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ANGLO - FRENCH STRATEGY IN FAR EAST
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1939.
IMPORTANT STAFF TALKS AT
SINGAPORE TO-DAY
Pooling Of War Materials Will Be Discussed
NAVAL BASE FOR USE BY FRANCE
AND
OTHER FRIENDLY POWERS
SINGAPORE, JUNE 21 "(REUTER)--THE CO- ORDINATION OF BRITISH AND FRENCHI STRATEGY IN THE FAR EAST WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE MOST IMPORTANT DEFENCE CONFERENCE EVER HELD IN FAR EASTERN TERRITORY, WHICH OPENS HERE TO-MORROW.
The British delegates include Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, Air Marshal Sir Philp Joubert de la Ferte, Air Officer Commanding R.A.F. in India, Air Vice-Marshal John T. Babington, Air Officer Commanding RAF. in the Far East, Major-General A. E. Grasett, General Officer Commanding the British Troops in China, and a num- ber of high Staff Officers from India, Burma, Ceylon, Malaya and Hongkong.
KING PLAYS CRICKET FOR
THE NAVY
LONDON, Jane 21 (Reuter) -The Empress of Britain. with the King and Queen and the Royal party on board, is well up on time and expecta to pass Bishop's Rock early to-morrow.
Yesterday the King played cricket on the sportą deck and batted well for the Navy against the Best. One of the sallors made a boundary well out into the Atlantic.
In the evening Their jesties attended cinema.
Ma-
Those on board had a good view of the Empress" of "Aus- tralia which took the King and ́ Queen to Canada when it was eight miles astern of the Em- press of Britain,
King's Jockey Missing In Plane
Chamberlain On Latest Situation
STATEMENT IN
COMMONS
NEW AIR RAID
SHELTER FOR
1,200 PERSONS
Dr. David Anderson, eminent engineer in a-lecture to the I-. stitution of Civil Engingers, dia closed that heavily protected Bir raid shelters to accommodatë 1,200 persons and capable of realating direct hit of a 500, 16. high ex- plosive bomb, had been designed by the panel of experts formed by the-Institution at the request-of- the Home Office.
In a shelter to accommodate 1,200 persons the entrances had arranged to provide for LONDON, June 21 (Reuter) been Replying to a series of ques-occupation within one and a quar tions in the House of Com-ter minutes. The cost estimates mons relating to the situation of the approved designs for such in Tientsin, the Prime Minis- shelters were about £71 per pér-
son.(BWB). ter, Mr. Chamberlain, said that barrier restrictions re- mained the same. Four"Brit- ish subjects had been stripped and searched but no fur- ther incidents were reported
Japanese
in the latest telegam from Near
the Consul-General.
"As regards stocks of food there were ample suppiles of flour and rice in Tientsin. Arrivals of per- ishable foodstuffs remained spas- modic and far below normal. There appeared to be no ban on foodstuffs entering the Concession The French delegates in-out considerable delay was caused clude the Commander-in-by searches at the barriers. Chief, Vice-Admiral Decoux, the
Shipping Improved
Com- General Officer
As regards shipping, matters had manding the French Troops considerably improved and ships in Indo-China, Lt.-Gen. Mar- using the river latterly had not been tin and Col. Deveze, French stopped. Various incidents which marked, the blockade had been Air Staff Officer.
Altogether 60 officers will be attending.
The talks were planned before the present situation in China discrimination arase but naturally particular brought to his notice. significance attaches in view of re- cent developments.
quiries into the various cases of
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Initial Landing
Declares
Effect Swatow: Tokyo
China Coast Blockade Strengthened
TOKYO, June 21 (Reuter)-Japanese warships got within two miles of Swatow at 1.15 o'clock this morning, according to a communique of the navy section of Imperial Headquarters saying that the warships were steadily pushing towards the town re- moving booms and sweeping mines.
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PIRATES LEAVE NIM WAN
WARNING TO SHIPPING
Police
Headquarters yesterday Issued the following message:~~
INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY PULICE THAT "A GANG OF 13 PIRATES HAS LEFT NIM WAN WITH THE INTENTION OF COMMITTING
A A PIRACYON BOARD STEAMER, RUNNING BE- TWEEN HONGKONG · AND MACAO OR ON A COASTAL STEAMER LEAVING EITHER OF THESE PORTS, PASSENGER JUNK
BOARDED
Pirates boarded a passenger junk olf Mong Tseng Point in Deep Bay. British Waters, 00 Tuesday. Twelve passengers aboard were robbed of their money and be longings when the five robbers made à thorough "search" of the vessels that lasted 30 minutes.
Two of the pirates were armed with rifles, and the other three, there being five in all, had smaller firearms. They had hailed the passing junk from a small oyster- boat, and they did not rob the
either money or his boat. A
The Initial landing near. Swatow was effected by 300 to 500 men, according to a Hongkong message, adding that after encountering considerable resistance the Jap-master of the 'junk, Au Ping of anese were reported to have achieved their objective after which vanguards pushed inland apparently intending to encircle the city cutting the railway from Swatow to Chus Chau, 27 miles inland.
Au, in his report to the police, described the oyster-". boat as being about 30 ylenis -in, capacity. It had a sail of
salling away in the direction of brown cloth, and was last seen
Nam Thank
A naval cenom que issued Japan sincerely hopes that third communique added, was then at taken up by Sir Robert Craigie in in Tokyo says is the trans Powers will appreciate its real in- Anpow, 1 miles north of Swatow
MUCH IMPORTANCE Tokyo with the Japanese Foreign ports participating in the tentions and avoid anything which
TOKYO, ¦ June 21 (Reuter)— Au, who is 38 told the police he Minister who had instituted en-landing were accompanied by may give rise to unforeseen In-
cidents.
