THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1938.
SOVIET TROOPS ADVANCE FORTY MILES INTO POLAND: TO CONTACT NAZIS TO-DAY
London, To-day.
BRITAIN'S Poland along the whole of Poland's eastern fron- NATIONAL However, there is no reliable information as to the REGISTER
SOVIET TROOPS have now advanced 40 miles into
tier.
extent of the advance.
The Polish Legation in Berne says it has received a radio message announcing Polish resistance west of Minsk.
The Russians are apparently carry- ing out three drives against Vilna province, the most northerly Polish province, and another two drives 'south of here along the railway.
The advance started with drama- tic suddenness two hours after the Polish envoy in Moscow had handed the Russian Note.-Reuter.
LATER REPORT
been
London, To-day. The Russian troops which invaded Poland yesterday morning were re- ported in the afternoon to have reached a point 35 miles from their own frontier.
They are expected to establish contact with Nazi troops this morning (Monday).
The Soviet troops were seen cross- ing the frontier without resistance
being offered, but a Polish statement says that fighting is taking place in the extreme north-Reuter.
NOTHING TO SHOW SOVIET REAL INTENTION
Paris, To-day.
Entry of Soviet troops into Polish territory has caused no real surprise
in political circles here.
It is pointed out in Paris that de-
STILL IN CONTACT
Moscow, To-day.
The Polish Embassy in Moscow
is still in contact with the Soviet Government.
The Embassy denies that it is closing down-Router..
'London, To-day.
It has been officially announced that September 29 has been fixed for na- tional registration which will be used Inter alla as a basis for the issue of food ration books.
Enumeration will be carried out by 65,000 officials, each serving in a dis- trict of 8,000 people-Reuter.
Compared with the ordinary census form, the schedule has been drastical- ly curtailed, asking only the following information: full name, address, sex, |date of birth, single or married, oc- cupation and branch of national ser- vice, if any, in which enrolled. British Wireless.
BRITAIN'S R.A.F. PROPAGANDA IN GERMANY
London, To-day.
THE TEXT OF THE second and third of the leaflets distributed by R.A.F. aircraft over Germany were issued by the Ministry of Information last night. spite the efforts of German propa- The second is the address to the German People by Mr. Neville Chamberlain which was broadcast in German on the night of the outbreak of the war.
ganda, there is nothing to prove that the Soviet move was made in agree- ment with the Reich or indicates that the U.S.S.R. is entering the war on the side of Germany.-Reuter.
MEETING AT LEMBERG AND BREST-LITOVSK
The third reads as follows: "Despite | free existence.
the efforts of all men of goodwill to Up to the last moment, the Pope, avert the catastrophe, the Nazi Gov-the President of the United States ernment has plunged the world into of America and the King of the Bel- gians, speaking for Belgium, Holland, This war is a crime. The Germans, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Nor- who are logical people, should make away and Finland, turned to your Nazi clear distinction between the pretext Government and besought Germany to on which their leaders started it, and choose the way of mediation rather the principles that have compelled the than that of war.-British Wireless. British and French Democracies to defend Poland's independence.
war. Riga, To-day. Soviet troops advancing along the whole front, passed Baranowicht, 34 miles from the Soviet frontier; ac- cording to reports here.
They are expected to meet Ger- man troops at Brest-Litovsk to- day.
In the south they are expected to meet the Germans
this at Lwow morning.--Reuter.
AID OF WAR PRISONERS
London, To-day.
Berne that in
It is reported from concerning the treatment of prisoners of war, the International Red Cross Committee at Geneva has established a Central Office for such prisoners, which will be conducted on the same lines as that established during the war of 1914-1918.
compliance with the 1929 Convention
The new office will be located in the Batiment Electoral at Geneva and will be developed in accordance with the needs and requirements of the differ- ent Governments and the Red Cross organisations of the belligerent na- tions.--British Wireless.
"From the start, the British Gov- ernment declared its bellef that there was nothing in the Polish question to justify 'a European war with all its tragic consequences. But the 'Munich- settlement was followed five months later by the brutal destruction of Czecho-Slovakia's independence by your leaders.
HAD TO INSIST
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TURKISH
VISIT TO MOSCOW
Ankara, To-day. Nothing is revealed as to the purpose of the visit to Russia of the Turkish Foreign Minister.
It is stated, however, that the visit will present an opportunity strengthon further Soviet-
to
Turkish tlos-Router.
