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MONDAY, DECEMBER
LAW PLEASE "Telegraph"
I DON'T
SHOOT-
MARRIED
IN KONGMOON JUST Japanese Advance On
West River Centre
|HAT was the
mosAKC chalked on the back of the car in which Mr. Charles Tunstall Evans,
#
senior
British offelal.
KONGMOON, IMPORTANT CITY ON THE WEST RI- left Jerusalem for
VER NORTH-WEST OF MACAO, IS THREATENED
AS A RESULT OF A NEW JAPANESE DRIVE.
his honeymoon. Mr. Evans drove to Ifaifa with ale Brkic, Miss Kathleen
MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED AND ALL CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE THE CITY, Armstrong FOLLOWING THE FALL OF NEARBY KIUKONG.
CHANNEL SEARCH COMEDY
Missing Australian Who Was In Paris
LONDON, Dec. 5.
AN AUS TR A LIAN
BUCK-JUMPING
KONGMOON, Dec. 5. KIUKONG, a business centre north of Kongmoon, has fallen into the hands of the Japanese, according to reliable reports reaching here.
The town was occupied Following a battle between and troops Japanese
Chinese guerillas led by General Li Fook-lam.
The Japanese were materially
aided by their warplanes, which horse-
mercilessly bombed and ma-
were
the Japanese
Jun
Reuter.
FLYING FORTRESSES SET NEW RECORD
Singapore - Ceylon R.A.F. Flight
SINGAPORE, Dec. 4. THREE ROYAL AIR
breaker who became one of chine-gunned the Chinese posi- FORCE flying fortresses Britain's leading aircraft tions. designers, was the central Kukong itself was also heavily--Sunderland Flying Boats
bombed, and when figure in a 24-hour search occupied the town nothing remain communications link to-day -forged 11 new Empire over the English Channel but heaps of rubble. to-day.
The Chinese forces did not aban- when they completed the don Klukong until all their defences
first non-stop flight from completely razed. The He was Captain Edgar Perci- Chinese forces, following the evacu Malaya to Ceylon. val, designer of the first planetion, have moved to
new positions
The three Sunderland planes to carry a 1,000lb load over 1,000 further up the West River, miles non-slop, and also of the
Tension in Kongmoon has greatly left Singapore at 10.10 a.m. on
Kiukong, increased since the fall of plane in which the late Kings Martial Law has been a Saturday, and arrived at Trin- Civilians have been ordered to comalee at 8 a.m. yesterday, evacuate the coastal city and leave completing the. 1,400-mile flight for places of safety in the interior without mishap. three passengers, Captain
Aboard one of the tying fortresses Percival left Heston Aerodrome for Wah Kin Yat Po. Paris at 2.35 p.m. on Friday.
KOWKONG DELTA OCCUPIED was Air Vice-Marshat J. T. Babing- the Officer Commanding Twenty-five minutes later, his
lon, Air Tokyo, Dec. 4. plane was sighted over the Channel.. Japanese trons have completely R.A.F. in the Far East.
Then it disappeared, in a heavy occupied the Kowkong delta, accord- The primary object of his visit to gale which completely tied-up shining to a communique issued by the Ceylon is to see the newly completed ping.
R.A.F. base at Trincomalee. Japanese army in South China,
The Japanese press states that the Radio messages were sent out to all Channel aviation and shipping trafle fall of Kowkong, which is an Im- throughout Saturday, asking, for porton Junction to sea and Jund assistance in localing the missing routes for the transport of munitions plane.
o Chiang Kai-shek, eliminates the
ford Smith broke the Englund- Australia salo record.
With
obiluaries of the flier.
are
TRINCOMALEE AGAIN Trincomalee, which is the oldest British naval base in the East, is like-
naval base of even greater import- A vigilant watch was kept for danger of a reported Chinese attempt to come into its own again as a
to counter-attack Canton.
nowance than it ever was, Japanese detachments Brge, and London newspapers!
driving westward across the dra
neglected and it For years I was While London headlines were an- with the ultimate objective of cutting was a base in name only, "defended" Dutch nouncing the disappearance of Per- the Chinese route for munition sup- by ancient Portuguese and cival and his three passengers, thenies along the lower section of the built fortißcation. They were domi-
nated by Fort Frederick,
which crowns the great rock, at the foot of which nestles the town. This extends for almost 1,500 yards along the coast and in its magnificent harbours a great fleet could live in absolute security at all seasons of the year.
four men were in Paris,
Percival had flown over Le Bourget without stopping, and had proceeded direct to Paris. His arrival had not been reported.-United Press.
