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FOUNDED 1881 一拜禮 號二十月十英港香 MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1936.
FINAL DRIVE
ON MADRID
Follows Attack By Rebel Aircraft
BUT OVIEDO INSURGENTS IN DESPERATE PLIGHT
Madrid, Oct. 12.
The rebel attack, under General Francisco Franco, sweeping up the Tagus Valley, began to-day under rainy skies and following a heavy aeroplane bombardment of the capital.
Pursuit planes flew north from Toledo and
machine-gunned the loyalist lines, centring
their attack upon the Olias sector.
However, the Government's troops have
launched a counter-offensive in the Navalperal area and have by this means decreased the intensity of the rebel attack.-United Press.
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日七十月八
Der Fuchrer spoke to thousanita of members of the German Youth Organisation at Nuremberg immediately after the Olympic Games, laying stress upon the great respon- sibilities which they must be prepared to bear as the leaders of the nation in the future, Here Herr Adolf Hitler is inspecting the massed ranka of the army of Nazi youth.
JEWS HAIL NEW PEACE: ARABS STILL FIGHTING
Jerusalem, Oct. 11,
The Inhabitants of this city flocked to places of worship. to-day where special prayers of thanksgiving were said for the end of the Arab strike, called for to-morrow. The bells of the
churches pealed joyously.
However, although there is a truce
in sight between the Arabs and the
The Exchange Telegraph's correspondent in Madrid, P.F. Laum, stated in a telephone message to Gibraltar that 20 Rightist aero- planes were bombing Madrid Sunday, accord- ing to a later London message through the ensunlites on the raiders. United Press.
He said he was remaining in the Telephone
authorities, there have been a num- ber of lawless acts during the past 24 hours. Hidden suipers Bred on the billets of the Canteron Highlanders in Bethichem. The troops, turning out to
to meet the attack, inflicted two
The authorities have imposed a' col- lective line of £1,000 apon Hebron, following the wounding of three pri-
vates of the 2nd Battalion of Cameron
Highlanders and a British constable
Exchange building because it was "too danger-in an attack on an armoured car unit
ous to leave." Thereafter, the censor immedi- ately interrupted his conversation.
Oviedo's End Near
Hendaye, Oct. 12.
The Asturias ariny, led by the Intrepid miners and their dynamite bombs, moved closer to the heart of the Oviedo to-day, mopping up remnants of the rebel force which bas defended the place so bravely. It is estimated that fewer than 800 survivors of the original garrison of 2,500 men sill remain alive.
Yesterday the rebels took a grim
oath that not one of them should ever be taken alive. The Communists |
assert they will give the rebels that for which they ask. "Trapped like
SOVIET ATTACKS FASCISM
HARD WORDS USED BY "PRAVDA"
rats, like rats they should die," they ADD
declare.
Meanwhile, loyalists are said to be preparing to dynamite the Veto Munitions plant, where the rebels are making a last feree stand. It is announced that three miners leaded
TO
TENSION CRISIS
Moscow, Oct. 11.
an armoured truck with 1,000 pounds The Soviet hus Intensifled the Eu- of dynamite and drove it full speed ropean crisis through an editorial in into the wall of the prison, destroying the official journal, Pravda, compar- a machine-gun nest, killing 34 rebels, ing the Fascist delegates to the Inter and, naturally, themselves
Committee In The national Neutrality prison was one of the strong-points London "to criminals caught red- of the defence system-United Press, handed."
Pravda accuses them of falsehood
40,000 Await Drive and slander.
Madrid, Oct. 11.
It adds: "The Soviet's slatement handed to the London Committee not
An army of 40,000 militin men only nailed the interventionists to o volunteers from all walks of life and cross of shame but smashed the plot of all ages, supported by women of silence other powers had attempted syropathisers who carry armis and to maintain regarding the violation of fight shoulder to shoulder with their the ceutrality agreement."
south of the city Friday night.-Reu-
ter.
CHORUS OF APPROVAL
London, Oct. 12.
