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GRIM DETAILS OF TAIPO TUNNEL
LANDSLIDE TRAGEDY REVEALED:
FORTY BODIES NOT RECOVERED
Leisurely Methods In Clearance Work
Special to the Hongkong Daily Press
THE STARK DETAILS OF A GRAVE TRAGEDY, resulting in the death of no less than fifty. Chinese-labour--. ers four weeks ago and which has caused disruption of traffic on the railway which runs into the New Territories ever since, are now made public for" the first time through investigations carried out by the Hongkong Daily Press.
It will be recalled that during the heavy rainfall on August 2, a landslide occurred at the entrance to the rail- way tunnel near Taipo, burying four Chinese, who were unfortunately walking along the line at the time.
THE ACCIDENT WAS DULY at a time when no workmen were REPORTED and with the anon the scene. This has aggravated nouncement that the bodies had the task of those engaged in clear- been recovered, the matter soon forgotten.
wasing the line and will considerably.
delay the recovery of the bodies known to be buried there.
The public, however, has up to date been unaware of the fact that
over
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CLOSED:
INCREASING JAPANESE NAVAL
This picture gives a good idea of the magnitude o. She slide. will be seen that the entrance, to the tuduel is £bost entirely
blocked, leaving a space of about a mere fell on top.
Expected Italian Attack On Egypt Delayed By British Forces' Tactics
ACTIVITIES REPORTED IN
SOUTH CHINA WATERS Further Chinese Military Border Preparations
SHANGHAI, August 30 (Reuter)-Under glaring head- lines, Chinese newspapers announce the closure of all Indo China ports, further Chinese military preparations along the border and increasing Japanese naval activities in South China
waters.
ALTHOUGH THESE REPORTS ARE NOT OFFICIALTM LY CONFIRMED, they show how far political interest cen- tres round Indo-China, since the stoppage of shipping thither from Hongkong, it is reported on Wednesday,
- According to messages from Chungking, the Chinese are keenly on guard along the northern borders of Indo- China and it is learned that General Pel Chung-hst, the ablest of the Chinese Generals," who inflicted sharp defeats On the Japanese in the past year, has gone to the border. to direct preparations.
While all at present is reported
LONDON, AUG, 30 (REUTER)--MILITARY CHICLES IN LON. TISH FORCES and the hard slogging of the Navy have delayed, but DON BELIEVE THAT THE PINPRICKING TACTICS OF THE BRI
not caused abandonment, of the expected Italian attack on Egypt The Italiams have been concentrated for some time about Bar- dia. over the Libyan,frontier and about a month an appeared to Petain Government is preparing
oferte TE
the Chinese press reports that the
VISIT TO SCENE a few days later. while a gang of
When our representative visited 100 Chinese coolies were the scene of the tragedy a couple clearing the debris, a second and
of days ago, he was surprised to much bigger slide occurred, which and that the work was being car- buried no less than fifty of their ried out in a most leisurely and number. Although this occurred holiday like manner. About fifty three weeks ago, only a few of the Chinese coolics were engaged in bodies have been recovered to date removing earth from the entrance and ft is believed that at least to the tunnel and appeared to be. forty corpses are still lying beneath in no hurry about their work. the mass of earth and rock that Their task was to fill a small trol. completely blocks the entrance to the form the tunnel.
it'on to the edge of the railway
move more troops from Italy into Liby LAX SUPERVISION.
embankment and tilt the earth
In the meantime it also reports German troops could indeed be There is no news in London of that there is fresh Japanese mili- While the cause of this second into a field. The major part of the
reinforcements reaching tary activity in South China and catastrophe suggests
the excavation work was being per-transported there to participate in any that
250,000 troops formed by an ancient looking don-attack though, there are no news Libya, but
are a further large Influx to Indo- work
BOMBAY, Aug. 30 (Reuter) clearing of
badly Was
thought to be there at the out- China of Japanese "tourists" who, The Japanese steamer Fushimi handled and lacked expert su-key-crane. which ran on the un-of such being done..
At the same time the British break of the war. Including ait is asserted, are actually picked Maru has been permitted to com- pervision, the official view is that covered part of the railway track. the peculiar nature of the strata Cont'd on Page 12, Col. 3
navy whose problems have been number of mechanised units.soldiers, the newspapers announce.tinue her voyage, according to the increased by the loss of the French The numbers participating in Fleet and bases have been most
in this vicinity was at fault.
Even if this latter explanation
is correct, it is difficult to
stand why no proper precau tions were taken to prevent a third and "equally heavy slide which oc- curred only a week ago. fortunately
French Envoy Expected In Chungking
SHANGHAI, Aug. 30 (Reuter)- M. Henri Cosme, the French Am- bassador to China, is expected to leave Shanghai for Chungking in the middle of September, says the Sinwanpao.
