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SECOND EDITION
Pitrary, Suprazne Court
Hongkong Telegraph
FOUNDED 1801
No. 15681
一拜禮 號一廿月一十·英港香
MONDAY, NOVEMBER
21, 1938.
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BUR LOP
„SU 1EARS DE EHOWTH.
DUNLOP Fort
The Tyre with 2,000 Teeth-
BRITISH
SHIP
AND PIRATES IN RUNNING FIGHT Passengers and Several Of Gang Are Wounded
IN A RUNNING FIGHT BETWEEN THE BRITISH STEAMER CHRIS-
TINE MOLLER AND THREE PIRATE JUNKS IN THE RIVER YANGTSE YESTERDAY, SEVERAL PIRATES AND A PASSENGER ON THE STEAMER WERE INJURED.
The dramatic story of the attempted piracy was told by the captain of the steamer, Zolo Tuhin, when he berthed in Shanghai late yesterday afternoon.
The pirates attempted to board the Christine Moller 25 miles up-river from Woosung.
CHINESE ARTILLERY SHELLING CANTON
Japanese Lines Now In
Near Suburbs
CHINESE ARTILLERY is now methodically shelling the northern suburbs of Canton. Shells are falling into the city itself.
When the incident occurred the Christine Moller was tugging
a lighter containing 500 jars of Chinese wine.
Ap-
A 11.30 a.m. « fighting junk, with about a dosen men aboard, proached the Christine Moller And opened fire with five mausers.
At the same time two other junks, each containing about 40 men, at- tempted to Co alongside.
"I drew my own mauser, which I fred from the enclosed bridge," said Captain Tuhin.
"At the same time I ordered the engine-room to proceed full speed ahead,"
Captain Tuhin claimed that, in returning the pirates' fire, he hit and either killed or wounded several of the pirates.
estern.
BIG COAL SHIPMENT FROM U.S. TO SHANGHAI
Five British Ships Chartered
LONDON, Nov. 20. THE "FINANCIAL
As the British ship responded the TIMES" LEARNS that increased speed it quickly drew away
the three and left
pirate vessels tonnage has been booked in London for the shipment of One Chinese passenger aboard the Christine Moller seng wounded by 40,000 tons of coal from San the pirate fire. Another had Francisco to Shanghai. heart attack!
Throughout the week-end, the continuous boom of the Chinese attack was audible at Shameen. The Christine Moller was carrying The Chinese guns are emplaced at 200 passengers when the attempted Lungngantung, which is only seven piracy occurred.-United Press. miles from Canton and controls the
northern exit from the city.
All Japanese troops including those
from the Bus Bay urea, hat H.M. Warship
drawn into
15
ee operating
arc
have with-
Into Canton. The only ex-}
Is about
2,000 Japanese who near Samshul, and ore completely cut off from their rear.
The Japanese defending Canton are hed principally in the White entrenched Cloud Mountain region, which is in. the north-eastern suburbs.
Honours
Dead Ataturk
Treaty Ban Lifted By Agreement
It will be handled in five cargoes at the freight rate of $3 per ton.
The conl is destined for the
Shanghai Electric Works, and
has been purchased from the United States Navy, which has
accumulated excess supplies in
San Francisco,
BRITISH GUNBOAT BOMBED. REPORT
Navy Believes Story Unfounded
TOWERING CLIFFS AT CHUNGKING, China's war-time capital in far off Szechuen. Many buildings in Chungking are caves built into the sides of the cliffs and the surrounding mountains.
The capital is believed impregnable to Japanese attack, both by land and
water, f
To reach Chungking_by A CENTRAL NEWS river, Japanese warships AGENCY" message at 9.40 am. would have to navigate the to-day reported that a British famous Yangtse rapids, an gunboat has been bombed by:
impossible task. Japanese planes near Ichang.
Details at present are meagre. The message slates that the gunboat was struck in the stern, apparently by an incendiary
bomb, and was set afire.
It is understood that the only
Armed
Conflict Dangers Grow
VIENNA, Nov. 20.
THE POSSIBILITY OF armed conflict over Czecho- Slovakia's eastern frontier is growing, in the opinion of many international observers. ·
í
Both Peland and Hungary, it is understood, are ready to march into Ruthenia and Eastern Slovakia at a
moment's notice.