The news of the terminution of the Arab strike in Palestine, which is offelally estimated to have been responsible for three hundred-cleaths and over thousand
ย
wounded, evakes a chorus of approval in the British Press,
The newspapers offer congratulat- lons on the statesmanlike interven- tion of the three Arab Kings and also congratulate General Dill for holding his hand so long as the negotiations were going on.
The Arab Kings' expression of "reliance on the goodwill of Hil Majesty's Government, which has niready declared that justice will
ja re-crhoed by all
regardless of party, with
com-
JEWS WATCH FOR RAIDERS
Behind the barbed wire - which surrounds Tel-Avio, Jewish sentrica
that British goodwill watch for the approach of possibly
be effective if it is backed)
hostile Arabs day and night. There
will up by n
a readiness for concession and has been recurrent, Aghting in this compromise on both sides in area for two months pusi. Palestine.
The Morning Post expresses the heretofore opinion that the policy pursued by the Mandatory Power could never bring permanent pence to Palestine and may have to be substantially molded in the light of its results,
The Daily Herald says the Man- datory Power may bring order, but cannot bring peace and prosperity ny long as the two nations continue at war-Reuter,
men-folk, la ready to defend Madrid The Soviet netion in unmasking the Rise Continues
when the big attack comes, according true character of this "neutrality, to an official broadcast from the Tada goes on, has caused an out- capital by the Government radio burst of fury and hatred in the canys of the supporters of the Spanish -
station.
The Government' simultaneously! surgents. expressed confidence that in the final clash the partisans of Hitler and Mussolini" would be roundly benten. Meanwhile, the main body of the
DEFIANT ATTITUDE
The deflant altitude of the
attacking insurgenta is ready to move/ delegates of the Fascist countries to
It
the Spanish Neutrality Committee has merely convinced the world of
In N. Y. Stocks
GENERALLY BULLISH
SENTIMENT
.
4
Never Urged Britain To
"Give" China To Japanese
ROTHERMERE ASKS FULL DENIAL
whilst en
In a cable message to the Tele- praph from the Empress of Japan, roule, to Manila, Lord Rothermore, British newspaper magnate, requests a full and extend- ed dental of the statement that he once demanded that Britain "give" thought General Francisco la
Washington, Oct. 10.
China to
to Japan for Britain's security. Franco, in supreme command of the the truth of the charges, Pravda New York Stock Exchange to-day.
Prices continued to advance on the This statement was attributed to Lord rebel forces, may launch a mass
Rathermere by N.E.A. Service, Inc., attack to-morrow, a feast day of the
The generally bullish sentiment an American news and pictorial. Spanish races, commemorating
"Realising that neither general continued to prevail due to improved agency, and was reprinted in Satur- discovery of America, Reuter. denials, nor counter-charges would buliding statistics, increasing auto day's Telegraph.
convince anybody, they fell back on mobile production, increasing steel the tricks of procedure, thus block industry backlogs and good consumer
In his cable, Lord Rothermere says ing a
discussion.. concrete
Un-
the statement "absurdly misrepre- spending. fortunately, the Committee has not
The Bond Market and issues on the sents me and adds: sufficiently censured the representa Curb Exchange were irregular. lives
of Portugal, Italy and GCT-
Pravda declares.
the
Financiers In Trouble
****** ALLEGED FAILURE TO REPORT LOSS
Paris, Oct. 12.
alleges.
many an
It is announced that subscriptions to buy food for the loyalists have reached a total of 20,000,000 roubles, and a fourth supply ship has called for Odessa with succour for the Government at Madrid, United Press,
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Industrials Rolls
"All I sny is that, under no clrcumstances, will Britain embroil herself in Chine's affairs, and that it to 175.19 170.05 Up.86 might be a good, thing for China
tha recognise suzerainty of Japan in 89.03 59.55 Up.53 Manchukuo, us
a consideration for Uulitics
33.20 36.30 Up.10 large concessions by Japan."" Bonds
105.52 105.49 Oir.03
Lord Rothermere is anxious that, Volume: 971,000 shares.--United
as he is returning to Tiongkong, his Preas.
dental: should be given prominence.
