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Distressing Scenes In Visit To Hospitals

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STRENGTH IN CHINA

Hankow, To-day. Although the Japanese claim that they have only 15 divisions in China, the Chinese spokesman declared: "We have proof from diaries taken from captured Ja- panese soldiers and officers and also from their detachment badges, that they are using 31 divisions in China.”

A parachute said to be Ja- panese and seized at Huangpi, north of Hankow, was exhibited at yesterday's ⚫ conference of foreign correspondents, as a re- ply to the Japanese naval spokes- man's statement that Japanese naval pilots do not carry para- chutes. Reuter.

JAPANESE BANKS IN H.K. REFUSE YEN

Refusal by local Japanese banks to give foreign exchange for Japanese currency notes was again reported this morning.

60 Per Cent. Of Victims Maimed For Life

(From A Special Correspondent)

Canton, To-day.

FIRST FLIGHT KUNMING TO HONG KONG

THE FIRST FLIGHT FROM KUNMING TO HONG KONG VIA |LIUCHOW, KWANGSI, WAS SUC-

CESSFULLY COMPLETED AT 6

P.M. YESTERDAY WHEN A JUNKERS PLANE JOF THE

Arriving in the plane were Mr.

Pei Hung-chang, Mr. Ho Chi-chao, Mr. Liang Hsien-yao, Mr. Hsu Changi Yueh-ching, Mr. K. H. Holtz, chief of the Aviation Section tion, Mr. W. Lutz, pilot, and Mr. Sheng. Ti-hua, radio operator. tity of mail.

of the Eurasia Aviation Corpora~

Canton is rapidly becoming restored it its normal calm following several days of comparative immunity from serious Japanese aerial bomb-EURASIA AVIATION CORPORA- ing. The refugee trail has already begun to TION LANDED AT KAI TAK. turn. More people are coming in than are go-|y. I. Treskin, Mr. E. H. Baker, Mr. ing out. The remarkable efficiency of the Canton authorities Cheng-hsin, Mrs. Huang Tze-chao,

in dealing with the various problems has drawn most favourable comment, and is an indication that the Japanese will run up against a stiff proposition if they elect to invade Kwangtung. I visited the Canton Hospital and dren having been orphaned by the talked there with the Commissioner Japanese bombs. of Public Health, Dr. C. K. Taw. He showed_me_a_map_of_Canton_on which were indicated, by little red circles, all the non-military centres that have recently been bombed.

There were no fewer than 190 the havoc of over 500 heavy bombs. of these red circles, representing

(Continued from Next Col.) for Kunming to-morrow morning.

Flights will be made from Hong Kong to Kunming on Wednesdays Hong and Sundays and from Kunming to Kong on Mondays and

Dr. Taw stated that the propor- Thursdays. tion of killed to injured in the most disastrous raids was nearly The amount offered was stated eight to one. Of the injured sur- to be only 500 yen, but it was vivors, 60 per cent. were refused on the ground that it for life, having lost one or more was suspected that the notes had limbs..

been smuggled out of Japan.

The attitude of the banks,

RESCUE WORKERS

disabled

the

however, is believed to be dictat- In one ward we visited were re-- ed by the situation in Shanghai scue workers associated with where in spite of the sharp at-local Red Cross Association, some tacks on the Chinese dollar, with injuries caused by bombs: which fell at one time last week others to below 9d., the exchange be- wounds.

with machine-gun bullet

tween the yen and the Chinese Among them was Mr. Chan, the dollar is still one for one,

Secretary of the local Red Cross Association.

HIGHLY PROFITABLE

It is highly profitable, there piital, too painful too relate, wo- I saw other sights in the hos- fore, to bring Japanese yen men and children terribly injured (purchasable at 9d. or 10d.) from Shanghai if they

and disfigured, several of the chil- can be ex- changed for foreign currency at the official rate (1s 2d.) in the

Colony Operations of this kind rency in Japan, people leaving the are reported to have netted cer- country were only allowed to take tain Shanghai syndicates large out one thousand yen. profits recently, but efforts are It had been discovered that large now being made to check these amounts in yen banknotes had been activities.

smuggled out by private speculators, Interviewed by the "China Mail" and it was these individuals against this morning, Mr. Y. Kano, General whom the Japanese banks in Manager, of the Yokohama Specie Shanghai and Hong Kong were im- Bank, stated that according to cer- posing restrictions by rejecting tain regulations controlling cur offers of the Yen notes they possess.

เ

The plane brought a large quan-

Leaving Kunming at 10.10 a.m., the plane arrived at Lauchow at 1:50 p.m.--It resumed the flight at 8 p.m. and reached Hong Kong at 6 p.m. on schedule. The total dis- tance of 1,358 kilometres covered in seven hours and fifty minutes.

was

The plane will leave Hong Kong Continued at foot of preceding Col.

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