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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1936. 日五卝月七

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ARMS BAN ANNOYS

MAY CAUSE RACE

FRENCH LABOUR

NAVAL RIVALRIES

U.S. Threatens Reprisals

Against Japan's

BRITISH DECISION

TREATIES

TO TO

Move

CAUSES

TREMBLE

London, Sept. 9. British and American naval experts and diplomats are conferring to determine the respective policies of their countries in view of Japan's decision to expand her submarine ton nage beyond the limits of the London Treaty.

BUT BLUM RETAINS

SUPPORT.

PORTUGAL ALOOF

Paris, Sept. 8,

The French trade unions have decided to support M. Leon Blun's policy.

At the meeting of the General Labour Federation called to de-i fine the attitude of the workers to the Government's decision to place a ban on arms exports to

Spain, it was decided the Federn- support of the Popular Front

tion would reaffirm its entire

Government,

with

ה

In a communique the Federation requested M. Blum to act promptly view to summoning the League of Nations Council, there to ck all Governments for strict ob- servance of the Covenant.

The Federation also requested the

ment with the British and

other democratic Governments, the policy of neutrality. It was pointed out that the possibilities of, actueving non-intervention had been

The British Embassy in Washington last week handed the United States Government a copy of Japan's note to His Majesty's Govern- ment. informing Britain that London's proposal to retain over-age Goverment to feconsider, in gree destroyer tonnage in service would cause Japan to increase her submarine strength by keeping over-age ships in commission. 'British Ambassador asked for the American reaction.

The interchange was carried a step further on Monday, when Mr. Hershell Johnson, Secretary of the United States Embassy in London, discussed the situation with Mr. Adrian Holmes, British naval expert.

It is understood here that the United States adopted the attitude that Japan's proposals, if carried out, would be tantamount to invoking the "escalator elause" of the London Treaty and hence the United. States was entitled to a similar move. This statement possibly signifies that the United States has decided to ¦ increase its submarine tonnage.—United Press,

VS. Reactions

Washington, Sept. 9.

"If Japanese have not agreed to fourteen an A by April 1, 1937. in the sky the hot for orment et the two battleships to, be laid down next year,”", declared Adtural William Standley. Acti

Acting Secretary for the Navy, when speak-. ing at a press conference to-day.

Macmahon To Stand Trial

Mt. Claude Swanson, Secretary! Next Monday

for the Navy. attended the Con-

ference for the first time in many?

montiver He has had long illness,

ME

Swanson asarried that Jepan's 15.598 tons of

propout to retain uver-age submarines, in

in response 15. Great Britain's announced deter-

Her

mination to retain some 40,000 tons; of destroyer tomage, would involve | the vint dion of the bonilon Treaty,;

taize The Buited States would action, he went on, tulit it was! known definitely that Japan wasi going to Leep these under-sen ships. in commission.

Mr. Sway on opposed the furn

tion of a European Squadron of the United States Navy because, he said,! it might involve the United States i

in European politieal maiters.-

Reuter,

Twenty Inch Guns?

Washington, Sept. 9. Mr. Claude Swanson. Navy De- pariment chief; announced to-day completion of the plots for

two battleships which will probably carry guns of 14 incli calibre, or larger, un- fess the new London Treaty linita- tions are made eflective; which de- pends on the actions of Dritain and Japan.

Mr. Manson

mentioned 20 inch

guns as feasible. But naval observers doubt they would be so large.

Loudon Sept. 9. George Andrew MacMahun. who has been reganeled on various charges

a

ja conection with the Constitutional is in- eldent, when révolver 11 ሴዲ thrown towards His Majesty the King, is to stand his trial at the Monday-- ich Baller Homer's Bulletin Service.

No "Front"

Government

In Belgium

PRIME MINISTER CONFIDENT

WARNING TO EXTREMISTS

Brussels, Sept,' 0. The Department only awaits Pre-1 31. Paul van Zeeland, Prime Minis silent F. 11. Roosevelt's signal to pro-er of Belgium, speaking in the mame ceed to make a start on the laying of joi the Government, rejected any sug:

The

NAVY RIVALRY FORESEEN

U.S.

