1938-12-09 — Page 31

THE HONGKONG.

TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY,

DECEMBER 9,

1938.

MOBILE GUARDS RUSHED TO TUNIS Tense Situation Develops Rapidly

ARABS, ITALIANS

AND

CORSICANS

DEMONSTRATE

THE

TUNIS, Dec. 8.

HE POLICE here have been reinforced by 300 mounted mobile guards, brought from the interior of Tunisia, and further police reinforcements are being brought from France.

Three platoona of mobile guards arrived to-night from Constantine in Algeria.-Reuter.

FRENCH PLANES OVER CITY

Tunis, Dec. 6.

Fourtees French planes to-day circled over the city. It is estimated Italians and that 10,000 French,

Arabs moved in the streets during the demonstrations, the police mak ing every

effort to keep the crowds circulation.

In

The French Resident-Grueral, M. Erik Labonne, has announced that he has conveyed his regrets to the f Italian Consul, and the "incident la considered closed."-United Press, ITALIANS DEMONSTRATE

Groups of

youths,

Dtc. 8. stly Coral-

U.S. Republics Mass Against Dictatorships

Important Proposals

To Be Made At Lima

LIMA, Dec. 8.

cans, demonstrated in the streetai THE EIGHTH Pan-American] this morning against Italy's claim.

Pollee, however, prevented them Conference, opening here to- from forming it procession, and morrow, is regarded as the most

meeting enused them

disperse shortly important

the 21 afterwards.

American Republics have ever! Hundreds of Italians gathered and held.

(the "Giovinezza"

Fascist Anthem) and ten Italians were or-

Jang

to

The

recent European politica!! rested, including Signer Ubaldo Rey developments, and the attempts at who holds the posts of President economic penetration on the Amuri- the "Italia" Sports Asseclation, is chief of the "Dopoluvor to Faselst can Continent by European and Asiatic totalitarian States have:

and is

organisation for providing workers greatly strengthened the desire for with cheap entertainment) President of the italian ex-Sirvler- solidarity felt among the American

States. men in Tunis-Reuter Special.

Pirow Anxious For Future

London, Dec. 8.

ALL THAT REMAINS OF A ONCE-FAMOUS HOTEL-Torn down by wreckers, nothing remains to-day of the Peak Hotel but rows of bricks. The once famous resort, known to tourists the world over, was closed iwo years ago Stag Photographer.

Offensive

Chinese Will

On Madrid Get Passports

Imminent

BUT ALL SPANISH FRONTS QUIET

An expression of this desire is to. be given by proposals, among others, for a League of American Nations,

Hendaye, Dec. 8. Loyalist advisers confirmed to-day an inter-American code of peace, an American Court of International that all fronts were calm, except for) Justice, and a declaration refusing, intermittent artillery action in the recognition of conquered territory. Segre region.

The peace code being considered Includes procedure for applying sanc- tions against aggressors,

Mudrid reported that intense cold prevails in many of the sectors.

From behind the lines it is report Mr. Oswald Plrow, who returns to:

Added point to the discussion is ed that five Italian three-motoredi South Africa by sen 1o-inorrow,

Alicante, damaging a emphatically denied, in an exclusive Riven by President Roosevelt's recent planes heavily bombed the port and Interview with Reuter, that he had proposal of a defence scheme em- centre of ever had a colonial mission either bracing the pan-American republies British freighter, and killing mony officially, or privately, and nowhere and Canada. did he discover any desire to regard the colonial question as urgent,

Regarding the International situm-

Pirow

zoid that he was with n leaving

n feeling which

Llon

Mr.

almestros anxiety."

The United States delegates to the conference include Mr. Cordel! Hull and Mr. Alfred Landon, President Roosevelt's unsuccessful opponent for the presidency in 1936.

The one gleam of hope was that The plenary conference sessions Mr. Chamberlain would spare no are being held in the Senate Chamber

civilians.

Africa

Loyalist sources in North

Morocco. report trouble in Spanish

several were killed and where wounded in rioting, resulting from Arab resistance to General Franco's administration,

effort to steure a lasting basis for of the new congressional building.-wind prevented operations peace. A gesture should now come Reuter.

from one or more of the other parties

to the Munich agreement.

Mr. Pirow and his wife lunched

with Their Maltsties at Buckingham

Palace to-day-Reuter.

ITALY INCREASES

MILITARY BUDGET

Rome, Dec. 8.

New Gunboat For Yangtse

London, Dec. 8.

The Dragonfly, first of the two new

for the Yangtse, Kunboats

туля

nt

tons.

A decree has been issued for an launched from Thornycrofts, additional milltary appropriation of Southampton, to-day.

is 585 which The vessel. 1,224,723,000 lire under the 1938-39 budget, presumably as a result of the emdodies new Idens both in arma- troublous European siluation, which ment and prolection, and has a new is complicated by the Franco-Ger- type of stern. permitting a much man alliance and the present Italian bigger propeller than similar craft.

will against France.-United Press. Reuter.

