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No. 24982. WHAT¶XAS BETÄKUFRA HONG KONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1938.
STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY
די
CZECH CABINET
DECISIONS TAKEN IN
VIEW OF SERIOUS SUDETEN MENACE
Prague Government Has Situation Mastered: Revolution Fails
Prague, September 13.
A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THREE MONTHS WAS YES- TERDAY PROCLAIMED BY THE CZECH CABINET.
Herr Henlein's appeal to the Sudeten Germans to arm, and par-
free corps of ticularly the announcement of the formation of a Sudetens, are taken very seriously by the Czech Government, which considers the situation very grave..
A SPECIAL CABINET MEETING CALLED to meet yesterday at the residence of the Prime Minister: Dr. Hodza, and presided over by the President, Dr. Benes, took serious decisions in view of the fresh Sudeten menace!
APPEAL MADE TO ALL SUDETEN GERMANS
Prague, Sept. 18. An appeal to all Sudeten Germans to unite and form s National Council to continue negotiations with the Govern ment was issued yesterday by Herr Jaksch, President of the German
Social Democratic Party, Herr Kostka, former Mayor of Reichenberg,--and- Herr Reichenberger, former leader of the Sudeten German Catholic' organisations.
According to the appeal, It is proposed that the National Council should negotiate with the Government on behalf of all peace-loving Sudeten Ger- mans without distinction of class and party" on the basis of the Government's proposals. -Benter.
STRICT MEASURES A measure decided upon will enable the authorities to take strict measures, to control traffic and also permit domiciliary visits and enable the authorities to establish_a_curfew where neces-
sary.
It is gathered that there was a desire in certain quarters to take even more drastic measures, but the Cabinet, particularly Dr. Benes, the President, showed firmness and resisted pressure.
Internally the situation shows signs of improvement, there' being пи serious Incidents for the past 24 hours. The Gov-) ernment are complete masters of the situation...
THE AXES
"Give us Youn· Burocracias!",
JAPAN AND GERMANY
Under No Other Obligation
Tokyo, Sept: 18. Apart from the obligation of the anti-Communist pact, s spokeman of the Foreign Office here stated the Japan is under no other obligation to Berlin.' Asked by a foreign correspondent whether Japan was bound to goi The revolution which was being to war if Soviet Russia attacked" organised chiefly by agents from Germany, the spokesman declined abroad falled before the author to make a Corecast but hoped tles" energetic action, and from Britain and France would under- all quarters of Sadeten land, the stand the Japanese position, inhabitants are surrendering arms
The general tone of the official in their possession.
non-committal. Inter-
It is announced that the Czech Government, in a demarche to (Continued on Page 9)
INVADERS ENCOURAGING ILLICIT USE OF DRUGS
China's League Delegate Accuses Japanese
Geneva, September 18.
During consideration of the report of the Advisory Committee on Drug Traffic at the League Assembly meeting yesterday, the Chinese representative, "Dr. Wellington Koɔ, declared that the Japanese fa China are following a preconceived plan of deliberately encouraging and spreading the lillelt use of narcotics,
This, he said, was part of a plan to destroy the body and soul of the Chinese people. It was a form of
MR. Y.M. CHIEN
New Appointment Announced
Mr. Y. M. Chien, "prominent Chinese banker, has been ap- pointed by the Central authori- ties as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Communications, sud- ceeding the late M. Hu Fih- kang, who was killed on the ONAC. plane on Aug. 24.
was
national.
THREAT TO PARACELS
Pakhoi, Sept. 18. Rumours that Japanese warships | are moving south from Kwang- tung to threaten Paracel Islands are not confirmed here. The basis
DALADIER AND BONNET IN LONDON
DOWNING STREET
CONFERENCE
Chamberlain Greets French Ministers. In The Rain
..
were present.
MAGNIFICENT
GESTURE BY
MR. CHAMBERLAIN
ཟ་
London, Sept. 18.
M. Daladier and M. Bonnet reached Croydon at 9.26 a.mL after 15 minutes Right from Le Bourget. Iwas the second ale dash in the - crisis. They were greeted in the rate "by Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax.
M. Daladier, before driving with his colleague to the Erench Embassy, remarked to Mr. Chamberlain, "What a "magnificent gesture your air
trip was."...
The British Ministers drove to the Foreign Offee.-Repter.,
-POPULATION OF CHUNGKING
Shanghai, Sept. 18. With a new addition of appro- ximately 195,000 in the past several months, the population of Chungking is estimated to. be 700.000.
CHIANG KAI - SHEK
URGES CHINESE IN
| MANCHURIA TO TAKE
UP THEIR ARMS
Active Participation Behind
Japanese Lines
Hankow, September 18.
ON THE EVE OF THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY of the Mukden Incident which resulted in the loss of the four North- Eastern provinces Liaoning. Kirin." Heilung and Jehol, Generalissima Chiang Kai-shek' last night issued a lengthy appeal to the 30,000,000 Chinese there, urging them to rise as one man and actively parti- cipate in this war of resistance behind the Japanese lines.