Mr. Claude A. Buranan, Secretary of Narn, who has Indicated that aaral rinatry my rod to n builling zace between Britain, the

United States and Japan, 2-

SERIOUS BRITISH

LOSSES: CONSTABLES DIE

IN PALESTINE

Jerusalem. Sept. 10, Four and possibly five British con- sfables and one British soldier were killed and three British privates waded in two seclous 'encomters with Arab in Pale-line yeterday afternoon. The fate of the birth con stable, allegedly among the dead, bas not been confirmed.

Three endobles were led by a Volley fired by a large band of arined Arabs, who, nitached a mult vom scar Roslinu.

the heels of the two proposed bigestion for a Popular Front or night between a land of Arabs and ships. Mr. Swanson said.

nther front" Government for the nation.

The other casumities occnfired in. 3

Trueps, assisted by nire:aft, near Arre, The present system, he said, "hacwhere tea Arab rioters and lace Mr. Swanson further announced the confidence of the nation and the Arab nollee were wounded-Better.

tbut

Pacific War Game

the 1937 naval monocityres Government would take full legal would be held in the Huwailan and measures against those wishing to North Pacifle waters in May, and obstruct it li its work of rehabilitas

June.

tlon.

CONSTABLE DIES

Jerusalem, Sept. 10. One of the four British constables

Although 'officials carefully avolled The Prime Minister was addressing wounded at Aere has died.--Renter. designating any area, it is learned deputies of the Chamber nud-the the manocuires will probably take Senate, and his declaration was In- place in the locality covered "In the tended to allay runiours regarding the 1935 war games and that the armatentions of

certain extremis

of the fleet will extend as for west as clements in Belgium-Reuter. Wake Island.-United Press.

HOOVER CAN'T SAIL"

1...

NO ABBEY BURIAL

London, Sept.. D.

San Francisco, Sep. The honour of burial in West-

Dollar

BIG BOMBER CRASHES

SIX PERISH WHEN PLANE DIVES

A further deadlock between the minster Abbey has been declined by

Commercy, Sept: 0. Seamen's Union and the

A French military bombing plane, members of Lord Moynihan's family whilst on a Steamalup Company has now delayed because of the great surgeon's wish crashed in a feld, and all six, uccu- tlight from thelms, indefinitely the sailing of the liner to rest in the vault at Lawnswood pants, including two officers, wore President Hoover, due to leave it Cemetery, Leeds, in which midnight to-night with Far East Moynihan was buried last Thursday. molls-United Press.

The cause of the disaster hins not yet been delermined Reuter

|--British - Wireless...

{pite ed owing to the ntlitude of

taking sides with Inetions | jo the Popular Front Government in Spain, while the uution taken by Portugal and Ger- many endangered the principle of neutrality itself.

The Federation appealed to the British trade unions to appoach their Government in the same way. Reuter,

BRITISH SUPPORT

London, Sept. 9. At a joint meeting of the Labonte Party and the General Council of the Tradies Union Congress at Plymouth In-night, It was decided to adhere to Be policy t non-intervention in Spain approveti. by His Majesty's Gavernment."

NO TENNIS INTERPORT

STRUGGLE FOR THIS YEAR SAN SEBASTIAN

As

Wild Confusion

Rebels Lay Siege

FACTIONS FIGHTING IN STREETS OF CITY

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")

San Sebastian, Sept. 9.

This correspondent arrived in San Sebastian to find the besieged city in the throes of the three-cornered battle, the anarchists and Basque Nationalists fighting in the streets and rebel militia and volunteers attacking the anarchists who have barricaded themselves on the edge of the park.

Thousands of civilians are fleeing on foot, on horseback or in boats to the comparative safety of Bilbao and Santander.

I am informed that 200 anarchists and extremists haye been arrested.—United Press.

SURRENDER EXPECTED

Outside San Sebastian, Sept. 9.

It is indicated that the defenders of San Sebastian will surrender without resistance when the insurgent attack opens.. ing the outskirts of the city proper.

