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La gaceta., 1937-08-16

Barcelona, AgostO 16.-Co-
mo resultado de una vista a
Barcelona del primer ministro
Juan Negrfn, con ell prop6sito
de estrechar las relaciones en-
tire Barcelona Y ell %gobierno de
Valencia, pude ahora afirmar
Sc que Ell gobierno legitimo y
leal es ell verdadero dueno de
la situaci6n EN- Catalina. Ha
tornado en- sus manos ell orden
pdblico Y la defensa militar de
Catalina, 10 mismo que las a.
duanas, las costas, las fronte-
'ras Y TODD 10 demas.
Ell globo de jab6n de La in
dependencia de Catalina ha
reventado. POGO a POGO ell go
bierno de Valecia ha recupe-
RADIO SUI autoridad. Sc di6 un
paso de avance despues de los
combatss en- las Gales, en- ell
mes de agosto, cuando Sc tom6
ell control del orden publico y
otros servicios. Ahora ell 60
bierno catalan funciona den
tro de los lfmites constitucio-
males, aunr1ue ejerce poderes
de dudosa legalidad, tales CO.
mo ell control del sistema ban
carlo.
Hablase de un pronto rotor
no a la completa legalidad por
medic de una session del Parla-
mento que apruebe varios de-
cretos puestos en- vigor desde
julio 10 del ano pasado.
Don Juan Casanovas, Ell pre-
sidente del Parlamento, que vi
via en- ell extranjero a causa de
sus desavenencias con los ex-
tremistas, ha regresado.
La atm6sfera en- Barcelona
es muy diferente a la que exis
tie en- ell resto de Espana. Seria
cast normal 81 no hubira exec
SOS en- la vida nocturna. Uno
puede obtener en- los restau-
rantes 10 que necesita para CO.
mer, pero los precios son altos.
Tres importantes hoteles han
regresado al servicio normal.
Quedaria uno inclinado a decir
que Catalina no siente ell es-
piritu de la guerra.
Los nativos, no obstante, ME
gan este en- tono indignado y
dicen que ellos han aporado al
go mas que su parte de hon.
bres, que esta fabricando ar
mas y municiones y que cuidan
de un extraordinario n1mero
de refugiados.
La Generalidad graciosa-
mente ha cedido ell control del
orden p1blico. AL hacerlo asi
ha sacado la policia del domi-
MO de la politica local y la ha
elevado a un mas alto nfvel.
Anteriormente la policia es
taba sometida a las rivalida-
des de los partidos v sindica-
tos Y con frecuencia Sc veia
obligada a hacer frente al pro
blema de los anarco-sindicalis-
tas, que pretendfan dominarla
por medic de sus afiliados.
La situaci6n lego hasta tai
punto que un anarco-sindica-
lista llamado Eroles daba de-
claraciones a la prensa criti-
cando a los oficiales superio-
res v lego a expedir una or
den de censura anulado las Or
denes del gobierno regional pa
La gaceta., 1937-08-16

