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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 15, 1988.
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GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO
PROTECT BRITISH
BRITISH SHIPS
Mr. Chamberlain On Bombings Round Spain
Possibility of Of Safety Zones Or Special Ports
London, To-day.
MCCALL
PLEADS
GUILTY
Miamis, To-day. Frankin P. McCall pleaded guil- ty to the charge of kidnapping ́
of holding him for ransom. This is a capital offence in Florida.
McCall pleaded not guilty to the charge of killing young Cash. -Reuter.
Two proposals have been made which if practicable Skeegie" Cash for the purpose
might go some way towards the cessation of the bombing of British ships in Spain, said Mr. Chamberlain in the House of Commons yester- day afternoon.
One proposal was the provision of safety zones in made by Burgos authorities them- certain harbours, the other, made by the Bur-selves last Saturday, that a port in be
gos authorities, was that ports in Spanish Gov-Spanish Government territory
selected outside the zone of military
BURGOS CHALLENGED
REBUILDING
BERLIN
Berlin, To-day.
Initiating the gigantic task of [reconstructing Berlin, Herr Hit- ler gave the signal for workmen to start work by tapping thrice with a ceremonial hammer on the foundation of a stone house for tourist traffic to be erected in the heart of the city.
Simultaneously, Nazi officials at
16 other points in the city, also gave signals to start work.
In his speech, Herr Hitler said
that it was intended to make Ger- many a great tourist country. The Replying to one of the supple-world would visit Germany and be mentary questions by the Opposi- convinced that Germany had be- come the stronghold of European tion Leader, who asked if he were
culture and civilisation.-Reuter.
re-
ROYAL DRIVE TO ASCOT
London, To-day.
the
The Duke and Duchess of Kent and the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood were in Royal procession from Windsor to Ascot to-day.
ernment territory, outside the zone of military operations, had certain obvious dif- operations should be allotted to the use of Bri-ficulties. tish ships with unhindered entry and egress. The Burgos authorities proposed the appointment of international The Premier said that if by mili-making. representations not only to commissioners to see that the ports tary supplies the Burgos authorities General Franco but to those Gov- were not used for the supply of meant arms and munitions it should ernments also which were supply- the Spanish Government with be recalled that, by strict adherence ing the attacking aircraft, the Prime munitions or certain other com- to the non-intervention agreement, Minister said he thought they must modities.
His Majesty's Government had tak-hold General Franco entirely There were practical difficulties en drastic steps to ensure that no sponsible for the orders given to in both cases.
British ships carried arms into any forces under his command. BRITAIN'S POSITION
port in Spain. He added that the
LORDS' STATEMENT Apart from these proposals, Bri-Burgos authorities had been invit- A similar statement was made by tish Government investigations ed to furnish His Majesty's Govern-the Foreign Secretary in Lords, showed that unless we were pre-ment with any evidence in their where Lord Snell said that when pared to actively participate in possession on this point but no evi-they had an opportunity to study it, hostilities for effective protection, dence had yet been produced-ex- they might have to ask for a de- we could not protect ships trading cept in one case at present sub-ju- bate-British Wireless. with ports in the war zone, while dice-to show that there had been in territorial waters.
Princess Elizabeth and Princess any contravention of the law by The Government would be
Before Mr. W. J. Lockhart Smith un-British ships.
Margaret Rose were absent ́al- justified in recommending such a
at the Central Magistracy this morn though they rode ponies halfway to ATTACKS, CONTINUED ing, Wong Kit Sun, 42, was charged the course and then course which might result in a wide
waved good- Continuing, he said that since extension of the present conflict, the the date of that reply, air bombard-from his employer, Dodwell
with having embezzled - $770.61,bye to their parents. Government therefore repeat-ments had continued resulting in ed the warning to British shipping the loss, of several lives and fur-Company. One month's hard labour issued last November which was ther damage to ships.
was imposed. that while they would be afforded Faced with a situation which had protection on the high seas, they
arisen-out-of-the-development-of- enter ports liable to military attack
military aircraft and was without at their own risk.
precedent in previous experience, DELIBERATE ATTACKS
His Majesty'a Government had Mr. Chamberlain added that
consideration ta since the middle of April, 22 Bri- given earnest tish ships were involved in attacks,
what action, if any, they could take of which 11 were sunk or seriously likely to give protection to British damaged. In several cases the at- shipping without reversion of the tacks appeared to be deliberate policy of non-intervention.
and he had warned the Burgos au- thorities that serious injury to friendly relations would be likely if these attacks were repeated. Reuter.
CROWDED HOUSE
..
DIFFERENT PROBLEM Mr. Chamberlain described the difficulties which had been encoun- tered in seeking means of protec- tion. The problem was totally dif- ferert from that which arose last
A crowded House listened to the summer when piracy by submarines, statement by the Prime Minister. was effectively countered by the His statement gave rise to a con-action of His Majesty's ships. He direct defence of siderable number of supplementary indicated that questions, at the end. of which Mr. ships in the present case was im- which Attlee announced that in view of possible without action the grave issues involved, the would constitute participation Opposition would take an early op- the defence of a port and would 'portunity of raising a debate on amount to intervention, the matter..
INVESTIGATION OF PROPOSALS The Government had also
and
On the course, many fainted owing the intense heat.-Reuter.
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Mr. Chamberlain began his state- ment by referring to the British re- presentations to the Burgos au- thorities on May 81st protesting sidered retaliatory action of various against the damage suffered by kinds but as, at present advised, British shipping in or adjacent to were not prepared to embark on such Spanish Government ports and to measures, which apart from their the reply of June 5th in which the inherent disadvantages, could Burgos authorities denied dis- be relied, upon to achieve their ob- crimination against British ships ject.
not
and gave the reasons why they Finally, before coming to the de- were unable to renounce use of the claration already cited, the Premier air arm, including an assertion that mentioned the two proposals which, the prolongation of the war was if found practicable, might go some due to the importation of military way to provide protection." The supplies carried by British and safety zone proposal was being ac- other ships.
tively investigated. The second,
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