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"I AM SATISFIED".
KEY POINTS OF
MADRID DEFENCE Navalcarnero Occupied By
Furious Daylight
Attack
BEEN
WITH THE LEFTISTS AT NAVALCARNERO, OCT. 21. CIVILIANS AND LEFTIST TROOPS HAVE EVACUATED FROM NAVALCARNERO, ONE OF THE STRONG- POINTS OF THE MADRID DEFENCE LINE. HOWEVER, FURIOUS FIGHTING IS STILL IN PROGRESS AROUND THE TOWN-UNITED PRESS.
DAYLIGHT OCCUPATION
Teneriffe, Oct. 21.
Insurgent radio communiques claim that Navalcarnero, one of the key positions in the Madrid defences, was occupied at 3 p.m. to-day after a daylight attack.-Reuter.
FURTHER ADVANCES
Rabat, Oct. 21.
Insurgents claim to have captured Estrepona, the stronghold barring the way to Malaga.-Reuter Special.
GENERAL ASSAULT
Lisbon, Oct. 21.
The order for a general insurgent advance on all fronts around Madrid was given at '1 p.m. to-day, and infantry and cavalry units commenced ૧ forward movement from the south, south-west, west and north- west after a violent preliminary bombardment, which began at dawn. The troops went into action early in the afternoon.
Large numbers of Insurgent air- craft of all types flew over the various fronts, harrying the Government forces and renuering any activity by
the defenders almost impossible.
The man attack wus concentrated on Navalcarnero, whien is said to be encircled, but a desperate Govern- ment resistance is being maintained. -Reuter Special,
Last Stronghold
Lisbon, Oct. 21, The insurgents expect to attack to- day Peguerinos, Navas del Morquez, Santa Maria de Ateneua, about IX miles west of Escorial, the last stronghold of Madrid's outer line of defence.
· A correspondent with the insur- genta reports that many of the nilitia units on the defending side are demoralised. For example, in yester. day's
milltimer we re ulset with is lows of 3 lives is unk Legionaires.
Labour May
Move To Aid
Loyalists
IN VIEW OF PACT VIOLATIONS
MEETING IN PARIS
the
Bomb Dropped Near British
Destroyer
St. Jean de Luz, Oct. 21.
A number of people · were' killed when the International quarter of Bilban was bombed by an Insurgent plane, according to reports reaching here,
One bomb is said to have fallen near the British destroyer, H.M.S. Esk, auchored in the bay, which has been doing excellent work in evacuating women and children from war-threatened. arcas. Reuter Bulletin Service.
CHINESE PRESS ATTACKS
AGAINST JAPAN
SUMA LEAVES.
FOR TOKYO
London, Oct. 21. The National Council of Labour, representing both the Trade Unions and Labour Party executives, met in for ton to dry
"onsider Spanish situation and the operation UNANIMOUS HOWL of the non-intervention agreement. The same correspondent states the The meeting deelded to request a loyalists abandoned many obsolete special joint meeting of the Interna- French machine-guns, scattering for tional Federation of Trade Unions sufety when the insurgents, singing and Labour and Socialist interna- their terrible "Death Song", charged itional organisations to be held in with the bayonet. Several Frencn-Paris at the earliest possible date to men and three Italions taken prisoner reconsider the position in the light; by the insurgents have been exécuted, of violations of the non-intervention --Reuter.
pact.
The decision means that while Rail Junction Taken British Labour. 'and Trade Union
Shanghai, Oct 23. movements. have not yet decided to Mr.. Y. Suma, the Japanese Consul- reverse their non-intervention policy General at Nanking, is leaving for It is reported here by a correspon-they may decide to do so after con-Tokyo to-day to report to the For dent at the front that the Rightists suliation with their Labour have captured Tardienta Railway Trade Union colleagues abroad. elga Office the results of the Sino- It is understood that the Labour Japanese parleys at Nanking, which International meeting will be held are generally believed to have reach in Paris during this week-end. The ed a stalemate. The discussions British delegates will report back to have centred about the North China the National Council of Labour on question and the anti-Communist October 28- md Mr. Clement Atiles,pact plan, advanced by Japan. The Government claims that it the Leader of the Opposition, will Asturlag column has cut the com-Express Labour's views in the Ilouse munications of the insurgents in of Commons debuts the following Oviedo and also of the columns which day. Reuter Speelal, marched to Oviedo's relief.
