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FOUNDED 1881 METACAWE
No. 15749
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1939.
MADRID HEAVILY BOMBARDED
BY INSURGENT ARTILLERY
THE POVES TOMBS: Here, in the
vaull under NL. Peler's, Plus
He will le near the Medle! Pope,
Leo
XI X
chose his last resting plaer. whose tomb is at the far right.
200,000 Mourners
File Past Bier
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 12.
HUGE CROWDS of all classes, many of whom waited all night for the gates of St. Peter's to open at 8 a.m., have been filing all day past the bier of Pope Pius XI, lying in state in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament on a catafalque surrounded by 16 torch-bearers, placed so that the faithful might kiss the dead Pope's feet.
CARDINALS
It is estimated that by 7 p.m.. when the doors of the chapel were closed, until 7 o'clock to-morrow morning, 200,000
MINORCA
INCIDENT
HAS REPERCUSSIONS
MADRID, Feb. 12.
SHORTLY BEFORE the arrival of the Loyalist Cabinet from Valencia to-day, Madrid was heavily shelled by Insurgent batteries for half an hour.
A Burgos report says that Insurgent Spain is now waiting for Madrid to make the next move.
It is declared at Burgos that if Dr. Negrin or Generalissimo Miaja succeed in their purpose of holding the remaining Loyalist area to a policy of extreme
resistance, the war must take its inevitable course.
In that event an offensive will be lawiched in due
course.
A Paris message says that the bombing incident during the visit of the cruiser Devonshire to Minorca is linked with the question of recognition of General Franco's Government by Britain and France in "Le Temps" to-day, which says:
FALL OF MINORCA First Details Of Franco's Coup
"The fact that Italian planes
Island
Without A
Traffic Cop.
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tho 3nd
A company of Battalion King'a Shropshire Leht Infantry has wile d
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The
has
island throc
inotors publicly owned a fre engine, an am- bulance and a garbage lorry. Horses and pedal cycles are the normal means of transport.
DOIHARA'S IGNOBLE FAILURE
MILO, Feb. 13.
THE STALEMATE on the north Hunan front was broken for the first time in two months by an all day battle extending from Matang to Tsolin to the southeast of Yoyang yesterday in which the Chinese forces, assuming the offensive, cut up the Japanese lines into isolated sections and mercilessly killed hundreds of the invaders.
Starting the offensive over frozen ground in bitter cold, the Chinese forces opened their sudden attack on the Japanese posts in the black of early morning.
Concerted mobile tactics was
adopted by the Chinese, who
opened attacks at Matang, Sin- Quiet Prevails
kaitien, Sitang, Wukiangkíno, (and Taolin.
Against the Chinese forces On Hainan
were the 19th Regiment and the
36th Regiment of the Japanese Japanese Claim Full
troops.
JAPANESE ENCIRCLED
Taking advantage of the moonless night and utilising their better know- ledge of local topography, the Chinese penetrated into the Japanese
Success For Troops
SHANGHAI, Feb. 12, JAPANESE REPORTS from
seur and cut off the retreat of the Hainan state that about 1,000
inhabitants have already return-
Efforts To "Convert" The isolated Japanese fought urim-ed to the capital, Kiungchow,
INTERESTING
was
political
| enemy vanguards,
ly in a losing bat
heightin
battle
suffered
the
LOSS OF HOIHOW DESCRIBED
Linhsien, Feb. 13. Confirming the Japanese landing Chinese circles
carried out a bombardment dur-
and Wu Pei-fu ing negotiations. on the Devon.
Casualties.
jand that quiet prevails on the shire may indicate that the
which commenced at whole of the island. CHENGCHOW, Feb. 13. three o'clock in the morning, con- Italian forces were acting in
Immediately after occupation of the tinued until two o'clock in the after-Island, a Chinese committee for the REVELA- ngon. Following contravention of General TIONS concerning the ignomin-fighting was again resumed towards
Д brief respite, maintenance of peace was formed, Franco's wishes, and casts doubt ious failure of the
Obversely, Chinese reports state on Signor Mussolini's assurances Japanese
асс of the evening.
that Chinese soldiers who fled to the The latest despatches that Italy had no interest, General Kenji Doihara, in bait continues at many points, whose purpose of conducting guerilla war- achemers, ront state that nerce struggle now, Wang Yi, are reorganising for the from the hills under the leadership of General political or economic, in Spain. ing his trap for General Wu ferocity is described as unprecedent fare-Trans-Ocean,
"General Franco must have the Pei-fu, the veteran military ed in the northern section of BARCELONA, Feb. 12.
greatest interest in removing this DETAILS of the fall of own authority, particularly in view pet
equivocation, in order to show his leader, to become his chief pup-Hankow-Canton line since the second. Minorca have arrived here from of the question of the recognition of despatches received here.
revealed in foreign stage of the war.
