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PINCERS CLOSING

ON MADRID

ADVANCE GUARDS ON

THE PLAINS

Fall Of Guadalajara

Imminent

London, March 11.

The insurgents claim that their advance, a northwest Madrid is progressing rapidly and that their advance guards are now nine miles from Guadalajara and have arrived on the plains which are greatly assisting the manoelivres of their mechanised troope and cavalry.

It is asserted that another column operating from the east last evening arrived at a point twelve miles from Guadalajara stop. An advance of another three miles will bring the Nationa- lists' objective within firing range.

Confidence is felt in Nationalist ranks that Guadalajara will, cer- tainly fall. Interrupting Madrid's communication with the east coast.

The situation 'at Oviedo is un- changed, though. ferce fighting continues at present..

Reuter's Bulletin Service,

BRITISH SHIPPING AND NON-INTERVENTION

MAR CANTABRICO STILL AFLOAT?

Insurgent Commander's Announcement

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 12,

| CALEDONIAN

POWER BILL

House Of Commons Rejection

London, Mar. 11.

In the House of Commons late last night the second reading of the Caledonian Power Bill which sought to empower the industrial company to establish a factory in the Highlands of Scotland to manufacture calcium carbide with hydraulic power, was rejected by 183 votes to 140.

DEFENCE LOAN IN FRANCE

Terms Now Made Public

Paris, Mar. 11.

1937.

IRON-STEEL

FAMINE

Americans Buying Furiously

The terms of the defence loan was

London, Mar. 11. made known this morning. It will

The acuteness of the iron and be issued at 98 francs per cent. and steel famine is shown in the open- the rate of interest will be 4 per ing negotiations between the Bri- cent. The first instalment will be tiah Iron and Steel Federation 5,000 million francs redeemable in and Arcos for purchase of 500,000 sixty years.

tons of Russian pigiron estimated bill authorising the at a price around £2,000,000. The The loan Government to raise the loan will Russian output last year was four-- The decision was left to a free not become law till twenty-four teen and a halt million tons of vote of the House and among hours of its signing and the issue pigiran and over sixteen million those voting with minority were cannot begun til 9 a.m. to-morrow. tans of steel, but Russian circles President Lebrun has made a say that the Soviet is disinclined three Cabinet Ministers.

For the opposition it was claim-broadcast' appeal to the nation to to sell owing to its uncertainties ed that carbide could be generated subscribe to the loan.

regarding British foreign polier in which the Spanish question has a as cheaply from coal as from,

prominent place.

water and it was suggested that all ingredients required in making carbide were to be. found use where, for example South Wales. The Secretary for Scotland, Mr. Walter Elliot, supporting, the Bill, said there could be no division of

The whole loan will be used for defence purposes except ten million francs which will be used for pub- lic works.......... Reuter

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The current production in Great Britain of pigiron is about eight and a half million tons annually. REASON FOR DELAY

Imports last year were 247,000 Paris, Mar. 11.

tons. These supplies are quite in- It is understood that the reason adequate. As an example, one, opinion regarding the advantage for delay in axing the terms of steel producing area needa 11,000 of establishing the industry. If the national defence loan was that tons of pigiron and scrap to meet the House decided not to proceed the Ministry of Finance was units demands of steel, but during with the Bill. the problem remain-prepared for United States ob- the present week only 1.350 tons ed and Government would take up fections as regards participation,- ·| are available. the question forthwith as to how Officials of the Ministry after best this country could be provid-working till a late hour to over-

HEAVY COMPETITION ed with a supply of carbide and come the difficulties were forced

The inténalty of competition for the original idea of tin continues where that supply should be ob- to abandon Lisbon. March 11.

It is unabated. London, Mar: 10. The steamer Mar Cantabrico, tained. It might well be that in paying the loan coupons in sterling estimated that two-thirds of the demand is genuine consumption Loid Plymouth, Under-Secretary which was reported to have been such circumstances the Highland and dollars.