Generalissimo Chiang assured them that the Chinese in other parts of the country have never forgotten them and their sufferings and are all determined to recover the lost territories and deliver..... them from the oppression of the invaders.
The war of resistance involving.
Reports that despite the strict
It is expected that the popula-f enormous sacrifices and sufferings vigilance of the Japanese. Chinese tion will increase further as re-for the whole nation was started volunteers in the North-Eastern fugees are pouring into Chungking in July last year for the very pur-provinces were able to set are to from the eastern area-Interna-pose of recovering the North- the enemy's arsenals, destroy their tional.
Eastern provinces and regathing aerodromes, and gasoline "depots, free-disrupt their communication lines
NEW P. AND 0.
-LINER
Trials Of The Canton
The
Canton, built by · Messrs. Alexander Stephen & Soni for the P. & G. Fecently undervent: her trial on-the.
Clyde.
The Canton, as previously
· described, is of 15,780 tons, and will have a normal speed of about 20 knots.
She is of 502 feet length and 73 feet depth, and will have accom- |modation for 260 First Saloon and
220 Second Salcon passengers.
She is specially designed for the Far Eastern trade, and will be painted in the traditional P. & O. colours of black hull with a white line and fight baff or stone colour- ed upperworks: She has two pole masts and a single funnet. She is driven by two sets of Parson's' Turbines with single reduction gearing. and aggregating 19,000 shaft Horse Power.
China's independence and dom, the Generalissimo stated.
After the lapse
of one year and two months...the.
war has been ex- tended to ten provinces. For ita prosecution the Japanese have thrown over
1,000,000 troops into the field. They are nośni trapped in the quagmire on the banks of Poyang Lake. and are experiencing more and more dif-
culties.
Chiang Kai-shek
Declaring that their day of delivery is drawing near, the Generalissimo exhorted the Chinese in the North-Eastern provinces to rise in arms and fight for their own freedom as well as for that of the whole nation.
and obstruct their troop move- ments are most encouraging to their brethren in other parts of | the country, especially the Chinese .. troops fighting at the front... Generalissimo Chiang remarked.
GUERILLA WARFARE However, the Generalissimo pointed out, the activities of an ammed. section of the vast Chinese populace are not enough. The en- tire populace must organise, and Vise Enzoanias ong, mánit must engage in large-scale guerilla war- fare to harass the enemy as the people in Hopel and Jehol are doing
He informed them that the Chinese guerlilas operating in the Great Wall regions have extended their activities into Jehol and Chinchow and will be able to link up with the Chinese volunteers in Liaoning, Kirin and Hellungklang before long.
(Continned on Page 9)
Desperate Battle In Progress For Yaikou
„London, Sept. 18. The French Prime Minister, M. Daladier, and the Foreign Minister, M. Bonnet, accom- panied by the Secretary- General of the French Foreign Ministry, M. Leger, arrived 'at' Croydon airport at 9.39 this morning where they were wel- comed by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Haylax and the French Ambassador, M. Cochin, Owing to bad weather and the of the report was that two Jap-early hour only a few spectators anėse destroyers passed south of Yulin Harbour," south of Hainan Island yesterday afternoon.
The "Canton was launched on It was thought that the two
April 14, last and was the largest warships might proceed" to the
on the Clyde since the Queen. Paracels or they might return northward.
Mary of three years ago. In the absence of
The vessel has spacious sports reports from aerial scouts, the movements of Japanese warships to the French Embassy whence decks, large observation Lounge south of Hainan is little known they proceeded without delay to poking forward, open and closed Chamberlain's oficiai stated
that Mr.
re-space for dancing, open air swim- France had sent warships to sidence in Downing Street where ning pool. and playground for ing both sides attacked and coun- ter-attacked Bhanchiashan," which Paracels to counteract whatever conversations were commenced at children,
On completion of her trials the changed hands several times. movement of the Japanese war-11 o'clock. ships-International.
The British Government was re-vessel will proceed to London and Chinese communique states that presented by Mr. Chamberlain, will take her place in the regular Shanchiashan is still in Chinese
hands. Lord Halifax. Sir John Simon, Sir sailing list for her first voyage to Cabinet's China and Japan, leaving London. Bir Robert on October. Diplomatic Adviser. Vansittart and Sir Alexander Cadogan:
Other
Pours
In the course of a brief conversa tion, M. Daladler expressed cordial thanks to Mr. Chamberlain for having personally received the French guests at the airport.
The French visitors then drove
chemical warfare as deadly as the INDIAN MEDICAL Samuel Hoare: the
use of prohibited gasses,
In North China, he said, all lega control of the narcotics trade had ceased to ex'st since the Japanese invasion.
In a statement to the Assembly. Dr. Koo strongly indicated the
MISSION IN CANTON
Canton, Sept. 18. The Indian Medical Mission
Japanese conduct of warfare into Chins, headed by Dr. M. China.
%
́2000 AIE RAIDS - He alleged that between August lost and May this year, over 2,000
Atal, which arrived here from Hong Kong yesterday, spent a busy day today.
