SWISS EXPERT AND POISON GAS CHARGES
London, To-day.
A statement on the subject of gas warfare in Poland has been made by a medical ex- pert of the University of Basle to the Basle correspon- dent of "The Times.”
He said that he
examined some German soldiers who were suffering He was then from gas poisoning. represented by the Nazi propaganda machine as having supplied neutral confirmation of the use of poison gas by the Poles.
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He told the "Times" correspon- dent that although he found
men
suffering from
the "Yellow
Cross" gas poisoning, he found no evidence to
how Indicate
poisoning occurred.
the
The German press and broadcast however, claimed announcements, that he had given evidence of Polish resort to gas warfare.
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NO AGREEMENT ON OBJECTIONS
No agreement was reached yesterday afternoon by the Special Committee of 13, of the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, qn the framing of the reasons for the Chamber's opposition to Income Tax.
The meeting lasted two and half hours and will be resumed this afternoon.
GERMAN AIRMEN BROUGHT IN SAFELY IN SAFELY BY BRITISH
WARSHIP: 3 DAYS IN BOAT
London, To-day.
TWO GERMAN AIRMEN were landed in England yesterday by a British warship which had picked them up.
They said they took to their rubber boat when their machine sank and that they had been floating around for three days.
GERMAN AIR LOSSES
*London, To-day. German losses in convoy action have been entirely
the Two other German airmen, one of them suffering ignored in German broad-
from a bullet wound, were landed on the Danish |casts. coast in South Zeeland yesterday from a Danish fishing-boat.
This, he strongly declares. untrue. He is afraid that the whole affair is possibly prepara:
institution of gas tion for the warfare by the Germans-Reuter.
COULD NOT WELL REFUSE
He explained that he was called to Berlin by a patient and while there could not very well refuse a request by the University of Berlin to investi- gate a case of gas poisoning in Poland.. After denying German verlous of his findings, he said:
"I feared my statements might be used for anti-British propaganda!”— Reuter.
CHURNING THE SCREEN INTO A MAEL- STROM OF CLASHING TENSE
FURY
EXCITEMENT
ROMANCE!
THE
MIGHTY DRAMA OF MIGHTY EMPIRÉ!
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SETS
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VIRGINIA FIELD LIONEL ATWILI BARBARALO
REVIVAL OF THE CHINA DOLLAR
The two airmen landed in Eng- land yesterday may be the men who were seen to get into a boat when a German plane was forced into the sea during Monday's raid over the south-east coast of Scotland.
If their account of "three day's in the sea" is taken literally, how- ever, they may have taken part In Saturday's attack on a Bri. tish convoy and been too crippled to get home.
AN ADDITION?
were landed in Denmark came down.
Shanghai, To-day. Referring to the small but constant stream of selling
No further information is yet avail- orders from a comparatively able as to where and when the ma- large number of Chinese, chine containing the two men who Finance and Commerce,' There may thus be an addition of the leading financial weekly, one or two planes to the 16
aircraft known to have been brought in a review of the local ex-down last week.-Reuter. change market during the past week, states:
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"Apparently their confidence in the future of the dollar is returning, and a steady if small upward movement during the past week seems to have convinced them that the time has come to bring out their gold and get back to legal tender".
Whether their judgment is sound, the paper adds, only time will tell, but it was significant of the firmness of the market last week that the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank was able to buy and did so at 4-5/8d without caus- ing the slightest nervousness or trace of disturbance, whereas previously, whenever the Bank started to buy,. sellers discreetly disappeared to wait events.
Turning to the prevalent peace rumours, the paper declares they have
had no effect on exchange, but it is
interesting to note the curious in- fluence upon domestic bonds of the Japanese reports that the Tokyo Mini- ster of War had issued peremptory orders that the China Incident should be settled forthwith.
Nazi
For loading dangerous goods off Shaukiwan yesterday, Ling Ping-yan, 55, master of cargo-junk No. 518, was fined $20 by Mr. E. Himsworth at Kowloon this morning.
Defendant was loading 40 tins of kerosene when arrested.
For instance, the five German air-. craft lost in the raid on a convoy off the Humber on October 21 have not been mentioned by the German wire-- less.
The fact that Britain has sustain- ed no losses in any recent engage- ment seems to show the definite' sup- eriority of British fighting machines,
German mines have sunk two more neutral ships, one Swedish and one Greek.-Reuter.
JAPANESE
TRAIN MINED
SHANGHAI, -TO-DAYAZA
A TRAIN PROCEEDING ALONG THE SHANGHAI-HANGCHOW LINE FROM HANGCHOW YESTERDAY MORNING STRUCK A FIELD MINE AND WAS BLOWN UP.
Several hundred Japanese soldiers, including officers, were killed and injured.--The incident occurred near Linping, some 15 miles from Hang- chow. Our Own Correspondent.
FRENCH SUCCEED
IN DARING RAID
EAST OF MOSELLE
Paris, To-day.
Reports RECEIVED HERE indicate that the French were successful in a daring raid east of the Moselle and were also successful in the Saar- bruecken region north of Forbach.
"To most western minds such an West of Forbach, in the Varndt Forest, the Germans:
order would have been interpreted as a signal for the renewal of military öperations on a wider scale and more Chin- aggressively than ever, but the C ese apparently regarded it as a bull
point for peace, and domestic bonds on an average rose immedátely by 35 cents."-Reuter
DOGANGERED
launched a determined attack against a village held by the French.
Wave after wave of men were sent forward, but when the attack ended the village was still in French hands,
Last night's French war communi- | gagement mentioned in earlfer
mely, to the- que states that since early morning ports reaching Faris, there had been ambushes and ralds attack on a German villare held
French Foutpos at several points along the front.
FRIDAY
ALHAMBRA
lp by her own No. 24 Hankow admitted to
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There were fairly sharp engage- tions" of "ad ments near the south-east end of the met and Farndt Forest, where a French post as attacked. A Counter-attack was
launched and the post raid, alsó-
with":
ports, the
KRING RAID
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