THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 26, 1988.
POISON GAS WARFARE CHARGED
Geneva, To-day.
Mr. V. C. Hoo, Chitin's Perma- nent Delegate to Geneva has in- formed the League Secretariat that the Japanese destroyed two Chinese battalions with poison gas at Chuchwang.—Renter.
HOME FLEET'S PROGRAMME
London, To-day.
The programme of the Home Scottish Fleet's Autumn cruise in waters is published by the Admir- alty.
in-
The ships participating will clude the battleships Nelson, Royal Sovereign, and Resolution and the Aircraft carriers
Furious, Cour-
ageous and Ark, Royal-with
the
destroyers Wren and later. the Beagle as tenders to last named-
MURDERER SHOT TRYING TO ESCAPE
Jerusalem, To-day
The hunchbacked Arab who was arrested on Wednesday night as Mr. Walter Moffatt's as- sailant was shot and fatally wounded while attempting to es- cape yesterday morning from a military camp in Jenin.
Mr. Moffatt, Assistant-District Commissioner, was seriously wound- ed when he was fired upon by a "terrorist" in the office who shot him at pointblank range with a re- volver.
Mr. Moffatt died yesterday of his wounds.-Reuter.
FOOD DEFENCE OFFICERS
London, To-day.
The Divisional Organisation of
cruisers Southampton, Glasgow, the Food Defence Plans Depart- and ment has been completed by a num- Sheffield, Newcastle, Cornwall
Aurora and Fourth Fifth and Sixth ber of appointments made public Destroyer Flotillas.
.
last night.
In
President include
November, the Minor war vessels will
and Board of Trade announced the de- Guardian, Bandit, Buccaneer Bittern in addition to Lucia, cision, as a part of the plans for Mackay and the Second Submarine controlling the supply and distribu- tion of food and feeding stuffs in Flotilla.
the event of war, to appoint Divi- on sional Food Officers in the eight divisions of England, two in Walls
According to the programme, the units will leave home ports and after September 6th.
The battleships Nelson, Royal and five in Scotland. Oak, Revenge, Royal Sovereign and the aircraft carrier Courageous are due Invergordon on September 9th to October 17th, Scapa October 18th to 25th, Rosyth, October 26th to November 14th. They return to home ports November 17th..
Nine of the officers were appoint- ed at the time.
LOCAL ECONOMIC JOURNAL
on
on
Of interest to the business com- munity will be announcement
of
The new appointmenta include Sir Reginald Ford, as Chief Officer for London and the Home counties. He was Deputy Quartermaster- General in the European British Wireless.
war.
LINDBERGH'S ERROR
Paris, To-day.
in an amusing
the publication, on September, 1, What appeared to Colonel Lind- of the Far Eastern Economic and bergh to be a personal insult to Commercial Journal, the editor of himself, while on his short stay in which is Mr. Walter Hanming Moscow, resulted Chen, who was for many years as-adventure.
The French papers yesterday re- sociated with the editorial depart- ment, of the "North-China Daily port that Colonel Lindbergh notic- ed that he was being continually News," Shanghai.
shadowed by a suspicious person, Apart from a number of mes- sages of greeting from Chinese which eventually became too much Cabinet Ministers are a number of for his patience. The Colonel aud- exceptionally interesting articles, denly turned around and asked the which include "Applied Science in man what he meant by following him. Lindbergh received a reply China," by Prof. C. A. Middleton- in Russian which he did not under- Smith; "Commercial Praotrice in
stand. The Colonel then knocked China-Past and Present." by Mr. his shadower to the ground and S. S. Chow former adviser to the went on his way. Next morning Ministry of Rallways; "Japan's Lindbergh received a telephone Economic Objective,” by Mr call from the G.P.U. who informed Eugene Chen, former Minister of him that the man he had knocked Foreign Affairs; “Shanghai's Liv out was a police officer who had ing. Costs Jump,” “China's Foreign been ordered "to protect Lind- Trade" "Hong Kong's Trade," bergh."--Trans-Ocean. "Hong Kong Industr
CAPT. BALFOUR FLIES A SPITFIRE
for Air, Aerodrome, yesterday- in one of the single Supermarine Spiti the recent affa lnircraft in service.
To-day.
Under