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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1939.
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DRAMATIC RESCUE
BY
GEN. WÙ TE - CHEN
INTERVIEWED
Japanese Plan For Puppet
Government Is Failure
Gen. Wu Te-chen, former Civil Governor of from Kwangtung, arrived in Hongkong yesterday Chungking on a brief visit.
In an interview, Gen. Wu, who is a member of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee, declared that the Japanese plan for a so-called "Federal Gov- ernment of China" is doomed to failure because no respectable Chinese would be willing to come out to head such a dummy regime.
"I am sure," he continued, "that no Chinese, other than Wang Keh-min and Liang Hung-chi and their henchmen, are willing to act as the tools of the Japan- ese, and even these puppets regret having fallen so deeply into the trap after their bitter experiences at the hands of their Japanese masters.
"However, in view of the present circumstances, the longer, China
JAPANESE PLANES resists the longer will the Japanese FLY OVER FRENCH
TERRITORY
require the services of these dummy officials, who are not only despised by their military leaders, but also by the people in the occupied areas. Politically, the Japanese have fall- ed miserably and, economically, they gained nothing."
CHUNGKING. April 18 (Reuter) -Chinese aviation beadquarters alleged that Japanese bombers which attacked Mentize on the
Continuing, Den, Wu said. "The Kunming-Hano! Railway dow over Japanese traditional divide and French territory · from Walchow rule policy is to instigate one Chi- Island to reach their objectiva: Ithese to aght another with the ob- is understood the Foreign Oficeject of maintaining à condition ofị has called the attention of French chaos. However, just before the Indo-China authorities to the al-war started, the Japanese went leged trespass. .-
through with a thorough study of the new developments in China
ANGLO - TURKISH TALKS
LONDON April 18 (Reuter)- Negotiations between Turkey and Britain arising out of the guarantee to the Balkan countries are pro- ceeding amicably, it is stated in authoritative circles to-day. It is unlikely that the Premier announce a guarantee to Turkey to-day.
The Bulgarian Minister in Lon- don left. London to-day for Bonn
MEDWAY DANCE POSTPONED
the
Captain "S" and Wardroom Officers, H.M.S. Medway and the IVth Sub- marine Flotills, very much regret that it has been found. necessary to alter the date of their dance, from April 28 to May 5.
New Invitations will be Issued only to those who were unable to accept for the orl ginal date.
Any guests who have al ready accepted, bat now find they are not free for May 5, are requested to signify this to their respective hasts.
PIRATICAL
RESTRICTIONS ON US. TRADE WITH JAPAN
18
WASHINGTON, April (Reuter) Senator Key Pitt- man disclosed that the "cash and carry" provisions of the | Neutrality "Act will probably be allowed to expire on April 30 despite the European crisis.
It is learned from authori- tative sources that Senator Pittman intends to ask Con- gress later to impose restric- tions on United States trade with Japan because of the alleged Japanese violation of the Nine-Power Treaty,
GUERILLAS
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FOLLOWING FERRY-LAUNCH
ATTACK ON FERRY LAUNCH
Two Passengers Killed: 9 Wounded: Three Pirates Captured: Ten Are Shot
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KOWLOON STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM INADEQUATE, STATE
CORONER AND POLICE
MR. MENZIES TO
and found we are never so united BE PREMIER OF
ar to-day.
"No Chinese now wants to fight another Chinese, and that is why the Japanese have to do the fighting themselves. The enemy does not want one uni- fied government under a single head, not even a
puppet Federal government. The erea- tion of puppet regimes bas proved a boomerang to the Jap- anese," he remarked.
The ex-Governor of Kwangtung
AUSTRALIA?
CANBERRA, April 18 (Reuter- Mr. R. G. Menziery former Attorney General, has been elected leader of the United Australian Party and is the prospective Common- wealth Prime Minister in succes- sion to the late Mr. Joseph Aloysius Lyons who died on Good Friday, Mr. Menzies defeated the war-time Prime Minister, Mr.
for consultation with the Bulgarian holds the view that the Japanese, Hughes, by a narrow majority.
