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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1938.

DISTURBED INTERNATIONAL

POPE PIUS XI

BOMBING OF OPEN TOWNS

CONDITIONS

Pope Prays For Peace

ADDRESS TO EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS

Castel Gandolfo, May 30. Reference to the disturbed in- ternational 'conditions was made by His Holiness Pope Pius XI In an address in Latin to the Inter-

CARDINAL PACELLI

national Eucharistic Congress in TENSE SITUATION

Budapest, from the Vatican Radio Station.

His Holiness sald, "May our Re-| deemer. In His" divine mercy, calm the anxiety which perturbs the

AT KWEITEH

LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS

PUBLIC AUCTION."

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PUBLIC AUCTION

TUESDAY, the 31st MAX, 1938

Commencing at 230 p.m.

At their SALES ROOM, No. 35, HANKOW ROAD, KOWLOON

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

Comprising:

Chengchow, May 30 Teakwood Drawingroom. Bed- Strong Chinese detachments are room. Diningroom and Office

Spanish Government's hearts of men, and with rars of being rushed south of the Lang-Furniture, Carpets, Ruga. Cutlery,

Note To Britain

And France

London, May 30.

supernatural lowering

Ught. dispel the hat Railway to reinforça the de-Forcelain and Glass Ware, E. P. clouds which seem to fence Kweitch. where the and Brass Ware, Omaments, threaten new tempests.",

situation is described by military Pictures, Gramophones and Re-

In conclusion. Pope Pius ini- reports as extremely tense follow-cords, Electric Table Lamps and parted the Apostolle Benediction.nan a day bombardment by Fans, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.

Japanese forces from the direction

of Mamutsl དྷྭ་

ADDRESS ABANDONED

The situation at Kwelteh took a

Budapest, May 30.

The Spanish Government has-(Reuter). sent Notes to the British and French Governments, asking they intent to adopt

appro- priate measures to stop the bomb- j'ing of open towns,-(Reuter),

ALICANTE. DEATHS

Barcelona, May 30. The city was the victim of eight

also"

sudden grave turn yesterday as A Few Pieces of Blackwood Ware A thunderstorm, with torrents the Japanese advance, checkmat-One Fine Teakwood Bedroom Suite-

of rain. led to the abandonment ed in the vicinity of Kaifeng and One Radio Set

of the address by Cardinal Pacelli Lanten. recoiled from its spear- head and turned once more ita On the closing day of the Eucharistie Congress.

mechanised jaws, to points on the eastern section of the railway.

artillery batteries hurled over a Throughout yesterday, Japanese

A cloudburst occurred while the

nir raids in twelve hours. Damage closing procession. several miles caused was slight owing to the im-teng. was progressing from Basill- thousand shells on the walled city ca. St Stephen, to the Heroes' of Kweiteh, where the Chinese de-

proved defences.

The death-roll in the Nationalist Square. air raid on Alicante on Wednesday: has risen to 378 with the finding of 27 more bodies and the deaths of 53 of the wounded.

ITALIAN "SOLIDÁRITY"

the

storm.

tence staged brilliant.tactics to re Cardinal pulse numerous Japanese charges.

Despite

At the same time, several hun- Pacelli sat in his Throne of Care- mony and began his address, but dred Japanese troops who pene- eventually when the pilgrims attrated into Lulintsi about fifteen A hundred others are in a grave tempted to gain shelter, Cardinal kilometres southeast of Kwelteh condition. (Reuter)."

Pacelli decided to issue his speech launched a northward thrust but throught the press.

were driven back by. Chinese for- Earlier in the day, 500,000 pll-es Burgos, May 30. grims had assembled in the Square At Tungkangts!, about ten kilo- The Nationalist battertes on all for the Pontiacal Mass of the metres west of Lanfeng,' a strong fronts fired a volley of twenty-one Papal Cardinal Legate, one of the unit of 1,000 Japanese made a rounds at 11 a.m. yesterday in greatest events of the Congress. fresh attempt on Lanfeng on the honour of the Italian "solidarity Thousands took up positions in night of May 28 but were routed the Square on the previous night after a fierce battle which lasted The Nationalists have captured and others flocked to the Square till early yesterday morning.

pass in the southeast Teruel, in scores of thousands before a.m. It is claimed that during the

The crowd took hours to dis- engagement,

than 400 commanding two railways and the road to Valencia.-(Reuter).

perse.--(Reuter).

Japanese were killed and large quantities of military equipments. including Ave armoured cara, nineteen light machine-guns and

with Nationalist Spain."

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ELECTION RESULTS IN

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

SUDETEN GERMAN PARTY'S GAINS

Prague, May 30.

The voting in the second Sunday · Czechoslovakian municipal elections confirmed the success scored by the Sudeten German Party, in the first Sunday elections, gecording to the results available here late on Sunday afternoon. The Sudeten German Party collected con- siderably more than 90 per cent of all German; voles in a number of larger towns in the Sudeten Ger nan regions. --

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ENTIRE JAPANESE

DETACHMENT WIPED OUT

Liuan."May 30

During a Merce battle yesterday at Tashushan of the outskirts of Hotel, an entire Japanese detach-

wiped out,

200 rifles. seized-Central News),ment numbering 2.000 strong, was SECOND PHASE OF taken captive in the engagement.

•CZECH. ELECTIONS

GERMAN FACTIONS

IN CLASH

Prague, May 29. The second phase of the Czecho- slovakian elections is being held in 2,700 districts during the week-end.

More than 800 Japanese soldiers,

have been escorted to the rear to

be admitted to concentration. camps.(Central News).

CHINESE GUERILLAS. 'CUT SUIYUAN HIGHWAY

San, May 30.

