OVERSEAS ITEMS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 56, 4 May 1928, Page 5

OVERSEAS ITEMS

For the visit of the Afghan King and Queen to Moscow, an exhibition is being arranged to show bow Britain succeeded in her Imperialist seizure of a portion of Afghan territory. It will also give a vivid picture of British military preparations on the Afghan frontier. Charts will be shown dealing with wars between Britain, and Afghanistan. The general effect will b e to reveal Britain in an unfavourable light. The *Press > commenting on the Royal visit, takes similar propagandist lines. A Soviet film company has planned a picture dealing with the "Afghan Wars of Independence. The visiting royalties are already on Russian soil and left for Moscow on May 3.

-If ft Writing to the vicar-general, the Pope deplores, as the father of all Catholics and the Bishop of Rome, the organisation of womens athletic championships in a centre of Christianity, but states he understands the necessity for physical exercise for young women. Modesty, however, must be observed. * —* San Francisco advices state that the hopes of Senators Walsh and Reed for the support of the C'alifornian delegates at the Democratic national convention suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Governor Smith in the presidential primaries. Returns from the majority of precincts indicate that Mr Smiths victory is virtually a landslide. The total votes are: Smith, 119,959; Reed ( 50,728; Walsh, . 44,004. The Svalbard correspondent of the New York Times has interviewed Captain Wilkins, who hopes to reach New York on July 1. He is making plans to fly from the Ross Sea to Grahams Land. He is not rivalling Commander Byrd's efforts to reach the South Pole, but they may have bases near each other. Captain Wilkins will fly from the west and will follow the coast of Grahams Land, while Commander Byrd flies inland and south.