During his stay in Indo-China, M. Cosme will discuss the situa- tion in the Colony with Vice-Ad- miral Decoux, the newly sppoint- ed Governor,
AXIS POWERS' INTERVENTION ACCEPTED
CASUALTIES OF
ORPHEUS
enterprising in this region.
The limiting factor in the
the campaign will be regulated by a supply problem,
The only feature in the" Sudan
to be quiet in Indo-China Itself, Fushimi Maru fa aduka concessions to JIPRUEN Permitted
Italian campaign would be the is the patrolling activity.. Italians į CARGOBOAT
question of supply with emphasis are reported to be bringing up on the problem of water.
reinforcements but the present
LONDON, Aug. 30 (Reuter) Official casualties of ELM, sub-
The Italians have proved good weather will prevent anything marine Orpheus, the loss of which organisers of back areas in the but small raids. There is a pos- was announced on Aug. 19, are Abyssinian-and in a lesser de-sibility that the troops and tanks jave officers, 49 ratings and a Chi- gree-and Somaliland campaigns, used in Somaliland may be moved nese steward missing. presumed but their transports are liable to against Kenya, but this will take
interruption.
The strategic importance of the
killed.
WHOLE OF WEST AND
CENTRAL AFRICA ARE
some time.
To Leave
Japanese. Consul here.
She sails this afternoon.
EARLIER REPORT
TOKYO, Aug. 30 (Reuter)-A Domet message states that the Japanese liner Fushimi Maru
10,936 tons bound for Europe, was TORPEDOED
GEN. PEI CHUNG-ASI
PROMINENT PHYSICIST PASSES
LONDON, Aug. 30 (Reuter)--The unable to sall from Bombay be-death has occurred of Bir Joseph cause the British navicert system (John) Thomson, Kt.; OM, who.
IN ATLANTIC prevents her from taking on water. was Cavendish Professor of Ex-
#
years of age.
Physics, The message adds that the mat- perimental
Cambridge. LONDON, Aug. 30 (Reuter)-ter. has been taken up with the from 1884 to 1918. He was: 84 Eighteen members of the British authorities in Simia and London.
FATSHAN CASE
cargoboat which was torpedoed decision of French equatorial
in the Atlantic has and sunk Africa to continue the fight rests arrived in a Scottish port today. mainly in the creation of Allied after being rescued by an Irish communications right across Africa, between Nigeria and the p. Budan.
AXIS SEPARATED
SETTLED
President of the British Associa- tion in 1909, the late Sir Joseph won the Hodgkins Medal of the Smithsonian Institute, Washing- ton, Franklin Medal and Scott The Colonial Secretary's Office Medal, Philadelphia, Mascart They have been in the water for has forwarded the following com Medal, Parts, and Dalton Medal, 33 hours in a life boat which had
Manchester. In munique>;
1914, he was NOW WITH ALLIES It is now a belt with the Allied to be baled continuously owing to
Agreement was amicably reach-awarded the Copley Medal of the parts in Africa. Should the Axis gunning. territory, separating
the Axis a leakage as the result of machine- ed. today (Aug. 30) in regard to Royal Society.
He was D.St. (hon) of many: Powers some time in the future
the Fatshan question, following
prominent among They learned on landing that conversations between the Japan-universities plan to move. from North to South another 18 members of the crew ese and British Consuls-General, these being Oxford, Leeds, Got- Africa which would involve en- had been safely landed in an s. S. Fatshan will sail for Hong- tingen. Oslo and Edinburgh. ormous distances-this Allied belt Irish port. would enable the Allied forces to
kong Monday morning Sept. 2 make use of shorter distances.
"THE FIRST NECESSITY FOR HERR HITLER is to get the Battle of Britain out of the way. This is why, I think, he will go on hitting us until he finds that the task of destroying us is beyond his power.
"As Mr. Winston Churchill said last week, we are still toiling up the hill of victory. I think we are now out of the morass at the bottom of that hill. That mörass, how- ever, was not the slough of despond. We are moving steadily upwards.
"Next Tuesday we shall “We have had air rald warnings ROME Aug. 30. (Reuter)-A enter the second year of the and air raids by night and day." message, from Bucharest states war for freedom and I firmly went on Mr. Steed. In the last bwalam_three daya these have been
damage done and lists of casual-
that the Rwnunder Crown Coud believe that this time next mostly by night. Our newspapera cil, which met last night, has year there will be a very have published photographs of the accepted, by a majority vote, the heartening tale to tell.” - -Intervention of the Axis Powera in "the Transylvaniam dispute.
