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五拜魂 號八十月九英香 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936. 日三初月八
ATLANTIC FLIERS
WARSHIPS
MUTINY FLARES ON
250 Killed When
When Malaga
Fleet Disintegrates
MANY MEN MEN
ANXIOUS TO GO
OVER TO INSURGENTS
Paris, Sept. 18.
Mutiny is reported to have broken out in the Spanish Govern- ment's fleet assembled at Malaga, according to a broadcast from the insurgent-controlled radio station at Teneriffe.
This station asserts that, following a difference of political opin- ion, the warships from Malaga met at sea to consider the situation. It was decided that they had been deceived by the Madrid Government. Some of the crews decided not to continue fighting and to suìren- Others refused to agree der to the insurgent Junta unconditionally. to this step.
As a result of thedisagreement shooting broke out and resulted in 250 deaths-Reuter.
Lisbon, Sept. 18.
Rebels from the south, under General Francisco Franco, are reported to have renewed the attack on the Novosierra sector with ferocity, forcing 1,000 loyalist militiamen into retreat and killing 200 as they stormed into the lines of the defenders.
The insurgents carried and occupied Lucilles on the Talavera de la Reina front, killing 400 and capturing 250 more during the operation, it is said.
Meanwhile, it is reported from Santander that anarchists have placed 800 hostages aboard a ship, und have anchored the vessel over a mine, threatening to blow the charge if rebel warships approach the -harbour-United Press.
Anarchists Rule
San Sebastian, Sept. 17. Anarchids are reported to have) gained control of Santander after an which all night treet, battle, in
que Nationalists and ours un- successfully opposed the radicals. who have seized municipal timitetings. and arrested many Socialists, cluding several members of Parlia ment.
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The anarchists are patrolling the commented the streets and have organisation of the resources of the province for its defence.
ON OTHER PAGES
The "Telegraph" under- stands that the Hongkong Government will float a $11,000,000 334 per
cent. Dollar Loan
early next Угаг to meet the fusi cost of construction of the Shing Mun Valley Water Scheme, the Kal Tak Air- port
ollier and
publie works
Page 7.1
Civil service pensions for the forthcoming year con- Kiliuto an all-time higli. They show an increase over the pensions for the current year of $100,000 .. Page 7
Meanwhile, the rebels in the direc- tion of San Sebastian, have renewed thele visurely advice westward, ond the Moorishi troops have pushed beyond Orio, However, determined Basque machine-gunners repulsed i second Moorish column en route to Azpeita, a "holy city, birthplace and sanctuary of St. Ignace, the Basques at Malaga by sta to-morrow. patron saint.
Basques The
expected fre negotiate with the Carlist volunteers with the insurgent army, offering to peaceably withdraw from Azpeita
not providing Carlists,
Moors, occupy the city in the event of the rebels approaching near enough to strike for it.
to
Reuter,
Visiting Malaga
Gibraltar, Sept. 17. Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, com- manding the British Mediterranean Ficet, arrived in Malaga
LILLE STRIKE ENDED
BUT LYONS STILL HAS PROBLEM SOVIETISED INDUSTRY
Poris. Sept. 17.
The Government nouaced to- day that the strike_et_35,000 Lille operatives had been settled. The terms of settlement provide 11 six per gral, wage increase and it is expected the uccord will be signed to-night.
It may be used as a basis for end- ing the strikes throughout the nation. Resumption of work at Lille has left the most serious situation at Lyons, where 1,500 workers have
Mladiaceta "sovielised" the Works, running the looms themselves
the and ousting
management,-- Waited Press,
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SETTLEMENT NEAR
Dick Merrill, left, and Harry Richman, who have succeeded in crossing the Atlantic, both caja. They came down in a hop at Musgrave Harbour, and relief supplies are now being rushed to
them.
CHINESE XI APPEALS. BUT FAILS
NOT ADMITTED TO DIVISION I
By Verita
The appeal of the Overseas Chinese Athletic Association against the decision of the Hongkong Football Association Council not to sdmit them to the first division of the league this season was dismissed last even ing by the Appeals Board,
CLEARING PATH OF
- SINGLE COPY 18 CENTE
$36.00 PER ANNUM
PALESTINE CAMPAIGN PREPARING
BRITISH ARMY'S
RESPONSIBILITY
TRIBESMEN SHELLED
Jerusalém, Sept. 17.
