THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 24,
1988.
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London, Jan. 23.
No Man's Land
Hoavy Losses From Air Warofare
Saragossa, Jan. 23. Stricken and shattered, the city of Teruel in north-cust Spain has now become a no-man's land, where In- surgents and Loyalists are contend-
ing desperately from their respective strategic positions.
Air and artillery activity has been Intense throughout the week. The Insurgenta are developing a fan-like opening on the left wing, pivoting on Teruel and turning Teruel into salient and gradually compassing the
clty.
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KWANG- TUNG PREPARES
Making Populace War-Minded
Canton, Jan. 22.
Kwangtung, which thus for hos
To Build Arms Factory
Sir Ian Hamilton Sounds. Warning“
Pretoria, Jan. 23. The Union of South Africa bas
only suffered from aerial bombing, is decided to erect a large-scale factory now becoming thoroughly war-mind- for the manufacture of heavy guns, cd, and considerable enthusiasm tanks, armoured cars and bombs. among the people of the province is Mr. Pirow, Minister of Defence, noticeable.
announced that the factory will be From Blas Bay comes news that built in connection with railway, fishermen in the famous haunt of which in the initial stages will manu- pirates are being given an intensive facture lorries complete with englass, course in guerilla warfare under the being converted to the manufacture guidance of n garrison officer. of war material in the ovent of hosillities or threat to communica-
The Insurgents are at present in possession of La Muela, a big bare triangular shaped plateau, and
It is also learned that gendarmes tions. Muleton, a spur jutting into the clly from the north.
In Canton recently have been prac- The Loyalists are holding Santalising street fighting. Barbara, o lumpy eminence dominat- ing Teruel from the north-cast, and
The Union has almost completed Mimie warfare has been conducted plans for a great fleet of transport protective fighting In Tongshan, causing considerable aeroplanes and | Mansuelo, a higher hill to the cart.
the bush-veld A visit to the scene of operations interest and amusement to onlookers.brigades in the northern deserts.
shows that no one who does not hold La Muela and Santa Barbarn
can hold Teruel, The Insurgenis are therefore concentrating on Santa The death is announced of Admiral Barbara, which the Loyalists are de- Sir Allan Everett, Commander-in-fending with great tenacity. Upon Chief of the China Station in 1923- the outcome of the battle may de- 1925-Reuter.-
Admiral Everett was the youngest pend the fate of Spain, Reuter. san of the late Colonel F. J. Everett, Greenhill, Warminster,
a brother of Major-General Sir and a H. J. Everett, .C.M.0., a distinguish- ed soldier, as was the lule Colonel Everett.
Wiltshire,
INSURGENT RAID
Saragossa, Jan. 23. The Spanish Insurgents claim to have infiicted 3,000 casualues on the Loyalist forces when 37 of their planes bombed 100 armed lorries full Admiral Everett went afloat in of Government troops on the Huesca 1881, reached the rank of captain in front to-day.
The convoy, they say, had been 1905, and was on the staff of Admiral Sir George A. Callaghan, command-spotted by a reconnoitring Insurgent ing the Fleet in home waters, when plane which called up other aircraft. the Great War opened. On Admiral-Reuter. Jellicoe taking over command of the Grand Fleet, Captain Everett
re-
VALENCIA BOMBED
mained on the staff in his capac was bombed at 4.49 a.m. yesterday.—
of Captain of the Fleet and charged the duties of that very im- portant office till early in 1915, when, at the special request of Sir Henry Jackson, he came to the Admiralty os his Naval Assistant, Sir Henry then holding the applantment of First Sea Lord. Subsequently, under the re- Aime of Lord Carson and Sir Eric Geddes, he was Naval Secretary. In 1018-19 he commanded the Fourth
Cruler Squadron Light
and com- manded the Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron when it was formed for service in South American waters. In 1923 he was promoted to be Vice- Admiral and in 1914 he relinquished appointment of First Naval Mem- the ber of the Australian Naval Board, to which he had been appointed in 1021.
In November, 1924, he was op- pointed Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, but was invalided home in April. 1923, and out of the service in August. He was promoted to Admiral on the retired list in 1926,
Barcelona, Jan. 23. It is officially stated that Valencia
United Press.
