NOW IN OUR showroom NEW STANDARD SUPER "NINE”.
44 Miles Per Gallon
FAR EAST MOTORS
THE PAN EAST AVIATION COMPANY, LIMITED). 26, Nathan Hd., Kowloon, Telephone 09101,
Tankl
Dollar T.T:-)x 3%d
Manager
T.T. New York Los Telegraph" forating UnsTufizimeshuhpy Pun, Ltd,. High Water R66 Sale rongkong
The
SECOND EDITION
Library, Supreme Coert
Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDER 1301
10, 16003
DECEMBER TUESDAY, 二拜禮 號六月二十英港香
6, 1938.
B----
SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS $30.00 PER ANNUM
Ladies' Suede Belts
in the new fashionable broad & narrow widths.
A wonderful range of plain & multi colours.
from $250 each
WHITEAWAY'S
All For One," West River
CHINESE INTERNEES "One For All, KONGMOON OCCUPIED THREATEN HUNGER Is Empire's STRIKE ABOARD SHIP
Removal to Concentration Camp In Kowloon Follows "Rumpus
FATHETIC JOEY sniffs through a crack in his crate home at this strange new world to which he has been brought. Joey is one of the Australian kangaroos brought to Hongkong for sale to tourists. Few kangaroos live unless they are allowed to roam freely and are fed on succulent fresh grass. Climatic conditions in Hongkong also lessen Jocy's chances of survival.-Stoß Photographer.
N. China Puppets
At
Loggerheads
SUDETEN VOTING WAS UNANIMOUS
Nearly Hundred Per -Cent, For Hitler'
BERLIN, Dec. 5. HE COMPLEMENTARY ELECTIONS to the Reich- atag which took place on Sunday in the Sudeten area, as well as in the old Reich and Austrin, yielded the following results, which, however, are stated still to be provisional:
Government
Policy
LONDON, Dec. 5.
"I AM SURE I am rightly interpreting the wishes of the people of this country if I say that if any other part of the British Common. wealth 19 attacked, we should, without hesitation, go to its ald," declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain in answer to Mr. Arthur
Henderson. 99
NINE HUNDRED CHINESE SOLDIERS IN-
TERNED IN THE STEAMER LI HONG IN KOWLOON BAY WERE REMOVED TO A BARBED-WIRE CONCENTRATION CAMP ADJACENT TO THE KOWLOON RIDING SCHOOL THIS MORNING.
From authoritative sources the "Telegraph" was informed this morning that the removal was hastened by the fact that several hundred of the internees threatened to go on hunger strike.
Several internees, in fact, are reported to have already refused to accept the food offered them aboard the ship.
MANY DIE
IN JAPNESE AIR RAIDS
West River Centres
Are Bombed
Wuchow, Dec. 6.
Official circles are reticent re- garding the affair,
The Commissioner of Police, Hon. Mr. T. H. King, denies that serious there has been any trouble of any land aboard the Li Hong.
"There was
a bit of
a rumpus shortly after the men were placed aboard the ship last week, but there
The Labour leader asked whether the Premier was aware of the recent declara- tion by General Hertzog to the effect that each Dominion should do as it likes in the event of Britain being involved in war.
Cheers greeted Mr. Cham- berlain's announcement to the House that after the demonstration in the Italian Chamber, Lord_Perth saw Count Ciano. From Count Ciano's reply it was clear the Italian Government did not associate itself with the demonstration, and had no intention of departing from the undertaking given to Britain in respect of the status quo in the Mediter raneanRouter,
BRITISH SHIPS CAN'T COMPETE
Treaty Port Evacuated
JAPANESE
TROOPS LAST
NIGHT
occupied Kongmoon, important Treaty Port 35 miles north-west of Macao.
Kongmoon, which in normal times has a population of 98,000, is the twenty-first treaty port to i be occupied since the commence- ment of hostilities between Chian and Japan. It was pro- claimed a treaty port in March, 1904.
port to POLITICAL
CRISIS IN BELGIUM
According to reliable Chinese sources, the occupation was com- pleted last night after bitter fighting between the opposing forces.
Weight of Japanese artillery, sup- ported heavily by the air arm, Anally forced the evacuation of the River elly by the defenders.
