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HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, THE

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1938.

BULGAR'S ARMY CHIEF ASSASSINATED Political Motive Seen In Sofia Murder: Victim Dies

Hongkong Residents To

Receive Decorations

SIR ROBERT KOTEWALL, Mr. J. H. Taggart and Subadar

Rahim All,' of the Rajputana Rifles, who figured in this year's Birthday Honours, will receive their decorations from His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, at an investiture at Government House on Tuesday, October 18, nt li a..

Sir Robert Kotewall will be invested with his knighthood, Mr. Taggart with the Order of the British Empire, and Subadar Rahim All with the Order of British India (second class).

Storm Brings Temporary Relief from Heat Wave

Hongkong obtained temporary relief from the heat wave Inst night when a violent thunderstorm and electrical display-unusuni

phenomena for October-broke over the city and Kowloon..

Railway Men On Strike In London

The strike is understood to be the result of the employment of a non- union man.

mercury

p.m.

Half An Inch Of

Rain Recorded

Under Hail Of Revolver Shots

SOFIA, Oct. 10.

MAJOR GENERAL PEEFF, Chief of Staff of the Bulgarian Army, was shot

dead this afternoon when on his way to the War Office.

The assassin, who was armed with a revolver and is variously reported as

a civilian and an officer of the Army Reserve, later shot himself..

General Peeff's A.D.C. was wounded.

Eye-witnesses of the assassination state that the man had a revolver in cach hand and began firing, at the officers at close range.

SHADOW FACTORY OUTPUT

Austin Motors Takes

Heavy Hand

LONDON, Oct. 10.

King Boris, who has been staying in his summer palace at Varna, proceeded to the capital immediately on houring of the tragedy, taking a special train for the journey.

The murderer is sold to be named Vassolt, a man who served a prison! sentence but had been released on a pardon from the King.

He is described as a former officer but the military authorities decline to give any information about him.

The streets lending to the scene of

ITALIAN

VOLUNTEERS DEPARTING

Non-Intervention Leader Arrives In Spain

HENDAYE, Oct. 10.

the MR. HEMMING, Secretary of the Non-Intervention Com-

the crime are cordoned off and the local papers have so for been per- mitted to publish nothing of affair.

brilliant officers of

PROGRESS in connection with the Austin Shadow Factory company which he is managing

the Air Ministry, WOH General Peeff was one of the most mittee, accompanied by a party for

the Bulgarian reported by Lord Austin at Army and was highly popular. meeting of the Austin Motor Reuter. Company.

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of officials, entered Insurgent Spain this morning to discuss with General Franco the ques- tion of the withdrawal of Sonn, Oct. 10. volunteers.

that General

KILLED INSTANTLY

It is now known

Lo their

battalions In

A decision to withdraw Italian with more than 18 voluntecra months service in Spain credit appears to have been already The civilian implemented.

question have been making for the south during the past week.

Peeft was about to enter the War Office with his aide, Colonel Stojanoff, about 2 p.m. in the afternoon when the assailant, dressed in clothes, committed the outrage.

The assassin has been identified as Stobu Josifuft,

in the Reserve a major army, who was released from gnol three months ago after serving sentence for murder.

The Insurgent Press Bureau at St. Jean de Luz says that the Italians will leave in Spain stores of guns and planes, and Italian technical expertą will remain temporarily to hand over units this material to the Spanish replacing the Italians.

Lightning and thunderstorm pre- ceded heavy

showers but after a comparatively brief period the storm cleared up as suddenly as it came. According to the Royal Observatory, the storm commenced at 7.40 p.m. and ended at 10,27

When the storm was at its height Lord Austin said that the produc- a sudden drop of three degrees in tion of engines and planes was pro- very substantial rate, theceeding at a temperature was registered,

dropping from 82 degrees at The Ministry had assured them that London, Oct. 10. 9 p.m. to. 70 degrees an hour later. the quality and finish of the work There was a strike at St. Pancreas it remained at 79 degrees until 1 a.m. being turned out was not surpassed station this afternoon of 400 mem-when it commenced to rise again. By anywhere in that branch of engineer-

Ing. bers of the uniformed staff, includ-dawn, however, it had fallen again ing porters, ticket collectors, clenners to 79 degrees.

Had the Government's peace efforts proved unavailing his address would and guards.

have been a different kind, sald Lord Austin, and the word moter would have ceased to be on appropriate Last night's thunderstorm pro-description of the activities of the duced half an inch of unexpected, but company-Reuter.

