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BITTER FIGHTING RAGES IN MADRID

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS'

MISHAP AT BANGKOK

London, To-day.

Imperial Airways flyingboat Carpentaria, carrying mails from Britain to Hong Kong, was dam-. aged in a collision with a Chinese junk while moored in the river at Bangkok,

It is learned from Imperial Airways in London that the Car- pentaria will be taken out of the normal service pending repairs, -Reuter,

JAPANESE LET GAMBLING MONOPOLY IN CANTON

Hendaye, To-day.

According to reports from various sources, the TOKYO PRESS

struggle in Madrid last night had not yet reach- ed a decision.

The wireless station in Madrid, announces that the

CALLS FOR

Council is master of the situation and urges ANTI-BRITISH

the population to remain calm.

After the last wireless warning of the Defence RETALIATION

Committee, General Miajas' troops began ·à ruthless attack on positions held by the Com- munists, using hand grenades, machine guns and field artillery against public buildings still in the hands of the Communists.

se-

The main scenes of conflict are, give precise details about the loss' the railway station, the Communist of life caused by this violent street- quarter of Cuatro Caminos, where fighting but the number of dead the Community House of the Com-and wounded is estimated at munists 'was attacked by a veral hundreds. squadron of tanks. Fighting is also still going on in Albacete Street and in the vicinity of the Hippo- drome on the main road from Ma- drid to Cuenca, as well as in the Jalama and north-eastern suburbs of Madrid.

CUENCA ROAD RESISTANCE

DEAD LYING IN STREET

Tokyo, To-day. The Japanese press, obviously inspired, criticises the British cur- rency loan to China.

declares

an omer-

The Hochi Shimbun" that the Cabinet - held gency session in the Diet building yesterday and discussed the Japan- ese Government's attitude.

.

The newspaper understands that the opinion is held that Japan should make a strong protest "against this unfriendly action."

Eyewitnesses report that in some

Japan should also take positive places every inch of ground is be- ing fought for. The dead are left counter-measures against the new lying in the streets which are be- Britain continues such unfriendly Anglo-Chinese agreement, and if ing swept from end to end by in-acts, Japan should "resort to some termittent machine-gun fire.

retaliatory action with regard to General. Miaja's troops have Late last evening, the Military British rights and interests in found all progress on the Cuenca Junta announced over the radio China." Reuter. road stopped by the determined re- that it had obtained control of the sistance of the Communist | First situation on the Murcia-Almeria Army Corps which it had been re-Jean-and Cuidad roads.

Madrid, contenting themselves After keen competition, a big ported, had surrendered to the Mili- All afternoon and evening, Na-Iwith making observations.—Trans- Chinese syndicate, known as the itary Junta. A wireless bulletin an- tionalist planes were flying over Ocean.

Canton, To-day.

Yip Shing Company, is officially announced to have succeeded in securing the gambling monopoly for Canton, bids for which were recently invited.

The amount offered is not divulged.

In accordance with new regula-

nounces that the

Levante

Army

Corps and other units of the Repu- blican Army are being rushed to Madrid to suppress the revolt.

It is impossible at the moment to

CHINA OFFERS

tions issued by the "Peace Pre- SETTLEMENT

servation Committee," gambling

houses will in future only be al-

lowed to operate in five special AREA TO JEWS

districts, including Honam Island and Talho Road, scene of one of the city's largest loot markets- Router.

Shanghai, To-day.

The leading member of the Chin- ese Propaganda Department and the blographer of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Mr. Hollington

FRENCH STEAMER Tong, in a message addressed to

SUNK: RUMOUR

Paris, To-day.

the Shanghai Jewish Committee from Chungking, has made the pro- posal that Jews should settle in the Northwest and Southwest Provinces. of China

to

Yesterday afternoon, rumours About four five thousand were in circulation that a French Jews would be affected. ingrchant steamer, loaded with food- The Shanghul Jewish Committee stuffs, had been sunk off the Re- has not yet answered the proposal. publican Spanish const by Nationu- -Trans-Ocean: lint vessels.

In the neighbourhood of the

Quai d'Orsay, however, it was stat-known of the matter. ed last night that nothing was Ocean.

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