The British Army authorities are preparing plans for a mili- tary campaign. in the event that the Palestine Arabs fail to call off their strike.
The Army Is devising dispositions of troops in order to hold strategie points in remote districts, and to guard the frontlers against thr snuggling of arms and the Incursion of foreth rebels.
Arms shipments have been coming into Palestine from the Middle East's hinterland, where many tribes are reported to be growing rich from
illicit trade in war materials. Neuter Special.
TRIBESMEN DISPERSED
Jerusalem, Sept. 17. Naval pompons guns were used by the*** Brlish forces in dispersing Arab tribesmen in the neighbourhood of King Solomun's Pools_to-day.
These are a part Jerusalem's indeer, water supply system.
The Arabs fed and there were no British casualties.-Reuter Bul- leth Service.
HURRICANE One Britisher
U.S. COAST TOWNS THREATENED
HUNDREDS ARE EVACUATED
Wilmington, Sept. 17. Coast Guards have evacuated"
hundreds of persons from the danger spots along the coast as up the Atlantic, perilously close to American seaport cities and seaboard settlements.
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This was oftently announced this smorning, although the gammplete and-
ings of the Appeals Board will not Metcon ologists are be toude known until the emergency i whether 185, brent of the storm will meeting of the P.A. Council iş helt strike the mainland or veer backs to un Monday Ext.
sen, but the winds have freshened -This-wus-the-third-pentex heard! along Carolina coasts and the Vir- by th Appeals Board regarding un-Famia Capes are feeling the whiplash successful applications for admission of the storm,
to Division of the football league for the coming season,
Coast Guard cutters have removed several hundred residents of Lille Beach and Island, South Virginia
being other low-lylon villages are visited to give the inhabitants an opportunity of reaching safely.
Those of Kowloon Chinese F.C. and Eastern Athletic were upheld.
A notice was issued this morning slating that an emergency meeting of the ILK.F.A. Council will be held at Sports Club, King's Building, and Miami, Florida, have SUR
Mondine, September 23. at 5.30 p.m.
the small craft at rea to seek shelter and i I understand it is to Andings of the Appeals Board orters of the Coast Guard service are
prepared for emergency duty. last night's append.
Paris, Sept. 17.. Settlement of the Lille textile strike is now in sight and it is ex- pected that an agreement between Paployers and employees will be | signed to-night,
It is understood the workers made leonsiderable conecisions on the ques
tion of the appointment of workers'
receive
U.S. Guarding Neutrality
delegates in the factories, which was PURPOSE OF NAVAL
one of the difficulties in the way of settlement.
The employers are understood to have, compromised on the wage in- crease.demand. Wages will be fixed- on a scale appileable to all other fox- tile towns, it is stated.--Reuter:
Later.
M. Salengro, Minister of the In- to-day terlur, announced to-night that aboard his flagship, Queen Elizabeth.ngreement had been reached in the He returns to Gibraltar to-morrow. textile dispute and that only a few details remained to be settled.-- Reuter
The rebels have endeavoured to Bruter Bulletin Service.
bring a cargo of munitions into
Pasajes, but have discovered that
the loyalists, prior to fleeing, block-
ed the port by sinking a ship laden;
Heavy Losses
London, Sept. 17. Insurgent headquarters at Burgos
with cement in the harbour entrance. | éîaims that 3,000 Government troupa
WAGE INCREASE
Paris, Sept. 17. The textile agreement includes a
A correspondent aboard a ship off have been killed in the Toledo area six per cent, increase in wages.. Bilbao Bends a wireless report to in the past few days.
It is expected that oceupled fac- Important Insurgent successes are torica in Lille will be evacuated the effect that the battleship Esparnulso claimed in the Guadarrama and to-morrow-Renter and the cruiser Almirante Cervery, assisted by a fleet of mosquito craft, Soramosierra sectors-Reuter Spe-
are blockading Bilbao, Santander and other const points. United .Press.
Rebels' Claims
cial.:
Mining Alcazar
FULL SETTLEMENT.
