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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

FATHER RYAN TO LOOK AFTER REFUGEES

Government Hands Over Care Of Camps

Interviewed by a "Daily Press” representative yesterday, Rev. Thomas F. Ryan, S., principal of the Wah Yan College and Council Administrator of the Refugee Energency Committee, stated that Government had "now given over charge of the Refugee Camps to the committee.

Father Ryan, who will be in charge, sald that the Commitler had decided on placing a paid supervisor "in charge of the social services and other work of the various camps, the intention being to have all the camps organised so that the refugees might be self- helping.

Fr. Ryan took the opportunityį fondstuffs should be sent.

SOVIET BORDER

INCIDENT

Tokyo. Oct. 19.

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A new incident

the frontier between the Soviet Union and Manchukuo is re-v ported by the Japanese semi- official News Agency to have occurred in the neighbourhood of Hsialnanan.

According to the News Agency. Soviet soldiers have occupied an islet in the River Amur whereupon representa- tions have been made by the Manchukuo authorities at the Soviet Consulate in Harbin.- Transocean.

CABLES

CHINESE RETAKE

IMPORTANT TOWN

Hwoshan Was "Scene

Of Bitter Battle

'

Lihwang. Hona, Oct. 19. Belated reports reaching here from the front claim the Chinese recapture

important Hwoshan," Anhwel town, on the morning of October 15.

of weat

Hwoshan. scene of bitter Äght- and the ing between

Chinese Japanese forces during the Jap- anese push from west Anhwel to

of thanking the various indivi- Donations could be made out to CANTON ASKED. To the north bank of the Yangtze,

of

duals who have been so helpful in Mr. M Y. Tang, the treasurer of sending clothing and other neces-the Refugee Committee. Mr. Tang sities, but said that much more is the manager of the Bank W35 needed for the Increasing number coming in daily.

of

The camps are in a position to John's Cathedral Hall, St. „accommodate" 50,000 refugees, but drew's Church, Kowloon, Or

at present there are a little over European Y.M.C.A. two thousand refugees lying in them...

SURRENDER

Canton,

Oct. 19.

vise surrender rather han the of pain of extermination.

is 40 kilometres south of Liuan an equal distance west of Bhu- cheng. and connected with these two cities by a network of high- ways.

ever- Canton. Donations of articles and Pamphlets, dropped by Japane.e refugees foodstuffs should be sent to either planes, and addressed tc Qov-

The Japanese garrison of the following placesSt. ernor Wu Teh-chen. General Yu

Hwoshan, the reports indicate. An- Han-mou and. General Tseng the Yang-iu. and other officials. ad-was routed at Tsaotsangho on the outskirts of the town on the mor- ning of October 10 and greatly emaciated. Following up initial success, the Chinese forces pressed on toward the town with redoubled vigor and forced the Japanese to retreat in the direc- tion of Lluan on the evening af October 14.

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A special request to owners cars who are able to dispense with The pamphlets also claim that NO PERISHABLE FOOD the services of their cars for the the three Wuhan cities Bre Full cream milk and blankets use of the committee was also ready occupied by the

urgently needed, said made by Father Ryan. very Father Ryan, but donors should

are

bear in mind that no perishable

CHINA'S MEN

·FIGHT UNDER HANDICAP

(Continued from Page 1)

Shu and her colleagues SUV WOA eager and anxious to go back for more.

--Reuter.

Japanese.

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LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR

SHANGHAI COOKBOY

Sequel To Murder Of Russian Girl

Shanghai, October 19.

YU YIK-YUEN, 21, COOKBOY, charged with the murder of Miss Margaret Wexler, 22, Russian, on September 30, was this morning sentenced to Ufe imprisonment at the First Special District Court.. It is expected that an appeal will be lodged.

In conversation with these men, the ladies realised that the main cause of their hatred against the Japanese was not so much for the sufferings they themselves had un- dergone on the field of battle. against ... superior-equipped and mechanised troops, aS the bar-

It will be recalled that at a barous methods the would-be con- secret session of the First Special querors employed when, in certain District Court. held last Friday cuses, their occupation of a village prior to the continued hearing of of town would be accompanied by the case, Captain Smyth, by whom! the wholesale bayoneting of the the accused was employed, testified wounded and the dead to make before the. Judge, sure that not a soul survived!

Due to the shortage of medi- cal suppiles, be‍ds, and ambul- ance workers; the conditions at the military hospital and first- aid stations near the front were such as might have daunted the stoutest heart.

The murder was committed in a flat in Broadway Mansions, oc- cupied by Capt. H. M. Smyth, Deputy Commissioner of the Shang- hat Municipal Police.

. Wounded soldiers in their blood- stained uniforms had to lle on the ground unattended for days in the emergency stations before the r turn came for transportation to the base hospitals.

wounded

GAS POISONING The majority of the suffered from as poisoning and

these presented a ghastly sight.

Bleeding from their eyes.

ears,

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At the first hearing, the accused confessed that he killed Miss Wex- ler because of a couple of eggs She Bought eight bad eggs an secided him for it. They quarrell- jed and fought and in the end I suppose I killed her."--Reuter and Special.

