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MONDAY,
AUGUST
24, 1936. ·一日八月七
BOMBERS ATTACK
BARRACKS BOMBARDED
Early Fall of City Predicted
LEFTISTS REPORTEDLY
SEEKING
PEACE
Lisbon, Aug. 23.
According to reports from Seville, a squadron of insurgent bombers raided Madrid and heavily bombed the region of the militia barracks.
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MADRID BRITISH SHIP
STORM:
WOMEN AT WAR FRONT
BREWS
OVER
SOUTH
Guns May Roar Within Week
CHLANG'S
CAUTION
(Special To "Telegraph")
Canton, Aug. 24.
Although the typhoon has
The squadron then retired safely, accord- cleared the air so that a 1,000. ing to the messages.--Reuter.
Lisbon, Aug. 23.
The early fall of Madrid is predicted by the Marquis Quintanar, delegate to Portugal from the Spanish Insurgent Junta at Burgos.
mile aeroplane flight from Shanghai to this key-city of South China's destiny Was smooth, it has failed to clear the¦ political atmosphere, which is steadily growing more heavily
weighted with storm.
To-day the situation
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more Here is one of the first casualties among the roomen who fought
barri
He asserts that within three or four days the serious, as demonstrated by the re- with the Spanish loyalists in the early action north of Madrid. Since insurgents will be attacking the Leftists in the environs shek's headquarters into than Kal- then numbers of tromen have been in the fighting on both sides, and of Madrid, which will be followed by the capture of theaded Whampoa Military College, Vesterday's cables reported one too man killed and one wounded with capital.
The trouble may even end earlier, owing to peace proposals being made by the socialists of Guipuzcoa Province, including the defenders of San Sebastian, Irun and Santander,
a
After the rebel victory, Spain will be ruled by military dictatorship, which will ultimately select the regime calculated to best serve the country-Reuter Special.
Protest to France
Lisbon, Aug. 23.
The French Ambassader has re- fused to accept the Note of protest from. the insurgent Junta at Burgos, protesting against the bombing of an Insurgent stronghold by French-built planes flying the French colours.
It is alleged that a squadron of teen such planes bombed Naval Peral and other places on Friday.- Reuter.
Bombers at Malaga
Gibraltar, Aug. 23. On consequence of direct hits by insurgent aircraft, a big petrol depof at Malaga was completely gutted.
It is understood that the depot | held a million gallons of spirit, "Reuter.
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GERMAN- JAPANESE ALLIANCE?
QUESTIONS ASKED AT CONFERENCE
JAPAN NON- COMMITTAL
Yosemite, Aug. 23.
there to prepare for the results of the Generalissima's ultimatum to Kwang-|==
Sí.
Thus far the Kwangsi leaders have refused to co-operate Marshal
in
hinng's unification programing on Nanking's terms.
Indications are thai within the week the artillery along the near-by. Kwangsi border will thunder and the guns at Wuchow may make this city tremble. Here, where there are al-
the
ready thousands of troops, marching
will probably fill
streets where now life seems very peaceful. and unapprehensive-United Press.
MAJOR WAR IN EUROPE UNLIKELY
the insurgent attacking columns.
LANDON RALLIES FORCES
NO SACRIFICE OF
FREEDOM
DICTATORSHIP OPPOSED
GOVERNOR
SENT TO
HOSPITAL
Owing to the superven tion of some inflammation on the shingles, His Ex- cellency the Governor was admitted to, the Victoria Hospital yesterday after-
noon.
IS STOPPED
BY
SPANISH CRAFT
Warships Hasten To Investigate
LONDON NOT PERTURBED
BY INCIDENT
London, Aug. 23.
An official statement issued here to-day states the British steamer, Gibel Zerjon, was stopped by a Spanish warship ten miles off Melilla.
The battle-cruiser Repulse and two of His Majesty's destroyers are proceeding to the vicinity to investigate.
The Admiralty later announced that H.M.S. Codrington, flotilla leader out of Gibraltar, had overhauled the Spanish cruiser Miguel de Cervantes, which stopped the Gibel Zerjon. The captain of the destroyer went aboard the Spanish warship and protested against the Spaniard's interference with British shipping outside territorial waters.
The captain of the Miguel de Cervantes apologised, H.M.S. Repulse arrived on the scene. a little later and the Gibel Zerjon was allowed to proceed.
ATTACKS JAPANESE ATTITUDE
NEW DEMANDS OF CHINA EXPECTED
S'HAI PRESS SPEAKS UP,
(Special To "Telegraph”)
-Shanghai, Aug. 24. · Anticipating that Japan's next
The Spanish cruiser steamed off and the two British warships return. ed to Gibraltar.
