1939-01-14 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 14, 1939.

Insurgents Take

Tortosa

Moroccan Divisions Thrown Into Vital Action

Franco's Catalan Offensive Given New Impetus

Burgos, To-day.

The Nationalists have captured Tortosa, at the mouth of the River Ebro, after intensive fight- ing.

-BUSINESS MEN AS ARMS PURCHASERS?

Ottawa, To-day. The recommendation that pur- chases of munitions and arma- ments be taken from the hands of the Department of National De fence and entrusted to a group of experts and competent business- men, is contained in the Report of Mr. Justice Davis, who investi- gated the granting of a' contract' to a Toronto firm to supply 7,000 Bren guns to the Canadian Goy- ernment and 5,000 to the British

Divisions of the Moroccan Army Corps, under the command of General Yague, overran the poc- ket between the Ebro and the coast, and cavalry Government. played an important part in the enveloping movement.

Later, troops reached the town of Perello, ten miles north of Tortosa, on the Valencia-Barcelona road.

The Nationalists now command LEAVES SCHOOL

TO MARRY

all three main roads converging on Tarragona.

The advance continues on all

sectors, according to Nationalist A COUNT

reports.

The Report found no evidence that any member of the Canadian Parliament was admitted to a share in the contract or the bene- fits arising therefrom.-Reuter.

NAZI APOLOGY TO A DUTCH JOURNALIST

UP-TO-DATE SHADOW "TSAR"

London, Jan. 2.

In addressing a New Year mes→ sage to the Russian people the Grand Duke Vladimir has followed the precedent set by his father, the late Grand Duke Cyril.

He not only shares the modern ideas of his father, who always spoke of the Red Army as "our army." He also believes in modern methods.

In the short period since his father's death the Grand Duke, Vladimir has already made two. broadcasts--a thing the Grand Duke Cyril had never done during the 16 years that he was head of the Im- perial House of Russia.

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The young Grand Duke's first broadcast was delivered soon. after his father's death, when he an- nounced his succession.

The second was made a fornight ago. He then denied the reports

Dr. Goebbels, Minister of Pro. that he was prepared to accept the throne of an independent Ukraine. paganda, Herr von Ribbentrop, Elaine April Wills, schoolgirl Foreign Minister, and Dr. Die- from French stations.

Both broadcasts were delivered In the north, an army corps un-daughter of Captain M. C. Wills, trich, Reich Press Chief, have der General Munczgrando is ad-

ALWAYS A RUSSIAN vancing north-east along the Urgel with a French Count whom she working in Berlin for a grossly between France, England and Ger- the tobacco magnate, fell in love apologised to a Dutch journalist| The Grand Duke divides his time road, and has captured Pena and met at a party.

Mandel.

NEAR CERVERA The Maestrazgo divisions under General Garcia Valino have occu- pied Monfal, bringing them within

insulting attack on him publish- Soon afterwards she left school, ed in the "Schwarze Korps," many and refuses to be associated

with any country or group of coun~' and recently there was a party at newspaper of Herr Himmler's her father's mansion here

He considers that to protective guards. The paper has tries in Europe. celebrate their engagement.

this would impair his independent been severely reprimanded. Miss Wills is seventeen.. Her

Imperial fiance, Comte Maurice Retout du of an anti-Dutch cartoon of

Particulars of the article, and position as head of the

House of Russia.

In France he has a house in Brit- Trevou, is twenty-nine.

character calculated to be in the

his

a

eight miles of Cervera.

Navarrese divisions under Gen- eral Solchaga,

He is the eldest son of the Mar-highest degree offensive to Queen tany, which was left him by operating from

number of his Mont Blanch, are advancing along feillac.

quis Retout du Trevou de Bref-Wilhelmina, which has been pub-father, and a vast

lished in two

In Eng- colours on the supporters live in Paris. the main road. They have taken

land he has relatives, and he will Notice of the wedding, which cover of the "Brennessel," the them within four miles of Valls,been given at the Caxton Hall re-Jed by the Franz Eher Verlag./studies which were interrupted by Liwla and Mount Cogulla, bringing will take place this month, has "humorous" weekly paper own-probably soon resume in London the with its important industries and gister office, London.

aerodrome Reuter.

REPUBLICAN ADVANCE ON ESTREMADURA FRONT

Barcelona, To-day."

Princes.

