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SPANISH GOVERNMENT
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LONDON, April 11.
A case concerning securities, in- cluding English Victory Bonds, of which King Alfonso claims delivery. came before the Court of Appeal. It appeared in the fist as Be Bour. bon. Westminster Bank (Banco de Vizonya elaimants).
Mr. Malcolm Hilbery, KC., for King Alfonso, said the Banco de Vizcaya had been ordered to be the "plaintiff, on no issu as between the bank and King Alfonso in an action brought by him against the Westminster Bank.
The matter now, before the court related to the form of issued to be tried. The Banco de Vizcaya bad been brought in by the Westminster Bank, and had said that they claim- ed in the right of the present Gor. ernment of Spain, that the Govern ment were entitled to the bords and securities concerned in the action.
These were deposited, a long time ugo, by King Alfonso, at the head office of the Westminster Bank, for account of their Madrid branch.
On October 1, 1920, the business of the Madrid branch of the West mister Bank was transferred to the Westminster Foreign Bank, and in August, 1923, the Madrid branch ceased hotive operations.
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LONDON, April 1 A White Paper issued last night gives further dispatches from the British Ambassatior in Moscow, and later from the, Charge d'Affaires,
SHANGHAI
ONE HUNDRED ARRESTS MADE
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SHANGHAI, May 1. ONE hundred arreste were made tions, of which filty occurred in the during May Day demonstra
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to the Foreign Secretary dealing One ugly incident took place with the arrest of employees of the stoned the police who subsequently when the people on parade Metropolitan - Vickers Companyquelled the mob which resulted inf The dispatches are notable chiefly more than fifty arrests. for the further evidence they give | of the methods employed by the Soviet authorities in their endea- vours to extort: "confessions" from the prisoners
methods the Ambassador reports As a "typical example" of Ugpu that several vain attempts were made in October last to bribe Mr. Gushny (one of those afterwards arrested) by a payment of $250 a month to undertake secret work unknown to his firm in connexion with the purchase and supply ot electrical plant for Soviet power stations." In November a Russian woman was instructed to "seduce Mr. Monkhouse and persuade him to do this work.” She however,
refused.
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PEIPINO, May I. Thornton indicates severe gruelling, CHINESE Official sources state who had lost power of concentra-chukuo occupation of Dolonor the the impression given being of one tion and was reduced to mental invading forces withdrew to Jehol apathy." Mr Monkhouse had to territory. endure a "nineteen hours' continu-
A small Chinese garrison is at qua examine following a sleep-Present resuming control of the less night. fr. Thornton
was city. later examined for 21 hours with- out a break.'
The report made by Mr. Thera- after his examination on April 7 ton to the British Charge d'Affaires "well illustrates one of the means of pressure exercised by Ogpa to extract confessions."
Pitiable Terror.
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King Alfonso then gave orders to the Westminster Foreign Bank that the bonds and sharen be held by them, but transferred to the order of the Banco de Vizcaya. The Westminster Foreign Bark in Lon- don had the physical possession of the bonds and securities, and after
For two days examiners had tried they ceased to have a Madrid branch to make him admit that he had they held them to the order of the received money from his Majesty's Banco de Vizcaya arder the rubricher of the Intelligence Service.
Consulate and that he was a mem-! of the King, with the title of the Thoy told him that Mme.
owner at the head of the sovu, the company's secretary, had testified to this effect, and warned him that if he said she was not speaking the truth she would, "- der the articles of criminal code relating to bearing false witness at an investigation, suffer the highest measure of punishment, .e., pre- sumably death." When confronted with Mr. Thornton, Mme. Kuto- sova, "who is normally an able, intelligent woman of about 40, was in pitiable state of terror and, like other Russians with whom Mr. Thornton has been confronted, after to the order of the Banco de Vinccusation mechanically in an un- an initial hesitation, reeled off her caya, the Westaninster Bank would natural voice as if by heart." Mr. not necedo to King Alfonso's re Monkhouse and Mr. Thornton suf- quest when ho said he had terminat ed the authority of the Banco de Vizcaya to give orders respecting the securities.
In 1981 King Alfonso asked for delivery to him of the bonds and securities, but the Westminster Bank did not accept out of hand what was involved in thaż--his can- cellation of his agent's authority to give orders in respect of the securities.
After the Revolution.
Having once placed the securities
"who
pect that Mme. Kutosova, was already shattered by her arrest and examination last January, has now been broken by the suai threats in regard to her relatives.”
The Westminster Bank wrote to the Banco de Vizcaya suggesting that they should consent to the Westminster Bank transferring the get possession of the securities, and securities from the dossier in which what they were trying to do was to they were theoretically, placed to a assert that they were claimants of dossier under the name and com.the bonds as against the true owner. pletely under the domination and control of King Alfonso,
That took place after the revolu tion in Spain. The Banco de Viz caya would not consent,
The Banco de Vizcaya, added Mr. Hilbery, wanted to get an opportit nity of saying that the decrees made by the new Government of Spain confiscated the private forbune of de-get it determined. how far, if at King Alfonso, and they wanted to all, the court would enforce those decrees,
Formal demand was made for livery of the securities, the face value of which was £11,200.
Els Private Fortune.
The present action was begun on April 25, 1032, and the Westminster Band served. an interpleader sum- nons on King Alfonso and the
The bonds and securities were! Banco de Vizcaya. Eventually a tune, and the only issue was whe part of the King's private for order waa made for an issue to be ther the Banco de Vizcaya were tried, and that the Banco de Via entitled to delivery of them. caya be the plaintiff on the issue
and King Alfonso the defendant.
Employer "Why, this is your third grandmother that's died since you'be been here."
Mr. Hilberaubraitted that theFFICE BOY "Please, sir, can only issue to be determined between I have the afternoon off 1 My the Banda de Vizoaya and the King grandmother is dead... was whether the bank were entitled to say to the Westminster Bank, Hand over the securities to us." The bank had to establish that they had a right to give orders and (Vontinued os fuot of next Column)
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PRESSURE REMAINS HIGHEST IN THE PACIFIC TO THE SOUTH-EAST OF JAPAN, AND LOW OVER CHINA GENERALLY.
LOCAL FORECAST:-S. WINDS, MODERATE CLOUDY.
"LABOUR DAY" IN GERMANY
HINDENBURG RECEIVES GREAT WELCOME THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-]
BERLIN, May 1. THE national holiday of "Labour Day" opened at midnight with celebrations by the Hitler youth movement in the Hartz Mountains while thousands of students and Luat Garten in the morning to hear factory boys and girls througed the the speeches of Hindenburg and Goebbels.
Hindenburg and Hitler left the Chancellor's Palace together and Under Den Linden. were feted by thousands lining
said: "You are the future German Hindenburg who in his speech nation and if one day you are to obey," was greeted with thunder in orders you must first learn to ous heera
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The city is draped in bunting and military music fills the streets as Brown Shirts march in parade.
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LONDON, May 1. OWING to a bad chill Sir John
Simon was unable to attend the Foreign Office. Mr. Runciman, Anglo-Argentine treaty on behalf of consequently, alone sigred the
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