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MADRID BOMBED QUEEN MARY SETS RECORD

AIR ATTACK

REPORTED

Early Fall of City Predicted

LEFTISTS REPORTEDLY

SEEKING

PEACE

Lisbon, Aug. 23.

According to reports from Seville, a squadron of insurgent bombers raided Madrid and heavily bombed the region of the militia barracks.

STORM

BREWS

OVER

SOUTH

Guns May Roar Within Week

The squadron then retired safely, accord- mile ing to the messages.-Reuter.

Lisbon, Aug. 23.

The early fall of Madrid is predicted by the Marquis Quintanar, delegate to Portugal from the Spanish Insurgent Junta at Burgos..

He asserts that within three or four days the insurgents will be attacking the Leftists in the environs of Madrid, which will be followed by the capture of the capital.

The trouble may even end earlier, owing to peace proposals being made by the socialists of Guipuzcoa Province, including the defenders, of San Sebastian, Irun and Santander.

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After the rebel victory, Spain will be ruled by -military dictatorship, which will ultimately select the regime calculated to best serve the country.-Reuter Special.

Protest to France

Lisbon, Aug. 23. The French Ambassador has re- fused to accept the Note of protest from the insurgent junta at Burgos, protesting against the bombing of un Insurgent stronghold by French-built planes flying the French colours.

It is alleged, that a squadron of Bficen such planes bombed Naval Peral and other places on Friday Keuter.

Bombers at Malaga

Gibraltar, Aug. 23. On consequence of direct hits by insurgent alrernfi, a big petrol depot at Malaga was completely gutted.

It is understood that The depot held a million gallons of spirit.-- Reuter

Loyalists Retaliate

MAJOR WAR IN EUROPE UNLIKELY

NOTED FINANCIER

OPTIMISTIC

CHIANG'S

CAUTION

(Special To "Telegraph")

Canton, Aug. 24. Although the typhoon has cleared the air so that a 1,000- aeroplane flight from Shanghal to this key-city of South China's destiny smooth, it has failed to clear the political atmosphere, which is steadily growing more heavily weighted with storm.

WAS

more

To-day the situation is serious, as demonstrated by the re cent removal of Marahal Chiang Kai- shek's headquarters Into the barri

caded Whampon Military College, Generalissime's ultimatum to Kwang-

there to prepare for the results of the

gi.

Thus far the Kwangsi lenders have in Marshal refused to co-operate Chiang's unification programme

Nanking's terins.

ON

the

Indications are that within week the artillery along the near-by Kwangsi border will thunder and the guns at Wuchow may make this city tremble Here, where there are al

men will probably All the

streets

ready thousands of troops, marching where now life seems very peaceful jand unapprehensivė,-United-}'rowa..---

MME, CHIẲNG HERE

Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the Nanking Generalissimo now in Can- ton, arrived in Hongkong last night by the steamer Taishan accompanied few of her close friends. The by a visit to the Colony is purely for the purpose of seeing some friends and Intendu sight-seeing. Mrs. Chiang to drive around the New Territories to-day.

She is accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Donald, (the foreign adviser to Marshal Chiang Kai- slick), Miss Soume Tcheng (former chief judge of the Shanghai District Court) and her servants. On her

in 'n dreased landing she was

simple Chinese gown of modest

PEOPLE ABHOR cour, which shows that she fa

CONFLICT

New York, Aug. 23.

design,

Life devout adherent to the New Movement principles of her husband. Immediately on her arrival Mrs. and friends got into the

Chiang Mr. Thomas Lamont, associate of walling private motor-cars. Their Mr. J. P. Morgan in many great in luggages followed. dastrini and financial entorprises in None of the other passengers knew Lisbon, Aug. 24, United States, returning to-day from that Mme. Chiang was on board the Newspapers here report that rebel a ten-week trip to Europe and Taishan. aeroplanes, according to Seville radio | Africa, believes there is no danger of A graduate of Wellesley with u despatches, bombed Madrid for the a general European war.

B. A. degree, Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek first time since the outbreak of the "It is clear," he says, "that ninety-married In 1027, shortly after rebellion. It is reported the bom-five per cent of the people of every Marshal Chiang's success in the bardment was aimed at the barracks nation in Europe do not want to fight northern expedition. She takes and other troop concentrations. and regard war with abhorrence and keen interest in writing and in the In retaliation the loyalists are dread..... I believe the men ruling New Life Movement, sponsored by pombarding the open cities in rebel the destinies of Europe will go most her husband, which promotes simple hands wherever possible.

slowly in dragging their unwilling living and the uplifting of moral people into an unwelcome cónfilet."

'characater. Madame Chiang writes | Succour at Hand

Finance circles attached unususi

to American and significance to this statement, due to from time to time Rebel planes flew over Toledo and the fact that Mr. Lamont is credited foreign magazines, including Asia.

