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一拜禮
魏六廿月十英浩香
MONDAY,
OCTOBER
26,
1936.
日二十月九
No. 16037
REBELS DRIVE NORTHWARD
Continued Action 17 Miles From Madrid
With the Loyalists at Valdemoro, Oct. 26.
The civilian population of Ciempozuelos, 17 miles south of Madrid, on the Aranjuez-Madrid highway near the town of Sansena, has fled for its life. The Govern- ment's militiamen remain to make a last, supreme effort to check the rebel advance at this point. An artillery duel is in progress and rebel planes are bombarding Ciempozuelos.-United Press.
LOYALISTS REPULSED
London, Oct. 26.
General de Llano, in a broadcast from Seville to- day, stated that the Loyalist attempt to recapture Illescas had been repulsed with a loss of 300 lives inflicted. One hundred were captured, including the United Press correspondent, Gorrell.
General de Llano said Gorrell had been well treated
following his identification.
SEAFORTHS SPOTTING SNIPERS
This picture, taken before, the Palestine crisis wan eased by the calling of of the strike, shows a Lewis gunner of the 1st. Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders, supported by riflemen and a "spotter," rak- ing the hillside for snipers overlooking the Nablus road, Jerusalem. The Seaforth are due in Hongkong early in January.
BILL TILDEN APPROVES WANCHAI
Meanwhile, the New York Herald-Tribune corres-OF H. K. PROGRAMME DEATH
pondent, James Minifle, and the London News Chronicle's Dennis Weaver have not been reported since they left Madrid on Sunday morning en route to the front.
He
The chiuffeur who was driving Gorrell Rafuel Navarro, a Filipino, arrived in Madrid to-day. reported that at 1.30 p.. yesterday he was forced to leave Gorrell in o ditch on the Madrid-Aranjuez high- way, 117 miles. south of the city,
from urder machine-gun fre rebel tanity.
Tale Of Adventure
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"We reached Valdemoro at 1 p.m..” Navarro related, "and learned t was safe to proceed three kilometres southward. Arrived at this point we | saw nothing. I was unable to per- suade Gorrell to hail
"We followed a car full of militin- men for five kilometres. We saw the car hall and we halted. A rebel tank inachine-gunning.
was
approaching.
"Garrell jumped into the ditch and I turned the car. I called to Gorrell, and he said he was unable to Join me, pointing to two additional tanks coming up.
"One tank overturned in Gorrell's ditch, and he drew up his legs quickly to keep from being crushed.
"So I started for Madrid.".
Gorrell, were an American fing on his sleeve, but he carried in pRSE- port.-United Press.
BRITISH
TROOPS IN ACTION
ONE KILLED DURING SHARP SKIRMISH
WITH STRONG ARAB FORCE
Jerusalem, Ont, 25,
Que British soldier was killed and two were wounded in a sharp skír. mish with a strong band of well- armed Arabs last night.
The light occurred at Wadi Sherar, north-east of Nablus, according to a report which has not yet been con- firmed.
prisoner, but there were also a num- A number of Arabs were taken
ber of Arab casualties. These are not yet known.--Reuter,
Insurgent-Column Checked Frenchmen
Lisbon, Oct. 25,
An insurgent column led by General Valdez, which advanced from Peguerinds six miles from
El Escorial yesterday, intending
to capture El Escorial, has been
On Air
Marathon
beaten back, according to a report THREE PLANES LEAVE from the insurgent rebel strong-
hold of Avila, having encountered i PARIS FOR SAIGON
a strongly entrenched Government. force commanded by General Mangada.
General Mangada is reputed to be the ablest of the Government's commanders, and his troops, num- bering 0,000, have not yet been de-
feated-Reuter,
PLANES DESTROYED
Lisbon, Oct. 25.
· BUT ONE OUT OF RACE
ever
Paris, Oct. 25. The three planes participating in the longest nerlal marathon attempted, manned by some of the i greatest Biers in France, look off on their long grind from Paris to Salgon, and back, at dawn to-day.
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(By "Verlias").
