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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SeptemBER 12, 1936.

PRESSMEN DETAINED AT SAN

SEBASTIAN..

STUBBORN BASQUE

OFFICER

Intervention By French Ambassador

"Hong Kong Daily Press" Special)

Paris, September 11

The anarchistic conditions which prevail at San Sebastian were well illustrated by the correspondent of the "Matin," who paid a visit to that town together with French and British cor- respondents, being conveyed there on board the French destroy- er Alcyon.

The Governor of San Sebastian. Ortega, had consented to the visit of the pressmen, which had been arranged through the medium of the French Ambassador to Madrid, Herbette. Never- theless the pressmen were, immediately upon arrival, escorted by armed guards to the commissioner for press and propaganda, who detained them for some hours

'

The correspondent of the "Paris Sole" was even placed under arrest for sympathising with the nationalists, and the Basque officer who arrested him repeatedly refused to obey the Gover nor's offer to release him, the correspondent only being set free after energetic Interventions on the part of Ambassador Her- bette, whe accompanied the pressmen from Hendaye.

GOVERNOR'S THREAT

The correspondent of the "Matin" then describes how the Communist Deputy Orondo subse- quently tried to prevent 250 fugl- tives from embarking

the Alcyon, although their departure had been specially authorised "by Governor Ortega.

on

When Ambassador Herbette in- sisted on the embarkation of the fugitives. Orondo shouted that the French had nothing to say in Spanish affairs, and threatened to

throw the Ambassador into the sea. Two military attaches, who stood beside the Ambassador prevented with some difficulty Orondo from attempting to carry out his threat,

destroyer.

"The fugitives embarked on the under supervision of the Ambassador, who last person to board the ship. which then put out to sea en route

for France Trumeccan News Service,

was

INSURGENT, SUCCESSES

the

Hendaye, Sept. 11. The Spanish nationalist troops in the vicinity of Talayera "have been able to follow up their re-

CADETS SURRENDER

ALCAZAR

Castle In Ruine

The Nationalist Cadets, who held the Castles.b Alcazar in Toledo for 50 days against a much super- or force, have at last been obliged to evacuate that" fortress, which is

ruins. It is added that the Cadets now but a heap of smouldering did not surrender to the Reds but barricaded themselves in a near-by monastery, which they captured in

The

desperate sortie when the Al- cazar itself was given up. Commander of the Reds sent an ömcer bearing a flag of truce to the Cadets, and assured the latter that their lives would be spared it they surrendered, bus the Cadets declined to negotiate with Reds, who thereupon resumed the

the

HOMECOMING OF GENERAL

Great Welcome In Poland

Warsaw, Sept. 11. On returning home after his lengthy negotiations

with high military authorities in France, the Inspector General of the Polish Army, Marshal Rydz-Smigli, was received with marks of honour otherwise seldom accorder anyone but a monarch returning home after a victorious war.

COMMUNISM IN PORTUGAL

Important Official Statement

An

EVENTS LEADING TO MUTINY

in-

COMMUNIST OVERTURES

TO

NEUTRALITY IN THE LABOUR PARTY

FLAT REJECTION IN

CIVIL WAR

Second Meeting Of Committee

London, Sept. 11. important statement,

London, Sept. 10. arcating that the Portuguese Goy meeting of the international com- It is expected that the second ernment intends to redouble itsmittee for the application of the efforts to stamp but the sparks of Communism in the land, was convention in Spain will be summon- agreement regarding non-inter- tained in an official communique ed by the Chairman. Mr, W. S. Isued to-day.

The press declares the Govern- ment was aware that a Commun- Ism plot was brewing, and might have avoided the naval outbreak at Lisbon But sometimes! It is pointed out. International siderations are more important con-

than losses.

Morrison, Financial Secretary to

days. the Treasury, within the next few

At the station is Kattowic r

During the last few days the British Government have caused presentatives of all towns, even from the distant Cracow, were as»

repeated and urgent representa sembled to greet Rydz on Polish

they are still in touch through tions to be made in Lisbon," and *0!1. In Warsaw the entire Cu- binet, many officials and high

the British Ambassador, Sir Char-. military personalities

Since the outbreak of the civil les Wingfield, with the Portuguese were 45- sembled. A guard of honour of the

war in Spain, active propagan Government regarding Portugal's Warsaw garrison was lined up in and money have been spread membership of the committee of front of the station, and the streets about Portugal by agents of Spain application. The Portuguese Gov- from there to the Belvedere were and other foreign countries, and ernment are aware of the general Deflagged and ined with officials also by certain Portuguese ele-character of the proceedings at of all departments.

ments, Poisoned by this cam-Wednesday's meeting of the com- The engine driver had received paten, Portuguese sailors aboard mittee, at which they were not

two of the warships instructions to slow down at every

in Lisbon represented. station, so as to allow the assem-planned to seize their vessels and An amendment for the supply bled gathering to have a view of join their Red comrades. · the returning General- Transocean News Service,

STAY-IN STRIKES IN FRANCE

Serious Textile Trouble At Lille

Paris, Sept. 1. "Stay in" strikes are again creat in a serious situation in France.

em-

The Minister of the Interior, M.

players and employees at Lille. Salengro, is leaving immediately to

where 40.000 textile workers are direct negotiations between

triking.

