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KING AND QUEEN JAPANESE CLAIM

AT COMMAND PERFORMANCE

London, To-day.

The King and Queen attended a

Royal Command Performance at the Coliseum last night in aid of the Variety Artists' Benevolent

Fund..

TO BE NEAR YOCHOW

Shanghai, To-day.

The Japanese troops advancing| southwest of Hankow have reached the outskirts of the town of Yochow on the lake Tungting according to Japanese reports received here yes- terday evening, which declare that the fall of Yochow itself is immin- ent.

The Japanese point out that Yo- chow which is situated 135 kilome- Every seat was sold many days tres north of Changsha on the Han- strategi- ago and the vast audience gave an kow-Canton railway is a enthusiastic reception to Their cally extremely important point. Majesties, singing the National stubbornly defended." Anthem with great fervour. on. Yochow lies at the northeast tip is their arrival and when they left of the lake of Tungting which after witnessing, with obvious en-connected with the Yangtse by a joyment, a programme in which canal.-Trans-Ocean. leading music hall artists parti- cipated.

Earlier, at Buckingham Palace, the King had received in audience; Sir Roger Backhouse on his ap- pointment as First Sea Lord, Sir Sidney Waterlow, H.M. Minister in Athens, and General Sir Charles Harington, on relinquishing his ap-| pointment as Governor at Gibraltar.

The Queen received the recently appointed Japanese Ambassador, M. Shigemitsu.*

also This morning, the Queen paid a visit of more than an hour

INCENDIARISM IN CANTON

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CONTINUES

Canton, To-day.

There was another outbreak of incendiarism in Canton yesterday, indicating that the Japanese have not yet succeeded in clearing the city of Chinese remnants.

Fires broke out simultaneous-

to the exhibition of work of Warly in a number of rice godowns Disabled Men at the Imperial

Institute, British Wireless.

BATTLE OF THE EBRO RIVER

San Sebastian, To-day.

at separate points in the city, and a huge fire developed, which was still raging late last night. Our Own Correspondent.

JAPANESE SHIPS USING PEARL RIVER FREELY

A survey of the last few days' operations shows that the battle of the Ebro has developed into one of the most important engagements of

Canton, To-day.......... the the civil war. It also shows

Japanese contentions that the great change that has taken place! since the early days. Engagements Pearl River is. unsafe to shipping then had a more or less local char-are belied by the numerous Jap-

anese merchant-ships that acter, with troops advancing in co- lumns along roads or railway lines, arriving in Canton. To-day, two well-trained and well- equipped modern armies are face ing each other.

Advance has to be made over re-

gions where practically everything has been destroyed and from which the civilian population is complete- ly evacuated.

: On the Ebro front there is no longer any civilian population, one sees only marching troops or pri- soners. The government artillery has withdrawn to the hills on the. other bank of the Ebro from where they are covering the roads on. which the Nationalists must ad- vance. Trang-Ocean.

are

Carrying goods and food, these ships navigate the river without incident.

Japanese goods and fruits, in- cluding Korean and Formosan ap- ples, are on sale in Canton, while several Japanese shops have opened up. Our Own Corres- pondent.

GERMANY'S

DEMAND FOR COLONIES

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 10, 1988'

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Mr. H ligean, residing at No. 14, Jordan Road, reported the loss of his Austin car, on Tuesday, when it was parked outside the above address.

Berlin, To-day.

Now that the German Chancellor. has made an official declaration re- garding Germany's colonial claims, it remains for France and Eng- land to state their position, it is declared here in political circles:

Mr. E. B. Sykes, of 141, Sai Yee

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