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POPE ADDRESSES

REFUGEES

SUBVERSIVE DOCTRINES

DENOUNCED

Offences On Christian Life And Dignity

Castle Gandolfos, Sept. 14. Sternly denouncing subversive doctrines, the Pope addressing 500 Spanish refugees in the course of a speech broadcast"in Italy and other countries, referred to the Satanle préparations behind the Spanish civil war.

The name of hatred and persecution relighted in Spain, which was directed against the Catholic Church, His Holiness declared as the one real obstacle in the way of those subversive forces evident in Russia, China, Mexico and South America.

Continuing, the Pope said: "We must bewail fratricidul

particularly such

carnage,

80 many

offences on Christian life. and dignity, such ruining of the most sacred and the most precious herl tage of noble people.

"The happenings in Spain pro- claim the extent to which the very foundations of all culture and civilisation is menaced."

The Insidiousness wherewith these subversive forces were seek- ing common ground with Cathelles

was extremely dangerous and de-

signed to deceive the world in favour of an unchanging pro- gramme of hate. He would, pray: for the persecutors of the Church in Spain to be reunited with the Church when peace returned.- Bruter.

PORTUGAL DRIFTING

APART

Following Destinies Of

Big Dictators

AT

REJOICING

BURGOS

Capture Of San Sebastian

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1936.

SPANISH

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Burgos, Sept. 14. Great rejoicing was seen in the city when the news was received that the insurgents had captured San Sebastian.

"The happenings in Spain pro elain the patent, to which the very foundations of all ralture and elvilisation is alenaerd, mys the „Popé "în drumuncing the rerats in Spain.

CONFLICT IN PALESTINE

Nuri Pasha's Views

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("Hong Kong Dally Press" Special)

Istanbul, Sept. 14. The Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs. General, Nuri (Nuri Pas- hay Informed Turkish pressmen that the treaty of non-aggression and friendship between Turkey, The insurgent, commander at Iraq and Afghanistan, which wai Burgos addressing a cheering drafted at the Turkish Govern- crowd. stated: "Victory is oursment's instigation, was now ready and it will not be long when we for signature.. will have back what is rightful ours."

Referring to the events in Pales- tine. Nuri Pasha said that he was Church bells were rung through confident in the possibility of and-

out the day while a processioning. a peaceful solution for the

paraded through the streets.-

Reuter's Bulletin Service.

FLIGHT TO BILBAO

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Hendaye, Sept. 13. San Sebastian has been in the hands of the Nationalists since early Sunday, when at 3 a.m. ad- Paris, Sept. 14:

entered the town vance patrols The suggestion that Portugal "is dally withdrawing further from from all sides without encounter- her British alliance in order ting any resistance. The rearguard follow the destinies of Europe's two big dictators." was put for- Ward by Madame Tabouls, well Informed foreign affairs writer in 1.'Oeuvre, semi-oficial daily.

She suggests the Portuguese Cabinet is deliberately working for the success of the Insurgente in Spain.

She assert the insurgents have headquarters In a Lisbon hotel. with a direct telephone line to the Second Division at Seville and a courier service with North Spain ezabling the Catholic leader. Senor Oil Robles. to make daily contacts with Mac Insurgent troops.--

Beuter.

REFUGEE RIOTING AT GIBRALTAR

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Gibraltar, Sept. 13. Police used their truncheons and several persons were injured in a demonstration by A number of British subjects who

Have left their homes in Spain and who have been incensed by the Br tigh Government's decision to close the refugee camp, They have been quartered in the camp since their arrival here,

The demonstrators were going to Government House when police: descended upon them and arrest- ed the leaders.

of the Red Militia had fodowed the main body of troops to Bilbao. which town is how being fortified. Some detachments "managed to dee to France at the last moment by cutting off from the others and taking to boats.

