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No, 13045

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„TUESDAY, JUNE 6,

1939. 日光十月四

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SHOT-GUN

FIRED AT

OF KENT IN LONDON

Australian Held As Sequel To City Sensation

Special to "Telegraph"

(Copyright, United Press Association. Received 9,30 a.m.,

Published 10.15 am.).

LONDON, June 6.

A SENSATIONAL attempt was made to shoot the Duchess of Kent, wife of the King's youngest brother, and Lady Portarlington, as they were proceeding through the streets of London in a motor-car last night.

The incident occurred shortly before 9 p.m., as the Duchess and Lady Portarlington were en route to a cinema to see the new United Artists' film "Wuthering Heights."

Co-stars in the film are the Australian actress, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and Navid Niven, and Flora Robson.

Scotland Yard announced at 10 p.m. that neither Her Royal Highness nor Lady Portarlington were injured.

They were not aware,_until__they arrived at the cinema, that the shot had been fired.

MAN ARRESTED

The two ladies insisted on remcining at the show even after they had been informed of the affray.

Late last night, Scotland Yard detectives arrested an elderly man,

His name has not been released, but it is stated that he arrived in England from Australia about three weeks ago.

Sawed-Off Shotgun

The arrested man had been

DUCHESS OF KENT

Tokyo's Explanation of Ranpura Hold-Up

Japan's Blockade Illegal, Declares Foreign Office

acting strangely outside the

Belgrave D

Square.

He is alleged to have fired

the direction of the Duchess of Kent's car-United Press.

LONDON, June 5.

from a sawed-off shot gun in QUESTIONS were put in the House of Commons to-day regarding the Japanese claim to the right to Lady Portarlington Is Ludy-in-blockade Chinese ports.

Walting to the Duchess of Kent. She

is the wife of the sixth Earl of For-

the name to a prosperous town in

Mr. R. A. Butler replied that shortly after the out- tarlington (whose forefathers gave break of the Sino-Japanese hostilities in 1937, the Victoria. Australia). and is the Japanese Government purported to declare a blockade of daughter of Mr. G. S. Yulli, of the whole of the coast, but said that it would be

exclusively applied to Chinese

Chesham Place, London.

The Dutchess

of Kent, formerly Princess Marina of Greece, is one of

the

most popular ond attractive Any attempt to apply the, members of the royal family, and is farried, among other things, for her blockade to vessels of other original and becoming dress styles. Powers would constitute

vessels.

Tsingtao Blockade LONDON, June 5-in the House of Commons to-day, Sir Stewart Sande-

asked

the Prime whether

She has been named the best-dressed assertion of belligerent rights, Minister was aware that the Japon- |

"woman in the world.

Highly gifted, the Duchess of Kent and in the absence of a state of speaks English, French and German Auently, and of course, Greek, She war between China and Japan,

is a brilliant dancer, a first-rate shot, would be illegal. and a good horsewoman. She 10

devoted to music.

The British Government

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JAPANESE HOLD BRITISH COLONEL AS ALLEGED SPY FOR CHUNGKING

LT. COL. C. R. SPEAR, M.C., who was

arrested by the Japanese military authorities September As

Zero Hour?

when he crossed "No Man's Land" from the Chinese to the Japanese lines last month, has been charged with alleged espionage activity on behalf of the Chinese Government, according to a "Domei" message this morning.

Lt. Col. Spear is Military Attache to the British Embassy in Chungking. In addition to Lt. Col. Spear, the Japanese have arrested Lt. Cooper, Assistant Military Attache to the British Embassy in Peiping, who went to Kalgan in an effort to secure the release of his senior officer.

No charges appear to have been preferred against Lt. Cooper.

The Japanese now admit

London, June 5.

BRITISH AMBASSADORS and Ministers have been in- structed by the Foreign Office to take their vacations this year between June and August, and to be at their posts at the beginning of September.

Diplomatic circles interpret this step as fear on the part of tho British Government that international tension will again develop in September.-Trans-

Осели.

the identity of their two AMBASSADOR DROPS BOMBSHELL captives, whom they pre-

viously referred

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foreigners purporting to POLAND OPPOSES

claim that they were military attaches of a Third

Power."

