THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1938.
FRANCE UNMASKS HUGE SPY SYSTEM
THE NEW
SPRING FOULARDS
Four Men and A Girl Under Arrest Following Espionage Purge ARE ON SHOW
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS CAPTURE "LA BELLE TATIANA”
From WALTER G. FARR
Paris..
RENCH Secret Service agents have disclosed details of a spy plot believed to be the most serious discovered in France
since the end of the war.
Four men and a girl, an attractive 23-years- old brunette, said to be the wife of French soldier, are under arrest.
They are:
a
Jean Bastide, 23-years-old leatherworker, of Graul- het, in the Tarn Department;
Marcel Oustrie, a former secretary on the staff of the War Department, also of Graulhet;
Amoumirian, an Iranian student, on the registers of the Sorbonne, Montpellier, and Toulouse Universities;
Jean Lassaire, dancer, of Montpellier; and the girl, Yvonne Talbot, alias Vassilieva, alias Amounirian, known as "La Belle Tatiana."
Further arrests are expected. here are disturbed by the fact that activity was concerned with French Spanish frontier.
Military authorities much of the gang's defence plans on the
The first clue to the ring came last December, when counter-espionage officers discovered that Bastide, who had just completed his military service, was seeking a foreign buyer for plans of France's fortifications and air defences in the Maritime Alps.
He was watched Jalil. unwittingly, he led hix
Hobo King Has "show" to Oustrie
Gala Holiday
Lomion.
JEFF DAVIS, who rode the rods to fame in the United
States and became king of the world's hoboes, boasts how Bri-
“NO PARKING” SAYS POLICE SIGN
Chinene refugees reating on arrival with their possessions in Shanghai. The police sign on the right reads "No parking."
The As
Big Free Church Way to Union
Bournemouth.
The Bishop of Winchester (Dr. Garbett) brought day greetings from the Church of England to night and
the Free Church Council Assembly, writes Hugh Redwood in a London newspaper.
VAST COLLECTION
Vint collection
ان
plans 11
Qustri's home were found In so doing he took occasion to refer to the need for | diagrams detailing the
E RADIO BROADCAST
Rev. C. B. R. Sargent On Feodor Chaliapin
LAWN BOWLS TALK Radio Programme Brandcast by Z.B.W. on Frequencies of 845 k.c.'s, 9.52 m.c.'s. per second.
12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.
12.30 Reginald Fourt at the Organ. "Transatinatie Rhythm" Medley; Medley Of Daly's Favourites.
12.40 Ambrose and His Orchestra. Looking Around Corners For You- (From 'Head over Heels'); May 1 Have The Next Romance? (From 'Head over Heels'); Knoelt, Knock, Who's There?-Novelty Fox-Tret; Wood And Ivory: Anything Goes (From the Film); I Get A Kick Out Of You (From 'Anything Goes').
1.0 Time and Weather,
1.03 Marek Weber's Orchestra and Webster Booth (Tenor).
The
The Coolles Of Sumutra (Jennel); Caravan-Characteristic Sketch (Boyer, arr. Leopold), Orches- tra; "Land Without Music"-Med'cy 10. Strauss). Webster Nooth
(0.
with The Lindonel Three; Her First Dur.ve
(Heykens): The Music Comca Strauss)..... Orchestra; I'm All Alone (May and Feiner); 11 Wait For You (May and Feiner).
"A Webster Booth;
Waltz (Straus, AT. Dream"-Potpourri
Dostal). Orchestra,
1.30 Reuter und Rugby Tess, Weather and Announcements.
1.40 Latest Variety Records. Orchestra Adua - March (Olivieriji Black Orchids (Richartz)
Barnabas Von Geczy and His Orchestra; Vacal-La Danza (Ros- sini): L'Arlatella-Neapolitan Song (Biscardi). Joseph Schmidt (Tenor) with Orchestru; Band-Bells of St. Malo (Rimmer): Amporito Roca (Texidor)...Callender's Senior
Humorous-Isay Band:
Goes To Lunch (Pola); My Best Friend (Reu- bens).. Issy Bonn (Comedian) with Orchestra; Orchestra Jalousie (Gade); Serenade from "Frasquita" (Luhar).....Emil Roosz and His Orchestra; Dance Orch. On The Munce and His Orchestra with vocal refrain.
