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WHITEAWAY'S
CHINESE AID ENEMY TO FIGHT FLOOD
JAPANESE Insurgents Sink Another British Merchant Ship
ADMIT LOSS
IN DELUGE
Vast Army Trying To Divert Menacing
Yellow River
Shanghai, June 15,
The Japanese yesterday gave their first evidence of serious concern at the Yellow River floods, admitting that there had been certain losses of Japanese units overwhelmed by the raging sand-laden waters of the river.
The spokesman stated, however, that the Japanese losses had not been heavy.
Foreseeing the possibility of floods the Japanese army was well equipped with shallow draft boats. Military observers, however, doubt whether such craft can be used to rescue artillery and tanks which have had to be abandoned,
In addition to the Japanese clifft culties, Japanese acrini observations indicate that several thousand Chi- nese troops have been marooned in various engulfed villoges south-west of Chengchow, with the waters gradually lapping closer.
Latest reports from the devastated area state that the rains continue. and the flood waters are increasing both in volume and speed.
have
Foreign missionaries at Kaifeng, ten of whom are British, organised a corps of Chinese formers and guerillos who, face to face with common enemy, have forgotten the enmity of warfare and are co-operat-
frantically ing
with Japanese engineers and troops in an effort to repair the dykes.
The magnitude of the task ahead la inklicated by news received yester day that where the river has been pierced the dykes were formerly 40 feet high and 60 feet wide, while the bed of the river had aited up with sand until it was ten feet above the surrounding terrain.-Reuter.
Spreading South-East
Hankow, June 15.
to
JAPANESE
FIGHT
LOSING
BATTLE
ONE DIED HERE when a cargo of aviation spirit blew up and blazed in this cargo junk off the A.P.C. Installation at North Point. A staff photographer on the scene soon after the explosion, was able to get this exclusive photograph. others aboard the junk were badly, burned and several were slightly injured.
Two
CASTELLON Flood Threat OCCUPATION COMPLETED
Starving Populace Welcomes Victors
London, June 16. Reuter's Special Representa- Shanghai, June 16. tive with the Insurgent forces the announced that the capture of To-day's reports from Yellow River flood front state it Custellon has been completed. is still raining and the flood has The British correspondent wit- nessed scenes of rejoicing ад he slightly increased. The Japan-marched into the city with the ese army, assisted by Chinese victorious Insurgent forces, The farmers, is waging a frantic and predominant emotion was gratitude apparently losing battle with the that food had finally arrived for the waters.
the Japanese announcement.
besieged elvilians, the correspondent having a loaf of broad torn from his hands by hungry cluzens who had The Japanese are being further im- peded in this work by Chinese gueril-not lasted food for several days.
Food forries were sent from every Flood-waters of the Yellow River, las who are sniping the Japanese as which crossed the Lunghai Railway they labour, according to an official province in Insurgent Spain to the
entered , on Sunday, have now
besieged city.
Castellon is honeycombed with an Chialu River and are flowing south-
of subterrancan Past to the Kwat River in Anhwei Chinese and Japanese together have elaborate system
ovince, according
the in- Chinese now commenced the hurried construc-air raid shelters, in which Jespatches from Chengchow,
tion of dykes and high emplacements habitants have hitherto led a weird The waters have passed Chengmout, along the whole length of the Lung-life. Chulisiencheng and Yushich, which hai Railway, seciding to establish Many women passed the time by are completely inundated, and have safety zones from the flood. At altering the red, yellow and purple reached Tenting, east of Hsuchung.
every point where it is feared the flag of Loyalist Spain to The southern suburbs of Chung food may spread they are working yellow and red colours of Insurgent mou have been entirely inundated, with desperate haste,
Spain, against the day when Genera forcing the Japanese to close the It
that Shan-Franco's forces would enter the city. south gate of the city wall. There is tung
controlled-Reuter. danger that Japanese and Chinese Reuter.
(Continued on Page 5.)
WHY TEN
·H.K. PONIES LOST TAILS
THEY WERE STOLEN
When the owner of the Hongkong Biding School at Tai Hang Inspected his ponies' yesterday morning he was horried, to and that ten were minus, the hair on their tails!
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reported
foods
are
50,000 Feared Dend
Shanghal, June 10.
Five hundred thousand people are already affected the floods,
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cording to late reports received this morning from Japanese sources.
is believed that 50,000 are dead.— United Press.
Planes Aid Fight
Kaifeng, June 10.
In Yangtse Valley Area
Hankow, June 16. Floods are now feared in the Yangise Valley.
