THE
HONGKONG.
TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY,
MAY
10, 1938..
Eliman, Serson Court
Japanese Strike Swiftly at Lunghai Railway SLIP COVERS THAT FIT
Mussolini Criticises Pope Pius
Sequel To Attack
On Swastika
Rome, May 9,
A reply to the recent attack on the swastika flag by Is Holiness the Pope Was mido by Signor Benito Mussolint's newspaper, Popolo d'Italia, this morning.
BRITISH PROTEST REJECTED
London-Born Woman Confined In Russia Alone In Cell
Moscow, May 9:
hus re- The Soviet Government reted the British Government's Note of Protest at the detention of Rose Cohen, a woman Communist who has Addressing 500 newly-married been undergoing solitary confinement couples last week, the Pope deplored in a Russian prison since September the appearance of the Nazi swastika last year. in Rome. "The swastika is certainly not Christ's Cross", he declared.
"We should co to say to the Father of all us Catholler that it is very dangerous to speak of the Cross of Christ, and wave It above as if It were a weapon," sold Popolo d'Italia this morning.
"One would then and oneself in the threatening and grinning com- pany of Masonic money-lenders and Bolsheviks without even having in one's hand the whip with which to drive them from the Temple of God, and to remin alone, desperately alone, praying, praying, praying!"
"You may understand how neces- sary it in for you to pray, pray, pray for the mercy of the Almighty in His largeness," His Holiness concludati his protest lost Week against the beflagging of Rome with the swastika. -Reuter.
MR. J. S. DAVIS GIVEN AMBASSADOR'S POST
British The Soviet reply to the Note emphatically declared that Rose Cohen is a Soviet citizen,
The British
Note to the Sovlet
stated that Britain took a very grave unsatisfactory state of View of the affairs revealed by the Cohen affair, which disregarded the elementary principles of international comity.
Rose Cohen has been for many years foreign editor of the semi- official Moscow Daily News. She was born in London in 1894 hut married « Russian-Reuter.
Loyalists Won't Treat With Enemy
Will Fight On To Day Of Victory
the
London, May 9. Reports of mediation in the Spanish Civil War wäre emphatically re- pudiated by Senor Del Vayo, Spanish Government delegate to the League Council meeting, in a state- ment issued at Geneva last night.
According to the official Spanish Press Agency, the statement declares that nobody has been authorised to open conversations or negotiations for the conclusion of an armistice in Spain.
No armistice or mediation
Independent possible between the people of Spain and the German and Italian invadera.
The statement concludes by cm-
resist until the end-namely, until victory.—-Reuter,
will
"SURRENDER" FRANCO'S ONLY PEACE term
CHINESE CONTINUE TO HARASS REAR OF INVADING ARMY
No Hesitation Admitting Enemy's Recent Gains
Hsuchow, May 10.
MATERIALS ARE OF ENGLISH
Having fed in their repeated attempts to capture Hauchow, the Japanese command is reported to have changed its tactics on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway front. [MANUFACTURE & GUARANTEED FADELESS
A new southward drive by heavy reinforcements from Lincheng and Tsining, with Kweiteh on the Lunghai
phasising; that the Spanish Republic Railway as objective, has been launched by the Japanese. Meanwhile, the main Japanese force on the north bank of the Hwai River is advancing vigorously toward
north-west 80 kilometres Mengcheng, about Berlin, May 2. Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hwaiyuan, by the Mengcheng-Hwaiyan highway. After former German Ambassador to
to Berlin reaching Mengcheng, the Japanese expect to push directly London, who returned FRENCH ADMIRAL recently from Burgos, declared to-northward to close in on Kweiteh.
day that unconditional surrender was the only solution of the Spanish Temporarily the Japanese troops on chow-Pukow railway between Tai- small Civil War acceptable to the Insur- both the north and south sectors of yuanfu and Fengyang, with gent leader, General Franco,
Tientsin-Pukow Railway and cast of detachments at Fenglinghu, opposite This was made clear in an official the railway line are taking the de- Tungkwan.
by the Insurgents, in fensive. staferent reply to Geneva reports of a Loyallat move for an Armistice and prace.me Router.
