Tension Heightened In Tripolitania As Civil Disobedience Proclaimed
Charges By Polish Embassy
London, May 16. The Polish Embassy charged yesterday that the United States State Department threatened to seize the liner Batory unless her master surrendered the fugitive Communist Gerhart Essler,
is being hole! in Sosti
Tripoli, May 15.
Tension was further heightened in the British-ad- ministered territory today when the National Congress --- an organisation of local loaders claiming to represant oil Tripolitania-told tho Civil Administrator that civil disobedience had beon proclaimed.
Earlier the curfew had been extended. In addition
to demonstrations, the emergency was pro- claimed yesterday when an angry crowd stoned civil and military police.
Cyrenaicans In Eastern Líbyn today joined the Tripolitanians in Western Libya in denouncing the British plan before the United Nallons for giving Italy trustee-
dunda in me bong carendon over Triton Y off the Polish iner on Saturday, by four stalwart British police-
2002.
Essley neared a statement of his own through the Polish Embassy declaring. "I am the first prison- er of the North Atlantis pact."
The 52-year-old Communist jumped $23,000 ball in the U.S. and stowed nway aboa,d the sentences Batory while two prison were pending against him.
He charged he was kidnapped and his rights as a political re- Tugee brutally violated
The Pollah Embassy said it took a serious view of the in cident. It said a protest would be lodged with the British For- eign Office on Monday against what it regarded as a fagrant violation
In
But whereas the Tripolitanlang have been actively resistant, the Cyrenaicans were peaceful. About 400 Cyrenaicans In the municipal quare in Benghazi listened speeches demanding unity hyn and Indeperulence, denouncing trusiceship.
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They Want To Sleep At Home
Newcastle-on-Tyne, May 15.
Five hundred engine drivers fund Gremion at the Herton depoi of the nationalised Rallways struck work today because they want to sleep at home and not in railway hostels.
Shouting and carrying slogans,
It was decided not to make the they then moved to the palace of the Emir, the Sayed Mohammed Strike continuous but to stage a Idriss of the Senusi, where, they token strike every Sunday until were later dispersed without in-the Rathways Administration with cident,
Feeling Expressed
In denouncing the Tripolitanla plan the demonstrators express-
of Pollsh sovereignty, ed a feeling among Cyrenakut
said there would be here today.
Idraws the system by which crews working long distance trains have to lodge away from home,
The men say that, except in the case of expresses, this could be
voided by changes of crews.
The strike committee here 15 getting in touch with drivers and in the
Denon, the U.S. State which was considered widespread | firemen at other depois
no immediate comment on the Pelish charges.
An Embassy spokesman sald the statement was issued after con- sultation with Warsaw. He sold Poland was
vas especially incensed at The virtual commandeering of a Polish ship in British waters.
At one stage the eight hours negotiation on board the vessel at Southampton, the captain, don Cwikihiski. was virtually held on his own ship by
of
Oard ofeers, the spokes-
asserted,
Morski, counsellor of Alber the Embassy, told a news con ference the British officers who boarded the Batory apparently feared members of the crow might Interfere. He said Detective Inspector W. E. Bray of Scotland Yard warned that a British tender was tied to
the Batory and was equipped with radio to call for assistance instantly should it become neces
sary.
Mrs. Jan Panski, Chief of the Polish Shipping Mission, in Bri- Jain, estimated that about 40 Bri- tish and American officials board- the ship.
In London, the London Gen. tre of the Congress of Peoples against Imperialiuen passed resolution at a meeting today declaring a solidarity with the people at Tripolitania in their protests against the trusteeship proposals
The
resolution declared the Centre supported the protests and the general strike against the British-Italian proposals for the continued subjection of Tri- trus- politania in the form of a teeship under Britain and later Italy.
The Congress, whose quarters are in Paris, has mainly African and Asiatic mostly with Keuter.
to
section and if they receive their support there may be 2,000 3,000 on strike next Sunday.
Today's strike did not cause a serious delay to railway traffic. Reuter.
Fighting In Chin Hills; 25 Killed
Rangoon, May 15. Fighting between Govern ment troops and insurgents has
broken out in the Chin hills in head-Western Burma, a Government communique reported tonight. members, Twenty-five insurgents were Socialist viewa.— | killed and 15 captured in a clash near Kalemyo, about 50 miles East of the Assam-Burina border. and Government troops beat back rebel attacks, idilung 10, near Falam, 30 miles South
West of
According to earlier reports "Red Flag" Communists wera operating in this area
Woman Flier Kalemyo, the communique said.
Safe After Iran Landing
He said that at one stage, Cap- tain Cwiklinsk! and other Polish officer were told they must not leave the cabin in which they
Paris, May 15. were gathered, and plainclothes- Madame Andree Dupeyron, men blocked the door.---Associat- | French woman flier who was ad Press.
A Shakespearean Picture For U.S.
New York, May 16. "As You Like It", the third Shakespearean film starring Sir Laurence Olivier, will be given Its American premiere at Bos- ion on June 30.
overdue on a Karachi-Baghdad flight buck to France, was to- day reported safe and sound after a forced landing in East- ern Persia.
