THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 4, 1938.
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CAPTURE OF LERIDA Complete Occupation Claimed By Insurgents
DEFENCE COLLAPSES
AFTER FALL OF CASTLE
Saragossa, To-day.
The insurgents completely occupied the town of
Lerida at 7 o'clock last evening.
Final occupation of the town was preceded in the afternoon by capture of the castle and railway station, following which insurgents tanks en- tered the streets for cleaning up operations.
The insurgents also took Pineir Mora, in Tarragona Province, and are now nearing Cherta, 16 miles from the sea.
From St. Jean de Luz, in France, it is reported that insurgent troops from Jaca, in North Catalonia, mov- ing parallel to the French frontier, have advanced, 90 miles without meeting serious opposition, and are now nearing the town of Ciella.
Radio Saragossa claims that the insurgents have captured 13,000 square miles of territory since the beginning of the Eastern offensive. --Reuter.
GANDESA CAPTURED
Saragossa; To-day.
says
An official announcement that troops under General Valesa occupied the town of Gandesa on Saturday morning practically with out fighting.
LONDON VIEW
OF CHINA
EXCHANGE
SITUATION
London, To-day. Judging by the wild rumours circulating in London recently, says the "Financial News," the recent developments in Chinese foreign exchange policy have been largely misunderstood.
It appears that the grievances of the foreign banks in Shanghai are There is somewhat exaggerated. no doubt that the Hankow Govern- ment's decision to supply foreign Occupation of the town is an exchange requirements only in Han- extremely important strategical kow and Hong Kong, amounted to success since it deprives the Re-rather off-hand treatment of Shang- publicans of their chief road of hai, but it is asking a lot to expect communication.
an Administration fighting with its The road which follows the back to the wall to consider
the Mediterranean
w'shes of foreign_interests in a cen- coast, is now the only communication between Cata-tre in enemy territory. lonia and Valencia-Trans-Ocean.
BIG SUCTION DREDGER FOR CHINA
Danzig, To-day. The largest suction dredger in the world, the Fu Shing, destized to be employed on the Yangise and Whangpoo Rivers. was launched on Saturday afternoon from the well-known Schichan shipbuilding yard here in the pre-l sence of the Chinese Ambassador
COLLABORATION
Solution of the problem surely lies in resumption of close colla- boration between the banks and the Hankow Government. The latter made a serious mistake in alienat ing the foreign banks, and official- intimation of the early opening of an exchange clearing office in Shang- hai is welcome evidence that they are anxious to make amends. Reuter.
K. M. A.
STEVEDORES
in Berlin, Dr. Cheng Tiah-feng STRIKE
STRIKE THREAT
The managing director of the Schichan shipbuilding works, in 2 speech, stated that he was. particu- larly proud that this order should
have been given to the Shichau ship-
Shanghai, To-day. Representatives of stevedores
building yard for which it was an handling coal at Chinwangtao for honour to have most up-to-date type the Kailan Mining Administration of dredger in the world.
are approaching the KM.A. with a
The Chinese Ambassador, repre- demand for an increase in wages, senting the Chinese Government, ex-
pressed great satisfaction that the says a Japanese report
order should have been so punctual- The report adds that the steve- lý carried out.
dores intend to strike if the re- After the christening ceremony quest is refused. had been performed by Frau Chat- The British escort vessel fey, the new vessel was launched HMS. Lowestoft is standing amidst gunfire of two shots, con- at Chinwangtao, but hitherto formably with Chinese custom. there has been no need to send a Trans-Ocean.
party ashore. Reuter.
Herr von Ribbentrop, the new German Foreign Minister, left the German Embassy in London, where he was formerly Ambassador, en route for home on March 13. Photo shows Herr von Ribbentrop
leaves the German is given the Nazi salute as he (Copyright: By Air Mail).
SPAIN HITCH
London, Yesterday.
Embassy.
It is believed that the principal clauses of the Anglo-Italian Pact were definitely drawn up in the course of the meeting
A conversation which took place Some quarters think that the in Rome this morning between the Spanish problem continues to Italian Foreign Minister, Count create difficulties, since the con- Cano, and the British Ambassador, tintõus advance of the insurgent Lord Perth, is believed here to have troops is constantly creating a new had special importance.
sitnation.—Trans-Ocean.
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