THE
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY,
Fear Both Sides Determined On War
DEMOCRACIES PREPARE FOR QUICK ACTION
ANTICIPATE JAPAN'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW BRUSSELS MEDIATION
Brussels, Nov. 10.
SHANGHAI'S WORST
BOMBARDMENT OPENS
(Continued from Pape 1.)
afternoon were brought down Chinese anti-aircraft guns.
by
The planes crashed in the vicinity of the South Station, the Japanese jairmen being killed,-Central News,
Sufficient Food At Nantao
For Long Fight.
COLONY MARKS ARMISTICE DAY
(Continued from Pape 1.)
NOVEMBER 11, 1937.
RADIO BROADCAST
Service of Remembrance From London HONGKONG SINGERS.
Bartholomew, Commodore E. B. C.
Radio Programme Broadcast by Dicken, Wing Commander W. A. KZ.B.W. on Wavelengths 355 metres Datzell, and members of the Execu= (845 ic's) 31,40 metres (0.32 m.c's). tive and Legislative Councily, une
ILK.T. pipers of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps played a lament. This was followed by a Naval gun which announced the hour of 11. That wai the hour of "Case Fire," on the war
fronts in 1818.
10.50 a.m. Helay of a Service of teenbrance from the Cenotaph,.
tongkong,
11.10 Close Down.
12 Relay of Special Service from St. John's Cathedral.
12.30 p.m. Songs by Feter Dawson (Bass-Baritone),
A deep and solemn silence fell on the square like a mustle and for two Shanghal, Nov. 11, mimates all thought as one. Another
Where's The Sergeant (Longstaffe); There are suffelent foodstuffs in gun crashed and the spell was bro. Tommy Lad (Tercisemacher-Marget- store at Nantao for a prolonged de-ken. Immediately the aweel,
sad son); Britain's Heritage (Medley of fensive fight against the Japanese, notes of the "Last Post" were sound- Patriotle Songs).
Battalion, 12.40 according to General Yang Hu, Gared by buglers of the 1st
Engibh Light Orchestral rison Commander for the Shanghai- the Seaforth Highlanders, from the Music.
Cinderella-A
(Eric Phanteay verandah of the Hongkong Club. Woosung Area-Central News,
The massed bands then led the Contes); By The Sleepy Lagoon (Eric singing of the hymn, "O God Our Coates)....Eric. Coates and Sym-
Mock which phony Orchestra; Help In Ages Past," after Bishop Valteria, Bishop fall and the Dances (Grainger),...New Light Rev. K. Mackenzie Dow advanced Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai, Nov. 11.
and to the font of the Cenotaph. Bishop Time and Weather. Augusta While the US.S.
simul-Valtorta
An Armistice Day Commentary
Morris
slid the prayers of 1.03 Tchaikovsky Aurora's Wed- Important conversations took place to-day between IMS. Cumberland were Mr. Anthony Eden, Mr. Norman Davis and M.. Yvontaneously dressed over-all for Armis-Remembrance while the lev. Mac-ding-Ballet Music.
thee Day, a Japanese gun boat, which kenzie Dow led the Lord's Prayer. Delbos, representing Britain, United States and France. had earlier movers down the river. The blessing was pronounced by Orchestra conducted by Efrem Kurta It is understood they were considering every hypothesis returned and was greeted by Chinese Bishop Hell with regard to the Japanese reply so that they can submit suggestions without loss of time when Tokyo's answer is received.
There is now very little doubt, however, that the reply will be categorically negative, and the only uncertain point is whether the door will be left open for further negotiations.
Japanese quarters assert that Japan will not suspend military operations until she has achieved complete success, but Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's declaration) of determination to continue the resistance shows there is no sign of weakening on the part of China.-Reuter.
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
Brussels, Nov. 10.
The Brussels conference adjourned at 3.49 p.m. to-day untit 11 am. on Saturday-Reuter.