It is believed they are ready to take advantage of a frontier
MOURNING incident as a pretext for invasion NEW CZECH
FOR QUEEN
warship in the vicinity is H.MS OF NORWAY
Sandpiper, which was bombed by Japanese planes in the Stang The "Financial Times" reported River, near "Changsha, about a that Shanghal was largely dependent on Calcutta at present for coal sup-month ago. plles. Shipments from Calcutta dur- ing 1038 so far have reached a total 150,000 tons, compared with only kong have not been informed of 75,000 tons in 1037.
the incident.
The Japanese defence lines now form a semi-circle around Canton, three miles from the city, and cutting the Canton-Kowloon
at Railway
The shipment from San Francisco Shoukauting, the Canton-Tsengshing
ANKARA, Nov. 20.
will be one of the largest American Shaho, the Canton- FOR THE Highway
FIRST TIME coal exports across the Pacifc in at White Cloud Toungia
highway at
high-
since the conclusion of the many years.-United Preng. Mountain, the Canton-Faksien way at Samyunli and the Canton- Straits agreement of Montreux, Hankow Railway at Kongchuen. a foreign warship of more than The Chinese advance from the 10,000 tons passed through the
command of General Taal
Samsul-Falahan sector-asi Ting-kai, Straits. This fact formed the Government To
veteran hero of the 1932 campaign subject of speculation here,
and famed Woosung.
the defender ax
JAPANESE SURRENDER
Chinese
T110
of where interest is felt in the de- Publish
counter-offensive
raade significant headway during
cision reached by the Turkish |Government on this matter.
the The vessel in question was British battle-cruiser Malaya, parti- the week-end when Fahungpo was epating in the funeral parade of re-captured after a twelve-hour foreign naval units in hancur of the batilo.
Publish Own Newspapers
The naval authorities in Hong-
King's Heart-broken Message To People
LONDON, Nov. 20.
The King has commanded
A message from King Haakon
this
informed at 11 am., the report to the head of the Norwegian
as police action to preserve [ peace.
Observera believe that Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini will take n strong stand if the situation grows dangerous.
4
The occupation of Eastern Czecho- Slovakia by Hungary or Poland, or ooth, would constitute losy of orestige to Italy.
For Germany, it would not only present loss of prestige, but the 1o88
GERMAN AGREEMENT
BERLIN, Nov. 20.
AN OTHER AGREE MENT between Germany
would also threaten to close to Berlin and Czecho-Slovakia the road to the Black Sea. At the
was
The two agreements signed on Saturday provided for
four weeks' court mourning for same time it would interfere with signed to-day in the German Berlin's programme for economic Foreign Office, following REPORT BELIEVED WITHOUT
Queen Maud, who died on the domination in Slovakia, and Ruthenia, the two agreements signed FOUNDATION
[13th anniversary of the death of as well as Boliemia and Moravia. As far as the naval au-her mother, Queen Alexandra. Annoyance at the recent trend of on Saturday.
events on the Ruthenian anch thorities in Hongkong are con
Slovakian frontiers is expressed by cerned, the "Telegraph" was
Vienna's Sunday newspapers.
The Voelklacher Beobachter auys | British Church at Rotherhithe
that a "campaign for frontier clari- conducted by who warship in the Yangtse appears morning stated: "God has taken neation" is being
newspapers, the Queen from me this night. Hungarian
ore the union of "Ruthenin to It is a heavy loss for me to bear, though I well understand it 18 on historical, geographic | His will. He has taken her and economic grounds. The papers describe this as "remarkable" because heavy type Japanese planes on Octo- because her work on earth was the Budapest, as well as the Prague a frontier rectification, which, it is
Government,
of the bombing of a
to be without foundation.
OCTOBER BOMBING
The Sandpiper was bombed by aix
the building of a motor-speed- way from Breslau to Vienna, through
Czecho.Slovakla, and
a joint construction of an Oder- Danube and. Elbe-Danube canal.
The third agreement provides for
In advance stated, is necessary on ethnographic
|ber, 24, whlist at anchor in the Siang finished, and he has. I know:and without". Con the decision grounds. The contents of this treaty
BURIAL IN NORWAY
Chungling. Nov. 20. Inte Turkish President, Kemal The Chinese Government is River, a few miles from Changsha. spared her thus much suffering.'
the planning to publish official daily
The superstructure and forward-Reuter·· Chinese sources claim that 4,000 Ataturk. This has been made
Kwellin, Kunming, deck of the gunbot were struck by Japanese were killed and 2,000 were subject of a special enquiry by the newspapers in
Government since the Chengtu and Lanchow,
splinters from the bombs which fell taken prisoner. Two hundred Ught Turkish
It is stated that the object is to all around the ship but registered no machine-guna and 60 British battle cruiser was of 31,100 and heavy
tons.
acquaint the populace in the interior direct hits. Several cabins and the field pieces were among the booty.
word The Turkish Government took the with the latest situation in connection superstructure
superficially Marital law is being rigidly enforced in Canton itself, where standpoint that in view of the special with the Sino-Japanese hostilities and damaged by six bombs.
