Wednesday,
SPAIN AFTER FRANCO
937 DAYS
OF WAR
Insurgent territory in black)
PORTUGAL
FRANCE
AFTER 572 DAYS
OF WAR
A year ago fo-day.
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FRANCE
AFTER 18 DAYS OF WAR August 3, 1938,
PRANCE
ATTEMPTS
TO CONTACTİ KULING
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH . February, 15, 1939.
OCCUPIES
CATALAN FRONTIER
ZARAGOZA, FEB. 14.
THE INSURGENTS YESTERDAY COMPLETED OCCUPATION OF
THE ENTIRE FRENCH FRONTIER,
Numerous contingents of Insurgent troops, including heavy artillery units, are now being sent to the central front.
BRITISH RECOGNITION
Dissatisfaction At Premier's Move
LONDON, Feb. 14. A MEETING OF the National Council of Labour in the House of Commons this evening ex- pressed grave disantisfaction with the Prime Minister's state- ment with regard to the aues Hon of the recognition of General Franco,
The statement is regarded as giving no assurance that it would be passible
any action which
any
ENTIRE
News is
Knowledge
QUESTION: Why is America to hold naval manoeuvres in the Atlantie?
ANSWER This Is America's answer to troubious Europe.
Illtherlo America has been
Insurgent headquarters are actively preparing plans inclined to leave the Atlantic to
for a new offensive, probably aimed against Madrid.
The Quarter-master's depart- death warrants, Senor Manuel Car- ment is organising a new supply rids, President of the first Revolu- service for the central front, Motors works, who is accused of tionary Committee of General while railway engineers have already embezzling 300,000 pesetas, repaired
Sonor Madrid Zaragoza-Emillo Morales, President of the re- line, which had dynamited in several places in 1931 Senor Francisco Piquer, an anarchist beevolutionary Motor Car Union, and |by the Loyalists.
accused of the murder of five priests in Barcelonu.--Reuter Special,
Alicante
the
It was reported in Valencia this morning that the Layalists are still resisting un the outskirts of Cam- proden.
The Loyalists in that zone still hold Llanas, Freixanet, Molle, Daget, Sierra de Sangrau, Sierra Caballira and Cano-United Preas.
ART TREASURES IN LEAGUE CUSTODY
Geneva, Feb. 14.
care of
the
U.S. COMMODITY PRICES
for the Government to delay taking i A speclul train arrived here on might scem. to Monday from Spain with 1,840 pie- Diem to be proper.
tures, statues, and other art objects, Th Council expressed profound! which will be handed over to the
League opposition to
recognition
of personal Generd Franco as long as the "tent Nations Secretary, M. Avenol. ilmate Government in Spain" con-
These
art treasures which have been taken from Spanish museums timed to function,
For such recognition, the council and private collections, will be ex- to hibited in the library of the League declares, It would be necessary bring in a low against the wishes of of Nations. Proceeds of the sale of the great mass Aritish public admission tickets will be used for Spot
Spanish refugees.-Trann-Occtu.
opinion. Reuter Special.
SWISS MINISTER
TO BURGOS
100 DIE IN RAID
London, Feb. 14.
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
New York, Feb. 14: New York Cotton
of
Opening
Closing
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7.41 /44 7.44b/40R
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May
Sept.
Dec.
New York Rubber
7.41/41
the British Ainutle Fleet and take the Pacific Ocean as her naval slamping ground,
But the voices of Europe's dictators became audible on the athre alde of the Atlantie thla year,
First, Amerlen announced that the squadron now on temporary duty in the Atlantic would be permanent aquadron from Janu- ary 8, 1939.
Second, she set about building a mighty Atlantie Fleet round thin nucleus. This fleet will grow as fast as how ships can be bullt, Estimates of Rs cost are as high ns £640,000,000. I will Include 12 battleships and 35 cruisers.
When this new fleet is com- picted the American Navy will be bigger than the British.
RANGOON
BOMBING OUTRAGE
7.42/42 "Sit-Down” Strike In
7.45/45
9.01 N
Burmese School
15.00/95 10.10b/110
RANGOON, Feb. 14. 15.95/05 16.12 /12
WHILE DISTURBANCES re- 15.07/10.01 10.12 /13portedly continued in Rangoon 16.12b/a and various other districts in To-day Sales:-4,560 toas. First Notice Day for March Rubber
Burma, an artifical bomb was
Berne, Feb. 14. The Spanish Press Agency at The Federal Council has derided Valencia reported to-day that mure to transform the present Swiss re-than 100 dead and 200 wounded had presentation at Burgos Into a Lega- been recovered from the debris nt flon, and will nok General Franco's Jativa, an Important railway june-is Feb. 27 and the last Notice Day hurled on Monday afternoon at Government its consent in the tion, 40 miles south-west of Valencia, | March 29. nomination of a Minister-Reuter, which had been bombed by five
HOUSE TO DERATE RECOGNITION
Halian planes.-United Press.
200,000 SEEK SANCTUARY
ter.
Miny
July
Sept.
Chicago Wheat
67%/0716 675%/078%
405/40
49%/493%
Sept.
BARCELONA TRIALS
Perpignan, Feb. 15.
49%/4936
Winniper Wheat
Aloy
6214/0253
the Rangoon District Court building, temporarily housing the Senate.
2. Meanwhile, the street car and bus
677%/01 681%/60 A constable on guard was wounded 08/08% in the face. By the time the ex- London. Feb. 14.