AZana y my sc Id VdIIlOS &c
der a un amigo y companero,
Jose Garcia Granell, que forma
I parte del Battalion Lincoln" y
se bate en- ell frente de Madrid.
Granell nos escribe desde 81
campo de batalla, en- Ia sierra de
! Guadarrama, y nos dice: Huele
q muerto. Ruge la tempestad de
la guerra moderna o ultramo :
derna. Truena Ell canon grande
y ell pequeno, los morteros, los
antitanques, las ametralladoras
chicas y mayores, los fusiles, las
pistolas ametralladoras las bonn
has de toda clase, granadas, ba-
las explosives e incendiarias
Isl les llegaron las otras CORES
pondencias habran sacado, jun
10 con esta, I'm poquitfn de 10
que es la terrible realidad. Solo
Wi&ndolo puede ell hombre for
marse idea de 10 que es este.
Ahora mismo, $50 de la ma
lana, regresamos de una opera
ci6n. BESIDE 10 alto de una coli
ma, ell espectaculo es intesamen-
be dramatico.
5Qu6 hombres, o mujeres,
6ran en- esos tanques que bajan
por una carretera dominada por
Ia artillerfa fascista, cerca de
Navalcarnero?
jPorque tenian que bajar q
cumplir con un deber, bajaron
por entire las granadas de los ca
homes fascistas, de manera tai
Que parecia impossible. Todos
los que mirabamos no podiamos
contener las vibraciones nervio
gas, que a wees parecian para
lizarnos por complete.
Iba con ellos nuestro coraz6n,
Parecia impossible, pero los tan
ques pasaron v nosotros cast lilo
ramos de algeria.
iQue hondas emociones, que
ansias indescriptibles produce
esta guerrai
Los fascistas estan desespe-
radios. Arrojan in1tilmente mi
les de balas de canon, de las que
les mandan sus aliados italianos
v alemanes; sus aeroplanos NAL
gastan torpedos, Ibombas, etc.,
Atacan v contraatacan...
Hay moros muertos para ha-
Ger un cementeaD de toda esta
TERRA; y mulos a centenares...
Los mandan a la muerte sabien-
do que van a perecer, q. Sc es-
trellaran contra ~nosotros, con-
ira nuestra resistencia indomas
bic.
No pGsGrdn. Lo que les cogi,
do quedara, y cuanto mas alta
que, mas cadaveres dejaran So
bre Ell campo y mas pronto lie
CARA la bora de SUI derrota.
Ha sido enorme ell sacrificio.
Solo nosotros podemos apreciar
bien la realidad; pero ell result
tado sea g~randioso para todos.
BESIDE Ell 3 de julio venimos
sometidos a la fatiga v exicta-
ci6n nerviosa que producer los
estampidos. Las explosiones a.
burden y ocurren por miles, CO.
mo 81 la humanidad hubiera per
dido la raz6n.
Aunque no todos, aqui esta-
mos, frente a Navalcarnero. MI
cho quisiera que lutheran llega-
90 mis- 1ltimas cartas. Las es-
crib y Sc las df a guardian a un
herido, que me prometi6 echar-
Is al correo.
Pensando en- ustedes escribi
1rente a la muerte; deseando
cue Sc enteren de las impresio-
nantes escenas de esta TRACE
de que comenz6 en- guerra civil
u ha convertible en- guerra del
Dnablo espanol contra los trail
oKes y los extranjeros invaso-
ara mi Ell competir con los
y i6venes en- eaminatas v CO
rs de atague, repressmka m
La gaceta., 1937-08-16

vos refuerzos en- csc sector y la
ofensiva leal Ia sido contenida.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
OPENS
DRIVE ON Leon

MADRID, Sept. II O.N.SO-In-
Surgent forces launched a strong
offensive on the Leon front today,
driving north in two directions
from the main Leon Ovideo road.
Government lines held firmly
at Carbonera and artillery bar
RACES added to the loyaliSt gains
at Matallana, according to official
adviceS here.
The insurgents attacked first
toward Fontan, but fell back be-
fore fierce government resistance.
Franco cavalry attempted to make
a fresh breach in the loyalist lines
near Carbonera.
Capturing Pancruco, the loyalist
troops also advanced on the east
ern front and conducted hopping
up operations south of Saragossa.
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back with charges that Moscow
was to blame for the piratical as
saults. The paper said Italy
wished to cooperate with other ma
tons in Kidding the sea Of the
submarine menace. It added:
1T was an agent of the
Kremlin that provoked the
attack on the Italian warship
Barletta and the German
cruiser Deutschland, and later
attempted to torpedo the Leip-
zig and the British warship
Havock.
After the attack on the
Havock, there were strong indi.
cations that damages were sus-
tanned by the Hispano-MuSc
vite submarine now moored
at the mouth Of the River
Gironda."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11

weapon she is alleged to have de-
clared she took with her to hold
him off. The gun, she insists. ex'
ploded during a struggle.
NO REMORSE
Peggy yesterday denied having
said she felt no remorse over hay
ing shot Reeves, and would do it
all over again" if faced by the
same situation.
why do they print such lies
about meP" she demanded Of
the female attendant. II hated
the mani guess still hate
him-but. well, perhaps there
may have been another way
out, without shooting him."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
japan RedOubles
Fighting in China