Despite the precautionary mea- sures of the Basque Police, the Red Anarchlats managed to set fire to some buildings. The Red Govern- ment of Ban Sebastian, before leaving the town, blew up the tele- phone exchange, the Radio Station and the Telegraph Office, as well as an underground street tunne) which is important for trame.

The position in Bilbao, where food shortage is also making itself felt, has not improved with the ar- rival of 10,000 refugees from San Bebastian.

conflict there, but stressed that no

| Arab either within or without the frontiers of Palestine would ever

that consent to

country being transformed into a purely Jewish state.-

Trassotean News Service.

NEW PALESTINE COMMANDER

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Jerusalem, Sept. 13. Lieut-General J. G. Diil, newly- Palestine, arrived at Halfa this appolated commander-in-chief in

morning aboard a destroyer and reached Jerusalem to-night aboard an aeroplane Reuter

HEAVY DEATH RÖLL IN AVALANCHE

FRENCH POLICY TEXTILE STRIKE AMAZING STORY AT

IN MOROCCO

Hampering General Franco

ALLEGATIONS BY CORRESPONDENT

IN LILLE

Settlement Efforts

...By Premier

ULTIMATUM TO EMPLOYERS ·

pitong Kong Daily Press" Special) | ("Hong Kong Dally Preas" Special)

Paris, Sept. 14.

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OLD BAILEY

Hired By Foreign Power

To Kill The King

Premier Blum' Parlor to bring MCMAHON'S STATEMENT

Paris, Sept. 14. It is the polley of the French

efforts to Government to create difficulties | about a peaceful solution of the in the Spanish part of Morocco for | senflict in the textile industry in General Franco, via French talle have hitherto been unsuc- Morocco, according to the special | cessful, although the Premier spent correspondent of the "Echo de the whole Sunday on the spot ne- Paris" in Casablanca."

gotiating with the parties concern-

2: they must sign a collective agreement with the wage earners;

The correspondent continues to An ultimatum has now been pre- stress that, although the release by | sented by the Premier to the em- the French authorities of the well-ployers which requires the latter known chieftain Abdel Krim from to accept the following conditiona: has not yet taken place, and re- his island of banishment, Reunion," 1: they must admit, in principle

increased wages;" ports" to the contrary are prema ture. the authorities have actually allowed all other tribal chiefs who fought with Abdel Krim to leave their places of retirement aasigh- ed to them after their capitulation. It is evident, the correspondent says, that the aim of these actions was to cause trouble for General Franco, since the released tribal chlefs Immediately started their propagandist activities against the Spanish.

the frontler restrictions which were It is stressed furthermore that made very much more severe, have already had the effect of itensify- ing the antagonism of the Moroc- cans against Spain.- Transocean. News Service.

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Sept. 14. London silver" prices to-day were unchanged as follow:-

Sept. 12 Sept. 14 ..19-7/18 19-7/18 19-7/16

Spot

Forward.........19-7/16

FITE

PARIS OPERA FIRE"

3: work must be resumed 24

hours after the settlement has, been reached. • Whereas the workers' delegates declared themselves ready to ac- cept beforehand the Government's decisión, the employers decided not to reply to the Premier's proposals

Monday afternoon. In the meanwhile they strongly protest against the legal occupation of the factories by the workers.- Transocean Neur Service,

KING HOMEWARD BOUND

Vienna, Sept. 13. King Edward left by special train at 8.35

p.m. to-day for Zurich, from where it is under- stood he will fly to England in his plane to-morrow, arriving home' late in the day.

TALO

DISCREDITED

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TWELVE MONTHS' HARD LABOUR

London, September 14. The trial opened to-day at the Old Bailey, London, on George Andrew McMahon who was arrested on July 16 after a revolver alleged to have been loaded in four chambers fell near the King's horse on Constitution H He has since been re- ..manded in custody.

The three charges upon which McMahon was committed for trial, are, firstly, unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammun- tion with intent to endanger Ufe; secondly, presenting near the person of the King a pistol with intent to break the peace; third- ly; unlawfully and wilfully producing near the person of the King the said pistol with Intent to alarm His Majesty. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.

