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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1997.

SPAIN FLARES WITHDRAWALANS

ALHAMBRA UINTO TASMO OF VOLUNTEERS

TO-DAY & TO-MORROWS

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Jones Family EDUCATING FATHER

SATURDAY

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A Stirring Romance of War-Torn Lives!

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Miriam Hopkins.

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VIOLENT WAR FROM SPAIN ACTIVITY

London, To-day.

A supplementary proposal by the technical sub-committee

the

London, To-day. non-intervention committee for Although it is known that dealing with) withdrawal of volun- there has been more than usually teers from Spain was published by heavy fighting on the Madrid the Foreign Office last night. front for several days, the situa The proposal advocates that all tion there is not at all clear, with

persons who were not in the ser...... both Republicans and insurgents vice of one or

the other of the claiming decisive successes.

The Government attack, say the insurgents, entirely petered out with huge losses being suffered in the assault, but the Government engaged in active fighting, are en- gaged in important missions--in claim to have made much progress.

connection with the military cam- paign, are administrative officials or mechanics engaged in repairing

material. way RELEASE OF PRISONERS

Many planes were' shot down on both sides in the past few days after furious "dog fights" in the air be tween scores of rival machines, Trans-Ocean

MASSACRES OF CIVILIANS

Confidential Reports

Spanish parties before June 18, 1936, and who are not Spanish ci- tizens, be withdrawn if they are

Persons are also to be withdrawn who through their activities tend to lengthen the confilet; and prison- ers of war on both sides are to be released and- withdrawn from Spain.

It is believed those in the cate- gory of tending to lengthen the conflict are mainly political tors from various European tries.Trans-Ocean.

on

London, To-day. Asked in the House of Commons yesterday by Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page-Croft (Conservative,

* FRENCH BORDER G Bournemouth) whether he intend-

London, To-day. ed to publish British Consular re "France suspended control ports from all the leading towns the Franco-Spanish frontier with in Spain on the massacre of the full approval of Britain,”- civilians, the destruction ofed the Foreign Secretary, Mr churches and the “Anti-God" thony Eden, in the House of movement, the Foreign Secretary, mons yesterday.-Trans-Ocean. Mr. Anthony Eden, answered that the reports were confidential and

therefore would not be published: Belgium And 100

~Trans-Ocean-made,

OVIEDO UNDER ARTILLERY FIRE

New Drive By The

Government

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Spanish War

Brussels, To-day: Permission to deliver arms and munitions openly to Republican Spain was demanded yesterday by the leader of the Social-Democratic Party, M. E. Vandervelde, -*- Vice- President of the Council and Min- ister of Public Welfare, at a meet- ing of the Party.

Oviedo, To-day. Following a long period of quiet, Oviedo was suddenly subjected to intense artillery fire yesterday - by

The Chairman of the Second In- Republican batteries.

ternational, Mr. de Brouckere, urg- The shelling continued intermited that resolutions to this effect be (Continued at foot of Next Col.) passed by the Second and Third

to the

It is reported that the Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek (inset above) is leaving for Nanking to day or to-morrow and intends to take personal charge of Ch military affairs in the present crisis.

The picture shows one of the Chinese Armies during, recent training manoeuvres in North China.“

Internationales-

The Foreign Minister, M. Spaak, who is also a Social-Democrat, op- posed the resolution and especially co-operation with Communists.

· Decision of the Party was post- poned till to-morrow. Trans- Ocean.

tently for eight hours and more than 350 houses were hit by shells,Ra

Military circles here "state" that the Republicans, realising their m- ability to oppose the insurgent ad- vance on Santander, have transfer- red their artillery to outside Oviedo. which is now protected only by small insurgent volunteer detachments. Trang Ocean.

LOAN TALK

London, To-day. known, of the visit Brit

eneral Franco's "headquarters to negotiate a loan,- declared eign Secretary, Mr. “Antho In the House of Commons yesterday, in reply to... estion.

Eden,

The Foreign Secretary added that as far as he knew, such a loan un- der the cir tances now prevail- ing would not be possible-Tra Ocean.