U.S.G. HOUSTON 
Morning Press News 
-3- 25 July 1938 
FOREIGN NEWS 
Prague 
A monkey wrench was thrown into the machinery working for 
a settlement of the Czechoslovak minorities problem last 
night. The Sudeten German Party filed a protest against the 
attempt of a government owned corporation to buy up shares 
in factories in the Sudeten German area. The Sudeten Germans 
claimed that their members would bo barred from employment 
if the government got control of the plants. 
London 
Friends of the former Barbara Hutton said tonight that the 
five and ton cent heiress had agreed to settle more than 
half a million dollars on her husband, Count von Haugwitz 
Rovontlow. Attorneys in Copenhagen drew up a separation 
agreement for the couple. The Countess first offered to 
give the Count a auarter of a million in exchange for a 
divorce. At that "time the Count demanded five million. 
The agreement provides that the former Miss Hutton shall 
have custody of the couple’s two year old son, Lance,- The 
Count, however, is to have the right to visit the boy, and 
to exercise parental supervision over his education. A 
disagreement about the rearing of Lance was said to have 
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d the first rift between the Count and Countess. 
Paris 
British military experts arrived in Paris last night to con- 
fer with the French' General Staff. Important military con- 
ferences will bo held Friday. Diplomatic circles believe 
the British and French milit — ' — +•« — ’ 1 1 
definite ;lans for militarj^ and naval coopera 
of war in central Europe. 
tion in case 
Tokio 
The new trade treaty between Germany and Manchukuo was . said 
in Japanese circles today to be complete in all essentials, 
The treaty provides for an increase of exports from Manchu- 
kuo to Germany. The Germans are particularly eager to get 
soy beans on a paying basis. 
London 
The Duke and Duchess of Kent departed for Bucharest today . 
to attend the funeral of Dowager Queen Marie as the official 
representative of the British Royal Famil3 r » The late Qpeen 
was a second cousin of King George and his brother and sister. 
After attending the funeral in Bucharest Monday the Duke and 
Duchess of Kent will go to Belgrade to visit Princess Paul, 
who is a sister of the "^uchess. The British couple then will 
make a yacht cruise on the Adriatic before returning to London. 
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