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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13, 1989

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FRANCO WAITING FOR MADRID TO MAKE NEXT MOVE Lull In Fighting While Troops Get A Rest

Efforts To Secure Armistice

To Be Continued

Burgos, To-day.

Nationalist Spain is now waiting for Madrid to

make the next move.

It is declared here that if Dr. Negrin or General Maija succeed in their purpose of holding the remaining Republican area to its policy of ex- treme resistance, the war must take its inevit- able course.

FIRST DEATH SENTENCES IN RUMANIA

BUCHAREST,

YESTERDAY. AFTER A TRIAL LASTING SEVEN DAYS, THE COURT- MARTIAL AT CLUJ DE- LIVERED JUDGMENT YES- TERDAY IN A CASE IN

PERSONS WHICH 58 CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF THE RECTOR OF THE CLUJ UNIVERSITY,

ARE

In that event an offensive will be launched in due course.-Reuter.

LULL IN FIGHTING

·MADRID

HEAVILY

SHELLED

Madrid, To-day.

Shortly before: the arrival of the Republican Cabinet from Valencia, Madrid was heavily shelled by Nationalist batteries for half an hour.

Reuter.

AZANA ASKED

TO RETURN TO

A lull in the fighting is expected SPAIN OR RESIGN

for some little time as General Franco has announced that the In- surgent troops, the Navarrese Divi-

KING LEOPOLD REFUSES SPAAK PLAN

Brussels, Yesterday.

King Leopold - receivedTM M. Spaak yesterday, afternoon and had a conversation lasting up- wards of one hour.

The King had previously re- ceived the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber, as well as other political personalities.

.

Political circles believe that the King desires the Spaak Cabinet whose resignation he has not

to yet formally accepted main in office.

re-

The President of the Chamber, M. Huysmans, on leaving the Palace, stated that the King de- clined to accept. the proposed solution of a coalition Ministry' of Catholics and Socialista from which the Liberals would be ex- cluded, and likewise refused to

re-[liament since no appreciable con- change in the balance of the political parties can be expected. The papers continue to con-

as serious. sider the crisis as Trans-Ocean.

Paris, To-day.

sions and General Yague's army, Exchange of opinions between contemplate a dissolution of Par-

which were primarily responsible for the conquest of Catalonia, will be given a rest before being moved to the Madrid sector for further offensive operations..

It is predicted that the interval which will result will be employed with strenuou: Anglo-French efforts

Gon to persuade Dr. Negrin and eral Miaja that reasonable

peace terms can be secured from General

Franco, and of the futility of fur- ther resistance in the curcumstances.

STEFANESCU GOANGA, TWO OVER 300,000

MONTHS AGO.

Goanga was severely wounded, while a detective, Gruja, who ac- companied him was killed.

Astonei, was sentenced to, hard

REFUGEES

Paris, To-day.

Paris and London concerning cognition of General Franco

tinues.

Decision or at least preliminary action, is expected on Tuesday when the French Cabinet assembles a Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of the President the Rep.blic.

M.

M. JASPAR'S TASK of

Brussels, To-day. King Leopold has entrusted "Le Journ.." emphasises that Henri Jaspar, Minister without there is no occasion for the French Portfolio in the previous Cabinet, and British Ambassadora

with the task of attempting publican Spain to follow Dr. Negrin form a new Cabinet. M. Гавраг to Madrid since the Ambassadors belongs to the Catholic Party and are accredited to President Azana has been Prime Minister several who is now staying in Paris.

times.

to Re-

it

from

return

to

His commission from the King came after M. Spaak had failed, on Saturday night, in his mission to

solve the Martens affair.

the original cause of the

AZANA'S POSITION "Le Temps" doubts whether The courtmartial sentenced two

The number of Spanish civil and is legitimate to regard the Negrin of the principal, accused, a 24-year- old medical student, Aurel Dasca- military refugees who have enter- Government as still existent since

The question in what way the leanu, and a 22-year-old law stud-ed France in the course of last week the head of the State is no longer ent, Jean Pop, to death, while

dispute about the admission of Pro- is now estimated at about 300,000. exercising his functions of office. a This figure includes somewhat

Pressure is being exerted

fessor Martens to the Academy, was 22-year-old law student, George

Cabinet more than 160,000 Republican mili- Spain on Azana, either to tiamen who are interned in the to Spain or to resign.

