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HIGH HOPES CENTRED ON ANGLO-IRISH CONVERSATIONS

LONDON, TO-DAY.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE NEAR

FUTURE APPEARS TO REPRESENT THE SUM TOTAL OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF! MR DE VALERA, PRESIDENT OF THE

IRISH FREE STATE, AND MR. MALCOLM

MACDONALD IN THEIR LONG PRIVATE

TALK LAST NIGHT.

No great immediate results are to be expected, and it is admit- ted that although the conversations yesterday lasted al-

REBEL CRUISER BADLY DAMAGED Struck By Heavy Bombs While Shelling Malaga

Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Secretary of State fo the Do minions, shown with his father, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald

FOREIGN

together five hours, they could not be regarded officially RESIDENTS

as "helpful"

Coming in the nature of a complete surprise to political circles, it IN GRAVE

is learned that the talks centred round present outstand-

ing points in the political and economic issues between PERIL

the two countries, without discovery any definite common ground of understanding.

Nevertheless, while no formal decisions were reached, it is ga

thered that the utmost cordiality prevailed and it is hoped that a basis has been made for furthe reonversations which will yield more concrete results.

NEVER HEARD OF

SOVIETS!

RUSSIAN FIND IN RUSSIA

TAKING THE TORCH BY ROADWAYS

Moscow, To-day.

HOSTAGE AGAINST

AIR RAIDS

Shanghai, To-day. Anxiety over the safety of The "Irish Times" says that the foreigners who are stil în peoples of both countries are more Shemsi and Mansa, particular- than anxious to put an end to the ly in the Sianfu area, has been present condition of affairs, which increased by an official admis jis both mischievous and foolish. sion that the Government is The Irish people insist that unable to bring them away by their representatives do not aban- aeroplane. don their efforts until an agree The Įment is reached.

CITIZENS OF EMPIRE ·

of Nations--Reuter,

Government cannot send planes to Sian owing to the danger of their detention

Estepona Falls To Rebel Forces

Gibraltar To-day.

It is oficially announced from Algeciras that the in- surgents have plated Este- porta. •It is understood that both sides suffered heary losses iz men-Reuter

HERRIOT ON ·

FRENCH AIM

FOR PEACE

STRIKING SPEECH IN CHAMBER:

AN INVITATION TO CONCILIATION

Paris, To-day.

M. Herriot began by survey- ing the work of the Chamber last year and then made refer- ence to international problems.

ATTEMPT TO

LAND TROOPS ON BEACH FAILS

BARCELONA, TU-DAY-

THE FRANCO CRUISER ALMIRANTE CERVIRA" IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BADLY DAMAGED, WITH HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE ABOARD, WHEN HIT TWICE BY LOYALIST AIRCRAFT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WHILE THE CRUISER WAS ENGAGED IN THE SHELLING OF MALAGA.

In the course of a violent assault by land, sea and air, in an attempt by the Burgos armies to take Malaga by storma, plans

Governor Frank Murphy of blem on his hands. Michigan, who has a strike pro- He was formerly Governor-General of the Philippines.

had apparently been made to land troops from the ses under the HOPE OF PEACE cover of the guns of the "Almirante Cervira," the "Lans Cana- IN GENERAL

rias" and a gunboat.

Intervention by a powerful bombing squadron frustrated the plan The Almirante Cervira was struck by two 200 lb. bombs and was compelled to limp off in the direction of Certa, with other craft following, being heavily bombed as they fied, ac- cording to a Valencia communique.

Much loss of life and damage was caused in the city by shellfire and aerial bombardment, but the land attack, which resulted in the capture of Estepona, was held up at that point.

Renter's. Barcelona correspondent says that many people were killed and injured and serious damage done to property in large-scale land, sea and air operations against Malaga,

From Valencia, Reiter gives a statement des-- cribing the engagement by the Ministry of Marine and reporting that two cruisers, a gumboat and a number of smaller vessels paratipated in the at-" tack, together with a squadron of two-engined bombing planes.