The Japanese report of the arrest of the British officers, released this morning through "Domei", says:

"The Japanese military authorities on May 15 were informed that unidentified foreigners were slaying at Shuangshoutsun in the district of Cholu, about 35 miles south-east of Kalgan on the Pelping-Paotow Rall- way in southern Chahar.

Japanese military police im- mediately proceeded to the spot and took two British officials to the Japanese gendarmerie headquarters at Kalgan.

"Subsequent Inquirica revealed that Lt. Col. Spear, who assumed his new office in Shanglia! in Octo- ber last year, by order of the British Ambassador to China, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr. left Shanghal in a steamer in February this year, and proceeded to Hanol via Hongkong.

AID FROM U.S.S.R.

NEW YORK, June 5.

FATE OF EUROPE IN NAZI HANDS

Remarkable Outburst

VIENNA, Juno 5. "WE CARRY THE fate of the Continent of Europa in our bands.

"There is a terrific spiri- tual battle in progress in Europe.

"We know

its back- ground; its development we cannot yet forco absolutely in all its phases.

"In this development, however, we National So- cialists and Fascists stand, not only as the servants of our own peoples, but as pioneer of a now opoch." This was part of a POLAND will oppose any commitment with Soviet markable speech in Vienna Russia, or to which her guarantors and Soviet Russia to-day by Dr. Goebbels, the are parties, which will permit Russian troops transit Nazi Propaganda Minister. over Polish soil.

This sensational warning was publicly announced in New York

re-

The Italian Propaganda Minister was present.

Goebbels warned Britain and France that any attempt to split

GUERILLAS to-day by the Polish Ambassa- the Rome-Berlin axis was hope

SURROUND SHANGHAI

Gunfire Audible In Northern City

THOUSANDS

dor, M. Potocki.

The Ambassador was speaking at the Bankers' Club dinner.

lessly doomed to failure,

"Both our peoples know that to- gether they are invincible.

"For reasons of ideology and In "Choosing between Germany and common interests they must march Soviet Russia is like choosing be-together, for better or for worse, tween measles and small-pox," he declared.

Together, in almost complete security and tranquility, they face. dangers which may develop from a "We want neither. To accept nervous and uncasy

Europe

·

elther Germany or Soviet Russia as "We Imow Europe's stability de- Jan ally would open the wedge pends upon the happiness of all Euro- for other completely, unacceptable pean peoples, and the peace of this cialms."-United Press,

sorely-trled Continent depends on the and Ger- Go To Moscow, Premier Urged relations between Italy

many"-United Press.

Inspected Chinesa Armies "He flew from Hanol to Chungking

CHUNGKING. June 8, and after seeing Chinese Govern

of well-equipped ment leaders at various places Chinese guerillas operating in inspected the movements of the Kiangsu and Cheklang province are Chinese armies, including Communist claimed by Chinese military head-

LONDON, June 5. ASKED IN the House of Commons troops in Szechvan, Shensi, Shans! quarters to be converging on Shang- and Hopch.

hai with the object of encircling the whether he would consider the desir- ability of making a personal and "Finally he entered Shansi from elty.

official visit to Moscow, Mr. Neville Kiahalen, an Important base of the Chinese Communist Army in northern In accordance with a pre-conceived Chamberlain said that in the present Sherist, and reached Shuangshoutsun, plan, the guerilla units have already circumstances he did not consider the in southern Chalior, through Kolan, arrived at designated positions suggestion would serve any useful Wutat, and Yangkisho.

Wireless Allegations The British official travelled from "Li-Col. Spear, during the pede- Kaslen in Shens) to Chahar on foot. strian trip, sent: reports on the con- military zone to Felping and Shanghai PLEASE Turn To Page 4.

ditions prevalling in tho

Japanese

Briton Taken.

around Shanghai,

taken Each unit has

routes in order not suspicions,

different

purpose..

Mr. Chamberlain made no reply to Awaken when asked whether he did not feet that a personal visit would remove the "undesirable phenomena of Im- The preliminary step is to sever passable barriers between Britain and

Russla. Japanese lines of communications.

Both

River to within a few miles of

Soviet Reply

of the Whongpoo banka

The reply of the Soviet Government Shanghat are already under Chinese

and

be- to the proposals by the British and control,

communications tween Shanghal and Nontno are now French governments has been re- ceived and is now under consideration directly menaced.

said Mr. Chamberlain in the House. Asked whether he contemplated near making à statement in the future when the Russian reply, had been considered, the Premier replied in the affirmative.

