SHAMEEN
STILL
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
1938.
BY
ENDANGERED
CANTON CITY
FIRES SWEEPING
GERMANS WORK
FRANTICALLY TO
SAVE PROPERTY Chungking Cantonese Stunned By News
CANTON, Oct. 25.
FTER A DAY IN WHICH the inhabitants breathed more freely, believing the threat of fire averted, Shameen again watched with tropida- tion while the fires in the castern end of Canton, which became revitalised as a result of the wind changing, again threatened the foreign settlement.
Yesterday evening the wind was from the north- west, and stirring up the fire at Wongsha which illuminated the sky, while the original Sun Company fire a few dozen travelled slowly through Saikwan, only yards from Shakce.
The fire which threatened to the Canton-Biankow railway with Shakec, during the afternoon, the Japanese army. was stopped through the efforts
I believed that the damage to the Canton-Kowloon railway, es-
of German volunteer firemen who neetally with the blowing-up of the
prevent be-Shekhing bridge. wil were primarily concerned cause German property is located | resumption of traffe for at least three
months.
8
at Shakee, opposite Shameen. Meanwhile, Canton's greatest
Many of the fremen have been working for 36 hours almost without
stop.
Shameen again took precautions Just night by
problems are shortage of water and
back of electric power.
new
Coin
MI. A. P. BLUNT HAS AN
INTERVIEW
Sir Andrew Caldecott, Governor of Ceylon, and former Governor of Hongkong, photo- graphed whilst en route to England, accompanied by Lady Caldecott and his two children. Sir Andrew's mother met them in Bombay and returned with them.
Coolidge Sails, But
Takes Silver
No
It is understood that it will be an- en-ther six months before the drenching the dangered front buildings, establishing waterworks can be put into patrols, Alling bathtubs, while some mission-Reuter. people removed baggage to buildings situated inside Shameen.
Meanwhile Japanese troops werD
Shanghai, Oct. 25. Tokyo, Oct. 25.
The President Colidge sailed for seen occasionally patrolling the streets
Colonel Miyazati, representing the San Francisco via Japan at Dam. in motors, but doing nothing to stop!
Expeditionary Force £21 the fires. There was obviously a Japanese
to-day after a shipment of silver increased number of troops in the South China, saw the British Consul-worth U.S.$4,500,000 had been re-
Monday nt elly yesterday. However, people re- General, at Cantor on
making
Consul- the trip to Canton 12.20, according to a press melage moved from her holds Inst night. cently
Yesterday the American from Shekki report that Japanese received here from Canton.
The message states that Colonet tieneral, Mr. C. E. Gauss conferred Intensive, aerial activity has been the planes bomb.ng and machine-Miyazaki explained to the
and Consul-General__ that the Japanese Mr.. Kidala without avail, and the village roads creeks, which are filled with scurry Expeditionary Force, aims to inter-customs permit canecilation
cept the Chinese major route for the reported to be signed by the Japan- ing Canton refugees.
to ese Commissioner was supply of munitions, as well as
forces ubandon drawn.
In make the Chinese |their anti-Japanese operity of
arder to preclude the
gunning
the
An American has reparted finding a sampan carrying the body of a shot woman.-United Press.
CITY OF RUINS
Except in one or two outlying
parts of the city, the Great Fire of Conton has been subdued.
amfortunate
Scotch Fisher Lassies Go On Strike
London, Oct. 24.
TWO THOUSAND four
on
hundred Scottish fisher and girls at Lowestoft Yarmouth have gone strike, protesting that the handling of fish for the Eng- lish caught on Sunday was unfair to the Scottish fishers
who observed the Sabbath. -United Press.
British with the Japanese Consul-General, Remarkable
orders,
not with-
The silver, guarded by United incidents with
third States Marines, has been returned to Powers, he said, the Japanese forces the Chase Bank-Render, have been prohibited entry to the city limits of Canton.
The Japanese mobile force which
northern entered
Canton on October
ia 1 ese
JAPANESE EMBASSY MAKES STATEMENT
Shanghai, Oct. 25.
Escape By Loyalists
Then they sailed away for Brest and are now on their way back to the Government in Spain-Reuter.
JAPAN'S TERMS FOR PEACE
Three Points Outlined
In Semi-Official Declaration
Tokyo, Oct. 25. Japan's conditions for peace in China will be made known la form of a declaration as soon as Hankow is in Japanese hands, it was reported here yesterday afternoon by a seml- In bring- official Japanese agency. ing about Sino-Japanese co-opera- tion, the Japanese Government, ac cording to that agency, makes the following demands:
(1) The abandonment of all
ac-
itvities and measures of poli- tical and economie nature that have hitherto hindered the Iriendship between the two countries,
and u (2) Cultural co-operation
common anti-Comintern policy (3) Economic and industrial
operation.
