1938-11-30 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL. NOVEMB 30, 1938.

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JAPANESE CALL

OPERATIONS

OFF

Fold Up "Tents" And Fade Quietly Away

SHEKKI

INVASION FEARS

Macau, To-day. According to messages from Shek-ki tension once again reigns. in Chúng Shan district, following the concentration of Japanese gunboats along the coast in the Pearl River. Delta.

Shek-ki is practically deserted and out of every ten buildings only one is now occupied.

A Japanese invasion is believ- ed to be imminent.Our Own Correspondent.

BOMB OUTRAGE

IN YUGOSLAVIA!

Belgrade, To-day. Travellers who arrived here last night from Temesvar state that 10 were killed and 32 seriously wound- ed in a bomb outrage during the Sunday night performance of a Jewish theatrical company in the Temesvar municipal theatre.

(By N. A. E. MACKAY).

The military in this sector have been reinforced by Indian police in strength.

BRITISH TIGHTEN UP

Along the border road we saw unceasing military activity, on the British side of the Shumchun River.

DURING THE NIGHT, THE JAPANESE FORCES At various points, where there is

IN THE SHUMCHUN AREA FOLDED UP the possibility of danger threaten THEIR TENTS" AND FADED QUIETLY troops come into collision, parti- ing if the Japanese and Chinese AWAY.

cularly round Ling Ma Hung, the defences are being strengthened and at least one new strong-post

lice, are now draped with the Union

All these activities, intensifica- tion of measures to prevent unto-

The decision seems to have been taken immediate

ly following the conference between Major-dug-out has been constructed. General Goto and Brigadier Reeve, who was ac- All official cara, military and po- companied by Lt. Col. Newnham, of the Mid- Jack, and British flags have been dlesex, who first visited General Goto at the posted at regular intervals all Shumchun Casino and later received him, on a along the border. return call, at British H.Q. at Lo Wu. Meaning of the direct connection, which seems ob- ward incidents, seem to invalidate vious, between the complete Japanese evacua- the theory that the Japanese Com- tion of the Shumchun district and the settle-ping-up enterprise in the immediate ment of the border incident which occurred on vicinity of the British border. Saturday, is far from clear, but unless the Jap- The fact remains, however, that anese forces have concealed themselves with the Japanese troops have, for the more than normal efficiency, the assumption from the zone under British obser

moment, disappeared completely that they may have concentrated for an attack vation. on the Shataukok area, does not bear the test of observation.

Another dawn patrol, in the official statements being unobtain- belief that an attack might be able at present seems to point One bomb was thrown against made early to-day, revealed that to Japanese agreement to call off the stage and one into the audience. the Japanese have not even left all operations in the immediate According to unconfirmed rumours sentries posted in the Shumchun vicinity of the British border. the police arrested one man and one area and that no Japanese is de- woman who are believed to be mem-tectable between Shumchun and ber of a terrorist organisation. Shataukok. *Trans Ocean.

Things are

All the evidence available

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'man with a fire extinguisher finally spoiled the *| illusion. Photo shows a realistic crash but by no means as dishe trous-as-It7@@ (Air Mail. Copyright):

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CHINESE VIGILANT

A study of the Chinese defence positions in the hills and at “Hill Sixty" reveals the same vigilance as has been noted in the past two days.

Fortifications have in fact been greatly improved.

Dug-outs have been `constructed on the south side of Ngtungshanmi

mander

-

•has abandoned his mop-

Later.

Asked by the “China Mail” '. this morning whether the Japanese evacuation was the result of an agreement, Mr. Nakamura, the Consul- General said: "No. The Japanese have completed their mopping up operations along the frontier and are moving northwards.

SHOP TO BEST ADVANTAGE AT

ridge, over which a framework of THE

trees and bushes has been placed

to camouflage the positions from

ASIACO

the air and restore the normal ap-101-KWAN BLDG. DESVOEUX RD. C. pearance of the hillside.

Only the fact that we knew the exact positions enabled us to see that the Chinese troops are still in position.

This morning, the British mili- tary authorities allowed Chinese residents of the Chinese village* at Shataukok to pass through the bar rier for the purpose of rescuing their stocks and personal property.

FURTHER PRECAUTIONS

Units of the Rajputs were ob- served early this morning them- selves crossing through the barrier] with further equipment for in- creasing and strengthening the barbed-wire barricades.

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