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JANUARY THURSDAY,
14, 1937. 日二初月二十 ·
No. 11CG
IMPROVING RELATIONS
IN EUROPE German-French Trade Negotiations
GOERING ON DIPLOMATIC TOUR TO ITALY, SPAIN
Berlin, Jan. 13.
"German-French trade negotiations are at present being conducted by competent experts, and for this reason the German Minister for National Economy, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, has decided not to go to Paris for the present. He is under pressure of other business."
This is the statement of the official German News Agency, issued to-day.
Meanwhile, Colonel Beigbeder, Acting High Commis- sioner in Spanish Morocco, has extended an invitation, similar to that given to France, which will allow British observers to investigate reports of German activity in Spanish Morocco.
Thus the delicate situation of 48 hours ago, when France and Germany were exchanging accusations and watching each other with jealousy and suspicion, to a great extent has been liquidated.-Reuter.
Goering In Rome'
Rome,. Jan. 13,
It is understood that General Goer- ing, German Minister for Air and one of Herr Adolf Hitler's Grst Heuten- ants, who arrived in Rome to-night, will discuss with Signor Benito Mus- solini and his Foreign Minister, Count affeeting Italy Clano, all questions
and Germany, and including the Anglo-Italian Mediterranean agree ment, recently signed.
General Goering will be given as- strances that the agreement does not weaken the Italo-German link, and of the two that the collaboration countries will continue, it is believed.
It is not
that the situation expected t
in Spain will the clvti dominate the discussions. But it is probable that the question of Spanish Morocco's future may be mentioned in view of the French alarms over alleged Cierman penetration.
wur
The Italian press, meanwhile, pub- lishes German reassurances in this -connection with obvious relief, de- claring the scare is now "liquidated."
A burgos wireless message, pub- Ilshed to-day, states that General Goering will visit Salamanca as the quest of General Francisco Franco, the Spanish rebel leader-Reuter.
Report Ridiculed
Berlin, Jan. 13. Oficial circles ridicule the rumour that General Hermann Goering, Reich Air Minister, intends to visit Spain on the invitation of General Fran- claco Franco, the insurgent leader. Reuter Special.
Naval Visit
London, Jan. 13.
30 Perished
In Shipwreck
Off Orkneys
London, Jan. 13. The missing lte-boat from the Finnish motor-ship Joanna Thorden hae
washed been ashore, as also have six bodies. It is deflullely established tha
the thiriy lives were lost in disaster. Including two women. one of whom was the wife of the chief engineer. Iler son was also drowned-Reuter Special,"
HUNTING CHILD'S SLAYER
"LYNCH PARTIES"
OUT IN FORCE®
WIDESPREAD.
SEARCH
Seattle, Jan. 13.
The hunt for the stayer of
unabated.
The invitation of the High Com-little Charles Mattson continues missioner in Spanish Morocco to Bri- tish authorities to inspect conditions there in connection with reports of German inditration into the Spanish zone has been accepted, and British naval officers loft Gibraltar to-day in the destroper Vanoc.
Tacoma police are seeking a former San Quentin convict, named "Tim." Los Angeles police and federal agents are hunting a man with a long police record, Including
San terms of Quentin and Faisom panitentiaries, Some of the officers will land at already a fugitive. from Justice, who Ceuta and some at Meillia. The in- allegedly plotted a year ago to kidnap the son of a prominent Glendale
vitation included an offer of safe-
conduct to travel everywhere in the physiclau. The plot dove-tales with zóne.-British Wireless.
the Mattson crime, even to amount of ransom demanded.
Huge Opium
Haul Made By U. S. Officers
Washington, Jan. 13.. The Treasury Department to- day announced that $70,250 worth of opium, the largest seizure ever 'made in New York,' had
found aboard the British steamer Maron concealou In bags amongst the cargo,
been.
Three Chinese aboard the ship have been arrested.----Router.
"CAPTAIN" SUSPICIOUS
the
In Portland, Oregon, meanwhile, police are holding, without ball a man giving the name of D. F. Powers, 27, arrested in a restaurant from where, It is said, he telephoned police agents, saying: "If you want the kidnapper come and get me." police in- dicate that he seems to be intoxicated.
The
Federal officers are known to be interested in all these aspects of the tangled case, but their hunt is as much in laboratories as outside! They are examining numerous clues found near the place where little Charles body was thrown, naked, into the snow.
