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HONG KONG FLAG HOISTED 20 COULD HOLD YARDS FROM
OUT NINE
MONTHS
London, To-day. "Some of us who are fami- liar with military conditions in the East feel it is well to
BRITISH BORDER
JAPANESE TROOPS COMPLETED the occupation of the border from Namtau to Shumchun at noon to-day, when a contingent of infantry marched down to the railway bridge and hoisted the Japanese flag 20 yards on the Chinese side of the border.
FEWER CHOLERA CASES
After a succession of heavy re- turns, only four cholera pases were notified to the Medical De partment yesterday.
All were in the Victoria dia. trieť.
remind friend or foe, that Estimates of the exact numbers taking part in the opera- CASINO
Hong Kong is by no means as defenceless as ignorant peo-
tions vary considerably, but the most reliable source puts them at about 500. ple may think," declarés Colonel Lewis Robinson, in a early in the proceedings, the Japan-pearance at Shataukok, from along Although there was some shooting landed at Namtau, putting in an ap
co-operating with the party which letter to the "Daily Tele-ese appear to have carried through the shores of Mirs Bay. No confirma- graph."
their manoeuvre without casualties, tion of any move in this direction has owing to the complete absence of or-yet been obtained, however. ganised Chinese forces.
He describes Hong Kong's de-- fences and fighting forces in de- tail and declares that Hong Kong could. withstand * complete blockade for at least nine months. Naval action could adequately be dealt with by fixed and mobile guns and submarines, while a landing or attack from the mainland could be held up for months or years. ter,
Reu-
IN TRAIL OF SMOKE
Copenhagen, To-day. Eyewitnesses who saw the British Airways plane plunge into the sea near Storstroom Bridge declare that the burning plane was followed by a column of smoke about 200 metres long...
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Just before the advancé parties moved into Shumchun, a-Japan- ese aeroplans swooped and heavily atrafed with a machine-gun an area to the east of the town, but no casualties have yet been re- ported.
Only one bomb has been dropped; on Wongkong early this morning.
THREE APPEARANCES
The Japanese planes have made three appearances. On the first oc- casion, they appeared as a group of nine machines; and the second, there were four and the third, three.
of the Chinese Maritimes Customs at Two foreign members of the staff Shumchun, and their Chinese staff, slipped over the border into British The Danish naval authorities order-territory a minute or two ahead of ed three planes to the scene of the the appearance of the Japanese troops. accident to search the sea för victims.
The planes, howeve did not sec any bodier and med to their base
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Herr Reiss, who was kill in the crash, bad boarde
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TALKS IN SINGAPORE
Singapore, To-day.
REFUGEE INFLUX 6MALL
They report that the Japanese: on this occasion, are behaving with most unusugi restraft, and are adopting an attitude et friendliness with the Chinese ingers,
ubtle socqunta fór, the fact that the influx of rofāgées, as compared wit
vidua visita.
tions, has been smalt, zit is of. ficially estimated that less than
a thousand crossed the border. AŸ fow stragglers rp still coming in. The Medical authorities are inocul-
Further, Anglo-Frenching all arrivals against cholera.
milltary iscussions have been fixed.
Singapore, on
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(Earlier reports disclosing that the Middlesex Regiment and the Rajputs have men out manning the border posts will be found in Page Three)
“MOPPING UP” GUERILLAS Mr. T. Oda, Acting Japanese Con- sul-General, stated this-noon to the "China Mall," that the Japanese mill- tary's' object in renewing operations near the border this morning was to "mop up the number of Chinese guerillas in that area.".
PATIENTS SAFE
Fears regarding the fate of the which has been used as a patients in the Shumchun ... Chsino, were removed by Mr. A. Morris, in hospital. an interview with the "China Mall" on the border this afternoon.
He stated that, thanks to the ad- vance warning given by the Japan- ese, if was possible to evacuate all the patients to Hong Kong early this morning.
since
The Japanese troops have occupied the Casino.
Mr. Oda said that he had no know- troops and marines talking part in this ledge of the number of Japanese morning's operations.
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