1938-08-09 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1938.

MASS MURDER RAID ON CANTON TO-DAY Bombs Dropped In Centre Of "Safety Zone"

Huge Explosions Only 400 Yards From Shameen

(From Our Staff Representative)

Canton, To-day.

ITALY RESENTS EUROPEAN

U.S. RACE POLICY FOUND HANGED CRITICISMS

Rome, To-day. Replying to the protest of the

IN Y.M.C.A. ROOM

The second foreign suicide tra- gedy in two days was discovered at the European Y.M.C.A., Kow-

It is plain now that the Japanese are deliberately American Press against the new loon, at 8 a.m. to-day when a embarked upon a new campaign of barbarism development in the Italian Racial room-boy taking morning tea to in Canton and the terrorisation of the civilian Policy, the Director of the semi-Mr. Thomas Albert Ellis, of the population.

official “Giornale d'Italia” states in dead, hanging from a waterpipe. Revenue Department, found him a leading article that, it is only ne- He had used the bed sheets in Shortly after nine o'clock this morning, one hour cessary to recall the fact that the the room to take his own life.

after the commencement of to-day's first raid, majority of American newspapers was not normally a resident of It is revealed that Mr. Ellis three bombs passed just over the heads of are in Jewish hands, while the the Y.M.C.A. He booked a room watchers in Shameen and exploded with terri-ciated Press and Havas have distri- having just come out of hospital, News Agencies, such as the Asso- there last night for the first time, fic detonation only 400 yards away.

buted the note of the "Informazione and the fact that he still appear- The bombs could only have been aimed with the ob-

Diplomatika" in a distorted form. ed to be very unwell was noticed.. ject of murdering civilians. There is no mili-pression that Italy was on the eve One attempted to give the im- tary objective anywhere near. It is the area of a Jewish Pogram, and used this

well-known to everyone as the place of re- Fascism.

to arouse another crusade of anti- fuge for thousands of Canton's people during

A

GASTRIC TROUBLE

He had been in hospital for about four weeks suffering from serious gastric trouble, and it is Beneath the heading, "Locked understood that he was aware of

air raids owing to its close proximity to Sha-doors in the United States", the a possibility that he would be in-

meen.

This Saikuan-Shakee area,

NINE POINTS BOMBED

semi-official organ states in parti- valided out of the service. cular, that it is precisely in the He had suffered from fits of de- United States that the Racial Po-pression, particularly since a motor licy in vogue is far in excess of accident about two months ago

which is the district immediate- (From Our Staff Representative) anything known in Germany and when his car ran off the. Taipo

ly opposite to Shameen, has never been bombed before but to-day there is grave reason to fear that its deathroll will parallel the great tragedies of other Canton districts:

The bombs, estimated to be 500-lb. missiles, fell near to the Grand Theatre and shook every building in Shameen." There must have been thousands shel- tering in the immediate vicinity of the explosions as the first air raid alarms were sounded before 8 a.m., some twenty raiders came over 15 minutes later, and there had been time for the usual crowds to gather "near Shameen for safety."

An apprehensive atmosphere prevails here following yesterday's bombing in which over 300 were killed and wounded, owing to re- ports received here that the Ja- panese intend to bomb Canton for ten consecutive days.

Canton, 8.45 a.m. To-day. First sign of attack occurred when six heavy Japanese bombers, escorted by four pursuit planes, passed over Shameen at about 8.80 a.m. and dropped three bombs in the vicinity of the old electric pow- er staton, the bombs falling in al- most the identical spot as during yesterday's raid, only very: much nearer the power house.

The huge explosions, rocked the

Canton, 10.30 a.m. After bombing nine points.

• in Canton at intervals over a period of nearly three hours, Japanese air raiders are still overhead.

The atmosphere of terror and

nervous tension among the population of a few months ago, relaxed recently, has re- turned and I have never seen the Shakee Bund so crowded with people as it is, to-day.

I went out a few minutes ago believing the raiders had left, but they came over again and bombed and I had to made a hurried effort to reach a place of safety.

Twenty-nine planes, in three groups, are engaged in the raid. The bombs that hit Saikuan dropped just behind the Grand Theatre. Others dropped very near the old Power Station, some on the East Bund near the K.C.R. station, and nine planes bombed close to the Provincial Bank near the Pearl River Bridge. Fifteen minutes ago, another group gave the Sai- chuen district a very gevero strafing, though the objective is obscure.

PALESTINE

entire district and a column ofINCIDENTS

London, To-day.

Italy. The American Racial Policy Road and somersaulted several began in 1850, with the prohibition times, though the deceased appeared of the Chinese immigration,

to have escaped serious injury.

Soon afterwards, a similar pro- hibition was imposed on the Ja- panese, and finally Mexicans were designated as an undesirable race.

Finally the Immigration Law of 1924, in its typically totalitarian form, incorporates the principles of the American Racial Policy in its entirety,

COOLIDGE LAW

He was 36 years of age and join- ed the Government service, in the Revenue Department, in 1980. He returned from Home Leave about eighteen months ago,

COLONY'S

The law, which grants special WATER SUPPLY

treatment to the Anglo-Saxon race, was proclaimed by President Coo-

On Saturday, it was publicly lidge with message that contains

Colony's passages similar to those found in advertised that the the guiding principles drawn up a water storage position was un- few weeks ago by Fascist Univer-satisfactory. Since then, there sity Professors: "America must be has been useful rain which, how- kept for Americans. Those who do ever, it is pointed out, represents not wish to share the American only a small fraction of the rain- spirit, must not be allowed to set-fall necessary to fill the larger re- tie in America." Words that later servoirs.

The mainland reservoirs at were translated into acts when the proportion of one to thousand, as present are only 34 per cent, full against Americans was demanded and the island reservoirs 66 per for the "inferior races.'

Ascent, full::

Failing exceptionally heavy Only the Jews succeeded in en rainfall during the next few days, tering the United States in other a curtailment of the supply, com- ways and, every increasing decree, mencing next week, and in all to obtain mastery over the press, probability extending throughout public opinion and politics.

the coming dry season, is inevit«

"If the

the Americans, concludes the able.

LOCAL SHOWERS

"Giornale d'Italia" who' for almost black smoke about 300 feet high

150 years past, have been composed could be seen. rising from the

telegram from the High Com-of such a variety of races and na- bombed area. Whether or not any missioner for Palestine to the tions, want to offend one single one was killed or wounded is not Colonial Office reports that early race, then it is more than sensible

The Royal Observatory reports yet known, but rescue workers are yesterday morning, a Jew was shot that the Italianer who constitute on their way to the scene.

and dangerously wounded in the one single race, should be allowed that pressure is moderately high Chinese A. A. guns on Honam outskirts of Jerusalem. In Tiberlas, to defend its purity and its entity over Manchuria and is relatively Island concentrated heavy fire on following the explosion of a bomb with uncompromising determina-low over South China and Tong- the aircraft which were, however, in the Arab market, which injured tion. At all events, on the basis king. The typhoon is situated well above the range of the bat- 9 Arabs, one of them seriously, as of their own 'measuresi Americans about 250 miles to the East of teries.

well as stone-throwing in which a could not have found any new ar-|

W. and 8,W. on N.W. Forecast:- was imposed on the old part of the Italy's attitude towards the racial winds, light to moderate; cloudy, town.-British Wireless,

question Trans-Ocean,

local showers.

The machines then begun operat-Jew was slightly hurt, a curfew guments for their anti-Fascism-Shanghai and is moving W.N.W, o

ing on the outskirts of the city, Our Own Correspondent.

or