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四拜禮 號三十月正英港香 THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938.
日二十月二十
CHIANG
KAI-SHEK
MADAME
ARRIVAL
KEPT
CLOSE SECRET
BY AUTHORITIES
Even Close Friends Say She Is Not In Colony
It was learned this afternoon that Madame Chiang Kai-shek had arrived in Hongkong. She is variously reported to have come here by a regular plane from Hankow yesterday and to have arrived by a specially chartered machine to-day.
Madame Chiang adds another distinguished name to the list of Chinese at present in Hongkong, but more than that her visit is considered by well-informed quarters to have large significance. Mr. Hsu Kan, China's vice- Minister of Finance arrived yesterday to consult with Mr. T. V. Soong, former Finance Minister, and is under- stood to be in conference with him to-day. It is considered possible that Madame Chiang may have some interest in their conversations.
It is generally believed in
the,
Chinese community that besides Mr.
and Mrs. T. V. Soong and Mr. and China Finance
Mrs. T. I.. Soon, and Madame Sun
Fo, Madame Sun Yat-sen and Madame 1. II. Kung аге ulso in Hongkong.
It is not disclosed where Madame
Expert On
Chiang is staying, but she is belleved Mission Here
to be at the home of friends.
Later in the afternoon the Hong-
kong Telegraph was able to confirm
the arrival of Madame Chiang. And
il is known now that she New
Hongkong.
10
-The-authorities-here-still-deny-all- knowledge of Madame Chlang's pre-
sence.
It was stated by well-informed Madame that sources late lo-day Chinng Is staying in Seymour Rond with her sister, Madame Kung.
From another authoritative quar- ter it is stated that Mr. T. V. Soong and other high Chinese officials were In close conference at 4 o'clock to- day.
STOP PRESS
TWO RAIDS AT CANTON TO-DAY
Canton, Jan. 13. One Japanese air raid took place early this morning when three bomb- Ing planes were sighted over the Tongkwan district, apparently head- ing for the Canton-Hankow railway line. No detalls of the bombing are yet available.
A second alarm was sounded at 2 o'clock this afternoon-United Press.
PASSENGER
TRAIN
MACHINE-GUNNED
It is learned that Mr. Hsu Kan, China's Vice-Minister of Finance, arrived here from Han- kow by aeroplane yesterday on a special mission.
He is reported to have con. ferred with Mr. T. V. Soong. former Finance Minister, who
now resides in Hongkong.
Mr. Hau was accompanied here by Dr. J. Heng Liu, director of the National Health Administra-
tion.
Mr. Foo Yu-in and Mr. An- drew Lee, boil of the National Reconstruction Council, who came to Hongkong about two weeks ago. flew to Chunking, Szechuen, Tuesday last.
FRANCE FACING CRISIS
Finance Minister May Rosign
Money Flowing
From Country
Paris, Jan. 12.
France is facing labour and
GREAT
in '38
WHITEAWAY'S STOCK TAKING SALE
NOW PROCEEDING
IN
H.K.
CHINA'S FIRST LADY HERE Air Raiders Continue To
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, photographed with her distin- guished husband, arrived in Hongkong yesterday, it is reported.
HONGKONG CLIPPER BURNS: CREW DEAD
Oily Seas And Wreckage
Tell Tragic Story
Earlier reports that the Samoan Clipper, formerly the Hongkong Clipper, had been located and that the crew was safe, were quickly contradicted when distressing information reached Pan-American Airways officials, through the United States Navy Department, that the Clipper had gone up in flames after making a forced landing, and that the entire crew of seven was dead:
Wreckage of the ill-fated Clipper, which suddenly vanished yesterday after reporting that she was turning back to Pagopago which she had left but a few hours before in the course of the first "pay mail" flight from America to New Zealand, was discovered by the aircraft tender, Avocet, and Pan-American Airways officials feel [no doubt concerning the fate which overtook the crew of
the big plane, well-known in Hongkong. Identification Satisfactory
San Francisco, Jan. 12. The Honolulu Navy Radio Station reports that it has picked up messages from the aircraft tender, Avocet, which rushed to the scene of the Hongkong Clipper's disappearance, stating that the ship was salvaging wreckage of the missing Clipper 40 miles west of Pegopago. No men- tion was made of survivors.
The United States Navy Depart- ment informed the Pan-American Airways that "oil slick" had been discovered 12 miles west of Pagopago and that a navy launch was recover ing parts of the wreckage which made "Identification calisfactory",
The report said that an unsigned message had been received by the Navy Department, and this phrase is understood by Pan-American officials to mean that the wreckage is that of the missing plane.
