''THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 19, 1939
SECRET SHANGHAI
MOBILISATION
Dramatic Move To Suppress Terrorism
Shanghai, To-day.
Every available man from the armies, navies, po- lice forces and volunteers of the International Settlement and French Concession were mobi- lised secretly during the night and began at
FOR BIGGER- AND BETTER NAVY
Washington, To-day.
The Senate yesterday passed the $773,000,000 Naval Appropria- tion Bill, which has already been passed by the House of Represen- tatives.
The Bill includes funds to start construction of two battleships of 45,000 tons, 31 other warships and 500 planes.-Reuter.
6 o'clock this morning what is described as the MARINE biggest comb-out ever staged in the French Concession.
At zero hour, barricades which had been carefully
INSURANCE
German Arms Sales To China
London, To-day. SIR J. S. Wardlaw-Milne (Conservative, Kid- derminster) asked in the. House of Commons yes- terday for information regarding the sale of munitions to China by
arranged appeared suddenly at almost all RATES CHANGED Germany and Italy.
street corners, at least three-quarters of streets in the Concession being closed altogether.
London, To-day.
The Under-Secretary for For- eign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, gave a written reply.'
He declared that arms
and
The rating committee of the munitions imported by the Chin-
On the borders of the Concession and Settlement,
the international forces also erected barri- Institute of London Underwriters cades, while police, volunteers and military has made alterations in the current searched all entrants to the Settlement from schedule of rates applicable to the Concession.
All but the most important roads leading from the Concession to the Settlement were barricaded com- pletely.
in
Inside the Concession parties of troops, police and volunteers batches, mostly of four men each, patrolled the streets questioning and examining all passers-by and systematically entering and search- ing almost every Chinese house.
THE OBJECTIVE
It is understood the
comb-out
aims at apprehending political and
terroristic factions within the Con- cession.
to
The strictest secrecy was pre served concerning the comb-out so that none of the elements which to- day it is hoped will be run ground should learn of the Conces- sion authorities' intentions and re- move themselves from their normal refuges inside the Concession the Settlement or other place escape.
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of
Timor
Flood
Disaster
Kupang (Timor),
To-day. HUNDREDS of natives
are reported to have perished in floods which devastated many parts of Timor.
Many cattle were drowned and the crops have been entirely des- troyed."
to Damage is estimated at 2,000,-
000 guilders.
Officers commanding police and troops were only given orders at 8 o'clock last evening, and they did not tell their men until they had them awakened this morning.
SPECIAL COURIER French volunteers received their summonses to mobilise by special couriers, who called at their real- mid- dences between 9
p.m. and
night.
Settlement volunteers were sum- moned by phone only at 5 o'clock this morning.
Timor is an island in the Malay Archipelago, a portion of which is Portuguese and the remainder Dutch.
Kupang is the capital of the Dutch section of the island. Reuter.
GIRL DROWNED IN TELEGRAPH BAY
A 16-year-old Chinese girl, Tong been Pui-lin, was drowned at. Telegraph
ar-Bay yesterday at 2.30 p.m.
So far no incidents have reported nor has news of any rests been officially released for publication-Reuter.
SECRET WELL. KEPT
Shanghai, To-day,
"A good example of how well the secret of to-day's operations was kept is afforded by the morning newspapers.
Most journals had an inkling of the mobilisation but none carried the correct reasons for it.
Her companion, Wu Man-ching, was attracted by cries. for assis- tance. He looked round and saw that the girl appeared to be in dif- ficulty.
However, before he could reach her, she disappeared under the water and has not been seen since,
be a demonstration warning the Japanesë against action in Shang- One organsáid that....searches hal, while a third said it was a were to be made in the Settlement, mere demonstration against ter- another that mobilisation was to 'rorists in the Settlement: Reuter.
vessels sailing on and after May 19 including
ese Government did not all pass those which have, war material of German origin exceeded in quantity that of any other coun- try, since the opening of hostili- ties. Reuter.
through British territory, but of
Voyages in the area Siam, India, Netherlands East Indies, Malaya, Straits and Indo-China, not north Burma and British Borneo, and in- of Saigon, 2/6d cluding
voyages
between
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