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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1989.

EXECUTIONS IN PRAGUE Ruthless Methods Of German Police

ROME SHOWING GOODWILL TO BRITAIN

Rome, To-day.

MONEY OF JEWS RESULTS WILL

CONFISCATED

BE SEEN,

The German secret police in Prague are be- SAYS GAYDA

coming more ruthless. Summary executions are taking place daily,

ROME, TO-DAY.

Sir Percy Loraine, the British A Czech postman who was found in possession THE ITALIAN FOREIGN MIN-

FOR ITALY

Ambassador, yesterday discussed of a wireless transmission set was arrested on sus-ISTER, COUNT CIANO, SAILED certain technical aspects of the re-picion of sending messages to Moscow. He was moval of British subjects from shot without trial. Bolzano province (Tyrol) with the Other cases less well authenticated are said to

Italian Foreign Under-Secretary.

+

The conversation is stated to have been cordial, from which it is concluded that the Italians are showing goodwill by. avoiding ex- cessive inconvenience to the expell- ed Britons.

have occurred.

A cat and mouse" game is being fore any damage was done. One played with people who wish to go exploded, injuring two women who abroad. They are encouraged in the had discovered, it. belief that passports will be granted to them and are made to wait in be-queues 12 hours or more, Then, after they have filled up various forms, they are admitted and their papers are torn in pieces before their eyes.

Chief question at issue is lieved to be the transfer abroad of the proceeds of sale of property.- Reuter.

WEAKENING THE EXCHANGE FUND

London, To-day.

The authorities freely admit they have no interest in facilitating departure, and that they are indi- fferent to the applicants' fate.

BOMB OUTRAGES

At the same time houses of the No representations have been re-¡ wealthier Jews are being visited. cently made by the Foreign Office All money and jewellery found is and in return a promise is

Prague

A synagogue at Ostrau was des- troyed by fire The fire brigade | arrived only in time to save the sur- rounding buildings. All these out- rages seem to bear the mark of German provocation, as the bombs are reported to be of German manu- facture. 7

The party of Czech school-children recently arrested in Germany as the result of the incidents at Zlin have now returned to Prague, with the exception of one boy, after "discip- line" by the pupils of a German school.

FROM MALAGA YESTERDAY AT THE CONCLU- SION OF HIS VISIT TO SPAIN.

Signor Gayda, commenting on the tour in "Giornale d'Italia," de- clared that the results were as of important for the relations Spain and the Axis as they are for the whole system of European affairs.

"There is no need to let the en- circlers know in advance the pro- posals and agreements of the asso- ciated nations," he writes.

The results will be seen when the time arrives and various cases crop up for their application.” Reuter.

PEACE RADIO BROADCASTS FOR

to a bank with headquarters in Lon-made to pay $11 a week for subsis-GENERAL GAMELIN don and whose branch in Shanghai tence. Whether this promise is co-operation with the Japanese be carried out remains to be proved. authorities in weakening the Chin- ese Exchange Fund.

This statement was made in the ed bomb outrages, have, however,

continues to be heavily GOING TO WARSAW THE COLONIES

House of Commons yesterday by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, in reply to such an enquiry by Mr. George

Strauss (Labour).

Reuter:

OFF. THE RECORD.

1930: The

policed in anticipation of demons- trations which have not yet materi- alised. A large number of attempt.

come to light.

Paris, To-day.

Geneva, To-day.

The "Paris Midi" reports from The international Convention for Warsaw that following the visit of the use of broadcasting in the in- In the last few days, nearly a General Sir Edmund Ironside, the terests of peace is to apply not to dozen bombs of varying size have been discovered in houses and near Inspector-General of the British Britain but the colonies and man-

synagogues. Most were found be-

By ED REED.

ED REED: 3-10 aid Termine Kynbeste

"But officer, it will break his heart

that plug pass him!"-

Overseas Forces, to Warsaw for staff talks with the Poles, the French Generalissimo Gamelin is to visit Warsaw in the near future.

General Gamelin in addition to staff talks is to inspect the Polish fortifications and to discuss Polish armaments with officers as well 48 industrialists.

dated territories.

The Convention was agreed to at

the International Broadcasting Conference at Geneva in Septem- ber, 1936.

The Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, has communicated a de- sire to this effect to the League Secretariat.

The Convention deals, inter alia, with the prevention of untruthful General Gamelin is in particular broadcasting on international af- to arrange the closest cooperation fairs and the prevention of in- between the British, French and flamatory broadcasting in times of Polish air forces.-Trans-Ocean. international tension.

ESPIONAGE SCARE IN BELGIUM

Reuter.

Woman Is One Of

Eight Spies

Held

BRUSSELS, JULY 2,

AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN, SAID TO BE A PERSONAL FRIEND OF HITLER, IS ONE OF EIGHT GERMAN SECRET SERVICE AGENTS NOW HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AT LIEGE, ON CHARGES OF SPYING ON BELGIUM'S DEFENCES.

Believed to be a member of famous German family, she entered Eelgium as, a fournalist, holding credentials from well-known Swiss newspa

She claimed relationship with dis tinguishe

in England And produced

ants making

Two of the principals of the gang were a German ex-oficer who was arrested at the frontims and Bel- gian officer holding a high position in Brussel

has

Here Luck

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