North China defeated a force of
10000 Chinese today and claimed
capture of the important railroad
city of Machang.
Japanese advices from the north
ern battlefront said the Chinese
were retreating south Gin great
confusion"
This advance was part of a
major Japanese drive, carried out
under the most difficult of condi-
tions. The Nipponese soldiers,
their tanks and airplanes
grounded, were forced to wade
waist deep through and under
torrential rains.
Before the Japanese command
erS claimed Machang fell they re-
ported Liuchochen had been occu-
pied and that their forces had
driven to within one mile of Ma
chang. There they waited to con-
solidate their gains before advanc-
ing the last mile to their objective,
and victory.
Hundreds on both sides were
reported killed and wounded as
the Japanese forged ahead. Fin
ally, in the face of the relentless
advance. the desperate Chinese
resistance cracked and the defend
ing army of 10000 fled.
PLAN NEW DRIVE
While the japanese reported
victories in the north, there were
indications their operations might
soon extend on a heightened scale
far to the south.
Japanese advices from Swatow
said American residents there
have taken refuge aboard a
United States destroyer in fear of
new raids on the city by Japanese
planes. The United States con-
sulate in Swallow may be closed
shortly.
The earlier drubbing that their
guns gave the native quarters and
Whangpoo River front of Shang-
hal availed Japanese forces little
or nothing of military value.
Despite their furious artillery
attack, during which shells
dropped about the International
Settlement and French conceS-
sion, the japanese did not sue.
coed in effecting a juncture of
their forces to the north. A gap
of some 5000 or more yards still
separates them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Germany Accused
OF Sub Activity

LONDON, Sept. II Q.N.S).
Charges that German submarines
are active in the West Mediterran"
can were published today by the
Laborite London Daily Herald.
The paper quoted j. J. Morgan,
third engineer of the British
steamer Campden Hill, as stating
that he saw four German sub
mersibles enter a Spanish insur-
gent portland depart a few days
later heavily discussed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Hoover Asks COP.
National Farley

CHICAGO, Sept. ii G.N.S)-n-
linois Republican leaders today
mulled over the proposal Of former
President Herbert Hoover for a
national party conference prior to
the 1893 elections.
Hoover lunched with George F.
Harding, national committeeman5
C. Wayland Brooks, Republican
nominee for governor last year,,
State Chairman John F. Tyrrel1
and several others. The ex-PreSl-
dent said he had taken the ques'
ton up with National Chairman
John D. M. Hamilton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Collapse of Gijon
Defense Forecast

ST. JEAN DE LUZ. France,
Sept. II II. N. S0.-Rebellion has
broken out in Gijon, while three
Franco columns press closer to the
city in their drive to capture it,
according to advices received here
today.
Fighting was reported between
Anarchists and Asturian Militia
men, beaten back by Franco
forces following the flight Of Gijon
police and civil guards into the
mountains. Insurgent authorities
claim the port Is now at their
mercy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Russians Doom
More Officials

MOSCOW, Sept. II UNS).
Sentences of death and imprison-
ment today struck several more
high Soviet officials as the purge
of "Trotzkyite" and "pro-Japanese
and pro- German" saboteurs moved
swiftly onward. Alexander Kane
nev, son of Lev Kamenev, the for
mer member of the Communist
Central Executive Committee, who
was executed recently, has been
in Jail for some time, it was
learned,
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Peggy deserves no mercy.
He will, he declared, demand the
death penalty for the 20-year-old
secretarial student as the deliber'
ate slayer of Paul Reeves, the
Iselin, N. j., "svengali" who, the
girl charges, forced her to submit
to him through fear.
DEMANDS DEATH
1.-THE truth in this affair may
astonish the sympathetic pub
uc," said Prosecutor Morris. He
added he would present the
case to the Middlesex County,
N. j., grand jury on Thursday,
and demand a first degree muir
der indictment.
Death in the electric chair is
mandatory following conviction Of
murder in the first degree.
IT pray that Mrs. Reeves will
try to understand and will not
hold too much against me-" the
girl told an attendant in the
Middlesex County Workhouse,
where she is being held without
bail for the action Of the grand
jury.
IT am sure that when she
hears my side Of the story she
won't be too vindictive."
But like Prosecutor Morris
Myra Reeves, who finds herself
widowed and with the care Of two
fatherless children on her hand:
because Of last Tuesdays tragedy
announced last night that she Il
not inclined toward forgiveness.
"BROKE UP HOME"
although have no hatred in
my heart, and no vindictiveness,
this girl broke up my home,
killed the man I loved, and
robbed my two children Of their
father" said Myra Reeves.
IT think she deserves the full
penalty of the law"
David I. Stepacoff, Peggy's law
yer, visited her yesterday with tw'
physicians. The impending cour
battle for the life Of the "hono
slayer" was said to be taking
shape along the following lines:
RULED BY FEAR
Peggy brennan will contend sh'
did not know the man who "ruleC
her by fear" and forced her t.
yield to his advances was married
She will deny, as she did yes
terday in her cell that 20 minute
elapsed after he had attacked he
last Tuesday, before she killed hir
with her fathers revolVer@rth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Captured British
Vessel Identified

