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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 4, 1938.
RUSSIAN SERIOUSLY HURT
A Russian, A. W. Munger, of Room 319, Gloucester Hotel, is lying seriously injured in the Queen Mary Hospital as result of an accident on the Repulse Bay. Road.
Mr. Munger was driving mo- tor cycle no. 1122 at 2.45 yes- terday afternoon when he came into collision with a car driven by Yung Wing on a bend just above the Castle.
Mr. Munger's left leg was. brokew in several places, but a passenger, Mr. Paul B. Zatz, who was riding pillion, escaped without injury.
The motor cycle was almost a total wreck, while the car suffered some damage to the mudguard and the headlamps.
DISMAY CAUSED BY SPANISH AIR RAIDS
to
London, To-day, The Foreign Secretary referred the initiative of the British Government on the matter of indis- criminate bombing in Spain in answering a Commons question, and said he would prefer to await the result of the approach to the two sides in Spain before making. any further statement.
Meanwhile, reports from Brus- sels and Paris indicate how fully public opinion on the Continent shares the dismay aroused by the recent accounts of the air raids in Spain and desire to see an end put to the terrorisation of the civilian
populations behind either side of
the Spanish fronts.
An unconfirmed report from
HIGH TENSION
REPORTED ON SOVIET BORDER
Warsaw, To-day. Informed quarters here believe that the situation in the Far East is rapidly becoming more tense.
According to despatches here the task of fortifying the Soviet's Far Eastern fronciers and rearin- ing of the Soviet forces is pro- ceeding with feverish activity.
A sum of 1,000,000,000 roubles is said to have been appropriated by the War Commissar, Marshal Voro- shilov, for the construction of air- between ports along the frontier the Soviet Union and Manchuria.
It further transpires that the War Commissar has given orders for the construction of six military airships.
A new department has been add- ed to the War Commissariat for the purpose of combatting espion- age jointly with the O.G.P.U. Tráng Ocean.
MR. HIROTA'S
STATEMENT ON S'HAI CUSTOMS
Tokyo, To-day. Negotiations for Japanese con- trol of the Shanghai Customs have reached a deadlock, 'accord- ing to a statement by the Foreign Minister in the Lower House yes- terday.
Barcelona states that the Spanish Japanese authorities are pursuing Mr. Hirota added; “However, the
Government has decided to sus-
pend bombing behind the insurgent a policy of keeping vigilant watch front pending the result of British on Customs revenues, and therefore initiative:-British Wireless.
NEW SHIPS FOR NORTH CHINA RUN
Five
Tokyo, To-day. additional ships will be placed by the Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, on the Japan-North China run before the end of the month, it is announced here.
these are being placed in the Yoko hama Specie Bank for safe keep- ing."
Asked if Customs revenues would. be appropriated towards funds set aside for rehabilitation of the Shanghai area, Mr. Hirota replied he did not think revenue would be used for such purposes in as much as military operations are still in progress, and revenue accordingly has considerably decreased.”
He added that Japan had no in- tention of taking over the Customs but would adhere strictly to
Bur
Three ships, of u displacement ranging between 4,000 to 5,000
veillance of revenues. tons, will link Japan with Tsing-
These, however, owing to decline, tao, while two other vessels will join the fleet of three steamers he considered insufficient for cover- already plying between Japan and ing expenditure on rehabilitation of Tientsin-Reuter.
war damaged areas. Reuter.
LONDON AIR RAID EXERCISES
London, To-day.
The Home Secretary hopes short-
SPANISH EXCHANGE
OF PRISONERS
ly to be in a position to confer
London, To-dar with local authorities in London Negotiations – în which British with a view to a concerted arrange- representatives in Spain have co- ment for air raid exercises in the operated with the representatives metropolitan area but he has not of the International Red Crosa decided exactly what form the ex-secure an agreement between the ercises should take. British Wire-two sides in the civil war for .an exchange of prisoners are making satisfactory progress, according to Quarantine restrictions have news reaching London and the hope been imposed by the Quarantin Is-entertained in official circles here Officer-in-Charge, Amoy, against that before very long exchanges on arrivals from Hong Kong on ac- a relatively large scale will be or- count of Small-pox.
less.
ganisedBritish Wireless.