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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1936.

FRENCH LABOUR INSIST ON

NEUTRALITY

Demand For Stoppage Of Arms To Spain

NEW PROBLEM FOR THE PREMIER

Matter To Be Discussed

In Chamber

'Hong Kong Dally Press" Special)

Paris, September 8. The immediate abandonment of French neutrality in regard to the Spanish civil war was demanded by representatives of the a meeting Labour Syndicate of the Metallurgical Industries at held here on Monday. The meeting decided to request the Gen- eral Confederation of Labour to stress once more its attitude on this question, and also resolved to send a deputation to Premier Blam.

The resolution adopted by the meeting affirms that if the French Government removed the embargo on the exportation of war materials to Spain. it can depend upon the support of 1,200 workers of the Metallurgical Industries,

Freier Leon Blum is facing ugqaisiting to his policy tamarila the Spaich sivil war. There is speculation in London as to whether kis Cabinet will inst very much longer.

ITALY AND THE LEAGUE

Conditions Cause

Sensation

shortly before dissatisfaction with the Govern("Hong Kong Dally Press" Special)

ment's policy. the

Premier Blum, this meeting conferred with the Secretary General of the Com- muhist Party. Thorez. Although 'no amelal communique was issued, usually well-informed circles state that in course of this interview. Blum declared that if one of the parties that form the Popular Front. publicly

expressed

their

Government

would not hesitate to draw the consequences.

Paris, Sept. 8.

The conversation between the Secretary General of the League of Nations, M. Joseph Avenol, and

Italian

Foreign Minister. Count Ciano, has caused a sensa- tion here.

Premier Blum also expressed his

convoke an extra-the intention to ordinary session of the Chamber in order to take up the question of the Spanish neutrality.--- Truancean News Service.

ARALLELLA RLED

PORTUGUESE WARSHIPS MUTINY

SHELLS FALL IN LISBON HARBOUR

London, September 8.

An exchange of shots between Portuguese warships which mutinied and the Lisbon fortress is reported in messages received in It is reported that shells have been private eircles in London. falling in Lisbon harbour. The fire from the fortress eventually dis- abled the warships which were later towed ashore and the mutineers arrested.

Telephonie communication between London and Lisbon was interrupted for some time to-day--Reuter's Bulletin Service.

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SPANISH WAR FRONT

CASTLE ALCAZAR

SIEGE

Rebel Officers Still Holding Out

Hong Kong Dally Press' Special

Paris, Sept. 8.

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"BURGOS STATEMENT

Hendaye, Sept 8. The Radio Station at Burgos an- nounced that the Japanese Govern- ment, has finally withdrawn Embassy from Madrid, while the Chifcan Government has provision- ally recognised the Burgos National Government. The Argentine, Brazi and the United States also intend to recognise the "Committee of Na-

Defence." according tional

A broadcast message from Corunna states that the nationalist officers Burgos.- and cadets, who since the begin-Transocean Nexp Service.

are be- the civil war ning "of

Castle leaguered in the historic Alcazar in the city of Toledo, are still holding out, and moreover are now daily awaiting the arrival of their liberators.

Another message from the same station announces that the Pro-

visional Government at Burgos has appointed Colonel Yague as Com- mander-in-Chief of the Spanish Foreign Legion in recognition of his valuable services on the Estrama- dura Front- Tranio-ean News ServICE,

REBEL SUCCESSES

"Irun, Sept. 8: The Nationalists succeeded in capturing Rentiria and Pasajes without Bghting. These two suc- cesses brought the Nationalist forces within 4 km, of San 8e- It now remains to close bastian.

the gap in the west. when the city will be entirely surrounded, and a general attack will be launched.

Profiting from the experience of Irun, the Reds had already eva- cuated all women, children and old men from" Pasajes and Rentiria, before these places were occupied by the Insurgents, and brought them to San Sebastian.- Transocean New Service.