Cold and wet weather is pre- A military despatch from Tsing- vailing throughout the country,shul states that a detachment of... and so far there have been no in-Chinese guerillas operating in eaat

inc-

In the town of Friedland, in At Gablonz, the Sudetón German | Gidents between Germans and Suiyuan have advanced to a point Nortli Bohemia, the Sudeten Ger Party obtained 18,577 votes: Social Czecha.

between Kwelsul and Tokuto on. man Party: obtained 3,489 votea; Democrats 558; Commúnists 800, A number of Sudetens and three the north bank of the Yellow Elver Social Democrats 98; Communists Czechs 3.193.

German Socialists were seriously outside the Great Wal, and cut- 260; Czech Group 364.

injured in & disturbance At Welpert, the Sudeten German

this the highway on May 26. The Sudeten German Party pol-Party obtained 6.549 votes; Socialomning between these two

Two surprise raids were staged led 97 per cent of all German Democrats 253; Communists 574;tions in the village of Richenberg, by the Chinese unit on Tokuto,

in north-west Czecho-slovakia.

damaging two Japanese Order was restored by the Czech trucks and killing a number of In Neustadt an der Tafelfichte! In 113 small municipalities of authorities after seventy-five per- Japanese and Mongolian troops. the Budeten German Party obtain the Budeten German regions from sons had been detained. The Ger- "ed 2.166 votes: Social Democrats which the results had come in by man prefect of the district is ex-were also seized-Central News)... A large number of documents 79; Communists 657; Czechs 137, 8.30 p.m. yesterday, the Sudetenquiring into the affair.--(Reuter), which represents 96.5 per cent of German Party had polled an all German votes.

votes.

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Sudeten German Party

Czechs 205.

average of $1 per cent of the Ger-

LONDON BELIEVED

London, May 29.".

ELECTION FIGURES

motor

In Maffersdorf, near Relchen-man votes.

The quiet with which the second

Prague, May 30. berg, the results were:-

Altogether in these small Ger- phase of the Czechoslovakian

Besides the ngures already 3,694 man regions the Sudeten German elections passed an was received given the results from 71 small rates; Social Democrats 128; Com-Party obtained 40.733 votes: Social with relief in London as a further municipal districts of Sudeten munista 544; Czechs 129.

Democrats · 4.486; Communists proof of an easing, at least on the German region are now to hand. 2,594; Czechs 3,012-Transocean). surface, of the tension in Europe. In these districts the Sudeten

In Georgswalde, near Rumburg. the outcome was as follows:-

The Budeten German Party ob- tained 4,612 votes: Social Dem- ocrats 91; Communists 186: Czechs

170.

CORRESPONDENTS UNDER FIRE

At Zwickau, the Sudeten Ger-

Hankow, May 30. mans obtained 2,458 votes; Social Operations attending the Chl- Democrats 121; Communists 421; nesd."withdrawal from suchow

Czechs 160.

It is believed that the quietness German Party polled altogether of the elections should facilitate 54,545 Totes, Social Democrats the negotiations between the Czech 4,224 votes, Communista 3,239 Premier, Dr. Milan Hodza, and the votes, and Czechs 3,910 votes. Budeten German leader, Herr The Sudeten German Party Konrad Henlein:-(Reuter),

thus obtained 825 per cent of the total German-votes,

REPORT DENIED.

Prague, May 29.

According to an official state-

It is officially denied that there ment the elections were held yes- nearly cost two correspondents of have been any movements of Czechterday in 1.365 municipal districts,

At Niedergrund, near Warmsdorf, the Russian Tass News Agency troops, either in advance or with-of which 921 were Czech or the Sudeten German Party obtain their lives. They were with Gen- drawal, on any part of the frontier. Slovakian, 367 German, 22 Polish, ed 1,928 votes: Social Democrate eral Lt Chung-jen's headquarters (Reuter)

160; Communists 295; Úzecha mil.

staff at the time of the evacuation and they described their experi-

47 Carpathorathenian, 8 Hungar- »* fan. Originally the elections were Prague, May 20, to be held in 2,459, municipal dis-.

VOTES FOR HENLEIN

At Obesgrund, near Warmsdorf, ences when they arrived yesterday. Preliminary returns in the muni-tricts the Sudeten German Party obtain For some time they had been given cipal election indicate that a large The discrepancy in the numberr ed 1,137 votes; Social Democrats up for dead. 103; Communists 141; Czechs' nil

majority of the German votes, is due to the fact that in some They were continually under the estimated at over 80 per cent.. have districts the elections were post- At Doerfel near Reichenberg the menace of Japanese bombs, they gone to the parties led by Berr poned and that in 1862 districts, Budéten Germans obtained 1,818 said, for four days. During this Henleini

of which 699, with Czech or slova. votes; Social Democrats 108: Com-time Japanese aircraft frequently The German Social Democrats, kian majorities, 347 with German munists 308; Czecha 285.5) dived on their company, and ma- the only Czech-Germans opposing and alx with Carpathoruthenian Compared with 1935, the elec- chine-guaned them. Henlein, have suffered heavily in majorities, the voting was not tions in the Sudeten German par- On one occasion a small bomb the elections.They share the re- necessary, as only a single list was ties gained in the Reichenberg landed within a few yards of one mainder of the German votes cast submitted or because the various district, represent an increase from of them, who had ang himself with the Communists tive parties on basis of their, 20 to 85 per cent, while the Social fat on the ground and escaped The Czech United Party has been parties had agreed on proportion- Democrats and Communists lost a death or injury by a matter of successful everywhere in the elec-al representation of their respec- large number of votes,

inches.(Renter):

tldna (Reuter);

numerical strength, -(Transocean)...