Prime Minister.
(Continued on Page 9)
Hitler Wants To Settle Danzig Question Before Meeting Of Reichstag
PARIS, APRIL 18 (REUTER)—THE ATTENTION. OF THE PRESS IS FOCUSSED ON HITLER'S DECI- SION TO CALL THE REICHSTAG., Berlin correspon. dents of Paris papers are pessimistic and express the opinion that the delay until April 28 is due to the Fuehrer's desire to settle the Danzig question before the Reichstag meets.
DIPLOMATS ON
for
SOUTHERN DRIVE TO CANTON
CHINESE TROOPS
ADVANCE
From Our Own Correspondent CHUNGSHAN, April 19-After
the capture of Tsengshing, north of the East River, Chinese forces
Inquiry Into Death Of
Elderly
Fisherman
THE SYSTEM OF STREET LIGHTING IN USE IN KOWLOON WAS PRONOUNCED AS INADEQUATE in the course of an inquiry at the Kowloon Court yesterday by Mr. E. Himsworth, the Coroner, and by Sub-Inspector A. R. Brittain and Acting Sub-Insp. J. Scrim, of the Traffic Department.
The inquiry was into the death of a 40-year-old fisherman, Wong Ha-wah, who was killed by a car at. the corner of Chatham and Nathan Roads in the early hours of March 7.
Addressing the jury after evi-
dence had been heard, Mr. Hims- |AUSTRALIAN®
worth remarked that, as a resident
of Kowloon and as a motorear
driver, he had himself experience NAVY BEGIN
of the inadequate. Ughting at the
corner of Chatham and Nathan MANOEUVRES
Roads, and he would say it was more by good fortune than by good driving that he himself had
volded such an accident.
Sub-Inspector Brittain, giving evidence of the street lighting Kowloon, explained
SYDNEY, April 18 (Renter)--- Australia's: biggest
naval manoeuvres since the war have begun and will be continued until Wednesday, -
Story Of Midnight Raid Off Village In Sun Wui
AN AMAZING STORY OF AN ATTACK BY MORE THAN HALF A HUNDRED PIRATES ON THE MOTOR- LAUNCH TAI TOI SHAN of Mak Chau village, Sun Wui, in Chinese territorial waters, on April 13, was told by an elderly Chinese who made a report to the police yesterday of the piracy and of a dramatic rescue by Chinese guerillas.
M
The narrator, Tam Lal-ming, a partner in the ferry-launch, related how the pirates attacked from ambush as the Tai Tol Shan was ploughing her way through a narrow channel from Muk Chau to the sea about midnight on April 13.
The robbers opened fire from seven sampans when within 30 yards of the boat. They were armed with rifies and machine-guns and resistance appeared use- less.
Two passengers were killed and nine wounded, and the launch's engine was damaged, before the pirates came on board. They de-
manded that all money and Jewellery be handed over to them, and began a systematic search of pässengers and crew. These num- bered 94 in all, 14 being the crew of the vessel.
NORWAY TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT HER SHIPPING
OSLO, April 18 (T/Ocean)----The Norwegian Ministry for Trade issued a decree yesterday requiring the management of all Norwegian As the pirates were conducting shipping companies to instruct all
vessels the search, another launch was merchant
voyaging in seen coming from the direction of foreign water's to keep permanent- Muk Chau village, which the ly in touch with the information pirates did not at first heed, and service of the Norwegian Wireless, “ which the narrator stated, he because this service will at once thought, carried another gang of issue reports should the danger of robbers.
war in Europe become acute,
CREW OPEN FIRE
The crew of the second launch opened fire on the sampans, and a fight ensued when three of the sampans were sunk and more than 10 pirates were shot. Three of the pirates were captured alive and taken to Muk Chau village.
The launch that came to the rescue was manned by 30 guerillas. The Tal Tol Shan was towed back to Muk Chau village, where repairs were made to the engine.
