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Hongkong Telegraph
No. 10074
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JULY
20, 1938.
日三十月六
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VAST CROWD GREETS Germany Sends Halifax Urgent News BRITISH RULER ON PARIS STATE DRIVE
Scenes Reminiscent of London's
Coronation Day
Greet Visitors
Day Greet
Boulogne, July 19.
Their Majesties the King and Queen entrained for Paris at 1.10 p.m. standing at the window of their sumptuous drawing-room coach and waving and smiling at the cheering crowd.
M. Georges Bonnet, the French Foreign Minister, left here by a fast rail car five minutes previously, in order to arrive in Paris in time to greet the King and Queen at the Quai d'Orsay,
Although the Royal train was not due to arrive at Paris much before 5.p.m., crowds were already massing in the early hours of the morning, crowding the flower-embowered route from the Bois de Boulogne Station to the Quai d'Orsay.
Loud speakers in the Champs Elysees entertained multitude with operatic airs.
Although the day was not a public holiday many shops closed in the afternoon, enabling the employees to obtain early places along the route.
By 3 p.m. crowds estimated at 60,000 had already
gathered along the streets to witness the State drive to Elysee Palace, cheering the mounted detachments of Spahis as they rode by in red tunics, white cloaks and blue breeches.-Reuter.
Ceremonial Presentations
Paris, July 19.
Their Majesties arrived at the Bols: de Boulogne Railway Station al 4,50 p.m. as a salute of 101 guns was fired from Mont Valerian fortress.
The station was decorated with im- pressive splendour and taste. In the centre of the arrival platform a space ifty yards across was curtained off as bduls of honour, with erlinson draperies sweeping from the roof.
Two companies of Marines present- ed arms and the band played the
British National Anthem and the Marsellaise as President Lebrun stepped forward to greet the King with В bundshake
Madame and Lebrun welcomed the Quech
CORRIGAN LOSES LICENCE
Unable To Fly His Plane From Eire
Washington, July 10. Douglas Corrigan, Irish-American who claims to have flown the Atlantic by mistake, has A general presentation of Cabinet been deprived of the licence for his Ministers and other notabililles plane by the Air Commerce Bureau
followed, the engine driver of the Royal train being included,
here.
This move prevents Corrigan President Lebrun then offered the leaving Dublin by air in his own Queen lus arm, the King offered his machine-Reuter Bulletin,
after
Corrigan landed in Elre yesterday to Madame Lebrun and the procession moved to the specially erected 50-foot
29-hour crossing of the high reception hall outside the station, Atlantic, but declared he had intended decorated with white, red and gold, to fly from New York to Los Angeles, hung with priceless tapestries, and non-stop, and owing to failure of his redolent with banks of flowers, where very few instruments took an easterly further presentations took place.
instead of a westerly course.
Their Majesties then descended to being held together with wire and his His plane has been described as 'waiting motor cars.
de-icer equipment was a long rod.
Queen is Magnificent Queen Elizabeth looked magnificent in a white two-piece gown, the alcoves (Continued on Page 4.)
BRITISH STEAMER AGROUND
Manila Vessel Is Offering Help
Manila, July 10,
of
The British freighter City Derby, 6,016 tons, owned by the Ellerman Bucknall Line, has issued
·am· SO.S., saying she is aground on
PUNISHED and CONGRATULATED
Dublin, July 10,
the waiting
Queen Marie's!
Body to Lie In State
Bucharest, July 19 Queen Marle's body has been removed to King Carol's Palace at l'enesh, outside Sinaia, where will be in state for two daya, On Thursday a special train will carry the body to Bucharest and on Sunday the entire Royal family will accompany the re- mains to the nearby monastery of Curta de Arges, the burial place of Rumanian Royalty- United Press.
JAPANESE WARSHIPS
CONGREGATE
HAIPHONG
GULF OF TONG-"
-KING
WISEN
FRANKE BUILDING NEW NAVAL BASE HERE
KWANG
Win
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SEIZED BY JAPAN LAST YEAR
CHINA
PARACEL IS.
