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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1936.

MOB DEMONSTRATION IN

Battle At National Memorial

MISSILES HURLED AT THE POLICE

Fire Cross Organisation Revenge

PREMIER BLUM DENOUNCED

("Hong Kong Daily, Press" Specia!)

was

Paris, July 6.2. Serious clashes between the police and several thousand mem- bers of the patriotic organisation, the Fire Cross, which recently dissolved by order of the popular front Government, took place in the Champs Elyssees or Sunday during a demon. stration held by the latter at the grave of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe.'

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The Fire Cross organisation, which had announced already some times previously its intention of rekindling the flame of remembrance at the grave of the Unknown Soldier on Sunday. substituted some time ago had changed its plans in so far that

delegation of former war combatants" was put in for delega- tions of Fire Crossers.

When, however, the delegation of former war combatants marched towards the Are it was joined by thousands of former members of the Fire Cross organisation singing the Marsell- laise, cheering the leader of the organisation, Colonel de la Roc- que, and shouting "Down with Biam." "Down with the Jews." "France for Frenchmen,"

Large crowds of spectators, who were largely also sympathisers with the demonstrators had gathered on the side walks, so that traffic on the famous boulevard was al- most impossible.

When the demonstrators reach- ed the dense cordon which had been drawn around the Place de L'Etoile they tried .to break through, and numerous persons were injured in the ensuing clash between the police and the de- monstrators.

The demonstrators requisitioned chaks, syphons and tables from the terraces of the cafes and hurled them at the police, who Only to give way. were forced after reinforcements of the police armed with carbines had arrived did the demonstrators disperse Into the side streets,

To prevent further

police and

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detachments

outbreaks of the

GRAVE UNREST

IN SPAIN

Rival Parties Stage Street Battle

DEAD BODY BOUND

TO TREE

Hong Kong Daily Press" Special)

Madred, July 6. Seven, were killed and twelve in- fured in the course of a pitched battle which raged in the streets of the capital on Sunday between rival political factions.

Tremendous excitement has bean caused in the ranks of the Spanish Garde Mobile patrolled the region Fascist party by the discovery of around the Art de Triomphe the dead body of the son of the throughout the night-

Madrid proprietor named Price, which the police discovered bound Trancean New Service,

to a tree and riddled with ballets near a village about twelve miles Investigation re- from Madrid. vealed that young Price, who be- longed to the Fascist group, had been abducted and murdered by the Left Wing extremiata.

Continued unrest, especially strikes, have brought about a rise in the prices of food throughout According to an the country official statement food prices have increased 20 per cent. during the mouth of June-

BOMBING AND SNIPING

More Incidents In Palestine

Jerusalem, July 3. There has been a recrudescence

of the bombing and sniping th Palestine.

During the week-end three Jews employed in the Public Works De-

ir. partment

Jerusalem were wounded seriously in a bomb ex- plosion,

iranturian News Service.

BOMB ATTACKS

Madrid, July 6. Two bombs which exploded here Sunday caused extensive damage. One burst before the house of the President of the Bri- tish Court of Justice for whom it was evidently intended but no one was injured. In the case of the other outrage, three Jews sustain- when the bomb was flung against the öface of Public Works.

Bombs were also thrown in Jaffa, Halfa and Nablus, but no casual- ties are reported from these cities. A large number of Arabs were arrested this morning in connec- tion with an unsuccessful attempted Injuries to bomb a bridge.

Arab snipers crept up to a post- tion in close proximity to the milit

ary billets at Hebron and opened

Bomb outrages are also reported from the towns of Jaffa, Haits and

fire upon the Cameron Highlan-Nablus, whilst at Hebron a group ders in quarters there. The High- of Arabs opened fire on the bar- landers mustered and went out to racks but were dispersed by a de-

meet the attackers, executiug manoeuvre which enabled them to enflade the Arabs' position. Their fire killed one and wounded three Arabs,- Reuter

DARDANELLES TALK RESUMED

London, July 8. The Straits conference resumes its sittings in Montreaux this -afternoon, During the interval the British delegation has pre- pared a new draft of a Straits Convention to take the place of convention signed at Lausanne in 1923 which incorporates as much of the Turkish draft presented at the beginning as has found general acceptance among the delegates and also the major points which have been put forward by the British delegates during the earlier sittings,

tachment of the Cameron High- landers after a sharp skirmish Arab was killed and where one three wounded - Tranmchan "Nears Bernier.

GERMAN. REPLY TO BRITAIN

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PARIS

SANCTIONS TO SANCTIONS TO

BE LIFTED

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Assembly Decides On July 15

London, July' 6.