Paris, Sept. 17. A settlement, in the Lille textile Madrid, Sept. 17. strike has been reached and is re-
A big triumph for Following the refusal of the gorri-garded as London, Sept. 17.
Government. It is felt that if spirit of conciliation displayed The Spain war news to-day inrge- son of the Alcazar at Toledo to sur-Gover
render, the Government forces are
France's labour troubles will BOON disappent.
the the
ly consists of the insurgents claims continuing their attacks and are also reads to other parts of the country, to having captured the hill town of parsuing mining operations under the Ronda, bulwaric of the loyalist lines stubbornly held rebel stronghold, now In the Malaga region. But well-scarcely more than a masa of smok- laformed circles in La Linea dia-ing ruins. credit this claim..
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UNIT ABROAD
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Alteraft based at St. Petersburg warned
At Key West, Port Everglades, Savannah, Norfolk and Wilmington ships cling to poil, and everywhere. mariners are scurrying for safety.
The hurricane is reported to be Atlantle one of the worst in the coast's history-United Press.
Later.
Wilmington, Sept. 17. The Weather Bureau here warns that the hurricane will strike Cape
Hatteras at midnight..
Cape Hatteras is the extreme eastern tip of the Raleigh Barrier, of North Carolina and the Pamlico sound.--United Press.
STORM WARNINGS
Washington, Sept. 17. The Weather Bureau has ordered hurricane warnings holsted from Manlenge to the Virginia Capes,
Washington, Sept. 17. Officials here entphasised to-day that the re-establishment of a, United States European Squadron was de- signed to further American neutra- lity in Europe's general war crisis.
They sald the naval unit solely intended to ald Americans to fen from trouble spots.
Meanwhile, Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, declared. the Government was not
continuing definitely to give free board and lodging at the Embassy in Madrid. He has instructed the Embassy to
The s.s. Elmirante is requesting close its doors as a place of refuge assistance with engine trouble. She and to inform the 33 rumaining did not give her longitude, but said Americans there either to leave Spain, her latitude was 34.20, which indicat- or return to their homes in Madrid. ; ed that she was possibly in the middle ---Gaited. Proms,
of the storm.-United Press,
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At 7 p.m. the storm was centred. 100 miles south-east of Cape Hat- teras and it was expected its centre, would hit Hatteras at 2 a.m.
BRITAIN BUILDING NEW
RESEARCH' VESSEL
London, Sept. 17.
Fighting
For
U.S. Golf Title
4. McLean is the only British player teft in the United States open amateur golf championship consequence of yesterday's matches in the fifth round and quarter-Anals.
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McLean won brilliantly against Neville Heath, and went on to 'defent. J. Riddell, to reach the semi-final.
Johti Langley. British fourth round survivor, had his progress cut short by Johnny Goodman, who won their Afth round en- counter by the handsome margin of 5 and 3.
The day's complete results will -be-fmuml-en-page-8.
LABOUR POLICY CHANGE
RE-ARMAMENT MAY BE SUPPORTED CLASH OF OPINION
London, Sept. 17. The British Labour Party may make a sensational about turn in policy, and support the Govern- ment's rearmament programme, according to present indications.
The National Executive of the La- bour Party in meeting in London to- morrow to consider the International situation, and re-armament is likely to be among the questions discussed, In addition to the Spanish altuation, with a view to drafting a statement of policy and a resolution for the annual conference at Edinburgh on October 5.
It is envisaged in 'some quartera that there may be a reversal of policy with regard to the Government's re- armament programme, but this is still a matter for discussion as some difference of opinion among the La- bourites is said to exist-Reuter.
VOROSHILOV'S WARNING
WILL TEACH LESSON TO ANY INVADER
Moscow, Sept. 17,
M. V. E. Voroshilov, Commissar for. Defence, peaking at Kiev, to-day declared that it Rüssin were attacked her armies would carry the war into enemy territory and leave a lesson nover to wage war upon the Soviet.
