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NAVAL

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 27, 1987.

SUPERVISION OF SPANISH COASTS

CABALLERO SPANISH

THREATENS

TO RESIGN

Valencia, To-day..

One of the most sensational de- velopments in the Spanish civil war occurred yesterday when Senor Lar- go Caballero, the Spanish Premier, published a long document virtual- ly threatening to resign. --

Senor Caballero stated that if he continues to meet opposition în the matter of home policy he will relinquish his post.

The resignation of the Premier, who enjoys the confidence of the Trade Unions and the President,

would be of far wider significance than an ordinary ministerial crisis. -Reuter.

NEW MAYOR FOR CANTON

Change Of Posts With Nanking

Canton, To-day,

It is reliably reported that Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, Mayor of Canton, will be transferred to Nanking as Mayor while Mr. Ma Chiu-tsun, the present Mayor of Nanking, will be appointed Mayor of Canton.

This will give facilities for Mr. Tseng to attend to the affairs of the Ministry of Railways for he is con- currently Vice-Minister of Railways. -Our Own Correspondent.

£100,000 damage was done by grain stores blaze at Todireni, Rumania..

Southern Rhodesia has a plague of locusts.

Martin Threatens Ford Strike

New York, To-day.

Mr. Homer Martin yesterday announced that the Automobile Workers' Union would begin immediately the organisation of a campaign among the workers in the Ford Motor plant Edgewater, New Jersey. Reuter.

at

LAST OBJECTIONS

REMOVED

SOVIET NOT EXERCISING RIGHT

TO PARTICIPATE

LONDON, TO-DAY.

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT PUBLISHED YESTERDAY EVENING CONFIRMS THE REFUSAL OF EITHER THE SO-

DETONATORS AMONG VIET OR PORTUGAL TO PARTICIPATE IN SEA CONTROL OF

POTATOES

Ruse Fails On-French Frontier

THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR.

The communique states that The announcement is interesting the Soviet representative an- in view of the fact that it repre- nounced that his Government did sents the first time that the Soviet not at present claim to make use has officially informed Turkey of of the right to participate in movements of men of war, as was stipulated in the Montreux Con- naval supervision.

vention-Trans-Ocean.

Paris, To-day. The strict watch that is being kept on the frontier separating France and Catalonia has led to the adopting of all kinds of ruses in an effort to evade the control plan. in the presence of its naval forces On Thursday, states a report in in the Mediterranean or the Atlantic the press, a lorry appeared near at a great distance from their own

bases. Fort Elme heading for the frontier.

Russia, he stated, was not inter- lested either politically or otherwise

NORWAY FOLLOWS.

Oslo, To-day. The State Council yesterday re- volved to propose a law to Parlia- ment prohibiting Norwegian citi- zens participating in the Spanish On being ordered to halt by gen-

The Portuguese representative civil war.-Trans-Ocean darmes the driver mildly protested, reminded the sub-committee that

NEW LAW NEEDED saying that he was carting sacks Portugal had always favoured en- of potatoes to market.

trusting the scheme to the United It is understood putting into His gamble failed, however, as a kingdom, France, Germany and force by the United Kingdom of the search revealed nearly 1,000 shell detonators. hidden in the truck.

Both the driver and his companion

were arrested.-Trans-Ocean.

Prince Arthur of Connaught is on al visit to South Africa.

The Top of a City

Italy.

GERMAN ATTITUDE

Naval Supervision plan under dis- Therefore Portugal did not de-cussion by the organs of the Interna- sire to participate in the scheme as tional Committee would require le- long as it was confined to them. gislation. It will be necessary to impose legal obligation on vessels proceeding under the British Flag to Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, the conform with procedure contem German representative, had said at plated in such matters as call at the previous meeting that Germany ports or Roadsteads specified in was only agreeable to participation the plan for the purpose of picking of Russia provided that the experts up the International Committee's as submission to recommendations in regard to the supervisors and

interrogation by naval patrols of division of zones were accepted

the Powers acting on behalf of the The next meeting of the sub-com-committee. mittee will take place on Monday According to the decision reached afternoon while the main commit- by the International Committee of tee will meet on Tuesday.-Reuter. Feb. 19th, supervision is to come and Trans-Ocean.

into operation next Saturday and therefore during next week as soon as the scheme is finally approved by the Committee, the British Gov- The Soviet Government yester-ernment will introduce the neces- day officially informed the Turkish sary legislation and provide the Government that in the next few Parliamentary time for its passage days two cruisers and four torpedo into law-British Wireless. boats will pass through the Dar danelles en route to Spain.

SOVIET SENDING SHIPS

Istanbul, Today.

Canton, To-day-Mr. T. V. Soong and Mr. Sun Fo are coming down

next week to Canton again

The warships are on their way to participate in the control plan. Our Own Correspondent.

CARNIVAL DINNER DANCE TO-NIGHT

AT THE

GLOUCESTER HOTEL

FEATURING

THE BEAUTIFUL GAETANO GIRLS

(Extension 2 am)

Crackers, Novelties, etc.

Dance Music by

THE GLOUCESTER COSSACKS

This photo, taken from the ab, shows the residential section of flooded Ind, each Hittle home an island of desolation as 60,000 are ported homeless and the city placed under martial law."