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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938.

拜禮

PUSHING TOWARDS

CHINESE FORCES

CANTON FROM THREE DIRECTIONS

JAPANESE ON DEFENSIVE

IN KWANGTUNG

Guerillas Support Troops In East River Area

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

Chungshan, December 7,

Chinese forces are pushing towards Canton from the north, east and west, the plans having been decided at a military conference held in Kwangsi. Vernacular reports stated that the troops com manded by Generals Wu Chi-wei and Yeh Shao have reached Shao-. kwan in north Kwangtung, while the vanguard detachments located at Fakang and Tsunghua, about 40 miles north of Canton.

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"Victory Can Only Come

If We Fight On," Declares

Dr. Hu Shih In America

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New York, December 7. Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese Ambassador in Washington, addressing the the Lawyers' Club in New York, at a luncheon given in his honour, said, "After the fall of Hankow there were thoughts of taking what- ever peace was offered us, but, there was no chance of peace that... ... would reasonably be acceptable to the Chinese people. We had to Bight on. Both time and geography are on our side but victory can

EXCITEMENT IN only come if we fight on."

ST. FRANCIS HOTEL

FIRE APPLIANCE

Are

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Several divisions of the Fourth Route Army, under Gen. Yu Han- mou, are participating in the thrust from the north: The division under Leut-Gen. Li Chin-chlu, of the Fourth Route Army, is located along the West River and will join in the attack on Canton.

On the East River, the on- verging forces are under the com-

THREE BANK CLERKS mand of Lieut-Generals Huang

ABSCOND

Shanghai, Dec. 7. Three bank clerks have absconded with large sums of money ranging from $7,000 to $15,000. Two dance hall hos- Lesses are also missing.

It is reported that the absconding bankers ran away. with the taxi dancers. All three of them were regular patrons of the local dance halla-International,.

DIFFICULTIES OF REMOVING TRADE

BARRIERS

"London. Dec. 7.

are

Tao and Chang Jul-kwal. They are located around Chae On. 'Ho Yuen, Hing Ning. These towns were heavily bombed on Saturday and Sunday. These forces supported by guerilla units under the command of Gen. Yip Ting. Commander-in-Chief of the new Fourth. Army, which operated in the Japanese rear in the Shang- hal-Nanking and Shanghai-Hang- chow area.

Other guerilla units have resum- ed their activities along the Can- ton-Kowloof Railway r d the East River Valley. The irregulars rald"} ad Sheklung on Monday night and

ed over ten Japanese soldiers. One machine-gun and eight rides were captured.

Oncouraging sign is that during the past two weeks the Japanese troops in Kwangtung The United States Ambassador have lost their initiative and are in London, M. J. P. Kennedy, placed or the defensive. For fear spoke at Plymouth last night on of attack they have built the diMculties of removing trade trenches around Canton and doƐ- barriers,

ted them with pill boxes.

Mr. Kennedy said: "All of us must accept some responsibility fo some of the conditions which now prevail.

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Upper picture shows the team captained by H. Owen Hughes (third from left)- which drew with the Combined Schools XI. (below) ou the Club ground yesterday afternoon.

The Schools' XI was jed by J. L "Youngsaye who is seen standing fourth from the left (Photos A. A. Kahn).

19,250-TON

AIRCRAFT

CARRIER

new

New Vessel Of German Navy

JAPANESE LOSSES

Shanghal, Dec. 7.

BLUECHER NOT IN CHINA

Official Chinese Denial

Chungking. Dec. 7.

SUMMONED

Residents in the St. Francis Hotel were given a shock shortly after one 'o'clock this morning when fumes were seen " emanating from the Dairy Farm Company depot on the ground floor of the hotel building.

The clerk on duty communicated

"In a prolonged war," he added, war but which would have denied "the time will coine when the in-them, independence. ternational situation may change The colonists achieved Anal (in our favour,'*

success because Washington and The Chinese Ambassador com- his colleagues continued to fight pared the Chinese forces' recent on for six whole years and as they reverses with the early struggles of fought the international situa- the American continental army. tion changed in favour He described the Sino-Japanese cause," he concluded.-Reuter. conflict as a "revolutionary war." and said that China was now in a position similar to America dur ing the war of independence.

of their

TRIBUTE TO GENERALISSIMO

Chungking, Dec, 7.

In a leading article yesterday. Dr. Hu Shih drew a parallel when the "Journal de Shanghal" pald the United States refused Eng-a glowing tribute to the leadership » land's peace offer, which would of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek |have prevented four more years of during the present crisis of the

| Chinese nation.

