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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

POLAND WATCHES

DANZIG

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936.

CAPONE

A MODEL CONVICT

POSSIBLE COUNTER |MAY GET TRANSFER

TO NAZI DEMANDS

BRITAIN ALSO CONCERNED

(Special To "Telegraph")

Warsaw, July 8.

FROM ALCATREZ

LIFE TWICE ATTEMPTED

GERMANY

AVOIDING POWERS PARLEY

RHINELAND CRISIS AGAIN TO FORE

NO REPLY TO BRITISH NOTE

London. July 8.

San Francisco, July 8. Mr. Arthur. D. Wood, Chief Federal Parole Probation Offlzer, to- diny revealed that Al Capone, one- me Chicago heer baron and racketeer chief, may be transferred to McNeil many Island Penitentiary Presumably this step would be taken to protect Britain that she is disinclined to the

the projectzå life of the prisoner, who has twice Participate in bern attacked while in the Alcatrez Brussels conference of Locarno prison.

|Trenty-signatories,

If the Danzig Nazi leader, Herr Greiser, continues to press for revision Statute, and if it is officially followed up, and If the Senate chooses to modify or alter any one of the essential clauses which it considers inconvenient, Mr. Wood said that an investiga

This conference is called to con Poland will also be led to de-ion had shown that "some of the hig

of mand various modifications in implicitly, and were therefore en-

shots" at Aleatres obeyed the rules sider Germany's remilliarisation

the Rhineland and plans for a new the chapters which do not titled to transfer to another prison, Arcuty to replace the glit. satisfy the interests of Poland. although they were, not eligible for

parole.

It is reported that This statement is contained in n

the German told the British Charge d'Affaires in Foreign Minister, Baton von Neurath, rmi-oflat commentary issued by the Polish Foreign Office to-day.

Berlin, Mr. Baal! Newton, that Ger any doubts if the present is a suit (uble time for, a merting

Legarto powers.

It is reliably stated that Ger

hus of the Danzig

informed Great

The commentary appeals to the Ger. -man Government to make a diplomatic move to ease the situation and hopes the German Government will give a diplomatic explanation of the cruiser Lastpaie incident

The Leipzic's commander fulled to make the usual official call upon the High Commissioner, Mr. Senn Léster, when his ship visited Danzig recently, and caused the High Commissioner te protest to the Longue of Nations as

a result.-Renter Special,

SERIOUS VIEW

London, July 8.

The Danzig situation in quiescent since the Nazi leader, Herr Greiser, returned from Bert and Geneva, though there is little doubt that Bri- tain continues to take a serious view of the position there,

IL IN revented that General Herman Goering, the Gerinan Air. Minister, recently no

Look

hand in the crisis #

Capone has been one of the best prisoners and lus earned the Govern inent's consideration of the transfer question,

is transfer, saying enemies plot Meanwhile his wife is pleading for against his life-tilted Press.

BRITISH BUSINESS PICK-UP

ALL INDICATIONS GRATIFYING

London, July 8.

of the

In any event, Baren yèn Neurath guid, Germany dogs fet desire to send delegates unless Italy participates in the confelenge, which depen:ls upon I whether sanctions are lifted prior to ; the conferéner.

The Gerima Minister also In:lient: 1| that his Government dost not yet in tend to answer Britain's Moy 6 questionnaire, seeking amplification of Germany's enunter-preposal to the Loranu, powerst pence plan. Germany feels that due to the prevail. ing complications in Europe i would he unwise to make an answer at this

· Time-United Press,

ITALY INVITED

Rome, July 8, Italy has receive an invitation to ahe forthcoming conference of Locarno

prices At present the Government is con-

For the first time this year the Treaty signatories at Brussels, when he saw the Polish Andassador, average level of wholesale M. Josef Lipski, In Berlin. The Am-showed an appreciable movement in bassador explained the Polish view-June, rising to 0.8 per cent, abonsidering its reply, and it is the general- point and is now awaiting further May and to 4.6 per cent. above June Reuter Bulletin Service,

Impression that she will accept

word fram Germany.

Further details have been received

of last year.

and industrial materials and manu- Food prices rose by 12 per cent. factures by 0.5 per cent. as compared with May. The index number of in dustrial materials was the highest recorded since October last.

in London regarding the meeting of the British Minister to Berlin with Dr. Dickhoff of the Foreign Office. They indicate that the German spokes- man gave assurance that Germany would do nothing chích could be in- terpreted as

The Ministry of Transport returns direct

interference in the showed all round increases in British affairs

reased, dissatisfaction with the ceipts therefrom, in the March quar

notwithstanding railways passenger traffic, and in re- expressed present Danzig

ter as compared with the first quar- It is also believe

that Dr. Djekhoffter of last year. Freight carried dur refrained from dispelling the convicing the twelve weeks ended March Lign that Herr Greiser would continue 21, and resultant receipts, were also to act as hend of the Danzig Nazis larger for all classes as compared upon the crders of Berlin, ឆន The with the corresponding period of 1835. doubtless neted at Geneva.-Reuter | -British Wirefrm. Special.

Ther

King's Son Files Suit For Divorce

to p

New York, July 0. Count Covedonga, son of the former King of Spain, led suit for the annulment of his marriage wealthy Spanish sugur planter's daughter to-day,

He alleges

he was tricked into the marriage by false promises and that after their marringe the Countess ud- mitted that her sole purpose in wedd- ing him was to acquire a title.

1 He alleges the Countess d

intention of devoting her life to caring for her husband, and rusisted upon living apart in a style he could not afford-Reuter.

The Countess is also bringinig seit for divorce on the grount compatibility of temperaments.

Impressive Funeral

of in-

LAST HONOURS FOR CRASH VICTIMS

Cairo, July 8.

A combined military and Air Force funeral will be given to-morrow to the three infantry officers and four R.A.F. non-commissioned officers who were killed when a transport bombers in which they were lying crashed while landing in the darknicas at Mersantrol Acrativos.

The High Commissioner (Sir Miles Lampson), the Inspector General of the Air Force and the G.O.C. British forces in Egypt will attend.-

Redter Bulletin Service.

FREE SPEECH

►

PERMITTED

UNION CONGRESS CAN

TALK FREELY

London, July 8.

The International Trade Union Congress held its annual meeting in the Albert Hall to-night, at which twenty countries were represented.

Lord Snell, opening the conference, told the foreign representatives that there is completo freedom of speech they could say what they liked, as Great Britain-Reuter. Bulletin Servico.

R.A.F.

Mr. C. B. Burgess imposed a

fire of $250, Ot three months imprisonment, this morning at the Central Magistracy on Pang Wing, 18, unemployed, charged with un- lawful dealing in opium. Defendant was caught in Canton Road and was stopped by the Chinese detective with whom he started a Defendant throw the detective on his Oght. ack and then rn to the harbour where he threw the optam into the water. This oplum was later re covered by a diver.

PLANE NEARLY

HITS BIG ZEPPELIN

London, July 9.

The agitation with regard to the zepplin, Von Hindenburg, flying over England, lends piquancy to the statement of the Aero- plane Journal that an Air Force pilot while practising blind flying narrowly avoided ramming the big dirigible on one of her recent flights across England.

The plane concerned contained an thing large and dark ahead. instructor and pupil and took off He seized the controls and dived, from an Air Force aerodrome In the fand saw the windows of a gonodala Midlands. It WAR flying through flash past as he missed. the airship cloud when the instructor saw some-jby a few feet only-Reuter,

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