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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 24, 1937.
INCENDIARY BOMBS
PORTSMOUTH AS
EMPIRE
CHIEF AIR BASE
LANGSTON SCHEME
APPROVED
London, To-day.
The £1,120,000 scheme for turn- ing Laggston Harbour, Portsmouth, into a base for the new Imperial flying-boats, has been accepted by the Portsmouth City Council.
A barrage will be built with the object of landlocking the harbour. at Langston, making it a huge lake.
The Air Ministry is prepared to contribute £568,000 towards the sum required, and will also guaran- tee an income of at least £30,000 a year for fifteen years.
The present airport will be sold after deducting seventy-five acres for playing fields.
Supporters of the scheme claim that it will make Portsmouth the first air base as well as the first naval base in the world.-Reuter.
Marshal Rydz-Smigly, Poland's new Dictator, who has proclaimed his ambition to establish a Totali- tarian State, with himself supply- ing the single will.
NAVAL LINE-UP FOR
CONTROL PLAN
BRITAIN TAKING ON HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES
LONDON, TO-DAY.
AND
ON
VALENCIA
Two Insurgent Raids On Government Capital
CARNAGE ON MANY BATTLEFIELDS
London, To-day.
Twice yesterday did Valencia suffer an air at- tack with the raiders using incendiary bombs. The first raid was carried out shortly before dawn and the second later in the day.
Incendiary bombs were dropped mummamanEY by the rebel planes both on the town and in the harbour sector, but little damage is reported.
At night all lights were put out for fear of further air raids.
All able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 45 are now required to carry a certificate when attend- ing places of amusement, indicating that they are doing defence work of some kind.
Lack of this certificate will mean imprisonment for thirty days, the their own prisoners to provide food.
HEAVY FIGHTING According to an insurgent mess- age from Salamanca, the enemy use lessly sacrificed men in an attack on Oviedo, which they maintain is still in their hands.
Irish Blue Shirt Leader Killed
Dublin, Today. Commander Thomas Hyde, one of the leading figures in the Irish Blue Shirt movement. has been killed in Spain accord- ing to a message from the Ma drid front.
Commander Hyde was serv- ing with the insurgent forces.- Trans-Ocean-
turias and Andalusian fronts.
An official communique issued by mits that several loyalist attacks on the Madrid Defence Committee ad- the rebel positions were beaten off
Trans-Ocean.
THE ZONES INTO WHICH THE COAST OF SPAIN WILL
THE SCHEME TO EXERCISE BE DIVIDED UNDER SUPERVISE SEA CONTROL OVER THE IMPORTATION OF WAR MATERIALS, HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED BY THE Government losses as high as 4,000, with heavy losses.--Reuter NON-INTERVENTION SUB-COMMITTEE.
The divisions are:
The north coast
to be pa-
under
trolled by Britain and Portugal.
The north-west coast
France and Russia.
The south coast from the Span-
ish-Portuguese border to
Britain.
Almeria
From Almeria to the Franco- Spanish frontier Germany and
Italy.
-
The islands of Iviza and Majorca
France.
Minorca-Italy.
Spanish Morocco
France.
The Canary Islands and Rio Doro:
Britain.
RUSSIAN ATTITUDE
Russia has not finally accepted her zone, as she had formerly sug- gested allocation of the east coast as her nearest base is in the Black Sea.
The section provisionally allot-
H.K. NOTE
Insurgent headquarters put the while cther heavy losses were sus- tained by the loyalists on the As-
Addis
FORGERY Ababa
PLANT SEIZED
Aftermath
and
Addis Ababa, To-day.. Investigation of the events lead- ing up to attempted assassination
$20,000 IN SPURIOUS NOTES READY of the Italian Viceroy, Marshal
FOR DISTRIBUTION
Graziani, is being carried out vigorously by the military authori- ties.
Of the natives arrested, several
THREE CANTON ARRESTS hundred were set at liberty after
Canton, To-day.
their innocence had been proved, but all those in possession of wea- pons or unable to establish an alibi, may be placed before a firing squad. Cross-examination of those under
A big forgery plant in which Hong Kong notes arrest is still proceeding-Trans-
ted to Russia includes part of were being manufactured in large quantities has Ocean. the Bay of Biscay, regarding pa- been discovered by the Canton Police.
trol of which there appears to be no eagerness. «e
THE SEIZURE FOLLOWS AN INVESTIGATION WHICH FOREIGN HAS BEEN PROCEEDING FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME WARSHIPS FOR PAST, BUT WHICH HAS LED DETECTIVES ON MANY WILD GOOSE CHASES UNTIL THIS WEEK-END, WHEN THE FIRST NAVAL REVIEW DEFINITE CLUE WAS OBTAINED AND SWIFT ACTION WAS
TAKEN
are expected to
Ships in the various zones will patrol at a distance of ten miles from the shore, and presumably
London, To-day. will have the power to examine any)
Thirty-three naval powers have ship approaching any Spanish port. IN FORCE ON MARCH -6
each to the great naval review The scheme will operate on The premises, a residence in Kai Kong notes that have been put into been invited to send one warship March 6 at the same time as the Ming Third Road in Tung Shan, circulation in recent months.
follow on May 20. land control scheme comes into were kept under observation, all Three arrests were made and which will take place at Spithead
visitors being noted and shadowed, others Britain will defray the cost of and finally, at midnight yesterday, shortly.
THREE IN CUSTODY Z The men in custody are Chen keeping British naval ships exer-the police swooped down, to be re- warded by the discovery of a com-
Siu-tin, Wu Yung and Li Sze-kan. cising supervision,
It is authoritatively estimated plete forgery equipment,
The forgery plant was disman $20,000 FORGERIES FOUND → that she will also pay £100,000 forį.
Over $20,000 in Hong Kong notes tied and taken to police headquar-
have been manufactured by a full year in connexion with the
Further investigations are being same organisation, which is one scheme of land control of importa were found printed and ready for ters.- tion of war materials into Spain, distribution and it is believed that this being sixtees per cent. of the the police have found the source of conducted. It is believed that large the biggest detected in Canton. purious Hong quantities total cost enter.
This is revealed in an official an- nouncement, which adds that lack of space prevents the participation of more warships in the review. Trans-Ocean.
Siamese note forgeries Our Own Correspondent.