FLAG COMEDY

FORT CAPTURED

NEUTRALITY IN SPAIN

London Committee. To Meet

London, Sept. 7.

ARAB THREAT

IN PALESTINE

Stern Measures By Britain

London." Sept.

The Colonial Office to-dayƐ an- The British Government have

nounces that the supreme military notified the Governments concern- ed that the first meeting of the control in Palestine is to be en- to Leut.-General J.. Q. International Committee of ip- trusted lomate to deal with matters arising Dill. C.B.. C.M.G., D.S.O., Director from the agreement for non-of Military Operations and Intel- "intervention In the Spanish Civ ligence, War Once, since 1934.

An announcement points out War will be held at the Foreign Office on Wednesday morning. The that the campaign of violence and chair will be taken in the absence

threats of violence, by which the of Mr. Anthony Eden, by Mr. W. 8. Arab leaders are attempting to in- fluence the policy of the British Morrison, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, who will be the Chier Government cannot be allowed to representative of the Government. continue. Mr. Morrison is also Chairman of

the

British Inter-departmental committee which been set up in connection with the same question. It is hoped in London that the final reply of the Portuguese Govern ment

to whom explanations re- garding the committee's proposed work have been furnished similar been received before Wednesday

to those given to Berlin will have

More rapid and effective action must now be taken in order to bring the present state of disorder to an end with the least possible delay, it continues.

GREAT RALLY OF NAZI PARTY

IMPRESSIVE SHOW TO BE GIVEN

Heavy Expenditure By

The Government

Nuremberg, September 8.

No expense has been spared to make the Nazi Party congress opening to-morrow as most impressive as possible. It is estimated that the Government" is spending £2,000,000 on transporting, housing and feeding the thousand of delegates representing 'bundreds of Nazi organisations, Labours, Storm Troopers, Hitler Youths. Air Defence Comps and 90,000 political officers.

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"PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1"

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COM- General C. C. Armitage, manding the First Division at Al- dershot, will go to Palestine with

this unit. Most of the division,

Fight the World's Public Enemy No. 1-"the Bolshevist menace"

with the exception of the artillery, will be the keynote of the congress, FRANCO-POLISH

and that the Portuguese represen-will go to the Near East and it is tative will be present at the first believed the advance parties will meeting. The number of countries embark Friday-- represented on the Committee will Reuter." be approximately 24

POISON GAS USE

In view of reports that the Span- ish rebels have threatened to us

poison gas as a reprisal for similar action alleged to have been already taken by the Spanish Government forces, Mr. Ogilvie Forbes, British Charge D'Affaires in Madrid, has❘ been instructed to approach the

(A fuller British Wireless report appears on page 4)

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GENERAL LEAVES

"London, Sept. 8.. General Dill who has been ea- trusted with the supreme military, control of Palestine, left for the Holy Land this morning.-

outer's Bulletin Service. * Madrid Government to ascertain

PRESS VIEWS the facts and to make clear the

London, Sept. 8. that Count Ciano serious view which would be caken It is stated

The declaration of the Govern- of any such action by outside pub-ment's policy in Palestine gave the conditions under which

18 the lic opinion. At the same time the Italy would participate in

prominently published in the September session of the League British. Ambassador to Spain. Sir

newspapers and such comment as Council, these. amongst others, be- Henry Chilton, now at Hendaye. ing that the Abyssinian question has been asked to try to secure the the statement has provoked is

favourable. should not be mentioned, and that co-operation of the Diplomatic

The Manchester Guardian" furthermore the Abyssinian de- Corps in conveying to the rebel says it is accurate in substance forces also a warning of the grave and moderate in tone. The 'Gar- take part at the Council's dell- consequences which might follow { ernment, it says, cannot concede the use of poison gas in the pro- the fundamental changes demand- The Italian journalists, who were secution of civil conflict. The Bri-ed by the Arabs which would be- expelled from the League of Na-tish Government has no evidence tray British interests of the man- tions because of their demonstra that poison has been used by date and the Jews and make the tions against the Abyssinian Em- either side. peror, should be permitted to come"] British Wirelas. back again

legates should not be allowed to

berations.

