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CLIPPER PLANE ARRIVES OCT. 19

New Threat Το European Peace

ITALY TAKES FIRM

STAND

SPANISH CRISIS BECOMES GRAVER

EVENTS ARE MOVING with disturbing rapidity IN EU- ROPE.

CHARGES AND COUNTER-CHARGES WERE HURLED BY DELE. GATES AT THE NON-INTERVENTION COMMISSION MEETING IN LONDON, AND IT WAS LEFT IN THE AIR WHEN THE PORTUGUESE. DELEGATE, SENOR CALHEIROS, INDIGNANTLY WALKED OUT, THREATENING NEVER TO RETURN.

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There was an immediate disturbing sequel. Signor Grandi, the Italian Delegate, informed the Committee that the Italian Government declined to accept any responsibility for any results which might follow in the event of Soviet Russia or any other nation annulling the agreement.

This was followed by a Reuter message, quoting the Leader of the Labour Opposition, Mr. Clement Attlee, as stating that the Parliamentary Labour Party would insist on a restoration of the Spanish Government's constitutional right to obtain arms if the Russian allegations were proved.

The French Government has requested its Ambassador in London to request a strict in- quiry regarding the documente submitted by the Spanish Government to the League of Na- tions.

REBELS ADVANCE ON CITY

GRIM BATTLE IN SPAIN

COUNTER-CLAIMS

The Madrid authorities declare that the line to Aranjuez has been repaired and traffic resumed.

...Desperately endeavouring-to......... counter the aggressive Russian move to end non-intervention in the Spanish civil war, Signor Grandi, the Italian delegate to the Non-Intervention Commis- sion in London, counter-accused the Soviet of smuggling air- craft. rifles and ammunition to the Spanish Government aboard three Russian vessels,

all

at

Italian Threat

London, Oct. 9. Sinor mill has informed the Non-Intervention Committee tha

Government has de- the Italian clined to accept any responsibility for any results which might fol- low in the event of the non-inter- vention agreement being annulled) by the unilateral decision of one of the adhering States.

Labour Party's Stand

Committee Rises

New Hongkong Troops At Work in Palestine: Regular

Seaforth Highlanders Search For Arms.

Arms. Service

STRANGE AERIAL: ODYSSEY CONTINUES

NEWSHAWKS FLIGHT

AROUND WORLD

"Bud" Ekins is castly leading in the newspaper air marathon around the world. But victory may yet be wrested from him, for Miss Dorothy Kilfallen and Leo Kiernan can still connect with Die plane in which he must cross the Pacifle.

With Elins arrival in Manila in time to catch the Pan-American Clipper to San Francisco assurred nicas he crashes on the second last stage of his strange voyage around the toorld, interest now centres on the frantic efforts of the other two newspaper compell- tors to reach Hongkong in time to connect with a boat to Manila. Karachi, Oct. 9.

Miss Dorothy Kilgallen and Lo Kiernan, who with "Bud" Ekins are engaged in a friendly newspaper race around the world, lett suruen mas morning for Jodhpur.

All their efforts are now centred on reaching Hongkong in time to catch the Dollar Iner President Pierce for Manilla.

If the Imperial Airways liner Dorado arrives in Hongkong on time on Tuesday they can do so.

If they miss their connection, they have no hopes of beating "Bud" Ekins, who is thousands of miles ahead of them, but must wait in Manila for the Clipper 'plane they are endeavouring to catch-United Press.

TYPHOON DELAY?

A Benforth Highlanders Patrol Pai searching for arms ON the Nablus Road in Jerusalem. It will be seen that on either side of the armoured car sentries have been posted. The Sen- forths have lost several, includ Ing two officers, killed in the Palestine trouble. They are due to arrive in Hongkong on

January 6.