Crisis, will be settled, is not clear. camps of Argeles-Sur-Mer,

Impression in political circles

In Walloon circles, it is hoped strengthened yesterday that France that Professor Martens will him- Cyprien and Vacares.

Eighteen thousand militiamen had not given up the idea of main-self voluntarily retire.. are interned in the camp of Prats-taining existing relations de-Mollo. Another 15,000 Repub- Franco and effecting this by send- lican militiamen, at present cross-ing Senator Leon Berard once again ing the passes of Ares and Pragon, to Burgos on a "special mission.”

Trans-Ocean. are still expected,

labour for life."

Sentences of hard labour vary- ing between 12 months and seven years were passed on the other accused, who were all connected

with the political organisation known as the Iron Guard.

The death sentences are the first to be passed in Rumania where the capital penalty, was unknown until a few months ago, when was introduced

it

SITUATION EASIER

Saint

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Flemish quarters, however, clare this to be out of the question. Well-informed circles, expect that the new

Government will meet Flemish demands for cultural au- tonomy. Another "measure of

lease of Baron d'Anethan, who was

STOLE. DUCKS tranquillisation" taken is the

French troops concentrated near simultaneously with the proclamation of the new constitution.-Trans-Ocean,

DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT

Warsaw, Yesterday,

The Duke and Duchess of Kent are expected to arrive in Poland on a private visit during the next few days.

It has been announced that they will arrive in Warsaw on Febru- ary 20 and will then proceed to Woropajejo, where they will spend a few days as guests of Count Przezdziecki. Trans-Ocean,

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the frontier as reinforcements of Lai Tung, 24, and Ho Yau, 30, one of the ringleaders of the attack the mobile guards and gendarmerie were charged before Mr. R., A. D. recently made on M, Spaak-Trans- have gradually been withdrawn Forrest this morning, with stealing Ocean.

since Saturday noon.

Troops are, however, mostly not transported back to garrisons but

nine ducks from No. 167, Wing Lok Street, yesterday.

· Det. Sergt. Mcvey, said defendants

taken to the camp of Argeles-Sur-stole the ducks by using a

Mer. Trans-Ocean.

PICKPOCKET SENTENCED

Cheung Chi, 27, was charged be- fore Mr. R. A. D. Forrest this morning, with stealing a pair of glasses and a caso from Sheik Rum- jahn Ismail, at the Oriental Thea- tre.

SHOT FIRED IN

through an open grating. defendant was formerly a

hook First police

ROBBERY ATTEMPT

constable.

of One shot was fired by one Sentence of one month's hard three robbers who attempted an labour, was imposed on first defen- armed robbery at about nine o'clock dant, and six weeks on the second this morning, at No. 12, Apliu defendant, who had a previous con- Street, Shamshuipo. viction.

The occupier later reported to the police that nothing was stolen A fine of $10 was imposed on and no-one was injured. The shot Tae Cheung, 45, street coolie, by was fired into the air when he Defendant snatched the glasses Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, this morning, raised an alarm to prevent the rob The P. and O. 8.s. “Rawalpindi" | when Ismail was about to buy for cruelty.

bers forcing their way into his flat left Singapore on Saturday and is tickets. Defendant was sentenced Defendant was arrested when on the second floor.

due here on Thursday at about 6

a.m.

to six weeks' hard labour, and re-putting chickens in small crates in The bolloo searched pedestrians commended for banishment.

Wanchai Road yesterday.

in the vicinity

result