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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 6, 1939.
BRITISH ARMY GARRISON FOR PENANG
WAR IN SPAIN
"Murder" Charge By British Commission
LONDON, Jan. 5.
"ALL EVIDENCE in our possession indicates that' the bombing of Barcelona on New Year's Eve was a deliberate attack on human life, with bombs designed for that purpose," declares the report of the British Commission for the investi- gation of air bombardments in Spain, issued by the Foreign Office to-day.
The report adds that the uttack
when
the was made at a moment
streets might have been expected to be more than usually crowded in that i part of the city where the elvilians deemed themselves immune.
The majority of bombs dropped were of
small size, unsuitable for attacking buildings or
"Owing to an in shipping.
of eight
minutes between the alarm und Use fall of the first bombs, the casualties were only 44 Jead, 00 seriously injured, and 25 slightly injured.---- Reuter.
"ON TO PARIS, MOSCOW" ITALIAN SLOGANS
Barcelona, Jan. 5. Italian troops, supported by sixty tanks led the vanguard of the Insur- gent attack on the Sagre front.
On the tanks was chalked "Barce- lona, then Paris and Moscow."
The nearest many of the tanks got
in the bo to their objectives was
they were of the Sagre, where abandoned.United Press.
23,884 PRISONERS
Burgos, Jan. 5.
It is officially announced that dur ing the present insurgent advance in Catalonia, up to the 13th day of the offensive, 23,084 Loyalist soldiers had been taken prisoners by the Insur grals Trans-Ocean.
Dr. Cassiano Carlos da Fonseca and his bride, Miss Beatrix Ramalho, who were recently married in Macao-Catela.
U.S. BUDGET A RECORD
$3,320 Million Deficit Is Forecast
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S budget for the fiscal year of 1910 shows estimated expenditure at U.S.$8,995,663,000, and re- ceipts at U.S.S5,669,320,000, with a result there is a prospective defcit of U.S.$3,320,343,000.
The estimated receipts are should be reported in the budget as 326,000,000 higher than those an annual appraiser of their assets of the current fiscal year, on ac- and liability, and to show losses er count of a prospective improve- ment in the general business of the nation.
line record.
gains.
Far East Defences
FIRST STEP IN PLAN FOR PACIFIC SET-UP
SINGAPORE, Jan. 5.
THE FIRST STEP in Great Britain's plan, announced last month, for strengthening
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in Singapore to-day by the General Officer Com- manding the British Forces in Malaya, Major DB3012- General Dobbie.
The G.O.C. officially revealed to-day that it was intended to station a garrison at Penang.
The number of troops comprising the garrison has not been revealed.
new
Penang is regarded as the back door to the great Singapore Naval Base where, it is understood, a Pacific Squadron will be stationed in the near future.
This Squadron, which will be in addition to the existing Far Eastern Squadron stationed at Hongkong, will probably include at least one or two battleships and an aircraft carrier.
It was announced some time ago, before the outbreak of hostilities between China and Japan, that the existing garrison of troops at Hongkong was also to be increased to six battalions. This increase will probably take place as soon as the new cantonment in Kowloon is completed. Plans, which will cost $20,000,000, for this contonment have already been prepared.— United Press.
Great R.A.F.
R.A.F. Reserve To Be Built Up
LONDON, Jan. 5. PROLONGATION of the short-term service in the British air force from four to six years, will, according to the "Evening Standard" shortly be enacted.
The paper says that the Air Ministry had urgently recom- mended such a measure, to which the Treasury is not averse.
which Instead of the $300
President Roosevelt urged prompt approval for the appropriation of every pilot now received after FRANCE MOVES $875,000,000 to defray the expenses completing four years of active. of relief for 2,700,000 men up to service, and on commencing six June 30, and thus swell the dencit for the current fiscal year to $4,087,-years in the reserve force, pilots will in future, under the new 000,000,
request is expected to lead to scheme be paid £500 after six legislative struggle,
Con- servatives saeting that $500,000,000 years active service.
The report does not indiente whe
the
Defence Of Colonies
BOILIAS BLANCAS FALLS
London, Jan. 5.
The President explained that the Insurgents occupied Borjas! The Blancas this morning.
expenditure included $2200,000,000 The Loyalists are reported to have for recovery and relief.
in thei launched a surprise attack
The estimated totul public debt in will aggregate of the 1940 fiscal year south-west Valsequillo sector, Madrid, according to the Spanish $40.458,000,000, which is a new all-a Press, Agency.
