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Feeling Pinch Of Adventure In China

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KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE

Athens, To-day.

Twenty were killed and many injured yesterday when an earthquake partially devastat- the Greek village of Kumanana.—Trans-Ocean.

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PREMIER TO SEE HALIFAX IN YORKSHIRE

London, To-day.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who is at present staying at Chequers, the Prime Minister's country residence, is leaving early next week to join

a shooting party at the Yorkshire seat of Lord Swinton, former Air Minister.

Need For Rigid HAND GRENADES-

Control Of Internal Economy

London, To-day.

The "Daily Telegraph," in an editorial on Japan's

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PRAGUE, TO-DAY.

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new step to mobilise her economic resources, says that shorn of circumlocution it means that POLISH BORDER INCIDENT, IN Japan is feeling the pinch of the adventure in WHICH HAND GRENADES WERE China and sees herself compelled to bring her productive system under the rigid control of the Government.

THROWN.

The report states that the incident

occurred during Tuesday/Wednes day night. Some 22 hand grenades were thrown into the Polish. Cus- toms House at Michal-Kovice.

The explosions wounded three. Polish frontier guards,

The step is not altogether surprising, for the Gov- ernment appears to be doing no more than exercise the full powers already conferred on it the MachrischÓstrau police and

but hitherto has only partly implemented. Clearly Japan is about to re-ian-system, but she is taking a sort to what we would call war-long step towards the German time economy, but what in her

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Lord Swinton and Lord Halifax case more likely portends a per- example. are neighbours and the Premier manent state of regulation of her and the Foreign Secretary will economic life, at any rate as long probably meet to discuss their com-as ing visit to Rome.

At the end of next week, they will probably return to London together to make the last preparations for their journey.-Trans-Ocean.

KING LEOPOLD IN FRANCE

the present semi-dictatorial regime remains in power.

Japan, it is true, has not yet adopted professedly the totalitar-

TURKISH CABINET CHANGES

Ankara, To-day.

It is officially announced that the Turkish Education Minister re? and the Economy, Minister have re signed because of ill-health.

Paris, To-day. King Leopold of Belgium, and the Queen Mother, Queen Elisabeth,

The newly-appointed Education arrived yesterday by express at the Cote d'Azur. They will stay for Minister is Yucel and the Economy a fortnight at Beaulieu Sur Mer Minister, Cakir-Trans-Ocean. Trans Ocean.

WEATHER FORECAST

INCITEMENT TO MURDER

of

The Royal Observatory reports

Damascus, To-day. One of the Grand Mufti that the anticyclone retains its in- tensity and has extended southward Jerusalem's leading adherents, Aref and eastward, covering China, Abdul Razzik, püblished yesterday Indo-China, S. Japan, and the neigh-in the paper “Damascus Press" an bouring seas. Pressure continues appeal to all Arabs to shoot Fakhri relatively low over the East Indies. Bey Nashashibi on the ground that Local forecast:-N.E. winds, Nashashibi has betrayed the Arab

national cause. Trans-Ocean. fresh, fair,

The Czech Customs House, only 20 metres away, sent an alarm to

sent for ambulances. The wounded were taken to hospital.

An armoured car unit scoured the area but found no trace on the Czech side of the perpetrators. Trans-Ocean.

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