island the afternoon,

of Zante-Trans-Ocean.

The machines flew from: Rome at an average speed of 400 kilometres an hour.

Bruno Mussolini, son of Il Duce,

ROYAL ARTILLERY

is pileting one of the planes, the other OFFICER TO WED

two being in the charge of Col. Biseo and Capt. Moscatelli Reuter.

EGYPT'S

ROYAL

HONEYMOONERS

be-

The forthcoming marriage tween Lieutenant Gëörge Alexan- der Lawrence Butler, Royal Artil lery, residing at the Royal Artili lery Mess, Lyeemun Barracks, and Miss Diana Malcolm Biscoe, of No. 15, Felix Villas, has been an- After a reception on Sunday even-nounced to take place in the Colony

King shor

Cairo, To-day....

ing at the Royal Palace, Farouk and Queen Farida left for their country house where they ar- rived in the early hours of Monday and where they will stay for short time.

The Royal couple had originally planned to stay in Cairo till Thurs- day Trans-Ocean.

ROYAL FAMILY TO RETURN TO LONDON

London, To-day,^

According to present arrange ments, the King and Queen, with

Princess Elizabeth and Princess

Margaret Rose will referrn to Len- don next Monday from Sandring- ham where they had been since just before Christmas. lose.

The R.M.S. "Empress of Asia” due at Hong Kong on Thursday 4pm and goes on Friday to 1 loon Dock for annual ove

Canton, To-day. The air raid...... alarm was sounded in Canton shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. It is surmised that the Canton- Hankow Railway is again the Japanese objective.

The raiding planes have con- centrated on various sections of this line for several days past, but Canton itself is sel- dom affected by these raids, although planes are usually sighted from Saichuen or Tungshan en route.

According to Chinese sour- ces, Japanese planes are alleg- ed to have dropped a consider- able number of handbills all over, Kwangtung.

These are understood to be of an anti-Chiang Kai-shek na- ture and the strictest precau- tions are being taken by the authorities to prevent their cir- culation. Reuter.

ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE TSINING

Shanghai, 10 do

According to Chinese repo received here this morning Chinese troops on the Anhwei front are attempting to isolate Tsining and block Japanese reinforcements from the north.

Meanwhile, Japanese planes, scouting from Nanking, report a big concentration of Chinese troops at Pengpu, the first ma- Japanese objective from

south.

It is believed that owing to the overwhelming. numerical strength of the Chinese forces, the Japanese will await still further reinforce nts before undertaking a further large- scale offensive.

Huge British Plane On

First Test

Test Flight

London, To-day.

The largest passenger plane in England, of the Ensign type, took off yesterday afternoon from Hamble, near Southampton, for its first trial flight

The machine is the first of a series of fourteen to be built Imperial Airways by Armstrong's.

It weighs 20 tons, is 110 feet long and has a wing span of sh Wire-feet. Its four engines give it a speed of 200 miles an hour.

Ocean.

MAJORITY STILL INTACT

Cairo, To day.

Nahas Pasha, former Premier and leader of the Nationalist Party, still holds a slight majority in the Chamber, cinta sa kanya pa

• This was revealed at a meeting last night of Ward Members of Parliaments at which 51 were pre- sent. Twelve sent excuses- but pledged their support, so that Nahas Pasha now has 63 support- ers in the Senate and 73 opponents.

· Of 232 members of the Chamber, 130 are still loyal to the former Premier, 112 having been present at the meeting, while 18 sent written pledges of support.

The important question of whe- ther the Chamber will be dissolved and new elections held, has not been settled-Trans-Ocean.

ANOTHER NEWSPAPER BOMBED

Shanghai, To-day. Another bomb was hurled into 3

a Chinese newspaper office in Shanghai yesterday, latest sufferer being the "Su Hui Wan Pao," in the Inter- national Settlement., “

The bomb, which was thrown by an unidentified" Chinese, injured three persons, including a 17-year-~ old girl.

At the request of the Japanese authorities, the newspaper had been closed down some days previously by the S.M.C. but had attempted to resume publication.—Trans-Ocean.

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