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PATIENCE NOW EXHAUSTED

Military Dictatorship -All Over Spain GOVERNMENT DENIAL OF

SUCCESSES

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Lisbon, To-day. According to an assertion of the rebels' broadcasting station in Se- ville, the Madrid Government has resigned and has been replaced by a Revolutionary Committee led by the President of the Republic, Senor Azana. The Seville station also declares that the garrison ol Badajoz near the Portuguese from- tier has gone over to the rebels.

Paris: Among the conflict- ing rumours about the actual situation in Spain. the only thing that seems certain now is

that the rebels under General POLITICAL

Mola

the the

less

PRISONERS

RELEASED

the Over 40 Were Executed

In Canton

re

AMERICAN CITIZENS GIVEN

THIRD DEGREE

control of are in

05 part north-eastern country. The situation in the south of Spain is much clear. since although Madrid Government has peatedly broadcast statements that with the exception of Seville and Sargossa..the revolt in the south of Spain has been suppressed, Seville just as stub- bornly emits a stream of re-

[From Ger Own Correspondent? ports and "decrees" from the in- surgent General Queripo del

Canton, To-day. Llano, who has declared a

Hundreds of political prison- "Military Dictatorship" all over Spain, adding that the patience ers arrested by the police will Many of now ex-be set free to-day. of the insurgents is

them are innocent and are de- hausted.

tained only on suspicion. reported that. Among the prisoners are recaptured by Messrs. Perry Ho (Ho Yew- Joyal Government troops, support-tung); George Lum, and P. H. and Lum are ed by Popular Front Militia and Chang. Ho

registered the old American citizens aviation units. Alcazar, fortress of Charles V, which the with the American Consulate,

TOLEDO RECAPTURED Madrid: It is

Toledo has been

The Government

were

American-trained Nicaraguan national guards- men forced President Juan Sacasa to resign Inst month A machine-gun, unit, with a number of marksmen. is here shown at Managua during the Eghting. In the inset is the rebel "Strong Man," Gen. Anastacio Somoza

ANOTHER AMBUSH BY ARABS-

One British Soldier Killed And Four Wounded

Jerusalem, To-day.

Private Holmes of the 2nd Lincolnshires was killed and four other soldiers of the same-regi- ment-were wounded yesterday in

ambush by Arabs Tulkaram. The condition of two of the wounded men is serious.

Reuter

DEXT

MAYOR LIU IN SHANGHAI

To Report To General Chiang

Shanghai, To-day.

BRITAIN'S SEA DEFENCES

First Lord Defines

Policy

MUCH BLOODSHED

GENERAL MOLA REPORTED KILLED IN BATTLE

SHELLS DROP 40 YARDS ASTERN OF P. & O. LINER CHITRAL WARSHIPS OPEN FIRE ON REBEL PLANES

FLYING OVER GIBRALTAR

Lisbon, To-day:

The three loyal Spanish warships which bombarded Cadiz were bombed and sunk by insurgent aircraft, according to the Seville radio, controlled by the rebels.

A Hendaye message states that San Sebastian is reported to have been recaptured from the rebels.

According to a Gibraltar message great excitement prevailed there when Spanish warships lying near Gibraltar opened fire on rebel air- craft, which flew over the rock to escape the shells. Shells exploded over the naval cinema and the Royal Air Force headquarters, while -shrapnel fell close to the Rock Hotel and Catalan Bay village. No ca-

sualties are reported.

A party from three Spanish warships came ashore and requested fuel, which was refused. The warships then left.

Barcelona: The Air Force has sent peremptory orders to the rebels at Saragossa to surrender or be bombed. A military tri- bunal is expected to start functioning in Barcelona to-day to try the large number of prisoners.

Madrid: The main battles between the Government and the rebel armies are still awaited, but in the meanwhile the Govern-) NEW PROBLEMS INTRODUCEDment claims the captures of Tolden, Alcazar and Guadalajara, and forces are expected to advance on Seville, where the fighting of the local rival forces is continuing.

In a

BY AIR POWER

GERMAN BAN ON AUSTRIAN JOURNALS LIFTED

Sequel To New Agreement

Berlin, to-day-As one of the initial steps towards falfilment of the Normalisation Agreement with Austria, Germany has lifted the ban on some of the Austrian papers, which may again he sold in Germany, the Austrian Gov- ernment having taken a similar step with the German papers.-- Trans-Ocean Service.

