1938-04-20 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 20, 1938.

MOTOR TRIP

FROM

ΤΟ CHUNGKING

H. K. TO

Dr. W. Crawford Finds Seeing Is Believing

AMOY

UNIVERSITY

China's Great

National Effort

ESCAPES BOMBS For Prolonged War

Canton, To-day.

Towns along the South China Coast were raided by several fleets of Japanese bombers yes- terday and at Amoy, Amoy Uni- versity narrowly escaped being totally demolished when several} bombs dropped close by.

Chungking, To-day.

LUIGI MARZINI ARRESTED BY JAPANESE

Peiping, To-day. Luigi Marzini, correspondent

"China is now preparing for a war of three years' of the Italian newspaper "Cer- duration," Chinese officials and soldiers told riere della Sera," who was on board the Panay when she was the Canadian medico, Dr. W. Crawford, as he sunk, has been arrested by the drove to Chungking from Hong Kong in an Japanese in Jebol City. open motor-car accompanied by his wife. eleven foreigners visiting Jehol

The Railways with terminuses at Dr.

Canton were also raided.

Repair-gangs are still working on the wrecked bridge at Shek Lung but according to railway officials here the line will not be available. for through traffic until Friday or Saturday.

Expert anti-aircraft marksmen are now manning the A.A. batteries in that neighbourhood to protectj the repair gangs and the line from bombings. Our Own Correspon- dent.

BRITISH COAL EXPORTS

London, To-day. The value of British coal exports in the first quarter of 1938 was £8,881,784 compared with £7,462,290 in the same quarter of the previous year and $6,632,390 in the March quarter of 1936. The tonnage, how- ever, was slightly less at 8,560,100.

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reason and took him to Jehol

Marzini was one of a party of Crawford arrived here last night after nine over Easter, and on the return days in actual travelling, mostly over newly-journey frontier guards at Kupei- opened routes. He made the journey here via kow arrested him for an unknown Canton and then along the Hunan-Kiangsi City. border to Changsha, and thence via Kweiyang. Describing war preparations on a nation-wide scale he had seen en route, Dr. Crawford said "I would never have believed it possible if I had not seen it with my own eyes.”

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He stated the entire male po~1 pulation in the provinces of Hu- nan, Kwangsi and Kweichow seemed to be receiving military training.

The Crawfords constantly en- countered small groups

of pea- sants drilling enthusiastically and being taught the use of fire- arms. Some were even drilling with spears.

MUNITIONS PLENTIFUL Munitions appeared to be plen- tiful, and they saw thousands of cases of munitions being taken to remote hiding places in the hills.

Everywhere they saw evidence of immense planned activities new airfields being levelled, roads Italy took 670,553 tons against being made and provided with 322,997 a year ago. There was also steel bridges, and railways ex- increase in exports to Germany tended and improved.

from 699,999 tons in the March Many Chinese students educat- quarter of 1937 to 875,876 tons and ed abroad were supervising the exports to Spain showed a recovery work in the capacity of officers of compared with the corresponding the Chinese army. quarter of the two preceding years. -British Wireless.

WARRANT FOR ARREST OF ARCHDUKE OTTO

Berlin, To-day.

It is officially confirmed that a warrant was issued for the ar- rest of Archduke Otto, Pretender

NEW DIVISIONS They were optimistic over the eventual outcome of

the war, declaring China was able to out- last Japan's strength.

Dr. Crawford met several new divisions of Chinese, troops marching to the east front, and was favourably impressed with their appearance. Reuter.

THE POPE

Rome, To-day.

The Pope will retire to his sum-

to the Hapsburg throne, on a mer residence at Castel Gandolfo charge of suspected high treason, on April 30, says an announcement. in March-Reuter.

-Trans-Ocean.

-ANTI-NAZI- INCIDENT IN PRAGUE

Stones

Prague, To-day. were thrown at the house of the German military at- tache in Prague by a number of Czechs yesterday when the Swas- tika flag was run

up over the

house.

An official of the Czech Foreign Office called on the German Em- bassy later to apologise for the in- cident. Reuter.

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EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE HIMALAYAS SCOTS WHISKY

Berlin, To-day. and will proceed from Assam first

A new German expedition to explore the Eastern Himalayas in Tibet, will leave from Genoa on Thursday.

to the Mishmi Hills. Reuter.

SAILING IN GNEISENAU Trans-Ocean says the expedition, which will sail on the "Gneisenau,” is composed, besides Dr. Schaefer, of Karl Wilert, Dr. Karek, Bruno Beger, the anthrolopogist, Ernst Headed by Dr. Ernst Schaefer, a Kramse, entomologist and film group leader in the Black Guards, operator, and Edmund Geer, tech- the expedition will last two years inical manager.

DELMICALUMP EDINBURGH

The Italian Embassy here has made representations to the Jap- anese Embassy. Reuter.

FOUR-POWER PACT TALK DENIED

Beem

London, To-day. Reports about alleged discus- sions with the object of drawing up a pact between Britain, France, Italy and Germany, during the visit of the French Ministers, M. Daladier and M. Bonnet to be without foundation

Well-informed circles declared this morning that the French Goy- ernment had also pointed out dur- · ing Easter that the discussion of 2 west European pact during the ministerial visit was not consider- ed practical-Trans-Ocean

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