West
Socialists To Resign From Cabinet
BRUSSELS, Dec. 5. THE RESIGNATION of Soci- alist Ministers in the Belgian Sunwul, famous home town of Cabinet is foreshadowed follow- tens of thousands of OVERBCHA
Chinese In every part of the world, ing a resolution of a special con- is now threatened by the invading gress of the Belgian Labour Party to-day rejecting the Gov-
forces.
With the fall, in rapid succession, ernment's decision to send an of Kowkong and Kongmoon, the agent to General Franco's Gov- Chungshan district has been pracernment at Burgos.
tically isolated from tho reat Kwangtung.
of
com-
д
The vote in favour of the resolu- tion was 372,450 for, 187.008 against, with 7,820 abstentions. Reuter.
According to
Trans-Ocean message M. Paul Spaak, the Belgian
summoned Premler has hastily Cabinet meeting to decide the ques tion whether the Government should resign forthwith, or make an open.
has been no serious trouble, and none Japanese Discrimination charges under all bridges and cul- ment on Tuesday.
whatever since the men were In- formed that they were to be taken aahore," he said.
The Colonial Secretary, ilon. Mr.
In North China
LONDON, Dec. 5.
the congress
a
The Japanese huve almost pletely cut off Macao, the Portuguese Colony, from the interior.
Martial low has been declared throughout the Chungshon district.
Gunfire is audible in Chungshan, from where hundreds of refugees are pouring into Macno,
Dynamite squads аге laying fight of it when confronting Parita- verts In anticipation of a rapid As things stand, M. Spaalt and his Japanese drive south-eastwards.. | Social-Democrát culleagues will re- sign the Socialist Deputies vote KOWKONG IN FLAMES
gainst the Government. "Central News" reports that only) This turn in the domestic political A HEAVY CIVILIAN toll and huge
were N. L. Smith, said: "I do not know MR. A. C. MOREING asked in about 500 out of 100,000 civilians in situation is believed to be the direct property losses
the House of Commons to-Kowkong were able to escape when outcome of a resolution at the special
Was occupied by caused in Siuhing on the West if there has been a hunger strike
of the Labour Party to reject Japanese.
the Government's decision to
to send all River above Samshui and Liu-that is rather a big word. Certainly day what steps were being taken the town.
to remove pressure which had
Mr. Chan Quan-fal, chairman of agent to Burges. When this resolu chow, important city in central there has been no violence aboard.
Chamber of Com-tion was carried the party leaders- Kwangsi, yesterday. when
been exercised by the Japanese the Kowkong
arrived in Hongkong called for the resignation of
Socialist members of the Cabinet, in- Japanese bombers subjected the
authorities in North China upon merce, who two cities to severe attacks.
Chinese firms to compel the yesterday, makes this statement. latter to ship goods in Japanese said, the town was enveloped
The left Kowkong, Mr. Chan cluding the Premier. M. Vandervelde Several other
in was particularly severe in attacking towns on the
the Belgian Premier, whom he ac- West River were also raided.
He said that the Japanese attack cused of disregarding the decisions of Sluhing was raided three times by
on Kowkong came suddenly and con- his own party both in the field of finance and economics, and in the 19 machines in several squadrons,
sequently the civilians
could not
domain of foreign polley. which rained between 70 and 80 high
A "Telegraph" reporter who visit-
evacuate in time. explosives Inside the city.
Residences, shops and schools ined the Li Hong in Kowloon Bay af noon to-day was summarily ordered the densely-populated
to "get off the ship before you get reduced to
into trouble yourself." people alive.
Relief workers raced against time to rescue the wounded and extricate the dead from under the debris. to be The air raid is said
Sluhing has ever severest perienced.
arcas were ruins, burying mony
"There was grumbling from the start of the men's incarceration, be- rate the cooking arangements were not suitable, but the inen quietened
down when they were told they were going ashore."
REPORTER ORDERED OFF suip
The reporter telephoned that In- dian soldiers and British police were closely guarding every deck of the the ship. The soldiers were armed with ex-rines and bayonets.
PEIPING, Dec. 5. ACCORDING TO CIRCLES who believe that General Dolhars will be appointed bend of the Asiatle Deve- lopment Bureau, the emergence of
A large number of Chinese in the "Lawrence of Manchukuo" is After their attack on Stubing, the
raiders bombed Sam-ternees were still aboard, although only being delayed because the Japanese Japanese have not yet decided on the yeungchun, Leakpu and Yushing, their evacuation to the new concen- West River, tration camp in Kowloon City had exhet organisation and powers of the above Sluhang on the new Government,
where they released a total of 30 commenced at 10 o'clock. The rame circles state that Wang missiles.
