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CABLES
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1938.
SHANGHAI BRITISH SERGEANT
NARROWLY
ESCAPES
FRANCE STRICT Shot At By
TO ALIENS
To Pursue Control
Effectively
*
Paris, April 21,
Measures to tighten up control of foreigners entering and resil ing in France-a question which has been agitating the country since the Cagoulards became active -have just been announced.
The Prefects of all Departments have been instructed to enforce aj stricter watch on foreigners, espe cially with the alm to reducing espionage.
Assassin
Of Dr. Liu But Gun Jams
Shanghai, April 23,
Sergeant C. Wade, of the 'Shanghai Municipal Police, narrowly escaped death on April 8 when he chased the assassin of Dr. Herman Liu. noted educator, it was revealed today during the trial of Tsung Yeu-kong, charged with com- plicity in the crime.
DEATH LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS
CHINESE BREAK PUBLIC AUCTION.
THROUGH
Japanese Threatened
From Rear
い
Hankow, April 21. According to the latest reporta received here from the front,
Japanese troops succeeded in en- tering the northern part of Lingyi yesterday mording.
Heavy fighting is said to be still in progress in the streets. Other reports declare that the Chinese rushed 'reinforcements to the threatened quarter and that one es-of the Chinese detachments suc- that ceeded in breaking through the Japanese lines in the western sec-
It is pointed out that the Chinese
The police officer's lucky A thorough police watch on all cape was due to the fact suspected allens will be enforced as Tsung's pistol jammed.
Tsung stated during the pro-tor of the Tings! front. well as the establishment of a
one shot minlaterial commission to co-or-ceedings that he fired dinate and control the expulsion which was ineffective, and when detachment which broke through he tried to fire a second time the of aliens effectively and speedily.
· As * result of the gradual gun jammed. tightening up of government con- trol, 220 allens were deported from France last weeth.--(Reuter).
SOVIET MAGINOT LINE
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HUGE SCHEME REPORTED NEAR COMPLETION
RIGA, APRIL 20.
WITH
SWIFT PROGRESS
A
NEW SOVIET "MAGINOT LINE", THIRTY MILES DEEP" AND
SHOT AS "WARNING" Runcing from the scene of the crime, he was pursued by Bergeant Wade, at whom he fired several times. The gun, however, jammed every time whereupon he threw it
away.
Tsung claimed that one of his two companions, both of whom are stin at large, fired the fatal shot at Dr. Wa.
Accused also denied his previous Statement that Dr. Liu had been killed because of his "traitorous activities. The intention, he said. was merely to are a shot 23 a
warning" to Dr. Liu-(Reuter).
Luigi Barzini. Released
THE Undersigned have received
Instructions
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FRIDAY, the 22nd APRIL, 1938.
Commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their SALES ROOM, DUDDELL STREET
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Comprising:-
Teakwood Drawingroom, Dining-
the Japanese lines is now in a position to attack the Japanese room, Bedroom and Office Furni- Carpets, Rugs, Pictures, from the rear so that it appears ture,
Glass and Porce- doubtful whether the Japanese wil Ornaments
Ware, E. P. and. Brass be able to hold the lines in the lain
Ware. Cutlery, Hectric Table Fans threatened sector.-(Transocean),
and Lamps. Gramophones and Re- cords, Books, Radio, Tundices, Bad- minton and Tennis Rackets, Cameras, etc, etc.,
abso
AGREEMENT SIGNED
:
*Belgrado, April 21. The Prime Minister and Foreignį Minister Stoyadinovics, and the A FEW PIECES OF BLACKWOOD
WARE Belgrade Minister, Ivan Popoff, yesterday signed the agreement
and arrived in Sofia as long ago as November 9, 1935 for the pro-One Upright Piano by "O.H. Hoof" tection and maintenance of the
One Upright Piano by "The Robin- common Bulgarian-Uygos frontier.
son & Co., Ltd." the length of which has at last been definitely determined as 538 One Electric Refrigerator Frig-
daire." įkms.-(Transocean),
AMERICA WATCHING
**CLOSING DOOR"
Mr.
Washington, April 20, Sumner Welles, Assistant
STRETCHING FROM THE BALTIC TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS Secretary of State, declared that
TO THE BLACK SEA, IS REPORT- "ED FROM MOSCOW.
The whole area is stated to be completely mined, "and military engineers are now completing electrification of the Estonian and Rumanian sectors.
OF BARRACKS
the State Department was giving the fullest consideration to reports Peiping, April 21.
that Japan was "closing the open Signor Luigi Barzini, special cor-door" in China.~~~(Reuter). respondent of the Italian news- paper, Corriere della Serra, who Was arrested in Jehol City by Manchukuo guards last week, has The zone is served by giant elec-been released and is expected to tric stations, and in case of return to Pelping today. vasion thousands of square miles
It appears that Signor Barzini
could be blown up by the depres-was arrested for taking photo~ sion of a dozen electric buttons.
LARGE AERODROMES
The scheme is co-ordinated with
large military aerodromes behind
graphs of military barracks and other forbidden objects.
Barzini is one of the youngest foreign correspondents "covering"
the inned zone, designed to com- the developments in China and
On VIEW from THURSDAY,
the 21st APRIL, 1938.
TERMS: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
AUCTIONEERS.
FRANCE SURPRISED BY
SPANISH PROTEST
Barcelona Severely Criticised
Paris, April 21. rejected by political quarters here. french quarters have The Barcelona government's new
plete the demoralisation of an in-was or board the USS. Panay Oficial vader after the frontier explosions when it was bombed by the Japan- been rather disagreeably surprised step, so it is declared: is obviously ese in the Yangtse in December by the new, protest lodged by the due to the wish to complicate the
have done their work.