1) British International affairs. the Japanese are guarding against nature of the occasion
more than 10,000 tons incursions by Chinese cruiser of sudden
South-West Transportation guerillas.
ANTI-GUERILLA DRIVE
SPEEDED IN NORTH
Tokyo, Nov. 20. Japanese operations against Chin- ese guerillas in North China have started in earnest, according to dos- patches received here.
The
Oslow, Nov. 20. It is understood that Quren Maud will be buried in Norway.
No decision has yet been announced Lt. Cmdr. W.E.J. Eames is in com-concerning the date of the removal of
the body from England-Reuter,
FLAGS AT HALF-MAST
might be accorded permission to Committee has already equipped mand of IL.M.S. Sandpiper. pass through the Turkish Straits-trucks for the distribution of news- Trans-Ocean.
KEMAL ATATURK LIES IN STATE
Ankara, Nov. 20. At 10 o'clock this morning a special train bearing the mortal remains of! It is claimed that two Japanese the late President of the Turkish Re-| units captured Luntaing in Western public, Kemal Ataturk, Shantung,
This town, together
papers and magazines in the south- western provinces, and they will also
bring the newsprint and other print- Mussolini's
ing supplies in order to ensure con-. Binued publication-Reuter
C.E.C. SESSION
NEXT MONTH Ankara. and little later the people
placed
outside
arrived in
which Parliament
her with Nankung began to ale past the comin in south-west Hupel; are said to be w the two most important bases of the House. Chinese guerillaz.
was the
centre.
of
The procesalon is expected to last
Chungking. Nov. 20,. Many Kuomintang leaders
are
j
Son And England Visit
Rome, Nov, 20
IN NORWAY
Oslo, Nov. 20. Tho nows of the death of Queen Maud of Norway was received in Oslo being to-day, the announcement placarded in the windows of the leading newspapers, and in a short tune was, made known to the general population by issues of special editions
Immediately flags were flown half mast on the Royal palace, the Stale legations and numerous buildings. private houses. All musical concerts "od' public amusements were can- Tive reason for postponing his da-ewľad, as well as all theatrical and parture, is, it is understood, because cinema performances. he is suffering from a bad sold, s
The feelings of the Government He may, fly to London early this were expressed by the Prime Minis
(Continued on: Page 45 week.inReufer,
The proposed lalt to England of The despatch adds that Lintsingull after midday since besides the arriving shortly for the forlitcoming Vittorio Mussolini, son of the Italian
Generallesimo population of Ankara itself, now important session of the Central dictator, has been postponed.....
for numbering about 150,000, about 100 Expcutive Committee, which might SAU 000 persons from all parts of the scheduled to opan on December 15,
Various important issues at present no claim to have count-country have arrived in the Turklah Chillers deed, and to have capital to pay respects to the beloved confronting the Chinese Government akt:(Continued on Page 4.)
President.--Trans-Ocean,
will be discussed—-—-—-Reuter,
Chian
as given at will not, however, be published untit
Monday midday,
by Italy and the Vienna conference!!
The editorial declared that "any opposition to this verdiet can become an attack on pesco."—United Press.
LATE NEWS
It is, however, stated, that by this agreement Crecho-Slovakia will re celve from Germany (cerlain terri- torles whose population is whelmingly Czechi
over-
On the other hand the Reich will receive from Czecho-Slovakia several villages the population of which la preponderatingly German. Through this exchange of territory, it la de- clared, about 50,000 people, belong ing as a minority to Czecho-Slovakia or Germany will be reincorporated in their natural mother country.
Moreover, by this frontier recifica-- tion it has been arranged that an im portant railway line that previously intersectod the frontler three times, now lies entirely inside. Germany, so that waste of valuable:time owing to i repeated customs Inspections will bev avoided.
The International' Commission ap- pointed in accordance with the terma of the Munich, agreement ja muid to: have, already confertad jise frontier rectification.----Trans-GetaN