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The
preme Court
Hongkong Telegraph.
No. 13071
四拜磚 六月四快港香
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1933.
日二十月三
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JAPANESE OFFENSIVE NEARS CHINWANGTAO
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA
REPRISAL BILL
TIME-LIMIT CLAUSE MAY
BE INSERTED
LABOUR MOTION REJECTED
London, Apr. 5. After a lengthy debate following the motion by Sir Stafford Cripps for the rejection of the Russian of "Trade Bill, granting powers prohibition, a second reading was kranted to the Bill.
MUSSOLINI PLAN
FOR EUROPE
ITALY'S REPLY TO FRANCE
Rome, April 6. Italy's reply to the French attempt to whittle down the ussolini Plan is contained In a communique issued after -a three-hour meeting the -Fascist Grand Council, which affirms that the fundamental elements of the Mussolini Plan must remain intactas the only one that can create the conditions necessary for peace in which all interests my equitably be recognised. --Zanter.
The Labour motion for rejection THE PIRACY
was Inevitably defeated, by 347
voles. Lu
18,
the Samuelite
re-
Liberals fruining from voting.
Efforts were ben made uy
he Labour Op osition to in- uce the Govern- Jent
oduce modi-
to
in-
*ntions. and Mr. Walter
the
PROBLEM
ARMED GUARDS
ISSUE
NO INCREASE OF WARSHIPS
FIGHTING
IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY
ALL SHOPKEEPERS CLOSE DOORS
CHINESE CLAIM
Tientsin, Apr. 6. Unconfirmable foreign re-. ports indicate that fighting was taking place in the of Chinwangtao vicinity last night. At the moment, no further details are ob tainable.-Reuter.
Later.
BLUE FORCE RAID ON REPULSE BAY
MAIN FORCES CLASH IN HILLS IN HONGKONG MIMIC WAR
DEFENDERS TRIUMPH
(By Car Special Representative
with the Forces)
Long before the first streaks of
dawn lined the sky this morning, H.MLS. Medway, the flagship of
AMERICA AND GOLD STANDARD
the, Blueland forces in the Colony's NEW PRESIDENTIAL:
Sir Eric Drummond, shortly to remimis war, crept silently inta Re- Heavy guy and rifle fire was labin, who broke his usual reserve
tire from the Lugue Secretary Gen-pulse Bay, and with a precision plainly heard to the north of China speech on the Sing-dapanese coming of constant practice, land- wangtoo for the greater part of yesterday, the sound of the fight- ing growing as the day wore..on.
dispute yesterday.
ed ita army of invaders.
The defending Blueland forces, however, were not caught unaware
It was learned that the Japan LEAGUE'S MORAL the alarm was raised, and the
ese had launched an offensive down the coast and had advanced to within two miles of Chinwan- tao.
HAITANG BATTLE. ·
"Heavy fighting is also proceed- ing at Haiyang, to the north of the town, about five miles away. General Ho Chu-kuo claims that! the town was recaptured after a which the Severe encounter in
STRENGTH
ERIC DRUMMOND AND JAPAN
A FALSE STEP.
London, Apr. 5. ... ]. a hundred Japanese: The Learde of Nations has been weakened by the withdrawal After the re-occupation of Hai- of Japan from its counsels, but it yang, the Japanese took two fierce has been strengthened morally by attacks in an effort to secure its decision to face honestly the fresh footholds, but their attacks, hardest situation with which it it is claimed were beaten off.
has ever been confronted.
London, April 5. Runciman, Pre-Questioned in the House of Mr. W. Runciman. sident of Board of Trade, agreed sympathe. Commons this evening regard-Chinese casualties were exceed- tically to consider a suggestion bying the steps proposed by the ingly heavy, although they claim Mr. George Lansbury, that there Admiralty in view of the increase that over be inserted in the Bill a time-limit in Chinese piracies, Sir Bolton were slain. to its operation, so as to ensure Eyres-Monsell said it was im- that it dealt only with the arrests possible, with the number of the warship available, to forestall and not with the whole of Anglo-Russian trades question. all piracies.
