HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1937.
NORTH CHINA WAR "SURGICAL OPERATION”
SITUATION
IN SHANGHAI
Shanghal, Aug. 12. To-day the Japanese "Reet "In Shanghai was increased by the arrival of another six warships, At present there are over 19,000 Japariese troops stationed in Shanghai, and the situation is growing increasingly tense, and serious.
The different Foreign Consular representatives had a conference with the Chinese and Japanese Authorities at 4 pm. to-day to consider the situation with a view to the solution of the present dangerous impasse."
JAPANESE
ACTIVITY
Shanghai. Aug. 12
At present there are twenty- eight Japanese warships alongside
IN PALESTINE Mandatory System Discussed
Berlin, August 13.
The value of the mandatory system is discussed by the "Frank- the different wharves at Shanghai, furter Zeitung" in connection with the British plan for the partition- besides, a big fleet anchored outing of Palestine. afde Woosung.
The Japanese are installing feld telephones at Chungkow and in the Eastern and western districts of Shanghal. The Peace Preserva tion Corps is being re-inforced for patrolling and protective purposes.
It is reported that the courge and patriotism of the people is equal to that which prevailed dur- Ing the 1932 hostilities.
Owing to troop movements, the traffe of the Shanghal-Naning
The paper observes that England wishes to abandon her man- date in that part of Palestine destined to be handed over to the projected Arab ad Jewish States, and that she likewise desires to be relieved of her mandate over TransJordan.
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Iraq, Syria and Lebanon have already succeeded in ridding them- selves of British and French man- dates so that the British Govern- ment have been finally compelled to recognise that the mandatory system would be inapplicable to the new states which she intends to
Owing to the refusal of the) Japanese to withdraw the newly arrived warships as a preliminary Railway has temporarily ceased-create in Palestine. to further negotiations, nothing Chinese, Evening Press. resulted from the deliberations. and the situation remains the
same..
But both sides have promised not to aggravate the situation. The meeting dispersed at 5 p.m
Chinese Brening Press.
JAPANESE
OFFENSIVE
Shanghai Aug. 13. It is reported that according to Information, derived from foreign observers, the Japanese will launch their offensive on the 15th instant, attacking by three routes, Peiping- Sulquan, Peiping-Hankow Tientain-Fukow.—
Chinese Evening Press.
RUN ON BANKS
and
Shanghai, Aug. 13.
CHINESE CREW LEAVE SHIP
Amoy, Aug. 13.
All the Chinese staff of the Osa- ka Shosen Kalsha Shipping Com- pany in Amoy have resigned.
On Wednesday when the Japan- ese steamer Loshan Maru arrived at Amoy, the whole Chinese crew landed but did not return to the ship.-
Chinese Evening Press.
Chinese Monks Offer
Services
Amoy, Aug. 13.
A number of Chinese monks in Amoy are now organlaing a party for the relief of the wounded sol- diers in North China.
It is reported that the party will leave for Shanghal by steamer
The Chapel area is practically sometime next week for active ser deserted. the majority of the in-vice in the front.---- habitants having removed else- Chinese Evening Press.
where. All the important roads of Chapel and Klangwan are be- ing guarded and patrolled.. by the Chinese police, and trafic has censed.
JAPANESE CONSUL LEAVES SWATOW
Swatow. "Aug. 12. The Japanese Consul has lower- Prices of all manner of, com-ed his nag and left for Japan. He modities have gone up immensely sailed by the Fukien Maru this and banks and post offices are be-afternoon, and was escorted out of selged by the people applying for port by two Japanese warships, money and the return of cash de- which returned to "port later. posits...
The Bank of Taiwan and all Japanese business firms have cens- ed to do business.-
Chinese Evening Preu JAPANESE FIRED FIRST SHOT Shanghai: An official spokesman
to
Chinese, Evening Press.
BRIEF CLASHES
BRITAIN'S DIFFICULT
||
PROBLEM
Jerusalem, Aug. 12.
be-
The Arab Higner Committee has telegraphed the Mandates Com- mission of the League of Nations at Geneva, urging that body to send an inquiry delegation to Palestine, to make a thorough in- In the paper's opinion, the progres-vestigation of the position with sive disappearance of the manda- respect to the British plan for tory system in the Near East'raises partitioning of the country the question of Its stability else- tween Arabs and Jews. where. With regard to the parti The British proposal was made tion of Palestine the paper points as a result of the findings of a out that England is only at the Royal Commission, appointed after beginning of her difficulties since the serious race riots of last year in both the Arabs, and Jews are bit-which many Jews and Arabs lost terly opposed "to the "surgical their lives, and in which British operation" which would dismember troops and police were frequently the country.—
involved, with consequent heavy loss of life and money. It was the hope of the Commission that a. partitioning scheme would frus- trate further depredations by ex- tremists and solve Britain's dif- ficult mandate problem Renter!
