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Plebiscite Idea Is Rejected
Prague. Sept. 15
The idea of a plebiscite as a salation to the Czech problem Was rejected by the Czech Prime Minister, Dr. Klan Hodra, in a broadcast to the nation,
Dr. Hodza added that if a plebis- cite could have provided a solution
It would have been adopted by the peace conference.
The Prime Minister emphasised
EDITORIAL
COSTS Confidence Is Returning To Palestine
Appeal By The Government Has
Clarified The Issue
CZECHS NOW RECOVERED FROM
FIRST SHOCK
Prague, September 18.
frontiers at all' cost
An air of increasing confidence, tinged with optimism, prevailed in political circles on Saturday night, the appeal from the Government to all' Canchs to defend the present having at least clarified the issue.
It is evident that the population has now recovered from the first shock and is looking to the
the strong destre of the Czecho-Government for guidance. slovak Government to find a peace-
ful solution-Reuter,
MUSSOLINI'S DEMAND'
Trieste, Sept, 18. In a speech delivered within half an hour of landing from the des-
troyer Camicianera, Signor Musso- lini demanded plebiscites for all "nationalities in Czechoslovakia de.
manding them,
For a solution to the, present problem. Dune added, it was necessary to act quickly.
"This · question of acting quickly must be felt by the British Prime Minister who moved from London to Munich as a flying messenger of peace. We hope that in these final hours a pacific solution will be reached..
"We hope that if this is not possible the eventual conflict will be be limited and circumscribed, but (1) this does not happen and ends in the ranging of forces of a uni- versal character for or against Prague let it be known, that Italy's | position has already been chosen," declared Il Duce-Reuter,
HITLER'S FIRM DEMAND
London, Sept. 18.
It is understood that Heir Hitler. in his talk with Mr. Chamberlain, made a firm demand for self- determination for the Sudetens.
This will be principle subject of"} discussion between the British and French Ministers today.
Yesterday's five-hour meeting of the Cabinet enabled the members to explore the whole position thor oughly.Reuter.
CZECH CARINET MEASURES
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the German Foreign Ministry yes- terday, demanded the immediate return of a number of Czech gendarmes and frontier guards who were kidnapped across the frontier at Schwadenbach · some days ago.
VOLUNTEER CORPS
Berlin, Sept. 18...
The decisive action of the Government in quelling the Insurrection in the Sudeten-German have been reports that quarters has also made a "very favourable impression and the scant received indicate that quiet prevailed in the areas concerned on Saturday night
Tension among the Sudeten-Germans continue to be at breaking point as they await develop- ments and are looking to the Reich for a solution of their problem.-Transocean.
INVITATION FOR LONDON TALKS
Paris, September 18. Daladier, and The Prime Minister. M. Edouard
the Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bonnet, will fly to London on Sunday mor- ning. leaving at 8 am
"
on Saturday afternoon
It was when the Ministers returned from the luncheon party given in honour of King Boris of Bulgaria that they found the "invitation from the British Cabinet awaiting them.
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Official 36 hours 30 day evening: =
believe that the visit will not last more than the Ministers ought to be back in Paris by Mon-
"
RUMANIAN. WOMEN LIABLE TO BE CALLED UP
Bucharest, Sept. 18.
A decree providing for com- pulsory mobilisation of women in time of war was signed by 'King Carol yesterday.
The decree states that in the case of need. Rumanian women can be called up either Individually or by classes for service in the sphere for which they are best atted.- Renter.
HUNGARY PROTESTS
Prague. Sept. 18.
The Hungarian Minister in Prague has protested to Dr. Kamil Krofta, Czech Foreign Minister, against the move- meat of troops along the Hau garlan frontier. Dr. Krofta repiled that the milltary dis- positions were of a normal character and amounted in no way to an expression of hos- tility against Hungary- Reater.
If
CANADA'S POSITION
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occasion
A definite statement. that "Sudeten volunteer corps are being
Ottawa, Sept., 18.“ formed on German territory was
arises the made by Dr. Sebedowski. Sudeten deputy, on arrival here last night. Government is prepared to sum- Parliament forthwith and He declared that the step was mon the answer to the dissolution of submit recommendations. said Mr.