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LOYALIST REPRISAL
Faris, Jan. 23.
A message from Gibraltar states that, according to witnesses reaching Gibraltar, 225 were killed and over 400 wounded in Friday's Loyalist air raid on Salamanca.—Reuter,
AIR WAR LOSSES
Hendaye, Jan. 23. Despatches indicate that about 3,000 soldiers and civilians have been killed in the last 24 hours by the merelless air raids on the east coast, and the frozen battlefields of Aragon. The civilian population were the open target for 1,100 lbs. of bombs In the aerial warfare. Both Sides asked no quarter and no quarter was given.
The Loyalists announced, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," in the air ruid bombardment cam- paign of reprisal against the Insur
gent air raids on Bareciona and Valencia and other east coast centres. General Franco's headquarters re- ported that planes were bombing, ÷---|-|-|-|-|-|-||||||||||straßing and wiping out an entire
Government column near Huesca.
LETTERS TO THE They killed above 3.000 Loyalists.
EDITOR
NOT RESPONSIBLE
To the Editor,
The Insurgents raided the Cata- lonian part of San Feliugulxoles with heavy toll of Loyalists. They sold that 20 were killed in the town hall
planes for use int
This sudden rally, to arms__ is not only limited to the men of Kwang- Mr. Pirow added that the bush- tung A local vernacular newspaper | veld brigades will be mechanised and publishes a report that Military have greater firing strength. They Training Headquarters has ac-will be so mobile that a heavily quiesced to the request of hundreds armoured enemy will be unable to of girls asking for military training.catch them-Reuter.
The paper adds that as a result, a girls' army is to be formed --Reuter,
WARSHIPS OFF COAST
Canton, Jan. 22,
the
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JAPAN DENOUNCED
Monte Carlo, Jan. 22. General Sir Jan Hamilton, formerly military attache to the Japanese forces Three Japanese warships are now in the Russo-Japanese war and com- anchored off Tongkawan in
mander of the British forces at the Chungahan district, but so far they Dardanelles, speaking as guest of the have remained inactive. Six Japan Monte Carlo Club at a dinner, stress- cse worships arrived off the coast of ed the Asiatic menace to Europe. Hoffung yesterday. Three of them. later departed. Two Japanese war- After referring to Spain and Euro- ships were also sighted off the coast pean troubles, he said: "Meanwhile of Lukfung yesterday. After, send-pawns are being placed in readiness ing out two senplanes to reconnoitre for. the battle of Armageddon. The the coast, they departed. Central Emperor of the East is on the march. News,
His fighters cross mighty rivers and the wings of his planes darken the sky.
He hopes to capture Hongkong and Singapore. Yet we Europeans Spain. are worrying ourselves
Over Half a million Chinese have already been killed in the opening battles. What that somehow or other Europe should is the moral of my talk? Surely
forget old feuds and prepare to stand shoulder to shoulder against Asia, which is fairly on the move.”—Reuter,
pro-
BONDS FOR DEFENCE
Canton, Jan. 23. Regardless of Japanese designs on South China, the Kwangtung Provin- chance in the defence of the cial Government has left nothing to vince, as a sum of $3,500,000, appro- priated out of National Salvation Bonds, has been handed over by the provincial Government to the milit- ary authorities for the air defence of this province.
MADAME BLUM DIES IN PARIS
Kwangtung's subscription quota for National Salvation Bonds L $20,000,000 of which $14,000,000 has already been obtained. The Central Authorities at the petition of General Wu Te-chen, Governor of Kwang- tung Provincial Government,
Paris, Jan. 23: agreed that $5,000,000 be used for The den!h is announced of Madome The batange, of $1,500,000 the military defence of Kwangtung. Blum, wile of the former Premier,
will be M. Leon Blum-Reuict, available to air defence purpose when the full amount of $20,000,000 has been subscribed.
has
United Press ndds that Madame The disposal Blum, died in a Paris clinic after two abdominal operations. of this sum is left at the discretion of the military commond, here.
