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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1938

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DARING GUERILLA COUP Kidnapping Under Noses Of Japanese Garrison

Railway Rendered

Useless By Depredations

Peiping, To-day.

The daring of the Chinese Communist guerillas was demonstrated by a remarkable kidnapping which a band of them carried out under the noses of a strong Japanese garrison. Victims of the kidnapping, which occurred at a small Chinese coal mine in the hills 20 miles from Peiping, were a young German geologi- cal student, Herr Hildebrandt, and six Chinese accompanying him.

They had been given permission by the Japanese authorities to visit the region, and were cap- tured by 250 guerillas armed with rifles and machine-guns.

Japanese-employed Chinese

police

attacked the kidnappers PASTOR

without success, and the captives were taken into the heart of the

hills.

The activities

of the guerillas

NIEMOELLER

continue to cause the Japanese RELEASED

serious * concern all along the Peiping-Hankow Railway, where traffic is frequently interrupted.

TRAIN DERAILED

A Japanese supply train was

derailed south of Shanchiachwan on Monday, and several Japanese troops killed and many-injured.

Berlin, To-day.

Pastor. Niemoeller was sen- tenced yesterday to seven months' confinement in a fortress

and a fine of 2,000 reichsmarks by the special court for “imperil- ling the safety of the state."

Niemoeller will be released im- 500 reichsmarks of the fine will be remitted.

The railway track is damaged al- most every night, so that the Ja-mediately and panese have practically ceased to use the railway to transport troops inland.

For example, petrol supplies for Taiyuanfu are now being sent from Peiping by road via Kalgan and Tatung-Reuter.

A.R.P. ACADEMY

The

Berlin, To-day.

foundation stone of the world's first Air Defence Academy was laid at Wannsee, near Berlin, yesterday by General Milch, Secre- tary of State in the Air Ministry.

ITALIAN- SHOW FOR HITLER

Rome, To-day.

All records for hospitality will be broken for Herr Hitler's visit to Rome which will last, from May 3 till May 10.7

Among other spectacles will bę a gigantic naval display arrang- ed in the Gulf of Naples, and a big militarý parade along the Triumphal Road in Rome-Reu- ter.

SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN RHODESIA

London, To-day."

INVESTIGATION INTO SABOTAGE PROCEEDING

London, To-day. Questioned in the Commons about the alleged sabotagé of bombing planes at Ringway Aerodrome, the Under Secretary for Air said that on February 14, when two aircraft were about to be tested, it was dis- covered that the petrol tanks were leaking.

The matter was investigated and the conclusion was reached that the tanks had been pierced by a sharp instrument. Investigations

still proceeding.

were.

this

the

He added that apart from case, no cases of sabotage in construction of aircraft had been brought to the notice of the Air Ministry in the past three months.

-British Wireless.

R.A.B. PLANE

SABOTAGE PROVED

The members of the Royal Com- mission to consider closer CO operation or association between Southern and Northern Rhodesia Lord and Nyassaland, of which Bledisloe is the Chairman, are W. H. Mainwaring, Ernest Evans, members of parliament, P. Ashley Cooper, Director of the Bank of England and member of the 1981

The Under-Secretary of State National Economy Committee, and

for Air stated in the House of Thomas Fitzgerald, former Of-

Commons yesterday. that there ficial member of the Legislative Councils of Kenya and Tanganyika the R.A.F. during the last three had been one case of sabotage in Territory.-British Wireless.

EGYPT TO BE CONSULTED

months.

London, To-day.

This occurred on Feb. 14 when the petrol tanks of two planes which were ready for test flights were pierced by sharp instru- ments. Renter

ment in accordance with the pro- London, To-day.

visions of the Anglo-Egyptian Trea- The Prime Minister told the ty on all matters affecting Egyp- Commons at question time that tian interests which arose during The court was crowded in the His Majesty's Government propos- the forthcoming Anglo-Italian con- final session yesterday. When asked to consult the Egyptian Gover-versations.-British Wireless, ed by the presiding judge whether he had anything to say, Niemoeller declared that his only request was that the court should pronounce his acquittal.

The court then passed sentence, finding him guilty under section 130 of the Criminal Code. Trans- Ocean.

SENSE OF CONVICTION

The Presiding. Judge, having pro- nounced the verdict on Pastor Nie- moeller, issued a statement, setting forth the reasons for the

They had sat in ju erdict.

not on

In his speech, General Milch a matter of religion, but solely on claimed that Germany had the best a matter of penal offences committed air defence system in the world, by the accused. stating that not only the mili- tary but a high percentage of civilians were thoroughly trained in air defence. -Trans-Ocean.

SOVIET-REICH CLEARING PACT

Berlin, To-day,

The German-Soviet Russian Clearing Agreement, concluded be tween the two countries in the early part of last year, has been extended to cover the year 1938, ac- cording to an official announce- ment issued here yesterday. Trans-Ocean.

After having made a careful ex- amination of all available evidence, the court had come to the convic- tion that the accused had brought himself into conflict with the law from motives arising out of a sense of conviction.

AWARE OF EFFECT

Niemoeller's actions in each in- dividual case had been considered by the court in this light. Neverthe less the court had put on record that #cof the accused was fully aware the effect of his pulpit utterances. It had been proved that beyond doubt among those who attended were persons who came, not for divine service in Niemoeller's church religious interest, but really out of hostility to the state. Trans-Ocean.

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