Early yesterday Port Mahon, which stated that his Government by Britain.
six morning. Japanese planes attacked the Chinese "Obviously this recognition can be reports state, had three meetings of
The "Lawrence of Manchuria," the positions and dumped large numbers on Lainan Island, welcomed General Yague's army dent Spain which will safeguard each time found his cunning and An army of held kitchens fed the corps of the 106th Division de Mediterranean interests,
Over 300
of the fall of Hoihow, capital of poorer classes. A crowd of hawkersiriously.
According to a report from
Japanese soldiers at Hainan and Taingmai, thirty miles eloquence unequal to Wu's deter-Yaochiying, on the northern bank of southwest of Hoihow. were busy selling medals of the dead
tool. Jean de Luz, Sir Robert Hodgson has mination not to be made When the transport skip Sister left by car for Burgos-Reuter,
the Yellow River were surrounded Pope. The faithful told their rosaries
In the first interview, the reports by Chinese forces. while they waited for hours in the
was nearing the sand, seaplanes
reveal, Dolhar asked General Wu to
The two key cities on the northern from the Pollensa base, kad aiready
The hot sunshine, while the eager crowds
save the situation for Japan, but was made several attempts to breaks stated, were lost to the Japanese after landed at the port, west of For
beleaguered Japanese had part of the Hainan Island, the report occasionally broke the cordon
met by the cryptfe retort that if he through the Chinese Ciudadels, which was flying a whitc police and troops.
Barcelona, Feb. 12.
(Wu) could not sava flag, while
cordon, but fifteen hours' continuous fighting It is reported here that in the last could he be expected to save others. They are now facing imminent anni-fill the Chinese withdrew shortly be himself how failed and suffered heavy casualties, from two o'clock carly in the morning Insurgent Bags Were hanging from windows,
24 hours the Insurgents have cap- Wu was also reported to have said hilation-Central News. Launches approached the transport are one kilometre from Pulgeerda.
tured Llivia in North Catalonia, and that the present question was not
fore three o'clock in the afternoon. ship and hemped to land the troops,
who to save, but how to save. JAPANESE TO ATTACK KULING Japanese, the message said landing Describing the invasion of the watched by hundreds ut the
Other Insurgent forces continued The second meeling found Dothara
WITH GAS? side, who waved handkerchiefs, and and south-west of Puigcerda, con equally specifle in his reply, saying: foreements have been brought to the at Tachang, a coastal port thirteen
quay to clean-up sectors west of Figueras more specific. He
was effected at two points along the cheering the first Moors to
mediate for peace. General Wu was Meanwhile, heavy Japanese rein.northern coast. The first landing was shore.
touch turing, and over 200 railway cor- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek both the Japanese have been increased to the Invaders pencirated ten miles
many cannon, ninmunition,
your Inperial Majesty and Kuling region.
PREPARE people paid respects to the dead 40,000 inhabitants of the island accorded only to a free and indepen with the redoubtable Marshal, and but falled to dislodge the here have received wireless reports
TAKE VOTE
Task Of Choosing The New Pontiff
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 12. ALL HANDS ARE now busy making preparations for the conclave of Cardinals.
As for all Papal elections, almost the whole Vatican must be subjected to re-arrangement to provide accommodation for the Cardinals- each of which may bring to the con- clave one 'secretary and one servant, Altogether, no fewer than 300 persons must be accommodated in that part of the building surrounding the Damascus courtyard.
As the Cardinals, in accordance with the regulations of the conclave, may not have
Day possibility of communicating with one another, not even on their way to the Sistine Chapel which serves as the scene of the election, a whole army of crafts- men and carpenters must block up the doors to the courtyards and
passages, and make provisional accommodation by erecting partitions and wooden walls.
A number of cooks, two doctors; and druggists are also at hand to be
at the disposal of the Cardinals.
