BRITISH PATIENCE STRAINED
Italian Resistance To Be Broken
Spanish Problem Eludes Formula
London, Oct., 28.
Italy's announcement that there will be no further concesions has apparently wrecked the pion to give the civil war back to this Spaniarets, The Russions are almulianeously pitted against Nazia, Fascists, Great Britain and France, and have refused to budgo from their opposition to a tekten withdrawal of volunteern equal numbers,
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An outstanding iterary success from the financial point of view is more difficult to gain than ever be fore, but there are probably twenty tlines more people making a living by the pen nowadays than there were in the time of Sir Walter Scott Pablle taste in literature has un- dergone a great change es compared event with pre-war days, and, books. that would have been best sellers in the nineties, when Sir James Barrie was writing novels would now hurd ly sell a thousand copies.
Wealthy authors Biko lyding, and Hall Cuine made their in a less sophisticated age
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The deadlock is an unyielding at to communicate oficially to the Bri-730 nm. A Relour Service (Church of the Committee ndiourned until Tues-tish and French Governments that day instead of Monday,
Informed cirejen ndlmit that negotiations are- on the brink collapse.
the
The Committee meeting on Tues- day will probably agree to report that it has falled to find a means for the withdrawal of volunteers.
Italian volunteers 1 Spain total about 40,000.
An oficial agency communique announcing the fact adds, "Anyone who says anything to the contrary knows he is lying"-Reuter.
CALL TO COLOURS Italy has tightened the deadlock,
Biarritz, Oct. 23. Under instructions of the Minister announcing that she refuses to be bound by any census of volunteers of the Interior, all Spanish men bé-
mission to Spain.
taken by the Non-Intervention Corn-tween the ages of 18 and 40 who have come to reside in France since the opening of the civil war. being notified that they must leave the country.
Before Tuesday, France will bring pressure on Russia to alter her stand Britain is apparently lostan patience and will nitemot to break the, Halian- resistuace.-United Pres
REFUGEES FROM GIJON
Hundred Thousand Italians Fighting in Asturias
Paris, Oct. Oct. 23. Fourleen members of the Asturian Government arrived at Dotzarne Nez. Finisterre, from Gijon aboard a soil- Ing boat
President Belarmino Tomas de clared that there are 110,000 Italiaris fighting in Asturias, with their own headquarters staff, auxiliary services and aircraft.
The refugees bone to leave shortly for Valencia or Madrid,-Kcuter.
ITALIAN FIGURES
Only 10,000 Volunteers Now Fighting in Spain
arc
The order applies frrespective of the position or fortune of those con- cerned, but special circumstances will be conaktered.-Reuter.
FRENCH DEFENÇES
Colonial Minister Requests Re-Inforcements
Paris, Oct. 23.
As a result of the Spanish and Oriental wars, the Minister for the Colonies, Mr. Marlun Moutet, is re- porled to have asked the Cabinet to authorise a vole of 300,000,000 frunes for re-inforcements for French Indo- | Chink,
that is reported
M. Edouard Delndier, Minister of Defence, an nounced that he will visit Tunis to Inspect the strengthening of the de- fences due to Italian concentrations in Libya.
Most of the Cabinet attended on unoilleiul meeting to discuss foreign affairs, non-intervention in Spain. repercussions in the Mediterranean and endangerment of communications The Italian Ambassadors to Lon-through Italian seizure of the Dalearic don and Parls have been instructed Islands,-United Prс38.
Rome, Oct. 23.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1937.
CANTON KOWLOON
TRAIN BOMBED
TWO KILLED ON WAY HERE WHEN PLANES
USE MACHINE-GUNS
First direct bombing hits on a 'passenger train of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were scored by Japanese aviators yesterday morning when they demolished two passenger coaches and Nam Sha Station near Shekling, killed two Chinese and injured four.
It was the 6.45 a.m. alow train from Canton and it was hit about five kilometres below Sheklung. But for a mischanco to the engine which caused some hours delay, the 8.15 a.. express from Canton bearing many more passengers, would have been on the scene of the bombing.
Passengers on the express which got into Kowloon at 5 p.m. told vivid stories of the devastation. Machine gun bullets had sprayed the coaches and crater-like holes were seen along the track.
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Casualties were few because the passengers, wurned, kind fled into the paddy fields.
