THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1936.
GREATEST SPY ROUND-UP SINCE THE WAR Secret Service Drive to Safeguard Armament Plans
'COMB-OUT' OF
SUSPECTS:
"YARD'S" CHECK ON FOREIGN AGENTS
BEHIND the increase in the £180,000 Government vote for the British Secret Service, lies the story of the efforts of scores of foreign spies to probe the secrets of Britain's new armament pro-
gramine.
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The operations of these foreign agents are being checked by the most elaborate counter-espionage campaign the British Government has undertaken since the Great War.
Vigilance At Ports
Chief among these moves/ure:---
The increase of the £180,000 vote for the secret service by an amount which is yet to be disclosed.
Strengthening of the Special Branch at Scotland Yard, already
augmented by the addition of 30 officers,
Increased vigilance nt. sen and airports, aeroplane works and
shipyards.
An Intensivo "gomb-out" of aliens and persons whose records are
open to suspicion.
Deck Hand Speaks Up To Admiral
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Nowo MPR) was tang of the THERE
sea in the sombre, stuffy House of Commons one night last month.
It started with a first-class naval "engagement" between an i admiral and a lower-deck hand.
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Then followed a sombre-voiced i back-bencher's dramatic story of the shipwreck that landed him
the rugged coast of New- foundland.
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All through the war, Vice-Admien) Taylor, political victor of Padding ton, wan a flag captain.
Ex-horse-cab and taxi-driver Ben Smith, political victor of Rotherhithe was'n lower-deck hand.
Batli crossed swords no exante in the Commonk
Seaman Smith was aprakting when¦ the umiral interrupted hind. Sea- Smith turned on him and re-
There
man torted:
'It's no rol, Admiral. was a time when you had me on the lower deck and you were on the bridge, but that day has gone." All three hundred of the M1.1% assembled laughed, but the inn shouted through the dine
"You, but that day may come, back."
Huddled Together'
Next spoke short, bald-headed Wil- liam Gallacher, Contaunist M.P. for West Fife, the only let in the House,
"I remember going to me and bring shipwrecked and how we so men were all buddied together in the fo'c'sule," he declared.
share
"I remember when we got from the shipwreck the conditions in which we were kept until another ship came along to bring us home.
"So terrible were these conditions that. I went to the head office of a! Glasgow shipping company and two; policemen had to be brought to the ofce to persunde me rather foreihly.
to leave."
Afterwards. in the Lobby. Mr. Gallacher told a newspaper repre- sentative: "Before the war, I served at sea.
"Returning from - Boston, Mass,, ship ran into a fog and struck
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"We all had to take to the bonka but were big to land all passengers nhd crew safely. 1 was a steward, On the following day we managed to. rench the Newfoundland const"
NOTE: Reason for these two sen stories in the House-the Govern-) ment's tramp shipping subsidy ex- tension Bill had its second reading passed by 231 to 126.
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RUBIES AND GOLD
During the last few weeks Scotland Yard has been co-operat- in with local police forces in watching spy suspects all over
The country.
Suspected foreign agents have been subjected to n close watch.
In several cases the authori ties have taken swift netion, and the agent's activities huve been brought to a sudden end.
The Increase in the £180,000 allocation to the Secret Service is only a part of the sum which will he spent in protecting Kritain's secrets,
Among the secrels which the foreign agents are most anxious
to capture are details of:→
Britain's 11 new warships 10-
be constructed at a cost 41/ £7,500,000.
New fighting and hombing planes of which 12,000 are to be built.
The Intest designs of tanks, anti-aircraft guns, and mechan ised units.
Spies are making tremendous efforts to discover what methods Britain Intends to adopt for de- fence and retaliation in the event of attack from the air.
Empire Defence
The proporcil changes in th Empire's defence system which vill shortly be submitted to Par- liament, will also be closely watched by foreign powers,
International agents will try to extract information about secret
Empire defence plans which may be omitted from the published re- ports. Despite the Increased guard at seaports and airports, many foreigi suspects manage to enter Britain but their ingenuity is generally very quickly defeated by the British Sceret Service men.
HE-MAN SPORT IN AUSSIE
Australian and New Zealand consts provide some of the best flahing grounds in the world. Two fishermen are shown above hauling n 280-1, Award!lish aboard a launch of Montague Island, N. S. W.
Wife Wants £160 A Week Alimony, £6 For Fruit
New York, Apr. 1.
MRS. BLANCHE MARQUIS, wife of a wealthy New York stock- broker, who is suing for divorce alleging that her husband abandoned her for Elvira Traybert, star of the German production of "Grand Hotel," to-day gave the judges an itemised list of her expenditures to justify her elaim for more than £8.000 a year alimony.
Stay-in Students Fed
From Plane
Warsaw, Apr. 4.
An airplane owned by a club at the Warsaw Technical College flew over the college to-day and drapped packages of food for the 3,500 students who are voluntarily "staving in" to win reduced fees. Five hundred women students are with them.