location closing the ranks, in the presence of the most determined of Sighs Fox-Trot. Ronnie
and nature of gun emplacements,
air defence stations, and armament attacks that Christianity had ever to encounter......
stores all
frontier.
along the south-eastern
He is said to have confessed that,
during his service at the War Omering
he took copies of all documents and
tish aristocracy turned out forms which passed through his his coronation dinner at Lon- The two men were arrested and don'a swank Savage Club.
imprisoned at Marseliles.
They implicated "La Belle Tuliana,"
Wils staying
"They treats me royal and
who
I'm telling you, bo, it was someToulouse with Amoomirian, swell feed."
He opened his coat, fisclosing bottle of champagne.
"Naw, don't gel ine witing, pu." he "They gives me that, to take back to America,"
Enid
Jeff described how the feast was arranged by a chum with a fancy monicker," Sir Frederick Hobday.
king who is next to the
himself. Well, anyway, said Jeff on steund thought, he's next to the King's horses.
Q MARY SEND OFF The party was a send-off for the hobo king who salls-with a ticket on the Queen Mary for New York after a two-weeka slay here during which he was elected work, hobo No. 1, sat in the House of Commons, made two and of celebrities met a lot broadcasts, one by television.
from Sir Fre invite guid
Jeff,
me
derica's banquet.
irst
the
care of
il
at
An official in touch with the inf quiries into the case told me to-night: Tatiana, who speaks at least five languages, deceived nost people by her youth and by her pose as a rather Mighty girl, nevertheless interested in the international situation and mil tary matters.
RECRUITED SPIES
"She mixed with the highest society on the French Riviera.
Always per- fectly dressed, she was often in the company of high officers of the Ser- vices, most of whom would probably be dismayed to know that she was playing a leading role in one of the most cunningly organised spy plots discovered th France In recent years.
"It has been established that she travelled frequently from Montpellier to Paris where she held long confer ences, with Amoumirlan, who bern identified
as one of the most spies in Europe."
has
back to Holo" calmed on arrest to be
You know, next to the king. He takes guy
of His Majesty's hurees. He's honorary veterinary surgeon to His the King and Emperor, sec? Majesty,
"Well, he knows how to deal with
20 he king
you're say, 'Jelt. emperor
of the hobacs of the world and how you're gonna get a corona- tion dioner.*
"So I says, 'oh, quit your kiddin' your lordship. "
But it was a fact, Jeft said, and Sir Frederick Introduced him to the other guests.
+
The menu?
THE MENU
**Gee, it was n wunnerful ment. The menu says Malgatony soup. don't
I
know what that is. And rilled rivertrout, sulled silverside
Russian subject, and said that she was married to a Pole, from whom she had separated.
The police, however,, declare that, In the absence of her French soldier- husband, she had been acting as the recruiting agent for the Intelligence Service of a foreign Power.
Amoumirian, who had fled to Paris after the arrest of traced to the Latin Quarter here and the giri, was imprisoned.
the hunt to Bayonne, where Lassaire Documents found at his house led wak arrested as he was about to leave for Montpellier.
GERMAN ARRESTED
He had been planning to open a danec-hall in the gurrison quarter of Montpellier, which he proposed to
dumplings, carrots, turnips, mushed ran in conjunction with a money- Jotatoes, fruit salad, Yo
ereum, lending once in a endeavour to cheese, biscuits,
and chum-contact military men who might be pagne,
in need of funds.
voffce
Lassaire, police say, has recently made several trips to the head- quarters in Irun, anti-Red Spain, of the foreign Power alleged to be in- volved,
To-morrow 1' be the guest of Arthur
Heydny in the louse Parliament, sce? and you might mention that the convention was held in the House of Commons and was like Aladdin rubbin his lamp only
He Is now in the same gnol at Bör- with the wick cut short and the oldeaux to which a German, Herr Otto much lower."