AIR RAIDS IN ICHANG AREA
West River.--Reuter,
FIGHTING ALONG BAILWAY Chungking, Dec. 4. Severe fighting is taking place along the Cunton-Hankow railway, north of Canton, where Chinese forces on the night of December 1 launched an offensive against the Japanese, south of Tsunghua, accord- to Chinese military despatches.
The Chinese vanguards are said
The booming of the base was » costly job, but well worth the money expended, together with ancillary services.
to have reached Talpingehing. 25 shadowed other bases in the East and The might of Singapore has over- After circling over Ichung for some iniles north of Canton.
Far Eust so that they are merely sub- time four Japanese bombers in two On the Hunan front, the Sino- batches released a number of bombs Japanese forces continue to face each
sidiary to it. at Wulung, Anmiao and Naatsinkwanother neross the Sintalang River, in the vicinity yesterday.
south of Yochow, while on the high- All the missiles landed on open way south of Pingklang, fighting is fields causing Ettle damage.-Central | sald to be in progress in the vicinity News.
of Chiuling-Reuter.
Knuckle-Duster Brings Scots Private To Court
Ple. Dominic O'Donnell, 22, of "A" Coy., 2nd. Bn. The Royal Scols Regiment appeared before Mr. R. A. D, Forrest at the Central Magistracy this morning and pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of a weapon fit for an unlawful purpose, namely a leather metal-studded knuckle duster.
Det.-Sgt. J. Johnston told the He made no attempt to cover up Court that the defendant went to No. anything. 2 Police Station on Friday evening An officer
defendant's of the .and made a report that he had struck Itegiment informed the Magistrate and robbed a Chinese, and spent the that O'Donnell's military record was money.
fair. He had only recently come to In consequence
Hongkong from Palestine. of this report. Police were despatched to make en- Inspector A. V. Baker told the quiries around the Wanchal district Magistrato that in
city of defendant's report,
THREE BASES LINKED
Hongkong and Trincomalee are now linked up with Singapore in con- formity with the general plan of Im- perial "Defence in the Far East.
Singapore straddles the essential trade routes to the Far East and the Antipodes.
Some day Trincomalee will be the base of a much bigger cruiser squad- ren than at present is based there, part and parcel of the Far Eastern Ficot-East Indica Squadron, China Squadron and the naval forceq of Australia and New Zealand. United Press.
Kris Used In Ship Brawl
Resenting the "bullying attitude" of a ship's trimmer, Mohamed, a fireman named Bogle pulled out a Consequerco of kris from his girdle and stabbed him but falled to ascertain the authent!- defendant's report, the matter was on the shoulder with 1.
The Incident occurred on board the treated as a highway robbery and certain Police posta were turned out. malor vessel Ruys at the Kowloon The defendant could have been Docks, Hunghom, last Tuesday, und Kowloon Magistracy this charged under the Police Force at the
morning, Bogle was sentenced to Ordinance.
Defendant had nothing to say and three months' hard labour when he the magistráte said that he would pleaded guilty to the silence before He was told to throw the cigarette) give O'Donnell a.chance to make Mr. E. Himworth. away and while doing so he threw good, and bound him over in a sum the knuckle duster out in the com- _polind of the police station.
The circumstances under which defendent was found
to be in ⚫ possession of the knuckle-duster was when he came to the station and made the report he had a cigarette in him mouth.
Warns The Western Powers
FIRM STAND OR WIPE OFF TRADE ASSETS IN CHINA
LONDON, Dec. 6. THE ATTITUDE of the Western Powers to peace terms to close the Sino- Japanese war in the light of the recent Japanese declara- tions regarding the future of the open door policy in China, are discussed by a special contributor in the "Daily Telegraph" to-day.
The writer, Mr. J. B. Firth,
comes to this conclusion: "I
the Western Powers do not make a firm stand for a real open-loor peace treaty between China and Japan, they may within a few years wipe off their trade assets in Cuina as a certain total loss.
