Show czechs czecho may lay claim to island of jan mayen mayea paris the foreign office at prague has sounded out the other governments of europe to learn whether there would he be any objections to czechoslovakia laying clairn claim to the island of jan mayen an island nebout the size of long island north of iceland and east of greenland at 90 96 W 71 N the island Is rich in coal and iron and would make inake rin nn excellent air base for lights flights over the north pole since the war norway has looked after the island but lias has never proven its claim czechoslovak lii may inny cl claim a im possession on the ahe grounds that rear near admiral Bal BaltA faizza izza then with tile the austrian fleet but a czech by birth and pres present mt residence discovered it ft in when he landed there with a scientific mission on the pola |