This was reported by the ra- dio telegraph centre at the Bor- deaux Merignné ale base.
the
The communique claimed that Government forces inflicted heavy casualties when they attacked Karen headquarters at Kalintaw, Hanthawaddy district south Rangoon
Meanwhile, two thousand Bur- mese. In
Indian and Chinese workers protested here today against the exccution of S.A, Ganapathy, In- dian trade union leader in Malaya. Workers condemned the action of the Malayan Colonial Govern- ment as dastardly at a mass meet- ing in Rangoon's main square, organised by the Burma Trade Union Congress,
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1940.
Motor Ricksha Trial Run
London, May 16.
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Its running time for the 088 miles was 64 hours,
The riokeha did the four. noy non-stop except for an Interval to mond a broken dyname chain-Router.
Bomb Blast In Barcelona Consulates
Madrid, May 15. ***The 3% Waffing Porcelan2 TENA Bolivian Consulates-General in Barcelona were all damaged by bombs carly this morning. There were no casualties,
The explosions occurred almost simultaneously.
The Brazilian and Bolivian
first Consulates-General, on the floor high above street level, muffered relatively small damage. But the Paruvian Consulate- General, in a villa in Montaner Street in a fashionable quarter of the city, had a six-foot square hule in the wall. The grenter part of the
floor ground wrecked. Furniture was broken and fittings shattered.
was
(Bolivin, Brazil and Peru, with Colombla, on May 7 luid a reso- lution before the United Nations' Assembly's 1940 decision to break Political Commitice rescinding the
uff ambassadorial relations with Spain.
(By 25 to 18 voles the Com- mitice decided to leave member states full freedom of action in their diplomatle relations with Spain,
(Barcelona was a strong Re- publican centre during the Spanish civil war).-Reuter,
Volga Baptism Denounced By Holy Synod
Moscow, May 15. The Holy Synod of the Rus- sian Orthodox Church has denounced as a violation of public decency a baptismal ceremony held near Saratov, on the Volgar last February when several people, blessed
by priests, plunged naked into the icy waters of the River.
The journal of the Moscow patristchate. .announcing this.
CANTONESE BY RADIO
VOCABULARY: 204. (chus) Jue (1)
BY S.K. LEE
Lesson 33 (A) (Repeated)
206. (chl) 4000 (1)
(chong) (1)
107. (tax) (1) dann (or) daun (8)
102. (tain) divers (1)
100. (shuang) ahaang (3)
219, (shak) (3) shook I. (tal) taxyn (3) 211, (bon) hong (3) 18. (Tami) fanyn (3)
214. (taĺit) treet (3) zhi. (hu} (1) bao 216. (pok) (3)
bok
217. (a) (1) nanya USEFUL EXPRESSIONS: '(21) Tanyo (3) taayu (3) (21) Beco (3) dash (1) IMITATIVE EXPRESSIONS:
To cook. Morning.
Besides. Further, alist.
An ex.
To it.
Allve, Born, law, Unripe. Unfamiliar.
Cooked. Ripe. Familiar.
Too. Excessively,
To bake. To somet
A allee. A pane
Classifier for fat things having romion,
bie thickness
To cut. To alles.
Thick. .
Thin.
11.
Mr. Madam Mas.
(A piece of) toast,
__(4) ___(Yut (1) faaru (3)) daw (1) voo (2)
MUKTIONET Doug promo 1. Jue (2) bob (1)
Z. (8) Jooner (1) ɔwn (1) mob7 3. (3) Jobs (3) yau des (1)
4. (2) Nay (8) joong yeoos (3) mah 7 (8)
5. (3) Ngww (1) Joong yeroo (3) den (1)
6. (3) Joong koh (1)
7. Few (8) 15 (1)
8. Yean (1) (8) yook
. Dxoris (1) dian (1)
10. Boon ) shmang (1) (3) shook.
11. Thare (3) (8) shock
(P. Hona (1) daw (1) saw (3)
13. (B) Moen beau (1)
14. (1) Bok-des (1) hoh(2)-dos (1)
25.
(1) Nga (2) mer.
IR. (a) Muk (1) pay.
1170-TBAANI
A. Bach(7)=(1)Ghon, Txape(8)-Taxy={{)
IL. Daoh{2} (1) bun-
A.
Duch(2)+traan:1) Jue(2)-hod(2)
(1)mar ch(2) T
(2)May ah{3}
(2)Nuz sum(1)«jego{1}_{3}shik mut(1)-(2)seh neh(1)7
D. (8)Joong (2) faw(2)-101{3}
(2) moh_ah(8) T
A. (2) Moh Yaw(3)-tu}{2)
D.
(2) Yau res(1)+(1) jook
Gom(2) (3)dzao, yoen (1)-(8)yook dan (2) Jab(1)
A. Dacent) key{2}-daw{1} fek (5)
dean(2) neb(1) T
U. Dreen() #ny(2) Jek(8) dann(2).
Doe(1) dan(2) (1m-hoň(2) déves(1) dukci) aye(3) (2)shook, boom (8). sman(1)~(3)shook (5)damu hob(2). Jokk (U)
A. Hong(3) (3)m-bong(8) daw(X)-
Bro(2) nch(1) 7
11. (2) New (1)m pwoo{3} daw(1)-
see(2) lok(8)
A.
