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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1938.

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JAPANESE COMPLETE WUHAN OCCUPATION FATHER RYAN TELLS OF

Warships Control River:

Main Body Of Land Forces Not Yet Arrived

Americans Safe In Wuchang

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Hankow, October 26,

THE JAPANESE TO-DAY COMPLETED THE OCCUPATION OF WUHAN, Their warships control the river and their soldiers the three cities of Hankow, Hanyang and Wuchang.

The main body of the Japanese land, forces, however, has not yei arrived. Twenty-six Japanese vessels are at present in the river, › comprising: 12 transports, six torpedo boats, three gunboats. four net layers, and quie mine layer in addition to numerous small craft.

About 20 Americans, who are in Wuchang, are safe. Last night, when Mr. Logan Roots, son of Bishop Roots, telephoned the U.S. Consul-General here, he declared that the situation'in Wuchan't was calm despite ocessional fires and explosions.

Walking along the Bund to-day. placed the soldier and dispatched

Reuter's correspondent saw Mrs, him to hospital. Simms Lée, American wife of a

Mrs. Simms Lee has given great i British clergyman, together with assistance to unfortunate Russian another foreign woman, assist a taxi-dancers, and recently sent broken-down and 111 Chinese several of their children to Hong- soidler across the road. A passing kong. naval

patrol commandeered # The financial position of these

becoming nearby pushcart, on which they women 13

acute, ELS cabarets have been deserted dur- ing the past few days.-Reuter.

SIR ARCHIBALD CLARK KERR

Possible Meeting With Chiang

London, Oct. 28. "The Foreign Office states that "the British Ambassador in China, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, has left Hongkong for Yunnanju

SHOUTS OF ITALIA"

Hankow, Oct. 26. Six Japanese destroyers emerged from the haze shortly after 2 p.m. and then anchored of the Bund opposite the former, Japanese Con- cession.

A few minutes later, three other Japanese warships appeared, and 20 minutes later about 100 soldiers stepped on the Bund of the Japan-

EGYPT TO BUILD FLEET OF 36 VESSELS

Cairo, Oct. 26. The Egyptian Government has decided to build a fleet of 36 vessels, comprising light cruisers, submarines and, mine layers, at a cost of £2,500,000, The construction will take two years.

It is stated that this fleet will be able to protect the Egyptian coast if the British fleet happens to be away... Reuter.

White Race Harder Hit Than China

FRENCH PRESS AND HANKOW FALL

Parks, Oct. 26. "The second defeated party harder hit that China hersell should be able to protect the paper “L'Epoque" commenting on the fall of Hankow, the re- percussions of which will be "immense throughout Asia.”

CUP OF AFTERNOON TEA

GUESTS AT the Repulse Bay Hote! enjoying their after noon tea. (Photo by Lelea)..

$2,400 Robbery Contrevent

At Central Wins From

Shop Field Of 28

"Petit Journal" is equally gloomy BUTCHERS' KNIVES

and comments that there must still be some people in France who have some knowledge of geography to know that Indo-China is not far from China.

They will recall that disunity in the great Western Powers always favoured the daring attempts of the Japanese united behind the Emperor and military leaders.

"Le Jour" also points to this]

ese Concession and marched to "moral" of believing that Europe. the gates of the former German will still play a big part in China Concession, and greeted Italian if she put an end to her own. where soldiers there with shouts of quarrels.

'Italia" and "Mussolini,"

The paper adds that if Japan

The paper concludes that neither

he le expected' to arrive on Wed- nesday evening. Part of the The sallors and soldiers shook can win a victory over herself she journey, was made en beard a hands. Later, the Italians, in ac- stands to win much British gunboat and the remainder cordance with the understanding by air.

It is further stated that with Father Jacquinot, of the re-Britain nor. Europe have yet lost the Ambassador may

everything-Reuter. possibly fugee safety zone, removed a small neet Generalissimo Chiang Kai- gun from the gates, leaving only shek...

two sentries,

It is stressed, in this connec- A Japanese destroyer then tion, that the Ambassador's steamed past the British Conces- Journey had been planned some ston, Bund, which was lined with time ago and that it is

Chinese. Reuter. con- acquently not to be regarded as the result of the latest military developments.

DESTROYERS ARRIVE...

Shanghal, Oct. 26.

It is authoritatively stated that The Ambassador. It is emphas-Japanese destroyers and mine- ised, has no Instructions concern sweepers have just arrived off the ing possible peace negotiations, former concessional area at Ran- Political circles here, nevertheless, | kow-Reuter.

'believe that if the Ambassador

meets Generalissimo Chiang Kai-

shek the question of peace nego-

tiations will be discussed-Trans-

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GUIDE TO THE NEWS

Pare 2-Bostman faces serious charges. Youth gaoled for attack on aged mother. Collision In Garden Road.

Theft of camera.

Paxe 3-Food page.

