1938-11-30 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 30, 1938,

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHINESE SURPRISES ART CRITICS Bond Street Exhibition In China's Cause

Plato Chan's Satire As Caricaturist

London, To-day.

Plato Chan, eight-year-old-Chinese artist, has as- tonished leading art critics in London. Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador to London, opened an exhibition of Plato Chan's work at Bond Street.

Art critics who were present expressed an agreed opinion that Plato Chan's drawings and paint- ings shows vigour, imagination and firmness of outline far beyond his years.

·ARMIES WORKING FOR PEACE

Athens, To-day.

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The Chief of Staffs of the Bal- kan Entente, Greece, Rumania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria holding their annual conferences. The Chief of Staff of Greece, in welcoming her colleagues, said that the four armies were work- ing for peace in South East Europe-Reuter.

FIVE-NATION CONFERENCE ON JEWISH ISSUE

London, To-day.

The young artist is a son of a member of the Chinese diplomatic corps, gave an exhibition of skill in drawing proved very popular,

Among the favourite objects of his satire as a caricaturist were Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and several Japanese Generals,

Mr. Quo Tai-chi said that Plato Chan was not only a good artist, but a good citizen of China since all the proceeds of the exhibition would be devoted to help China in her un- paralleled and undeserved suffer- ing.-Reuter.

BRITISH ARMY DEFICIENCY

STILL 21,574

London, To-day.

The regular British Army de-

Representatives of five nations ficiency on November 1 was will consider the problem of Jewish | 21,574 officers and men, but if refugees in Central Europe at a conference at the Foreign Office, London, on Friday.

The representatives will be meet- ing the Inter-Governmental and Vice-Chairman's. Committee on re- fugees which was set up after the Evian Conference.

Great Britain, the United States, France, Holland and Brazil will be represented. Mr. Rubelee, the American director of the Commit- tee will present his report embody- ing the results of his inquiries since Evian. These inquiries are centred on the possibility of Jewish immigration into any one of 81 nations represented at the Evian Conference. Reuter.

NAZI SPY TRIAL VERDICT

New York, To-day. The result of the German spy trial which began on October 14 18. expected hourly. The jury retired to consider their verdict at 11 p.m. last night (Greenwich time).

recruiting continues at the present rate, the deficiency on the present establishment is likely to be under 20,000 at the end of next March.

This was the reply of Mr. Leslie Hore Belisha, the Minister for War, to a question in the House of Commons yesterday.

He added there were almost double the number of recruits this year than last.

Reuter,

AUSTRIAN NAZIS DIE IN PURGE, REPORT

Berlin, To-day. Official quarters refuse to make a declaration regarding the asser- tions in the London "Times" and the New York Times" that in the course of a purging action in the ranks of the Nazi Party in Vienne, If convicted the three defen- 185 members have been shot... dants, Voss, Glaser, and Hoffman, It is merely stated that reports face the maximum sentence of of this type are so ridiculous that twenty years Imprisonment. The they condemn themselves and it fourth defendant Rumrich turned would be a waste of words to enter State witness.

into a declaration.-Trans-Ocean,

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Reuter.

King Carol and Crown Prince Michael of Rumania, during their State visit to England, were guests at the Royal Air Force Station at Odiham, Hampshire, where they saw Britain's datest warplanes and a balloon defence demonstration. Photo shows King Carol and Prince Michael making a close inspection of a modern Bristol "Blen heim" bomber. With them (back to camera, holding umbrella) is Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Mirister.

UNCLE AND AUNT SWEDEN LEAVES

OF GRYNSZPAN SENTENCED

Paria, To-day.

London; To-day. That. Sweden has withdrawn from the sub-committee of the Non- Intervention Committee is confirm- ed in an

official statement. Sweden will remain a member of

The uncle and aunt of Herschel the main committee.Trans-Ocean. Grynszpan, assassin of von Rath:

were sentenced to four months' im-refuge for Grynazpan after he had prisonment and 100 francs fine been ordered to leave France. yesterday for having provided a Trans-Ocean.

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