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Hongkong Daily Press.

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

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ESTABLISHED " 1857

No. 34890.

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日陸初月伍年寅戊 HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1938.

AT THE VALLEY CHINESE ARMS

Snapped by our candid camera at the 5th Extra Race Meeting at the Yalley recently.

TWO STOWAWAYS DISCOVERED ON FRENCH WARSHIP

CONCEALED BEHIND TORPEDO TUBE

Paris, June 2.

For the first time in the history of the French Navy. stowaways—- two la number-were discovered on board a warship is the Mediter-. ranean.

the

Thirty-six hours after torpedo-boat Guepard had left Barcelona, a sailor discovered a man and a woman concealed be- bind a torpedo tube.

Interrogated by the commander

Hammond, Captain

London. June 2.. Hammond has "accepted the Invitation to captain, the Eng- iish team in the first Test match against the Australians at Nottingham on June 10.

Wyatt has intimated that he will not be available for selec- tion to play in the Tests (Reuter):

INSURGENTS

CLEARING WAY

the couple stated that they were TO VALENCIA

married and were Spanish Nation- alists. They were subsequently landed at Algiera.

Although any stowaway on board a French warship is liable to a severe penalty, it was decided that no proceedings will be taken against the couple.-(Transocean).

CZECH OFFICER DISMISSED

SEQUEL TO EGER INCIDENT

Prague, June 2

It is officially announced that the colonel of the battalion to which the non-commissioned officer con- cerned in the Eger Incident, in which two Sudeten Germans were wounded belong, has been relieved of his command.

The fact that negotiations be- tween the Government and Sudeten Germans is continuing is a reassuring sign, though the end is far from sight.

Yesterday, Dr. Hodza, Prime

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伍拜望 日叁月陸年撥備佰玖仟变英

LAUNCHED AT KOWLOON DOCKS

PURCHASES FORGERIES

LOST LETTERS RECEIVED

ARE DISCLOSED

IN HONG KONG Continental Sensation

Recovered From Sea Embassy In London Issues After 18 Months Timely Warning To Public

PRESUMED to have been in the

sea for over 18 months. 28 letters-part of a consignment of j mall recovered from the ocean of Dungeness, Kent, on April 27 --were received in Hong Kong by the postal authorities yesterday.

It is thought that these letters were contained in a load of mall

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London, June %

A sensational advertisement appearing today in many. London and Paris newspapers, issued by the Chinese, Embassy in London. warns against forged documents purporting to have been issued by the Embassy authorising holders to purchase arms on behalf of

China.

The advertisement makes it clear that the Chinese Embassy has

authorised no person to make such transactions,

Scotland Yard, and Paris police

are now trying to trace the forger.

conveyed by the plane Bondicaa. which met with disaster on Sep- tember 25, 1936.

The letters have been forwarded Embassy told Reuter today that from London Covers and will be delivered idea as to the identity of the

culprit. where possible.

A five-year-old Chinese boy *The forgeries were apparently named Lou Yak-cheung, who re- executed on the Continent," said aided at No. 105 Fá Yuen Street,

Dr. W. C. Chen, Counsellor of the BOY RUN OVER, under protective the police state they have a shrewd KILLED BY BUS

KWANGSI WOWEN Dr. Chen. The French Govern-Kowloon, was killed in a traffe ac

IN WAR WORK

Mdm. Li Tsung-jen Urges Productive

Action

Hankow, June 2 While able-bodied men are being drafted for active service, Chinese women in the

take rear should part in productive work, declared Madame Li Tsung-Jen, wife of the Kwangst. Commander-in-Chief på the Chinese forces now fighting": on the Langhai Railway front, in an Interview with the Ta Kung Pao today.

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Saragossa. June 2 Nationalist Spanish troops re-

Kwangsi women she said, are moved one of the biggest obstacles helping to increase rural products. on their way to Valencia last She disclosed that she is super- evening when they succeeded in vising the plantation of tung and capturing strongly fortified Re-pine trees on 2.000 mow of land publican positions near Linares. granted by the Kwangst Provincial These positions comprise a system Government, of trenches and machine-gun

nests stretching for a distance of eight miles and are located on the. road from Teruel to Segunto (Transocean).....

REPUBLICAN GAINS

Barcelona, June 2

WAR TRAINING

At the same time. the women

are energetically engaged in war-

time work, Madame Li said. Every family is required to send at least one woman to a war-time training class in which she

ها

A Republican was communique taught knowledge of air defence. issued last night claims the re-prevention of gas attacks and first capture of various positions in the raid.

Many country women are Valkona sector and the shooting participating in road-building and down of 12 Nationalist planes.

police duties.

Five machines were lost by the Republicans in the air battle (Transocean).

PORTUGUESE RECOGNITION Salamanca, June 2. The Portuguese Agent, Dr. Teu- lonio Perreira, has been appointed Ambassador to Nationalist Spain. The Spanish Nationalist Govern-

salt of the enforcement of the

She also revealed that as a re-i

compulsory educational system in the province during the past four

has been practically eliminated.~ or five years, literacy in Kwangsi

(Central News).

