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FIRST EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED IRI # WERE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1936.

No. 16001

23 MILES

FROM MADRID

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NEW AMBASSADOR INSPECTS GUARD

Seville Reports Swift

Drive East of Maqueda

MADRID ADMITS LOSSES · OF GROUND IN SOUTH

Lisbon, Sept. 22.

Desperate fighting and a terrific bombardment by insurgent planes preceded the fall of Maqueda when three insurgent columns attacked at dawn yesterday,

The rebels moved in from the south, centre and north, but were held up by the Government's mechanised forces until insurgent planes bombed and destroyed the loyalists' positions.

The Government militia was demoralised by the bombardment, according to a correspondent of Diario de Noticias, and retreated in motor buses in the direction of Torrijos, pursued by the insurgents, with the Moorish battalions in the van. It is reported that thousands of militiamen were killed.

After the fall of Maqueda a terrific air battle is reported to have occurred between insurgent and Government planes, which arrived too late to help the defenders of the town-Reuter,

Making Fresh Stand

With the Loyalist Headquarters on the Toledo-Maqueda Front, Sept. 22.

Loyalists, retreating from village to village, fell back in new defence lines in the face of a renewed rebel drive, the advance units of the Government troops hulding positions two and a half miles on the Madrid side of Maqueda.

The widespread evacuation of the Muqueda-Santa Cruz-Torrijos iri- angle indicates that this will be he ~no-man's-land -- of ---- whit-must seemingly be the greatest battle of the civil war.

The loyalists' malń body has re- tired to Quismondon, four miles from Maqueda,

under rebel machine-gun fire,

continuous arilllery plua bombardment, while machine-gun- ners frightened off loyalist planes.→→ United Press.

Close To Madrid

Gibraltar, Sept. 22.

A ralo despatch from Seville late to-night said al rebel troops were reported sast af Maqueda and within only 23 alles of Madrid.

HONGKONG MINING VENTURE

NEW TERRITORIES PROJECT

LEAGUE'S ADVICE TO GOLD BLOC

DEVALUATION URGED BY EXPERTS

GUILDER ON TOBOGGAN

London, Sept. 22. The weakness of the guilder, carrying the spot price to 7.49 and the three months' discount to 8 appears to show, at least, that the Dutch people are taking the League of Nations Financial Committee's report seriously.

This report recommends devalun- tion-for-the Gold-Bloc... nations-and appears to have resulted in heavy Amsterdam offerings of guilders in

ENCOURAGING Paris, for subsequent conversion to

ASSAY

The Telegraph learns that

protracted

sterling.

The adoption of this round-about process ensures the sellers' participa- tion in the benefit to be derived from the support accorded to the frane by following

negotiations the British Control Fund, which is through International Investments not exiended to the guilder.. Limited, a British syndicate Has

The widening of the forward secured the rights to operate the Lin guilder discount rate is attributed to accentuat- Ma Hang mite, which is situated near forward speculative sales, acc the border in the New Territories. ing weakness caused by transactions

The engineers report that, con-

part of genuine traders insur- siderable development work using against the contingency of de- been carried out already and that the valuation These latter sorts of deals ure still almost solely responsible for existing ore reserves are suflelent to warrant the construction of a flotaward franc in a one-way market. ----

the further falling away of the for- plant,

Renter The most recent assaya show good deposits of lead, silver and gold.

It is stated that most foreign con- suls have evacuated Malaga due to the Civil Governor's announcement that he is unable to safeguard theation lives of foreigners-United Press,

Alcazar Holds Out

I has not yet been decided whe Toledo, Sept. 22. ther the capitalisation of the com- The loyalist artillery has downed | pany is to be private or through the Just remaining tower of the pubile subscription. battered Alcazar here, but the rebels Mining experts from England are Estil

refuse to surrender: United | optinistic as to the future of this Press.

new British enterprise.

Oviedo Bombed

Madrid, Sept. 22. The War Ministry suys that ..three

deserters from the rebel garrison Oviedo report

at

the gravest damage in recent days, due to loyalist bombardment.

It is reported that the besiegers | are in the highest spirits, nwalling the decisive moment-United Press.

To Comfort Hostages Hendaye, Sept. 22,

The French Ambassador, M. Her- bette, accompanied by Monsignor Mathieu, Bishop of Dax, han sailed for: Bilbon on a French cruiser to vlait the hostage ships and comfort the refugees, The loyalists Gre threatening to blow mines beneath the ships if the rebels bomb Bilbao. -Unised Pres.

Uruguay Cuts Relations

With Madrid

off

Montevideo, Sept. 22. Uruguay htin broken diplomatic. relations with 'Spain and has withdrawn its Legation from Madrid.

**This action is gileged to have followed the execution in Madrid of three sisters of the Uruguayan. Vice-Consul there.-Reuter.

!