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MR. EDEN INDISPOSED

London, Sept. 7. Furthermore the question of re-

The inaugural meeting of the form of the League should not t taker up, since I Duce was of the International Committee to super- opinion that the theory of a re-vise the Spanish Non-Intervention form of the League cannot be dis-Pact has been called at the For cussed until after the projected eign Omee here on Wednesday Conference of Five.- Trungcean News Service.

MADRID OFFERS

OBSTRUCTION

Efforts To Humanize Civil War

Saint Jean de Lux.

Sept. 7.

It is understood that the work conference, diplomatic to of the

the ."to striving

humanice" 8panish civil war is hampered by the attitude of the Madrid Gov- ernment, whose representatives. though still here. have apparently Burgos, Sept. 7. The insurgents' headquarters been disavowed by Senor Cabal- here officially announces the caplero's new Cabinet.

It is reported that Madrid is at ture of Fort Guadelupe, beyond

Teach an Irun, and the occupation of Fuen- present unwilling to terrabia. one of the loyalists' strong agreement "and the latest sugges- points in the defences outside San tlons of the diplomatie corps. for a truce or exchange of hostages. and for an agreement to refrain from further executions and re- priaals and similar acts of ter. rorism. have met with an emoba- tic refusa).—

Sebastian.-

Heuter's Bulletin Service.

APPEAL BY WOMEN

Gibraltar, Sept. 7. A radio broadcast from Seville claims that loyalists were heavily Reuter. defeated five miles from Talavera, losing wounded.

500 killed

and over 150

The report adds that in the last week's fighting the Government has lost 1,500 men.

Meanwhile, over 1,000 women with babies in their arms patrolled the streets of San Sebastian asking the loyalists there to surrender and thus save the lives of the children and themselves, according despatch from Tetuan. Bruter.

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to a

MADRID PRECAUTIONS

Madrid. Sept. 7. Recurring rebel air raids are causing the authorities to take ex- tensive precautionary measures to Street: lamps meet this menace. Faris, Sept. 8. The inhabitants of Nancy re- ceived a shock, when on Monday morning, on their way to begin the week's work, they saw two nuge red aga nying from the Cathedral. It was not until the evening that an engineer succeeded in hauling down the flags and replacing them by the Tricolor and the Torraine

Flags. Tranaghan News Rörvice.

are being painted a dark blue and air raid shelters are being provided at various points. Underground stations are open throughout the

ม night...

BRITISH NAVY RESCUES

morning.

Mr. W. S. Morrison. Financial

Secretary. will preside in place of Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Eecretary, who continues indispos-

ed-

Beuter's Bulletin Service.

REPRISAL THREAT

.London, Sept. 8. Mr. Ogilvie Forbes. British Charge d'Affaires in Madrid, has been asked to find out the truth

of the allegations regarding the use of poison gas by either side in the Spanish civil war. The in- surgents previously threatened to use polson gas as a reprisal— Rauter's Bulletin Service.

KING EDWARD AT BELGRADE

Belgrade, Sept. 8. King Edward broke his journey

for an hour and a half here, and visited the Regent. Frince Paul.

Police estiming his journey at 11:45 p.m. precautions during. His Majesty's brief visit were very strict, even members of the British Colony being kept 200 yards from the royal train, Journalists were not allowed on the platform.

His Majesty, was met at the station without ceremony by the Prime Minister and members of the Legation sta-

Reuter.

Arabs masters of Palestine's future. not But the Government does solely threaten the Arabs. It re-

terests of two peoples. Arabs and affirms the principle that the in- Jews, are of equal weight and in no sense irreconcilable and that the Government desires to follow towards them both a policy of im- partial justice.

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accompanied

by anti-Bolshevist displays, posters, photographs, and Rusalan famine babies.- Keuter.

MOSCOW THRUST

!

