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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL

1938.

Spanish Loyalists' Resistance Melting

INSURGENTS BURST INTO TARRAGONA AS DEFENDERS RETIRE

Whole Battalion of British Volunteers Surrenders

Burgos, Mar. 31.

The Insurgents, this evening, entered the Tarragona province near Caseras, according to an official claim, which states that an entire battalion of the International Brigade was captured, all of the men being British, includ- ing the commander.-Reuter.

DRIVE ACCELERATED

Saragossa, Mar. 31.

General Franco's drive towards the Mediterranean south of the Ebro River suddenly accelerated on the disappearance of opposing forces from what was previously the Loyalists' strongest point.

Insurgent troops, enst of Caspe, are expected to reach Tarragona province to-day, while Legionnaires further south, are making headway.

Fur Workers

On Strike In New York

New York, Mar. 31. Fifteen thousand fur workers and It is claimed that Loyalist attacks trade unionists have gone on strike, on the Madrid and Teruel fronts dur demanding a 25 per cent, increase ing the past two days were all rin pay and a 30 hour week. pulsed.-Reuter Bulletin,

have threatened to tie up the New York fur industry

APPEALS FOR RESISTANCE

Barcelona, Mar. 31.

They

Thousands to-day picketed the fur

General Companys, President of district, carrying placards with the Catalonin, broadenst an appeal to slogans: "On strike against a 40- Catalonians to-day to work, fight and hour week.", and "On strike for a resist for victory, and the honour and living wage.” rights of life in Catalonia.-Reuter, Bulletin,

NON-INTERVENTION RECOMMENDATION

The spottesman charged that the employers plot to "deprive the workers and their families of all human rights."

the strike.

The Associated Fur Coal and Trim- ming Manufacturers Association London, Mnr. 31.

locked out about 2,500, and charged The Non-Intervention Sub-Com- mittee to-day agreed to submit to the that the Union policies to "rule and participating governments the British ruin" had precipated

United Press. proposal for compromising the French and Italian views regarding the control of Spanish frontiers, coin- eldent with the withdrawal of volun- teers from Spain-United Press.

Hitler's Life True Example

Doorn House of Christianity Denies Former

Kaiser III

Doorn, Mar. 31.

A report published abroad that the ex-Katser is seriously ill, la declared 10 be without foundation, in

Berlin, Mar. 31.

It is reported from Vienna that the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Church has prepar- ed a statement to be read publicly and unconditionally supporting the anschluss as "not only a duty, but an expression of communique issued by the ex sincere gratitude to gracious Kaiser's household,

God for the rescue of our homes has been confined to the house durand country." ing the past few days owing to the weather, but that he was about to day na tisual.-Reuter Bulletin.

The stateinent observes

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that he

POLISH DEMANDS IN CZECHO SLOVAKIA

Warsaw, Mar. 31.

It is reported, though uncomfrised, that Poland will shortly make diplo- matic representations to Prague re- garding the claims of the Polish minorities in Czecho-Slovakin, United Press.

The chairman of the Council also issued a statement declaring that Herr Hitler, by his life, had given the German people an example of true active Chris- tianity.-Reuter.

DEAD MAN WINS $30

Phlidelphia.

A dead man won a $30 prize ut the Frankford theatre, The audience agreed that the money should go to his widow.

FOUR CHARMING FLOWER GIRLS AT NAVAL WEDDING LAST WEEK

BRITISH REVENUE BUOYANT

Large Surplus Over Year's Expenditure

London, Mar. 31.

The revenue for the financial year in Britain is shown at £872,580,000, and expenditure at £843,791,000, with a net realised surplus of £28,- 780,000, the official surplus of

0,480,000 being the excess of actual revenue over estimated revenue.

The realised surplus, in accordance with the Defence Loans Act of 1937, will be available for use in the coming year to meet defence expenditure, which otherwise would have to be met from borrowed montes.

The expenditure is £10,054,000 below the estimates.

The defence expenditure from the £197,250,000, budget revenue while a further £84,750,000 has been spent from borrowed monies, making the total defence expenditure £202,- 000,000, an increase of £70,000,000 over the previous year.-Reuter

Germany's Air Generals Told

To Retire

Berlin, Mar. 31. Five A'r Force Generals retired to-day. Their retirement was ordered by Herr Adolf Hitler on February 4, when the German Oghting services organised.

were

re-

re-

All the retiring Generals erived a signed photograph of Hour Hiller and Marchal Goering, Premier Prussia and Minister of Aviation, as well as letters of thanks for their services-- Reuter Bulletin,

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JAPANESE FAIL TO REPLY TO PROTEST

British Do Not Consider Ugly Incident Closed

Shanghat, Apr. 1. A Japanese military spokesman announced last evening that the Major Heslop Incident, in which, It is allered, a Japanese soldier threa- fened Major Healop of the Durham Light Infantry with a revolver, is considered closed.

