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JAPANESE AIR RAID

LOSSES

CONFIRMED

Truth About Tuesday's Hankow Dog-Fight

ELECTRIFIED

BARRIERS FOR PALESTINE

Jerusalem, To-day.

It is declared here that not only

the northern frontier of Palestine but also the frontier between Pales- tine and Transjordan is to be pro- tected by the erection of a barbed wire fence charged with a high tension electric current.

Twelve Fighters KING'S

Shot Down

Over Hankow

Shanghai, To-day.'

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

The usual Parade at Happy

ment House in the afternoon, are the main features of this year's celebration of the King's Birthday, next Thursday.

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, will in-

Under the heading “Japanese loss in air raid con- Valley and a Reception at Govern-

firmed," the "North China Daily News" says that foreign reports just received from Han- kow confirm the first Reuter messages of the Japanese losses in the mass raid on May 31. The newspaper adds that 21 Japanese planes took

part, most of them being fighters, and were opspect the Parade at 8 a.m., and The erection of such a barrier in posed by about 40 Chinese planes. the north, it will be recalled, was The Japanese lost 12 fighters, decided upon to put an end to shot down over Hankow, and two smuggling money, arms and pro-bombers, shot down while bomb- paganda material for recruiting ing the boom across the Yangtse volunteers from the Lebanon Re- at Kiukiang: - public and Syria into Palestine.

As far as can be ascertained, The barrier on the Transjordan none of the Japanese bombers frontier will serve a similar pur-participating in the raid reached pose.

Hankow, being intercepted en The wire on the Transjordan route. frontier will follow the course of the river Jordan from Lake Tiberias to the Dead Sea. It is es- timated that the erection will cost about $50,000.

About 1,000 Jewish workers are at present engaged in the erection of the fence on the northern fron- tier and the British authorities expect that the northern barrier will be completed by the middle of July. Trans-Ocean.

ANOTHER AIR

VIOLATION OF BORDER

Berlin, To-day.

and

The Chinese lost two machines in the encounter.

SOVIET MILITARY MISSION FOR PRAGUE?

will take the Salute at the March Past.

At 11.30 will be held the Con- sular Receptionat Government House, and at 12.45 His Excel- lency and Lady Northcote will lunch with the Chairman and Members of the Hong Kong Club.

About 2,400 invited guests will attend the Reception at Govern- Moscow, To-day.

ment House at 4 o'clock. “God creasing in Czechoslovakia, a So- about 6.30, and it is requested That in the event of tension in- Save the King" will be played at- viet_Russian_military_mission will that no car shall-arrive-to-take- HODA HIDA HEDA

be sent to Czechoslovakia, was Σ

up passengers before 5.30. Under this report, the "North decision reached at a conference of China Daily News" publishes the the Soviet Russian General Staf Voroshilov and the former Chief of story from Tokyo quoting the yesterday night, according to well-the military district of Klev, Fed- Navy spokesman, Hoda, as say-informed circles here.

ko, would lead the mission.- ing in regard to the same raid, It is anticipated that Marshal Trans-Ocean. that nine Japanese raiders en- gaged over fifty Chinese planes, and shot down 20!

The Japanese spokesman added that with the exception of one

machine, all of the Japanese planes returned safely to their base. Reuter.

MADAME SUN AND REFUGEES

+

Another frontier violation OC- curred at 7 o'clok last evening when a Czecho-Slovak gendarmerie plane, a dark blue machine bearing the Czech national symbols

Madame Sun Yat-sen has sent a the letters OK, was sighted at the letter to General Wu Te-chen, German township of Koenigswalde, Chairman of the Kwangtung Pro- 10 kilometres inside the Germán vincial Government, urging him to frontier.

| prevent Chinese able-bodied men in Authorities in other German the province from coming to Hong- villages also sighted the plane, kong, according to a report in to- which finally flew back across the day's "Lih Pao.". Oberwiesenthal towards Czecho- She suggested that these men Slovakia-Trans-Ocean.

should be given military training in preparation for defence of the

NAZI CONGRESS province.

Nuremberg, To-day?!!

This year's Nazi Party Congress | year's march past without having

In September will reflect the corporation of Austria into Reich.

in- to cross any separating frontier. the Official beginning of preparative bg work for the Party, Congress ~ has will | been *-fixed for July · · ·1.—Trans-

· Austrian men and women take part for the first time in this Qcean.

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