CARDINAL VISITS
M. Voroshiloft, Soviet Commissar lat.-(Reuter), for War, is reported to have re- cently returned to Moscow from the Crimea to attend deliberations of the Military Council and to ac- celerate completion of the plan.-— (Reuter).
NEGOTIATIONS HELD UP TEMPORARILY
THE POPE
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Spanish Government at Gene-final Iquidation of the Abyssinian va. The French. Government, so question. It is pointed out, how; it is asserted, had not been pre-ever, that the French Government viously notified of the impending appears to be firmly determined step. of the Spanish Govern- to support the British Govern- ment nor had it been consulted by ment's endeavours for liquidation that Government in the matter of the Abyssinian question. It is also argued that it would be ab; Many people here regard the surd to deprive the Non-Interven- Spanish Government's step BLU
tion Committee of its functions in
Rome, April 21. Cardinal Archbishop Faulhaber, of Munich, was received by the Pepe yesterday. Although it is stressed in Vatican quarters that the Cardinal's visit to the Vatican attempt to sabotake the en- order to submit the Spanish ques Rome. April 21 is a routine visit, similar to those deavours for appeasement and the tion once more "to the League of Franco-Italian negotiations will paid to the Vatican by the Bishops Barcelona government's resture is, Nations which hitherto had an- xiously avoided dealing with the probably not begin until Friday of Mayence, Berlin and Muenster therefore, severely criticised.
The Spanish Foreign Minis- Spanish problem. next since the instructions for earlier this year, it is nevertheless
probable that the ter's assertion that the Anglo- Charge regarded as
the Italian Pact was completely in-naps best characterised by the d'Affaires, M., Blondel, had asked Cardinal not only reported from Paris has not yet been re-general situation to the Pope but compatible with the principle of editorial which appeared in Le emphatically Temps yesterday. This points cut As the French Cabinet that he also discussed with the non-intervention is Council meets on Wednesday night latter the various aspects of the the, arrival of instructions is not relationship between the Catholic
Church and the German Reich- expected before Thursday.
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which the French
ceived.
NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
OF CYPRUS
London, April 20.
NEWSPAPERS BANNED
IRON GUARD
The French view point is per-
that the non-intervention policy must be maintained till the end. It warns the Spanish Government that Pres. Negrin's step will hard- ly have the results which Barce-"
of the Italian Empire by Czecho- slovakia, anys the paper, should be an object lemon for all that
LEADER GAOLED ona expects. De jure recognition
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Bucharest, April 21.- Another series of provincial
The
Iron
W2B
Bucharest, April 21.
Guard leader.
six effective in the present situation. sentenced to.
The King has approved the ap newspapers has been banned by/Codreanu; who as previously re-¡mere gestures are completely in pointment of Sir Bernard Crean, the Minister for Internal Affairs. ported
retiring.
Julius Maniu The isnte of the
Chief Justice of British Gulana, to be Chief Justice of Cyprus, sue-Among these is the organ of the months imprisonment for affront-The paper adds that it would be National Reasant's Party in Klau-ng the Minister of State, Profes useless to deny that the last ceeding Sir H. C. Stronge" who issenburg, the Rumania. Naua, pub. sor Jorga, was not, after receiving Phade of the Spanlah civil war has had already begun and that the fate sentence, left at liberty as lished by the new party leader,been expected, but arrested in the of Republican, Spain is virtually OVERSEA. BETTLEMENT
far The Dominions Secretary has newspaper is being forbidden per- where he will serve sentence,
court room and taken to prison sealed, particularly
Catalonia is concerned, although appointed Mr. E. Hale, an asala-manently-(Transocean). ̧
the troops outside Catalonia may tant secretary in the Treasury, to
It is declared that Codreanu de- continue guerilla operations for be an official member of the
cided not to appeal against the some time.(Transocean). sentence. The Iron Guard leader, however, intends to take action Bucharest, April 21. against Jorga because the latter The police and gendarmerie.con- asserted in a letter to the court ducted raids in all parts of that treasonable correspondence the Rumanian capital on Tuesday was found in Codreanu's posses- night, Isolating various parts of ston
Oversea Settlement Board in place of Mr. A P. Waterfeld, recently appointed member of the Palestine Partition Commission. --- (British Wireless),
SHANGHAI GERMAN
PROMOTED
POLICE RAIDS IN BUCHAREST
the city from one another and
While the press had been allow- requiring all persons in the streetsed to report in detail the hearing
were not permitted .to
NOT VISITING LONDON YET
Rome, April 21. Contrary to rumours circulating
Italian Foreign Minister, Count
Shanghai, April 21.
or in cafes, hotels or public places during Tuesday morning, the in various European capitals, the The special Berlin chief of the to show their identification papers. papers foreign. department of the Reichs More than 1500 persons whose publish any comments on the Ciano, will, according to well- Propaganda Ministry, Herr F. X. papers required closer examination seritence.
informed circles, noty visit London Haseoehri, formerly foreign com- were detained. Newspapers -de-
for the time being but it is ad- missioner of the National Bo- clare that the object of this raid Some papers whose comments on mitted that after the Anglo-Italian cialist Party and regional leader was to secure the arrest of law-the proceedings in courtswere not Treaty has actually come into for China, is among those listed breakers, the action having no to the liking of the authorities force such a visit might seem to for-promotion on the Fuehrer's political significance whatever were forbidden by the Govern be a logical consequence (Trans
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