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MADRID QUIET
H.K. Cable "Scoop" Communist Leaders
March 13, 1939.
CORONATION CEREMONY Half-Million People
Recalled By Visit Surrender To Miaja Pack St. Peter's
MEET THE American news- paperman who scored the Far East's greatest news scoop of the nineteenth century.
MADRID, Mar. 12 THE CAPITAL is now con sidered to be free of Communist influence.
He la saptuagenarian Edward The leaders are stated to have Walker Harden, former newspaper surrendered unconditionally.
correspondent who now follows the
more sedate occupation of stock and bond-brokerage.
Mr. Harden is revisiting Hongkong, 41 years after he lodged a cablegram in this Colony telling the first story of Admiral Dewey's victory in Manila Bay.
·VATICAN CITY, Mar, 12. OVER HALF A MILLION people were packed in St. Peter's Square, and down, the new half. a mile road ronching almost to the River Tiber, when Pope Pius is starting to live normally again, and Pontiff on the outside, balcony A Poris message says that Madrid| XII wns crowned supreme
head wires. tramway workers are replacing over-
**** of St. Peter's at midday to-day. The Inhabitants in the Chamartin It was first time since 1840 that district, where the Communists made the Pope had been crowned in public.. their last stand, are now returning to their homes.
Millions of the faithful all over the world flatened to a description of the ceremonies broadcast in seven
Accompanied by Mrs. Harden, the veteran correspondent is making an and municipal workers are already languages.
Shops are re-opening on Monday, air trip around the world, duplicatant their postallenter. ing at a faster pace a' journoy he made in 1898.
SAW BATTLE'
STRONGHOLDS SURRENDER
Madrid, Mar. 12. At 9 o'clock to-night, Generel Mr. Harden was aboard one of Casado issued a statement saying Dewey's ships during the Battle of that the last of the rebel strong Manila Bay and his 60-word message holds had surrendered uncondition- to the New York: "World" and the ally Chicago Tribune" wits the first authentic account of the battle to
reach the United States, six days after the battle. But his message arrived six hours ahead of Admiral Dewey's, EXPENSIVE CABLE
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The cables between Manila and Hongkong were cut before the battle began, on Sunday, May 1, 1898. After the battle, Admiral Dewey despatched a ship to Hongkong with his messupe. Correspondent Harden was aboard that stip.
The ceremonies connected with the coronation began at 3 a.m., and were conducted
with the solemn splendour of centuries-old tradition Diplomats and princes from all parts of the world were among the worshippers who picked the great Basilica to capacity during high mass.
-Reuter.
The statement was issued, after the
THANKS TO LIN SEN Council for Defence had met in sea-
CHUNGKING, Mar. 12. son from 3pm. to 8 p.m., and it Pope Plus XII ha cabled his added that the situation was ex- thanks to Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of cellent after the total liquidation of the National Government, for his the revolters.”
congratulatory message on the elec It appeared, however, that the tion of His Holiness to the Papacy- Communists were still entrenched in Central News. scattered sections, especially at E! Retiro Park and other outlying dis- tricts,
General Casado's forces stormed and seized the El Pardo Palace, in which was imprisoned 3,000 prison-| Arriving a Hongkonit, the youngers, including the civil Governor in newsman wrote a brief account of the musty dungeons-United Press. battle and marked it "urgent." At that time the rate was $33 a word. three times the ordinary rate. Ad- miral Deway sent what is known as o "repeat" message, for greater necuracy, and as a result Harden's message renched the States ahead of
ediniral's.
the
The New York "World" and other newspapers within the syndicate for which Harden was working had the nows of the American victory on Saturday morning, May 7,
MADRID RUMOUR
George V Goes To Last
Defence Talks In N. Zealand Empire Delegates To Gather
LONDON, Mar. 12. THE DOMINIONS OFFICE states that "as a result of a
Resting Place suggestion put forward about
LONDON, Mar. 12.
the middle of last -yeur by the Government of New Before the cables were cut, the THE KING AND QUEEN, Zealand,, which has since been Spanish forces in Manila had sent with Queen Mary and other under discussion between the a message to Madrid saying that there members of the Royal Family governments concerned, arrange- had been a battle in which several went to St. George's Chapel, ments have now been completed American ships were destroyed. As a matter of fact, Dewey lost no ship. Windsor Castle to-day for the [for a meeting in New Zealand Harden's despatch was the Orst dedication of the tomb of George in the near future of a confer- authentic account of the battle to V.