Co-
The Japanese Government will also provide guarantees that once prace is restored further conflicts will not arise, but Chinn must relinquish all anti-Japanese and pro-Communistic Government Ideas. The Japanese again emphasises its determination not to enter into negotiations with the Central Government of China under Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, and insists that the military operations will continue until every vestige of military and political power of Chiang Kal-shek's is eliminated,
DI
Paris, Oct. 24. Seven Spanish prisoners In Insurg- ent hands have escaped and reached Brest after an adventurous journey. Incendiarism, however, has turn-
21 did so in pursuit of retreating
According to them they escaped in ed the Japanese victory to ashes,
As regards the suver shipment on!
President Coolidge a small boat, and made for the open The city is a looted and burnt out Chinese troops. On the afternoon of shell. 11 Ministry of Finance, sea the following day, part of the Japan- board of the
entered Canton to clean which the Japanese authorities re-sea. They came up with an Insurt
port, the ent trawler and boarded it. Later red by flame and
that Japanese Embassy states "the they met another trawler and also empty, and its rich shops have been un remonts of China tops when fued the permit to leave
Home
time captured this boat. cleared or red of their contents of the city.
Colonel Miyazaki told the British Reterined Government"
decree forbidding the silks and treasures.
that 1 small number of go issued a Only strenuous work on the part Consul of Japanese and German fire-fighters Japanese soldiers have been assigned export of bullion without permit, the total to the Municipal Government build-order to this effect having been issued saved the Post Offer from destruction.
ings in Canton, to the Kuomintang at the time to the customs authorities the power of Shonghal,
FIGHTING RE-OPENS Explosions were still sporadically party headquarters, to
Was The control of the customs
Madrid, Oct, 24. occurring yesterday, but the majority station and to other important build-
taken over by the Reformed Govern-
Intense fighing is reported south of them were caused by dynamite Ings on guard duty.
Regarding the peace and order of inent on June of this year. Ques- squads creating fire breaks by blow- ing up buildings in the path of the Canton, Col. Miyazaki regretted that toned whether the right to institute of Madrid since October 10, follow-governments in Peiping and Nanking
secting a surprise Insurgent attack. the Chinese "scorched earth" tactles
is progcuure had been pNCSE
In the first rush the Insurgents dames.
been had caused fires in various parts of While little damage has
reply gained some ground, but it is stated bccasioned cast of Talping Road, Canton since October, 22, and that by the foreign Powers the
Japanese that the Loyalists succeeded in western bund much of the
and the Japanese were powerless to ex-spokesman gave an evasive tinguish the fires as the waterworks Anally stating that in
opinion the recognition was afforded occupying it after counter-attacks Wongsha areas are totally ruined.
nationals Renter Special. The Salchuen waterworks have power station hus been destroyed by by the fact that foreign
customs the revised been dynamited and dynamos in the
While pointing out that the Chinese were paying
instituted by the Reformed power station have been so com-
plundering Chinese Latiff
Government. pletely wrecked that they will have destitute"
hauses, Col. Miyazaki thanked to be replaced.
British and French authorilles
JAPANESE MEET BRITONS
the Chinese troops,
are
the
for
The Commander-in-Chief of the their efforts in safeguarding Japanese Japanese Expeditionary Forces dis-property in Shameen--Domei.
cursed the alluation with British Consul General, Mr. A. G. Blunt, this morning, the Shameen Police Superintendent also attending? the conference, which was held at
the
the gate on the British bridge.
Chungshán the
CHUNKING CANTONESE
WANT EXPLANATION
this
START SHELLING CITY
Lundion. Oct. 24.
a
The Japanese plans for a new Chl- nese Central Government provide for
of collaboration
provisional
"the"
with the Mongol Government.
Even after the hostilities cease it will be necessary, according to the
to leave Japanese troops in agency occupation of China to exterminate all anti-Japanese and Communistic
inquences.
For the restoration of China, the Japanese Government intends to mo- bilize all forces in military, poli- take i The Loyalist press agency reports tical, economic and cultural fields. Foreign observers, however, the view that this does not constitute that the Insurgents started shelling Japan will develop Chinese defences any valid recognition but only the Madrid at noon to-day. Heavy and also her productive capacity in damage was enused, but there were order to cope with all eventusitiles submissloa to the enforced change.
even with an intervention by a third no casualties.-United Press.
power-Trans-Ocean,
The
The Japanese Embassy also stated
VOLUNTEER PRISONERS
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS that when Shanghai was occupied by Chungking, Oct. 25.
EXCHANGED IN PARIS
VETOED ONCE AND FOR ALL Paris, Oct. 24. Telegrams have been sent by the Japanese forces, the intter had in-
Tokyo, Oct. 25. Cantonese Guild to Mr. Wu Tch-structed the customs not to permit
British volunteers who have been
Following Issuance of the declara- The Japanese have made their chen, Governor of Kwangtung and the export of bullion which might
fighting; an the side of Loyalist
the headquarters ut
General Yu Hun-mou asking them to be used by Chiang Kai-shck.
