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HONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1938.

STAGGERING FIGURES OF JAPANESE CASUALTIES

FOUNDER Of republic"

AN AUTOGRAPHED picture of the late Dr S

was presented to Mr. Walter Hanming

SIMPLE CEREMONIES

which

MR. LIN SEN FO BROADCAST

Chungking. Oct. 9.

Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of

the National Government, will give a radio speech at the Cen- tra Broadcasting, Station in Chungking 2.00 to 8.15 p.m. to-morrow on the occasion of the Double Tenth Festival, China's Independence Day.— Central News

PASSENGER TRAIN

BOMBED

350,000 Reported

During Four Months

MANY AFFECTED BY

YANGTZE

EPIDEMICS

Hankow, October 9. JAPANESE CASUALTIES SUSTAINED in the Sino-Japanese hasil- lities during the past four months have reached the staggering figure of 350,000 according to a statement issued yesterday by General Chen Cheng, Director of the Political Board of the National Military Coun cil, and Chairman of the Hupeh Provincial Government.

· Barcelona. Oct. 8. This figure, according to General result of operations in North China Sixty persons were killed and 100 Chen, includes 96,000 Japanese and on the eastern frunt curing injured when a seaplane dropped killed in action and 250,000 wound-the period under review..

six bombs on a passenger train 20ĝed and affected by epidemic dis Whilst the casualty ratio between miles northeast of Tarragona yes-cases on the Yangtze front onlyChina and Japan during the hos terday-Reuter.

It does not include casualties as atilities in Shanghai was 3 to 1, the

MERCURY GAINS

LONG DISTANCE SEAPLANE RECORD

High Average Speed Maintained

STRONG HEAD WINDS

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London, October 9. ALTHOUGH THE MERCURY SEAPLANE, upper component of the Mayo composite aircraft, falled to beat the non-stop long distance flight record she gained the world's long distance record for seaplanes

FOR DOUBLE TENTH by a substantial margin of 431 miles.

Observance Will Be Marked By Meetings

Double Tenth will be celebrated to-day by Hongkong Chinese in the same way as it will be celebrated by Chinese in all parts of China.

As the result of severe head winds which caused a drain on the fuel reserves the Mercury had to alight at the mouth of the Orange River at 7.25 a.m. G.M.T. having then flown 6.445 miles.

The previous seaplane record of the Mercury was to have slighted 5,214 miles was set up by the Ger- at Capetown, a hop of 7,000 miles, man Dornier catapult aircraft from Start Bay to Brazil

The Mercury's average speed was 144 m.p.h.throughout the fight.

which would have easily exceeded the Soviet record, says Reuter.

Only, strong head winds prevent-

ed the gallant airmen from accom-

present ratio is 1 to 1, General Chen revealed.

The enormous Japanese casual- ties are attributed by General Chen to operations in the hilly terrains which rendered Japanese me. chanised units ineffective. On many occasions, he

the Japanese were compelled to engage with the Chinese in hand-to-hand combats which caused great cas ualties on their part.

With reference to Japan's fight- itig forces in China during the Iperiod under review, General Chen estimates that over 1,000,000 have been thrown into the field. On the Yangtze River front alone there are about 22 divisions, totalling 600,000 men, whilst the Japanese forces on the eastern front, in North China, and in Manchuria engaging Chinese guerillas total about 400,000 men

In conciuaton, General Chen de. clares that In indicting heavy Icases .on Japan in the present period, China has attained the sim of a war of attrition as she did in the Arst two periods

of the hostilities when about 400,000 casualties were sumered by the Japanese-Central Newa

ATTACKED BY GUERILLAS

Shanghai, Oct. 3. One Jewish "Russian. and

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Generalissimo. Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Chinese army in

their war of attrition.

BRITISH SOVEREIGNS TO VISIT CANADA

Three Weeks' Stay Early

Summer Next Year

London, "October 9.

It was announced from Balmoral Castle last night that the King and Queen have graciously consented to accept the invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada to visit Canada next year.

Their Majesties hope to arrive in the Dominion in early summer and spend about three weeks in the country. Canada has not pre- viously been visited by elther the King or Queen.

This will be the King's first visit Their Majestics will go to Canada to any part of his Empire outside in a specially chartered liner. of the United Kingdom since his accession.

Added significance is given to

the visit by the fact that the King

This is easily the highest speed plishing their objective.