The Journal," which £5 the

with the Fire Brigade and one ap- ADVERSE EFFECT leading French morning paper in

pliance manned by two European cancers and several Chinese was almost immediately on the scene.

To gain admission to the depoti the firemen had to break the pad-

ON TRADE

lock of the door leading from the P. And O. Chairman

lobby of the hotel.

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Investigations, revealed.. that the wiring supplying current to one of the cold chambers had fused.

damage. however. was negligible although, the room was full of fumes by the time it was broken into.

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The fumes were caused by the overheating of a dynamo nearest to the front showcase. «

On Far East

London, Dec. 7.

The adverse effect on cargo and passenger trade owing to the Sino-Japanese and Spanish wars was cited by Sir Wil- Ham Crawford Currie, chair- man of the P. and O., 'at 's general meeting.

Shanghal, stated that the great- ness of Chinese soldiery is best attested by its unremitting will to resist in spite of overwhelming dificulties. Furthermore, the spirit of the Chinese people has never been higher. Despite repeated re- verses, their determination to fight on is not shaken.

The paper went on to say that the Chinese government has done all that is possible in the develop- ment of communications in the rear. The success of this huge task-the-paper attributed to the leadership of the Generalissimo...* Sir William said that owing to Despite 1 number of minor unsettled conditions in the Far Successen, the paper concluded, East the volume of cargo outward Japan is still far from having won dwindled considerably during the the war, and her intention not to past year. This was offset to some recognize General Chiang's au- extent by the increased rates of thority would seem only to indicate freight on certain conimodities. her unwholesome appraisal of the state of affairs, Central

EMBARGO ON

COTTON YARN

AT TSINGTAO He said that export trade to true

Shanghai, Dec. 7.

he reported.----Reuter.

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MEDWAY DANCE

SUCCESS

China had been dislocated but News. China's powers of recovery were It is learned that the Japanese such that, given peace, he was The rumour that Marshal Blue- at Tsingtao have placed an em- Berlin, Dec. 7. cher recently participated in an bargo on entry to the port of cot-confident that trade would resume its normal course within a short China ton yarn, starting from yesterdaytime after the end of hostilities. The arst of the two aircraft important conference in

The H. M. 8. Medway and Fourth fairriers of the new navy which and demanded participation of First intimation of the ëmbargo

Holiday trame from India and Subma.ine Flotilla dance at the w!!! be launched at Kiel to-mor- icaders of the Chinese Communist was given yesterday when the Jap- China to Japan, which was on the Peninsula Hotel last night attract- A list compiled by the Chinese row, the anniversary of the Battle Party in the Chinese Government, anese naval authorities, informed upward trend, had disappeared, ed an attendance of some 300 press of Japanese losses during Falkland Islands, has a dis- is categorically denied in Chinese October and November in the Lolacement of 19.250 tons, 2020 feet official circles, here. yung area, Honan province, states long. 72 feet wide with a normal that 18 officers, including one maximum speed of 32 knots but it Lleutenant-General, and 1,785 sol- is believed that she can exceed diers were killed, while two officers this by six to eight knots. and 685 soldiers were wounded and three, officers and 70 soldiers taken by specific Industries and felt at prisoner-Transocean. once. That is what makes the reduction of trade barriers so dif- ficult"

"Some of us, however, have seen the error of our ways and have offered to join other nations in the reduction of excessive trade bar reis. It is a long and kara job.

"It is so easy to create barriers that it can be one with a stroke of the pen and nobody then feels the blow. The removal o trade barriers, on the other hand, is felt

Concluding. Mr. Kennedy said that the fact that the basis, for

MATCH DRAWN

Durban, Dec. 1.

Oficial circles point out firstly, that Marshal Blucher is not in China:

secondly, that China and Russia She carries 40 planes, is equipped are mutually pledged not to inter with 16 6-inch guns, 10 heavy anti- fere with each other's domestic aircraft 4-inch guns, 22 light anti-and political affairs, and aircraft guns and has the same thirdly, that China, on the basis armour plating as heavy cruisers. of the League Covenant and the A similar vessel will be launched Niac-Power Treaty accepta openly shortly and two more are expected any assistance from League mem- in due course.bers and the United States, on the basts of the League resolutions at the Brussels Conference. without any secrecy or discrimination. Reuter.

to be ordered

many of our problems was econo- The cricket match between Na-Reuter. mic, and therefore within our tal and the M.C.C. tourists Wa power to solve, should encourage us drawn, Scores:-M.C.C. 458 (Hut- to hope that a solution would be ton 108); Nata) 307 and 30 for no found---British Wireless.

wicket-Reuter.