CENTURIES-OLD USAGE
At the same time the old and uneven floor of the Sistine Chapel is being covered with wooden flooring to obviate accidents. On the side walls, seals are being fixed and covered with violet silk for
those
pontiff.
The Pope's funeral is Tuesday.Reuter,
Day-by-Day Dictionary
CARDINAL:
column.
of
fixed
for
So first One of the seventy "princes" of the Catholic Church who hold the highest rank next to the Pope. They
constitute the Sacred College and elect the Pone.
Word is derived from the Latin "cardo" meaning "hinge" and came to mean "of funda- inental importance."
In
the Catholic Churchi, "Cardinal churches" were the principal churches under Rome, Later the word came to be used 10 describe the men who governed those churches.
Cordell Hull's Warning Talk
WASHINGTON, Feb, 12.
LLIVIA FALLS
St.
naked Fu to
Blu.
Tsingmai.
4
At Shahotunkhal,miles west of Hollow, from where Among the crowd were some dir-riages filled with war material. mer. from the Poltensa base who were surgent offensive in Catalonia
Burgos reports state that the In-condescend to usk me, I shall.cer-over 1,000 and at Kingchinklao to inland to attack the old city of already patrolling the town.
lainly do my best." Jasted notice was posted at the Town Halberation of the Catalan provinces, and asked General Wu to "head an bank of the Yangtze River
50 da
days and resulted in the completo Dashnra went down to
The third and last meeting General) On the Anhwei front, Japanese, slating that "this afternoon, about the destruction of three lines of for-
brass tacks forces at Fanchang,
Another large force, supported by on the south a terrife naval bombardment, landed
ubove
(Continued on Page 43
p.m. 1orces under General Yague fications by the Loyalists, and alsoportant post, and maintain the re- Wuhu, were forced to abandon the
will arrive at this port."
An air force lieutenant stated that "Red soldiers in Ciudadela, using the same arms given to them by then leaders, rebelled on Wednesday against the tired and useless resis tance and assaulted the
military command, where the
and, where the commander ant few followers atto siege.
lasted a few minutes until the commander was killed.
the
while Loyalist casualties amounted proposal of General Wu for Japan to
capture of 110,000 Loyaltats,
of Chinese and Japanese peo-city and retreated towards Hengshan- He was met by the counter- kiño. to 30,000 dead and wounded.
The Chinese immediatly re-entered withdraw her troops from China, in-the city. The Insurgent army comprised cluding Manchuria. 288,000, of which 80,000 were serves.
Fanchang was lost to the Japonese The report states that after the on February 5 when more than 200 third meeting, Dolbara had not tried of the Invaders launched a fierce at- Another Burgos report says that again for a fourth interview.-Central tack on the city. Insurgent planes bombed military News.
re-
Figs attempted to stand objectives in the port of Valencia)
and the station at Belagcazar in the
southern sector during the last 24 "A Minorcan, Juan Anglada, took hours. command, and the populace rushed San Sebastian reports state that Into the streets charging the Insur- several trains have arrived carrying Hents. Fearing reprisals from the over 5,000 troops and refugees from Muhon line organised some 20 Catalonia. Late yesterday afternoon kilometres from Ciudadela in the 250 political prisoners and wounded centre of the island, the Mahon com- also mand immediately rent troops, but United Press.
at San Schnallan. some of them rebelled during the march, others put up passive resis tance, and the remainder broke line when seaplanes from Lammorca be- gan bombing them.
COMPLETE DISORDER "The night passed in
complete
arrived
EME RECOGNISES FRANCO
Fire Wrecks Birmingham Music Hall
London, Feb. 12.
SAMSHUI THRUST BEATEN BACK
In Kwangtung another Japanese thrust westward across the East River from their stronghold in Sam- shul was beaten back with consider- able losses.
