HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
ANXIETY IS SPREAD IN
JAPANESE DETAINED ON CHARGES OF ESPIONAGE
Actress Among Arrested
Shanghai, April 28 Anxiety has been spread among the 1,659 Japanëse in Northern Sarhallen by Soviet arrests, according to a Harbin report.
About 38 Japanese are known to have been detained to date. many of them as charges of espionage. The victims include 14 employees of the North Saghalien Petroleum Company and eight workers of the Japan Coal Mintar Company.
J
Domel declares that the arrested Japanese include Mr. Yoshiko Okada, movie and stage actress, and her lover Mr. Ryokichi Sugi- moto, who were reported to have voluntarily fied across the frontier on January 3.
Mr. Shigetaro Ogawa, 55-year old manager of the oil drm, was re-
JUNK OUTRAGEcently carried away by Soviet
REPORTED
Children Thrown
Overboard
police and later the company Was Informed that he had been convicted on charges of violating the collective contract
law.
The following eight officials are also under detention:—
Mr. Chu Takeya, 50, director of workers:
CABLES
NORTHERN SAGHALIEN
FIFTEENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MARKED
King George
Queen Elizabeth
London, April 26,. Their Majesties the King and Queen today celebrated the nf- teenth anniversary of their wedding at Windsor Castle.
Thousands cheered at the changing of the guards at the Castle and later the King took them ripeared at the balcony of their pri- vate apartments.
"
The bells of St. George's Chapel were rung for the occasion. Queen Mary and other members of the Royal Family sent their Mr. Lin Kanefuji, 39, director of good wishes and telegrans expressing wishes were received Arom
many parts of the world.
ALLEGED ATTACK BY the general affairs section:
JAPANESE
of the
Mr. Zenkichi Abe. 43, chief of the company's fire brigade.
Resulting from an alleged at- tack on a junk by a Japanese des- troyer, sixteen members craft, including the nve-year-old of the engineering section; son and three-year-old daughter of the owner, are feared dead. The attack occurred near Hong Kong waters on April 20 at 8 a.m.
Mr. Otokichi Otsuka, 28. chief engineer;
Mr. Masao Matsurra, 41, director
Leung Kal-li, master of the junk, is believed to be the only survivor. He was picked up by
Mr. Jiro Sato, 42, director of the Vigilance section;
Mr. Takesuke Aratan!, chief of the company's Bhabl branch-
International),
another junk in a semi-conscious JAPANESE BOMBER
condition
stated that his craft was boarded
SHOT DOWN
3
Their Majesties. had a drive, with their children in the morning and also when Their Majesties apding-Reuter Bulletin).
Soviet Plans
Big
Rearmament Programme
Fankow, April 20
The Warsaw correspondent of
the Daily Express reports that HASEGAWA
Josef Stalin has ordered the Red
In a report to the police. Leung Japanese bomber heading for Army to be increased to 2,500,000 TRANSFERRED by Japanese from a destroyer of the Wuban cities was intercepted by the end of the year in a big
Po Chak, Hol in Chinese territory. and shot down by Chinese planes rearmament programme drawn up
After the vessel was ransacker, at Hsiaokan, northwest of Han-at a secret three-day conference TO HIGH POST
the sails were slashed and thrown kow, at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. overboard.
An altercation ensued and, ac- cording to Leung; the Japanese seized his son and daughter and threw them overboard,
The ship was then set afre. The members of the crew of the junk" were forced to jump over- board when the flames made their vessel untenable.
The Japanese, Leung alleges made no attempt to save any of
"them.
4.
PIRACY ON JUNK
The Japanese airman was killed when the plane crashed.-(Cen- tral News). "
in Moscow, according to a London, dispatch.
Czechoslovakia
And Germany
J
RELATIONS QUITE NORMAL
Prague, April 26. The Czechoslovakian Foreign
| Minister, Dr. Krofta, made"an im- partant statement regarding Czech relations' with Germany in an Interview with the correspon- dent of Le Petit Parislen yester- day..
The-Minister's statement, which was published simultaneously bere and in Paris, said: ""
re
"As regards our present lations with the Reich: I wish to stress that these are absolutely normal and that current affairs are being settled to the mutual satisfaction of both countries through normal diplomatie, chan- nels.
Government has
"The Reich never interfered directly in our domestic affärs, and the Reich Government adopts a perfectly correct attitude in this respect.
NOT ANTI-GERMAN
"At present there are no nego- tiations going on for conclusion of any pact
more general agreement."
or
out
Dr. Krofts also pointed that the Czech. Government does not want to pursue др anti- German policy....
Co-
"On the contrary, our aim is to come to a satisfactory co-opera- tion with Germany, and to operate actively at the same time with Italy, the Little Entente. Hungary and France.