ence between representatives of
reach the outside world.
connection with the Philippines by
ceremony.
concern,
Mr. Harden has kept his early Canon Denne conducted the brief the governments of New Zen- membership in the Manila Day Club written especially, for the occasion, Kingdom, to consider Pacific The service consisted of prayers land, Australia, and the Unletd and the Order of the Carabao, He the whole proceedings lasting only questions of common was in the Philippines six months in 1898,
a quarter of an hour, after which the with special reference to defence The Hardens, arrived in Hongkong Royal Family inspected the tomb. by Clipper on Friday, and from here An official statement
questions. afterwards "The United Kingdom representa- will proceed by plane to Bangkok, Bald: The coffin of King George V Calcutta, Alexandria, Athens, Rome, was removed from the royal vault and In New Zealand for His Majesty's tives will be the High Commissioner Paris and London. On their return placed in a lamb in the second to New York about May 1, Mr. and westernmost bay on the north side Government in the United Kingdom, Mrs. Harden will visit the New York of the nave.
the High Commissioner for World's Fair.
Western Pacific, and representatives of the defence services."-Reuter.
"The figure of King George
Is
Mr. Harden is senior partner of shown in white marble, wearing an the firm of Baker, Weeks and Harden, Admiral's uniform and,, the Garter members of the New York Stock Ex-robes."--Reuter>
change, and a director of the Radio Corporation of America and National Brondenating Company.
the
Court Martial For
Japanese Official
HANOI, Mar. 13.
Chungking-Hanoi Air Service
Canadian Beaten By Neusel
Frankfurt-on-Maln, Mar, 12.
Al Delancy, Canadian heavyweight, was beaten on points by Walter Neusel, German heavyweight cham- plon, in a 10-round bout.
Chungking, Mur. 13, The Chungking-Hanol air service operated by the C.N.A.C. will be in augurated to-morrow, a trial aight French boxer, who was ill, and the Delaney replaced Andrew Lenglet, MR. SHIOMI, Chancellor to the by a Douglas plane on March 8 hav-Canadian went down. eight times Japanese Consulate-General here, ing proved satisfactory. who was kidnapped by Chinese re-
Planes flying between Chungking during the fight after winning the gular soldiers while travelling near and llanol will stop over at Kunming.
opening round. the border between Tonkin and Central News,
Neusel's terrific upper cuts towards Kwangsi at the end of last year, is
the end floored Delaney twice in the shortly facing the Chinese court
eighth round, twice in the ninth and martial at Chungking, according to
three times in the tenth for long The P. & O. liner Corfu Jeft counts, and the gong apparently a report reaching the French, authori- Singaport on Saturday and is due averted a knockout in the anal round. ties here.Domel.
here on Wednesday at about 2 p.m." —Reuter Special,
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Indian Congress
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Tripuri, Mar. 12.
15 Die In Fire
In Hokkaido
Hakodate, Mar. 12.-
The plenary session of Congress? Fifteen persona. Including to-day passed a resolution expressing | children were burnt to death when confidento in Gandhi by an overs a fire broke out in a day goods store whelming majority and amid shouls at Matsukazecho, Hakodate City of "Mahatma Gandhi Jal" (Victory Saturday night, for Gandhi).
Six houses were destroyed and one
The sqasion also passed a resolution other was partially destroyed before for self-determination after rejecting the fire was put under control: A' an amendment suggesting a six strong gale hampered the efforts of months ultimatum to
the
British fire-fighters-Domel.
Government
The three-day plenary session" of }
the National Congress concluded determination for India, voiced ad- after passing resolutions disapproving miration for the courage and deter- and dissociating itself from the Brimination, of the Arabe in Paldsline,. tish foreign policy, which con- and expressed anxiety regarding the istently aided. Fascist Powers rapidly deteriorating position of Other resolutions expressed con- Indiana overseas, especially in the fidence in Gandhi,- demanded self- Empire. Reuters
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