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FIRST EDITION

Supreme Couft

Hongkong Telegraph.

No. 16150.

FOUNDED 1831 一拜禮 五十月三英沁香 MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1937.

日三初月二

MUSSOLINI CHALIENGES FOR POWER

Claims Italy Alone Protects Moslems

MAY SHAKE BRITISH INFLUENCE ON ARAB

Rome, Mar. 14.

Italy's loud-spoken Dictator, Signor Benito Mussolini, is apparently challenging the colonial powers of the world by claiming to be the sole protector of Moham- medanism and the Arab race.

In a pamphlet just issued on "The Islamic Policy of

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KING GEORGE VI HOLDS HIS FIRST LEVEE

His Majesty the King driving in State from Buckingham Palace to St. James's Palace, for the first Levee of his reign, His Majesty vas enthusiastically received by the crowda who lined the route.

RUMANIAN

Italy," it is claimed that the only country living in peace QUEEN MAY

and tranquillity in all the Islamic territory bordering on the Mediterranean, is Libya.

In the Italian Empire, it is declared, is the fullest protection for the Moslem faith. No attempt to convert Moslems to Christianity is authorised by the Italian Government, it points out.

BE DYING

FAMILY CALLED TO BEDSIDE

Belgrade, Mar. 14. Queen Marle of Rumania is dan-

"In Algeria," says the pamphlet, "are rebellions and violence; in Morocco and Tunis there are political rously ill in Bucharest with post- agitators."

Referring to the conditions in Palestine, the pamphlet declared that revolt among the Arabs and political ferment were unceasing "despite cruel repres- sion."

The Italian challenge is the cul culmination of a long out-pouring of Halian-propaganda_from_the_radio in

is Arabic. It station at Bari, expected here that the Italian effort will have considerable repercussions upon British inlluence in Arab lands.

After the original Issue of the with- pamphlet, it was hurriedly

drown from circulation, and p amended version, from which some of the most challenging phrases were omitted, was given the public. Reuter,

Moslems' Answer

NOTABLES

ABOARD EMPRESS

BRITAIN DUE IN

H.K. NEXT WEEK

The Empress of Britain, Canadian Pacifle luxury liner, is due in Hong- London, Mar. 14.

kong on her world four on Monday morning next, and not on Sunday, os The Brst Moslem rejoinder to the originally planned. She will be in claim of Signor Benito Mussolin! Hongkong for four days.

the sole that his Government was

There is a large and representative protector of the Arabs. comes from

list, including many Imam Afbaudin Ahmad, of the Wok-passenger ing Mosque, Interviewed by Reuter notabilities. Among these are to-day, he said:

following:

the

Mr. John M. Levis, Chicago, Pre- "The Moslems of the British Em-

sident Illinois Glass. National pire have been granted freedom of Distillers and other Companies, with

British the religion, and so bear rule with tolerance and faithfulness. Airs. Levis and Mr. and Mrs. Albert

C. Levis;

"If Signor Mussolini extends the same tolerance to the Moslem sub- Jects of the Italian Government, they will pay it the same hommage as the subjects of the British Empire pay to the British Throne," he declared Reuter.

REBELS EXPRESS REGRET

FOR BOMBING OF FRENCH SHIP

Command here,

Marseilles, Mar. 14.

Dr. L. Lava, Gand, Belgium, Ex- Assistant of the University

¡ influenza complications,

Her family has been summoned to the bedside. King Carol, her son, is already present-Reuter,

The Dowager Queen Marle Is here seen inspecting a cavalry parade at Bucharest recently:

BORN IN ENGLAND

Queen Marie was born in England, Mr. W., B. Nesbitt, New York at Eastwell Park, Kent, in 1875, correspondent for the Financial being, the daughter of the Duke of World;

Edinburgh and grand-child of Queen Victoria. She is an authoress considerable ability and also a com- poser of some note.

