THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1937.
"WE MIGHT WELL HAVE FIRED THAT NAZI ON ITALIAN WARSHIPS"
Valencia On Malaga Incident
SALUTE
THE RIBBENTROP CONTROVERSY
the German
Berlin, To-day.
The. Fascist salute with which Ambassador, Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, greeted King George, continues the subject of considerable controversy on both sides of the Channel.
In England, Mr. Wickham Steed, l the famous journalist, attacked the Ambassador's action in a speech delivered before the Oxford Liberal Society.
In Germany, the official Nazi newspaper denies that the gesture was in any way an insult. The Fascist salute, the paper declares, is considered to be an honour in Ribbentrop's Germany, and von
salute, was merely intended as a gesture of politeness. -Trans- Ocean
Mme. Lovtstoff, noted Russian soprano, who is giving a recital at. the Helena May on Wednesday.
WAR VETERANS GATHER IN BERLIN
OFFICIAL RECEPTIONS FOR MEN OF ALL NATIONS
(SPECIAL TO THE “CHINA MAIL”)
Berlin, To-day.
Delegations are now arriving here from every country in Europe and abroad for the first congress of the permanent international committee of war veterans, which is beginning to-day.
The French and British dele- gations arrived yesterday morn- ing and were met at the station by a guard of honour, which es-
THE KUOMINTANG
DETAILS OF ALLEGED
INTERVENTION
Allegations against both Germany and Italy
of influential participation in the operations on the southern front are made by the Caballero Govern- ment at Valencia in an official note.
The note, issued, following a not reach their destination. It special session of the cabinet of may have been a scheme to scatter Premier Caballero, accused Italian them and effect an attack under warships of "manoeuvering in such cover of night
"Added to the planting of mines a way as to deceive loyalist vessels which were hurrying to the aid of in the Bay of Biscay, espionage the city causing the latter to use practiced by the German and Ita- up their fuel and preventing them lian navies in the Mediterranean from reaching their objectives.”
where they watch movements of the The government describes the a' republican fleet constantly, noctur- leged intervention of Italian war nal aggression along our shores. ships as the climax of a long serie protection of rebel boats attacking of direct acts supporting the rebels
our ships and their co-operation and making a mockery of the nor
during enemy air raids, comes this intervention agreement" The not- continues "Those who, inspired by new form of aggression. purely selfish motives, regard the fall of Malaga as a step nearer termination of the war, are com- "The danger of international letely mistaken: The only effect complications is increased when on the government and the people the fact is taken into consideration is to make them resolve to redouble that one of our boats, believing their efforts and not cease until the these ships rebel, might well have victory is won.”
~WARNING GIVEN
The note says that foreign inter- zention will not shorten the war
hut will lengthen and intensify it,
lacing Europe each day nearer to the abyss."
MIGHT HAVE FIRED
fired upon them. Such action would have been perfectly justifi- able because the boats pretended to be rebel ships instead of revealing their identity from the first instant.
"Malaga is the latest chapter in
the shameless interference in the
affairs of Spain.”
Giving particulars of its charge the Government says that six loya- CHIANG KAI-SHEK IN NANKING Hist destroyers left. Cartagena as the
advance line of a Socialist fleet t
corted them to the Kaiserhof Third Plenary Session combat the Fascist warships Cana
Hotel, where all the delegations will be lodged.
During the course of the day the Bulgarian, Rumanian, Greek, Yugo- Slavian, Austrian, Czecho-Slovakian and American delegations also ar rived in the capital.
The Belgian, Italian, Polish and Hungarian delegations are expected in Berlin early to-day.
GCERING TO PRESIDE
Opens To-day
Nanking, To-day. It is officially reported that Mr. Wang Ching-wei will officiate the opening ceremony of the Kuomin-
tang Third Plenary Session of this morning at 9.00 am. Later at 11.00 a.m. the Chairmen Group and the Secretary-general for the Session will be elected, while the first of- The Congress, which lasts until ficial meeting will be held to mor- Thursday, is being opened at noon row morning. Our Own Correspon to-day when General Goering, the dent. Reich Prime Minister, will hold a reception for the delegates in the Air Ministry.
Following the reception 8 lm- cheon will be held at the Aviation Home, at which the German bassador to London, Herr Joachim von Kibbentrop, will be host.
Am-
The first business session will take place at four o'clock this afternoon, while in the evening Herr Hitler's deputy, Herr Rudolf Hees, will hold a reception for the delegates.
MEMORIAL SERV
LEAGUE'S DANZIG
COMMISSIONER
Dr Karl Burkardt Appointed
Geneva, To-d Karl Burkardt, Profess
the Institute of International Study at Geneva, has accepted the
of High Commissioner to Danz
Dr Burkardt succeeda M
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday morning at the Ger- man war memorial, after which the Lester, of Ireland, his appointm Minister for War and Commander-having been approved by: both. in-Chief, General von Blomberg, will President of the League entertain the delegates at lunch. and the Polish Government. Trans-Crean.
ter and Trans
Nanking, To-day.
rias, Baleares and the Almirante Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Cervera, which were bombarding arrived at Nanking from Shanghai the Malaga shoreline.
with Madame Chiang by aeroplane “At 1.50 pm, while the des- yesterday at 1250 p.m. troyers watched carefully for the cordon of foreign submarines, two vessels appeared off Cape de Gata.
presenting their sides to the des- Sleep, For The Sleepless.
royers. The manoeuvre was typical of ships preparing to open fire and led the loyalist vessels to believe that they would be attacked by th
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