Military quarters regard the left Un Long at 2 o'clock on Tues-" the South China Fleet, under and ill-treatment
Later Imperial Headquarters
occupation of the treaty pory of day afternoon with 12 passengers Admi. Kondah.
issued a further statement saying The Japanese Government's pos- Japanese forces have also that with the sealing up of Can-watow as of considerable im- for Sha Tsul in Po On district, portance on the ground that where he also is resident. The occupied all ton, Amoy and Swatow, it will now swatow replaced Hongkong as a piracy occurred about 3 o'clock. Ition on the main issues was still completely.
be possible to carry out an effec- not clear but Mr. Chamberlain ex-islands dominating Swatow. pected to hear further on the
An Admiralty spokesman stated ive blockade of the South China Couse through which the Chiang The robbers had halled him from matter to-day or to-morrow.
that the landing would further coast. The landing of Japanese Kai-shek regime were able to get the oyster-boat and had fired a
number of Au's Junk is 4819. Mr. Chamberlain "added
that strengthen the Japanese blockade troops near Swatow means the arms and send exports aboard shot at him. The registration. view of their close interest in the rather more than onehalf of the of the China coast. He maintain. closing, of-- an important line of since the fall of Caucom
communication used to supply British garrison in North China fed that Chiang Kai-shek was get-
Kai-shek with war ting arms from abroad through Chiang was now stationed in Tientsin,
Swatow.
The
and United States
the Netherlands are not representated bat it is believed that close contact is being maintained with them in
Pacific..
The conference will last at least a week and it is understood that the subjects under discussion in- clude plans for refitting and com- AUSTRALIA ORDERS missioning French "warships and POWERFUL PLANES
those of other friendly Powers at the Singapore Naval Base, and for the pooling of British and French war materials in the event of war.
SURVEY FLIGHT MOMBASA, June 21 (Reuter)
A Foreign Office spokesman said
that the policy of respecting the rights and interests of third Powers
remains unchanged.
materials.
LANDING CONFIRMED
The Japanese landing at Swatow yesterday morning was confirmed by a reliable source later in the
HMS. Thanet is at present in Swatow.
day.
It is declared that Swatow has been maintaining a pros- perons foreign trade whose in- portance was second only to Shanghai and Tientsin,'
RKING HOURS OF COALMINERS
The International Labour Com ference yesterday decided to post- It is alleged recently all war
pone the question of shortening supplies destined for the interior the working hours of coalminers had been transhipped to Hongkong until an improvement in the in- for Swatow and Hanol whither ternational situations allows a they were carried in foreign ves-
sels
more comprehensive discussion of the problem.
CANBERRA, June 21 (Reuter)—
TROOPS ADVANCING The Australian Minister for De- fence stated that the Australian
TOKYO. Jane 21 (T/Ocean)—A Government had placed a number communique issued from Imperial
MASU CAPTURED
It is pointed out that many reports of orders for powerful fighters Headquarters confirms
COMPLETELY OCCUPIED from Britain which were at pre-about the landing of Japanese
SWATOW, June 21 (Reuter) Governments at present, in view sent on the secret list.
troops near Swatow, Chiriesa port TOKYO. June 21. (Reuter)-The The Japanese have seven destroy-of the special conditions prevailing Masu was in their countries owing to the The type of planes would be well situated between Hongkong and main body of Japanese forces has ers in the harbour. The flying-boat Guba arrived at advanced to those in any part of Amoy. Japanese troops, it is add completely occupied Swatow, ac- captured at 6.30 am, and many necessity to give rearmament and defence needs pre- Mombasa
ed, are advancing into the interior cording to a communique issued planes are bombing and machine-national from the Seychelles the Dominons Islands completing the "survey
of China. The Japanese Foreign from the army section of the Im-gunning the city which is still in eminence, are unable to agree to Ofee, if a statement issued to-perial Headquarters.
Chinese hands. All the foreigners shortening the working hours of LONDON, June 21 (Transocean) fight for the alternate route from
She com- Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, the famous day, says that the landing bears Mystery surrounds the disap-Australia to Britain. pearance of J. Crouch, the first pleted the journey in four stops writer, received the degree of merely a military character and jockey of the King's racing stable. and the last section was accom-Doctor of Literature, from Oxford will not affect the rights and
Interests of their parties. Couch had chartered an aero-plished in seven hours, plane on Tuesday, at Heston, for Newcastle to participate in the races there on Wednesday,
Shortly after the start, the ground station lost touch with the machine, Several planes of the Royal Air Force were searching for the plane on Tuesday evening without any result... On Tuesday night the British broadcasting stations, appealed to listeners, for information.
The machine used by Crouch, be- longed to the British-American Air Service.
HEAVY FOG
LONDON, June 21 (Reuter) — There is no news of the plane, missing in northern England since yesterday, in which the King's jockey and two other passengers were flying. A. search, began early to-day was abandoned owing to bad weather, and will be continu- ed when the weather improves.
The plane was flying over York- shire to Northumberland in heavy tog.
During a struggle with a gang of copies in the New Territories on Tuesday night, a Chinese de- tective attached to Sham Su Police Station, had, his revolver taken away from him
University yesterday: (Reuter).
Annual Dragon Boat Race Festival
the com
;
The Japanese vanguard, the are safe.
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