HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
A DREADFUL THING THAT WILL NOT
BE FORGOTTEN BY REST CHINA WAR:
OF US-CYRIL LAKIN
Saturday's London Raids: Broadcast Talk Presents. "Other Side
Side Of Picture"
LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)-The "other side of the pletars” -that of the greater part of London which was not affected by the German mass raids on Saturday-was painted in a broad- cast talk yesterday by Cyril Lakin, Assistant Editor of the Sun- day Times, while Charles Gardiner, of the B.B.C., spoke about the bombed areas.
London looks just as much London as it did 24 hours before the raid, said Mr. Lakin... Considerable damage was done to cer- tain areas and a number of civilians-men, women and children --were killed" or wounded
LONDON KEEPS CALM
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An official states that the be
haviour and morale of the inmates throughout the terrifying ordeal was marvellous. Even a woman. who is a centenarian, was not in the least upset, but quite cheerful, while a 70-year-old man, whose hands were cut by flying glass, re- marked cheerfully. "The Germans cannot kill me."
FIGHTING IN SHANSI
HEAVY JAPANESE CASUALTIES
CABLE
Concentrated Attack On Hamburg
оп
SALVO AFTER SALVO OF HEAVY BOMBS
LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)—The Air Ministry announced that i large force of RAF bombers made a concentrated attack LOYANG, Sept. 9 (Central)-It Hamburg for more than three 1 officially estimated that at least hours fast night, dropplag salvo 3,000 Japanese have been killed after salvo of heavy-bombs and
and between 200 and 300 taken hundreds of incendiaries. prisoner in the sweeping Chinese attacks at various points on the Chengal Railway in Shansi in the past fortnight.
British bombers have been mak, ing successful night attacks over Germany for months and casual- ties have been few and far be tween.
GENERAL POLICY
Yangchuan, Japanese stronghold 30 miles west of Niangtzekwan on the east Shansi border, is still
It is stated that the general "That is # dreadful thing, a under a vigorous. Chinese siege. policy of the Air Ministry is still frightful thing, which will not be The enemy, with their communi- to attack military objectives and
forgotten or forgiven by the rest cations with the outside world as far as possible not the bomb of us," he went on.. "But those completely severed, are facing tm-jing of civilian population. who have suffered and are suffer-mitment annihilation.
By this means it is felt that
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FOR US.
ing would be the last in the world Chinese forces on both sides on the road to victory will be more to want outsiders to have a false the Tatung-Puchow Railway and, certain. than by carrying out Impression.”
Lareas north of the Chungtiao haphazard attacks upon the civil In those particular districts Mountain in south Shansi are population. which bore the main brunt of the continuing their clearing up opera- attack one finds more examples of tions against the Japanese. Fow- courage and kindliness than one shan and Yicheng, two important would ordinarily ever see in a life-
towns east of the railroad, are sur- time. For the rest of London's population-99.9 per cent.-it was rounded and more than 200 Jap- case of unpleasantness without anese in both places have been
killed. their being hurt.
CLASHES IN LINFEN Mr. Lakin spent from 9 a.m. Saturday to midnight in the City, A strong Chinese forte is now PRIVATE HOUSES SUFFER
and his werk was only interrupted rabidly pushing toward Linien, on LONDON, Sept. 9 (3WS)-Press for 5 minutes when danger was the Tatung-Püchow Railway south reports indicate that bombing was overhead and imminent. Indiscriminate.
of Hungtung Clashes bave taken Private "houses
At midnight, he and a friend place between the vanguards and and business premises have suffer-tert for home (In Chelsea). It was the Japanese south of Linfen. ed and casualties were caused, quite quiet, except for the occa Meanwhile, separate Chinese Rear-Admiral Greenslade
Some of these resulted when sional drone of a plane overhead. units are simultaneously attacking that the visit had been successful. bombs made a direct hit on A St. Paul's was silhouetted against Hukwan, Yincheng, Talyt, Kaoping shelter in a south-west district in the red glare of the fires from the
and which the occupants of neighbour-Docks. There was a fair amount
southeast ing houses were taking refuge. ut traffic, even at that hour, and Shanst and also Hsiahsien in the
A high explosive bomb also: hit
the nurses' home of an east Lon- "don hospital, but the staff and "nurses were in the basement shel-
ter and no casualties resulted.
Five women members of another hospital which was bombed are re- ported-missing and minor-tajurles were suffered by the occupants of this Institution. ·
many people were in the streets.
INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING
By 3 a.m., the Germans had begun to bomb indiscriminate- ly and some bombs fell close to his home. It was not very pleasant. But the, bark' was worse than the bite, and 'the next morning his particular
street awoke to its usual Sun
day morning.
Tsincheng
In
southern part of the province. They are reported to be making steady progress.
JAP. OFFICER CAPTURED CHANGSHA, Sept. 8. (Central) —
NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (Reuter)— Rear-Admiral Greenslade, of the United States Navy, and other United States, officials, concluded "visit to Bermuda during which they conferred with the Island authorities on the defence of the base leased, by Britain.
said
Tribute To L.C.C. Defence Services
Charles
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BELGRADE Sept. 9 (Reuter)-Shouting, “Why do the Ger- mans eat Yugoslavian food and we starve?" hundreds of workers of DANGER OF HOUSES all classes participated in a demonstration at Threshnavatz, & nor-
thern suburb of Zagreb, in Croatia.
COLLAPSING.
Windows of butchers', grocers' and bakers' shops were demolish- LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter)-Alled and contents strewn about the streets, but no plundering took night long, the
raiders caused place. damage from central London to the East End's dockland
Over miles of thickly populated area, the, police have cordoned
LINMAHANG MINES
The institute's window frames were all blown in and about 15 were seriously injured and taken to hospital. Nevertheless, there was no panic.
A Japanese newspaperman, Koba- yashi, was killed and 'an officer,
LONDON Sept 9 (Reuter) many streets owing to the danger Kita, was taken prisoner by Chi-"London has cause to be deeply
for buildings which were partly nese units near the Yunki station. grateful to you..
wrecked, collapsing, while gas was When the call about 14-miles northeast of Yoyang came you were ready and steady escaping in some areas DELAYED ACTION
on the Canton-Hankow Railway, says a message from Mr.,
The damage to utilty under LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuter)—
on Sept. 5. Explosions by delayed action bombs
takings, caused gas to be cut off Latham, leader of the London in both east and west London in 10 or more miles in the heart of construction work on the railroad the courage and value of the sex trains not operating in the morn- The pair were inspecting the County Council, paying tribute to over a wide area. Thousands of east London workers found normal the morning are now reported. London. All they could find way there when Chinese lying in am-vices rendered by men and women ing but the latest reports show gaged in many sorties with Jap three houses roved of and guardbush nearby descended upon them, of the Council's Defence Services that the damage done is being anese patrols and have baffleg the LONDON, Sept. (Reutered because of unexploded bombs Kobayashi resisted and was killed during the mass ralds.
RECORD ALARM
9
His wife, daughter and he set or to look for damage, covering
The "all-clear"
man in London was and a
sweeping up glass sounded at 4.38 am. after nine-splinters in a main street. and-a-half hours, which is a re- Apart from that and the sight- seers, they could find nothing un- Enemy planes. It is believed, usual. In fact, his small daughter
was disappointed!
cord.
were over three north-east towns and one Midland town early to-
day.
150 MACHINES
"..
ENGAGED
BOMBED AREAS. Damage was, of course, done in s the East End, Mr. Lakin "conclud- jed, bur he had presented the other side of the picture-by far the greater side.
LONDON, Bept. :9 (Reuter). Discussing the barbed areas, It is stated authoritatively in Charles Gardiner said that dur- London this morning that lasting
"exaggeration of the night's attacks were carried out night" it seemed certain that Lon-
the
Kita was wounded in the hand.
Enemy Renew Attacks Soon After Dark
SUCCESSIVE RELAYS OF AIRCRAFT LONDON, Sept. (Reuter)—
by enemy planes operating, for don must be badly wounded, but The Air Ministry and Ministry of the most part, singly, and it is when dawn came they found that Home Security in a Jofrit com-
the darkness had been a bad magmuntque state:~ nifying glass.
estimated that at least 510 ma- chines were engaged.
“Last night enemy attacks on London were renewed soon after darkness fell and continued dur-
Two-Ocean US. Navy
rapidly repaired,
ROOFS LIFTED
Wire-cutting parties have ep-
Casualties occurred on
both sides including a few fatalities.
The demonstrations. were entire- ly due to the increasing price in foodstuffs arising frozin "suicidal' exports to Germany last year.
Similar demonstrations have taken place in Belgrade,
The demonstrations have political significance.
