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CANADIAN 1937 MODELS
No. 15130
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TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
23, 1937. 日三十月正
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LOYAL TROOPS
BRITAIN CONVERTS
SMASHING WAY PORTUGAL
INTO OVIEDO NEUTRALS TO WATCH
Basques Allegedly Win
Brilliant
Victory
REBELS IN SOUTH
TAKE ALMERIA
SPANISH BORDERS
FLEETS WILL SCOUR SEAS
Lontion, Feb. 22.
A complete Anglo-Portuguese agreement on the supervision of the Portuguese frontier to pre- vent the entry of foreigners in the Spanish civil war theatre to participate in the fighting on either side. has been reached.
AIM TO The announcement was made at
NEXT
Bilbao, Feb. 22.
A Government communique claims to-day that the Basque Leftists have inflicted a serious reverse upon the insurgents on the Asturias front. It asserts the Basques, in a brilliant action, have penetrated Oviedo, occupying a number of streets of the city, and that they have also cut the road between Oviedo and Grado and penetrated, and fortified their new positions, at Pamdo., During these actions they captured a number of lesser towns and heights, numerous prisoners and large quantities of ammunition.-Reuter.'
OVIEDO
ISOLATED
Madrid, Feb. 22.
The Government claims to have completely isolated Oviedo, which is now surrounded, and which Government troops have been besieging for six months. A few weeks ago an insurgent relief column reached the city, smashed through the lines of siege and defeated the Loyalists in a severe battle on the hills overlooking the city.
The siege has now been resumed, and apparently, with more success.
Insurgents declare that an attack of Leftist militla near Seville has been repulsed, with heavy losses Inflicted on the loyalists.
Nationalists, under the Royalist fing, claim to have won successes on the Jarama front.
Insurgent planes to-day flew over Almeria asking the populace to sur render. It is believed that General Del Bono, the southern commander, whose troop's recently captured Malaga, is aiming at Almeria now.- Reuter Bulletin Service.
General Offensive
·
Madrid, Feb, 22. The Loyalists have loosed a general offensive on the southern front and it is claimed that their storm troops have captured La Marunosa and that| others are advancing south-east from Madrid on the Arganda sector. The attack is under the personal direction of General Miaja, who is the com- mander-in-chief at Madrid. The operations are proceeding along a .371⁄2 mile front.
In spite of a terrifle. barrage from -machine-guns, It Es understood Loyalists penetrated the rebel lines at several points. They either captured the machine-gun nests or forced the Nationalists to. retreat. Government observers ot
reported the attackers had progressed
# over kilometre in some sections and was entirely satisfactory.
noon
Tanks In Action Late in the morning the Nationalista brought their tanks into the action. However, specially trained Loyallat anti-tank units moved up to the front and bombed the mechanised units from advanced positions.
Three squadrons of planes sighted near Madrid at noon on their way to the Jarama froht led observers to major air battle,
predict
It la reported that intensive fight- Ing is proceeding in the Robledo- Cobreros sector, 24 miles east of Madrid. It A claimed that the militiamen have isolated large bodies of Rightists, troops and artillery, from their base at Avita.
General Pozas told correspondents that the Loyalists had not attempted to Cebreros mainly because it capture
is unnecessary to waste man-power," The Loyalists, he added, were retain. ing their positions along the Tagus River.
From the Asturias front comes the Government claim: "We will take Oviedo to-morrow." Meanwhile, there is heavy ighting on a long front.
United Press.
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a meeting of the International Non-Intervention Committee's
meeting to-day,
There will be 130 British obser vers, considered adequate by Lord Londonderry, to watch the "Portu- guese-Spanish frontier and to report on any breach of the international understanding that ins just been acknowledged by European capitals.
The question of reducing the num- ber of international observers on the French frontier, at present fixed at 170, is to be reconsidered, it understood.
the
Herr Joscitim von Ribbentrop, the Gerinan
Ambassador to
Court of St. James, to-day raised the question of the immobilisation of the Valencia Government's foreign gold deposits. M. Maisky, the Russian delegate, ob- Jected on the grounds that the aug- gestion was irrelevent.
Naval Guard Set
A naval supervision plan has been agreed upon. All
participating nations appear to be satisfied with the roles they are to play with the exception of Russia. The Soviet ob- jects to the zone allotted to her war- ships. The British delegates have undertaken to consult Moscow in this matter.
The scheme of control was general- ly agreed to at to-night's meeting of the Nou-Interventionista sub-com-
GAS MASKS FOR ALL FRANCE
SMART GLOVES FOR
DAINTY HANDS
Parchment
"Vellum": with long gauntlets $11.25 pair
Stitched "Chamois"
$9.25 pair
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The Government of M. Leon Blum has decreed that the men, women and children of France, mad in some instances the animals, sh all each have a gas mask for use in an emergency. Factories are turning out these hideous accoutrements in thousads for civilians as well as soldiers and sailors.