LOCAL MERCHANT HONOURED

Prior to his departure for Home last week, Mr. P. W, Pate, of the firm bearing his name, was entertained to dinner by the directors of the Eurasia, Mercantile Corporation which has taken over Mr. Fate's interests here. Standing from left: Mr. S. J. Chung, Mr. Griffith W. Chen (Bub-Manager), Mr. 0. M. 14, Mr.. G. E. Young. Eliting from left: Mr. Wỹ K. Tang, Mr. C. G. Lynn (Manager), Mr. P. W. Pate (ruest of 'honour), and Mr. Hudy Young.

ROSYTH TO BE RE-OPENED

London, Dec. 7. The Dockyard at Rosyth, which for 13 years has been on the cars and maintenance basis will, it is un- derstood, be re-opened at an early date.

Rosyth was the main naval base during the last war-British Wire- less.

ADMIRAL POUND London, Dec. 7. Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, Com- | mander-in-Chief of the Mediter- ranean Fleet since March, 1036, will not be relieved of his.com- mand at the expiration of his three years' service and it is un- derstood that his tenure of com-1 mand will not terminate before | May, 1940, at the earliest.—British

Wireless

COPPER QUOTA

DECREASE

London, Dec. 7.İ. Copper producing companies restriction operating under the scheme announce that the quota will be decreased to 105 per cent, effective from December 15, and to 100 per cent as from January 1. 1939-Reuter,

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GUIDE TO THE NEWS

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Page 2-Boftball notes. Hockey. notes. Tennis visit to Saigon. Training gallops.

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Soccer forecast for week- end. KF.C. win lawn bowls match.

Page 3-Radio, programmes: News about the Services. Hongkong Naval Yard site. Britain's new £3,000,000 aircraft carrier. Page 5 The cinemas. Cr088- word. Diary of local events. Page 8 Women's page,. Wed- dings at the Registry. Woman medical pioneer. Page 7-Quarry Bay School Police Station tragedy. Re- fugee fund swelled. Junk piracy in Chinese waters, Funeral Pop.

Page 8-The leading article:- Rivers remain closed. Hello and goodbye.

Page 10-Food page. Pages 11, 12 and 13-Finance

and commerce.

Pages 14 & 15-8hipping news

and directory,

a British chip that Its cargo of cotton yarn could not be given an unloading permit although such permit had already been secured from the Japanese authorities al the point of loading.

CONDOR TO BE SALVAGED

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Manila, Dec. 7. German "Condor" plane

people. among whom were Cap- tain C. B. Barry. D. S. O., Co- mander H. S. Murray-Smith, and Commander and Mrs. H. V. King,

Arrangements for the dance were" Pressed for further information,

in the hands of the Medway and Flotilla Entertainment Committee. all the Japanese authorities would state was that "permit for the en-

and the music was provided `by"·· try of cotton yarn is being with which made a forced landing and the Medway and Flotilla Dance held for an indefinite period.”.

By a strange coincidence. Jap be taken to pieces after salvage

sank in Manila Bay yesterday will Orchestra.

It is claimed for the Committee been recently publicising speechee anese commercial papers have and reshipped to Germany.

that they are the first such com- by Japanese cotton magnates who sherboats near Cavite, the crew man" system of advertising for a After being rescued by native mittee to employ the "sandwich" had been stressing the fact that were brought to Manila in a life- dance, and it may be claimed for Japanese cotton mills in Tsingtao, boat. They will stay in Manila as the orchestra that they proved gutted by the Chinese at the be-guests of the German Consul till equal to the occasion in an un- ginning of the hostilities were now they continue the journey to Ger usually varied programme of dance mostly restored and were "working many by ship-Transocean. to capacity."---Reuter.

SPAIN REPORT

Salamanca, Dec. 7. The Nationalist Spanish Head- quarters issued the following re- port late last night.

"From the various fronts there is nothing new to report. Nationa- list planes bombarded Barcelona on Monday, serious conflagrations being caused. Two enemy pursuit planes were shot down, The Na- tionalist planes returned to their base."-Transocean;

THE DOLLAR

TT. ON LONDON: 3s. 2.7/80. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 20.1/18.

London Silver Market

(Our Own Correspondent).---

London, Dec. 7, London silver. prices to-day were down 1/16 for Spot and unchanged for Forward as fol- lows:-

Dec. 6. Dec. 7, 8pot....20-1/8 20-1/18 Forward.....19-7/16, 19-7/16

numbers.

NEW BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER

An unusual view of the British Navy's newest £3,000,000 aircraft carrier, Ark Royal. She made her bow as a unit of the Navy at Portsmouth, and will make her maiden cruise when she takes part in the spring manɔeuvres of the Home Fleet. (Story on Page 3).