1937-02-26 — Page 7

CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 26, 1937.

GRIM FIGHT OF MINERS IN HUNGARY: 250 FACE DEATH

Bitter Passions In "Sit-Down" Strike RAS DESTA

ENTREATIES OF WIVES IGNORED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Budapest, To-day.

Over 250 striking miners are facing a slow and terrible death as a result of their stubborn refusal to evacuate the underground workings which they have turned into a miniature fortress.

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France Seeks Recall

Of Volunteers

Paris, To-day.

The French Ambassador in London, M. Charles Corbin, has been instructed to press for re- call of the volunteers already in Spain.

This was announced in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday by M. Yvon Delbos, the Foreign Minister-Reuter.

ONLY ONE FLAG FOR NETHERLANDS

royal

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The water in the shafts is gradually rising and the air sup- ply has been cut off following the disabling of the pumps.

In spite of this the strikers have barricaded themselves in and have refused all entreaties to them to end the strike.

The strikers have picketed the entrance and are prepared, ther state, to resist efforts, made to evacuate them with force.

AGONISING SCENES Agonising scenes were witness- ed yesterday when relatives and friends of the strikers tearfully pleaded with the strikers to with- draw while there was yet time.

The board of directors of the

TENSION GROWING

The state of tension in the en-

FOUR POWER PACT RUMOURS

British Inquiry In Vienna

London, To-day. Questioned in the Commons regarding the reported offer by Germany to Austria of a Four- Power Pact, Lord Cranborne stated that the Austrian Gov- ernment had informed the Bri tish Minister in Vienna that no such offer was ever made. --British Wireless

CAUGHT AND SHOT

ROME, TO-DAY.

RAS DESTA, THE LAST OF THE GREAT ABYSSINIAN CHIEFS RESISTING THE ITA- LIANS, HAS BEEN CAPTURED AND SHOT BY A FIRING

SQUAD.

Ras Desta had been in hiding since his defeat by Marshal Gra- ziani, and was captured in the lake district together with a few followers, by an Italian flying column.

He had been given a week which to surrender but failed

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FREE STATE do so.

PACT

Satisfactory Changes In Agreement

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DUTIES REMOVED

London, To-day.

He recalled his recent statement after his conversations with Mr. that the arrangement

mine, which is situated at Funfkir- Minor adjustments the affecting chen, refuse to negotiate with the trade arrangement with Irish Free men, while the Minister of Trade, State concluded at the beginning of M. Geza Bornemissza, who was ap-1936, were announced by the Dom- The Hague, To-day.

pealed to, declared that the Govern-inions Secretary in a Parliamen No longer will two Netherlands ment would not interfere.

tary answer last night. · flags be flown following a

decree issued yesterday.

Hitherto two flags have been re-and several clashes have occurred cognised in the Netherlands, one between sympathisers with the red, white and blue, and the other strikers and the police. the banner of the House of Nas-. Three were killed and eight are sau, of orange, white and blue. in hospital seriously injured as a

ments for the regulation of United Now the former flag has been de-result of a police charge against a clared the official flag of the na-mob of demonstrators yesterday Kingdom imports of cattle and ba-

tion-Trans-Ocean.

tire district is increasing hourly De Valerue for another year.ba

Trans-Ocean.

BIG REDUCTIONS IN DUTY LEVIES

NEW BRITISH TRADE ACCORD

WITH CANADA

London, To-day..

The terms of the new Anglo-Canadian Trade Agreement, which remains in force until August 20, 1940, when it is subject to termination at six months notice, were published yesterday."

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a result of subsequent discus- After minor adjustments in the arrange that

con from the Irish Free State dur- ing 1937

Further, the United Kingdom Government have agreed to remove the present special duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem on live horses im- ported from the Irish Free State.

The Irish Free State Government, for their part, have agreed to re- move the existing emergency duties on sugar and subsidiary products. imported from the United Kingdom. The changes will take effect on Monday-British Wireless.

AUSTRIAN NEED FOR FUNDS

Vienna, To-day. Permission to float an Austriar loan of 180,000,000 schillings was granted by Parliament yesterday.

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BEEHIVE BRANDY

ORDERLY MARKETINGTM Canada lowers British prefer

The United Kingdom undertakes empowered to raise a credit of ential duties on 150 items affect

Schillings. Trans to maintain the existing duty-free 580,000,000 ing forty per cent. of United items but reserves the right to re- Ocean Kingdom imports into Canada. view the basis of preference as re-

For the of a pointer, Chan The reductions are mostly from gards dairy products.

Margins of preference for Cana-Shuen was this morning fined $50 22 per cent. to five per cent but

dian goods are continued, except în in default six weeks imprisonment in some goods the reductions range the case of dried fruits.

by Mr. W. Schofield at the Central from five to twenty per cent and Canadian meat and cattle con-Magistracy. Sergeant Estall said tinue to be duty free but Canaria that the complainant, Lo Kwan, ren declares her willingness to assist ported the loss of the dog and it the British Government to carry was later found that defendant had GILMAN & CO., LTD. cent out her policy of orderly mar the dog. It was suspected that he

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