Sirtaining money from one power and passing the information on to the British Government.

The Attorney General, Donald Somervill, K.C, is leading for prosecution and Mr. St. John Hutchinson, K.C., for the defence. Verdicts of not guilty on first two counts of the indictment were returned at the direction of the Judge. The trials on the third count is proceeding.-

British Wireleas

McMahon wrote on a picée of paper which was handed to the jury, judge and Attorney General the name of the person in a for- eign embassy to whom he was th

troduced,

These agents drectly suggested LADY TEST. FIES

that the King should be attacked London, Sept. 14. during the treaping of the Colour Events in Hyde Park ch July 18

for which McMahon would have

of evidence at were reconstructed in the course received. £150.

the Old Bailey Arrangements were made for which was crowded at the opening, nine others to accompany him so of the McMahon trial,

he could escape.

He told the War Office of the

Mrs. Lily Yeoman of Leytons- tone, testified that she was near plot. The agents said that if the the edge of the roadway when plot falled, the King would be shot The Austrian Foreign Minister she heard McMahon conversing in France. and other high officials. in an with a police officer, after which enormous crowd of Viennese. the procession appeared. gave the King a rousing ovation at the station Reuter.

SOVIET AIRMEN END LONG FLIGHT

Moscow Decorations

The

"I saw the King had stopped

said.

· DIFFERENT STORIES Mr. Hutchinson asked the jury

saluting and was staring in Me- not to assume the attitude that Mahon's direction," she

McMahon's conviction was neces "When I looked back again Mc-sary for the safety of the King' Mahon had an arm raised and an because the King's safety lay in.

the affection of his subjects: object left b's hand and hit the horse."

Cross-examined, Mrs. Yeoman agreed that if McMahon wished he could easily have fired, Witness said that McMahon bent, down- and

threw the revolver under- hand,

The Attorney General, address- ing the jury, asked the jury to disregard the main features of McMahon's story.

At the trial he had given. a

wholly different story from the one given in the Police Court. A man who treated the oath in such a way was a wholly unreliable per- son and no credence could be

("Hong Kong Daily Press" Special) The famous Parts Opera suffer- ed considerable damage through a fire which brake out.on Sunday night and destroyed a consider- able damage through a fire which broke out on Sunday night and destroyed a considerable part of

Moscow, Sept. 13. the rooms above the stage. The

Soviet airman, Captain

KNOCKED HIS HAND .confagration was discovered Levanevsky, known as "the Lind-

Mr. Anthony Dick, Special Con- shortly after midnight by the fire bergh of the US.S.R.," accom- stable, described bow he saw the placed on anything he says

panied by his navigator, Leychen-prisoner's hand in the air and just ko, landed here this evening, at managed to knock his arm. He the conclusion of a 12,000-mile then got hold of him and he did flight from Los Angeles. fillers left the American city" on August 5 and few via Canada, Alaska and Siberia, studying the conditions in high altitudes,

The aviators received a great welcome.

patrol, but the blaze had already assumed formidable size, and no fewer than 14 fire detachments had to be summoned before the Dames could

A be conquered. tremendous crowd of theatregoers many of them

and other sightseers thronged the result of an

Place de L'Opera."

Oslo, Sept. 13. Messages from Bergen state that at least fifty are dead and sixty injured. seriously, As avalanche in the Nord Fjord dis- trict which practically destroyed

There are now 3,200 prisoners in the hands of the, Reds as hostages. two small villages. and the 850 transported from San

Doctors, nurses and medical Sebastian are to be added, and the supplies have been rushed to the Reds hope to be able to exert con-spot by aeroplane from Bergen, siderable pressure on General Mola with the lives of these hostages in their hands.—. Transocean News Service

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BESIEGED WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Chilean Ambassador's Rescue Mission

Madrid, Sept. 13.

