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Japanese Report Arrival At Khabarovsk

CZECHO-SLOVAK

ISSUE LIKELY

TO WARM UP

Prague, To-day.

Tension Grows

JAPANESE

Along Manchukuo BOMBERS DROP

Border

Tokyo, To-day.

Events in Czecho-Slovakia are Tension has been considerably increased on the likely to warm up in the next few days as it is understood that the Government's Minorities Statute, now completed, is to be submitted to Parliament next week.

The full details are undisclosed. but according to a usually well- informed newspaper, they pro-

LEAFLETS OVER CANTON

(From Our Staff Representative)

Canton, To-day.

Manchukuo-Soviet Border by news of the des-

Three Japanese planes have just patch by the Soviet authorities of 250 bombers

(2.15 p.m.) passed over Canton, and pursuit planes to Khabarovsk, according to one of them passing right over- a Japanese news report this morning..

vise a form of self-government It is stated that the Commander of the Central Ural

for the various nationalities in the National Diets, which have a large measure of autonomy in the local administration.

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Air Force is in charge of this fleet of aircraft having flown to Khabarovsk himself to take command in this area.

Report also allege that the So-

The Sudetens, however, do not indicate any satisfaction in the, trend of events and their head- quarters has published the text of the memorandum handed the viets have 700,000 troops along Government on June 7, demand-the Manchukuo border, while the ing that all the local and nation-

Manchukuo authorities have also

al administrations should be en-

CHOLERA

head of the Victoria Hotel, Sha-

They were greeted with unusual- ly heavy anti-aircraft fire, which

burst all about them without scor- ing a bit.

No bomba were dropped, but significantly the planes showered the outskirts of the city with leaflets.

Eight further cases of cholera, It is feared that the leaflets are six in Victoria, one in Kowloon and a warning of a severe bombing im- one from the harbour, were report-pending, as this has been the ex-

the 24 hours ended at midnight. Our Own Correspondent.

titled to insist on the application increased their troops in the re-ed to the Medical Department in perience of coastal ports recently. of any measures that have been gion:

voted for the second time, despite

-Reuter.

the adverse decision of the Pre-Soviet troops are still in occu- sident or the National Assembly.pation of the hills at Hungchun, which the Japanese claim to be Manchukuo territory. The troops who crossed into "Manchu-

LOCAL SHOWERS kuo territory" in the neighbour-

hood of the Hanka Lake have

The Royal Observatory reports also not withdrawn, according to that an area of moderately high the latest messages reaching pressure covers S. China and here.

Japan, pressure being highest to

the south of Korea. The depres- An important conference is al- sion to the east of Luzon appears leged to have been called by to be stationary. The depression Stalin to meet this morning at over Indo-China has decreased which it is reported high mill-

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PEASANT'S POST

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