In the morning, the mission
A large crowd had assembled in the vicinity of Downing Street and gave the French visitors a cordial reception. Mr. Chamber- lain will 'entertain the visitors at luncheon and it is rumoured that the French Ministers will leave by air for Paris late in the afternoon.
time of their departure must de- It is, however, stressed that the Mr. Chien will officially assume his new duties in Hong Kong on Dr. Koo also declared that the the former 19th Route Army and pend on their discussions with revolutionary their British colleagues Trans- Monday, Sept. 19, states Central Japanese were using poison gas on the 72 Chinese
an ever-intensifying scale, and martyrs, Sun Yat-sen Memorial ocean." News.
scenes of ⠀, recent The new Chairman is a native of mentioned 14 different occasions Hall and the Shanghai and has played a pro- in the past three weeks when gas Japanese bombings. minent part in Chinese banking was used.Reuter.
circles in Shanghai and Nanking
last decade. He re-
aerial bombardments have been visited the Hwang Hwa Kong perpetrated on open towns.
cemetery for the fallen herbes of
during the ing education at the HARBOUR RACE
Kobe Commercial College and be- came Vice-Minister of Finance in Nanking in 1927,
NEXT WEEK
At noon, the group was enter- tained at a luncheon party given
JI
INTERNATIONAL LAWN BOWLS SHIELD
PORTUGAL WIN BY ONE SHOT
„Fortugal: won the final of the Gutierrez · International Shield Lawn Bowls Competi-// tion when the defeated Seat land on the Civil Service Cric ket Club green yesterday by 11. shots to 18-a.
Bcotland took the lead early but
TELEPHONIC INVETÄTIÓS
Paris, Sept. 18. The French Premier, M. Dala- by the YMCA. At 4 pm, adier, and the Foreign Minister, M.
the local Indian community:
to come to London by the British head leading by 18-4 Scotland Tomorrow, the mission will call Amiramador, Bir Erie Phipps sc- rallied and scored successively on on General Yu Ban-mou. Paclica-cording to a statement lasted here, the seven heads before Portugal The annual Open and Ladles tion Commissioner for Kwangtung which adds that the invitation was able to add to her score." He la concurrently President of the Shanghai branch of the Joint Harbour Race will be held on and Commander-in Chief of the reached the two statesmen at the Savings Society of the Kincheng Thursday, September 29, at 5.15 Fourth Route Army, Governor W Chatean de Rambouillet during Tien Vieh, Continental and Uhina p.m.
Te-chen, and Mayor Tseng Yang luncheon given by President Le and Bouth Sea Banks. He is also The entrance fee will be #1 post 145
brun on Baturday in honour of the Competitors launch will Dr. Atal will speak at the local King and Queen of Bulgaria, a" Councillor of the Shanghal entries. French Municipal Council.
leave the V.R.C. at 5.00p.m. sharp tomorrow evening-Central Transocean
News.
reception was given the party by Bonnet, wire telephonically invited Portugal passed them on the 12th
Hankow, September 18.
A desperate battle is in progress between the Chinese and Jap- anese troops for possession of Yaikou, strategle pass guarding the- Singtee-Tehan highway, according to Chinese reports.
It is stated that yesterday mor~{
A
One Chinese detachment is re- ported to have ventured behind the Japanese lines this morning and raided the Japanese positions vicinity of Singisė,
in
the
17
| damaging, the bridges and de-
fences on the highway.—Reutef.
CAPTURE CLAIMED
Shanghai," Sept. 18. Unofficial Japanese reports claim the capture of Kwangchowor Huangchuan, in southeast Honan, where the Japanese are pushing westward towards the Pelping- Hankow Rallway in an attempt to cut the line.---Renter.;
DR. HU SHIH
New Ambassador To Washington
GUIDE TO THE NEWS
Page 2-Banking centre for Can- ton. China's future accoun- tants. Boxer students depart, C.N.A.C. memorial service. * Page 3-Democratic unity beats totalitarianism. Z.B.W. report for August.
Pare 4-News about the Services,
Hong-Kong Macao telephons,
| Page K-Cinema notes and news. k Crossword puzzle. Diary of local events. Musical review. The week in Macao. Page 6-Prime Minister makes Estément. Furious fighting in "Yangtse sector. Surprise coup at Mahwelling. Shantung towns recaptured.
Pago Bocial news. Kowloon ........ wedding... Mr. J. B. & Haldane.
here
Page E-Leading article: First aid workers and the war. Japan changing tactics Hello and goodbye, 255,
Page 16 - Police sports. Training gallopt. Week-end, and. Home football. Home rugby results. Hankow, Sept. 18, . · Lawn bowls, Golf titles. Ameri- The following were the teams Dr. Ha Shih, well-known Chinese can tennia Scotland: J. Watson, J.. Gel- educationalist and former Dean Page: 12-Financial news - Ano Istly, 7, McKelvis and H. Duncan of the School of Literature of the letters for you? (skip). Portugal: J. Lax H. Aiver Nations! Peking University, has Page 11-Radio programmes. RF, Lus, and E. X. M. 81ys been appointed Chinese Ambassa“ Page 14 and 15,-Shipping (skip).
dor to Washinton-Reuter,
and directors.