One of the Government machines, dropped two heary bombs on the Almirante Cervira, which hur- ried away to Ceuta and the other insurgent vessels dispersed very speedily:

HARBOURS MINED ROUND SPAIN Announcement By The Insurgents

BELGIAN VICTIM

OF WAR Body Begins Journey

To Brussels

MOTOR STRIKE

Governor Murphy Brings Leaders Together

New York, To-day. Peace temas in the General Motors strike were discussed at Lansing, Michigan, yester day at a four-hour meeting of the Thion leaders and repre- sentative of the General Motors Corplantin

The conference, was called by the Governor, Mr. Frank Murphy, and strong hopes are entertained that good results will be achieved. The delegates dispersed after four hours without making any aïnouncement, though the Secre- tary of Labour, Mise Frances Per- kins, said she had been informed that some progress has been made. It is generally supposed that

reached and that

able the delegates to consult with the interested parties before com mitting themselves.-Reuter.

OFFICIAL COUP IN AUSTRIA

It is generally conceded that the situation from a political by the rebels. standpoint is more hopeful to

It is pointed out that many Got day than it has ever been sincerament machines are already in

Operations in the Madrid sector are at a standstill. The de- the Fianna Fail

the hands of the Sian malcontents. came into

A striking speech appealing fenders are reported (by Trans-Ocean) to have made a series of some approach towards an under- Special assurances of immunity for amicable settlement of inter- unsuccessful counter-attacks in which several tanks were em- standing was power.

had to be obtained from General national difficulties was made ployed. The Bargus report says the tank column lost touch with the conference brake up to The processs

of taking a What the Irish people demand Yang Hu-chen before the Eurasia by M. Herriot, President of the the militiamen and several were disabled. census in remote comers of is firstly, a settlement of the eco-machine which took delegates on Chamber, in his inaugural ad- Soviet Russia has revealed the nomic war, and after that has a special mission and carried Li dress to the reassembled De- amazing fact that in Siberia been, accomplished, a permanent Chun-kan, Yang's emissary,

on Duties. there are numerous peasant agreement with Britain which will Tuesday was able to fly to Sianfu. Colonies, whose inhabitants safeguard their position as citi- And it is notable that the plane have never heard of the exist-zens of the Eritish Commonwealth was not permitted to bring the ence of the Soviet State!

foreign residents of Sianfu. This revelation caused such a

Belief is now entertained that hold between Mr. them in Sianfa as hostages in or- that such outlying districts, de Valera and Mr. Malcolm Mac-der to prevent aerial bombardment cut off from the rest of Rus.Donald are the subject of consi-of the city. Consequently, the for bad also and still extended it to ernment, mines have been laid in presentative at Madrid, who was sia through lack of means of derable comment and speculation eiga embassics have been advised communication, will, as quick-in the London newspapers.

to open negotiations directly with her former enemies of the World front of the harbours of Malaga, shot by militiamen,

Vienna, To-day. ly as possible, be linked with The impression in political cir-Yang Ha-chen and others in con-

admission of increasing other parts of the country by cles is stated to be that these dis-trol at Sianfa-Beuter.

Almeria, Carthegena, Valencia, aboard a

#25 placed Communist activity in Austria is FINAL PEACE STATUTE roads or, in some cases, rail-cussions form the first step to

Barcelona, Thragona, Bilbao, San- and brought to Toulon. Following torpedo-boat-destruyer

contained in an official communique tandar and Gifson ways-Trans-Ocean.

France had repeatedly attempt-

announcing twenty-six arrests. special" ceremonies yesterday, the ed to give other nations the final boars mentioned, a passage has station by a special military guard Relief organisation and they in- In the case of the first five har body was escorted to the railway be the leaders of the illegal Bed The men detained are alleged to peace statate just as she once gave however, been left for ships. of honour, where it began its jour-clade the "supreme leader" of the them the Code of Infilividual Rights. Trans-Ocean.

VALUABLE FIRST STEP

profound impression in Moscow London, To-day. The unex-Yang Hu-chen purposes- to

that it was forthwith decided Pected pourparlers

TAIKOO DOCKS TRAGEDY

wards the improvement of Anglo- Irish relations, which have been under a cloud ever since the Del Valera Government took office in 1932

Reports from Dublin correspon- dents also show that a similar im to have been

Two Men Knocked Into pression appears

Water

produced there.

In the capital of the Irish Free

BIG LILLE STRIKE SETTLED

Foremen Decide To

Return

Paris, To-day.