Beaches Attract Woman Flier
Local
Bathers
WINTER HEAT SPELL WILL
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PROBABLY CONTINUE.
The amazing spectacle of swimmers flocking to Hongkong's beaches in "mid-winter” has been witnessed. mittee which has been drafting the as a result of the heat wave of the past week.
plans for the supervision of the Spanish war zone. The meeting dropped the problem of the Portu-
A correspondent at Repulse Bay states: "More than guese frenter's observation, which the usual number of winter swimmers have been using. was later decided, to deal with the the beach since Sunday and the Lido, which was-quite-
At this stage there
deserted this time last year, is doing a fairly good dimculty with Portugal, whose dele-business."
naval guard question.
wag some
gale was suggesting that 60 obser- vers on the frontier were sufficient.
Castle Peak beach and one or two others on the
France, however, pointed out that mainland have also had some of their matsheds occupied
there were to be 180 observers on
the for shorter Franco-Spanish for the first time since November.
border. Reuter.
Says Plan Ineffective
Gibraltar, Feb. 22. General Del Land, the rebel com- mander in South Spain, broadcasting from Seville to-day, asserted the in- ternational neutrality blockade would be Ineffective, since British and French were supporting the Loyalists. British ships, he says, are continu- ally
taking food to the Loyalists and prolonging the civil war. He argued. that it would be humane to permit the people to starve and thus compel
the surrender of the Government.
He also announced that Amerleans
A Telegraph reporter who resides on Cheung Chow island states that the beaches there have been quite popular since Sunday.
BUILDING
SEAPLANE HARBOUR
in Malaga had telegraphed Washing-PORTSMOUTH PLANS
ton asking that the Consulate at thất
point be reopened and that trade be LANDLOCKED
resumed.
Meanwhile, insurgent sources have estimated that 8,113
persons have been killed, at Malaga from the beginning of the war to the date of the Rightist occupation.-United Press,
Fixing Last
Details For
Coronation
PROVIDING FOR VAST CROWDS
London, Feb. 22. The Coronation Ceremony at West- minster Abbey will not be televised, but will be broadcast along the route of the Coronation procession for the benefit of the crowds who will be watching and waiting there.
PORT
The heat wave shows no signs of diminishing and at 0 o'clock this morning the highest temperature of 72.2 degrees was recorded, with every prospect of the thermometer nearing the February record of 79.4 before the end of the day,
Planning To Circle Globe
Los Angeles, Feb. 22. Mrs. Amelia Earheart Putnam,
noted aviatrix, is planning sever-· al test fights in preparation for A world night.
She is at present overseeing a new Bendix direellon finder. Conversing on the subject, she emphasised the vast need of simplifying piloting, remarking that "there is almost nothing which cannot be done mechanical- ly to help increase the safety factor and leave the pilot free to navigato the ship."Usuited Press..
ITALIANS SURPRISE RAIDERS
ETHIOPIAN CHIEFS WALK INTO TRAP
MANY PUT TO DEATH
Humidity is also in the vicinity of saturation point. At 2 a.m. this morning it reached 98 per cent., two
Rome, Feb. 22. per cent off saturation, while at 9
Dedjasmatch Gabre, Mariam, who a.m. it had dropped to 80 per cent. fought Marshal Groziani's avance Until 4 a.m. this morning, the tem from the south-east of Ethiopia perature registered at the Royal throughout the Italian Invasion,
and
SCHEME COSTS Observatory was remarkably even, whose handful of fighting men, sur-
£1,250,000
varying only from 67,4 degrees to vivors of a great army, have harried 07.0 degrees between midnight and the Italian outposts ever since, has 4a.m.
From 4 to aan., however, been trapped by Italian soldiers and it rose to 71.2 degrees, exceeding kiled. There was a big price on ins yesterday's maximum temperature by head. one degree.
London, Feb. 22. The Portsmouth City Council is considering a revised scheme whereby Langston Harbour will be landlocked for the purpose of providing a base. for flying-boots of British Empire air routes, which are at present using Southampton Waters.
Dedjasmatch Gabre Mariom was There are indications that present the leader of a band which persision:- conditions are likely to continue,
The present scheme would cost £1,250,000, at which the Government The
is providing 50 per cent, and other
concessions.
The previous scheme was rejected by the City Council because it cost too much and because it was con- sidered that the Government's con- tribution of 40 per cent, was in- adequate,--Reuter Bulletin Service.
CAN'T CUT PRICES
London, Feb. 22. The proposal to reduce the cost of air travel to India by 15 to 20 per cent. has been reiccied by a joint
Airways, France and K.M., held in London to-day-Reuter Bulletin Service.
