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UNITED STAND AGAINST JAPANESE

FRANCO CHANGES

TACTICS

Will Make Big Effort To Smash Madrid Defence

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London, August 2. General Francisco Franco is reported to have changed his ́tactles and suspended the offensive on the Madrid front concen- trating on the occupation of Santander. It is reported that na- tive troops have bees rushed to the northern front to make a. -fresh attack. General Franco proposes the conquest of northern Spain within this month after which he will make a big effort to smash the Madrid defence.-Reuter's Bulletin Services,

WHAT ITALY WISHES

Salamanca, Aug. 2: The first Italian Ambassador visited General Franco and presented oredentials to-day and said Italy wishes Franco to win not only for sentimental reasons, but they belleve Spain, great, united and strong was indispensable to Euro- Dean" "peace" and the safety of the Mediterranean-Reuter's Bul- letin Services.

ANTI-GAS

MEASURES

Clearing Up A

NEW CLUB

FORMED IN U.S.

Misunderstanding Movement Brought

With reference to statements published on Sunday that there had been a poor response to the Government's invitation to firmis to co-operate in anti-gas measures, the Secretary of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce asks the assistance of the Dally Preas" in clearing up a misunder- standing.

To Far East

only to a

Little over six years ago, known small community of enthusiasts. Young People's Club, came into & new Club, the

being in America. The founder was Dr, Bob Joties, a well-known evangelist. Yet during that short period of time there has been rapid of branches all over Europe, and increase of members and extension

has now become the fastest grow· Ing Club in the world.

Clifford

The President, Rev. Lewis, a young and energetic or-.. ganiser from America, who is en- deavouring to introduce the move- ment to the East, arrived in Hong Kong yesterday, and delivered a most Interesting lecture

on the

The Chamber of Commerce, at the request of the Government has issued a circular asking firms to nominate a representative to attend a course of lectures and afterwards be-responsible for each firm's anti-gas measures. This circular went out only a few days ago and it is much too early to issue a statement as to the extent of the response. It would be most activities of the Club at the Em- unfortunate to give a wrong Immanuel Hall, Nathan Road last pression at the start that business evening. firms show lack of interest in a question of such vital Importance as defence against air raids and gas attacks.

Rev. Lewis came from Canton. where he formed another Club ami enlisted some 800 members into the Fellowship. Throughout his short stay there he had attracted over. 1,000 Christian youths by his in

The President will next visit Shanghai, following which he will to Burma, India and Palestine.

HOME CRICKETteresting lectures delivered nightly.

Hendren, Hammond travel

Score Centuries

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Ländon, Aug. 2. County cricket lunch scores:-" Surrey 282, Nottinghamshire 182 for 2;....

Yorkshire 246, Lancashire 163 for 3:

Glamorganshire 229 and 130 for 0. New Zealand 127;"

Kent 273 and 44 for 2; Hamp- shire 203;

shire 172 for 3;

Leicestershire 277. Northampton-

Gloucestershire 452 (Hammond

Sussex 101, Middlesex 480 for 5110), Somersetshire 128 for 0: (Hendren 187);

Derbyshire 85 and 165 for 8.

Worcestershire 213, Warwickshire Sussex 342,-

238 for 8;

} Bleuter's Bulletin Service.

Canada Vital Link

World Air Routes

Dreds of years that Canada; it is likely, a commercial service may become the hub of a gigantle will be moving passengers · ́and Intercontinental - Hir transport mail in record time across the wheel seem nearer realization, ap- Atlantic. preciably nearer, than ever before.

It probably will not be long by Imperial Airways in co-opera- Operations will be carried out "before giant flying boats are ply- tion with Pan-American Airways ing between Southampton and of the United States whose planes Montreal, and tentative plans already are spanning the Pacific. have been made for an air service Pan-American will operate out of between Australla and New Zea-New

York, using Montreal

it eventually to Vancouver.

harbours.

or

CHIANG KAI SHEK CONFERS

WITH OLD ENEMY

PRINCE KONOYE REPORTS SITUATION

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TO EMPEROR

WHOLESALE CHANGES IN JAPANESE

PERSONNEL

MILITARY

NANKING, AUG. 2: GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI SHEK, HEAD OF THE NANKING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND PRESIDENT OF THE NANKING EXÉCUTIVE YUAN, TRAVELLED TO KULING BY AIR TO-DAY TO CONFER WITH GENERAL PAI CHUNG HSI, VICE- COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FIFTH ROUTE ARMY OF KWANGSI, WHO HAD GONE TO KULING FROM KWANGSI. THE MEETING MARKS THE RECONCILIATION OF OLD ENEMIES AND IS INTER PRETED AS SIGNIFYING A UNITED STAND AGAINST THE JAPANESE-REUTER..

