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ESTABLISH 1857
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No. 25103
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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1939.
HUGE CONFLAGRATION SWEEPS CHIANG'S APPEAL
PAMPANGA PROVINCE SUBURBS
DISGRUNTLED FARMERS RESENT POLICE PATROLS
Incendiarism Feared: Cathedral Burned
MANILA, FEB. 1 (REUTER)–
)-HALF A MILLION PESOS DAMAGE HAS BEEN CAUSED SINCE EIGHT O'CLOCK THIS MORNING WHEN FLAMES LICKED · up a large area in the suburbs of San Fernando, capital of Pampanga province,, a rich sugar district where several thousand sugar-mill workers and farmers are
-idle
The fire broke out in the market place and quickly, spread to the sun-dried buildings, and was still raging at 11.30 a.m.
It is feared that the damage is heavier. Casualties are at present unknown.
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The possibility of incendiarism is by no means discarded owing to the disgruntledness of the farmers who resent constabulary patrols breaking up gatherings.
ADVERTISEMENT COMPETITION
com-
The "Hongkong Daily Press“ has introduced A new petition in which our readers will no doubt take a keen in- terest. A series of five different questions will be published for three days in succession begin“ ning yesterday and the senders of the first ten correct replies received at the "Hongkong Daily Press," $19 Marina House. to-morrow morning will each be given a pair of tickets to see "Three Loves Has Nancy," to be shown at the King's Theatre. The ifteen repiles should be
together sent in
and not separately. Answers will be published in due course toke- ther with the names of the win- ners. Our decision is final.
DEATH OF MR. A. M. G. GRANT.
"G.O.M." Of China Journalism
SHANGHAI Feb 9 (Reuter) ---- The death has occurred here, at the age 58, of MF, A. M. G. Grant formerly connected with the "Cen- tral China Post" and well-known In Central China. He is survived by his wife and “step-daughter both of whom are in Kuling where they have been unable to leave owing to the military situation
The tension heightened last right when reinforcements were despatched to the affected area.
The farmers are apparently dis-) 'sattañed with the enforced terms of the strike settlement though the mill workers have agreed to return to their jobs.
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The situation was ugly" enough to make President Manuel Quezon decide to visit the area shortly and appeal to the strikers directly.
The fire raged unchecked at 12.30 E,"、
The provincia) governor esti- mates the damage at half a million pesos. There are no casualties but three thousand are homeless.
The San Fernando Catholic Cathedral is among the buildings consumed by the flames and also ancient Filipino landmarks and large Chinese bakeries and hard- ware stores.
Trains both ways are crammed with refugees, rescue, workers and newspaper men.
MONGOLIAN PRINCE IN CHUNGKING
CHUNGKING. Feb. 9 (Cen tral) The Mongols in Suiyuan are unanimous in their sup- port of the National Govern-. ment in the present war of re- sistance, declared Prince' Sha, Chairman of the Sulyuan Mon- golian Political Council, who arrived here from Shensi by plane yesterday.
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON; 1s 213/15d. TT. ON NEW YORK: 21.7/8
London Silver Market
(Our Own Correspondent)
London, Feb. 9. London stiver prices to-day were up 1/8 as follows;--
Spot Forward
JAPANESE
Feb. 8 Feb. 9 20-1/8 20-14 19-3/4 19-7/8.
FOR UNIFORMS CHUNGKING, Feb. 9 (Reuter) --- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is mak- ing another personal ap- peal to the nation for contributions towards funds for making winter uniforms for the Chinese soldiers at the front in view of the present cold weather. It is estimated that one million uniforms have already been made as a result of public con- tributions.
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Z.B.W. PROGRAMMES SUITED
TO POPULAR TASTE: Y.M.C.A.
DEBATE VERDICT
FUTURE OF SINO-
JAPANESE WAR
"The future at the Sino-Japan- ese War; can Japan win in China?” was the subject of an interesting address given by D., S. Lauten- schläger, acting Dean and head of The Department of Social Sciences, | Lingnan University. before the weekly meeting of the Hongkong Ya Men's Club at the St, Francis Hotel yesterday.
On Page 8 will be found the first part of the address and the con- cluding portion will be publishëd to-morrow.
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In the course of his address yes- terday. Dr. Lautenschlager dealt with gmwing world opinion against Japan; the increasing economic strain in Japan Itself; and the stiffening of Chinese resistance in "occupled" as well as in "unoccu¬ pled" territory.
SURRENDER OF MINORCA
Mr. Starbuck's Contention: Chinese Lessons' Plea
“Z.B.W. PROGRAMMES ARE SUITED TO THE POPULAR TASTE." SUCH WAS THE DECISION LAST
NIGHT OF A REPRESENTATIVE CROSS- section of the Hongkong public, 40 in number, who attended the debate at the European YMC.A., the motion at this debate being that "Z.B.W. programmes are not suited, etc." The debate was broadcast over Z.B.W. and the audience must have numbered several times 40 of the public. Of the 30 voters, 13 only voted for the motion, 17 against it.