Gunfire has been sudible in the

of Shanghai

western acction

for

several nights, past.-Centrel Nctos. the Jep Into Custody

an man

ese Naval Mission at Tsingtao now required landing permits for each separate bill of lading in respect of goods shipped on British vessels; that cargoes have to be stored for several days in an open wharf, and that no

hed restrictions were placed on cargoes He niso asked whether the Primo Minister would indiente to the Japan-

Her marriage to the Duke of Kent trendy made its views on the matter arriving by Japanese vessels? was

the culmination of a real romance and was completely free of clear to the Japanese Government. anything suggesting a "diplomatic

alliance."

No Genuine Doubt

Japanese Claims He Fired Shot

Japanása Expelled

of

Except for a few strategic points and communication links occupied by Japanese troops, the Chinese have

regained control completely Shunst Province, declared General Yen Hai-shon, Commander-in-Chief! of the Northwestern War Zone, In a press interview yesterday.

The Duchess of Kent has had Japanese explanallon that they mis-Poso similar restrictions on Japane/Owned China" Printing and veteran Shansi military lender, therel

SHANGHAI, June 6. Fresh Anglo-Japanese com ese Governinent that unless restric-plications arose over the textile

Of the total of 105 districts in Shanal Province, according to the Mr. R. H. Horgan (Cons) asked irtions against Brliish trade were re-workers' strike in the British maved, it may be necessary to Im- Ranpura incident closed on the

Finishing. Company at Pootung is not one district without a Chinese Vessels arriving in British ports.

ate in control of its adminis- took the identity of the vessel. Mt. R. A. Butler said that the reply when Mr. R. M. Tinkler, em- magistrate

Two Previous Escapos

two previous narrow escapes from death mines her wedding.

Mr. Butler replied: "We have to the first two parts of the question ployee of the firm's Pootung rallon

In Talyuan, the former capital of In 1935, the train which she and always agreed that our ships might was in the affirmative. He added the Duke of Kent were taking. from be bourded In cases of genuine doubt, that diserinstanting existed so far as Point Works, fired his pistol on the province and now the Japanese accommodation was a Japanese naval officer at 7.50 headquarters in Shansi, the in- but not yet for Briliali vessels,

"aboard..

whether the ships ard British or not wharehouse

Mr. Wedgwood Benn asked if any reply had been made, to the representations said to have been

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JAPANESE MUTINY IN WUCHANG REPORTED

SHANGHAI, June 6.

Belated reports here allege that a mutiny of one thousand

Fighting ensued before the mutineers were subdued. Subsequently 70 of their number, including several officers were executed.

Munich station, started before, who There could 'be no doubt in the caso made available for Japanese ships, to'clock this morninika Maskvadera were holding not more than Japanese troops occurred at Wuchang on May 213

• royal couple had got moving train of the Nanpura; and flint is why, works mattor had been taken up with by the Japanese authorities. The in- General, Yen, whose men are active

Duke jumped on to and turned to help the Duchess She was just about to try.

to.

Jump

took up a dolnite

and hayo

Tinkler was disarmed and arrested a few miles from. Its gates, said orities at

In cutaldiris of Taiyuan,

the had eldent occurred heaven set The area under virtual Japanese

landing party netodito prevent riot- algie in between the strikers and the control in the province has diminish- allon of strike breakers by resting all Chi-ed rapidly with the expansion of the

Kajak Lanas pa por PLEASE Turn To Pago: 4. tal-United. Pressmedia BeremDomel

I now received the oxidiselve the locală), Jupeligro authori on the running boards the train Mr. Morgan asked if that explain- Caingtao, and repro gathered speed whom the Duke tion was satisfactory, and Mr Butter been made by Bisk

okyo, presting anderled out was understood to reply:Yes, realised the danger

Far As it goes."--Router: **PLEASE Turn To Page 4.

Other Chinewo reporis ailero that at least 100 of the Japanese troops which were ambushed at Talenkiang after they had crossed the Han River: 135 miles southwest of Hankow on Sunday, committed hari karli

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