The death roll in the avalanche in the Nord Fjord area is now given a seventy-four. Thirty of the victims were children.--- Reuter

MR. EDEN FOR GENEVA

London, Sept. 14. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. AB thony Eden. who is making good recovery from, his recent illness,

The damage to the building is belleved to exceed one million francs.--

Tranacean News Service.

LITTLE ENTENTE

CONFERENCE

Bratislava, Sept. 13. The formal conference of the Permanent Advisory Council of the Little Entente, comprising the three respective Foreign ministers, was opened here on Bunday.

The authorities had inquired in- to the information McMahon gave

The not know whether the object had concerning the plot against the King in April and were satisfied left his hand when he knocked it.

there was nothing in the story. Police Constabla Maybe gave a dramatic account of the events

The judge began summing up at 4 p.m. from the time the procession ap- peared in sight until the Eing. reached the "material.

"For their success in mastering

"I happened to glance to the the northern air route" Levaner: left and saw the prisoner rushing sky was awarded the Order of the into the roadway, apparently Red Banner and Levchenko making towards the King," said the Order of Lenin. They fecely-witness. "I rushed forward and ed monetary prizes of 25,000 and grabbed him with both arms and 15.000 roubles respectively. Renter.

GERMAN CATAPULT

SHIPS

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The jury found McMahon guilty. He Was sentenced to twelve months hard labour. Reuter

PEACE OF BRITAIN AND EMPIRE

Air Minister's Speech

saw a shining object fall under the forelegs of the King's horse." Robert Church, gun expert, identified the revolver, and declar- ed that it was an easy matter to discharge five shots iz two

London, Sept. 14. seconds. There was evidence Lord Swinton, Air Minister, in a that it had ever been fired at all..speech" in Cumberland said that -Beuter

what gave Britain preeminence among the nations to-day was that her people had stood together in dificult times and had had no re- sort to dictatorship of the right or of the left

Of greater significance than the whole conference was probably the preliminary.conversation held on ("Hong Kong Dally"Press" Special) Saturday between President Dr. Benes and the three Foreign Minis-

Bremen, Sept: 14. A number of the demonstrators

hopes to be in Geneva on Monday official press states that fail agree-stationed off

The German eatapuit ship thereupon tried to rush the po-

ters, concerning which the semi- Schwabenland, which was formerly lice station and a fight developed matic Corps in Spain's capital. has next to lead the British delegationment was being reached in all mat-African- side of the southern At | Old, Bailey to-day on a threefold

Bathurst ΟΣ the

Further trouble is feared.- Reuter

IRISH BRIGADE FOR SPAIN

General O'Duffy's Announcement

Dublin, Sept. 13. Some 2,000 Irishmen will soon be fighting in Spain against Com- muniam, states General Owen O'Duffy, President of the United Ireland Party and chief of the Blue Shirt organisation...............⠀

The Chilean Ambassador, who is

at present the Doyen of the Diplo

Senor Largo Caballero has pro- mised the Ambassador all facili- ties on his mission- Reuter

attending the League meetings, In

SECRET SERVICE

London, Sept. 14. Secret service men are expected t be called to testify in the Me- Mahon case which-opened at the left for Toledo in an effort to save the lives of the women and his absence at the opening of the was also unanimously decided that for the South American airmail arearm with intent to endanger ters of central European politics. It lantic, where it served as a base charge of unlawful possession of a children in the Alcazar there. to meeting of the League Council,

hom the Embassies are prepared Lord Cranbourne, Under-Secretary; ministers, in future the three res the new calapult ship Ostmark King with intent to break the in addition to the three Foreign service, has just been replaced by ufe, presenting a pistol near the to give shelter.

will represent Britain.-

pective heads of the States con- and is now undergoing a thorough peace, unlawfully producing sald British Wireless.

cerned, Czechoslovakia, Rumania overhaul here. In the latter part pistol with intent to alarm His and Yugoslavia, should meet at re- of September the ship is expected

Majesty. gular intervals, in order to ensure to put to sea again, to be used as

The Attorney General in open that the policy of the Little En- a base for the first catapult service

ing the

case argued that the tente should not be affected by any trials for the northern Atlantic. change of Foreign minister. The For this service another new cata-

chargea were well-founded OD Brst of these meetings will occur pult ship is now being constructed that as regards the third charge

previous, evidence, on October 27, when King Carol at Kiel- will visit Dr. Benes in Prague. To Transocean Hewi Sernice.

