1937-02-13 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13, 1937.

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GREAT NEW BATTLE

BATTLE FOR

MADRID IN PROGRESS

BOTH SIDES CLAIM SUCCESS IN FIRST CLASHES

Paris, To-day.

The latest bulletin of the Madrid Defence Com- mittee says that the Government troops made a successful attack on the rebel positions in the re- gion of Moncloa and Les Rozas yesterday.

The rebel front line trenches were captured with the aid of ***tanks.

There is no change on the front south of Madrid, adds the bulletin.

PAPAL ANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATED BY ·

MASS

FIFTEEN YEARS AS POPE

Rome, To-day. The fifteenth anniversary of the enthronement of Pope Pius XI was celebrated here yesterday by a Mass at the Sistine Chapel in the! presence of 29 cardinals, the entire Diplomatic Corps at the Vatican and His Holiness' relatives.

The bulletin also claims that a rebel attack in the Guadala- jara sector was repelled on Thursday night, while the Gov- ernment troops captured several rebel troops outside Madrid yesterday.

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COAST TOWNS SHELLED - Rebel warships shelled the burbs of Valencia and Alborayo yesterday morning, according to re- ports received here. >>

Several buildings were destroyed

Representative of the international brigade now fighting round Madrid, this group is made up of a Russian, a Mongol and an Irish-

man

by the bombardment and a number mm/HXKULKEURIN}@XX£#PHTKELLELUKKEEZHZEEOZXFKKZULINETTENT of casualties reported.

The loyalist coastal batteries re- plied to the fire but failed to regis- er any hits-Trans-Ocean.

-NAVAL CONTROL

London, To-day. A communique issued by the sub- committee of the non-intervention committee after its last session Owing to his illness the Pope was yesterday, declares that the com- unable to attend the Mass in permittee discussed various technical son but he received several ecclesi details of the control plan and astical dignitaries who had come drafted

recommendations

be to Rome especially for the occasion submitted to the main committee.

Trans-Ocean."

The question of control of the Portuguese coast was not discussed

GERMAN SERVICE

Berlin, To-day.

to

Italian War Games In Mediterranean

Rome, To-day. Practically the whole Italian fleet, comprising – nearly 200 vessels, will-participate in manoeuvres off the Labyan coast from March 10 to March 28.

Signor Mussolini will attend the exercises in person and will take the occasion to open a num- ber of public works in Libya.

Reuter

RIBBENTROP'S TALK

Four Main Topics

London, To-day,

The visit paid by the German Am- bassador, Herr Joachim von Ribben- trop, to Lord Halifax, the acting Foreign Secretary, lasted nearly

two hours

The London papers agree that political questions were discussed only in a general manner.

The main topics of the conversa-

The anniversary of the Pope's during the session as the Port-tion were the Franco-Soviet Pact, The RMLS. Empress of Russia" the Spanish question, the colonial enthronemment yesterday was cele-guese delegate had not yet received

definite instructions from his Gov-is due at Nagasaki to-morrow at problem and Herr Hitler's Reich- brated at St. Hedwig's Cathedral.

The service was attended by Seernment, and will therefore have to 6am., leaves at 5 p.m., and leaves stag speech

be discussed at the next session of Yokohama

on February 18 at The papers stress that the talk cretary of State, Dr. Meissner, as the representative of Herr Hitler, the committee.-Trans-Ocean.

6 p.m. for Victoria and Vancouver, was of an informal character only. B. C.

Trans-Ocean.

numerous representatives of other Government departments and prac tically the entire Diplomatic Corps, including the Ambassadors of Great Britain, France, Italy, Poland, Brazil and Argentina.......

The Bishop of Berlin, Count von Preysing, officiated The Papal Nuncio in Berlin was unable to at- 11- tend the ceremony owing ness-Trans-Ocean.

COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN CANTON

Establishment Of Free Schools

FINAL BATTLE?

Avila, To-day, What appears

final to be the battle for Madrid. began yesterday when the insurgent offensive was continued with increasing violence.

Artillery and planes carried out an intense bombardment of the lovalist lines and the attackers claim that they have made fur- ther advances of primary strate- gic importance.

"All my soldiers are 100 per cent. Spaniards," said General del Lano, the rebel commander, în refuting] the allegation that Malaga had fallen to foreign troops instead of to rebel regulars-Reuter.

Canton, To-day. no education.

Mr. Liu Shek-sam, Commissioner It is also reported that in order of Social Affairs for Canton Muni-to raise the standard of the Gov- cipality, in order, to enforce com-ernment Primary Schools in the pulsory education in the city, has Municipality, Mr. Lin has issued a established a large number of free decree that all teachers in Govern- schools with 686 classes for the ment schools are to receive further children of the poor. The police are framing," and special class has instructed to search for children be been e ablished for this particular tween 8 and 12 who have received)

Our Own Correspondent.

Coughs Are Catching!

In theatres, cinemas, dance halls and at sporting events, as well as in trams, buses and trains, you are continually exposed to the risk of catching, colds and developing coughs and throat affections.

Respiroids, inhalant lozenges, provide an effective barrier against coughs and colds, and minimise the risk of infection. They are pleasant to take, and are so designed that their curative elements are conveyed immediately to the nasal passages, throat and lungs, where the risk of infection is greatest. Carry them with you; they are convenient for the pocket, and be prepared for their immediate use when you encounter a crowd. Obtainable from chemists.

RESPIROIDS

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