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JAPANESE ARMY PROMOTIONS: KONOYE SEES EMPEROR

TOKYO: THE WAR OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED A WHOLESALE CHANGE IN MILITARY OFFICERS PERSONNEL" INCLUDING: "3,408 TRANSFERS AND 2500 PROMOTIONS. INCLUDE ELEVEN MAJOR-GENERALS "PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT-GENERALS.

THE LATTER PRINCE KONOYE, JAPANESE PREMIER, WENT TO THE PALACE THIS MORNING TO RE- PORT TO THE EMPEROR REGARDING THE SITUATION IN NORTH CHINA-BEUTER.:

GENERAL SUNG CHEH YUAN'S ATTITUDE

PAOTINGFU: GENERAL SUNG CHÈH-YUAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOPEI-CHAHAR POLITICAL COUNCIL AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE 29TH ROUTE ARMY IS DETERMINED TO RESIST JAPANESE AGGRESSION AND WILL NOT LISTEN TO ANY FURTHER FALSE AND UNRELIABLE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE JAPANESE THE WHOLE CHINESE ARMY, OFFICERS AND MEN INCLUDED, ARE DETERMINED TO' HOLD EVERY INCH OF CHINA'S TERRITORY, AND BATTLE WITH THE INVADERS TILL THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD IS SHED. CHINESE EVENING PRESS.

CHINESE AIR FORCE ORDERED TO SHOOT SHANGHAI: THE NANKING WAR MINISTRY TO-DAY ORDERED THE CHINESE AIR FORCES CONCENTRATED IN HOPEI TO SHOOT DOWN ANY JAPANESE WARPLANES SIGHTED, IT IS RE- LIABLY LEARNED.

THE ORDER FOLLOWED A CONFERENCE OF THE HIGHEST MILITARY AUTHORITIES, WITH ITALIAN AIR ADVISERS PARTICIPATING. VARIOUS SPECIFIC MEASURES OF AERIAL STRATEGY WERE REPORTED TO BE DISCUSSED, ANOTHER DECISION WAS TO PLACE ALL OF CHINA'S AIR FORCES ON A WARTIME FOOTING.

THE AIR FORCES MOBILIZED IN SOUTH HOPEI AND ON THE HOPEI-HONAN BORDER ARE REPORTED TO INCLUDE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND HIGH-ANGLE MACHINE-GUNS, UNION

NEWS.

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READY TO FIGHT the ENEMY "

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NANKING: "WE ARE READY TO COME HOME AND FIGHT THE ENEMY,” DECLARED 120 CHINESE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, U.S.A, IN * A TELEGRAM RECEIVED HERE.

** EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE SHOULD BE MADE AGAINET JAPANESE AGGRESSION," TELEGRAM CONTINUED "IF THE GOVERNMENT. DECIDES TO RESIST, WE SHALL BE PRE- THE PARED TO QUIT OUR STUDIES, AND COME HOME TO FIGHT. THE ENTIRE CHINESE STUDENT COMMUNITY IS SHOCKED BY RECENT EVENTS IN NORTH CHINA.”

OTHER CHINESE BODIES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE ALSO SENT CABLEGRAMS HERE PLEDGING THE WILLINGNESS OF THE OVERSEAS CHINESE TO COME HOME TO JOIN THE FIGHT AND TO GIVE EVERY OTHER SUPPORT.-UNION NEWS.

PUGNACIOUS

PACIFISTS

Members of the

International

Peace Campaign, who have or- ganised the Peace Pavillon at the Paris Exhibition, are convinced

FULL STEAM

AHEAD!

The Editor's 'comment' on the

that the recent are which damag- Sino-Japanese crisis will be found

ed the building was due to sabo tage, according to a London cor- respondent.

The assumption that someone attempted to set fire to the Pavi- pugnacious anti-Fascism spirit is iton is not unreasonable for a much in evidence in the exhibits. One of the most vivid panels ahows three men Aring guns, with the following sentences- below them:

Violations of the Pact. Man- charla invaded. Abyssinia Invad- ed, Spain Invaded-and

on Page 8 under this heading.

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-7/16 TT ON LONDON: 182.11/164.

NEWS INDEX

.to-

morrow Amusements Lord Cecil, Dr. Matthews, Dean Cables

of St. Paul's, the Duchess of Atholl Finance

land with the intention of linking shediac, N.B., as intermediate air and Lord Davies were the chief Leading Artic Trial nights will be made this will be the keynote when the British speakers at the inaugura Local Dairy

Safety and comfort

summer between the Quebec me- commercial service starts and tropolis and the great British naval seaport Planes will my by spend will be the third considera

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way of Foynes, Irish Free State,

and Botwood,, Mid. By next year,

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Jean | Mall Notices

tion, ceremony. E

French politics la represented by M.M. Blum, Delbos, Herriot and Cot. M. Avenol gave the League's blessing to the Pavilion.

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