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The bodies of two passengers The New Zealand Flagship Lean- killed were claimed by their re-
ing and "centre" Lighting, commen Australian Squadron, to Nathan Road; "standard" light-
from Macao.
CHINESE TROOPS
POULTRY STALL TENDERS
Tenders for poultry stalls at new Central Market were received by Urban Council - officials
at the market yesterday afternoon. There were a'large number of tenderers." Tendera for fish stalls will be re ceived to-morrow at 230 pm
|DEFECTION AMONG IRREGULARS IN NORTH CHINA”.
gulars in North China.
irre-
PRESS, Suiguan, more than 550
of the 12th Army Group are ad-system vancing northward with Chunghua there were five types of lighting cer, and "eight Air Force Squa-latives. On April 15 the Tal Tol to use. These were "blue" light- drons are co-operating with the shan left Muk Chau village for as the objective,
Macao. Five of the passengers CHUNGKING, April 18 (Central) Chunghua and Talpingchang are
The exercises have been planned who were wounded arrived with The wave of defection continues, Reuter reports from Lon- don that hitherto no reason
the Japanese strongholds for the protection of the northern districts, used in Waterloo Road; "re- as realistically as possible and Tam Lai-ming in Hongkong yes to sweep the rank and file of the has been vouchsafed
flector lighting, common to Chat-Includes the stopping and quen-terday, in the 8.a. Chuen Chau Japanese-employed Chinese of Canton. The Chinese forces are ham Road; and the old pattern tioning of liners. Hitler's delay in replying to hammering these two points in lighting still used in Shanghat President Roosevelt's appeal order to push down southward to Street. to the Fuehrer and Mussolini, Canton. Talpingchang is also the until the Reichstag meeting principat air base of the Japanese which has been called for north of Canton. April 28 and which could con- Large number
Japanese battles were LONDON, April 18 (Reuter)stitutionally be called in a soldiers wounded in
into motor boats to -M. Maisky, Soviet Ambassa- shorter period, but newspaper conveyed
in Britain and Whampoa where a big hospital was dor to Britain, left to-day by observers alr
route to Moscow France regard the interim as recently established in the Military whither he has been recalled guaranteeing a lull after a Academy. Only commissioned off- cers were sent back to Canton for in" connection with conver- period of tension.
THE MOVE
sations with the British Government.
There is only the vaguest speculation of the nature of Hitler's response.
"The Times" says it would be The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, had a another delusion to imagine that conversation with the Foreign the axis powers have less to lose
of
יי
treatment, as the sight of too many wounded soldiers in Canton will |have a demoralizing effect on the
puppet officials and others.
The body of one Capt. Hasuk! was brought back to Canton from
Mahow on the West River, where
Secretary, Lord Halifax, this from a war than the rest, ar are he was killed in action during, 2)
morning while another caller on Mr. Chamberlain was the Secretary för War, Mr. Hore- Belisha.
The Turkish Ambassador in London called at the Foreign office.
From Warsaw, it is reported that
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less likely to be overtaken. by de- feat and collapse.
Chinese counter-offensive.
The re-
The British Government, like the mains of the omcer were burnt in United States, is more than willing a crematorium at Nam Bhek Tay to welcome negotiations to re-and will be shipped back to Japan establish genuine peace. If Hitler, next week.
says the paper, has counter-pro-
posals, the British people will awalt NON INTERVENTION to test them in that spirit.
COMMITTEE TO
The peace front has a plain re-
M. Gafencu, the Rumanian For-cognition of the necessities behind MEET FOR LAST TIME elga Minister, who is on his way it and a determination which ia
LONDON, April 18 (Reuter) ----
to Berlin for talks with the Ger- deep-founded but because its pur- man Foreign Minister. Herr Joa-pose is neither self-regarding, nor The Non-Intervention Commliter "chim von Ribbentrop, had a talk aggressive, it can well become an in connection with the Spanish with Col Joseph Beck, the Polish instrument for positive peace when war will hold its last meeting at Foreign Minister, when he passed all its members have concrete the Foreign Office on Friday. The through Warsaw to-day..
proof of a new security in which Committee, which was formed in
September 1937 with Lord Ply all can be put in, confluence,
Until that day arrives, the paper mouth as Chairman, has had 29 adds, it will not relax a jot of its meetings while its sub-committee resolution or vigilance,
has met over, a“ hundred “simeka
In Paris, the Council of Minis- ters met and passed a number of decrees for the strengthening of national defence.