Employers are demanding the evacuation of their factories be- fore negotiations even commerce.

The "stay " strike at the Mic- helin works at Clermont-Ferrand has ended, but 6.000 metal workers at Doual have struck and 15,000

heavy industry employees are out

in Marseilles.

BRITAIN

Sir Walter Citrine Sums Up The Situation

London, September 11.

The Communist overtures to the Labour Party have been flatly rejected by Sir Walter Citrine. When addressing the Trades Union Connell he said that after many years of unbridled derision and abuse of the Labour Party, the incongruous spectacle of the Com- munist, organisations to ingratiate themselves with organised labour presented the most amusing"spectacle in contemporary, political his- tory. "The simple explanation of the present Communist tactics a proof of the abject failure of the many attempts to capture the labour movement," he declared.

dised propaganda, the Communist "Notwithstanding years of sub-

party of Great Britain ་་ ་་

negligible quantity and has utterly failed to get any hold on the mind

1t.

of the electorate. "Don't let us be misled by the claim that the Com- munist workers," he added.

party represents the of arms to the Spanish Govern-

Sir Walter Citrine declared that "Attacked and insulted by forment moved yesterday at

the the Liberal party has ceased to be eign newspapers, notably Engilsh Trades Union Congress at Ply- and French,”

a considerable political force, and the omcial com- mouth to the General Council's the labour movement is being ask- munique states. the Government official resolution giving approvaled after all these years of fighting is now

obliged to intensify its to the policy of non-intervention.

the liberalist cause to re-establish offensive against" Commun'sı:.- was defeated on a card vote by Reuter,

3.029,000 to $1,000. The resolution

"The danger of Fascism in Great was subsequently carried by an

Britain is remote so long as we overwhelming majority

keep our heads," he said. British Wireless.

The change in France is caused by the Popular Front arranging electoral methods 80 as not to fight one another inside the electoral system but it is impossible to produce the same conditions here."-" Reuter

KİRİ-DEKENShIdhudið áð

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Sept. 11. London silver prices to-day were unchanged as follow:--

Spot

Sept. 10 Sept. 11 19-1/2 19-1/2 Forward ..... 19-1/2 19-1/2

क

35,000 MORE VISIT 1936 ACADEMY

employers refuse to negotiate as long as the works are occupied.

Here, as at Lille, Nearly £1,000 Less

"In "Purchases

The dockers' strikes at Le Havre

40 vessels are held up there.-- and Cherbourg have ended, but setmen have struck at Lorient and

bombardment. The women and children who held out heroically cazar with the Cadets, have like- in the two months slege in the Al- wise tied to the monastery. When cent successes according to

asked to aurrender, the Cadets Reuter. . broadcast message from Corunna, but we will die only with arms in said "we know that we must die, which states that communications our hands." The Cadets added

功

have now been established be-

tween Talavern and Avila.

Nationalist planes dropped bombs on strategically important parts of San Sebastian, while other planes dropped leaflets over the town calling on the popula tion to surrender in order to avoid further bloodshed. It is also stated

that Nationalist planes bombed Toledo.--

Transocean New Service.

MADRID REINFORCED

Madrid. Sept. 10.

that the 150 women and 250 chul-

dren who held out with them would rather share the fate of the Cadets than entrust their lives to the Reds. Tranxarenn News Service,

ROAD TO MADRID NOW CLEAR

Gen. Franco's Statement

now

The garrison troops have been

Paris, Sept. 10. reinforced

The road to Madrid is with

the arrival of clear" declared General Franco. 5,000 militamen from Catalonia. Commander-in-Chief of sald to have been exchanged for

the Na- tionalist forces one-third of the gold in the re-issued on Thursday after having in a statement serve of the Bank of Spain.

inspected the positions of

JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE

American Labour Request To Trade Union

The Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy closed with a re- curd of 35,000 more visitors than last year and the highest total of attendance since 1931.

It

was stated at

Burlington

House recently that the total at- tendance figures could not be given, but the attendance aver- aged 1.000 daily since the exhibi- tion opened at "the beginning of May. There had been a large in- crease in the number of overseas and foreign visitors. and an in-. crease of 4,000 school children over last year's figures.

On the other hand, there has been a slight decrease in the nam- ber of works sold and in the total sum paid for, purchases.

