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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1936

TO PROPOSALS ITALIAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION

SOVIET REPLY

BY THE POWERS

Ammunition Question

Raised

NOT TO BE INCLUDED UNDER HEADING OF INTERVENTION

-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Moscow, To-day.

On behalf of the Soviet Govern- ment the Foreign Commissar, M. Litvinoff, handed yesterday to the British and French Ambassadors the Soviet Government's reply to the joint proposals of their Gor eraments contained in the Note of December 4. regarding the situa tion in Spain.

The Soviet Government declares itself in agreement in principle

tervention:

* IN ABISIMA

Bome, To-day--A. commisique from Addis Ababa states that Italian forces are starting a

punitive expedition in the Harrar region, “and adds that brigandage in Abyssinia bas-now been cons pletely stamped out. It is re- ported that 26,000 rifles and 112 machine guns were captured from" the Abyssinians" in the recent encounters. Rester's Bulletin Service.

CHINESE DOMINATE

SITUATION

Early End To "War" Expected

RADIO OFFICE TO BE SOLD Negotiations Now Under Way

POSTMASTER-GENERAL

INTERVIEWED

If the negotiations. which are now being carried on, are success- fully concluded before the end of the month, the Government Radio Office will pass into the hands of a privately owned telegraph com- pany on January 1, next.

Interviewed by the China Mau this morning. Mr. E. I. Wynne- Jones, the Postmaster General, said that he is not in a position | to state what the reasons are for the Government `wishing to dis Aske pose of the Radio Ofice. whether it was because of finan A Chinese telegram claims that cial losses, Mr. Wynne-Jones: re

Peiping, To-day.

The postmaster General

con-

with the adoption of the measures the Suivan troops captured plied. "There are many reasons." for preventing any international Tamiao, the last important strong- danger arising from the Spanish hold of the invaders in Northern cluded by saying that he was very civil war, but at the same time Saiyuan, last night. One division makes the important reservation of the Manchukuo irregulars are that he is, at the moment. that the ammunition supplied to reported to have been annihilated not able to reveal the name of the the Caballero Government should The victory heralds the early end company with whom the Covers- not come under the heading of - of the fighting in Northern Sul- for which the Radio Office will be ment is negotiating, and the sum yuan which is now being dominat-

disposed of. ed by the Chinese. The Soviet Government sup-

The Great Northern Telegraph Before the present campaign. Company, and the Eastern Exten- ports the proposal that participa- tion by foreign volunteers in the this part of the province was only son Australasia and China Tele Spanish civil war should be pre- nominally controlled by the Sui-

graph Company, Limited, are th itself vuan Government whose authority only other telegraph concerns in rented, and also declares prepared to co-operate in an at- ceased north of Pailingmiao.

the Colony. tempt to bring the conflict in Reuter

Mr. H. R. Butters, from whom ¡Spain to an end through media-

3. Wynne-Jones is taking over ¡tory action.

ever, that preliminary negotia- tions with other Governments, re- garding the form such mediation should take. will be necessary.

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It considers. how- WHERE IS WANG the position of Postmaster-Gener

the

YING?

Mongolian Commander Reported Missing

Canton, To-day-

al would neither confirm nor deny the report.

--

ARMISTICE PROPOSED Paris: A proposal that a Christ- mas armistice of eight days, be-

New It is reported that the where tween Christmas and Year, was made yesterday to Gen-abouts of the Mongolian Comman-

the Basque der, Wang Ying, is not known, and .... eral Franco by Separatists, according to reports his troops have already been re- received here. The answer of organised by the General Franco has not yet been Commander, Li Shou-szen revealed.

MALICIOUS REPORT, Rome: Reports that Italian volunteers are being transported

NOBEL PRIZES

Presentations Made By King Gustav

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Stockholm. To-day The Nobel prizes were awarded Manchurian to-day in Oslo and in Stockholm Bu-during impressive ceremonies. The mours are current that he was winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, either sentenced to death by for- von Ossietsky, was not present to eigners, because he had lost the receive his prize, but in his ab- and serice. Professor Friedrich Stang strongholds of Paklingmiao Tamizo, or that he has filed.

gave a short äddress in his honour, j Hearing of the loss of Tamiao. which the Swedish Aftenposten! to Spain to fight on the side of the:

divisions characterised as "The most singu- Nationalists are denied here in the three Manchurian informed circles and are charac-under the directions of the for-lar speech ever made about a man terized as false and deliberately eignets at. Dolon have proceeded who had won the Nobel Peace

to Shangtu, Pangkiang and Chang-Prizt." malicious-Trans-Ocean Service.

pei, one division for each place, to strengthen the bandits there From Our Own Correspondent,

COUNCIL MEETING Geneva: The League Council meeting opens at 5 pm. to-day discuss the Spanish situation. The

fact that Britain, France and Russia will not be represented by their Foreign Ministers has dis- appointed the Spanish Govern- ! ment, but it is not expected that the Council will make any im- portant statement.-Reuter.