"If they do men to make a real stand let them make it altogether with all the Powers who signed-and have kept the Nine Power Agree- ! meal of 1931..
"Japan has broken i continuously and deliberately both in the spirit and letter."
5,
1938. 日四十月十
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Japan To Buy Three Condor Type Planes
TOKYO, Dec. 4.
According to the "Nichi Nichi," a contract will be signed shortly between the Japan Aviation Company and tho German Fockewnir Aircraft Company for the purchase of three German monoplanes, sister-craft of the Condor plane which recently flew from Berlin to Tokyo in record
Lime.
The cost of the machines will be 800,000 yen each.
Payment will be made in kind, includlar Boya beans.---Reuter.
SHOOTING AFFRAY: MAN IN COURT
17-Year-Old Girl Charged With Arms' Possession
of
The writer examines the details of The sensational shooting affray on Mr. Shiratori's interview with a Ger-Saturday morning, as 21 result man newspaper, and Prince Konnye's which Lance Sergeant H. R. Terret utterance of November 3, and the lies in hospital dangerously wounded seven-point forecast of the "omelal" with a bullet in his throat, took a Japanese programine concerning dramatic turn this morning. Chana which appeared In the Kokumin Shimbun on November 28, to which he devotes most attention.
WORN-OUT PRINCIPLE Washington, he finds, is already on! the alert, as evidenced by the Note of October 5, and the lone of the Japanese to the note, which he des- eribes as "slitt," and its meaning be- ing "Iransparent."
He
(a)
At the Central Magistracy, three charges were preferred against S. L. Wong, alias Wong Wan. He was charged:
Wounding, ar causing grievous bodily harm, with intent to murder, Herbert Ramsay Terrel; (b) Shooting, with intent to do grievous, bodily harm;
(c) Being in possession of an unlicensed automatic pistol and one round of ammunition.
A 17-year-old Chinese girl, Chan Sin-kwan, TV:18 arraigned with Wong on the charge relating to the possession of the unlicensed pistol and ammunition.
adds that "Tokyo admitted nothing and promised. nothing. The only conclusion to be drawn from the reply is that Japan considers the principle of the open-door as be- ing worn out and inapplicable."
It is alleged that the girl was taken But
Firth sees in the way of into rustody with Wong when the the Japanese official
press the police, acting on information, raided contrast between the "hardness" of a room In Luk Kwok Hotel, Wan- Washington and the conciliatory tone chai.
Mr.
of Mr. Chamberlain when he spoke The two defendants were remand- of the readiness of British capitalists ed for a week. to participate in the reconstruction of
Enquiries at the Queen Mary a new China after the war 25 an hospital this morning reveal that attempt to drive a wedge between Lance Sergeant Terret is progressing two Governments in defence of the as favourably as can be expected open door.
is condition is still dangerous.
ture.
Fire On Ship
In Harbour
1938 DUN LOP
YEARS OF GROWEN,
DUNLOP Fort -
The Tyre with 2,000 Toesh
An Interview
With a Pony
INTERVIEWED BY THE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER HE SAID....One of the 94 ponies landed in Hongkong from North China last week seems
on kls trip from to be expressing his views rather forcibly China to pesceful Hongkong.
Giant
Condor
war lorn
Plane
To Omit Hongkong On Tokyo-Berlin Flight
which
THE GIANT GERMAN Condor plane broke all records on the flight last week from Berlin to Tokyo, starts off from Tokyo to-morrow leisurely return flight.
Hongkong is being omitted, from the monoplane's itinerary. The machine will fly from Tokyo to Taikoku, and thence from Formosa to Manila, in the Philippines.
