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SURPRISE NIGHT ATTACK
REPUBLICAN TROOPS CLAIM SUCCESS
Insurgents Drop Bombs
In Bilbao Sector
Valencia, April 7.
Republican troops scored an aportant success last night when they made a surprise night attack-on insurgent positions on Mount Chimorra in the Pozo Blanco sector..
The Republicans claim to have encircled the enemy and opened an. Intensive fire, forcing the insurgența to retreat pre- cipitately after leaving behind over five hundred dead in addition to one hundred and fifty prisoners.
Eleven guns were taken and one German-made tank-
Reuter.
THOUSAND KILLED
London, Apr. 1. Nearly a thousand Government soldiers were killed düring the in- surgents' attack in the vicinity of Bilbao according to a Salamanca message.
The report states that aircraft dropped bombs during the attack. Government reinforcements are coming up to the assistance of the defenders in the Bilbao sector. Reuter's Bulletin Service.
- BRITISH RESCUES.
London, Apr. 7. Since the outbreak of the Spanish civil war, as the result of the untiring activities of British diplomatic and Consular represen- .tatives, British ships evacuated 17.000 Spanish and other foreign nationals from north eastern. Spanish ports alone, declared Mr. Anthony Eden in the House of Commons
H.M.S. GALLANT ATTACKED
Spanish Aeroplane Beaten Off By Fire
pro- and
London. April 7. In the House of Commons to- day, Sir Samuel Hoare announced that H.M.S. Gallant, whilë ceeding between Valencia Alicante yesterday. was twice abortively attacked by aircraft belonging to the Spanish insur- gents. The vessel was presumably mistaken for a Spanish destroyer. No damage was caused,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937.
DR. LI CHI IN EUROPE
Lecturing In British Universities
London, Apr 7.
LONDON MARKET PANIC
American Refusal Of Gold
REPORT DENIED IN WASHINGTON
London, April 7. Panic has spread in financial
Dr. Li Chi of Academia Sinica, who has been lecturing in British Universities during the past two months, left for Sweden to-day. He was specially invited by the well-known Sinologue Crowa circles In London and, the con- Prince, who himself fixed a day tinent following "the receipt of a for Dr. Li Chi të lecture in Stock-report from New York that the holm, Professor Karlgren also United States banks have inform- sent a long telegrain welcoming ed London agents that they are him.
refusing to accept further consign- ments of gold, on behalf of the United States Treasury or make advances on gold in transit. ex-
Dr. Li Chi's stay in England was marred by persistent rheumatisin which prevented him from ploring the country as he hoped.
Despite the American, banks ir Interviewed by Reuter, he said London denying they received such that though the weather was bad cable, nervousness persisted and his rheumatics were worse. The led to heavy selling of base metals sympathy and kindness of his and other commodities, while In- British friends fully atoned for ternationals and Kafirs" were no- this and he had much enjoyed his minal on Stock Exchange owing visit. The audiences were ideal to a rumour that President Roose at Oxford and though he spökevelt will either lower the gold they price or else increase the handling price of gold in order to check the indow of the metal.
(or an
and a hour
half, Istened without stirring...
Dr. Li Chi visits Germany, France, Austria. Russia and
Speculators rushed to sell rub- several museums be wishes to
cotton, wheat, metals and examine. He will be returning to sugar instead of buying dollars. China at the end of May.
Dr. LA Chit everywhere has been very popular and friends are bid- ding him farewell with greatest regret-Reuter.
PRESIDENT LIN IN KWANGSI
Visit To High Officials
the
Shanghal, ADE. 4. In accordance with instructions
President Lin Sen, who is Dira Issued for His Majesty's ships to visit to high Kwangs! officials, is protect themselves, fire was open- due to arrive at Hengyang, in cen- ed on insurgent aeroplanes. Stepstral Hunan, this morning. are being taken to bring the mat-
He will proceed by motor-car to Mr. Eden added that these ter to the notice of the authori Kwellin, Kwangst, where he will evacuations have been conducted ties. The aeroplane was flying at
arrive this evening. on a. basis of strict impartiality, a great height and it was impos- regardless of political and other sible to see whether hits views.i
recorded. The aeroplane beaten off by the Gallant's are Heuter.
