Bilbao Situation Becoming Desperate
Paris, To-day.
The insurgent artillery yester- day shelled for practically the whole day the "iron belt" loyal- ist positions round Bilbao.
The artillery bombardment, com- bined with bombing from the air, is reported to have effected large breaches in the third and most formidable line of fortifications.
The insurgent planes were able to carry out their raids with im- punity, the loyalists apparently not even possessing anti-aircraft guns.
The fighting of the last few days on the Sollube Mountains continued yesterday, and the rebels claim that
HUNGER STRIKE IN PALESTINE
Thought There Would Be An Amnesty
Jerusalem, To-day.
A hunger strike has been, started by 150 Arab prisoners "because no amnesty was-granted on the occa- Ision of the Coronation."
This reserve army,
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1937.
CHINESE
ART SHOW STOP PRESS
BERLIN EXHIBITION
OPENED
AMBASSADOR AS PATRON
Berlin, To-day.
A Bill providing for transforma- tion of the "Iron Shirts” organisa- An exhibition of contemporane- troduced in the Lebanon Diet yes- the National Gallery and the tion into national militia was in-ous Chinese paintings, arranged by So- terday.
ciety for East Asiatic Art, was
25,000 men, would be composed of cess Palace in the presence of the numbering opened here yesterday at the Prin- infantry and mechanised units.. Chinese Ambassador and
Service would be for five
years, members of the Embassy staff. during which period the men would The paintings on view are the be forbidden all political activity.— possession of the German Ambassa- Trans-Ocean.
dor in Nanking, Dr. Oscar Traut-
TERRITORIAL
a Basque column has been anni- PROPAGANDA'S
hilated..
of the SUCCESS
In view of the gravity situation, the Basque Government is believed to have requested rein- forcements from Gijon and San- tander. Trans-Ocean.
ALBERT HALL FUNCTION
Costume Ball For National Theatre
London, -To-day.
London, To-day. The month of March established
mann.
many
In his opening speech, Professor Küemmel, vice-president of the Society, thanked the Chinese Am- bassador for having consented to act as patron of the show.
He also pointed out that practic- ally every prominent. Chinese was a painter.
The exhibition impresses in vivid a record for recruiting since the fashion on the visitor that Chinese territorial Army was reconstituted-art, more than fifteen centuries old, after the war. April has beaten continues to live in the paintings of even this record, 6,847 further re-the present day. Many of the best- cruits having joined. British known painters in China are repre-
Wireless.
PARIS NEWSPAPER
CHANGES
Political Party Purchases
The Coronation Costume Ball, held in the Albert Hall last night for the fund to build
а National Theatre, was a brilliant spectacle.
The function was attended by
Paris, To-day. royalties, including the Duke and
Changes have taken place in the Duchess of Gloucester, and Princess management and proprietorship of Juliana and her consort, Prince several Paris newspapers. Bernhard, as well as representa- tives of the Dominions and Colonies and society and stage notabilities.— Reuter.
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INFORMAL TALKS
Statesmen Meet
Statesmen
London, To-day.
Both the Prime Minister and the
Paris,'
sented in the exhibition.
The collection- will remain view till June. Trans-Ocean.
H.M.S. HUNTER EXPLOSION SENSATION
(Continued from Page 1) mine the cause of the explosion. Reuter.
on
FIRST REPORTS
London, To-day. Following the "Echo de
First reports this morning stated "Figaro" has changed hands, while that three were killed and 12 "Liberte" is to be purchased by the wounded in the explosion on the leader of the French People's Party.destroyer H.M.S. Hunter which was Colonel de la Rocque, leader of on patrol for non-intervention the "Croix de Feu," has announced purposes off the south coast of his intention of acquiring a news-Spain.
Ап official statement by the
paper.
TEL. 20022 or 33993
DEATH OF MR. S. Y. LIANG
Inquest To Be Opened On Thursday
An inquest concerning the death "Ami du People" is also likely to Admiralty adds that the cause of of Mr. S. Y. Liang, the jockey, who be sold in the near future. Trans-the explosion, which occurred on died on April 23 of a fractured rib Ocean.
the starboard waterline, is at pre-and lacerated lung following a fall sent unknown.
during a race a fortnight previous- Messages received by the Bri-ly, will be held at the Central Ma- tish Embassy in Valencia, how gistracy on Thursday. ever, suggest that the cause of the explosion was outside the ship.
GERMAN LOAN
Foreign Secretary yesterday saw Offered For Subscription
numbers of distinguished foreigners in London for the Coronation.
Among the statesmen who were received, either at No. 10, Downing Street, or the Foreign Office or both, were Mr. Gerard. Marshal von Blomberg, Monsieur Hodza, Czechoslovakia, Monsieur Kanya of
Hungary, and Nahas Pasha
of
and
Ghali Pasha, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Egypt. British Wireless.
Rapture Leads To
Cold Douche
His attention wrapt in the illu-. raînations. Yee Choi of No. 190, Johnson Road, found himself in the harbour off Gloucester Road. He had walked gracefully off the road.
He was taken to the G. C. H. suffering from the e effects of im- mersion and shock.
Wan Fun“ was admitted to the G. CH. suffering from an injury to his right arm received when he was knocked down by a bus in Smithfield.
Yesterday
The explosion occurred five-miles
Probably Some Rain
The Royal Observatory - reports off Almeria, to which port Hunter that a trough of low pressure ex- has been towed by the Spanish tends
from
Indo-China across Government destroyer Lazaga. Formosa to the Loochoos; a depres- The destroyers Hardy and Hysion is situated about 200 miles
Berlin, To-day. The new 600,000,000 Reichsmark loan was offered for public subscrip- tion yesterday in the form of re- deemable Treasury bonds bearing perion are proceeding to stand by. east of Oshima moving north-east.
TOWED TO SAFETY
-Reuter.
a. ma-
till
It is
4.5 per cent. interest with turity period of fifteen years.
Subscription lists are open May 29 and payments will be made between June 3 and July 26.
The sum of 10,000,000 reichsmarks has already been subscribed. Trans-Ocean.
40-HOUR WEEK
Brings Big Reduction In Unemployment
Paris, To-day. Fully 103,000 new workers have been employed in French industries since introduction of the 40-hour week, states a report issued by the Ministry of Labour.
Workers now on the week basis number Trans-Ocean.
40-houra 1,500,000.-
was
Forecast:-Light S.W. or variable winds, cloudy; probably some rain.
PROCESSION MISHAP
London, Later. revealed that Hunter towed into -Almeria by the
Government Spanish
battleship Chi Chuen Chung, 30, was sent Primero, Jaime
whose officers to the G. C. H. after falling from showed every kindness to the crew No. 123, Des Voeux Road Central of the British destroyer.
while watching the Coronation
It is asserted the explosion procession. Lo Kui, a woman, re- was external but there are no ceived injuries when hit on the further details.
head by a piece of wood which fell H.M.S. Hyperion has already ar- from a verandah in Wing Lok rived on the scene and the Admira' | atreet. She was also sent to the commanding the Third Cruiser G. C. H. Squadron is expected to arrive this morning from Barcelona“...in the cruiser Arethusa. H.M.S. HARDY RACING TO SCENE
The flotilla leader H.M.S. Hardy has left at full speed for Almeria from Gibraltar with the object, it
The R.MS. "Empress, of Russia" leaves Nagasaki on May 16 for Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila.
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