Transocean News Nervice.
DEATH OF LORD
ti
RUNCIMAN
Father Of Former President Of Board Of Trade
London, Aug. 13. The death is announced of Lord Runciman, first Baron of Shores- ton, at the age of 90. He was the father of Viscount Runciman who recently retired from the post of President of the Board of Trade which he held since 1931- Reuter.
"THE
CONNOISSEUR COMES
TO
CALDBECK'S"
NOT MERELY A FAMOUS SLOGAN
BUT A STATEMENT OF FACT
FOR OVER 73 YEARS.
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD.
THE LEADING WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS
IN THE FAR EAST.
NORDMEER FLIGHT UNDER WAY
Lisbon, August, 1v. The world's largest seaplane, the Noordmeer, left Lisbon on the first
HAVOC WROUGHT stage of a night across the Atlantic
BY VIOLENT STORMS
IN SWITZERLAND
take
Geneva, August 13. Violent storms have caused great damage in western' and southern The late Lord Runciman who was Switzerland and the banks of the created Baron in 1933 was a well-lakes have been rendered impass- known ship owner, senior partner hurricane blew, with such force on able by continuous heavy rain. A of the firm of Walter Runciman the banks of Lake, Geneva that & Company Limited, chairmen and managing director of the Moor motor cars were forced to Line of cargo steamships. His wife refuge behind trees and houses in order to avoid being swept into aled in 1933. Lord Runciman ob- the lake. The whole extent of the tained his Master Mariner's certi-
havoc caused by the storms has fore-ficate in 1871. From 1914 to 1918 not yet been ascertained as several he was M.P. (L.) for Hartlepool districts are entirely cut off from and member of Departmental Com-the outer world. mittee of Boy. Seamen, 1906-07 Tranincean News Service. Member of Advisory Committee of Marine Department of Board" of Trade: President, Chamber of Shipping of United Kingdom: chairman and director of many shipping organisations.
of the Municipality of Greater Shanghai made an announcement Shanghai; Fighting in the
the Press saying that the noon was of a very brief nature, Japanese landing parties red at and mainly consisted of isolated the Chinese positions several times clashes between a Chinese machine yesterday afternoon but the Chi-gun party and Japanese marines aese took no notice of them and in Chapel, about half a mile from did not return fire. "At 9.15 am, the Japanese headquarters. Both to-day a company from the Japan-sides blame the other for firing Ese landing parties suddenly ap-first. All is quiet at present.-- peared in. Tentungan and Wang-Reuter
ping Road and attempted to pass "NO CHINESE GUARANTEE, through the Shanghai-Woosung Railway to penetrate into Poshan
Shanghai, Aug. 13. Road. They used rifles and ma- It is inderstood there was a chine-guns and fired at the Chi-dramatic development last night nese Proantul in the West Pao-at the meeting of the International hsing Road. The Chinese returned Tuce Commission, when the Chi- fre and after about thirty minutes nese representatives declared they the Japanese retreated.-- Da-Dao.
could not guarantee the inviolacy
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DEFENCE SCHEME
BIG FIRE IN CAIRO
via the Azores to New York She Is carrying six persons aboard and the fight is a step towards the establishment of a German North Atlantic postal service as a rival to the British and American line. -Reuter's Bulletin Service.
PROGRESS OF SOVIET FLIGHT
Moscow, Aug. 13. celved from the Soviet Russlan On Friday messages were re- North-Pole plane. The Arst one, received at 2.20 R.T., stated that the plane was at that time flying above clouds.
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MERCURIAL QUEZON
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The second message stated that owing to bad weather, the plane ME: So, Mr. President, you're had to make a detour to a direc-going to let me go empty-handed?. tional wireless station on Alexan- PRESIDENT: Certainly not!
THE WEATHER
Slight Decrease In Temperature
A report issued by the Royal
dre Island, instead of proceeding Here's my hard to all up yours!! Observatory yesterday, states that straight to Rudolf Island- Transocean
ESTHONIAN VISIT TO POLAND
Warsaw.. Aug. 12.