CEREMONY AT MEMORIAL ARCH
(Continued from Page 13
machine-guns,-United Press,
At
Watch Battle
Close Quarters
Shanghai, Nov. 11. The United Press correspondenta
to the
und 100 yards from the south end placed their floral iributes
heroes of the War simultaneously,
where a group
Chinese
com-
mrr.
Played by the London Philharmonic
1.20 Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather and Announcements.
1.40 Military Band Music. Mirella-Overture (Gounod,
The B.B.C. Wireless O'Donnell).
Tanze Military Band: Amorellen
Valce Des Alouettes (Gungi); (Urigo):War March Of The Priests Mendelssohn)....The Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards.
Songs 1.56 Form Fours-Wor Medley (arr. Grand). Vocal Quartette-The Big Four.
2.04
Orchestral Marches
Crown
The buglers of the Seaforth Highlanders sounded the cheery "Re- veille", and following the playing of the National Anthem, la Excellency mounted the Cenotaph steps and lald a wreath at the base of the monu- ment.
Sir Geoffry was followed by the stood on the shore at the French heads of the three Services, who
of Freach Concession this morning
of French polier repr resentatives of the foreign. Navies,
gunboats, using Merchant Navy, the watched Japanese
with one-pounders, duel
Pomp and Circumstance March Chinese munity and the Consular Body fol
No. 3 (Elgar)....London Symphony totalling 402 in- Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Detachments large gedown by the waterside, the snipers near the boom, as well as in a lowing. north wall of which is practically individuals, were present-Royal Navy Elgar: Imperial March, Op. 32 (El- the French Concession.
and Royal Marines, Hongkong Volunur.The B.B.C. Symphony Or
Sir Adrian Force, teer
Army, Hongkong chestra conducted by The Chinese snipers, using ma-Volunteer Defence Corps, Royal Air Boult.
Merchant
God Save The King Navy, British
2.15 Close Down. chine-guns and rities, attempted to Force hit the tow-lying Japanese gunboat Legion, Royal Artillery Association,
4-0 p.m. Chinese Programme. which was partially concealed behind Royal Engineers Old Comrades As- GOrchestral a group of anchored junks. The sociation, Foreign Armies and Navies,
Fidelio-Overture (Beethoven).... facade of the godown bare large hates Consular Services. St. John Am- as it result
the barrage from the balance Brigade, Boy Scouts' Asso-The Berlin Philharmonie Orchestra: Coronation Imperial (A gunboat which lasted on hour, and ciation, Girl Guides Association. last night's duel which started when
Units of the Garrison represented (March-1837) (Walton)....The B.B.C. the Japanese attempted to land down
were: 8th Heavy Brigade, R.A., 5th. Symphony Orchestra: Elegy, Op. 58 the river by the rdie of the boom on Anti-Alrcraft Brigade, RA., Royal (Elgar),...London Philharmonic Or the Pooting side in order to bring Engineers, Corps of Signals, 2nd. En. chestra. artillery into position to shell Nantao Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1st. Ba. The from point blank range. However, Middlesex Regt., 1st, Bn. Seaforth the Chinese fire drove off the Highlanders, 1st. Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles, Hongkong Brigade, H.KS.H.A., A demonstration by students out-
The "Last Post" was sounded by Japanese landing party.
Royal Army Service Corps, Royal side of the Japanese Embassy was
buglers of the ist. Bu, the Seaforth
May Open Boom
Army Medical Corps, Royal Army stopped by the pollee to-day Who Highlanders as soon as the official
Ordnance Corps. Royal Army Pay made a number of arrests, including party had haited in front
After 6 o'clock this morning the the President and other officials of Atemorial, and after a short pause the gunboat ordered a number of Chinese Corps, 5/6th. Rajputana Rifles, 1st. The Kumaon Rifles, Hongkong the General Association of Students.Reveille" was sounded.
