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10 四拜禮 號七十月三英港香 THURSDAY,

MARCH 17,

1938.

BAVE

POLISH

TROOPS

TWO DIVISIONS France

CONCENTRATED

NEAR FRONTIER

Serious Developments Expected To-Day

REICHSTAG SUMMONED TO HEAR HITLER'S SPEECH

Kauna, Mar. 16.

The already tense situation between Poland and Lithuania has been further complicated by reports of another frontier incident, in which, it is stated, 15 Polish soldiers crossed the frontier and kidnapped a Lithuanian policeman.- Reuter.

CONCENTRATIO N AT VILNA

Riga, Mar. 16. According to Lithuanian reports, two divisions of troops are concentrated at Vilna, and serious developments are feared to-morrow.—Reuter,

Reichstag To Meet

Berlin, Mar. 16. Madrid To

It is strongly rumoured that the

· Reichstag will meet on Friday at 8

Meur a speeen by Herr Adalt

Dulcai quarters declare they Comb Out

#förunt of us. 11 is also rum- "oured that the Relelistag`may be`afs- solved after the meeting, but otcial quarters regard this as somewhat im- probable.

Herr Hiller, in a speech from the balcony of the Chancellery to a huge rowa 'gathered below, atclared that The great unity of German peopic never again be

w created can

troyed-Itcuter.

Later, Ameeting of the Reichstag has primaru for March 18,--Kėuter.

in En Fete For Hitler

Berlin, Mar. 10. kschool children, were given a to-day, and all shops, offices actors were closed for Herr s triumphal return this after- gyon, the city being ransacked for Clags-Reuter Bulletin.

Hitler To Tell Of Coup

Berlin, Mar. 16.

It is stated that the Reichstag will Excel at 8 pm, on Friday to hear a Aspeech by Herr Hitler on the incor- Aporation of Austria in the Reich-

Reuter.

Austrian Consulate Becomes German

Shanghai, Mar. 17. Austrian Consuinte-General

sai turned over its office here to the

Arranz Consulate.--United Press,

JAPANESE ARREST RUSSIANS

Traitors

Polish

Madrid, Mar. 16.. Special tribunals to deal with cases of treason. espionage and defecilon opened in Madrid to- day. They will judge all cases within 48 hours after arrest.

The penalties, which will be heavy, must be ratided by the High Tribunal for Espionage in Barcelona. Appeals will not be allowed, and the sentences will be carried out Inunediately.. Reuter Special.

HALIFAX DEMANDS

UNITED SUPPORT

Foreign Policy Must Have Backing Of Whole Empire

London, Mar. 10.

RAID

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from pebbles

rocks.

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LITHUANIA

Won't Abandon Non-Intervention

-INSURGENTS NEARING BARCELONA

OFS

FLJERS KILL 200 IN BARCELO NA-Intending to tercity the inhabit .nts and break down the Loyallst morale, as well as to promose ch, insurgen, cluse in the Spanish wo 2, Insurgent bombers roared over Barcelona, subjecting the city to its severest punishment of the war. At least 200 civilians were killed. Here are Red Cross workers searching apartment house ru`ns.

JAPANESE

RAID HANKOW

But No Damage Done To Airfield

Foreigners Now Known Safe

PAGEANT OF PEACE HERALDS IRISH SWEEPSTAKES DRAW

(Special to "Telegraph”).

Dublin, Mar. 16.

In a world filled with rumours of war, the Trish" Hospitals Trust staged for the Grand National Sweep- stake a pageant of glowing colour to-day, illustrating [reland's progress during recent years in the arts of

Hunkow, Mar. 17. Six Japanese planes made a third successive moonlight raid on Hankow peace. lust night, and, li is estimated, they droppen.50 bombs on the air fa However, they hit nothing, neither Ore nor smoke was visible.

s.nce

ly elfceuve. They inimearately pres-

cemre of the city, causing a hurrieta evacuation 01 curious

om the roof-tops.

ed up the raiaurs, who few over the signisters

:

In brilliant sunshine a procession of 40 gaily bedecked motor lorries, laden with Irish products, passed

Searchlights ugain proved amazing-hrough the thronged streets, conveying millions of the precious counterfoils under police escort from weepstake headquarters to the Mansion House, where the mixing began this afternoon under the supervision spleen on the search lights, curcing of Government-appointed' auditors, with the aid of

pecially designed pneumatic machines.