Government announced University Hospital in Tungshan, explain the rapid loss of Canton, and latter crder, however, was also un- Spain, and were taken prisoners by tion of January 10 in which to recognised by the foreign Powers. which is just inside the city.
another
Both their polley "not to deal with the re-The legal aspect apparently is that the Insurgents were exchanged here Japanese
Government to-day for Italian prisoners.
Jonger," Haif, only questing
forty-Trans-National Government any numbered those the Chinese National for punishment
Japan will never regard the National of over a million and a
issued on embargo on the export of parties
Government as the Chinese central a few looters and beggars now
authority with which to negotiale remisia Our Own Correspondent. found guilty of dereliction in duty.
There is an increasingly bliter bullion, but as this shipment is the Ocean.
possible settlement of the Sino- against Britain and the fall property of the Chinese feeling
Japanese conflict.
has been sent
Or Canton's one-time population Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek re-
EARLIER REPORT
of destruction.
tant
the main arm
ת
ment-Trans-Ocean.
National
Gibraltar Loses Its Governor
Warm Farewell To General Harington
This is understood to have been decided upon as one of the guiding iprinciples for the settlement of the current Sino-Japanese situation by the Japanese Government, which will bo manifested in an ometal statement following the fall of Hankow,
Even if the National Government come to sue for peace, therefore, the Japanese Government will never be able to recognize it as the other party in the negotiations for peace and 11 general settlement of the Incident-Domel.
Canton, Oct. 25. of Canton is attributed in Rome Governinent itself, the embargo does Although the horizon is still glow quarters as having been due le too not apply.
ол Britain's state-
The Dollar great reliance
Shipping Company, ing red, the droning sound of fire
the silver pumps has ceased for the first time ments that she was likely to take
however, has unloaded the event of for 36 hours, indicating that the Are strong atutude in
China, gain and redeposited it in the Chase situation is now under control.
Japanese action in South The entire East Bund aren in a Because of this, it is pointed out, the Bank.
It is expected, however, that the mass of charred debris, while other greater part of the Cantonese troops huge areas present similar pictures were reported to be used to defend matter will be taken up between the govern- Japanese growing US.A. and the Hankow. The feeling is Several more looters and would-be that Britain falled China in her hour ments. Regarding the non-recognl- incendiarlsta were shot dead on the of need. Spain and Czecho-Slovakia ton by foreign Powers of the decrees Shakee front yesterday evening by are cited as an example, and as an of the Reformed Government. It is indication that China must look recalled that Japan herself has not Japanese troops on patrol duty.
come to vel recognised the Reformed Govern- Japanese officers informed Reuter elsewhere for support, or
is pushing north- terms with Japan-Reuler,
Gibraltar, Oct. 24. leaving only a small force in
CHUNKING STUNNED
To the salute of guns and the Chungking, Oct. 25. many well-known Cantonese. One strning of "Auld Lang Syne," Generel Reuter's correspondent that Sir Charles Harington left to-day for The population here is still stunned told single shot, the resistance being at the nows of the loss of Canton. speakers, with tears running down England on termination of five years.
The question on everyone's lips to their faces, urged fellow-Cantonese of the governorship of Gibraltar.
to unite in relief work for Canton He was given a warm farewell by They stated that the supreme com- day: "What comes next?" mand was at present at Tsengshing, Even the school children have been refugees, and to resist the Japanese the Garrison, Consuls and, towns-
Two cars were reported as missing people, where temporary headquarters had effected by the news, some asking invaders other things it was arranged
from the Gascoign Road car park lest established.
their tenchers to address them and to Among
General Harington is to retire from night. The Shameen banks opened from explain how the loss of Canton camo that a committee for the formation
The first car, No. 2372, is the pro- 10 an
to noon a.r. to | yesterday, but closed about.
of refugee camps would be respon- the army after 47 years of service.
General Sir Edmund Ironside, who perty of J, Ng of Baiyaungchol Street, The Guild of Cantonese held a mass sible for raising the necessary funda again in the afternoon,
A party of Japanese war corres-meeting on Sunday at which 500 among Cantonese living in Chung succeeds General Harington, is ex- while the second, No. 2403, the
BroCantonese, were pondents has arrived. Some
present... Among king, throughout China, and over-pected to arrive at Gibraltar on property of Lieut. Smith, IL.A. Gun-
tlovember 11-Router Special. club Hill. remaining and others are pushing up those who attendent the meeting were seas.--Rekter:
Mtion at Canton. Some of the
added that
officers way from Blas
they came all the
from the mosquitoes,
been
without Aring a
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