1938-06-27 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 27, 1938.

SHARP ITALIAN

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ITALIAN REPLY

TO BARCELONA THREAT

"Not Hours, But Her Minutes Would Be Numbered"

Attack Would

Not Be Followed

By A Protest

Rome, Yesterday.

DIEPPE STRIKERS THREE BODIES

CLASH WITH POLICE

Paris, To-day.

the ship's side, were threatened by

loading.

.

TAKEN OUT

OF HARBOUR

Water Police on Saturday.

one of which appeared to have had strument, were picked up shortly

The bodies, all of men, were sent

to the Public Mortuary.

Three corpses were taken out of the Five hundred wharf labourers in the harbour near Lyemun by "Should Barcelona attempt to carry out her threat, Dieppe went on strike on Saturday.

The first discovery was at about not her hours, but her minutes would be num-in order to load large consignments

of bananas worth two million 11 a.m., and the other two, bodies bered," declares the "Tribuna," commenting franes, which otherwise would have on the allegedly announced intention of the

the Chamber of Com- the head. severed with a sharp in- gone bad, Republican Spanish Government to take re-merce in Dieppe put other men on

to after 12 noon.. prisals for the bombing of open Spanish towns to work who, when they came and by raiding towns of the alleged interven-strikers and not allowed to start ing Powers.

The wharf labourers attacked the Declaring that such an act' of tions between the two countries. Sub-Prefect of Dieppe and police madness constituted sufficient proof It is also announced that M. Bonnet who appeared on the scene to re- establish order and the police had of the hopeless situation in which had a further conversation

with the Republican Spanish Govern- Saturday with the Turkish Ambas-to proceed against the men ment finds itself, the paper

goes sador, Suad Dawas.--Trans-Ocean. truncheons in order to rescue the Sub-Prefect from the hands of the on to maintain that the, contem-

strikers, whom they eventually plated action substantiates the

subdued. Italian assertion that from the very beginning of the conflict, Republi- can leaders have worked toward It was officially confirmed here were loaded without further trou-of the ultimate end of involving on Saturday night that the French Europe in war.

Ambassador in Barcelona M. Labon- "Such a mad attempt could only ne, had been instructed by the Brace- Government to advise the result in dragging Europe into the lona strife," states the semi-official French government that in "Giornale de Italia."

REPRISAL THREAT

THREAT CONFIRMED

Paris, To-day.

on

conse-

the the

GLIDING AT OLYMPIC GAMES

Berlin, Yesterday.

It was agreed at the Thirty- After this incident the bananas eighth Congress of the Federation

ble. Trans-Ocean.

DR. TRAUTMANN'S

DEPARTURE

Aeronautique Internationale, which concluded its deliberations here Saturday, that gliding should be included in the programme of

Olympic Games. Each country in- terested in this sport is enjoined

to evolve a special type of glider for this purpose. The most suit able type of glider for Olympic. event will then be selected at the gliding display to be held in "near Rome next spring. Trang-Ocean.

quence of the continual air-raids on Spanish

Barcelona towns the government might be forced to take reprisals which "might extend be-

Hankow, To-day. The paper maintains that the yond insurgent towns."

On the departure of the German plan emanated from Barcelona, with' The official communication points Ambassador to China, Dr. Traut-

time that the encouragement of Moscow, be-out at the same

mann, who is returning to Ger- cause neither hopes now to gain French Government has given

many, the Chinese Foreign Minis-mouthpiece of the Government do- victory and both are seeking to Barcelona government "earnest ad-ter and numerous high Chinese dicated a long and cordial article save face by the extension of the vice to exercise moderation and officials appeared to take leave of to the personality of "Dr. Traut- conflict.

|foresight" and also drawn the at him and the newspaper "Ta Kung mann-and his work in China. "Should Italian or German ships tention of the Barcelona Govern- Pao" which is often regarded as Trans-Ocean. or towns be attacked by the Red ment to the international complica- Spanish aeroplanes," threatens the tions which would arise.--Trans- paper, "Italy and Germany will an- Ocean.

swer promptly and clearly, not with

a diplomatic notice of protest, but

with cannon balls."-Trans-Ocean:

FRANCO-ITALIAN CONFERENCE

Paris, Yesterday.

Considerable importance is at tached here to a call which Signor

GERMAN JEWISH EMIGRATION

Berlin, To-day.".

the ex- -Interesting figures on

emigration from

Prunas, Italian Charges d'Affaires tent. of Jewish

in Paris, made on M. Bonnet, Germany were published in the French Foreign Minister on Satur- "Berliner Tageblatt" on Saturday, day afternoon, seeing that it is 'quoting from the Hamburg harbour the first time Quai D'Orsay has been statistics.

in touch with Italy's Diplomatic In 1937, fifty-four per cent. (8,452 Representative here since the re-persons) of the emigrants leaving call of the Ambassador, Signor Germany permanenty and travelling Cerruti, about six months ago. overseas from Hamburg were Jews, The fact that this contact. occur- who came principally from Hessen red at the end of the week, is in Nassau, Rhine Province, South Ger- itself an indication of importance many, Hamburg and Berlin. Of the which the French Foreign Office above number, 5,830 emigrated to attaches to the developments in the United States and North Ameri- Mediterranean in connection with

ca, 1,135 to the Argentine and 899 the menaces made by the Spanish to South America.--Trans-Ocean. ̈ Republican Government,

ITALY'S INFLUENCE

SUDDEN DEATH OF ENVOY'S WIFE

"London, To-day.

Paris newspapers are at pains to. underscore the influence which Italy is able to exert upon the development of the Spanish pro- blem by partial withdrawal of its volunteers. There is reason to be- lieve that French Government is desirous of utilising this contact to resume negotiations with Italy con- Ambassador-Elect to the Court of cerning the clarification of rela- St. James.--Reuter,

The death occurred suddenly at London hotel of the wife of Dr. Argentine Tomas le Breton,

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