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“Hongkong Daily Prem"--July 6, 1939:
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His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, E. C. M. G., and Mr. Addison E- in the Southard, United States Consul-General, at the Fourth of July celebration held American Club yesterday morning. Immediately behind, on Mr. Southard's left, is Capt. S. B
Batty-Smith, A, D. C. to the Governor. (Photo, Ming Yuen).
Full report of reception-Pare 10
NEW PROGRAMME FOR AIR FRANCE Starting from, to-day, July 5, and continning for the next three Wednesdays, July 12, 19 and 26, the Air Frante mail plane from France will arrive in Hongkong on Wednesdays at 1 pm, and will leave the same day at 2 pm for Hanol and France.
POSSIBILITIES OF EUROPE WAR
Roosevelt Gravely Concerned
HYDE PARK, NEW YORK, July 4 (Reuter)-It had been made known to newspaper correspon dents that Presiden: Roosevelt is gravely concerned with the poad bilities of war in Europe and keeping in close touch with deve-
lopments.
POWERS FACED WITH VITAL ISSUE
41
MAINTAIN OR ABANDON INTERESTS IN CHINA
Single
Per Mo
THETIS MEN COULD HAVE ESCAPED IF
RESCUE HAD BEEN IN
SHIPS
VICINITY
WITHIN FEW HOURS: INQUIRY RESUMED
CHINA WAR:
SEVERE
"Marker Buoy Ought To Have Been
KWANGTUNG Seen By Accompanying Tug"-Capt. Oram
FIGHTING
IMPORTANT HEIGHTS
OCCUPIED
SHIUHING, July. 4 (Central) -Indicative of the severity of fighting in the Kongmoon. Sunwai area, large numbers. of "Japanese desi and wounded
have been conveyed to Kong“. moon during the past few days.
A number of important heights In the area have been occupied by the Chinese.
Brisk" engagements are taking place in the Tsingfa sector. AC- cording to refugees fleeing from Shenkong, south of Tsungfa, the Japanese have suffered heavily. During a gun difel on June 23 the Japanese barracks, at Lichtassu were hit by six Chinese shells, killing forty Japanese officers and
then.
Fierce Fightag
Chinese Foreign Minister's AN UNDISCLOSED Broadcast Speech On Japan's Policy To Monopolise Asia
Japanese policy and the future of foreign interests in China formed the subject of a most interesting broadcast address which was delivered over the Chung- king Radio Station (XGOY) to Europe on Thursday last, June 29, by Dr. Wang Chung-bul, China's Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs.
In the course of his address, Dr. Wang warned all foreign powers, and Britain in particular, of the dar- ger which confronts them if Japanese aggression and expansion is unchecked by co-ordinated action. "The Powers are now faced Addressing his with the vital issue of whether Wang said:-The underlying mo to maintain or abandon their tive behind Japan's unprovoked treaty rights in this part of attack on China nearly two years
25
listeners,
Dr.
modernization. Japan makes pa
FURTHER WATER Only 24 Hours In Which
RESTRICTIONS
The restrictions introduced on July I have not had the effect of reducing consumption auriciently, to ease the stemin on the filters, according to a statement issued by the Water Works Office. This is attri- buted to the fact that the weather of the last few days. has been sunny and has caused a higher rate of consumption" during the reduced hours,
It is not possible to maintain the present hours of supply and, commencing at 10'o'c.ock to-night, the water will bo shut off in all districts · from 10 pm to 5 am. dally until further notice.
BODY FOUND IN WELL
To Escape Instead Of 48
LONDON, JULY 4 (REUTER)-HAD THE RESCUE SHIPS BEEN IN THE VICINITY WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE MEN ABOARD THE THETIS WOULD HAVE ESCAPED DURING THE NIGHT OF THE DISASTER.
This conviction was expressed by Captain H. P. K. Oram when giving evidence on resumption of the pub- lic inquiry into the loss of the submarine Thetis in Liverpool Bay on June 2, with a loss of 99 lives: Sir Donald Somervell, K.C., the Attorney-General, is re- presenting the Admiralty at the hearings.
Capt. Oram, who was one of the four survivors, said that the marker buoy sent up by the Thetis after she had struck the bottom ought to have been seen by the accompanying tug. Furthermore, it was always a matter, for immediate attention if a submarine did not send her surfacing signal within the specified period.
