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THE SUMMER GRUWS APACE.

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JAPAN REINFORCES FRONT LINES

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SHOCKING CRIME

AMERICAN IS HACKED TO

DEATH *

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Manila, July 28. Percy A Hill, fifty-seven, American, one of the biggest rice producers is the country and well-known writer bere and in the United States was hacked to death to-night when ten robbers entered his hacienda at Manor..

The Constabulary is at present chasing the assailants who escaped- by car-Renter.

PRESENTATION TO RETIRING DOCTOR

Ceremony At Club

Lusitano

.DR. J.C..SOARES HONOURED

Dr. J. C. Soares, well-knower medical practitioner of Macao who to-day proceeding on bome leave to Lisbon, prior to re- tirement, was the guest of honour at a farewell reception given at the Club Lusitano by the local Portuguese community, when glowing tributes to the services rendered by Dr. Soares were paid by the President. Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro Snr., who expressed grati- tude, on behalf of the Portuguese community, not only of Hong Kong but also of Macao, for all Dr. Soares had done for them during- his term of office.

and

Dr. Soares was also the recipient of а handsome "Illuminated Address" artistically encased in blackwood edged in silver with a beautifully" embossed silver Portuguese National Coat-of-Arms in the centre.

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Inside this "luminated Address" were two, beautiful pictures of Hong Kong, one of Hong Kong by night and the other of Hong Kong,,

TERMS OF "AGREEMENT” DISCLOSED

SINGAPORE ISSUES WARNING TO NATIONALS

TO

PEIPING, JULY 23.

WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE 37TH DIVISION IS WITHDRAWING, A DEFIANT HANDFUL CONTINUES TO HOLD WANPING AND THE MARCO POLO BRIDGE AND DECLARE THEY WILL NOT GO UNTIL THE JAPAN. ESE RETURN TO FENGTAI,

THE JAPANESE TROOPS CONSEQUENTLY REINFORCED THEIR FRONT LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND A FURTHER CLASH IS FEARED.

NANKING: COMPLETELY DARK ARE THE TERMS OF THE LOCAL SETTLEMENT OF JULY 19. GENERAL SUNG CHEH-YUAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOPEI-CHAHAR POLITICAL COUNCIL AND COMMANDER OF THE 29TH ROUTE ARMY, HAS NOT COMMUNICATED THE TEXT TO NANKING DESPITE URGENT REQUESTS. THE: GEN=" ERAL OPINION IS THAT THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THERE IS NO COMMENT PENDING KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE SETTLEMENT. MEANWHILE, PREPARED. NANKING HAS ADOPTED AN ATTITUDE OF WATCHFUL WAITING COMBINED WITH MILITARY NESS.

POSITION REMAINS AMBIGUOUS

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PEIPING: THE EVACUATION" OF THE 37TH DIVISION OF THE 29TH ROUTE ARMY FROM PEIPING WAS CONTINUED THIS MORNING. THREE TRAINS LEFT CHOCHÓW WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,000 TROOPS.

MAJOR IMAI, JAPANESE MILITARY ATTACHE, SAID THAT. THE JAPANESE MILITARISTS WERE SATISFIED AT THE PROGRESS OF THE EVACUATION ALTHOUGH THEY ADMIT THAT THE POSITION TO THE WEST OF THE CITY WILL REMAIN AMBIGUOUS AS HITHERTO ABOUT 600 SOLDIERS OF THE 132ND " DIVISION (UNDER COMMAND OF LIEUT-GENERAL CHAO TENG-WU). HAVE ARRIVED FROM HOCHIEN.

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MEANWHILE, TRAFFIC HAS BEEN PAETLY RESTORED ON THE PRIPING-HANKOW RAILWAY, THE FIRST. PASSENGER TRAIN IN TWO WEEKS ARRIVED AT PAOTINGFU, AT NOON, WHILE ANOTHER LEFT FOR THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON.

NANKING: IT IS REPORTED BUT NOT CONFIRMED THAT GENERAL TANG HU, GARRISON COMMANDER IN SHANGHAI AND WOOSUNG, WILL BE APPOINTED MAYOR OF GREATER SHANGHAL HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY GENERAL KUE HIEN-LUN, WHILE GENERAL KWAI TUNG-CHING WILL BECOME GARRISON COMMANDER IN NANKING-BEUTER.

SINGAPORE

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WARNING

SINGAPORE: A GOVERNMENT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED TO DAY REMINDS CHINESE AND JAPANESE RESIDENTS THAT SHOULD HOSTILITIES BREAK OUT IN NORTH CHINA THEY MUST NOT TAKE ACTION WHICH MAY LEAD TO A BREACH OF THE PEACE, "IN THE EVENT OF HOSTILITIES THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAINTAIN COMPLETE IMPARTIALITY AND WILL NOT HESTITATE TO USE TO THE FULL ITS POWERS AGAINST ANYONE STIRRING UP TROUBLE. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE PAPERS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE CARE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY PUBLISH NEWS AND COMMENTS. OR- GANISED COLLECTION OF FUNDS FOR REMISSION TƠ CHINA OR JAPAN FOR MILITARY PURPOSES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. (IT HAS BEEN ASCERTAINED THAT EVERY PRECAUTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO NEGA. TIVE ANY POSSIBILITY OF BREACHES OF THE PEACE.)