"Realisation of this aim, how- ever, has become more difficult since Austria's incorporation the Reich"-Transocean).
in
Shanghal. April 26. The meeting was attended by Vice-Admiral Hasegawa, Com- government and army leaders, mander-in-Chief of the Japanese Their declaton is allegedly a reply Fleet in the China Sea, has been to Chancellor Adolf Hitler's an- transferred to a new and respon- [NATIONAL RELIEF nexation of Austria and Generalsible post, says an official announ- Francisco Franco's advance in cement today,
GUERILLAS 25 MILES FROM NANKING
Fanchang, April 26. Spain.
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A Chinese guerilla unit is re- The Red air force will be, In- parted to be pressing toward Mo-creased to comprise between 6,000 about 25 kilometres and 10,000 planes. Fifty Soviet lingkwan, south of Nanking—{Central News)ractories are being devoted ex- clusively to the manufacture of
CHINESE DRIVE ON
TO LICHENG
Tungkwan, April 26.
( planes, and it is claimed they will soon have a capacity of collectively The owner of junk No. 449, has Continuing their eastward drive turning out 20,000 aircraft each reported to the police the loss of following the recapture of Siang-year-International).
a cargo of wolfram ore valued at $665, as the result of a piratical attack
The Junk was seized by nine armed men, who overtock it in Bias Bay.
The marauders sailed away in the direction of To Ling, in Chinese territory.
LEAGUE COUNCIL
MEETING
yuan, in eastern Shansi, a few days ago, the Chinese are now nearing Licheng, according to a miltary report just received.
Severe nighting, is in progress in the vicinity of Licheng(Central News).
USUANCHENG BESIEGED
Ningkuo, Anhwel. April 26. Hsuancheng, 40 miles southeast of Wuhu, is still besieged by Chinese forces. The town is total- ly isolated from Wuhu and Wan- chih, the two important towns in the neighbourhood, which are in Japanese hands.
COMPLIANCE WITH VISA REGULATIONS
German Visitors To Britain
Vice-Admiral Hasegawa.
COMMISSION FORMED
Hankow, April 26.
To unify the control over relief Affairs the Executive Cuản bas organised a National Relief Con- mission in which are incorporated the Refugee Relief Commission, the National Famine Rellef Com- mission and the rellefsectiori under the Ministry of Interior.
Dr. H. E. Kung has been. ap- pointed chairman of the new commission by a recent mandate of the National Government— (Central News).
Genera! Chang Chun, Vice President of the Executive Yuan. returned to Hankow from „. Bong Kong yesterday by a. Eurasia plane-Central News).
OMÍNOUS LULL ON SOUTH TSENPUFRONT
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British Press Welcomes
Anglo-Irish Agreement
POSITIVE GAINS OUTWEIGH POSSIBLE LOSSES
London, April 26.
The entire press welcomes the Anglo-Irish Agreement with the exception of the Daily Mail, which carries no comment.
The general attitude is that positive gains outweigh any pos- ible losses, of which the return of naval bases is held to be poten- tially the most serious lem.
The Daily Herald says, "The real. wisdom of the Pack is that it does not lay down conditions for the future but contents itself with re- moving causes of friction."
The Daily Telegraph says, "The Bruchow, April 26.
most valuable feature is the good- With fierce fighting in progress will to which the agreement testi- on the northern "section of the fies and the presumption of good Tientsin-Pukow Railway, an omin-faith it connotes" aux full prevails, on the south
Three other high Japanese naval officers in Shanghai have likewise London, April 26.
Berlin, April 26. been ordered to the new station. Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secre-
The British Ambassador,
Sir namely...
Rear-Admiral Horda. tary, had an interview with M. The Japanese troops inside the Neville Henderson, bas notified Naval Attache: Rear Admiral Avenol, Secretary General to the town are still holding out against the German 'Government' tha Onkochi, Commander at the League of Nations, today and dis- the Chinese attacks. They have German visitors to Britain after Special Naval Landing Party: Tanpa front. cussed the question of the League stored up a large quantity of pro- May 21 will be required to comply Rear-Admiral Sugiyams, Chief of
ing meeting-(Reuter Bulletin). siege. (Central News)..
A party of Japanese troops .at-
NAVAL BASE
SPANISH WAR NEWS
Paris, April 26. Stronger Republican resistance and unfavourable weather retarded the Nationalist advance yesterday. according to French war tor- respondents.
The visibility was so bad that
The paper, presumes that the aeroplanes could not star but the
Council agenda for the forthcom-visions in preparation for a long with visa regulations thus abolish Staff of the Japanese Fleet in tempted to cross the Hwal River Admiralty has agreed to the "rather/Nationalist troops gained some
WEDDING AT ST. ANDREW'S
Mr. Peter Morrison photographed with his bride, formerly Miss Mary Adelaide Rattéy, after their marriage in St. Andrew's Church yesterday afternoon. The Bey D. Rosenthall officiated at the ceremony and the best man was Mr. G. H. Gomperis. (Photo, A.0.F.). (Full description on Page 31.
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China. Sèa,
ing the existing agreement unde which such obligation was waived.