The Council will meet again to
· day...
INSPECTION TOUR
These words formed part of the ties have been posted up for every- talk on "World Affairs" by Mr. one to see. It Herr Hitler and Dr. Wickham Steed, the distinguished Goebbels imagine we are terrified, English journalist, broadcast from they are the victims of their own Daventry last night,
imagination. We can take all that Mr. Steed said that this week they can give us.” OF HUNAN the second phase in the Battle of
Dr. Goebbels had been telling Britain had been going on and
world, continued the
Mr. SHANGHAI, Aug. 30 (Reuter)- might not yet be finished, Bri-
Steed," that "Londón: was in Mr. Tan Kan-kee, Chairman of tain's eminent gunners won the ruins. The actual facts would the China Relief Association in first round of that battle hand-
∙nos deter him from saying Singapore, has left Kwelin, capit somely.
anything to the contrary.
The house I live in," said Mr. Now, In the second round, they steed. "commands a wide view of were all in the fight and he had London and I have yet to see any noticed this week among the people change in the outlook. In the VALETTA BOMBED
the same kind of feeling that had
main thoroughfares, buses and. prevailed during the last war. CAIRO, Aug. 30 (Reuter)-Ita- Now that they were in London in private cars are still running, llan planes attempted to raid Malthe midst of the Battle of Britain pedestrians are still seen and there ta and dropped bombs on Valetta, they found it difficult to see it is no, perceptible change in the but the damage was slight and as a whole and therefore, they ordinary life of the city. We may only a few casualties were report-aid not realise how important the not all be as keen as the old lady
Cont'd on Page 7 Col. 3
al of Kwangsi with his party to ALL IN THE FIGHT continue on an inspection tour of the Hunan province yesterday.
ed.
whole was.
The establishment of a com-Future Developments Of
munication is of great import- ance, but the political signincance of the decision will also be re- garded in London as very great.
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International base. ball; Golf championship: Crossword puzzle. PAGE 3-Radio" programmes;
Coming events, sound PAGE 4-Vienna conference; Workers unperturbed by raids: Italy's plans for offen- atve; North Kiangan food. PAGE-New Chinese Corisul for France; Round the Por lice Courts: KCC, cricketer prisoner of war: Airport news.
PAGE 8-Leading article: Bri- tatri, America and Japan. PAGE 8-Church" announce ments Catholic notes: Vo lunteer orders; Typhoon course.
PAGES 9 and 10-Finance,
commercial and generales PAGE 11-Passengers,
United Imperial Action
His publicatioris included many treatise on physics, electricity and magnetism."
Sir Joseph was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906.
WELLES TALKS
Will Be At WITH JAPANESE ~LONDON, Aug, 30-Route Delhi Talks
„The DAILY TELEGRAPH.
In an editorial says that in less than a year the Dominions have created armies and air forces of their own for the defence of the Empire.
Future developments of united imperial action will come from the meeting in October of the conference on war supplies at Delhi with representatives of India, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, South Africa and East Africa of a round Council Board.
AMBASSADOR
TOKYO, Aug. 30 Reuter) Mr. Yakichiro Buma, the Foreign Office spokcaman," today categorically denied the report which has been widely spread by the United Press. that the United States Acting. Se- cretary of State, Mr. Sumner Wel les on Aug. 23, had handed to Mr. Keusuke Horinouchi, the Japanese
In the western hemisphere, | Shelters, must be made more Ambassador to the United States a Canada's splendid effort gains comfortable and warmer as we strongly worded protest against strength from week to week spend more hours in them. Sleep Japan's action in China.
will have to be found in other Nazism and Fasciam chal-times of the day.
The spokesman pointed out that the talks between Mr. Horinouchi lenged a formidable power We shall soon be at home in the and Mr. Welles have been limited when they attacked a world-new and straightened way of life to routine matters, wide empire founded on free for, as people, we can make and dom and "Justice.
do better than most and we have The MANCHESTER GUARDIAN a dogged temper that can over- says that the long nightly alarms come petty trials with humour and are aimed at civillan nerves as fortitude.. much as Industrial production. If the assault against our nerves International Danube Commission The Nazis have specialised in at are defeated night raiders' effechas suspended activities becau tempts to undermine a people's tiveness can be judged only on there is no place for such institu spirit and this is one more we must their military damage which has tions in the new Bure adapt ourselves thereto.
ling to the Voelkischer
hitherto been negligible.
INT'L DANUBE COMMISSION
BERLIN, Aug. 30 (Reuter) The