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FIGHTING IN SPAIN BELIEVED

STRIKES ALL OVER

FRANCE

POLICY OF NEUTRALITY

CAUSES UNREST

PREMIER WILL APPEAL TO NATION BEFORE ABANDONING STAND

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Paris, To-day:

About 7,000 workers of the Michelin rubber' works occupied the factory and captured the manager and several foremen, lock- ing them up, as the result of a fine imposed on one of the workers. The captured manager and foremen were only released after? several hours by the police.

The strike called forth strong protests from the non-Com- munist workers, who were not willing to strike and marched to the Prefecture, about 2,000 strong, most of whom were members: of the ristian Socialist Labour Unions, hoisted the Tricolour, and de inded that the striking workers be driven out of the factory by any possible means,

According to reports from Marseilles, the workers of the heavy engineering industries have proclaimed a strike and oe- cupied the factory buildings, while messages from Amiens and Aisne announce that the textile industries and the building trade workers are likewise on strike.

REINFORCEMENTS FOR PALESTINE

12 lafantry Battalions As The Nuclers

London, To-day. General Duli-accompanied by Colonel N. J. Simson as Chief of Steff. will command the for- ces in Palestine, consisting 11 infantry battalions and two cavalry regiments, in addition to tanks and engineers. The reinforcements consist of 12 in- fantry battalions plus gineers, etc.. commanded Major-General Armitage, who is taking the whole headquar- ters staf of the first division. The first reinforcements will sail on Scturday-Peuter.

NAZI PARTY CONGRESS

en-

by

Hitler Wildly Cheered On Arrival

SOVIET AS “PUBLIC ENEMY NO 1"

Nuremberg, To-day.

Meanwhile the Premier, M. Leon Blum, has emphatically i declared that he will resist the extreme Left Radicals and maintain neutrality in the Spanish civil war. The Pre- mier says he will appeal to Parliament, and if necessary to the electors, rather than have! the neutrality broken. The offi- cial. "Gazette." which had not| as yet published the embargo decree, now publishes an an- nouncement to all exporters that they are forbidden to tranship or export war material to Spain or the Spanish colonies.

Trans-Ocean Service.

MR. BALDWIN INDISPOSED

Holiday Extended To October

London, To-day.

Royal Romance

The Hague, to-day. -- Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has officially informed the ex- Kaiser of the engagement ́of her daughter, the Princess Juliana, above, to Prince Bernard zar Lippe Eiesterfeld, a nephew of the last reigning Prince of Lippe. The flags were immediately hoisted at Doorn House, ex-Kaiser will be represented by an Aide-de-Camp at a religious service to be held at Door- Reuter's Bulletin Service.

The

GEN. CHIANG'S

NEXT TASK

Chengta Incident To Be Settled

NEGOTIATIONS PENDING

[From a Special Correspondent]

Court

Boldab

AMCO

Steel Windows and Doors

ANDERSEN, MEYER & COMPANY, LIMITED Tel. 28091- Sole- Agents Tel. 28091 David House, 2nd Floor

REACHING DECISIVE STAGES

GEN. PEI TO

BE FETED

TO MEET CHIANG AT WHAMPOA Warm Welcome Being Prepared In Canton

GENERAL YU RESIGNS

[From a Special Correspondent] Canton, To-day. Generalissimio Chiang Kai-sbek sent an aeroplane to Nanning to welcome General Pei Chung-hsi to Canton yesterday, and it is defin- itely learned that the latter hasi promised to come to meet the Generalissimo at Whampoa to-day| or to-morrOW.

When the news reached here; the people prepared to give General Pei Chung-hsi a hearty welcome, for the co-operation of Generalissimo

Chiang Kai-

shek, the Napoleonic soldier of China, with his former Chief- of-Staff, General Pei Chung-hsi, the Chinese military brain, will have a great moral effect defensive military affairs in China.

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*Lient-Col Galan, commanding the Spanish loyalist troops checking the advance of the rebels in the Some Sierra mountains north of Madrid, is here shown as be conferred with foreign journalists following a decisive defeat of the Fascist forces:

TOLEDO THE NEXT GOAL

FRANCO CLOSING IN ON MADRID

Shooting Affrays In San Sebastian

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CONFERENCE FAILURE

·CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Lisbon, To-day.

Fighting in the Spanish civil war now seems to have reached its de- cisive stages. It is stated that a most sanguinary battle is now in progress at Talavera de la Reina, where General Franco's troops are trying to break through in the direction of Toledo.

North, of Madrid, in the Gua- darrama Mountains, the troops have drawn a barrier, and from the south and the west the troops of General Franco are drawing in on Madrid. The Nationalists assert that their northern and southern armies have already established

con-

The Madrid Government zömits that the counter-offensive of the Red Militia on the Telavera de la Reine front failed to reach objective.

