1938-04-05 — Page 9

MIE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 5, 1938.

FALL OF LERIDA SEALS

FATE OF REPUBLICAN SPAIN Insurgent Staff Officer's Comment On Events

Black Picture Of

Conditions In

Barcelona

Burgos, To-day.

BRITISH

SHIP'S CREW

RESCUED

Berlin, To-day. Seventeen British sailors, com-

"The fall of Lerida has sealed the fate of Republi- prising the whole of the crew of

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can Spain," declared an insurgent staff officer yesterday.

Lerida, which has 36,000 inhabitants and several important armament factories, is an important railway and road junction.

As a result of the town's capture, the entire Gov- ernment resistance in the region west of the line running from the Pyrenees to Lerida is said to be bound to collapse.

connec-

Lerida has direct rail tions with Saragossa, Barcelona and Tarrabona. The distance from Lerida to Barcelona is only 60 kile metres. Trans-Ocean.

BLACK PICTURE OF BARCELONA

Perpignan, To-day.. Arrivals from Barcelona paint a black picture of conditions in that city, and declare that the extremist elements in Catalonia, who do not hesitate to use threats, are respon sible for the continued resistance to the insurgents.

MARCH TO SEA CONTINUES

Saragossa, To-day.

General Franco's march to the sea continued yesterday, says an official communique issued last night.

after

a British freighter, were rescued by a German Strength through Joy cruising ship off the Dutch island of Tershelling early yes- terday mornin

The British essel spring a leak in a hervy storm. -Reuter

CHINESE

KING ZOG'S WEDDING TO COUNTESS APPONYI

Trana, Today.

The wedding of King Zog of Albama with the Hungarian beau- ty, Countess Geraldine Apponyi, has now been definitely fixed for April 27, and will take place in Tirana, the Albanian capital.

The ceremonies will begin on 25 with a grand court re-

ESTATES, LTD.eption when relatives of the bride

will be introduced to the King."

On the eve of the wedding day a

A successful year's working was re vealed at the fifteenth Annual meet-great military parade and court ing of Chinese Estates Limited, held ball will be held. at noon to-day, Afinal dindend off $3, making $9 for year, as com- pared to $8 last year, was recommend- ed

Mr. Leung Kwai-lin said:-

SIX WEEKS HONEYMOON The wedding ceremony will be. performed during the morning of sirian April 27, and will be followed in the early afternoon by a public banquet, after which the newly- urried couple will retire for six

The net profit for the year, aft providing for "Reserve for Deprecia tion on Chins Buildings ($30,000), etc. amounts to $98.103.54 which, add-weeks to the King's summer resi ed to $211,350.76 brought forward from dence on the Alb last account, shows a total of $309- 1463.30.

Fince

CATALAN

coast.

Tirana

General Valino's forces,

reports state that the The net profit for the year shows

Heir Apparent, Crowa capturing the important mountain increase of $5,527.80, oven that of It is stated that barely a quar-pass between Razes and Cardo, ad- previous year. There are three item

Humberto, the Talian ter of the men who have been call-vanced to within nine kilometres of First is the sum of $6,288.31 expend

in the Accounts that call for comm

Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, and ed to mobilisation have answered the town of Tortosa:

Imost members of the Diplomatic the call-Renter.

or Repairs on Premises as against $1,-Corps in Rome will attend the wed- General Aranda's forces, who are 346.32 for the previous year. The in-ding celebrations in TORTOSA ADVANCE advancing towards the Mediter-crease is accounted for by the fact Trans-Ocean.

Saragossa, To-day.

that over $1,800.00-was incurred in ranean - on the southern While the fate of Lerida was de- front, occupied Morelia, in Castel- the 8th floor which has since been let, Aragon connection with the improvement of cided farther north, insurgent Ion, and were 40-kilometres from and about $3,000.00 was expended on troops continued their advance in the coastal town of Vinaroz, which alteration of partitions and on exten the direction of Tortosa at a point is 45 kilometres south of Tortosa. sive repairs to China Building which between the provinces of Valencia

was erected over 15 years ago. Troops advancing north from The second item is the extraordinary and Catalonia where they had come Lerida have occupied the villages expenditure of $10,460.19, incurred on nearest to the Mediterranean coast. of Corbins, Protella and Alfarras.

the advice of the Company's electrical According to latest reports, Gen-

--Trans-Ocean,

engineers, on the installation of two eral Franco's vanguards have al-

motor-generator sets. This disburse MECHANISED VANGUARD ment is justified by a monthly saving ready fought their way to the coast.

