THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 21, 1937,
BRITISH
SHIPS BOMBED
Insurgent Air Raiders Inflict Much Damage
Consul Warns That
They Remain At Own Risk
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”)
San Sebastian, To-day.
Several British ships have been badly damaged by bombs while lying alongside the quay at Bilbao.
This is according to a report reaching here from the Basque city, which adds that some of the vessels, all of which were blockade runners, have been so badly damaged that they will not be able to put to sea for some time.
IT IS ALSO STATED THAT THE BRITISH CONSUL IN BILBAO, MR. STEVENSON, HAS RECEIVED NO INSTRUC- TIONS FROM LONDON TO ORDER THE BRITISH SHIPS TO LEAVE BILBAO.
He, however, told the skippers that they were there entirely at their own risk.
Denial Of
Franco
An exclusive picture of the Count of Covadonga, former Crown Prince of Spain, who is reported to-day to have renounced his re- nunciation of his claims to the Throne, and to have come to a definite breach with ex-King Alfonso as a result.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Minister of the Spanish Government has sent a telegram to the Secretary- General of the League of Nations demanding that "the situation which has arisen following inter- vention in the civil war by certain foreign Powers, should be examined by the League session which begins "No Note has been received The forthcoming wedding is an
on Monday."
gue resolution of
Truce Offer
Bilbao, To-day.
Wedding Announced
Raub's Dividend
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange
from. the Secretaries of The Raub
directly or indirectly from Gen-nounced of Mr. Constantin Andrew The telegram says that the Lea-eral Franco on the subject of Blum, of the Peninsula Hotel, Kow-have received the following cable December 12 terms of surrender of the Bas-loon, and Miss Prudence Mary Lewis, Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd. in last year failed to deal adequate-] que Province.”
of the Helena May Institute. ly with the problem.
In these words the Foreign Minister of the Spanish Govern-
A message from Geneva says that
The s.s. "Sirdhana" left Singapore it is extremely likely that the Span- ish question will come up for dis-ment yesterday scotched rumours yesterday afternoon and is due here
alon, the 25th instant.
cussion after the Sandjak problem has been settled.--Trans-Ocean. DEATH SENTENCE
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ON JOURNALIST Now Released By Insurgents
London, To-day.
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that General Franco had, in courteously worded communica- tion, offered the Basque Govern- ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ment generous terms for surrén- der of Bilbao and the rest of the province.
The Minister added that no con-- tact had been initiated.
General Franco's alleged terms
The British journalist, Arthur were reported in earlier reports to Koestler, taken prisoner by the be: Spanish insurgents and sentenced to death, has been released.
Safety of all citizens, wealth and
Koestler was captured after the private property, study of a reason- fall of Malaga. Sentence of death able political
and economic ad- ministration and establishment of a
was passed on him by a military neutral zone.--Reuter.
tribunal, but he was pardoned later.
His release, says a message from Spain," follows intervention by the British authorities at Gibraltar.
Koestler was special correspon- ALFONSO AND
dent in Spain for the "News Chroni- cle."-Trans-Ocean.
ALBANIA REBELS TAKE TO HILLS Holding Out Against Government
ELDEST SON
COMPLETE BREACH IN RELATIONS
Rome, To-day! Ex-King Alfonso of Spain has suspended relations with his eld- Tirana, To-day. «‹ est son, Count Covadonga, it is Although all the localities held learned in Spanish, Royalist
circles here: by the rebels who attempted a
The former King is annoyed and coup d'etat over the week-end have been recovered by the Government distressed at reports that Count Covadonga has repudiated his for- troops, numbers of insurgents are still reported to be holding out in mer renunciation of the throne of some of the more inaccessible parts Spain. of the country.
that He declares
the Count's
A small group of rebels has been divorce and intention to marry again surrounded by gendarmerie in the make his succession impossible. vicinity of Valina Trans-Ocean.
Reuter.
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