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THE CHINA MAIL,” TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1936

The China Mail NAVAL VISIT TO Here NO COMPROMISE

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IN SPAIN

ARMY'S AIMS IN THE REBELLION

CENTRE PATH IN POLITICS IS STOPPED UP FOR YEARS

He

Whether he

It

publication should be addressed toren, composed of the Yakumo and BATHING UNDER POLICE GUARD When Mr. Sean Lester, the Les- the Editor, and be accompanied by the Iwate, coastal defence vessels the Writer's Name and Addressor 9.010 and 9,180 tons respective-gue High Commissioner at Danzig,

and not necessary for insertion, buty, with 2847 officers, men

goes bathing nowadays, he enters as a guarantee of good faith. midshipmen under Vice Admiral the water under police protection. Zengo Yoshida, squadron comman- This precaution is not so much to

(By Bertram Willmore) der, will visit New York and an-save him from bodily harm as to chor in the Hudson River off 129th protect his prestige.

Herr Weise the leader of the "THE army is usually given, Jcapital in triumph, twirling in sitemap and nothing more formid- Street on August 25 (to-day), it} was announced recently by the German Nationalists, who are in

able than a gold-studded cane. opposition to the Nazi Government Spain."

The nation was still asleep The truth of this statement, Hong Kong. Toeslzy. Aug. 25, 1936, United States Navy Department

Visit To West Point of Danzig, also had a bathe recent- During their stay, scheduled to fly. When he emerged from the made in a press article of mine then, drugged by long years of Since that day it National Roads

and on September, the Japanese water he was greeted with insults in March, has once again been political corruption and cooked the tion in the country is still in-has awakened with a vengeance Hitherto Great Britain has sailors will visit West Point, the from the men and threatened with proved. Though the war situs-elections.

volved beyond any sure analysis and has. acquired a fiery politi- been practically the only im-Museum of Natural History, the sunshades by the women on

had it is already quite clear that cal faith, all the more fierce for without Queen Mary and probably other beach. portant country

Not Shell, But Soul national roads, with authority ships. They also will attend of- over its great thoroughfares ficial gatherings in New York and been reading the local Nazi press, the army has once again decid-being so extremely young.

and had "recognised the object of ed to try to dominate politics

with its pistols and artillery. - Gen. Franco's task is incom- distributed among a host of near by.

Undoubtedly Fascists andparably more difficult than that Both the Yakumo and the Iwate, its attacks.

Mr. Lester is not in the least public bodies, and with settled plan for their mainten-launched at the end of the nine-i ance. From next year, as Mr. teenth century, have won high dis-ruffled by the campaign against other Right Wing elements are of Gen. Primo de Rivera- Hore-Belisha told the House of tinction. They played important him. The other day he joined a eagerly supporting the revolt is fighting to subdue not the Commons last month, that lack parts in the 1905 sea fight in which small group of Danzigers who were against the Popular Front Gov-shell of a nation's body, but its Gil Robles' Catholic wins or not, much blood will of system will be replaced by the Baltic fleet of the Russian Em-looking at the highly Semitised ernment, though the attitude of new-found soul. Ministry of Transport control pire was annihilated and both were picture of him in Herr Streiser's Senor

Jew-baiting organ, the Stuermer. Action party, the largest party inevitably flow in Spain. over the greater trunk roads, active in the World War.

The High Commissioner smiled of the Right, seems to be un-he loses there will probably be ja terrible slaughter of his fol- Eis statement should dispel the Huge Complement

Undoubtedly, too, the murder lowers. natural fear that the Chancel Officers under Admiral Yoshida broadly at this travesty of himself, defined, as usual.

of the Monarchist leader, Senor If he triumphs he will have lor's appropriation of the Road are Captains Toshihisa Nakamura and quietly walked on.

Calvo Sotelo, was the spark as much difficulty in holding Fund indicated a slowing down and Kahuji Kahuča, Commander

somewhat premature from the down the masses with the point Engineer Your Daily Smile! Shimamoto. of the effort to make the high-Kyugoro

point of view of the army per- of the bayonet as he would a He will ways more adequate for traffic-Captain Hajime Mivate, Sargeon

haps-that started this fierce carpet in a typhoon There is everything to be Captain Fukuzo Harada and Fay-

constantly be faced with dis- said for putting roads that are master Captain Denji Fajita.

But the revolt had been care-content and desperate hatred in reality national under one Aboard the Yakumo will be 47 of

fully planned by the Army's instead of with tolerant indif- control, so that they will be ficers and 577 mes, and the Iwate)

leaders, and probably nothing ference. throughout their designed

will have as many officers and ten:

How long the civil war will length for the purpose they more men; at squadron beadquar A case was called in court. Mr. could have stopped it happen-

It nearly broke out last it is impossible to say. have to serve. Nearly a year ters, 11 officers and about 50 men. Smith, attorney for the defence, beging.

their ago Mr. Hore-Belisha announc In addition there will be 124 mid-ged the judge to postpone the case months ago, directly after the The Government have

have been speaking February elections. a few days.

whelming numbers on in increase

shipmen, 40 engineer midshipmen, all day in another court, and am

Parallel With Prime

side. The Army would have grants to the London au- 15 paymaster midshipmen and 30 rather exhausted," he said.

