The Archive · 1938

Elevation of Legations

Paris, Nov. 22.

The willingness of Rumania to rely on Great Britain and France is the chief political significance of King Carol's recent visit to London and Paris, according to "Lo Journal" today.

"From an economic viewpoint," the newspaper declares, "it is impossible to profess a more reasonable faith in liberal principles than King Carol s done in his speech at the Guild-

"Lo Matin" foreshawods the tran formation of the Rumanian Legations, in London and Paris, into Embassies within a week.

"Lo Matin" foreshadows the trans-

British and French support of Rumanian industry and commerce, capable of forming a counter-balance to ex cessive German ambitions for economic expansion, is keenly desired in Bucharest.

King Carol and Crown Prince Michael left last night for Sigmaringen, in south Germany.—Reuter, German Railway for Brazil Duesseldorf, Nov. 22.

Exhaustive and exacting trials have proved that it is now possible to build a one-metre narrow-gauge track for a speed railway with motorized vehicles attaining a velocity of 110 kilometres per hour. Coaches of this kind built for these narrow-gauge railways have particularly constructed bodies and are equipped with motors of 600 h.p. to overcome y steep gradients and take sharp curves while travelling at a high speed.

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