BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS
[Reuters Telegrams.]
JAPAN’S AIR FORCE. TOKIO, npril 2. The military air force hitherto recruited from' all arms, is being separated from May Ist. under a plan tor approximately doubling it in the next six years and at the same time abolishing' four army divisions. The actual personnel reduction will he under live thuusniid. Combined manoeuvres, are ? i,|anlied for mid-April for the purpose of studying the best means of ward•j„g „lf a naval and air attack on lokio.
'PIIK KIDNAPPED COMMUNIST. LONDON. April -• Five men were committed f l /" trial at Liverpool- on a charge ol kidnapping the Communist leader, Mr Pollitt. Pollitt in evidence said he was dragged from the train at F.dghill and pme- , ", a motor ear. One of the accused, i Biiwhuidsou, sat oil him, saving that he T was being taken to Pumgr ConsUtu- «•' , ional Club. After three hours the> stopped at an hotel at Llandegla. whole the accused took turns watching I .- bed overnight. The next day he «as to Shrewsbury and entrained for °Cross-examined, accused snid tbat be ' a creed to accept the position spoitiii„Iv 7 and have a pleasant week-end. lU.u----1 a nelson tried to give lum a h'cUm-on Constitutionalism, but be reidied that the proudest moment ot hi> lift when he carried the Communist bannu at Lenin’s funeral, lie also admiUti bo had a bad eohl. At Llandegla one of bis captors nicely rubbed bis chest with mustard.
CAPE STATEMENT. CAPETOWN, April The Government organ “Burger states according to its information, tlie English press Is misinformed regarding' the Government’s intention to totally abolish preference. It adds we must await the Budget, to see whether .preference will continue to be placed on V,' a quid pro quo basis, or abolished.
OBITUARY. . LONDON, April 2. Obituary—Admiral Sir Culme So? morn*.
AIRSHIP TESTS. _ (Received this day nt 11.2 i» t.nt.) LONDON. April Airship R. 33 flew from Cardington, where it had been locked up for four years, to Pulham aerodrome. It " 1 undergo special tests at Pulliam with the object of perfecting the type of airship adaptable to a regular air service to 'the Dominions. • -
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