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No. 18102
OPP 五拜禮 號六十月二十英港香
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1938. 日五廿月十
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LARGE SCALE JAPANESE TO WAR ON THE GUERILLAS FOR
Hongkong Still Centre For China's Trade With World
CHUNGKING, Dec. 15.
CHINESE SOURCES state that despite the Japanese occupation of Canton and Hankow, Hongkong remains the centre of China's export trade.
At present along two trunk lines, Chinese exports are flowing abroad, with Hongkong as the stepping-stone.
The two main routes for the Chinese exporti trade after the loss of Hankow and Canton have been the Haiphong-Kunming railway and the Chungking-Kwangchowan highway.
It is stated that thousands of giant American and Soviet trucks are busily transporting native! products along the south-west highway abroad., Native goods, when gathered at Kunming are] transported to Haiphong and then to Hongkong for ocean liners.. The products of the vast in- terior are also gathered at Chungking and then sent by trucks to Kwangchowan via Kweiyang and Kweilln.
It takes about seven days for goods from Chungking to reach Kwangcha- wan Bay, and from there they go to Hongkong to connect with the ocean liners.
A foreign trade commission of the Ministry of Finance is at present thej national organisation controlling foreign trade. It is doing its utmost to encourage exportation, especially since the fall of Hunkow and Cen- ton ns part of the Chinese national policy in order to cover the Chinese, Anancial position.
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Japan's Soviet
SHANGHAI,
Dec. 15.
REVEALING THE wide-spread operations | against Chinese guerilla
SHIP
REICH
KIEL, Dec. 15. ERMANY IS to construct a
fon us
"the next addition to her navy.
The battleship Gueisenau, which was recently completed, and the Scharnhorst which is rtli under construction, have boll a displacement of 20,000 tons, so that the new ship will be the largest in the German navy,
The construction programme Includes also two light cruisers of 7,000 tons displacement and six additional cruisers totalling 35.400 tons,
now
The submarines construction programme includes 28 unlia in addition to 43 anb. marines now completed and in service-Trana-Ocean.
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COMMONS TOLD OF POSITION IN HONGKONG
LONDON, Dec.
··15.·
CAPTAIN L. F. PLUGGE, Conservative member for Chatham, asked
Mr.
Malcolm
MacDonald in the House of Commons to-day for a statement on the financial position of Hong- kong, "whose trade has largely collapsed as a result of the war in China, and which is none- the-less compelled to support a very large number of Chinese refugees."
Mr. MacDonald said that, Hongkong and Canton had vhile the recent interrup- temporarily stopped trade those channels, river through ion of rail and communications
between there was no indication of a drastic deterioration in the colonial Government's financial position in
Position In immediate future.
forces, involving the Canada's Position
air
army, navy and force, a Japanese
spokesman to-day said War Involving Britain
that December 9, the Japanese forces had
OTTAWA, Dec. 15.
carried out. operations A RESOLUTION seeking to clarify Canada's in the Shanghai, Tsung-position in the event of Britain becoming involved in ming, Hangchow and war, will be introduced by. Mr. J. S. Woodsworthy, leader Yangchow areas.
of the Co-Operative Commonwealth Party (which is
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He said that unit of Socialistically inclined) when Parliament reassembles in 6,000 of the jew Fourth January........ Army were centred at
Nankiao and Nanhwei, 20 G.H.Q. STAFF
miles south-east of Shang CHANGES IN
hai, with their headquarters
The resolution reads: "That this Parliament hereby declarca to other members of the Com- monwealth and the world, that
the power to make a declaration
the
Estimates of expenditure, nevertheless, had been pruned as a necessary measure of caution. The influx of refugees from the area of hostilities in south Kwangtung had attained a considerable volume in the latter part of November, but numbers now were able to return home with the cessation of active ghting in the neighbouring Chinese territory.
Refugees who were destitute were any at the cost of public funds, but by residents of the Colony-Router. by a large extent through funds raised
given food and accommodation, not
LATEST
Crisis Grows In
of war binding upon Canada, is Hankow Concession
Parleys Within Shanghai, though he did HONGKONG veated eclely in the Crown on
Break Down
not know whether they were in French Concession or the International Settle- ¡ment.
advice of its Canadian
Shanghai, Doc. 16. Ministers, and calls upon the The situation in French Conces- Government to Introduce in the ion in Hankow has grown⋅ much LONDON, Dec. 15.
present session such legislation "us more sente, so 11, was learned yester- LIEUT.-COLONEL A. Gmay be necessary to give full effect day evening from a private source.