Mr. Geo. W. Olmstead, New York and Ludlow, Pa., Vice-President, Long Island Lighting Co, New York, and Member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, with Mrs. Olmstead;

of

most

For many years she was unhappy, owing to domestic differ- ences with her son, Carol, but they | were reconclted in 1925 when Queen Lt. Col. Obed Smith, Richmond, Marte, en route to the United States, Surrey, England, with Mrs. Smith;

met Curol in France, and

Sir Harry Price, Ilkley, Yorks, recoliciled to him.. England, Managing Director Prices Tailors Ltd, and Associated Com- panies;

Comte R. de Rougemont, Paris; Mr. J. A. Paulhus, Montreal, past president Montreal' & Dominion Chambers of Commerce, Dominion Fisheries, with Mrs. Paulhus;

became

Huge Defence Loan To Last Just A Year

Mr. A. L. Shuman, Fort Worth, FRANCE HURRYING

EXPENDITURE

Mr. David Shirk, Glenridge. N.J. A regrettable misunderstanding. according to the rebel Interpretation, with Mrs. Shirk and their daughters, -President Hare Metals Products, was the cause of the attack by a Spanish war plane on the French the Miss Ann and Merle Louise;. steamer Djebeluntar. This was the statement issued to-day by the Naval Texas, Vice-President and Advertis- ing Director of the Fort Worth Star

Telegram, appointed "Goodwill

.**. The Governor of Majorca, in Ambassador" to Rotary Clubs by

Paris, Mar. 14. response to a protest from the Speelal

Special Commission, with Mrs. The whole of the French defence French Consul at Palma, said the Shuman;

loan, at present being raised, which Insurgent plane involved In the

Mr. 1. R. F. Spiegel, of Chicago. will total approximately 5,000,000,- attack was searching at the time for President of the Nurite Co, on the 000 froncs, will be spent before a Spanish ship resembling the Board of Governors of the Institute next December, and M. Edouard Djebelantar. The Bler used his of Medicine Manufacturera;

Daindler, Minister of War, brond- machine-gun and dropped a bomb in Mr. S. Tichener Smith, of Toronto, ensting to-day. order to make the ship show her immediate Past President of the colours.

The attacks ceased the moment the French Dag was shown, 11 is stated. -Reuter

Dancing Masters of America,

Mrs. B. M. Tredwell, Birmingham, England, Partner in the firm of H.

(Continued on Page 4.).

He said that 20 per cent. of the loan would be spent on air equip ment, 20 per cent. for, the Navy and the remaining 40 per cent, on th land forces of the country-Reuter.

ITALIAN

ATTACKERS FLIGHT

PUT ΤΟ

SPANISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS

SUCCESS IN GUADALAJARA

Valencia, March 14.

The Italians, attacking on the hilly Guadalajara front, bave met with a stun«. ning defeat and have been terribly punished by Government aircraft, according to a communique issued to-day.

It is stated that the Italians are in flight and suffered hundreds of losses dur- ing the whole operation. Their dead and wounded were even more numerous than yesterday, when one of the most furious battles of the campaign was fought.

The Spanish Government here has already protested to the League of Nations over the presence of Italian' soldiers in Spain and its latest reports, from captured Italian officers, estimate the strength of the Italians on the civil war fronts as between 40,000 to 80,000,

In any event, the Government maintains that the insurgents' progress to- wards Guadalajara has been checked since this morning's actions.

Government troops have now taken the initiative, capturing three lost miles of the Aragon Road and thrusting further afield-Reuter,

Storm's Keep Globe Flier Out of Air

MISS EARHART'S FLIGHT DELAYED

Philologist Passes

DR. HUEBNER DIES IN GERMANY

Berlin, Mar. 14. 'The death has occurred of Dr. Arthur Huebner, the fumous philologist-Reuter.

Oakland, Mar. 14.

The late Dr. Huebner, who was Miss Amelia Earhart, who is really Mrs. Putnam, wife of the well-known born in 1885, was Professor of Ger- man Philology at Berlin University, publisher, was forced to delay heredlior of the German Dictionary and round-the-world fight to-day be- "German Mediaeval Texts" and joint cause of the weather. A violent editor of Zeitschrift due Deutches a member Alternum. He was also storm was raging over the const.

She will take off on Monday, how. of the Prussian Academy of Science. ever, if conditions, improve.

Miss Earhart, with one companion, proposes to fly the Pacine to Pori Africa. She will fly, the South Darwin and from there follow the Atlantic, after crossing the Sahara, Imperial Airways routes to India and and return to California.--Router.

PASSENGERS FOR FIRST

H.K.-ALAMEDA FLIGHT

Two American tourists aboard the Canadian Pacific luxury liner Empress of Britain, which arrives here next Sunday, are completing their trip around the world by aeroplane.

Soviet Owns Huge Gold Reserve

Moscow, Mar. 14,-*

The Soviet's gold reserves are now the highest in the world, burring those of the United States, It was officially stated to.

day.