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Jemen

OVER THOUSAND RECRUITS

Over

1,000 · recruits turned up at St. John Ambulance Brigade Headquarters yester- day in response to the appeal published in the "Dally Press" on Monday calling for more recruits. especially European transport drivers.

POLICE

GROUND OPENED

RECREATION

nases and mouths, their blisteredbuted "largely.

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by monthly-sub-

limbs incapacitated, constantly scriptions. f from 10 to 30 cents

molested by swaring of files these to the cost of building the stands SOLUTIONS

gallant men suffered untold agony" around the football ground

and

t: in most cases merciful death to the cost of construction of the released

them. Malarial fever, barbed

which raged unchecked chiefly ground.. owing to the shortage of quinine. also took heavy toll of these in-.. domitable Chinese defenders.

GALLANT FRENCH NUNS

wire fence around the

HR EL TONG SEN

Mr. King thanked, on behalf of

the

the whole Force, Mr. Eu Tong-sen, "The hospital at Nanchang, run who had donated $20,000 to by the brave French sisters, made construction of the Pavilion, the

a deep impression on the visiting foundation stone of which will be group. The nuns had been moving lald next month.

missioner of Police..

FOR FUTURE

their

The Chinese vanguards Te-

entered Hwoshan early the follow-

ing morning, after an absence of more than two months. A part

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1938. —PAGE 9

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OF RUTHENIA Alleged Soviet.-

: Instructions

Rome, Oct 19. An Exchange correspondent declared that the document Soviet in- purporting to be strucions to the communist party in Ruthenia has bean

official fles

party." in

in hot pursult of the fleeing Japanese.

The Chinese vanguards, accord-

ing to "information from military

OF

REFUGEES

sources, have now reached Ching- Mr. E.M. Raymond

shan, ten kilometres north of Hwoshan on the Hwoshan-Liuan highway-Central News.

JAPANESE FAIL TO CROSS EAST RIVER

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of the East River should be made. at Sheking after the Bocca Tigris Torts have been reduced. But these operations will call for more Japanese troops than are at pre- sent fighting in Kwangtung. Therefore, pending the arrival of reinforcements. to be landed either at Blas Eay or within the Pearl River Delta, there will probably be no very considerable Aghting north of the East River.

* Takes Charge

the

At the request of Director of Medical Services and with the concurrence of the Emergency Refuges Coun- ell Me. E. M. Raymond of Holland House, Hongkong. Telephone No. 21673. has Kindly undertaken the or- ganisation of transport of refugees and materials, in con- nection with the Government Emergency Refugee Camp at Kam Tin.

It is requested that offers of the loan of lorries should be for- warded-to Mr. Raymond,

The following have kindly placed transport at the disposal of the Medical Authorities for the con- What plans the Chinese have for veyance of refugees from the four dealing with the Japanese lines of points of entry Into these ter- communications have not beenritories, namely. Castle Pèsk, disclosed by reports of guerilla Sheung Shul. Sha Tau Kok and fighting. However, this will be a Talpo, and fer the transfer of factor to determine the time when medical stores, blankets, clothes. the Japanese will be able to join etc., to the Kam Tin' Camp:- battle with the main Chinese forces Chinese National Red Cross between. the Canten and the Wal-Society (Dr. C. Y. Wu). chow zones.

SERIOUS OPERATION Despite reports from points along the coast that large numbers of small erafi·are “ moving in the direction - of Hongkong and the Pearl River Delta the landing of a division of men in the Pearl, River is a serious enough operation for the Japanese.

Their difficulty does not arise the actual manoeuvre in-

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BRITISH TROOPS ENTER

OLD CITY AT DAWN

Task Of Clearing Out Rebels Begun By Coldstream Guards

Jerusalem, October 19.

BRITISH TROOPS BEGAN THE TASK OF CLEARING OUT. RE- BELS from the Old City when the Third Battalion, Coldstream Guards, entered at dawn. "Clearing operations were continued . throughout the morning.

Up to 1 p.m. one member of the Coldstream Ginards and a British "policeman were wounded while it was reported that nine Arabs were

killed,

In consequence of the increased military strength, troops. are picketing the main roads between Haifa and Nazareth and in a num- ju ber of other centres.

New incidents include two ban- dits killed while trying to puncture

NO ASSISTANCE

New York, Oct. 19. The Cunard White Star Uner

the Iraq pipeline in Jordan Valley, Queen Mary to-day succeeded for and two Jews killed by satping on the first time. In docking without the Jerusalem-Tel-aviy Road,

the assistance of tugs. This was

Sentence of death has been

The Hongkong Christian Stu- volved but by the political signi-dents' Joint Association are or- ficance of the action and the re-ganizing eight units of Frontline quired presence of a large number First Ald Service Corps to meet

the urgent demands from the passed on an Arab for carrying a necessary owing to the strike of of Japanese war-craft within the

varicus fronts.

rifle are ammunition-Reuter. tugboats-Beuter. waters of the Pearl River.

