1938-10-11 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 11, 1988.

BIAS BAY LANDING?

ANTI-SEMITIC

AGITATION

IN PRAGUE

PRAGUE, TO-DAY.

35,000 MEN

ON TRANSPORTS

Invasion of South China by the Japanese, heralded for many months, is now believed to be under way.

THE AGRARIAN NEWS. Seventeen Japanese transports, according to relia- ble reports, are now anchored off Bias Bay pre- paratory to landing operations.

PAPERS IN PRAGUE INSIST) THAT NO LICENSES

BE

GRANTED TO ANY IMMI-

GRANTS, EITHER FROM THE

SUDETEN AREAS OR AUS-

The transports, aboard which it is believed is a

ITALIAN LEGIONARES LEAVING

Naples, To-day.

Ten thousand Italian Legionar les, who are being repatriated from Spain, are expected to ar rive here on October 20. They will be met by King-Victor Emmanuel Four steamers have kailed from Naples to Cadiz. to transport the troops.Reuter.

force of 35,000 men, arrived off Bias Bay yes- POLITICAL

terday.

First indication

*of this

TRIA, TO EXERCISE PROFES-startling development in the Sino- SIONS IN BOHEMIA.

of precautionary measures in Hong They also insist that the Jew-Kong last night. ish problem be solved without It is reported that all Police sentiment or delay, and hint that leave has been stopped, and that

Japanese war was the taking DEATH OF

PROMINENT H.K.

the Jews showed little desire to a portion of the Colony police are RESIDENT

MOVES IN YUGO-SLAVIA

BELGRADE, TO-DAY.

PRINCE REGENT PAUL OF YUGOSLAVIA ISSUED A DE

help the Czech Government when under stand-by orders to proceed it was a question of putting their to the border of the New Terri- hands into their pockets to con-tories.

Dr. T. W. Pearce, a prominent CREE YESTERDAY · · ORDER- tribute to the National Defence)

Although nothing is officially figure of many years standing in ING THE DISSOLUTION OF Fund. Reuter.

admitted either in Hong Kong or the Colony, who retired from prac- Canton, reliable quarters believe tice in 1930 after 50 years service, PARLIAMENT AND CALLING an actual landing of Japanese passed away last Sunday at Ex- troops in

the vicinity of Hong mouth, Devonshire, after a

FOR A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER

TROOPS POUR INTO Kong may be carried out to-day illness.

PALESTINE

Haifa, To-day.

The Bedfordshire and Hert- fordshire Regiment and two com- panies of the" Hampshire Regis ment arrived here in the troop. ship Vasna yesterday.

The Scots Greys arrived later in the troopship Phesus, with details of the Tank Corps.-Reu-

ter.

GUARDS FOR PALESTINE

London, To-day.

It is announced that two bat-

or to-morrow,

LEITH-ROSS AGAIN

London, To-day.

short

The late Dr. Pearce came out 1. to the Colony in 1879 for the Lon-

At the same time, it is an- don Missionary Society and was an LL.D. of the Hong Kong University;nounced that big changes, will be

made in the Yugoslav Cabinet. later receiving the Order of the British Empire for services render- ed to the Colony,

he

An authority on languages; Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, Chief was one of the translators of the Economic adviser to the British revised edition of the Chinese Bible Government, and Dr. Pospisil, a and for some time was head of member of the Czech Economic the Language School at the Cham- Commission, are now informally in ber of Commerce.

He also acted touch with each other.

as. Director of Education, served on the Board of Education and

Formal discussions between re- presentatives of the British Gov- ernment and members of the Czech delegation are not expected to be- gin before to-morrow. The purpose of these negotiations. is the discus- sion of the terms of a loạn. of £10,000,000 made by the. British Government to Czecho-Slovakia, Trans-Ocean.

talions have been selected to pro- SWASTIKA TO

ceed from Egypt to Palestine..

They are the Third Battalion the

Coldstream Guards and the First

Battalion the

FLY OVER

Northumberland SUDETENLAND

Fusiliers.

One section of armoured cars

also on the Board of Examiners.

He was a relative of Mr. T. E. Pearce, the well-known Hong Kong cricketer and race-horse owner.

CONVERSATIONS ON PALESTINE

It is already learnt that the Peo- ples' Party has entered into an election pact, with Government par ties whereby the ranks Government supporters are expected to be well- ed by the addition of some 200,000 voters.

Earlier in the day, Anton Mas- chtrovitch, Mayor of Makaskar in Dalmatia, had been named for the post of Minister of Public Health, in succession to Mirko Buitch.

Indicative of the trend of events was also the announcement that the chairman of the former Yugos- lav Peoples' Party, Svetislaus Hodschera, had been given a post in Dr. Stoyadinovitch's Cabinet. Both these politicians belong to the right-wing opposition to that it appears as if the Yugoslav Pre- micr is seeking to consolidate his Government on a broader basis. Trans-Ocean.

London, To-day. Sir Harold Macmichael, Pales- tine High Commissioner, has an other long conversation with the Secretary for Colonies, Mr. Malcontinued to-day. Reich Chancellor Hitler's first colm Macdonald, yesterday morn

ing.

Berlin, To-day.

It is understood that Sir Harold, whose return to Palestine had been

and a squadron of the 11th decree regarding the constitution Hussars will also be sent from of Sudeten Germany, besides mak-It is understood that the ques-fixed for Wednesday, deferred his Egypt Reuter.

ing the laws of the Reich apply to tion of future policy for Palestine departure for two or three days. ~ Sudetenland, also lays down the was discussed. The talks will be Reuter.

HITLER SPEECH AFFECTS THE POUND

London, To-day,

A heavy European demand for American dollars characterised the

law that the Swastika, henceforth

the national flag and the national. emblem of the Reich, shall in future be used by the civil authori- ties of Sudeten Germany Reuter.

BRITISH CREDITS TO CZECHS

London, To-day.

foreign exchange market yesterday Discussion between Treasury offl morning, well-informed quarters cials and a Czech delegation con- attributing the demand to Hitler's Cerning British credits to Czecho Baarbruecken speech.

Slovakia, are expected to begin to- day

Despite heavy official interven- Economic problems resulting tion, the U.8. dollar strengthened from redrawal of the frontier will in terms of sterling to 4.7675 com- be discussed and Foreign Offic pared with 4.7881 at the close on officials are expected to take par Saturday, Reuter,

in the talk

Reuter.

Here's Luck!

EWO

BEER-