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CATHOLIC PRIESTS FACE PRISON

Nazi Immorality Charges Laid

VIENNA, Oct. 20.

IT IS RELIABLY reported that 13 Fathers of the Franciscan Order. will be tried in public shortly on Tumorality charges.

It is sald, that the trial is

intended to coincide with the Nazis' anti-Church campaign, the slogan of which is: "Cleanse the Church under the aisies, so that God can come in."

It is reported that 10 Franciscans In Salzburg are already serving terms ranging from ten days to a month in prison for throwing furniture out of the windows when the monastery was claimed ns State property,

Meanwhile anti-Jewish excesses are continuing throughout the city United Press.

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New York, Oct. 20. Two men daringly carried out a daylight raid

the Waldorf Astoria lobby jewellers, when they decamped with $10,000 worth of valuable genis.

However, they missed some pre- clous slones worth $150,000 when they fled in haste. The proprietor, Mr. R. W. Jolinson hurried their de parlure by shouting, "There's the house detective with a gun. United

Press.

MANILA SHARES

FRIDAY, OCTOBER

1988.

THE CRISIS IN EUROPE

Home Secretary Reveals Events

· PREMIER SAVED WORLD FROM WAR

LONDON, Oct. 20.

F MR. CHAMBERLAIN has not thrown himself body, soul and spirit into the cause of peace, the world to-day would already have been plunged into chaos and a catastrophe such as it had never suffered in all the cen- turies, declared Sir Samuel Hoare, the Home Secretary, speaking at Clacton to-day.

In view of his inspiring achievements, how petty, par- tisan and spiteful seemed to be the murmurs of disparagement against him, added Sir Samuel

Some rald that this man bad given) away to Hitler's bluff, and that if he had been firm at the start, and threatened Hitler with war, there would have been no crists,

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PARIS, Oct. 20. resolute negotiator with

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Franco-German' pact in- 3lovakla could have been obtained Me. Chamberlain would have obtain- volving a German declaration of id them.

non-aggression is mooted in the newspapers here, some of which discuss rumours that negotia tions are already under way.

"If he accepted the Mulch agree ment, he accepted only because t was inevitable that the alternative world war in was catastrophe and which the whole of Czecho-Slovakia would have been destroyed."'

Referring to the Munich agree ment, Sir Samuel Hoare sald Le refused to accept the view of those erilles who declared that they could not belleve the words of the Fuchrer. He believed that Herr Hitler meant that friendly what he said, and relations with England had always been the cardinal point of Herr

The following quotations are re-Hitler's policy. ceived after the close of the morning serston" through Reuters:"

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Ho referred to the Anglo-German naval agreement, which he signed as Foreign Secretary and said: "I em the here as the man who made treaty; as the man who, afterwards was Firat Lord of the Admiralty, and who had the best means of knowing whether the treaty was being carried aut; to say that Hitler kept the agree- ment--an agreement which restricts the German fect to 35 per cent. of Culbertson the British fleet and kept it to the

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Radio Contact

Restored

MESSIS. CABLE AND WIRE-

LTD. advise that radla-telegraphic communication between Hongkong and Canton has been restored.

Memages are accepted, how- ever, only for delivery in Shameen, where the Canton rc- ceiving and transmitting station is now situated.

Communication with Kwangtung capital ceased sud.

and denly at midnight,

SCITEC conjecture was at Orst raised re- garding the reason.

the

It is now believed that the Chinese authorities closed down the Canten station in order to transfer to Shameen, Communi. callon was restored at 2 p.m.

"Here is a concrete fact which convinces us that with patience, restraint, and readiness to under- stand our respective views, is possible to fill up the trenches that have been dur in Europe, and once again to create a comity of nations on which stable peace shall be restored to suffering humanity."

WHY BRITAIN ARMS

in

Madame Tavouls, writing Locuvre, refers to the suggestion that the French Ambassador had dis- cussed such plans with lerr Hitler's

and that

German the ambacior's

interviews with M. Daladier and M. Bennet yesterday might be a prelude to such an agree- ment. Madame Tabouls, however,

the mentions

ruinours with due reserve.

"Pertinax," writing in Ordre anys that it is impossible to judge with accuracy the rumours, but the con- clusion may be drawn that Germany regards it ne opportune to try and Induce Britain and France not to accelerate their military __propara- tions, and to strike Eastern Europe off their balance sheets-Reuter.

Italy Relents In Persecution Of Jews

Washington, Oct. 20. Important exceptions to the decree restricting Jewish rights in Italy have been decided by the Fascist Grand Council, states the Italian re- ply to the United States note

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Here he referred to Hitler's state- ment that at any moment Mr. Chamberlain could be succeded by an Eden, Duff-Cooper or Churchill,"

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1 adopt "In these circumstances Hitler's own motto 'Always ready for peace and at any hour ready for defence,'

Mr. Cordell Hull, in answer to a press conference question, said the United States Government was fol- lowing up all phases of the question.

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"The very condition of future prace is British strength. No peacefully disposed nation need have any fear of British arms" Reuter,

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Hankow, Oct. 21. A Tientsin message reveals that the French Concession authorities there have lodged a vigorous profest with the Japanese in connection with the wounding of a Chinese officer be-

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