THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 7, 1989.
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DIPLOMATIC MAIL BAG NOT INVOLVED AT
AT IRUN Official Statement By The Foreign Office
Documents Found
In Consul's Despatch Case
London, To-day.
In order to remove any apprehension, the Foreign Office desire to make it clear that there is no question of any British diplomatic mail bag having been involved in the recent espionage incident at Irun, on the Franco-Spanish fron- tier.
The courier service by which the British Agent at
-UN-AMERICAN CHIANG WELL
ACTIVITIES
Washington, To-day.
It is officially stated that an in- vestigation is being undertaken by the Department of Justice into alleged violations of the crimin- al statutes by Nazis, Communists and certain other groups.
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The investigation began as result of evidence before a com- mittee of the House of Represen tatives on "un-American ́activi- ties."-Reuter..
PLEASED WITH
CHINA OUTLOOK
Chungking, To-day.
China's situation this year is much better than last, declared the Generalissimo, Chiang Kai- shek, in a press interview yester- day.
Militarily, General Chiang said, China is carrying on her war of resistance smoothly and the mor-
ITALIAN CONSUL ale of the Chinese forces is ex-
Burgos, under an arrangement agreed upon IN TUNIS
between the British Government and the Bur- gos authorities, communicates with the For- eign Office, is in no way affected.
EMPIRE WOODS AT AIR. TERMINAL
PROTESTS
in
the the
The special inquiry ordered by Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary,
Rome, To-day. will be concerned with the local The Italian- Consul-General arrangement by which official cor-Tunis called at the French Residency respondence or other matter was yesterday to protest against carried from the Vice-Consulate at anti-Italian demonstrations on San Sebastian to the British Em- occasion of the visit of M. Daladier bassy at St. Jean de Luz.
and the alleged profanation of the The seized documents and maps Italian flag. alleged to contain military infor- Developments in Tunisia are be- Emphasising the close bond mation, were found in the despatching followed with the liveliest at- between Imperial Airways activi-case of the British vice-consul intention. According to French state- ties and the Empire are the vast San Sebastian, Mr. William Arthurments, in French North Africa, quantities of Empire woods which Harold Goodman, M.B.E. are to be used for the interior
including Tunis, 97 battalions The documents are said to have fusiliers, 8 regiments of Spahis and decoration of the Company's disclosed secrets of the big offen- 30,000 men of others are already great new terminal at Victoria, sive which General Franco planned on the spot. It is remarked that it which is already a landmark in to begin against Catalonia. the heart of London's teeming
would appear as though certain cir- Mr. Goodman, on his way from cles in France are preparing metropolis.
San Sebastian to the British Em- the "inevitable."-Trans-Ocean, These woods, which will be bassy in St. Jean de Luz, passed used for panelling, pillars, doors through the Spanish frontier post and floors, will strike a pleasing-at Irun.
of
ly familiar note to travellers He carried a despatch case, which from countries all over the world, he had brought in the course having been garnered from many his duty from Son Sebastian. lands including India, the Far
East, Australia and Canada.
the
FRONTIER CHALLENGE
Canada's contribution is beautifully grained birch, which The frontier authorities challeng-
INDEFINITE SENTENCE ON
will line the vast walls of the ed him and accused him of carrying COL. SNYDER
main booking hall, a hall from papers which had no connection which it will be possible in the with his official business. Mr. Good- not distant future for air tra- man emphatically denied vellers to commence and finish a gestion. journey encircling the globe.
the sug-
of
for
Hollywood, To-day. Colonel Martin Snyder, former The vice-consul insisted on the husband of the film player, Ruth
cellent.
He discussed the diplomatic situation with optimism.
He professed complete ignor- ance of Mr. Wang Ching-wei's peace opinions prior to publica- tion of his statement on Decem- ber 29. He said that Mr. Wang had never revealed these opinions while in Chungking. Central News.
ITALIAN CLAIMS TO RIGHTS IN SUEZ CANAL
London, To-day. the governing body of the
Any attempt to make changes in Suez Canal Company would be certain to arouse the hostility of France and Britain, declares the "Daily Tele- graph" this morning.
Actually, it says in a lengthy ar- ticle headed "Italy and the Future of the Suez Canai," there is no real objection to the Italian desire to participate in the administration of the Canal. It can be safely predict- ed, however, that this would in- duce Italy to put forward new de- mands which would take on a poli- tical character. The Italian claims, says the "Daily Telegraph," without legal justification.
are
Light and silky in finish, these presence of a solicitor before the Etting, was sentenced yesterday DISTANCE TO THE birch panelled walls will be in despatch case was opened. Then to "not more than twenty years' striking contrast to the dark Mr. Goodman and the officials in- imprisonment.", polished teak from Burma, which spected the papers inside and came
will encase the impressive pillars across a package which Mr. Good- He had previously been found standing sentinel around the hall. man declared he had never seen guilty of attempting to murder Myrl
Australian walnut, with its before.
Alderman, the film atar's present
A defence motion for a new trial was denied.
grain like delicately traced lace, Mr. Goodman continued his jour-husband. will panel the passengers' res-ney to St. Jean de Luz, where he taurant and foyer, while all the lives with his wife. Reuter. main doors in the building arej to be of solid English oak.
A new hard wood from India, called Gurjun is to be used for all floors.
HE LISTENED TO INSPECTOR HARNLEIGH
Boy Who Was "Attracted
To Crime"
Wimbledon Juvenile Court
at recently.
The boy, who is 14, had been to a psychology clinic, said the probation officer, and the doctors there suggested that the boy was fascinated by the crime riddles solved by "Inspector Hornleigh.'
NEAREST STAR
American Writer's Statement
How far is it to the nearest star? An American writer says: At the trial last month, Snyder "Measured in miles, the figure was found not guilty on other would trail such a long string of charges, including an attempt to ciphers as to be meaningless. murder both Ruth Etting and their daughter, Edith Snyder.-Reuter.
FR. JACQUINOT FLYING HERE
Measured in tons, the answer is startling. If a spider should spin. a thread around the earth, |that thread rolled into a little ball, would weigh about a pound.
But a spider's thread spun across space to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star, would weigh not |fifty_nor 10,000 lb.--but 500,000 tons! That neighbour star can for be seen only in regions near equa-
totor.
Jac
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The boy was accused with com- mitting a breach of recognis- Weather permitting Father ances, and being concerned with quinot is leaving Chungking ja 15-year-old boy in stealing wo- Hong Kong to-day on his way
men's handbags.
Shanghai, according to a report In the northerly-latitudes the Both boys were bound over for from Chungking last night.
nearest atar, Sirius, is twice as That a boy was attracted to three years and placed on proba- Father Jacquinot has been in far away and a million tons
of crime through listening to "Ins-tion on condition that they resid- Chungking for the last fortnight spider thread would be needed pector Hornleigh," the radio de-led for the first six months in discussing refugee, relief matters to cross the gap between it and tective, was suggested in a case different boys' homes.
with the Central authorities.
the earth.
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