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REORGANISATION OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WITH FOREIGN PRESS Body Found By European
7,000 INCREASE IN STRENGTH
Four R. A. F. Stations To Be Taken Over
LONDON, Dec. 30 (T/Ocean)-REDKGANISATION OF THE AIR ARM of the British Fleet, which has been talked about for a long ilme, has now beep begun by the Admiralty, according to a state- ment made by a spokesman of the Admiralty in the course of an interview with the air correspondent of the Daily Mall" which is The Admiralty has published in the Friday "edition of that paper.. drawn up a four-year plan after completion of which the personnel of the Fleet Air Arm will have been brought from the presen! Recruitment of the strength of 3,080 men to a strength of 10,000.
Aditional 7,000 men will be began at once.
SPANISH WAR
REPORTS General Franco's Offensive
(Reuter)-
LONDON, Dec. 30 That General Franco's offensive, in which 500,000 men are engaged, is proceeding as relentlessly as ever after seven days, is proved by the vivid descriptions of aghting from "Reuter's" correspondents on both sides.
Sarazowa reports state, that the Insurgents captured Granadella, 40 miles mirth-west of Tarangona. It is an important position, com- manding the left bank of the Ebro.
MINKLATER SUNK P GIBRALTAR, Dec. 30 (Reuter) The Spanish Republican destroyer, Jose Lula Diaz, which has been in
the envisages The Admiralty following relation of the various Fleet branches in the future:
One-third surface craft. "one- third aircraft" and one-third un- derwater craft.
The planned reorganisation of the Fleet Air Arm, which is to be completed in the year 1942 pro- vides for the taking over of four Royal Air Force Stations by the Fleet, namely, the stations at Ford in Sussex, Donibristle in Fifeshire. Lee-on-Solent, where a Fleet Air Arm division is to be stationed, and at Worthy Down in Hampshire.
The Fleet Air Arm is to be divided into two sections. The first is to be responsible for motors, conditioning and re- the pairing of planes and second for the planes propër their equipment and armament.
In an editorial comment on the
Gibraltar for repair, stole from reorganisation of the Fleet Air harbour last night but was forced aground near here following an engagement with Nationalist war- ships.
MILLION RECRUITS
FOR CHINA ARMY
SHANGHAI, Dec. 30 (Trans- rean)The Szechuen, mit fary authorities have beca instructed to train an addi- tional 1,000,000, troops for the Chinese army, according to a report in Chinese quarters to- day which also state that the first batch of recruits is now ready for active service,
The Yunnan Frovincial Goverment has decided to organise self-defence corps In 40 districts of the province,
SITUATION IS CRITICAL
Hankow French Concession
SHANGHAI, Dec. 30 (T/Ocean) -The situation in the French
Concession. in Hankow is becoming! more critical dally, according to re-
ports from that town, because al- (though the Concession is crowded with some 70,000 Clanese refugees the Japanese authorities are pre- venting the entry of foodstuffs and coal. Food prices in the Con- cession are soaring to high levels.
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́MB. CHAMBERLAIN photographed during his speech to the Foreign Press Association at their dinner at Grosvenor House.
CRAFT FA
LORIES IN AUSTRALIA
Will Serve Triple Strategic End
LUNDUN,*Dec 30 (Renter)— Plans have hern completed for the construction of aircraft factories · in Australia, it was announced yesterday.
In an editorial the "Daily Telegraph" sa's that the new factories will serve 2 triple strategic end. Empire Ease: like Singapore. Tincomalee (Cylon) and others farther east wil be able to draw aircraft supplies from Australo.
There will further techni- cal advantage, namely the stand- ardisation of types in the Empire air forces.
FRENCH AIR ESTIMATES PARIS, Dec. 30 (T/Ocean)-Dis- cussing the French Air Estimates
TIENTSIN CHINESE
LEADER KILLED.
