PROTRACTED CZECH DISPUTE CAUSES ANXIETY Increasing Nervousness In Berlin Political Circles Deeply Committed Neither Can Retreat
Berlin, To-day.
Political circles here are anxiously awaiting news from Prague with regard to the progress be- ing made towards reconciling the two extreme view points, but the protracted dispute is caus- ing increasing nervousness.
Political circles vary in opinions from the doubtful to the despondent. The general feeling among well-informed foreigner observers here is that the Czechs and Germans have committed them- selves so deeply that they have made retreat without loss of prestige difficult, if not impos- sible.
Observers here are in two FIRST RAID ON
minds whether German mands for autonomy would stop at their fulfilment, or whether they merely mask the ambition] to control the whole Danubian Basin?
Meanwhile, the latest re- ports from the frontier dis- tricts indicates that rapid progress is being made on the fortifications in that
area.
CANTON CITY FOR WEEKS
(From Our Staff Correspondent)
Canton, 11.30 a.m.
Eight Japanese planes, which flew repeatedly over Shameen and over Canton city for more than an hour, dropped not less than twelve bombs a short time ago on Wongsha Station.
They were heavy em-
The general scheme for de- fence apparently is the erection of blockhouses of reinforced con- crète, complete with gun placements at tactical points. The scheme should be reasonably near completion by the end of September. Reuter.
MEDWAY GOING
SOUTH
H. M. S. Medway and the Fourth Submarine Flotilla are expected to Southern leave Hong Kong for a
cruise terminating at Singapore, to- day, and are expected back on about October L
or
H. M. S. Kent, flagship of China Station, which has been re- is commissioned for service here, expected to reach the Colony from the South on September 4.
the
missiles which shook the foreign con- cessions.
a
The planes were greeted by. an intense barrage of Lewis machine-guns, pom-poms and anti-aircraft guns, on scale indicating a large in- crease in the ground defences since the last raid on the city some weeks ago.
The planes are still head.
over-
Another group passed over the city earlier this morning pro- ceeding up the Canton-Hankow Railway line.
The alarm has now been "on" since 8.05 a.m. and there is no possibility yet of an "all clear." It has not been possible to ascertain what casualties have occurred
the as a result of Wangsha bombing, but it is known that the zone was prac- tically completely evacuated before the bombing.
WHAT'S IN A HAT? LIQUOR LICENCE
PROSECUTION
:
Merle Oberon is at her sparkling best in Alexander Korda's new comedy. "The Divorce of Lady X", in Technicolour, showing on Sa- turday at the King's Theatre. Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barns and Ralph Richardson head the strong supporting cast,
HOLLAND'S QUEEN'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Amsterdam, To-day.
DEFENCE PLEA IN ARAB TRIAL
Jerusalem, To-day.
new incident is reported from Jaffa, where two Arabs were ser- lously wounded by shots.
The Military Tribunal in Haifa The 40th Anniversary of the has sentenced the Arab insurgents, Accession of Queen Wilhelmina to who were taken prisoner during a the Throne of the Netherlands will recent clash near Haifa, to death. The Court refused to accept the be celebrated in Amsterdam from argument of the defence that the September 5 to 10, with great men should be regarded as prison- érs of war, since the situation national festivities.
which now prevails in Palestine might be described as "similar to
The
war time conditions." Trans- Ocean.
celebrations begin on September 5, with the reception of Her Majesty at the Haarlemeer Railway Station. After homage of city has been paid through the singing of a vast chorus of many thousands of voices, the triumphal Mrs. Gahagan, of No. 9 Causeway procession of the Queen through Bay Hill, has reported the loss of.. the city, which will be appropriate-a gold watch, Insured for $500, ly decorated, will begin. The from her bedroom last night. route}; Queen will pass along a lined by the National Defence Forces, Sports Societies and
the The .s.s. "Alipore" left Moji on public to the Palace on the dam the 25th instant and is due here on where a Flag Parade will be held. the 30th instant at about 6 a.m.
The official commemoration of the day will be on September 6, when 10,000, men and women, con- all sisting of delegations from parts of the Kingdom, will march along the dam to the Royal Palace, where honours will be paid in the| form of a Fokelore Festival.
On the same evening the youth of Holland will show devotion to
Her Majesty in a gymnastic dis-
play and parade, while on Septem ber 9, the Queen will be solemnly presented with a commen medallion.—Trans-Ocear
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