1937-08-23 — Page 4

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Enquiries at the Queen Mary Hospital this morning elicited the information that Sir-William

Hornell passed a good night and was a little better this morning.

SEASONED CAMPAIGNER IN ART OF EVACUATION

In the art of evacuation from

MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL PROVOKES

REICH PROTEST

London, To-day.

Mr. Winston Churchill, fiery Con- servative die-hard, has been the cause of a diplomatic protest as result of an article he wrote in the "Evening Standard,” in which he alleged that the 20,000 German na- tionals domiciled in England con- stituted a "threat to the security of the British Empire.”

The German charge d'affaires in a threatened zone, Miss Mary London has been instructed to call Firth, who arrived in Hong Kong at the Foreign Office and point out on Saturday in the Empress of that inflammatory articles of this Asia, will soon be regarding her-kind are not calculated to promote good neighbourly relations in the self as a seasoned campaigner.

It is not very many months ago cause of peace-Trans-Ocean that Miss Firth was in Barcelona, at the height of the Spanish civil war crisis, when frequent air at-1 tacks and warship bombardments of the port were occurring, and had to be taken out, together with other

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tish warship to Marseilles.

PATROCLUS ARRIVES

The s.s. Patroclus, with

every

Arriving in Shanghai two three months ago, Miss Firth now available inch of space utilised for accommodation, arrived sleeping finds herself in Hong Kong, again

at Holt's Wharf at 7.45 this morn owing compulsorily evacuated the danger from hostilities.

to

ing.

There was a comparatively small number of people to

disem

100 METRES' TRACK RECORD BROKEN

Paris, To-day.

meet it with the result barking arrangements went off with the maximum of speed and mini- mum discomfort.

Specially notable

was the first

The world 100 metres record was big batch of members of Shang- lowered in an international athletic har's Portuguese colony, many of meeting here yesterday by Ben whom will be put up by friends locally while others will tranship Johnson (USA).

Johnson's time was 10-2/10, one-for Macao where the Government tenth better than the previous re-have made arrangements to accom-

modate some 1,500, who are cord-Reuter.

According to Trans-Ocean, John-pected in the course of the next son's record may not be recognised, week.

as he ran with a wind behind him,

as did Jesse Owens in the Berlin

Olympics

Johnson, however, later ran the

ex

200 metres in the fantastic time of 400 GERMAN WOMEN

20.8 seconds.

CHINA EXPRESSES REGRET TO GERMANY

Nanking, Yesterday, The Chinese Foreign Ministry to-day expressed its regret to the German Ambassador, Dr. Oscar Trautmann, regarding the killing of one German and înjuries in-

AND CHILDREN ARRIVING

Hong Kong's German community is now making preparations for the reception of approximately 400 Ger- the man women and children in Colony from Shanghai, arriving on Thursday in the Gneisenau

Only about thirty have already arrived, in the Victoria, and these are being accommodated in the

ficted on some others in Shanghai private residences of local Germans.

last Saturday.

A representative of the Foreign Minister called attention to the official communique issued by the Nanking Government in this con- nection and stressed that the ac- cidents had been caused by a Chinese aeroplane after it had been struck by the fire of Japan- ese anti-aircraft guns, causing bombs to be automatically detache ed from the plane Trans-Ocean.

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For those arriving in the Gnei- senau, a number of empty houses and flats have been rented and are being provided with camp beds etc.

ON TO SINGAPORE FOR SOME REFUGEES

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