It is understood that plans for is King of Canada as well as King Celebrations will be more solemn and quiet than ever before with

ever maintained on & long dis- Major R. Maxo, designer of the Chinese were killed on the Shang- the visit were originally discussed of England under the terms of the the possible exception only of the celebrations last year.

tance fight. The average cruising machine, which was designed for hal-Wusin highway on Wednesday by Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-Etatute of Westminster speed of the Russian record from trans-Atlantic flights, said to Reu-night when five trucks were am- General of Canada, at several talks The Women's Shidlers' Rellef Moscow to San Jacinto was just ter

Lushed by guerillas with machine with the King at Buckingham the border into the United Stater Whether The Majesties will cross Association will start the day with over 100 m.ph. ̈ The Mercury's "It was a magnificent accom guns, rifles and hand-grenades, ac- Palace. the sale of flags to collect funds flight to the Orange River begar plishment by the machine and cording to a surviving Russian ar-

is not known. No relgning British for war relle? "work.

from Dundee

No details of the trip are at 1.19 p.m. on members of the crew,

riving here "on foot yesterday,

yet Sovereign has yet set foot on the The Chinese Young Men's Chris-Thursday and thus took appro-

available," but it is expected that New World--Reuter. "Mercury could have got to The body of Vladimir Kupitzky, tian Association, both in Hongkong ximately 42 hours. She was over Capetown if the wind had been 32, will be brought back by train and In Kowloon, will gather to-Heston at 3.39 on Thursday and negotiable. We must not be dis-and buried to-day, He was the gether at the Chinese TM.C.A. in her time from London was, there-couraged about it, because the long chauffeur in the leading truck in Kowloon, Mr. Leung Bin-choi,j fore, 39 hours 42 mlautes-British distance seaplane record has been which 19 Chinese passengers were chairman of all Chinese YM.C.A. Wireless,

beaten by about 800 miles.

killed. The other foreign, Boris will address the gathering.

Piloted by Captain D. C. T. Ben-"Everything else functioned per Gershevich jumped out into a nett and his co-pilot, A. J. Coster, fectly."

ricefeld-Reuter.

Hungarian

Ultimatum

To Czechs

CREATING COMMON

FRONTIER

The Chinese Chamber of Com merce will also hold a meeting, at which the Chairman, Mr. Li Sing- kul, will speak, Prior to the meet- London, Oct. 9. ing a ceremony will be held when The Hungarian and Polish Gov-an ambulance donated by the ernments' have, according to the chamber will be handed over to Sunday morning papers here, ad- the Chinese Red Cross Association. dressed a ultimatum couched in

Members of the Chinese Club

peremptory language to Czechowill hold a meeting. It is expected. slovakia regarding the creating of that a large donation will be col- "a common frontler between Foland lected for the war chest.

and Hungary. The papers affirm

that Mussolini has approved of the Note which is expected to be re- mitted to the Prague Government either on Sunday or, Monday.-- Transocean.

AUTONOMIST REGIME.

Prague, Oct 9,

GUIDE TO THE NEWS

Page 3-October race meeting re- A conference of parliamentary sults. Cash sweeps. representatives of Sub-Carpathian | Page 4—News about the services. Russia. otherwise known as Page 5 Cinema notes and news, Ruthenia, decided yesterday to Crossword puzzle. Diary of local establish an autonomist regime events.

within the Czechoslovak state Page 6Britain's "air defence - similar -- to that instituted 12 plans Volunteers in Spain. Mr.

Blovakia.

"Trebitsch Lincoln. Heavy fight-

ing on Yangtze front...

Pending the institution of the

new autonomous government, five Page 7-Women's page. Marriages. Ruthenian delegates will be en-Page 8-Leading articles: Double trusted with the administration of

the territory.

Agitation in Hungary and Poland

Tenth; One sure way to peace. Page 10-Week-end sporting news. Home football and league tables

in favour of Ruthenia's incorpora- to date. Cricket. Valley golf. tion into Hungary in order to give are 12-Financial page... Poland and Hungary a common Pare 13-Hadio programmer, frontier is therefore circum- Fares 14 and 13.-Shipping news vented-Reuter.

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FUNDS FOR CZECH REFUGEES

London, Oct. 9. A Helsingfors message to "The Response to the Lord Mayor's ap- Observer" states that the local press peal for funds. for Czech refugees reports that the charge on which is so great that the staff at Man Marshal Vassily Bluecher was on House has been trebled to arrested at Sverdlovsk was that of

Inciting Ukranian troops to mutiny. cope with the work of receiving

The message adds that in the subscriptions.

last ten days. 43 generals of the The Lord Mayor of London is Soviet Far Eastern Army, of which nying to-morrow to Prague to set Marshal Bluecher was commander-

in-chief, and the Marshal's entire up, under the guidance of the Bri staff was arrested, and six political rish Minister the organisation commissars attached to the East necessary to make use of the fund. ern forces executed. Reuter, for relier of refugees-Reuter.

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