It is stated here on good au- thority that the Lethonian Foreign Minister. M. Akel, will in the near future pay a visit to Poland-
SOVIET FLIGHT
Cairo, Aug. 13, The largest conflagration in its history broke out in Calro yester-Transocean day, when the oldest quarter of the town, the Mousky, was practically. wiped out. The fremen, who were reinforced by Aremen from other quarters, had great difficulties The Shanghai International Bet-due to of the International Settlement,
the extremely narrow with all its teeming population of tlement defence scheme follows streets. It is feared that the fire, which has not been extinguished 1. British troops are stationed yet, may spread to other districts
the Eastern District, with of the city. Ehanghal Volunteer units along Transocean News Service Boundary Road and in the pil
£100,000 DAMAGE boxes which command it;"
mixed nationals, and the thou- sands of refugees who have come Chinese there from Chapel, Hongkew and Klangwan districts, Shanghai Chinese areas.
HOUSES AFLAME
Shanghai: The Japanese com- menced attacking the position along Klangwan Road at about: 430 p.m... but the Chinese were able to hold their own. The thundering noise of the shelling was clearly audible in the Inter- national Concession, and houses in Tsingyun Road and Paoshan Road are burning.- Da-Das.
the 1932 allotment;
in
Calro, Aug. 13. A huge fire in Cairo which start- of the ed last night was still burning this
2. American Marines guard the upper reaches of Soochow Creek;
3. Russian regulars.
The Chinese representatives re- peated the charge made in 1932 that the Japanese were slag the Settlement as a base of operations.
It is a fact that in 1932 the Ja-Shanghal Russian Regiment, are morning. A big department store
being held in reserve:
4. On the south side of the In
*
and two shops adjoining it were panese had their headquarters for
the completely destroyed and a time in Hongkew, which is the Japanese section of Greater Shang-
ternational Bettlement is the damage is estimated at £100,000. COMMUNICATIONS
hal, and that the first fighting strongly guarded French concea-The entire are fighting forces of SUSPENDED
occurred on the border of Hong troops as well as volunteers.
slon, where there
are regular Cairo have been utilised to put out Hankow: As a result of the kew and Chapel. "..
the flames but their work is ham crisis in Shanghai, telegraphic There is a possibility of hostili-
Only a small portion of the de- pered by thousands of spectatora communications to and from Cha- ties in Shanghal spreading to the fence forces were out to-night-as who are blocking the way to the
the night was expected to be un- outbreak — eventful, but the authorities are alert.- Reuter.
pel have been suspended.
The CN.A.C. passenger plane which left Hankow at. 8 o'clock this morning arrived at Shanghai at 12.30. pm. Dd-Dao...
International Settlement itself. therefore.
NARROW NO-MAN'S-LAND The city is quiet. At 3.30 am. to-day the prospective battlefield
stances," nothing could have been tion. The streets
MINOR SKIRMISHES Shanghai: There were minor
Reuter's Bulletin Service,
JAPAN'S RIGHTS.
Tokyo. The Japanese
New York, Aug. 13.
Glad to have night!!!
met you-good-0.12 inch of rain was recorded
And some people say Manuel Quezon talks too much!
The President was accompanied by his wife, son and two daughters, and an imposing entourage of ex- perte and secretaries.
during the. 24 hours ended at 10. am. yesterday, bringing the year's total since January 1 to 59.08 riches against an average of 59.38 inches."
Thursday's maximum tempera- After receiving several distin-
ture was 87 degs with a night gushed visitors and accepting
minimum of 80 degs. Yesterday at greetings
official bodice 10 am the temperature, was 84 (General Wu Te-chen, Governor of dega. The maximum temperature Kwangtung. sent his greetings yesterday was 870 degs, the read- through the secretary-general of ing reing taken at 4 p.m. the Kwangtung Provincial Govern-
viet, aviator, Leavonevsky, who is ashore for the night and will spend A wireless message from the Bo-ment, Mr. E. Bing-shuey Lee), the President and his family went Aying a four-engined plane with a to-day quietly looking around and crew of six from Moscow to Alaska meeting friends, of whom there are states the machine is expected to a very great number in Hong Kong cross the North Pole at 8.25 0.8.T. The plane has a cruising speed 185 miles per hour and is carrying oxygen enough to last for 20 hours.
Reuter's Bulletin Service, 24,
J
MORE SILENCE!
