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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 3, 1937.
BASQUE FRONT CONFLICT
Both Sides Make Claim To Important Successes
DOMINATION OF WHITE RACE
Mr. Pirow's Speech At Winsburg
RACIAL POLICY.
London, To-day.
A speech made at Winsburg, în the Orange Free State, by the South African Minister of Defence, Mr. O.
Rebels Say Espana
Was Mined Not Bombed
Bilbao, To-day.
It is reported that the Basques celebrated May Day by inflicting a series of reverses on the insur-
Pirow, in which he stressed the necessity for energetic racial and political measures in the Union, is gents. given great prominence in the Sun- day papers.
It is claimed that the rebel casualties number- Mr. Pirow said that racial philo-ed 2,500, while many prisoners were taken includ-
ing Italian as well as Spanish.
sophy had acquired great significance în other countries "because, in ap- plication, it is the only policy that can under all circumstances, guar- antee domination of the white race." A number of native peoples were already attempting to establish themselves as independent nations, he said. Trans-Ocean.
£140,000,000 FOR ROADS
ACCORDING TO COMBATANTS, A MIXED ITALIAN AND SPANISH COLUMN 4,000 STRONG, IS ATTACKING GUERNICA, COMMANDED BY ITALIAN OFFICERS WHILE A COLUMN OF "BLACK ARROWS” SPANIARDS IS ATTACKING BE- TWEEN DÜRANGO AND AMOREBIETA.
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Arrest Of Famous Pastor Denied
Berlin, To-day.
Reports that Pastor Niemoel- ler, of the German Confessional Church, had been arrested, are officially denied here.
Trans-Ocean interviewed the Pastor at his home in the Ber- lin suburb of Dehlen on Satur- day night-Trans-Ocean.
Serenade
For Duke Of Windsor
ST. WOLFGANG'S FAREWELL
St. Wolfgang (Austria),
To-day. The Duke of Windsor is preparing to depart for Tours, in France, ing, and may leave Austria any day where Mrs. Ernest Simpson is stay-
after Monday.
BOTH, IT IS CLAIMED HERE, WERE REPULSED AFTER FIGHTING WHICH LASTED ALL DAY, WITH HEAVY LOSSES.
From Hendaye, however, large ships carrying, altogether, 100 comes a report stating that the guns, over 100 aeroplanes and aero- Mr. Belisha's 5-Yr. Plan advance has cut Bilbao off from air bombs and 20,000 rounds of ar- insurgents claim that their latest plane motors, 100,000 rifles, 19,000
the Bermeo roadstead, whence tillery ammunition. Mr. Hore-Belisha, Minister of all refugees have ben evacuated In addition, the insurgent fleet Transport, told the Commercial for the past three months. Motor Users' Association, at a Lon- has also, they say, opened the "Fernandez” and has captured sever-
It has sunk the loyalist destroyer night. don luncheon that expenditure un-way for an encircling movement al coastguard boats. der the five-year programme now north of Bilbao. amounted to more than £143,000,000, of which £72,000,000 had been approved.
already
in any Fund's
A communique issued în Sala- manca claims the capture of Bermeo and Mindaca, and adds that 3,000 Basques are retreating from the two captured towns on Bilbao.
"FOREIGN RULE"
Meanwhile Sunday was spent in celebration of the liberation of Spain from the Napoleonic domination.
as
The insurgent press recalls that in 1800 "Spain was struggling at present, to free herself from foreign rule."
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According to the estimate for the roads vote the commitments of the Road Fund at the end of the year will be £66,000,000, a sum which had never been exceeded
BERMEO IMPORTANCE year. This was the Road
The communique also claims that share of the total expenditure. the insurgents have advanced from In 1807, the papers recall, Spain There should be no sectional anta- Bermeo and have taken the 2,000-had been occupied by the French gonism, said Mr. Hore-Belisha, be-foot height of Mont Soliuve, do- and the Spanish ruler, King Carlos, tween the various classes of road minating the road to Manguia. was forced to abdicate. Napoleon users. The best way to remove that From St. Jean de Luz it is report- conferred the crown on his brother antagonism was to make every kind ed that capture of Bermeo makes Joseph. of transport, including pedestrian the question of a port for evacua- transport, safe, and every kind of tion of refugees more difficult than
transport client.
