1937-05-26 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 26, 1937.

LOYALIST PLANES MEET WITH DISASTER

Valencia Attitude On Armistice

Proposal

Hendaye, To-day.

Destruction of four Government aeroplanes

.

Third German Flier Sentenced

Bilbao, To-day. Another German airman, Herr Wandel, has been sentenced to death by the Bilbao military tribunal, bringing the number of German aviators.... awaiting execution to three-Reuter.

Owing to bad weather, only

out of a squadron of seven which was en route to minor bombing raids were carried reinforce the air defence of Bilbao, is claimed by in-out. surgent sources.

ANTI-BRITISH

BROADCAST

IN ITALIAN

Empire Press Union Complaints

London, To-day. Reference at the Empire Press Union Conference to propaganda is understood here to have referred to Italian anti-British broadcasts in the Arabic language, particular- ly in Asia Minor.

Sir Arthur Willert, head of the press bureau of the Foreign Office, A Republican attack on the Gua-advocated in self-defence the in- dalajara sector was successfully re-stallation of British broadcasting

The remaining three machines are said to have pulsed. been driven out to sea and are missing.

HEAVY LOSSES

services in Arabic throughout Asia Minor.

He also drew attention to Com-

-Trans-Ocean.

The Basque troops have suffered munist propaganda broadcast in The seven planes are reported to have flown across the French frontier yesterday, and are be-extremely heavy losses in the last India, which, he stated, caused the two days of fighting, says a rebel Government of India much trouble. lieved to be part of the squadron of 17 machines communique, which adds that Gen- which were sent back to Barcelona from France by the international control authorities on Saturday.

Reuter.

Valencia And Volunteers

Geneva, To-day.

Open Clash With Anarchists

Paris, To-day.

Tension between the Catalan

to

eral Mola's men have taken 500

prisoners in the last 48 hours.

At least 1,000 are dead and 600. seriously wounded, it is claimed.- Trans-Ocean.

LOAN ISSUE FOR FAMINE RELIEF

Executive Yuan's

Decision

Nanking, To-day. The weekly meeting of the Exe cutive Yuan yesterday, approved the issue of $12,000,000 emergency bonds for relief in the Szechuen famine. The bonds are redeemable in fifteen years and bear interest at six per cent.

DOG FIGHT NEAR SAN SEBASTIAN

Victoria, To-day, The Spanish Government dele-

Insurgent aeroplanes patrolling gation to the League informed Anarchists and the Popular Front the frontier yesterday sighted five Reuter yesterday that they are parties has developed into further Republican machines flying from prepared to strongly support the open clashes, says a radio agency France and engaged them in a dog- British proposal for withdrawal report from Spain.

fight over Spanish territory. of volunteers from. Spain.

The Anarchists are reported

According to reports from insur have occupied the town of Barbas-gent headquarters, the rebel pur- The delegation declares there

tro, between Huesca and Lerida suit planes shot down one loyalist The first amount to be issued will can be no question of an armistice Immediately after the

occupa-machine-near San Sebastian...... he $6,000,000. The bonds are guar- of mediation until the pro-tion, the anarchists executed 100

The four remaining planes tried anteed by the emergency funds of posal is approved in principle,

Popular Front leaders.

to escape to Bilbao but one more the Treasury of the Nanking Cen- Many who sympathised with was shot down and two were forc-tral Government. Our Own Cor- the Socialists and other moder-ed to land.-Trans-Ocean, ate parties were hanged in their OWN homes by the Anarchist raiders.

or

If, after this has been done, a temporary truce is necessary to facilitate withdrawal, the question will be considered on its merits.

Meanwhile the only proposal they were prepared to accept was that of withdrawal of volunteers.— Reuter.

Portugal Replies

London, To-day.

No direct opinion about the with- drawal of foreign volunteers from Spain was expressed in the Portu- guese reply to the British Govern- ment's demarche but the difficulties likely to prevent its execution are pointed out in the Note.

Italy and Russia have not yet re- plied.--Reuter.

Irish Brigade Withdrawing

Salamanca, To-day. The Irish Brigade formed by

is

General Pozas, who was sent to Barcelona some time ago by the Valencia Government to maintain order in the Catalan capital, said to have ordered two battalions of Government troops to proceed at once to Barbastro.

SENOR COMPANYS RESIGNS

The Anarchists, meanwhile, have dug. entrenchments and threaten to fight to the last man against the Republican troops, “

Another radio agency report states that the President of the Ca- talan Generalidad, Senor Com- panys, has tendered his resigna- tion "in order to avoid further bloodshed?"? Trans-Ocean.

The Biscay Front

· General O'Duffy⠀⠀": is returning to Ireland in the near future, an-

Vitoria, To-day. nounced Captain Liam Walsh on

successful insurgent attack behalf of the leader of the Blue was launched in the Yurre sector, Shirts, at brigade headquarters south of Menana, on the Biscay here yesterday.

front, on Tuesday morning, accord- Arrival of the Brigade in Dublining to rebel quarters. will be celebrated by a huge demon- The Republican defenders, who stration.

consisted of Asturian miners, Captain Walsh declared: "The were driven from their positions on volunteers have set an example of the slopes of the heights. Accord- true Christianity by belping the ing to prisoners taken, the miners Spaniards in their fight against the had been mobilised and trained for tyranny of Communism --Trans- only a fortnight before being hurled Ocean.

linto the fighting line.

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