NO SERIOUS CLASHES

around

THE TSINGTAO PROBLEM

Two Fresh Incidents Crop Up

Canton, To-day.

It is stated that at 730

3.22.

King Gustav himself”presented- the prizes in Stockholm in the presence of the Royal family and members of the Government... Dié to mess, the Literature prize-winner. Eugene O'Neill, could not be present and was represent- ed by the American. Minister to Sweden.-Trans-Ocean Service

MARRIAGE AT REGISTRY

Viatskih

Oslo: Among the absent win- the ners "were' Dr. de Lamas, Chilean Foreign Minister, winner of the Peace Prize for 1936, and Though it has been periodically Herr Ossietsky, winner of the Madrid: No serious engage-

the rival forces reported that the Tsingtao problem Prize in 1935, who is at present in ments between

letin Service. have been reported on the fronts was going to be settled by the hospital is-Berlin-Renter's Bul- Chinese and Japanese authorities, aerial the city beyond bombardments on the capital bywo different incidents happened

there yesterday morning. insurgent planes and air raids on the insurgent lines by Govern-yesterday, the Tsingtao University ment planes.

was raided by Japanese bluejackets

Martin at Catalonia and a number of books were taken The Government states that their forces are at-away by them Admiral Shen. tacking the insurgents on three Hung-lik, the Mayor, is at present

A quiet wedding took place at The Basque Government doing his best to prevent the stud the Registrar's Office, Supreme fronts. at Bilboe has ordered all represents from making more trouble. It sentatives of the German and Ita-is learned that at the same time! Court, this morning, when

Hugh Martin, of No. 321, Avenue lian Governments to leave.. Fifty there was a fight between the for:

Petain, Shanghai, and Miss British subjects are leaving Maeigners and coolies at the wharf Eugenia G. Viatsich, of No. 700, drid to-day. Better's Bulletin when a consignment of goods were Avenue Petain, Shanghai, were married before Mr. T. 5. Whyte- Service.

Smith, the Registrar of Marriages. Witnesses to the ceremony were

OBITUARY

Luigi Pirandello,

The Playwright

Rome, To-day.

seized by the Maritime Custom From Our Own Carrespondent.

KWANGTUNGS THREE YEAR PLAN AWAITS APPROVAL

Mr.

Messrs. T. A. Martin and A. S.

Adamson.

The newly-married: couple ́ ́are Canton. To-day-It is officially leaving by the s.s. D'Artagam for stated that the Kwangtung Pro-Shanghai this afternoon. vincial Government has concluded! the details regarding the three-

The death occurred here yesteryear plan for the province, and

FORTHCOMING - WEDDING.

day of Luigi Pirandello, the famous they have been sent up to the Ex- The forthcoming wedding has playwright. Reuter's Balletincutive Tuan for approval. From been anounced, of Mr. Albert Cross, Service.

well-informed circles, it is learned a marine engineer residing at Pirandello was born in Sicily in that the plan deals largely with No. 7, Homantic Street, and Miss |1867 and was educated in Rome, win-i

the Nobel Prize for Literature the Government productive in-Louise Mary Jorge, of No. 186.

ning

in 1934 He had many publications dustries and the national defen- (second floor) Boundary Street, to his name including "Better Think sive work in South China.

Twice About It" (1923). "The Naked From Our Own Correspondent Froth"" (1934), and "Information on

My favoluntary Sojourn Д the Earth (1935)

POPE ADVISED TO REST UNTIL CHRISTMAS

Vatican City:: A bulletin issued this morning states that Pope Pius

2.

Kowicon.

Office in the course of man-exe

•{planation of the present status of

WARNING FROM the Sino-Japanese negotiations in

JAPAN

Prepared To Take Action

Nanking***

The spokesman -recapitulated he anti-Japanese incident and maid that, resultant on the negotiations following the Cheng: In all sits on Angust 14, it was | spent a satisfactory night and is

declared that the Chinese →→Gov- making hozzal progress towards

Tokyo, To-day. Pernment had accepted the four recovery. He got up for a short The Japanese are prepared to points mentioned on December 4, time yesterday and, walked to his take adequate measures should but that subsequently the Chin- study, but be has been medicaly Japanese lives and property in ene Govermanent "took advantage | advised to remain in his private Chinx be feopardised and Japan of the East Suyuan question to apartment until Christmasese rights and interests violated, threaten to repudiate” “them”- Berter's Bulletin Service.

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