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PLANS FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER
London, To-day.
It is learned that plans for a National Register and for organisa- tion of a voluntary effort for home defence are now practically com- plete.
It is expected that the plans will come before the Cabinet next week, and a full statement will subsequently be made in the House of Commons by Sir John Anderson, the Lord Privy Seal.
Although the Cabinet has yet to decide the form of the Regis- ter, it is practically certain that the idea of compulsion will be ruled out. Renter.
SOVIET GIVES WARNING
Paris, To-day.
Imminence of the first appearance of Japanese REDLAND"
troops on the Chinese side of the Hong Kong border is indicated by dependable reports,
It
AND
stating that Japanese engineers are now en:"BLUELAND" AT
gaged in effecting temporary repairs to the
Sheklung bridge on the C.K.R. to open up the LOGGERHEADS
way to Shumchún.
Redland (Hong Kong) and Blue-
now appears that although serious damage has land are again at strained, rela-
been done to the line between Sheklung and tion's. Cheungmuktau by Chinese guerillas, the rail-binet Meeting a Precautionary As a result of a Redland Ca- way between Shumchun and Cheungmuktau is Period was declared at 10.00 hours practically intact, and with repair work higher on 21st November. up swiftly proceeding, it is to be expected that the Japanese will reach Shumchun within week.
a
on 22nd. November drawing stores and Ammunition.
Redland Forces were early astir
were.
The deployment was carried out, smoothly and by nightfall all Refugees are pouring over the fresh Japanese reinforcements by busily engaged in strengthening
troops were deployed and border in somewhat larger num-river continues at the rate of their defences. bers than heretofore, though 4,000 to 5,000 a day and it is be- most of the people who panick-lieved that a fresh offensive is test communications and passing A successful Signal: Exercise to ed in the Po On District on ru-pending. mours yesterday and fled to-
of Messages was carried out dur- wards the British frontier were tended to new territory, accord- which all troops on the Island were Fighting has already been ex-ing the 22/23rd. of November in later reassured and returned to their homes.
ing to Central News, which states engaged. Official Combined Man- that the North River region is oeuvres Communique... There are now some 5,000 per-now involved, a Japanese column sons in the camp at Kam Tin, having pushed forward and cap-shui district. It is now establish- with the total number in camp tured Kunjfu.
ed that the Japanese are in effec- or having passed through placed Fighting continues in the Sam-tive occupation of Samshui. at about 9,500.
SHEKLUNG FIGHTING
The Soviet Ambassador to France, M. Suritz, was received by the
Heavy fighting was raging to Foreign Minister, M. George Bon-
the east of Sheklung early this net.
morning, as the result of Japan- Surftz, it is stated, defined the ese operations to clear the area attitude of his Government towards of guerillas who were threaten- the granting of belligerent rights ing to undo repair work on the to General Franco, and warned C.K.R. line by dynamating. against France and Britain coming The railway is now
open be- to any decisions at the forthcom-tween Canton and Sheklung, the ing Ministerial Meeting-Trans-Shektan-Sheklung section having Ocean.
been completely restored yester- day...
M. DALADIER'S THREAT
Paris, To-day.
threat to postpone the visit to Faris of the British statesmeri® was
by: M: Daladier in the when he sold that if the
ent's emargandy – decrees
·Chinese reports claim that 300 casualties were inflicted on thế Japanese in the fighting for Shek lung.
Further Chinese concentrations are reported in the vicinity of Cheungmuktau.
JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS
Meanwhile, reports from Can- -state that - the arrival of
las
counteracting. * the financial postpone their visit.
crisis did not receive a majority M. Blum and Communist membè re vote, he would at once telephone attacked M. Daladier's decrees.
to London and ask the Prime Min-most unflattering language,—Trane, ́ister and the Foreign Secretary, to : Ocean,
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