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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1989.
Spain Would
Would Join
The Axis In War
Military Aid Now
Almost Certain
Rome, August 2.
Spanish military co-operation with Italy and
U.S. BUYING SILVER
FROM CHINA
Washington, To`day.
It is understood that the Trea sury had contracted to purchase
the Chinese Government at the Treasury's buying rate for foreign silver prevailing at the time of receipt.
the Reich was a certainty following Sunday's meet six million ounces of silver from ing of Spanish, Italian and German Staff officers on board the cruiser Pola, foreign diplomatic quar- ters said. The presence of a Spanish mission in the capacity of a delegation of observers at the Italian land manoeuvres starting at midnight last night was held to be confirmation of this fact.
Both these factors were stated, at the least, to prove that the foun- dations of a military accord be- tween Nationalist Spain and the Axis Powers had been laid when Signor Serrano Suner, ́Spanish Home Minister, visited Rome and when Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, paid a return visit to Spain. -
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MANOEUVRES ON FRENCH
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One hundred and fifty thousand Italian soldiers of the infantry, mechanised army and the Black
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LOWER COSTS
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Shirts, are engaged in large-scale manoeuvres of exceptional scope. The theme of the exercises, which are to last eight days, is defence of the Valley against an invasion from Fran
It is understood from New York that the silver, is already on its way and that the arrangement was reached about a month ago.
-Reuter.
KNOCKED INTO HARBOUR BY MOORING ROPE
A Chinese was knocked into the the harbour by a mooring-rope as N.D.L. 8.B. Scharnhorst left the Kowloon Wharf at 11 o'clock last struck night. Had the rope not himaglancing blow instead ・・ of with full force, he might have been knocked unconcious and drowned, as' few saw the incident
of
The mooring line at the Scharu- horst's bow, a foreign eye-witness phernalia. The valley of the River told the "China Mail, got mixed Po was the centre of the stupend-up with a steel cable suspended be- ous activities undertaken by the tween two posts in the middle War Ministry. Army units have the wharf. The line was dragged been concentrated in speedily over the cable suddenly and struck erected barracks at various points à Chinese-standing near the wharf- and rural life has taken on a mill-edge, knocking him into the water. tary tinge.
Though, semi-dazed, he managed to cling to one of the poles and was eventually dragged out. He was ap- 'parently unhurt, and managed to
walk off "under his own steam."
The nanoeuvres were launched at midnight last night under the direction of General. Ettore Bastico,
Long caravans of trucks, convoys one of the youngest of Italian gen- of artillery, unending lines of erals and veteran of the Spanish marching soldiers. in war kit and war. "Control observers" are Gen-cavalry detachments proceeded to eral Alberto Pariani and Giuseppe their assigned positions, which they
of War had to reach before midnight. Valle, Under-Secretaries and Air respectively, assisted by Marshal Pietro Badoglio, of Ethio- pian fame, Air Marshal Italo Balbo, Governor-General of Libya other Italian military leaders and Generals Halder and Werth, Ger- man and Hungarian Chiefs of Staff respectively.QU
Military missions from the Reich, Hungary and Nationalist Spain are also observing the unpre.edented exercises in North Italy.
“STUPENDOUS”.
For the past three days, the northern regions of Italy have been encumbered with military phara-|
OFF THE RECORD
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THEME TO DEFEND ALPS
Taking part in the manoeuvres: are three-mechanised corps and a large number of infantry units, in- cluding thirty battalions of Black Shirts. Of the mechanised corps, one is called the Armoured Army, a second is known as the Light and Rapid Corps and the third is a corps of truck-transported soldiers.
Manoeuvres are based on the as- sumption that the enemy would de- scend from the Alps on Turin and perhaps the whole Piedmont by the (Continued at foot of next Col.)
By ED REED.
WINTERBOTTOM ING
JAPANESE LAND
AT HAIMEN
Shanghai, To-day. Halmen, along the east coast of Chekiang, was severely bom- barded at dawn yesterday by the Japanese.
Japanese aircraft also heavily bombed the city starting several fires which were reported last night to be blazing furiously.
now
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Following the bombardment, veral hundred Japanese troops and marines landed and are
in occupation of the city. No attempt, according to late reports last night, was made by the Japanese to tinguish the fires.
ex-
Chinghai was also heavily bombed yesterday morning. Many buildings were razed by fires caused by in- cendiary bomba --Our Own"- Gorreg- pondent.
REFUGEE PARLEY
a Cairo, To-day,
Egypt has accepted the U. S. Government's invitation to
attend
the Inter-Government Refugee Con- ference in September.
The Egyptian Minister Washington will represent his coun- try-Reuter."
Lautaret and Granero Passes after destroying Italian-
Mounts Genevre, and Cenis-
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