King, Mackenzie the Sudeten Party in Czecho-
Canada, explaining a statement slovakia.
ecessitated by Inquiries regarding the Canadian Government's post-
Premier
He explained that the corps would be kept along the frontier of "the Sudeten part of Czecho- slovakia and be ready, when neces- Central Europe-Reuter.
sary, to protect Sudeten people.
Reuter.
NO OFFICIAL MISSION
London, Sept: 18.
It is rellably stated that the
Czechoslovak Minister of, Social
tion vis-a-vis the situation
BELGIUM WILL BE NEUTRAL
Brussels, Sept: 18.
of
in
The Government's determination
REBELS DEMORALISED
BY DEFEATS -
Jerusalem, Sept. 18. Heavy defeats inflicted on marauding gangs during the past week have resulted in in the freat consternation rebel, ranks, according to re- llable reports.
is
The law-abiding populace deriving tresh confidence from the imminent arrival of six Battalions. bringing the British milltary strength up to Ave Brigades.
Statistics show that, in the Arst, seven months of the year, there were 222 murders, 288 attempted murders"and 1253 cases of serious | assault.—Reuter.
PARTITION PLAN
Geneva, Sept. 18 The Commission recently re- turned from Palestine would lose no time in preparing its report. in the light of which the British Government will be able to reach final decision on policy, de- Butler. British for Foreign
FOR EVERY
SUDETEN
ARRESTED Clared Mr. R. A.
A Czech Will Be Caught
London, Sept. 18. Reuter learns that the Czech It is regarded as practically certain that after their return a Minister in London has acquainted Council of Ministers will be held the British Government with the
1
Under-Secretary
Affairs, yesterday.
Meanwhile, he said, the British Government retained the opinion that partition offered, in principle. the best and most hopeful solution to the Palestine problem-Renter.
so that their report may be con- contents of an official announce-FURTHER sidered and the necessary resolu-ment which the German Minister In Frague Issued to the Czech tions passed.--Transocean.
Government.
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The announcement reportedly declares that an equal number of
BACK FROM THE Czechs or Jews of Czech nation-
WAR FRONTS
the
JAPANESE
REVERSES
Slan, Sept. 18. Further Japanese reverses on the Estabsien sector in south Shans! are reported,
ality will be arrested in the Reich according to the number of
in Sudetens arrested
Czecho- slovakia in the past week and if the death sentence is pronounced After sustaining heavy losses at on any German under emergency the hands of the Chinese on Sept. laws an equal number of Czechs 15. the Japanese staged a counter. will be shot in Germany.
offensive-on-the-Chinese- positions : The Czech Government replied east of Halahsien the following day. with an official statement that Despite the fierceness of the not one death sentence was pro-Japanese onslaughts, the Chinese nounced on a Sudeten German) stood their ground. The opposing only one being tried 'under emer- forces are still locked in a grim gency laws. A number of Sude-Aght with heavy casualties on tens were arrested in the ordinary both sides.-Central News,
in connection "with" dis- way turbances.--Reater.
POLISH MINORITY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Warsaw, Sept. 18.
Following the recent more rea- sonable tone adopted, the semi-i official press will now take up the cause of the Polish minority In Czechoslovakia.
SHOTS HEARD BY FOREIGNERS
Guerillas Raid On Japanese Post
Shanghai, Sept. 18,
A daring raid on a Japanest post, on the very border of the foreign areas, was carried out “yesterday evening by'a band of
Chinese guerillas.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1938.
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CLAIMS DENIED
Hankow, Sept. 18. The Japanese claims to have captured Huangchuan and Shangchen are denied by the Chinese military headquarters which slats that according to a telephone message received "at noon Jesterday · from, the front the Chinese loc 12- mained intact. The Japanese are reported to be still a con- siderable distance away.
"OFFOR GOLD”
Another extensive "Oßer Gold" campaign. was launched Yes- terday by the numerous Chinese tea houses and restaurants in the Colony, which donated their day's earnings to medical relief work ki China.
Their drive was inspired by the commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the Mukden In- cident of 1931, when four North- Eastern provinces in China fell into Japanese hands.
