THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 11-1937
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FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION
CALL MEETING IN BERLIN MENS?
German Reprisal May
AIR LESSON OF BILBAO BANK-
SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Valencia, To-day.
A bulletin issued by the Govern ment states that loyalist forces suc- ceeded yesterday in blowing up a rebel powder magazine on the Ma- drid front.
On the Teruel front, the town of Frido was bombarded by National-" ist artillery, while the loyalist bat-1 teries shelled the town of Bezas. Gea and Bezas were bombed from the air on Monday.
An article in a Toulouse paper, contributed by General Armingaud, examines the course of events in the Spanish civil war and pay spe cial attention to the importance of the role played by aircraft.
on land.
SECURITIES LANDED
Paris, To-day.
The trade unions have permit- ted La Rochelle dock workers to land 9,000 cases containing securi- ties and documents of the Bank of Bilbao, which were aboard the steamers seized by the French an- thorities in La Rochelle harbour.. Confiscation of the cargo is ex- pected. Trans-Ocean.
Result In Repercussions
HOME OFFICE REMAINS SECRETIVE ON REASON FOR GERMAN EXPULSIONS
Berlin, To-day:
An official announcement on the journalist question, says that the British Government has been officially requested to use its influence with "The Times for the recall of their Berlin corres
THE MARECHAL pondent, Norman Ebbutt, within a fortnight, other-
LYAUTEY INCIDENT
wise his permit to stay will be cancelled.
THE MEASURE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE MR. EBBUTT FOR YEARS HAS PERFORMED HIS WORK ONLY IN A SPIRIT HOSTILE TO GERMANY, THUS ABUSING THE HOSPITALITY GRANTED HIM BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
in
Further measures against journa- The "Evening Standard," how- Paris, To-day.
lists in Berlin is apparently fore-lever, learns that the authorities are He comes to the conclusion the
The French authorities have shadowed in an article in the "Boer-considering further measures operations have conclusively prov-
sen Zeitung," which is usually in connection with the political activi- ties of Germans living in England. ed that, in any war, the nation or published the result of the inves group which holds preponderance tigation made on occasion of the in close touch with official opinion. in the air also holds the advantage cident which occurred in Las The paper states that again and As circles close to the British Gov- Palmas, when the French liner again Germany has postponed mea-ernment state, the Government will He warns the French Govern- "Marechal Lyautey called at that sures solely in the interests of re-take no step regarding the expulsión lations between Germany and Great of the Berlin "Times" correspondent, ment to follow the example of other port on July 26.
The incident, it will be recalled, Britain and has pressed for peace Mr. Norman Ebbutt, whose expul sion from Germany was decreed as countries and to largely increase the output of powerful planes. occurred when the crew of the between the two countries.
French liner tried to prevent In view of the British action in retaliation by the German Govern-
• German correspon-ment. The British Government is Trans-Ocean.
Spanish Nationalist authorities expelling
Germany has dents,
naturally said to consider the matter of Bri- from arresting three Spaniards of
no reason to postpone the measures tish and German expulsions as ter- military age on board the liner.
the which long ago proved so urgently minated Trans-Ocean Since the crew had warned
HEADS OF HITLER captain that they would not permit necessary and added that it may be Itaken for granted that the mea-
ORGANISATION, the arrest of the Spaniards, the
sures taken against Norman Ebbutt Nationalist authorities had to re- course to force and a detachment of will be preferred against further soldiers boarded the liner and foreign correspondents who do not arrested the three men.
THREE YEARS IN THE ANTARCTIC
London, To-day.
situation-Renter.
London, To-day.
reasons
content themselves with their own} While Whitehall maintains : se-
regarding the The investigation now shows that journalistic work, but who have to crecy
Ger- prompting the expulsion of German The Polar research steamer Pe- the authorities were acting within a great extent interfered in journalists, the newspaper diplo- nola which was sent out by the their rights, since the Franco-man home politics.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Press As-matic and other correspondents Royal Geographical Society three Spanish Agreement of 1862 entitles
sociation has called an extraordinary are more outspoken. years ago, has arrived home again, Spanish authorities to arrest
consider the
The "Daily Herald"
says that reaching Portsmouth
Hitler's organisation in England, yesterday Spanish nationals aboard French general meeting to
which is said to include more thani from the Antarctic?
ships, when these ships call at
500 agents has "an inner ring" The expedition had devoted its Spanish ports, provided the French investigations chiefly
operating at Bayswater, the heads to Graham-
Consuls have been duly notified in
of which were expelled journalists. land and the result of their re-
advance, as was the case in the searches is apparently that this present instance Trans-Ocean. territory was found to consist not of a group of islands as had form- erly been supposed but of a penin- sula of the Antarctic Continent.
Furthermore, it was established RED CROSS APPEAL
that a continuation of the Andes
Mountains was found in the An- FOR REFUGEES IN
tartic Trans-Ocean.
COLONIAL PAPER HAS
MEXICO
BRITISH ATTITUDE
London, To-day. It is learned that no steps at the moment have been taken by the British Government with regard to the expulsion of the Times corres- pondent in Berlin.
No extra-journalistic activities
against are alleged
Norman Ebbutt. The reason for his pro- jected expulsion is that is he is not persona grata, whereas it is under- stood that the reason for expelling of the German correspondents The Red Cross Society of Spain from England was the damaging of has asked the International Red Anglo-German relations through Cross Society to take steps to bring activities other than those coming
of Spanish with the normal sphere of journ
Salamanca, To-day.
about the return
"AIRMAIL EDITION" children sent to Mexico during the alists. Reuter.
London, To-day
Following special airp
between
colonies, the
Africa and Rhodesia periodical in the world regular airmail ed
publish
the first publish a
retreat from Bilbao.
They state that the childen in Mexico City are housed in inade quate premises, where hygienic conditions are most primitive and that the nourishment of the child-
Ocean. ren is very poor?
B.MS. "Empress of Canada" for Hong Kong, via Honolulu, Japan ports and Shanghai,
due Kong on August 27.
NO HOME OFFICE STATEMENT
The agents tasks were to watch, shadow and report on Germans in England-Beuter.
FRENCH PLAN
FOR RAILWAYS
Paris, To-day.
The meeting of the Council of Ministers which had been convened for to-day, was postponed until August 24 or 25 in order to give time for preparation of an extreme- ly important step concerning the future of French railways.
The plan under deliberation is to /* London, To-day.
form a new company to take over As the Home Office will make no all the existing railroads further statement on the expulsion France, the majority of the shat from England of the three German to be held by the French Govern correspondents, the "Evening Stan-ment.
dard says that the reasons will pro- This new procedure is in many quarters regarded merely 28 bably remain a mystery.
The measure, it has been officially are first step towards complete stated, had no connection with the nationalisation of the whole of the journalistic work of the men in French railway system,
Ocean, Iquestion.
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