In accordance with the League Assembly's instructions that the Co-Ordination Committee should take all necessary measures to re- peal the sanctions taken under the Article 16 of the Covenant, Committee under the chairman- ship of Senhor Vasconcellos of Portugal this morning adopted the following resolution:

"The Co-Ordinating Committee set up in consequence of the As- sembly's recommendation of Octo- ber 10, 1935, with regard to the Col. de la Rocque, leader of the dispute between Ethiopia and Italy that the governments Croix de Feu, which has been proposes

which are members of the League dissolved by the Government.

should abrogate on July (?) 1936 the restrictive measures taken by them in conformity with the proposa!."-

AIRSHIP OVER

ENGLAND

Commoners To Ask Questions

Landen, July fi.

British Wirele

Genova, July 6. The Assembly decided that sanc- tions be lifted on July 15- Reuter's Bulletin Service

SILVER MARKET

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(From Our Own Correspondent) The airship Hindenburg, flying

London, July 6. over England, which has already

London Silver prices to-day were been the subject of questions in the up 1/16 as hollow:-- House of Commons, is featured in

July 6. several papers.

9-9/16 19-9/16

Spot

pro- Forward

the

July 4. 19-1:2 ......19-1/2

aero-

Yesterday evening while ceeding to Germany from United States, the airship flew over App Southampton docks, aeroplane! and speedboatworks at Southamp

the. ton Water,

new drome at Brighton and the Royal Tank Corps station at Lydd, Kent. Estimates vary regarding the Hindenburg's nearness to Ports- mouth dockyard which is a pro- hibited area, but it is generally agreed that the airship was no all further then two miles at points. She few so low' that the 'crew were easily visible from the

ground,

Members of the House of Com- mons are asking questions this | week- fleuter.

"AIRSHIP SETS TIME. RECORD

Frankfurt, June 0. The airship Hindenburg, arrived here at 1.20 a.m. to-day, thus establishing a world record for the return journey across the Atlantic

ocean,

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The big sky-liner completed the' passage from Lakehurst, N.J., in 45 hours 39 minutes.

The total time for the journey was in to and from Lakehurst days nineteen hours and fifty-cus

SHIP SOVIET

WRECKED

Heavy Loss Of Life Feared

Tokyo, July 6. The Soviet steamer Stma of 4.000 tons from Vladivostock to Pen- Russians tropavlovsk with 900 aboard, mostly fishermen en route to the Ashing grounds, was wreck- ed an

Omnekotan Saturday off Island, North Kurtles.

The Soviet Steamers Orachon and Burevestnik were granted permission to enter Japanese ter ritorial waters in an effort to take of the steamer. "Fog is interfering with rescue work. Heavy seas are reported to be washing over the Bima.

It is feared that there has been heavy loss of lives.— Reuter.

EARLIER MESSAGE

Tokyo, June 0. Russian and Japanese ships are racing against heavy seas to the assistance of Soviet ship Sima, which has been aground near Om- nokotan Island, of Kamchatka, since July 2

Distress signals from the ship that her (A fuller report appears on pare 1.) say she is leaking and

engines are disabled. Reuters

minutes.- Reuters

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FUTURE OF THE

LEAGUE

French Press Very Pessimistic.

MUST SOON CLOSE DOWN

Parts, Jul 5. Disillusionment and pessimism pervade the newspapers here to- day" where commentators concern themselves with the League of Nations' past week of drama.

"Le Matin" claims that Geneva has never experienced an atma- phere like yesterday's, when, at any time & mere nothing might have produced a serious incident.

"Le Journal" remarks that the day London, July 6.

was disastrous for the League. In the House of Commons, Mr.

"Le Petit Parisien" says the Lea Anthony Eden said he was not prepared again to ask Germany to gue has fortunately rectified its answer the British questionnaire.-error in Imposing sanctions, but Reuter.

the process has badly shaken its prestige.

"L'Oeuvre" touches the depths of pessimism, declaring that yester déle- day's proceedings gave áll gates the impression that the in close down.

KING EDWARD'S INTEREST

Reception To Men Who Fought In The War Hong Kong Daily Press" Special)

GREISER EPISODE AT GENEVA

GREISER

DANZIG COUP Unfavourable Impression

FEARED

Fading Influence Of League

Geneva, July 5. Few will be surprised if the Len- gue of Nations is soon faced with some disagreeable falt accompli at · Danzig, after the Nazi leader Herr1 Oreiser's outburst before the Lea.. gue of Nations Council yesterday.

His claim that he spoke on be- half of the whole German peculu when he attacked Mr. Sean Lester. the Irish High Commissioner, cl Danzig, suggests official inspiration. ! He asked that the High Commis- staner be removed. charging that he was on the side of the minority In Danzig.

