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SUNK

BRITISH STEAMER] NEW YEAR AIR

RAIDS

Torpedoed By The Kwangtung Gets Its

Insurgents

Mediterranean,

London, Feb. 1.

The British steamer Endymion of Gibraltar was torpedoed in the

according to message received by the Admiralty. A radio from Barcelona states the vessel was torpedoed by an Insur gent submarine off Cartagena and sank in four minutes after the at- tack.

The victims included the Swedish control omcer. the Captain, the mate and the engineer all of whom were of British nationality. The other members of the crew were saved. The vessel carried 1500 tons of coal for Cartagena.

A

CAPTAIN'S WIFE KILLED

Full Share

Canton, Feb, 1. Forty-one Japanese bombers, ✡y- ing in seven groups, ralded the Canton-Kowloon, Canton-Hankow and Canton-Samshui Railways during Chinese New Year's Day yesterday, it is reported here.

Scores of missiles were released along the three lines. blowing up tracks and tearing down telephone and telegraph lines.

1 is stated that five bomba were dropped in Hokshan city, killing and injuring scores of civilians. A number of houses were completely wrecked.

Chingyuan city was also bombed, as well as Nganchanao and Kun- tfen stations on the Canton-Han- kow Railway. Five bombs, it is re- ported, fell near Cheungmuktou station on the Canton-Kowloon

Barcelona: Feb 1. communique Issued by the commander of the Cartagena Naval Hase states that, 11 lives were lost in the sinking of the Endymion, in-Railway. cluding the control oficer, the captain and his wife and the sec- ond engineer, the last three were of British nationality. The re-suburbs of Canton while en route mainder of the crew were saved by to, the Canton-Hankow line. The the prompt action of the Spanish Chinese anti-aircraft battaries did maritime authorities.—(Reuter). not open fire on the invaders.

JAPANESE TROOPS

HALTED

Heavy Casualties Claimed

Shanghai, Feb. 1. Chinese despatches claim that the Japanese troops from Ming- kwang have been baited and assert that the Japanese suffered over a thousand casualties while the Chinese' also lost heavily in

men.

HOUSES DEMOLISHED ~ Twelve planes flying at a high altitude skirted the north-western

Another report received here re- veals that a row of dwelling houses on Pingkang Street in Punshe Village near Whampoa Harbour were demolished during an earlier Japanese air raid on January 30, Several non combatants

were

ANOTHER BOMB

OUTRAGE

Soviet Official's Home Damaged

Shanghai, Feb. 1:

1938.

A bomb exploded in the flat in Washington Apartments, in the French Concession, occupied by A. Constantinod, one of the secre- tarles at the Soviet Embassy.

There was no casualties and the missile is belleved to have, been a time bomb. Up to now there have been до arrests "and the police suspect that the culprit is possibly

White Russian.

M. Constantinoff was not home at the time but the fat was badly damaged, The explosion was heard over a wide ares and creat- ed much excitement.

The Settlement and French Concession police expect that ter- rorists will be particularly active on account of the Chinese New Year and the precautions taken included orders for a" section of the Shanghai Volunteers to stand by, ready for immediate mobilisa- tion. Apart from the explosion, however, the only crime today was the strangling of an unidentified Chinese. (Reuter).

ANCIENT CHINESE

CITY

Shanghai, Feb. 1. While constructing dug-out near the south, gate for shelter against Japanese air raids, "ixbour-

wounded by the flying shrapnel.

Three bombs, it is stated, fellers discovered the relics of an an- into the river near the harbour. cient city which existed at Hsu-

chowfu centuries ago. Central News).

HANKOW WORKS ON

Hankow, Feb. 1. All Chinese Government offices remained open yesterday, despite

the fact that the Chinese New day had been observed Year throughout China for centuries as the year's biggest event.

Three Japanese warships sailed up the Yanghtsze to Tiklang. It is believed, with the object of cover ing up the possible landing of

The Sino-Japanese war, however. troops

with the view to sand-stripped the celebrations of their

Betting. the wiching the Chiricse troops attack-picturesque

usual ing Wuhu.(Reuter).

lantern parades. dragon dances and spectacular fireworks being conspicuously absent. The New Year celebrations were confined to private homes.

120 PUBLIC BODIES.

ATTACK REGIME

"Provisional Government” In Peiping Repudiated

were

Happily for the populace, there no air raids. Following a bint by the Japanese naval spokes- man at Shariahal, that Japanese

aircraft may bomb the residential and business districts of Hańkow.

According to archaeological ex- perts, the relics probably belong tó the period of the Han dynasty, somewhere between 206 and 25 B.C.

(Router).

JAPAN'S APOLOGY, IS ACCEPTED

Allison Incident Recalled

Washington, Feb. 1. The State Department has an- nounced the acceptance of Japan's expression of regret for the inci-

dent in which Mr. Allison, the

third secretary In the United States Embassy in Nanking was assaulted by a Japanese sentry.