The Japanese authorities have Neville of the Royal Artillery, and force to this declaration."
taken extraordinary measures bon and Lieut.-Colonel G. E. Grims- The resolution refers to legislation cause about 150,000 Chinese have dale, of the Royal Engineers. enacted in South Africa in 10 taken refuge in the French Con- He added that the. Japanese have both been appointed G.S.0.1 which it says, gave the Government cession.
full internal control over exercise of navy had blockaded the coast, the to British troops nir force had bombed the Chinese replacing Colonel Irwin forces, and the Shanghal Japan Colonel Burkhardt on March 15, M.jese garrison had enveloped them 1939 and March 21, 1989 respec-i
yesterday, and had captured tively. Reuter. Nanklao and Nanhwej. He estimated
in Cl. N. M. S. Irwin arrived the Chinese losses to be 400 dead, while they had surrendered ten Hongkong on April 9, 1937 from the During trench mortars and 49 machine-guns. Imperial Defence College.
the Great War he commanded five.
MOSCOW, Dec. 15. -A DEADLOCK has been reached in the negotiations for Japanese fishing rights in Soviet territorial waters, control according to a semi-official report issued here, which
states that negotiations had continued between Litvinoff and Mr. Togo, the Japanese Ambassador.
Altogether 24 native products are under the commission's chief among which are wood-al,
pig-bristles, wool, ox, goats, skins
and drugs which represent the main
products of the provinces in West
China.
The exportation of wood-oil is
vary fuelor in
Mr. Togo asked whether, in
the event of the Japanese Gov-
ved important factor. In foederament considering favourably Labour To Aid The Japanese losses ini inis engage
prosperity in wood-oil has been since the begin-
the exportation of the question of overdue pay- ning of the war up to the time of ment for the Chinese Eastern:
the fall of Canton and Hankow. The Railway, the Soviet Govern- ellmax was reached Inst June when
Recruiting
the total figure of exports for that ment would agree to sign with Fuel Weight Behind
month was 137,802 tons, while the out changes, the draft of the figures for the month of November are reduced by about. 80 per cent Fisheries Convention they had namely about 28,000 tons,
refused, to approve in 1936-37.
The main reason for this to the M. Litvinoff replied in the cutting of the Yangtse River and negative.
the Canton-Hankow railway along
Govt. Campaign
LONDON, Dec. 15. LORD STRABOLGI emphati- cally stated in the House of which the wood-oil was transported Mr. Togu then stated that he was Lords to-day that the Labour prepared to start negotiations on s temporary agreement for one year in Party would assist in a recruit
for abroad.
nent were one killed.
The spokesman added that in Japan- ese coloumn from Yangehow attacked 8,000 Chinese guerillos, armed with cast of Nunking, and killed 250. The
artery at Tienchang 50 miles north- Japanese losses was one officer and
N.C.Os killed and ten soldiers wounded.
fle added that army and tavy"units attacked 1,500 guerilla at Taungming
stand, and killed 150 of them.
For four days the Japanese forces operated against 20,000 members of the "1st Kiangnan Volunteer Corps."
He said there was a real north of Hangchow. And killed con,
The next very important item, conformity with the prosposal made jing campaign. second only to wood-oll, is Szech by the Soviet Government on Novem wan's pig bristles. This is best for her 28. M. Litvinoff agreed, but said toothbrushes which are manufactur- this did not cause the Soviet Gov- temptation not to do so because well as capturing 80 inchine-guns. et in America. Szechwan is one of ernment to withdraw its demands
The Japanese loft' thres-dend and only two places in the whole world regarding railway payments, and that of their contempt and loathing producing white bristles needed to in the course of further negotiations for the Government's foreign 12 wunded. make toothbrushes. Last June 20,- it would be necessary to return to policy, but on the question of Asked how the Shanghal 4th Army 000 tons of these bristles were ex-this question.
with headquarters communloated help, they had no choice. ported, but the figure increased to
Subsequently Mr. Togo opposed "We must, and we will. This is a their forces despite the Japanese 82,000 tons in November, the main reason being the rise in the price of the basis for a temporary agreement democracy," declared Lord Strabolgi. cordon thrown around the arcu, the What they needed specially in the spokesman-replied it was easy because world markets, and secondly the mentioned in the Soviet proposal of
on the industrial section of the Party an almost all the Chinese are sples. convenience of transportation by November 28, and insisted trucks.
prolongation of the temporary agree-assurance with regard to the safe This Is characteristic of the altuation ment now in operation, and added guarding and maintenance of the all over China."-- United Press. The difficulty confronting the that if it proves impossible to con- rights of the trade unions. Government regarding tia exportation clude a new convention, the previous He was glad to see from recent ob- by the south-west highways is convention must be renewed.
servations by representatives of the shortage of trucks, and the Govern
Government in the House of Com- ia encouraging ment
exporting
M. Litvinoff would not agree, and mons, and outside, that there seemed merchants to purchase trucks, and proposed that Mr. Togo again inform some hardening in the Government's is also encouraging exportation in the Japanese Government that a foreign policy, but there would be every possible way-United Press.
