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No. 15155

六拜禮 號三十月三英港香

SATURDAY,

MARCH

13,

1937.

日一月二

ITALIAN BREACH OF

NON-INTERVENTION

AGREEMENT ALLEGED

Spain Will Put Protest Before League at

CLAIM PRISONERS

Once

CONFESS

THEY ARE NOT VOLUNTEERS

Valencia, March 12.

The Spanish Cabinet has decided to inform the League of Nations of the al- leged violation of the Non-Intervention Agreement by the presence of several Italian army divisions in Spain, particularly on the Madrid front, where it is stated the Fascist troops number at least 25,000.

One of the captured Italians is said to have told the Spanish Government authorities that he was not a volunteer but had been mobilised hurriedly by the Government for service in Spain soon after his return from the Ethiopian campaign.

-Reuter Bulletin Service..

PRISONERS QUESTIONED

Madrid, Mar. 12.

An estimate that there are 80,000 Italians and 40,000 Germans in the Spanish civil war was given by an Italian, Major Luciano Sylva, taken prisoner early this week, when questioned by the authorities here, it is stated,

Major Sylva is said to have admitted that from 40,000 to 60,000 Italians were fighting on the Guadalajara front.

Another prisoner, however, has stated that he estimates the total of Italian troops in Spain does not exceed 40,000.

A private among the prisoners stated he left Italy thinking he was to go to Ethiopia, only to be told that he was to serve in Spain after the vessel had sailed.

According to the statement of an-

other private

soldier, he and his

comradea receive five pesetas daily

In Spain, of which they must pay British Troops

back three pesetas for food. But the Italian Government, pays their familles 20 fire daily.

Meanwhile, bitter cold, rain and snow, are hampering activities on the Madrid front. The Insurgent at- north of Guadalo-

tack this aimed to

have been

Jura, is checked. Insurgent activity to the ལས་ north-west of the city is increasing. however, and the old capital itself has been heavily bombarded again, most of the shells falling in the cen- tre of the city-Reuter.

Rebel Arms Seized

Bayonee, Mar. 12. Basque trawlers claim to have seized an arms ship which insurgent vessels were escorting, with a cargo Including 10,000,000 rounds of ani- munition--Reuter.

Tin Prices Fluctuate

BUT TRADERS NOT PERTURBED

London, Mar, 12. Tin prices fluctuated wildly follow- ing the quela alteration to-day, declining us much as £25.

Traders, believing that producers, apart from Malayan miners, will be unable to produce larger stocks and maintaining that world consumption

above the Tin

Committee's catimale, subsequently marked up prices. The closing

levels cven showed

D small advance on the preylous night's Agure-Reuter.

EGYPT SEEKING

LEAGUE ENTRY

To Border Of

Waziristan

New Dellal, Mar. 12. In view of the general unrest in Waziristan, two brigades of British troops have been ordered to the froniler as a precautionary measure.

The movement Is not con- nected with any

contemplated operations, but is dealgned to provide for the immediato re- inforcement the normal garri-

son, la Waziristan if the 'unrest develops lolo active hostility- Reuter Bulletin Service.

GERMANY'S REPLY TO.

BRITAIN

"STEP TOWARDS SECURITY"

BERLIN'S CLAIMS

London, Mar 12.

The German and Italian replies to the British Locarno Treaty memor- andum were handed to the British Ambassadors in Berlin ond Romo to- that both It was offelnlly' stated were drafted after mutual consulta

day.

tion

Volunteers Intercepted Aboard Ship

400 HELD UP ON WAY TO SPAIN CHARGED

CONVICTED

AND

CORONATION

MEDAL FEATURES

At the Royal Mint the Coronation medal is being struck. It shows on the obseres the head of His Majesty the King and on the reverse that of Her Majesty the Queen. Picture shows the plaster casts of the medal.

SEEK TO STIMULATE TRADING

BY OPENING DOOR TO RAW RESOURCES GENEVA GROUP PROBES FACTS

Geneva, Mar. 12. The possesalon of colonial territories was definitely ruled out as being responsible for the problem of procuring raw materials.This--decision--was - Belgrade, Mar. 12. taken at the closing session of vessel, carrying 400 the Raw Materials Committee. Montenegrin

A French

alleged who wished to go Communists. It was decided,, simultaneously,

to

Spain, was

stopped at Budva, on the Montene- that foodstuffs and fodder were, grin coast to-day, and the 400 passen-to be considered raw materials gers were tried in the local court as

industrial raw and suminarily convleted.-Reuter.

PLANS FOR BLOCKADE

ns

much materials.

The Committee adopted a seven- point report which can be summaris- ed as follows:

London, Mur. 12. After the meeting of the Non- Intervention committee to-day

1. Foodstuffs and fodder to be statement was issued confirming the

included in the scope of the Inquiry: appointments of Vice-Admiral Van colonin!

2. All raw materials, whether Dulm and Rear-Admiral Olivier as taken into consideration;

or metropolitan, must be chief administrator of the combined Jund and sea control scheme

3. Restriction of supply must be chief administrator of the maritime

and examined; control scheme, respectively.

