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Air Force Communique Tells of Victory In Battle Near Hsuchow
Hankow, Apr. 11.
The Chinese forces are now advancing on Yihsien, the next big objective in the northward drive from Taierchwang, which is being made from three sides, south-east, south-west and north-east, it is stated.
The Chinese forces are proceeding extremely cautiously, however, in view of the reports that there are large concentration of Japanese troops, artillery and mechanised units inside the city walls.
The Chinese are also expecting a Japanese counter- attack at any moment.
Chinese planes are co-operating in the attack, and yesterday they bombed Japanese concentrations at Yihsien, "inflicting heavy casualties," according aviation headquarters which issued a communique.
The communique also claims that the Chinese shot down five Japanese bombers out of six in an engagement west of Hauchow yesterday. It states: "At noon, a squadron of six Japanese light bombers appeared over Manachi vilinge.
about 100
illometres west of Hsuchow on the. Lunghai railway, apparently attempt- ing to bomb the railway and Chinese
op trains. troop
Chucse
pursuit planes im- mediately took off to challenge the invaders. In tho battle which ensued over Manuchi, ive Japanese bombers were shot down. All the Chinese fighters returned to their base safely."
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Is understood that the Chinese rulds on Trinsn are in the nature of harassing guerilla tactics, and that no serlous attempt is likely to be made at present to capture Tsinan. -Reuter.
Chinese Advance To Wuhu Aerodrome
Tunki, Anhwel, April 11. Chinese troops operating along the Wuhu front, have advanced to the Wuhu aerodrome and are now eng- aged with the Japanese, a military despatch received here slates to-day. --Central News.
Yihsien's Fall Imminent
Talerchwang, April 11. With the Chinese gradually tightening their Iron ring around the remnant Japanese forces making a desperate stand at Vislen, the recapture of the city is believed by competent military observers to be
imminent.
Trans-Atlantic Air Service
Starts In July
Washington, Apr. 10.
to
A daily trans-Atlanfle alr strvice for passengers, and mail Etarts in July or early August, according to a sintement by an ole.al of the Air Commerce Bureau
The British pick-a-back plane and the Yankee Clipper will Inaugurate the service, the termind of which will be Foynes, In Ireland, and New York- Reuter.
Japanese Seek Control Of Shanghai Broadcasting
Questionnaire To Station Owners
Old Victoria Hospital To
Be Converted
As forecast by the Telegraph some time ago, Government is to convert! a portion of the old Victoria Hospital; Inio quarters for senior officers of the Civil Service,
Legislative Connell is to be asked on Wednesday to approve the expen-· diture of $65,000 for the purpose of converting the main block and the nurses quarters.
The Victoria Hospital was closed when, the new Queen Mary Hospital; was opened by His Excellency Bir} Andrew Caldecolt, now Governor of Ceylon, in May last year.
The new Government scheme will provide six sets of quarters and pro- |
This was once the Nai Gai Spinning mill at Tsingtao, Japanese owned. Chinese demolished it before they evacuated the city. The Japanese loss in property destroyed in Tsingtao alone is said to be over $40,000,000.
JAPANESE RAIDERS TAKE HEAVY TOLL OF CIVILIAN LIFE
University Buildings Are Targets Near Changsha
Changsha, Apr. 11.
China's Conducting another wanton attack on duce an catinated annual return of educational institutions, a squadron of 27 heavy Japanese -
about $12,500 in rents.
ENORMOUS MAJORITY
SUPPORTS
bombers rained more than 80 incendiary and explosive bombs on the National Tsing Hua and Hunan Universities
in a raid at 2.35 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
A check-up made shortly after the raid showed that 30 persons, including several women and children, were
killed, and over 70 others wounded.
The library of the Hunan University, which boasts ANSCHLUSS many priceless volumes among its collection,
Only One Per Cent. Of People Vote "No"
1
Vienna, Apr. 10.
It is officially announced that
completely destroyed by fire.
was
The science hall and three dormitory buildings were also made the target of the Japanese attack, and are a ruined shambles.
Twelve houses in the vicinity of
the Hunan University at the foot of
98 per cent, of the voters in the picturesque Yulushan were Austria to-day voted in favour of demolished.
the anschluss with Germany.