TREATY

No New Political Guarantees

Moscow, Sept. 8. The semi-official "Journal de Moscou" in a reference to the

the scarifies

German congress

raris, Sept. 7. The various Franco-Polish trea- methods of propaganda. It says that the anti-Soviet campaign is

tles, which were discussed during. not spontaneous, but a systematic, the presence in this city of Mar- consciously planned and organized shal" Ryda-funtali, will form the campaign by the German Ministry contents of an official French com- of Propaganda to distract atten-munique in the next few days, ac- tion from the doubling strength of cording to informed quarters here. the German Army.

The principai agreement, it stated, concerns the Onancing of Polish armaments.

The journal ridicules the sugges

of famine bables and says tion

that the photographs were invent- ed to disguise the want of food in Germany Itselt.- Reuter.

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According to the "Echo de Paris" France is prepared to give Poland millard Francs a loan of Wo spread over five years, in order to REPRESENTATIVES LEAVE enable Poland to buy modern war ("Hong Kong Daily Press" Special: materials. The paper states that the French Government takes the Berlin, Sept. 8.

view that this sacrifice will suffice Representatives of 41 countries

to revive the Franco-Polish Allian- left. Berlin at 9.45 on Tuesday morning for Nuremberg in a specialce. Hence, the paper adds, no new political guarantees have been diplomats' train as guesta of the

added. German Government at the Reichs Party Congress- Transocean News Sernice,

.TRAVELLING EXHIBITION

Nuremberg, Sept. 8.

The "Ouvre" states that the ex- perts of both parties in the course of Monday would have put the fin-.. ishing touches to the agreements, which, so it is expressly stated, are The

On Monday the travelling ex-directed against no one. hibition entitled "World Enemy No. countries of the Little Futente the anti- have been fully informed of the I." arranged by

scope and meaning of the agreć- Communist League with the co-

central proments. operation of the paganda bureau of the National Transocean News Service. Socialist Party, was opened here.

It is just possible that the an- nouncement of the new military measures may in itself induce the Arab leaders to consider again In the words of the German whether they should not call off

news agency the exhibition gives the strike, denounce terrorism and

"a plain picture of the terrible prepare for the Royal Commission.situation of the Soviet Union"

The "Dally Telegraph" says that although Do announcement is made of the imposition of martial law, it may be assumed that the, necessity or otherwise of that

step is left to the decision of the general in command when he is in touch with the local situation.

In addition, the news agency adds, the exhibition gives a clear picture of the unscrupulous attacks of Bolshevism or other countries The number of persons who die of hunger in the Soviet Union alone is estimated at 10 million, those who were executed at 1.880, in the first five years of the Soviet regime. -Trancean News Service,

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POSITIVE RESULTS

Warsaw, Sept. 7.. Semi-umcial Polish papers speak or the undoubtedly positive re- sult of Marshal Rydz-Smigli's visit to Paris.

"Bpt, it must be affirmed ́`· em- phatically. that any agreements reached in Paris, will pave no effects on the present Polish policy, which will not be altered by the agreements signed in Paris.”......... Transocean News Service,

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CREDIT PROVIDED

London, Sept. 7. PRESS ARTICLE

A French eredi for Poland, Berlin, Sept. 8.

totalling £27,000,000, is provided The significance of the Reichs in a Franco-Polish protocol sign- Party Congress is the subject of aed during the visit of the Polish ong article in the "Voelkischer Chief of the General Staff, Geo- Beobachter."

egal Rydz-Smigly, to Faris, it was At the western end of Europe a learned here to-day. nation with old civilisation is

PATIENCE EXHAUSTED. Patience and forbearance have been exhausted. Their only effects have been to encourage the Arabs in resistance, the direct effect of which is to prevent any inquiry into the grievances they allege to be the cause of their revolt. Order must be restored, armed gangs suppressed and strikes ended. Then the Commission of Inquiry waging E desperate

struggle

against Bolshevism. While the world breathlessly watched the spectacle, in Central the political

many

盘

Europe Ger- great

of guard assembles for Prepared and expectant, new' parole

can do its work and establish un- questionable equality as between two communities.

says that The Daily Herald " the declaration, coupled with the

First Division, rally. sending of the should cause the Arabs to think again and to realise that their only course is to accept the generous offer made to them. Even now if they will call on their murder gangs they can be assured of the London, Sept. B. King Edward' arrived at Belgrade fairest treatment for all theirgince the world must take us BS late last night in Kamal Atatark's people's needs.

