THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20, 1937.
DISASTER AT BRIHUEGA
Italian Forces Suffer Tremendous Losses
Loyalists Taking Initiative All Along Line
Valencia, To-day.
A lieutenant-colonel of the Italian army and five other Italian officers are claimed to have been found among the killed after the Government cap- ture of Brihuega after days of intense fighting.
· THE LOYALISTS CLAIM TERRIFIC EFFECT FROM 45 CHASER PLANES, WHICH FLEW LOW AND USED THEIR MACHINE-GUNE ON THE FLEEING INSURGENTS.
THE LARGE BOOTY INCLUDES 76 LORRIES AND 300 PRISONERS, ALL ALLEGED TO BE ITALIANS..
General Offensive
LOSSES OF ARMS KING
Sir Basil Zaharoff's
Estate
Reports appearing in the Paris press not only confirm capture of Brihuega by the loyalists from the Italians but announced fur- ther Government successes on the Guadajalara sector. 2. The Government forces, it is re-
ported, carried out a general of Basil Zaharoff, the financier, at fensive all along the line yester-one time one of the world's richest day which met with overwhelming men, left estate in England of the
value of £193,103..
Those closely connected with
success.
It has been - revealed that Sir
Britain Inquiry Into Charges
London, To-day.
It is understood that the Bri- tish Government has instructed the Ambassador in Rome, Sir Eric Drummond, to make en quiries concerning reports of the landing of Italian volunteers
in Spain since the ban became effective on February 20. Beuter.
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AIRWOMAN FALLS
INTO SEA
GENERAL HUANG MU-SUNG
Now In Hospital
General Huang Mu-sung, Gor- ernor of Kwangtung, who caught a severe cold this week went Thursday, into the First Hospital of the Medical Faculty of the Na- tional Sun Yat-sen University.
Only General Yu Han-man and a few other high officials are per- mitted to see him-Our Own Cor- respondent
SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW “VICEROY
Sir Patrick Duncan Mlle. Vivienne Elders, the French
London, To-day. airwoman, who was flying to Cairo Sir Patrick Duncan, who is the to take part in an international-air successor of the Earl of Clarendon rally, was rescued from the sea by as the Governor-General of South the Greek steamer Chelatros, - 30
Africa, sailed from Southampton in the liner Warwick Castle. miles north-east of Tunis
He was accompanied by Lady Duncan
Mlle. Elders was forced down by and their daughter-British Wire- lack of petrol, but was not injured. less.
Mile. Elders had another escape in May last year, when she was taking part in the Sahara Air Rally.
GIRL'S SHORTS
“AN INSULT
A young woman accused at Camp- sie, Stirlingshire, of riding a cycle without a light appeared in very scanty shorts, red stockings and cycle shoes.
Col. Macfarlane, chairman of the It is notified that at the expira-justices, said it was an insult to tion of three months the name of the court that she should come in
Hundreds Of Prisoners Sir Basil were not surprised at the Belgian 'plane, in which she was Hundreds of prisoners were tak
comparative smallness of this co-pilot with M. Hanser and amount.
other occupants, was forced down and large quantities of guns,
At its highest point his fortune in the desert and was missing for ammunition and stores captured.
The loyalists have also forced
was estimated to total at least three days. back the enemy in the University
£10,000,000. But in the last 10 sector at Madrid.Reuter and years he lost three to four million Trans-Ocean.
pounds in financing Venizelos, the former Greek Republican leader, in addition to other losses.
One who had been on intimate The Chatham Hotel Company, Limit- front of them dressed like that, terms with Sir Basil and his famed, will, unless cause is shown to the adding: “Continue this case and ily for several years said that Sir contrary, be struck off the register let her come back properly dress- Basil's total estate at the time of and the company will be dissolved. ed." his death could hardly have ex- ceeded $1,000,000. Most of this was in France. Details of his es- tate in this country have not been published and may never be pu- blicly known.
Britain Makes
A Move
London, To-day. Visits were made to the Foreign Office this evening by the French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Russian Ambassadors.
Each was informed that the Unit
Kingdom Government were xious about the next step in non-
vention in Spain and
would be
"Sir Basil, he explained, "dis- sed of the great part of his for- tune about eight or 10 years ago, The money has since been tied up sible for the final op don' scheme to come into effect 23 soon now left in his will is only what he in a trust in Luxemburg. What is
as possible.
needed to keep up his mode of, liv- A meeting of the main non-inter-ing, which for years past, though vention committee will be held on
was never spectacular.” Monday-British Wireless.
It is notified th
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lavish,
It is notified that during the ab- sence on leave of Mr. Karsten Lars- sen, Consul for Denmark in Hong Kong, Mr. Birger Naess will be in charge of the Danish Consulate.
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