The Chinese troops are being taken Keh-min is definitely considering re- Shapinghu, on the south bank of Figning should Wu Pel-tu be given the West River opposite Kowkong, cross to the new barbed-wire camp power without obligation to use the was also bombed by Japanese air-in batches in a junk walch's being It is understood that the kitchen. present officials of the Provisional craft which dropped four bimbs sel- towed by a poliée launch.
ting fire to scores of houses,
aboard and domestic arrangements bombers raided Nine Japanese
the Li Hong, which has been laid up a resignation la a possibility, but they Lluchow in Kwangsi, where they
that Major-General dumped
near Stonecutters for over 18 months, Insistent
100.
high S
have proved inadequate for the task Seich! Kita is still likely to hold explosives and incendiary missiles. imposed upon considerable power, even though the
on them.. Great fires were started. Many
The caterer has, os a consequence, special military mission is absorbed
civilians were either killed by bomb shrapnel or trapped in the lid to prepare all meals ashore and into the Asiatic Development Bureau.
fire and burned to death. A large then take them out to the internees
launch. area of the town now lles in ruins, in a
It is not known whether the in- -Central News.
terners will be kept penenently at the Kowloon
concentration Clly. The Colonial Secretary told camp.
that the Telegraph" this morning the Government could give no in- formation at present on this subject.
Government oMelais hint that such
Omeinla assert that Major-General | Kita is a close friend of General Sugiyama, the new commander of will the North China forces, who possibly be willing to back Kita's Folllical schemes.
It is significant that Japanese
not unanimous vircles are
Doihara has pinion that General Invalid
been chosen for the political key job. Some Japanese eireles agree with The number of seats in the Reich- | certain Chinese circles that the Kitu sing will be increased by 41 in conse» i und Wung Keh-min group are now quence of these elections.
Number of electors, 2.352.803; number of voters 2,497,604: Ave
Nocs 2,404,081: 3,406.
27.427:
The overwhelming result Sudeten-German
more
than
In the New Hungarian
Deputies Join
rying to postpone discussions of the Parliament
presidency until the conference of
of the the United Counell on December 23,
elections showing when the presidentini electoral mn almost 100 per cent, victory for Herr white will be started-United Press. represented Hitler and Greater Germany, is commented upon by the entire North Italian presa in comprehensive reports from Sudetenland.
ANTI-COMINTERN ALLIANCE
London, Dec. 5.
Budapest, Dec. 6. Seventeen Deputies who formerly In the Czesho-Slovak Parliament
territories now those ceded to Hungary, to-day took their sents in the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet.
In the course of the sitting, the House elected the former Premier,
Gunboats Sail Down Yangtse
Shanghai, Dec. 8. The American gunboats Luzon and Monocacy, and the French gunboat Admiral Charmer are now
sailing down the Yangtse.
Japanese torpedo boats are expect- M. Daranyl as President by 150 votes led to arrive in Shanghal to-morrow
Dr. or on Thursday.
The "Popolo d'Italia" calls the rosult a triumph of the National- Socialt policy, based principally on
The Premier replied in the mega-to 89, the former President, the theory of national community.
In spite of the enormous enthusiasm tive when asked in the House of Kornis, who resigned before the re- Leaving Hankow at 7 am. yester- had cent parliamentary crisis and joined day the Luzon and Admiral Charner throughout Sudetenland, not a slugle Commons to-day whether he
arrived at Klukiang yesterday after- incident has been reported during the information to show that the anti-a dissenilent group, being defeated. elections. This is given due promin- Comintern Pact between Germany, These figurOS Ere generally beno It is expected they will re- enon in Mia: Italien newspapers, who Italy and Japan had been streng-leved to furnish an indication of sume their jaumey, to-day, accom- combent on the perfect order and thenod so as to be a milliary alliance the strength of the majority which panied by the Monocacy, aboard Proverbakpile maintained during between these three countries Pramier imredy can in future rely which are 18- foreigners, evacuated
Reuter.
upon~+~Trang-Ocean.
from Kuling---Reuters Sin
or
German ships instead of British ships.
