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REDUCED MILITARY ACTIVITY AROUND THE SPANISH CAPITAL

NEGOTIATIONS MAY

BE SUSPENDED

JAPAN'S REAL ATTITUDE IN SUIYUAN SOUGHT SPECIAL CHINESE INVESTIGATORS TO MAKE ENQUIRIES

(From A Special Correspondent)

Canton, To-day.

It is stated in well-informed circles that the Chinese Gov ernment will temporarily suspend the negotiations on the Sino- Japanese relations, until the Japanese Government shows its real attitude towards the Saiyuan situation. Rumours are current in foreign circles that the eighth meeting between Mr. Chang Chun, the Chinese Minister, and Mr. S. Kawagoe, the Japanese Ambas- sador to China, will be held on Monday next, but this is not con- firmed by Chinesc official circles.

Mr. Tuan Mao-lan, Secretary to the Chinese Foreign Minis- ter, will fly to Peiping to-day and there he will meet Mr. Ko Chung-mu. Director of Asia Bureau of the Chinese Foreign Minis- try, who already left Nanking by train early this morning. It is reliably learned that Messrs. Ko and Tuan have been appointed. special delegates to investigate the question of whether the inva- sion of Suiyuan Province by the Manchuria-Mongolian bandits is actually supported by the Japanese authorities or not. They will go to Saiyuan together from Peiping by the Peiping-Suiyuan | Railway.

BELGIUM'S FRONTIERS

Special Measure Of Defence Adopted

Brussels, To-day. The Committee at Defence in the Belgian Chamber has adopt- ed a clause in the Defence Bill providing that certain contin. reasts of the army may he enlist- ed for 18 months in order to protect the frontier-Rester's Bulletin Service.

DOCK STRIKE AT BORDEAUX

FRENCH SHIPPING HELD UP

París. To-day. Bordeaux harbour has been completely closed to traffic since Thursday, as the dock-workers are

on strike and are preventing all

situation has become

so critical

A battery of Government artillery, outside the town of Escacs, which was held by rebel

·' forço, although Catalonian Government troops sturonimded it. The gun, well camouflaged, spat death day and night.. Enesca was also 'bombarded by artillery in the outside forts of Moute Aragon and Estrecho Quinto, which were captured by Goremment volunteers.

...

It is reported that during the Japanese Cabinet meeting yes-ANTONIO terday, Mr. Arita, the Japanese j Foreign Minister, reported that the real attitude of the Chinese } Government towards the Sino- Japanese relations will be de-i finitely understood after-the (coming eighth meeting between

the Chinese Foreign Minister) jand the Japanese Ambassador.

As for the Suiynan problem, it has nothing to do with Japan. If the troubles should spread wide enough to violate Manchurian or Japanese inter- ests, the Japanese Government WD, not confine itself to the

role of a bystander.

UNSATISFACTORY

German Agreement With Japan

SOVIET DEMARCHE

Moscow, To-day.

It is officially announced that!

Ambassador

to

at

PRIMO DE RIVERA EXECUTED

Exceptional Reprisals May Be Expected

de

-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Paris, To-day. Senor Antonio Primo Rivera, son of the late Spanish dictator, was executed yesterday morning by a Red shooting squad in the prison yard at Alicante geol, where he had been interned. after having been sentenced to death by the Red People's Tri- bunal. The Spanish Fascists, it will be recalled, had warned the Premier, Senor Largo Caballero, that exceptional reprisals would be taken if the death sentence on Senor Primo de Rivera

were executed. Trans-Ocean Service.

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

Reciprocal Trade Measures

BRITAIN TAKES FIRM

STAND

BOTH SIDES CLAIM SUCCESSES

OPERATIONS HELD UP BY WEATHER

2,000 FRENCH SOCIALISTS ARRIVE TO FIGHT FOR REDS

Madrid, To-day.

There was reduced military activitiy round the capital yes- |terday, largely owing to the bad weather. The spasmodic fight- ing in the vicinity of the model prison was mostly confined to rifle and machine-gun fire and occasional artillery salvoes. There was no appreciable change in the military position, and no air raids. A message from Avila states that snowstorms are raging to the north of Madrid in the Guadarama Mountains and around Es- corial and the Gredos Mountains. The snow is 20 inches deep in some places, and the operations have been temporarily upheld. According to a message from Barcelona the Prado Museum at Madrid was bombed and set on fire by incendiary hotabs dropped by insurgent aeroplanes, according to an "announcement by the Generalitat. — Reuter.