Lisbon, Oct. 21.
Junction. between Barcelona ard Huesca United Press.
ازه
Government Claims
Madrid, Oct., 21.
The miners units are attacking the insurgents at Mount Naranco, and have driven them from their fortified positions at Cuspide, killing 81.-Reuter,
"Fight To Death"
Mudrid, Oct. 21.
and
STOP PRESS
Perth, Oct. 22.
the
Significance is attached to unanimity with which, the Chinese press in Nanking has criticised the Japanese proposals, which include plans for the creation of a political alignment in the Ave northern provinces of China and the enlisting, by China, of Japanese aid to fight the Reds
new
Count Ciano, Italy's Foreign Mints- ter, who has expressed satisfaction at his meeting in Berlin with the Ger- man Foreign Minister. He there seen as an airman during the Ethio- pian ter
Count Ciano
Satisfied
ציי
By
WHITEAWAY'S
ROTHERMERE URGES
SUBSIDIES TO AID BRITAIN'S TRADE
Alternative Is Loss Of Oriental Markets
SEES NO IMMEDIATE DANGER
OF WAR INVOLVING EMPIRE
"Telegraph" Special Representative
Viscount Rothermere's hobby · is walking," - He had just returned from long hike over the hills at Repulse Bay when he received me in his sulle
at the Hotel.
my
"I am taking amends for previous refusals to be interviewed”
honds.
Viscount Rothermere, the great newspaper magnate of Britain, this morning broke his resolve not to give fur- ther interviews on his present tour of the world. For over an hour he talked to me of the Empire and Hongkong'sie said with a smile, as we shook part in it, and asked searching questions that may later form part of a campaign to promote in the Far East the interests dearest to his heart-those of Britain.
Viscount Rothermere leaves Hongkong at dawn to. morrow, refreshed by his week's stay in "ons of the most
Berlin: Talk beautiful places in the world." He may return here next
Berlin. Oct. 21. am satisfied." Was the remark of Count Clano. the Italian Foreign Minister, after a 00-minute conversation with Baron von Neurath, the German Foreign Minister, to-day.
At their meeting It is under- Mood, they reviewed the Euro- pean problems and their views were generally in accord. The discussions are to cunting" to-day and to-morrow-Reuter Bulletin Service,
AIRWAYS CHIEF TO CALL ON GOVERNOR
CLIPPER'S PARTY DUE FRIDAY
SHORT VISIT IN HONGKONG .
(Special To "Telegraph")
Manila, Oct 22. Pan-American Airways an- nounced to-day that Mr. and Mrs. Juan Trippe, aboard the Philippine Clipper, are due in Hongkong with મ party of friends at approximately 1 p.m. on Friday, Mr.. Trippe is Pre- sident of Pan-American Air- Woys.
The flight of the big trans-Pacifle plone is entirely non-commercial and is not even connected with a survey of the route, but is to enable Mr. Trippe lo
pay a
a courtesy call, upon His Excellency, the Governor of Hongkong, Sir Andrew Caldecot!.
The Clipper is scheduled to leave Mania spout 6 am, and will arrive at Macno about 11.30 am.
After lunch it will leave the Portugue Colony for Hongkong, but it is not adhering to any fixed suits
is it carrying mull. The schedule is therefore subject to change.
Early Saturday the Clipper leaves Hongkong for Manila, where it is due at noon.
The plane resumes its trans-Pacific schedule on Sunday.
NOTABLE PASSENGERS The Clipper's passengers for Hong- kong include the entire trans-Pacific party, which comprices, besidca Mir, und Mrs. Trippe, Mr. Harold Flyer, the Far Eastern Manager of the Une, and Mr. Carl Luder, Monager of the Pan-American Manila Airport. The newspapers also denounce A special C.N.A.C, plane is due in The M.C.C. batted first in their the Manchukuo-North China air Hongkong Friday from Shanghai,
and will curry Mr. and Mrs. match against a combined Australian agreement, which provides for the Xt which opened here to-day, They operation, starting to-morrow, of an
Mr. and Mis. Whitney, Mr. The Leftists, spurred by the Gov-have so far scored 47 with all their air service between the two areas,
Howard crament's pledge to fight to the wickets intact. Ames is not play They also object to plans to reopen
and Mr. Paul Patterson under ย jointly owned
direct to Shanghai on Saturday. deal" delivered a mass attack on ing, as he is suffering from slight
company.
