London, May 13, The position of distressed Britons countries such as China and Austria, where political "upheavals were (aking place at the present time, was the subject of a question in the House of Commons today.
The Government was asked whether it would consider making arrange ments with the local authorities for financially assisting necessitous Britons who wished to be repatriated, It was suggested that the assistance iven should be on similar lines to that accorded to Britons repatriated from Spain, Replying in the nogatve, Sir Kinysley Wood, Minister of Health, stated that there was no need to consider making any special arrangements for repatriating distressed Britons in respect of countries other than Spain, ner on Fire Lo Havre, May Another outbreak of fire occurred fast night in one of the ships be~ Jonging to Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, The latest to. be involved was the 28,000-ton_ Cham= plain, which was laid. up early this week following the strike of stewards, Some reports said two separate and distinct "outbreaks occurred, one the frstelass cabins and the other inthe butler's. stores. There reason to believe that they were duc to sabotage or incendiarism, It is thought that they may have been due The fires The luxury liner Lafayette was destroyed by fire last week while in Jdry dock, involving practically every British and Fe pany—Reuter, N.Y. Chinese Celebrate New York, May 10.
Every Chinese business firm here was closed yesterday (0 celebrate the unity of China and the recent "Chinese vielorics against Japan." Six planes, piloted by Chinese pilots, flew overhead during a parade of local
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