Three students of the University,
A Berlin message says that at including one girl, who did not find time to take shelter in the dugout, Shanghai, Apr. 11. 9 p.m. of the votes counted up were killed in the campus, and a Radio stations in Shanghai, owned and operated by foreigners and to that time, 9,589,045 recorded caretaker was blown to pieces.
and Chinese, have received notifications! "Yes", 91,429 were "No",
Despairing of a safe retreat, 3,000 from an organisation styling itself 16,231 had been declared invalid. bulding us-Reuter.
defence works in a cluster | Office", with an address the same as that of the Japanese censors, request-
of several small villages around Yil-
sien, including Tansan, Tsaochwang, ing all such stations to register with,
Tielu, Yanglu, Wangchwang and Wukjalin.
All the available heavy arma of the Japanese, including seven artil lery pieces, a dozen field pieces and forty tanks are being trained on the Chinese line north of Nikou.
Throughout. yesterday, a terrific exchange of gunfire between the opposing batteries raged, with the Chinese gradually closing on the Japanese positions.
Over a hundred Japanese are belleved to have been killed during the fighting."
and obtain permits from the organisa- tian, before issuing any more broad- casts.
A young girl of eleven, hiding her- self in a field with her elder sister when the Japanese planes approach- ed, was killed by machine-gun are. The two sisters were the last survi vors of a family from Nanking.
Smooth Working Of Plebiscita
At Kuntaoting, a famous resort, a Berlin, Apr. 10,
party of six tourists was wiped out. With characteristic Teutonic pune-
At the National Taing Hus the thoroughness, and pleblcite proceeded smoothly to-day, University, 18 persons were slain 1. Name of owner of station, or and had virtually finished by midday, and over twenty injured, many group of owners, nationality, age, although the polling bootha remained seriously. und place of residence
open until 5 p.m.
The notification requested addi- tional information on the following tuality points:
2. Purpose of the station:
3. Financial condition of the station, and how its revenue la derived;
4. Power, location, and detalled plans of transmitting equipment;
6. Location of studio: signal;
6. Call
7. Frequency transmitter;
8. Names of engineers, nationality,
place of residence, and salary:
In nearly all towns, queues were formed before the polling booths were open, and by the early afternoon, almost everybody in the streets word a' brass button presented at the poli- ing stations as evidence that the wearer had voted.
The first results known were from Austrian and Rhenish towns, where
In a nearby hut, six of a family of seven were killed and the only survivor was demented by the shock
More than 40 men and women fenicking among the hills were nachine-gunned by the airmen'-and lome received serious" wounds- Central NewON,
8. Copy of permit, if any, issued by 99 per cent voted "Yes", and one per cart in favour of the anschluss, mak- the Chinese Ministry of Communien- tions.
Teucent:
Facing Annihilation At the same time, several units of
vicinity of a Japanese forces. In the Ylhalen are being surrounded by the Chinese troops. At both Taltsun, to the north, and Halangcheng, to the east, they are facing the prospect of all ignoring the request, and have 140 voted "No", and 10 votes were complete annihilation.
placed the matter in hands of their invalid. A number of strategic hillsides, respective Consuls-Reutered it similar results are now coming in commanding the flat terrain of Yih- alen, are now; under tha' undisputed control of the Chinese forces.
with several field pieces are Several units of Japanese? forces, holding Hanchwang on the Tientsin- who scaped from glen previous Puków line. The invaders, complete ly; he being challanged by Chinese | ly surrounded by the Chinese, have urgoon fat. Koolitai. Several aghting | abandoned all hops of a retreat and life, i proceding, leReady stdoubled theirgenosta: fry ensch-
"No. The first German res It is learned that radio stations are multa came from Neuss and Woating a percentage of 90,76-Reuter, Dusseldorf, where 38,175 voted "Yes",
from all over the country ----Reuter."
99.75 Por Cent.
In
Favour
Vienna, Apr. 10. The total votes cast in Austria wie 6,213,718, of which:: 4,273,884/were
No Incidents
Berlin, Apr. 10.
At 8.10 p.m. is was announced that 59.43 per cent, had, voted approving the Austro-German, union from a total of over 8,000,000 votes bo far. counted:
the
Portuguese Honour War Dead
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Wor is Maker Tyre
YIHSIEN
French Labour
THREAT OF STRIKES CAUSES GOVERNMENT
EMBARRASSMENT
Every Effort Being Made To Avoid Use of Force
Paris, Apr. 10.
