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French Press and Mussolini's Plan; Rebuilding Germany's Navy; Secret Arsenal Found in Vienna;

PARIS

A Naval Invention Hoax.

Mussolini's Plan,

Paris, April Excelsior" claims to have received some de tails concerning the changes which Premier Musolini himself is re-

The Deutschland,

Berlin, April 3-As the new bat tle-cruiser Deutschland has been taken in commission and the new battle-cruiser Admiral Scacer has been launched, the next ship of the German navy to be completed is according to the plane of the Ger

nays, the battle-cruiser

RAISING THE PRICE

OF SILVER

QUESTION DISCUSSED IN WASHINGTON

(THROUGH - BEUTEE'S. AGENCY.]

NEW YORK; April 10, MEANS for raising the price of

silver were discussed lengthily: during conversations between- the State Department and the British Ambassador, declares the Washing ton correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune. The Administra tion, it is understood, have in mind explorations of possibilities of in- ternational action on the silver question during the visit of Mr. MacDonald and representatives of other nations.

During their conversations, Bir R. Lindsay and Mr. Hull, Secretary raising the price were discussed; of State, at least three methods of firstly, a limitation of production und a combined limitation of sales. Secondly, to pse larger amounts, of silver as token coins by the prin- cipal nations.

ported to have proposed in his scheme for a Four-Power Part in order to make it acceptablo "to

Braunschweig which was laid down France. The revised plan, accord-

in October 1932: The next ship to ing to the paper, refrains from approving on principle the revi be constructed is the cruiser Elsass, work in which will be sion of the peace treaties and mere-I started in the fall of 1934. Fur- ly mentions the revision na a porthermore, the construction pro by the Government of Indinn af sibility which may have to be con-gramme of the German navy pro sidered during the ten years' term vides for four reserve destroyers of the projected convention, this which are to be completed from eventuality to be examined "on 1934 to 1936. the basis of the equality of all in- |* terested Powers and in the spirit of the previously concluded trea.

ES."

Passports.

Berlin, April 3-The new pass port ordinance requiring all er mans wishing to go abroad to have a special vita, acknowledging that the authorities have no objections against the intended journey, will go into effect tomorrow, April. 4. VIENNA

Haul of Hidden Weapons.

"Echo de Paris" asserts that the following system has been suggest ed in the event of a revision of the treaties: in case of a question involving a revision of a peace treaty being presented by one of the four Powers they will first try to reach an agreement among them- selves before consulting other in- terested parties. If the latter o quiesce, the question will be sub mitted to the League of Nations Vienna, April 3.-The search of to be dealt with according to the the offices and quarters of the Re- usual procedure; but if any of the publican- "Wohutzbund has led interested Powers objects, then the to the discovery of a number of question will be shelved for the arus and a quantity of ammuni time being The paper considers tion. No opperton ad offered to these new proposily as wholly un-Ethe action of the police. Conflicts acceptable and a not-calculated however took place towards night. to appease the apprehension of the Little Intente.

Strikes!

Paris, April 3-The strike in the Citrom motorear-works seems to be near a settlement and it is hoped that the men will resume work to-morrow morning.

BERLIN

!

fall today in the suburb of Naus tade between Republican demons. trators and the police in the course of which the latter charged the crowd with drawn sabres and arrested ten.

ZURICH

The Super-Warship.

Thirdly, the purchase by leading countries on the gold elandard, of desiring to return to it, of a stipu Inted amount of silver mp to nr. tain price and ludding it to the reserves of Central Banka without fixing a definite ration between silver and gold.

Pointing out that silver is com a by-product, manly prodared as the correspondent says a limita tion of the production of copper

and other basic materials is also indo consideration as part of the programme for raising commodity prices.

CHINESE CLAIM SUCCESS

MANCHUKUO FORCES DEFEATED

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGINUXT

TOKYO, April 10.

Chinchow A MESSAGE frum stutes that a faponese detachment supported by the. Hattori Bridge has been ordered to assume the offensive, cross the Great Wall and attack the Bank at the rear of the, 50,000 Chinese troops which are menacing the Japanese at Linkow. Manchukuo, Troops Retreat.

"{THROUGH_REDTER'B'AGENCY:}

PEIFIXO, April 10, CHINESE reinforcemente which

The coal-miners strike now in- volves all the men in the Alhi, Zurich, April 3.--The polica here Carmeaux, Aubin, Avoyron and arrested to-day a man named Otto Allier districta. In the Lens coal Probst, describing himself as an basin only about half of the min-engineer, who some four years ago ers are out. In the Arras district, figured prominently in the world's where the strike is complete, it is newa as he had daimed to have scheduled to last only one day. invented a new type of a. torpedo

were sent over just prior to the craft capable of attaining a speed week-end appear to have turned of 450 kilometers an hour and the scale against the Manchukuo anaihilating all the world's navies troops who are now retreating to in a trice without difficulty. The Shihmenchai. Chinese troops are New Japanese Ambassador. technical press all the world over pursing then..

took the thing seriously because Berlin, April 3-The new Jap Probst exhibited allround forged anese Ambassador to Germany, papers purporting to prove that Mr. Matsuzo Nagai, arrived here the British Admiralty had adopted to-day and was welcomed at the his invention. The whole affair station by the staff of the Jayan- finally turned out to be a hoax ese Embassy, numerous of the local and the credulous people, who had Japanese colony representatives of lent him up to a total of 40,000,000 the Foreign Offion as well as by Swiss Francs, got busy trying to former German Ambassador to track him down, a task which is tine. Tokyo, Dr. Wilhelm Solf.

now finally accomplished.

Japanese Laun÷h"Offensive.

Texto, April 30, THE Japanese offensive was laun

ched this morning at four points along the Great Wall.

A War Office spokesman aserte that it is purely a local operation for the purpose of adjusting their

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