A Chinese spokesman said to- day that the Yangise has broken its banks in the vicinity of An- which was captured by the king. Japanese on Monday, and the highway on the south bank of the river is now completely sub- merged.
Rain in the. Yangise valley, which has lastel incessantly for a week, is it continuing. United Press.
No Response
On War Debt
Enquiries
the red. Only Finland Making
Payment To U.S.
Police Held On Charge Of Extortion Attempts
Washington, June 15. The United States Treasury must still whistic for the interest on the War Debts totalling U.S.$12,770,242,- 853, owing by European nations.
With the exception of Hungary and Finland, no nation has responded to discreet enquiries regarding pos {sible payments of interest an
30.
Hungary is not paying interest on ther War Debt, of $1,008,000,
tracted before the Unlied States |
post-war debls.
000,
Unit,
all
ad
June
соп
CANTON ESCAPES DISASTER Bombs Fall Close To Foreign-Owned Hospital
Canton, June 16. Only a fortunate chance pre- vented a serious loss of life last night in the vicinity of St. Hilda's School as six bombs fell! within a very
aren, missing by only the barest mar- gin Dr. Scheyer's German Hos- pital and Holy Trinity College.
narrow
п
Several of the buildings belonging to these Institutions had walls crack- ed and windows broken and the Chinese temple in their vicinity collapsed on ita cecupants, who were fortunately sheltering in home- made dugout and escaped uninjured. All six of the bombs fell so close to each other that it seems they must
ive been released have
together from one plane.
Further afield, bombs fell upon the residences of the well-to-do in the
Central suburbs beyond
Park, destroying
and apartment | buildings.
houses
Casualties everywhere are provi- Identially light, owing to the large- scale evacuation.-Reuter.
WAR MUST DRAG ON
"Times" Exonerates Japan From Blame For China Flood
says:
London, June 10,
Chinese
FRANCO PAYS NO HEED TO LATEST BRITISH PROTEST
Three French Vessels Sunk Simultaneously
London. June 15.
At the moment when the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain,' was warning General Franco in the House of Commons that "serious injury to friendly relations was likely if Insurgent bombings of British ships continued," Insurgent planes were raining bombs on the British steamer Lucky in Valencia harbour.
According to a message from the Marseilles agents for Lloyd's, the British steamer was struck and sunk almost immediately. Casualties are not mentioned.
Two French steamers are also reported to have been sunk in to-day's raids on Valencia. Insurgent planes scored direct hits on the small 500-ton French cargo steamer Gaulois, launched in 1903 and owned by the Enterprise Cotiere de Transport Maritimes, the vessel rapidly sinking.
A second French vessel, the s.s. Karbear, was struck by bombs, set afire, and sunk.- United Press.
Three French Victims.
Valencia, June 15,
three It now transpires that
Barbed Wire For French ships were sunk or set on
Palestine Border Line
Jerusalem, June 15.
Iraq oil-lines have been dam- Arab aged at five points by ruerlitas, according to reports re- ceived to-day.
The first portion of the con- signment of
tons of 3,000 barbed-wire which will be used to clono alf the entire northern frontier of Palestine arrived 10. day, the consignment totalling 350 tons. Trans-Ocean.
ENGLISH AIR MAIL DELAYED
New Plane Brings Bags To-morrow
India and Burma.
on
fire by Wednesday's air raid Valencia harbour.
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In addition to the cargo, steamer Gaulois and freighter Karbear, 1 Frendh saling, vessel was also set afire and sunk-Reuter Special,
Welcome Stand
Rome, June 15. The Italian press published la full Mr. Neville Chamberlain's speech in the House of Commons regarding the bombing of British ships In Spanish waters.
Most Italian newspapers welcome the fact that Britain is not taking measures which might compromise the Anglo-Italian Agreement.—-Reu- ter.
Warmly Welcomed
London, June 15. Another Insurgent, air raid was carried out on Barcelona in the early hours of this morning.
Owing, however, to a heavy anti- aircraft barrage, not much damage (Continued on Page 47"
STOP PRESS
Six Raiders
Shot Down
According to a United Press
The Japanese were intercept- ed by a fleet of fast pursuit ma- chines.