021 the Passengers for Kewlum 0.15 am. express train from Canton to Hongkong yesterday were greeted with a sight of appalling havoc
reached Nam Sha station at 12.45 p.m. The station is about five kilometres from Sheklung bridge on the Hongkong side and 70 kilometres from Canton.
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A passenger sold: "The No. low train which left Canton at 0.45 л.m. and also Nam Sha sintion, hud been heavily bombed. All that was left of the station was a tremendous mus of debris-bricks, splintered glass and forn woed.
"The train alongside, consisting of the engine, tender, five freight cars and the two third class passenfter coaches, bore signs of machine gun fire. Both the passenger cars had' been struck by bombs and presented a spectacle of Indescribable
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The funeral of the late Mr. Willie Marie Souza, who died at the Queen Mary Hospital on Saturday at the nge of 21, was held at the Roman............ Catholic Cemetery yesterday,
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the Rev. Father U. Galbiate formed the last rites at the Chapel and at the graveside.
The late Mr. Souza was born In Hongkong, educated at St. Joseph's College, and was a member of the Portuguese Company of the Volun- teers. He was well own 吋
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were wrecked and the panelling was scattered all-over the place."
"Except for the definlie marks of machine gun fire and piles of stone and rubble which had formed part of the station, heaped on the other undamaged. chrs and the engine, they
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figured prominently in recent boxing,
bouts in the Colony,
The chief mourners were his six
brothers, Messrs. A.A., L.F., G.M., V.D., S., and T. Souza, and four sis- tera, Aldu,
and Maric, Margaret, Mrs. L. M. S. Remedios. Those who followed the cortege included Messrs. A. Remedios, F. Rocha, J. Xavier, C. Brother Felix, A. L. two M. Xavier, "It is reliably learned that
killed Leonard, H. A. Allon, F. X. Faria, O. adult Chinese civilians were and four were seriously injured. The M. Omar, W. Gutierrez, J. R. Velga, F. Elarie, Hector de Souza, E. M. train had fortunately coma to ย
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"Eye-witnesses stated that eight planes participated in the raid, flying some 14,000 feet high over Sheklung in order to escape anti-aircraft Bre from the guns at each end of the bridge. The planes then swooped down in the direction of Nam Shu Station.
they "After dropping six bombs returned to the
their secna of destruction and riddled the train with machine guns.
"Three bonibs hit the station and three others fell on the train.
"It is learned that attempts were ou Saturday by Japanese 'mande
planes to register hits on the Shek- Lung Bridge. Six planes flying t great height missed the Bridge, but the bombs fell on and destroyed. Arce small houses of an adjacent
ten village, killing
persons wounding several others.
along "Japanese alrcraft oclivity the Kowloon-Canton raliway route has been an almost daily occurrence, during the mornings only.
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was seen. A bomb had just missed the station and the track. Two other bombs had been dropped close to the first crater making holes adjacent to the track but not hitting it.
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"Cheungmuktau“ 07 icilometres from Canton was likewise the turget of the moming alr raid. When the train was about 20 yarda from the station a huge envlts just off the left side of the track showed where a bomb had struck. Within this hole lay a long plece of under. ground cable, snapped and twisted.
"On the opposite side was arother shell hole of slightly lesa dimensions. "It lo on ill-wind that blows 'some", However, small distance out of the good," for the 8.15 am, express from station, and close to it, a cavity like Canton, Earrying about 600 pas- the crater of a small volcano was all sengers in len carriages, would have that remained of a large wing of a been at Nam Sha at the time of the fine private residence:, The concus raid but for the fact that when this sion was so violent that It caused the truln reached Nam Kong, about three roof on an adjoining bouse to cave kilometres from Canton, I was held In. up for three-quarters
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"Thero an alarm was given, and passengers' scamnered like rabbits across the padi-felds of the country sida.
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passengers of both trains, in a com- The evening express' arrived in munity spirit born among persons in | Kowloon at 9.30 p.m., The engine close peril were near enough to ex-| drawing the train which had been change views. It was then learned | bombed arrived at 10 p.m. and was that the Kowloon exures, carrying inel by Mr. Trevor, raffle maringer, approximately 1,000 Passengers, had who made preliminary Inquiries Into been held un from 0.48 am, to 1.30 the bombing incident. p.m. at Tong Tau Nn, where further evidenen of the morning air raids awalled the observation of passengers in the Canton train,
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