The sum of $250 (Chinese cur-.. Chinese Divisional Com- mander in command of the troops rency) is to be appropriated to which carried out a fghting with-ach unit as a monthly allowance. drawal from Blas Bay to Walchow The various missionary" schools apparently fulfilled the task in Hongkong and Canton have been asked to contribute towards General Yu Han-mou and his this fund.

Each student is expected to give sta are clearly in control of the

minimum donation of five The Chinese

allotted to him.

TH

from place to place with the In conclusion. Mr King thank- Chinese army since the beginning cd His Excellency and all present of the war, deing all they could for the interest in the welfare of for the wounded. For their noble the Force that their presence al and unselfish work they have won the opening signifed. the undying, gratitude of the Chi-

published. "I have never subscribed to the nese nation.

lyric that a policeman's lot is not a The document is reported to situation. And this is evidenceda Consluding her story, which con- happy one. It has its difficulties be from the

at by the manner in which the re-cents monthly. inforcements of their own Provin- Evening Post. not but win for China the and dark days but they are for- Moscow and declared that the sympathy of all who read it. Miss gotten when the Government and communist

Ruthenia cial troops as well as those of Bhu made this moving appeal the community unite in such a have two solutions for the future Kwangsi were brought into line.

WOMEN SOLDIERS- The Japanese have now--com-" generous demonstration of their the country. One was for

а definite Interest. In the welfare of the autonomy within Czechoslovakia mitted themselves to

The district of Chaoan is going Police Force." concluded the Com- and the other free independence: direction of advance. And in spite to fall line in regard t, multary

The Soviets are alleged to have of the long line of coast which the training of the women populace. His Excellency, presented by Mr. recommended the Ruthenians to Commander of the 4th Route Army

Women of a certain age, be- King with a memento in memory, work for the first alternative and had to guard, and the uncertainty longing to the families of govern- of the occasion, thanked him and added that Ruthenia will be the of the direction from which the ment officials are to be drafted Central invader would strike, the Japanese frst, as an example to the villa- the members of the Forcë in advance fortress in

have been brought to a standstill short address.

Europe for the working masses.

within a week at the East River. This Exchange Speaking in humorous vein. His The

correspondent, Excellency dwelt on the possibility declared that this document will is a point which is some distance may be made to the following re- Mr. Eu Tong-sen with a suggestion openly favouring Hungarian an- bulk of which are probably still on find out the number of woman "All donations and contributions of Mr. King's having approached give Rome the opportunity of from their base of supplies, the the latest on Oct. 20. Inves

the ships, and which also gives the ceiving centres:--

that "a policeman's lot is hot al-nexation of Ruthenta: Reuter.

Cantonese Commander elbow room between the ages of sixteen and The Hongkong National Women's ways a happy one." thus arousing

in which to swing his guerilla units twenty five for conscription.-- Relief Association, Bank of Canton the sympathy of that benevolent

Wah Klu Yat Po-October 19. into action. Building:

gentleman that led to the dona-

for construction The Hongkong Women's

Sol- tion

(Laughter).

"Please urge the people of Hongkong to contribute gener- ously to aid us in this unequal war that has been forced upon us. Beg them to give of their wealth to help us buy gas masks, medical supplies and winter clothing. Even old gramophone records, to cheer the troops while resting, will be most welcome.

diers Relief Association, Wang Pavilion.

Hing Building:

and the Hongkong Chinese Women's Club, Wyndham Street.”

ARTILLERY

of

SOCCER, HOCKEY

the

TO MEET KING CAROL

Bucharest, Oct. 19,

PLANTS MINED

gers.

Their names are to be submitted

tigation is being carried out to

Canton, Oct. 19. Kwangoi troops continue to plants including the cement works The Polish Foreign Minister, stream through and 1 isat Salehuen, the $7,000,000. paper After tea, His Excellency kick-Colonel Beck, arrived here to-day estimated that 100,000 are already mill at Honam and the power ed-off in a football game between to meet King Carol.

in the railway, area while still more plant on the East Bund, which wil a Hongkong Police team and the It is officially stated that the troops are en route. Evacuation is be destroyed in the event of com- South China Athletic Association, eit is to emphasize the friendly proceeding apace-the evacueca in-plete evacuation of the city.

foreign On the hockey field a Polled team relations between the two coun- cluding

employees at

Meanwhile the Chinese authori.. faced the Hongkong and Singa- tries but it is understood that Chinese Government industrial ties continue to deny reports of Artillery Practice Seawards will pore Royal Artillery, the Police the real object will be Poland's enterprises whose homeward pas- Japanese süccesses stating that no ...be carried out from Pakshawan also playing La Salle College and desire to enlist Rumania's sup-sages have been arranged.

major push has yet been attempt. on October 20, 1938, between the the Hongkong Fire Brigade on the port for the settlement of Hun- It is understood that the Chinese ed by the invaders who are held up hours of 6 pm, and 12 midnight.

gary's claim on Ruthenia, Reuter.authorities mining various awaiting reinforcements-Reuter.

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