LONDON, Sept. II Q.N.S0.
The British steamer seized by a
Spanish insurgent warship off
Algiers was identified here today
as the Romford, formerly the
Ionea, which left Haifa, Palestine,
September /. At the time she de-
parted the Romford's destination
was announced as Britain.
Advices received here said the
vessel was captured by the insur-
gent cruiser CanariaS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
10000 Spies Taken
By Soviet Since II

MOSCOW, Sept. II Q.N.S0.
Ten thousand alleged spies have
been apprehended attempting to
cross the Soviet during the past
10 years, the Moscow Daily News
disclosed today. During the same
period, thousands Of bandit raids
by opposition gangs" have been
repulsed by Far Eastern border
guards, the paper said.
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Continued from Page II

(OOHLluuGu IEUu1 L age ~
10-mile front, extending from Pao-
shan to Liuho.
Both sides contributed heavy
artillery shells to the carnage.
Numerous small villages along the
banks of the Whangpoo were
pounded mercileSSly as the Japa-
nese attempted to execute a flank
ing movement for an advance on
Kiangwan.
Most active of all were the for.
midable bombing planes Of En-
peror Hirohito's so-called "invinci-
BILE" air fleet, which went into
action to demoralize the Chinese
infantry holding the Kangwan-
Kiangse sector.
For the fourth time in as many
days, Japanese scouting planes re-
connoitered the entire area in a
fruitless search for the cleverly
camouflaged Chinese batteries in
Pootung. Shrouded beneath bam-
boo groves, the defense batteries
have taken a heavy toll in Hong
kew, the Japanese district across
the river adjoining the Interna-
tional Settlement.
WAR" DEMANDED
A new note was injected into
the tense Far Eastern situation
today when a number Of Chinese
vernacular newspapers came out
with a demand for formal declara-
ton of war against Japan.
In support of their demand, the
publications cited Japan's merci-
less slaughter of noncombatants.
its steady boEnbardment Of Chi
nese cities and the alright
blockade established along 800
miles of China's coast.
Declaration of war, the Chinese
newspapers asserted, would enable
confiscation of Japanese property
and abolition of existent treaties
which compel China to pay what
are termed unjust" indemnities
to Tokyo.
Meanwhile, Japanese military
headquarters rubber-stamped a
quick denial on Chinese assertions
that Chinese airplanes had hit
and badly damaged a japanese
warship in the Whangpoo.
CHINESE DEFEATED
Meanwhile two Japanese armies
advancing south from Tientsin in
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POWERS IN PLAN
TO POLICE SEA
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sending a mutual fleet into the
Mediterranean to combat the sub
marines or of conveying merchant
ships had been abandoned on the
ground either system might con-
stitute an act Of war.
International News Service was
informed, however, that If the
police" plan fails, the British and
French will take matters into their
own hands altogether.
In such circumstances, it was
said, they will not hesitate to re.
sort to war-like measures to end
the menace of submarines preying
on merchant vessels in the Med
iterranean.
The two countries are deter.
mined to stamp out the piratical
attacks for fear piracy may ex-
tend to the Far East in the Sino-
Japanese conflict, presaging the
end Of freedom of the seas.
ANNOUNCEMENT DUE
Intense desire Of the nine ma
lions participating in the parley
for speedy action will result to-
night in formal announcement Of
the first measures to be taken.
This announcement will be made
as soon as the various govern
ments have revealed what forces
they are willing to contribute to
policing of the Mediterranean.
While every effort is being made
to avoid it, and the assembled
diplomats expressed regrets over
the threats Of independent Soviet
war-like action to protect her own
shipping, the general feeling is
that war measures eventually may
have to be adopted.
TALK TO LITVINOV
British Foreign Secretary An.
thony Eden called on French For
eign Minister Yvon Delbos and
later both telephoned Litvinov,
who Joined them for a talk.
Proof that all hope Italy will
participate in the zone policing
scheme was seen in the zoning
plan in which Italy was allotted
the Tyrrhenian Sea as the section
its warshipS should patrol.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Duce Sets Terms
For British Pact
GOVERNMENT SHIFT

LONDON, Sept. II GN.S0.
Premier Mussolini has written a
personal letter to Prime Minister
Chamberlain stating that Italy de-
sires to reach lasting and COM
plete agreement with Great Brit
ain, but asserting the British first
must recognize the Italian con-
quest OF Ethiopia, the Evening
Standards diplomatic correspond
ent said today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Moscow Rejects
Japan's Protest

MOSCOW, Sept. II QN.sO.
The Soviet Foreign Office today
fatty rejected Japanese protests
against alleged seizures of Jap
anese fishing boats and patrol YES
sells in Siberian waters BY Rus
sian authorities,
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TROOPS REVOLT
NEAR MONGOLIA
Chang Kai-shek Made
China'S Dictator
BY JAMES r. YOUNG