£30,000 GIFTS BY LORD GLANELY
Commemorating The Coronation
ever.
REBELS CLAIM ESPANA WAS SUNK BY MINE
In London the Basque Govern- ment, through its delegate in the British capital, has expressed pro- found gratitude for their British Government's decision to protect ships on the high seas carrying re-
Lord Glanely, the shipowner and fugees from Bilbao. racehorse owner, has made a gift] · of £30,000 to a number of educa- tional and charitable institutions in commemoration of the Coronation
of King George VI.
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“Maginot Line” At Bilbao
staged a picturesque farewell last The inhabitants of St. Wolfgang
Gaily decorated and illuminated barges, rowing boats and motor boats, headed by two barges carry- ing massed bands and the six best dancing couples in the town, -pro- ceeded in procession to the Duke's residence.
The Vice-Burgomaster delivered a speech of farewell to the Duke, who thanked him. for the serenade. -Reuter.
IRRIGATION PLAN
FOR KWANGTUNG Agriculture Expansion
Scheme
On May 2, 1808, the population of Madrid revolted and a campaign of guerilla warfare was carried on by the juntas. In 1813
Canton To-day. the French were expelled from Spain-Trans- Ching, Vice-Minister of Industry, Mr. Wu Teh-chen and Mr. T. K. Ocean.
and a number of experts, have mapped out an agricultural expan- sion plan for Kwangtung. It is learned that the plan will involve a big irrigation project, the de- velopment of 8,000,000 mows of public land as experimental fields, and the organisation of an irriga- tion bank. Mr. Ching will submit the scheme to the Executive Yuan for approval.Our Own Correspon- dent.
San Sebastian, To-day. The Basque forces in the Bilbao A communique issued from in-area have been busy over the week surgent headquarters in Sala- end consolidating their positions. manca states that the loss of the The militia have now taken up a cruiser Espana was due to the line extending from near Guernica warship striking one of the many to the Amorebieta, on the Bilbao- mines the insurgents had placed Durange road. outside Government ports.
The preparations being made by Reports that the sinking was due the Republicans indicate a "They of South to aerial bombardment are de-shall not pass" policy, Wales and Monmouthshire-is-to prescribed as "fantastic,” and it is The last line of defence is a sort
The money will be distributed among 24 different causes, the maj-| or portion being allocated to Wales. The University College
ceive £15,000.
The crew left the sinking ship in perfect order, it is stated. Reuter,
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added that at no time was any Other gifts include £2,000 to the Government plane sighted. Cardiff Infirmary and £1,000 each to King George's Fund for Sailors, the National Association of Boys Clubs, and the Arethusa Training Ship.
of Maginot Line, a series of strong- ly fortified entrenchments, which run round Bilbao with a radius of about twelve kilometres. Trans. Ocean.
Local Coronation Broadcasts
It is learned that the Postmaster- General has appointed Mr. F. V. Read to be the official commentator in the local Coronation broadcasts in connection with the Chinese dragon, and floral processions.
NAVAL CONTROL UNAFFECTED
Salamanca, To-day.
"ENEMY FLEEING An official broadcast stating that
Salamanca, To-day. the cruiser Espana was sunk by a The latest insurgent communique The R.M.S. "Empress of Asia" mine and not by Government planes, states that General Franco's forces left Shanghai this morning and is adds that the insurgents still have have crossed the Basque border and due at Nagasaki to-morrow at 5.00 complete control of Spanish waters. have occupied the towns of Bermeo, a.m. She leaves Yokohama on The insurgent fleet, claims the Federnales and Vieta Alegre. Saturday at 3.00 p.m.
roadcast, has so far captured 50 “The enemy are fleeing, abandon-lery,
ing large quantities of arms munitions.”
and
fronts, except for another bombard- Nothing, is reported from other.
ment of Madrid by the rebel artil-