PEPING, Sept. 9
по
(Reuter)--
Japanese with an uncanny know It was reliably reported in Pel ledge of the terrain where they ping yesterday that heavy fight- have often been seen to disappearing is going on along the Chental In north London, screaming and reappear again on some ad-railway which is at completely bombs lifted several roofs bodily joining hill, where they mockingly interrupted near Chinghsing and into the air, causing some casual-shook colls of cut wire at the is unlikely to be restored for some
weeks. ties while in one south-west dis- Japanese. trict 25 fires were caused in: one HYDE PARK, NEW YORK, Sept. road, but they were ab quickly (Renter)-President Roosevelt extinguished by householders and has signed the $5,251,000,000 Bill, the Auxliary Fire Service.
In a south-east area, a church, ing up considerably during the a few months ago" to produce up carrying a fund for a two-ocean navy and equipment for an army houses, shops and a large block periods when operations had to to 15 tons of pig lead per day, but- of 2,000,000 men.
of working class flats were dam-be stopped temporarily, Opera- owing to labour and mechanical tion costs can be met only with dificulties this peak was never
reached. A constant output and this re- quires full-time operation with day and night shifts.
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aged,
Constitution Of The P.I.:
Assembly Speaker's Mission To U.S.
CONSTANT INTERRUPTIONS The mines have not been able to continue with these constant interruptions, the overhead mount-
A smelter had just been erected.
About 200 tons a month of high grade lead, of 963 per cent fine- The labour employed duringness, was being placed on the lead full-time work numbers some 500 market monthly. The market was to 700 men, most of whom are a good one, the nearest competitors recruited from surrounding vil being Canada and Arastralia, where lages in an agreement reached freight rates and cost of labour several years ago with the Hong-considerably mounted up the price. kopg authorities.
“TEVER CHART"
For instance, at 2.30 a.m., from Some concern apparently has
Hampstead Heath, he saw a glow been, felt by the public regarding in the East End which seemed, to the amount of activity by anti-spread until it covered an area of the night. In this offensive, aircraft guns and British fighters miles. He found yesterday morn-the enemy employed successive re- during the night attacks, both on ing that this had been caused by lays of aircraft which operated in- SENOR JOSE YULO, SPEAKER OF THE PHILIPPINE NATION- Saturday and Sunday.
a are in one 3-storey office build-dependently and dropped bombs AL ASSEMBLY, who passed through the Colony recently on his way It is emphasised that anti-air-ing, most of which was saved.
over a widespread area in London. to the United States, accompanied by his daughter and a party of craft guns were engaged through-
Fires were started in the Docks
AA. DEFENCES
Assemblymen. Is on an important mission, authorised by the Phi- out both nights working in con-area during the day, and most
| mines' compound. They were en- "At no time during the night Uppines Assembly, in connexion with impending amendments to junction with searchlights. It is people realised that these meant was there an intensive attack de- the P.I." Constitution. extremely dimicuit, however, for that intensified night raids were livered by a large force. Our anti- the anti-aircraft guns to find the inevitable. At 8.30 am, German aircraft defences have been in target unless it is illuminated in bombers were overhead,
a searchlight beam and it would
be folly for the A. A. guns to throw
away ammunition Into space just
to say, they had fired off their salvo.
FULL EFFECT·
AA BARRAGE From Hampstead Heath, he saw the Thames Estuary anti- aircraft; barrage flickering like continuous lightning in the sky and every now and again there would come a flash as bombs, struck the ground, As night went on, the bombing
continuous action against.: the.. enemy.
"More deliberate enemy's attacks were again made on the Thames side district.
Here a number of fres were caused. Elsewhere in several parts of London, the enemy bombing-attacks resulted in many res and temporary interruption
All British anti-aircraft guns endeavour to utilke their ammin“ tion in such a way that it will likely have full effect upon the became more general and promis- of public services. considerable enemy raiders.
to let the Filipino people decide what is best for their government so long as it does not run counter to America's traditional democrs- the policies.
DEFENCE OF VOTE
While Assemblymen in the Philippines cherish hopes that the constitutional amendments will be ratified in Washing- ton, there are political dopes- ters who believe that some- thing more than the amend
In this sense Filipino legislators ments has prompted the focal
In defending their vote and that administration to send. accredited spokesman, to the of the Filipino electorate on the
amendments, expressed the con
· American capia!,”
viction that President Roosevelt OPPOSITION ACTION
will approve the changes in the Unfavourable reports, presum-philippine Government set-up. local opposition leaders regarding
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cuous, and it was during this time damage to private housed - and On both nights, German ma-that most of the damage to work- same. public and mercantile build-ably sent to the United States by chines came over at such a very ing houses was done.
