THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1937.
Japanese Pierce Chinkiang Boom
WARSHIPS HEAD FOR NANKING
Pukow Captured And Retreat Of Chinese In Capital Cut Off
Nanking, Dec. 13.
Japanese
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Nanking is now in the gravest danger. warships have broken the boom at Chinking and are steaming up river to bombard the city.
DELBOS WILDLY WELCOMED
Belgrade Women Sing "Marseillaise"
TEMPERATURE DROPS THREE
DEGREES
Temperature at 10 G.m. AL the Royal Observatory to-day was 68, u drop of three degrees from yester- day's corresponding reading. Humid- ity showed a rise of eight per cent.. from 65 to 00.
to
the
In Procession
The anticyclone is stationary over N. China and the adjacent seus. Belgrade, Dec. 12.
Depressions are situated One person was killed and several 200 miles north east of Cape Padaran: south east of Hokkaido, and about wounded in demonstrations on the occasion of the arrival here of the latter is probably moving west- Yvon Delbos, the French Minister, who was met by Dr. Milan Stoyadinovitch, the Yugo-Slavlan Prinie Minister, and other Ministers.
Foreign the station
M. Delbos was greeted with wild | scenes of enthusiasm, and women students marched through the streets
singing the "Marseillalse", and waving
French flags,
Reuter.
LOYAL TO FRANCE
ward.
RADIO BROADCAST
Relay of the Hongkong Hotel Orchestra
LONDON RELAYS
Radio Programmé Broadcast by Z.D.W. on Wavelengths of 355 metres (U46 .ca), 31,40 metres (9.52 m.c.). HK.T.
12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Speelal Service from St. John's Cathedral,
13.30 Variety.
Ju
Piano Sweet And Lovely (Arn- heim
Tobins and Lamare), Many
Vocal-A Little Ramble In Spring- Huppy Returns Of The Day (Kennedy and Dobson).
Rnje da Costa;
time With You (Rotter, Sarony), Trust In Me fresh; fale.
Local Forceust-North-east winds, Schwartz, Ager). ....
Keller: Grela Two Pianos Dinah, After You've Gone; Nobody's Sweetheart, St. Louis Blues, Some Of These Ivor Moreton and Dave drums by Joe
DISPOSITION OF H.M. SHIPS
The trouble begun when the polica cordon outside of the Foreign Office Following is the disposition of H.M. It is officially announced that the Japanese troops outside of activo shots were fired Ships in North Chinn,
the Czecho-Slovakian Lega- Shunghai, IL. M. S. Folkestone: who crossed the Yangtse on December 11 between Nan-ion, Mounted police with drawn Tsingtao, H.M.S. Sufolk; Weshawet swords dispersed the processions and H.M.S. Lowestoft, Dorsetshire: Che- king and Wuhu have now captured Pukow which, reizert a number of fings.
Demonstrations also occurred out-Capetown, Amoy, M.S. Diamond, foo, II.M.S. Delight; Nanking, H.M.S. is opposite Nanking. At the same time, accord-side of the Chamber of Deputies.-Swatow, H.M.S. Dlana. ing to Japanese press reports, Nanking faces com-
On passage to Hongkong. HMS. Falmouth (due to-morrow); to Che plete encirclement by land as a result of the
foo, Sandwich. approach of Japanese detachments towards the Hsiak- wan waterfront district separating the walled city from the Yangtse, Japanese press reports also state that Japanese troops have captured all the gates in the southern and eastern walls and also reduced the Chinese positions near the historic Ming tombs.-Reuter.
Nanking, Dec. 13.
Furious fighting continued in the clty throughout the night. The Japanese are plainly taken aback by the stubborness of the Chinese 14- sistance. The muzsive elly wall and deep moat is proving a good bulwark even against the most modern wen- pons.
Doth sides have sustained heavy casualties. The Invaders rain bombs and shells on the Chinese, but when- ever they try to advance the Chinese mow them down with machine-guns. The Chinese rinde powerful coun- ter-attacks yesterdny but the Japan- ese claim have repulsed them.
The garrison communder, General Tank Shen-chi, supervising the operations from u tank, visited all the main points of the defence.
Still Holds Out
Hankow. Dec, 13, A Chinese Government spokesman said that. long-distance telephone call last night brought the information to high officials that Nanking was atul holding out against desperate al- tempts by the Japanese to effect an entry.
