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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1937.

BRITISH VESSEL ALHAMBRA

BEATS BLOCKADE OUTSIDE BILBAO

vehicular ferry, two steam launches REACHES STARVING PORT

and a junk, caused considerable ex- citement shortly before 2 p.m.

The Star Ferry's Gold Star, which left the Hongkong wharf t 1.50 p.m., was nearing the other side of the turbour when the Solar Star pulled out from the Kowloon wharl at 1.55 p.m.

A vehicular ferry, for some reason

at present unknown, was drifting near the Star Ferry wharf. There

WITH CARGO OF FOOD

London, Apr. 20.

The Cardiff steamer, Seven Seas Spray, one of the four British foodships held up at St. Jean de Luz, has succeeded in running the Insurgent blockade and arrived at Bilbao to-day. During the night, the master succeeded in darkening his ship and avoided the coast until he was directly off Bilbao. He then raced for the harbour

Was considerable activity in the vicinity of the wharf and a steam. Jaunch attempted to cross between the two Star ferries as they ap proached each other.

For

few moments it appeared to passengers on the two crowded | entrance. ferries that both would ram the Jaunch.

Expert navigation and

quick

thinking on the part of the coxswains averted disaster. In reversing, how- Star was forced to go perilously close to the stationary vehicular ferry.

ever, the coxswain of the Golden

Launches and junks in the im

mediate vicinity made the situation one that could be saved only by fine judgment, such as was displayed by the Ferry Coxswains.

The Solar Siar arrived. at the Hongkong wharf four minutes late.

SWAN SONG

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Mr. A. J. Pope, one of the owners, told Reuter that he hoped the ship would set an example to other steamers and that they would follow it into Bilbao, since the running of the blockade had been proved practicable.

"We wanted to prove there was no risk and we have done it," he declared.

A message from St. Jean de Luz, however, states there is a large con- centration of Insurgent ships now off Bilbao, following the entry of the Seven Seas Spray, apparently with the Intention of preventing a re- petition of the exploit. Reuter Spectat.

AIDING FRANCO

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told General Franco it would stand no interference with British shipping on the high seas and that he would be held responsible for any damage done in territorial waters.

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The Government would follow the situation from day to day and If it came to the view that the so-called London, April 20. blockade was not effective it would new Declaring he believed that the be the first to accept the British policy with respect to the situation. Insurgent blockade of Spanish ports was strengthening General Francisco Franco's hand, Mr. Lloyd George First Lord, was the protection of al opened fire on the Government in Navy was not prepared to send war- British ships on the high seas. The the House of Commons 10-day-ships into territorial waters, not so Britain wa

was Indirectly assisting the Insurgents when they were being much on account of the danger AN

great though it might be-but be- smashed on land.

The Spanish Government, anid Mr.cause it was believed it would en- Lloyd George, was undoubtedly on danger the non-intervention agree-

was confident it was going to win.

Inflationary Trend top at the present moment and he

Not Impeded

Mr.

"THE GAME 15 UP"

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ment.

The Government believed a new chapter in non-intervention beginning, he concluded, and there- The reason Benito Mussolini had fore it was vitally important to throw agreed not to send more troops to no inflammable material into the Spain and was prepared to discuss elements already sufficiently In- withdrawal of the foreign volunteers flammable. "In that spirit and letter was because he knew the game is we should maintain our non-inter-

The Germans knew it, too, that vention policy," he said.-Reuter, they had entered into a bad partner- ship. And they were sick of it and of it and wanted to clear out, he asserted.

It..

1 was

Mr. A. V. Alexander, Labour, who raised the subject of the Bilbao situation, charging the Govern ment

with having

failed to provide adequate protection to British shipping, und by accepting the blockade and acquiescing in its in- position, had allowed the starvation

of women and children.

SUGAR PARLEY HOPES

DELEGATES FAVOUR EQUITABLE PLAN

London, Apr. 20. Neville Chamberlain's swan song as Chancellor of the Exchequer was generally ac- claimed in City circles to-day as being sound and devoid of fire- works. The increase of three per cent. in income tax has been fully discounted. Attention is focussed on the resuscitation of the excess profits tax, under the name of the Growth of Profits Tax, and while it is still too early to realise the full implications of this measure, the incidence of the taxation, though generally unexpected, failed to depress industrial shares. These, in street dealings, continued-up--Replying, Sir Samuel Hoare, First wards.

Lord of the Admiralty, stated that according to the Government's In-

Several of the delegations have The Growth of Profits Tux on the formation the Insurgent blockade of offered special concessions designed whole is considered equitable. It is Bilbao

was effective. There was a to facilitate the application of an pointed out that since the estimated

mirefield outside the port and In- agreement during the year 1937-38, yield from this cource will be £25,-surgent ships were frequently within but the Committee is still dealing 000,000 for the whole year, is the three-mile limit, and had dred with reservations made by others, preferable to a steeper rise in the income tax,

It is believed that this tax may Induce holders of shares in British holding companies, controlling, non- British subsidiaries, to exchange parent shares for those of the sub- sidiaries.

The Budget clarifies the monetary policy, as Mr. Chamberlain, by estimating higher yields from_taxa- tion Impiles the intention of nol impeding the Inflationary trend. caused by the cheap money pro- gramme. At the same time, the Growth of Profits Tax provides the Qovernment with machinery where- by companies may be induced divert a larger share of their revenue to labour, thus diminishing the danger of disturbances in that field. It remains to be seen whether com-

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as fears of new, taxation falled to materiallse.

Most of the commodity markets were too busy to take any notice of the Budget, announcement of which coincided with the revival of the American gold scare and its subse- quent speedy denial, which It is hoped. has finally laid this bogoy,

Base metals were among the first to respond with higher prices:

·Tea circles are cheered by the absence of fresh taxation.-Reuter, "

RIVER TIGRIS OVERLOWS

CROPS RUINED AND VILLAGES DESTROYED

Bagdad, Apr. 20.

The waters of the upper reaches

of the Tigris River have over flowed their banks, Innundating an area of

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Crops have been damaged and a number of villages destroyed, but Bagdad itself is not at present threatened-Router Bulletin Service.

He refused to accept, he said, without a good deal more informa- tion that there was an effective In- surgent blockade of Blibao.

FIRST LORD REPLIES

London, Apr. 21. The replies so far made to the negotiating committee of the Inter- national Sugar Conference show that the delegations are unanimous in desiring the conclusion_of_an equitable arrangement.

on the forts without reply. He em- notably Holland, Czecho-Slovakia, phasised that the Government had the Soviet and Peru. Reuter.

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AGED DUKE KEEPS is staying at Bournemouth, has been

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CONDITION IS NOT

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London, Apr. 20,

confined to his room for two or three days, owing to muscular, weakness In one of his legs.

It is understood that the Duke's condition is not sorlous, and that it has improved to-day-Reuter Bulle-

The aged Duke of Connaught, who in Service.

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