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Hongkong Daily Press

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No.2485°C、魏式拾伍佰捌仟肆萬弍第

Registered as a Newspaper at the General Post Office in the United Kingdom.

ESTABLISHED 1857

**** HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1938,

CHINESE

TROOPS TO

TO BEGIN BIG PUSH ON

15-19 Marina House, Queen's Road Central

O.P.C. Box No. 1.

叁拜禮 日式拾月肆年捌佰玖仟登英

General Manager ·

POETIC APOPLEKIES. Xə,4-

by LAZARUS, Opticians.

"Twas brillig and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe, All_mimay worn the barogroTON And the mome ratha outgraba,

But all was swish, the toves

unblink

While gyring, gimbling in the

wooks

The blask outahash but not a glink *Grover and rathe ware wearing

Crookes.

(with profound apologies to Lewis Carroll.)

SINGLE COPY, 10 OTS.

Price PER MONTH, $3.

YIHSIEN VERY SHORTLY

FOREIGN SUBMARINE OFF CANDID CAMERA AT THE RACES JAPANESE SOLDIERS JAPANESE PLAN MOVE NORTH COAST OF LUZON

Apprehension Increased

In The Philippines

Manila, April 19...

The second report to be received here in a fortnight" to the effect that à "foreign" submarine" was seen in the vicinity of Cala- yan Island, off the north coast of Luzon, has increased the appre- hension created by the mysterious appearance of 22 destroyers aff Davao Bay, Mindanao Island, on April 10.

It will be recalled that when challenged by the Philippine patrol ship Rizal the destroyers were reported to have refused to reveal their identity.

The submarine is apparently taking soundings, according to an American at present visiting Calayan Island, who has reported the incident to the authorities.-(Reuter).

OUTRAGE ON SAN TSAO IS.

Over 100 Persons. Machine-Gunned

By Japanese

According to the evening papers. over one hundred persons on Ban

JAPANESE

WARSHIPS

OFF FOOCHOW

Foochow, April 19. More than 10 Japanese warships arrived off the coast of Foochow yesterday and are anchoring near the Matsu-ao Island.

Several other Japanese war ves- Tsao Island. Chungshan district:dels off the Fukien coast have were arrested by Japanese blue-been recently recalled to Formosa Jackets on April 14 and executed to participate in naval mano- by machine-guns.

euvres, it is learned. This

ac-

- One man, named Mok, managed counts for the disappearance of to reach Shek Ki to make a re- Japanese warships off the Fuklen port of the outrage.

coast recently.(Central News).

JACKIE COOGAN SUES MOTHER FOR MILLIONS IN PICTURE EARNINGS

Former Child Star Called "A Very, Very Bad Boy"

-..

Los Angeles, April 19.

Mrs. Arthur Bernstein, mother of Mr. Jackie Coogan, famous child actor, broke down when making a deposition today at, a-hear- ing preparatory to the trial of a $4,000,000 sult brought by her son against her.

Mr. Coogan alleges that the money represents his earnings when he played nineteen, years ago in Charlie Chaplin's film. "The Kid," and seventeen other pictures he made as a child actor.

Mrs. Bernstein testified that one of the reasons why her son did

JAPANESE KEEN not come by any of the money

TO BUY PRES.

Snapshots taken at the Third Extra Race meeting held at Happy

Valley last week-end.

Q

TICKETS FOR "RIFLE SHOOT

Tickets for this

FOUR-POWER

afternoon's PACT REPORTS

was because "Jackle was a bad boy very, very bad twenty-year- old boy" who "could not handle weekly spoon and practice shoot of money." and whose father

had the Hong Kong Riffe Association UNFOUNDED HOOVER WRECK told him, if you had money you will be sold at the 200 yards fina

would go completely haywire in point and not in the Office.

It is learned that Japanese in-two months." terests are intent on acquiring the Mrs. Bernstein also maintained hilk of the Dollar Ilner. President that the law made minor's ear- Hoover, which foundered in Hol-nings the property of parents. shoto Island, south of Formosa, in Mrs. Bernstein is alleged to have December last.

remained barricaded'. In a FOOT The ship will be put up for for three days in order to escape auction in London by the under-process servers, writers in May, and it is under- Sheriff' deputies stood that a Japanese combine has broke through instracted agents in London to controlled gate

(Reuter). bid for the wreck.

the

eventually electrically

nt" the home.---

TURNING THE PAGES

PAGE 2 Green Zaland case recal- PAGE 8-Leading article: 'The sun edo Criminal Sessions. Changed sets on Japan. If gossip we must

Correspondence. her nationality.