.-

Madrid: The Defence Committee, in a communique, claims that the viclent fighting in the University City sector on Thurs- day ended in the Goverment is recapturing all the buildings oc- cupied by the Moroccan try 6 Insurgent counter-attacks yes- terday morning were repuls with considerable lowes, and eight | insurgent" planes were brs ht down in air battles in Madrid -

yesterday.

Seville: An offcial insurgent | broadcast claims that the four- gents occupied the high ground in the University- City and re- pulsed with heavy losses the

mostly by columns composed.en- tirely of foreigners.

NO SEARCH BY INSURGENT SHIPS Government counter-attacks,

WILL BE TOLERATED

London, To-day.

Barcelona: Some 2,000 French Socialists, including wo-

Only" Child's Play"

GERMAN U-BOAT SUNK

Eight Members Of The Crew Reported Missing

Berlin, To-day. >The German aubmarine Ü 18 was smk yesterday in a collision during torpedo prac tice at Bayludeck. Eight men- bers of the crew are missing while 12 POSTC rescued Reuter

It is understood that Britain will not tolerate any action by men, arrived yesterday to fight General Franco's warships outside the three-mile limit, which it for the Government-Renter's would be only suicide for him to try under belligerent rights. Bulletin Service. This means that the search of British ships on the high seas by Insurgent Government warships will not be tolerated. The right: to search within territorial waters is rather obscure. Apparently the Spanish Government, as such, is entitled to stop and search; British ships within the three-mile limit, but Britain will not sub-killed and many others injured. mit to search by General Franco, either within or without terri-during the bombardment of Ma-| || BE CONVENED

Paris: About 500 people were LEAGUE SHOULD

torial waters, inasmuch as he does not represent for Britain a re-drid by 20 three-engined Nation- cognised Government.

Emphasising Britain's deci sion to stand by the Spanish non-intervention agreement "Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secre tary, speaking at Leamington yesterday, said: "Because someone who should be a fire-

ANTI-GOD IN RUSSIA

man takes a hand in feeding AMAZING APPEAL

PUBLISHED

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Geneva

DECISION REQUERED

"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Geneva, To-day.

alist bombing planes on Thursday Opinion Expressed In afternoon, according to messages arriving here, which add that frightful havoc has been” “eansed: in the capital by exploding bombs. the detonation of which was }heard within a radius of 40 kilo-|

metres. The raiders dropped 601 The convocation of the League tons of bombs over the districts of Nations Council: is demanded Je mal des Nations to near the northsetz: zzñhway station,[by-the the Royal Palace, the War Ofice[élucidate ti situation created and the Toledo quarter:

through the recognition of the

One of the bombs struck two Spanish Nationalist Government by German and Italy, "since the Zurich, To-day. fully-crowded tramcara. The undecision as to which of the Span- The ruthless methods advocated fortunate passengers of the two ish delegations is to be admitted by the Soviet Russian godless cars were literally tern to pieces when the commission for the re- FRENCH UNCERTAINTY movement in the war against the and the cars were completely de-form of the League meets on De Paris: The French uncertainty peaf which has been issued to the

churches is shown by the latest ap-molished

cember 7 cannot be left to the

SOVIET RUSSIAN the German Government needed mic and cultural character, con- 18 to the future trend of her policy godless associations throughout the thorities hope that the demoralis-

The Nationalist military ad-League's door attendante.”.

TRIAL

Grave Charges Against German Accused

Novosibirsk, To-day. Allegations that the German en-

gineer Stickling and the other ac- NEW MARRIAGE

crised

caused poison-gas to

cerning both States.

decided to order

ber.

that

ships. from entering or leaving the the Soviet harbour. All the gates leading Tokyo has informed the Japan

the flames that is no reason from the city to the harbour have ese Forega Minister that the!"

why the whole fire brigade been barricaded and even the rail-

should leave. their posts and way depot has been occupied. The Japanese explanation of the al-

join in fanning Europe into a leged agreement between Japan)

Berlin, To-day.

furnace. Our decision was the and Germany to fight Commun- that the large shipping lines are ism is unsatisfactory and likely

The Austrian official visit has right one and we mean to main- considering using another har seriously

been concluded. A communique tam it" - Reuter. prejudice the bour for ships coming in from

Soviet-Japanese relations. He says that M. Schmidt bad several 'overseas.-Trans-Oveɛn Service.

added that the Soviet Govern-friendly conferences with Baron ment could not understand why von Neurath of a political, econo- the help of the Japanese police,sions resulted in secord of the re- reflected in an article by a writer Russian movement, M. Jaroslawski. bombardments will play an im-tionalist Government. by Germany The paper considers that the The discus- regarding the Spanish confict a world by the leader of the Soviet ing effect of the continuous aerial recognition of

the Spanish Na and vice versa, in order to in their own country. struggle against Communism spective views, and the Ministers on political affairs in the Ouere, and is published by a local corres-portant part in convincing the and Italy is a more serious matter

a considerable who declares that complete tmeer-pondent here.

