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No. 12045
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五拜禮 號七廿月一十英香 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
27,
1936.
日四十月十
TREATS FOR
BRITISH TROOPS
SUFFER SEVERELY
IN AFGHAN AMBUSH
Two Senior Officers
Die
With 15 Indian Scouts
(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")
BOMBAY, NOV. 26.
HEAVY CASUALTIES WERE SUFFERED BY A RAZMUK
COLUMN, BRITISH
OFFICERED,
AMBUSHED BY AFGHAN. TRIBESMEN TO-DAY ON A MARCH THROUGH WAZIRISTAN. FIFTEEN OFFICERS AND MEN WERE KILLED AND 75 WOUNDED.... REUTER SPECIAL.
HEAVY CASUALTIES
New Delhi, Nov. 26.
A Razmuk column, marching through the disaffected area of Waziristan to- day, was ambushed in the Khaisora Valley by Afghan tribesmen, and two British officers, Major Tindall and Major Seccombe, of the 3/7th Rajput Regiment and "the 6/13th Frontier Force Rifles, respectively, together with 15 Indian Scouts.
were killed in the action.
Two other British offi cers, Capt. Boyd and Capt. Phillips, both of the 3/7th Rajput Regiment, and 76 of the native troops, were wounded. Tribesmen Dispersed
The Government of Intiin recently consulted the local Waziristan eliefs and in view of the disaffection in the Khalhora Valley, in the territory of the Tori Khel tribesmen. It was des cided to despatch two columns into the area from Mirall and Damdi),
It was hoped the expedition would strengthen the loyalty of the region
neutralise the
the efforts of the are- brand Fakir of Ipi, who recently soul refuge there, preaching sedition against Government authority, Noj punitive measures of any kind were contemplated and the stubborn m position exhibited by a considerable section of the tribesmen was
quite! expected.
A lively engagement followed the ambush, but the Government troops. assisted
ed by aircraft, Anally repulsed attacking tribesmen and have now concentrated at Bichrkasbat.
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SAFETY ZONE IN
STRIKE THREAT
BARCELONA. REMOVED
GEN. FRANCO GRANTS BRITISH
REQUEST MAJORCA NOT "OCCUPIED"
Lontion, Nov. 26.
The Fakir of ipi, whose bone is in the luwer Tech Valley, Red tribal territory following the Govern General Francisco Franco, the ment's netion agains! Filter for head of the rebel Junta at Instigating trouble over the alleged conversion of a Hindu girl to Islam. Burgos and commander-in-chief
-Reuter Speclai.
BRITAIN KEEPS OUT OF IT
NO HAND IN ARMS TRAFFIC
Lendon, Nov. 26.
COTTON WORKERS TO GET "RISE"
AGREEMENT REACHED
London, Nov. 27. The Cotton Conciliation Board at Manchester, after hearing the him of weavers for a 15 per cent. increase in Wages affecting over 180,000 men, announced that em-
of the Nationalist armies in ployers and operatives 'had agreed to Spain, has complied with the alterations whereby the wages of the British request for the definition lower-paid operative would be sub- of a safety zone for shipping in stantially increased after Three the port of Barcelona.
months.
Earlier.
!
strike notices affecting
TRADE PACT
WITH AMERICA
MR. WALTER RUNCIMAN
President of the Board of Trade, who announces the fact that explora- tion of the possibility of a reciprocat trade pact with the United States has been proveeding for some time,
BRITAIN SEEKING TRADE IN AMERICA
RECIPROCAL PACT EXPLORED ACCORD WITH ARGENTINE
London, Nov, 26. Mr. Walter Runciman. Presi dent of the Board of Trade, told
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LOYALISTS STRIKE
BLOW TO RELIEVE MADRID PRESSURE Aim New Attack at Toledo And Talavera Lines
NATIONALISTS CHECKED BY
DEFENDERS
CAPITAL'S
Madrid, Nov. 26.
A big Government attack in the Aranjuiz sector, with the object of cornering the insurgents on the left bank of the Tagus River and attacking the right flank of the army besieging Madrid, has met with success, according to a Government communique issued to-day.
It is stated that two villages have been captured and that Government troops intend to attack Toledo and Talavera.
News of these successes has helped considerably to raise the morale of the defenders of Madrid, who are also counting on a Basque offensive on the Biscay front to divert the insurgents' energies from the capital.
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In the meantime, rebel attacks
Madrid Bave been repulsed. Two squadrons of tanks, supporting insurgent troops, made repeated attacks in the University City sector, declures. to-day's Defence Council communique. It adds that three tanks: of German and Italian make were captured,'
The loyalists also claim to have repulsed three Moroccan battalions, which attacked with unprecedented violence.
Government planes also foiled attempts to bomb the capital and brought down two three-engined Junker machines.-- Reuter Bulletín Service.