Later
will visit Pelping and they the Illescas sector at 8 am, to-day.ffness of the back and is slightly
the
Iron Mines Lungyen
Nanking Artillery, planes and Info Indisposed. Els indisposition is not Shilichinchwang Rallway as joint and to the
by air, before returning to construction of the Tsangchow- Hongkong and Manila on their return med in the town from three hos serious. Fogg will keep wicket.-
ocean air crossing. The "Rightists defended themachen Heuter.
Mr. G. Sino-Japanese enterprises...
G. B. Grosvenor.
Pan- with a blistering machine-gun and
American Airways exceutive, is fly trench mortar fire and the result of
Ing to Shanghai from Canton Sunday. to Manila on the Clipper Saturday,
The remainder of the party returns United Press.
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the action is not yet known-United Press,
Later.
The alleged Jupariese encourage- The lunch-time-score was 93- for Vasion of Sulyuan is bitterly assailed ment of a Manchukuo-Mongol, in- two wickets-Reuter.
by the sin Min Pao-Router.
Then he became grave.
"The Far East is likely to become
a tragte page in Britain's commercial' history," he began,
"Beyond Singapore, British.trade is vanishing. 1 have just been look- ing over some tigures, and they show that cotton exporis are only one per cent. of the 1013 figures.
"Two years ago, Germany passed
markets of Cluna and Japun, and is now completely
Duuuskanerių 119.
conditions in Lainu are not une jel- son for the tragic decline in britin trade with that country."
| year, but before he does so Hongkong should, unless I have | mistaken the intent of his questionings, feáture greatly in the large chain of newspapers Lord Rothermere controls.
Spain, the prospects of war between Germany and Russin."This is proof, that the political and of Britain being dragged in, and the territorial ambitions of Italy and Germany were some of the subjects Viscount Rother- mere enlarged upon during our 70 minutes conversation.
He asked me about Britain's trade and shipping interests in the Far East, and quoted figures that show that his conten- on that there will be no British exports to the great markets of China and Japan, în five years" time is tragically near of the mark.
Minorities
Will Never
Rule Again
ROOSEVELT PLEDGE TO ELECTORS BOTTLE AIMED AT LANDON.
Providence, R.I., Oct. 21. President F. D. Roosevelt opened his campaign in industrial, Ite- publican New England 10-day; speak- ing from the steps of the Rhode Island State House, pnd esserting: "We will not again allow the people to be regimented by selilsh minorities into, bankruptcies und breadlines.
is
·EL of
"Prosperity, measured in dollars,
there is coming back. But higher measure-a measure permanency, a measure of security, "We do not seek the prosperity of 1020, but the kind which will menn that every American family will have the assurance of anfety, a home in Old.
age, and security of savings and employment.
have been told of regimenta- |
"You
Highlights Of Rothermere's
Observations
There will be no Britishi ex-
ports to the Far East in five years unless considerable ald is given to British shipping and British tradic;
Germany, Italy and the Insur- gents in Spain are in close work- ing agreement and provide an irresistible bloc
Britain will not go to war for many years to come, and publie opinion will keep her neutral in the event of war between Ger- many and Russia:
Britain must seck methods of conciliation with Germany and Italy, and the British people should be the last to complain if they seek further territory.
Invested With The C.M.G.
Decoration
Ilon. I am opposed to regimentation HON. MR. E. TAYLOR
HONOURED
Viscount Rothermere puused, and asked me
some questions about British methods in the Bri
I pointed out, that britnin, in ap puntang Mr. Willian Kirkpatrick to represent the British Export Credits Boura in Chinu, was apparently alive to the trade situation.