PRECEDENT

Under the above heading "the Editor's comments on the so- Japanese situation are given on Page &

ACTS

TIENTSIN:

45,000 CHINESE TROOPS

APPROXIMATELY 45,000. CHINESE TROOPS HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN MOVED TOWARD THE POTENTIAL SCENE OF OPERATIONS AROUND PEIPING AND MORE STATIONED IN THE REAR, ACTIVELY PREPARING TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD AT ANY TIME, THE WAR

·OFFICE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY MORNING.

BEGAN THE CHINESE TROOPS IN THE AREA ALONG THE PEIPING-HANKOW RAILWAY MOVING NORTH-ON SUNDAY. THOSE UNDER GENERAL WAN FU-LIN AND GENERAL FENG- CHAN-HAI WENT TO CHOCHOW AND LIULUHO (40 MILES SOUTH OF PEIPING) FROM · PÀO- TING. THE FORCES COMMANDED BY GENERAL SHANG CHEN AND GENERAL LUNG PING-LU MOVED UP FROM CHANGE AND BHUNTE TO SHIHCHIACHUANG AND PACTING (150 AND 85. MILES SOUTH OF THE OLD CAPITAL RESPECTIVELY);

THE CENTRAL TROOPS UNDER GENERAL LIU' CHIE WENT FROM KAIFENG AND CHENG- GENERAL CHOW TO WEIHWET AND SHUNTE (IN NORTHERN. HONAN AND SOUTHERN HOPEI). July 18 (Sunday)-Japan sent

HAN FU-CHƯ'S TROOPS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE TIENTSIN-PUKOW LINE- SINCE. THURSDAY UNION NEWS,.

harbour with a junk as an out-ultimatum to China, demanding. standing feature, both of which, in- cluding the actual writing itself, were painted by a well-known local

artist, Mr. M. F..Baptista.

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MARCONI ESTATE

Balk Will Go To Daughter

London, July 23. The bulk of Marchese Marcant's to his young fortune will go daughter though the amount of the estate is at present not known. Marconi is being given a state funeral to-day at Bologna, where he will be buried.--- Reuters Bulletin Barvica

THE DOLLAR

T-T. ON NEW YORK: 30-1/4 T.T. ON LONDON: 15. 2-29/324.

London Silver Market

(Freni Our Own Correspondent)

Our Own

London, July 23,

· London aliver prices to-day were

among other points, immediate cessation of porvocative activities

by the Central Government..

July 19-Generalissima Chiang Kai-shek made a statement that China could not sacrific" her | sovereign rightä even at the ex- pense of war. The Japanese de- mands were refused.

July 20-Attack on Warping by. Japanese troops with incendiary shells,

July 21-Generalissimo Chiang Kal-shek ordered 60,000 troops to the north and 350 aeroplanes to standby.

July 22Tension cases. "Walt and Bee" tactics adopted.

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

London July 23. The Commons agreed to the Lords' amendments in the Matri- monial Causea Bill and it now only awaits Royal assent. Under the new act the grounds for divorce in addition to those exist ing will be desertion for at least three years, cruelty, Incurable un soundness of mind for Ave years, The wife may also obtain a divorce for rape, sodomy and bestiality.

up 1/16 for "Spot" and 1/8 for Attempts to add other grounds

"Forward,” as follow:- were refected during the debates July 22. July 23. but the law has been tightened up ,19-13/16--19-1/8" in several directions.

19-13/1619-15/18 Reuter.“

Spot

Forward.

PREPARATIONS TO EVACUATE

SHANGHAI, JULY 23: REFLECTING THE RAPIDLY GROWING TENSION IN THE NORTH' A SENSATION" WAS CREATED HERE TO-DAY WHEN IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE CHINESE CITY GOVERNMENT OF GREATER SHANGHAI HAS STARTED PREPARATIONS FOR EVACUATION.

ALL IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO UN- KNOWN PLACES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT AND THE FRENCH CO

CONCESSION

MEANWHILE, DESPITE THE REPORTED CONCLUSION OF A PRELIMINARY UNDERSTAND- ING BETWEEN RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS OF THE JAPANESE AND THE CHINESE ARMIES, LOCAL VERNACULARS ARE CONTINUING TO PLAY UP INSPIRED. STORIES" OF THE DISPUTE IN THE NORTH

· LOCAL JOURNALS-FEATURE ALLEGED FRESH CLASHES NEAR "FENOTAL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHILE EDITORIAI, COMMENTS, ARE DEVOTED TO CHARGES REGARDING THE JAPAN- ESE POSITION, BENSATIONAL","ACCOUNTS OF DEVELOPMENTS WARN THAT PROSPECTS OF A PEACETUL SETTLEMENT, ARE DIMINISHING.-UNION NEWS.