..

PAGE 2-Humour of Law Courts PAGE 9. Gigantic battle in Shan

PAGE 4-The Bervices, London

Gazette.

tung predicted..." PAGE 10 Colony tennis

Football Rugby.

title:

PAGE 11-Younger Test selectors

Polo. Boxing.

MASS SUICIDE? Chengyangkwan, April 19. A mars" suicide was com- mitted by 26 Japanese soldiars in the Yangchow Middle School at Yangchow on the north of the Yangire "River opposite Chinklang on April 13 because of their unwillingness to con- tinue to fight a war of agres- sion," according to belated re- poris received here.—(Central News).

Eugene Chen Returns

OLD KUOMINTANG LEADER REGARDS COUNTRY'S CASE WITH OPTIMISM

Mr. Eugene Chen, former' Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an interview with a Central

TO RELIEVE COMRADES

SURROUNDED IN CITY

Enemy Making Attempt To Capture Lingyi

Hankow, Apeli 19. HINESE MILITARY DESPATCHES FROM THE TIENTSIN-PU- KOW RAILWAY front report that Japanese reinforcements for the drive in southeast Shantung total four divisions. The Chinese command at Hsuchowfa does not believe that the Japanese will make their main drive through Lingyl. It believes thal the Japanese operating in southeast Shantung and those on the Tiantsin-Pukow Rafway front will try to form a junction on the plains south of the Taishan and Yishan mountains.

THIS MOVE, ACCORDING TO THE CHINESE COMMAND, will be taken partly to relieve the Japanese troops at present surrounded within the city walls at Fihsien and Tsaochwang and partly to corabine the strength of the two columns for the big drive through the Chinese lines between Jelshan Lake and the Grand Canal.

"Milestone

Nemu representativo dening On Road To

declared that he was in accord

with, and fully supported, the policy of resistance against Japan which is now being car- ried out by the National Gov- eriment.

European Peace"

Mr. Chen arrived in Hong Kong GERMANS WELCOME

yesterday morning aboard the French liner, Artagnan," with Madame Chen, following an'an- rence of four years in France and other European countries. He is "remaining indennitely here.

(Continued on Page 9)

AREA BOXING® FINALS

Middlesex Beat Royal Scots

ROME PACT

Berlin, April 19. Even a first glance at the latest

Chinese reports also claim that Japanese troops who landed at Tsingtao have arrived at Feihsten and are advancing westward In two columns, ope heading. for Yihalen and the other for Hruen- chen in an attempt to lift the siege on the two cities.

Meanwhile Japanese reinforce- ment from Shansi which arrived. at Tsinaniu by train and now en- tering Wenshang for the drive in

west Shantung are heading for Shuya, Kinghalang and Shanchiu in order to cut the Langhal Rail- way, west of Hsuchowfu; - tak

Advancing southward, parallel issues of German newspapers re-columns along the east and also veals the importance, which Ger- the west banks of the Yellow River man political opinion attaches to are attempting to capture Lingyi, the new Anglo-Iialian agreement. strategic city in southeast Shan-

The Voelkische Becachter, organ tung.

of the National Socialist Party, in Another Japanese flying column a leading article entitled "Mediters advancing towards Lingy from ranean Peace" "seeks to impress the south and from Hankungmiao upon its readers that the Anglo-n order to complete the encircle- Italian agreement is something ment of the city-(Reuter). more than just coe of those attempts in which two countries seek to settle their differences, such as occurred on countless oc- The Hong Kong Area Inter-Unit casions throughout the postwar Boxing Championship was decided last evening when the two final-paper adds, liquidates the past. ists. the 1st Ba. Middlesex Ro- giment and the 2nd

ere. This new agreement, the

We Germans welcome the new Bn. Royal settlement with unqualified joy | Bcots Regiment met at the Murray in

·Barracks...

CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE FOR CANTON

Canton. April 19. that it signifles just as A war time Child Welfare Asso- the Germany-Italian friendshipciation will be formally organis The Middlesex Regiment annex-embodied in the Berlin-Rome axised in Canton on April 28, accord-

ed the trophy by defeating the Royal Scots by 26 points to 18.