Aviatrix Near Record

JEAN BATTEN_READY FOR TIMOR SEA HOP

JEAN BATTEN

Signor Grandl's charges 'cul❤

London, Oct. 9. minated a stormy day of bickering Mr. Clement Atlee, in a speech at and recrimination, with

the Kilmarnock this evening, declared nations at odds and Britain trying that there was abundant evidence to play the role of peace-maker, but that the non-intervention agreement London, Oct. 9.

encountering mutual hostility anong was not being observed. "The insurgents' continue to the chief Powers.

The Labour Party insisted that if close in round Madrid, but their

the agreement was not enforced, the Parrying the Soviet charges of constitutional Government In Spain claims to have severed the capi-alleged Halinn, German and Portu-must have

Its the restoration of tal's rail communications by the ese aid to the Rebels, Signor Grandi rights to obtala auns,-Reuter,

alleged that the steamers Neve, capture of Sirventa and the Kuban and Volga unloaded clandes bombing of the Madrid-Aranjuez tine cargoes of munitions, food,

Batavia, Oct. 10. clothing Railway are disputed,

and other supplies

London, Oct. 9. After sillag for six and three

Amy Mollison's record for the Alicante and Valencia. non-intervention

Platy is entitled to abrogate the quarter hours, the Non-Intervention

women's England-Australia route agreement, de Committee rose at 9 p.m.

is within the grasp of the young clared Signor Grandi impassionate- A communique states that thero

Balikpapan, Oct. 21, | New Zealander, Jean Batten, who A erim battle is ragine at ly. "We are refraining out of a

"Bud" Ekipa la due to arrive in passed over Batavia at 3.50 a.. sensc of

towards was an Imperative need for general responsibility Oviedo, where Asturing miners

amongst the Powers, in Manila to-morrow (Saturday) after-this morning. agreement European stability."

order that any complaints received noon. penetrated the city in an attempt

most Sensation

be subjected to the

Few residents heard the roar followed

H route from here will be over sensation, should to overcome the insurgent gorri-

examination with walking Indignantly

the dense tropical jungle, and thence of her machine out of the searching

it passed BOT. Many buildings are said to meeting, the Portugese delegate, greatest possible speed,

across the Sul Sea to the southern overhead. be afire, while the losses are high.

Senor Franelico Calheiros, de-

The German representative took tip of the Philippines. that the Soviet Note was the view

Jenn expects to make the dreaded A K.LMS plane will take him on Timor Sea clared

that the Russian com the last stage of his flight before arriving at Port Darwin on Sunday.

crossing to-morrow, The Government claims to have

*an act of kostility,"

munication was outside the. compete Joining routed nine hundred insurgents near

Pan-American Airways Froin Port Darwin she will follow being Clipper. For a while it was feared the Imperial Airway-Qantas route to Portugal, he announced, would tence of the Committee, Grullos, who were en route to relieve Oviedo, and it also claims to have henceforth participate in the dell-purely political moventative ra that he would be delayed by the Longreach, and will then fly direct

The Soviet defeated four thousand insurgents in berations only if and when Lisbon the Bujaraloz sector of the Aragon gave him definite instructions to do pudiated the allegations of the Italian this has now cleared from the path of ]

typhoon raging over the Luzons, but to Sydney. and insisted on the his machine. representative In an effort to save the situation need for the adoption of measures to Constant radio contact will be New Zealand.Reuter. the Earl of Plymouth desperately stop the violations of the agreement. maintained with the KL.M. machine urged the Portugese delegate to It Is understood that the Com by the R.C.A wireless stations in mcdify attitude.

miltee, decided that Lord Plymouth Manila United Prei. "My statement is quite clear," should approach the Portuguese said. Calheiros in reply, and. shrug- Government with a view to securing ging his shoulders, walked out of the the return of the Portuguese delegate. Conference.

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front.

The insurgents claim to have oc- cupied Almarox, the terminus of the railway from Madrid via Naval Carnero, and also to have heavily bombed Malaga, Alicante and Bar- celona.-Reuter.

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60.

