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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 25, 1988

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SPANISH TRUCE TALK

Can Mussolini Be Persuaded To Use Influence?

London Meeting

Adjourned With

Issue Unsettled

London, To-day.

No agreement has yet been reached to enable im- mediate progress with the application of the British formula for a solution of the Spanish civil war “volunteer” problem.

The Chairman's sub-committee of the Non-Inter-

SUN FO- POSTPONES RETURN

London, To-day. Mr. Sun Fo has definitely post-" poned his return to China, pre- viously fixed for to-day.

At the present time he is in Paris and it is thought that he may come to London shortly.-- Reuter.

vention Committee met yesterday morning at PRES. QUEZON

the Foreign Office to consider how best to meet the bill of £2,250,000, which represents the es- timated cost of operation of the scheme for the

CRITICISES

evacuation of foreign combatants from Spain. CATHOLICS

In a communique issued later, it was stated that owing to the great complexity of various parts of the financial plan for the withdrawal of

volunteure, it would be imposible ADOPTED GIRLS

to reach a final agreement at the meeting and further consideration would be given at the next meeting. -Reuter.

TRUCE TALK AGAIN

It is, however, pointed out, that

nothing precise has yet been made

REGISTRATION NOTICE

Manila, To-day.

President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Islands accompanied by

CURFEWS IMPOSED IN PALESTINE

Jerusalem, To-day.

A twelve hour curfew has been imposed in Jaffa and Tel Aviv where clashes between the Jews and the Arabs have re- cently taken place.

Three Arabs were injured in another outrage when a bomb was thrown at a house where the victims were staying.

of

The Commander-in-Chief the British troops in Palestine confirmed the death sentence passed on a Jew by the Military Tribunal. Reuter.

SHOOTING AFFRAY

Jerusalem, To-day. The constant friction between

a stenographer, left for Kobe, Ja- the Arabs and Jews led to serious incidents yesterday, according to pan, on a Japanese freighter yes-reports from Jaffa. terday and is expected to return In a shooting affray in the out- Arabs within a fortnight. He emphasised skirts of the town, two

were killed and six Arabs "and a statement that his trip is three Jews were seriously wound-

in

Government has taken speedy purely for the purposes of a vaca-[ed. Two of the Jews are not ex- known concerning the respective action to give effect to the most tion. attitudes of the Burgos and Barce-important provisions of the recent

commissions.

:

ANOTHER PURGE

Miusk, To-day. The Peoples' Commissar of the Interior, Yeanov, who is making

pected to live.

An official.report on the inci- lona anthorities towards the pro- ly passed Protection of Women and Prior to his departure, the Pre-dents has not yet been received. posed despatch of the international Girls Ordinance, 1938, covering the sident made a statement castigat--Trans-Ocean.

registration of adopted girls. ing the Catholic Church for undue The diplomatic correspondent of

The "Gazette" this morning interference in Government af-14 "The Times" is of opinion that Bar- gives notice that His Excellency fairs, citing Spain and Mexico and celona will make reservations but the Governor, by virtue and in ex-mentioning that some of the Bis- will not display a fundamental hos-ercise of the powers conferred on hops referred to "Our people" tility to the proposals. Great im-him by sub-section (2) of section when they were not Filipinos them- portance is attached on the other 32 of the Protection of Women and selves. hand by the correspondent to the Girls Ordinance, 1938, has ap- attitude which Burgos will adopt pointed the 24th day of June, 1938, The statement followed the under the influence of Signor Mus- as the date within three months of cent presidential veto of a

which persons having in their cus-)

guardianship of whom is, pursuant in schools.-Reuter. tody or control any girl the legal sponsored by the Catholics, for

compulsory-religious

to section 31 (1) of that Ordinance, vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall give notice thereof to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs in manner prescribed by regulations.

solini.

could make his influence felt in fav For the Duce, it is pointed out,

our of an armistice.

In this connection the correspon- dent affirms that Barcelona is not opposed to an armistice provided the volunteers are repatriated before

hand.

It is very doubtful whether Mus- solini would agree to such a condi-

tion, but the correspondent expresses TAIHU BATTLE

the hope that as result of further Anglo-Italian conversations in Rome, Mussolini may be persuaded to adopt a somewhat more conciliatory,at- titude. Trans-Ocean.

PENGTSEH MACHINE-GUNNED

· Nanchang, To-day.

Kweichih, To-day.

The Japanese attacking Taihu near the Anhwei-Hupeh have been defeated and are withdraw- ing toward Tsienshan, about 50 kilometres northeast, according [to urgent military advices.

Tension! at Taihu has now eased. With the arrival of more Chinese reinforcements the de- Pengtseh, on the south bank fence of the city has been fur- strengthened. Central of the Yangtze near Matang, was 'ther raided by eleven Japanese planes News. yesterday. The raiders machine- gunned the streets and aimed two, bombs at the dockyard, which, however, fell into the river. Central News.

SIANGKOW CLASH

Tunglin, To-day. Over 1,000 Japanese troops landed at Siangkow, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, about 20 kilometres below Ma tang yesterday:

AIR RAID IN SPAIN

London, To-day. The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, received the Spanish Ambassador, Senor Pablo de Azcurate Y Florez, in the Foreign Office.

According to an announcement to the press from the Spanish Em- The Japanese landed under a bassy, the visit was for the pur- naval barrage. Fighting con- pose of clarifying various ques- tinued late last night. Central tions pertaining to air raids on News.

open towns. Trans-Ocean.

re

bili

instruction

an inspection tour along the west- ern border of the Soviet Union, has ordered a. "purge" of Border Guards in White Russia.

of Border Seven Commissars Guards, including five White Rus- sians and two Ukrainians, were arrested. Trans-Ocean.

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