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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1938.
LOYALISTS
IN GRAVE STOP PRESS NEWS ALHAMBRA
PLIGHT
Must Advance Or
Be Starved
Saragossa, Aug. 4.
As a result of further terrific air
bombings of the Loyalist concentra- Lions south of the Ebro River, it is
LONDON "TIMES" PUZZLED ·
London, Aug. 5.
believed the Government troops wilt In a leader dealing with be without food within four days. Changkufeng incident, the
the
RUSSIA TIGHTENS DEMANDS
Tokyo, Aug. 5.
Times Fighting is continuing at
B
it is thought therefore, that des-expresses the opinion that the odds Changkufeng according to perate Loyalist attacks will be made are against its departing very for Foreign Office spokesman, who effort to advance further, from the precedent of similar clashes said that Soviet troops began a though proving tremendously cost in the past five years,
ап
Renter,
which all
bombardment of the ly, with the wounded suffering hor- petered out, but the odds are per- heavy
ever before. Japanese positions at 4.41 this from the heat and dust.--py shorter than
lender says that official circles in morning, to which the Japaneso Tokyo and Moscow nre
clearly vigorously replied. anxious to localise, it not to terminate the conflict.
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK
Hendaye, Aug. 4.
The Loyalists have announced that!
could
choose
no better
It is reliably reported that
That the desire for a settlement Soviet representatives both in they have "captured all objectives" should be more apparent to Japan Moscow and Tokyo have insisted In the Universales Mountains and are than. Russin is understandable." II upon the unconditional with- approaching Alberabein, after the Russia's intentions were renily wat drawal of Japanese troops from western and southern columns have like she effected o Italson.
moment at Japan, but it the disputed area before fighting is less
understandable that the desire can coase, and formal negotia- At present they are threatening for A settlement has hitherto been tions of a settlement concluded. General Franco's vital communi- powerless to restrict the dimensions-Reater.
and nature of the conflict
entions with Alberabein.. The Loyalist troops have already arrived at Villare Beilabo, and it is believed they will endeavour to march on Alberabeln.--United Press,
NEW YORK GASPING IN HEAT
Whole Country Feels Drought's Effect
New York, Aug. 4.
The Times refers to other "puzzling features of the affnir", and says thai if it is true Changkofeng is of great strategic importance, it difficult to see how ownership was not estab- ished long ago. Again, the bombing
RUSSIANS KEPT
IN IGNORANCE
London, Aug. 5.
of Korean and Manchurian villages The Rign correspondent of the by Russian aircraft con hardly be Times
that it is hoped in hays com-Moscow that, after
consulting his
attributable to the
consequeRCES. of
Russium
clash. # The Thurs says that there several other indientions that
are The
nunders' anxiety to minimise the Government, Mr. Shigemitsu may be more willing to consider the Soviet The Soviet Govern- point of view. incident, if not in the Arst placement has not kept the Russian people informed about the course of events, stage-managed, WAR exploited, an
Soot as it becamed by whom and and the general publie is unaware of the repeated attempts by Russian with what purpose neeravelly is not troops to eject the Japanese —Reuter, clear.
Moscow may have wished to make a diversion in the north with
a view to celløving pressure on the Chinese, but this explanation Ан weakened by TWO
considerations;
A mizzling eleventh day of the heat Bratly the Japanese for some weeks
reinforcing have been wave, with humidity almost unbear-Past
scroudly able in the city all day and night, Manchurian frontier.
the
the
has converted New York into a sort self-contained Japanese expedition to
seaside.
Hankuw can hardly be much affect- ed by a flurry in the north.
them.
doors.
ure
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AIR RAID ALARMS IN CANTON
Canton, Aug. 3.
their
way.
In The more congested poorer On the other hand, Tokyo's re-! sertions of the city, men, women and actions 9 furto absolve the Japan- Although air raid alarms sounded children In their thousands ese Government from responsibility twice in Canton this morning there thronging the streets in bathing suits, | for what.
itze circumstances were no attacks on the city itself. splashing water which is
coursing would have been dangerous and However, 21 Japonese machines down the quiters from re hydrants, uitless escape. The most likely passed over the city on their way to or taking showers in the spray from uprl (ar here) is a military com-bomb the Caulon-Hankow railway.
mander on the spot.
Anti-aircraft fire was heard over A study of the events leading up Honam Island ON the Japanese Thousands are steeping mut of to the ekish at Changkufeng suggest machines passed.
that the Japanese took the initiative Nine planes come down the const, In the stifling old New York houses in launching serious offensive, and bombing Sheklung on and the most exclusive hotels alike.ey may well have done so for no Damage was slight.-Reuter, pruple are lazing in the open win-
better reasons than that provided by dows, stripped to their underwear, the wild dreams of a junta of sub-
ordinate officers, or to the waist.
development of the incident will be The tassium forces, for their part, awaited with curiosity, not unlinged Many prostrations
reported, took up the challenge is manner with anxiety. A major conflagration throughout the nation, but no figures suggesting that their leaders too, for on Russia's Eastern frontiers (and it
personal
to ex- would be personal reasons, were not averac
premature wholly from an interlude of swashbuckling, elude such a possibility) might have regardless of the
consequences. ugly repercussions in Europe, but if Their ardour may well have been the events follow the line enhanced by the conviction that incedent and the least resistance nobody die in battle is better than to be shot will be much worse off, and it is against 4 wali.
jeven conceivable-though having re- The comprehensive purge to which gard to their mentality unlikely. Driver Jack Stubbs, of the Royal the Far Eastern Red Army hus been that the Japanese militarists may subjected cannot with certainty he emerge from this scrape in a slightly Service Corps, Wellington Barracks, was charged before Mr. held Irrelevant to the events of the chastened frame of mind.-Reuter. Bullers at the Central Magistracy! past week.
ave yet known.-Reuter.
ure
ARMY LORRY
DRIVER FINED
Army
this morning with driving a car in a reckless and are less manner at O'Brien Road near Lockhart Road last night.
Williamson Crown-Sergeant. W. said he was on patrol in the vicinity when he heard the sound of a car skidding, and on going towards the
direction from which the sound
came, saw Stubbs driving a car Into a crowd of persons who were stand- ing at the junction of the two roads, causing them to reutter. If Stubs had not had emelent brukes on his car, an aceldent might have occurred. Stubbs was fined $100 with the alternative of five werks' hard labour,
GERMAN LABOUR SEEN SHORTAGE
Berlin, Aug. 4. Unemployment has for some time) been non-existent in Germany, and the authorities are now faced with an Increasing shortage of labour.
The Times concludes that further;
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