French Position

Offensive On All Fronts

Five minutes later the Earl of Plymouth adjourned the session; and Burgos, Oct. D.

privately conferred with Senor Cal- Rightist columns to the north and heiros in an effort

Paria, Oct. 9: to prevent his south are co-operating in a squeezing departure

LondonUnited It is understood that Premier manoeuvre on Madrid, in a thunder- | Press.

Blum, who lunched with Mr., An- qus offensive on all fronts..

A Router message adds that the thony Eden, the British Foreign

the cast is expected.

from

not!

A final drive on the capital from Portuguese and Italian delerates Minister, to-day, told Mr. Eden that vigorously denied the charges con- the Soviet charges of violation of the

pact would The Rightists claim that Legion-in uncertain how serious the Por-modify the attitude of France to the

in the Spanish memorandum. non-intervention naires and Moors have defeated 2,tuguese threat tatt is intended to 600 Leftists in the Gredos Mountains to the west of the highway from be taken,” states Reuter, Maquedito Madrid.

General Mola has been left with

only the costern front to clear, allow-

Soviet Denial.

M. Kasan, the Soviet renresentativa: The

ду

She may yet attempt to continue her flight across the Tasman Sea to

Luzon Swept BLACK LEGION By Severe

Typhoon

OUTRAGE

SEVEN GET. LIFE SENTENCES :

Detroit, Oct. B. Michigan's seven members of the

the

FISHING FLEET

SUFFERS

Binck Legion: Including the leader,

Mantia, Oct. 5, principle of non-intervention,

"Colonel Harvey, Davis, have been! A strong typhoon to-day swept France would be prepared to ac sentenced to life imprisonment in Northern Luzon, cutting communica capt the establishment of a neutral

with connection

of tians in ten provinces and causing murder Committee of Inquiry, but would go Charles Pople, a Government relief heavy damage. no further.

Numbers of fishing boala nro miss- worker. French Government has naked

In the course of his trini Deon, Ing, while rice crops are ruined. Ing Madrid continued easy access to at the Non-Intervention Commlosion, its Ambassador in London to request | another

of the men on trial. Interruption of communications has. Mediterranean ports. He apparent- |'indignantly denied Signor Grandi'sla striek Inquiry regarding the docu- Ty hopes that the Leftists will fee charges that the steamers Neva ments submitted by the Spanish alleged that Foole ill-treated his wife delayed reports of deaths and in-

ust-before the birth of their child. Jurles. before the bombardment and" "des" Kubin and Völen had landed war) Government 10 the League of Mrs. Pools. the widow, denied this

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A second typhoon is forming to supplies in Spain/-United Press. Nations-Router.

'the south of Manita United Prast,

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assertion-Reutor,

Britain Starts "Mopping-up' In Palestine

CAMPAIGN IN PALESTINE

Jerusalem, Oct. 10.

To H.K.

THE forecast by the Hong-

kong "Telegraph" last month that Pan-American Airways would shortly in- augurate Д trans-Pacific commercial aviation service between Californic and Hongkong received official substantiation this morning. The first inspectional 'plane will arrive here on October 19.

-A United Press messago from San Francisco states that Mr. C. V. Whitudy, the multi- millionaire President of the Board of Directors, of Pan- American Airways, has an- nounced that a regular seropiane service between San Francisco and Hongkong will be Laugurated on October 21,

In's

The machine will leave Alameda Airport an that dute, sind is dur to arrive at Kai Tack on October 26. En route it will call at Iono- iulu, Wake Island, Midway Island, Guam and Montlu,

Among the passengers on the in-. augural fight will be Mr. Thomas A. Beck, publisher and owner of the famous Collier's Magazine and Dr. Bolivar Falconer, who intends to mako # record round-the-world. fight by commercial planes, - -

Other passengers who have booked for the Brst run are:

Mr. R. F. Bradley and Mr. T, E. Ryan, of San Francisco, Mrs. Ciura Adams, of Pennyslvanin, Messrs. The first part of Britain's inten- George I. Brown, G. R. Carter, Jr., sified "nepping-up" campaign in and Edward B. Brier, of Honolulu, Palestine commenced to-day, when Mr. Herbert Shipman, of Illo, and troops of the Seota Fusiliers, the Bed- Colonel Charles E Cartley. ford and Heris, Regiment and the

Lincoins commenced combing the Thus, for the first time in history, hills and ravines between Tullearm the two continents of America and and Nablus in a systematic hunt for Asla will be connected by an alr ser

·rebels-

vicc

The search was an aftermath to a brisk engagement in this vicinity yesterday, when the rebels heavily attacked some patrolling tanks.

