Barcelona, Jan. 20.
Sr. Juan Negrin, the Spanish Republican Premier, yesterday paid a surprise visit to 3,000 volunteers, including many nationalities, who arrived at Barcelona for repatriation.
They came in two Spanish freighters, protected by flotillas of submarines and destroyers, and juadrons of aircraft.
Peiping, Jan. 19.
Aiming at the control of coal pro-8 end sales, a concern styled Shantung Coal Production and Sales Company will be inaugurated in Tsingtao some time this month, according to Chinese reports.
Ins capital is stated to have been fixed at $3,000,000, which will be furnished by the South Manchuria Railway Company. A Japanese expert of the Luta Company, who went to Dairen to confer with S.M.R. authorities, has returned to Tsingtao end is quoted as saying that the SMR. will not only furnish the capital but also provide technical assistance.
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