4. "Open Door" policies studied; The secretary of the International demand undertaken:

5. Co-ordination of supply and Board for Non-Intervention will be Mr. Francis Hemming, of Greated; and

6. Questions of substitutes prob- Britain, while the chief administra-

7. The situation in some countries

tor in France will be Colonel Lunn, owing to the rapid increase of popul of Denmark.

lation and the difficulties in the way. It is announced the Non-Interven- of immigration requires immediate tion Board will include representa attention. tives of Greece, Norway and Poland, The Committee intends to continue as well as those uf. Britain, France, its studies and hopes to frame some Germany, Italy and Russia, who will outline of what will be required in be nominated by the representatives the interest of all countries concern. of those countries on the Non-inter- ed. The next session of the full vention Committee.

committee is on June 21-Reuter.

It has been arranged that Admiral Van Dulm and Colonel Lunn

(Continued on Pope 4.)

will

frontier with British and Italian support."

GOODWILL GIFT.

London, Mur. 12. Among benections amounting to £30,000 made by Lord Clanley, the

It was thought possible the reply well-known-shipowner and sports- might contain some new kind of man as a goodwill offering in com guarantee proposals, but it now ap-memoration of the pears that the German attitude to the King George VI, £15,000 for the Coronation of Franco-Soviet pact is unchanged University College of South Wales. Reuter,

British Wirelers..

WOMAN READY TO START GLOBE-CIRCLING FLIGHT

Oakland, Cal., Mar. 12.

Amelia Earhart (Mrs. Putnam) announced to-day that weather conditions permitting she would start on her east to west round-the-world flight within a few hours.

A German commentary, issued in

To-day she passed the Department of Commerce blind Geneva, March 12, `: Berlin, says that according to well-flying tests with top marks-Reuter. Britain has requested the Secretary-informed circles the German memor General of the. League of Nations to andum "again expresses

Germany's

convene a special meeting of the positive attitude towards a western Darwin, Australia, and will be ac across Arabla to Aden.

Miss Earhart les first to Port, the Imperial Airways route to India; Assembly for the admission of Egypt. pact and taken another step towards companied, at least that far, by Capt. cross the Sahara to Dakar, West- She will It is suggested that the Assembly strengthening European security. Horry Manning, a keen amateur iller. Africa, By the South Atlantic to Port should meet at the end of May, when "Germany again clearly defines her The Council Le next due to amemble. idea of a Locarno Pact, namely the touches Honolulu, Howland Island, winging over

Roughly, the route to be taken Natal, Brazil, and then turn north, Reuter Bulletin Service.

guaranteeing of the Franco-Gertuan New Guinea; Port Darwin and along Mexico to her point of departure.

the Caribbean and;

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Lloyd George Points Το Grave Weakness (Special to "Telegraph")

London, Mar. 12.

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A warning that, despite her arms expenditure, Britain is neglecting her weakest front-food production, on which she nearly broke down in the Great War-was given by Mr. Lloyd George, the Liberal statesman, in the House of Commons debate on the money resolution in connection with the Distressed Areas Bill.

Mr. Lloyd George said Britain is less prepared than she was in 1914. Millions of acres had gone out of cultivation, the land was deteriorating, and there were only about a million men farming, compared with ten millions in Germany. Before the war, Britain had seven per cent. of her population on the land, whereas now she had only.4.6 per cent.

It was food shortage, said Mr. Lloyd George, that broke down Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Russia in the war. If it had not been for Britain's sea communi- 'cations, she could not have lasted eighteen months.

"One misfortune of this country and other democracies," sald the farmer Liberal Premier, "is that Governments have been in the hands of men, in- cluding myself, who spent their time in dealing with pre-war conditions and who never quite pleked up e new conditions created and revealed by war, as modern dictators did."

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Referring to the proposal to spend at the rate of £300,000,000 per annum on armaments, Mr. Lloyd George said only £300,000 would be spent food production. He appealed to the "Government "to"deal"with" this urgent

problem before it was too late.

Money Pours Into French

STRIKERS SMASH PLANT WINDOWS

A scene of the riots in Flint, Michi- pan, in connection with the strikes in motor-car industry. Furious strikers are shown smashing the in- dows of an automobile factory which occasioned the intervention of the police. Several persons were injured.

