Franco Seizes
Neutral Vessel
LONDON, Dec. 7. THE DAILY HERALD" diplomatic correspondent to-day points out that General Franco is pressing hard
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
THREE MEN AND A BOAT—The three men above are Messes, J. Peterson, II. T. Merrill and . E. Purcell. They intend
to cross Pacific in a 120-ton Ningpo Junk, whose beautifully painted stern shown on right-Staf Photographer.
his drive for de facto Giant Cunard Liner In
belligerent rights. His latest move is the announcement that the motorship Norseman, flying a Panamian flag, on her way to Oslo with a cargo of wheat from the Black Sea, has been condemned by the "Prize Court" of Palma as a "lawful prize."
The correspondent says that circles. in sympathy with General Franco in London are delighted that the British Government is furnishing the Insurgent authorities with ships under Government charter which must not be molested.
They claim that by demanding special exemption for these ships, the British Government is admitting that other shipping may, to some! extent, be lawfully interfered with
that Generali
other words,
Franco's cruisers have belligerent! rights of some kind.
One comment on this position
principle; now I only
remains to
Channel Tempest
LONDON, Dec. 7.
OWING TO BAD WEATHER the Queen Mary was unable to disembark 250 passengers from New York, including Sir Robert Lindsay, the British Ambassador to the United States, when the liner arrived at Plymouth to-day with 2,000 bags of mail.
LOSS OF
|· | Tenders, bearing official visi- tors succeeded in getting along- side, but the weather worsened and rope after rope from the
that it was decided it was in- advisable to disembark passen- gers.
KONGMOON mooring tenders snapped, so CONFIRMED
.
A warning was given for official
visitors to leave the ship, but before they did so it became impossible for the tenders to come alongside.
Refugees Flowing To Hongkong
The Queen Mary proceciled up the Chanuel tuking with her visitors. CHINESE EVACUA-immigration and postal officials and "They have concerned us with the TION of Kongmoon and the "wi postanera.
While the Queen Mary anchored, Japanese entry into the special branch officers of Scotland Yard made enquiries into the report West River city was con-that there were anarchists aboard, firmed this morning by the
Paul Macao Correspondent of the "Telegraph."
settle the details."-United Press.
British Ship Damaged By Franco Bomb
Lontion, Dee. 7. According to reports received here this afternoon, the British steamer Lake Geneva,
dannged by a was bomb dropped by an Insurgent plane during an attack on the harbour and town of Alicante.
The Correspondent reports that increasing numbers
of
pledged to assassinate Prince of Yugo-Slavia,
Passengers' credentials were exa- mined, but nothing suspicious was found.-Reuter Special.
Chinese of all walks of life Murderess
especially Shekki pensants andi villagers, are fleeing from the
Chungshan district into Macao. Goes To
They are using every conceivable
form of conveganer to reach sane- Kowkong and
tuary.
With the fall of Kongmon, a new Japanese threat to Chungshan has developed and this
The crew of the steamer escaped population.
Macao
unhurt.
Electric Chair
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 7. city is rapidly being denuded of us due to go to the electric chair, law- Only a few hours before she was
Many of the refugees reaching yers made a final attempt to save are Immediately embarking! the life of the 31 year-old German Mrs. Anna Hahn, convicted of mur- The Macao Government is sparing der in the first degres, October, when it was under fire off effort to ameliorate the condition Barcelona.--Trans-Occan.
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As a last legal step counsel sought | a erit maadamus in the Federal Court contending that she had not been given a proper opportunity to defend herself.
The writ, however, was refused at the last moment.
Mrs. Hahn was in a pitiable sinte all day long, und her condition was 50 critical that a doctor was sum- noned to administer he spirits of
nmonia and black coffee.
She was found guilty 13 months ag of the murder of Jacob Wagner, a retired gardener,
A later message says that Mrs. Hahn was electrocuted.-Reuter.
PITIFUL LAST SCENE
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 7.
1938.
Violent Attack On Herr Hitler By Ex-Kaiser
LONDON, Dec. 7.
For the first time since Herr Hitler's advent, the ex- Kaiser has expressed his personal views on the Nazi State, according to the New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," who quotes an interview given to "Ken", by the ex-Kaiser.
BEARTS TRUMPS
Miss Mandeno ar- rived in Hongkong this week from the
and where att names of towns are pronounced exactly they are spell- New Zealand. Yes- terday Mine Mary Standrno, at To A- Www--, married
Dr. Owen Eaton, can-con misionary.