"Big Bill" Tilden, world famous tennis player, this morning gave final approval to the arrangements made for the appearance in Hongkong next month of himself and Ellsworth Vines, world's professional tennis champion.
Tilden also revealed that Miss Jone Sharp, who has been travelling with them and taking part in exhibition matches, has been taken ill and is returning to the United States.
Hongkong Lawn Tennis Association this moming received the following
cable from Tilden:
"Jane Sharp ill, returning to America, Vines and I will play best of three sets en first day, and best of five sets on all other days. Accept Governor's Invitation, also Kotary Juncheon en 10th, atıl
. lecture, dance and Executive
dinner."
„UNIQUE_OPPORTUNITY.
SOLDIER BOUND OVER
CHIEF JUSTICE'S WARNING
This means that longkong will "YOU DID
have the unique opportunity of see-
ing Tilden and Vines play four..
NO
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MYSTERY PROBED Police Question Soldier
NO CHARGE MADE
A British soldier is still in police custody while investiga- tions into the death of Wong To, a 17-year-old Chinese girl, are proceeding.---
The girl was found in a nude condition almost dead, on the pave- ment outside No. 79 Jase Road, at
on
matches of singles, three of which will SERIOUS HARM" 8.30
be the best of five sets,
It will be the greatest tennis attrac- tion the L.T.A. has ever had to offer the Colony.
...
SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS 136.00 PER ANNUM
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ACCUSATIONS
BY PORTUGAL
Violent Retort To
¿
Russian Charges
WARS HAVE RESULTED ON LESS PROVOCATION
London, Oct. 25. It is revealed to-day that the Portuguese Govern- ment on Saturday delivered a note to the Spanish Non- Intervention Committee, replying to Russia's charges that Portugal had aided the rebels.
In rebuttal, Portugal alleged that Russia was attempting to instigate, a Red revolution in Portugal, and that Soviet agents were trying to foment a Portuguese-Spanish war.
Portugal charged that the Russian Ambassador at Madrid, M. Marcel Rosenberg, dominates the Govern- ment and called Communists to the secret meeting at which Senor Cabellero was chosen premier.
It is alleged that Russian officers are directing the defence of Madrid.
ITALO- GERMAN ACCORD
FIRST FRUITS OF CONFERENCES
ANTI-SOVIET ALIGNMENT.
Munich, Oct. 20. Following a conference with Herr Adolf Hitler, the German Chancellor,
Italian Foreign Minister, Issued a communique to-day on the reported Italo-German understanding.
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of
First, he said, they would operate to protect the peace of Europe, and "the holy riches European civilisation," and family life. He thus indicated Italian nup- port for Hitler's anti-Communistic campaign.
Saturday night. Shent Berchtesgaden, Count Ciano, the lived on the second floor of this house, from a window of which she Fusiller Wilikum Grenert, of the had obviously fallen or been thrown. Royal Welch Fusiliers, who pleaded | A soldier in uniform was in the The latter part of the cable, in-guilty on terpreted means that:
Monday last to three vicinity and n huge crowd gathered charges of maileious razor attacks round him while police whistles Tilden and Vines will be guests at on three women, was this morning were blown.
bound Government House function;
over to come up for Jutty- The soldier was taken by a police That they will be happy to attendment when called upon by the Chief
man to the Central Police Station the Rotary Club in un November Justice, Sir
Atholl
MacGregor, at where he was questioned. 10, when both will probably be asked the Criminal Sessions.
in the meantime, the girl was to speak
Addressing blm, Ilis Lordship rushed to the Government Civil said: "When a few days ago you Hospital, where she died. pleaded guilty to the indictment post mortem examination of presented against you. I deferred the body was ordered by the police. sentence until the next Sessions of It is revealed that the man detain- thus Court in order that I might have ed is a private in a regiment time to give full consideration to here. No charge has been made the proper punishment to inflict. Ingainst him, but he is still in police have given your case much anxious custody. It is possible he may be thought and I have come to a de handed over to the military authorit- cision which renders it unnecessary ies.
And that Tilden is willing to give a public lecture.
