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FOUNDED 1991 No. 1496
开动 六北八英港香
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
ARMIES AWAITING
BATTLE ORDER
REBEL
DRIVE SPANISH
ANTICIPATED Loyalists Meanwhile Pressing Oviedo
DYNAMITE BATTALIONS
SHOW GREAT COURAGE
Hendaye, Aug. 25.
The greatest battle of the civil war is expected to to-morrow when, it is commence at daybreak anticipated, insurgents who have been reinforced by 700 Foreign Legionaires and Moroccan regular troops, will begin an attempt to drive a wedge between Irun and San Sebastian.
The insurgents are at present occupying the crest of a hill overlooking the two towns. The Moroccan troops are well equipped with ten tanks and eight six- inch field guns, many machine-guns and hand grenades.
The Government troops are well entrenched, however, and are commanded by French, Belgian and German officers, and equipped with the newest rifles. They are supported by a force of Asturian miners with large stocks of dynamite, who have sworn to die on the spot rather than yield an inch of ground.-- -Reuter:----
BOMBARDMENT RENEW
Hendaye, Aug. 25.
The rebel air force resumed its aerial bombardment of Irun to-day-United Press.
Madrid's Plight
Madrid. Aug. 25. The shortage of food is becoming apparent in Madrid. Butter, milk, beef and vegetables are hard to gel. and potatoes are almost unobtainable. Tinned foods are ruming short, includin condensed milk.
t
Governor's
Health Improving:
PRESIDENT FLEEING?
ALLEGEDLY HELD
IN VALENCIA
Cadiz. Aug. 26.
to-
Abel wireless station
day brondcast the news that President Azana ol S.nin had
from Madrid.
E was sad be was held a virtual presoner
Valencia, where
had presiahly
planned semi-
fars
hip
1T1
For for...
vien parts.
1 stated
the legalists are angry at Senor Azana's aban-
are
doning of Ma- e drud Al watching de bre- nny fur- ther light of
mente.
vent
Menn-whale,
Je
they have sent planes to bomb Cadiz.
And have killed a number of women and children--United Press.
HINT OF TREACHERY
Madrid, Aug. 26. Loyalists, charged with the genreh of the residence of Senor Ramon Al-
bareda, intimate friend of the late ginna, claim to have found a letter from ex-King Alfonso, allegedly sign rd by him.
Nationalist Deputy Jose Maria AL
It rend in part: "Head the move.
ment with vigour, and do not respect anything, Triumph is ours. need."--Faited Press.
I min at your disposition in anything you may
SEEK TO PREVENT MASSACRE
AMBASSADORS ACT IN SPAIN SHOCKED BỶ PROSPECT
Hendaye, Aug, 26. The majority of accredited
A bulleth issued from Government Spanish Ambassadorial
26, 1936. 日十初月七
SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS $30.00 PER ANNUM
REBEL OFFICER GOES TO HIS DEATH
MOTORISTS WHOSE MOTTO IS
Welking in death erect chlprond, tune-headed Major Gindola jasa, who commanded the Montana * - Barracks a Auded and fought furiously for several daya upainrt overwhelming odds, is jeered by his emplere after his surrender. Many of his men were slaughtered by the victorious topatiain after they had thrown down,their arms. Major Guadalajave himself was shot before a firing squad,
URGES END OF NORTHWAY
CENSORSHIP
H. K. Chinese Press
Much Embarrassed
KILLED IN CAR CRASH
NOTED CRICKETERS IN ACCIDENT
BAKEWELL IS INJURED
London, Aug. 26.
A motion "that in the opinion of this Council, the present Whilst returning from Ches- censorship of the Chinese Press should be ́ abrogated,"
after wasterfield
Northampton's brought forward at this afternoon's meeting of the Legislative match with Derbyshire, R. P. -Council by the Hon. Mr. M. K, Lo, who citod the existing restric- | Northway, the Northampton tions placed on the Chinese newspapers of the Colony, under County cricketer, was killed. which they are unable to print any item of news, or even to issue while A. H. Bakewell, North- placards, except with the permission of the Secretary for Chinese ampton's well-known batsman, Affairs.
was seriously injured in a notör accident,
Mr. Lo quoted the origin of the censorship, which was brought into force during a time of crisis in 1925, and declared
The accident occurred when the that "under the cloak of an authority which the Governor-in-
car in which they were travelling left Council is to exercise only on an occasion of emergency or public the road at a sharp bend near Kib- danger, the Government has, in effect, imposed a permanentworth, Leicestershire, in the early system of censorship on the Chinese Press."
The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, in seconding the motion, made reference to the lifting of the Press censorship in Canton, and declared that Hongkong's inuetion in the matter invited criticism.