LATEST
Awful Madrid Air Raid
London, Feb. 12. According to reports received here, Madrid to-day suffered the worst air raid of the entire civil war. The Japanese made the crossing at
An unusually large number of in- dawn in a dozen steam-launches and surgent planes appeared over landed at many 'points southwest of old Samshul City. The landing was
city,
retreat to
bombs.
the 120
dropping approximately
Sixteen, people were killed and
be ascertained at present---Trans-
The immense fire which broke out soon discovered by the Chinese de- Dublin, Feb. 12. in Birmingham today resulted in one fence troops and brisk fighting broke more than 30 wounded as far as can It la oficially stated that the Elre of the largest musie halls of the city out. Government has Cardinals created by the deceased IN A WORLD-WIDE broad-
recognised the being burned to the ground. Franco Government; in Spain, and Although 17 fire engines were on till early in the afternoon, when Uhe
Hand-to-hand struggle continued Ocean. Pope, and with green slik for those cast to-day, Mr. Cordell Hull,
has notified the Insurgent Govern-the spot aghting the flames, it was invaders were forced to who received the Cardinal's Red Hat Secretary for State, said that in disorder in all the eastern part of the ment that its Minister, Mr. H. L. not possible to extinguish the blaze. Samshul-Central News.
Kerney will be taking up his duties
Damage
estimated at about Before each of the Cardinals' seat the present world conditions, the
In Burgos.
£30,000. is placed a small table with voting maintenance of adequate defence ciudadela Boy, the crews taking plled, thanking the Eire Government are was due to incendiariam, possibly (tremely active in the central Anhwei!
General Franco has already reproaches on it was suspected that the
Police immediately blocked all ap papers, candles and scaling wax forces was the sacred duty of command of the town, while launches for its recognition-United Press.
those any government worthy of its speeded aviation in 1273 will be strictly observed.- name.
from a previous Pope.
All other usages similor to adopted since the first conclave held
Trans-Ocean.
CONDOLENCES
glund.
"At dawn, seaplanes
landed
al
BWITZERLAND ALSO
forces from Mal- lorca. At noon the Sister began With the spectre of a new major march of 40 kilometres separating Minister, on Sunday communicated
landing troops, who made a forced
Geneva, Feb, 13. Dr. M. G. Molta, the Swiss Foreign CHIANG'S
armed conflict haunting the world. Mahon and Ciudadela. Government to the Spanish Minister here the the isue of war and peace became an troops in the villages of Ferreres, Swiss Government's decision to re- Chungking. Fab, 12. Intense, personal ond. Generallisimo Chiang Kai-shek
Aluyor, San Luis, San Vincente, has wired Cardinal Pacelli, Secretary there are no international differences when it was learned that their lenders, during this week, it was learned from
"As a nation we are convinced Sacristobal and Mahon surrendered
regnise the Franco Government of State in the Vatican City, offering which cannot be settled by peaceful had fled. deepest sympathy over the Pope's adjustment; yet we also know that
authoritative sources-Domei, dealh.
I add a word of heartfelt con- nations will to remain at peace may dolence to the loud lument of the be thwarted by the action of others." antire world for the death of a justReuter. Sovereign, to whose mind no country
was allen, who often showed his caro
circumstances may arise in which the doors and greeted the liberators.
"The civil population came to the Deer And Kangaroo
"Minorca suffered le materially.
Paiadena, Cal.
on part of the IRA-Trans-Occan.
28 Dead In Burma Riots
to
02
Rangoon, Feb. 12, Twenty-eight were killed and injured during the recent Tiota in Burma, according
statement Jasued by the police authorities. All windows of the Excelsior Hotel in the centre of the city were smashed by a explosion to-day. Trans-
A French senplane, on a daily dight A new one in the line of animal bomb from Marseilles, brought foodstuffs, friendships has developed at the local Oce which together with the ample supply zoo. It is between a young mule for China, and who, on the point of death, did not forget the world peace a member of the Medical Board for a fielent for the inhabitants. How- from Australia. They are Insepura has been delayed by weather at Guam Professor Rido has been appointed from the rich fertile Island, are suf-deer of this continent and a kangaroo so much desired by him", added the term of three years as from February ever, the island's corniny has been ble companions in the daytime and and will not arrive there before The Pan American Airways Clipper message--United Press.
completely ruined."-United Pren,
runk together at night,
Wodnesday.
GUERILLA ACTIVITIES
Fancheng. Feb. 13. Chinese guerlilas have been ex-
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Sea Back Page For Further Late Nows
AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
Expansion Now Ahead of Schedule
MELBOURNE, Feb. 12. THE AUSTRALIAN air force expansion is ahead of schedule, announced Mr. Joseph A. Lyons, the Commonwealth Premler to-day. The first-line strength was now 132 machines, and it is to be increased to 212, while personnel would be Increased by 900 men annually during the next three years,
Force, he said, would soon be made in Australla-Reuter Special.
All two-seater single-engined planes for the Australian Air
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