The measure has been introduc
Sir Basil Peto suggested that principally as a reprisal follow-armed guards should he placed on ing the arrest of British em- all yeasel trading on the China
loyees of Metropolitan-Vickers. Coast without payment.. It gives the President of the
He said that this would be Board of Trade power to ban all
cheaper than constantly paying imports from Russia-Rentes.
EXTRA TIME ALLOTTED.
ransoms.
NO PANIC.
So declared Sir Eric Drummond," There was up panic in Chin-the Secretary-General of the Lea- wangtao, but the shopkeepers, as gue to-night in a most unusual a precaution against disturban-event for him, a ces, closed their doors throughout dress
the day.
invaders found themselves facing annihilation Machine gun-nests, cunningly hidden on the surround- ing hillaides, and the advance party of the defending forces bar- red their path, and had their guns beiched forth real lead instead of dummy bullets, few of the raiders would have lived through the landing.
CLASH AT WONGNEICHONG. Once landed, however, there was little to stop the advance, for the main defending "forces were still on the mainland.
."
Fast launches were requisition-| ed to bring the troops-compris- ing the South Wales Borderers and the balance of the Lincoln- shires across the harbour, and less than one hour after the land- broadcast ad-ing, the two forces met at Wong
neichong Gap, Happy Valley.
In an effort to outflank" each other the two armies spread out 011 a front that Intermittently spread from Tai Hang Village to Deepwater Bay...
THE WRONG COURSE..
Sir Eric admitted that the The First Lord of the Admiral- Large numbers of refugees from Japanese case for action of sume Extra time has been alloted forty replied that it was impossible the war zone are pouring through sort was strong.
making southern districts, British Government to to the debate on the bill, but it will be for the
provide armed guards without chiefly for Tientsin, Changli and
If he said, she had followed disposed of to-morrow night.
Sir John Simon, moving the payments, but there was a very Luanchow.
Two passenger trains for Lain- the Covenant of the League and second reading, said that notice reasonable agreentent for armed
chow to-day were overflowing with had brought her difficulties to the to terminate the Angle-Soviet guards on payment.
would have been assured of a trade agreement expires on April An increase in the number of women and children from the new attention of the Council, she
warships on the China Staticn sphere of military operations.
Over 1 hundred and seventy sympathetic hearing and arrange The Government desired to ne- was not contemplated at the pre Chinese wounded have received ments would have been made pra gotiate a new trading agreement sent time.-Reuter,
attention here.-Sprciul.
17th.
and negotiations were proceeding i
when the disturbing event oceur- red which was the subject of the White Paper.
Russia had bought power plant from Metropolitan Vickers exten- xively in the last ten year
This equipment has received the Soviet en- highest praise from
gineers and under the technical as- xistance arrangements, of which the current one had five years to run, the Company supplied some of their best and most skilful men for the purpose of installing, starting and running the plant...
NOT RUNNING AWAY.
CHINA SHIPPING ENTERPRISE
HOLIDAY CRUISES
PLANNED
(Special to "Telegraph")
(Triebre, Copyright, My Ordinaner, A. 4.
Tdegraphic Mes INDL. Beneived, April
Shanghai, Apr. 6. Butterfield and Swires and Jar-]
It had some bearing on the pre-dine, Matheson and Company, fol- sent case that the Company's ex-lowing the practice developed to elsewhere with marked success, perts might, therefore, expect
remain in Russia for another 5 are offering the Shanghai publici short river and sea cruises during years.
ย
PREMIER'S VISIT TO
AMERICA
No complaint was alleged re the Eastern holidays, the trips in. ́.. garding the operation of the cluding Nanking Ningpo and agreement and some little time Tsingtao-Reuter,
ago, the Soviet placed an
order
for a turbo-generator equipment to
ARTILLERY IN ACTION. Artillery was also rushed across the harbour from Shamshulpo In barges, and the 4.6 guns engaged
ORDER
Washington, April 5.
The United States, will henceforth be on the "gold bullion standard," by virtus, of Presidential orders lifting the embargo on the export of gold, but licensing the issue of gold in industrial trade transactions, and for- bidding individuals, under heavy penalties, to retain gold in excess of G$100 after May 1-Reuter
21
INFLATION IN U.S.
