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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 23, 1939.
LATE NEWS
MYSTERY OF JAPAN'S “APOLOGY”
European In Hospital
As the result of a collision between his car and a motor-cycle driven by Wu Kam-tai, Mr. A. G. Hargreave, of Imperial Chemical Industries, was admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital
injuries.
Japan's Consul Donies yesterday afternoon, suffering from
War Office Communique
During the Nows Bulletin broad.
cast from Daventry last night a statement was made that the Japaneso Consul General In Hongkong had Immediately expressed to the British authorities the regret of the Japanese Army for
rmy for the border incident Tuesday.
Official circles in Hongkong are rellcent, but the "Telegraph" under- stands that this statement has rel foundation in fact,
The
slatement Daventry apparently based on a communique Issued by the Japanese War Office at
yesterday.
The Japanese "Traits- communique. according to Ocean", elsimed that one plane, by mistake, "had dropped a bomb on bomb Altiins British territory, the
engine of
munique
lately afterwards, the com- added, "the Japanese Consul General in Hongkong ex- pressed to the British authorities the regret of the Japanese Army for the incident."
So far as the ascertain.
"Telegraph"
can
no such expressions of regret had been received in Hong- kong up to 9.30 o'clock this morning.
It is
is pointed out, moreover, that
the Japanese Consul General is at present in Tokyo and, obviously, no could have been expressions of regret personally tendered by him.
nice communtque The Tokyo War Office was carried by three News Agencies -Heaters, Trans-Ocean and Domei. The Daventry broadcast was credited to Reuters. In the Reuter report, pub- lished in Hongkong this morning, the violation of British territory was attributed to a misdirected bomb. The "Domel" story reports one bomb hitting a train. The Trans-Oecan" report mentions one bomb dropped on British territory.
apology Japanese The alleged makes no mention of the other bombs which fell in British territory, or of the casualties that resulted from Lie these explosions. Yesterday "Telegraph" nublished photographs
tivo craters in! showing at least British territory.
LATER. MR. T. ODA, JAPANESE CONSUL IN HONGKONG, ADMITTED TN15 "IT IS IN- MORNING THAT CORRECT TO STATE THAT ANY APOLOGY HAS BEEN EXPRESSED TO THE HONGKONG GOVERN- MENT YET."
statement obviously Mr. Oda's repudiates the Japanese War Office claim, made at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, that an apology had been to the Hongkong promptly made
Government.
PAKHOI LANDING REPULSED
An abortive attempt by a number
of Japanese warships on Tuesday
to effect 3 morning
landing at Iwantsuling, a small village west of Pakhoi on the southwestern coast of Kwangtung. is reported from Chinese sources this morning.
As soon as the invading warships of broke into the Chinese ne defence. they
immediately i challenged, it is sald, to aferee artillery duet by the Chinese battery!
were
units on the coast.
With the occupation of Hollow and] other parts in Hainan Island, accord- ing to the same sources, the number of Japanese vessels and neroplanes in Walchow Island off the Pakhot coast have been ennsiderably decreased,
It is said that there are only three Japanese warships, 15 planes and a company of a hundred blue-jockets stationed off and on The Walchow Island.
Ennuities this morning elicited that Mr. Hargreave's Injuries were not
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ART EXHIBITION
It is announced that the Hongkong Working Artists Gulid will present an exhibition of Chinese palatings calligraphy by well-known
The St. John's Cathedral Fellow- and ship held their first Bridge and Muh-Chinese artists, Messrs. Wong Ding- Jong Drive on Tuesday evening, in Ping, Cheung Shun-cho, Woo Kim-
the Cathedral Hull.
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Auction Bridge-Mrs. Smith and
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dally, from 10 am to 7 pm. (5un- day, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.), and the total entries will exceed 100. Mahjong-Mrs. Armitt and Mr. Of the exhibitors, Chiu Shiu- ngong, Cheung Shlu-shek an Teo The Committee will be glad if all H are familiar to local art loves, the money and Uckets outstanding are latter two having recently hell thølr returned to the Secretary, c/o Cathe-joint exhibition at the Catedral
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