When in Nanking sho dropped mosanges to encourage the with a most intimate knowledge of insurgents besieged there, urging European minds and rarely speaks most of her time to the management them to continue to resist, since for publication.-United Press. Foreign Legionaries, under Colonel

WAR GAMES Yequë, will soon be able to assist them,

Paris, Aug. 23. Meanwhile, a reign of terror is War manoeuvres are under way in' reported in Malaga, where rebels are France, Germany, Crecho-Slovakia,

Rumania, attacking from three sides. The Yugo-Slavis, loyalists have dropped 55 bombs on Bulgaria and Austria. the rebel concentrations Cordoba. Meanwhile, during the week 150,- A Madrid story claims that 800 of Musolini's Blackshirts will loyalists machine downed three rebel manoeuvre at Ipinis; and on Tuesday plance in combat on the Aragon British Army, Navy and Air Force front.

manoeuvres will take place between Devonport and Plymonth.

From Burgos comes a radio, mes- soge that Foreign Legionaries have marched from Valladolid for the Guadarramas.

Long War Ahead

devotes

of the School for the Orphans of the Revolution of which she has been principal since 1020.

Hungary, Nazis Defied

By Church

Jussia is mustering an Air Force at least a third of the sizo of her Army for manoeuvres scattered over) various parts of the country within afow "days.

A United Press survey shows that Entering the sixth week, observers before the week-end, 045,000 men will

OPEN

LETTER READ FROM PULPITS

Berlin, Aug. 23.

An open letter of defiance was read from the pulpits in Prussia, Bavaria and Wurtemberg jo-day by pastors,

say the war's developments justify be battling" in these manoeuvre of the Confessional Church. the prediction that hostilities will, be United Press.

of long duration. The Government announces a stalemate, with loyalists locallsing the rebellion at pain where. It originated.

Summarising the five weeks' fight- ing, the Government says;

LENGTH:

1,018 FT.

QUEEN MARY

TONNAGE 80.773

LENGTH 1029% FT

NORMANDIE

"

TONNAGE 82.000

Above, a new Queen of the Atlantic, Britain's glant liner, the Queen Mary, operated by the Cunard- White Star Line, which cracked the French ocean greyhound Normandie's record for the crossing by more than four hours, according to a Reuter despatch from New York, In spite of heavy weather after two days of calm, the Queen Mary ploughed the 3,000-odd miles of water way at an average speed of over 30, knots per hour.

BRITISH

SHIP

IS STOPPED BY

SPANISH CRAFT

Warships Hasten To Investigate

GERMAN-

JAPANESE ALLIANCE? QUESTIONS ASKED

AT CONFERENCE

JAPAN NON- COMMITTAL

Yosomite, Aug. 23. Delegates to the conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations to-day discussed the possibility of a Japanese-German military

LONDON NOT PERTURBED alliance, on which the Japanese

BY INCIDENT

London, Aug. 23.

An official statement issued here to-day states the British steamer, Gibel Zerjon, was stopped by a Spanish warship ten miles off Melilla.

The battle-cruiser Repulse and two of Majesty's destroyers are proceeding to the vicinity investigate.

are believed reluctant to commit! themselves, although others have advanced evidence from unofficial sources which indicate that such an understanding is being considered.

The British and

American dele.

rates to the conference expressed the opinion that London and Washington: would be apprehensive" of such an

ninuce.

The day's discussion centred upon the Russo-Japanese relations, in view of the expansion of the Soviet cant

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toward and of the Japanese westward.

The Admiralty later announced that H.M.S. Codrington, flotilla leader out of Gibraltar, had overhauled the Spanish cruiser Miguel de Cervantes, which stopped the Gibel Zerjon. The captain of the destroyer went aboard the Spanish warship and protested against the Spaniard's interference with British shipping outside territorial waters,

The captain of the Miguel de Cervantes apologised.

H.M.S. Repulse arrived on the scene a little later and the Gibel Zerion was allowed to proceed.

The Spanish cruiser steamed off and the two British warships' return- ed to Gibraltar.

London Not Perturbed Reuter learns that in view of the Spanish Government's assurances re- garding the searching of British ships, official circles In London aro not greatly perturbed by the Gibel Zerjon incident.

It in recognised' that in the present state of confusion some misunder- standing of orders might arise, but The letter was signed by the Bishop the finaldent is not one which could of Koch, Dr. Mueller, on behalf of be allowed to pass unnoticed Rontor. the provisional Administration of the German Evengelical Church.

Repulse Clears For Action

London, Aug. 28. ̈**

GOVERNOR

SENT TO

HOSPITAL

Owing to the superven- tion of some inflammation on the shingles, His Ex- cellency the Governor was admitted to the Victoria Hospital yesterday after.

noon.