They will also attend a public dance, to be organised later on, and a complimentary dinner gives by the Hongkong Lawa Temis Association.
This programme' is mapped out over the four days in which they will be here, and Hongkong has good reason to be delighted both with the players for their willingness to make so many public appearances, and with the L.TA. for displaying such admirable initiative.
BALKAN ENTENTE DEFENCE
for me further to postpone sentence,, An amah who was on the came "You have pleaded guilty to a very floor as the dead girl, has made a serious offence, a mean contemp rather disjointed statement, which tible attack on three inoffensive does not clarify the case. She states women who had done you no harm. that at the time of the affair there You have,
since your arrest, hnd were two Europeans on the floor, one time to realise how cowardly your in civilian clothes and the other in behaviour was, and probably no uniform. The amsh Was Art words of mine will add any reproach kitchen when she saw the girl going to those that your own conscience towards the verandah. must have brought home to you. By
a few minutes callous disregard of
all that was right and
proper, you
NO EYE-WITNESSES
the
The Arash could only say that one:
have not only gravely jeopardised of the men wore a uniform but could your own future but you have not say what kind of a uniform it brought discredit of the regiment was. to which you belong and on
Thu soldier held by tite pollee was the
seen outside the house but at the British Army of which you are a moment there are no eye-witnesses member.
her
CHIEFS OF STAFF PLAN PARLEY
to say who left the house or how the "On the other hand, you have a girl fell from the verandah. From The planes took the air from Le
milltary record of which, until this the disturbed nature of the Two airships, moored in the bero- Bourget
discreditable incident, you could be flower pots on Bucharest, Oct. 25. drome at Madrid and ready to take
the verandali, a Challe and Dell were Ars up, the Spanish Government to safety us racing down
The Chiefs of Staff of the Balkan Justly proud, and you have had the conjecture has been formed that the and Entente, runway
which comprises
the advantage of being represented by girl was trying to Het from soon as the final attack on the capital climbing steeply to be clocked away Governments of Rumania, Yugo- experienced counsel who has made verandah to the verandah of the next was bogun, have been destroyed by at 6 am.
Stavia, Greece and Turkey, will meet a most eloquent appeal on Insurgent planes, according to a des-
your house and in so doing lost her hold Two minutes toter Arnoux and
horg on November 3, according to behalf. Fortunately for you, also, patch reaching the Diario de Lisboa. Japy were following
and fell. well-informed quarters..
you did no serious harm by your, un-j The insurgent planes also claim to
Each of the four will be accom-provoked attacks. At 6.04 m. Michel Detroyat and have brought down in flames a giant Darmont took off. Detroyat is the panied by nasistants and technicians. bomber sighted flying in, the direcman who recently set a new speed record at the great Cleveland air tion of Burgos, to-day.
meet and currled off the principal trophy of the competition.
It was presumed that this machine intended to attack the insurgent headquarters-Router Special.
SHIP IN DISTRESS
London, Oel. 20, The United States Lino steamer, American Shipper, has sent out n radio appeal for assistance, since she Is drifting helpless in heavy seas off Wicklow, Two Dublin Lugs have gone to her assistance.—United Press.
Challe and Bril were compelled to return with slight engine trouble, but they left again at 9.33 a.m.-Reuter. Make Fast Time
Athens, Oct. 25, *Arnoux and Japy, after a brief halt here,
took off brain at 0.50 p.m. heading for Baghdad,
Detroynt and Darmont are reported down in a forced landing at Corinth, due to a shortage of fuel. The plante (Continyed on Page_5.}_
It is reported from a military
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Passers-by were horrifted to hear a thud and find the body of the girl at their feet. They went up to render ald but the girl was obviously
smashed.
to
by
There have been several violations Russia of the Non-Intervention Pact, moreover, including the sending of several dozen mussian airmen to Getafe and the delivery of chemicals for polsoning food and water.
"In the first interimal war she has prepared, Russla strives to
win." Portugal claims.
In refuting the Russian allegations against Portugal, the note points out that the state-owned plant which has been accused of sending munitions to Spain only produces "physical gun- powder," for fireworks, and hence is unable to supply munitions.