FURTHER PROTEST TO BERLIN

AMERICA SHOCKED BY ATTACKS

COARSE AND INDECENT

Berlin, March 12. The American Ambassador, Mr. William E. Dodd, interview-

Defence Funded Baron von Neurath, German

FIRST ISSUE OVER- SUBSCRIBED

GOLD-FLOWING-

BACK AGAIN

Paris, Mar. 12. The Finance Ministry announces that the first portion of the French

IMPOSSIBLE PLAN Replying for the Government, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said Mr. Lloyd George's plan for putting half a million people seribed. on the land had already been shown

Defence Loan has been over-sub-

At a number of banks subscriptions to be impossible without a very con had to be refused curly in the after- siderable artificial rise in agricultural noon.. Owing to the striking success prices. Even many experienced farm-of the loan, the Finance Minister will ers were unable to make anything out¦ examine measures to enable all those of the land.

who had been unable to send in sub-. Mr. Chamberlain added that Mr.scriptions in time to enjoy, neverthe- Lloyd George's plan would also inter-Jess, the advantages of the issue. tere with Britain's arrangements with It is understood the second portion the Dominions and foreign countries. of the Defence Loan probably will be "It would mean such a drastic reduc-issued Tuesday or Thursday. It will tion of our imports from them that we likely amount to 2,500,000,000 francs, would seriously injure they purchaa--Router.

ing power, and we would consequent- ly probably throw more people cn- gaged in industrial producon out of work than we might hope to employ agriculturally,"

Whilst Mr. Chamberlain

was IC ferring to Mr. Lloyd George's com- parisons with Germany, Mr. Lloyd George intervened and admitted that the land settlement conditions there could not be enforced here.

Mr. Chamberlain assured the House that the Government had not over- looked the question of food in connec- tlon with the national defence schemes. Inter The money resolution agreed to without a division-Reuter Special.

WAS

CHAMBERLAIN EXPLAINS

GOLD COMES BACK

Paris, March 12. It appears the 5,000,000,000 tranes Defence Loan issue is already over- subscribed, though the Minister of Finance Is reluctant to give figures until complete returns are available. The Ministry states the success of the issue is almost unprecedented.

Gold, it is asserted, is steadily flow- Ing back to France--Reuter.

No News Of Hopsang

SALVAGE VESSEL ON HER WAY

No news from the master of the Hopsang, aground at Point

A British Wireless message says that Mr. Neville Chamberlain cited: figures of unemployment in, special areas which had been brought down by 120,000 in a little over two years and in South Wales perhaps the most difficult area-by 20 per cent, It was the polley of

of the

Goverment to take advantage of the reartmoment programme to direct as much works Garambl off the southernmost tip of as possible into these districts. Up Formosa, has been received by the to the end of November last orders,

local office of the Indo-China Steam totalling £41,000,000 went to needy Navigation Company according to districts, £24,000,000 to special arcas enquiries made this morning.

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calvage tug has been despatched By the end of January from Koolung and until her arrival on proper. those totals been raised respectively the scene nothing would be known as to £57,000,000 and £35,000,000.

to the extent of damage sustained The Chancellor described the nd-by tile Hopsang. vantagea

I derived the special

arcas had from the rovival of the fron and stcel Industry, from the shipping subaldy and increased ship-building, and from the effects of trade

PARLIAMENT PLANS

on coal exports, Mr. Worl thought inducements to location of

London Mar. 12. The Air Estimates will be taken in new industries in specint areas, which the House of Commons on Monday the Government's Bill would provide. and the Army Estimates on Tuesday, would prove effective, and he said On Wednesday, the appointment wil Lloyd George had not convinced him be moved of a Select Committee to that authorities were wrong who consider a message from the Kin hold that in the matter of land relating to the Civil List, which whi settlement one must go cautiously be delivered to the House oh The Dritiah Wireless.

day-British: Wireless VOOR KNO

Foreign Minister, this afternoon and drew his attention to the language used in the German press, particularly the Nazi journal, Angriff, concerning the connection of the American "people"and Government with the

La Guardia incident.

of

of

It is understood that the Ambasca- dor emphasised that America's foreign polley was conducted on the basis of compelete mutual respect for the righis

and

sensibilities

other countries,

On the other hand, Mr. Dodd stressed the safeguards provided in the American Constitution for rights

free

speech, and sald the American Government was unable to account for such sweeping vituperation and unfounded attacks. These attacks were probably unparalleled in their Coarse and Indecent character and were staggering and shocking to all decent minds, especially tis they appeared to be entirely unjustified, Reuter Special.

STRIVING TO KEEP NEUTRAL

CONGRESS HEARS ALTERCATION THREAT TO TRADE

Washington, Mar. 12.

The House of Representatives to day began its consideration of Mr. Sam D. McReynold's Neutrality Bill, which differs from the Pittmon Neutrality Bill, passed by the Senate, in that it proposes to make per- manent the present neutrality laws. Ordinarily these would expire

b1

May 1.

Mr. McReynold's measure would also permit the President to prohibit the export of the war materials to belligerents at his discretion

Mr. Hamilton Fish scathingly at- tacked the Bill which, he declared,

have might well

been written at No. 10 Downing Street by the English Minister himself. He added of the Atlantic to British shipping and robbing the American mercantile marine of its livelihood-Reuter.

Primmeant turning over all trade

TREASURY BILLS?

London, Mar. 12. - The total amount applied for in tenders for £40,000,000 Treasury 'blus was 288,450,000. The averago rate per cent. for bills at three months Is 10/4,934. -

+Against @10/8=