junks from the river between it and
Mule Corps, R.I.A.S.C. The students attempted to form. a Wreaths were then, id by His Ex- the boom in order get a better
THE WREATHS 10 present petition
H procession
Geoffry Northcote, range cellency Sir
Nanino. The vessel then
Among the wreaths fald signed by a thousand of them pro- Major. General Bartholomew, the varied its shelling of the godown with testing
the ugainst
"systematic
lowing: The Governor; Commander- destruction of Chinese educational Commodore In Charge, Hongkong, shots at Nantao farther up the river Cenotaph were those from the fol- the Officer Commanding the Royal French officers believe that the gun-in-Chief, Officers and men of the centres,"
Air Forec, the lion. Mr. R. A. C. boat, after reducing resistance in the China Flect and Establishment at demonstration Another
occurred North, and the ion. Mr, I vicinity of the boom, intends to
Hongkong; General OMeer Corn- dynamite a small passage enabling outside of the police station where
Kotewall, to
manding, Omcers and other Ranks, gendarmes were called
disperse
Chinese Members of Counelis, lighter from the Japanese warships China Command; the Royal Air the crowd-Reuter.
Chinese Representatives of the Urbat to proceed up river to shell Nanto Force; RN. Lepanto: U.S.S. Sacra- EMBASSY REPLIES TO
Council, Mr. Lo Wing-kit (Tung from point blank range.
mento: Chinese Unofficial Members STUDENTS
Wah Hospital), Mr. W. N. Thomas
A long line of fires inland of Poo- of the Executive and Legislative Tam (Po Leung Kuk), Mr. Li Singtung forgied a background to the duet Counell; Consular Body: British Out (Merriman). kue (Chinese Chamber of Cotti- merce), Mr. Tso Tsun-on (l'olice between the gunboat and the snipers. Legion, Hongkong and China Branch, Res Reserve, Chinese Company), the All the time coolles worked uneen Royal Artillery Association; London of Chinese universities, the Japanese Chinese Unofficial Members of thecernedly on the banks of the river Scottish Old Comrades Association,
Hongkong. Embassy issued A communique Executive and Legistative Councils, United Press. stating that Japan had done every-Distriet Watch Committee and the thing possible for the development St. John Ambulance Association also of humane and civiliding work inlaid wreaths.. Ching.
STUDENTS' ANTI-JAPANESE
DEMONSTRATIONS
Brussels, Nov, 10.
Brussels, Nov. 10. In a reply to the Brussels students protest against the alleged destruction
DISCUSSIONS GO ON
Brussels, Nov. 10.
It is emphasised that the plan of the Nine-Power conference to deal with the Far Eastern situation is still
by Chinese Members of the Councils, and was escorted up the steps to
The Memorial.
of
Chinese forces to
at the
H.M.S. Eagle: H.M.S. Diamond: H.M.S. Cornflower; H.M.S. Tamar; H.M.S. Medway and His Majesty's
No. 6
4,25 London Relay-A Service of Remembrance,
From the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London, Preceded by music played by Regimental Bands.
7.10 London Relay Sainto to the Dead."
Major-General Sir Fabian Ware,
C.D., C.M.G., K.D.E KC.V.O.. Vice-Chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission,
In F Beethoven Sonata 7.20 Played by Artur Schnabel (Plono). 7.45 Maur, Op. 51 ("Appassionata").
You London Relay 'Can Best 112
The last talk of this serlès,
Local Time Signal, Report und Announcements.
Weather
8.03 The Roosters Concert Party. A Canteen Concert: Tommy's Little
Day: Old Comrades Re-Unton; Lights
Dog.'