The spokesman admitted that the Chinese Lacrifices were enormous, but the Japanese casualties were also heavy.
Paris, Dec. 13 Dr. Mit Stoyadinovitch, the course of conversation with M. Yvon, courtesy visit.
win
Confessions els: Vocal Sweet
Old
Well'a
Listen To The
Rippling (Altmann- Joseph Schmidt Orchestra-Moon Glow (Hudson-De Lange-Mills), Nobody's Sweetheart (Kahn-Erdmun-Meyers- Schoebel). .... Jos Danlela and His Hot Shots in 'Drumnasticks".
1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather
1.03 Light Orchestral.
Report.
Neapolitan Melodies, Medley, Love In Idleness (Macbeth)..... Columbia Concert Orchestra; Indiana Sweet- heart (Hansen)..... Albert Sandler and His Orchestra: William Tell Andante (Pastorale). (Rossini-orr. Walter); Traumerei (Schumann-arr. Walter),
Massed Orchestra of
Yugo-Slavian Prime Minister, in the visit to Belgrade and was purely a Delbos, confirmed the Yugo-Slavian Speaking at the official dinner and
Cellos; Joliann Strausa Waltz Pol- anti-Comintern Pact, according to stated: "The official desire for friend- Government's decision not to sign the preception here Dr. Stoyadinovitch pourr Orchestra.
(arr. Hohne). Gloria the taxas Agency.
ty and constructive collaboration bes Dr. Stugadinogitch is reported to tween France and Yugo-Slavis' is the have insisted that his journey to fundamental line of otar Itume was in return to Count Ciano's polley."--Reuter,
foreign
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Man Saves His Life By "Foxing' With "Jekyll And Hyde" Character
AMAZING RICHMOND INQUEST STORY
Dr. Jolin Dancy, of Queen's- road, Richmond, cornered in his study, saved his life by falling to the floor and "foxine"
kis brother-in-law-"a man wib a Jekyll and Hyde character"slot at him.
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He could hear Tribe moving about, and left his door ajar so that he could see what he was up to.
About 1,10 am. he heard Tribe go to another room, and thought he had locked the door.
"I went to the door at once and saw my brother-in-law coming from the bathroom, which with my wife's bedroom.
communleates
"He rattled the handle, so I thought The brother-in-law-forty-arce-it, was quite safe. Shortly after that year-old Maurice Odell Tribe--hud} I heard shots, A fierce battle was progressing in already killed bis sister, Dr. Naomi the vicinity of Kwanghuamen Stx.Dancy-by shooting her through both Chinese bombers had joined the de-eyes as she slept, Tricked into think fenders at Nunking and were forming ing he had killed her husband, too, he an important factor in holding back left the study and committed suicide. the Japanese.
The Chinese had consolidated their Dr. Dancy told the story at the Maurice? lines at Hopingman, where the Japan- Rebmond inquest recently on his ese casualties were
forty-nine year-old wife and Tribe, with a revolver in his hand pointing very
"He was advancing towards #10 Reuter.
to my head.
severe.
More Bitter Fighting
Expected To-day
Shanghal, Dec. 13.
"I shouted "What have you done,
tind
un ex-Army officer,
The verdict on Dr. Naomi Dancy was Murder; on Tribe-Suleide while "I tried to reason with him, but the balance of his mind was disturb-} first of all I shouted at him cd.
said: Don't point that at me." Dr. Dancy. grey-haired, bu "He sulli come on. Another day of bitter fighting was
I could see heralded at dawn when Chinese and spectacled father of three children, that he meant to shoot me in the
sal his brother-in-law was a Japanese batteries, which kept up asioned Army oflicer, and since re-position of assumed ease, but all the
pen-eye. I lolled against the door in Intermittent fire during the night,ceiving severe head wounds and tune I knew that there was a switch opened up in a bitter artillery duel.
losing the sight of an eye in the wor and I put my hand on. it. had been a heavy drinker.
An official communique issued by General Matsul's headquarters lost night disclosed that the Chinese hud Jaunched a "tenacious" counter-at- tack. This was claimed to have been repulsed and the Chinese troops crushed back.
Tribe, by amicable agreement, was living apart from his wife.
