1939.
DAY
PARADE
y Review At Happy Valley
and neater jeem to
be
The march
vith
preci-
ad took over les and the
ifles march-
n
GUERILLAS RAID CANTON
CHUNGKING, TO-DAY.
carrying
A CHINESE DESPATCH FROM YINGTEH CLAIMS THAT CHIN- luded with ESE TROOPS ON THE NIGHT OF RAIDED THE NOR- H.K.M.C., in MAY 24
OF CAN- Air Force,THERN OUTSKIRTS Kong Volun- TON.
line.
ONY
formed line, nor, accom- fficers of the
and took up
g-staff, from had been fly-
ed down and rled, was run
ader. Major- ed the Royal
of the Na-
HIGH TREASON CHARGE AGAINST JOURNALIST
Chungking, To-day.
The Chinese correspondent to the official Soviet Telegraphic | Agency, Tass, Shu Tsung-siao, has been convicted of high trea-
They are said to have attacked the Japanese gendarmerie head-son and condemned to death for betraying military secrets, ac- quarters in Shuantsing Street,
to the "Sin cording
Wen Jah Pao."
Another detachment, it is claim- ed, reached Sihua Road,
Here they are reported to have
killed a Chinese named Tseng Min, said to be assistant to the chief of the detective section of the "Peace Maintenance Commission."
The Chinese troops withdraw at dawn, the despatch concludes, Reuter.
The premises of George Wang,
correspondent of the United Press, are said to have been searched by Chinese police and he has been sen- tenced to five years' imprisonment for circulating military secrets.
According to the same source, the American correspondent to the Unit- ed Press, Robert Martin, received a sharp warning from Chinese military tribunal for publishing an
a
yal Standard JAP. PLANES RAID article in Hong Kong on the anti-
the arrival
ing. At the
e parade ad-
ler for about
the Royal Sa-
ore.
mander than
s for His Ma-
ese were given
IN HAINAN
Shanghai, To-day.
aircraft facilities at Chungking, in of which he revealed the number guns which had been set up around the city.
In addition to this individual ac- Japanese planes raided Hainan tion, the Military Council in Chung- yesterday were they bombed newly-king has increased press censorship barracks, housing for the duration of the war and built Chinese
from now on the censoring of news both guerilla and regular troops.
This is the first time that Ja-will be carried on in the Central have admitted Bureau of the Chinese Government. cheering in panese authorities
on --Trans-Ocean. the grand-that Chinese regulars are still he hills around the island.-Trans-Ocean.
ade, the sound
d was then the
Shanghai, To-day.
report that
National Japanese messages
Our
in the mean- Soviet troops have withdrawn from departure of the Manchurian border. barade ground. Own Correspondent.
of the race
cycles ain, as overnor's
roar the parade drawn up far below they and in front of him and he nodded
car to the man with the flag.
ing-base. The The flag dropped like a stone and the Royal as it did so, the parade smartly
ded His Excel-carried out the order.
or
and Com- ON SALUTING PLATFORM leaving the llowing which off to barracks
lian spectators
During the march past, the Gov- ernor was attended by a large number of officers on the saluting platform. They included:--
་
Major - General Grasett; · Com- n at the preci- | modore A. M. Peters, the new Com- de, apparently | modore, Hong Kong; Lieutenant- command. The Commander R. R. Helbert, R.N.; presence of an Group Captain H. M. K. Brown, her ranks just Officer Commarding the R.A.F.; b clock and a Commander J. Petrie, Officer Com- le ground. manding the Hong Kong Naval Force; Lieutenant- Volunteer Colonel H. B. Rose, Officer Com- manding the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps; and others.
by the bugler e of the soldiers aised a red flag. he officer swept
George McManus
OH IS THAT WHY | WAS STAYING IN THE HOUSE?MAYBE THAT'S WHY LAM DNOT FEELING WELL H'M GLAD YOU TOLD ME I'M SORRY THAT I CAN'T STAY AND TELL YOU WHAT I WANT AS | CAN'T
THINK OF IT NOW-
EAT AT
The second Executive Council Meeting of the Chinese American Institute of Cultural Relations will be held at the National City Bank to-morrow at 5.30 p.m.
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