Owing to a break-down
the telephone message from Canton,' London air mail run, there will be it is officially annouriced that six The London Timca in a leading no English moll aboard the Daedalus Japanese bombers which, attack- became one of the Allies, but on article on the Yellow River floods, when she reaches Kal Tak airport ated the Canton-Hankow railway
0.30 pm. to-night. The area submerged by the waters European Involved In
Finland, however, is paying In- "It is still dificult to of the Yellow River now covers 1.586
The plane will be carrying Aus at Lockchong, on the Kwang- gauge the square miles and
terest in full on her debt of $8,270,- dood's effect on the Japanese strategy trallan and local mail, besides mall tung-Hunan border, were shot. Kowloon Includes 1,200
the and
defence. The from
down this morning in a furlous. villages and hamlets containing 300,-
A Scottish Lance-Sergeant and
These are the only two nations who Japanese are now unable to roach "Though we have had no afetal battle. Y 000 inhabitants.
four Chinese police constables, Over 15,000 Chinese peasants are belonging to the Emergency
will make any interest payments to Chengchow and it must be admitted information of the nature of the de- the U.S. Treasury on June 30.. that they are unlikely to have been lay on the main route, apparently, it missing in the floods and are feares, Kowloon, were charged before Mr.
Great Britain, whose original debt primarily responsible for the break-in because of the forced landing made drowned.
Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon of $6,185.730,763 has been funded at ing of breaches in the dykes, thus by the
flying boat Ceres in India Japanese aeroplanes are nctive Magistracy this morning on two $4,300,000,000, is the biggest debtor, delaying their own
several days ago," said the Hongkong progress." Police were immediately called in
of and following Investigations, a 28-Ver the flooded arcu, dropping empty counts of attempted extortion.
has made no payments for five
The article continues that
Imperial Airways, Com- They were Charles Hossack Telfer,
off declared war looks as though it would
Murray, to-day. year-old unemployed man named sandings for use in constructing tem-
20, A82, Leung Chl, V, C202, Maic years, Britain, however, paid
Because
use the other two planes un the drag on for many months. Chu Mo-knu appeared in Court this porary dykes,-Donnel,
Kwang-lu, C803, Sun-Kul, 23, C800, $3,024,048,012 before 1933,
The Tines says that one inspired phinus and the Dorado are at present thrilling dogfight near Stukwan about
Bangkok-Hongkong service, the Del- America's biggest debtors who have morning on one of the strongest
and Fun King-choung, 20, C600.
interest on thairi Japanese newspaper suggests the ex- The charges against them allege that refused to pay on Mey D and 11, in Temple Street, Great War loans are France ($3,863,- pense and duration of the struggle are undergoing their annual overhaul. 10 o'clock this
000,000), Italy. they attempted to extort. $20 ́ from Belgium ($400,000,000) and Poland) Japanese politicians wheryes of another plane has been requisitioned
($2,004,000,000), beginning to tell on
Allogether six Japanese planes d not for- from the India services to fill the cannot
ing from a base off the Fukien coast get that one of ($200,057,000).
The undertaken to
results, Deiln, which is now at Bang-north of here, on the Canton Hankow over Slukwan and Lochong, The Accrued interest unpaid to June which was nominally' 30 last year amounted to $1,795,220,- detach China from the League, hna kok, is expected to arrive at Kat Railway. As they reached the towns been to ruin a vast amount of con- Talt to-morrow afternoon with two they were challenged by Chiriose ១០. ;
Britain's position is unique. She is structive work which the Chinese re-lots of English mail, the one delayed aircraft. A fierce fight ensued, ind masia of many" articles. There was originator of the World Sugar Pro-|
duction Control plan, has died. He Inspector A. E. Carey, accused were owed almost as much as she owes public had undertaken with the by the forced landing in India and the Ave of the raiders were shot down was one of the leading economists of remanded for a week, on balls of the United States, by her war time League's technical experts to assist normal schedule mail for the end of out of control, Central News.
$250 each.
her-Router. the day-Reuter.
allies.-United Press.
[the week.
chorges in police records.
He was charged with the theft of
the hair from the tails of the ten
cuest
Inspector A. V. Baker, who pro- secuted, told the Senior Magistrate,
Lam Kwan and 510 from Shek So.
Mr. Leo D'Almada, Snr., appeared on Telfer's behalf, while it is under- Naw York, June 15. stood that Mr. C. A. S. Russ will
Chadbourne, represent the Chinese constables.
At the request of Detective
U.S. ECONOMIST
PASSES AWAY
M H. R. Butters, that horses' hair beveral uses, and formed the
ready market for 11. hard labour.
Mr. Thomas
Chu was sentenced to six months
L.
The
the manner
FIVE SHOT DOWN?
Canton, June 10 A report fust received here, sthles that five Japanese planes were shot down by Chinese aircraft during a
came
morning
(Further Stop Press News on (Part 17)19
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