Vunt, was taken yesterday from the Jeff asked that "somepun" be rush-naval port of La Itochelle.
ed off in Cincinnati, "that's my Flims found in Vunt's possession hometown," and concluded:
have been developed, and, it is sold, "I gotta rest up. This has been show detailed pictures of const de- too much. I chucked in more in fence batteries. these two weeks than some million-
aires chucked in three months."— United Press.
BACKETEERS GO TO DOGS PITTSBURG11-Rackels in Pitts- FOUR SISTERS APART 50 YEARS burgh have gone to the dogs-terally speaking. E. M. Smith, chief agent KENT, O-Four sisters held n for the Western' Pennsylvania reunion which brought them to Humano Society, han investigated gether for the first time in 60 years. reporté that pet dogs are being picked Thiolr Inst get-together was in 1870. up on the streets or stolen from A brother, who lives in Castle Rock, | private homes, and then peddled in Wash, was unable to attend.
office building lobbién downtown.
Then he aroused an approving outburst by denounc- German cruelty in Austria.
2.15 Close Down.
0.0-7.0 Chinese Programme, 70 Dance Music.
"Germany can have no idea," he said, "of the disgust and loathing with which the Anglo-Saxon world reads of otto Dobrindi and His Plane Sym- the cruelties inflicted on men, women and children of the Jewish race."
EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY
EMPEROR THE
OF JAPAN. whose birthday is celebrated day,
to-
King's Cup Air
Race Changes
By Major C. C. TURNER, This year's air race for the King's Cup, to be held on July 2, will be
one of 1,000 miles, flown in 20 laps of 5 miles each. Starting and finishing points will be at Hatfield nerodrome, and spectators will be able to which the progress from lap,
to
to lap.
In past years the race has been held over long courses, usually taking in Scotland and Wales, and even Ireland. It will be seen that this
year's plan is designed to give the contest more spectacular BRITISH PL
'PLANES After each five tops competitors will be required to land for refuel- ling and stop for 30 minutes. The race will, as usual, be restricted to machines of Delilah manufacture, and all pilots, assistants and passen- gers must be British.
Handicap allowances will be cal- culated on estimgated performance. the lowest apped to be considered being 140 m.p.h.
Viscount Wakefleld has given (£2,- · 000 in prize money,
The subject of reunion was brought to the fore in the Assembly to-day, first by Dr. J. D. Jones, in his pre- sidentia} address, and then
Fox Trots When The Lots Are Or To Dance; Mind Your Step!.... Tangus Novia; Desconfiale phonists,
Tipica Orquesta
Francisco Canaro with vocal, refrain; Swing MusicMonotony; Melody in Rift. Eddle Carroll and His Swing Music; Driving Me Fox-Trots - You'ro Crazy: Mystery Pacific.. Quintette by Of The Hot Club of France (Django Principal Mickiem, of Mansield Reinhardt-Guitar; Stephane Grap- College, Oxford,
pely-Violin; Quickstep--Why Isn't It You? (From 'Crest Of The Wave'); Dr. Jones declared definitely that Crest Of The Wave')......Henry Waltz-It You Only Knew (From anything like union with the Church Jacques (Britain's Champion Dancer of England is not yet practical of 1934-36) and His Correct Dance
The ground of separation Tempo Orch. politics. is something integral to the Gospel
the freedom of the Spirit.
NOT YET PRACTICAL
7.32 Closing local Stock Quota- lions.
7.35
For himself he would have no
Clapham and Dwyer, Gracle difficulty in accepting episcopacy as Fields, The Hill Billes and Rale da
u method of government. Bul Free Churchmen can never assent to n theory of the episcopate which makes
it the sale channel of grace and the
Costa.