Another Note To Reich From US.
Warlington, Doc. 15. Anote has been delivered to Berlin kautuvoting ... assurances ...? that will be no alveriminatory, treat, rican citizens based
di
temporary agreement could be con- far greater response from the rank cluded only on the basis of the Soviet ; and ile if the Government really con- statement of November 28-Routers vinced them, that It really meant
what it said.
Lord Strabolgi said that so far as
Former Far East Correspondent Dies
London, Dec. 10.
League For The Two Americas
LIMA, Dec. 15.
COL. IRWIN.
10 China, the Royal prerogative on behalf of
and South Africa.-Reuter.
Many British Exiles Return
Thousands Go Home For Christmas
LONDON, Dec. 15. THE CALL to Britain for Christmas time is being answer- ¡ed by thousands from all parts
of the Empire.
By far the biggest number of exiles returning to the country for Christmas are from India, and further East.
Hitherto comparatively
mild winter has been experienced and huge crowds dally pack the popular business centres of the metropolls Including 1,000 "colonials", who find strong evidence that anticipation of
All food sun
Bion
have
foodsintis
food supplies to the Conces
beed out ofL: One man who attempted to bring from the riverside into the Concession was shot.
Prices of food have already risen considerably because of the pealion.
On the other hand, the watch sup- ply which had been out off by the Japaness has been provided for by the pumping of wafer from the Yangise into the Concrasion, where it is filtered.
This intolérable position. fi in do- clared, musi lead to catastropha un- Iras the dispute is settled quusly- Trans-Ocean.
Sen. Back Page For Further: Lata Naws
Japanese Plan For "New Order"
LONDON, Dec. 16.
The Japanese plan for the
Yulolide is dispelling the gloom cast | creation of a "'now order!" in East
by, the events of a critical year.
Asia is engaging the attention of
In preparation for the heavy holl-the British Government in an in- day traffic, beginning next week the
creasing degree. four main' line raliway companies
have srranged to run more than 2,500 Political circles here bellare that additional long-distance. passenger | the British Government - will Са expresses and extra trains for parcels deavour to obtain the co-operation of malls.
the United States, and eventually of di- Enquiries at Imperial Airways France, in adopting a more show that the heavy Empire air mail termined attitude than hitherto to traffic is being handled as smoothly wards Japanese schouses susceptible and expeditiously as possible. No of affecting the interests thene and land planes took off from It is belloved that Southampton for Empire destinations tions will be made in Tokyo by the on one day, and no difficulty is British and United States govern
ments with the object of obtaining heaviest Christmas mall ever parity concerning the Japaneso plom
as armounced by
Foreign Minis ter, Me? Arita.
Although London and Washington have not been edicially. informed the Japanese aims, there ill. nisunio that the Bitlan and States governments – labatid unue to adhere to "Open Doon
fewer than 18 planes-fying bonts Powers in China Aoine bata-
in succession, and he could make out, recruiting for the AN AMERICAN League of separate battalions in
was awarded the D.8.0, with two avy was very good, for the air force, · Nations, supported – by bars, the Military Cross, the French being experienced" in disposing of the
fairly good, for the army, not very system of moral, instead, of War Cross and was five times men-Reuter.
AR.P. services,
vicesought there were economic or military sanctions, toned in despatches. He served on
HONGKONG HOTEL'S XMAS PLANS
Cows Have "Who's Who'
In the was proposed at the Pan- the North-West Frontier 1930-31 operations, a American Conference to-day by
Col. V. R.. Burkhardt arrived in ¡delegates of. Colombia and Santo The death has occurred in London,
Hongkong on April 28, 1938. He was callowing an operation, of Mr. WIL-
Domingo.
de previously, in 1923, G80-2 in China, Tam Hurley Mowll of Reuter's Bhang-
Kyrs. Roby and Harry, the pupülar] entertainers open then season at the Demens, Colombiata Foreign Minister addition to China, Cal. Burkhard has Major in North, China;” In Brin Ner: blowll was for many years Hongkong Hotel on December 11. Tchat - Parte Kanterns Manager -- of An added attraction will be The said that they had hear heard sich went service in Frants, Belgium, Bows The names of 30,000 of Lan
words as Macedoria, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, | REDA | Reuter""; godesoric services, and was Geloos Glamourettes" with the Deni unmistakeably, impe
kuropokes the; islands of the Aegon Ben-nhá
Gallipoli
Blendint: urgenký Ben. Lopes after three years' being appointed
bos of the company's ablest and Sisters, who have also bear booked were now cosaing most trusted servants.—Iruzer, maraton the festiva sisson..
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