Enquiries Among the British milltary authorities revealed, how- ever, that not only was the incident not considered closed by the British, but in view of the failure of the to the Japanese military to reply authorities had sent British protest, the Brith milltary

another Presentation to the Japanese, and had requested that reply and

an apology should be delivered without delay-Reuter.

Naval Officers! Going Home In Dilwara

THESE FOUR "CHARMING young flower girls -the Misses Daphne Purry, Janet Cleave, Sue Dibley and

Nancy Dibloy, added a pic- turesque touch to the wed- ding last week of Surg. Lt. Cdr. S. J. Wheeler, R.N. and Miss Daphne Fullbrook.—

Staff Photographer.

TRAVELS CHINA'S MUNITION HIGHWAY

Correspondent Sees Farmers Drilling In Far Interior

Shanghai, Apr. 1. In a message from Lanehow, dated March 26, a United Press corres- pondent says that it took him three days' travel by special truck to arrive at Lanchow from Hankow on the very important 500-mile communication link with Russia.

road Along the bitter

of exllo, which ancient Chinese once trod, the only sign of growth was trees planted by General Tso Chung-tang, 60 years ago, during his famed march to quell the Mohammedan rebellion and to conquer Sinking.

Through the eternal and terrifically eroded mountains of Shansi and Kansu, where most of the population In addition to the 239 army officers lives in hillside caves, and where and men embarking by the Transpori towns are almost non-existent, war Dilwara on Monday, many prominent posters and drilling farmers provide naval officers are departing from a sign of modernity in the vast abyss Chinn Station by the same vessel; of treeless and ancient dust.

The complete list, released by the Naval authoritles this morning. I ls as Five-year old children were sing- Wauchope ing "Down With Japan", yet there (Tamar.),

Comer. C. D. Arbuliot was not the slightest Indication of (Tamar.), Lieut. Comdr. D. A. H. war amid the snow-capped moun Hornell M.V.O.

Lieut. tains. Lleut.

allows

Comdr. J. B. Palmer

Comdr. J. Newton (Medway). Licut.

The authorities said that 000 trucks were on the road. However, they were suffering from a shortage of

Comdr. H. G. T.

G. T. Padfield (Medway.), spare parts, and the correspondent

2w many trucks mantled in order to use these parts.

INCORRECT REPORTS

Lieut. Comdr, C. N.

N. R. Barham (Tamar.), and Mrs. Barham, Lieut. 4. H. Terry (Moth.), Lieut. E. C. d), Lieut. II. A. V. Haggard

's. w. Wright (Daring.), Lieut. E. Mack It was reported that vast hordes (Duchess.), Lieut. (E) R. H. S. Clark were working on the rand, but that not true. However, there are Larder is

Peako ieut.

J. M. Gunner (T) T. Binke stones and lines on the road, ready Warcant Engineer T. W. for immediate nurfacing. Fyson (Cumberland.),

Freight is very expensive, costing Wi. Tele- graphist F. T. Hawkins (Diamond.), 300 yuan per ton from Slan to Lan- Cd. Gunner C. H. Warren (Tamat.), chow.

Cd. Shipwright A. M. Watts (Tamur.), Lanchow is the headquarters of and Mrs. Watts, Warrant Engineer eight war districts, including Shans!, E. T. Pafford (Proteus.),

Engineer W. E. Harris ansu. Ninghsia and Chinghal, com-

Pay. Comdr. A. n. Hendersort (Tamar.) and Mrs. Henderson, Lieut. J. C. A. Ingram (Peterel.), Lieut. |H. J. C. Mc. Ray (Coakchafer)..

To Singapore.-Comdr. A. H. Spur- geon, R.A.N. (Cumberland).

manded by Generalissimo Chiang Kal-shek, with Tu Hola-long the r- aldent vice commander. General Tu was Shanghai's Lotion front com- mander,

Lanchow boasts a very Ane air field and military college and is an im- portant base of defence against a possible Japanese thrust from Pao- fow toward Ninghsia, where Ма Hung-kwel is Governor, whose

troops are weak-United

No Limit To loyalty is said to be as strong as his

Size of U.S.

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Washington, Mar. 31. Undoubtedly representing abandonment of the naval tresty Imitations of 35,000 tons, Mr. Cordell Hull, fo-day advised the British and French Embassies that the United States intends to Invoke the caćalator claum of the London Naval Treaty, which It is understood, means that there will be no limit to the also of ballicships,

It is expected that the note wili will be published, probably 10- HORTOW.........«United Press.

Aircraft Makers Fight Sabotage

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London, Mar. 31. Representatives of aircraft companies, responding + tạ urrent Government warning conferred secretly to find rubans of fighting sabeisgo among Royal Air Force planes.

It is understood they dis- aussod the organisation-of-poores "Sabotage Squads” in armament factories to combat the entry of: saboteurs into the fretoster.mmm

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