It was unnecessary to inquire what celebrate this occasion, new stamps,

was in the prisoner's mind or whe- exactly identical, except for the

ther in fact the King was alarmed. currency, will be issued in all three

The judge withheld decision countries.--

thereon until he had heard the Transocean News Service.

Evidence. Beuter's Bulletin Service

SPANISH MOROCCO FOR GERMANY Suggestion Ridiculed In Berlin

Berlin. Sept. 13.

FRENCH PROFESSORS TO TOUR

("Hong Kong Dally Free? Special)

Paris, Sept. 14. The French travel association Voyages Universitaires de Docu- mentation has arranged a trip for 70 French professors, who are to

These men will form a distinc- tive part of the Spanish Foreign The German News Agency char-visit the most important towns in Legion and are travelling to Spain acterizes as a piece of impuidence Central Europe, and especially at a date yet to be disclosed, and pure invention the publica- those of Germany: The French dressed in mufti, and unarmed. It tion in the French paper "Répub- guests will be under the leader- is thought that by this means they lique" of the statement allegedly ship of Professor Eisenmenger of are, avoiding breaking the non-made in official circles of the Paris, and they intend to make a intervention pact to which Britain | Spanish republicad Delegation, great feature of their stay at has signified her intention of ad- According to this statement, Munich and Nuremberg-

Transocean News Service

U.S. AIRMEN LEAVE HOMEWARDS

London, Sept. 14. The American airmen Harry Richman and Dier Merrill took off from Southport Sinda at 3.01 a.m. to-day on their return flight to

hering.

the fosurgent Government, at [Already ... two", advance' "liaison | Burgos has concluded an," Agree- officers have reached General ment" with "Germany," whereby Francisco Franco's headquarters Germany return for money put success of the latter will be given America in their aeroplane Lady at Caceres.---

at the disposal of the Burgos Spanish Morocco Reuter.

Government, after the complete Tranencean: News Bervica

Peace.→

British Wireless

CONCERT TOUR OF GERMANY

("Hong Kong Daily Press Specia London, Sept. 14.

He asserted

Referring to defence policy, be

out panic, but with the firm deter-" said they would go forward with

mination to do whatever was necessary to ensure the peace of Britan and of the Empire. To make sure of that it was necessary to have a force of peace in the the greatest bulwark of peace- world. Britain and the Empire. should be strong enough to make. it not worth while for anyone in a moment of wickedness or mad-

ess to take the risk of wer British Wireless.

DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT

AMAZING EVIDENCE":

London, Sept. 14.

London, Sept. 14, The London Philharmonie Or- McMahon's amazing evidence The Duke and Duchess of Kent chestra has accepted an invitation that agents of a foreign power bare concluded their holiday in to undertake, a concert tour of had paid him to kill the King Yugoslavia and arrived in Munich Germany in November. Under the electrified the gathering at the yesterday by road where for next direction of Sir Thomas Beecham, Old Balley

few days they will be guests of Count Torring-Jettenbach, WZORÓ wife in a sister of the Duchess. The Duke and Duchess are expect- ed to return to London this week. -British Wireless,

the orchestra will give concerts at McMahon spoke quietly and un- Berlin. Dresden, Leipals, Munich, emotionally. He said the reason Frankfurt. Ludwigshafen and Co-why he carried a revolver was that logne-

he was afraid because he was Traniacean News Barvice.

sying a dangerous game in ob