CLASHES IN BARCELONA
NATIONALISING FRENCH RLWYS.
Paris, To-day.
Barcelona, To-day The French Cabinet met ves Further clashes between Anar-terday to discuss the question of chists and police occurred here yes-formation of a national railway terday when a police detachment company to take the place of the surprised a body of Anarchists who five big private companies now in *were dismantling machine-guns existence.
from a tank:
The police surrounded the tank but were met by a hail of machine- gun bullets.
It was decided to form a "Soviete Nationale des Chemins de Fer," with the State as the main share- holder and having a majority the board of administration.
The new company is regarded as
on
The Anarchists eventually sur- rendered after two policemen had contribution to the task of rehabilita- been killed-Trans-Ocean.
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"TRIUMPHAL' ROAD FOR BERLIN
Berlin, To-day.
Within ἐπο years Berlin will have its own
ing the country's finances.
The State, will take over" the French railways on January 1, 1938.
-Trans-Ocean.
CROWD DISORDER
AT MONGKOK
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"triumphal road" tonese dialect and it is supposed if stretching from Brandenburger to that this fact led to the cry that the Adolf Hitler Platz.
he was a Japanese.
Carrying out of this project is to be regarded as the first step to wards rebuilding the- German capital, as announced by Herr Hitler in his congratulatory tele-
YOUTH GAOLED FOR INCITEMENT
A serious view was taken by Mr.
gram to Berlin on the celebration W. Schofield at the Central Magis- of its 700th anniversary.
tracy this morning when he sen- tenced Ip Tin-Fan, aged-19, to .It is intended to use the project-three months' hard labour, when be ed road for the German army'slan-was found guilty of behaving in a nual parade before the Fuehrer. disorderly manner by inciting peo It is also announced that alple to interfere with the mainten- motorised detachment of the Ger-lance of law and order in Glouces man traffic police will shortly belter Road last night. introduced in all big German cities Trans-Ocean.
CHIANG MUST FIGHT WAR OF MANOEUVRE
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make their gains in Shanghai more secure and to concentrate their main forces in the push from the north.”
Referring to the economic as- pects of the Japanese campaign. the correspondent states that in North China there is known to be a field of really cheap mineral ores and raw materials.
· ADMITTED PLAN
Thus are heard economic argu- ments from Tokyo in favour of the North
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Inspector A. V Baker, said that ja crowd had gathered round the Police station and defendant was actually seen urging the crowd to strike the Police. Inspector Baker
asked that in view of the present situation, a serious view be taken.
TSINGTAO EVACUATION
Tsingtao, To-day.
By order from Tokyo, all Ja- panese, including the consular staff and warships, are leaving Tsingtao for Japan, and com- plete evacuation is expected by September 5.
Meanwhile, Japanese property here, valued at $30,000,000, and including the electric works, is. being handed over to the Chin- ese authorities-Reuter
China cam RUSSELL of the DEFEATS
naign, to "secure economic pene tration (at the point
bavonet). to tap a new field and LANDOLT
probably wealth, and at the same
tíme buttress the economic situation.
at home by a system of exchange
A. S. Eussell beat J. S. Landolt
and import control on the German by 21 shots to 20 in their quarter- model that is the admitted plan of final round tie in the Open Singles the industrialists in favour of the Lawn Bowls Championship, the campaign.
match taking place at the Kowloon Cricket Club..
MIDDLE SCHOOL
These military industrialists may called the middle school of Japan. To one side of ther are the mili- arists.
who hold th
Austrian Army Manoeuvres
STOP PRESS
Shanghai, To-day. A Japanese spokesman says that following the capture of Woosung Village and the Forts, the Japanese troops pushed on and occupied Paoshan and 2 line from Woosung Village to Paoshan.
Meanwhile the Japanese drive on Lotien is encountering - stubborn resistance from five
or six Chinese divisions..
The spokesman claims that two Chinese Curtis-Hawk fight- ers were shot down in the mouth of the Yangtse to-day. Reuter.
Canton, To-day. Considerable activity was wit- nessed in the British part of Shameen this morning, roofs and walls being remforced with sandbags in order to give par- tial protection to police and others in the event of an air raid
Meanwhile it is learned that power all over Canton is being cut off from 9 am to 6-am every night which, in addition
to plunging the city into dark- ness, also stops fans and refri- gerators from functioning. Reater
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Shanghai To-day. Chiang Kai-shek's
plea for international interven- tion shows that he realises that China is fighting a losing bat- tle, and is pushing responsibil- ity for stopping hostilities on the foreign countries, said spokesman of the Japanese Em- bassy this morning.
The spokesman opined that General Chiang opposed war but yielded to pressure by the ex- tremists.
"Japan's only object in the present hostilities is to induce China to become a friend of Japan and Manchukuo, and if she does so, Japan has no in- tentions of preventing her also becoming a friend of Russia and other nations.
"If China's attitude should change in the required direc- tion, then there will be a chance of real and lasting peace în East Asia Reuter.
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