BRITISH MISSION very welcome rainfall, and has sent

TO FRANCE the year's total to 64.30 Inches, which

Paris, Oct. 10. is 25.80 inches below normal.

The thermometer shot up to the 00 Members of the British Air Mission

minimum to France to-day inspected the latesty. mark yesterday, but the last night

This mor- types of French Air Force machines. was only 73.

The French Air Minister express- was again ning the temperature

TO MEET THEIR KING high, 85 being registered, with ing his thanks for the co-operation of the Royal Air Force, and said that

Naples, Oct. 10. the

Ten thousand Italian legionnaires "recent events had proved to whole world the deep attachment of

who are being repatriated from It now appears that the motivel Spain are expected here on October our two nations to peaceful solutions,

We

the for General Peeff's assassination was 20, they will be met by King Victor must now examine

future. We political.

Emanuel. problems of the near

The assassin is a Macedonian from

Four steamera sailed from here must remain ready to ward off all evil forces of war and discord by Stanimaka, the same birthplace as for Cadiz to bring the troops home.

pre-Reuter. giving all nations an example of the the General. It is generally union of our two peoples."--Reuter, sumed that he belonged to a group

BELLIGERENT RIGHTS of extreme Macedonians who have

Burgos, Oct. 10. been combating

of the The policy Bulgarian Government of bringing Franco claimed that with

a special interview General the re- about

an understanding between patriation of 10,000 volunteers from Bulgarią and Yugo-Slavia. The General was appointed to his high insurgent Spain there is no reason now for not granting belligerent post only a few months ago.-Trans-

rights. Ocean.

Only a few inspectors and foremen remain on duty, taking on jobs of every description. Passengers have commandeered trucks and wheeled their luggage from taxis to platforms and put them in the luggage vans.

The cartage staff at Euston subse quently Joined the strike Reuter Bulletin.

P. & O. SHIPS DUE

| humidity at 77 per cent.

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It seems that just before General Peci

reached the building the assassin rushed forward and Ared about 15 shots from two revolvers. The Commander-in-Chief was struck by two bullets and was killed instant- Hls alde was rushed to hospital where he died.-Trans-Ocean.

POLITICAL MOTIVE

Belgrade, Oct. 18.

REVOLVER FROM SECRET SOURCE

Sofia, Oct. 10. After a grliling cross-examination the assassin of General Peeff is said to have admitted that he got his revolvers from a secret source which be refuses to reveal.

The aguassin appears to be in a dying condition. He is being kept alive by injections as the Police seek to obtain information from him- Trans-Occan.

BALLOON IN NORTH SEA

Copenhagen, Oct. 10,

The Bureau states that Italian casualties in Spain are 5,000 dead and 9,000 wounded, sick or prisoners. The Italian strength, originally 45,000 or 50,000; is now thought to be less than 25,000.-Router.

In

of He rejected the suggestion mediation and declared that there could be no other end of the war except "unconditional surrender of the vanquished."-Reuter.

FOREIGNERS DEMOBBED

Madrid, Oct. 11. Foreign volunteers in the central zone of Republican Spain, that is, throughout the Republican territory outside Catalonia, have been ordered to demobilise this afternoon.

It is calcuinted that these volun- teers number about 2,600.

It is reliably reported that the first batch of Italian volunteers have been withdrawn from Cadiz in Spain to Naples and that further butch, numbering about 600, are_expected to leave next week-end-Reuter.

LOYALIST VOLUNTEERS

RECALLED

the central zone All foreigners in Paris, Oct. 10. One of the five barraga balloons in Spain who have been with the which broke away during the recent Republican Army since the beginning fest of London was located in the sea of the war have received orders to oft Denmark this morning. The leave their posts, according to the other four balloons were recaptured Valencia correspondent of the French In England..

agency Havas-Reuter Special,

Re-armament Appeal to Netherlands Peoples

THE HAGUE, Oct. 10.

UEEN WILHELMINA has addressed a personal message to her peoples in support of the appeal for "moral and spiritual rearmament.”

The message says:

nations together, yet as a mere long- coupled with our "Now that, for the time being, ing, even when

defences,

it Is not enough. the danger has been averted of "Peace will only be lasting if it is that total ruin which seemed to supported by an idea' underlying this threaten our civilisation, it is an appeal for moral and spiritual re- inspiring thought to feel that armament.

Whoever understands the signs of all of us are filled with one, de- the mes knows what is at present sire to safeguard the blessing required of us is an net of confidence, of peace.

self sacrifice, moral courage and This longing for peace binds all falth."-Reuter,

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