It is emphasised that Portugal im- ports her munitions and hence is unable to export them,
Observers regard the note as one of the most heated in the history of diplomacy and recall that wars have resulted from Jezzprovocation--- United Press.
BROWDER MEETING RAIDED
PLATFORM
Secondly, he stated, they would ARMED MEN CHARGE endorse the plan for a conference the Locarno Treaty, rewrite guaranteeing the European borders but only in the West, thereby will not be tolerated.
implying that Russia's participation
Thirdly, Italy and Germany plan collaboration in the rehabilitation of the Danubian countries,
SEVERAL HURT IN CLASH.
Without specifying immediate re- cognition of the Spanish rebels,
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 25. Count Cland clearly implied they A small band of men, carrying re- General Franco's forces as volvers and blackjacks, broke up the
order.
Earl Browder, Communist candidate The emissary has left for Rome for the United States presidency, was by a German Government plan.addressing to-day. Mr. Browder United Press.
regulve of Spanish law and meeting of 408 person whom Mr.
REFUSAL TO FREE HOSTAGES
MADRID REJECTS BRITISH SCHEME
Madrid, Oct 25. The British Government's appeal to both sides in the Spanish civil war to release all political hostages, who are naturally exposed to reprisals, hus met with a disappointing recep-
started to speak in a vacant lot, but the moment he opened his mouth o rallying cry arose from the edge of the crowd:
"All red-blooded Americans who won't stand this sort of thing, come on."
Fewer than 20 men, many wearing the caps of the American Legion, formed a flying wedge and, armed with pistols carried by the muzzles, and blackjacks, drove through the crowd.
It is estimated that 12 were in- jured. The clothes were completely. stripped from three.
The raiders reached the platform, stripped it of flags and bunting and overturned it, Mr. Browder and his companions on the platform having escaped through some adjacent
rubbery. Mr. Browder later said six of the audience were under doctors care, and three women were knocked down, one by a blackjack. He did not believe any were seriously hurt. The Spanish Government, through Some of the audience disregarded Its Foreign Minister, has delivered a Mr. Browder's plea not to resist. note to His Majesty's Embassy Ray Women clawed the faces of the at-.
of political tackers and some of the men threw ing that liberation prisoners in the present eircumstances clods of earth. and they followed him, demanding of gents-Reuter Special.
vicinity would amount to helping the insur-i
a policemen who came up that he be taken into custody.
so that the object on the meeting "In acessing punishment in such in a dying condition and her head
to lay the foundation of a defen-
a Court will not had been badly sive bloc in which the parties will case as yours,
pass sentence
13 merely which agree that if any one of them is
Poilee whistles were sounded attacked the others will come to its deterrent or reformative, fails in
vindictive. Punishment, unless `Il is continuously and a large crowd ald iminediately-Reuter.
11 Kathered round the scene. Their True object, have no desire, as attention was directed to the soldier minister of justice, to complete the
who was seen in the ruin of your futuro which you have so nearly achieved for yourself by The anticyclone over North China a few minutes despleable thought has increased considerably in Inten-lessness. I have come to the con
1.G.P.'S STATEMENT sily. Pressure is relatively low over clusion that yours is a case in which the Pacific to the cast of the Philip leniency will not be misplaced and Early this afternoon, the 1.G.P. pines, and a depression is moving the sentence which I pass on you is lerued the following statement: eastward across the Sea of Japan. one which will give you a chance to "At about 6.30 p.m. on October 24, Local forecast:--N.E, winds, moderate rehabilitate yourself and work out No. 2 Police Station received a enli to, fresh; Ane generally.
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DESTROYERS ON EXERCISES
Three destroyers left harbour this morning at 9 a.m. on exercises and H.M.S. Kent yesterday Rew the puying off pendant.
Mr. Browder says that the raiders Included a deputy constable and that repeated efforts to obtain police pro- tection for himself and audiences had been unavaillag. He will seek war- rants for the arrest of his attackers, whose leaders, he says, were John' Parrish, deputy sheriff, Lawrence Ponder, a constable, and Fred New- berger-United Press.