The federal officers' cool, scientifle hunt compares oddly with the exclled "lynth talk" of volunteer searching parties in Everett and Tacoma, United PresA.
sury Department to-day lauded the master of the vessel, whose suspicions Washington, Jan. 18,
were aroused at sea and who sent a Announcing the seizure of a big | wireless message to the United States shipment of opium aboard the British Customs suggesting a search on the ship, Maron, in New York, the Tree-ship's arrival United Preis. E. I
BRITISH WARSHIP FIRES ON REBELS
REPLIES TO BOMBARDMENT OFF VALENCIA HARBOUR
FRANCO WILL ATTACK ON THREE SIDES OF MADRID
(Special to "Telograph")
MADRID, JAN. 14. THE MENCHETA news ageNCY SAYS THAT A BRITISH WARSHIP, LYING IN VALENCIA HARBOUR, FIRED ON A REBEL CRUISER AFTER THE INSURGENT SHIP HAD SHELLED THE CITY AND KILLED EIGHT PERSONS.
IT IS BELIEVED THE BRITISH SHIP INVOLVED WAS H.M.S. WOOLWICH-UNITED PRESS.
Hendaye, Jan. 13.
Uncensored Salamanca and Avilla despatches indicate a new Rightist drive on Madrid is imminent, and that General Francisco Franco, insurgent commander-in-chief, is preparing to attack simultaneously from three sides, unless snow delays his operations.
Meanwhile, Madrid reports indicate that 400,000 civilians have already been evacuated from the embattled eity, und an- other 250,000 are due to leave within the next few days, thus reducing the non-combatant population to approximately 150,- 000.-United Press.
British Ship Halted
Gibraltar, Jan. 13. Armed Righilst trawlers, patrolling the Stratis of Gibraltar, halted the British steamer Brambill last night There- and questioned her master. after she was permitted to proceed to Bilbao.
It is also reported, the Rightisis halted the Soviet steamer Petrovitch in the Gulf of Vasconia-United
·Presa...
Cruiser Checks Papers
London, Jan. 13. It is learned that the British steamer Bramhill, bound from Barce- lona for, Bilbao with a general cargo, was stopped by a Spanish insurgent trawler off Cape Tariffa yesterday. The trawler is reported to have fired a blank shot in order to compel the Brambill to heave to,
The Brainhill's master, after inter- rogation at the hands of the patrol ship, was allowed to proceed.
for
Meanwhile, in response to a signul cruiser assistance, the British
Sussex arrived on the scene, and the trawler left. Omcers of the Sussex examined the Bramhill's papers, which were found to be in order. Reuter.
Ship Fired On
London, Jan. 13.
SIMPSON SUES FOR SLANDER
WRIT AGAINST WIFE OF ARMY OFFICER
London, Jan. 13. Reuter understands that · Mr. Ernest Simpson, divorced husband of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, has issued a writ.for slander against Mrs. Joan Suther-
15 Connaught' land, No. Square, London, W, 2.
Mrs. Sutherland is the wife of Lieut.-Col, A. H. C. Sutherland, O.B.E., M.C.- Reuter Special.
DEFENDING HIS NAME
London, Jan, 13. Mr: Ernest Simpson is seeking to Yesterday afternoon the British defend his name in connection with ship Bramhill, of Cardiff, on a voyage his divorce, recently filed, and has
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fled suit for slander against the wife
Madrid Certain To Fall
FRANCO'S VICTORY
IS CERTAIN
REBEL SEEKS TO AVOID CARNAGE
Paris, Jan. 14. Mr. Theo Rogers, business the Philippines manager of Free Press told interviewers to- tay-that he had visited several hundred towns and villages both in Loyalist and rebel Spain; and that "Franco is going to tako Madrid very soon; perhaps sooner than the rest of the world thinks."
"Nothing can hold Franco," says not "He has this commentator.
error a-single military committed since the start of the civil war, with the exception, perhaps, that he was too humane. He could have been in Madrid now but he desired to spare the civilians."
In the event of General Franco capturing Madrid,, Mr. Rogers be leves the rebels may take a rest (Continued on Page 5.)
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STRIKE CHIEFS
NEGOTIATE
TURN FROM BLOODSHED AS TROOPS ARRIVE
Detroit, Jan. 13.
The General Motors Corporation strike, which was yesterday threatening a major crisis following rioting at Flint, has turned from bloodshed toward peaceful negotia- tion. The Corporation executives and the unions have accepted Governor Frank Murphy's invitation to moet at his office to-morrow and seek a basis of settlement.
Meanwhile, militia units wait at the Flint Armoury prepared to act in the event of a recurrence of the disorders Further at the Fisher body-building plant, or elsewhere. troops are on their way to Flint by bus and train.
