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South and South-East Winds, Moderate; Cloudy, Showery.

Hongkong Daily Press

Registered as a Newspaper as the General

Post Office, in the United Kingdom.

ESTABLISHED 1857

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CHINA VOTES $50,000,000 FOR WAR

Innocent Central Forces Going North

Japan!?

The Japanese Consulate "General forwarded us the following official statement Issued by the Japanese Army at Tientsir. on July 20:-----

It is matter of sincere regret that serious armed clashes "have occurred between Japanese and Chinese troops in North China since July 7, when Japanese troops were unlawfully fired upon by Chinese troops at Lokouchiao.. From the very beginning of this unfortunate incident the Japanese army, in face of utterly unwar- ranted and clearly premeditated provocation on the part of the Chinese troops, have exerted every effort for a peaceful settlement .of the whole affair in cordance with our fixed policy, strictly localtang and peacefully settling the present complications on the spot.

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Unfortunately, however, thia sin- cere attitude on the part of the Japanese army has had only the result of inviting further acts of challenge and repeated breaches of faith by the Chinese troops, who have revealed no sign of abandon- ing their attitude of resistance and Insult

to the Japanese even after they had definitely ·ex- pressed· "their mrdance With

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74,012 JAPANESE IN CHINA

According to the census taken on April 1, the Japanese residents

In China totalled 74,012, distribut- ed as follows:-

Shanbalkwan

Pelping

Tientsin

Welhafwel

Fuchow

2,084

Japanese Continue Bombardment

League Must Take Notice Of Situation

Nanking, July 30.

that

the

The warlike atmosphere here was definitely accentuated to-day with the revelation t Finance Ministry has raised $50,000,000 for war purposes. This is reported to be in accordance with the decisions of the emergency conference of leaders at Kuling. Finance Vice-Minister Chou Lin began negotiations with local financiers on his return from Kuling last week.

Military planes, have been arriving here and leaving for the North in increasing numbers since early this morning. Squadrons of five battle planes each, presumably from Hangchow, landed at 7 and 9 o'clock and at once took off for the North.

Many planes are being rushed to Chengchow, Honan province and more than 30 of the air bases at Lanchow, Sian and Nanchang have been ordered northward.-Union News.

TRAINS LADEN WITH WAR MATERIALS

TIENTSIN: THE CENTRAL FORCES SENT TO NORTH CHINA ARE REPORTED TO BE CONVERGING RAPIDLY ON THE HOPEI PROVINCE. RELIABLE REPORTS REACHING HERE SAY THAT THREE FREIGHT TRAINS OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 CARS EACH LADEN WITH WAR MATERIALS, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY MIXED TRAIN WITH MORE THAN 10 COACHES PACKED WITH TROOPS, PASSED SHUNTED YESTERDAY: ON- THE WAY NORTH.

TRAINS OF OPEN AND COVERED CARS OVERFLOWING WITH TROOPS ARE SAID TO HAVE PASSED FENGTSUN, 40 KILOMETERS NORTH OF SHUNTEH, AND A TROOP TRAIN OF 30 COACHES WAS SEEN PASSING YAKOYING, NORTH OF FENGTSUN.

ANOTHER TRAIN OF 40 COACHES, ALSO LOADED TO CAPACITY WITH CENTRAL TROOPS, PASSED YUANSHIH, NORTH OF SHUNTEH. AN EMPTY TRAIN HAS BEEN SEEN HEADING SOUTHWARD NEAR SHUN. TEH.-UNION NEWS.

TOKYO: ACCORDING TO JAPANESE REPORTS, CHINESE TROOPS AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING BOM. BARDED THE JAPANESE CONCESSION IN TIENTSIN. THEY CEASED FIRE AT 6 A.M. AND THEY ALSO ATTACKED THE JAPANESE MANAGED COTTON MILL BUT WERE REPULSED.

THE "NICHI NICHI" ANNOUNCES THAT THREE HUNDRED JAPANESE REFUGEES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MASSACRED IN TUNGCHOW, THE CAPITAL OF EAST HOPEL, THE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT AND YIN JU-KENG, HEAD OF THE EAST HOPEI AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT, HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED.

4,024 11,409

125

Lungkow

-121"

Tsinan

2.049

Chirkiang

13

Wuhu

40

Tayeh

12

Shast

12

Ichang

2,000

Swatow

609

Kalgan

418

Chinwangtao

628

→ 376

Chefoo

500

Tsingtao

13.173

Shanghal

26,270

Nanking

412

Klukiang.

71

Hankow

1,738

Changsha

87

Chungking

29

Amoy

7,150

Kwangchow

757.

"WE DEEPLY

REGRET

„Tangku

A rough estimate of Japanese residing in Hong Kong is 2000, which includes women and chl- dren.

JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS

Peiping: Japanese military authorities state that reinforcements have been sent to the relief of beleagued Japanese troops in Tungchow. They should have reached there this morning.