The mechanised vanguard It is believed here that the in- General

of $300.00 in the consumption of elec of Valino's troops

tricity. Thus in three years the capi- surgents main body will succeed the outskirts of the Mediterranean ered by savings.

reached

tal expenditure will be more than cov-1 very shortly in reaching the coast coastal town of Tortosa last night. thereby cutting off Valencia from Barcelona-Trans-Ocean.

METAL SHORTAGE

Barcelona, To-day.

You will be glad to hear that to the advantageous situation

POWER STATION

CAPTURED

Bilbao, To-day.

The insurgent troops operating id

After occupying the town of China Building, all the shops on objective yesterday when they oc

North Aragon gained an important Cherta, the vanguard pushed along the ground floor and all office rooms, the right bank of the Ebro River on the upper floors are let, and that cupied the principal Catalan power and met no resistance till the amount of outstanding rents has works, and were thus in a position The acute scarcity of metal in

Roquetas.

been substantially reduced..

to cut off the power necessary for Republican Spain has led the Cata- The fate of Tortosa is already the motion was carried maminously province.

Mr. Lo Chung Wan seconded and the many large industries in the lan authorities to order all iron, sealed, according to insurgent des- brass and copper railings, decora-

Messrs. Fung Ping-fan and Lerng patches, and taking tion etc, to be removed to the ar-town will maments factories Trans-Ocean. off of the last railway "and

DELIBERATE BOMBING OF BRITISH SHIPS

London, To-day.

It became known in London yes- terday that following the receipt of a telegram on April 1st from the captains of five British ships in Tarrangona harbour, to the effect

of the Ting-kai were be re-elected Directors, mean: the cutting and Mr. Li Tung was re-elected Anward through the Pyrennenean re-

ditor.

highway connections between Bar- celona and Madrid, and will mean the isolation of Catalonia from the rest of Spain-Trans Ocean.

and

Other columns are pressing for-

gion along the highway leading to Among those present were:-

the French frontier with the aim Mesars Leung Kwai Tin (Ch man), Lan Tak Po and Fung Ping

of reaching the Noguera Biver. Fan (Director and Secretary),

Meanwhile, in Burgos- yesterday, the following shareholders:

an official insurgent statement Messrs. Lo Chung Wan, Mok Han, claims that since the start of the Kenneth Fung, B. W. Lai (represent-present offensive on March 9 the ing Chui Loong Co.) Fung Ting, Fung Ping Wah (representing insurgents have taken 18,312 pri- Hing Co., Ltd), Leung Ting Kai and soners, have scattered thirteen Gov- ernment brigades, captured 64 pieces Two Directors, the hon. Dr. R of artillery, 235 machine-gu 240- Kotewall and Mr. Li Yan Tamm, owing small machine-guns, 14,879 rifles,. to an important meeting at Govern President Roosevelt has signed alment House, were unable to be pre 12,000,000 rounds of resolution ordering Congress, to in-1 sent. vestigate the administration of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

TENNESSEE

VALLEY ENQUIRY Cheung Kee

Washington, To-day,

that they were being subjected to The Administrator of the TVA, JAPANESE

deliberate and daily air attacks it will be recalled, recently was dis

although the nationality of the missed on charges of mal-adminis- EXCHANGE

vessels was plainly visible, and tration. Beater.

there was no military objective in

the vicinity, the British Agent át

Burgos was instructed to inform British shipping.

CONTROL

Tokyo, To-day.

The law passed last year for the

57 lorries, 17 motorcars and Itanks Trans-Ocean.

night.

The Government takes power control of all dealings in the gen both in Japan and abroad, as far as Japanese banks are concerned, and it is stated that the prim of the decree is to

the Nationalist authorities of the The vessels concerned were the control of exchange transactions in regulation captains statements and to urge Meopham, Stanwell, Gemenco, Japan has come into effect as from to prevent that_immethaté" -istructions belFlowergaté and

among the Cabinet ecree a unced last Own Con

cease these attacks on fish Wireless.

Bry-to-day