The League passed a resolution or confidence in Mr. Lester. however. į and Herr Greiser showed his in- dignation. At one stage of the pro- ceedings he said he knew he could expect no more from the Lexgue in view of its dilatory methods.

A member of the Council, allud- ing to Herr Greiser's speech, told "Reuter":

"Here are the Arst fruits of this morning's Ethiopian resolution.”— Reuter

ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS "Hong Kong Dally Press", Specia Danzig, July 5. Indescribable enthusiasm Whe aroused Acre by the Senate pre- aldent's speech, the greater part or which was relayed by loud- speakers erected in various points in the city. Dense crowds gather, ed la front of the loudspeakers and broke out, time after time in- to spontaneous demonstrations of enthusiaan.

In Zoppot, ou account of its Ane sunny weather, the newsboys selling the National Social- ist "Danziger Vorposten" were besieged by eager buyers. The excited crowd, and shouts of "Hell!” tor M. Greiser. Herr Hitler and National Socialist Germany were uttered constantly Transoccan News Service.

FRENCH COMMENT

Paris, July 5. Reports from Geneva in parts of the papers show little appre- Assembly on Saturday. clation of M. Greiser's speech to the

the

quieting

In Britain

HIGH COMMISSIONER IGNORES ATTACK

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SITUATION CLOSELY WATCHED

as

Londen, July

The extraordinary tirade which Herr Greiser delivered at the meeting of the League and his display of curious manners there have created an extremely unfavourable impression in Britain that he la

He claimed Incidentally other countries.

the Nazi spake for 400,000 Danzig inhabitants, whereas party

at the recent election in the Free City" falled to obtain the two-thirds majority required to authorise constitution- al changes, and in fact with all the resources of forceful pro- paganda at full blast obtained only 58 per cent of the votes.

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The purpose of the Council was to clear up through diple- matic channels the incident when the commander of the Ger- man warship Leipzig during the visit to Danzig refused to show the prescribed courtesies to the League High Commissioner. Mr. Sean Lester-an incident which was at once followed by violent attacks on the High Commissioner in the local Nazi press and <which were promptly reechoed in Berlin, which elty Herr Greiser

is believed to have visited on his way to Geneva.

The League Council, after firm; reproof to Herr Grelser for his out- burst. refused to be deflected from its intentions and Mr. Lester in his statement ignored the personal attack made upon him.

One resolution expressed the Council's complete confidence in Mr. Lester and a second resolution

power authorised Poland as a

the conduct of with charged foreign relations of the Free City

GERMAN POINT OF VIEW

Charge Against Commissioner

NAZI- PROPOSALS- IGNORED

to attempt to settle the warship | ("Hong Kong Daly Press" Special) incident as. an external affair. The Polish Government are pre-

Berlin, July 6.

The necessity of a change of pared to play their full part in relationship between Danzig and these proceedings.

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the League was stressed by various Incidentally the High Com-articles appearing in the German missioner has treaty rights to ask Press on Monday morning. Poland for troops for the defence The leading National Socialst ol Danzig or for preservation of paper woelkischer Beobachter" Internal order.

declares that although the Na- Socialist authorities In tional Danzig have been trying for three and a half years to estab'lan satis- factory relations with the Leagre Commissioner, they failed to ac- complish this aim since the Com- missioner refused to listen to any proposals for normalising relations while he lent his ear willingly to the opposition parties.

The "Times," which is highly critical of the Greiser episode, saya there is no doubt that the German Government were well aware of the Council's desire to reach an amicable settlement and points aut "Le Jour" writes that not, only in reference to the personal attacks

tone in Which M. Grelser

in the German press on Mr. Eden, spoke, was typically "National who is rapporteur on Danzig ques- Socialistic," but also the contents tions, that the British representa-

Referring to the speech of the 01 his speech are extremely dis-tives on the League bave held that President of the Senate," Berr office for many years, in fact since

Greiser at Geneva, the paper says The foreign correspondent of Sir Austen Chamberlain, was For-

that the growing tension in Danzig "L'Oeuvre" who writes in a very eign Secretary. 3

made it imperative for Greiser to depressed vetn about Saturday's The League decisions on Satur- draw attention to the seriousness! proceedings deplores the fact that day were taken unanimously and of the situation. "hitherto pleasant International a Committee of Three representing The paper expresses the hope. Geneva will no Britain, France and Portugal was that a settlement, of the Danzis atmosphere in longer be possible now that Ger-appointed to watch the situation question will be facilitated and many and Italy have returned.", while the Council remains techni- hastened by the fact that the

tording to the correspondent, that moned to reassemble at 24 hours' Geneva must be closed to these.

notice.-- countries in order to prevent fur- British, Wireīces.

