THE CHINA MAIE, JULY 24, 1937.
BRITAIN STUDYING GEN. FRANCO'S REVIVED CLAIM TO BELLIGERENT RIGHTS
London, To-day.
In answering a large number of questions on Spain, the Foreign Secretary told the House of Commons that he had received communications from the Salamanca authorities containing a rea- soned claim for the recognition of belligerency, which was being examined..
He added that no immediate change in the Government's at- titude on this matter was in contemplation.
He also stated that he was con-】mmuUEB9E8158BE1252243 | 1414146) ATEHEREK sidering what further steps were
to be taken following the receipt North China Air
of an answer to the British pro- test regarding the mining of H.M.S. Hunter.
The Insurgent Note explained that the disaster was caused by mine moored in territorial waters. This assertion was at variance with the facts as reported by the Hun- ter.
Mr. Eden recalled that the ques- tion of damages and compensation for the families of the British sailors who lost their lives was-re» served in the original protest.
Routes Stop
Tientsin, To-day.
Owing to serious losses; ex- perienced in working, the Hui Tung: Aviation Company has suspended the three routes. Tientsin-Chingtak, Tientsin- Changhai and Tientsin-Peiping.
-Our Own Correspondent.
Cardinal Pacelli's
Paris Visit
He also stated, in another answer that General Franco's attention had been drawn to the Hague Con- vention forbidding the laying of mines off coasts at the ports of an enemy with the sole object of in- tercepting commercial navigation.
SEIZURE OF CARGO Replying to a question on British cargoes detained by the insurgents, the Foreign Secretary said that the British Ambassador was pressing can Secretary of State, Cardinal the authorities at Salamanca for Pacelli, announced in the Paris an explanation of their conduct re-newspapers for July 10 or 11, has garding the cargo of Fernando L become the subject of aan:un de Y. Barra which -was being un-usual ^amount of speculation in loaded and sent into the interior-Church British Wireless..
Pope On Nazi Campaign
Rome, To-day.
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Although the ostensible reason for Cardinal Pacelli's visit is to be present at the celebration on July 11 in honour of St. Theresa at Castel Gandolfo, June 16-Pope Lusieux, it is also known that he Pius XI to-day assailed what he will visit Paris where he will con- termed "the blind battle against the fer with President Lebrun, the Church of Christ," which he said Premier and other political person- rages in Nazi Germany. The aged alities. pontiff made the remark as he ad- dressed a group of graduate priests from the German and Hungarian Seminary in Rome.
Maharajah Dies At Bangalore
Bombay, To-day.
ANTI-RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
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It is regarded as probable in well-informed circles that the visit will have some connection with the anti-religious tendencies and inci- dents which have become noticeable under the Blum Government.
The death has occurred at Ban- This development in France, galore of the Maharajah of Nenka- which has already led to repeated tagiri, aged 58. His domain mea- complaints by Church officials, is sured 2,500 square miles and known to be causing serious con- brought in a revenue of P1,000,000|cern in Vatican circles.—Trans- annually.
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86-Year-Old Korean Widow Expects Baby In Five Months
Tokyo, To-day.
According to the diagnosis of her physician, an 86-year-old Korean woman will give birth to a child five months hence. Should the de- livery be accomplished safely, it is believed that the mother will be oldest woman on medical records to give birth to a baby,
northern Korea, who declares that she became pregnant. four months ago. So interested in the rare case are other doctors in the district and those in Japan proper that they. are closely watching developments.
The woman, Mrs. Sai Shunjo, is. reported to be a widow whose hus- band died some 20 years ago. About Preliminary examination of the a year ago a friend of 63 came to woman's condition was made by the live with the widow, and it is this physician in charge of the Sansei Iman who is alleged to be the father Hospital in the town of Kanto, of the expected child."
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