Beds of the uselessem of fur- and a greater threat to peaco The communique adds that increase in the

amount of re-tainty as to what measures should the Japanese Foreign Minister ciprocal trade. Negotiations for be taken prevails in Government The appeal declares: "We want ther resistance. Pamphlets drop- than certain previous occasions- to destroy by fire churches through-ped by the Nationalist planes such as the rapture of diplomatic made no reply. Reuter.

a new trade agreement will begin (circles in both England and France.

out the world. Our godless move during the raids on at Vienna on December 7-Reu-

Thursday relations between two countries- England, the article'continues, is ment has become a tremendous warned the Beds that the serial which caused the League to take evidently inclined to leave France movement, whose task it is to stifle bombardments already carried not action. to her own devices, since England's all religious feeling Our move were but "child's play, compared It is asserted, however, main interest in the threatened ment represents only a partial as to what is yet to come."-Trans League quarters have not been LEAGUE COVENANT PRINCIPLES blockade of Mediterranean har-pect of the class war conducted by Ocean Service.

surprised by the German and Its- Second Reading In

bours seems to be directed towards the Communist Internationale London, To-day-The Eston securing a promise from General against capitalism and the bour-

lian step, which was regarded as Commons ian Government has sent the Franco that a free zone will be geoisie. We must therefore in MINE TAKEN IN foregone conclusion and which,

Secretariat of the League of maintained for her ships. France, tensify the godless movement and day,

London, To-day.

ABYSSINIA Nations a memorandum on the however, possesses no such attitude blow up the foundations of the old The prosecution introduced two By 78 votes to 12 a Marriage application of Article XVI of of disinterestedness » and would world. No power on earth will be groups of witnesses One testi-Bill which seeks to widen the the Covenant, and the Belgian prefer not to recognise a blockcade able to save the capitalist world

Italians Encounter fied that the defendants' activities grounds for divorce to desertion, la communication concerning the timest, but it appears now as from destruction.”—Trans-Ocean Little Opposition were limited to spreading dis- cruelty, habitual drunkenness and application of the principles of though the critical international Service. affection, among the workers and incurable insanity, was given a the Covenant. British Wire- situation had forced France to act endeavouring to undermine the second reading at the Hruse of less Service

Rome, To-day. only in complete agreement with Stakhanov movement in the West Commone yesterday. The author

England-Trans-Ocean Service.

Official messages from Addis ern Siberian mines, and the other of the measure is the private

only exists after recognition of Ababa report that an Italian OXFORD UNIVERSITY: HONOURS group of witnesses alleged that member for Oxford University,

FIGHT OF BLOCKADE.

belligerent rights, and even then force has occupied. the pro- there was a link between Trotsky Mr. A. P. Herbert, and during the

London: In coramenting on the only conditionally inter alia on the vince of Jimms. while another and the Nazis through Sticking, debate speakers from all sides of) London, To-day. - The Albanian position" "created by z communicablockade being effective. Incident-column has taken possession of who was engaged "to organise a the House, after declaring that Government has sent the League tion from Burgot, the newspapers ally the recognition of belligerent the Juvda platinum mine in the Avenal, the terrorist group, with the object of they themselves were most hap- Secretariat for registration several emphasise that the threat to rights would not of Hself involve centre of the Wallaga district, restoring capitalism and intro-pily married gave the Bill their agreements with the Italian Gové bombard...

very; dff-the recognition of the Burgos an-135 miles north of Gore. Practic ducing a Fascist regime into the support, British

férnment dated March 19 and May|ferent thing from the » do-ithorities as a Government Brit-fally, no opposition was,Encounel Doeti Soviet-Beuter.

(30, 1986-British Wireless Service, claration of a blockade.". The right ish Wireless Service.

Itered Beateri

be released in many shafts of the

Kuznets mines,

ing the workers to "die like rats," were made-by a witness at the second session of the trial for sedition which opened on Thurs-

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vice:

BILL

ALBANIA AND ITALY

of blockade under international law

in any case, is taken to be a less- er evil than would have been Italy's official resignation from the League on the anniversary of the day of the opening of sane=" Itions, which had been feared by some people. Trans-Ocean" "Ser- vice

to-day

MJOSEPH AVENOL

Oxford,

wis couts Wireless-Bersion.