Page 4-News about the Ser- vices. Underground blood depots for Britain. New submarine launched. Lon- don's next Lord Mayor. Page 5-The cinemas. Cross-

word puzzle. Diary of local events. Band concert at Peninsula Hotel Page 6-Bombed HMB, Sand- piper visited. Czechoslova- kla and Bungary, Nazi'ac- tivity in S.W. Africa. Tong- kawan landing reports un- founded. Page 1 Women'a page.

Re- gistry weddings.

Page -The leading article..

Local

bospital scandal, Hello and goodbye.

Face 10" Trevessa": trophy race. Shanghai lose at lawn bowls, Sports flashes. Benior League soccer. Page 12-Financial page. Pare 13.-Radio programmes. Pages 14. 15-9hipping news

and directory.

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON LONDON: Is. 2 13/264. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 29 3/8. London Silver Market Our Own Correspondent). - London, Oct. 28. London silver prices to-day were down 1/16 as follows:- Oct. 25 Oct. 28 Spot...19-11/16 18-5/8 Forward......19-1/2

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THE YING -MEX TEA DEALERS. of 20. Mercer Street, were the victims of a daring armed robbery yester-, day evening wat eight o'clock, two men ermed with butchers' knives, bound and gagged the 49-year-old managing partner, El Pak- sun, took from his person the keys to the safe, and left with.... $2,400 in banknotes. Two store fokis, Chan Yik and Leung Yee, are also reported.missing since the robbery,

A man named. Cheng Ho, who was on the first floor of the starr when the robbers entered, brought

CESAREWITCH RESULT

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REFUGEE CAMP IN BROADCAST TALK

Sympathisers Generosity

Overwhelmed Workers PREVENTIVE WORK OF

HIGHEST VALUE

"THE INTEREST WHICH THE PEOPLE OF HONGKONG have shown in the refugees who recently entered the Colony, and the readiness with which they have come forward to help them h every possible way, demand in return that they be kept informed of the condition of the refugees and of the measures that have been taken to look after them. It is for that reason that I propose to tell you to-night something of the Refugee Camp at Kam Tin sero- drome," said the Rev. Father T. Ryan, S. J., Camps Administrator, in a broadcast talk from Z.B.W.-last night. Father Ryan continued:- Emergency Rellef Council was to That camp is, as you know, a organise a regular welfare service- Government camp, provided out of in the camp, and for this purpose public funds and placed under the a permanent supervisor was 'ap- control of a Government oficial, pointed to live in the camp, and Dr. K. C. Yao. The Government as his assistants he was given the has entrusted the direction of the service of several voluntary Welfare Work in the camp to the workers, most of them supplied by Emergency Relief Committee, and the YW.CA

it is from the angle of this work. DAZED AND TERRIFIED that I shall mainly deal with it.

When the refugees arrived at The Kam Tin aerodrome is thirty miles from Kowloon, a few terrified. Most of them had fed the camp they were dazed and miles beyond Un Löng. It is when bombs began to drop on huge expanse of level ground ad- their villages, as the heralds of Contrevent, Hidden by Tucker,mirably suited for the present oncoming troops," and they

Landon, Oct. 28.

were

a 100 to 7 chance, to-day won the emergency. As soon as it became unable to give any coherent ac- Cesarewitch ran at Newmarket evident that there was going to be count of what had happened in beating Dubonnet (Corden Rich-an indux of refugees. large the previous days.

ards by one-and-a-half lengths, substantial matsheds were erected. the same distance separating the and in a very short time there was second horse from Fet (E. Smith) adequate sccommodation for all which came third. Infeld or who came... 24 starters...

The betting on Dubonnet, was 100 to 7 and Fet, which won the race in 1938, 9 to 1-Reuter.

WORLD THRIFT

DAY

EVERY NEED -MET The greatest number was some- thing close to three thousand. The direction of the Camp was under the Medical Service and every need was met most efficient-

ly

traught, for they had got Many wero almost dis-

separated from their friends and relatives and did not know what had become of their homes or their loved ones. The most that could be offered them was the shelter of the camp, and there they more calm.

TEW

From day to day there was A

A number of members of the 8t. visible change, they became more London, Oct. 25. John's Ambulance Brigade were in settled and eastly fell in with. More than 6,000 anving institu- attendance and have done yeoman regular life of the camp, though three Indian police constables toons, in about 30 countries, will service in a hundred ways ever all the time they looked forward the scene of the crime.

take part in the World Thrift Day since. Other voluntary workers to returning as soon as possible They released L and severa be observed next Monday. The presented themselves in the early and gathering the rice harvest fokis, whom they found bound and aim is to focus public opinion all hours when there was so much to which was just ready for cutting. gagged on the second floor of the over the world on the fundamental be done, the most notable of these Most of them brought very few building.

importance of thrift for the ad- being a group of schoolboys from belongings with them, only the In his statement to the police, ancement and welfare of indivi- the Chung Hua Middle School, few things that they could hastily Li related that he

was on the duals and nations.

their Headmaster, who snatch up, and among the things verandah of the Arst, floor when Celebrations are co-ordinated by worked untiringly for over a week. that they brought were

men being admitted the International Thrift Institute.