"Next ease," said the judge.

Just as in 1923, when Gen. overwhelming force if it had The lawyer in this case, too, arose Primo de Rivera took the law the support of the whole of the and begged to be excused. "L" said into his own hands from the Navy, the whole of the Air he. "have been listening all day to

country's unsuccessful poli-Force and the united strengths Mr. Smith."

ticians, the Army leaders of of the Civil Guards and Storm to-day had come to the con-Guards, but many units of these to be fighting en-clusion that they must "save forces seem

In fact, the against them. the country." "Yis, mum, lots of 'em," answered.

They were tired to distrac-Government's main hope of the prospective maid.

Then why did you not bring them tion of the anarchy and arson immediate success appears to

that have blasted Spain since lie in their keeping. with you?"

The conflict was hastened by "Well, mum.

tell the troot the elections, and were infurist- London, To-day.

they're just loike me photygraphs.ed by the half-hearted and de-the inability of Senor Azana sultory efforts of the Govern and later of Senor Casares The Post Office has announced None of thim didn't do me justice.”

ment to stop the rot. They Quiroga and their moderate The money, if ostensibly taken that it is hoped that most of the

Be took her hand in his and gazed Wanted authoritarian Govern- Republican Cabinets to keep the Left Wing of the Popular Front from the Exchequer, will in Scipio's air mail has been salvag-

To-day, however, this self-bloc from the exuberant cele reality be provided by the roadjed and will be forwarded to Lon-proudly at the engagement ring he ment at any price. users. through the licence don for delivery as soon as pos-had placed on her finger only three

days before

appointed task is far more dif-bration of victory at the polls duties that they pay. Else-sible-Reiter.

"Did your friends admire it?" he ficult to accomplish. Primo de by the burning of churches and where military necessities have Later: Two victims of the inquired tenderly.

They did more than that," she Rivera had only a corrupt and the terrorising or murder of determined the building of the

replied. "Two of them recognised moribund political system to political opponents:

(Continued on Page 6.) sweep aside, and he entered the

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the thorities, necessary financial adjustments surgeon training officers. of the new scheme have been! made it is probable that al heavier burden will be under-

taken by the National Exche quer. Under the five-year plan! the London authorities had brought forward schemes for roads that would cost £139,- 1000,000. The responsibility for carrying out that large part of these schemes which is con- cerned with trunk roads will now be undertaken nationally.

SCIPIO CRASH MOST OF AIR MAIL

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Officials of the Imperial Air-1 a proper system of develop ment, traffic congestion can be ways stated that the Scipio did diminished, it will probably do not send out any S.OS. messages: more to reduce casualties than and that the flying boat met with any other single measure.. the mishap during her usual Remedying Wireless alighting on the water.-Renter's

Interference

Bulletin Service.

MAIL FROM COLONY The Scipio, which had on board; Plans outlined by a special committee of the Institution of the mail despatched from Hong Electrical Engineers hold out Kong by the Dorado on August 14, the hope that "interference" crashed while alighting in Mir with broadcasting may become abella Gulf, off Crete, on Satur as rare as it is now common. day. The hope, it is true, is a little

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distant, and for its fulfilment transferred 130 lbs. of mail and will .require legislation. 1.68 kilos of freight sent from this Sources of interference are Colony, but only about 450 Hong many. Wherever there is elec-Kong letters for Brindisi, Paris trical apparatus at work,

on board whether it be in a power-plant and London remained

the Scipio crashed. for a vacuum cleaner in the home, there is a possible cause these the registered letters were: of disturbance to good wireless Four for Brindisi, 12 for Paris, 76 reception. Hence the 40,000 for London. There was no through complaints each year that the freight.

when

Of

and

London Post Office receives, These figures do not, of course, and the many hundreds of thou-take account of the mail sands of annoying incidents of freight picked up between Hong which it hears nothing.

Kong and Cairo. Fortunately the remedy is simple and involves no great cost. Electrical appliances can be so made that they will not be a nuisance, and the most important recommendation of the committee is that all Lapparatus sold in the future shall be so manufactured that

EXPLANATION OF TO-DAY'S CARTOON

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it will not interfere. A big-THE Steamship: “Drummond Castle" of the Castle Line: ger problem is that of dealing

with existing machinery. For sailed from Capetown for England this Parliament must settle on May 28, 1896 with 250 souls such difficult questions as who aboard.

is to pay the cost of altera- The vessel struck a rock near tions whether the man who Ushant, Brittany and sank within causes the trouble or those 8 minutes, shortly before midnight whose enjoyment is destroyed on June 16, 1896. Only one pas That really is a small matter, senger escaped with his life. He A nation that becomes more was Charles Marquardt, who clung radio-minded with every year to a floating spar all night until will not be content to tolerate rescued by Breton fisherman, endless vexing interruptions The only surviving passenger had when it knows that an easy cure been the occupant of cabin No. 18 is available.

laboard the "Drummond Castle."

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