The Hon. Mr. Lo, in moving the resolution, ud:-Your Excellency,- In rising to move the motion stand- ing in my name I desire, at the out- set, to point out that this matter not only affects public expenditure, but also raises at least two questions of
The special tribunal established on August 22, consisting of representa- tives of various organisations form-i ing the Popular Front, for the pur.
principle, namely, constitutional pro- pose of trying officers and othera
and freedom of the press. erdure, concerned in or suspected of mutiny,
reThe relation to public expenditure has
condemned live, executed fair tous this morning states that the fugees, under the chairmanship is, of course, obvious. According to and sentenced numerous others 10 camtition of 10% Excellency the of the Argentine Ambassador, the Estimates for 1936, there are four terms of imprisonment.
whore total annual salaries) Governor, Sir Andrew Caldero't; ho Senor Daniel Mansilla, acting in censors About 40 persons, most of them
the destitutes, are being fed and housed definitely improved.
name of humanity and come to $4.584.00, and two Press censorship coolies at $338.00, making
at the British Embargy. They re- II His Excellency continues to in-shocked by the threatened masa total annust expenditure of $1,926.- but life in a work-limise if they go to prove, no further bulletins will be sacre of San Sebastian and Iran 00.
fuse to leave, having no alternative
England-Reuter.
Fight For Oviedo
Bilbao, Aug. 25. Despatches reaching here teil of the long grim Aght of a horde of un- trained miners against rebel regulurs at Oviedo, which is my nearing its close. An eye-witness sendis the story of the munner in which this vity of 00,000 souls is being Invested by one of the strangest attacking, forces ever assembled.
It
com-
prises 25,000 men, the main force conglating of 5,000 dynamiters, who work as a vanguard of 10,000 ride- men and 10,000 others, unarmed, but- who scour the country for food sup- plies and guard the prisoners.
irsued.
161,000 Men In Mimic War
ITALIAN FORCES
ON MANOEUVRES
Avellino, Aug. 26..
*
(I do not know whether there
of other items pres
expenditure prisoners by the Government supporters, convened to plan to directly or indirectly attributable to The censorship). Approximately protect the so-called hostages $5,000.00 may not seem a large un- and other civilian captives.
nual expenditure, but may observe thut this is about the annual cost of They compiled reports; Indienting running all the playgrounds for the the possibilities of the inquisition-poor children of this Colony, in like treatment of prisoners and de-Victoria and Kowloon, and repre- cided to attempt to obtain a pledgesents about two months' expenditure from both sides that prisoners would of the Society for the Protection of not be harmed.
Chlidren for looking after the poor: children of the Colony.
It was stressed that they were not attempting to effect a truce..
However, since the Ambassadors could not agree, they disbanded and decided to report on the problem to their home Governments. · Their
An army of 101,000 picked Italian body reconvenes to-morrow.--United
Prcas. troops tramped the countryside in the
In a continuous rain, the men fight Naples and Bari aren-opposite the water-soaked Spain-in extensive manoeuvres. -to-
and sleep on
ground, their sole, goal the capture day,
of the rebel city. Most of the men
are bearded and unkempt, clothed in
At midnight the Red Army, com
rags, for they use the best of their manded by General Amadeo Guillet, clothing to wrap their rifles, attacked the Blues, commanded by the They fight in no regulor forma-Crown Prince Humbert, tion, but act like friends on a holiday, implicitly trusting their lea- Signor Benito Mussolini watched ders, Gonzales Pena and Tomas ble battle from an observation post Bueno, men who led the 1934 revolt. overlooking much of the battle-
ground. United Press.
Ready For Sacrifice
PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
Shanghal, Aug, 26.
Barge
King's May Be Used
At Coronation
London, Aug. 25.
On one occiston two mules were Joaded with dynamlie and a timing
The King's Barge Master has pro device was attached in order to
posed that King Eilward should make eradicate rebel snipers. The mules
a procession in the King's barge refused, to budge. Two volunteers
along the Thames on the occasion of Air. Sun Fo, President at the his coronation next year. took the dynamite, but were killed Legislative Yuan, said to-day that before they reached their goal.
The last time the royal barge was the National People's Congress would used was in 1919, when King George On another ocension a miner load convene on November 12 as schedul- and Queen Mary proceeded down the ed-with dynamite, ran into a hoteled, despite the disturbance It Kwan-Thames during the peace celebration,
(Continued on Page 5.) si-United Press. :i
--Router Special, 0.
1 now proceed to deal with the question of constitutional procedure.
EMERGENCY REGULATIONS The Emergency Regulations Or. dinance, 1922, Section 2; provides as follows:--
2. (1) On any pecussion which the Governor-in-Council may Con“. sider to be an occasion of emer- gency or public danger, he may make any regulations whatsoever which he may consider desirable. In the public interest.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), such regulations may be made with regard to any matter coming within the classes of subjects hereinafter enumerated, that is to say:-(0) censorship, and the control and suppression of publications, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications, and means of communication;
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morning,
Safety
First"
ALWAYS FIT
DUNLOP TYRES
HEROIN MENACE
IN H.K.
GREAT INCREASE IN ADDICTION
FIGHTING TRAFFIC
Startling revelations regard- ing the enormous growth in heroin addiction in Ilongkong are contained in ́a special article on Page 10 of this issue.
Omelal statisties show thit quough heroin was seized last year to make 75,000,000 deadily pills.
There are thousands of addicti Many of them are womch.