Insurgent losses are described as President Roosevelt declared that is suficient.
In the course of his budget mes-ther the period of six years service
PARIS, Jan. 5. heavy, while many prisoners are some "self-liquidating" projects like claimed to have been captured. the Boulder Dam, which cost $120,- sage to-day, President Roosevelt re-in the reserve force will be retained,
FRANCE HAS BUDGETED and the cost of which was commended that the naval construc-or if it will also be prolonged.
The paper stresses that the recruit-
the air force in for a total expenditure of 271," ing campaign for years. "should occupy a
separate 6 to $270,000,000.
The
increase provides for a stait 1939 will be of unprecedented dimen- 000,000 francs for naval bases in category" in the budget.
Moreover
who to be made on the building of two sons, notably unong the students at the French Empire, for 1939. governmental
grammar schools a dozen
and expension public and financial organisations, like the Re- battleships in 1940,
Finance Corporation, of the naval air force by 33 planes have hitherto furnished the majority
of pilots.--Trans-Occan. construction
(Continued on Page 4.) and the Export and Import Bank,
Flerce fighting is stated to be pro-able to the Government in 60 for funds te increased by $115,000,-|
reeding-Reuter,
INSURGENT CHARGES
AGAINST BRITONS
London, Jan. 5. Viscount Halifax has ordered an enquiry into all the circumstances (Continued on Page 4.)
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LONDON, Jan. 6.
In details the expenditures provid- ed for are: 51,900,000 francs for Bizerta, 8,800,000 francs for Algiers, 852,000 francs for Casablanca, 28,400,000 for Dakar, 200,000 fennes for Diego Suarez, 20,550,000 francs for Saigon, 2,200,000 for Fort de France, and 484,000 for Corsica. The last-named expenditure is only for repair work.
45,000,000 for the first. section of the
Great construction work liad been started at Bizerta, providing for ex- penditure of 24,000,000 francs In 1939 IN CONNECTION with the alone, and the total costs would be recent heavy speculation in building programme, and 40,000,000 sterling, "Reuter" learns from franes for the second section. reliable sources that all banks
"Le Jour" publishes a list of ships and bullion firms have been to be constructed this year, which is asked by the Treasury to refrain as follows: The 35,000 ton battle- from alding speculation against ship Richelleu, which will be launch- sterling, either by means of ed in Brest on January 7 at a cost. of 1,227,000,000 francs, the Jean loans against gold, speculation Bart which will cost 1,407,000,000 in gold, or in foreign exchange.francs, and the Clemenceau and 1 further understood that all Gascogne, both 35,000 ton ships, banks operating in the countries which will cost 3,000,000,000 francs. adhering to the tripartite agreement, have received a similar request.- Renter,
WALL STREET SURPRISED
New York, Jan. 5. News from London of the Impost lion embargo on forward dealings in Kold has been received with can- siderable surprise, and sterling con- sequently strengthened to 4.64% dollars on bear-covering.
Foreign exchange dealers are of the opinion that the action will pre- vent a further drop in the value of sterling, at least temporarily, al- though it does not change the outlook. for sterling, which many continue to regard pessimistically,
A Washington message anys that it is Jearned at the Treasury that full co-operation is being extended here to the efforts of the British Treasury. to check speculation. Details of the steps being taken are withheld, but it
No less than 100,000,000 froncs are appropriated for the construction of high seas submarines, and the cost of two alrerafl-carriers, to be laid estimated at down this year, are 1,000,000,000 francs.
Between seven and ten million francs etch are to the account of aniler torpedo boals, provided for in the building programme.—Trans- Occan,
ANGLO-U.S. PROTESTS
Chungking, Jan, 6. THE BRITISII CONSULATE-
is presumed the Treasury is using its GENERAL in Shanghai sent a
relations and banking
close memorandum to the Japanese supervision of foreign exchange operation by the Stabilisation Fund authorities yesterday, raising with a view to furthering these opposition to any revision of the tariff in North China as report-
efforts.
It is understood here that similared. co-operative steps will be followed by Paris and Brussels-Reuter.
A protest over the revision is un- derstood to have already been sent by the U.S. Consulate-General In Shanghai a few days ago-Central
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