If the tugs had been notised atı
PLACE,
5.40 p.m. that the, submarine had falled to come to the surface, they NORTH KIANGSU, July 4 (Cen- tral-Chinese porces, in a vigorous Kowloon City villagers discover-the scene by 8.30 pm if they had might have got from Liverpool to offensive, have etrated into the ear the body of an unidensed teen told where to go town of Hwang, southeast of man in a public well yesterday Dusk was about 9 pm. continued Hwaiyin in north Kiangsu, and are morning.“
the witness. "If the ships had. engaging in ferce street fighting The body was dressed in black, been in the vicinity. I have no with the Japanese..."
Chinese, clothing and decompost-doubt that the men would have It is said that a Chinese dare-tion had begun to set in
escaped during the night." to-dle corps broke into the town Villagers took the body out of Answering questions, Capt. Oram by scaling the wall and then let the well and made a report to said that it was the usual practice in the bulk of the Chinese forces the police, who had the corpse for submarines to be taken to Gare
The Japanese,- hidden Inside removed to the mortuary.
Loch for test. dives. Generally civilian houses, are holding out
speaking, it was safer water. stubbornly.
Polling is taking place in the He did not attach any par- Meanwhile, Chinese units have Parliamentary by-election- atticular importance to the fact also broken into Lienshal, north-Caerphilly caused by the death of east of Hwaiyin, following a series Mr. Morgan Jones, former Labour (Continued on Page 9) » member for the division.--(BW6),
the world," he declared. In ago was jealousy of China's rapid "NO WAR OVER DANZIG” It has also been made known my opinion, to come to a com- secret of the fact that the object! that the President believes that promise offers no last solu- of her invasion is the complete the action aroused by Representa- tion, as it is the fixed policy enslavement of the Chinese people, tives in refusing to repeal the arms of the aggressor to monopolise the control of all the natural re- embarge only added to the possi-and preserve Asia exclusively sources of China and the mon- bilities of war
for herself."
CENTURY OF FARMING PROGRESS
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW OPENS IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK
Livestock Final Entries Total Over Four Thousand
LONDON, July 4 (BWS)-The centenary show of the Royal Agricultural Society, which opens to-day in Windsor Great Park, is the largest agricultural show ever held and is likely to break all, previous records in many directions. Covering 120 acres on which 4,000 tons of timber have been used for stands and sheds it illustrates. century of farming progress.
Final entries of livestock total 4,548 compared with 4,014 in the Windsor show of 1889 and 2,958 at Cardiff last year.
Among them are 32 animals entered by the King from the Royal farmsS at Windsor, San- dringham and Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. There is also an entry:
Labour designed to bring to the notice of the agricultural community services which the Ministry is providing on an in- creasing scale in obtaining
British Reactions Should Persuade
Hitler To Look
opolization of the trade of Asia, Elsewhere For His Next
Under such conditions. Chiria has only one way out, and that is to Aght to a finish. Although the invader is in military occupation
of part of our territory, our power resistance. becomes stronger
of
and stronger as the war pro- Kresses.
Respect for Rights
Foreign Venture
- LONDON, JULY 4 (REUTER)—~THERE WILL BE NO WAR OVER DANZIG IS THE BELIEF OF VERNON BARTLETT WRITING IN THE "NEWS-CHRONICLE.”
The diplomatic correspondent of the paper ad- vances the theory that the alarming rumours during the week-end were purposely encouraged in Nazi circles to test the British reactions.
The correspondent points out that those reactions should persuade Herr Hitler to look elsewhere for his next foreign venture.
The Chinese people appreciate the world's sympathy as well as the material assistance rendered this country by the peace-loving nations. All of you, who are an- xious to preserve peace, can help
The Poles, Vernon Bartlett us to carry on our fight to uphold the principles of democracy, free-also believes, will do every- dom and respect for the rights of thing, save lose land or othera
This assistance can be ren- dered in more ways than one. Remember that every Japan ese article boycotted, every Japanese commercial order re- fected, every Japanese finan- cial transaction terminated, (Continued an Page 9)
Netherlands Neutrality
honour, in order to prevent
wat even if the Danzig
Senate were to vote for re-
SITUATION IN DANZIO
Junk Captured By Pirates In Mirs Bay
The capture by pirates on. Sunday of a fishing junk In Mrs Bay, has just been re-. ported.
Yly Mow, master' of junk No 667, told police yesterday at Tal- po that he was saling from "Cheungchau to Tap Mun, Grass Island, in company with another junk, the number of which' was unknown, when they were met nest Fang Head by à sampan with" aix - men on board, who, halled to them to stop.
that the first diving test of the Thetis in Gare Loch Was omitted. He was not able to say that a submarine had not been previously tested for the first time in Liverpool waters.