HITLER NOT RESIGNING

Destin, Sept. 22, Ouleials denied to-day the wide- spread gossip that Relchsfuehrer Adolf Hitler was considering resign- in the Chancellorship, In favour. of General Hernan Goering, and a member of the Intter's staff said "That is just another bad egg some one is trying to hutch,United Press.

on the

British Fleet Heads East In Mediterranean

London, Sept. 22.

The Admiralty announced to- day that the warships Queen Elizabeth, Bagship of the Medi terranean Commander-in-Chief. the Repulse, Glorious, Galatea and the First Destroyer Flotilla would carry out a short cruise to the East Mediterranean on Sep. tember 39, after assembling at Matta-Reuter.

FAMINE THREATENING

ARCTIC VILLAGES

Fairbanks, Sept. 22,

A welcoming ceremony for the new British, Anibassador to China, Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-fingessen, was held in the grounds of the Consulate-General, Shanghai, on September 14. Above can be seen (top) His Excellency, accompanied by Brigadier Teifer-Smollett, Inspecting the Guard of Honour provided by the Lancashire Fusiliers: at lower right the Ambassador is taken with Sir John Brenan, H. Mr. Consul-General; at lower left, the Guard leaves the parade."

BRITISH

SEEK

ETHIOPIA'S FATE NOT

DUNLOP FORT

This ne the co duce

remeet.

FOR SECURITY YET KNOWN Next Move Expected

From Germany

WITH

ITALY'S BREACH WITH

LEAGUE

NOT HEALED

London, Sept. 22.

LEAGUE TANGLED IN PROCEDURE

PROBLEM FOR THE HAGUE

Geneva, Sept. 22. The Credentials Committee of

the League of Nations has decided to submit to the Hague Court the question of the rights of Ethio- pins, as represented by Emperor Haile Selassie, to representation at Geneva. But before the Com- mittee's decision can be acted on, the matter.

GARRISON OFFICER PASSES

MAJOR F. D. Lẹ GROS DIES SUDDENLY

FOLLOWING OPERATION

Army circles have suffered a heavy loss by the death of Major F. G. Le Gros, Officer Commanding the 12th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, Lyee- moon, which occurred at the. Government Civil Hospital yes- terday afternoon.

The deceased ofleer, who arrived In the Colony in January of this year, was taken suddenly 1 with up- pendicitis on Monday and was re- move to hospital, where be under- went an operatioli. Despite all that could be done, however, Major Lo Gros passed away at 4 pan. yester day,

The late Major Le Gros teaves a widow and two wons who are nt prozent in England. On receipt of the news of her husband's lines‹, Mrs. Le Gros Intended to fly out to Hongkong, but it now unlikely that the will do so. The utmost sympathy will be felt for her and the two sons in their heavy bereavement.

The funeral takes place this after- noon at the Colonial Cemetery, Happy Valley, the cortege passing Monument at 4 p.m.

DEATH OF MR. G. D. OTT

the

We regret to report the death, which occurred at the Peninsula Hotel, from heart trouble, early this morning, of Mr. George Benjamin Olt, of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. Hongkong.

The deceased, who was born on May 22, 1891, at Warren, Pennsyl vania, USA., arrived In China on April 1, 1915, to join the Standard- Vacuum Oil Co., and spent most of his time in North Chint. He was.. transferred to Hongkong last year. He leaves a widow, at present in Hongkong, with whom much sym- pathy will be teit.

The funeral service will take place At the Union Church, Kennedy Road, at 5 p.m. to-day, the luter the remains will be cremated. Flowers may be sent to the Church.

NEW YORK. BEATEN IN

the full Assembly must consider TWO GAMES

on This in itself raises a new problem,

Otto von Bismarck, German Charge Prince d'Affaires in London, is proceeding to Berlin Wednesday for conferences with Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and Herr von Ribbentrop on the question German participation in the proposed conclave Locarno Treaty signatories.

frague Court requires a unanimous or namely, whether recourse, to the

only a majority decision of the As-

SURPRISE VICTORY

FOR PHILLIES

of

sembly. If animous decision is

of

necessary it is unlikely to materialise.

ST.

The fate of Europe's latest peace move is dependent on the decision of these men.

Meanwhile, additional details of London's note to Berlin on Friday last have been revealed. First, Great Britain proposed to receive guarantees of her own

for non-sanctionist countries, Austrin, Hungary and Albania, would vold against it.

Lin-

Even when these tangles are ravelled another set will arrive, pemuly; Is Ethiopia to be suspended

pending the Hague's decision?

Router,

security instead of merely guaranteeing the safety of Radio System

other Locarno signatories, as in the first pact; second,]

Direct ·

London suggests that the League of Nations Council Will should normally decide whether a signatory is victim New Airliners

of aggression, and if so, by whose hand.-United Press.

Italy In Check

the Hague Court has caused surprise and it is believed Italy will decline Geneva, Sept. 22.

to attend the forthcoming Locarno Ituly's return to the League of Conference until the decision of the Nationa is more remote following the Itague Court is known. If the deci- decision of the Assembly to permit stan is against Italy she is unlikely Ethiopia to retain its seat at Geneva 15 associate herself in any pending the action of the World Western Europein security pnet.- Court at the Hague as to Ethiopia's Reuter, right

Deliberate Rebuff

new

BRITAIN TO BUILD TWENTY STATIONS.