MISHAP TO RM.A. DELPHINUS

Wing Damaged While Landing

A column of rebels under General Mola has arrived 36 miles

come

BARCELONA SACKED

BITTER CIVIL WAR

from Madrid and has Bloody Hand-To-Hand

with the into contact Government forces on

the heights of Buitrago. Another column

Mola's of General forces is reported to be in ac- Government tion at Villabla. troops are in readiness to meet a third column which is expect- ed shortly.

Street Battles

PRIESTS MURDERED BY COMMUNISTS

Perpignan, To-day. The bitterness of the Spanish

Saiping by alleged Fascists is civil war is proved by a first-hand

continually froma proceeding balconies and upper windows of

The

account of the sacking of Barce-

houses in Madrid upon persons in luna, sent across the frostier by {the streets. Government Renter's correspondent at Barce- claim to have won Barcelona after koma. He speaks of very bloody much bloodshed, in which a com- hand-to-hand street battles waged manique estimates that 500 peo-day and night for several days, ple were killed and 3,000 wound-armed civilians assisting the loyal Jed

London, To-day. speech at the Empire Parliamentary Association yes- terday the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Samuel Hoare, said that recent events had de- monstrated that naval strength which would have proved ade- quate in the past might no longer be sufficient to fulfil the demands of collective action and the unlimited liability in the Inresent and future. The Bri-

tish rearmament programme. was no more and no less than Mr. Liu Chi-wen, Mayor of proof of Britain's determina- insurgents had fortifed, is now which is unable to do anything. Canton, and General K. Ytion to provide for both self- was produced Wong, head of the Kwangtung defence against an aggressor held by the Government and it is No evidence said that many prisoners were against these two men, in spite Air Force, arrived this morning and the playing of its part in also of the application of "third de-aboard the m.v. Victoria from the enforcement by common made.

Hong Kong. Both are proceed-action of international obliga- asserts that the report of the in-gree."

beening to Kuling shortly to report tions. Over 40 people have

Sir Samuel admitted that the to Generalissimo Chiang Kai- surgents' capture of San Sebas- tian is false, San Sebastian and executed because they

shek. Reuter.

advance of air power had intro- the whole of Galizia being firmly charged to be Blue Shirts or

The news of their departure duced many new problems, but de-

It is learned that the R.MA: under the control of the Govern-Nanking agents. New arrivals

from Shanghai and Nanking or the Victoria was exclusive-clared that the well-established

doctrine that Britain depended for Delphinus, bound from Penang were often suspected of beingly reported in the China Mail.

its existence primarily on sea-to Hong Kong, was slightly

while damaged

landing at Tangier: Detachments from Tourane. What may have been British, French and Italian warting fire to churches and con- a major accident was averted ships are now guarding their vents and killing priests. The Power remained unaffected.

Referring to the Singapore by the skill of the pilot, Acting spective Consulates instead of the Catalan Government now claims. Naval Base, he said that the for Captain R. J. Ballantine. local police, in view of the alarm to control the whole province, ever, thought that they have come police chief, personally trained Arrives From Nanking

of a corps of detectives for ser-

British interests in the Far East when landing and one of the ence of the threat of the insur to depart to fight the rebels at to supervise the construction

By "Hai Chow”

would always be of paramount im-wings was slightly damaged.

Saragossa. some planes ordered from France vice in Hong Kong and Macau

The Government's portance, and the work which was

Madrid: It is assumed in order to watch Nanking

Imperial Airways decided to gents to make an air attack some time ago.

representatives. Vice-Admiral Chen Chi-liang, being carried out at Singapore substitute the Dorado for the

broadcast last night was the most that these planes, particularly the officials and.

It claimed bombers, are needed urgently in Ho, who has now resigned, se- Vice-Minister of the Navy in the was a vital contribution to the remainder of the journey, and warships in the harbour have ne

cretly left for Hong Kong Nanking Government, in command collective security of the British this plane left Penang at day- left and are anchored off Gibral-bopeful yet issued.

It was believed that they that the efforts to restore norma- Spain-Trans-Ocean Service.

yesterday.

of the 1st squadron, arrived in Commonwealth. The Naval base break and is expected to arrive tar

The Air COL. LINDBERGH Five journalists who had port this morning on the cruiser was regarded by some as a menace here late this afternoon. Cap. intended to bomb Algeciras last lity in the country have been

futile extra tain Lock is piloting the ma-evening, but the Spanish Foreign crowned with success. been imprisoned for their con- Bai Chow from Nanking. The and by others as

Legion is marching to Tangier to Forces are bombing two points IN GERMANY nection with Nanking papers customary, salutes were fired and vagance. It was neither one nor chine.

participate in a combined land and still in the hands of the rebels in the north-east, where the Gover- or for giving out facts detri-calls were exchanged between the the other.

air attack on the remainder.

ment expects to triumph within 24 mental to the interest of the visiting Vice-Admiral and

hours.-Beater.

ment.

MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT

Paris: The mission of the two espionage agents, and a reign Spanish aeroplanes which landed of terror was created by the po-VICE-ADMIRAL CHEN at Le Bourget on Tuesday is still litical detectives.

wrapped in mystery. It is, how- Lieut-General Ho Lok, the

IN COLONY

Gen. Goering's Guest Government will be re- Admiral Sedgwick.

For A Week.

“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

leased.

SINGAPORE BASE

The

Later: It is reported here that troops, while machine guns and ar- General Mola has been killed in tilery clattered incessantly.

The worst day was last Sun- battle-Beuter.

day, when at least 300 people jay dead at dusk. When the in- surrectionaries were quelled bands of anarchists and Com- munists looted the town, set-

Naval Guards For Consulates

tunes of the British peoples and machine was caught in a gust felt by the populace in consequ and civilian volunteers are able

Bear- After describing the three tasksj involved in the Government's pro- It is understood that calls be-gramme of rebuilding the deet, tween the visiting official and H.E. training personnel and modernis- General Yu Hon-mou, Pacifi-the Governor and EE. the Generaling the bases, the First Lord said cation Commissioner of Kwang-Officer Commanding will be e-that in the fulfilment of these Berlin, To-day. tung, will appoint one. of his changed to-morrow."

tasks he looked with confidence for Police Colonel Lindbergh arrived here subordinatė

the co-operation of the whole Bri- tish Commonwealth of Nations- British Wireless Service..

officers

on a special aeroplane from Chief of Canton. Cologne yesterday. Commandantį Colonel Kastner, on behalf of the Reich Government, was there to]: receive the guest Colonel Lind- bergh will be General "Goering's

KID "BERG TECHNICALLY KNOCKED OUT

*

AMNESTY IN AUSTRIA

Anunt-

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BRITISH CABINET

MEETING

Locarno Conference Discussed

Three of the 12 Government

CHITRAL'S NARROW ESCAPE Gibraltar: Shells dropped only 40 yards astern of the P. and O. liner Chitral from Spanish aeroplanes when it left Tangier Beater's Bul letin Service.

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IN HOUSE OF LORDS

London, to-day. Lord Halifax, ¡Continued in Pode 12)

Lord Privy Seal, announe-

the fed in

House of Lords NAVAL BASE AT CAPETOWN following a debate, on the subject

London, To-day. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Lore President of the Council, and Vienna, To-day.

Lord Hailsham, Lord Chancellor expectedly lenient amnesty NEW PERMANENT SECRETARY were both absent from the Cabinel London. To-day. decree has been officially an

OF ADMIRALTY.

guest in Germany for one week, New York, To-day. In a 10-nounced, under which 10,000 and many aerodromes and far-round bout here last night the Nazis, Communists and Social tories, including the Junkers works Italian Aldo Spoldi technically ists will be released or will London, today. Sir R. in Desaan and the Heinkel works knocked out Kid Berg in the se-have their terms of imprison-Archibald Carter has been in Warnennende, will be visited, cond round of a whirling bout.ment greatly reduced. Hence-pointed Permanent Secretary also the aerodromes at the Tem- Spoldi had thrice floored Berg forth only 224 political prison- the Admiralty, in succession pelhof and Doeberite Trans-when the referee intervened and ers will remain in gaol through the late Sir Oswyn Murray,

out Austria, Reuter

tish Wireless Service. Reuter stopped the fight. Ocean Service.

-The Parlia-yesterday, that the Prime Minister meeting yesterday morning. The mentary Secretary to the Admiral intended, before Parliament re latter is suffering from a chill and ty stated at Commons question-assembled, to take the necessary His confined to bed. The doctors time yesterday that he was not steps to ensure that the Ministry ap-have advised a complete rest from aware that any decision had been of Agriculture should be directly of State duty. It is understood that taken by the South African Gov represented in the Upper House. Locarno Conference, which starts at Capetown British Wireless among, junior Ministers-British

Kusel wireless Service. to the Cabinet meeting discussed the ernment to develop the naval base This will involve some changes

to-day Reuter's Bulletin Service Service.