Principal. speakers for the motion were Mr. A. C. Jeffreys and the Rev. H. D. Rosenthall, the opposition being led by Mr. E. O'Neill Shaw with Mr. L.-Starbuck in support.
Principal speakers for the motion were Mr. A. C. Jeffreys and the Rev. H. D. Rosenthall, the opposition being led by Mr. E. O'Neill Shaw with Mr. L. Starbuck in support
In the course of the debate, much old ground was re-trod. In
DISCUSSED bing-up. A. Starbuck spoce
of a survey of past utterances on LONDON, Feb. 9 (Reuter) by the press of the Colony, con- the subject of Z.B.W.. programmes A representative of General tending, that every argument ever
Franco arrived in Minorca aboard H.M.S. Devonshire to discuss surrender of the
put forth was an argüment that had also been opposed. Mr. Star- a radio island by the Republicans to buck contended that
programme cannot the Nationalists.
please AN
The island, which is strong-people all the time. Mr. Starbuck ly fortified, has been held by would therefore say for ZB.W. that the Republicans since the best managed to please some of the public all the time, and all of the ginning of the war
Inhabitants of the Island fear public some of the time. An imminent stack by Gen:
LOT OF CRITICISM Franco whose planes recently The opposition, who proved the dropped pamphlets declaring that more popular with the public, pre- *It's beyond me why the Chinese people didn't accept it certainly due the island will be bombed from sented a full quots of reason in support of their case, admitting that the Z.B.W. programme did (Continued on Page 9)
nished look."
the air.
-Moscow News
The Devonshire Is leaving Minorta with 450 refugees whose destination is unknown.
JAPAN AND Man Robbed BELLIGERENT Of $280 In OPERATIONS
SHANNGHAI, Feb. 9 (Keu- ter)—Questioned farther with regard to yesterday's, sweeping statement, a Japanese naval spokesman at to-day's press conference declared that while "as a matter of reality belli- rerent operations are proceed ing against China" neverthe- " iss the Japanese had not ex- ercised full belligerent rights as regards stopping ships at OCHL.
Kowloon
According to a police report, You Wing. aged 24, was the victim of a highway robbery
perpetrated in the Yaumati district last night about 1145 o'clock.
Three
NO REPRISAL
[35,000 TON GERMAN The French representative, M.
BATTLESHIP Berard, returned from -2. visit to Burgos and is understood to have The first Germah 35.000 ton bat-
HAMBURG, Feb, 9. (T/Ocean) brought back a number of aasuttleship, provisionally known as “F." ances from Gen. Franco including
an offer to take back Republican will be launched at Hamburg on refugees without reprisal amnesty German naval units were the re- February 14. So far the largest of soldiers, except those offenders cently "commissioned battleships against the common law, and the "Cinelsenau” and "Scharnhorst,” safekeeping of art treasures of the with 28,000 tons displacement. Spanish people.
The French press advocates re- cognition of the Franco Govern- |
The launching of the battleship "p" will shortly be followed by are reported to have ment by the despatch of an Am-that of the sistership provisionally
known as "G" at Wilhelmshaven.
help up au Wing in Parkes | hassador to Burgos. street and told him that they wanted to search him.
One of the men pointed a revol- ver at Yau while the other two searched him and took from his The spokesman added. "It has containing $280 being sums of ousers pocket a leather wallet
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BRITISH SHIP
SINKING IN MID-ATLANTIC
LONDON, Feb. 9 (Router) --
assistance of
the British vessel
The Mongolian prince was ac companted by his wife and son and
beea our practice to carry out money which he had collected from Several finers are rushing to the the territorial varicus shops in Shamshulpo cis- Maris de Larrinaga which is sink- was greeted at the aerodrome by detentions within Mr. Grant was a native of Wool-representatives af Generalissimo waters of China"
tríet in-payment of accounta wich, England, and was known as Chiang Kai-shek and Dr. H. K.
A correspondent asked: "Does
Yau Wing, who is the master of lng in mid-Atlantic. The Marine the "grand old man" of China Kung. President of the Executive the spokesman's statement yester-the Yiu Kwong Miror firm was Radio Corporation of America is Yuan, Mr. Wu Chung-hsin. Chair-day mean that any rule of inter-returning to his reside 156, attempting to contact the sinking man of the Mongolian and Tibetan national law which in the Jap-Woosung Street, third flo at the easel but nothing has been heard Affairs Commission, and General arese view hinders Japnaese time of the incident.
from her since noon. Ho Yao-tsu, former Minister to operations to bring About the
Police, however, 'constar Turkey.
downfall of the Chiang Kai-shek report doubtful. Interviewed. Prince
said regime is able to be dirogard-
-Journalism,
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ROYAL VISIT TO BELGUIM
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THE HAGUE, Feb. 8 (Reuter)-It that he came to Chungking to as- ed?"
is announced that the projected | sume the post" of state counelllor
The spokesman 'replied: "We visit of Queen Wilhelmina to the and to submit a report on the don't believe the Japanese · Gov- King of the Belgians wil] take Mongolian political affairs in Sul-ernment has any euch ideas." place at the end of May.
yuan to the Central authorities.