BERLIN DEFENDS ACCORD
COSSACKS PLEDGE SWORDS
Aerial War Resumed
Valencia, No. 20. A resumption of serial netivity is mentioned in the intest Government communique, which clalins that thirty-one Government scouts pu
cight Junkers planes and twenty f surgent scous to flight
attack in the Manzanares River sector The communique adds that in was repulsed, some tanks captured-Reuter Special.
200,000 Refugees
being
Mudrid, Nov. 2li.
Two hundred thousand people left the capital to-day for Vahenein. in- cluding the staff of the United States Embassy.
The evacuation was effected by means of 230 trains, 25,674 motor-cars and 2,566 mctor-buers, using over twa nt real-Renter.
NOTHING MENACING TO FIERCE DEFENCE million litres of petrol and 795 tode
IN AGREEMENT RUSSIA SHOWS UNEASINESS
Berlin, Nov. 26. The cool reception given the Britain and elsewhere has caused a German-Japanese agreement in Great
Berlin.
OF FATHERLAND
"WE WILL STOP AT NOTHING"
Moscow, Nov. 26, The Red Cossacks are de- termined to wipe out mercilessly
other enemy who dares attack. Japanese or Germans or any
This was indicated in an Admirally 100,000 cutton workers and expiring the House of Commons to-day, certain amount of disappointment in the Cossack Fatherland"
communique to-night, containing a message from the Rear-Admiral com- manding the Third Cruiser Squadron,
carly in December, were handed in during question-time, that
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the
its
by operatives. The Cotton Spinners Anglo-Argentine Trade Agree Amalgamation, and the Cardroom in the Arethusa, at Palma. It states Amalgamation, efter rejection by the ment had been concluded, that the Government of Majorca has Federation of Master Cotton Spinners text of which will be published The President of the Board of informed him that a safety zone of their demand for an increase in as soon as possible after Trade, Mr. Wälter Runciman, today been fixed by the naval staff for introduced in the House of Commons, foreign the Merchant Shipping (carriage of
and beutral ships in
signature. munitions to Spain; Bill, the objcel Barcelona, and that it will be the of which is to prolabit transshipment sea to the south of parallel 41 degrees in or discharge from British ships to 20.3 minutes North. Spanish territory of weapons find
munitions of war,
plece rates, served warning of their intentions.
A ballot of members of the Curd-
Mr. Runciman also announced that
Diplomatische Korrespondens, mouthpiece of the Foreign Office, says: "It is very clear the limita- tion of the agreement to the com- force of world Bolshevism brands as bating of the expanding philosophical lies all assertions imputing the free ment is camouflage for imperialistle, and thereby egoistic, menacing, In- tentions.
Simultaneously it Is announced
the
This pledge was made by the Don Cossack group at the concluding session of the All-Union Congress of the Soviets, and brought everyone the military chief, M. Vorosbiloff, and present, including M. Iosser Stalin,
сусту
Bureau, cheering wildly, to his feel.
member of the Political
Dressed
BRITAIN SHUNS ALLIANCE
EDEN
EXPECTED TO MAKE STATEMENT NAZI-JAPANESE PACT SUSPECT
London, Nov. 26.
old uniforms, which were banned until last year because of the reluctance of- the Cossacks to surrender to the re- roum and Cotton Spinners' Amalga-exchanges of a purely informal and that a census of all Germans living volutionaries after the downfall of Britain's objections to
It is reliably learned that Great Cerman- The Admiralty explains that this nations resulted in a 90 per cent.exploratory character had been pro-in Soviet Russia has been ordered by the Czar, and because of their bloody Japanese treaty will be voleenthe represents roughly a line from east strike vold-Renter.
eceding for sometime with the the Soviet Commissur Jeshoff, says a resistance to the militant Communists House of Commons next week. Me.
news agency report from' United States with a view to ascer-
who hated the Cossacks as the Anthony Eden, the Foreign Minister, "servants of the Czar," and brandish- is reported to be planning a declara- taining whether a basis existed for Reports must be ready in three ing their sabres, the feree men of the ton clearly indicating Britain's
days and must state negotiations between the two coun-
political Don country completely captured the aloofness, and even hinting at dis- views and occupations of the Ger- seaston. tries with a view to the conclusion
approval through the question and mans.
"We are Trudy to help again at answer method. of a Trade Agreement.
Fascist any moment to crush" n enemy," the spokesman of the He will emphasise, it is, believed, that Britain's view is that the pact "The Cossacks are now forming is counter to the British efforts to the best divisions of the Red Army avert the partitioning of the world and we will stop at nothing to destroy into idealogical blocs. an enemy and help the working classes."-Reuter,
The bill was formally read a fist time. In view of its urgency, it was to west three-quarters of a mile announced by the Prime Minister south of Barcelona breakwater light. that the House would be asked to It adds that the message from the it through oli its stages on | Kear-Admiral saya the Government Tuesday next.
in Majorca wishes the foregoing state-
naticns-Reater.
pass
The Commons then proceeded to ment passed on to the ships of other
of the
bil
ITALIAN OCCUPATION
London, Nov. 20. London newspaper allegations of an Italian "occupation" of the Island
further consideration prohibiting the wearing of uniforms *in connection with political ob- lecls and the maintenance by private persous of associations of a military character, and making provision for preservation of order on the occasion of processions and meetings in public of Majorca were referred to by Lord places. British Wireless.