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milestone on the road to ing to a decision reached at a European peace." adds the paper. meeting of various women lenders There we're three knock-outs (Transocean)

here yesterday-Central News),

during the evening, all of which

tock place during the latter_half

of the programme' of 15 Bghts,

His Excellency the Governor, Sir KOTEWALL CHARITY CUP FINAL

Geory Northcote, His Excellency, Major-General A. W. Bartholomew, Brigadier A. B. Thomson, and Col. NM 8. Irwin, were among the many spectators..

London, April 19. At the conclusion "of the fights. Reports about alleged discussions Brigadier Thomson "thanked RE |with the, object of drawing up a the Governor for his attendance

CINEMA STRIKE pact between Britain, France, Italy and for kindly consenting to pre-

IN LONDON

Electrical Workers' Union's Demands

sent the prizes.

and Germany, during the visit of the French Ministers, M. Daladier The results were:- and M. Bonnet, here seem to be without foundation.

Well-informed circles declared this morning that the French Gor

ernment had also pointed out dur- mg Easter that the discussion of London, April 19. a west European pact during the Extension of the London cinema ministerial, visit was not consider siriks throughout Britain was an-ed practical-(Transocean). nounced on Monday by the Elec- trical Workers' Union.

This measure has been adopted because the Association of British Cinema Proprietors declared them- selves unwilling, in spite of the strlice here, to meet the Union's ment in the rate of pag and re- demands which require readjust cognition of the Electrical Work- era' Union by the Association

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 304. TT. ON LONDON: 14. 2d

London Silver Market.

PAGE 5.-King's wedding gift to be on view. Cinema notices. Diary, PAGE 6 Clashes in Palestine.

Japan-Stam agreement. Develop ments in Rumaula. US Senate in favour of bigger navy, PAGE 7--Playgrounds". Association

annual meeting. World Bridge PAGE 18-Where the game of The strike is now in full swing Olympic Bi-annual golf match. ⠀ cricket, was born. Badminton. In Manchester, and Hull (Trans- Bpot Accident at Kal Tak

· Lawn bowls.

PAGE 12-New York Quotations.

Til Monday the strike seemed Hong Kong Block Exchange,

ineffective as the Association had (Our Own Correspondent); PAGE 13——Radio programmes,

obtained members to fill the post- ple

London, April 19. PAGE 14 and 15-Shipping news tions vacated by the operators and · London diver prices today were Arrivals and Clearances. Direc-members of the Union in order to unchanged for Spot and up 3/18 for

ensure regular showing of Alms. Forward as follows

tory.

Forward

Noble

Feather Weight:-Pte. (Middlesex) .beat Pte Fraser (R): Pte.. Phillips (Middlesex) lost to Pte. Miller (R-8.).

Hope Bantam Weight:---Pie. (Middlesex) beat Pte. Scott (RB). Welter Weight-Pte. Zelley (Middlesex) beat Pte Emmerson (RA); Pte. Eaton (Middlesex) lost to Sharkey (RB) Pte. Milroy (Middlesex) KO. Pte. McGrady (R.8;); Cyl, McGrady (Middlesex) bent Pte. 60 Thomson, (RS.). - **:

Light Weight Pte. Head (Mid- dlesexy beat Cpl. Elliot (R.B.); L/C EDIS (Middlesex) - beat. L/C Ritchie (RS): L/C Gribble (Mid- dlesex) lost to Pte. McBain (R.B.)

· ·Middle Wright-Pte: Webster (Middlesex) beat L/C Bowersby (R.8.), L/C McGrady (Middlesex) beat Pte. McNally (RB), L/C Harris (Middlesex) K.O. Pte Lar- kin (RS.) in the first round m

Light-Heavy Weight-Pte. Adams (Middlesez) KO. by L/C Peebles in the first round; :

Heavy Weight-Pie Izzard (Middlesex) beat Lt. Callender

April 14 April 19 18-15/16 18-15/16 18-7/16--18-5/8 ++ (RS).

*Mrs. Thomson, wife of Brigadier A. B. Thomson, presenting the Notewall Cup, to Leung Wing-chiu, captain of the South China AA. team which defeated the Royal Navy 1-0 in the final of this charity foothill: competition at: Bookungoo on Monday. - (Photo, ́A.C.P.)--