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POPULATION OF MADRID ORDERED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY
ITALIAN INTEREST
IN CIVIL WAR
FASCIST ACTIVITIES AT MAJORCA
VIRTUAL WAR-BASE FOR SUPPLY OF MEN AND EQUIPMENT
Valencia, To-day.
Allegations that Majorca is being treated as a virtual Ita- lian possession and a war-base for the equipment of the Spanish; insurgent army for attacks on the Spanish, mainland are made in a semi-official statement issued here, which declares that the insurgents have at present some 10,000 men of the regular army on the island, and, under threats of imprisonment or execution, have enrolled 25.000 men in a Fascist force led by Italian officers and equipped with the most modern arms from Italy. Italian ships come to the island twice a week with provisions and war materials, while 14 Italian three-engined seaplanes and three Italian destroyers are stationed in the harbour.
Barcelona: The British cruiser Arethusa is proceeding toị Palma. According to a London message it is learned that the above movement has no special significance, as the Arethusa is covering a number of places in Spanish waters. It went to Barcelona from Palma last Wednesday. The British destroyer Gerland is believed to be still at Barcelona, and arrangements are being made to evacuate people of British nationality wishing to leave Barcelona, following the threat of an attack from the sea.
LOST A POWDER-WAGON
Disappearance From French Railway System
"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL ~~
Paris, To-day
A
Jadea
goods train wagon with explosives, despatched from the State powder, factory at.. Toulouse and destined for Alsace, simply disappeared on the way. reports the Matin. It is assum ed that the missing wagon was uncoupled, nes the Pyrenees fronder and then forwarded to Spain. This is the first concrete case of a powder-wagon disap- pearing, but persistent rumours of several such cases have been in circulation for some time past. ---Trans-Ocean Service.
THE BANK OF CANTON
REOPENING FOR BUSINESS
MR. T. V. SOONG PRESIDES
AT CEREMONY
Wishes for prosperity and suc-] cess were showered on Mr. T. V. Soong, Joint Chairman of the China National Economic Com- mission and of the Board of Direc- tors of the Bank of Canton, Limit- ed, and former Minister of Fm-
ance
London: The situation, in ¡Spain was discussed at a meet- ing at No. 10. Downing Street. yesterday afternoon. Those present were the Prime Minis- ter, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Foreign Secretary. –ME - An- thony Eden the Home Secre tary, Sir John Simon, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Samuel Hoare,, and the Minis- ter for the Co-ordination of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip. It is hoped that Mr. Eden will be in a position to make a statement in the House of Commons to-day.
Reuter
Jules Verne's Phineas Fogg, who made the round-the-world trip in 88-Eye and thought it good, most feel upset in his fictional Valhalla HR Ekin of the New York World-Tele- gram, who raced Mian Dorothy Kilgallen ́of the International News Service and Low Kieran of the New York Times, around the world, covered · 24,720 addles in - 180 days, 114, hats, 56 minutės. Kieran and Miss Kilgallen, delayed by a typhoon, were in Manila. Ekins (left) shakes hands with his pilot, T. W. Tomlinson, of TWA, while Miss Frances Wilkins, the stewardess, joins in with a smile.
SHANGHAI TRUCE 'AGREEMENT
Proposed Denunciation
By China
Canton, To-day. As the Japanese landing. troops in Shanghai have pa- trolled in Chapel, which is Chinese territory, periodical- ly, the Chinese Government has determined to cancel the Shanghai. Truce agreement and to station Chinese troops in the non-military zone out- lined in the agreement. It is learned that the Japanese au- thorities are quite willing to
STOP PRESS accept the proposal that the
Foochow: Ten Customs officers
severely were beaten with hammers and iron bars when they at tempted to carry out a search of the Japanese steamer Seikyo Maru from Keelung. The Customs men boarded the craft to look for smuggled goods, but before they could be- gin their task they were set upon by 50 Formosan hop- ligans.