The Chinese National flag was
Severe fighting is said to be raging on the outskirts of Chang-flown at half-mast yesterday, and chen and the city is reported to schools held meetings. be still in the hands of the Chinese.
the
of CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S
ADDRESS
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In emphatic voice the. Gazeta Polska declares that the same methods must be applied to solve SIR ANTHONY JENKINSON the problem as employed for a settlement of the Sudeten ques- Sir Anthony Jenkinson,
Sounds of intense firing was dis- tion. The paper that Silesia and
vicinity Villages in distinguished journalist and au- Cieszyn (Teschen)
under tinctly heard by foreign residents Wuhsueh on the north bank of the are. thor who has been touring the war Czech domination contrary to the living in the vicinity.
Yangtse, opposite Matouchen, were areas in China as special corres-wishes of the Inhabitants."
The battle proceeded for three-
set on fire by the Japanese follow- pondent of the "Daily Express,”
an hour before the ing the landing of Japanese mar The army organ Poliskaz-Brojna (quarters of
To the Chinese able-bodied men. arrived in Hong Kong during the in an editorial headed "Era of guerillas made off. This is the ines at Panchiawan, and Polinan, conscripted by the Japanese in week-end by Air France from Hal- compromise ended says that the closest that they approached to villages to the east of Wubsuch Manchuria and sent to the various phong.
"watchword of self-determination foreign areas so far.
The scene of the engagement is to concerning two hundred thou-
sand Poles in Silesia and Cieszyn the area separating the Japanese must find complete realisation and controlled Hungjao area from the as rapidly as possible."-Reuter. Bettlement concession.-Reuter
Sir Anthony had Bown Franch Indo-China from Hankow via Kunming (Yunnan).
In the course of the past few months, Sir Anthony bas had the opportunity of ab- serving. conditions at the various fronts. He interviewed Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
He also undertook a special trip
Welfare, who arrived here on to adhère"unshakeably to a policy Saturday evening, is charged with of independence in the present the task of exposing Czech view-crisis was expressed in an official to the North-West to interview point in the Sudeten question to communique issued yesterday. the leaders of the British Labour
leaders of the Eighth Route Army. Sir Anthony plans to leave for The Government's opinion is Shanghai this week, but should the Party and that he is not intrusted that It is unnecessary at present situation in Europe undergo any with any oficial mission" or the
to summon the Foreign Affairs sudden change he may have to re- Czechoslovak Covernment-Trans- Commission
of the Parliament turn to Europe by plane" to cover The Government is certain that developments. Its policy will not only contribute to the general maintenance of peace but will serve to the utmost Belgium's chances of escaping the dangers of war-Reuter.
ocean.
SUDETEN REFUGEES
Berlin, Sept. 18. The number of refugees from the Budeten .region who had sought refuge in Reich territory is stated by a semi-official German NEWS! agency to have attained 37,000 onj Saturday evening. The stream of fugitives continued, without inter- ruption, to flow over the border
REPORTS UNTRUE
MME. CHIANG
Prague, Sept. 18..
Reports published abroad that
Visits Wounded Soldiers
London, Sept. 18.
during the whole of Saturday, al- the Sudeten German Senator, Herr though the control, established on Frank, and the "deten German
the Czech side of the frontler to pre-Deputy, Otto Ritter" had declared Heading a party of Chinese
rendered much more Transccéan
MOROCCO TO STAND
-ABY FRANCE
Rabat, Sept. 18.
be absolutely false.
sents.
CANTON GROWS UNDER
ABLE LEADERSHIP
COVET
according to Chinese reports.
fronts to fight their own brettiken, Fighting of a severe nature is Generalissimo Chiang" said that he said to be proceeding at Bung-fully reailaes the dimcult situation shanlou, north-east of Wuhaneh, they are in. He knows that un- where the Japanese forces, under wing to kill their own brethren. of aerial and artillery they fire to the sky during, fight- bombardment and smokescreen, ing. But such negative action is are said to have launched an at not enough. tack on Chinese positions.Reuter and harass the enemy both at the
front and in the rear,
Concluding his message, Gener- alissimo Chlang: assured the
Governor Wu Te-chen Shows day at 3. p.m.