The evacuations included the removal of 450 children from Bilbag by two British destroyers. Reuter's Bulletin Service.
BOMB FALLS NEAR H.M.S. GALLANT
London, Apr. 8.
were
WIS
FORTY-HOUR WEEK ADVOCATED
World Textile Industry Discussions
A bomb; presumed to have been "dropped from an Insurgent Spanish aircraft, fell near a British des-
Washington, Apr. 6. - troyer, EMS. Gallant in the vicinity of Cape Ban
The delegates of Belgium, Fö Alicante this afternoon, accordingland, and Canada supported the to a report received in London, proposal for a forty-hour week for As far as is known the destroyer the textile industry at to-day's ses
was unhit.-
Reuter
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KING AND QUEEN VISIT ABBEY
London, April 7. The King and Queen visited Westminster Abbey and inspected
the
Henggang by General L4 Thung- He was to have been met at
jen, Pacification Commissioner of Kwangel and Mr. Huang She-chu. Governor of Kwangal— Reuter.
ber,
The situation has now been made clearer owing to Dow Jones' message from Washington stating that Treasury officials when queried replied there had been no chance or intimation of change in the Government's gold buying policy. nor had there been a change in handling charges- Reuter.
U.S. TROOPS REVIEWED
BRITISH MALT, BRITISH HOPS,
THERE'S NO FAULT
IN
ALLSOPP'S
BRITISH TO THE CORE, IT NEVER LOSES
ITS
"HEAD"
SOLE AGENTS :
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JAPAN
TO
CROYDON
Trip In 100 Hours?
London, Apr. 6.
The Divine Wind, which left Washington, Apr. 6.
Tokyo early yesterday morning The twentieth anniversary of the for Croydon, reached Hanoi from entry of the United States, to the Taihoku, Formosa, a distance of Great War was celebrated by Pre- 1,113 miles, in six hours six min- sident Roosevelt and General❘otes. It had previously covered Woodring reviewing 5000 troops, the Tokyo-Talhoku lap in just Including a troop of negro horse-over seven hours, thus maintain- men and a score of tanks in the ing an average speed of about 200 presence of thousands of specta- miles per hour.
tors.- Reuter.
Mr. Chamberlain's Successor
As Chancellor
Sir J. Simon Of Sir S. Hoare?
It was stated recently that Mr. Baldwin would resign the Premier
was
been done or not it ought to be done. And there surely is a good deal in their argument that the pilot who is dropping himself, and a is known to be, cannot hand over
The piers left Hanöt for Vien- Lane Aerodrome, Laos Province, bordering Siam, and landed at about 10:20 am. Q.M.T. 16.20 p.m. Hong Kong time).
The Allers hope to reach Croydon in under 100 hours.
"Hanol, April 7,-Shortly after ber arrival here from Taihoku yes- terday afternoon, the Divine Wind departed for Rangoon but landed at Vientiane, in the Indo-Chinese province of Laos, bordering north- east Blam, and stayed there over- night. She left for Rangoon at $.25
to-day, Indo-China time- Reuter
BOUND FOB KARACHI
Tokyo, Apr. 7. A message from Calcutta states that the Divine Wind arrived there at 11.04 am: Calcutta time. now and Mr. Neville Chamberlan the plane left for Karachi at 12.05
A further message wür have to answer for their con- p.m.- sequences, not Mr. "Baldwin. Reuter.
slon of the World Textile Confer. ence but the spokesmen of the Jap-ship immediately after the Coro
nation and that this anese employers and Japanese
his Government urged that
unalterable decision. writes it was more important to have lower tex- Home correspondent. One is not the bridge too soon to the new tiles and tariff barriers to afd in ment, though it is being suggested tant decisions are being taken disposed to qualify that state-captain. Tremendously Impor raising the purchasing power of that Mr. Baldwin cannot, resign the low-income group of workers. Rester,
Immediately after the Coronation -that is, in the middle of May. because Mr. Neville Chamberlain will then be busy with his Budget and will not have time to become
Minister.
