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肆拜禮 日柒月肄年批舞佰玖仟查英 Price:
Per Month. $3.
BATTLE FOR TAIERCHWANG CONTINUES WITH UNDIMINISHED VIOLENCE
JAPANESE REPLY TO
S. M. C. NOTE IS CONCILIATORY
More Representation In Higher Branches Of The Police Force Is Proposed
DOOR IS LEFT OPEN
FOR
FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS
Shanghai, April 6. The Japanese Consul-General's reply, to the Shanghai Municipal Council's Note regarding the Japanese demands in the Internationa! Settlement was handed to the Shanghai Municipal Council today.
The reply is regarded as concillatory in character and designed
to leave the door open for further negotiation,
As regards the "Council's polite rejection of the Japanese demands for increased personnel in the administrative dopart- ments of the Council also the appointment of a Japanese to the Council Secretariat, the reply states that the Japanese re- gret that the Council has not acceded to these requests but hopes that the Council will accede at some later date when things become more normal and finances better. Expressing appreciation at what tional Settlement to the rest of the the Council had offered to do con- Settlement and placing this once
ander international cerning bigger Japanese represen-again tation on the police force, the re-trol
Questioed by Reuter as to this ply proposes one or two further points for bigger Japanese repre-emision, a Japanese spokesman sentation in higher branches of declared that the Japanese felt the police force.
con-
RUMANIA
SCANDAL ANTI-OPIUM
MANY IMPLICATED IN GOLD EXPORT.
FRAUD
-Budapest, April" 6."
Ar. Xam, ex-Minister of Justice, was arrested and imprisoped this; morning on a charge of implica- Lion in Romania's greatezi pold contraband scandal in recent years.
Eleven others are alleged to be. implicated, including 3 former diplomat. M. Buzdugan, the son of a leading member of the Regency during the exile of King Carol, M. Flavian stepson of M. Xent, the icmer director of the: Wagon-Lits Company of Bucharest now living In Paris. two bankers and a pretty girl who is said to have played the most important role in the frau dulent export of gold estimated at between 20.000.000 und 50,000,000 lel-Reuter).
COMMITS SUICIDE
Bucharest. April 6. Buzdugan committed suicide this morning after returning from the Court of Justice, where he was questioned for many "hours
Con- cerning his participation in smuggling case-(Router).
that the Council's references for EUROPEAN LADY
The reply makes no mention, how the return of these areas to the ever, of the Council's references to International Settlement were in reincorportation of the Japanese the nature of a suggestion. There- occupied portion in the Interna-fore, the Japanese felt that they
BRITISH CONSUL FILES PROTEST
Sequel To Assault On Mr. McKie
Shanghai, April 6.
After receiving and investigating
were not called upon to touch on this subject in their reply-Rèu- ter).
MORE JAPANESE -OUTRAGES
Junk Master's Report
a protest entered today by Mr. Another instance of the Japanese
ATTACKED
Highway Robbery
In Kowloon·
w
Mrs. R. E. Spencelayh, of No. 21,
Jubilee, Apartments, Austin Avenue,
had a terrifying experience about 7.55-p.m, yesterday when she was walking along the street opposite the Claremont Hotel,
the
A Chinese approached her and without
slightest Warning threw some pepper in her face. He then made a snatch at Mrs
Annihilation Of Isolated Japanese DRIVE Forces Is Only A Matter Of Time
Canton, April 6.
An opium-suppression con- ference will be held here on April 21 under, the leadership of General Wa Ta-chen, Chair- man of the Kwangiang Pro- vincial Government.
· Reports, an: the, recent re- sults of the oplum-suppression campaign in Kwangtung will.. be read during the meeting. and ways and means 'to. fur- ther tighten the campaign will be discussed(Central News),
New Badge
Greatest Struggle Of Present Hostilities
TH
Hankow, April 6.
THE BATTLE FOR THE POSSESSION OF TAIERCHWANG is being continued with undiminished violence. The Japanese are still merely holding parts of the south-eastern section of the town, and the troops who are holding this quarter, and who are isolated would have suffered such heavy losses that the Chinese regard their complete annihilation as only a matter of time.