VISITS MACAO
Macao, May 9. Paying a courtesy call at the port of Macno, the French sloop Dumont Duville with Vice Admiral Le Bigot, Commander-in-Chief of the French squadron, arrived from Hongkong to- day at 8 am. Salvos were exchanged between the visiting warship and
the port, and Lieut. M. Pinto, A.D.C. to E. the Governor, called on board Lo
the respects of the convey
Washington, May 9. President Roosevelt has nominated | Governor. Mr. Joseph S. Davis, the well-known j
Ambassador: economist, as U.S. Belgium.
landed
visitor The distinguished to
at 10 .. and after inspecting the stard of honour made an official call on His Excellency,
The new Ambassador ::" well- known in England, which he visited in war and post-war years on various missions. He was a member of the Allied Maritime Transport Council in London in 1917-18, and was Assistant Statistician to the American Shipping Mission to London in 1017. He rendered valuable assistance 415 Technical Assistant to the American members of the Dawes Commission in 1919-United Press.
A
CENTRES OF LEARNING IN NEED OF FUNDS
SCOTTISH
Landon, May 9
The four Scottish universities ore stated to be "hard-up," according to a large company of the leading report issued regarding their financial
situation. officials attended the luncheon given
The report recommends they be at Government House in tonour of
grants totalling £43,000 the French admiral, angi 11.E.
Dr. Elven
If the recommendations Tomagnini Barbosa was among the annually. guests of the French admiral on the are adopted, Glasgne University will receive £21,000 annually; Edinburgh University £13,000; St. Andrew's
Aberdeen £5,000 anel
University 14,000-Router.
Dumont Duville,
The French' warship will leave for Hongkong to-morrow morning.
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One division in west Shans bod back townrdy Fengyang fallen following the Chinese occupation of Alshih and Chungyang.
rushing rein- The Japanese are Sanguinary fighting has been raging along the Mengeheng-Hwaiyuan high-forcements to west Suyuan
Lungkang has Charhar to stem the Chinese advance way since Mar Tren taken by the Japanese. The on Kwelsui. The spokesman Chinese are holding their lines about they were also massing four divisions
south of Hsuchowfu Mengeheng. four miles enst
Large units of Chinese querillas west of the Hwal River have now swung into action to menace the rear of the Japanese attacking Mengcheng.
-Central News.
Denics Chinese Claims
Shanghal, May 9.
A Japanese spokesman to-night emphatically denied Chinese reports of the re-occupation of Nantungchow, Japanese places, he said, continued heavy air raids on the Lunghai and Tientsin-Pukow railways and South China arca-United Press.
Japanese Weakened
from
Analker column, advancing north- wards along the rallway, lind been stopped south of Kucheng, while a column proceeding towards Kweitch, by way of Hwaiyuan, Mengcheng and Pochow, had been halted Mengcheng.
[
in the
Yangtse Situation Reviewing the situation Yangtse valley yesterday, a Chinese spokesman said that Japanese troops Chaohsiun, opposite had occupied Wuhu, on April 30.
Chinese
hese troops from Hofel advanced eastwards to
ards to meet the Japanese, and severe fighting was now in progress nt Wanchlashan, north of Chaohsien. The situation, pointed out the spokesman, was not important, as the total Japanese strength was re- latively small.