Of these five-types of light- ing, Sub-Insy. Brittain plained, "blue" lighting only (Continued on Page 9)
GUIDE TO THE NEWS
PAGE 2-Lim Thiem-tet easily. beaten. Louts knocks out Roper. Senior League soccer final EK. Darts League. PAGE 3-Radio programmes.
The Services PAGE 5-Cinemas. Crossword puzzle. Diary of local events, PAGE 8. Newsettes Menu
Royal visit to N. Ireland postponed. Marriage at Re- gistry.
PAGE - League of Nations
Society annual meeting. Pos- -session of heroin pills. Police
Court cases, PAGE
article: 8.-Leading Chinese bankers optimistic. China's improving financial position.NEW
PAGE 18-Rotary tiffin speech. PAGE 11. 12 and 13.-Fin-
ance and commerce. PAGES, 14 and 16 Shipping
news and directory. PAGE 16-Preponderance of robbery cases at Criminal Bessioria
ON TO NANCHANG
TUNGSIANG, STANGSI, April 18 (Central)--Chinese troops launching a counter-drive against the Japanese at Nanchang have crossed the Fa River, south-west of Nanchang. They are approaching Kentang, "nine miles from Nanchang. Some 200 Japanese, however, attempted to the south bank of the Fu River yesterday to attack the Chinese. They were fired upon by- the Chinese while 'erossing.
01
- According to a report from Wa
irregulars in Taolin, in the eastern part of the province, recent killed their Japanese overlords and Joined the Chinese fold
"A battalion of Chinese Irregularss [stationed in northern Honan has also mutinied and are waiting to be incorporated into the Chinese forces.
`RHODE ISLAND FIRST BOUT
RHODE ISLAND, April 18 (Re
The Japanese, column driving in Shanst province continue to be
here. southward from Nanchang along received
A number of points south-east the Cheklang-Klanga Railway has strategic failed to make any headway, I Wensl; have been restored to the has been "held in check for days Chinese following a series of reter-Joey Archibald will defend at Llangchiitu, south of Nanchang lentless assaults, The Japanese his world featherweight boxin
Japanese batterier at Haos fired gas shells to cover their re-championship against Leo Bodar of Chicago, in a 15-round contest have been shelling intermittently treat.
arb
across the Chin River. Chinese Fighting is raging in the neigh. It will be the first championshi troops, counter-attacking Kaoanbourhood of Anyt, Yuncheng bout ever to be held in Rhode I are reported to be outside the city, Chiehsien and Yicheng, to land Betting is about even Last Saturday they succeeded ward which the Chinese breaking into the dty and chal- steadily pressing. The units ad- lenged the Japanese to street vancing on Chiehsten are reported fighting. However, they later to have reached the outskirts of withdrew.
· BRISK · · FIGHTING YUNGYUN,⠀: KWANGTUNG, April 18 (Central)-Brisk fight- ing continue betwrben Treng“ - shing and Teungfs, sccording to latest military, závices from the front
the town. Japanese reinforce- ments rushing to Anyi were in- tercepted by the Chinese on the way and suffered heavy casualties.
The southern and western suburbs of Yicheng are controlled by the Chinese. The Japanese are, holding out inside the town, PROGRESS - IN KHANSI In north Shanit, Limingan, just BLAN, April 18 (Central)-Re-inside the Great Wall, has been ports of favourable progress in the recovered by the Chinese. The Ja- Chinese general counter-offensive panese retreated towards Bohrten.
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