RESIDENCE IN MACAO
FICTURE SHOWg the lovely residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. L Gellion in Macao, (Photo by Leica).
The correspondent: "What about the Japanese Navy's views?"
The spokesman: "Unfortunately, that is the trouble."
NO PERMANENT
NAVAL BASE IN
SOUTH CHINA TOKYO, Feb. 9 (T/Ocean)The question whether the Japanese admiralty planned establishing of la permanent naval base in South- China or elsewhere on the Chinese continent was answered in the negative by the Japanese Naval Minister Tonal during the semión of the Lower House committee on Wednesday..
The Japanese Naval Minister refused to answer the further question whether "Japanese forces would carry through the imma- diate occupation of Hainan Is- land"
the
One of the rescue vessels had to heave to owing to heary seas.
COLLISION IN FOG LONDON, Feb. 9 (T/Ocean)— The German steamer, Glueckauf,
GUIDE TO THE NEWS (1,018 tons) sank during dense fog
PAGE 2-Rife shooting re-
sults; Rugby at Home, Home. football forecast by "Tele scote."
PAGE 3-vyomen's interests.
Confide in Faith Prior. PAGE 3-Cinemas, Crossword puzzle, Diary of local events. PAGE: Diamond · wedding anniversary, Legal flaw - terrupts local wedding. PAGE 7.—Gunboats and Up- per Yangtze craft. Raub Aus- tralian gold mining report. PAGE, 8.--Lending article: Chi-
Dese Women do their bit. PAGE 10.—The Services. Radio
❤ ProSTEMETICS: PAGES 11, 12 and 13-Finance
and commerce, PAGES 14 and 15-Shipping
news and directory. PAGE 16 Kowloon maratho
race entries.
and heavy sea at Humber Mouth to-day following a collision with an unidentified vessel. The crew was saved by a nearby French steamer Rhea. The collision' de- Icurred in the immediate vicinity of
the spot where the Greek steamer Katina Bulgari sank on Wednes day after a collision with the American steamer Meanticut.
It is therefore, belleved that the German steamer might have ram med the wreck of the sunken Greek vessel.
NEW BISHOP OF INNSBRUCK
VIENNA Feb. 8. (T/Ocean)-- Monsignor Paul Rusch, whose no- mination as Bishop of Innsbruck has been approved by the Pope, is not only the first occupant of the newly created see but also the youngest member of the Catholic Episcopate in the German Reich being only 33 years of age.
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MARKED FOR DEATH
Mr. Amleto Vespa, the Ita- Han author who has been marked for death by the ter- rorists in Shanghal, was form- erly adviser to Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the Manchurian war- lord, "After the Japanese po Cupied Mukden he was forced to become a secret agent of Japka. He wrote a book en. titled "Secret Agent of Japan." The above picture was taken in 1927,
CATALONIA EVACUATED BY LOYALISTS
Insurgents Pressing On By Forced Marches
PARIS, February 8 (Reuter)~The evacuation of Catalonia by Loyalist troops accelerated this morning. Troops are now crossing the frontier at Bourgma- dame in complete detachments, with officers, instead of in small groups as hitherto,
It is estimated that 8,000 whój have reached Bourgmandame have been disarmed since 4 pm. sester U.S, GUNBOAT'S
day...
FRONTIER FORCES.
STRENGTHENED ⠀ ̈
CAREER ENDED SHANGHAL Feb. 9 (Reuter)--- PERPIGNAN, Feb. 8 (Reuter)The USS Monocacy, the Yangtze Insurgent troops are making forced River gunboat, is ending her long marches towards Puigcerds, and
career to-day. they are expected to reach there
She is being towed towards the to-night.
Loyalists are evacuating most of Saddle Islands, where she will be the dutricts.
sunk.
French frontier forces have been.
Oahu Arrives in Kinklang strengthened to meet the renewed flow of refugees,
The U.AS. Oahu arrived in The Insurgents have been push- Kiukiang this morning from Han- ing towards Figueras in the face of kow, and tied up alongside HMLS. stubborn Loyalist resistance. Ladybird.
FRENCH SENATOR RETURNS
The Oahu has on board the PARIS, Feb. 8 (T/Ocean) Ben. British and American Vice-Com- Leon Berard, on his return here from Burgos to-day, was received als in Hankow, who are visiting, early in the afternoon by the For-Kinking in connexion with the eign Minister, M. Bonnet, to whom Japanese demand for evacuation he reported on the result of his by foreigners of: Kuling, the moun- conversations with the Insurgent tain resort, where Chinese guerilla, Foreign Minister, Count Jordana. forces are still holding out,