The students "occupied" the college yesterday, carry- Ing blankets and rations, They say they will not leave til)-their demands are granted.
5-Minute Divorce By Doctor's Order?
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RADIO BROADCAST
Studio Recital By
Elsa Alves
RECITAL BY DOREEN MA
From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of
365 metres (845 kilocycles):
4-7 pm. Chinese Programme. 7 pin. Creatore's Band. Selection - Trovatore (Verdi), Prologue Menslefel (Boito, arr. Creatore); Solection Traviata (Verdi): Overture Semiramide
Rossini).
7.30 p.m. A Recital by Beatrice Harrison ('Cello).
Elegio (Delius); Caprico (Dellus);" Melody (Dnwes); Orientale (Cut).
7.43 p.m. Jubileo Music Hall Parade-1910/1936.
8 p.m. Time Signal, Weather Re port, Stock Quotations, and Announce- ments.
8.06 p.m. From the Studio,
λ Jazz Pianoforte Recital by Doreen Mn.
8.25 p.m. Four Songs by Nel son Eddy (Baritone).
1. You Are Free (from "Apple| Blossom"); 2. When I Grow Too' Old to Dream, (from "Night is Young"); 3. Love's Old Sweet Sang: 4. Auf Wiedersehen.
8.38 p.m. Selections,
Light Orchestral
Molly on the Shore (Grainger); Shepherd's Hey (Grainger)....loyal Opern Orchestra, Covent Garden: Alsha (Lindany); Phantom Brigade (Myddleton). The London Palladium Orchestra; Raindrops (de la Riviere); A Fairy Ballet (White)....Bourne- mouth Municipal Orchestra; Tell me To-night (Spoliansky) ..... Albert Snadier and His Orchestra.
p.m. A Relay of the Daventry News Bulletin (Copyright by Renter).
9.15 p.m.
From the Studio,
A Pianoforte recital by Marina Barretto.
Programme.
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a. Fugue in G Minor, J. S. Bach; Prelude Fint Major. Chopin: Prelude G Minor, Chopin; 4. To Wild Rose, B. MacDowell; e. In Autumn, MacDowell; f. Liebestraum. Liszt.
9.35 p.m. Viennese Waltzes. Viennese Singing Birds (Transla- |teur)?
Jollity
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Mountains (Fetras); Blue Danube (Strauss). 19.45 p.m.
From the Studio.
A Recital by Elsa Alves (Soprano) with Fred Alves at the piano, Solveig
Referee Thomas lo-day that Mrs. Margais would del have to struggle along una mere.
Crain decided | Song: Three Little People
$2.000 a year. "While it is an award." he said, "that may not permit her to con- tinue to enjoy the taxuries of which she has been the recipient,
A Vuchella....Tosti; Sul fit d'un sofie vterio from "Pal- staff"....Verdi.
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Big Ben: froin Daventry. 10 p.m.
Dance Hits of Not-So- Long-Age.
Fox Trat-You Try Somebody Else; Fox Trot-To be Worthy of You; Fox
Goodnight Vienna: Fox Trot-The
I am satisfied, in the light of her Trat-Living in Clover; Fox Trot independent income, that the amount is sufficient to enable herContinental: Rumba-La Curacha; to live in a mammer betting her station."--
OLD BAILEY AS A HOBBY
ALL THE DRAMA IN THE WORLD THERE
-Seymour Hicks,
Fox Trot You Gotta Ho-de-Ho; Fox Trot-Na More Love; Fox-Trol-Hent Wave; Wallz-You Will Remember Vienna.
10.30 p.m. A Relay from
Daventry.
Talk: "Imperial ATaira" by H. V. Hodson.
10.45 p.m. Dance Hits of Not- Se-Long-Ago.
Fox Trot-Let's Fall in Love: Fox Tro-I Bring to You Sweet Music: Fox Trot Had to Change the Words: Fox Trot-Isle of Capri; Waltz-Grinzing.
11 p.m. Close Down.
IN ECUADOR I AM not a ghoul," said Sir DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
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New York, Apr. 1. CUADOR has become the easiest place in the world in which to get a 'divorce.
Seymour Hicks recently to
a London reporter, "but I have been to every big trial at the Old Bailey for the past 43 years." Sir Seymour had just returned to the Victoria Palace from that
court.
Since various rulings have dev| "Why do I go?" he said. clared Mexican unvorces illegal. "I'm surprised that you ask. Soviet Russia has abandoned Think of all the charming peo- quick nullifications, and Reno bus ple you meet in the Law Courts,; become too expensive, Guayaquil, The man in the dock, for in- Ecundor's chief seaport, is now stance. the most popular city for quick divorce.
Under the first law of Ecuador's new dictator, Senor Don Federico Pez, Bve-minute "divorce mills" have been established.
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EIGHT-DAY STAY Only eight days' residence and
"No. 1 am not being parenstic, Compared with some of the people dock is really a charming fellow. My one, meets in business the man in the heart goes out to him because he has to face the most critical audience in
the world."