Death Is Proved
of
Mr. Juan Trippo, President political troubles, as well as a Pan-American Airways, states that financial crisis as a result of it has been "definitely established" that the crew of the Hongkong heavy drains on the Exchange Clipper is dead. Equalisation Fund and strong Mr. Trippe said that on the basis pressure
against the franc, of the radio reports from the United
States, nuval station af Samoa, It
Canton, Jap. 13. A report received here this after which is attributed to large ex-had been determined that the crew noon states that six Japanese bom- bers carried out an extensive raid ports of capital owing to fears was killed when the Clipper was aling the Canton-Hankow railway, regarding the social situation, "destroyed by fire", the origin raining scores of missiles at Yuen-particularly in view of M.which was not known.-Reuter. tam. Nganchanao, Pakong and Kun- tien, causing slight damage to the Camille Chautemps' inability to
tracks and telephone lines
solve the industrial unrcat,
It is also reported that a north- It is slated that M. Georges Bonnet,
bound passenger train from Canton
was machine-gurmed by the Japanese
airmen at Kuntien station-Central
News.
(Further Stop Press News on Pagi 12.)
Finance Minister might resign. How-
ever, he is withholding his resignation
Similar To Amelia
Earheart Tragedy
of
PIONEER AVIATOR
PERISHES
EDWIN MUSICK
Son of a hardware man, Edr in Musick was born in St. Louis, in His parents moved to Call- The aircraft tender, Avocet reports (fornia when he was nine. Young
Pagopago, Jan. 12. 1804.
Harass Kwangtung
Yangtse Also Closed To Japanese
Mines Creating Constant Dangor
Shanghai, Jan, 13.
A Japanese military spokesman said he had no information of the Japanese army landing ut Tsingtao,; but he believed the reports were true.
He said there was a gap between
the north and South Japanese
columns on the Tientsin-Pukow rail- way, which at present stretched 150
FOREIGN HOMES IN TUNGSHAN SHAKEN
Canton Again Warned To-Day Of Bombing Expedition In Vicinity; Highway Damaged
Canton, Jan. (10 a.m.).
The usual morning air raid alarm is on at present,
miles. Japanese forces were also go three Japanese planes having been sighted over
ing westward on the Tsingtao-Tsi nan railway.
A Japanese Embassy spokesman
said even Japanese inerchant ships were not permitted to go upstream in the Yongise due to the dangers of mines, which daily were coming to
Chinese boom at Wuhu
interfered
the surface. He pointed out that the with foreign shipping, but not a single Power had protested to China -United Press.
STORMY DEBATE ON LYNCHING
Senators Criticise.
Government's New Bill
Washington, Jan. 12. There was a storm in the Senate during the debate on the Anli- passed the
Lynching Bill which
House of Representatives last April, making lynching a Federal office,
Tongkwan, but later
news from
Canton-Kowloon
Railway officials state the planes have not visited the railway this morning.
According to Chinese sources, three Japanese planes dropped bombs on a funeral procession on the outskirts of Tungkun near Sheklung, during yesterday morning's air raid.
Several people are believed to have been killed. Reuter.
CHINA'S FOREIGN BONDS IN DANGER
Loan Service May Be Injured By Loss Of Revenue
London. Jan. 13.
and imposing heavy fines and prison The foll in Far Eastern bonds is permilting prisoners to be taken from The Times "Cuy Now gestion
that
of
Four Kwangtung Raids
Canton, Jan. 13. Twenly-eight Japanese plancu staged four raids over Kwangtung yesterday between 8 a.m. and 8 pan., and also indulged in the third con- secutive night raid on Canton. The elly was plunged into darkness be- tween 6 pm, and 8 pm.
Despite the very bright moonlight which left the planes visible it is reported they struck up the loop-line connecting the Hankow-Kowloon railway, the explosions from their bombs shaking the German Club and other foreign houses at Tungshan.
In the three other ralds in which 14, four and six planes participated respectively, they destroyed the Can- ton-Kowloon highway bridge near Tungkoon and also enused destruc- tion in the vicinity of half a dozen stations on the Canton-Hankow-
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DEATH OF ADMIRAL OMMANNEY
sentences on sheriffs and canstables given prominence by the press to-day. Kowloon railways. In addition tele-
referring to Mr. Franklin Ho's custody and killed,
China may be unable to meet her Senators from the North and South foreign debt service, says that until
service strongly criticised the Bill. Southern November anyhow the Senators Harrison and Byrnes ac- foreign, as distinct from internal, cused the Northern democrats of loans, still seemed to be covered on
to the pandering
vote by negro mising that the Federal Govern the basis of published receipts of the
Government Customs.
and should invade, the South
put And it is dimcult to believe that down lynching forcibly and in de-
Ge the later course of the receipts hus flance of the rights of local govern been such as to justify Mr. He's state- ment. They added that 12 thel ment that the Customs revenue for Northern Senators persisted in its the second half of the year has been the Democratic Party would be badly Insumetent to meet the Interest on split.
and
foreign loans.