London Not Perturbed
Reuter learns that in view of the Spanish Government's assurances re- garding the searching of British Tahips, ocial circles in London are not greatly perturbed by the Gibel Zerjon incident.
It is recognised that in the present state of confusion some anisunder- standing of orders might arise, but the indident is not one which could be allowed to pass unnoticed-Reuter. Repulse Clears For Action
London, Aug. 23. Within twenty-four hours of the Spanish Governinent's assurance to Britain that the right of search would not be applied to British ships on the high seas, the British vessel Gibel publican candidate for the Pre- choice between the pig-in-a-poke move in the North. may be a Zerjon was stopped ten miles from
policies of the present Administration demand for reduction of the Melilla and apparently detained. sidency, to-day stood at the scene of and those American institutions un-Chinese import tariffs, the China an editorial to-day his birth and, in a fighting speech, der which we have enjoyed more Press, in summoned Americans to cling courard of living than any people in the
liberty and attained a higher stand- declares: ageously to "a determination to win world," security and abundance without PEOPLE ABHOR acrificing any of our precious herit assalled
NOTED FINANCIER
OPTIMISTIC
CONFLICT
West Middlesex (Pa.), Aug. 23, - Governor Alfred Landon,
Re-
The naval authorities at Gibraltar. acted very promptly, the battle- cruiser Repulse and two destroyers being ordered to investigate the Jocident. "Ambassador Kawagoe has reiter
Some of the crew of Repulse were ated what has been repeatedly stated actually Governor Landon
ashore, but they by the Japanese militery: namely, hurried aboard and shortly after- those raising ."'doubt
that smuggling is due to China's ex-wards the battle-cntisor was seen and distrus!" of the nation's futurecessive tariffs and the Insufficient con- steaming at 20, knots past Europa trol exercised by the Customs Ad-Point, the gun crews standing by, with all decks cleared for action, in the direction of Mellila-Reuter.
repeatedly
age of freedom."
Flaying "unstable men who are under a traditional system. He ham-
mered upon the need of govern-ministration. challenging the American way of mental control only where it was Now York, Aug. 23. Delegates to the conference of Mr. Thomas Lamont, associate of life," Governor Landon urged: "Let based on correct advice, and de- the Institute of Pacific Relations Mr. J. P. Morgan in many great in as not surrender to any counsel of manded "courage to face the dangers responsibilities accompanying
and in
The speech was delivered to a gathering of 50,000 people at the Tum |
GERMANY'S to-day discussed the possibility United States, returning to-day from despair."
of a Japanese-German military Africa, believes there is no danger of a ten-week trip to Europe and PRESS THUNDERS
alliance, on, which the Japanese general European war. are believed reluctant to commit
themselves, although "It is clear," he says, "that ninety-O' Shanter golf links, Governor Lea-
others live per cent. of the people of every don presenting a philosophy of neigh- have advanced evidence from and regard war with abhorrence and
nation in Europe do not want to fight|bourly co-operation for the solution FRANCE UNEASY AT unofficial sources which indicate dread... I believe the men ruling of nations problems, free enterprise, that such an understanding is the destinies of Europe will go most personal liberty, deathless opposition ANTI-SOVIET ROAR being considered.
slowly in dragging their unwilling to defeatism and dictatorship, people into an unwelcome conflict." centralisation of power.
Finance circles” attached unusual PEACE PLANS
JEOPARDISED:
Paris, Aug. 23.
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The British and American dele- significance to this statement, due to gutes to the conference expressed the the fact that Mr. Lamont is credited opinion that London and Washington with a most intimate knowledge, of would be apprehensive" of such an European minds and rarely speaks alliance.
for publication.-United Press.
Nazis Defied By Church
The Anti-Soviet press cam the Russo-Japanese relations, in view The day's discussion centred 'upon paign in Germany is causing of the expansion of the Soviet cast. considerable disquiet in France. ward and of the Japanese westward.
Le Petit Parkien, a leading news- paper here,
The Russian representative: said: says that. If these polemics are not soon stopped they was only carried out in order to oust that the invasion of Outer Mongolia will become dangerous and jeopardise the unofficial army there, with which the efforts for continued 'peace being the Mongolians were themselves, un Le Matin, another important dally, territorial designs in Outer Mongolin,
able to cope. He said Russia had ne OPEN asserts that not for a long me has and he pointed out that 4 treaty the atmosphere been so charged with existed Insuring Mongolian stability. electricity.
It is felt here that the Spanish sovereignty in Mongolia.
Russia, ho eald, recognized China's civil war continues the pretext for
made in Paris and London.
LETTER READ FROM PULPITS
Berlin, Aug. 23
An open letter of deflance was read
and
und
liberty."-United Presă.