THREATENED -THEN WAS SORRY
HARM
Bombers, artillery and even unti- aircraft guns are being used by the
Dr. Daney and his wife thought Japanese in an attempt to effect losing the sight of the other eye, and it their duty to keep him. He was further breach in the walls at Nun- king according to Japanese reports.
wider specialist's direction they had Although Nanking has not fallen, been giving him injections for his eye huge lantern parades took place in
every month. Tokyo and Nagoya in celebration of a Japanese victory.----Reuter.
Japanese Repelled At Yuhsien
He had been making grent gress but a week before the tragedy had a relapse through drinking.
Tribe, the doctor continued, had ut times threatened to harm Dr. Naomi, but was always sorry afterwards.
PUT OUT LIGHTS, DROPPED TO FLOOR "When he stopped advancing and I knew that he was preparing to shoot I put the lights out and dropped to the floor in one Move- ment.
Babies Silenced
Church
In
A SPECIAL porch has been
built
Lourdes
At
Our
Lady
∙of Roman Catholic Church. New Southgate. N., to solve the problem of what to do with baby while mother and father go to church.
From the glass-walled porch mother can see and hear the -service perfectly, but any "noise" baby makes cannot be heard by the congregation.
OVERCROWDING
AT THE ADMIRALTY
Staff Increased By
Over 1,000
EFFECT OF NAVAL EXPANSION
£1
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press; Local Announce- Weather Forecast and ments.
1.40 Cesar Franck-Prelude. Arla and Finsie.
Played by Alfred Cortot (Plano). 2.05 Orchestral.
Waltz Of The Hours ('Coppella'~- Delibes).
Nights At The Ballet:
Intro: Carnaval (Schumann) Preamble: Les Sylphides (Chopin) Valse": Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) Dance of the little Swans'; Bolt- tique Fantosque (Rossini-Respight) Tarantella: Casse Noisette (Tchai- kovsky)-Danse de la Fee Dragee'; Bolero
(Ravel).
Symphony Orchesten,
2.15 Close down.
5.0-8.05 European Programme, 8.05-11.0 Chinese Programme.
5.0 Relay of die Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong- kons Hotel
1. Love is good for anything; 2. Now you're talking my language: 3. Was It Hain?; 4. Sweet Heartache.
5.18 interval of recorded dance music from Z.B.W.
5.20 5. Where the lazy River Goes by: 0. There's Something in the Air: 7. I'm an Old Cowhand; 8. So Rare. 5.35 Interval of recorded dance musle from Z.B.W.
5.40 5. Whispers in the Dark; 10. Slap
that Boss; 11. Blossoms on Broadway: 12. Lady be good,
5.55 Interval of recorded dance music from 2.B.W.
6.0-13-Half-Way to Heaven;~~14. Dream of Love; 15. Waltz of the Gipsics.
0.15 Interval of recorded music from Z.B.W,
donce
0.20 16. The Door is open again; 17. Bluer, than Blue; 18. I Can't Break the Habit of you; 10, Where are you?
6.30 Children's Records.
More Very Young Songs:- (A. A. (a) Shoes and
Frus Sinus: (b) For-
riven; (e) In The Dark; (d) Us Two: (e) Knights and Ladies; (f) Nursery Chairs; (g) Waiting at the Window; (h) Spring Morning: (1) The End.
George Baker (Baritone),
6.45 Sea Shanties,
Ten Thousand Miles Away (Wil- fan); Haul
Drunken Sailor
We Do Joe; What Shall Hullabaloo Baiay (Harris)..... John (arr. Terry); Fire Down Below; Goss (Baritone) and the Cathedral Male Volce Quartet.
6.55 Mozart Symphony In B Flat Major, K.
K.319. Played by Edwin Fischer and His Chamber Orchestra, 7.10 Mozart Songs.
Scold Me, Scold ground
"He fired at me as I tell, dropping his aim, and I lay on the foxing. The whole place was in darkness then.
As a consequence of the naval re- armament programme. state of overcrowding now exists in the Ad- niralty building in Wiliehall, and it has been found necessary to nequire number of branch premises in other parts of London, writes the Daily Telegraphs nuval correspondent. "I lay on the flour for a few seconds In the last two years the personnel switch in the bail and turned it on. thinking as he fumbled
for
the of the Admiralty has grown from 2,304 to 3,531, and a further increase "He looked at me and I groaned. may be necessary. Examples of the le thought he had got me so he Increases since last year are: turned round, walked to the lavatory und locked himself in.