Referring to the presence of the Guardsmen, Governor Murphy states: "Public peace and safety are paramount.“ Public authority must prevail, at all costs."
But the militia has been instructed not to take sides in the dispute.-United Press.
ARREST DENIED
Telping. Jan. 14.
The Daily News claims that the man arrested for question- ing in the Fameia Werner mur- der case is an eccentric, and is almost demented. Ile is an un- employed British subject, about 60 years of age.
The paper prints his name. Nevertheless, yesterday, Bie charge of British investigator the case, Capt. Botham, denied that the man named by the Daily News was in custody.-- -United Press.
SEEK TO AVOID WARFARE
CHIANG KAI-SHEK WANTS PEACE ENVOYS MEET FOR PARLEY
Shanghai, Jan. 14. The Chinese press states that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, who is holidaying in Fenghua, has of Colonel Arthur Sutherland, He charges that at a garden party she expressed the desire for a peace said that he (Mr. Simpson) had been ful settlement of the Shensi well paid for permitting a divorce.- trouble. United Press.
"EARS OF THE ARMY" WILL WARN
JAPAN OF AIR ATTACKS
This mobile batteri of dening near, which, so it is claimed, will pick up a whisper at an incredible distance, will warn the populace of Tokyo of the approach of hostile aircraft, if war ever threatens the Japanese capital,
Such apparatus is being installed extensively throughout Japan."
The Generalissimo, it is staled, still hopes the officers of General Chang Hsuch-liang's former army in the north-west, may return to allegiance to the Central Government. For that reason General Chang is going to Fenghua to discuss the affair.
This development, together with reports from Peiping that peace talks are proceeding between Loyang and Slantu, has injected an element of
WHITE HOUSE TALKS
Washington, Jan. 13.
The General Motors Corporation strike was discussed to-day with President F. D. Roosevelt when Mr. E. F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labour, called at the White House. Mr. McGrady afterwards conferred with Mr. John Henry Lewis, the leader of the Committee of Industriai Organisation, increasingly powerful labour group.
Meanwhile, In the arca where trouble seems most threatening and
Infantry, cavalry and A further 1,800 men of mobilised the National Guard are and in readiness for immediate action The in other parts of the state. troops aro armed with rifles and bayonets, but no ammunition has yet been distributed.
where severe clashes have already Filnt, Michigan, 1,209 occurred, National Guardamen are encamped. They
comprise artillery
NO MARTIAL LAW Governor Frank Murphy empha-. sises that there has been no declara. tion of martial law, and that this step will be avoided.
Mr. Lewis, the C.L.O. chief, an- that he would nounced
to-day
Investigation demand Congressional
of the General Motors Corporation and its financial structure in connec tion with the Du Pont family, and
relationship
that connection at have with the rioting at Flint.
might
Further strikes in the General Motors plants in St. Louis, Mo., have Increased the total of tle workers in the motor industry by 1,900.-
Reuter.
SETTLEMENT EFFORT
San Francisco, Jan. 13. In an effort to speed up a settle- ment of the strike, shipowners to-day conferred, Orstly, with the cooks and stewards, in an attempt tentatively to agree to an 8-hour day; secondly, with the masters and mates, with
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ENORMOUS STRIKE
LOSSES
optimism into the situation-Reuter. THOUSANDS JOBLESS,
EARNINGS CONE
STOP PRESS WEST HEAVILY
NEGOTIATING
FOR PEACE
Shanghal, Jan. 14.
BURDENED
Washington, Jan, 18.
It is conservatively estimated hero, that 115,000 people have been thrown out of employment as a result of the strike in the General Motors Corporation and
It is reported that peace negoil- thousands of others have be utions are being undertaken at Lo- come unemployed in different yang between the Contral Govern-parts of the country as a result ment and General Yang Hu-cheng's of the Committee of Industrial envoys, for which reason the anxiety
for the safety of foreigners in Organisation's activities. Shenat is considerably lessened.- The Pacific coast maritimne szüksé while the United freax,
has discmployed 75,000, New York
skree wit
Lisbon, Jan. 14. numerous Other
It is learned that Portugal's reply throughout the malum baxa valersedi
to the British Note expresses full agreement in principle with the pro-
thousands more Jodien,
The paper has then
throu
posal to ban volunteers for Spain, the Pacife redak mauiting strike The Note says Portugal is prepared so far been espumbad ak sihi to enforce restrictive legislation with the resignatish
view not only of preventing
listment bul transit through
to Spain
for the purpose of Joining m the civil war. Howev
will await the terms of the meas adopted by other countries, so a 'net In unison--fenter
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