Explorer Spent Seven Months In Sinkiang Berlín, Jan. 10.
Dr, Wilhelm Filchner, the German explorer, arrived in "Naples to-day, en route to Germany, after spending more than seven months in Khotan, Sinkiang, Dr. Filchner told a correspondent he had carried out his plans and had gleaned a very full knowledge of magnetic conditions in Central Asia. He intended to proceed to India in the autumn to continue his observations in northern India, Last September Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the German Minister of Propaganda, requested the British Gi ernment to assist in locating the explorer, from whom there had been [no news for more than half a year. him. Dr. Goebbels wished to inform Dr, Filchner that he had won one of the three national prizes awarded annually in Germany in lieu of the Nobel Prize, Each of the prizes is worth approximately £8,000.—Reuter.
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