"Waltz Time-Medley (Strauss,
I
arc. Levy); Dancing Butterfly (Young only means by which valid "orders" and Petkere)......Raie da Costa (Plato Solo); Did Remember can be conferred.
No devout Anglican; he said, would (From 'Suzy'); Ring Down The Cur- tain....Gracie Fields with Orch; dream of denying
like Clapham And Dwyer On Fbbies... Spurgeon and General Booth were of
Clapham the real Church of Christ. And if Sketch); Ole Faithful
and Dwyer (Descriptive (M. Catr);
that
men
we admitted that those of other de-Take Ma Boots Of When A Dles nominations belonged none the less M. Carr)....The Hill Billies with to that church, did it not seem foulish
-even wicked-to refuse fellowship: Novelty Accompaniment.
down here?
He went on to urge that the work of union should begin with the union or all the
Free Churches and the creation of
United Free Church of England.
8.0 Time, Weather and An- nouncements.
8.03 Studio "Arabian Song Cyclo"-Recital by Elizabeth Donald- (Contralto) accompanied by Lindsay A. Lafford (Plano),
5011
1. For Your Delight-Serenade Principal Micklem told us that he (Erie Coates)....Light Symphony sometimes trembled for the life of Orchestra cond. by the Composer; the Free Churches.
He does not 2. Desert Love Song (Charles Gil- hear in the Free Churches the note bert Sprous); 3. When Tired Cara- of penitence and spiritual heed which vans are Resting (Charles Gilbert
discerns in the Church
of Spross); 4. I Have hung my tent in The organising of railics is no Elizabeth Donaldson: 5. Plano Solo
crimson (Charles Gilbert Spross) substitute for penitence.”
England.
In Germany 'to-day a church which the Angilean view waS
In
WAR coinposed of schismalies undergoing persecution, with a falth and Joyfulness which made most of our church Ilfe here seem trifling, and much of our faith seem by comparison title more than gabellef. The Assembly, in giving affection- ate greetings to its new president, did not forget to show warm appreciation of Colville, Who con- ducted its opening devotions,
....Lindsay A. Lafford; 0. Full- ment (Charles Gilbert Spross); 7. It Is The Sunset Hour (Charles Glibert Spross)....Elizabeil Donaldson.
8.30 Studio"Lawn Bowls"A Previews or Tho Season by 'A Bowler.'
8.40 Studiokov. C. I. R. Sar- rent 33rd Series of Opera "In Memoriam--Feodor Challapin"
9.30 London Relay-The News. 9.50 Musical Comedy Selections,
The Cat And The Fiddle"Selec- on (Harbach and Kern)... New Mayfair Orchestra; "The Love DRIVING AND DRINK
(Schertzln- Parade"-Vocni Gems Before the morning session con-ger); "Sunny Side Up"--Vocal Gems cluded a strongly-worded resolution (De Sylva, Brown and Henderson... was passed declaring it to the Light Opera Company: "Music In clear duty of Christians to insist on The AirSelection (Hommerstein
of the laws 3nd and Kern).. strict enforcement
.New. Mayfair against roud offences and urging the Orchestra. Government to hold an Inquiry into 10.15 London Belay Music- the relationship of liquor to roud Xtall. accidents.
(Come- Including Lily Morris This afternoon Dr. Norwood and dienne), with The B.B.C. Variety took part in n conference
on Orchestra-conductor, Charles Shud- evangelism.
well.
Dr. Norwood, who holds thut the need of the churches in "an intelli- gent, varied but persisient evange
11.15 Close Down.
Ism", preached, the Council sermon Club address yesterday and closed fo-night.
the day with on Immensely impres
As many of us had hoped, he re-elve appeal for a spiritual lead from turned to the theme of his Rotary Britain to liberate the world.
AT
IN
THE SUN
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arrived.
The designs ate, if anything. rather brighter than last
year's but there are also a number of more neat pat-
terns for the man who pre-
fors them as well as plain
colours and stripes. They
are all lined with silk and
will be well.
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