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Some Deputies had declared, ac- cally in session and can be sum- problems of League reforms in any

ther auch incidents.

"Pertinax" writing in the "Echo de Paris' asks indignantly what is left of Geneva after M. Greiser's brutal and unheard-of manifesta-

tion and after the League of Nations has been compelled "to undergo the humiliation of admitt- ing defeat in the Abyssinian War Transcccan News Service.

BERLIN ATTITUDE

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case are on the agenda of "the at negotiations forthcoming" Geneva. "Danzig may therefore hope that its voice will be heard at last. It knows that Its sincere striving for the establishment of

relations with the i League of Nations is being followed with sympathy by the entire German nation" Transocean News Service.

London. July 6. The Greiser incident at Geneva satisfactory on Saturday is treated in Germany as though Herr Greiser was an offended party. Ofciat quarters in Berlin give wholehearted approval to the attitude he adopted, while the Nazi press deals with the mat- ter under such headlines as "Dan- zig's President Insulted-Outrag:- ous Attacks on Greiser in League of Nations Palace."

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OLD ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT

In the meantime Nazis at Danzig "Hong Kong Daily Presa” Special) are preparing a "hero's welcome" for Herr Greiser when he returns.- feuter's Bulletin Service.

WARSAW REPORTS

Warsaw, July 3. London, July. 8.

The Warsaw papers describe M. The great interest which King

Greiser's speech in Geneva as Edward takes in men of his own

"sensational attack on the League generation. that is men that

of Nations and its High Commis- fought in the war, was evidenced

The Senate president's in a recent reception at Bucking-stoner." ham Palace, when His Majesty remarks had beer anusually strong and it was obvious that he had invited a number of ex-servicemen of various countries, The Duke of only come to Geneva in order to Saxe-Coburg-and-Gotha and Herr demonstratively express his dis- like for M. Lester, the League of Stahmer represented. Germany, there were also present representa- Nations, and the present connec-

tion of Danzig with the League GERMAN SONG BOOKS tives from Hungary, Austria and

TO BE SEIZED Bulgaria, General Weygand was of Nations.

Semi-official reports state that the representative of the French

critical attitude M. Greiser's ex-servicemen-

("Hong Kong Daily Press" Special towards the League of Nations is Transocess News Service,

Warsaw, July 5. in no way affected by the relations between Poland and Danzig. It is not necessary to add, says a semi-official report, that the Polish- interests in Danzig must not be prejudiced in any way under-the protext of a reform of the League of Nations or an alteration of the relations between League and Danzig.- Transocean News Service.

BRITISH ENGINEERS

ON TOUR Studying Conditions On

German Railways

("Hong Kong Dally Press" Special}

London, July 6. Members of the Institution of Engineers

at are Locomotive present celebrating the twenty- th anniversary of their society by a visit to Germany. They have There will be no alternative, this spent two days each at Nuremberg paper says, but a policy of all and Munich, where they were ces: In other words, a Dolley of force-

Lord Stanley has now taken over the leadership of the British dele- gation as Lord Stanhope has re- turned to London where he is needed to preside over the Corona-stitution must soon tion Committee; and to attend to affairs of the Office of Works Department to which he was re- cently promoted. British Wireless.

Reuter,

enabled to see something of the work of the German State Rail ways. They are to travel to Berita

the

The confiscation of German song books allegedly containing sedi- tious songs, has been ordered by the authorities to be carried out in the western region of Poland, in-. cluding Upper Bilela and the dis- trict of Fosen. The books to which exemption is taken are entitled "111 Bongs" and "Bing With Us Comrade," the latter being the

over Dinkelsbuchel and Rothen-song book of the Young German

Party. burg, and they will visit the Olympic Stadium and villaga They will also be privileged to visit the locomotive testing sheds in the Grunewald, and they will then go to Hamburg on the "Flying Hamburger."——- Transccan News Service.

Numerous searches have already been made in branches of this or ganisation as well as in the der- man book shops, in order to dis- cover and conficate the books ta question.

Franistean News "Service.

Geneva, July 6. In a communication to the Lea- gue of Nations dated July 3 and published by the Secretariat.-on"> Sunday, the Negus states that Sadik "and Ras Imrou" have been

of Abyssinia during the Emperor's absence and that the seat of their Government is in Gore. Any com- munication for these' officials are to be addressed to the Abyssinian Legation in London.-- Transocean News Service.

entrusted with the administration

DEVELOPMENT OF ABYSSINIA

Italian Workers

Rome, July 6. It is officially stated that 95,000 "workers are at present employed in East Africa for development, or Abyssinia chiefly in rond-making and town planning. Orignally 128,000 men were sent from Italy to, abyssinia but 33,000 have since been repatriated Heuter's Bulletin Service.