Two workmen, Cheung Kau and State, it is believed that Mr. De tries of Lille has at last come to The strike in the metal indus- Tung On, were knocked into the Valera wishes to arrive at a set an end after engineers and fore harbour while working at Taikoo tlement of the differences between men, who had been on strike for Docks yesterday and have ap- Gt. Britain and Ireland in view of the last four days, agreed to re- the Parliamentary elections which use their duties and press their In a report to the Police, Mr. will be held in the Irish- Free Bird, said that the mea were State in the autumn in connection with the employers.

demands by direct negotiations

parently been drowned.

from a gang of coolies loading with the new constitution.-Trans- iron plates on to a lighter. One Ocean.

of the iron plates slipped and knocked them into the water. They immediately disappeared and though every search was made for them, they have not been found.

PEI CHUNG HSI TO FLY NORTH

HITLER DEFAMED IN PAMPHLET

Confiscation Order In Holland

The meal workers accordingly returned to work in the factories yesterday morning.

France, declared M. Herriat, had often been slandered.

The fact was that she had done nothing but extend her hand

Salamanca, To-day. in true loyalty to her friends and nouncement of the Burgos Gov-grave, the Belgian Diplomatic re According to a new official an-j The body of Baron de Borch-

War.

She had sét great hopes on the!

League of Nations which, despite many disappointments, she

BARNETT 50 NOT OUT stili trasted and hoped to perfect

France did not want to build up had scored 92 for one wicket at Hobart, To-day. The MC.C.

of any other nation. She knew game against a combined Tasms- its own prosperity on the poverty lunch to-day in their three-day that the race in armaments was nias eleven. Barnett was 50 not (Continued on Page 5). out at the interval-Beater

Forty-Hour Week Planned

Railway Workers In France

Paris, To-day.

Paris, To-day.

ney to Belgium-Trans-Ocean

HOLDING FORT IN LEGATION

Removal Requested By Valencia

Stockholm, To-day.

The diplomatic representative

Communist Leaders Arrested

An

Communiste, whose name is kept a secret.

A large quantity of propaganda is reported to have been found at the secret headquarters of the or- ganization.

It is understood that further ar- rests are imminent-Bexter.

DRAMATIC DAWN.

· ....

of the Valencia Government here, RAID IN Madame Falencia, has requested NEW YORK the Swedish Government to evict the representative of the Burgos Government, Senor Fiscovitch, francs and extra annual sup-from the Legation premises, if Piscovitch

The strike had lasted altogether 54 working days. As regards the A Bill providing for the in-port to be included in the na-necessary, by force. Pompey Steel works arbitration, troduction of a 40-hour week tional Budget, while the plan refuses to vacate the Legation and an award has been made which for the French railways is to proposed by the railway trade intends appealing to the Courts provides that strike leaders must be laid before the Council of provides for the additional sup-for, a decision Trans-Ocean. be reinstated but are to refrain Ministers by the Minister of port of three milliard francs. fram active service as works coun- Public Works, M. Albert Be This likewise, should be placed CONNECTED WITH ECONOMIC A message from Kweflin states

A pamphlet defaining Chancel-cillors for a period of me year. douce. that General Pel Chung-hai, will lor Hitler, published by the Left Trans-Ocean.

on the Budget. fly to Shanghai to-morrow to meet Wing"politician, Maurits Dekker,

Two plans for covering the Mr. Wang Ching-wei, the former has been confiscated in the Eot contains "serious charges against tern will entail have been pre-troduction of a 40-hour week extra costs which the new sys- It is estimated that the in- Premier, and then go to Fenghua, terdam, Dordrecht, and Vardin- the head of a State with which sented.

Canton, To-day.

Amsterdam, To-day.

Racketeering Gang Broken Up

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New York, To-day... By a series of dramatie dawn raids, the New York police have- teering rings in the United States broken up one of the largest racke BLOC OFFER?

Seventy men and women weze The Hague, To-day, arrested. It is stated, that the It is announced that the Prime gang operated a daily lottery called, will necessitate 60,000 addi-Minister, Dr. HL Colijn, will leave The Number Game" and the tak employees. Trans-to-day. a short vacationings were estimated at US$5

abroad Trans-Ocean.

1000,000 annually-Reuter.

to interview the Generalissimo. -gen, by order of the States At Holland is maintaining friendly One, by the Railway Com- tional Our Own Correspondent.

torney in Rotterdam, because it relations."--Trans-

pany, calls for eleven miliard Ocean.

for

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