Employers representatives express:
Great Britain will have a new research ship, to bo`known satisfaction that strikers had agreed as the Royal Research Ship "Research." to evacuate the factories and that
The contract for the vessel has (displacement will be about 650 tons Suppers have almost reached the workers delegates undertook they been signed at Dartmouth. She will and she will have accommodation-United Press, Recent visitors to Malaga ate of centre of the Alcazar and the mines would henceforth prevent the the opinion that that city is not like may be sprung at any moment.
be a non-magnetic vessel and will for about 3 persons. Ex-cupation of They perts are engaged in the work pnd.
plants. ly to be captured speedily.
cost £100,000.. Her hull will be of The most up-to-date Instruments M. Loom Blum, the Prime Mini- state the position of the Government they are frequently interrupted by ter, M. Salengro, Minister of Interior. teak and brass, and bronze will be for research will be installed. forces has been difficult owing to a desperate sailles by the bealeged, and M. Comilla Chautemps,
used in place of steel. The engines, The Inst research ship possessed hortage of ammunition and petrol, who rush out with grenades and sub acted as mediators went bait for too, will be constructed of non- by Britain was the Carnegie In
titule's vessel, Carnegie, which after but large consignments of arms and machine-guns and attempt to atop the the workers on z
magnetic metals, these painti Ammunition are expected to arrive mining operations Reuter Speciala Reuterate in einer
The ship will have a range of 2,000 serving for 25 year, was wrecked. miles and a speed of six knots. Her In Samon-Reuter Special.........
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CASTLE PEAK ROAD OPEN
Motorlats will be interested to lear that the Castle Peak roud, which was blocked following the recent heavy rains, is now open to traßle along fis whole roule.
FAMOUS - CINEMA DIRECTOR HERE
Josef von Sternberg
MAN WHO MADE DIETRICH FAMOUS
VON STERNBERG IN
HONGKONG
CHARACTER OF
COLOUR:
By "FIRST NIGHT"
Hollywood's most famous movie director is in Hongkong.
He is Josef von Sternberg, the man who is credited with having made the film reputa tions of Marlene Dietrich, Emil Brook and Jannings. Clive George Bancroft.
Ife is sold to be the most highly paid film director in the world.
The last picture von Sternberg made before setting off on his first tour of the Orient was "The King Steps Out" featuring Grace Moore, It comes to the King's-ml-Allambra- Theatres nex
next week.
Herr von Sternberg prefera not to comment on Hollywood or himself.
"Too many people have already said too much about Hollywood," he said, when I interviewed him this morning.
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"Something about myself? I'm not as famous as your beautiful Hongkong."
His present tour is a pleasure fount around the world.
"I've visited the north, and like Hongkong well enough to stay here. until next Tuesday.
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"Then I'm going to Franch Indo China, Java, and, of course, Hall, Singapore, India, Europe w back to the States.
"No, I don't know anything about Marlene Dietrich. I haven't directed her for some Ume, and I'm no longer with Paramount. Miss Dietrich 13 ut present in England, making a pic- turc."
SENSATION-MAKERS
In April, 1932, Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich caused a sensation at Hollywood by refusing to proceed with the production of "The Blonde Venus" on the ground that the part allotted to the actress was inartistic. After much excited talk of litigation a compromise was reached and the film appeared,
"Don't take any notice of the things you've read in newspapers," "von Sternberg sald, when I asked him. about the incident.
Josef von Sternberg was born in- Vienna in 1804. Taken to New York in childhood he was sent back to Europe for education. On returning to Amerlen he obtained
a Job-h errand boy to a moving pleture com- but was soon transferred to the technical side and made rapid pro- gress. After the war, however, came a period of 11-luck. At Hollywood, von Sternberg, nearly penniless, met George K. Arthur, a British comedian who was almost In the same financial plight,
On borrowed capital they made the picture "The Salvation Hunters," von Sternberg directing and Arthur play- Ing the leading role. Firm after urm Chaplin saw it at a private show, he declared to be the work of a genius. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick- ford expressed the same opinioni. Taken up by the Allied Artists organisation, it proved a marked
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Mary Pickford then engaged von Sternberg as director for her. The many pictures for which he has been responsible include "The Exqugite Sinner," Underworld", "The Last Comizand "The Cisc de Leita Smith "The Blue Angel" "Shonglist. Express "The Blade Veilua, nich "Crime and Punishinedt