THE AIR MAIL
We were informed by the Postal "Authorities yesterday that 85 per This was a "dumb" ship and no mistake, for I vainly tried to drag the registered niall carried by the cent of the ordinary mail and alt a statement out of Mr. John V.CNAC. plane which was forced MacMurray, chairman of the Joint down in Chilang Point were re- Preparatory Committee on Phl- covered, In very good condition, lippine Affairs, and Mr. Joseph and forwarded to Shanghat by the Jacobs, one of his colleagues." CN.AC. plane which left yester- They were President Quezon all day. over again, but Mr. MacMurray did tell me that he had been mis-
MACMAHON FREE
After 13 Months In Jail
London, Aug. 13. George Andrew Macinahon the 34 years old Irishman, who made
ZERO HOUR DRAWING CLOSE
Shanghai: A general engage- ment between the Chinese and Japanese troops has yet to be
reported from Shanghal and that started, but it is feared that zero the committee expected to spend hour is close at hand. Today's three months in the Philippines, activities on land was confined to after which the committee would skirmishes and intermittent bursts consider its report and prepare it of artillery fire. The Chinese did back in the U.B.A. But he wouldn't most of the firing, while the
even give me a hint as to what Japanese busly combed the areas recommendations the committee to the north of the International ekirmishes this morning in threa
Prime under their control in search of
might make PURELY A JAPANESE VIEW. Settlement. the crowded. native or four points but the main bodies Minister, in a special meeting with snipers Exploding shells started
city of Chapel and its surrounding were quiet. The first serial activity the chiefs of his Naval and Mill-three big Ares and, as darkness could see by the looks in their an attempt upon the life of ex-
"A “dumb”, ahip. Yea, dr. But Tokyo. The "Asahi Shimbun" countryside, were almost
com- occurred at about noon when a fary departments, decided last fell, flames licked the sky, Hun- states that "considering circum-pletely denuded of civilian popula- Chinese plane book out for curler night to avoks Japan's rights of dreds of persons gathered on roof- eyes and the galaxy of talent that King Edward VII, the present bristling reconnaissance flight over North telf-defence in a drastic manner" tops in the Settlement akyscrape enjoyable time had been had, by when he threw a revolver at the warted to and fro that an Duke of Windsor, in July 1936, more impertinent than the Shang-with the muzzles of machine-guns, Shanghal. The Japanese did not in Chins hai Consular Body's proposal for projecting from their sand-bagged fire on the plane neutralisation of the Shanghai nests, and rines of alert sentries. area. If the Consuler Body is The armed Chinese and Japanese really anxious to preserve peace forces are divided by a narrow and order in Shanghat it must no-man's-land first strive to eliminate the funda- In open places, in alleyways and mental cause of the current ten- on the pavements, thousands of sion, namely, China's violation of Chinese refugees slept during the the truce, agreement-
night beside their pitiful belong Reuter
ings. Many who had found the bads choked with refugees and troops had travelled to Shanghai from Woosung and other districts in sampans and junks, or had chartered and packed themselves me distant above the boom of Japanese lives and property in into decrepit launches..
"NANKOW" OCCUPIED.". Shanghal Japanese reports from Tientsin state that Japanese forces completed the occupation of Nen kow at dawn to-day.
are
Reuter
Reuter
BOOM ACROSS RIVER
* INNOCENT":JAPAN PLEADS
* AGAIN
across the Whangpoo River was ing of the full Japanese Cabinet,
Shanghai: A barricade stretching
Tokyo: After an emergency meat-
moved hastily and quite unexpect the spokesman stated that the edly yesterday evening, The Cabinet has decided to discard all Chinese authorities towed into routine measures and concentrato position two old steamers ten more on the Shanghal emergenty. It sea- going junke, förming a boom was unanimously decided to urge from the Nantao Bund to the Poo China to abandon her provocative ting foreshore, It is believed that attitude and meanwhile it is des the barricade is for the protection aided that "Japan should take the of the arsenal and naval dockyard fullest measures for the protection
Bhan hati?
to watch the spectacle.---- Reuter
FAR EASTERN BONDSI
AGAIN LOWER-Z
again depressed the Stock Ex- Landon: Far Eastern bonds
change to-day the market being weak with the Chinese three per cent and Japanese two per cent lower the only support being a uttle bear covering. Far Eastern developments are reducing mainess in all sections of the Stock Exchange and the minimum pro portions of operators are not dis- posed to extend commitment
all. Some of the passengers King's feet, in order to "draw the weren't even troubling to go ashore King's attention upon him,” was for the night
relocked after serving a 13 months": Perhaps the ship wasn't so prison sentence. plumb "dumb"" after all?”.
Franmısan. Wewe Service,
FIRST STAY-IN STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA
Victoria when Me workers.
The first stay-in strike in Australia
Union memberi, have als coal transport