Paris, July 29. The text of a national petition to the French Government to remove to another site the military aerodrome at Chartres, southwest of Paris, was published by "L'Epoque" this morning.
The request was prompted by the fact the aerodrome is only 600 metres from the famous Chartres Cathedral It is pointed out in the petition that in war this magnificent building would almost certainly be demolished as a result of bombing of this important base ts of removal, however high they might be, bear no com-ison to the value of the cathedral, s of which are a menace to aeroplanes landing. as algo that the proximity of the town 1ge it impossible to camouflage the aerodrome, the demand was made that the aerodrome be removed to another situation. Parliament is requested to take the necessary measures and pass a resolution to this effect as soon as Ocean.
Expropriation Decree Held Unconstitutional here today.
This Memo declares the Govern-
The Hague, July 28.
A Memo protesting against the expropriation of foreign oil companies' holdings in Mexico, has been handed to the Mexican Foreign Ministry by the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires in the Central American State. Jonkheer H. M. J. Fein, it was revealed ment's expropriation measure was unconstitutional.
It also protests against the judgment of the Mexican Labour Council, delivered on March 18, which annulled the Labour Contract instituted by decree of December 18, 1937.—
Havas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.