TOKYO, sept. II GN.So'
twenty-five thousan d Moham-
medan troops in southern Sin
kiang province, southwest of Mon
golia, have revolted against their
Communist overlords and occupied
the important center of Kashgar,
Japanese news agency advices
from Mukden, Manchukuo, re,
ported today.
The reports said the Moham'
medans are now advancing
against the capital city Of
Urumchi.
GOVERNMENT SHIFT
At the same time, japanese re-
ports from Marking, China's capt.
tai, told of a major governmental
reorganization of the Central
Chinese regime.
GeneraliSsimo Chang Kai-Shek,
Chinese premier and commander
in-chief, the Japanese news agency
reported, was made absolute die
tator of the nation in a move re-
garded as aimed at facilitating
China's defense against Japan.
Chang was reported to have
been given widespread power over
his country's supreme war coun-
Gil, which replaces the Marking
National Defense Commission and
the Marking government as the
governing body of China.
FIGHTING CONTINUES
Whether this move will be fol-
lowed by a further nationwide
mobilization of Chinese against
Japan was not Immediately made
clear.
Meanwhile, advices from the
Shanghai battle front said bonn.
bardment by Chinese batteries
concealed in the Hongkew and
Yangtzepoo districts continued in.
termittently, but that they did
small damage to japanese posi-
lions.
The reports added Japanese au-
thorities in Shanghai are enforc-
ing strict precautions against the
outbreak Of cholera to the north
of the metropolis-particularly to
prevent the epidemic" from
reaching the eastern part Of the
International Settlement. This
area at present is in Japanese
hands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Italy Warns Russia
Against 'ReprisalS'
By FRANK GERVAsI

ROME, Sept. II (IN.S)-The Italian government will
slider any attempt by Soviet Russia engage reprsas
against Italian ships deliberate act of war was stated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
LEE WINS TITLE

RYE, N. Y, Sept. 1.-THE
United States Seniors Golf AsSo-
citation championship was held to-
day by Raleigh w. Lee, of Colum-
bus, Ohio, who turned in a two
round total of 154.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-11
Girl Facing Chair
Begs Widows Mercy

NEW YORK. Sept 11-Peggy Brennan TO- today had begged
the widow of the killed for But Prosecutor
Charles Morris promising startling revelations announced
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STAND OF U. S.
is OUTLINED TO
LEAGUE MEETING.
Hull Policy on Armed
Conflicts Presented
BY ROBERT G. NIXON

G.N.S0. The United States to-
day sent to the League Of Nations
assembly,, meeting Monday to hear
China's denunciation Of japanese
aggression, a clarifying statement
of American foreign policy.
The American viewpoint on the
Sino-Japenese undeclared war was
summed up in the statement Of
Secretary of State Cordell Hull on
July 16 in which he warned Japan
and China that their conflict is
the concern Of the United States
and the whole world.
SEND STATEMENT
Hull's statement, together with
the replies Of IS nations, have been
presented to the League assembly
for its information when China's
protest is considered.
Further than this, there were
indications in Administration quar-
tiers of the United States, which
is not q member Of the League,
will not participate further in its
deliberations. It will, however,
keep in close touch with the
Leagues actions. Hull's statement
said:
ANY situation in which armed
hostilities are in progress or are
threatened is a situation where
in rights and interests of all
nations either are or may be
seriously affected.
OUTLINES POLICY
There can be no serious hos
tilitieS anywhere in the world
which will not one way or an
other affect interests or rights
or obligations of this country"
Hull then reoutlined his famous
eight pillars Of peace" declaring
the United States Constantly and
consistently advocates mainte.
nance Of peace"
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duIllOflldllVely mere To-Day.
A warning that Russian sub
marines must keep out of the
Mediterranean and a charge that
the Soviet Union, not Italy. re-
introduced the ancient tactics of
piracy to that historic sea left no
doubt as to Italian wrath over
Soviet Foreign CommiSSar Lit
Vinoff's inferential attack on Rome
and Berlin yesterday at Nyon.
Without mentioning them by
name. LitVinov accused both Ger
many and Italy of responsibility
for the piratical attacks which re-
suited in nine nations holding the
parley in Switzerland. Italy and
Germany did not attend.
MOSCOW BLAMED
In reply to the Soviet accuse
tions, MuSsolini'S own newspaper,
Popolo pItalia Of Milan. lashed