LISBON NAVAL MUTINY nection with each other.

SUPPRESSED

.

ABSOLUTE CALM REIGNS

HERNANIE ABANDONED

Its

It is understood that Géneral, Pei's new position as a member of the Standing Committee în the Military Affairs Commis- sion is a very important one. for he has to look after the work As the result of the mutiny of two warships a state of art the of Harmanie, which is for the Generalissimo, who is caution has been formally proclaimed - troops are contined to about 10 km from San Sebastian, concurrently the Chairman of barracks and strategic points are occupied by the police, who the Commission

GEN. YU RESIGNS

Lisbon, To-day.

The Red troops have abandoned

are guarding the Ministries and public buildings. Six people without trying to offer resistance. were killed and nine wounded in yesterday morning's bombard-At Fort Guadaloupe, which the Na- occupied an Monday

ment.

While the dispute between Nan- An official communique states that the mutiny of the war- king and Kwangsi has ended and ships has been suppressed and all the mutineers imprisoned. It the unification of China is com-adds that the mutiny is condemned by the navy and throughout plete, General - Yu Hon-mow. the country. Absolute calm reigns in the country. — Eenter's Canton, To-day.. Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Bulletin Service. Since peace between Nanking Route Army, has suddenly sent in and Kwangsi has been conclud- his resignation to the Generalis- Though his resignation ed, the attention of the people is now focussed upon the com- has not been accepted, whether ing Sino-Japanese negotiations General Yu will leave his office jof the Chengtu incident. The or not is not yet known.

It is stated in well-informed Generalissimo, being the Acting

simo.

down to the

It is announced that the Chairman (since Mr. Hu Hon-circles that General Yu is dis- Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley min died) of the Central Exe-satisfied with the expenses of his Baldwin, is extending his holi-cutive Committee of the Kno-Army being cut day until October on the advice mintang and concurrently Act-minimam, and two of his 10 divi- of his doctors, who express the ing Chairman of the Central sions being transferred to serve opinion that he needs a further Political Council, President of ander General Li Yeung-long, who rest as he has not yet sufficient- the Executive Yuan and Chair will lead them into the Province ly recovered from the severe man of the Military Affairs of Chekiang.

been Commission, has ed back the above

mental and nervous strain of the past 12 months.

to Nanking institutions.

call- ABSOLUTE CONTROL NEEDED

by

It will be recalled that the 10 It divisions under General Yu were

He will continue to maintain is officially reported that the nationalised as Central troops by close touch with his colleagues Generalissimo will return to the the Generalissimo, and the latter jon questions of major import-Capital before the Double wants to have absolute control of ance, but has asked Mr. Neville Tenth, and he will go back at all the armies in China, so that in Black Guards standing shoul- Chamberlain, Chancellor of the any moment if he is urgently a case of emerency he would be der to shoulder lined the Exchequer, to replace him at wanted. Madame Chiang will in supreme command of all the

guard the off-the mass meeting of the Con- probably return to Canton to- available forces. cial delegates arriving for servative Party Conference at day or to-morrow.. the eighth Nazi Party Con-Margate on October 2. Reu- gress, opening to-day, Herr ter. Hitler arrived from Berchtes- gaden. yesterday afternoon and

streets to

was wildly cheered when hę ap-

ACCOMMODATION

peared on the balcony of his INCREASED

hotel.

On “Hindenburg'

An exhibition opened yesterday More Berths Arranged aims at impressing the visitors regarding alleged Soviet atrocities, | and the slogan "Bolshevism

asi World Enemy No. 1” is likely to be the keynote of most of the speeches

-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Berlin, Today,

LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE ALTERATIONS

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MILITARY SERVICE IN BELGIUM

Possibility Of Term Being Increased

Brussels, To-day. -There is a possiblity that Belgium will follow the Russian and German examples, and in- crease the term of military ser vice. The mixed commission on the organisation of Belgium's defences has recommended that the term of service of the in- fantry be extended to 18′ months' and of other mits to 12 months.

Beuter's Bulletin Service.

TOURIST CRUISE INTERRUPTED

"President Hoover”. Held Up In America

San Francisco, To-day.

Some 500 passengers touring the world on the liner President Hoover are held up here, as well as an accumulation of mail for the East, as a result of the sixth postponement of the sailing of the liner for the Bast, owing to officials" dis- charging the ship's labour delegate, causing the crew to walk out. Reater.

An earlier message stated that an exchange of shots be tween Portuguese warships which had mutinied and a Lis- bon fortress was reported in messages received in private circles in London.

It was reported that shells had been falling in Lisbon Harbour.