Paris, Feb. 14. Saturday's Sales:- It is estimated that Asked in the House of Commons 1.
total of
plosive was thrown, the Senate had Jo-day by Maior Clement Attlee 200,000 Spanish militiamen have
3,300,000 bushels. jalready adjourned. The outrage was Chicago Corn whether
understood to have been prompted the British Government crued into France since the frontier May
1012/48 to create an issue taking advantage of would submit to Parliament their was opened to them last week.--Reu-July decision on the question of
494/1994 the current session of the Legislature, recognis- ing General Franco's
50%/50% Government. the Prime Minister replied that the
continued in Rangoon on flouse would be given opportunity of
024/82% Monday.
disperse strikers 43 /02% 63%4/03 "picketing" along the streets, police- men wearing masks fired tear shells and arrested 25 persons.
Male and female students were still 'Montreal, Feb. 1.
"a sit-down strike" in the carrying on RETURNING TO NORMAL
Germany is reported to have pur- National High School. On Sunday Barcelona is rapidly returning to chased the entire season's output of several thousand native citizens and normal, with foodstuffs arriving in, dried apples of the Canadian Mari-strikers pleading sympathy with the large quantities dally, the re-opening time Provinces for Immediate de-student strikers paraded the city of cinemas, and the resumption of livery-Reuter. some of the public services, accord- ing to a Trans-Ocean" despatch from the Catalan capital.
Naval Officers To debating the matter should a decision who were raptured by the swift Oct.
Attempt Journey
be taken one way or the other.
He stressed, however, that the Government would not defer its deck- son if it was thought that the ap- ropriate moment for action of that kind had arrived.-Trans-Ocean.
Press Conference And Censorship
SHANGHAI, Feb. 14. A JAPANESE SPOKESMAN said to-day that British and American officers were planning to leave Kiukiang for Kuling in the near future in an effort to contact foreign residents in Kuling, and to prepare arrange- ments for this evacuation.
Lundun, Feb. 14. Major the Hon. J. J. Astor was TC- The spokesman said that official elected President of the Empire Press messages from Klukinng did not Union on the motion of Sir Roderick mention whether British and Amer-Jones, at the Union's annual meeting can sailors would net as escorts for to-day. the evacuees, hut such a plan may, be possible.
Major Astor, referring to the He added that two army represen-pointed out that this year's annual forthcoming activities of the Union, tatives had arrived at Kiukiang from conference in June would provide a Shanghal to carry on negotiations more ambitious programme than of with the British and American recent years, officers. The Japanese officers had The conference would discuss the been delayed in reaching Kluklang relationship between governments owing to bad weather conditions, and the press. Reuter. which fareed them to
make poor
travelling connections by air.
The spokesman said that I was learned there were 18 Americans at
Moscow, Feb. 14. The Soviet-Lithuanian trade agree Kuling, and not 12 as previously ment has been signed at Kaunas. announced.United PrČER
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Reuter.
1 is reported that 300 Loyalists July
talled in Barcelona next week. Insurgent drive will be court mar-
The huge dimculties of feeding over 1,000,000 Inhabitants have now with grain, caimed goods and meat been overcome, while ships, loaded
continue to arrive dally.
vices will resume after the bridges,
It is expected that the train ser-1 destroyed by the retreating Loyalists. have been repaired.
DEATH SENTENCE
Burgos, Feb. 14. The Insurgents have sentenced to} President of the People's Tribunal in death, after trkal, Senor Barrlobero,
Barcelona and Madrid.
6343/633;
streets.Doniel.
Japanese Again Blockade Concessions In Hankow
SHANGHAI, Feb. 14.
ACCORDING TO a Hankow report, the reason for the Japanese embargo on foodstuffs entering the French Concession, which was suddenly imposed again on Tuesday morning, was retallation for the action of the French authorities, forbidding Japanese troops to pass into French Concession through ü newly-opened back-street.
The Japanese authorities not, only refused to allow foodstuffs Other trials by court-martial have to pass into the Concession, but begun here, the accused Including Senor Emilio Ventura, ex-President they are also subjecting both of the People's Court which sat foreigners and Chinese to very aboard the prison hulk Uruguay, and strict control when passing in who is alleged to have signed many and out of the Concession.
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At the same time, it is reported that the Japanese authorities have refus-
ed the International Red Crossin Hankow a permit for the transporta-
Fresh Clashes On Border Russo-Japanese Tension Grows
HSINKING, Feb, 15.
tion of rice for refugees, demanding ANOTHER SERIES of "Ineldents" that all rice be handed over to the is reported along the western border Japanese-controlled Hankow Peace near the Argun River. Maintenance Commission for dia- tribution.
Dispatches from the frontier out- posts say that a Japanese patrol on The Red Cross has refused to guard at Chilalin on the Argun River comply with this demand.
was suddenly fired on by Soviet
It is recalled that a similar dis- troops from the opposite side of the pute arose at Nanking as well as border river about 7 a.m. on February In Shanghai between the Japanese 12. authorities and the Red Cross, when Another clash occurred at the same the Japaneso, resented the Red place at 7 Croas distributing relief goods Soviet and Japanese frontier guards, a.m. Monday between directly to refugees-Trans-Ocean. Details are not reported yet.--Domel. TO DEMAND RELEASE OF SHIP
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Washington, Feb. 14.
with the Soviet authorities through 6, Queen's Road C. (3rd Floor); opposite Dairy Farm's Fountain, Q's Rd. C. the Japanese Foreign Office in Tokyo furging immediate release of the 5% Four 10,000-ton cruisers, San Hakuyo Maru which was seized by Francisco, Quiney, Tuscaloosa, and the Soviet officials in the Northern Houston, will join the new Atlantic Waters on November 14, last year. Squadron in June on completion of a goodwill visit to South African cities. with the Soviet authorities by the
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Bled. The Atlantie Squadron which was Foreign Office regarding the case. created last year, now consists of The Soviet authorities four battleships, eight light cruisers, seizure of the vessel which belongs to admitted 17 destroyers, and one supply ship--the Marine Product Experimental Reuter.
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