LESSON SERMON Subject:-"Life”

official publishers of the

his father's death. Nazi

His two sisters live in Germany, Three coaches have been hir-party, has been forwarded to ed to take servants, estate work-The Hague by the Netherlands where both are married to German ers and villagers to the wedding. Legation in Berlin.

Miss Wills, one of six sisters, The article in the "Schwarze The Republicans continued their has a flat in Berkeley-street, W., Korps," entitled "These dwarfs CHRISTIAN SCIENCE victorious advance on the Estrema-where her fiance also has a flat. are a nuisance to us," applies dura front yesterday, having brok-She often rides here, and follows abusive epithets both

to Dr. en the resistance of the Spanish the Garth Hunt.

Johann Gerhard van Maasdijk, legionaries holding positions in the A villager told me: "We are Berlin correspondent of the Ams- Sierra Los Santos, it is reported in delighted to hear of her engage-terdam newspaper

"De Tele- a bulletin issued by the Ministry ment. Her father is a great bene-graaf," and to the owner of the in all Christian Science Churches, to- The subject of the Lesson Sermon of National Defence.

factor, and all the people round paper.

morrow 15th January will be "Life". Several attacks in the Monterru-here like him.

Dr. van Maasdijk is described

The Golden Text will be: "In the bio sector were vigorously repulsed. "We are a little disappointed as one of "the journalist rabble way of righteousness is life; and in the

On the Catalan front, the insur-that the wedding is not to be held from the little dwarf States," as (Proverbs 12:28).

pathway thereof there is no death". gents succeeded in advancing here, but as many of us as can a "professional agitator" and "a Among others the following citations slightly in the Agramont sector, will go up to London to attend lothsome backstairs snuffler." A the way having been prepared by a the ceremony." heavy artillery bombardment and aeroplane raids.-Trans-Ocean.

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The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auc- tion on

LADY SIMON

MID-WIFE

will be read from the Bible: "The Lord sentence declares that no decent is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. The eyes of all "The reason the wedding is not man could shake hands with him wait upon thee; and thou givest them taking place here is that the without shuddering.

their meat in due season. Thou open- church is not big enough," I was

Basis of Attack

est thine hand, and satisfiest the désire told at the vicarage.

The basis for the attack on Dr. of every living thing. For I am per- suaded, that neither death, nor life, van Maasdijk is apparently a nor angels, nor principalities, nor pow description which he sent to his ers, nor things present, nor things to paper of an attack by a Berlin come, nor height, nor depth, nor any mob on Dutch diplomats who at other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in "I am myself a member of the tempted to protect the property Christ Jesus our Lord." (Psalms 145: Central Midwives Board, so you of Netherlands. citizens during 9, 15, 16 & Romans, 8: 38, 39.). may know how interested I am the progroms. Similar, and The following citations will also be in this work," Lady Simon, wife epually accurate accounts, apbook, "Science and Health with Key to read from the Christian Science Text- of the Chancellor of the Exche-peared in papers all over the the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:--- quer, told the National Council world.

"All the varied expressions of God re- of Queen Charlotte's National The "Brennessel" cartoon,flect health, holiness, immortality-in- finite Life, Truth, and ́ Love. When Mothersaving Campaign, when which has caused the greatest the evidence before the material sensos they met in London.

indignation in Dutch circles, de- yielded to spiritual sense, the apostle said: Lady Simon later &

"picts a Jew dressed in Dutch na- declared that nothing could alienate know the work through and tional costume, and seated on a him from God, from the sweet through-I've attended hundreds throne bearing the royal arms of ignorance and false bellef, based on a and presence of Life and Truth. It is of cases. Of course, when the Netherlands...

material sense of things, which hide married I had to give it all up. In his right hand he holds a spiritual beauty and goodness. This is But I still take a lively interest round cheese and in his left a the doctrine of Christian Science: that In the work. ·

tulip. The caption, in German, manifestation, or object; that joy can- "I've worked in London's is a punning reference to the not be turned into sorrow, for sorrow. slums. Afterwards I went to In-Dutch struggle for freedom from is not the master of joy; that good can dia for two years to see the con- the Spanish yoke. It reads: never produce evil: that matter can Hong Kong, 13th, January, 1989. İditions there.”

""Refuse of the Netherlands.” never produco mind nor life result in

death" (Pages 518, 303, 804).

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