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Hongkong Daily Press.
Registered as a Newspaper at the General
Post Office in the United Kingdom.
No. 24961, EHAT#AAN BEVAN
ESTABLISHED" 1857
HONG KONG,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1938.
Co-ordinating NEW OFFICERS FOR CHINESE ARMY
Civilian And Army Fronts
SCHEME EXTENDS
TO SOUTH
Canton, Aug. 24. General El Shu-kwan, Dir ector of the Political Depart- ment of the 4th Route Army. in an address to army political connmissioners at a meeting in Canton yesterday pointed out the necessity, for close com operation between the elvillan population and the Army.
The main task of the political commissioners of the Army is to p.cmote the spirit of co-operation between the people of Kwangtung and the Army," he said. "In this way we will have a truly, National ist Revolutionary atmy with the highest morale. And if the task i well carried out, we shall together drive the Japanese from Chinese soll."
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AIR MAIL
ACROSS THE
TASMAN SEA
Agreement "Now Reached
Wellington, August 24. After, long negotiations · It was announced today thai an agreement had been reached between the Governments of Australia and New Zealand for an air service across the Tas- man Sed...
The New Zealand Government ment has signed an agreement with the New Zealand Air Line Company which will co-operate with the Australian Airways Com- pany in carrying out the service,
There will be alternative weekly flights between Sydney and Auck-. land and when facilities are comi- pleted at Wellington the air liners will call there on their return Journey to Sydney-(Reuter Bul- letin).
This service ranks with other
The Central Military · Academy in Chungking held the third commencement exercise for its graduates on August 15... The exercise. which was attended by many high Government officials, was follow- ed by another marking the opening of sessions for new cadets and of a special War Time Training Class-(Photo, C.M.P.S.).
ENGLAND'S RECORD WIN
AT THE OVAL
Near-Farcical Finish
Fifth Test Match
To
MINUS BRADMAN, · FINGLETON, AUSTRALIA COLLAPSE TWICE
In a near farcical close, one of the most remarkable matches in the whole series of Testa 'between, England and Australia onme'to an end at the Oval yesterday when the Home side finished: off the Aush tra Han first innings for 201, before lunch, put the side in xgxin, and quickly routed them for 123 in their second venture.
Thus yet one more record was broken, for Australia's defeat by
an Innings and 579 runs beats by far the previous greatest margin
of an innings and 230, by which England, under the captaincey of W. G. Grace, won at Adelaide in 1891-2.
The absence of Bradman and Fingleton made things even worse for the Australianı and, though in the first innings Brown, Barnes and Hassett offered some resistance, the second knock was nothing more than a procession to and from the pavilion. This was appa- rently anticipated, for there was very smalt crowd present through cut the day,
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INTEREST DWINDLES.
London, Aug. 23.
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The absence of Bradman and Fingleton affected the attendance An hour before the gates at the such an extent that only 5,000 ocean services which are in pros-Oval opened. a mere 600 people people were present for the start.
It is anticipated that the wicket It Involves the regular were awaiting" admission, contrast** crossing of the 1,200 miles of the ing with the previous queues such will show signs of wear, since no Tasman Sea, and it must be pre-is the attraction of Bradman. The rain had fallen to bind it, ceded by the preparation of ade-latter is sitting in bed in his hotel Bradman may be allowed to leave quate wireless and meteorological and expects to watch the match his bed in a couple of days.
pect.
facilities.
on a television set.
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FIGHTING RAGES NEAR SINGTZE
GUIDE TO THE NEWS
PAGE 2-Flashes from Szechuen.
Madame Sun in Canton.
"P08- sessed or the devil.” Crown Wins in succession duty claim. "Lost continent" found. In Mexico.
PAGE 3-Food page. Health order In London. World peace ideal. PAGE 4.The Bervices. London
-Gazette...
PAGE 5.---Olnema notes. Bernard Shaw's shortest speech." Cross- word. Diary. Insull leaves £200 in cash.
PAGE 8: Prague negotiationa.į, Little Enterite agreement with Germany. Hainan lease.
Rosary PAGE 7-Wedding at
Church. H. K. Chinese women's Correspon- part in war relief, dence..
PAGE 8.-Leading article: Con.
quest impossible. Hello goodbye. two
and
Baseball notes
AND
YUCHINGSHAN
Chinese Entrenched
Behind Strong Defence Works
Mahwelling, August 24. --
With the Japanese occupation of Singize on the west bank of the Poyang Lake, fighting has spread, to Yuchingshan, a strategic height southwest of Singize, where the Chinese are, making a gallant stand to check further Japanese advance.”