All the transfers were effective at Peng and Hawiyuan on April The reasons for the action have yesterday. Neither the new posts defenders on the north bank of the 24, but was repulsed by the Chinese aroused much speculation and or the officers nor their successors. söme belleve that Britain wants have been announced (Reuter). Jews as a result of the anschluss Others think that the measure
to control the activity of Nazi agents in Britain
#
It is expected negotiations will be taken up, shortly with the pb- ject of renewing the former agree-] ment (Reuter),
GERMAN AIR SERVICE TO
BAGDAD
Zurich, April 26,
The 1938 summer time-table oi
STRENGTHENING THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP
BRITAIN AND·
CHINA
(Our Own. Correspondent)
Hankow, April 28.
startling renunciation" of the West round in the valleys of Alfambra that there is nothing specific in Coast naval base, pointing out and Guadelupe.
Sterra de Polo la proving a par- the Agreement which binds Ire-ticularly dimeult obstacle to the |land to maintain the posts and National Spanish troops who have On the north Kiangsu front, the defences in effective condition, for been unable to lodge an attack on Japanese at Tungta are pushing which Britain is bound to rely on this stronghold of to now-
stream.
northwards toward Yencheng in the goodwill of the future Irish (Transocean), three columns. One column was Governments, which" is only as- challenged by Chinese militia ataumable.
Hsinchen and Anfeng, northeast "It is difficult to overlook in of Hinghwa, yesterday and during possible circumstances that the the ensuing battle two Japanese Navy may suffer very real handl- officers and scores of soldiers were cap," says the journal, but “if the killed.(Central News).
JAPANESE ATTACK VENCHENG
SOVIET SABOTAGE
CHARGE
Moscow, April 25, The chief of the boat construc-" Agreement falls the position willtion department of the Mercantile not be worsened, while if it suc-Commissariat of the Soviet Union ceeds it may mark the re-entry, of has the Irish Dominion into the comity with systematic sabotage of ship been arrested and charged
construction in various building yards (Reuters.
Halchow, April 26. Japanese troops at Tungtat north of the Empire. of the Yangtse River in central A leading journal today com- Kiangsu are advancing towards
· CONGRATULATIONS
The News-Chronicle says, "Mr.
the German air company, Luft-mented on the parts being played. Yenchens, fifty kilometres to the pe Valera, Mr. Macdonald and in the company's policy. After by Sir Archibald Clark Krrr and north, in three columns, each their colleagues deserve the warm- an existence of over 20 years. Dr. Bun To to strengthen the numbering over 300 men, Luft-Hansa for the first time has bonds of friendship between Great
est congratulations. opened a route to Bagdad."
Britain and China. By a happy are reported to have arrived in whole country is worth far more
At Shaopo, fresh Japanese troops The last section in the European coincidence the British Ambas preparation for a new thrust at than the barren right to occupy a. "Genuine friendship of the net will be closed this summer by andor presented his credentials to Kayn along the Grand Canal-rew parts surrounded by possible the opening-up of the route from President Lin Ben on the same Berlin to Bucharest via Budapest. day that Dr. Sun Fo had a long P
-(Transocean)?
conversation with Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister. In a recent Interview Bir Archi bald said: "Team pledging my
BERLIN-BUCHAREST LINE"
[(Central Newa).
JAPANESE CROSS HWAI RIVER
Berlin, April 26.-
Elauchow, April 26. An arrangement has been reach
About 1,000 Japanese troops, un- ed between Ramanian air dele- sincere hope that the skies will der cover of heavy artillery, crossed gates, now, in Berlin, and the Ger- soon be clear again and that the Hwal River at Pengpu and max authorities for the new China will be able to play a big- landed on the north bank today....... Berlin-Bucharest air service to 'ger part in world affairs."
open on May 1. The Bervice will Although he has only just taken be maintained by the German over office. the British Ambas Luft-Hanss kryd a Rumanian com-sador has already shown that he pany-(Transocean),
is a great friend of China.y
unfriendly territory,
TABLE TENNIS MATCH
CHEERO
CLUB WIN
In a friendly table tennis match p played last night the Cheero tilüb. "We have only one regret that defeated the Royal Sects by 19 [obstinacy on both oldes has post- games to 24mpton
poned the agreement for six year"
(Reuter),
Detalled scores fellow
V. Croes beat C. Brown 21-3, 21–7, | 21-7;; G. P. #horthouse beat P. T
Keare 21-17, 21-11, 16-21; Muffon beat : W. Watering 21-2, $100,000 FOR RELIEF
21-4, 21-2; E Wheaton beat 1 At the same time, feverish pre-
Hankow, April 26.
Stevenson 21-14 21-7; 21-12 parations are noted among the The Executive, Yuan yesterday Hanian beat A. Taylor 21-5, 21-8, Japanese forces, numbering 200, at appropriated $100,000 for the relief 21-10; 8. Malpass best. A. Lang Hwalyuan, to start a fresh drive of war refugees in Honan-en-21-13, 21-17, 21-12; 8. Williams northward.—(Central News) Jal {tral News);
beat W. Gmy 23-17, 31-23, 21-11.