The Superintendent of Impagts and Exports, Mr. F. W. Hamiltor, admits Umt the practice of smoking heroin pilis has now become endemie in this- Colony,
Partly brane of the cnonnous in- crease in the Dliet: beruin business, partly because of the increase in Best oplum seiling and partly because of the dislike of toent Chinese Singa.. pore prepared opium, the sale" of Government opium last year declinat to the lowest gure in the Colony's history.
At one time, the sale of oplum con- stituted Government's principal source of reventie. Last year the
total revenue was only $360,402. This serious decline in revenue means that the Hongkong Government la now subsidising opfum preventitive work to the extent of nearly $400,000 a year.
CHENGTU ATTACKS PROBED
JAPANESE SEND INVESTIGATOR
-SURVIVORS- TELL STORY
Shanghai, Aug. 26.
nationals at Chengtu, Szechuen, The attack on the Japanese
which resulted in the death of Bakewell was taken to the Lelees-two, the injuring of one and the ter narmary, and his condition is disappearance of another, last
critical-Reuter.
TRIBUTE TO CHINA
PROOF OF DESIRE TO GUARD CREDIT
SINCERITY SHOWN
London, Aug. 20.
huldha gigantic
the scheme involving expenditure at $20,000,-. com- 000, will shortly mence with the calling of new Army barracks in Kowloon Important recommenda- tions by a Special Com- inillee on Widows' and Orphans' Pensions in the Colonia!
A tribute to the Chinese Govern- Service pre contained in a White
ment steps in reference to raflway Paper, the text of which
loans is paid by the London financial Is given on
Page Journals. Slavery in Hongkong. Spe-
clal Article on
Page 6. Anti-gas measures to be taken in Hongkong are outlined In a Whlic Paper Issued by the Home Office
Startling Heroin. Revela- tions: Government sel- zure of sufficient drvz 10
week, was a sequel to the open- ing of the Japaneso Consulate- General there, to which the Chinese objecti
The Foreign Offee at Nanking re- cently informed the Japanese Gov- ernment
the proposni to Consulate-General Chengtu was unwelcome, as Chengtu
establishi
V
that
is not a treaty port.
at
Four Japanese victims of the Chengtu mob arrived in Shanghal last week. They were necompanied by Mr. Ellchi Iwai, the new Japanese Consul-General at Chengtu who, however, has remained at Chungicing.
They related that after a mass meeting opposing the opening of the Japanese Consulnic, a mob estimated at 2,000 attacked the hotel where the Japanese visitors were staying after overpowering the local police.
Karoku Shiba, Chief, of the Japan- ese Consular Police at Chungking, has gone to Chengtu to investigate the Incident.
The Financial Times says full re- cognition must be given of the evi- dent desire of the Chinese author-So far it has not been revealed
rehabilitation secure
of whether the four survivors of the national credit. The paper acknow-mob attack were officially connected with the opening of the Consulate. Page 7. ledges the sincerity of the authorltics Two of them are described as news-
ties
.to
in this matter, and says the Minister papermen, the third na jor Railways evidently takes the churia Hallway
make 25,000,000 pills Page 10. broadest view of its responsibilities. Hangkong Government re- Ice House kumes, big Sireol block at price · ́agreed upon by Arbitra-
tion ..
Page 10,
On his shoulders will fall the task of Improvement and extension of the [rollway system to conform to modern standards of emelency, to meet the growing needs of commercial expan-, ision.
Optumn revenue for 1935 lowest in history of, Co-
Credit, says this journal, must take Jonyi illici, traffic grows Page 10. an important part and an agreement
INCOME TAX RECEIPTS
1935.
regarding old debts, best calculated
South-Man- ocial and fourth a Hankow merchant-Reuter.
Schacht Flies To Paris
the
to facilitate the provision of external VALUABLE CONTACT
finance, is necessary until Chinese capital is prepared to undertake such work.
WITH FRENCH
Berlin, Aug. 25. Dr. Hinimar Schacht, the Governor
of the Reichsbank, flew to Paris this afternoon to return the recent visit
Bank of France, M.. Labegit in a
London, Aug. 25.
The Financial News welcomes the Exchequer returns show that efforts of the Chinese Government receipts from income tax in the week and remarks that the Minister of ended August, 22 were $4,000,000 Railways 1s to bo congratulated on neurly a million pounds more than in the measure of success he has to Berlin of the Governor of the (3) Any regulations made under the corresponding week of 22:|uchieved in the direction of rehablit- the proviulons of this section shall Toini ordinary revenue amounts to tating Chinese raliway credit. continue in force until repented by £220,845,510, compared with £230,-
The Times City Editor comments order of the Governor-in-Council. 363,200 at the corresponding date of Council made on the 25th June, 1025,ture is £283,000,012, compared with of the firm Intention of the Chinese By order of the Governor-in- last year. Total ordinary expendi- on the steadily increasing evidence the following regulations were made 1283,298,909 at the corresponding date Government to improve the credit of
(Continued on Page 4). lof 1036.--British Wirelesa.
the railways-Better.
Dr. Schacht declares
sigu that Germany supports the French efforts to contribute to the national situation-through--main-- percetul malvancement of the Inter- tenance and development of personal contacts-Reuter Bulletin Service.
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