French financial circles are con- and one-third speculation The for Foreign Affairs, and Chairman sunk in the Bay of Biscay by the site would be chosen...

fident that the arrangement with most eager buyers are Americans of the International Non-inter-Spanish insurgent cruiser Canarias British Wireten.

the Bank of International Bettle- who deliberately held · off iza vention Committee. WL5 warmly while carrying a cargo of arms for

ments will be no less attractive to January and February but are now cheered in the House of Lords on the Valencia Government.is ap-

foreigners, though a little more buying furiously. Interpreting the rising to move the second reading parently still afloat

complicated for the average bond-prolangation of the hundred per of the Bill imposing "legal ob-

holder to understand.

cent. quota by the IT.C, as an in- ligation on British shipping, bound

dication of the approaching heavy for Spanish pořts, to comply with

demand. It is calculated that the the procedure of the system of supervision established by the 27

present rate of American buying of stocks of tin in Great Britain at Governments participating in the| Reuter.

the end of the week will be only Non-Intervention Agreement.

suficient for ten days.

It was obvious, Lord Plymouth bald that any delay in bringing the system into force would be very dangerous and some untoward in- cident might undo the work so painfully accomplished.

He explained that if an inter- national staff of observers witness- ed any apparent infringement of the agreement by British ships. they would inform the Board of Trade which would consider what proceedings should be taken.---

British Wirelens.

According to an announcement by General de Llano, commander. of the insurgent forces, the vessei has reached Feiro! where the cargo is being discharged..

SIR GULLETT'S RESIGNATION

Trade Treaty Opinion Differences

11

SUPREME COURT REFORMS Fight Over Roosevelt's Proposals

Incidentally the brokers feel that they are going to make lots of money as their services will be required frequently to unravel complications.

The Minister of Finance addresa- ed the press this afternoon" and expressed the conviction on the information he already had that the loan will be a great and rapid success He added that gold was returning to France in an un- ceasing flow- Reuter.

BILL PASSES SENATE

Paris, Mar 10 The Chamber- passed the Defence Loan Bill by 474 votes to

Washington, Mar. 10. The real Bght over President Roosevelt's proposals to increase the number of Judges in the Supreme Court began to-day when the Senate Judiciary Committee considered the proposals.

Attorney-General Cummings in urging the adoption of the pro- posals was closely questioned by Senator Borah who inter alia ask- ed, "How are you going to know that the men you appoint are go- It is learned that the resignation tng to take the liberal view?" " of Sir Henry Gullett, the Minister

Mr. Cummings replied, "We will 39 on its return from the Senate, directing negotiations for trade have to take that chance" One

Reuter, treaties. was the cllmax of a heat-hundred

pressmen attended The Hague, Mar. 10.ed scene when the Cabinet refus- proceedings.- The captain of the Dutch freigh-ed, on the grounds that the step Neufer.. ter, Serookerk, from Rotterdam, would jeopardise Empire trade, to cabled a report stating that an consider Sir Henry's recommenda- insurgent warship ordered him to proceed. to Ceuta.

DUTCH SHIP STOPPED

The Dutch Charge d'Affairs in Tangier emphatically protested against the seizure of a Dutch ship.

A later message was to the effect that the Serookerk had been re- leased.- Reuter,

FRENCH VESSEL BOMBED

Marauilles, Mar, 10. A French steamer wirelessed that she was bombed from the air, 11 miles east of Majorca.. Some ima-

Canberra, March 18,

tion to divert some of Canada's trade to foreign nations who are willing to negotiate trade treatles with Australia..

The recommendation followed the failure of recent negotiations with the Canadian Minister of Commerce. Mr. W. D. Euler, for treaty revision."

The

It is believed that the resigna- tion may lead to the easing of the severity of the so-called diversion policy, which seeks to divert trade so that Australla may buy goods terlal damage was done but no from countries which purchase one was wounded.

United On receipt of Australian goods. the news, the Ministry for Marine States, as a big seller, would be sent a warship to convoy the stea-particularly affected thereby mer" to 'Marseilles. It is stated that the bomb fell on the deck of the steamer but did not explode.- Reuter's Bulletin Service.

FURTHER DETAILS

Paris, Mar. 10.

How a Spanish plane tried its utmost to sink the French steamer “Jebel Antar" is told in an official communique issued by the Admir- alty.

Renter

DREDGER KANTOENG NOW DOOMED.

