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No. 10610
二拜禮 號四月小英港香
TUESDAY, OCTOBER
4,
1938.
日一十月八
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WHITEAWAY'S
DECLARATION OF WAR Seaforths On Chenonceaux
AS COUNTER TO
Kwangtung's SANCTIONS
Sufferings In September
According to estimates made by the Kwangtung Provincial Anti-Aircraft Headquarters, 262 people were killed, 383 were wounded and 365 houses wero demolished. in different parts of Kwangtung as the re sults of 38 Japanese air raids during the month of September.
A total of 738 planes participated in the raids and 996 bombs were dropped.
ROTARY SPEAKER ALLEGES GAS USE
afternoon.
Japan May Decide
On Firm
Firm Action
A
TOKYO, Oct. 3.
FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN to-day declared that the League Council, by its invocation of paragraph three of Articlo 17 of the Covenant, has recognised the existence of a state of war in the Orient.
"Should any country resort to sanctions against Japan as the result of the League decision our Government would be ready to adopt counter- measures" he said.-United Press.
TOKYO, Oct. 4.
It is understood that the Japanese Government, as announced by the spokesman of the Foreign Office, has decided to sever co-operation with the League of Nations in the latter's peaceful, cultural and humanitarian activities. Japan co-operated in these non-political activities even after her withdrawal of membership of the League.
TAKE a look first at the Chinese policeman, a Sikh, and a Seaforth High- landerside by side in Shanghai--an international
The Japanese official delegates hostilities is prevailing in America," trio on guard in the Inter- In the Permanent Mandates the newspaper adds.
"Moreover, even if the anti-Japan-national Settlement. Commission, the Advisory Com- ese member states should resort to
This photograph was mittee on the Traffic in Opium Sanctions against Japan, the latter
And
came
"There has been constant use and Other Dangerous Drugs, the will be able to secure all necessary taken in Shanghai shortly
before the Seaforths of various kinds of gases by Advisory Committee on Social materials through Italy the Japanese." declared. Misa
concludes that should to Hongkong. They are re- Freda Utley, the
journal well-known Questions and the International authoress, in her address before Labour Organization will be re-third Powers resort to the recklessturning north to-night: the Hongkong Rotary Club this called, together with Individual economie blockade against Japan, delegates in the International declare war on the National Govern- the latter country will be obliged to. Committee for Intellectual Coment so as to suspend the trade of operation, the Permanent Cen-third Powers with the Chiang Kai- tral Opium Board, the Economic shek regime, resulting in
economic losses on the part of these Committee and the Health Com-Powers who would be responsible AIR MAIL mittec.-Domei.
VIA U.K.
The gases, she said, laid out the soldiers for several hours, though it did not kill them, and while overcome by it, they have been bayoneted.
heavy
for changing the China Incident into Reuter adds that the decision the Sino-Japanese War-Domel. will not apply to the world court
Practically every newspaper cor. respondent who had had a taste of at the Hague. these gases had been unable to breathie properly for over an hour,
and she herself had been
overcome
for two hours, sold Miss Utley,
LEAGUE'S CHALLENGE
Tokyo, Oct. 4. Under the heading. "League's the Against Japan,"
The authoress spoke in praise of Challenge,
the Chinese soldier, remarking that Hochi Shimbun, popular Tokyo
Constable In Big Heroin
his stoical heroism was most wonder newspaper, in its editorial comments Haul Charge
the
League Council's repert
ful. He had borne his wounds and on pains without grumbling, although invoking Sanctions against Japan
services to tend him,
be
Sessions.
D house in
PACIFIC
Because of the recent disrup tion in the trans-Pacific air mail service caused by the typhoon, | the Postmaster-General, Mr. E.
Guard In Shanghai Streets
People Tell
Stored Dynamite In Fireplace!
Of H.K. Thrill
on
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PAS- SENGERS had a rude awakening from sleep
the French liner. Chenonceaux at 4 a.m. to-day when the vessel. hit a submerged reef off the Lyemoon entrance to Hongkong harbour.
"I was up at the time," said the purser of the ship, "and was suddenly pitched forward and had to hold on to the corridor rail."
"It was not a great shock, as at the time I only thought the vessel, had been hit by n big. wave. There was no panic at all."
He said the first shock was the biggest as the hull of the vessel hit the rock, three small shocks. following.
sco
.
The passengers got out of bed to what had happened and the women after hastily throwing on mackintoshes and rugs over their bed clothes, went on deck to see wh
what had happened.
One British passenger said: "I was sleep at the time and it was hot till I had dressed and gone down to breakfast that I found out anything had happened."
·
Other passengers said they had felt Jolls in their bunks as the ship grounded, but nobody thought any- thing serious had happened ...At the time there was a heavy mist-
NEAR ESCAPE AT MORRISON HILL ON the principle that the safest place to hide stolen
property is the place least likely to be searched, and rain prevailing, and some passen- Tsang Ming, a watchman, found an ultra-"“safe” place to hide 720 sticks of dynamite and 780 detonators. He put them behind loose bricks in his fireplace and then built a fire in front of them!
Fortunately, however, the Police did search in the right place and prevented Tsang, his wife, his hut on Morrison Hill and perhaps a good part of the surrounding district from a sudden disintegration.
Tsang was charged this morn-¡ ***
1. Wynne-Jones, has decided to ing at Central Police Court with
despatch all air mail in his hands the theft of the explosive and WAR REFUGEES intended for Canada or the sentenced to five months' hard
his books
ON Q. MARY -
gera conaldered it fortunate that nothing serious had happened...
The ship's engines were reversed,. but it was found that the starboard. screw and rudder were useless. A radia plena) was flashed to Hongkong
and a British destroyer went hastily
on the
scene to offer assistance, sald passengers.
However, no help was required and two tugs from Taikoo dock towed the liner out of danger's path.
The ship is now anchored in Kow- loon Bay, and the passengers will be.
(Continued on Page 4.)
STOP PRESS
SEAMAN
FEARED Tsang stole the threat of war in Europe and were
found
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