TIENTSIN, Dec. 30 (Reuter)- Arm, the "Daily Mall" points out that the "Air Fleet" will thus, for Wang Hu-lin, chairman of bue the first time in its existefice, get Chinese Chamber of Commerce Its own bases on land and reserves, and Salt Commissioner, was killed in the Senate resterday. M. Guy The Admiralty are not to be on Wednesday night by a gunman de la Grange wound up criticisms; blamed for the tardy, development who fired three times at him as he of the Government's air armament since the Fleet Air Arm was placed emerged from a restaurant in the policy with a demand for a real dictator to buld up the air The Jose Luis Diaz is now land-under its full control only in 1937 French Concession.
Mr. Wang, who was an octogen-strength of France." ing a few wounded, but it is un-up to which time the Admiralty derstood that the vessel was not shared responsibility with the Air arlan, was a noted Chinese boxing
Ministry. hit.
It is reported that the destroyer rammed and sank the Nationalist minelayer, Jupiter.
France Is Willing To
END OF YEAR TIME SIGNAL
The time sigaal given by means of lights at 9 pm, from the Royal Observatory will be reported at midnight to-night, the termination of the pro- gramme slaying, the end of the year. 1938.
MALARIA AT WAICHOW
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Negotiate
Directly With Italy On Basis Of 1935 Agreement
WHAT BRITISH MINISTERS WILL
DISCUSS DURING ROME VISIT
PARIS. December 30 ̈(T/Ocean)."The visit to the British Foreign Office of the French Charge d'Affaires on Thursday is featured in the French press this morning several papers utfilaing the occasion to inform Mussolini that he is doomed to disappointment if he ër- pects the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, to play the role of in-.. termediary. Paris, it is declared, does not believe there is serious cause for the dispute between France and Italy but is of the
Inadequate Medical opinion that the incident has been inflated by the press and public
Facilities
SHIURWAN, KWANGTUNG, Dec. 30 (Central)-After being devastated by war, Walchow, the East River town, 25 miles inland from Blas Bay, is now suffering from epidemic.
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malaria
demonstrations.
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France, declares "Le Jour" is willing to negotiate directly with willing to negotiate with Italy but Italy on the basis of the Agree- refects the "extravagant" demands ment of 1935:
as regards territorial concessions,
FRENCH ATTITUDE
Which London, also concedes to be LONDON, Dec. 30 (T/Ocean)—– excessive. It is possible that dur-A diplomatic correspondent of the ing the visit of the British Minis "Evening News" believes that the ters to Rome, Franco-Italian, re- French attitude towards the Italian On account of inadequate medi-lations may be discussed in a claims as a result of the diplomatic a concrete conversations in Paris and London cal facilities, many survivors of general manner but the war have died, and of about examination of this problem will can be defined as follows: 5,000 refugees seeking shelter from not come in for consideration, Japanese air bombings in Wong- tung and other villages in the out- skirts about 30 per cent. are suf- fering from the malady.
The stock of quinine at Walchow is running extremely low, but
is learned that a fresh supply can be rushed from Hongkong in less than two.days.
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POLISH PROTEST
"Le Matin" writes that the British Ministers will conflac their activities in Rome to an attempt to clarify the atmos- phere that at the présent ma- ment clouds Franco-Italian relations but will not discuss questions that concern Italy and France alonė,
"L'Epoque" also rejects the ideu
of a new four-Power conference for the purpose of settling the controversy and WARSAW, Dec. 30 (Reuter)-The Franco-Italian
Pollsh Government has protested expresses in this connection a hope
1. Rejection of all Italian territorial claims;
2. Granting of special con- ditions for the use of Djibouti barbour, and
3. Possible concessions con- cerning the administration of the Suez Canal,
SOVIET JAPANESE TENSION
PARIS, Dec. 30 (T/Ocean)-The Towing Soviet-Japanese tensi
to the Czech Government against that France will not surrender this as a result of the dianute over
an alleged attack by. Czecha on a time as she did in September. frontier post in Poland yesterday.
ishing concessions has induced the
A new Munich conference is not Soviet Government to send 50.000
The Czech Government- has possible, states the paper, which troops as reinforcements to Viidi- agreed to an investigation.
however admits that France isvostok, according to. "Le Matin.".