8.30 London Relay-At the Black Mr. Wilkes-at-home-in his own bar-parlour: Presented by Pascoe Thornton.
11 Close Down.
NANTAO SHELLING
the
0 Grleg 'Lyric Suite, Op. 54.' Columns Link Up
(a) Shepherd Boy; (b) Norwegian Rustic March; (c) Nocturne; (d) Shanghai, Nov. 10, Submarines: Offeers of the Royal March of the Dwarfs....London The following were among those Japanese columns, advancing from Fleet Auxiliary: All ranks The communique declares the alle-who attended the Ceremony: the north and south have formed a Section, R.A.O.C. RA.S.C.; Onlcers Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by
At Sir Landon Ronald. gations to be ignoble and ridiculous Rev. Bishop J. Valtorta. Etev. Fr.junellon, giving the Japanese for the and all ranks Royal Mule Corps; All
9.15 Relay of Recital by and says the students would be better Gallagher, Father Riganti, Mr. Chau first time a line stretching from the Ranks, 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment; to concern themselves with the settle-Sik-nin, Mr. B. Wong-tope, Mr. Yangtze to Hangchow Bay.
All Ranks, 1st Kumaon Rides: All Hongkong Singers."
1. For The Fallen' (Elgar).... ment of existing troubles in Europe. Tang Shiu-kin, O.B.E., Mr. Chou
Ranks, 5/0 Bn. Rajputana Rifles -Reuter.
Mr. Wong Mow-ium. Sui-ng und
the south of Past and serving All Ranks, Royal Hongkong Singers; 2. Toccata, Ado- Besides members of the Chinese Soochow Creek have fallen back still Engineers; All Ranks, Royal Corps of gio and Fugue In C Major (Bech) ....Lindsay A. Lafford (Organ); 3. Company of the Hongkong Police farther, with the result that their line Signals; Royal Artillery: London Requiem Mass (Mozart)....long- Reserve who were fed up on the is now pivoted at Tsingpu, 20 miles Scottish Regiment, St. John Ambu kong Singers. steps leading to the Memorial, o body west-south-west of Shanghai, from lance
Assosiation and Brigade; 10.45 London News. fof Chinese Ratings of the Royal Navy, where the line runs to Lluho via Nursing Sisters: All Banks, Hong-
dotachment from the H.K. Naval Hwangu and Nanlislang (Hwangin kong Volunteer Defence Corps. Volunteer Force, a body from the is a railway station four miles from China Coast Omeera Guild and in the discussion stage.
Chinese Section of the 40th Fortress Nanhsiang) although the Japanese Marine Engineers; Ewo and Shore However, it ceems certain that Royal Engineers, a detachment et are meeting with hard resistance from and Floating Staff; Hongkong Police; some of the Powers will discuss it in District. Watelimen under Inspector the Chinese left flank.
Toch H; Hongkong and Shanghai
HORROR more detail in the event of Tokyo re- Ellis, and a representative party of The Chinese withdrawal on a Banking Corporation; E. D. Sassoon jeeling peace overtures. It is under- Boy Scouts were on parnde behind longer line strelching from Kashing embers of the Institution of En-
Banking Company: Pres
President and
(Continued from Page 1.) to Changsu via Soocitow is regarded)
Shipbuilders; Russian as the next big move, though when insern and
Orthodox Community; Canada bombing of Nontao conducted by a it will come in difficult to predict. (Major V. E. Dueles); Jupanese squadron of some 20 Japanese planes --Reuter.
Residents' Association; Hongkong yesterday afternoon. Cricket Club; Commitee and Mem- A large number of bombs were Japanese Plan To Destroyers of the Hongkong Club; Boys released by the raiders on the busiest ruins. Yellow River Bridge Scouts: Chicfiains, Committee and streets, reducing houses to
Members, Hongkong St. Andrew's Several exploded near the Catholic Tainan, Nov. 11. Society; President and Members of Church.-Central News. Three Japanese bembers coming the St. Patrick's Sactely, Hongkong; Planes Bombing Nantao from the direction of Fingyuan yoster- and Molly, Mag and Dad from Betty
Shanghai, Nov. 11. day attempted to blow up the famed and Harry.
(9.20 a.m.). Yellow River Bridge along the Tien-
Six Japanese planes are heavily tsin-Pukow Railway line at Lokow.
bombing Nantno nlong the "Zahwel Creek,United Press.
Blood the United States joined in the ¦ the Arch. discussion.