ESSENTIAL FOR
AGRICULTURE :
(Special to "Telegraph”) Teleprzak, Copüriskt. Terraza
Ad ரன் Ordinance. 1985. Received, April! t; 4.12 am)
Photo shows the sister ship of the ill fated Akron, the U.S.5. Mucom, which is expected to be ready for flying trials shortly. Modifications in design are claimed to have made her more efficient than the Akroni
NAZI CRIME WAVE
MURDERS IN TYROL & LIECHTENSTEIN
JEWISH COUPLE SLAIN
Berlin, Apr. 6,
Two more shocking political murders are featured in the news- papers this morning.
well-
Following the killing of known German journalist, Dr. Georg Bell, a former Nazi, who was murdered in a hotel at Durch- holzen in the Tyrol, a somewhat similar outrage occurred at Vaduz Washington, Apr. in Liechtenstein.
The murder of Dr. Bell was an- President Roosevelt's farm reliefparently carried out by Bavarian bill and his mortgage re-financing Nazis in revenge for alleged programme have been combined treason.
The victims of the Liechtenstein in a single bill which has been crime were a Jewish couple, Herr reported to the Senate by the Alfred Rotter and his wife. Agricultural Committee..
SHOT OUT OF HAND.
The Agricultural Committee al-
Both of them were shot out of perly and adequately to assure her the guns of the Blucand forecs so unanimously recommended con-hand, while Rotter's brother, Fritz rights and great interests in Man-checking the advance beyond Wan-siderable currency inflation as the and a woman, Frau Woll. were churia,
But Japan chose another course. She adopted a policy contrary to the principles, for which thu Les- gue stond.
APPEAL TO JAPAN. *
"I hope and trust," he conclud- ed, "that Japan will reconsicer her decision and agree with the members of the Lytton Comnis-
INVITATION ACCEPTED sion that friendship and not strife
WITH ALACRITY
the
with China is essential to peace of the Far East....
"Japan has a great contribution to make to the East. The League will always be ready and auxious
SAILING NEXT to help her within the terma of the
21
WEEK ·
London, Apr. 5. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will! said for the United States on April 15, according to present ar rangements.
work at the highest combined ter- RAPID FLIGHT TO The Prime Minister is paying
perature and pressure yei ar-
tempted in the world,
"On the night of March 11th,
where some of the engineers were
Ogpu police searched the house
FAR
EAST
personal
this special visit for a talk with President Roosevelt on the World Economic Conference, the British war debt to America
living and arrested Messrs, Mook MLLE. HILTZ NOW IN and other matters,
house and Thornton, who were.re-
moved at two o'clock in the morning to prison. Next morning, Messrs:
Cushny and MacDonald were simi- larly taken off to jail.
7
CALCUTTA
Calcutta, April 5.
Covenant.Reuter.
AIR DEFENCE OF SHANGHAI
R.A.E. ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING
(Spacial to “TelegADE")
(Telegraph, Copyright. Ordinance, 2004.
dyna
Telegraphic Mica- Received, April Shanghai, Apr. 6.
chal Gap and Point 148.
Harassed by aeroplanes, mowed down by murderous machine gun fire from the defenders, and blown up, by artillery fire, the raidera,
only way substantially to relive injured in leaping from a car in agriculture-Reuter.
which mine armed men were attempting to kidnap them and
carry them into Germany.
The car was stopped by the the police in Tyrol and the occupants unarmed, were arrested.
Medway,
had points been calculated, would these exercises, not have stood a chance of victory. Blucland flagship was
and could
RAID FRUSTRATED.
Military authorities are
speed
at
only The Rotter brothers were at one 32 knots. Berwick, however, could time leading theatre managers in speed at 15 knots, and her arma- Berlin, but they got into Anancial emments were superior to those of difficulties and fed to Liechtenstein phatic that the exercises have the three destroyers on the de-in 1931-Reuter,
destroyers proved beyond a doubt that fending side. The would be impossible under cir- could speed at the same cumstances that ruled last night, Berwick, for a raid to be carried out suc- cessfully,
de.