-As a member of the Senate's Commission för Aviation, hạ com- plained of the low salaries paid to heronautical experts, engaged by the technical departament of the French Air Ministry,
Replying to M. de is
THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS
The "Hongkong Daily Press" wishes its renders and adver tisers á bappy and prosperous New Year.
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CHAMBERLAIN OPTIMISTIC
Seeking To Remove Causes Of War"
LONDON, Dec. 30 (Renter)— Mr. Neville Chamberlain feels that if the past year "has brought its trials, these outweighed by the gains. Be expresses this view in a New Year message to "Home and Expire," the official. Conser- vative Party "magazine,
shall
On Hillside. In Kowloon
Crown Case Against Two Men
On Capital Charge
Committat proceedings on a charge of the murder of Wong Fo, allas Wong Pak, allas Wong Kwai-fons, on the hillside above the washing tanks at the 31 milestone. Talpo Road, on December 1, were commenced before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at thể Kowloon Court ́yesterday against Chan Yeung, 34, and Tse Chun, 24. former, fellow- workers with' deceased in a tin mine at Montok" in the Dutch East Indiex.
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Mr. E. H. Williams, Crown Coun-Chan Chin, who would testify sel, outlining the case for the to being present
the prosecution, stated that the two boarding-house on November 28, accused and deceased were about B pm when he emigrants to the Dutch East Indies (overheard A conversation...” be- who had returned to the Colony on tween first" accused and deceased, December 29 by a Dutch' ship in the former asking for the return company with some 13 others. ¦ of a' loan of $10 and the latter. They had taken up lodging in Yee. stating that he was unable to *Kok Street.
return the money as he had gam- The principal witness for the bled it away aboard ship
man, named
Crown would be a
URGE REFORM ·
IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Committee Renders
Report
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On December 1, abonť z pan., à roan, named Tang Lau-mni, an acquaintance of the emigrants, called on them and agered any of them who wished a bath to follow him to the washing tanks, whither five of them did accompany him, These Ave were the two accused, principal witness, and another emigrant, named Tao Pei-fial.
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PARTY SPLIT-UP,
On approaching the washing tanks, the" party had spilt up into two sections, the two actamed and deceased having taken me "path and the other three men. Enother,
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LARGE STONES THROWN.
LONDON, Dec. 30 (B. W. S.)— In its report of the ingalry which has been proceeding for five years, the Consultative Committee expresses the view that secondary Principal witness would death the part has been too exclu-
to the deceased having, appeared sively academic.
to him being forcibly led away by They recommended a new type of the other two men. He would also school to be called a "techhical | testify to having seen the two «C- high school" to take selected boys cused throw large stones at the at 11 and to provide a 5-years' deceased's head and to their hav
ing thrown rocks at him vand-
"ourse.
A new type of internal examina-struck at him with a stick when tion with leaving certificate to be he had been knocked to, the taken at" 16 ́is suggested.
ground. .TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS The deceased's body was found Technical high schools are to on December 4 by a · European be developed out of the present student, Mr. G. Goloobeff, who Junior technical schools building was taking a walk in the vicinity and engineering, and they will be of the 34 milestone on December. equivalent in status to grammar 4 schools.
The address of the boarding- Suggestions for ensuring that house on Yes Kok Street was
In referring to re-armament, he says: "Our armeɖ strength en- ables us to say in the councils of Grange, the Air Minister. M. Guy Lacham nations that in seeking friend-Pupils shall be allowed their indi- found on the body of deceased. vidual tastes and capacities are this clue eventually leading to the bre, declared that the French avia-ship with all peoples, we
made, and the Committee stress location of the principal witness, dou industry had the dictator meet in a spirit of reasonableness the importance of good teaching Chan Chun, and the two accused. temanded, in the person of Prest- and fair dealing, but we will not of spoken and written English as Tang Lau-mil and Tao Pel-tast the central feature of the carri- have not been found and are not culum in these schools.
available for evidence,
dent Caquot.