REPORTS FROM THE FRONT WHICH ARE CORROBORATED by Chinese military experts here declare that the morale of the Chinese txpops at Taierchwang has been greatly stimulated by the arrival of fresh reinforcements. The Japanese troops in the south-eastern section of the town are receiving all their supplies and ammunition from the air. "
THAT THIS METHOD OF PROVISIONING has its distinct drawbacks was illustrated yesterday" afternoon when a large number ofrifles and ammunition destined for the Japanese troops were dropped behind the Chinese lines. Other reports here from the front state that a Japanese supply train with 100 treight cars was held up and seized by the Chinese between Lincheng and Talerchwang.
.Eighteen days of intense fight-launch fresh attacks which may ing the biggest battle of take on the form of a movement the present Sino-Japanese hoe-to be carried out on the extreme tilities, with the exception of the eastern front with the object of battle for Shanghai, has failed to cutting off the railway connection
Hauchow-Halchow on alter the strateřical position of of
For Navy DENIAL BY
Air Branch
THE King has approved the
CARDINAL
the
INNITZER the two armies engaged in deadly Luoghal Railway. Hauchow is the
Rome, April ä adoption of a distinctive badge Cardinal Ionitzer, who arrived in to be worn by onders of the Royal Navy, consisting of u capital letter Home yesterday, had an interview
with Cardinal Pacellia this morn- ing.
"A" in siver, en- closed within ̧ ̈2
It is tinderstood he was asked laurel' wreath of gold embroidery, to explain why he had advised states The Times.Austrian Catholics to vote for the anschluss but Cardinal Innitzer This badge 1
for use only by denied that be had come to Rome Softeers of the to give an explanation (Reuter
Buletin. new short-service Alf Branch, entries in which begin this month.
The question of the future use of the existing Fleet Air Arm badge and pliot's wings is under con- sideration.
The new badge is to be worn in the centre of the left sleeve tm- mediately above the curl in the uppermost row of distinction lace, one-quarter of an inch above the curl, or in the corresponding pos!- tion in the case of officers who do not wear the curl:
It is also to be worn on both
Spencelagh's handbag but the lady shoulder straps with the greatcoat Alexander McKie, an employee of Navy taking the law into their own resisted and shouted for help.
white tunic, and white mess jacket, and in tropical dress.
a. knitting factory in
Hobkow
hands has been brought to the by a Japanese yesterday, the Bri-notice of the Police.
tish Consul-General lodged a pro- test this afternoon with Japanese Consul-General.
Wong Chuen-lee, master of a the trading junk, states that he left Shaukiwan on March 29, for Bun Wui, his craft being laden with
It was explained that the pro- 110 bags of rice: test was lodged with the Consulate When they were near the Sun rather than with the Japanese Wul Customs House a motor boat, | military authorities owing to the trom à Japanese destroyer that tact that it is uncertain whether Was lying at anchor in that the man who actually assaulted vicinity, steamed.up to the junk. Mr. McKie was a soldier or a civi- The sailors on the motor vessel Han(Reuter).
boarded the junk and threw all
It will be recalled that McKie the cargo overboard. was escorting four Chinese work- Nobody on the junk, however, men through Hongkew in the was molested, the sailors going direction of the International
apparently away
well-satisfed Bettlement when a Japanese with what they had achieved. sentry halted them and shout-
ed something which Mr. McKie COLUMN PRODUCE
was unable to understand,
After vainly trying to under- stand, Mr. McKie began retreating with his Chinese companions in the direction whence he came.
4.
STAKES RESULT.
London, April 6, The Column Produce States run
As be, did so a number of Jap-today resulted as follows:- anese soldiers appeared from near-
1.
Solar Flower ・ (evens);
2.
by barracks, and, according to Mr. Schiaparelli (8 to 2); 3. The Siren McKie. immediately attacked him (20 to 1).
and his companions, striking him Six starters; won by two lengths: in the face and beating him, about five lengths between second and the body.
|third-{Reuter),
TURNING THE PAGES
Page 2 Kowloon, factories sum-¡ Page 8-Leading article: Retribu-
moned. Police reporta.",
tion is coming. Gossip.
A house-boy, belleved to be in the employ of the victim of the. assault, answered Mrs. Spence-
layh's cries and took the culprit over into custody, handing him later to the police.
