THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939.
FIRST BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT LEAVES FOR FRONT
London, To-day. THE FIRST WAR correspondent has now left Britain in order to report on the activities of the British troops in France. He is Alexander Graham Clifford and will supply daily reports which will appear under the signa- ture "Eye Witness" to be made available to all newspapers and agencies, British and foreign, until such time as the general body of correspon- dents is licensed to proceed to France.
Clifford was Reuter's special cor- respondent with General Franco in 1938 and thereafter Reuter's special Berlin correspondent until the out-
break of war.
He has been lent for the present as- signment at the request of the News- paper Proprietor's Association, repre- senting the London papers and The Newspaper Society, representing the provincial newspapers of the United Kingdom.-Reuter.
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sued yesterday afternoon stated that enemy artillery had been active at various
THREATENED points.
SHEKKI, TO-DAY.
There were several air battles be- tween German and French planes yesterday.
Ono Nazi machine was brought down in the French lines. However, on the whole, all was quiet on the Western Front.
"NOTHING TO REPORT" The morning communique stated
JAPANESE FORCES ARE IN- CREASING IN THE VICINITY-OF WANGMOON AND THERE ARE ALSO OTHERS NEAR TONGKA AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE CHUNGSHAN COAST, CREATING AN IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS CONTEMPLATED A WHOLESALE after nearly three weeks of war on INVASION.
the Western Front, the opposing Aeroplanes are unceasingly watch | forces are firmly in contact on a 100– ing for possible movements of the mile front stretching from Luxem- defenders while warships are pound-bourg to the Rhine, but there was ing the coast to-day near Heung Chau. nothing to report.
The noise of the bombardment cán be plainly heard in Macao.
Everything points to an attempt to isolate the district from Macao. Reuter.
LORD NUFFIELD'S OFFER
Veterans of the last War will recall the many similar communiques-fasued | in 1814-18, when the opposing armies were engaged in trench warfare.
To the troops, this type of com- munique means that no major action has taken place, but that there is heavy artillery bombardment.
The German shelling is being car- ried out with the aim of preventing the French from fortifying the newly- won heights overlooking Saarbrucken. --Reuter.
Paris, To-day. There was almost complete calm on London, To-day. the Western Front yesterday. Reuter
Lord Nuffield has announced that he will contribute £100,000 to the Red Cross and St. John's War Organ- isation on condition that another £250,000 is contributed by other- sources.-Reuter.........
M.T.B. RESCUES
BRITAIN AND JUNK CREW
NEUTRALS
Another instance of Japan- London, To-day. ese barbarity in Chinese Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary waters close to the Colony for Foreign Affairs, stated in the Commons that the Government were was revealed last evening, willing to pay compensation for in- When H.M. Motor Torpedo juries and damage to neutrals in all Boat No. 10, rescued six Chin- cases where there was reasonable proof of British responsibility-Reuter.
ese fishermen.
ARGYLE STREET BURGLARY
Mr. P. E. Fogodin, residing on the second floor of No. 134, Argyle Street, reported last night that burglars en- tered his residence between. 12 mid- night and 4 a.m. yesterday and stole a camera and allver cutlery, valued at over' $200.
EARTHQUAKES IN GREECE
Athens, To-day. Three severe earthquakes Awere registered in Greece yesterday morn- ing.
No loss of life or damage is report ed, but Inhabitants left their houses in panic-Reuter,
Yu Mai, 62, master of junk No. 3665, and his five fokis were fishing north of Tam Kon-Shan-about 6 p.m. yesterday when an armed Japanese trawler approached..
Japanese bluejackets threw Yu and his five tokis overboard and set fire to the junk, after ransacking it:
Yu-and his crew were able to swim and managed to keep afloat for some time, until sighted by the motor torpedo boat. They were picked up and brought to Hong Kong last night.
EARTHQUAKE AT KUNMING
Shiukwan, To-day. Official reports from Kunming last night state that a slight earthquake was experienced yesterday at 1.47 s.m. It lasted only a few seconds. ----- Our Own Correspondent.
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