Having battered the Customs men helpless Formosans landed
Chinese station a limited number of troops there, but this is not satisfactory to China, which will proceed to cancel the whale agreement if the Ja panese do not stop their troops" entering Chinese ter- ritory-From A Special Cor. respondent
Government skali
SUIYUAN WAR
CENTRAL TROOPS
MASSING
PREPARATORY TO LARGE SCALE OFFENSIVE
SERIOUS PROBLEM OF FOOD SUPPLIES
TRANSPORT VEHICLES
COMMANDERED
PEOPLE SUFFER INDESCRIBABLE HARDSHIPS
-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL-
Salamanca, Today. Although the greater part of the civil population of Madrid.. despite the desperate inadequacy of the provisioning and the ab most total lack of such prime necessities as bread, will and fuel, would prefer to remain in the capital because they are convinced that the moment they left their houses and flats they would be robbed by Marxists, and are aware, on the other hand, that those who have hitherto attempted-flight have had to face immense hardships because of the insuficiency of means of transport, the Red Defence Comcil-of-Madrid has ordered that the entire popo- lation shall evacuate the city. The compulsory transport of: al women, children, aged people and non-combatants-las begun. Whether it will be possible to organise the removal of the entire population in time to make any substantial difference to the u timate result of the contest remains to be seen, many on the spot being very sceptical.
The Bolshevist leaders declare that their motive is to spare the civil population "unnecessary danger,” but the real reason is the serious problems raised by famine. «Nearly all the restaur... ants have hung out placards stating that, owing to the sbounce-
INSURGENT ADVANCE AT of all foodstuffs, they are able to provide meals. The popula
A STANDSTILL
LITTLE PROSPECT OF SPEEDY CAPTURE OF CAPITAL
Landen,” To-day.
tion is in consequence materiam indescribable hardships and is extremely depressed. Karnówer the fact that the greater part of the population et bla the capital handed over la barrassed the leaders
city.
Hence they believe that, sending her civil-- populati elsewhere, two birds would be killed with onestone - the The sixteenth day of the battle for Madrid finds the insur
difficulties of provisioning gents with one important footing in the city but little prospect would be lightened and the of the speedy capture of the capital, states Renter's special cormorale of the Militiamen im respondent with the insurgents. Some front-line observers es proved, with the result that timate that it will take another fortnight to expture the city.
PURSUIT STILL FRUITLESS.
Echo To Hold-Up Of
Chinese Train
MUTINEERS STILL: HOLD - TWO CAPTIVES:
Tientsin, To-day.
these people would be likely to Meanwhile, according to an recover their vanished courage official statement from Valen- once more. Nevertheless the
cia, the Government troops be removal of the civil population gan another fierce assault in is proving no easy matter, as the Casa del Campo sector yesmost of the people, for the rea- terday
morning, which is soms already given, are offering claimed to have resulted in passive resistance. To expe isolating the insurgent troops dite the task the Bolshevista operating in the Casa del Cam- have requisitioned all cars, lor po from those defending theries and every other form of University and Carabanchel transport vehicle in the occupi The artillery are supporting ed city. the infantry attack, which, if
bere all the women, want to mee Nationalsts has very greatly
in the attempt to defend the
FOREIGN SUBMARINES
ACTION
Madrid · To-day, -- AM) official
· communigon states: "Severalˇsub—. marines, ~ apparuelly forsign, ste tacked our warships at 9 am, at the "entrance, to the port of Carthagine." A- torpedo", struck the exciser Garvanung“, do- ing damage. · Other: torpedoes were fired at the cruiser Ken desmunes without doing damage."
-Renter
INSURGENTS PRESSING
Offensive. Develops Satisfactorily
The Seville broadcasting: stations it is finally successful, will be reports that in the course of the
a prelude to an offensive on a recent operations on the various
The Japanese troops over wide scale.. the week-end continued the hitherto fruitless pursuit of HUGE OILFIELD DISCOVERED 400 mutinous - East Hopei Militiamen who carried out the
IN KENYA
daring hold-up of a train be London, To-day-án oflfield
(tween Shanhaikwan and Tong- matineers kidnapped eight per- shan last Friday night. The
sons aboard the train, but re- leased all of them except two Japanese, who are still prison- ers. It is understood that the captives have been identified as
large enough to supply the ex- tire. British Africa south of the equator has just been discovered in Kenya Colony, according to reports received here yesterday. --Trans-Ocean Service,
|Leonis a large number of Red-MHS- fizmin, deserted to the Nationalist
side. Around Madrid, alone the
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"MOORS DEMORALISED BY THE COLD
» London,. To-day. wumber
futo hundreds. Operating without aeroplanes These deserter all agree that the but with a heavy artillery bombard- (only ones now - really- fightkay in ment the insurgents are pressing Madrid are foreign Bolshevists, their attack on Madrid and claim while the civil and other Spanish that last evening's offensive is de- inhabitants are eager to see the veloping satisfactorily. The model city taken by the Nationalists. prison has been reduced to ashes.
