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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 20, 1938.

GENERAL HAN FU-CHU ARRESTED AND BEING TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL

Hankow, To-day.

The Generalissimo's headquarters has official- ly announced that upon Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's orders, General Han Fu-chu was arrested on January 11 and handed over to the Director- General for the enforcement of military law for trial by a special military court organised for the purpose.

The trial is at present progress- ing General Han Fu-chu being charged with, firstly, having dis- obeyed orders from his superior commanders and retreated on his own accord,

Secondly, with the forced sale of opium upon the people of Shantung, Thirdly, by force, having extract-

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ed taxes and levies from the people, BRAINS TRUST

Fourthly, with having seized pub- lic funds and

Fifthly, with having deprived the people of Shantung of their fire- arms. Reuter.

CHINESE SUCCESSES

Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt has inform- ed Mr. Daniel C. Roper, Secretary Hankow, To-day. for Commerce, and the National Chinese .successes are reported from different fronts both in Tsin- Business Advisory Council, that he ing in the Province of Shantung has planned a new advisory group. and also in the neighbourhood of to consult with the Administration Wuhu on the Yangtse River above

all matters of Federal policies. Nanking. In the war zone along This step is in accord with the the Tientsin-Pukow Railway in President's wish for advisory ma- Shantung, no major battle has yet chinery to represent all elements occurred, according to reports entering into legislative and ad- which, however, declare that the ministrative policy-Reuter. Chinese are nevertheless exercising considerable

Ocean.

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ADVANCE TO CHUFU

Hankow, To-day.

meet the menace.

FITNESS

CAMPAIGN

London, To-day.

to at-

On the eastern side of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway the Chin- ese troops have advanced to Chufu,

The King and Queen are where large bodies of Japanese tend an evening reception at the troops have been concentrated to Guildhall on February 17, given by the Lord Mayor on behalf of the Unconfirmed reports state that National Fitness Campaign. the Japanese have been landing

The King will make a speech to troops in Tsingtao, the men having the delegates at the reception and been withdrawn from the Hang- His Majesty's speech will be broad- chow front.

cast by the B.B.C.-British

This weakening of the Hangchow less. front by the Japanese is expected by Chinese circles here to lead to further Chinese successes, on that front.-Trans-Ocean.

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PEIPING DECREE

Tokyo, To-day.

The "provisional government" at Peiping has issued a decree prohí- biting future use of the name “Pei. ping" to designate the ancient capital of China.

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BARCELONA RAID TRAGEDIES

Barcelona, To-day."

Yesterday's aid raid.on Barcelona

FLIER GIVEN COMMAND

London, To-day

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NOTE FORGERIES

Lee Wai-keung, unemployed, was this morning charged before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy with possession of 150 five Yuan notes of the Bank of China, on the Tung On Wharf, knowing the same to be forgeries._______

Group Captain A. H. Orlebar, Sergeant Soutar, in charge

of who was officer in charge of the the case, asked for 24 hours' re- British Schneider Trophy teams in mand which was granted.

1929 and 1931 and who, for the past

year, has been at the Imperial De-

fence College, has been appointed CAR OVERTURNS

to command the R.A.F. station at Northolt.

While driving car No. 2144 in

In 1929 he made what was then Nathan Road yesterday, near the the world's record speed of 357.7 junction of Prince Edward Road, miles an hour in the machine which Mrs. B. E. Field had a narrow three days earlier had won the escape in an accident caused in an Trophy. This record was beaten in attempt to avoid a collision with a 1931 by the Trophy team of that lorry. She braked hard and swerv- year, with a new record of 407.5led with the result that that her car miles an hour-British Wireless Iturned over on its side. Mrs. Field was unhurt except for slight shock.

Some-one yesterday entered the by insurgent planes resulted in the transit shed at Wellington Bar The decree says that it must be killing of 220 and the wounding of racko, and stole drills, tool and known by its former name of over 400, according to the Defence, engineer stores the value of

‚"Trans-Ocean. "Peking."

Ministry. -Reuter.

£3.18.244.

The R.M.S. "Empress of Russia" will leave here - for Ictoria Vancouver, B.C., via Shanghai, at 6 a.m. on January 26 (Wednesday).