Me, Oh Dear Masetto (Don Giovanni-Mozart); What Is This Feeling? (Le Nozze Di Figaro')..... Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano); Let Wine Flow Like A Fountain; Don Giovanni's Serenade ('Don Giovann!)..... Ezle Pinza (Bass).
7.30 Closing local Stock Quotations and Hongkong Exchange Market Re-
7.33 Variety. Humorous Tennis. Claphum 120 and Dwyer; Piano-Plano Medley. 360
Ronald Gourley; Vocal-Sleepy Head (flm 'Operator 13'): Put On 125 Your Old Grey Bonnet (Murphy and than Wenrich). The Mills Brothers;
Last Year Now
report reaching here to-day states.
feelings.
They have withdrawn to Shouyang
"One side of him was very
Linfen, Dec. 13. Japanese troops which occupied i
I got up and banged on "He had a very kind alde to his lavatory door and sald: Come out. Naval Construction Dept. 203
the Naval Staff ..... Yuhsien in cart Shansi have been nature, and when she was not at Maurice. Give me that gun. routed by Chinese mobile units and home to receive him was very hurt cried: "Stand away from those
He Engineer-in-Chief's Dept. 70 volunteer corps in a night attack, a) and afraid that he had hurt her or I will shoot you down like a tow Navni Ordnance Dept... 240
panels
"I went into the bedroom to see
Torpedoes and Mining what he had done to my wife," "Dr. Dancy continued. "I knew he Jul hurt her. I did not think it was bad as that."
Secretary's Dept.
637
823 Fort,
12)
140 355
fond
on the Chengtai Railway southwest of her. The other side very jealous. of Yuhsler leaving behind large
Tribe had had Dr. Naomi insured
Chinese Plancs Bomb Japanese
Nanking, Dec. 13.
Dept.
70 To-day there are no fewer
Admiralty branch offices in Dance Orchestra-Favourite Favour- Htes No. 2-Fox-Trot Medley..... The Ballyhooligans.
eight quantities of provisions, arms, and for a large sum fifteen years ago.
London. Ammunition-Central News.
Ultimately the question of rebuild- Tribe paid the first few premiums. After rousing the housekeeper, Dr. Ing the main Admiralty Ofce may Dr. Daney paid the rest. The final Dancy forced his way into the lava-prise. payment was due this week.
tory and found Tribe with his throat Tribe knew that.. He was drawing cut. He was not quite dead, commission on it and was pressing. Mra. Rhonn Jermain Conder, sister her to reinsure.
of Tribe's wife, sald she, too, hud A feet of Chinese planes, coming The night before the tragedy Talbe noticed his two sides "one really from an unknown base inland, sub- and Dr. Naomi had argued about it. wonderful; the other terrible." Jected
the Japanese Infantry and Telbe threatened my life then," said Superintendent Jack Sands, of mechanised units attacking Nanking Dr. Dancy.
Scotland-Ford, attended the Inquest to a severe bombing all day yester.
"Later I calmed him down and with other Yard officers, seriously handicapping the succeeded in passing it off as a joke." day, advance and finally prevented the in- vaders from penetrating the city Antes.
casualties
It is stated that as a result of the air offanke the fenonese were extremely heavy,
'HANDLE RATTLED,
-I HEARD SHOTS'
CONSULAR CHANGES
CAPITAL REDUCED
8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.05 Chinese Programme--Rolny from the Po Iling Theatre.
11.0 Close down,
#
European Fro ZE.K., on a Frequency
8.05-11.0 p.m. Framme
from of 840 Wilocycles.
8.05 Two Songs by Lina Fazliughi (Soprano).
The cancellation of 15,033 shares of i I Puritant (Bellini): Son vergin $6 each of the unissued capital and vezzosa; Qui la voce tua soave,
the reduction of the issued capital 8.15 London Relay The Escape from
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would scarce be dignified with the mark of an anchor on the chart. But with the mechanical regulority of the winds in the Pacific Apla forms for eleven months out of the twelve, a safe, it hardly a commodious part. Of danger, when it comes, the glass gives timely warning. It was here In March, 1800, that there lay a con- siderable squadron of men-of-war-- !.
D.15 Landen Relay-Empire K- change.
Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and Colonies.
0.30 London Kelar-The News. 9.50 Military Band Matte. 'Swan Lake Ballet (Tchaikovsky).
The Band of 11. M. Coldstream
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