The Air Estimates were then passed by the Senate.
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON: Is. 2.7/8d. TT. ON NEW YORK: 31/8.
London Silver Market
(Our Own Correspondent). London, Dec. 30. London silver prices to-day were up 1/16 as follows:-
Dec, 29
Dec. 10 Spot.. 19-15/18 20. Forward.. .19-5/8 19-11/16
make concessions to force."
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Referring to the past year, Mr. Chamberlain says: "Rejecting the Jr, view that war is inevitable, and. that our only teak is to prepare for it, I have consistently sought to remove the possible causes of wai. and by direct consultation and discussion, to secure's new. and tuiler measure of confidence and understanding between the nations.
"My hope and aim is that, by this means, the international pro- blems our time may be settled in a spirit of conciliation" and co- operation."
GOES ON HOLIDAY LONDON, Dec. 20 (BWE)--The Prime Minister and Mrs. Cham- berlain left London this afternoon for a short holiday in Yorkshire,
GUIDE TO THE NEWS where they will be guests of Lord
Page 2-Softball · programme."
Kowloon golf results, Macao Race meeting entries. Page 3-News about the Ber-
vices London Gazette.
Crossword Page 5 Cinemas
puzzle, Diary of local
évents.
Page 6-Women's page. New-
gettes
Page 7-Foreign paper busi- ness. Naval inspection. Ice Company meeting Theft of sets of boxes. Traffic ac- cidents.
Page 8 The leading article:
Looking back, ...
Page 10 Church news and
announcements.
Pages 11. 12 and 13-Finance
and commerce.
Pages 14 & 15.-Shipping newn
and directory.
and Lady Swinton, Mr. Chamber- lain will return to London.carly in the new year prior to his' dem | parture on January 10 för Rome:
COMBINED HUNT FOR SHANGHAI BANDITS
KWANGSI PLAYS HER
PART IN THE WAR
Young Men Rally To The
Nation's Call
KWEILIN, December 30 (Central),—Out of 12,800,000 inhabitants scattered in 219,876 square kilometres of the mountainous Kwangsi Province, 2,000,000 or nearly one-sixth of the total have been mobilised for the war.
From the industrious people of this rugged region more soldiers have already been sent to the front or are standing by than from any other province of China, as far as the population ratio goes
As early as in the fall of 1931, shortly after Japan's invasion of | Manchuria, General Pal Chung- hsi, one of China's best military leaders and strategists who is now the nation's Deputy-Chief of the General Staff and Director "Gen- eral of Military Training, ordered SHANGHAI, Dec. 30 (Reuter), all able-bodied civilians having A large-scale police and military one or more years of residence in drive against armed bandits was Kwangs to undergo rigid military
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begun last night in the western training. fringe of the International Bettle- 'ment following Wednesday's hold-
•
Universal education was made
far short of 1,000,000 trained men to the fronts, all having had four months of actual war training in addition to some 180 hours of pre-war political and military lessons before marching against the Japan ş
est.
BAPTIST MISSION
BOMBED SHANGHAI, Dec. 30 (Reuter)-
up of a party of 15 Britons and compulsory. At least 1,200,000 men Americans in this area.
aged between 18 and 30 were According to a telegram received As the result of a conference trained in the six years of military by the Southern Baptist Mission, between the police and the British service before the war while an- Shanghai, to-day from Bhiuchow, mulary authorities a scheme of other 1.200.000 aged between 31 to the north of Capton, Japanese barbed wiring was begun and de-and 45 were drawn into the huge planes bombed the city yesterday. tachments of police, with pistols War
emergency and severely damaged, two houses belonging to American mission- frawn: the Russian Regiment, workers.
artes.
Volunteers and the East Burreys, patrolled and searched the area.
machinery
ав
By December, 1938, Kwangd had been able to dispatch not
No casualties are reported.