Minister, saw two representatives ment has appointed Senor Nicolas HENLEIN NOT GOING

of the Sudeten German Party- Franco as Ambassador to Lisbon. (Reuter).

(Transocean).

CHINESE INITIATE NEW

OPERATIONS IN ANHWEI

Hankow, June 2.

Fighting in the rerion of Lan-

feng, on

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TO LONDON

ment sent us photostat copies of cident in Argyle Street shortly: one document which bore an ad-after 4 p.m. yesterday. dress in Half Moon Street, Pleca The boy was attempting to cross dilly," which is actually a ladies' the street but did not notice a bus hairdressing establishment.

which was coming towards him.

"How the forger expects to He was knocked down, and the left benefit by his trick, especially in wheel of the bus ran over his head, view of the rigid control of arms causing instant death. exports from Britain, we have no notion," said Dr. Chen,

The Counsellor added that thei

Embassy officials had thought it AUSTRIAN FOREIGN advisable to warn the public. | (Router).

DEBT QUESTION

JAPAN AND H.K.

Shanghai Junë 2. Three members of the Lower House of the Japan- ese Diet, headed by Mr. K Sugiyama, have returned here from visit to Hong Kong and Macao, according to local Japanese .news- papers..

"Hong Kong is now the centre of British activities

yama

in the Far East," Mr. Sugi- is reported to have said. "The British have established a solid founda- tion there.

are

“Japanese interests represented only by a Con- sul-General. We should send more high officials and economic experts to that Colony. Japanese

propa- randa work 15 not 30 effective as it should be."- (International), ·

Vital Clue In Kidnapping Case Found

Picture of the sk, Wingsang, new addition to the fleet of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., which was launched at

Kowloon Docks yesterday. (Photo, Mayfair Studio

"BOAT RACE DAY”

ABERDEEN VILLAGE

It

Dragon Vessels Flash

Amid Cracker-Firing

AT

By

- Dat So and sai so, dai, lo and sai lo-the whole of Aberdeen in fact, was out in sampans and junks yesterday to watch the boat races held on the occasion of 'the Dragon Boat Festival. The whole village was en fete and so big was the crowd on the Aberdeen waterfront that extra police constables had to be posted to control

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OVER FIFTY PADDLERS

The crowd, however, was not made

It seems incredible that each one Chinese, up entirely of There were many foreigners, too; of these crafts can hold as many some of them to watch their first as 50 men, but it is nevertheless Actually $2 men do the dragon boat race, and, as each one true.

PARIS BELIEVES AGREEMENT NEAR

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of

« Park June 2.

these frail crafts skimmed paddling, two offers keep time through the water. they were as with the gong and drum, two boys The pessimism shown in certain delighted as the Chinese children do the "balling, out" as the boat British circles with reference to to whom dragon boat racing is flashes over the water and there the Anglo-German

are generally one or two others

negotiations always such a treat. regarding Austrian foreign debts) Always crowded with fishing who "hang on""for luck!

Each boat flien two or three flags is not shared by French official boats, the harbour at Aberdeen

circles, which declare that an yesterday presented a very con- with the "district. pennant" 06- agreement will possibly be reach-gested picture. Large fishing junks cupying pride of place at the bow. ed and that the negotiations will were tied up alongside que another At Aberdeen yesterday spectatora probably be, resumed in London on either side of the harbour, saw enough flags and buntings, Lo | very shortly-(Transocean). leaving a lane of about 20 yards last a life-time but nevertheless a in width in the centre and this stray remark was heard among the represented the

for the elder folk that the boats were "not sufficiently dressed" for the occa- ston

CHINA-SOVIET PACT UNTRUE

Designed To Discredit China, Says Ambassador

London, June 2

races.

course

́PO TOI TOO GOOD There were five boats in the com- petition, one of them corning from as far away as Shaukiwan. This is krew, it was learned, started off in the morning in order to be in Aberdeen in time" for some rest be- fore the races commenced.

The crew from Po Tol Village was

Invincible. They won every race

HEAVY BETTING As a general rule heavy betting these races. associated with

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GUIDE TO THE NEWS

and there was much merry-making Page 3Ladies page.

on their "house-boat" at the con-Pare 4.-News about the Services.

Reports from Riga that Dr. Sunclusion of it all. Cracker-fring Page 5-Cinema notes, and news,

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Fo. President of the Executive and feasting, with a very liberai Yuan, had left Moscow for

supply of Chinese wine, were the "undisclosed destination" and that order of the day. a"nine-point agreement"

had

been 'concluded between China and Soviet Russia were charac terised by Dr. Quo Tai chi, Chinese Ambassador in London. as pure inventions, in an inter-

CASH CHILD LOSS view with Reuter' today, have

Prague, June 2. The Sudeten German press to- day dentes reports which appeared in British papers to the effect that Herr Konrad Henlein

plans to visit London at Waltean.