Ings.
eciling high could be caught within the the London Fire Brigade half-made in due course.” limits of the searchlights, They expecting to find confusion and were also favoured by a certain chaos reigning. Instead, he found
that very few He visited the headquarters, of "A further statement will be the plebiscite on the amendments,
amount of cloud which did not complete calm and order as 4,000 NEW WAVE OF less government are believed to
help the searchlights.
| fire-fighting appliances of all sorts Last night, particularly, an- were sent to different areas. other factor, operated against the
A.R.P. services - of all branches success of the searchlight, namely, saved hundreds of Hives and thou- one or two extensive fires round sands of pounds worth of property out of London and the glow from during the raids, he said.
these made it difficult for search.
light beams to be fully effective,
DIFFICULT PROBLEM cle
ARRESTS IN PRAGUE
the grant of emergency powers to President Quezon and possibly the latter's latest proposal for a party-
be among the points which need explaining in Washington
Assemblymen, speculating the recommendations which US. High Commissioner Sayre has sent to Washington regarding the
A number of Shantung men are
About 14 mine miles were being. also employed who live in the worked at Linmahang. A number
gaged
022
athers
of veins were being followed and
the Saingmun Dam construction work, and on that job a good part of the hillside had been
tunnelled into, being completed, have been with
Faults were not infrequently re- the Linmahang Mine since...
ported. After giving a steady out- are Cantonese The
put for some months, a vein would Hakkas and Hokios from adjoining suddenly thin down from 18 per villages both in British and Chi-cent to three per cent lead and nese territory. The mine employs would be lost for some time. The also American mining engineers and richness of some of the veins has a considerable number of Euro fuctuated not unlike a fever chart. pean shift bosses, among them Russians and Portuguese,
The immediate future had considered very rosy and a Chl nese concern has undertaken to The Hongkong Mines, Ltd, took spend about $100,000 on the cop- over the working of the Linma-struction of a sulphuric acid plant.
INVESTMENT VALUE
It was explained that while the revival of the Philippinehang Mine in November 1937. Eighteen months' operation for the About $1,500,000 have been invested mill was being looked forward In the mine. A considerable to on a conservative estimate, agiount of the investment is NOW Investigations that have been In mine property and equipment made have proved that consider The principal share-holder is able lead deposits exist in adjoin- New Zealander, Mr. L. R. Nielson, whe controls about 80 per cent of the shares. He is also interested of in considerable mine property in the Philppines and has an in- found. terest, it is understood, in, some!
Senate will necessitate an ad- ditional outlay of around P1,000,000, "yet because of its Importance and the role it will asome in the political life of "the nation. it will be worth paying that much, even to the extent of curtailing expendi- tures in other activities to provide the necessary sum for
LONDON, Sept. 9 (Reuter) the revived |
Chinese territory, but opinions geologist vary as to the richness the deposits there. Outcrop pings of lead have, however, beán
News has reached London of s catea recently they could not be
This and the curtailment of the mining property in the United It is worthy of zote too that new wave of arreata in Prague lleve that his recommendations President's term to four years States There are a number of a small quantity of gold and con-
siderable silver was with one re-election are. after all, local share-holders.
Being mined clearly in the beam of searchlights and of 500 arrests in the provinces, were other than favourable. The difficult problem is in being It is almost impossible to pick according to Czechoslovakian sir. A prominent legislator explained in consonance with the American Previous to being taken over by also at Linmahang. The amount that the amendmenta are amate system, Assemblymer declared the Hongkong Mines, Lad., Linma- of gold dished up Lowever, wiLE able to engage the enemy ma- out enemy bombers orighters in cles, chines during night operations the darkness when both are The majority are former ad-ter which concern, the local ad- and for this reason they cannot hang had been operated by Chi- so small that it could not har fintesa favoured by such conditions travelling at from 200 to 300 miles herents of Dr. E. Benes or memministration and their approval is see how the proposed changes can nese concerns, on a much smaller by any stretch of
bers of former Socialist parties. In the line with America's policy | be, disapproved by: Washington, "Investment, for some 20 years. Called forthe gol that they can be brought out per hour.