Salvage Impossible

Rotterdam, Mar. 11.

the

The first bomb was dropped. The English Salvage Company when the ship was of the Balearic are studying drawings of Islands, on the way from Phil-Kantoeng, world's largest dredger Hpville to Marseilles. The first, which capsized in a storm and is second and third bombs dropped floating keel uppermost, with a in the water. The fourth bomb view to the possibility of salvage. grazed the ship's bow and explo- ded without doing much harm. The Afth penetrated the top deck and fell into the engine room, but was a "dummy.**·

However, it is understood that the Smith International Tug Ber- vice consider entire or partial salvage to be impossible and have therefore advised the insurers to A warship has been sent out to transfer the dredger, 10 Trinity conduct the attacked. vessel into House for destruction. port. It is believed here that the Reuter. plane must have been a Nation- allat "one which mistook the hip for one chartered by the' Redi- Transocean News Service.

the

FRENCH FLIGHT

TO JAPAN

Airmen Arrive. In Tunis

NORTH CHINA RIGHTS

Press Welcomes Sung's Statement,

Shanghai, Mar. 10. The Chinese -Press this morning welcome the statement by Sung Cheh-yuan at Peiping yesterday in which he pledged his continued support to the Central Govern- ment.

Sung returned to Peiping from"}

South Wales has orders for six and a half million pounds sterling worth of tinplates and, is unable to obtain tin and steel to full them.

Cornish tin mines are jubilant. anticipating a revival of the ac- tivities of 1929. Their output" was then 5,000 tons. They employ three thousand workers

A general shortage of all basic metals must seriously increase the cost of British rearmament by anything from fifty, to seventy- five per cent.—' Reuter.

THREE BIG FLIGHTS

Mollison Tells Plans

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ECONOMIC MISSION

TO CHINA

Departure From Tokyo

Tokyo, March Il.

Japan's Economic Mission to China, organized by the Japan, Economic Federation to return the courtesy of China's Economic Mis- alon to Japan, which visited here in 1935 under the leadership of Mr. Wu Ting-chang, now Minister for Industry, left Tokyo to-day.

The mission consists of the following members;— Mr. Kenji Kodama, president of the Sino-Japanese Business As- sociation and former president of the Yokohama Specie Bank, as Mr. James Mollison is planning Tientsin after two months' absence to make three big fights, includ-bead; Mr.Noboru Otani, president of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha; Mr. and declared that he had inter-ing two Atlantic crossings, within Miyagawa, former chairman of the board in the Mitsubishi Trading: Keizaburo Kato, president of the Bank of Chosen; · Mr. Hyakutaros viewed General Tashiro, comman- the next few months, states the Company: Mr. Setjiro Miyajima, Dresident of the Nisshin Spinning der of the Japanese Garrison seve- "Bulletin," (Glasgow). As soon sa Company: Mr. Helsake Ishida, managing director of the Mitsui Bus ral times but they did not discuss his machine is ready he will at- diplomatic questions as these were tempt to beat the London-Cape ners' Association and president of the Toyo Spinning Company, and san Kaisha; Mr. Otokichi Shoj, president of the Japan Cotton Spin- in the province of the National record at present held by his wife. Mr. Kansaku Chira, managing-director of the Sumotomo Bank. Mr. Government. --

He has already made three

Shoji and Mr. Ohira represent Osaka traders and bankers. declares North Atlantic nights by aero-

Tunis, March 11., The French airmen Pissary and Cornet who are attempting a record might to Tokyo, arrived here at 8.36 am to-day, having left Bastia at 5.30 ain

They left Le Bourget at 12.40 p. yesterday (Wednesday) and are making a bid to win the French Air Ministry's prize of £3,000 offered for the first plot that Sung's provision, vis-a-vis the plane-more than anyone else. He The federation, has received a mining, spinning, shipping and

accomplish the fight from Japanese was very delicate and has been aproached to

make a formal invitation from the Japan- other industries, Finance and ex- France to Tokyo within a hundred care lest he should compromise fourth to fly to New York with China Trade Council, Shanghal, of change questions also will be dis-

hours of departure.— Reuter.

GRINDERS RETURN

TO DUTY

Rolls Royce Motor Works Strike Ended

The "Ta Kung Pao”.

warns him to excercise the utmost Chinese rights in North China... Router.

CORONATION WEEK TRAFFIC

Anonymous Backer

To enable him to take part in the race & wealthy friend, who wishes at *present to anonymous, has plane.

Mr. Mollison has decided upon a

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King Gustav At 78 Wins

LEADER'S STATEMENT

Tokyo, Mar. 1L The Japanese economie mission to China leaves Kobe for Shanghai to-morrow.