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Way To The People
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
Canton, September 18. Over 50.000 persons representing government offices. public bodies and 'schools took part early this morning in a suonster parade along the principal streets of the city incommemoration of the seventh an- niversary of the Mukden incident...
Participants in the parade and demonstration shouted patriotic slogans and pledged to drive Japanese troops from Chinese Soll, The procession started from the Provincial Treasury down Han Min (Wing Hon) Road to the Bund, thence to Six-Two-Third Road and the Westem Suburba
Because of this observation to-
vent their evasion had been their opposition to Herr Henlein's ladies, all wearing blue shirts and day, it is anticipated that Japan- severe-policy are authoritatively stated to overalls, Madame Chiang Kai-shek ese bombers will raid Canton yesterday. morning visited hospitals although a report from the In the first place it is pointed out housing wounded soldiers and coast last cight indicated that that no such person as "Sudeten, aided in the distribution of pre-cloudy weather prevalled there and is likely to continue this morning German Deputy, Otto Ritter", ex-
Even rain le promised for today. That in the event of conflict, he lsts. In the second place, it is A party of foreign Journalists and this may prevent any Japan- and all his subjects would stand stressed that Benator Frank has organised a chorus and cse bothbing operations. by France was the assurance given neve: manifested either publicly popular songs to the wounded yesterday by the Sultan of Moroccojor privately any non-agreement soldiers in the afternoon amongst with Herr Henlein's policy which is whom way Miss Freda Utley, au- to the French Resident-General
The Sultan, added that his sub-unanimously approved by the en- thoreas of "Japan's Feet of Clay." jects regarded France as their tire Budeten German Party, country-Reuter,
Transocean,
BADE
and Miss Agnes Smedley,” sutkoress
of "China Fights Back-Reuter">
Under the administration of, Governor Wa Te-chen, Canton is growing in importance as a commercial and political cen- tre. With the Japanem ad-
They must revolt
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TYPHOON WARNINGS Chinese in the North-Eastern pro- The following typhoon warnings vinces that as long as he lives, he were received from Manila yester-will shoulder his responsibility and do his best for the nation-Cen- Typhoon in about longitude 140 tral News. E latitude 19 N, almost stationary. Typhoon in about longitude 151, E latitude 25 N. móving west- north-west.
·LATE MR. HSU
Remains Arrive At Shanghai
Hankow, Sept. 18.
DR. H. H. KUNG'S MESSAGE
Chungking, Sept. 18. Whether China will emerge a strong "nation and assert herself will hinge upon the succem of her present armed resistance to Japan slightest mistake wil spell ber irretrievable dooni
This warning was given by Dr. H. H-Kung. President of the Executive Ypin and concurrently Minister of Finance, in a state- ment issued on the seventh an The remains of the late Mr.niversary of the Mukden Incident vance on Wuhan, the impor-
Singioh Hsu well-imown banker, today. A tance of this province will be who was killed in the C. N. A. C Dr. Kung urged his compatriots greater than before. de plane outrage arrived at Shanghal to exercise great wariness and re- The rise of the Hong Kông dol- from Hong Kong aboard the Em- double their efforts in the struggle lar does not affect the cost of live press of Japan this morning. for national existence so that this They will be buried at the Inter day next year «will see China's. hood here, while, export trade is greatly encouraged by the low national Cemetery on September ultimate victory, rate of the provincial and national 24.
He emphasized the inter- KAP The Shanghai Bankers Assocía- dependence between armed re- currencies.
Governor Wu Te-chen's recent❘ tion will hold a memorial service sistance and pational reconstruc- visit to Hong Kong has inspired | for the late Mr. Hsu and the late tion, declaring that only through Chinese merchants there to buy Mr. Hu Pl-kang on September 21 national reconstruction can armed more - national salvation bonds and the Shanghai Chinese Chám-resistance be exective and only and to realize the necessity of ber of Commerce and other civic through armed resistance can close economic relations between bodies will hold one too on Bep national reconstruction : be the two cities:
tember:25 Central News,"
summated, "Central News:
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