"SHARE-PUSHING ACTIVITIES
Norwegian
Protest To
Gen. Franco
The Warsaw message adds that the measure, is probably being taken with A Conservative member drew al- ja view to expeling all Germans from tention to the fact that the United Russian territory-Reuter. States exported to Britain in the first nine months of 1936 goods valued at £55,000,000 against £30,000,000
FOLLOWING HOLD-UP worth of British good exported to
OF STEAMER
Farington in the course of a debate on the Spanish situation In the House of Lords to-day. He said the Italians were supposed to have serpetrated a massacre and to have organised the
Oslo, Nov. 26. whole of the rebel forces in Majorca.
Lord Plymouth, replying, sald there made an energetic protest to General The Norwegion Government bas had been suspicions on various sides Franco with regard to the hold-up that there had been an intention on of the Norwegian steamer Llaken, the part of the Italian Government, perhaps as a result of a bargain with According to the master of the General Francisco France, wike Lisken he was stopped and interro- London, Nov. 20.
over one or more of the Balearic gned by two Spanish, armed traw- The President of the Board of Islands. On several occasions in re- lers about 10 miles oft Cape Finis- Trade announced in the House of cent months, however, the Italian terre and ordered to proceed in Commons that an inquiry by a Do- Government had given Illa Majesty's company, with one of them to Vigo, partmental Committee would Government full assurances as to the The master refused, on the ground held into "the operation commonly absence of any Italian intentions with that he WU3 outside territorial known as shore-pushing and share-regard to the Balearics.
GOVERNMENT. ORDERS INQUIRY
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America.
Mr. Runciman replied that he was well aware of the figures, but he did not think the Government could do
Horthy Sees
Italy's Sea
Armaments
more than it was doing at present.-AS GUEST OF KING Reuter Special.
AND MUSSOLINI
STILL COMPLAINING
Cossacks declared..
Hearst Hires Roosevelt's
Son-in-Law
.New York, Nov. 20.
may
It is Intimated that Britain decline, to listen to any suggestions towards joining the Franco-Russian pact, as a means of counter gesture to the German-Japanese alliance.
The belief is growing, as reflected in the comments of the London Times and Manchester Guardian, that the German-Japanese designed to встсел policies; first,
Accord In expansionist.
TWIN IMPROVING
Japanese penetration of China; second, creation of Japanese and German spheres of influence in Naples, Nov. 27. Signor Benito Mussolini, piloting William Randolph Heurst's newa-posable Germa
The virulent opposition of Mr. the Netherlands East Indies; third. intervention In his own plane, arrived here to-day papers to the Democratic party prin- Czecho-Slovacia United Press. Oslo, Nov. 27. for the magnificent naval review, said clples and. particularly, to the re The German Minister, under In-to be for the entertainment of Ad- election of President F, D. Roosevelt,
miral Nicholas Horthy, regent of gives structions from Berlin, has protested Hungary
piquancy to the announce- ment that Mr. John Boettiger, son hawking" and similar activities.
to the Norwegian Foreign Minister streets Unect with Blackshirts when appointed publisher of the Seattle The city was gay, with flags and the in-law of the President, has been The head of the Italian Government The Committee, which would re-
An armed guard was placed on against the award of the Nobel Peace King Victor Emmanuel and Admiral Post-Intelligencer. port, as to whatever legislative or
had recently repeated the declara-Dard the Norwegian, ship and she other action might be desirable, tory form, during as interview with of seed potatoes, consigned to the just been released from
tion in the most umple and satisfac-wus token Vigo, when her cargo Prize to Here yon Oiletsky, who hus | Horthy boarded a cruiser and raced The P- one of the oldest and would have as Chairman Sir Archi-
out
of the harbour at 25 knots, on most influential newspapers in the German E a British press correspondent, and it Agricultural Department of the concentration camp, though the Gov
thoir way to visit the main floot.. wost. is one of Mr. Hearst's great bald Bodkin, formerly- Director of must be taken as fuli oficial assur The ship is now at Gibraltár awaiting-† ernment has nothing to do with the Italy is believed to portend a closer | probably Public Prosecutions-British Wire ancu, Lord Plymouth concluded-
Spanish Government, was confiscated.
Admiral Horthy's presence in "string." and has been made into the most formidable Italo-Hungarian connection-Reuter political newspaper in the state- Bulletin Service.
Reuter.
waters.
...
instructions--Reuter Special.
a
awarding of the prize.-Reuter.
Reuter.
New York, Nov, 20. The surviving Slamest
twin. Simplicio,
Immediately separated after his twin's death from lobar proumonia, continues to improve, under the constant core of surgeons who have performed two delicato and, unusual operations in the past three days-United Press.