SHANGHAI CANNOT

RAISE TEAM UNEXPECTED DECISION

(Special To "Telegraph")

Shanghai, Sept. 10. There will be no tennis Inter- port between Hongkong and Shanghai this year.

This decision the Shanghai Lawn Tennis Association re- | grettibly reached yesterday, un- nounces an exclusive message from United Press. ·

In stating that Shishni would not send a team to Hongkong this your, the LTA. said it is because "representative aides could not be Jalsed." United Press.

This decision is entirely unexpert- ed, writes "Veritas", becintse Shong- hai tentatively accepted Hongkong B invitation to send men's and ladies' teams to the Colony for the Double Teath. According to the Shanghal newspapers last week leading players hud been circularised enquiring whether they could make the trip, but apparently the repiles have been completely, in the negative,

This decision is particularly dis- appoluting as Hongkong-was looking forward to seeing Lewis Carson,

"Stick" Duff, Squires and Gordon Lum in betion on our courts.

+

The last time Shaughat sent a team to Hongkong was in 1932, when they won the Interport by the odd match. Hongkong inst won a tennis Interport against Shanghai in 1020, In 1931 Shanghai were hosts and won Ave-all. They won again in 1932 and after a lapse of two years, enter tained a Colony side in 1935 and tugain won hands down, the late Khoo Gordiun Lum, W. A. H. Dutt and Collaco be-

oui-bye, Lewis Carson,

The rebel outposts are already occupying Shanghai's representallyes.

Anarchists have manned machine-guns atop the heavily fortified heights of Trincherpe.

The great question at present is whether the

It is learned in a reliable quarter.

anarchists will fulfil their threat and dynamite the city, "however,"that" tu"#re ̈reecar-lighting Loyalists the reported that the

Fetween the insurgent gaTTİ:00

Civil Governor. Senor Antonio Majoren with the Catalunian landing

Ortega.

the has formed

Bosque forte, the rebels were assisted by now it sountists into sperial police wits aeroplanes delivered at Palma by a

and bus arcted hundreds of mystery ship, along with anti-aircraft

anarchists in a daylong round-up. ammunition and other Mar

The Basques have simultaneously organised a hasty defence.--Uniteil Pruss

equipment.

The rebel planes brought down a Government machine and forced the wandhips protecting the invading force to withdraw with „damage,— Renter.

FRANCO- SYRIAN TREATY

ANGLO-IRAQ PACT USED AS MODEL

Parks. Sept. 2. The Free-Syrian Treaty was Initialled to-day in the famous Clocks Rom at the Qual d'Orsay.

Loyalists Frustrated

Oviedo, Sept. 9.

Japan Brings

New Protest To Nanking

Nanking, Sept. 9. The Japanese Consul-General te has formally protested to Foreign Ofkec in connection with the Pakbol incident. In which druggist named Jyunzo Nakano Is said to have been murdered by a Chinese mob on Septeniber 3.

Reuter.

1 is learned that rebel spies in Oviedo frustrated the legalist plans; for a most attack on the city. They gained information of the Govern- ment's plans when they penetrated the loyalist fines and informed. the rebel diieftains of their discovery,

As a result, rebel artillery and a;

ryt fleet rebel planes heavily bombar- troops as they noved

The Japanese unboat Suge, which secret positions. supposedly The

by arrived here from Canton yesterday, Government retaliated dropping fifty bombs on Oviedo, left at 8.30 this morning, presumably principally on the main rebel bar-for Pakhoi. racks-Unitel Press.

the

Huesca's Fate In Doubt

Hendaye, Sept. 9. Loyalist wireless stations state the Governinent troops have occupied Huesen.

However, the report is not other- wise confirimable.

the

The Under-Scerétury for Foreign

Refugees arriving here said Affairs declared. "We have derived much experience from the British rebels in the Alenzar at Toledo had mandate over fra, and have mat at least partially surrendered to the The Franco-Syehin Treaty on the same | Government forces, but this too was

nes as the Anglo-Iraq Treaty, bat it not confirmable.-United Press: avoids the mistake in the latter Treaty of not ensuring protection to Christians and other minorities.