STORY OF DRUGS RAID
IN
CAINE ROAD
A DANGEROUS DRUGS CASE OF
INTEREST, UNUSUAL
IN THAT NOT ONLY PERSONS ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURE, BUT, IT WAS AL- LEGED THOSE DIRECTING THE TRADE WERE AL80 CHARGED, WAS HEARD BEFORE SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS THIS MORNING.
Defendants were four women, Chan Lau, Wang Sau, Cho Yin and Ng Noi who were undefended; and Chung Ip- leung and Cheung Yuk-kee, two men.
Mr.
J. Whyatt, Crown Counsel, prosecuted, and Mr. Inglis Hosang, instructed by Mr. Alfred Y. Hon, re- presented the fifth and sixth accused.
The following comprised the Jury: Messrs. J. E. Anderson (Foreman), L. B. Gomes, H. G. Stewart, H. L. Gooey, O. el Arculli, L. Budagian and T. F. Bradford.
Mr. Whyatt sald the case was of
unusual interest because the Revenue
Officers had succeeded in arresting
persons who directed and controlled
this nefarious traffic.
Counsel, was that
The case for the prosecution, said the second, third and fourth accused were engaged,
directed and controlled by the fifth and sixth, who rented the premises.
under the supervision of the first, and
The matter came to light on July 25, when a party of Revenue Officers, headed by Mr. H. A. Taylor, Govern- ment Monopoly Analyst, and Revenue Officer W. H. Colledge, raided ground' floor of 64 Caine Road,
the
First accused opened the door cau- tiously, after a delay of several min- utes, and, on seeing Mr. Colledge, attempted to close it. Mr. Colledge,
SHORT A.R.P. hurried to the rear of the premises,
| however, went in. First accused then
COURSE
but Mr. Colledge rushed past her and went into the rear cubicle where he found the second, third and fourth prisoners engaged, in making pills.
The Director of Air Raid Precau-. tions announces “Short A.R.P. Courses
ARRESTED OUTSIDE. on Personal Protection for Yourself If Poland was not to go the way of and Your Home." (Open to men and
While an inventory was being Czechoslovakia, we had to insist that women) at the Peak Club on Mondays made, Chief Preventive Officer A. W. peaceful methods of negotiation should at 3.30 p.m. commencing on Monday Grimmitt was sent for, and after his not be paralysed by threats of vio- 25th. September (Lecturer Mrs. arrival he saw the fifth accused out- lence and that any settlement should. Steele Perkins) and at the Women's side, attempting to open the
grill. safeguard the vital interests of Po International Club on Mondays at On seeing Mr. Grimmitt, he walked
car-5.30 p.m. commencing on land and should be honourably
Monday away hurriedly but was caught after 25th. September. Lecturer Mrs. Ray-a short chase. He was taken back mond.
ried out..
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If the Chancellor of the Reich ima- gined that fear of war would induce the British Government to betray the cause of Poland he made a fatal mis- take.
WOMAN ON CHARGE
OF MURDER
to the premises and later Mr. Grim- mitt, thinking that this place was connected with a house in Ying Wah Terrace, then also under suspicion," went to there and arrested the sixth. It is not England's way break her
When formally charged, all accused this, pledged word and, more than
denied that the pills belonged to the time has come to call a halt to the
Charged with murder, a 40-year-old them. rule of brute force which the Nazi Chinese woman, Pang Yiu-wai, ap- Mr. Grimmitt, told the Court that Government wishes to impose on the peared before Mr. R.A.D. Forrest at when he took fifth accused back to world.
the Central Police Court this morning the premises, he told him that his ĦUMAN LIBERTY
She was accused of murdering Wan purpose was to visit a friend. In precipitating this war, Hitler Hang-chung on July 14, ut No,
Mr. Hosang submitted, in the ab- Chungking, To-day. has come up against the inexorable Des Voeux Road Central.
sence of the Jury, that this evidence The Tatao and Japanese authorities will of the British Government, back-
Inspector L. R. Whant stated that, was inadmissible on the ground that, have been talding a census in the ed not only by the whole resources of accused had, since the incident, been the statement was made without extra-Settlement road area in western the United British Empire but also suffering from beri berl in hospital, daution - having been administered Shanghal, causing uneasiness among by an alliance of Great Powers to and was only discharged this morn- while in the custody of the Revenue the residents, according to a Shang-maintain unimpaired human liberty ing hai report-Central News.
CENSUS TAKING BY JAPANESE
land the rights of free peoples to a⠀⠀ Accused, was remanded for a week.
but he was overrüled. The case la proceeding.