Que hundred and twenty public and also" because the Japanese that the Japanese intended to

organizations which claim a total membership of 1,400,000 people in

staged spectacular air raids on

Chinese national holidays, there Tientsin have despatched a circular

was much talk. on January 30. telegram, repudiating the "Pro-that Hankow would probaly be visional Government" in Felping. subjected to the first large-scale. according to a Chinese message. bombing vesterday.

Weather conditions, probably more than anything else. prevent-

theed the Japanese from raiding Han-

The organizations. representing agricultural, industrial, commercial and educational circles in northern city, have sent copies of kuw. the telegram to the Central Gor- ernment authorities in Hankow.

HEAVY FOG

to

The State Department publishes a report from Mr. Allison stating

court martial the Commanding Officer and men of the unit in-" volved in the affair-(Reuter).

DEFENCES PIERCED

Shanghai, Jan. 31. Japanese troops

pierced the Chinese defences to the west of Mingkwang and are now ad- vancing along, the Tientsin-Puków Railway towards Perspu, according

An unusually heavy tog Brevail-to a Japanese army spokesman The circular asks the Governed necessitating the return ment to Intensify its resistance Hankow of two aeroplanes, which campaign against the Japanese. It were proceeding to Chungking was appended with, a copy of The plane left to schedule for manifesto exposing the bogus Hong Kong, but it is not known ature of the new regime. The whether it was able to get through manifesto was recently addressed | the fog.

TROUBLE WITH

COMMAS.

by

This means the Japanese have avoided a frontal clash along the railway and, instead, skirted the strong Chines defences penetrating the lightly held flank positions, and then struck out for the railway again-(Reuter)

former years. Huge crowds of pleasure-seekers strolled along the streets, mainly Avenue Edward the Seventh.--(Reuter).

to. foreign consular authorities in Meanwhile, General, Ho "Chen- Tientsin. according to the Chinese | chun, Governor of Hupeh. Is sup- report.--("N.C.D.N.”).

pressing gambling and theatricals saying: "These result in much was- tage of time and money which is Intolerable in the present national

PUBLICITY WEEK crisis when local officials should

Hankow, Feb 1. supervise mobilisation of the Under the auspices of the Peo- country's resources and energy.ple's Foreign Relations Association, Furthermore, such a group of the publicity week in connection gatherings affords opportunity for with the "Anti-Aggression Move- andestrable elements to gather for ment" will open here on February unlawful activities. Any districts. magistrate failing to carry out the aoove orders will be published."

The comma seems to be, so to speak, in the public eye at the moment. Not only has the French Senate been discussing the placing of this punctuation mark in a Wheat Bill but a barrister has just published a book with the title "Hanged by a Comma."

In order to prevent, unnecessary loss of life from air raids the The consequences of commas Chinese Government is freeing all misplaced Or omitted are not prisoners who have committed usually human accidents of that slight offences.-(Reuter). drastic character; more commonly they involve pecuniary loss.

NO INCIDENTS AT S'HAÏ'

Shanghai, Feb. 1. One classis recent instance is

Up to nightfull no incidents had a mistake made while the Ottawa marked the Chinese New Year's agreements were being put through. day in Shanghai. Apart from the The agreement was that Canada, absence of exploding are crackers should be given the right to send the day was much the same as in Great Britain 250,000 cwt. of bacon

per annum, but a typist placed a comma after the first gure and

On the opening day, speeches will be broadcast over the radio by Mr. Wang Ching-wel, chairman of the Central Polical Council and Gen- eral Feng Yu-halang, member of the Military Affairs Commission.

On February 7, a' speech will be broadcast by Madame Chiang Kai- shek. Mr. Wang Chung Hui, For eign Minister, will deliver an ad- dress on February 10.

It is announced that the speakers will be broadcasting at 8 pm. óti the dates mentioned.(Reuter).

then automatically added a nought Senator Hiram Johnson

at the end to balance it, making the quota 2,500,000 cut. Before it was noticed the pact was signed and sealed, and Canada, in the person of Mr. Bennett, was de- finitely opposed to any correction.

And U.S. Foreign Policy

Washington, Feb 1, Opposition "to the United States re-arurament policy was crystalis- ed today in the House of Senate when Senator Hiram, Johnson,

wus, for nobody knew anything about it at present, No one man Of amusing instances of mis-

should have the power to decide placed or omitted commas there

the foreign policy secretly. are many. A merchant once re-

Senator Hamilton Lewis“, SUK- plied to an offer by telegram: No, from California, intimated that hegested that the League Powers price too high," but the Post Office, would raise the question of the scorning - his comma, sent: it as "No price too high." G. W. E relation to naval building at a United States foreign policy in Russell had a well-known story subsequent debate.

of a clergyman who, announced

that he "would wear no clothes, He added that the Senate aliould

which had invited the

United

States to aid them in supporting

China against Japan might ki two birds with one stone by ceding a certain island of strategic value

to the United States as part of

to distinguish me from my fellow- | assert itself and learn what the the settlement for war debts-- Christian."

foreign policy of the United States (Reuter).

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