1937-10-08 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 8, 1937.

MR. NORMAN PEI CHUNG HSI

DAVIS

CALLED IN

Washington, To-day.

Mr. Norman Davis, the United States famed "Ambassador-at- " and one of President Large"

advisers On. Roosevelt's chief foreign affairs, was yesterday hastily summoned from New York and arrived in Washington last night

He will confer to-day with the President and the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, presum- ably on the arrangements for American participation in the Nine-Power Conference. Reuter.

REPORTED

AT TSINANEH

Tsinanfu, To-day.

It was reliably learned late last night that part of the Jap- anese forces operating on the Tientsin-Pukow line have reach- ed a small village about 20 miles north of the Yellow River.

Meanwhile a battle is still raging outside Tehchow between an isolat- ed brigade belonging to the main Chinese army, and the Japanese troops.

Although there was no public an- Inouncement of the reported arrival

ARMY MONOPOLY of General Pei Chung-hsi, it

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ON BUSES AT THE RUSH HOURS

ITo The Editor, "China Mail"]

Sir,-May I draw attention. through your columns, to the un- satisfactory state of affairs for those using the No. 6 bus route in Kow- loon

I left my house this afternoon at about 1.15 and arrived at the bus stop in Prince Edward Road

was

rumoured that the General arrived here yesterday afternoon on instruc tions from Nanking.

The General, according to the re- port, has been appointed Comman- der-in-Chief of the troops.on Tientsin-Pukow line. Our Own Correspondent.

NÁNKING SENDING

REINFORCEMENTS

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Tsinan, To-day.

the

Troops numbering about 5,000, poured into the city before dawn to-day, and are stated to have been despatched here from Nanking to at re-inforce the Chinese troops on the. the bottom of the steps leading to Tientsin-Pukow Line:

few the Diocesan Boys' School, a

They will proceed to the front minutes later. After about five min- this afternoon. utes, a No. 6 bus came along but More troops from the south are. as it was entirely filled with Indian expected to arrive this afternoon.--- Troops, who had evidently been fir-Our-Own Correspondent. ing on the range at Kowloon City,

it went by without stopping.

I waited while five busses passed,

each of them filled with troops. I had then waited half-an-hour and as each stop was becoming more and more

tiffin

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nare congested, as the tin crowd, LOAN HEAVILY

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were kept out of the busses, I would probably have been still waiting if I had not been given a lift in a car by a friend who was passing. It seems to me that the military

Shanghai, To-day. " authorities are acting in a manner Considerably more than half of most inconsiderate to the public in the Chinese War Loan of $500,000,- allowing troop movements during 000 has already been subscribed ac- rush hours. This is not by any cording to the Chinese press, which means the first time that a similar adds that the Shanghai Merchants': situation has arisen and the whole Guild yesterday'. decided · to sub- service for office-goers returning scribe $20,000,000 on the occasion from tiffin, completely disorganised of the Double Tenth this Sunday.

I feel that either special means of conveyance for troops should be ar- ranged or less awkward hours utilis- ed for movements.

Yours etc..

"NOT JOB"

CAPETOWN MEN "ADRIFT?"

No definite information is yet available regarding the whereabouts of the 250 officers and men from HAMS. Cape- town, who are travelling from Hankow to Canton by railway.

It is believed that they are somewhere in the vicinity" "off" the Kwangtung-Hunan border. If the railway has been badi damaged, it is likely that they will proceed by bus..

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Members of the Guild will raise this sum by surrendering 10 per cent. of their profits.

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