Japanese troops from Yenchea who were adv
advancing northwards along the have been thalted ut of Fuling, south
Hankow, May 9. Referring Lo Chinese guerilla activities in the vicinity of Pelping, General Isu Pel-ken disclosed to- day that Chinese forces had attacked Laisul, Kaopeltien and Liulibo, along sen-coast the Pingshan Railway, on April 28, Kovancheng, Lukouchlao, Mentoku and Tungchow Japanese claims 10 have occupied on May 6 are believed to be premature,
as Chinese troops had communicated to headquarters the Manchukuo
information that Monday the troops had deserted to the Chinese situation at Fuling was still obscure. forces, and the total Japanese forces
Turning to the situation south of in the Peiping and Tientsin areas at the Yangtze, the Chinese spokesman present was only three regiments, declared that Chinese forces were "Insuffelency of troops beginning attacking Fuyang, on the north bank to tell on the Japanese everywhere, of the Chlentang River, and the and they now realise that they must capital of Cheklang province.
in Kiangsu, the Chinese give up huge tracts of previously con-
on May 4 and 5, and Chinglungchiao Fuli on May 7.
AL
Chochow, 1,000
on
Were
quered territory if they want to con-attacking Liyang and Yihsing, and centrate large forces anywhere, such latest reporta indicated they were 21 on the Tientsin-Pukow front." only four miles from the latter city. United Press.
At Liyang they were approaching the city wall, thus interrupting high- way communication between Nunk- ing and Hangchow.-Reuter,
Evacuating Shansi
Hankow, May 10. The Japanese evacuation of South; Shansi and the massing of almost the entire Japanese forces in China for the battle for Hsuchow represented the highlights of the military situa-; tion, declared a Chinese army spokes- man to-day, reviewing developments during the past week.
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JAPAN SEES SIGNIFICANCE IN TREATY
Comparing the present Japanese lavasion to the Mongol invasion of the Thirteenth Century, the spokesman stressed the impossibility of any foreigo race conquering China, since
Tokyo, May D. Mongol garrisons
scattere
Rotrering to reports of possible throughout Chini later were either tale-Japanese friction as a result of wiped out or compelled to surrender, the Agreement between Britain and
The
end, the situation in south Italy, Mr. Koki Hirota, the Japanese
the spokesman said the Foreign Minister, made the following main body of Chinese forces in the
the statement to the press to-night: Tangcheng seclor hnd circled "There have been various reports around Tancheng, and were at purporting to give the impression that present approaching Idnyi. A the Anglo-Italian accord will take Chinese columit operating west of its tenets from the Japanese Italo- Tancheng had prevented the Japanese German anti-Comintern agreement. there from foirning a junction with "Nolling can be further, from the the Japanese forces north of Pihsien. truth, Close co-operation between Japan, Italy and Germany is pro- vided for in the anti-Comintern Pact,
circum which cannot under any The main battle on the south Shan stances be affected by any agreement tung front, the spokesman stated, had between Great Britain, Taly and taken place east of Talerchwung Germany.
Japanese Halted
The Chinese counter-attacked on May
the
"Rather, the co-operation of Gront 3, advancing seven miles, while the Britain with Italy and Germany can Chinese wings were closing in with be deemed her approach to the anti- a gap of only two kilometres separat- Comintern alignment, while ing them. The Chinese left flank,
Anglo-French alignment seems pri- south-west of Ylhsien, has fullenmarily aimed at securing the pence buck slightly but the Japanese ad- of Europe."United Press. vance had been altered and there was no change in the situation at Hanchwang, where the Chinese and Japanese were opposing each other across the Grand Canal.
NEW YORK CHINESE CELEBRATE UNITY
Continuing, the spokesman said the Japanese were massing 20,000
New York, May 9. men in west Shantung for a drive
Every Chinese business frm was towards Kwelich, west of Hauchowfu. elored to-day for, the celebration of On the Pelping-Hankow railway the unity of China and the recent front the Japanese totalled only one Chinese victories against Japan, division' which was scattered at Six neroplanes, piloted by Chinese Sinhalang, Panat Fengchiu and Tath-flers flew overhead during a Ing. The main body of the Japanese monster parade by local Chinese in Shans! were holding the Tung-Router.
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