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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 6, 1989.

LORD HALIFAX ORDERS ENQUIRY INTO SPY CHARGES Franco Administration Asked To Frame Charges MR. GOLDING AND WIFE IN MILITARY PRISON

London, To-day.

The Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, has ordered an enquiry into all the circumstances connect- ed with charges made by the Spanish National- ist authorities of "improper conduct by British officials, employees and others at St. Jean de Luz, San Sebastian or Burgos.'

The Spanish Nationalist accusations followed the uncovering of one of the most widespread es- pionage plots of the Civil War.

Complete plans for the Nation-

alist offensive now raging,

were

found in the bag of a British Em- bassy official who was crossing the frontier into France.

Although the official in question was not charged, Mr. Ernest Gold- ing, the British pro-consul, later arrested by the Nationalist

authorities.

was

The British enquiry will be con- ducted by a Foreign Office official formerly connected with China Mr. Owen O'Malley, who is now in charge of the Embassy at St. Jean de Luz.

CHARGES DEMANDED

Assisting Mr. O'Malley will be Mr. Cecil Jerram, acting British Agent at Burgos, and Sir Wasey Sterry, former British High Court Judge in Egypt.

Mr. Jerram has been instructed

ILLEGAL

DANISH NAZIS TO

BE BANNED

Copenhagen, To-day.

It is rumoured in political cir- cles, that the Danish Nazi Party is likely to be prohibited by the Government on the grounds of "unpatriotic action."

It is also said that there are among the police force members of the party who have given in- formation to the Nazis about se- cret State documents.-Reiter.

OPIUM HIDDEN IN TEA PACKETS

A well-dressed Chinese, Wong Fa, 32, was charged before Mr.

INTELLECTUALISM T. J. Houston at the Central

Proceedings

in

Magistracy this morning, with Berlin, To-day. possession of 120 taels of raw

M. DALADIER ALGIERS-BOUND

Tunis, To-day,

The French Premier, M. Edouard Daladier, continued his journey from Biserta to Algiers yesterday, afternoon.

En route to Biserta from Gabes, M. Daladier visited the Roman colosseum in El Djem which are the largest Roman ruins in Africa. He also stopped at Sousse where several companies of Senegal troops were reviewed.

He was greeted by loud cries of "Vive Daladier" as he presented a new flag to the artillery regiment stationed at Sousse.

At Biserta, he took leave of the Resident General of Tunisia, M. Eric Labonne-Trans-Ocean.

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ANGLO-GERMAN

the People's opium at the Ping On Wharf TALKS IN LONDON

Tribunal against Ernst Niekisch, yesterday. Josef Drexler and Karl Troeger, who are accused of high treason will probably be completed by the end of the week.

were

were cross-ex-

which opened on Tuesday, defen- During the first day of the trial

dants and their attorneys heard. Witnesses amined during the second day.

Defendants are accused prin- cipally of having · circulated trea- sonable pamphlets and of having engaged in "illegal intellectual activities," Niekisch is fifty years old. Trans-Ocean.

Revenue Officer Stephens, who prosecuted, said defendant was searched and the opium found con- cealed in a brief case, a box of cakes and in packets of Chinese medicine tea.

Defendant said the opium was given to him to be handed when he arrived in Hong Kong.

Sentence of nine months' hard labour and a fine of $3,600 or fur- ther six months was passed.

over

London, To-day. The forthcoming visit of British Ministers to Rome and the Anglo- German naval negotiations, accord- ing to well-informed circles, were discussed between the German Am- bassador to London, Herr von Dircksen, and the Foreign Minis- ter, Lord Halifax yesterday.

Trans-Ocean learns that it is un- likely that a German memorandum, on the Anglo-German naval discus- Mr. Y. K. Yao, of Universal Pic-sion will be handed to the British tures, King's Building, has reported Government to-day or to-morrow, that two fountain pens valued at as was believed in political circles. $29 were stolen from his office yes--Trans-Ocean.

to press for immediate production KOWLOON MOTOR terday

of the charges and evidence, and also for immediate access thereto. ---Reuter.

'According to London reports, says Trans-Ocean, Mr. Golding and his wife are held in the military prison at San Sebastian.

FOREIGN OFFICE

REORGANISATION

London, To-day.

car-

A reorganisation in the British Foreign Office has just been ried out, states the diplomatic cor- respondent of the "Daily Herald." All Spanish problems hitherto dealt with by the "Western De- partment" are now being referred to the "South Department."

This reorganisation has been accompanied by activity among the legal experts of the Foreign Office who are "seriously perturbed" about recent events in Spain.

Rumours are in circulation that a member of the staff of the British Agent in Burgos, Mr. Rattenbury, is under supervision, by Nationalist police, but no confirmation is tainable.-Trans-Ocean.

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Judicial and other enquiries into these matters, says British Wire- less, have already been instituted by the Nationalist authorities with whom the British Government hope to keep in close touch.

A further announcement will be made on completion of the British enquiry.

CAR OFFENCES

Summoned before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at Kowloon this morn- ing, Mrs. M. H. Schmitt, of the Texas Oil Company, Tsun Wan, was fined $5 for driving without headlights at 9.45 p.m. in Nathan Road.

A similar fine was imposed on Mr. Tarr, of the Kumaon Rifles, for leaving his car unattended in Salisbury Road.

Mr. Beer, also of the Kumaon Rifles, was fined $3 for driving without headlights at 1.50 a.m. on December 10 in Salisbury Road.

Mr. Beer said it was not his own car. He had switched on but the lights were off when he was stopped.

MINE MISHAP

While working at Shing Mun Mines yesterday, Pun Kam fell down a shute connecting one mine with another and received injuries to the spine and head. He was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital and his condition is favourable.

Luxemburg, To-day. The successor to the throne of Luxemburg, Johann of Luxemburg, was proclaimed of age yesterday on his 18th birthday and given the titles of the Grand-Duke of Luxem- burg, Prince of Nassau and Prince of Bourbon-Parma.-Trans-Ocean.

LEAVING THE FROZEN SO UTH

The Coronation Scot left

Euston station in a wintry atmosphere on Dec. 19, amid a network of snowcovered rails on hør long run northwards.