Berlin, Aug. 9.
'The recently introduced German "Yoluntary Labour Service" intended to provide the younger members of the huge German army of unemployed with work, has, it, is announced, found, at the beginning of July work for' 70,000 men, while. in the first days of August their number ihereased to 95,000.
Tt is expected that, in the begin. ning of winter at the latest, at east "10,000 young men be cared for by this labour-service. The county commissaries have been instructed to ce-operate with the Reich and State governments in order to carry out this scheme as suc cessfully as possible and to give the Germaa youth a chance to re-mare ae Safe a me and. new ambitions.—Trans-
New Decrees: Special be Created Herr von Papen, General von Sch-
Lisbon, Aug. 14.
An incident which is. threatening to strain diplomatic relations beand Portugal occurred laicher, the Reich Minister of De-|h¢ when three cases, con-fence, and President Hindenburg. ing arms and ammunition des-'These negotiations broke down {tined for the Spanish Embassy, were because Herr Hitler persisted in Jseized by the Portuguese customs demanding the Chancellorship while the utmost the President and the Ambassador at Lis-Government were prepared to con-approached by the Por-udo were the vice-chancellorship of tuguese authorities, declared that the 'Reich and the premiership of this case was only a consignment of samples to be forwarded via the 'Even' these high posts failed to'
Embassy to the Portuguese Govern-satisfy the Nazi leader, who dement and coming from Spanish a1 clared in a final conversation with jing to a Herr von' Papen. that the recent election had shown jan offer to sell 30,000 rifles to the wanted him "as Portuguese epi therefore he was unable to accept In Support of his statement, the any other post Ambassador handed to be Por-Herr Hitler also demanded the tuguese Government an oficial letter portfolios of the Ministers of In-from the Spanish Ministry of Forterior and of Defence for members eign Affairs containing a reference of the Nazi Party. Herr von to. the dispatch of the three cases Papen was prepared to negotiate Jwith 12 rifles and portable machine on this point, but Hitler's continued guns and 1,600 cartridges to the Spanish Embassy, "The Embassy now is closely! guarded by the police as the po-
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