£t.
Tay(2) (2)leung fuarı(1) (8)mORD- daru(1) (3)ngaw lab(1) Beroo(2)-teh(2) Joong(1)•Jun (8) (5)shik daw(1)-13); hong() zay(2) mayo(3) bay(1) (1) kal Ixb(1)
Deeti) (3)meen-baai)(2) (1)m- hoh(2) tavet (3) dux(1) gợm (3) (2)hau, (D)bok-dee(1) hob(2)-dec(1) (3) Joons recoo{8} {1}ngu
(2) range (3)muk-(5) pay tosh(3) ↑ (1)M (8) lok(8)
(2) Ngaw zum(1)«tjeeoo {1}m (3)hat exy(2) (3)toh-{8}ngaw,
(To be coniinued)
BUDDHISTS IN BERLIN CELEBRATE
Berlin, May 16.
Well cooked.
C
Ja (re) here any mor Theraf (are) some more.
Do you want any more?
I want some more
Beller still.
Bacon.
To fry exes, Fried eggs, Medium-cooked.
Over-cooked. Orezeriye.
To make tomat,
Brend.
The thinner the better. (cow's) milk.
Ost-mest. Porridge. BREAKFAST)
Good morning, Madum.
Good morning.
In breakfast ready ret?
No, not yet.
What will you eat this morning T
Is there any more ham?
There's no hat.
There's bacon.
Well then, bacon and care.
How many to be fried?
Fry fur cave.
Dan't over fry the cage, medium-cooked
would be all right
Shall 1 ranke tomas!
1 don't WAAL tomat
Gire me iwu allem of bread.
Miss would like to eat toast:
make her fem alleen.
The broad, don'l eul; no thickly, the
thinner the better.
Do you want milk and porridge as well!
No
I'm not very hungry this morning.
LONDON POLICE PRECAUTIONS
London, May 15. London Police Headquarters Borlin's small Buddhist com- are taking extra precautions added that Blahop Boris of munity met at the city's only against any disorders in connect- Saratov was found gulity of lack temple today for the first time in with the two-day debale on of supervision and would be tran-since 1942 to commemorate the the Ireland Bill which opens in sferred to a smaller diocese.
birth of the "Enlightened Ono" the House of Commons tomorrow. 2,493 years ago.
This decision follows the publi- cation by Pravda, official -Com- munist Party organ, last Fel
last February of e report of the ceremony,
Paul
The temple in the Frohnau area of the French sector was built in The aim of the ceremony,
1923 in the traditional style by the paper then sald, was to cure the German Orientalist, the late Dr. Persons concerned of diseases and
Duhike. In 1942, the Gestapo the officiating priest had insisted prohibited worship at the temple, on complete
stripping, falling and confiscated the nearby Bud which "they would not receivedhist publishing office. complete benediction".
Several people were reported to have been sent to hospital as a
The meeting also urged work- Her husband, who lives ners in South East Asia to "unite Mont-de-Marsan,
result. Reuter. West and crush capitalism"-Router. France, said he received a phone call from Paris saying that she
had landed in Iron.
South
Mme.
Jiwani, Dupeyron left Baluchistan, last Thursday morn- ing on her way back to France after falling in her bid to set up
MR. MENON VISITS OXFORD
U.S. LOAN TO SPAIN EXPECTED "As You Like It will be dis tributed in the same way as Sir
London, May 15, Laurence's Arst picture, Henry V,
A world copyright despatch Oxford, May 15, from Barcelona in today's "Sun- which in three years hat grossed
The High Commissioner for In- day Times" said that, according nore than US$3,000,000 in Amora "straight line" long distance dia in London, Mr. V. K. Krishna to a rellable diplomatic source, a ica, It will be given special twice record between France and Kota-Menon, visited Oxford today to United States loan to Spain will daily showings with all
Boats chi. She had been missing for meel Indian students at reserved..
the soon be announced, University. more than 80 hours.
Un May 2, Senor Andres You Like I", directed and produced by Paul Czinner,
He entertained them to tes and Moreno, one of Spain's leading has British, United Sintes and afterwards spoke to them infor- financiers, left Madrid for New Sir Laurence as Orlando, Eliza-Pakistan planes took part in a mally, answering questions and York. A Reuter message beth Bergner as Rosalind with combined nir-sen search over the advising them about their prob- Madrid at the time sald that this Henry Ainley, Felix Aylmer, Leon Persian Gul in which a British lens.
Eeemed to indicate that the mat- Quartermalne, Sophie Stewart and naval tug. the Pakistan Royal There are about 40 Indian stug ter of a loan Spain by the Ex- Mackenzie Ward in the supporting Vessel, Peshawar, and merchant dents at Oxford University, both port and Import Bank was reach- east. Associated Press.
men and women.-Reuter.
ing a practical stage-Reuter.
A
ships took part.-Router.
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