SELF-DEFENCE CORPS STRENGTH
She called herself "Mousieur Blum's collaboralor” In the days when socialists were political out- casts. She drove carlouds of work- The Self-Defence Corps will have men while they plastered the walls a strength of 500,000 men, who will with forbidden posters. In the War be trained in modern warfare by she served as a nurse. officers who had experience in fight- ing with the Japanese in Shanghai, -Nanking-and-Shiontung.-All-senlor
It is supposed that the reprisal was the Loyalist raid on Salamanca on to
Friday, in which above nine tons of La
bombs were dropped.
The Insurgents raided Barcelona Hongkong Telegraph:
again. However they were driven off by anti-aircraft guns, and there were Sir-This morning the South China
no casualties; after which they Morning Post of page 19 coumn 1 re-raided Valencia. Damage and casu- printed an item from a Los Angeles nitles are not confirmed, paper concerning the alarming situn- tion in Hongkong as credited to In- ternational Ncwi.
The Loyalist Cabinet ordered the Salamanca raid as a reprisal for yes- terday's Insurgent raids on Reus in Tarragona, in which it is reported there were 40 Loyalists killed. The latter said that Reus could not have been a military objective-United
We hasten to make clear that this agency has nothing to do with that story, which was apparently released by the international News Service known as IN.S., a Hearst organ, with Press. which we have no connection in any way.
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Although this agency sends news by cable and air mail to news- papers in the United States and elec- where, we do not cover news of Hongkong at present.
We are glad that the reprint in the
DISMISSED HIS SHIP
Post gives us an opportunity to clear Officer Charged After
this misunderstanding and hope you will be kind enough to grant us space for the pubilestion of this letter,
INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY.
STOCK MARKET REPORT
The Hongkong Stock Exchange oficial summary issued at 12.30 p.m. Saturday, reads:
The market was steady with fairly general enquiry.
Bayer Hongkong Herck $1,440 Hongkong Bank (Zon.) 480 Bank of East Asia $52 China Underwriters BLAD 1.K. Steamboata $10 1ER. & W. Docks, $15 Providenta (Old) 210 Providents (New) #025 H. & A. Jintain #9.36 H.K. Lands $317
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HK. Hope $4 Dalty Fatma $24.00 Ewa Cottans Sh. Entertainmanis DK Constructions #14 Marsmans (ILJE)" 3/8
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· Hongkong Bank 1,400
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Watsons $5.30
ILK. Goyt, 4% Loan 4% peni
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Destroyer Grounded
London, Jan. 22. LL-Comdr. H. G. Dudley de Chair, Captain of H.M.S. Scout, in a court martial at Chatham to-day, way sen- tenced to be reprimanded and dis- missed his ship,
Lt.-Comdr. de Chair was found guilty of negligently or by default stranding and hazarding his ship.
He was acquitted on another charge of suffering his ship to be stranded. This is the second court-martial after the st. ding of the destroyer on January in the course of trials out of Sheerness.
On Thursday, Sub-Lt. J. H. A. Studley, who was Omeer of the Watch, was found guilty of negli- gence and sentenced to be neverely i reprimanded..
It was alleged that the Captain was to blame for not realising that a wreck he had sighted was a sign of danger, for not personally check- ing the course of the ship before he lelt the bridge, and for leaving the bridge for nearly twenty minutes knowing that the Ofeer of the Watch
ich had no previous experience of keeping watch at sen.
Lt-Comdr, de Chair, in the course of evidence, said that the destroyer had been just commissioned from reserve. The
guns had not
been fired for wo years, and he was anxious during the trials to get the gun crews work- ing con
confidently, because they were going to China and there was the possibility of active service--Reuter, The Scout in a reserve destroyer ordered to join the China Station. Two reserve destroyers have alrendy been posted to the East Indier aqua- dron.
officers in the Interior are returning Rallway be used for the transports- this week for a military tion of rice from Hunan and Hupch to Canton and the shipment of salt Alongside with the military phase from Canton to the lake provinces is the solution of the food problem, and Yangtze valley,
as Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Rice is to be stored in different has complied with the request of parts of the province for emergency Governor Wu Te-chen that more use as ordered by the Provincial freight cars on the Canton-Hankow Government, Special.
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