The exact figure is not given but officials assert that it execeds

£1,400,000,000,-Reuter,

JEWISH SETTLERS AMBUSHED

SHOT DOWN WITH NO WARNING

DUNLOP

TYRES

make every road

a SAFER road

AUSTRALIA MAY HELP DEFEND HONGKONG

PORT DARWIN TO BE FORTIFIED

DEFENSIVE STRATEGY

Australian warships, and Aus tralian trops, may come to Hong- kong to participate in combined operations next year.

This is one of the possible outcomes of the Imperial Con- ference,, to be held in London on May 14,

The attitude which Austrulia adopts at the Conference in regard to Empire Defence will have a vital: bearing on defence strategy in the Far East.

It is known-that-negotiations were. afoot for vessels of the Royal Aus- tralian Navy to participate in this year's manoeuvres off Singapore and Hongkong, but they were initiated too late for any action to be taken by the Australian Department of De- fence.

Australlor, worships were last, in Hongkong in 1917, when they were loaned to the China Station for de- fence purposes. Most of the Aus- tralian fleet, however, served in southern Pacific waters, although three warships were attached to the North Sea patrol.

One

of

the outcomes of the forth coming Imperial Conference will al- most certainly be the fortification of Port Darwin, sald to possess one of the most important landlocked har- bours in the Empire. A great air base is also to be built there in the near future. Both these measures will greatly strengthen Britain's post- tlon in the Far East.

Rumours persist that Port Darwin will also be used as a summer base for the China Squadron in lieu of Wethniwel." It is noteworthy that Darwin would be an ideal base for this purpose,, as it is winter there when it is stimmer in Hongkong and Weihaiwei.

Islands Should Be Retained

SENATOR LEWIS' ARGUMENT

NO HURRY FOR INDEPENDENCE

Washington, March 12,

Mfg. J. Hamilton Lewis, Democrat of Illinois, on the floor of the Senate to-day, opposed any immediate move sever-Philippines-American ties.

to

He Intimated that his strong oppos!- tion was due to the international con- didons, involving Japan, Russia and other nations in Far East, Lewis

wis said that in view of Senator

In the Far East he opposed conditions in relinquishing a naval base which might be the United States' Arst de- fence la the event of a conflict.

"I feel the country is spending much time on non-essentials and forgeling the most important step in the plans to defend ourselves. We hear much. about the lack of danger in the present situation. Such was also the position just prior to our conflicts with Germany and Spain,

am anxious that we should realise that compacts, always in the name of friendship, carry a threat to our future safety.

"I give notice," continued Senator Lowis, "that when the Naval Blll comes up I will take action in this connection if we now return the Philippines to themselves. Japan, as the flest step in any conflict, would reize the Philippines, and in the next step they would seize the Hawalian Islands-United 'Press.

REPUBLICAN OPINION

Representative Bertrand H. Snell. Republican of New Yorit, told the United Press that the Republlenn faellon had not devoted much con- sldcration to the possibility of shortening the life of the Philippine Jerusalem, Mar. 14.

Commonwealth but he gave it as his opinion that most Republicans favour Three Jewish settlers were, am-

continuance of the present terms of They will leave the Empress liner Airways, and left the Empress of bushed in the hills to-day by un-the Tydings-McDume Act. in Hongkong and from here will be Beltala again at Bombay, chartering known gunmen. All were stain, the first passengers to fly, across the special plane in which they toured

India. They rejoined their ship at They were attacked in the hills of Pacific on the new Hongkong-Colombo, and are travelling by her the Tiberins district this morning, Alameda air service.

to Hongkong and China. The passengers aro Mr. S. W.

A flight to Peiping is part of their when they were returning home Morris, & retired Philadelphia banker, Itinerary in China, which they will from a meeting at the Yavnell and his wife.

thoroughly tour by air. They expect Settlement. Both flying enthusiasts, Mr. and to arrive back in Hongkong—alsD Mrs. Morris have used aeroplanes by air-in time to connect with the

When the hidden guns cracked, one Wherever possible on their holiday malden fight of Pon-American Airman dropped dead instantly, The trip. They few from Europe to ways China Cupper from Hongkong other two died of their wounds Cairo and Jerusalem by. Imperial to Alameda.

...

Reuter.

"At least my personal opinion is that the Philippines, for her own good, should go through with the present law. I do not think the Common- wealth is yet able to stand on its gwn feet as un Independent uallon," "com- mented Mr. Snell.

He believed that Congress was not

disposed to take up the Philippines question ngatu unless President Franklin Roosevelt specially recom- mends such a course, he, udded.-

United Preas.