MR. EDEN RETURNS
ly raided and pillaged. He had with him a number of lesser chlets and
BRITAIN TOOK NO CHANCES
GAS MASKS RUSHED
AT
TO MALTA
TIME OF CRISIS
London, Feb. 22.
The fact that the whole civilian population of Malta were supplied with anti-gas respirators during the period when sanctions wore in force against Italy, in connection with the Ethiopian war, was disclosed by Mr. W. G. Ormsby-Gore, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the House of Commons to-day.
The disclosure was made during a debate dealing with additional estimates, Including £55,000 expend- ed on Improving the civilian defences. of Maita.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore said the respira- lors had to be despatched quickly and an anti-gas school established and hospitals prepared to deal with possible casualics.-Reuter,
POPULAR FRONT REJECTED
CHIANG SUPPORTS C. E. C. POLICY
DISCIPLINING ANTAGONISTS
Naniting, Feb. 22, The Government's manifesto, issued yesterday, endorsing a pacific policy towards Japan and reiterating the necessity of exterminating the Communist Scourge throughout the country, has been reinforced by statement by Marshal Chiang Kai- shel rejecting the idea of a Popular Front. This demand was put for- ward by the Stanfu mutineers and Communists, as It was necessary to exclude opportunists and dissen- sionists from the Government.,
The Generalissimo, however, de- clares that the Government will con- tinue to adhere to the polley of in- viting non-members of the Kuomin- tang Party to participate in the Ad- ministration.
Marshal Chiang also says the Gov- crament will seek the advice of ex- perts on all subjects wherever it is found possible.
The statement promises. freedom of speech and of the Press, within well-defined limits, and also the liberation of political prisoners, in- cluding Communists, provided they sincerely repent, but rejects the pro- posals for general amnesty.-
Reuter.
Abyssinia
Invited To
Coronation
warrior leaders. Many of these were LADY M.P. 'DOESN'T
captured in the battle with the Itallum column, and Immediately shot.
London, Feb. 22.
The only great Ethiopian chieftain at large la the brillant and Foreign Secretary arrived still back in London to-night from the courageous Has Deste, son-in-law of South of France, where he has spent Emperor Haile Selassie, who sill the Foreign Office a fortnight's holiday. He returns to leads a forlorn, hope somewhere in.
the wild backlonds of his country,— British Wireless.
Reuter,
to-morrow.
ROME SITS IN DARKNESS WHEN RAIDERS LURK
Rome, Feb. 22.
Even the hospitals and the Pope's apartments were plunged into darkness to-night, at one of the busiest hours, when the shrieking of emergency sirens announced the danger of attack from enemy bombing planes.
were the Government's chief decisions, announced the Secretary to the Treasury In the House of Commons this afternoon.
He added that public buildings would be floodlit from May 12 to May 17 and that the number of seats pro-
NOTED EDITOR DIES vided would be four times as many as on the occasion of the Silver
All
cut off over Power was
For 45 minutes the whole, vant New York, Feb. 22. Jublico of the late King George.
radius of 16 miles around Rome. capital froze Into immobility and Westminster Abbey will accommodate Mr. Rollo Ogden, 81, editor-in-
It was necessary for doctors and held its breath, lstening for the. 700 more spectators than on the occaehler of the New York Times since nurses to continue their operations nerve-shattering crush of explosives 1022 and one of the oldest of Ame-by the light of electric torches. Hotel and the drone of hunting bombers, It is estimated that the Coronation | rica's
active newspapermen, died guests dined by candle light. Street But the lights carno up agala with- will cost the country £152,000,- here to-day of congestion of the trame was stopped. People shelter out the raid materialling. It was Reuter.
lungs.--United Press.
ed in doorways.
l only a game-Reuter Special. ;)
sion of the 1917 Coronation.
WANT GOERING
London, Feb. 22. Answering questions in the House of Commons, Lord Cranborne sald Invitations to the Coronation had been sent to the Spanish Government und "the Government of Abyssinia."
Miss Ellen Willdnson (Labour), referring to the representation of Ger- many, asked: "Can we have some guarantee that the country will not be Insulted by the presence of General Goering?"
The remark created quite a stir la the House-United Press.
COLONIAL TROOPS
London, Feb. 22.
the The Secretary of Stato for Colonies, Mr. W. G. Ormsby-Gore. announced in the House of Commons to-day that the colonial, military contingent in the Coronation pro cession would consist of about 120 representative officers and N.C.O's from the permanent forces in the. Colonies, as well as from tho Royal West African Frontier Force, the „King's · African Rifles, the Northern Rhodesia Regiment, the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force, the Malay Regiment (Continued on Page 5.).