+x-
rate as
RECENT KWANGSI
UPRISING
TENACIOUS CUSTOMER. Efforts to shake off the Redland The objective of the exercises, destroyers, which, in continuous however, was not to test the
radio touch with Hongkong, were RED PROPAGANDISTS iences of the Colony, The
ACTIVE ercises were merely routine training informing the Redland capital of for the garrison in Hongkong, to our movements, were unsuccessful. Darkness assisted" us, however,
A report has it that the recent test out the time they would take and before midnight, we had Buc. with the aid of modified precau ceeded in getting rid of two of the uprising among the Tung tribes,
Castern part of tions, to engage a hostile forre destroyers. The other clung to people in the after its point or points of landing us tenaciously throughout the Kwangsi Province was fastigat- had been located. -
QUICK ACTION.
night.
Wuchow, Apr. 4.
This is the first uprising among the tribes people for some years. Our Own Conrespondent.
LADY PEEL IN HOSPITAL
ed by Communist propagandists After midnight, Berwick and who visited the tribes and urged the aboriginics to fight for the Medway parted company, the The time taken to bring the main
latter to make the attack on control of their lands. defending force from Kowloon to!
Repulse Bay, and the former to the scene of operations, i.e. Happy
make a feint attack on Gindrink Valley, was less than an hour-u
er's Bay, on the mainland. He will be accompanied by Miss Ishbel MacDonald and by a num-
The Shanghal Royal Air Force period considered highly satisfac-
FEINT ON MAINLAND, ber of Treasury experts.
Association at its annual dinnertory by the local authorities. Ac-
The mainland attack met with Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is go- last night paid silent tribute to tually the raiding party only suc le. Mayse Hiltz, the young ing in response to a personal in the victims of the recent air ceeded in advancing from Repulse the same opposition as the Repulae French airwoman, who is at-vitation from President Roosevelt disasters in Flanders and America Bay to Wongneichong Gap before and it ia anticlated in some quar-at the beginning of the ceremony;
the defending forces were able to Bay engagement. Verey lights flashed a warning signal to the The chairman, in the course of bring their main force into opera-waiting defenders as soon as the tacking the existing speed nord ters that informal conversatione
boats were nighted coming ashore At the same time the Ogpu police, for a flight from Paris. to Tokyo, as contemplated will be produc his speech, mentioned the forma
Actually two landings were suc- and the Jat Regiment was rushed in the same prison, lot merely arrived here at 5,15 p.m. from tive of valuable results both as tion of an air defence company of
to the trend of the discussion at the Shanghai Volunteer Corpscessfully made by the invading up to repel the Blueland forces. the World Economic Conference during the year-Router. sentenced 35 Russians to die, but
Blucland forces. carried out the sentence there and Karachi.
The airwoman has covered the and 'ns to the solution of the war any trial and certainly without distance from Paris to Calcutta In deht, problem.-Reuter. putting into motion any ordinary under five days.-Reuter. judicial proceedings.
POLICE METHODS.
Then without, so far as was known,
A police report to-day states that
KING'S MESSAGE ON THE AKRON DISASTER
tion.
OPERATION THIS MORNING
an
the
Fighting continued
on both
Lady Peel regrets that swing to Bectors until 9 a.m., when the her having had to undergo SHADOWED BY DESTROYERS.
engagements were called off operation in Victoria Hospital, she Last night at acn, after wo met This afternoon the Umpires will in compelled to cancel all her-en- tho Redland destroyers, which compare notes, and make their gagements for the rest of
month. were on reconnalesance duty about declaíons. "When the Foreign Office xo-
The wedding between Mr. John La foki of 228, Queen's Road West is H.M. the King has telegraphed
navál and military We are informed that Lady Peel ceived a telegram that a certain in and Misa Enid Lo is to take alleged to have absconded with $100 to President Roosevelt an expresfifty miles from Hongkong, an number of British engineers were place at the Registry Office on the and to have administered an unknownsion of his deepest sympathy with
her condition is satisfactory. of results. in the hands of Ogpu police and with instant, and the reception will drug to another foki, Chan
Akron disaster-Briliah Wireless. the telegram stating that the to held at the Hongkong Hotel at 4.30 14, who has been sent to the Gox the familien of the victims of the effort was made to shake them off. authorities are satisfied with the stood the operation well and that
(Continued on Page 7.)
p.m. on that date..
ernment Civil Hospital,
Wing,
For
the
purposes
Both