The fire of the fortress eventual- ly disabled the warships, which were later towed ashore, the 'muti- neers being arrested.

tionalists

DYNAMITE STORE IN PATH OF BUSH FIRE

Film Stars' Holiday Cottages Also Threatened

Los Angeles, To-day. The summer cottages of hun- dreds of film stars on Malika Beach are threatened by a bush fire raging within four miles of the film colony's seaside pisy. *romadi. Despite the effects of 500 fire-fighters, the flames approaching an explosive store, where a ton of dynamite is kept for blasting pa poses. ~~Renter.

276.

Telephonic communication bet tween London, and Lisbon was in- terrupted for some time yesterday.Inight after the fort had been de-

KING EDWARD'S

HOLIDAY

Cordial Welcome At

Vienna

serted by the Reds, the Nationalists

held a thanksgiving service last

night, during which the old Spanish Colours, red, yellow and red, were hoisted

SHOOTING AFFRAYS Shooting affrays between Popa- flar Front adherents and Anar- chists still occur in San Sebastian, the outskirts of which the Na- HM the King, travelling home tionalists claim to have reached. from his holiday cruise incognito, Three Government planes again reached Vienna by train at 1 pm bombed Irun

London, To-day.

and Foenterabiz yesterday. He was welcomed in They crossed French. territory, the the name of President Miklas and without being molested by the Austrian Government. The French air police. British Minister, Sir Walford Sel-

CONFERENCE CALLED OFF ** by, was also at the station.

Paris: The conference of Am A. Vienna "message states that bassadors, which was to have been there was great enthusiasm held at St. Jean de Luz and had throughout the city and British as its goal in view the humanisa- colours, were to be seen on many tion of the Spanish civil war, has buildings. His Majesty's visit is been called off, since the new Ca- expected to last three days-Bri-ballero Government does not re

It is learned that if General Yu It is definitely confirmed that does not withdraw his resigna- the Central troops are moving tion, General Chen Sheng will back to the North except those succeed him as the Pacification assigned to stations in Kwang- Commissioner for Kwangtung. tung, and the Kwangsi troops are retreating to their own dis- tricts. As for the 19th Boute Army, they are making no ad- vance, and are waiting for fur- ther instructions from Nan- king. Dr. C, H. Kung, the formation, the Lawn Bowls According to our latest in- Minister of Finance, is coming League programme for next down to Canton and will go to

Saturday has again been Ten 2-berth cabins and two sin-Kwangs so as to stabilise and

jchanged and the Civil Service reorganise the Kwangsi cur-Cricket Club will, entertain Herr Hitler has invited more gle-berth cabins will be added to guests of honour from Britain than the present accommodation of the rency himself.

Craigengower "B" at the Valley ever before. Invitations have airship Hindenburg, since it has

in the First Division; while the been sent to 1,200 members of Bri-been found that the present accom-

Police will meet the Civil Ser-i tish society, Government

officials modation is not sufficient to cope

vice Cricket Club in the Second with the rising demand. Hence- Pressure is probably highest Division on Sunday, and not on forth the Hindenburg will be able over the Pacific to the east of Saturday as previously stated,

Canton, To-day-The radio Madrid: A communiques claims to carry 72 passengers instead of Japan; it is relatively low over because of the former's anusi According to a message received telephone service between Canton that the Government forces are 50 as before.

S. China and the Pacific to the aquatic championships, which by the American Consulate General and Shanghai will start this mouth, masters of a great part of Huesca, least of the Philippines. The take place on Saturday. The new arrangement will be forecast for to-day, as issued has occurred of General Victor ready for the flight to America on by the Royal Observatory this Franke, aged 70, commander of September 17, and the airship is morning, - was-^ South and the German forces in South-west booked to the new capacity for South-west winds, moderate; Africa during "the Great War.

that voyage. Trans Ocean Ser-air generally with local show- Beater.

and politicians-Reuter.

GENERAL. FRANKE PASSES

Hamburg, To-day-The death

Fvice.

ers.

WEATHER REPORT

{Home football and cricket re- walts and American tennis scores will be found on Page 6.3

TYPHOON IN PACIFIC

tish Wireless Service

moguise the negotiator, Senor. Cas- tro, who had been sent here by CANTON'S RADIO TELEPHONE the previous Government. Trans- SERVICE" TO OPEN SHORTLY Ocean Services

SUNGOVE CLAIMS

from the Manila Observatory, at and Canton will be able to speak The insurgents have withalzwon to 8.30 am. to-day a typhoon was to different parts of the world the centre of the town, where they situated in about. Longitude 131 through the Shanghai station. It are organising resistance in - the- B., Latitude 15. N., moving west-ĝis learned that the fees for the largest modern buildings. The north-west. The position is about Canton-Shanghai service will be Government artillery is shelling 500 miles east of Manila, well out $10 for every three minutes. —ver buildings of the military

the open ser

Our Owa Correspondent.:

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