~(Transocean).

the Lunghat Railway Facts Prove Erroneousness

continues with undiminished vio- ience.

!!

Chinese military circles state that Chinese troops are not with- drawing from Lanteng although the Dolhara Division, which was near annihilation, has received

reinforcements.

Of Japanese Claim As To Canton

Military Centres

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

Canton, June 2.

"

STIRS" FLORIDA

The reports were designed to discredit, China in the eves ટ Princeton, (Florida) Jone>2. janti-Soviet countries, sald Di. G-men have found what they Quo. belleve to be a vital clue concern-

As far as he knew. Dr. Sun Fo Ing, the kidnappers of "Skeegle," was still in Moscow-Reuter).

son of James Cash

the wealthy

oll dealer,

The clue in a shoe-box in which the father handed over the ran- som money.

Near the box was found a crude map of the neighbourhood and motor tyre marks, believed to be those of the kidnappers" car.

The numbers of the banknotes paid as ransom were broadcast

The Chinese have initiated new

There is no truth in the assertion of the spokesman of the Tokyo operations in North Anhwel, west Foreign Office, as reported today, that local military establishments today to every bank in the coun- of the Tientsin-Pakow Rallway, are in the neighbourhood, of property belonging to third Powers, be--try.

were released today.

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THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-9/TG. T.T. ON LONDON: 1s. 2.27/32d. London Silver. Market (Our Own Correspondent).

London June 2. London alver prices today were unchanged as followsi--.

June 1. June 2, @pot............18-15/16 18-15/10

• Forward......18-5/8

18-5/8

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Bir Ronald Ross anniversary. Crossword

Pare 6-Britain's air raid precau- tions. Severe June gale. Four Catholics killed.

Page 7-Kowloon Dock launching,

Girl sold for $15.

| Pago 8-Leading article: Guerilla tactics Readers' letters. Young seamen dismissed,

COM-

Page, 9-Hankow bankers'

ference. Intervention in Spain. Conte Rosso runs aground. Page 10-Sports,

Page 11-Chinese air" force vic

tory. Nanking Bishop on way tome..

CLOSER GOVERNMENT SCRUTINY OF FOREIGN

EXCHANGE ALLOTMENTS IS URGED

Hankow, June-2.

Changes in the foreign exchange allotment system are urged by the Chinese press and econo- mic experts here, although the rumour that the allotments may be abolished or curtailed as the. result of the conference of bankers now being convened here is denied by official quarters.

The subject, it was stated, had, asked for actually represent legi-ment banks for the purpose of not even been discussed.

timate needs

granting loans to agricultural and that mining enterprises,

in

Chinese attacks are directed on cause such would have drawn 'objection from the Powers concerned.

SUSPECTS RELEASED · Mengcheng, with Kwalynan at a While it is claimed that, the Japanese Air Force does not attack Two of three men who were further objective, in order to cut civilians, an official report of the Central News Agency states that 3,000 held for questioning yesterday application for foreign exchange allotments should be made

Some newspapers suggest that Other circles suggest off the rear communications of non-combatants were killed by the wholesale bombing over the week-

Local Anancial institutions will the Japanese troops at Luyl and end. The same report stressed that Japanese planes machine-gun-

should be received not through proportion to the amount of be allowed to hold such notes for Meanwhile the temper of the private foreign banks but direct Chinese goods imported into the two years, which period may be the southern sector of the Tien-ned to death large numbers of Red Cross, and medical workers.

posse of civilian searchers tsia-Pukow Railway,

by the Central Bank of China or various foreign countries. WARCRAFT LEAVING : week by the report that a landing growing ngly. Two thousand men by the four Government banks,

extended another year. It la the intention of the Chi- The concentration of Japanese in Chungshan was imminent has volunteered to search the coun- the Central Bank, the Bank of cussed at the conference today.

Important measures were dis-

Security for such notes may be 'nese command to effect" junction warships off the Kwangtung coast temporarily been dispelled.

tryside today, and in spite of their China, the Bank of Communica- Amongst them is the decision of supplied by 20 percent in Chinese with detachments which, after the is scattering for fear of Chinese

RAILWAY RAIDED

being asked to leave behind re- tions and the Farmers Bank. the Ministry of Finance to permit dollar notes or 30 percent in Gov- evacuation of Hsuchów, went on air raids. Only four or five des-

Canton, June 21 arms it is reported that many re-

Such practice, the papers con-local financial institutions to ob-ernment bonds, the balance by to the east of the Railway-troyers are hovering off Tongka- Twelve Japanese planes divided Lained their shot-guns and other tend, would enable the Govern- tuin without interest $1 notes and shares, property or goods (Reu- *(Transocean).

wan to protect a Japanese seaplane up into three squadrons took off weapons---(Reuter).

ter)... |ment to exercise éloser" scrutiný ako 16 čents," 20° cents" and · 50 carrier. The alarm created last) (Continued on 'Fage 9)

(Early Reference-Page - 6)

(Continued, où Page-9).

to whether the allotmental cents notes from the four Govern- (Early Reference-Page 3)