THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
1936.
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CHARLES BUTTERWORTH
WALTER ABEL
HUGH HERBERT UNA MERKEL\ EDITH ATWATER
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GALA PREMIERE, TO-MORROW, AT 9.30 P.M. OPENING SATURDAY, 12TH DEC. NORMA SHEARER -- LESLIE HOWARD in "ROMEO and JULIET"
with JOHN BARRYMORE
Hour
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
SIESTA BEFORE SLAUGHTER
In the rebel army lince, in the outlying districts of Madrid, these gunners enjoy a short siesta în the sun, but never far from their prim, little mountain gun, before returning to the work of killing, Latest advices from Madrid state that another and stronger. insurgent offensive is in preparation and that Russian advisers to the Spanish Government forces have advised the evacuation of the capital to stronger lines, where the militia till await reinforcements of Russian troops before striking at the enemy flank and attempting to recapture the note thoroughly shell-shattered capítol.
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Crime doesn't pay in this man's town!
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Owen Davis, Jr.
Louise Latimer
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ERIC BLORE BETTY FURNESS OFGROES METAXA
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TAKE ANY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEYSUR 7 |
ORIENTAL
PLENING
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QUEZON HERE FOR HOLİDAY
ANGLO-FRENCH PLEA SENDS INSTRUCTIONS
TO POWERS
INTERVENTION
RESISTED
London, Dec. 9.
FOR FLOOD RELIEF
NO FORMAL FUNCTIONS
President Manuel Quezon, head of
REBELS SUFFER REVERSE
LOSING GROUND TO BASQUES
|BURGOS, VITORIA
THREATENED
Madrid, Dec. 9. The Foreign Office has an- the Philippines Government, who is
While Government and insur- nounced that the British and visiting Hongkong with a large party, gent forces are inactive in the French Governments last week gave an interview to Press re- frozen Madrid area, the Govern exchanged views on the situation Peninsula Hotel this morning. He with their advance in the Burgos presentatives in his room at the ment troops have pushed on
Не created by the prolongation of stressed the fact that he was really front. the civil war in Spain and the travelling Incognito and does no! dangers to the peace of Europe am here for a holiday and to play that heavy fighting is in progress on intend to accept formal invitations. Despatches from the north report involved.
golf," he said. President Quezon the Santander front, where the Having established that their views leaves for Canton on Saturday and Basque loyalists, fighting in the snow were identical in this matter, the will return here on Sunday, travell- and lee on the Canadian Mountains, French and British Governments ing both ways by train. He calls for have captured Alto Seuz Quiano and agited the German, Italian, Portuguese Manila on the Empress of Asia on the fortified town of Crinte. Gov- and Russian Governments,
their
joinܝܘ
December 16,
to
also
of the
respective diplomatic repr
onment supporters have sentatives on December 4, to
to within 25 miles Referring to the flood and typhoon vance them in declaring their absolute de- damage which occurred in Luzon the important city of Vitorin. day after his departure, termination to renounce strictly all sident stated
the Pre- An uncomfirmed report from the that he had ent some area states that n Government direct or indirect action which is in Instructions to Secretary J.B. Vargas plane has forced down two rebel any way calculated to lead to
to foreign
tomachines, both victories being ac Intervention Ja
necessary the condict; and to take all measures
credited to a
n Government "ace", consequently, to Instruct their repre- sive immediate relief and
believed to be a foreigner. sentatives on the London Non-Inter-construct such public buildings and
In Madrid, a Government spokes- vention Committee with a view to roads as have been damaged.
man has admitted that insurgent organisation of fully effective President Quezon recalled that his
Villareal caus- machine-gunners near last visit to Canton was in 1928, the ed a Gover also asked these four Con-year in which a temporary unification forced landing. However, the a Government bomber to make a Governments to join them if China was brought about. "I machine suffered only minor damage, in a spirit of humanity and to hope that the second unification, and the pilot and observers were endeavour to put an end to the armed brought about this year, will be a uninjured. conflict in Spain that the country may permanent one," said the President. "give-united-expression of its national
will-Reuter.
the control.