Throughout yesterday, Japanese troops, about 3,000 strong, press- ed on from Singize and, with the support of naval`and air forcës, subjected, the western foot of Yuchinshan to a continuous bombard. 'ment.
Entrenched behind their strong defence works and with the hill-
STRONG BRITISH sides as a natural defence, the
PROTEST
London, Aug. 24.
Chinese forces' repulsed,; numerous attacks and inficted a large num: ber of casualties on the enemy. troops.
The British Government today Fighting which slowed down a addressed a Note to the Spanish little At yesterday evening was In- PAGE 10-Lawn bowls notes. Nationalist Government protesting tensified late last night and con-
PAGE 12 Financial page.
against the alleged execution of a tinued this morning. It is estim- number of political prisoners, acated that in the all night engage: cording to the Evening Standard, ment. at least 900 Japanese" men which asserts that the Note is were killed or wounded by Chinese PAGE 14 and 15-Shipping news couched in vigoros terms. artillery and machine-gurs fire,
and directory.
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PAGE 13 Radio programmes,
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SINKING CNAC AIR LINER RAKED
RAKED WITH MACHINE-GUN FIRE: FOURTEEN MISSING, INCLUDING FIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
C.N.A.C. News TRAGEDY FEARED AS AMERICAN AND Suppressed BRITISH GUNBOATS RACE TO SCENE By Japanese OF LATEST JAPANESE OUTRAGE
Censors
Shanghal, Aug, 24. Japanese censors in Shang- hai tried to suppress the news of the C.N.A.C. incident which added to the anxiety.
Reuter's however, through numerous arrangements, final- ly succeeded in revealing the. ́details before ‘anyone, else in Shanghai knew more than
rumours.
This. Incidentally, is the first proved occasion when the cen- sorship has been extended to incoming telegrams as opposed to outgoing messages. The censors never even informed the addressees of the telegrams suppressed..
When the suppression WES finally discovered they bländly admitted censorship declaring that they had been given arders by the naval authori- ties.(Reuter)?
(FOR FURTHER DETAILS
- SEE PAGE 9)
Simpson's Desert Mystery
Pilot Braves Hail Of Bullets In. Swim Ashore: Waiting At Macao To Assist In Search For Plane
MACHINE-GUNNED as they struggled to escape from their sinking plane, forced down by Japanese
the Pearl River delta near Shekki yesterday morning, 14 of the 17 crew and passengers of the China National Aviation` Corporation air-liner, bound for Wuchow from Hong Kong, are missing.
"No information could be obtained up til early this morning as to the fate of the missing per- sons, but grave fears are held for their safety.
The American pilot, Mr. H. L. Woods, who awam ashore through a hall of bullets, made his way overland to Macao and will be picked.up there by the U.S.S. Mindanao to ald in locating the plane. TH
THOSE SAFE, in addition to Mr. Woods, are Mr. C. N. Lou, passenger, and Mr. K. Lo, radio operator. A message received in the Colony yesterdağ afternoon indicated that they may have been in- jured.
Those missing include seven men, three women, two children, the co-pilot" and the steward..all Chinese..
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Reuter states that among the passengers were Mr. Hsu Singloh, general manager of the National Commercial Sayings Bank of Shanghai and member of the Municipal Council, and Mr. Hupelh Kong.-: of Shanghai, manager of the Bank of Communications. They were on the way to Chungking to attend an important conference of bankers,
AIR TRAGEDY
IN TOKYO
Tokyo, August 24. Two civil planes, dying at a low altitude aver Omori, near Tokyo. collided this morning crashing on to the roof of a factory building which, immediately took fire. Of a hundred workers employed in the Sydney, August 24.
factory; seven were killed and a The expedition of Australian large number injured, the factory
the
ground.- scientists, recently sent from Ade-being burnt to laide to explore what was thought (Transocean), - '.. might be the remains of those who
OCCUPANTS KILLÉD perished mysteriously
about $2 hundred years ago in the trans-
Tokyo, August 24. Fourteen persons were killed Australian exploring expedition, and nearly two hundred injured led by the German scientist. Ludwig Leichhardt,
in a suburb of Tokyo when one Tuesday of two commercial planes which reiched the spot in Simpson's collided in mid-air fell into the Desert where a short time ago the discovery of a group of bleached
compound of a factory.
skeletons, lying in a circle, had been reported.,
on
All that the party found there, however, was merely the remains of some white sub- stance, broken in tragments, lying on, red soil.
The assumption is that since the Skeletons were discovered some time ago the sand has agafh shift- ed and covered up the group.
The expedition has, therefore, now determined to endeavour to clear up the mystery by excavating around the spot in the hope of re- discovering the skeletons.--(Trans- ocean).