Foreigners
To Evacuate
Kuling Soon
Shanghai, Dec. 8. According to present arrange- ments, which are tentative, made by the American authorities at Kiu- kiang, with Chinese and Japanese offelnis, some 35 foreigners are evacuating Kuling and are going to
Mrs. Haha went to the chair wear- | Shanghai on December 10, ing blue pyjamas,
She
The arrangements provide for mumbled appeals as she British American officers escorting stumbled towards the door of the ex- the party down the hill to Kiuklang ecution chamber, then collapsed, and where, owing to the smallness of the was picked up by guards, who carried U.S.S. Monocacy, which is now in her to the chair.
As the guards Axed the straps she shouted to the warden:
"Don't do it. Think of my boy", then pleadingly she stretched er arms towards the witnesses crying "WI nobody help me?"-Reuter.
S'hai Protests Aired In Commons
London, Dec. 7.
Mr. R. A. Butler atated in the House of Commons to-day that he had called for a report on the state- ment issued by the British, French and American Chambers of Commerce Shanghal, complaining that Japan- ese restrictions on foreign trade was 110 longer
Justified by military necessity.
trade in China had Viscount Halifax,
Klukion, the party will be trans- bo ported to Shanghai aboard a Japan ese transport.
The party includes 15 Americans, five Dritons, two Swedes, and one German.
It is stressed that the arrangements are only tenistive-Reuter.
FOREIGN WARSHIPS NEAR SHANGHAI
Shanghul, Dec. 8. The US.S. Luzon and the French sloop, Admiral Charner left Nanking yesterday and are arriving at Ching- klang to-day, being due in Shanghal n1 2 p.m. to-morrow-Reuter.
No Big Increase In U.S. Budget
Answering further questions, Mr.
Washington, Dec. 7. Butier declared that no communlea- tions from the British Chamber of nected with the budget, sold to-day High administration officials con- Commerce In Shanghal relating to that President Roosevelt intends to Japanese encroachment on British have an effective re-armament pro- yet reached gramme without a considerable in- Sir John Wardlaw-Milne asked ease in the 1940 fscal budget.
They said that the budget will not whether attention had been drawn to exceed the 1939 estimates greatly, the formal declaration of polley by despite the increase in defence ex-
Japancao Government, contend-penditures.
the
ing that the Nine-Power Treaty was They added that new taxes may obsolete, made on November 30.
Mr. Butler said that the Foreign items, particularly relief.
avoid reducing the budget on other Secretary's reports did not indicate President Roosevelt and to-day that any such formal declaration of that details of the naval and polley was made on the date in military budget were litcomplete se | question.-Reuter.
far-United Press.
In it he declared: “OI our Germany which was a nation of poets, musicians, artists and soldiers, Herr Hitler has made a nation of hysterics and her- mits, engulfed in the mob, and led by a thousand llars of the fannties.
"He is a man alone, without a (nmily, children, or God.
"Nations are created by familles, religion and tradition. But in the Itetch, an all-swallowing State is dis- dninful of human digoltles and the ancient structure of our race, and establishes itself in place of every- thing else, and the man who incor- porates in himself this whole 'State is neither a god to honour, nur a dynasly to conserve, nor a past to consult.
"For a few months I was inclined to believe in National-Socialism as a necessary fever, but he got rid of the wisest and outstanding Germans associated with it, and has nothing tef: but a bunch of shirted gangsters." -Reuter,
Stock Market Much More Cheerful
London, Dec. 7.
An early improvement in Kamrs, following Cape and local support imparted a more cheerful tone in inost groups on the London Stock only light. Exchange to-day, though trading was
Gilt-edgeds were very lower levels attracting support.
frin, the increased
Among commodities, copper was firm following the announcement that the output was to be restricted from 105 per cent. from December 16, to 100 per cent. from January 1. This move, though unticipated, nssisted market sentiment.
Wall Street wan Arm.--Reuter Special.
PIROW SEES PREMIER
London, Dec. 7.
Mr. Oswald Pirow, the South African Defence Minister, called on the Prime Minister this afternoon.
The Interview, which lasted half an hour, is believed to have been arranged in order to enable Mr. Pirow to inform Mr. Chamberlain of the impressions he had formed during his tour of the European capitāls.—Trans- Ocean.
PRINCE PAUL IN PARIS
Parla, Dec. 7. Prince Paul of Yugo-Slavin, who arrived in Paris to-day from London, had a lengthy conversation with M. Georges Bonnet, the Foreign Minister at the Yugo-Slay legation.
Earlier in the day Prince Paul lunched with President Lebrun- Trans-Ocean.
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