FULL PROTECTION PROMISED

· Tsingtao: Full protection for Japanese residents in Tsingtao and vicinity has been promised by the Tsingtao Municipal Government in reply to representations by Consul-General Shofiro. Otaks on Wednesday. - At Mr. Otaka's Instructions, Consul Buemitsu Kadowaki called od local officials -and re- quested that measures be taken to protect the lives and property of Japanese residents.

The Chinese reply was communicated formally to the Consal-General yesterday. It assured that all necessary precautions would be taken.-Union News

TOKYO WAR OFFICE COMMUNIQUE

Tokyo, July 23--A War Office communique announces that in accordance with the agreement already reached the Hopel Chalist Pollfieal Connell on July 10 submiltted a Note promising to carry out the follow

Firstly, elimination of those persons who are impeding Sino-Japanese good relations; Secondly, suppression of communists, generally; Thirdly, control of anti-Japanese organisations and their; acti- vities and also anti-Japanese-education which is responsible for anti-Japanese activities..

Furthermore the Council stated that as the Thirty-seventh Division is mainly implicated in the Sino-Japanese clash that Division would be transferred from Pelping --Router,

R.M.A. DELPHINUS

R.M.A. Delphius left Kal Tak yesterday with two passengers, Mesars E Rankin" and "WELL Young. She also carried 2.400 kilos of freight and 173.001 kilos of madl.

HOSPITAL

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DAVIS CUP Challenge Round Draw Announced

London, July 33:-The draw for the coauenge round of the Davis Cup walch will be commènced at Wimbledon to-morrow "is as fol-

lows:-

2.

SATURDAY H.. W. Austin (Britain) Parker (US).

v. F.

C. E. Hare (Britain) v. D. Budge

MONDAY.

(US.).

C. R. D. Tuckey and FH. D. Wide (Britain) v. D. Budge and G. Mako ID.S.).

TUESDAY Hare (Britain) v. Parker (US), "Austin (Britain) v. Büdge (US),

Great Britain, äre the holders of the Davis Cup which they wan in 1933

THE NORTH CHINA PROBLEM

·CAUSE AND EFFECT ANALYSED

Stimulating Book

Reviewed By The Editor

All who are interested in the Sino-Japanese crisis should ind Dr. Shu hai Hit's "drédientTM U book entitled The North China Problem,” which haa" just been published by Messrs. Kelly and Walsh. Limited.

Prepared under the auspices of the Council of International Affairs, Nanking the author, who la Professor of Political Science at the Yenching University, has," by the writing of this book, made a vstuable and stimulating con- tribution to the already consider able number of volumes on the Sino-Japanese situation in parti- cular and the problems of the Pacific in general.DAS

Based on carefully documented. evidence and written with a clarity of phraseology and Impartiality of sentiment moet pralsworthy in view of the theme, "The North China Problem comes very · ap- propriately in view of the present crisis. It dispels the mists of mis- understanding which have shroud- ed the actual facts concerning the numerous "incidents" which, over

EXONERATED a period of years have contributed

GIRL DIES UNDER ANAESTHETIC

to the tension in Axis and retarded the peaceful development of China

Having surveyed the Sino-Japan- ese position in detail, the gifted author: devotes his concluding chapter to The Outlook, and-he Chan Ngan, at an inquest held akka. What will come next?" at the Kowloon Magistracy "This, of course he comments, terday afternoon, to inquire into only the Japanese can answer. the circumstances surrounding the The Chinese position is a clear one. death of her 8-year-old daughter, Manchuria and Jehol are integral Lam Yin-ying who died at the parts of China. They are integral Kowloon Hospital while under an parts not in the sense that they anaesthetic during an operation are mere Chinese possessions. Most for acute appendicitis, stated that of this territory is inhabited by she did not sign the statement of the Chinese race in the same way consent for the operation to be as the region within the Great performed on her daughter, but Wall: and it western fringe is in- was compelled to do so by the habited by a race which for cen- nurse who insisted on her signing turfed has had happy relations with it and led her hand to make the the Chinese. It is inconceivable mark ui a cross,

Chevy that China should ever be disposed

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I asked the nurse what sick-Funder any circumstances to part

my daughter had she with Manchuria and Jehol wouldn't tell me except that an

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MC E Himsworth, who sat. as Coroner asked "Did you under stand that by making, that erosa you had given the consent for the

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Cables -I did not know.

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to why she did not mention to the

Mail Notions police that the nurse, as the Badia Progr alleged, had compelled her to sign shipping the document, she said tha

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