Changchun, Feb. 26.
Princess Saga, wife of Emperor Kangteh's brother, Mr. Pu Chieh, gave birth to a daughter here to-day. The Emperor extended his congratulations.—United Press.
Despite an all-day search by large numbers of aircraft yesterday, there still no trace of the R.A.F. Vickers Wellesley long-range aeroplane which disappeared on Friday in the course of a practice flight round Grea Britain, The Air Ministry is now planning to intensify the search in the coastal areas round the Firths of Mofay, Cromarty and Dornoch, on the north-east coast of Scotland.
The machine, which was specially built for an attempt to recapture for Great Britain the record f. stop long-distance flight, occupied by Flight Lieutenant F. S. Gardner, Flying Officer GAD. Thomson and Sergeant George Hicks.
Tt was last seen on Friday morning Tokyo, Feb. 26.
Folowing a written "suggestion" by the Japanese military authorities to the Diplomatic Corps in Peiping on February 3, recommending, among other things, the withdrawal of third-Power nationals from the fighting zone, it is learned to-day that the Foreign Office on February 15 sent identic Notes to the various Embassies making a number of suggestions. Some of these are said to be quite impracticable.
The proposals are reported to have included the withdrawal of third-Power nationals from a wide area north of the Yangtze, marking third-Power properties with flags, and reporting the location of those pro-off Rothbury, Northumberland.—Perties, with maps, to the Japanese Reuter, military authority Reuter.
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