The British troops returned their Are. It is believed that 15 Arabs were either killed of wounded, the exact number being unobtainable” owing to the habit of the Arabs of taking their dead and wounded with them,

In the

The "Telegraph" in exclusively forecasting this service, stated that feeder services from Hongkong to the interior of China will be provided by China National Airways Corpora- tion, in which Pan-American Air- ways are financially interested.

There is 'reason to believe that this second forecast will also be substantiated in the very near future.

Two of the tanks broke down and] With the inauguration of the Call- their crews were forced to spend the fornia-Hongkong service, and the night

were commencement at the end, of this open. They guarded, however, by four other year of n trans-Atlantic service joint- tonies which immediately rushed toy operated by Imperial, Airways and the rescue-Reuter.

Pan American Airways, it will be possible to travel entirely around the world by air in less than a fortnight. Hongkong Negotiations

ARAB RULERS' APPEAL

Jerusalem, Oct. 9.

A joint conference between the first group of the Arab National Committee's Higher Arab Cornmitize

San Francisco, Oct. 9."

Mr. C. V. Whitney announced that

has unanimously accepted the pro-Pan American Airways had com posed Arab rulers' appeal in connec-pleted lengthy negotiations with the tion with the tennination of the Hongkong Government for minal atrike.

facilities for their trans-Fachic ner- viet.

Text of the appeal, together with

a manifesto, will be issued followingį He sold that the British Govern- further conferences with the three ment had voluntarily offered landing other groups at National delegates.facilities at Hongkong, belleveing Reuter.

that the air link with the United States would be of great beneft to Hongkong.

HOPES OF PEACE

Jerusalem, Oct. 9. Following several months negotin- tions, the Hongkong offer had beerr Hopes of peace are dally becoming accented by Pan American Airways, stronger. It is believed that the which has now authpelend the agters publication of the four Arab rulers' slon of their service to Kal Tak Air- appeal will be a deciding facior. Inport, Hongkong, insteaù of to macao, ending the struggle.

General optimism is already re- Leaving On Wednesday flected in the fact, that Arab shop-

Mr. Whitney said that he and Mrs; Keepers are buslly preparing their Whitney, Mrs. Juan Trippe, Mr. G. premises in anticipation of the early B. Grosvenor (Pan American Air- termination of the disorders and awaya Executive), Mr. Paul Lord, and sudden rus of orders-Reuter Mr. Juan Trippe (Secretary of Pan Special.

GOVERNOR AWARDS

MEDALS

American Airways), all of whom were at present guests of Constance Bennett, the famous film star, were making a flight to Hongkong.

TO POLICE AND FIRE experimental flight, preceding the

BRIGADE

.

They would leave San Francisco next by a special Clipper plane, Wednesday, and would, arrive in Hongkong on Monday, October 19.

This would be in the nature of an

regular commercial service. by a week.

Accompanying the party would þej His Excellency the Governor has several American newspapermen.. authorised the following awards: United Press.

Service Colonial Polica Long Melals-Inspector Kenneth Walter Andrew, Inspector Robert Shannon, Inspector Edward John Ellis, Inspec for Fazal Ahmed, Sub-inspector Ruldu Singh, Class I Boatswain W.20

· TYPHOON WARNINGS

The Manila Observatory, rpeoris that there is a typhoon in about, Long. Lo You,

1320. Lot_in_moving wosi; and another Colonial Fire Brigades Long Ser-in about Long. 133, Lat. 14, moving. vico Medal--Forenih: Lok Tamise W.NW.