News In A Nutshell

Northern Advocate, 29 August 1938, Page 7

News In A Nutshell

A Swiss observation squadron ol five military aeroplanes was flying to j Lugano when four of them crashed on the Grusberg mountain side in a thick fog. Six of the eight occupants were killed. The fifth aeroplane escaped.

Addressing French pilgrims, the Pope reaffirmed his views that the church is entitled to speak on racialism, which is a branch of philosophy on which religion guides apd advises. In an address to Bavarians, His Holiness extended to them a special welcome, as they came from a country where the atmosphere was threatening. He specially blessed the German Cardinal Faulhaber.

The first major successes in the Japanese drive on Hankow and the capture of Juichang are now admitted by the Chinese. The Japanese are advancing slowly in the face of very fierce resistance.

The Air Ministry’s chief inspector of accidents reports that the crash of the Cygnus was due to a faulty adjustment of the wing-flaps, which were “full out.” On December 5, 1937, the Empire flying-boat Cygnus, with 13 passengers on board; crashed while taking-off at Brindisi. Two of the occupants were killed and six injured.

Mr Robert Brennan, who has been Irish Charge d’Affaires for the past five months at Washington, has been appointed Eire Minister to the United States.

The Paris correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” states that M. DaJadier has called a Cabinet meeting for Monday to discuss measures to speed up national defence. The Prime Minister admitted that legislate might be necessary to enforce the proposals, and in that evenr a prompt convocation of Parliament would be unavoidable.

Large quantities of arms and ammunitions are reported to have been smuggled into Danzig by Nazis who, it is believed, aim at the creation of an army of 25,000. Nazis in Polish Silesia are imitating members of Herr Henlein’s party in Czechoslovakia by wearing semi-uniform.