BARCELONA DEFENCE
The Loyalista "most" formidable Meanwhile in Barcelona the allies at present are the cold tanks The Moors are The activity of the Government Reds, under the direction of Soviet and an officer named Sakurai, com- troops, combined with the coating-Russian officers and engineers, are particularly demoralised by the mmanding the Japanese Gendar ef bad weather, has rendered im-working at very high pressure to mow, notwithstanding the multi- The Central Government troops mes at Tongshan, and the ad- possible air raids on the capital prepare the defences against the plicity of overcoats purchased or are rapidly massing on the East viser to the East Hopei Militia
expected onslaught of the Nation-looted. Strong nearchlights at along Shanghai: Seven mem-
Inightfall are concentrated Saiyman front, preparatory to & named Hirai.
On the other fronts the Govern-alists. Barbed wire entanglemen
the Mayrinares River, and pick out bers of the "National Sal-large-scale offensive against the The disaffection of the Mili- the direction of Huesca and machine-gun nests, anti-aircraft Loyalist tanks attempting to cross
ment forces claim to have advanc-concrete gun-mountings, trend vation Association" have Mongol and Manchukue irregu- tismen is due to the dismissal Saragoss, and it is also claimed guns and aerial attack been arrested by the lara, Generals Tang En-peh and French and Settlement Meng Ping-yo, commanders zes of their commander by Yin Ku that the trenches occupied by the measures are in rapid vre
pectively of the 13th Army Corps ope Autonomous Govern hel sector, ware blown up with Burgos declares to
keng, the head of the East Moroccan troops in the Caraban- The broadcasting
their cargo without paying the duty. Several of the in- jured are in a serious con- dition. Reuter.
the for China, this morning. when the local Bank of Canton. which had suspended paymentį since September 4 last year, open- ed its doors to embark on the re-i organisation scheme.
Frominent bank officials, brok era, many well-known business
Colony, and men of the
several bank managers from Canton at- tended the opening of the bank this morning- en
STATEMENT-ISSUED
Nanking To-day.
Reuter.
Police at the request of the Chinese authorities," and the 7th Cavalry Division. It is understood that they
have established temporary lendment, which enjoys will be kept in preventive-
protection. - quarters at Tatung in North Shan- detention pending the ap peasement of the present industrial wirest, Ben- ter.
Mr. T. V. Soong issed the fol- lowing statement to the press:
"The Bank of Canton was the first modern commercial bank, to be established in South China, and with its overses” branches for many years performed usefól ser- vice in the development of the tion of the Cantonese for business country. However, when the world integrity maintained, moved for ecuzione depression" came
the reopening of the Bank, and I
like many other banks it, and to was approached to head the to- suspend “business. Such however, organisation. The invitation Tap was the goodwill of the Bank, that pealed to me because it seems "depositors and shareholders
agreed on an equitable
tion and 'mekditional new
mfort. Cantonese
country, keen on seeing thes
me that Cantonese, pioneers, In mu
sted in some
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Events Moving To
A Crisis
ADVANCES CLAIMED
apanese powerful mines and the enenty fore from the "Basque Republie ed to evacuate a large section of left for Barcelona to pay s their front Haes, which the Go-visit to the Soviet Russian jernment forces occupied The General theres Th second is that the Mongols massed, exerry left several hundred dead itself the Basque in Northern Selymen are pre
**"The Insurgents, on the contrary, claims-dipion
sion is to express ing a general-offensive kovacia to claim that the Government.
south fromí Palling Inc. Berat
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SERVICES "DEMANDED
1 Cantons. It is reported that
Japanese military, autho
North China bave
the Hot
in the University City
were repulsed with her
help: Soviet
the Sp
red by
FLEET MOVEMENTS
don The Government, has fitted up an fon. Jarmoured-car with a load-speaker
andible from, a dis miles to 29
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