Yp sald he disregarded the The plan of rescue, which had order and carried on, whereupon been decided upon by 8 p.m., could shot was fired at his funk, have been put into operation Im which, however, was not it. He mediately had the rescue ships managed to get away, but the been on the scene.
other junk, which had four fokis, At the time the atmosphere in was captured by the pirates and side the submarine was good and taken away. the crew were strong.
Capt. Oram agreed that the Trade talks will be begun in effect of having over a hundred London by a delegation of over men on board instead of the nor30 Swedish industrialists who have. mal crew was that they had only arrived as guests of the Federation i 24 hours instead of 48 in which of British Industries. The visit
escape.
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Negotiations
On Tientsin
CRAIGIE KEEN ON SUCCESS"
Cristo, to day discussed with the
union with Germany or Hitler CONSIDERED enda for
were to pronounce Danzig
TOKYO, July 4 (Reuter) The British Ambassador, Bir Robert
Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita; the
the
***forthcoming MARMARA Anglo-Japanese conference on the | citizens-German citizens. - LONDON, July 4 (Reuter)— Tientsin altuation.
"The Polish Government would Sir Howard Kennard, British Bir Robert later told newspaper- probably not go beyond an omcial Ambassador in Warsaw was men that he was neither optimis- protest since no change in Danzig present at a meeting this tie regarding the conference, but constitution was legal without the morning of the Foreign said that he was very ideen to consent of the League of Nations Affairs. Committee of the bring the conversations to a ¡Council.” va QoNIMAA
Cabinet at which the situa-successful conclusion and expect But the Poles would react immediately were any inter-
tion in Danzig was considered ed that the Japanese side would! ference with their treaty rights. as well as the state of nego make similar efforts. in Dansly to be attempted, tiations with Russia. Meanwhile speculation on the The Polish Ambassador in Lon- THE DOLLAR THE HAGUE, July 4 (Reu-probable next step in regard to the con la expected to discuss in
T-T. ON LONDON: 15 2:11/154. ne King and Quren will visit rendered by mobile officer service, ter) It is revealed that de Danzig issue continues rife Warsaw among other matters,
T.T. ON YORK: 28,11/16%. the show to-morrow and again on organized by the Ministry for marches refecting possible The possibility of Polish repre- ramrmation of Britain's deber-
From Our Own Correspondent Friday when they will be accom-maintaining contact with farmers guarantees for Holland by sentations to the Senate over the mination full pledges to panied by Princess Elizabeth and encouraging registration of work Britain and France were militaristic moves in Danzig are Poland also the progress in nego
London, July 4, Princess Margaret while Queen ers and organizing labour to en
for British loan to London liver prices to-day were Another Royal visitor expected vantage. Placing a hut which has Ministers in London and where it is reported that the Pasen assist Polish? rearmament in con down 6/18 for Bpot and 1/15 för Mary will attend on Thursday sure that it is used to the best ad-made on July 1 by the Dutch star freely discussed in the press
Ambasador M. Raszynski, is going memon with which Colonel Koc. Forward as follows to Warsaw by air following his Head of the Palsh mission trying tak with the Br retary,
from Buckingham Palace, a 17-work people for farmers and
year-old Cleveland bay mare,
named Woodlands.
employment for farm workers. These facilities include assistance
Among the 430 stands is one erected by the Ministry of
during the week is the Duke of been established at the show
ground by the Ministry has filed The Ministers em Gloucester.
more than 1,000 vacancies for work the Netherlands
and independen people at the show
Paris.
neutrality
reign Set-
sterday
to negotiate the loan, returned to Bpot Warsaw to report yesterday.
Forward"
JD
17-7/87
17-0/10717-1/2-
follows that paid to Sweden last April by the Secretary of Overseas: Trade, Mr. B. S. Eudson—(BWS).
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Pages
PAGE 2-League Tennis re
sults. US baseball, wimbie- don surprises. Hongkong Football Association report. PAGE 3.—Radio, programmes.
London Gazette. The Ser 'vices. PAGE 5 Cinemas Cross- sword puzzle, Tr
PAGE 8Showered with good
wishes. Mr. A. Pollock en- tertained. «Newsetten Menu, PAGE -New J. C. JABLK motorship Story behind gan battle: Farewells at Urban Connell Chinese war rellér and foreign sm
PAGE – 8. — Leading article. Firm Stand at Danzig. “Darta”, gazning, case judg- mentor,
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