SERVED ON THE CHINA STATION -
declared Southern Senators
It may be true, perhaps, that the that Central Bank of China has been called
London, Jun. 12. lynching was virtually extinct
The death took place to-day at his alleged that no efforts were being on to make up the quota of the foreign
realdence in Dorset of Admiral Sir made to end the much more serious debt service seized at Tientsin and menace of gang rule in the North elsewhere by Japan.
Japan, as far as is known, has not Nelson Ommanney, K.B.E, C.B., only disavowed the willingness, which ita fortnight before his 83rd birthday. Admiral Ommunney served on the is eredibly reported she showed in negotiations for a solution of the China Station in the Russo-Japanese Customs questions in North China, to War, afterwards visiting the secret release the quota necessary to pay United Press,
bay Japanese base at Elliott Island.—
Iteuter.
FIVE DEAD IN MINE EXPLOSION
Harwick, Penn, Jan. 12.
A coal mine explosion here to day killed five workers including two who died from the effects of) carbon monoxide polsoning.
Five others are missing and it is feared they aro AT#O dead. United Press.
for 48 hours pending the outcome of that she has found places of the Edwin had progressed as far as the SIX DEAD M. Chautemps' efforts towards bring Clipper's wreckage about 15 miles second year in a Los Agneles high ing employers and workers in agrco north-west Pagopogo the midst ment with the "Permanent Labour of heavy oil slick. Stotuto."
when he went to witch thờ school and his friends attempted to build a
The machine was destroyed by fire Dominguez air races. Enthralled, he IN VILLAGE
It is understood that M. Bonnet is and all members of the crew were plane, a filmay contraption which gFAIR RIOT
Inine feet off the ground, pancaked
of the opinion that the settlement, in killed.
The Avocet is searching for bodic quietly into a puddle, "Ed" Musick which more than 6,000,000 Trado Unionists are threatening direct The Clipper's direction finder action, might stop the
of became dead at 8.27 a.m. on Tuesday retained his absorption in aviation. capital from France.
after the machine had wirelessed Quitting high school, he took
Ayink that she was suffering from an off commercial
exodus
the foreign Lond interest from re-
a Captain in 1899,
venues within her control. She may Entering the Royal Navy In 1807, of course, have insisted that no part Admiral Ommanney became a Lieu- of such revenues should be used to tenant in 1870, meet the service of China's internal was appointed Rear-Admiral in 1909 loans. Interested in Chinese bonds and raised to the rank of Vice-Ad- herself, sho may well stop short of mirni in 1913. discrimination against other foreign he received expressions of approval a Lieutenant in H.M.S. Espiegle bandholders-Reuter.
Stalin To Stay
At Soviet Helm
Polos Critical Of Russia As Member
Of League
Moscow, Jan. 12.
JAS
from the Lords of the Admiralty for hydrographic work. He was Cap- Lain of H.M.S. Andromeda
on the China Station during the Russo- Japanese War. From 1900 to 1913 he served as Admiral Superintendent at the Chatham Dockyard, and he ser ved at the Admiralty from 1910 to 1919, retiring as an Admiral in 1917.
gress, when M. Stalin's advisers will outline policies.
The. Council of the Union, elected Commissar of Railways, M. Andrel Andrelsky, as President.
A Warsaw meaange says that in the Pollah Farilament a foreign affairs The Supreme Council of the Soviet debate was developed by Deputies was convened for the first time to- from districts of the border. Deputy day in the Grand Palace at the bis-Wielsorki from Woleynia said the torid Kremlin. There is no doubt Soviet membership of the League Belgrade, Jan. 12. Six were killed, 12 dangerously in-that M. Josef Stalin will remain head was paradoxical because Russia will
~11 la not newer bo loyal to the League, only Most observers are agreed that the leakage in one of the motors. The 1910. During the war
ured and many others were less of the State. However, resignation of M. Bonnet would ro propalon brakes, were set on the civilian instructor In the Army Ai Berlousty Hurt in a Bosnian village jknown whether he will sebept oihan, the idea of a Cornmunial world re- sult in the collapse of the Popular
which would be a departure from his volution.". Aght at Omarshka, following
polimer. Me ji khu dokinje difera dig ting med 18 19 Sa, 2we Ukrainiani Deputy is Mudrs) Front, and Ühere.
in speciation motor, Indjenting that the Clipper Corest Ban Diem Withith Fake Palmuto over a plece of land." HE THY Conell didinotīndobtiahkan blower altention to the fact that tre-than-d whether M. Edward Herrict would be worthy thing the Cuppers for various airing unul for threw The quarrel began at the village gial programme, but the lists, atingand Soviet (211 clad fre
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