London, Sept. 22. Twenty. wireless stations are to be established for the use, by day and night, of the new Empire flying-boats. of representatien ut Geneva. The Credentials Committee voted

These craft, which will be used by Imperial Airways on Empire routes, to ref

refer this issue to the Hague,

Rome, Sept. 22. will have the Intest killing the French plan to expel im-¦

direction-finding mediately

the Ethioping

The reference of the Ethiopian wireless sets installed, by which the delegation. Following the Committee's action, question to the Hague Court is air liners will be able to communi- M. Maxim Litvinoff, the Russian regarded here as a deliberate rebuft cate with the new wireless stations. chief delegate, led the small powers to Italy's tempts at reconciliation Reuter's Bulletin Surolec. in defending Ethiopia's right to and it is felt that the prospects of

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definite yet-binck,

sent until the World Court renders European appeasement have received a verdict, possibly months hence.

The Netherlands and New Zealand

Dr. Henry W. Greist, retiring head of the Point Barrow Presbyterian Mission, en route to his home in Indiana, revealed delegates folded in the fight, re- to-day that a famine was sweeping along the Arctic coast and peatedly asking who objected to the offein) quarters that there will be no in the villages hundreds were doomed unless food were supplied Ethiopinus credentials, which got no Reuter.

to them.

tinswer.

The specific question to be referred

Italian

It is regarded as certain in un-j

delegation for Geneva.

Reaction "In Geneva

Geneva, Sept. 22. The Italian delegation to the Inter- national Broadcasting Conference has announced its intention of abandon-

LOUIS. IN GOOD FORM

New York, Sept. 22. -Although Bitle short of miracle can shake the New York Giants out of the first position in the National League with the end of the season so neur, baseball circles were stirred to-day by the results of engagements, New York lost twice to Philadelphile, luking an eleven to seven beating in the opening fixture and and six, to two defeat in the closing game. Klein and Candilly hit homers for the Phillles, in first and second games respectively.

The St. Louis Cardinals, who are reviving, beat the Cincinnati Reds, in spite of home runs by Walker and Kampouris. The Cards scored six on ten hits and the Reds got only three out of seven,

Chienge kept its position of St. Louis heels by beating the Pirates eleven to four, with fifteen hits to seven.

Brooklyn, the first four to three, the Boston won a double-hender from second three to two.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington blanked Cancarelin allowing seven

Boston,

おまみ but

the fielders keeping the Sox from

scored four, WOMAN DIPLOMAT BREAKS LEG

once crossing the plate, Washington

New

whipped York badly Philadelphia, ten to three, though, outhit, "fourteen to Alicën, Alhletic# getting a homer from Hayes as well, Detroit, took St. Louis' measure in a double-hender, winning the opener twelve

nothing on to

Auker's pitching. St. Louis Kot five hits. Simmons and Tebetts „homered.

In

the nightcap Bridges blanked: the Browns, allowing only three hits, while his mates scored fourteen on seventeen connections."

"The Eskimos are removing the vicinity."

WHILE CAMPAIGNING skin from their bonts and cooking

to the Court is, whether Ethiopia h Dr. Greist sald the Eskimo has still an Independent nution-United their boots for food," he said.

FOR ROOSEVELT The wolves have driven the cast of Point Barrow to protect them

asked permission to drive reindeer Press,

New York, Sept. 22. cariboo away and the reindeer herds from the wolves, but the Indian Sex Italy May Quit Pacts

America's only woman diplomal, are disappearing. There were

ing any further part in the work of Mr. Ruth Owen Relide, broke ale tually no fish or seals caught this expense.

vir vice prohibited the drive, due to its

the conference. The reast given a while touring with her husband on Dr. Greint is the man who took Italy won't send delegates to the purely technical, and it is felt, in behalf of President Roosevell's elec Replying to the Indian Agent at charge of the bodies of Wiley Post League of Nations until the Ethio- Genova that the actual decision to tion campaign. Juneau and Washington oficial and Will Rogers after the two plans are finally excluded from the withdraw was taken in Rome to The Injury was received as the an eight-all. tle, with twelve hits denials of a famine, he said: "The famous Ogures had crashed to their sessions at Geneva, according to demonstrate Signor Benito Mussolini's result of an accident when she at- aplece, the game being called in the men who deny this famine

displeasure have deathnone-his station, United authoritativo quarters, gi

at the Assembly's. attempted to stop arunaway motor twelfth inning and a replay ordered. never been lo. point Barrow's Press. ⠀

The decision to refer the mufter to titude concerning Ethiopia.-Rauter, trailer on a steep hill-Reuter,

summer.

Rome, Sept. 22.

-

Chiengo and Cleveland fought to

-Reuter.