GERMANS LIVING

ABROAD

Work For National Socialism

("Hong Kong Dally Press" Special)

Nuremberg, Sept. 11. Speaking at a ceremony by the organisation for the Germans living abroad, the leader of this organisation, Bohle, mentioned the numerous sacrifices that these

Germand had brought for National Socialism, and asked whether these

sacrifices had really been neces- sary.

This question, so Bonie said, was

to be answered in the affirmat.ve, when it was considered what the work of the foreign organisation meant for Hitler and National

Socialism

SECOND OF FLEET LAUNCHED

New Empire Flying Boat

London. Sept.. 10.

REFORM OF THE LEAGUE

British Indications

to

London, Sept. 110 ..... The Foreign Secretary. Mr.. An- thony Eden. has informed the Secretary-General of the League of Nations that while the British Government do not propose make any written observation on the future application of the prin ciples of the Covedant of the League, they will make known their views at the coming session of the Assembly...

British Wireless.

FOURTEEN MONTHS IN THE ARCTIC

Expedition Returns To London

London, Sept. 11. Members of the Oxford Univer- slty expedition to North East Land, Spittsbergen, returned to London con- last night after having spent four-

The second of the feet of 29 Empire flying-boats under striction by Messrs. Short Bro- teen months in the Arctic. thers was launched at Rochester

They carried to-day. Originally

out their entire intended for programme in the interior of preliminary long-distance expert-North East Land with complete mental fights in connection with success,—. the North Atlantic air malt route, British Wireless, this boat, the Caledonia, will, owing, to the loss of the Scipio off Crete recently, have to go with the Canopus, the first of the new craft, into regular service in the Mediterranean

the Empire routes. This will mean a delay of

Landon, Sept. 11. six weeks or more in the starting

The destroyer H.M.8. Douglas left" or the long-range test nights. Malta this morning for Palestine having on board Major General Dill, new Commander of Military Operations in Palestine.- British Wireless

on

If to-day still some circles utter- ed suspicion of the Party Groups in foreign countries. this was only rage because it had been hoped to keep the Germans living abroad away from National Socialism.

"The world must get accustomed which will now probably nearly to the fact that Germany has coincide with the early fights of again taker her place among the the Mayo composite craft special- Great Powers, and whoever insultely designed for the North Atlantic a German subject must know that service. he thereby insults the Reich. The Cuehrer has given the Germans abroad this certainty, but he who wants to profit by it. must be a follower of the Fuehrer."— Traniocean News Service.

German British Wireless,

London, Sept. 10. The Trade Union Congress at present meeting at Plymouth, has received a cable from the Press- dent of the American Federation

RACIAL LAWS of Labour, Mr. William Green, urging the Congress to try to pre-

Nuremberg, Sept. 11. vent the imitation of Jewish im-

National Socialist Germany stood migration to Palestine.

This year's decrease, it

was by its racial laws declined by and stated, has probably been caused influenced by foreign critics, de- The Congress is urged to oppose

by the smaller number of pur-clared Dr. Franz speaking at the Balfour Declaration, which governs preponderance of works suitable marks had been spent on marriage revision or abridgement of the which, in turn, may be due to the

chases. by provincial galleries.congress of German Jurista.

He added that 350 million Reich- Palestine, and to which the Arap his the immigration plan for Jews for homes as against "gallery plc-loans, enabling 600,000 persons to

population is now bitterly object-

marry. Six hundred and seventy "The battle on the Talavera ing, and hacking its demands for has been the revival of interest in

A feature of this year's Academy two people had been sterilised in front continues: We have repulsed readjustment with arms. By the the enemy forces and

1934 and 324 in 1935.- etchings and works in tempers- Reuter's Bulletin Sermee. Infilcted Balfour Declaration, the British The most popular etchings have heavy losses on them. Our ad- Government pledged itself to vance on Toledo goes on accord-

create a Jewish national home in Derwent. Water" and

been

Mr. Kenneth Holmes's Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of ing to schedule. The Sierra de Palestine, but to respect the fights study by Mr. Stanley

a figure State, announced to-day that the Gredos completely in our pos- of the Arab population.

Anderson. crilser Quincy, the destroyers session."...

Reuter's Bulletin Service.

both of which have sold eight, or nine copies.

All the church belis in Madrid troops at Talavera, according to are to be melted to make armour-press reports here.

ed cars-

Reuter

U.S. SHIP WITHDRAWAL

Washington. 8ept, 10.

Kane and Hatfeld, and the Coast Transocean News Services

been any split in the Popular Front ranks.

14

18 miles

by

Guard cutter Cayuga, had been ordered to withdraw from Spanish waters and proceed to near-by neutral ports. There, they will awalt possible emergency calls.