SEAD
KONG
PRATAS
SEIZED BY FRENCH NAVAL FORCES
SCENES OF ALTERCATION shift swiftly in these times. A few days ago the world was watching the Paracels group, half anticipating that Japan and France might come to serious dis- pute over their administration, and although the matter has not been wholly settled the spheres of tension in Czecho-Slovakia and Manchukun have overshadowed the minor Paracels trouble. The above map shows the relative importance of the group, however,
SECOND JAPANESE GENDARME SHOT BY SOVIET GUARD
New Tension Injected In Border Dispute
Hsinking, July 20. Injecting new tension into the strained relations between Soviet Russia and Japan, a Japanese gendarme near Hulin, along the eastern frontier, was shot and wounded by Soviet frontier guards on Monday, according to Japanese reports.
The condition of the gendarme is not serious. The Manchukuoan authorities have instructed the
ALLEGEDLY STATES SUDETEN PROBLEM MUST BE SETTLED
Hitler Much Dissatisfied With Prague Negotiations
Berlin, July 19.
Captain Wiedemann, aide-de-camp to Herr Adolf Hitler, who is visiting London, talked with Lord Halifax, the Foreign Minister, to-day. The visit of the German officer is described as private in nature, but it is believed here that Captain Wiedemann is emphasising the urgency of the Czecho-Slovakian problem.
It is believed he told Lord Halifax that there must be no further delay in finding a solution.
It is known that Herr Hitler is dissatisfied Sudeten Germans and the Czech Government. in the extreme with the progress between the
CHINESE HOLDING GRIMLY
It is felt that while Germany might accept a compromise with regard to the treatment of the Sudetens and acquiesce in a degree of local auto- nomy, the Relch authorities are not prepared to tolerate a continuance of Czecho-Slovakia's "connection with Russia,"
which is held responsible for the "incidents" on the Czech side of the frontier.
Czecho-Slovakia tras
a defensive understanding with the Soviet,
as
Shore Guns Halt Navalas, France, and France, Russia and Great Britain have guaranteed Attack
Czecho-Slovakia's security.-Reuter.
Hankow, Juyi 20, Severe fighting is progressing on the south bank of the Yangtse River near Lion Hill, where the Chinese are battling desperately in terrific heat to halt the Japanese advance.
Inner Cabinet Meets.
Prague, July 10, Despite the continued allegations. Slovakian authorities are mobilising in the German press that the Czecho- their frontler defence, the Czech Government has declared everything to be normal in the capital, with traffic, postal and telegraphic com- munications functioning without in- gunboats which
Despite support from more than 20 terference.
poured steady The Inner Cabinet met to-day, stream of lead into the Chinese lines, presided over by Dr. Edouard Benes, the Chinese claim that the Japanese who only attends, being the Presl- have failed to make much progress dent, when important matters are during the past 24 hours.
discussed. According to a Chinnese military that the final stage of negotiations The Sudeten German leaders deny communique a flotilla of 46 Japanese for settlement of their diferences
STRONGER Foreign Affairs Commissioner at Harbin to file a strong warships, accompanied by over ten with the Prague administration has
ACTION DEMANDED
Japan Dissatisfied With Steps Taken To Stop Terrorism
Shanghai, July 20. Despite the new emergency
protest.-Reuter.
United Press adds that the wounded! gendarme.
by accompanied
four Manchukuo Border Guards, set out from Hulín yesterday to investigate the alleged kidnapping by Soviet frontier patrola of Manchukuo fisher- men on the Ussuri on June 20.
The boat in which the party was riding was subjected to a fusilade Trom the Soviet shore.
Protection
proclamation of the Shanghai Promised To
Council aiming at the stamping
British Ships
Navy Prepared To Act.
In Far East
London, July, 10.
Foreigners Volunteer
At Hankow
Ready To Undertake Municipal Duties
motor launches, dropped anchor at been reached, as far
as they Yanchlawan, at the neck of Poyang concerned.---Router, Lake, with the intention of landing men on the north bank of the Yang- tse, but the Chinese shore batterles opened up such an intensive fire that, the warships were forced to retire without accomplishing their purpose. -Reuter.
INSURGENT BOOTY VERY BIG
Half Of Loyalists'::
Losses Prisoners
Burgos, July 10.
are
STOP PRESS
Hopei Towns Recaptured By Guerillas
Hankow, July 20
· Loting, one of the most prosperous districts on the Luan River in Hopel. Province, has been retaken by Chi- nese guerillas, according to a Tientsin message.