Radio.

In Hongkong

Chungking, Dec. 8.

The Chinese Foreign Office revealed to-day that a Chinese Invoices office was being opened In hongkook on December 12, where applications would be received for pasaporta tor Chin- cse wishing to travel abroad.

ILIZ

under It was stated that

with the British agreement autherlites, this additional function had been secured for the invoices office. United Press.

DRAMATIC KIDNAP STORY

Revelations In Paris Trial

20 DIE IN TYPHOON

Thousands Homeless In Philippines Hurricane

Manila, Dec. 0.

Library, Supremac Cour

At least 19 were killed, and thou- sands rendered homeless as a result ot a terrife typhoon which swept several south-east provinces in the Philippines to-day.

Widespread floods munications to be disrupted.-Reuter Speciel

esused

com-

RELIEF WORK STARTS

Manila, Dec. 9. Red Cross workers in the provin- cial territories have begun rellef work in the devastated arcos.

Reports from Samar, Albay and Leyte, which bore the brunt of the hurricane indicated that damage is enormous, hundreds of homes being and numberless destroyed and

families being rendered homeless, Additional reports state that a high

However, reports are incomplete on the

[as yet owing to the fact that com- Segre section during the past 24

munications in many places are dis- hours, all planes being grounded.

rupted. The Post Office authorities Minor. rille duels occurred in the

Paris, Dec. 9.

have ordered their immediate repair. advance lines, but otherwise there An allegation that the Ogpu had

Eighteen were killed at Labang in whatever, and a political commissar working for Samar, most of them being drowned was no activity neither troops attempted to capture them in Paris before 1936, as a taxi-in flood waters which dramatically trenches.

driver, was read at the resumed submerged villages. hearing of the case against. Madame Two were also killed at Gulesbutan A Hendaye message says that Skoblin, who is charged with taking in Albay province.-United Press. Intensive Insurgent troop move part in a kidnapping plot. merts are underway, Indicating a major offensive against United Press.

Madrid. the

JAPAN LIFTS QUARANTINE

It in learned that the quarantine

restrictions imposed by Japan against Hongkong as an infected port, have

now been lifted,

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Manila, Dec. 0. The typhoon swept the Albay and translation of documents; und in the possession of Madame Samar provinces, then passed into the found Skoblin, They also referred to an China Sea, sparing Manila 115 alleged pacifist organization, depen-

Railways were washed out by the storm and the South Luzon service

dent on the Comintern, which, it is ravage. stated, kad cells In the Renault and Citroen factorics..

The translations were read to-day has been disrupted as a result of a away. How- It is expected this will soon be by Malire Ribet, who la appearing bridge being washed for Madame Miller, and General von

Miller's brothers.

Carlier on, the prosecution called witnesses to

to support the allegation that General von Miller, either dend or alive, was taken to Havre in a motor

ear bearing the initials C.D.,

belonged It

to showing that ber of the Diplomatic Corps. The General โพสต then allegedly put aboard the Soviet sicamer Maria Ivanova, which sailed the day after his disappearance,

a mem-

e

repaired,

Damage in the proviners is ex- mated to amount to 75,000 pesos.--- United Press.

British

Railways Ask

M. Collin Olivier, an official who Assistance

had to verify ships' papers, describ- ed how a C.D. car arrived at the and the steamer, quay alongside

London, Dec. 8. when he was about to tay farewell: The Minister of Transport again to the

knocking, and the cap-gers of the four main line Railway tain went off with him.

companies this morning, when the M. Olivier said that the arrival of proposals of the companies for a this stranger made a deep impression repeal of the existing statutory re- on him, and he thought that he must, gulation of railway rates for mer- have brought the caplain some news chandize draffle were further discuss-

ed. about damage to the ship.

cabin w/in, a maa burst into the' met the Chairman and General Man-

Other witnesses described seeing Dr. Burgin, in the course of the lorze case holsted aboard the discussion, informed the deputation steamer-Reuter.

of his intention of submitting the question for urgent consideration by the Transport Advisory

Council which, under the Road and Rail Traffic act of 1933, was set up to "discharge functions in relation to means of, and facilities for transport, and their co-operation, Improvement, and development-British Wireless.

Nazi Poster "Insult To British Army"

Berlin, Dec. 0.

The British Consul at Frankfort- on-Main has déclined an Invitation to an official function. Ho stated that he could not attend such tune- tions while postul publicis

Insulting the British army, were still publicly ex- hibited.

int

Luzon And French Sloop Reach-S'hai

Shanghai, Dec. 9.

We try to make it easy

for you to buy your

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The posters mentioned are ex- hibited throughout Germany, show- The U.S.S. Luzon and the French British soldiers Aring machine stoop, Admiral Charner, completed Colanti Baleatine, accompanied by their Journey from Hankow this words alleging that bruto) acts and morning when they arrived in violence abound in the British Em-Shanghai, escorted by Japanese war- piro---Reuter.

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