TYPHOON WARNINGS
The Manila Observatory istioris n
SUBMARINES ARRIVE HMS. Medway and 10 submarines.
JAPAN ACCUSES BRITAIN
OF INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY
TOKYO PRESS
ALLEGATION
Tokyo, Oct. 12, According to allegations print- ed under streamer newspaper headlines in the Japanese Kokumin Shimbun, a joint pro- Lest to Tokyo against violation of the Nine Power Pact was suggested by Great Britain to other signatories of that treaty shortly after the opening of recent conversations at Nanking between the Japanese Ambas- "sador," Mr.Kawagne, and the Chinese Foreign Minister, Gen- eral Chung Chun.
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LONDON MOBS LOOT SHOPS Raiders Vanish When Police Approach
TROUBLE IN
IN LIVERPOOL AS FASCISTS PARADE
London, Oct. 11.
The march of 5,000 unti-Fascists in the East End of London this afternoon ended without serious disorder. There were a number of minor injuries in scuffles between Communists and their opponents and the police made nine arrests,
About 100 youths, in the course of the evening, smashed the windows of 15 Jewish-owned shops in Mile End Road, the East End, and looted their contents on some of the premises. When a bus-load of police rushed up, the raiders disappeared.
The Fascist march in Liverpool in the evening led to lively scenes. Despite the fact that hundreds of foot and mounted police surrounded the procession, missiles were thrown by anti-Fascists and the police made baton charges into the crowd. There were many arrests and several were injured-Reuter,
TYPHOON DELAYS FLIERS
EKINS IN BED AT MANILA
PACIFIC TOO TROUBLED
Manila, Oct. 12.
Paris, Oct. 11. The
Communis! meetings in Alsace-Lorraine, out of which t was fented serious trouble might Krow, passed off almost, without in eldent to-day.
M. Leon Blum, the Prime Minister of France, was given a tremendous ovation on his arrival at Lens, where he.spalte to 89,000 people.
Mennwille! Radical .Socialist warned the electors throughout France that a continuance of strikes and unrest might endanger all that the workers, had gained, and M. Duclos, Vice-President of the So Elulist Party, in a speech;-at-Mul- house, hinted that the Government might lose its Communist support I It did not curry out the full pro-
The same typhoon which has gramme it had promined.
ReulLT.
"Victory" Parade
The Journal refers to "faithless
large-scale International delayed the round-the-world
Political circles are of the opinion conspiracy to hinder Sino-Japanese | racer, "Bud" Ekins here and that M. Blum will eventually have to negotiations by invoking the Nine allowed him the luxury of sleep, choose between the Communists and Power Pact."
has spread death and destruc- Radical Socialists for his allles- tion in Northern Luzon. Ekins' plane outdistanced the storm and landed him here Saturday..
London, Oct. 11. A few hours behind it the
As a protest against Fascism and typhoon struck; and so far 47 in celebration of last Sunday's bodies have been recovered and "victory" 5,000 men and women, 400 are missing.
led by 500 ex-service men, and ac- companied by 2,000 foot and mounted The Clipper plane which was to police, marched through the
East have left to-day with "Bud" Ekins. End this afternoon from Tower Hil who leads the round-the-world race to Victorlis Park. against three competitors, has been
This pact, which was signed in Washington in 1922, binds the signt- tories to respect the sovereignty and territorial and administrative in- tegrity of China,-Reuter.
CHINESE MUST BE CURBED Nagasaki, Oct. 12. The Japanese Government's special emissary, Mr. Kuwa- shima, interviewed here to-day on his return from China, de
delayed. She will not start on her A large force of police lined the clined to discuss the instruc-trans-Pacific fight until the weather route, which was crowded with tions he took to the Japanese is less threatening.
spectators. Banda played Communist Ambassador at Nanking, Mr. Rough water outside Manila Bay, marches and the parade sang Leftist Kawagoe, which are thought to where the Clipper must make her songs and chanted, "Down with have contained the outline of take-ot, caused Pan-American Air- Mosicy and his Blackshirt thugs."
шлун
sailing.