From Manila it will Oy direct to). Singapore, across the China Seu, und
on
CANTON HAS CURFEW
a
CANTON, Dec. 5. TAKING STRICT precautions
Mr. Firth recognises that it is a most delicate matter for non- belligerents to interfere when terms of peace are being arranged, but he reinforces his argument for a real stand by pointing to the industrial development of China which will
will then follow the Singapore-against possible manoeuvres by follow peace, for which Japan must
Some excitement was caused on Europe air route back to Germany. subversive elements, the Japan acquire direction in order to make
authorities on certain the effective control of the board the s.s. Macau yesterday when "I have not been approached with vast China market which has been small fire broke out as she was any requests that the crew of the ene military
German the lure behind her mainland ven-ying at the quarantine anchorage Condor should be asked to call at Saturday issued a proclamation Consul forbidding all traffic in the city prior to docking at a whart in Des Hongkong," the
General informed the "Telegraph" between 7 p.m. and 4 ́a.m. -- * Voeux Road.
this morning. This latter aspect of the problem,
The proclamation also prohibits began The conflagration
when
"I believe it would be rather be considers is imperfectly under someone threw a lighted match stick
arms and ammunition. stood in the West where China "is on some turpentine which had brick hazardous for a plane of such size ordinary citizens from possessing It is pointed out that subversive regarded as an
agricultural led to the deck from a broken bottle, and with such a landing speed to
entered the country whose unnumbered millions The fire was put out by members attempt to land or take off at Kai elements have secretly are little more than potential buyers of the crew before any damage or Tak Airport. That is probably why city in the company of Chinese re- Hongkong is not being included in the fugees returning to the city and have return itinerary."
started activities tending to disturb Commander G. F. Hole, the Har-peace and order.Domel, bour Master, said, when asked if there was any possibility that the Commander of the famous monoplane would be asked to call at
I'm afraid I
of colton goods."—Reuter,
Injury occurred,
Footballer Called From
Field to Dying Son
Mr. W. J. Carric, Chong: LATE NEWS
Hongkon
cannot tell
деть
of the iTAN
Travel Association, said: "It would be very interesting if the
would call here. I don
I don't think Tommy Pile, popular Hongkong footballer was about to plane
can do
do anything about the matter, kick-off in league soccer match between Police and Hongkong Mr. A. G. Moss, Superintendent of Football Club on the Boundary Road ground last Saturday, Kai Tak Airport, said: "I think when he was dramatically called off the field in response to n would have been informed by now telephone message that his 3 years-old son Tommy, had been had been arranged for the Condor taken seriously ill.
+
Twenty-four hours later the child died in the Queen Mary
Hospital,
it
to come here. Kai Tak is quite cap- able of accommodating the plane, despite its size and landing speesi."
This morning.
Missing-An Australian Mail
The Petal authorcion are puzzles. 1 Yesterday's plates brought & co The Contor was overhauled insiderable quantity of mal from New Tokyo yesterday, and the work of Zealant, but none from Australia, The father, who is a prison Tommy, who is the eldest of two song, re-fuelling it for the that hop to There has been no Aurtrusting mast warder at Stanley, plays for the The dramatic suddenness of his death Talhoku at 8.30 am. tomorrow on in Hongkong since stuks. Hongkong F.C., and he was al- hus left everybody bawildered.
Mr. and Mrs. Pile are both very the homeward Journey commenced. There will be more unul next trans- ready changed into his football well known in Hongkong. Mr. Pilo toga and ready to start the game Hongkong-born, and has figured when he was called off the field. Importantly in local sports. An
uncle
DUKE OF KENT of the deceased child in Chris The boy, whose full name is Pile, who is also another prominent fact
FOR NORWAY Thomas Nicol, was perfectly well on Hongkong sportsman, and inte Saturday morning.
played in the Police v Club Saturday, completely unaware that
By 1,30 pm, he was in the Queen Mary hospital, and he posed away
a little less than 24 hours later.
European community
[day.
EURASIA PLANE
ARRIVES
Kurasia pikes arrived at Hai Ték London, Dee, 4. trom Yunnanhu, Chungking and a nephew was so dangerously 1. It is offelálly stated that the Duke Kwellin at 12 o'clock It nght with The funeral will take place at of Kent will represent the King at the pine calcat pamporees sod A. manli Happy Valley this afternoon at funeral of Queen Maud of Norway, in quantity of malig
at d'aleck, and to Mr. and Mrs. Pile in Okio on Thursday), as a result of the
The deepest sympathy in huning accident: Rustained, by the
The The complainant had six stitches
Stanley was stunned by the news arribia komada,
of $100 to be of good behaviour for put in his aboulder before being re- a period of twelve months.
I moved to the Kowloon Hospital,
...for......... everybody kiew and... loved”)
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