Coronation arrangements. Woman Dead After
Their Majesties were accompanied by the Earl Marshal and chatted with some of the workers who are
at present engaged in renovating the Abbey for the Coronation ser- vice.-
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
ALTERATIONS AT WESTMINISTER
London, Apr. 6. The King and Queen were shown round the alterations in progress at Westminster Abbey for the Coronation by the Earl Marshal to- day. Later the Queen visited a firm of goldsmiths in Albemarle Street and inspected the work on her Crown.-
4.- British" Wirelea
BANDIT ATTACK ON
JAPANESE".
::
Harbin, Apr. 7. Three Japanese Immigrants be- longing
settlement at
to
FI.
Warship Party: M.P.'s Question
complete master of his purposes And yet Mr. Chamberlain is not me
as he would be as Prime Minister. Only towards That he sees much eye to eye with the end of July, when the Finance Mr. Baldwin may be readily ad- berlain consent to relieve Mr. commodation must occur in a re Baldwin. That is the suggestion.lation of this sort, and a Pilme But this notion that the Chan-Minister-dealgnate is entitled to cellor of the "Exchequer cannot escape from this indeterminable. Mr. G. Hardle (Soc., Springburn) disembarrass himself of his duties position as soon as possible. has given noticet that he will ask during the Budget-Finance Bill the First Lord of the Admiralty if period. Is without warrant. Mr.
THE SUCCESSION
Bin is passed, could Mr. Cham-mitted, but the necesalty for ac-
he will make a statement regard-Asquith was Chancellor of the The strongest claimants to the ing the drowning of a woman who Exchequer when Sir Henry Camp Exchequer when Mr. Neville had been a guest at an evening i bell-Bannerman died in April, Chamberlain leaves it Bre, as al- party in an airplane-carrier 1908. He was preparing his Bud-ready indicated, Sir, Samuel Hoare near Alexandria, and what are the get at the time-it was the old- and Sir John Simon. The Con- regulations governing the enter-age pensions Budget-but that servatives would naturally prefer taining of persons of both sexes at did not stop him from becoming Bir Samuel Hoare, one of their parties on board. H.M. shing Prime Minister at once. What is own, but they cannot always have The question refers to the deathmore, on May 7, though Mr. Lloyd what they want and "National” of Mrs. Borton, wife of Neville Tra- George had replaced him at the Government also and they know vers Borton Pasha, who was found Exchequer, Mr. Asquith insisted dead on the seashore near Alexan-on Introducing the Budget. He dria. The first report stated that left it to Mr. Lloyd George to see she had been found, drowned, the Budget through its, remaining
stages.
The "Evening Standard" correa-. pondent in Cairo cables:
PLANS SETTLED
states that
Karachi. Apr. 7 The Divine Wind arrived at 1.50 p.m. G.M.T. and will be resuming the fight to- morrow morning. Reuter,
NEW GOVERNOR OF. KWANGTUNG
Departure Again Delayed
Shanghai, Apr. 7. The departure for Canton of Mr. wu Te-chen" former Mayor at Shanghai and new Governor of Ewangtung, has been postponed for the third time,
The reason for the delay is that the President Coolidge, on which the worth of the "National" too he was expected to sail, is arriY- well to press their own wishes too Ing In Shanghai behind schedule much. That is why Sir John and is not sailing till 8 o'clock on 8imon is to be regarded as a Saturday evening.- strong candidate for the Exche- Reuter, quer.