"The Syrians are pleased, we are pleased and the world. is pleased." addled the Under-Secretary.--Reuter's Bulletin Service.

FILM OF BIG FIGHT

CROWDS SEE SCREENING

¿

There were packed houses at all serpióny nt the Queen's Theatre yesterday, when the Aim of the big Aght between Max Schmeling and Jog Louis was screened for the frat time. Every round is depicted in the Bim, which is one of the finest boxing pictures ever screened, and should not be missed.

Still Holding Out

Outside Huesca, Sept. 9. Loyalist troops have penetrated Huesca.

However, rebels have fortified strategic positions and are determined | tu withstand a siege,

The

destroyers

Wakatake and Sanae have left Shanghai: for the South.

VIENNA BOMBERS ACTIVE

DURING VISIT OF KING EDWARD

COMMUNISTS BLAMED

Murdered

Hostages

Identified

BODIES EXHUMED

AT IRUN

NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE

Irun, Sept. 9. One of the insturgeants? first actions after the

Irun capture of was to exhume the bodies of the smurdered hostages which, after formal identification by relatives, were given a Christian burial.

Other hostages state funt execu- tions were

announced hourly for many days, during which they lived on tenter-hooks. Two hundred were kept in mediaeval dungeons, many of the cells mensuring only six feet by six fect-Router,

REBEL SUSPECTS

Madrid, Sept. 9. The Popular Tribunal is trying en- ginger officers necused of rebellion at the Henares barrucks.

So far, no death sentences have been passed, but Captalo Salozar and Ave others have been sentenced to life imprisonment and four

others to shorter terma-Reitter.

PRECAUTIONS IN PORTUGAL

Lisbon, Sept. 10. The "State of Precoción," "decreed yesterday as a result of mutiny on certain worships in Lisbon, has been raised, but certain measures remain in, force aboard warships and In the näval establishments of the country..

Tater. is resolved in discharge all the The Emergency Ministerial Coun- saltars aboard the revolting chips, whether they participated in the revolt or not.

The loyalat ultimatum, warning that an aerial bombardment would he inflicted unless the rebels surren-

Vienna, Sept. 10.- der before midnight, has been de livered. The bombardment is

Two bomb outrages have oc-|--Reuter. pected

to-inorrow. The eurred on open

Austrian railways ultimatum said that resistance was during the visit of King Edward suleldal, and

to

CX-

promises

prisoners

Offering Terms

norinal treatment, but a battle would in this capital. mean a merciless bombardment.-- One blust wrecked a guards' van on the Vienna-Rome Express and on- United Press.

olher, ldden in R cunmercial traveller's bag, wrecked a cloakroom in the Vienna station. Madrid, Sept. 9.

that Police allege

an illegal Aus- The Cabinet King authorised

theirtan Communist party is responsible. commander of the loyal forces in Humours that the outrages might be Toledo to make a final offer to the connected with the visit of the Bri- insurgents there who have been hold-tish ruler are officially described as ing out in the Aleazar for six weeks, baseless. despite tillery and air bombard-

Wir-

Omeers and gen commissioned off- eers will be dismissed as well, but may be reinstated if they prove they took all measures to quell the out- break. The commanding officers of both ships will be pensioned.

Prisoners found guilty of joining the revolt will be sent to a penal colony. Reuter.

In addition, "Her Master's Volcements which have half ruined their King Edward, meanwhile, spent another 70 minutes to-night with the was screened, this being a delightful old fortress.

famous specialist, Dr. Neumann, -` It- "DONADO" DUE TO-DAY comedy featuring Edward Everett Horton

The loyalists will offer safe con- is understood that His Majesty has duct to the women and children in had photographed by x-Ray the ear The Imperial Airways lizer timedj There were also crowded houses the cellars of the fortress before the which has been troublesome in the was reported to be at Tourang this final past and that a light treatment is ad morting is expected built 2. [Continued on Page 5.)

vocated-Reuter.

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