Memories Of Famous Trials Sir Seymour used, for a moment, amongs memories of famous criminals; He remembers the Crip-1 that have been written in newspaper, pen trial in detail-and many others history.
A building in the centre of Athens houses three newspapers of different palitical parties. On the first floor RELICS of the Russian imperial the Communista newspaper turns out the presence of husband or wife
family which, if they could while the Royalists work on the second
violent anti-Royalist propaganda, are neccssary. speak, would tell tales of strange floor. The Liberals edit their paper would bo divorcee show intention The law prescribes that the voyages and adventures will come on the third floor. together again for a day next
of becoming a permanent resident. "You can find all the drama in the Wednesday-only to pass into new
of Ecuador.
world if you go to the law ecurts,". hands once more.
Sothebys will zell almost 50 of these relics, many of which are in- "timate" souvenirs of the late Tanr.
BISHOP'S CUFFS
of Miracles in the Kremlin include a magnificent jewelled altar-cloth and a pair of bishop's cuffs richly adorned with pearls and emeralds.
TSAR'S WATCH Most interesting is a gold pendant Perhaps the most beautiful of all of fine quality with a rock-crystal the roligious objects is a pectoral cross centre, and borders of rubles, din- in green Siberian Jado mounted in monds and emeralde, presented to told fillgren and set with rubles and Nicholas I by an American dignitary. pearls, and said to contain a relle of the True Crook
But actually the rental of an he continued, "bat unfortunately do olicy for eight days is all that is many people go to them for morild required. Even « medical pre-reasons. scription saying the "patient" must live in Ecuador for his or her health will suffice. Locni residents who are coming scores of foreleners dig wel- divantage of the divorce mill have already nicknamed the decrees as
divorce by prescription"
and
"Actually I do not considera murder trial is, half as interesting as one that involves a fine technical point-no, not a divorce case. You can do to Hallywood for that. disputing some minor detail that has "I like to hear our famous K.C.8. big consequences. They are grand fellows, those barristers. They pas- The late Tear's watch, a half-divoree under doctor's orders."" aens the aupreme ability of being able
to think clearly, hunter, with his arms engraved on its caso, will also be auctioned.
Oddly enough, since the decree down to personalities or they might I dare not come was passed, marriagos in Guaya-put me in the dock. What a remark- quil have increased by 50 por c.nt. able experience that would be!" lawyers aro persunding people to prales for the judges, too. "How do
It is humorously sugested that The famous actor, had a ward off gel married because they Re how ovJones?" he inouired. They must they manage to keep track of so much easily they can get out of it again. have outsize brains.”
The insignia of a rare and much coveted decoration the Collar of the
A snuff-box which belonged to the Order of St Andrew, the Tsarist Tear, painted with miniatures of equivalent of the Order of the Garter Crimean War keones, anden
will also be for sale. Beautiful pleces from the Chudafft St. Peteraber will come under the quartz tablo from the Imperial Palace Monastery and from the Monastery hammer as well.
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1.15 pig Ben., Henry Crondson, at the org of the l'aramount Theater, Manchester.
1.45 pm. Talk The plea of Life." 2 .. A Recital of Mete for Two Pianos Enetes by Edith Ganthorpe and Cell Hamer.
Greenwich Time Signal at 3.15 p.m. 1.35 pm. "Better Wang Wrong Foller..." 2.45 p.m. Anona inn (Apstrailan Enter
la!ner).
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Die Ben. A Romain Recital.
7.5% pa. Tater "Agriculture in the Bri Bish Isles the Livestock Indus
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Greenwich Time Senat at 8 pm,
6.10 panuelcal Interlude,
8.13 p.m. The Lelenter Opera House Or
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8.13 p.. A Recital by Aribay Brough
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The News 1.15 p.m. Organ Reclial
9.4 p.m. Che dawn.
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10 p.m. Ben. A Racial by Jran
Norr's (Pinaforte),
19.30 p.m. Talk: "Imperial Affairs," by
I. V. dat. 10.45 pm. The Composer at the Pianoforte
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(1.10 p.rs, Mustent, Interiode, - 11.20 p.m. The Narr's Stanley Sexist. 11.4 p.m. Twa'
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Macao, Apr, 13. "Messra, J. P. Lenfesty, A. Guterres, | Lionel Roza Pereira, and A. P. Pinna, arminent aquatic enthusiasts of the V.R.C., paid a visit to Macho in small sailing boat. They left, Hong- kang at 10.00 am. on Good Friday, but owing to the low ranging mist. mirad their way and did not arrive Breakfast here before 70 that evening.
The party left for Hongkong at 2.10 p.m. to-day.
1. In their passage to sea, they
met with the same denze tast hid prevented the 8.3, Sui Tai from arriv ing here at the customary time of 0 15 after leaving langkong at 5.30 p.m.. on Thursday. She did not arrive until 8 o'clock un Good Friday mor ning Our Own, Correspondent.
A dinner dance 'will be held at Renuise Bay Hotel on Wednesday at 8.30. p.m.
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