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CANTON FEARS REFUGEE ZONE PLAN IS OUT OF QUESTION
NEW NYON PARLEY TO STOP DELIBERATE BOMBING
OF NEUTRAL SHIPS
London, To-day.
(From Our Staff Representative) The suggestion that the British Government is con-
Canton, To-day.
What is to be the fate of the thousands of civilians in Canton who wish to flee this stricken city but who have not the finan- cial means to ensure thèm reach- ing the safety of Hong Kong?
sidering calling a new Nyon Conference to dis- cuss plans for an air patrol in Spain in an at- tempt to check deliberate attacks on neutral shipping, is mooted by a number of news- papers.
The "Daily Mail" says that the fand adds that the British Govern- This question is being anxious- ly discussed in foreign medical patrol would observe and report all ment has examined several pro- such attacks and Britain and posals for reprisals against Gen- quarters here, and to-day I can- vassed the opinion of several France would supply a number of eral Franco but considers summon-
planes for this purpose.
ing a conference the most suitable foreign medical advisers to the
first step. Kwangtung Provincial ment.
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Italy and other interested Powers govern- would be invited to do the same,.
"The scheme for establishment lish such a centre and at the same of a giant concentration camp be-time guarantee the health of the tween Canton and Hong Kong; refugees. with the approval of the Japanese Government," said one German doctor, "has possibilities, but also a lot of difficulties.
NYON METHODS "The Times," referring to the bombing of British ships, says it is a pre-Nyon policy which again re- quires Nyon methods of countering
"Sanitation would present a pro-it. blem which, at present, I can see The "News Chronicle” says that no means of overcoming, and athe experts at Whitehall have not dozen other snags are bound to yet been able to recommend a method for protecting British pro- perty, while maintaining the fiction of non-intervention Spanish affairs.
crop up.
H: K. MEDIATING
"At present we here are free from epidemics, particularly of cholera, which is fortunate in view of the fact that every doctor and "I understand that the British nurse has their hands full with authorities in Hong Kong are act- the thousands of wounded now being as mediator between the Chin- ing treated in every hospital.
THE PROBLEM
ese and Japanese in preliminary discussions on the establishment of "If a refugee camp were to be such a camp, but unless thousands established, however, it would have of dollars are spent to erect a to be several miles away from the centre where we can ensure a lack nearest town, and it is obvious of disease, I think we can say that that there are many obstacles to no such project can be realised for be overcome before we can estab- the time being.”
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The most obvious step would be to adopt, with regard to air pirates, the same policy adopted before the Nyon Conference against sub- marine pirates.
SELF-DEFENCE
that it is considered an act of in- The objection, to such a step is tervention, though it is felt by an increasing number of diplomats in London, that the British Govern- ment would be able to claim that it was acting in self-defence.
The "Daily Telegraph" says that various course are open to the Bri- tish Government, none of which are wholly free from disadvantagės.—— Reuter.
GANDIA DAMAGE.
Valencia, To-day. The damage to property caused by the Insurgent air raid yesterday on the British-owned port of Gandia, is estimated at £60,000.- Reuter.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT EVACUATING HANKOW
(Continued from Page 1). maining in Hankow, pending fur- ther developments,
HUNAN FOR CHIANG
It is hitherto unknown where the Generalissimo's headquarters will be located but it is practically cer- tain that the military offices will go to West Hunan and Hengyang. South Hunan is also likely to be- come an important military centre. Meanwhile westbound, south- bound 'trains, steamers and planes are congested with evacuants.
PATHETIC SIGHTS
Many of the most pathetic sights are seen daily at the Chinese Wo- men's War Relief Association where hundreds of children are being re- ceived every day from refugees who are unable to care for them. The children are being sent to special camps in Kwangal, Szechuen, and Yunnan. Reuter.
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