The

Japanese forces continue to pursue the 29th Army in the direction of Paotingfu. The mobile Japanese column with about four thousand men from Kupeikow have moved swiftly across the country in motor trucks and reached Yangkok eight miles north of Wanping this morning. column was accompanied by tanks, armoured cars and machine guns, Previously this column watched the rear guard, of the Chinese troops from Pei- ping across the Yungting River and Mentaokou.-Beater.

The Editor's comment on the Sino-Japanese crisis will be found on; Page 8. under this heading.

Teh-chen, Governor

and General

·Route Army

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UNITED AS NEVER BEFORE!"

GENERAL WU TE-CHEN'S INSPIRING

MESSAGE

HAVING BEEN ENGAGED IN CONFERENCES WITH GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK AND OTHER LEADERS. HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR OF KWANGTUNG, GENERAL WU TE-CHEN PASSED: THROUGH HONG KONG YESTERDAY ON HIS WAY TO CANTON,

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITOR OF THIS NEWSPAPER GEN. WU DE- CLARED, CHINA 18 UNITED AS NEVER BEFORE. EVERYTHING THAT WAS HUMANLY POS- SIBLE HAS BEEN DONE BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO AVERT A MAJOR CONFLICT:-IF ALL OUR EFFORTS AT PEACE MAKING ARE DOOMED TO FALLURE, THEN CHINA IS READY TO DEFEND HERSELF. SHE - WILL NOT DEVIATE FROM HERĘ POLICY OF CLAIMING THE RIGHT TO SELF-GOVERNMENT WITHOUT INTERFERENCE » FROM ANY OUTSIDE INFLUENCE” ONCEŇ, WAR 18 FORCED ON CHINA. THEN PEACE CAN ONLY BE MADE WITH HONOUR. IF PRACE WITH HONOUR IS DENIED CHINA THEN THE WORLD WILL SEE THAT HER PEOPLE ARE NOT LACKING IN THAT GREATER COURAGE WHICH ACCEPTS THE INEVITABILITY OF SACRIFICE AS A CONCOMITANT OF SERVICE.".

ANXIETY FOR

AMERICANS AND BRITON

JAPANESE ARTILLERY THIS MORNING BOMBARDED ESIYUAN BARRACKS FROM A DIS- TANCE OF TWO MILES THE TELEPHONE LINE TO YENCHING UNIVERSITY 18 CUT AND SOME ANXIETY PREVAILS FOR THE SAFETY OF ELEVEN AMERICANS AND ONE BRITISH MEMBER OF THE STAFF THE JAPANESE HAVE NOW COMPLETELY ENCIRCLED FLIPING AND THE AREA NORTH-WEST OF THE CITY 18 ALIVE WITH TROOPS MOST OF WHICH HAVE COME FROM KU PEIKOWNANZA

KITWENTY JAPANESE PLANES LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR THE SUMMER PALACE OTHER JAPANESE TROOPS ARE TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE CITY IN PURSUIT OF EAST HOPET

ATËTIAMEN FROM TUNGCHOW WHICH 13 NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE JAPANESELLA

HL WERE MANY CIVILIAN CASUALTIES LAST EVENING WHEN THE JAPANESE BOM- WANPING PREPARATORY TO OCCUPYING THE TOWN SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT -

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Acts

THIS WEEK

July 25 (Sunday)-Three Japanese transports arrived of Taku Bar. July 26-Heavy dghting in Wan- ping area. Japanese sent ulti- matum to General Bung' Cheli- yuan. Commander of the 29th Route Army, to withdraw Chinese troops from Lukuochiso, Peiping and other areas. Lang- fang reported a heap of ruins. July 27-Reported annihilation of

Chinese battalion. July 28-Chinese fight back and

capture Tungchow: also three armoured cars in the drive on Tungchow and the Japanese airfield in Chaochitang. Japan- ese intensifying drive in Peiping. July 29-Japanese announce cap

ture of Wanping Peace main- tenance. commission formed in Peiping. General Chao Teng-yu killed. Heavy Chinese losses re- ported.

THE WEATHER

A report issued by the Royal Observatory states that 0.91 inch of rain was recorded during the 24 hours ended at 10 am. yester day, bringing the year's total since: January 1 to 1.50 inches against

an average of 231 Inches

Thursday maximum tempera- ture was 85 dege with a night minimum of 78 Yesterday at 10 a.m. the temperature was 82 degs. The maximum temperature yester- day was 84.7 degs, this reading being taken at 3 p.m.

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-3/8. T.T. ON LONDON: 1s. 2.21/324.

London Silver Market

(From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 30. London silver prices to-day were up 1/16 for "Spot" and 1/8 for "Forward," as follow:- July 29 20-1/16- 20-1/16

Spot,

Forward..

INDEX

Amusements

Cables

Finance .....

The R.M.A. Delphinus left Kal Leading Article Tak at 12.07 pm, yesterday for Local Dairy Penang with one passenger, Mr. Mall Notices

B. Levy, who is flying to Brisbane. Radio Programmes There were also on board the shipping plane, 0.500 Elio of freight and sport 184.950 kilos of mail.

The Bervices

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