The American Government's re-

An advance of presentatives in Spain have been Government troops on the Estre- told to remain at their posts as madura front, near Talevera.. has long as they safely can, but are been reported from Madrid. It is given full discretion to close their stated that General Asunsio offices and flee the country if turning the they consider that step necessary.

wing.

Reuter.

SAN SEBASTIAN FRONT

I

Insurgents"

JEWISH BOLSHEVISM DANGERS

Warning From Germany

Nuremberg, Sept. 11,

is

right

A warning to the world against Jewish Bolshevism was given by

tures."

tained

TRADE UNION. SYMPATHY

VERITY DOWN WITH INFLUENZA

May Not Join M.C.C. Team To Australia

and

London, Sept. 11. Verity, the brilliant Yorkshire bowler, in

Australia to-morrow.

down with influenza will probably be unable to Join the M.C.C. who are leaving for

The doctor has advised him not to travel, but he has made good progress in the past twenty four hours and may fly to Southampton or otherwise travel everland next week and join the boat at Tonton-

Router.

NEW METHOD OF WARFARE

Guns Landed By Parachute

NEW COMMANDER FOR PALESTINE

OLD AGE PENSIONS

FOR BLIND ib

London, Sept. 11. The Minister of Health an-. nounced last night that he will pro- pose in the new session of Parla- ment that old age pensions should be given to blind persons as forty years of age. There are 75,000 re- gistered blind persons in the United Kingdom of whom 25,000 dow re- ceive old age pensions which, on sent begins at fifty years of age.- account of their afdication, at pre- British Wireless

NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

FUND

London, Sept. 10. The total of the King George V National Memorial

Fund stands at £219.833,-- British Wireless.

FAMOUS SINGER'S

now

The highest price paid for a

Plymouth, Sept. 10: picture so far is £1.250 for Mr. The Trades Union Council to-day Gerald Brockhurst's "Armada." | carried a resolution extolling the This is the third year, in succes- self-sacrifice and bravery of the sion that Mr. Brockhurst has ob- Spanish workers and expressing the highest price with sympathy for their cause. The paintings of his model, Miss vote was carried

Minsk, Sept. 10.. a show of Dorette Woodward.

hands by an overwhelming majorists, carrying portions of 18 feld A flying army of 1,200 parechat--

guns and and 150 machine-guna, The Congress had previously re-together with ammunition for all.

London, Sept. 10. Jected an amendment favouring jumped simultaneously from & Conchita Supervia has been prov

The will of the famous kinger intervention behalf of the

visit armada of aircraft during theed at £11920

Mr. Stanhope Forbes, the seniority. Academician, who is 78, sold four of his six pictures.

. About one-third of the pictures

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ESTATE

on the other hand, a radio Propaganda, when addressing the

and they maintained this propor- broadcast from Seville claims that on the Estremadura front night.

Nazi Party Congress here last tion among the sales. Dame Laura Knight receiving the top price London, Sept. 11. the insurgents have advanced He declared that Europe's exla

among women exhibitors with The lengthy full in operation's seven miles beyond Talavera.

£475 for her "Ballet."

Dr. Joser Goebbels, Minister of in the exhibition were by women, Spanish Government, by 3,000,000 concluding phases. of the Red British Wireless,

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tence was at stake, and that the on the San Sebastian front has A Government broadcast as-time had come to decide for or} - occasioned speculation that nego-serts that the rebels beleged in against Bolshevism regardless of tlations for the surrender of that the Alcazar of Toledo 'have fled consequences.

what Jewry and Bolshevism really key city are proceeding. The Civil into a group of buildings near The Jew had made Bolshevism were, Governor, Senor Antonio Ortega, the fortress, having been shelled and was its banner-bearer, he Win a statement just issued, indicat and bombed from their original sati.

Bolshevism, fie declared, must be was convinced destroyed if "Eirope were to be ed that negotiations were taking positions

that she would one day succeed in restored to health- place but denied that there had Fruter,

opening the eyes of the world to Reuteri

Germany

votes against 51,000, Reuter's Bulletin Service.

MISSING POLISH BALLOON

("Hong Kong Dally Fress", Special)

Warsaw, Sept. 11:

Army's manoeuvres to-day.

Within eight minutes of land- ing, the parachutists had assem- bled their guns and had routed

the enemy by a rear action- Renter's Bulletin Service..

LOCARNO MEETING

London, Bept. 11. After consultation with the French Government, Great Britain The telegram says that the balloon has suggested to Germany and A telegram has now been re-landed. 100 kilometres from the Italy that Beptember 1918 a suit- ceived by the missing Polish Bal- town of Onega after covering loon "Lopp," from which nothing about 1,650 klometres. bad been heard for twelve days Transocean News Service..

able date for the conference of Locarno powers in London - Beuler's Bulletin Bervica