Their place has since been taken ducks and hens. by Chan Yik, one of the missing-British Wireless."

by boy scouts. The task of the.. (Continued on Faze (9) Tokis. The three

he saw two

went up the stairs to the second door.

GAGGED WITH BAMBOO About ten minutes later the

C. N. A. C. PLANE MAKES three men came down again. The

EPIC LAST FLIGHT

FROM HANKOW

Journey To Chungking By Light Of Burning City

Chungking, October 28.

THE EPIC STORY of how the last C.NA.C. plane left-Hankow for Changking by the fight of the burning city last night, while Jap anese troops were actually inside Hankow, was revealed, here to-day

̈ A flying boxt yesterday afternoon flew to Hankow in order to pick up the CNAC. staff there who stuck at their posts III the last moment.

The Chinese pilot arrived safely, people as possible from Hankow. but found the city burning He Four Douglas airlinera have been picked up his passengers, but as dying continually by night. They

two robbers were armed with butchers' knives. One of them pinioned his arms as the other took hold of his neck. They Eagged him with a piece of bam- bbb attached to a string and tied his wrists with wire behind his back.

One of the robbers cut off two keys from his girdle.

He Was then pushed into the kitchen. Chan Yik, the toki, paced about the floor, but did not take any part in blading him,

Fifteen minutes later Cheng Ho arrived with the thres Indian Constables. Released, Li examined the safe where he found the key in the lock, the safe open, and the

money missing.

ARTIFICIAL NO MAN'S LAND

the plane was not equipped for would reach Hankow late in the Being Created By

night flying he stood by to wait aftertioon, make several trips dur- for dawn before leaving for Chung-ing the night," and leave the last king.

time as dawn broke.

During the evening, the heat of the burning bulidings grew so tense' that he feared the machine might be endangered. He also learned that the Japanese troops were actually in thẻ city.

the light of tins of burning petrol Night landings were made by

on the bomb-pitted airheld

Russia

Washington, Oct. 28. According to press reports Rus-

il

under

many

"We Have Lost The Honour We Have

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Not Gained In Tranquillity"

Mr. Lloyd George.

FUKIEN COAST SHELLED

sia is creating a vast artificial no

Foochow, Oct. 28, man's land in her western borders. Twenty-two Japanese naval ves-

A belt of territory measuring sela steamed

and by Amoy

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Lloyd George Breaks Long Silence At City Temple

London, October 28, ME. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, the former Liberal Prime Minis ter, broke a long silence when speaking at the City Temple...

The famous' sigtesman declared that the relief experienced after the Munich Agreement was now beginning to be suffused with a sense of shame that peace had been purchased for the price of conscience" and honour.

Speaking of Czechoslovakia, Mr. Lloyd George, said: "We handed- over a little democratic State in Central Europe, wrapped in. 县 Union Jack and tri-colour, to, & ruthless dictator who would deny freedom bath to Czechs and Ger- mens alike." unt

Dealing with Abyssinia, China and Czechoslovakia, the former Prime Minister said,

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"We have descended, during these years, the ladder of dia... honour rung by rung-can we go any further?”.

SPECIAL COURTS IN SHANGHAI

Puppet Regime. Seek Control

Shanghal Oct. 28

The puppet regime in Nanking has again made attempts to regain The failure of the air, alarm

control of the two special courts system during the last few days from a few miles to a hundred Quemoy" on Monday and several of -- He took off on the Yangtze, sometimes caused the planes to ap-miles in width has been deforested them started a bombardment of shared in the short thrill of ro

Mr: Lloyd George added, "We an and an appellate court in the International Settlement and the therefore, by the light of theproach the airfield while the Jap and cleared of inhabitants on her. Taimel, Biatles, and Luwution. Her which passed through the the effect were delivered to the French Concession-Letters to flames, and flow as far as 120 anese were actually bombing it or frontler with Poland, Rumania, three small villages on the main country when we realized that three courta miles up river, where he land- had just left.

Latvia and Fathonia.

land, for a considerable timme..\ had been spared, at any rate for Similar conditions for night Railway tracks and bridges have Seventeen of the Japanese ves some time, the horror and squalor the puppets threaten to use landing were enforced at Chung been destroyed and a chain of forts sels have since steamed Away, of war, but we have lost the honour force to recover the courts, which This climaxed a week of strenu-kins, but there was not a single will be erected along a line facing leaving only five near Amoy-Cen- we have not gained in tranquility," returned the letters unopened. -- ous effort to evacuate as many accident reported-Reuter.

the frontiers-Router.

ed in the river in pitch dark-

tral News.

Reuter

International,