Five Years To Live
"Mr. Kirkpatrick's appointment is welcome news," Viscount Rothermere ald. "With his experience 1 am quite sure he will come to the same conclusions as mine, that unless ald on a considerable scale is given to British shipping and British trade Inere will be no British exports to the great markets of China and Japan in five years' time.
~
"Much of Great Britain's prevent wealth was gained in these great markets."
I asked Viscount Rothermere what he thought was the best remedy for The present situation.
“A helping hand should immediate- ly be given to British shipping in the For East," he replied.
Lacking Speed
"The P. & O, Blue Funnel, and other British lines maintain admirable services, but their ships Jack speed,
"The Japanese are building a big flect of 18 to 20-knot cargo stimers. Japanese shipping circles beleve that the fast freighter will in a few years displace freighters with a speed of anything below twelve know. They claim that the frequent voyages which the extra speed will give them will more than compensate for any extra fuel cost.
"The new German line established here less than a year ago makes the voyage from Singapore to Marseles in 15 days, compared with the twenty days which it Takes a British Une to
vel the same route.
of
"Speed to-day is the Essence ocean travel," Viscount Rothermere added emphatically.
End Suez Canal Tolls
have their Sucz
of a kind under which you laboured and suffered in the days of false pros- perity. We belleve people are even more important than machines; and we believe the material resources of The Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor, America should serve the human re- Colonial
Treasurer,
received tho sources of America."
To help bring trade, a suggestion Insignia of a Companion of the Most have heard here is that all British A crowd of 30,000 cheered when he Distinguished Ortier of St. Milners capable of 26-knots and cargo conclutted his speech and police had and St. George at an investiture af steamers of more than 15-knots com- difficulty holding it in check. As tended by leading officials. And President Roosevelt left the railroad residents at Government flouse thising East should
negro, Waller morning. yards, an elderly
Canal dues · returned British Government,
to them by the shake this black hand?" "You bel Councillors, heads of Government | Government is now deriving from
Executive The
and Legislative immense income which the British out of the separtments, representatives of the Lord Beaconsfield's investment in the Servicea and prominent Chinese Suez Canal sixty years ago." were present. The band of the Royal Ulster Rifles was in aitend-himself as being more perturbed with
Viscount
Rothermere expressed. Boston, Oct. 21. ance.
Lady Caldecott entered the main East than with the political situation Britain's trade position in the Far Boston Comhall, where the Investiture took
te, hobbled up, asking: "Will you'
1 will," the President replied, and smiling, shook-United Press.
KEEPING DEMOCRACY
2
President Roosevelt told 125,000 persona assembled mon and overflowing into the sur-place, a few minutes before 11.43 In Europe.. rounding streets, that American de-a.m. and shook hands with
"The principles of the anti-Reds mocracy was increasing while much Taylor, Mr. H. E. W. Taylor and he said.
Mrs. are gaining ground all over Europe," of the remainder of the world was Miss Taylor, who were given seats
losing its democracy.
next to the dais.
"Moscow's bluff has been culled in After the election, he sold,
Stain, altaough at a terrible cost. Is Excellency the Governor, Sir "American alr will be cleaner and Andrew Caldecott was preceded by a tnut Germany, Italy and Spain are "There is little, doubt in my mind American democracy safer." The mace-bearer and accompanied by indiose wurking agreemen American people, the President His Excellency the 0.0.C., Major- claimed, were above the level of General A, W. Bartholomew, and the resist such a formidable bloc," he "There is nothing in Europe to "rabble-rousers."-United Press.
added.
LANDON TURNS EAST.
Chief Justice, His Honour Sir Atholl MacGregor, and attendanta.
The official party mounted the dais Los Angeles, Oct; 21. to which the recipient of the dignity Governor Alfred Landon of was led by his supporters, the flon Kansas, Republican nominee for the Dr. A. R.. Wellington,, CM.G. and Presidency of the United States, the Hon. Mr. R. 11. Kotewall, C.M.G. turned eastward to-day, approaching The band played the first six burs the climax of his campaign and of the National Anthem and the
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Britain. Safe From War
Lord Rothemierebelleves that Britain is safe from, war for many years to come.
"Even if Germany goes to war with Russia, I am quite eure public opinion (Continued on Puge .)