GENERAL'S VISIT
Although he declares that he ta
Shanghai, Apr. 7 purely on a private business trip, the Chinese press is attaching math Importance to the visit to Peiping of General Fu Tso-yi, Gov- ernor of Sulyan, who arrived in ancient capital yesterday
the
Mrs. "Borton had been suffering
If the Conservatives are going If Mr. Baldwin were to resign to insist on having the three key from diabetes and a weak heart at Whitsuntide, which would be posts, Premiership, Foreign Secre for many years. She attended a Immediately after the Coronation.taryship, and the Exchequer, the cocktail party aboard HMS. Fur- what would Mr. Chamberlain's "National" disguise will become fous, where she was twice over-position: be then? By that time little transparent They have Chiamussu, Banklang Province,
come by fainting fits.
the Budget, as distinct from the them at present, of course, but were killed last Saturday morn On returning home she felt the Finance Bill, would be through the Mr. Baldwin can never look like! ing 'when a party of eight-Japan-need for fresh air and left for a Commons. If Mr. Asquith could an all-in Tory. Sir John Simon afternoon.- ese, while transporting construe walk on the seashore, where she hand over to Mr. Lloyd George in his fortified his claims to Tory Reuter tion materials near Talpingtsu, was had another heart attack, collapsed midstream, 80 to speak, why consideration a good deal of late. attacked by about .80 armed and died. Her body was found near should not Mr. Chamberlain hand He has done his job at the Home. bandite,, according to reports the water's edge, but not in the over to Sir John Simon or Bir Office with impressive eficiency, reaching here. The remaining five, water.
Samuel Hoate when he is three as even his sharpest critic must it is reported, "reached Yungpao- Mrs. Borton was the daughter of parts of the way across? Not only | admit. The "Public", Order Bill chen, near Chiamussu, unhurt, Colonel Saurin, of Orlelton, Pem- do I believe this will be done, but showed him at his best. He was
Lansing, Mich., Apr 8. On receipt of the news. abrokeshire. Her husband, whom I believe the plans for doing it invaluable to Mr. Baldwin during workers in the Chrysler Corpora- The strike of the thousands of the abdication crisis. Clearly, Birtion finally has been settled, after Certainly, there are many mem John Simon has "titles manifold" weeks of conferences and dis- bere on the Government side who to Tory consideration when the order would agres that whether it has reshuffle comes.
Japanese - Manchukuo punitive abe married in 1904, was Post-have alreay been settled. unit was despatched and is now master-general of Egypt from 1907 pursuing the marauders,
to 1924 and was given the rank of Union News,
Pasha for his services.
Rester.
STRIKE SETTLED
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JAVA RUBBER PLANTATIONS
Increased Profits Anticipated
during 1937. This increased crop and the more favourable rate of exchange would be of great advan- tage.
He pointed out that a pront The twentyinth annual ordin-margin of 1d. per pound on a pro- ary general meeting of the Java duction of 672,369 lb. was equiva~ . Rubber Plantationis, Ltd.. was held lent to approximately 3.4 per cent. in London recently.
on their issued capital. So far as the year 1937 was concerned they Sir Herbert Wright, the chair- had delivered to date 28,000 lb. of man, who presided, said that for rubber realising an average of the current year they estimated to 8.154. per pound and had sold for receive an exportable allowance in delivery March-December, 212,800
crease of 133,182 16. on that for balance of 331,562 lb of free rub the neighbourhood of $72.369, at an average London equiva pounds, which represented an in-lent or 8.65d. per pound leaving the year under review. The com ber. They had also sold 80 tans pany had just received a maiden for delivery next year at the Lon- dividend of 21 per cent. from its don equivalent of 101d. per pound.. holding in the Boekit Mas Co. (Hear, hear).
The report and accounts were unanimously adopted, and the dividend of lid. per share was de-
They had estimated for an ex- portable allowance of 572,389 Ib. | clared.
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by
Gas