The departing rulders vented their

around twice, and

bomuing one powertul hight 20 Wucnung-United Press.

Medical Workers Safe

Hankow, Mar. 17.

Beautiful girls, in costumes of vivid

зие,

are safe and well at Slan, according kind in the battle again

and sparkling with jewels, Agured in the tableaux showing the Dr. Bethune, the tumous Montreal onents conferred on humanity by the sweepstakes, which, in addition surgeon, and Miss Jane Ewen,o the help given for existing hos nurse, both of whom are in China to

have now established pitals, give medical ald to Chinese soldiers, medical research bureau to ald man-

disease. to reports recelved in Hankow. The

The mixing will doctor and

reported in nurse were

to-morrow being Ireland's missing some days ago

a

од

מס

after they national holiday, and will end had left Hankow for the North China Saturday. The draw will begin on front.-United Press.

General Teng To Be Szechuen C.-in-C.

Monday, the prize fund being divided into units of £100,000 each, with £30.000 for the Arst horse, £15,000 for the second horse, and £10,000 for the third.

Chungwing, Mar. 17.

In addition there will be to large General Teng Hal-hou, whom the The British polley in the face of Tranquilisation Commissioner

Central Government appointed residual cash prizes, and many hun- the Nazi Austrian coup was outlined Szechuen and Siklang, has been drawers of unsuccessful starters wil for dreds of prizes of £1,000, while by Viscount Halifax in the House of urged to assume the position of Com-receive £400 International Press Lords to-day, when replying for the mander-in-Chief before the end of Bureau. Government to the debate an foreign the week, thus fulfilling the

affairs.

Torture Alleged In Effort Tow Obtain Knowledge and a united Empire,

· Moscow, Mar. 18,

while relaxing no

Szechuen army commenders' aspira- tion that one of their own colleagues should succeed General Liu Hsiang, who died from natural causes

on

GOLD PRICE FIRMS UP SUDDENLY

Royal Mail

Still Quoted As Favourite.

Final Acceptances In Grand National

London, Mar. 10.

·

BUT WILL CLOSELY GUARD FRONTIERS AND TRADE ROUTES

Warships Evacuate Many From Barcelona While Insurgents Gain Ground

•

Paris, Mar. 16.

Authoritative circles state there is no question of the French Government abandoning ' non-intervention, and Nevertheless the Pyrenees frontier will remain closed. the Government will take all measures necessary to safeguard the frontier as well as the Mediterranean sea routes threatened by Italo-German intervention in Spain.

All preparations have been made for an anticipated influx of refugees at Port Vendres where camps. have been organised, and a naval base established for the evacuation of civilians and French subjects from Spain. A sloop and destroyer are already there and two more ships are expected.

DECLARES SPAIN PROMISED

TO ITALY.

Attlee Says British Interests Menaced

But Chamberlain Not Impressed

London, Mar. 16.

Mr. Clement Attlee, Leader of the Labour Opposition, moved

Two warships are expected from Barcelona to-morrow with 630 people, including dezens of children who took refuge in the foreign Cobbies abu Llegasions in Maurid at the beginning of the war.

A Sun Sebustion mesage · kays that it is learned from an official source that the Insurgent offensive at Aragon resulted in the capture of over 10,000 prisoners, nine complete batteries, 2,000 machine-guns, 1,000 motor cars, and scores of tanks wa. scores oi planes were brought down-Reuter.

Italian And German Denials

London, Mar. 10. The Italian Embassy chlegorically denied rumours of the departure of Italian volunteers for Spain, and stated that no volunteers had recently been sent to

there nor was any intention to

any. The number of Italian volunteers Spain had actually decreased owing to the departure of men for Italy.

A Berlin message says that rum-

in

the adjournment in the House of Commons to-day in order to ours of the embarcation of German. bring attention to the "lack of troops for Spain are denied, and the ministerial policy to counter the allegations of German intentions to attack Czecho-Slovakia are ridiculed. grave menice to British in- The Diplomatisch Korrespondenz terests arising from armed in- declares that French anxiety about tervention in Spain."

developments in Spain are unfounded, He decared that Signor Benito! and the paper

accuses "French Mussolint and Herr Adolf Hitler had Marxists" of deliberately nourishing come to an agreement whereby the this anxiety in order to force France former should have Spain and the to ald "fied Spain" at the eleventh

hour.-Reuter. ntral Europe.