CHINESE EXCLUSION
*
Food rationing, regulations have put into force in Madrid, per- mitting each inhabitant to make dally ASK FOR TIME
Referring the position
to
of purchases of half a pint of milk, one Paris, Dec. 10. Chinese in Manila and the Philippound of bread, five ounces of meat, Germany, Italy and Portugal have pines, the President said that the pre- one ounce of bacon, one pound of asked for time to consider the Anglo- sent law of exclusion is in force by fruit, half a pound of tomatoes and French proposals for the lessening an act of Congress. He hoped, he five ounces of peas, beans or lentils. of the danger of the Spanish war said, to see it repealed and in ita Residents will in future be able to spreading and for ameliorating the place a law passed which permitted purchase on alternate days four lot of the suffering people of Spain. Chinese immigration ön
ota pounds of fish, two eggs, one pound Russia is understood to have stated basis, we cannot permit Chiness of sugar and two pounds of rice. that she La favourable to the labour to enter the Islands," he con-
United Press. proposals,
TO ASK INDEMNITY tinued in the interests of our own Mediation apparently will be spon- inbour. That is the only reason for
Paris, Dec. 9. sored by the Vatican, and also by the a law partially excluding them. It is officially disclosed that LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY⚫ United States and other American There must be no competition which France intends to ask indemnity from will interfere with our own standard whichever side in the Spanish civil Three stages of mediation are of labour and we must insist that war shot down the embassy aircraft contemplated: namely, mediation by the newly admitted Chinese do not over, Guadalajara. Meanwhile, an the powera,
armistice, and some participate in the retail trade of the investigation of the incident is under sort of referendum in Spain which islands.”
way-United Press. Awill determine where power shall lie-Reuter.
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WEATHER SPOILS TRIP TO TOKYO FLIERS HEAD
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PARIS
Tunis, Dec, 0.
The commercial future of, the Philippines, which largely rests upon the arrangements that can be reach- ed with America, was spoken of by President Quezon, who said that at present the trade relations between the Islands and the United States were regulated by an act of Con- gress which would remain in force for the ten years probationary
***Then there is going to be á con- ference with a view to considering whether these relations may be put on a permanent basis," continued the President. "No one can tell what the outcome of that conference will think that the people of be, but
14 KILLED IN 'PLANE DISASTER
PILOT BLINDED IN
DENSE FOG.
both countries have a fair realisation WIRELESS · MAN
of the possibilities of trade relations based on lines which will be
beneficial.
tho
ves of
the Chinese Central
morning two re-
President an
bis in connection with
Government
colled
DYING
London, Dec. 9.
It is now officially stated that: 14
The weather has interrupted the Quezou dit to Canton, President / Persons were killed in the crash' of
flight of Jean Perraud, and Gilbert intended Denis, the two French airmen, who Quezon does not intend to accept, had hoped to make a rapid flight from however, any formal Invitations, Paris to Tokyo and win the Alr To-day he will be the guest Ministry's purse of 400,000 france lunch with Me. T: V. Soong, at the offered for the voyage.
home of General Gaston Wong.
Although they have not abandoned their
plans, they Paris to-day to await more favour
Bro returning to
at
the Dutch KL.M. plane, near Len- don, to-day
The dead Include Commander Hautzmayer, veteran Austrian, pilet. The only three survivors are Walter Schuback, a German passenger, Ja
Jan van Bemmel, radioman, who is ex- pected to Miss Bongerstams, who is se
dle, and the slowardess able conditions before embarking on A 16-year-old boy, Chan Toa, was only from shock.
suffering their dangerous enterprise. They admitted to the Government Civil took off for Le Bourget at 8.35 am. Hospital yesterday suffering from an visibility, Fog limited the pilot's The cause of the crash was poor Yesterday, leaving Paris. In the Injury on the head, caused when a sight to only a few feet. Apparently early morning, they arrived here in stone was thrown at him by another the pilot, having lost his horizon, the afternoon, having taken some-boy.
thing less than seven hours for the ̈long hop-Reuter, som de dag stage the
falled to gain aliflude and seraped the roof of a house, struck a tele- phone pole and crashed into the side
CLIPPER DELAYED VS of the Clipper plans for the Far of a residence, the plane bursting Alameda, Doè:9. Fast scheduled to-day, has been post- into flames and setting fire to three Duo to bad weather, the departure poned until Monday-United Press. houses-United Press.
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