British Wireless. special train and continued his

BRIEF STAY

journey to Vienna via Budapest

London, Sept. 8. Details just published of the evacuation by the British Navy on

in an ordinary express. He is due the northeast coast of Spain in- cinding the Balearic Islands give this afternoon in Vienna where he the total evacuated as 4.450 for will make a brief stay before re- eigners of which 1,700 were Br-suming. his homeward fourney. tishers. The numbers evacuated

The Vienna press this morning from other ports has not yet been urges that His Majesty's incognito made known.--

should be respected while in the Benter's Bulletin Service.

Austrian capital.--- British Wireless,

OVIEDO SHÉLLED

Madrid, Sept. 8. Government artillery is reported to have shelled heavily the town of and according to a War Oviedo, Office communique, soldiers and civilians fed from the city, which Surrendered to the Government. The British-American Club has It is also reported that Huesca been forced to close down owing to has been occupied by Government the greatly reduced membership.-- | troops.~~".

Beuter.

The food abortage is assuming serious proportions.

Reuter.

EDEN MAKING GOOD

RECOVERY /"

London, Sept. 8. Mr. Anthony Eden is making good recovery from his attack of chicken-pox and no further bulletins will be issued. It is ex- pected that he will be able to leave for Geneva to attend the League meetings later in the month- British Wireles

SECRET DISCUSSION BY ARABS

Reactions To British. Announcement

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from the 'ups of the Fuehrer, it is waiting to hear the more conscious than ever of its historical responsibility for the future of the Reichs"

The "Lokal Anzeiger" saya!

we are and as we want to be, the foreign countries have learnt to go to Nuremberg to get the necessary Information on the foreign policy of the National Socialist move- ment.

Transocean News Service..

It is stated that half the credit will take the form of military sup- plies and equipment and the balance will be distributed under three' heads. *

France will take over the frozen... debts to French interests in Pow land, fastly; France will provide. money for the completion of the Gdynia-Katowice railway, second- ly; and France will make a re-dia- count loan to the Bank of Poland, thirdly.

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The second réaffirms the Franco- Polish allance.---

Reuter.

WITHDRAWAL FROM

ST. LEGER

London, Sept. 8.

St. Magnus has been scratched loss of prestige. On the other from, the at Leger to be run to- hand it is feared that the diehard morrow. Arab elements will press for strong Reuter resistance.

Jerusalem, Sept. B. The Colonial Office, announcé- ment foreshadowing a strong hand has produced a mixed reaction. The Arab Higher Committee called | notorious rebel leader, is conduct-

In the meantime Fauzi Bey,

ALTERATIONS

London, Sept. 8,

made in the St. Leger probables:

an immediate full meeting to dis- ing spectacular publicity modelled The following alterations are cuss the situation. The delibera on Government phraseology, pro

most secret. bubminently mentioning the particl- tions were generally a feeling of expectancy pation of Iraqul and Syrian de

tachments. prevals.

Arab press reports say that

On the one hand it is hoped that

Brett will now ride Plaster Cast Jones will be on Pizarro and Pat Beasley on Boswell

In addition to St. Magnus, Juble the Arabs will decide their case General Nuri Pasha is not likely to and Precipitation will not stark,

at Router. which has been sumciently brought return to continue efforts to the notice of the world to allow i'med'ation.- 'them to call off the strike without fenteri

(Other Cables on page 12)