THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 7, 1938,
SEVEN BRITISH SERVICE MEN VICTIMS
VICTIMS OF
OF BOMBING Seaforths And Royal Marines Injured In Shanghai
Bubbling Well Rd. Beer Hall Wrecked
Shanghai, To-day.
JAPAN EN FETE BRITISH TROOPS
FOR AGREEMENT WITH THE AXIS
Tokyo, To-day.
Three weeks of national celebra-
IN ACTION
Jerusalem, To-day. Apart from military and police
traffic, the highroads of Palestine
Seven British Servicemen were wounded in a mys-tions began in Japan yesterday to
terious bomb explosion in the heart of the In-mark the first anniversary of the on Saturday were devoid of all ternational Settlement at 7.30 p.m. last night. conclusion of the anti-Comintern movement, since Saturday is the Four of the victims were from the 1st Bn. Seaforth pact between Japan, Germany and Jewish Sabbath and the Arabs are
Highlanders and three were Royal Marines on Italy. shore leave from H.M.S, Birmingham..
Prince Chichibu, Prince Konoye
on strike, Two Chinese barmaids were also wounded by bombed a gala reception at the Italian ever, fighting between troops and and members of his cabinet attend-1 In certain isolated places, how- splinters.
Embassy in the evening at which irregulars continues. the German Ambassador and an Bethlehem, British troops and Thus in envoy of Nationalist Spain were Araba exchanged volleys because also present.
the Araba were about to destroy a Mammoth citizen and student house. One British soldier parades were held in Tokyo during wounded in the head. the afternoon, participants demon- In Nazareth one sergeant and strating at the Imperial Palace and one soldier of the Hampshire regi- at the German and Italian
em-ment were wounded by bombs. bassies. Reuter.
thrown by Arabs.
One of the Seaforths men, Pri- vate Sutherland, is in a grave con- and Ray, of Portsmouth, all wound- The marines are Newman, Pitt dition. Glass cut his spine and ed superficially. teg.
One of the Chinese girls is also badly hurt.
The others,
including Duffy, Ritchie and Smith of the Seaforths, are not seriously wounded.
NO EXPLANATION Two men, one in foreign dress and one in a long gown, were res- ponsible, and both escaped.
The owner of the establishment GOVERNOR'S VISIT
Her for- was an American.
The bomb was thrown through is a Portuguese woman. the glass window of Ma Jackson's mer husband Beer Hall opposite the Racecourse She is unable to suggest a motive in Bubbling Well Road.
for the bombing. She was coming downstairs at the time but was not The explosion wrecked the inter-injured. ior, smashing the counter, break- ing glass and pitting the ceiling.
His
TO MACAO
was
Bombs were also thrown at the railway station at Gaza,
When Arabs and British troops were exchanging shots in Jaffa, a Jewish policeman was hit,
Excellency the Governors who were attempting to cut tele- In a street of Affùle, Arabs Sir Geoffry Northcote, accompanied graph lines were shot by soldiers. by Lady Northcote, this morning At the frontier a police armour- left Hong Kong by H.M.S. Falmouth ed car ran off the The interior of the establishment on an official visit to Macao and policeman. Presumption is
road injuring a When the white choking sulphur was wrecked.
that will return this evening at 8 p.m. smoke had cleared away, geven Another bombing occurred out-
the car was upset by an obstacle As the Falmouth left her moor-placed by Arabs. British Servicemen and two side the settlement in a gambling ings a salute of 17 guns was fired
Trans-Ocean. Chinese barmaids were found to den, when four Chinese were hurt. by H.M.S. Medway and the Black- have been injured.
-Reuter.
head Forts replied on behalf of his Excellency.
NAMERICA
ΤΟ BE DECIDED BY PLEBISCITE
SAMERICA
JUNCTION
AFRICA
EUROPE
AUSTRALTA
NEW CAPITAL SHIPS EARLY NEXT YEAR
London, To-day.
Two 35,000-tons British battle- ships "King George" and "Prince of Wales" will be launched in about three months.
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These two new units are of super modern type and are describ- ed a "revolution in battleship build-
ing," every experince of the World War having been made use of.
Their chief armament consists of · ten 14-inch guns. Their armour plating comes to about one third of their total weight.-Trans-Ocean.
Areas Hitler would like handed over by noon, November 7.
In
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Areas for which Hitler wouldn't mind waiting until 12.30 p.m., November 7. POLAND AND
Areas. Hitler requests at our earliest convenience,
THIS MAP
If you do not behave yourself I'll Oh, all right, then. But it's make you draw a map of the west the last one. And it's not going. coast of Scotland, including the to be out of date before we go
QUESTION Outer Hebrides and the Tale of to press. I'm not going to draw
Giles! the Foreign Editor wants
a three-column map of Czecho- Slovakia for the first edition.
Skye.
to-day's map. It's going to be the day after to-morrow's. See?
(Interval)
Well, all these maps are bad for my-nerves. As soon as I get one finished somebody comes in and says I've got to do it all over Giles, you've made a mistake.
MANCHUKUO
Shanghai, To-day, The Chinese Foreign Office in. Chungking has received from the Polish Government a statement re garding the decision of the Polish Government to open a consulate in Manchukuo.
• Chinese-- reports state that the Polish
declared that
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again, because someone's 'phoned' In the key at the bottom of the Poland did not in this step to
Poland. Creation of Polish sulate had böön arranged by order to afford ment with Manchukuo mérő)
con-
Oh, he does, does he?, Well to say the frontiers have been map you've got the shading slant-imply recognition of Manchukuo by you can tell him to draw it him altered five minutes before. See? ing the wrong way. self, .... Mr. ... Whatsit. I'm not drawing any more maps of But we must have Czecho-blinking-slovakia, for any- Everybody has maps nowadays, Hitler hasn't quite made his mind amnp. No, I haven't. That's to show one. See?:
In fact,
we ought to have one, un yat. And now I'm going home. Giles! This is insubordination!" Please draw me a map.
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