Enquiries from the police late last night elicited the information that nothing was stolen.
HONG KONG AND S'HAI HOTELS MEETING
Chairman Reviews Very Satisfactory Year
*You will observe amongst the assets this year an item "Cash at Bank." It may be interesting to note that this is the first.occasion i „In the last three decades on which the Company's relationship with the Bank has not been recorded on the contra side of the balance shert," said the Hàn, Mr. M. K. Lo in the course of his speech at the annual meeting of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Lid., held in the offices of the Company yesterday,
At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. V. C. Labrum, one of the shareholders present, inquired whether. In view of the very satisfac tory state of affairs, the Board would consider making provisions for a bonus for the staff.
BOISSEVAIN
AT HOME TO
HONG KONG
SHIP-BOARD lie on the latest
luxury liner to visit Hong Kong
was enjoyed by several hundred leading residents of the Colony last evening when they attended-a j cocktail party on board the m.v. Boissevain..
The party was given by Com- mander D. L. E. Blankstein and the agent of the Java-China-Ispan Lyn N.V., to celebrate the maiden voyage of the vessel to the Far East
combat for the possession of the eastern terminus of the Langha town of Talerchwang,
Railway on the coast of the Yellow Bea,
According to latest despat- ches reaching Shanghai, the Japanese have renewed their grip on the northern bank of the Grand Canal while the Chinese, are still firmly estab- Ushed on the southern bank.
Both sides have suffered thousands of losses during the course of the last three weeks and enormous damage: has been inflcted on the country within a wide circle of Taler=" chwang.
Judging by these despatches neither side expected to be able to turn the battle in its favour during - the next few days.
Apparently the Japanese engaged in consolidating their positionsTM before proceeding to
Es
are
"SETTLING THE
The Japanese operating in north - Kiangsu are reported to have, made. further progress in their advance southwards. - It_is" pre- sumed, that their object is to re- estäblish connection with those columns which to the west and south-west of Halchow are advan- cing southward through the south- eastern portion of Shantung, (Transocean).
PLANES. WITHDRAWN
Shanghai, April 6. The bulk of the Japanese aircraft, which had been en-
gaged in heavy fighting that has been going on during the past fortnight to the north of the Tientsin-Pukow--Hafway,---- imas been withdrawn from that region, according to Japanese reports, with a view to being used in other parts of China. It is learned that Japanese sea- planes have recently carried out air raids on the following towna: Ichang; where a lone bomber was sighted and destroyed; Kushi. in Honan province, which WILS raided on two successive days and where the Japanese claim to have Tokyo, April 6, The indemnities' demanded by destroyed hangars.
Furthermore it is claimed that the American Government from
BILL”
SINKING OF THE PANAY
The reception was held on the Japan for the sinking of the U.S.8. Japanese planes destroyed parts of promenade deck, gally-lighted for Panay will, it is rellábly under-the air station at. Lungki, in the occasion, and after partaking stood, shortly be paid by the Fukien province, and bombed the of refreshments at the buffets Japanese Government.
forts of Amoy, also the town of placed at various "vantage-points," The Japanese Government is Sitsung, on the Canton-Hankow the guests danced to musia by the waiting for a detalled account of Railway, north of Canton-(Trans- Boissevain orchestra,"
the items for which compensation ocean),
(List of Guests-See Pare 2).
BADMINTON FINAL
Singles Title Won
By P. K. Hui
In the final of the Men's Singles
is demanded before "settling the bhi,"
As soon as this is forthcoming, it
is pointed out here, the Japanese
10,000 REINFORCEMENTS
Taingyang, April 0. Military despatches received here
Government will no doubt pay the report the recent transfer of over Indemnities in the same way as, 1t 10,000 Japanese reinforcements is stated, Britain was paid for the from Nanking to Wuhu for an un- HMS. Ladybird incident, on re-known final destination.-iCentral celpt of a detailed account News);
(Reuter).
(Continued on Page 9)
WHEREABOUTS OF JAPANESE
ACTRESS AND LOVER UNKNOWN
Shanghal, April 6.
