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Miss Paula Lecler, interviewing Haile Selassie in the Park Hotel grounds at Geneva. The third

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Miss Lecler has had a colourful from Blata Kidane Aberra, chief of dealing with people. I found career. writing for various big' of Ethiopia's first press bureau. that the Negus had been doing all syndicates and news services in the, who is also a lnguist of seven that he could to make backward United States of America. This languages, including Italian and Ethiopia a modern nation in the young Journalist is making her French. It was he who told ber: real sense of the term." way round the world by air in

"You Americans, grew through eight weeks, took up writing as a your own mistakes in your way career instead of practicing law. We Ethiopians study the West and ask it to help us. But cannons and bombing planes cannot part

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During an interview with a re- presentative of the "Daily Press," she unfolded some of her recent ex-

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an interview with very much impressed with the ex- Empress Mener, and she inter-ceedingly fine and dignified per-Europe is a tinder 'box, which Bonality of the Negus. who put even the slightest spark may light viewed the Negus four times.

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PEACE EFFORTS WITH KWANGSI

Naoking Envoy Leaves" For Nanning

Shanghal; Aug. 21. Although the Kwangsl warlords

are still unwilling to compromise with the Central Government, General Chiang Kai-shek is re- ported to be still hopeful of a peaceful solution of the Impasse and is making every effort to push negotiations to a satisfactory and amicable conclusion.

According to the Chinese press, Huang Shao-hslung, new Pacifica tion Commissioner of Kwangsi proceeded to Nanning yesterday by air to make a final appeal to Generals 4 Tsung-len and Pel Chung-hai and he is expected to return to Canton to-day or to- morrow to report to the General- issimo.

In the meanwhile much signifi- cance is attached the visit to Kwangs of Huang Chiang, former chief of stam of the 19th Route Army. It is generally, believed that Huang Chiang's mission is to endeavour to persuade e former. 19th Route Army leaders now at Nanning to align thenhelves on the side of the Government Reuter...

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