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SEASONED CAMPAIGNER IN ART OF EVACUATION
In the art of evacuation from
MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL PROVOKES
REICH PROTEST
London, To-day.
Mr. Winston Churchill, fiery Con- servative die-hard, has been the cause of a diplomatic protest as result of an article he wrote in the "Evening Standard,” in which he alleged that the 20,000 German na- tionals domiciled in England con- stituted a "threat to the security of the British Empire.”
The German charge d'affaires in a threatened zone, Miss Mary London has been instructed to call Firth, who arrived in Hong Kong at the Foreign Office and point out on Saturday in the Empress of that inflammatory articles of this Asia, will soon be regarding her-kind are not calculated to promote good neighbourly relations in the self as a seasoned campaigner.
It is not very many months ago cause of peace-Trans-Ocean that Miss Firth was in Barcelona, at the height of the Spanish civil war crisis, when frequent air at-1 tacks and warship bombardments of the port were occurring, and had to be taken out, together with other
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tish warship to Marseilles.
PATROCLUS ARRIVES
The s.s. Patroclus, with
every
Arriving in Shanghai two three months ago, Miss Firth now available inch of space utilised for accommodation, arrived sleeping finds herself in Hong Kong, again
at Holt's Wharf at 7.45 this morn owing compulsorily evacuated the danger from hostilities.
to
ing.
There was a comparatively small number of people to
disem
100 METRES' TRACK RECORD BROKEN
Paris, To-day.
meet it with the result barking arrangements went off with the maximum of speed and mini- mum discomfort.
Specially notable
was the first
The world 100 metres record was big batch of members of Shang- lowered in an international athletic har's Portuguese colony, many of meeting here yesterday by Ben whom will be put up by friends locally while others will tranship Johnson (USA).
Johnson's time was 10-2/10, one-for Macao where the Government tenth better than the previous re-have made arrangements to accom-
modate some 1,500, who are cord-Reuter.
According to Trans-Ocean, John-pected in the course of the next son's record may not be recognised, week.
as he ran with a wind behind him,
as did Jesse Owens in the Berlin
Olympics
Johnson, however, later ran the
ex
200 metres in the fantastic time of 400 GERMAN WOMEN
20.8 seconds.
CHINA EXPRESSES REGRET TO GERMANY
Nanking, Yesterday, The Chinese Foreign Ministry to-day expressed its regret to the German Ambassador, Dr. Oscar Trautmann, regarding the killing of one German and înjuries in-
AND CHILDREN ARRIVING
Hong Kong's German community is now making preparations for the reception of approximately 400 Ger- the man women and children in Colony from Shanghai, arriving on Thursday in the Gneisenau
Only about thirty have already arrived, in the Victoria, and these are being accommodated in the
ficted on some others in Shanghai private residences of local Germans.
last Saturday.
A representative of the Foreign Minister called attention to the official communique issued by the Nanking Government in this con- nection and stressed that the ac- cidents had been caused by a Chinese aeroplane after it had been struck by the fire of Japan- ese anti-aircraft guns, causing bombs to be automatically detache ed from the plane Trans-Ocean.
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For those arriving in the Gnei- senau, a number of empty houses and flats have been rented and are being provided with camp beds etc.
ON TO SINGAPORE FOR SOME REFUGEES
The "China Mail". that, in
alty of
understands
of the increas- mmoda-
in Hong
ships carrying ry them on