BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 February 1927, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

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PRINCE CAROL’S LOVE. PARIS, Feb. 21. Lambrino, interviewed regarding Prince Carol’s meeting with his son at Rapallo, says:—“l never dream of being Queen. I only ask that our boy, M.ircca, grows up happy with his father to guide him.” , Theatres, cinemas and dress-makers s l,ops in Paris have no attraction for Lambrino. who spends her days alone or in the company of Mfrcca, who is at a French boys’ school. She has hundreds of Carol’s love letters, and threatens to use them, but denies batred against Carol or that she is desirous of revenge. . She said : “I would, not he doing a mother’s duty if I did not uphold Mcea’s rights. . It is terrible to live 3QP cards from Carol and never lie Mh to talk. H Carol came back to-mor-row. I could he happy again.” .J

DE PINEDO FORCED TO descend. LONDON, Feb. 22.

De Pinedo was forced to descend m the sea mcar Fernando Do Noronlm*, whither the aeroplane was toned iy the Brazilian cruiser, Bnrozlo.

PRICE OF GOLD. LONDON. Feb. 22. Gold is £4 4s 10.) cL

foreign office: views T LONDON, Feb. 22. The Foreign Office has not received confirmation of the bombardment of Shanghai by Chinese gunboats. but official circles point out- there w at present little cause for alarm. - K boat, liv Western standards, is a small negligible craft. Probably the guns are indifferent, and the shelling is unlikely to cause much damage or loss of life. The main source of satisfaction, is that the firing was not prompted by antipathy to British and other foreign people. It was not«»rooted against the International Settle- , meat, hut against the native city. t was a part of the Chinese civil war and did not arise from hatred of foreigners. The view is taken that while the life of foreigners in Shanghai must be exI ceedimrlv uncomfortable owing to the strike, and general uncertainty, it would lie an exaggeration to suggest that Britishers are at present in daily peril of losing their lives.

POLITICAL murder. PARIS, Feb. 23.

A well-known anti-Fascist named Pi mule Monti, was found dead in a street at midnight in Bagnole, a suburb of Paris. His death was apparently an act of political vengeance, as< Monti was followed home from a Communist meeting, and seven revolver shots were tired into his hack.

PRAYER BOOK CONTROVERSY. LONDON, February 23. Despite many protests against the secrecy, including that of Bishop Frodisluun, at York, the Lower House of the Convocation sat in camera. The Convocation of Canterbury carried a resolution thanking the Upper House of flic Convocation for requesting the Lower Houses to submit its Prayer Book suggestions and also ear- 1 ried a resolution deleting a reference to the Upper House’s consideration of the question “in a wise and generous spirit.” It also submitted the House ol Clergy’s connections to the Psalter. It was resolved to hold over the matter of omissions made ill the calendar until the Commission has reported thereon. The Convocation defeated proposals for the insertion oh Acts of Faith in the Prayer Book.

ARMAMENTS. WASHINGTON, Febrary 23. Mr Baldwin’s recent address'endorsing President Coolidge’s disarmamentproposal lias strengthened the belief here that efforts will he made to con- t| vene a Three Power meeting at Geneva for the limiting of the construction of auxiliary naval craft.

There has been an intimation that it might he advisable to couple with such agreements as might arise from that meeting an understanding whereby the limitations would become inoperative once France or Italy had built up to a certain specified point. It was announced to-day that President Coolidge’s memorandum was also sent to Argentine. Brazil, Chile, and to other Powers of Europe and Asia.

It is understood that Argentine lias informed the United States that it feels that no naval conference should he held until the result of the Geneva armament conference was seen.

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