The Archive · 1936

Foreign News in Brief

The Crown Princess Marie-Jose of Italy Ig sailing shortly for Asmara to serve as a nurse in a military hospital there.

'A decree requiring all able-bodied men In Italy to serve a period of eommitsory military', service was gazetted in Rome on March 20, 'Mr, Terence James O'Connor, Conservative member of Parliament for the Central division of Nottingham, has been appolr ted Solicitor-General Ju succession to Siz Donald Somer-vell_who has, been appointed Attorney-General' in succession to Sir Thomas Inskip, who recently was named Miniser for the Co-Ordination of Defence, 'The findings of the Coroner at the Inquest of the twelve victims of the air-liner City of Khartoum' tragedy fon December 31 declares that seven died "from fractured skulls and two were "drowned, while it was impos sible to give a verdict concerning the two others.

Gen. Joachim von Ribbentrop, Herr Hitler's ambassador-at-large and chief German delegate to the de-Uberations of the Covneil of the League of Nations in London, was received in audience on Mar, 20 by the King, who also subsequently received Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretar An echo of the attack last month on. M, Leon Blum, the Socialist leader, by members of the Camelot clu Rol, the Royalist organization, was heard on Mar. 21 when M, Charlies Maurras, Director of Action Francaise, was sentenced to four months" imprisonment for "incitement to rime" a8 the result of a newspaper, article, Joseph Delest, "manager ofthe newspaper in which the article apeared, was fined 100 francs, The Nazi Party has selected 1,033 candidates for the elections to th Reichstag to be held on March 29, the majority of whom are high tazi leaders while the remainder are those who have rendered good service to the party,

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