Mr. R. A. Buller replied that the position was that a ban existed at Chefeo and other ports in Shantung on exports to South China of certain articles, not being the property of Third Power
nationals.
In one case which was brought the notice of the Foreign Secretary shipment in a foreign vessel was per- niltred, although the goods were ap-
Chinese-owned. parently
Representations had been made to the Japanese authorities in Chinn, and the Japanese Government, both with regard to interference with trade in British strips, and dis- crimination in favour of a foreign vessel.Reuter.
URGENT BRITISHI
REPRESENTATIONS
fumes.
the Chinese forces the counter-
the
He blamed the Belgian Govern- Relief measures for the refugees ment for causing a diplomatic breach in Kowkong are being contemplated between Brussels and Barcelona, by the Kowlong Guild in Hongkong. M. Spaak appeared himself at the but as all communications with the congress, when he denied hoving do- town have been severed, it will be clined to receive the Spanish Repub- difficult to carry out these measures. (Continued on Page 4.)
According to another informant | from Kowkong, which withdrew to Kunshan, to north-west, huve started 11 offensive on the Japanese.
Fighting is said to be raging in the vicinity of Taitung, midway between Kowkong and Kunstan
Japanese in Kowkong, in the meantime, are crecting defences in anticipation of Chinese counter- attneks.
London, Dec. 5.
A report from Shekki reveals that Replying to the suggestion by Sir following the fall of Kowkong. ten- Walter Similes that the Japanese sign in Chungshan district has bren army authorities and wharf adminis increased. Exocitus of civilians
langer, objected tration at Tsingtao no
to British ships berthing at the wharf-Macao via Shekki is again side, and that subordinate Japanese way. officials were making a large profit from lighterage charges, which the Japanese Naval Mission at Tsingtao compelled British owners to pay, Mr. R. A. Butler in the House of Com-
to-day replied: "As
tao have
s a result of representations, the Japanese naval authorities at Tsing- have undertaken that if condi- tions permit, to arrange the matter satisfactorily as soon as possible.
"The British Government expects thile assurance will be implemented
early date.
An
to
under
Hankow Faces Coal Famine
Unless the
Hankow, Dec. 6.
coal Japanese allow suppiles to be landed very shortly. Hankow faces a complete black-out, as the British-owned Hankow Light und Power Company is unable continue the service.
to
"I understand that following com- plaints of excessive Jighterage
If the binck-out actually occurs the charges, the
Japanese authorities in Tsingtao recently investigated the hospitals will be seriously affected, affairs of the Lighterage Company, while the Central China Post, a Bri- and some reorganisation has been tish newspaper, and the only British language daily here, will be unable cifected.
COMPANY BUSPENDS POWER SERVICE
Mr. R. A. Butler added that urgent to publish-Reuter, representations had been made to the Japanese Government that British ships be allowed to berth at the commercial harbour in Taingtao, but he had not yet obtained a satisfac- tory reply. Reuter.
POLICE OFFICER IMPROVING
It was learned this morning that the, condition of Sergeant Terrett, who was wounded by a Chinese on! Baturday morning, is much better; though he is not wet our ZAA
Hankow, Dec. 6,
LATE NEWS
CONDOR OFF TO MANILA
Tachikawa, Dec. 5. The Condor monoplane which last week established new world records for the fight between Berlin and Tokyo, hopped off from the Tachi- kawa Airfeld, Tokyo, at 5.37 .m. Tokyo time, en route to Manilu.— Domei.
PO ON RE-OCCUPIED BY CHINESE
Po On has been re-occupied by the Chinese, according to passengers who arrived here from that town abourd the s.s: Po On yesterday.
The town, they said, is now in devastated state, all vaivabler having been taken away by the Japanese
their withdrawal. uppon
The s
Po On resumed its run be tween Hongkong and Po On yester
day. It left early in the morning for
A Japanese spokesman yesterday Po On with 150 passengers aboard confirmed the report that there was and returned to ffongkong in the no coal available for the British-afternoon with about 20 passengers owned Hankow Light and Power -Central News. Company.
Power in the concession areas was suspended last night Indefinitely, and the absence of power and: lightests gravely - Hampering Swork Lowpitals, war wall glomeracz tida
News an