ROOSEVELT BUSY
Hyde Park, Aug. 23. President Roosevelt to-day studied the National Democratie Committee's reports on the national political situ-
"It is astonishing to hear such Jame
excuses advanced by Mr. Kawagoe at this hour of the day when the fact is notorious that at the insistent pres- sure of the Japanese military, the Chinese Customs Preventive Service has been disarmed, as well as drivin away from the demilitarised zones where most of the contraband goods are landed.
weeks un pied details for a six is a mere shibboleth and Mr. Kawagoe
offensive. ·
"The pretext of "excessive tarifis';
ia only too well aware that China's existing tarif is no higher than that of many other countries, including his
The President is conferring with Mr. James Farley, Postmaster General, and other leaders, considering the own. THE ALTERNATIVES
advisability of a nation wide tour, "Here at
my birthplace," said during which the President would de-
Ilver three or four major addresses. Governor Landon, "I sedic to make
However, the President says he will clear what I believe to be the choice
no political speeches until now before the country. It is a October. United Preir.
deliver
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TIES
BEING REBOUND
London, Aug. 28.
An influential and representative party of thirteen Egyptian statesmen reached, London to-night with the object of setting the seal to the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, which dissi-
"Were the Ambassador sumelently frank he would admit that' the prin cipal reason for Japan's desire to tariffs is to force China to reduce effect A
wholesale entry of cheap Japanese goods and thus mono- polise the Chinese market to the do- iriment of Chinese and foreign monu- facturers and tradesmen."--United Press.
WIDESPREAD DROUGHT
QUARTER OF U.S.
AFFECTED.
werc
STOP PRESS
QUEEN MARY SETS RECORD
Now York, Aug. 28. The Queen Mary passed Nan- tucket Lightship at 9.48 am B.S.T., soven hours ahead of the Normandio's record.--Rou- ter.
Amon
the elaborate newspaper campaign The American spokesman said that from the pulpits in Prussia, Bavaria pates the bitterness which has existed between Britain and against the Soviet, but the real ob- the Sovieta wore catablishing them and Wurtemberg to-day by pastors Egyptian Nationalists for many years.'.
ALL · CONDEMNED Ject is indicated in official articles, selves in Outer Mangolia through of the Confessional Church.
Washington, Aug. 23. the stimulation of the graduat Industrial penetration, es
Moscow, Aug. 24. namely workers for another year of effort. pecially by means of railways.
The letter was signed by the Bishop Headed by the Prime Minister, The treaty supplements the 1922 of Koch, Dr. Mueller, on behalf of Nahas Pasha, the delegation included treaty which, while marking a big that agriculture has desiginted one-revolutionary charges which im
Withered fields are so widespread All the defendants in the counter- M. Paul Scheffer, one of the most distinguished commentators of
At this point the Chinese spoken the provisional Administration of the twelve, paahos, three of them the
step towards Egyptian independence, fourth of the area of the United pilexied, German Evengelical Church.
premiers, Mahmud Pasha, Sudky left unsettled a number of reserved Sintes as "drought territory.
other political suggests that European powers man reiterated that all treaties since doy,
Accuses
Bgures, Grigori Zinovieff, Kamene putting equal pressure on all those signty In Outer, Mongolis,
The affected en covers 828,000 and A. L. Byker, Commissar of Posts secuting those, professing it and de- enthusiastic crowds, including numer- tain troops in Egypt, the future of square miles, in which a population and
Telegraphs, have responsible. Thus they might sup-
been sentenced The delegates generally hitted mands the right to openly and freely ous Egyptions, who, when"
Mr. the Government of the Sudan, de ot 20.000.000 reside. These are dis having platted with Leon Trotskys to death. They were accused of press the disruptic force which the that the Japanese were trying to testify before the German people "the Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretory, fence of the flat and the atributed in 1,021 counties and twenty-former Dictator, for the murder of Spanish question may let loose upon Improve Mongolian sheep in order faith of our fathers" and the cessa-shook hands with Nahas Pasha, called "capitulations clause" relating to States, Including all of Kansas, Stalin and the overthrow of the the rest of Europe, he suggests that these herds should yield a useful ton of continued spying on the work shouted: "Long Live Anglo-Egypilon to legal actions in which foreigners Oldaboma end North and South Router,
IwoolUnited Prezi...
of the church-Router. Spacial,
friendship
were concerned.---Reuter, Speciaï.: Dakota.--United Press.
present regime.fouter.p
combine to end the Spanish war by style fotos en China's sovering the gospel of Jesus Christ, per-Victoria station was packed with points, like, Britain's right to main-
s the Nazi regime of oppon-Pasha and Abdei: Yehla Pasha,