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-3/16,5 T.T. ON LONDON: 11, £7/AL
London Silver Market
(Our Own Correspondent) London, August 24. London liver prices today were down 3/16 as follows:--- Aug. 23. Aug. 24 19-5/16 19-1/8
10
Spot.
Forward....10-3/18-
MASSACRE ON ISLAND
Foochow August 24. Japanese marines from a warship landed at Wuling. small island ‹ near Amoy, on Monday, and allegedly slaugh- tored all the civilians and set all houses on fire.--(Central New)
Its petrol tank burst setting fire to the factory and causing the death of nine workers and injur: ing two hundred. Five of the occupants of the machines were | killed.—(Reuter Bulletin). «***
STOP PRESS
ONLY THREE SURVIVORS
OTHERS FEARED
KILLED
Macao. Aur. 24 $ Mr. H. L. Woods, the pilot of the CNA.C. machine, was un-'' able to give a statement re- rarding the Incident today and has left aboard the U.S.S. Mindanao.
Mr. Woods seemed to have been completely shaken and, was reticent regarding the episode, but he apparently did his best to save the plane and passengers....
He attempted to dodge the Japanese planes by deviating
· considerable from his course, bat the machine was hit con- tinnously and he decided to land in a creek instead of in `rice-fields. · It is feared that the wireless operator and a passenger named Lou are the only other murvtvórs. →The rest of the occupants of the ma chine are beleved to have been killed (Beuter),
Plane Completely Submerged
THE PLANE, which is completely submerged, made a good landing Vr the fishing village of Changchiapfen, in Changshan district, about 10 miles from Shekki
'A British gunboat left "Canton for the scene, of the incident immediately the news was received. The U.S.S. Mindanao, carry- ing Mr. Phil S. Delany, traffic, representative för China for Pan American Airways, left. Hong Kong at 4.45 pm. to help with the' salvare work.
The plane was carrying a quantity of mall and express freight for Chungking. Any
Great importance is attached to the recovery of the plane to provide material evidence of the machine-gunning.
First intimation of trouble was received in Hong Kong at 8:35 am, half an hour after the plane's departure, when' the pilot wirelesseď: Japanese planes are chasing us. ⠀
river.
Three minutes later came another message: Forced to land in
All safe.
The plane made a good landing but, as the passengers and crew sought to escape, the Japanese attackers flew low and raked the sinking machine with machine-gun fire..
Cutting Communications?
THE -ACTION-or the Japanese in forcing down the plane may have THE
been the result of information that a high Chinese official was ..on board.
At the same, in view of the fact that the train service from Kowloon to Hankow has been disrupted for some days, this latest outrage would appear to be a deliberate move on the part of the Japanese to sever completely all communications between Hong Kong and the interior.
The incident is being viewed seriously by the authorities as it is considered to be a grave breach of international law...
The two other planes operated by C.N.A.C are at present being: repaired at, Kal Tak and it is probable that the regular service wil not be resumed writil tomorrow.
FROFOUND SHOCK-^ - Shanghal, Aug. 24. News of the C.N.AC. airliner incident caused profound shock in Shanghai, especial anxiety. being felt for the safety of Mr. Hsu Singloh, who is feared to be among the passengers. "H He was educated at Birmingham and Manchester Universities and present manager of the is at National Commercial Bank of Shanghai and one of Shanghai's councillors. To
He was taking the plane for the express purpose, of informing the Chinese Government ` or the Shanghai
Municipal Council's
views concerning the Chinese ter rorists caught inside the Bettle ment and handed over to the Japanese authorities,
Another reason for the shock is that CN.AC. alr- Liners have made dally. Service ever since the war on the American - "Japanese under- standing that the liners would not be touched.
to
The British Ambassador used the roste only three weeks ag fly to Hankow (Router);
CHILD MISSING
Central News reports that one
of the passengers, Mr. Li Chia- sung, is among the wounded: Mr. LI recently, returned to Hong Kong from Europe and was travelling with his wife and two-year-old daughter. The fate of Mrs. Li abd the child is unknown. V
Grave concern is expressed by local Chinese banking circles for the fate of the other passengers, Mr. Biagioḥ Han, General Manager of the National Commercial Bank, and Mr. Y. Wu, General Manager of the Bank of Com- munications.
It is known that altogether fifteen passengers were travelling in the plane, Including eleven men, two ladies, and two children.
As soon as news of the outrage was received by the Chinese au“. thorities on the spot, every effort was made to extend all possible ald to the victims.
*RS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
A message from Canton received here late last states that both ME Lou Chao-Dan, a passenger, and (Continued on Page 3),