Hankow, July 20, Pricats, missionaries, consular of- The Irish Customs Department has out of widespread terrorism that
ficiala business men were among detained Corrigan's battered plane as has flourished in the Interna
those who packed the Hankow Club a result of the action of the U.S. De-
for a meeting, called by the Foreign Realdents Association, of all persons partment of Commerce in suspending tional Settlement for months
who offered their services for volunt its certificate.
past, local Japanese are agitating Corrigan states that he will en-
-ury
duties in the former British Con- cession in the event of extreme deavour to obtain the release of the for still stronger action in view plane and, if successful, will fly to of the approach of August 13,
urgency. London within the next few days, anniversary of the date of the Far Eastern waters was discussed in
The object of the meeting was to The status of British shipping in discuss detalls for assistance to the
After regaining the city, the after which his plans are indefinite outbreak of fighting in the the House of Commons to-day when necessary, including help for the of the Civil War comprise, according 220 kilometres east of Tientsin.
War materials captured by the guerillas are now pressing on
Changli. Council should such assistance be Insurgents during the second year on the Peiping-Liaoning Railway, he may fly to Glasgow to Shanghai area. However, put the plane on exhibition at the
Mr. G. le M., Mander, Labour M.P. British Empire Exhibition.
Corrigan to-day visited the Govern- Municipal Police for failure to seize British and Dominions shipping in that the service was purely municipal
A statement biltorly assailing the for East Wolverhampton, asked what police, fire brigade and sanitary de- to an unofficial
steps were being taken to protect partments.
It was emphasised at the meeting ment Buildings and gave Premier do even a single culprit in the July 7the China Seas from deliberate and that there was no question of Valera a first-hand account of his outrages has been issued by the attacks by aircraft. amazing night.
He awake at 9 a.m. and read a Japanese Residents Corporation for Foreign Affairs, said that the former British Concession and pro-
Foreign Relations Committee of the Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary fighting or such drastic steps.
The idea will be tried first in the aheat of congratulatory cables from all over the world
Japanese reports state that demands Government had not found it neces- Henry Ford, the motor magnate.
O was from for more drastic measures by the sary since December to take special bably will be extended later to other
municipal police against terrorists steps regarding British ships in the districts-fruter. will be convoyed to the Japanese Far East,
י,
MAY CIRCLE GLOBE
following:
413 guns
communique, the
Yihalon, important. town on the branch line of the Pelping- Hsin-Yi Hankow Bailway, was re-occupied 1,752 machine‘guns;.
by other Chinese guerilla units in a 1,000 mashine revolvers;
night attack on the same day. The 131,639 rifles:
Ylhsien station was also raided. The 1.188 irene mortars:
station building and sections of rails 126 tanks
were destroyed. The guerillas are 721,000 hand grenades;
pushing toward Lalehul, 240,000,000 rounds of ammuni-metres east of Yihalen.
10 kilo Meanwhile, heavy fighting is re- 1937 compriacs 7,907 square miles, guerillas and Japanese troops on the Territory captured since July 18, ported to be proceeding between containing a population of 1,784,000 Hopel-Shanal border,Central News, people.
(Further Blog Press News on Loyalist aeroplanes shot down
Page 17.).
flon.
Corrigan's casual comment that his Consulate General by the President There have been no further attacks cautions appeared desirable. PSIUND Island, midway. between plane was "good enough to fly around of the Corporation for transmission to on British shits, he declared.
Mr. Mander asked if the position Mindanao and Negros Island,
the world" has led some to belief that the Municipal Council.
It, as fie trusted would not be the was precisely the same in the Far Later messages state that tho ship the idea of circling the earth is dawn- The alleged inefficiency of the case, any further attacks occur, His East and Spain. I not leaking and is lying quietly trans-Atlantic exploit has statement to Jack of training" and teh at present was for British ship rights in China's ports, and terri- totalled 152 and Loyalist casuallles
such No! Because in the Far East Municipal Folice in ascribed in the action as was practicable. The post British warships have certain treaty The weather is nickiurato,
The steamer Luzon has offered created a sensation in newspapers on to the negilgmce of responsible police ping to (Küsistunee/United Press.
(Continued on Page 4)
communicate with oficials, Reutar.
the torial waters," Mr. Butler replied, Japanese authorities when any pro-Reuter.
Majorly's ships would take
were 960,000, of whom 150,000 were taken prisoner-Trans-Ocean.