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Monarchist Movement Spreading In Germany

CROWN PRINCE REPORTED

UNDER HOUSE ARREST: GERMAN PRINCE JOACHIM

"DIES SUDDENLY"

OFFER TO THE CZECHS

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Bratislava, To-day.

It is reported in well- informed circles that Ger- many is offering the Czech leaders in Prague a status of complete autonomy for the protectorate of Bohe- mia and Moravia, and even

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London, To-day.

THE NAZI POLICE are taking widespread precau- tions against extension of the Monarchist move- ment, which is gaining momentum in Germany, reports the "Daily Herald.”

LITVINOFF IN KREMLIN'S GOOD BOOKS?

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Moscow To-day.

A come-back by Maxim Litvin- off, former Foreign Commissar, is freely predicted here, although he is not expected to get a posi tion in any way comparable to his previous one.

It is rumoured that Mr. Litvin- off will be appointed head of the Marx Engels Institute in Moscow or head of the Information de- partment of the Comintern's for- elgn bureau-Havas.

new Crown Prine Wilhelm, the journal declares, is prac-30 HOURS tically under house arrest, and the residences of ADRIFT IN

other Hohenzollern princes have been searched:

frontier rectifications in the Prince Joachim Albrecht's "sudden death," is an- OPEN BOAT

Sudeten and Teschen gions.

re-

Condition is that they dis- avow the Czech patriots fighting on the French and British side and raise a small "symbolical" army to demon- strate on the front "German- Czech solidarity." Havas.

COLOSSAL DEATH ROLL IN OIL FIRE

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Caracas, To-day.

A colossal death roll, be- lieved to be between 300 and

nounced in the German newspapers.

The "Daily Herald" declares that the Kaiser's family are serving in the

LONDON, TO-DAY. SURVIVORS OF A ordered after

13,000-TON able to continue on active service if NORWEGIAN STEAMER WHO the Crown Prince is arrested.

WERE BROUGHT INTO A PORT IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND YES- TERDAY, DECLARE THAT THEIR SHIP WAS SUNK BY A U-BOAT. ENTIRELY WITHOUT WARNING.

the Crown Prince's house arrest was German ranks, and they will be un-

he was acclaimed by Monarchists in the streets of Pots-

dam.

The Hohenzollern princes have sent а delegation to Hitler protesting

against the decision.

HITLER ANGRY

Hitler's anger, it is stated, re- sulted in sterner measures against the Prince.

Meanwhile, in Stockholm, the news- paper "Sozial Demokraten" reports They point out that 28 members of that Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, is

GESTAPO FETCHED OUT OF BEDS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Paris, To-day. Gestapo agents in Prague were turned out of their beds before dawn yesterday, to remove posters ex- hibited throughout the city, accord- report from the Czech

capital.

500, resulted from the coming to a plete destruction by fire yes- terday of the important Vene- zuelan oil producing centre at Lagunillas, near Maracai- bo Lake.

Urgent precautions are being taken by the Government to limit the dis- aster and help the population.

The Maracaibo region is one of the richest oil producing centres in the world-Havas.

RATIONING PROTEST

London, To-day.

The new decree, rationing clothing for the German people, has caused consternation in the country.

It is reported that a protest -against-the-order-has-been lodged by a group of the Nazi Party, but the protest has been rejected. Reuter

Thousands of posters were put up, proclaiming in large letters: "Clear Out The Huns."

A series of arrests have been made. -Havas.

HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE ON FRONT

London, To-day.

Heavy artillery fire rumbled all along the front.from the Moselle, to the Saar during last night.

The bark of the big guns was audible in Luxemburg. Reuter.

GRACIE FIELDS OFF TO FRANCE

* London, To-day. Gracië Fields in leaving for Prance to-day to take part in concerts for the troops. -Reuter.

WEATHER FORECAST:-East winds,

moderate; cloudy.

The 23 members of the crew who

were picked up were in an open boat leading the Monarchist movement in in the North Sea for over 30 hours Bavaria and Wurtemberg "against the before they were picked up, and usurper Hitler, for peace and the several have been sent to hospital maintenance of Christain civilisation." suffering from the effects of exposure. -Havas.

Reuter.

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