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Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in reply, declared decial there no definite evid- ence of a great accesalon of munitions and for

forces for General Franco. The British Government did not belleve that success for General Franco would [mean that Spain would pass into the domination of Italy and Germany,

and the Government would continuo The final peceptances for the to maintain its policy of nan-Inter- Aintree next week are us Grand National sleeplechase at vention---Reuter.

follows:

Dominicks Cross, Davy Jones, Dun- Royal Mail. Airgeadaios Cooleen, ADJOURNMENT MOTION Pontel, Battleship, Royal. Daniell!, hill Castic, Inversible. Red Freeman,

IS DEFEATED

Landon, Mar. 18, De La Chance, Takvorpacha;

Rock Quilla, Dawmar, Provocative, adtourn the House of Commons was The Labour Opposition motion, to What Have You, Lough Cottage, defeated by 917 to 141,-Reuter. Frobisher, Bacholor Prince, 'blue Princo, Cobin' Fire, Rock Lad, Santa Lorkman,

Hopeful Hero, Underbid;

Brighter Cottage, Didoric, SL Albridge Park, Promin~ ent Lad, Blue Shirt, Tapinois, Pericraik, Hurdy-gurdy Man, Drim, Lary Boots, Red Knight, II, Emancipator and KDH.

Roy

CALL OVER

PRICES

Royal Mall continued to be quoted

as favourite in the call-over to-night.

KING AND QUEEN

VISIT LONDON'S

:

HOUSING ESTATES

STOP PRESS

CHINESE CAPTURE WUSHING

Kwongteh, March 17. Smashing the Japanese line south- of Taihu Lake, Chinese crack_troops recaptured Wushing, important town on the Nanking-Hangchow highway, on the night of March 15.

Two Chinese columns advanced on the town from two directions, one northward along the Nanking-Hang- chow highway, and the other cast- ward from Hepingchen on the night of March 14: Breaking through the Japanese defence lines, - lhò..., two The King and Queen paid a there were some 850 Japanese, next columns encircled the city, where

London, Mar. 18,

Ho said that, firstly, they must seek sa to conduct their foreign policy January 20, that it may deserve and command

General Chong Chun, who was re- the support of a united people cently named Szechuen chairman, is Secondly, still in Hankow, and it is not deelded exertion in when he will go to Chengtu, if at all. pursuit of real peace, it must be A local report says that a ro- Another Sovict

London, Mar, 18. steamer, the hair purpose to re-assert the claims gulation has been passed that Coincident with the accentuated tastrof, has been detained by of international law as opposed to passengers to Hongkong will not be weakness of the stock markets, there Ispanosa at Hakodate, since last

permitted to carry over. $500, while zy, and some of the crew the exercise of force in the settle the banks will only credit the sprang up in London to-day con-

There was some backing for Rock surprise visit to the new housing disputes. transfer of currency, and is export the influence of Continental buying, result of their finishing first and where new flats have been erected Chinese attackers broke into the bity (soned according to messages nent of International

elderable demand for gold. Under Qu'ila and Dominicks Cross as a catates in South London to-day day

whole day's battle, the #lvad Here,

After Next

they must do everything to

s prohibited,United Press

the price of the metal jumped to 140 Men, Baring about means to be devised, eted that the crew and whether through the machinery of

second, in the Grand National Trial in place of slums.“ shillings per ounce were taken to police heads theres, of Nations or on lines

At Plough Road, Stepney, Their and Torded the Japanese to withdrawn wore Majesties Inmeted one of the four chinted

Aftert

byings the indome, li 130g) Tarmonising with League principles, to obtain informal direct the minds of the nations as

Owing to the Bruiness of the dollar "arrying day. The horses

belloyed that some gold was repeelively, abs and will stone room hats whose tenants told The Chi - ktid; Rook: Qulla "won that 'he was only paying2/12/drk Vi I'much for the removal of injustice, an

Hankow, Mar 17. piss taken or possible shipment to by a neck The report, that General Chana Amerion Though, with nowcast liner Mrs Camillə (2) Bepaal Haush-llang had been animasinaladita kiing wiihi the next fasi days (t-is--thum bangk? 2

groundless. He is in the Hengstar poltide

...

Chang Hauch-liang 39 shillings dit with Chase over 3% miles at Hurst Park

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