Badminton Championship of the Colony, played at the Talkoo Re- creation Club last night, P. K. Hu defeated the holder. Patrick H.
The foregoing report was received Wong, by the odd set in three.
Miss Yoshika Okada, Japanese by reliable quarters from a for- It was a splendid match wit-actress, and her lover Ryokichi eigner who recently returned to affectednessed by a large crowd of en-(Sasimoto, who caused a sensation Japan from Soviet-Russis
thusiasta.
by crossing the Japan-Soviet bort belleved that Miss Okada The score in favour of Hui was der into North Saghallen, on Janu-and Sugimoto are being confined ary 3, and was arrested by the somewhere in North Saghalien and OGPU as solca, recently returned are still being examined on es- to northern Saghallen,
plonage charges.
The chaftman replied that the salary cuts which were last year had been restored but that the Board would certainly bear in mind Mr. Labrum's suggestion for the current year.
Present at the meeting were the to by my colleague in the course of 15-7, 4-15, 15-4. Hon Mr. M. K. Lo chairman), his speeca from the chair at the As an added attraction there Messis, E. M. Raymond and Law-lust annual meeting of the Com-was a knock-out, ladies' doubles rence Kadborie (Directors), Mr. J.bany, continued throughout the tournament and this was won by H. Taggart, (Managing Director), year to a record degree in so far Miss M Xavier and Miss M. Mr. P. EL Suckling (General Mana-as the activities of your under-Ribeiro who beat Miss M. Silva zer), Mr. F. C. Barry (Secretarý) | taking in Hong Kong are concern-and Miss O. Ribeiro in the anal and the following shareholders: ed. But, I should like to emphasise by scores of 17-11, 16-3. Messrs. C. A. L. Rickett, M. H. Lo, that the Company never took un- Eight pairs took part in the y, C. Labrum, H. Gittins, 8. H. due advantage of the situation" by tournament, and some fine mat- Ross, E. 0. Murphy, T. R. Parsons, adopting "profiteering methods ches were "Been.” Lo Chung-wan, A. M. d'Eca, J. P. and that the increased earrings Sherry and Lá Tse-fong.
were due to increased turnover.
Faze - 3.----Food page. Correspon- Page 9-France predicts early end
dence.
to civil war in Spain Latest cables.. Page 4-Britain will sign pact
with Italy' at Easter. Chinese Page 10-Sport news and notes guerillas slay Japanese outside Fage 11-Union Waterboat Com
pany meeting. Girl guides in Chefon China will never (suo
Malay, Barazen ill not play in for, peace.
Ryder Cup. Page 5-Cinema notices and news. Page: 12-New York Quotations,
Price of moral cowardice.
Hong Kong Block Exchange.
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH · Page "6-The Services. London („Page 11-Radin programmes.
Addressing the Gazette. Harr Hitler at Inus- Page 14 and 15-8hipping news:
meeting the
brück,
Arrivals and Clearances. Diree-chairman'said: tory.
Page 7-Funeral of Mr. Samuel
I am happy to state that the
and not to excessive charges.
TOURIST FATRONAGE
1937, and the exceptional sugmen- | tation to the population of the Colony during the last five months
The fourist patronage which we of the accounting period under re- the first had anticipated tilly materialised view had the effect of taxing to! quarter of the year 1937, referred during the Arst seven months of
Dunn. Assault case sequel. Il-Fage 16-Ride shooting. Yacht improved earnings for treatment of young boy,,
Ing.
(Continued on Pare ?)
THE DOLLAR
“T.T. ON NEW YORK:-30-3/8 T.T. ON LONDON: 1%. 2-11/164.
London Silver Market
(Our Own Correspondent),
London, April 8. London aiver prices" today,k were down 1/8 for Spot and unchanged for Forward
April 5. ApHl-6. 8pot.19-17819/-
18-5/8 18-5/8
Forward.
They were arrested after enter- ing Boviet territory and were taken to Alexandrovak
- Despite repeated requests by the Japanese. Government for their re- Icase, Soviet authorilles took them to the Soviet continent under" in- structions from the Moscow Gov- ernment.
Since then their whereabouts have been unknown, and their res latives, as well as Japanese gov ernment authorities have „been concerned over their safety. ternational).