China and

films ot the Coronation. If he which Mr. Chou Tso-min is prest-cussed makes the flight, he will wait in dent Mr. Kodama also is pres-nion News America until the start of the dent of the similar council in great Atlantic air race from New Tokyo. These two councils were York to Paria In August,

established as a result of the visit of the Chinese mission to Japan.

A general meeting of the two councils will be held in Shanghai London-Mar. 10,

on March 18, when the Japanėse -The leader of the mission stated Special trafic routes are being

remain misalon will attend and exchange that they will attend the first London, Mar. 11.

given him

& opinions on the prevalling Sino- meeting of the Bino-Japanese organised during Coronation,Week The strike or grinders at the by the police, and London Trans-

Japanese economic situation.

Trade Association th Shanghai Rolls Royce motor works at Derby port Council. Souvenir, maps of

Problems on the agenda are re- where they hope to reach a rap- which caused 4,500 workers to be London, in seven colours, will be Bellanca, and it is to be built adjustment of Chinese tariff rates prochement in respect of economie idle for three weeks, ended cater-printed, showing the special bus in America. day The strikers returned

It will have three calculated to reject imports of relations between to Toutes.

Underground trains will supercharged Menasco engines of Japanese goods and Sino-Japanese Japan- work to-day and their demand for

run day and night for three days, 220h.p. each.

co-operation in transportation, J. Reuter... increase in wages of ten shillings while special buses from other should have liked a British per week will be considered at the parts of the country will also be machine, Mr. Mollison told a re- works conference.

porter, but practically all British British Wireless.

· Heuter": "Bulletên Service,

production is monopolised by the Government at the moment. For CHRYSLER SUIT....

an seroplane to stand a chance in New York, Mar, 10. the race it must be specially bulit King Gustav of Sweden, who is The war in the United States Mr. Mollison's co-pilot in the 78, played two doubles matches at Automoblie Workers Union offi- industrial front continues. Ohry- Atlantic race is to be M. Coralg the lawn tennis covered courts at cials announce that the Union sier officials have Aled a suit Hon-Molinter, who was with him Behaerbeek With the Belgian

· Kuala Lumpur, Mar 11.

It is understood that the "Am- and the General Motors Corpora against the United Automobile when he made his last attempt on champton, Lacroix, he first beat bassador has received fresh in- Chinese fabourers in the rubber tlon have reached a tentative Workers for an injunction to the London-Cape record.

M. Spaak, the Belgian Foreign, structions with regard to Ger estates in Selangor who are on agreement to establish minimum evacuate the sit-down strikers Havre, Mar. 10.

Minister, who is a former tennis many's attitude towards the pro strike threatened to create trouble wages, pat

Mist Keep Schedule from its plants where 85,000 atai-

champion, and. Leopold De. Bor-posed Western Pact, and that he The lightning strike has termin-this morning when three hundred This is the last of the outstand-kers are idling.

It Mr. Mollison accepts the offer Strikes have also started in the to carry the Coronation films he man, in two sets. the score being is now in a position to hold con morrow morning but the .s.. Nor | Armed police were called out after

Foreign Secretary, on the subject: mandie will not be able to sail then which the demonstrators dispersations which have been in pro where 5000 workers are arrected of Coronation day regardless of ed King Gustav Dhay.

Germany's reply to the British on an attempt to establish a new ed. At present there is no open areas for days, and the conference

- The Company ir demanding that weather conditions, to beat by 4 After a short rest the Swedish memorandum of last November on Atlantic record on her arst 1937 conflict between the strikers and is resuming work to-morrow with Company Unions should be dis suficiently large margin the Graf King and M Spaak were beaten the subject is expected to be hand trip to New York

anal settlement in sight.— banded

zeppelin, which, it is stated, is to by the Belgian players, Nayeserted over before long- Renter's "Bulletin Bervico.

Reuter.

Reuter

convey almilar films.

Beuter.

FRENCH SHIPPING

STRIKE ENDS:

SELANGOR RUBBER ESTATE STRIKE

AGREEMENT REACHED

Detroit, Mar, 10.

Tennis Match

GERMANY AND

WESTERN PACT

Berlin, March 10. Herr von Ribbentrop, the Ger man Ambassador, returned to Lon-

on this afternoon.

ated and the men resume work to-coolles attempted・・ disturbances, tog questions in the general nego" General Motors St. Louis plants will have to leave on the evening 34.5 King Lorbold watch- 1 Verzations with Mr. Anthony EdeD

police, Reuter's Bulletin Service.

and Geelhandy