TROOPS HUNT
GUERILLAS HALT
CHINA MAHL NOVEMBER 17-1937.
OUT TERRORIST JAPANESE OFFENSIVE STOP PRESS
GANG IN PALESTINE
Jerusalem, To-day.
Three companies of British troops are searching the Safet hills for a band of Arab ter- rorists reported to have taken refuge there after bomb out- rages in Jerusalem.
The RAF is co-operating in the search, and is reported to have discovered the terrorists hiding place, so that military occupation of the spot is imminent
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ARAB ATTITUDE
rans-
Cairo, To-day.
The Arab Defence Committee in Palestine, previously favour- able to the partition plan, has now turned against it, according to the local press.
The papers allege that the Com- mittee yesterday handed a note to
FOREIGNERS SAFE
Peiping, To-day.
The Japanese military au- thorities report that: 37 for- eigners, »- comprising
19 French, 14 Hungarians and four Americans, are safe at Tamingfu.
It is believed that the me? jority of them are mission aries.
The same authorities con- firm the blowing up in North Shantung of the Yellow River railway bridge
They state that they found 1,000 Chinese bodies left on the north bank of the river.
Many Chinese troops cross ed the river by junks.
As far as is known, no Jap- anese attempt to cross the river has yet been made. Reuter
the acting high Commissioner de Military Governor
claring the plan to be unaccept- able.
The Arab Defence Committee had hitherto shown a readiness to compromise, and was negotiating with the Palestine Government. Trans-Ocean.
Mrs. Duke, of No: 5 Garden Terrace, has reported the loss of a pair of glasses, valued at £2 155. yesterday in Pedder Street.
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Of Madrid
Madrid, To-day.
An announcement states that Gen- eral Cardenal has been appointed Military Governor of Madrid,
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ANTI-JAPANESE POSTERS FOUND
The names of 15 firms alleged to post which is mainly of an admin- be dealing in Japanese goods were mentioned in an anti-Japanese pos- istrative nature.
ter found on a pillar at the Wong Wing-pak store at No. 21 Bonham Street West yesterday morning.
General Miaja retains his posi- tion as commander-in-chief of the Madrid garrison. Trans-Ocean.
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One of the fokis of the store saw the poster at 6 am and the police were immediately informed. The public did not have a chance to see the poster.
SOVIET EYES ON FAR EAST
Moscow, To-day.
The Soviet Union is devoting in- creasing attention to the Far East, where its main political and military activities are now being concentrat led.
Special importance is attached to. endeavours to remove all possibili ties of friction between political functionaries and officers of Gener- al Bluecher's Red Army in the Far EastTra
AMUR RIVER INCIDENT
Tokyo, 1 p.m. To-day The Soviet-Manchukno dispute over the Amur River incident was closed to-day, by the return of the Manchukuo patrol boat seized and of the Russian gunboat which, sun in the fighting, was later salvaged. Our Own Correspondent
Polish Drive Against "Reds'
The Polish Commumst
on Monday 13
in
country
Warsaw, To-day
against the atinnes, and munists parts of the
Five cases of dysentery, two
typhoid fever, one of diptheria and
one of measles were
local Health
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NEWS FLASHES
Aviators please note. You have better them 100 to 1 chance of never being hit while flying a bombing plane. During the World War Rene Fonck, the great Fre flew more than 1,000 over the front lines up to 3, 1918 He engage least 200 combats Hown 324
ace,
shot.
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his
plane ROYAL too
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