FLASHES FROM OVERSEAS

Northern Advocate, 12 June 1936, Page 4

FLASHES FROM OVERSEAS

STREET FIGHTING IN SPAIN.— Three were killed in serious street fighting in Malaga (Spain), following the brutal murder of two workers’ leaders. A general strike is paralysing the town. U.S. BEATS ENGLAND AT POLO. —ln the international polo contest at Hurlingham for the Westchester Cup, America defeated England in the first round by 10 goals to 9. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were among the 7,000 spectators. This was the first match for the Westchester Cup played in England for 15 years. * » * ♦, FAILED TO FORM CABINET.—Dr Van Zeeland, Belgium, ‘has failed in his attempt to form a Cabinet. * !j * * BADGOLIO RELIEVED— MarshaI Badoglio has been relieved of his position as Viceroy of Abyssinia at his own request. General Graziani succeeds him. * * • * * APPEAL TO POPE.— Catholic Arabs have appealed to the Pope for mediation in Palestine’s troubles. Telegraphs and phone wires are all cut. The damage is estimated at £IO,OOO. ... * * * * REFLOATING ATTEMPT FAILS.— The first attempt made to refloat the world’s largest sailing vessel, the Finnish barque, Herzogin Cecilie, failed. Two tugs tried at utmost power for four hours. Thick fog led to abandonment of the operations. The ship grounded some weeks ago on the rocky -Devon coast. s}t * sft * FORTY MORE DEATHS.— Forty more of the victims of the grandstand disaster of two days ago, when a packed stand collapsed during a royal review of scouts and guides at Bucharest, have died in hospital. It is now expected that the death roll will reach 100.

EVEREST EXPEDITION.— A copyright message sent by the leader of the British climbing expedition on Mt. Everest, Mr Hugh Ruttledge, says that the whole party, except Col. Morris and Noel Humphries, is now encamped near the head of the main Rongbuk Glacier, under the huge north face of Everest. The monsoon has regained its strength, but today a party of seven is exploring the west side of the North Col, according to a plan announced in a recent message as the final effort.

GIRL PAT SIGHTED— The master of the steamer Lorraine Cross reports that he sighted a vessel, believed to be the stolen Grimsby trawler, Girl Pat, last seen off the West African coast. He encountered her near Cayenne flying a distress signal, which stated that she was out of fuel and food. When he asked if the ship’s papers were in order, the ship hoisted a sail and headed south-west.

DUKE VISITS HAILE SELASSIE. —The Duke of Gloucester called at the house in Kensington where the Emperor of Ethiopia is staying incognito. The Duke became acquainted with the Emperor when he visited Addis Ababa some years ago to represent the late King at the Imperial Coronation. The visit to the Emperor was in recognition of the hospitality which the Duke received on that occasion, and was of a private and informal nature.—B.O.W.

MORE TROOPS FOR PALESTINE. —Another battalion of British troops, /bringing the strength to eight, has arrived at Palestine. Blue Jackets are guarding trains. The first determined Arab attack on Jewish settlements occurred near Armageddon. Firing lasted two hours and the Arabs fled when British reinforcements arrived.

BRITISH TELEPHONE DEVELOPMENTS. —Plans for development of telephone services in Britain, which the Post Office has prepared, will involve expenditure of more than £4,500,000 on underground cables and equipment alone. The programme has been designed to ensure that more remote rural areas will enjoy a service no less efficient than towns and urban districts. —British Official Wireless.

RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.— General rain ' is now falling in New South Wales, and will greatly benefit the agricultural and pastoral areas, which have been experiencing a severe drought. The effects of the drought have been reflected in a lower percentage of lambing. Some graziers have been hand-feeding their stock for more than four months.

GERMANY WANTS HER COLONIES.—Herr Hitler has approved of the publicity campaign for restoration of the German colonies, which, the Minister of Propaganda, Dr Goebbels, will shortly launch, says the “News Chronicle’s” Berlin correspondent. The Colonial Society founded by the last governor of German South-West Africa, Dr von Scheness, will be renamed the League for Restoration of German Colonies. A congress is to be held in the autumn and wireless will be extensively used to make the nation colony conscious.

HAVE FAITH IN LEAGUE.—HaiIe Selassie attended his rsfit luncheon when he was the guest of the League Union. Professor Gilbert Murray proposed the Emperor’s health. Haile Selassie attended his first luncheon rent an unfortunate tendency to consider that the League, in its present form, was incapable of continued existence or of further action in the present war. He added that Abyssinians in Wollo, Chercher, and other occupied provinces, were rising against their oppressors, while the western part of Ethiopia was still under the Government of its lawful authority. This was not the moment for the abandonment of confidence in the League.