-M. Edouard Daladier has formed a Cabinet, with himself as Premier and National Defence Minister. M. Camille Chautemps is vice-Premier, M. Georges Bonnet is Foreign Minister. The Cabinet is predominantly Radical- Socialist.
M. Daladier faces very serious foreign and internal situations, with the Government's cash running short.
By the third week in April the Government will have borrowed the legal limit from the Bank of France and will launch a loan of 15 milliard francs.
M. Daladier's social difficulties are even greater, with a wave of strikes rising, and engineers threatening M. Daladier has decided that the a general strike. 'factories must be cleared, if possible, without clashes, bub if persuasion fails all workers will be called to the colours, and the Government will fix hours of work and rates of pay.--Reuter.
17. Cases Of
Smallpox Saturday
Seventeen cases of smallpox were nailfled to the health authorities on Saturday, bringing
1 the total since January to 1,938.
Eleven of the cases occurred ti Kowloon, Ave In Victoria and one In a craft in the Harbour.
As a result of the epidemic, 1,500 which has alalmed over Ilves, Government is Asking Legislative Council on Wednes- day to approve the expenditure of $1,200 for operating expenses for Sanitary Department Dis- infectors
Government Still Paying For Typhoon
Big Vote To Come Up Wednesday
to
Macne, Apr. 10, "Patria Mori Dulce et Decorum" is Inscribed in bronze letters at the top of the column of the
Supplementary expenditure total- marble monument, the work of Mr. ling almost $500,000 will be voted at Raoul B❘gazzi, In
memory of Wednesday's meeting of Legislative Portugal's heroes who fell in the Council. Great War.
More than half the total is in con- Yesterday, the 20th anniversary of nection with
damage caused Battle of Lys, saw the unveiling Government property during the of the memorial by H. E the severe typhoon of September 2 last Governor of Macao, Dr. A. Tamagnini year. Barbosa, following an impressive Total damage to Government pro- religious service conducted by H. E party In New Kowloon was $57,000, the Bishop of Macao, J. da Nunes. In an eloquent address, the pended on pairs. A further $57,
and $28,000 has already Bishop of Macao pald a warm 000 is requiri. tribute to the memory of the dead In Kowlook the total expenditure and observed that the carnage of war on typhoon repairs will be $85,270, would be avoided if men endeavoured of which $20,000 is to be asked at obtain the riches of human Wednesday's meeting of Council. benevolence.
By far the greater damage was
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Army and navy war veterans lined
as well da Boy
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M. EDOUARD DALADIER who is attempting to stabilise the position in France at the head of a new Government..
STOP PRESS
WILD MONKEY ATTACKS LITTLE BOY
The possibility of danger from the Increase in the number of wild monkeys roaming the hills in the vicinity of Kowloon Reservoir was mage apparent yesterday alternoon attacked a European child. when one of - the animals ferociously.
The victim of the attack Barry Tipple, aged five of "Red Roof," Ngaushiwan.
WILD
He has been taken to Kowloon Hospital, where be la now under ob- servation.
Lock of food is believed to be up before the monument, and squads caused on the island, where repairs
responsible for the increased daring from all naval and military units, are estimated to cost $336,000,
of $216,000 has already been of wild monkeys near the Kowloon Girl total of Guides, led to the scene. Capt. expended, and Council is to be asked Reservoir, and an unprecedented de Lara Rels, President of the to approve the additional expandi-number now. invade the main Talpo
ture of $120,000.
Road, where they can be seen prue- Macao branch of the Portuguese Ex-
Revised cost of typhoon repairs in Heally every day. Many of them are Active Service Men's Association, delivered a speech, after wilch Miss the New Territories is $116,440, of talely tame and beg for food. Others Miguel recited the beautiful. Dorm which 889,440 was expanded up to are of a ferocious nature and, in view "The 8th of April,” And Capt. December 31 and an additional $37, of the danger of hydrophobia, should Caseiro Alves read description of 000 is required on anthe total not be trusted,
It is estimated that, the Portugal's part in the World War.
Prominent officers of the navy and damage to Government property in army consular representativos, the Colony nam result of typhoon Voting took place throughout the judicial, ecclesiastical, health and was 8006,710, and Council is to be expenditure, of day in both Germany and Austria, divil administrative officials were incede to approve and: it proved us without incident among the many local residents $840,000 of the amount on Worlnes United Praz
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