The conference met for a short time and then adjourned until Satur- day. However, important conversa- tions took place between Mr. Eden, Mr. Davis and M. Delboy, who were almost in constant contact all day.
RAFFLE HELPS POPPY FUND
Diplomatic observers state that
Over 150 persons attended an Jupan may reject the conference's Armistice Eve dance at the Kowloon mediation proposals because of Cricket Club Inst night at which 00 Russia's Insistence upon participating prizes were rolled, the proceeds be- in the negotiations.--United Press. ing devoted to Earl Haig's Poppy
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Music was supplied by the dance band of the Seaforth Highlanders and Mr. J. M. Brown was master of Ceremonies.
=
URITISH COLONIES WREATH AT CENOTAPII
Several bombs were released but
CATHEDRAL SERVICE
A special Communion Service was ail fell in the river or on the banks held at 8 a.m. In the Cathedral to- near the bridge.
day.
Seven non-combatants at Lokow were injured by a bomb which ex- ploded in one of the streets. Centrai
News.
200 Tanks, Armoured Cars For Shanghai
Shanghal, Nov. 11.
.,
Big Fires At Nantao
many
nt
Shanghai, Nov. 11. Following the service, which was conducted by Rev. H. W. Baines, Several people say that watching Captain H. S. P, Hopkinson, repre- through field glasses, they saw three in the senting the Army, and Paymaster Lt. Japanese bombs explode
the Nantao safely, zone this morning. F. V. Harrison, representl: 1 London, Nov. 10.
A Japanese gunboat is shelling o 0534 The Colonial Secretary, on behalf
Navy, placed a wreath in the form of
A huge fire 23.49 of the Colonies, will lay at the Ceno-
across and made of red poppies, on godown near the boom. 19.30 topli to-morrow a wreath prepared
the Cathedral Memorial Cross out-is burning at Fuolung and side the church.
sections of Nantao are aflame, 19.90 under the supervision of the director,
Flerce fighing is reported headed by the The procession, 2251% of Kew Gardens and consisting of A huge shipment of Japanese war 1/24 representative plants of the Colonies supplies reached Shanghai yesterday choir, fed from the Cathedral as the Sungkinng.-United Press,
and Dependencies-Britis! Wireless. aboard three transports. It is learn- last hymn was being sung and as the ed that 500 members of the Japanese last verse was played and the Choir the engineer corps were Innded in Die and congregation stood round city. The vessels also unloaded 100 memorial, the wreath was laid at the tanka, 100 armoured cars and 500 base of the cross. army trucks.-Central News.
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Six Japanese Warships
Attack Amoy Again
Assisted by
O
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many who aliended a Remembrance Service in the form of a Requelm
W. Mans, where the Itev. Fr. Driscoll, RC, Naval Chaplain H.M.S. Medway, omelated.
The Church was lied long before As the nations of the world to-day the service commenced and Catholle pay tribute to the men who died in men of His Majesty's Forces were the World War, en dors the Catholle among those present, Pews Church remember: for no wreaths are
reserved for them and for
REQUIEM MASS ·
were
school
their
Amoy, Nov. 11. Inid nt Cenotaphs and other marks boys and convent girls and lone bomber, alx of respect are Icept, mosses are offer- teachers. As Fr. Driscoll, attended
for to Japanese warships launched an attacked up on Catholic altars the by two acolytes, began the opening 414 Mayor Itobert D. Maestri, will In- on Amoy at 9 o'clock yesterday souls of these valiant men,
pmyers of the ceremony, those who 19 clude, consulate buildings about the morning.
prayers In Hongkong this practice has, attended also knelt In 1913 central temple, designed also 05 A The Chinese Innd batteries replied been observed year after year, and for the souls of dead fighters, and 101 Hondquarters for A Pan-America and drove the warships away after this morning St. Joseph's Church, also Invoiced of Heaven the bestowal
League of Peace.
h two-hour duel--Centrai News, Garden Road, was the Venue for of world-wide peace.
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