There were few disorders, though
Police since leaving New their opponents occurred..
quelled these briet cinshes im-
policy which the Tokyo Govern- ment wished its representative to follow in negotiations with China,
However, he remarked that from consultations with Japanese oficial In Shanghai and Nanking he precived the impression that the prescut Sino- Japanese negotiations were of the utmost importance. .
returned to his hotel to Catch his scules between Communists and Work on his flying adventure. York
He hind eagerly eyed the bla medlately-Reuter Special.
Clipper, riding at anchor just off- shore, and was admittedly anxious to start on this second to Inst leg of his race. But when it was decided to fly, he merely it was unwise shrugged and remarked: "Naturally I'm anxious to Anish lying around the globe in the shortest time pos- sible, but this trip-hos demonstrated i to me the unusual safety precautions of commercial aviation. It follows that Capt. E. A. Laporte acted wisely
cancelling our departure." United Press.
Although suficiently optimistic in these matters to doubt the possibility of war breaking out, he voiced a that the Chinese Government warning must take the most decisive measures to suppress the anti-Japanese feeling in in the country under its control. Un- less the Nanking Government could effectively control its people, disaster might follow.
Mr. Kawashima remarked that the British and United States representa- tives were very active in striving to gather information, respecting the negotiations.
He did not know, he added, whether or not they were engaged in political manoeuvres---Reuter.
NORTH CHINA PROBLEM
LABOUR WAR ·
·IN U.S.A.
STRIKE-BREAKER
Two-Year
Sentence On
Barber
FOR STABBING
·FOUR PEOPLE
"I was under the Induence of liquor and did not know anything about it," pleaded So Shing, 50-year- old master barber, at the Criminal Sessions this morning when he was charged before the Chief Justice, Sir BEATEN, ROBBED
Atholl MacGregor, with having Sallias, Oct. 11.
maliciously wounded Kwole Hung, While the authorities are testing (31), Li Fook, (24); Ip Khu, (60), and the anti-picketing ordinance, a union Kwok Chee-tong, (3), at Bulkeley Shanghai, Oct. 12.
member, Paul Blankenship, 30, has Street. on July 16, with intent to been taken to hospital with a frac cause grievous bodily
harm The North China problem will-be
tured skull, apparently as a result of The following jury was empanelled: the main point for discussion. when the Sino-Japanese negotiations re-temporarily
a fight with strike-breakers who Mesas. J. E. Anderson (foreman),"
left their
barricaded Chan Shul-isun, H. A. Greig, A. II. open at Nanking this week, accord-
quarters, and made a sortie.
clic against | Roeske, Chon Eung-woot, Hooi Yip- ing to the Chinese press,
their beslegers.
beng and F.-P. Kennedy. Filcoman Maru, a Mexican strike-
Appearing for the prosecution, Mr. breaker, reports that strikers beat E. H. Williams, Assistant Attorney and robbed him four miles outside General; såld the wounded persons Salinas.
were members of a family who lived A Standard Oll Company watch- nt No. 77, Bulkeley Street, ground: man reports that Saturday night|n| floor. Ip Klu was the mother of:
United Press.
(Continued on Page),
A semi-independent Chinese des- patch from Tokyo states that the Japanese co-operation programme In North China has entered "a new stage," and "concrete plans ure now being aludied by the Chinese
-Chinn-Reuter..
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It is amelally announced that AL Urbaine and Belne Acoldent Ins Jacques Lestdeux. President of the surance Company. 'Paris · Bankers", Association, ·`Count It is noteworthy that AL'Les deux
Robert de Vogue, Count de Jouvenis reported to be the financial backer typhoon north of Manila, moving arrived this morning from Keelung. cat and • M. Paul Tempiler have of the Crols de Feu and it is possible contwarda, and, another in about They were accompanied by the des published inaccurate annual reports fils case will result in a Cause Long. 131, Lat. 21, recurving north trayer Bruce, H.M.S. Lowestoft salla and Japanese authorities in North bullet struck the hot of a policeman, Kwok Hung, who was the husband of the depleted legal reserves of the celebre."-United Press.
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