The Russian representative said that the invasion of Outer. Mongolia was only carried out in order to pust i

COVETED BLUE RIBAND IN GRASP

Beats Normandie

By Over Four Hours

New York, Aug. 23.. The Queen Mary passed Nan- tucket Lightship at 9.48 a.m. B.S.T., seven hours ahead of the Normandie's record.-Reu tér.

Over 30

K.P.H.

New York, Aug. 23. The Queen Mary, glant Cunard- White Star liner, reached the Am- brose Lightship at 4.12 a.m.; British Standard Time, her total clapsed time from Cherbourg being four days, seven hours, twelve minutes.

Her average speed was thus 30.01 knots per hour, compared to the French liner, Normandie's best time of four days, eleven hours, forty-two minutes, 20.94 k.p.h. This was the Normandie's time on her maiden voyage from Cowes, which was 30 miles further than the Queen Mary travelled.

But in order to gain, the Blue Riband of the Atlantic, the Queen Mary must now improve on the Nor mundie's west-to-cast crossing, which was made by the French ship lost year at an average speed of 30.01 k.p.h.

Cunard's Claim

The Cunard Line einima that tho Queen Mary beat the Normandle's "east to west record by four hours and thirty minutes, and that her average speed was 30 knot per hour better. -Reuter.

It is coparent that the first mes- sage, to the effect that the Queen Mary had clipped seven hours from The record for the crossing, was an error.

ATTACKS JAPANESE ATTITUDE

NEW DEMANDS OF CHINA EXPECTED

S'HAI PRESS SPEAKS UP

(Special To "Telegraph")

Shanghai, Aug. 24. the unofficiat army there, with which the Mongolians were themselves un. He said Russia had no

Anticipating that Japan's next able to cope: territorial designs in Outer Mongolia, move in the North may be A

treaty and he pointed out that a existed insuring Mongolian stability. demand for reduction of the Russin, he said, recognised China's Chinese Import tariffs, the China The American spokesman said that Press, in an editorialto-day, sovereignty in Mongolia. the Soviets were establishing them declares: selves in Outer Mongolia through gradual industrial penetration, pecially by means of railwaye.

"Ambassador Kawagoe has relter- ated what has been repeatedly stated At this point the Chinese spokes by the Japanese military; namely, man reiterated that all treaties since that smuggling is due to China's ex- 1911 had recognised -China's sover-cessive tariffs and the insufficient con- eignty in Outer Mongolin,

trol exercised by the Customs-Ad- The delegates generally admitted ministration. that the Japanese were trying to Improve Mongolian sheep in order that these herds should yield a useful wool-United Press.

WIDESPREAD DROUGHT

QUARTER OF U.S. AFFECTED

|

"It is astonishing to hear such lame extuses advanced by Mr. Kawagoe nt this hour of the day when the fact is notorious that at the insistent pres- sure of the Japanese military, the Chinese Customs Preventive Service has been disarmed, as well as driven away from the demilitarized zones where most of the contraband goods are landed.

The pretext of "excessive tariffs is a mere shibboleth and Mr. Kawagoò is only too well aware that China's existing tariff is no higher than that of many other countries, including his

own.

Washington, Aug, 23. Withered fields are so widespread. that agriculture has designated one- "Were the Ambassador sufficiently. fourth of the area of the United | frank he would admit that the prin Slates as "drought, territory."

cipal reason for Japan's desire to The affected area covers 828,000 force China to reduce: tariffs is to TYPHOON WARNING.. square miles, in which a population effect a wholemle“ --entry ---- of

of 20.000.000 side. There are dis- choap Japanese goods and thus mono“ The Manila Observatory reports tributed in 1,021 counties and twenty-polise the Chinese market to, the de- not be applied to British ships on the at 9.20 am. to-day that there is a two States, including all of Kansas, friment of Chinese and foreign menu-- high acas, the British vessel Olbel typhoon in about Long. 131, Lut. 20. Oklahoma and North and South Tacturers and tradesmen,

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Malaga, Jaen, Mancha, Ciudadreal, Albacete,

The Fascists control the Canaries It accuses the Nazi regime of oppos-- and Balearic Islands, but will be ing the gospel of Jesus Christ, persid The Government dominates Cus-conquered through punitive expedi-secuting those professing it end de Within twenty-four hours of the Ullanueva, Santander, and Asturias, ions sent against them, while the mands, the right to openly and freely with "the -- exception of Oyledo, Moroccan rebels are isolated, duo testify before the German people "the Guipuzcoand Estremadura; the fact that warships are prevent falth of our fathers" and the cessa- dominates all the Levante, Cataling the transportation of troopstion of continued spying on the work fand part of Andalusia, Almerin, | United Prestranghi ph takes of the church, Reuter Special,

Spanish Government's assurance to Britain that the right of search would-