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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1939.

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GERMAN

U.S.

RESENTMENT OVER

PRESIDENT'S

ADDRESS

MR. ROOSEVELT ACCUSED NEW PUPPET

OF "PLAIN LYING"

At Allusion

Annoyance At

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To Religious Persecution

BERLIN, MARCH 5 (REUTER)-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS AGAIN

ROUSED THE ANGER YESTERDAY. OF GERMANY BY HIS ADDRESS" Semi-official comment accuses the President of "plain lying," especially in his remarks about religious per-". secution.

CHIEF FOR CANTON

CHINESE PLAN TO COUNTER-ATTACK (From Our Own Correspondent)

CHUNGSHAN, Mar. 5-MY.

Wen Tsung-yao, the so-called

Legislative Yuan chief of the

Nanking puppet government, is

reported to be coming to Can-

ton to head a new regime here

in place of the one headed by Pan Tung-yuan, who is,too obscure a figure" to" command any respect.

The same source also resents the President's allu- sion to the "free press.” .. WASHINGTON; March 5- TWO MAJOR DIFFERENCES

The two major differences be-

Puppet officials in Canton are (Reuter)Mr. Roosevelt to- day stressed the benefits en-tween these forms of government sald to be frightened by recent were the democratic principle tree appearance of Chines guerilla joyed by Americans under a choice by body policy and the units in the northern and eastern democratic form of Govern-freedom guaranteed to the United outskirts of Canton. The city is ment and compared them States democracy under the Bill of deserted after dark, as the popula with those of peoples living Rights."

tion is afriad of sudden arracks He sald under personal rule" when he

that he wondered

by the mobile units. Besides, addressed the Congress on whether the American people ever thieves, robbers and kidnappers are the occasion of its 150th paused to compare the "blessed rampant

right of trial by Jury" with some birthday.

High military commanders such

PATTACKED

CHUNGKING Mar 4 (Cen-

despatch

tral)--A Shanghal

received here to-day reports

an attack on another Chinese puppet by anidentified milants.

25%

Shan Su-ping. so-called director of education in Kis- shan, on the Shanghai-Hang- chow- RailwRY in "Cheklang, Was attack and meriously wounded in the outskirts of the town on Thursday, He. was sent to hospital in Shang- hai yesterday.

FIERCE

FIGHTING IN CENTRAL HUPEH

Poison Gas Used... By Japanese

CHUNGSLANG, HUPEH, Mar. 5. (Central)-With the inten- tion of foreing their way to Chungslang, the gateway to Ichang, Japanese troops in Central Hupeh are throwing their main pressure on the "Kingshan-Chungslang highway. of the processes of trial punish-as Gen. Chang Fa-kuel, Yu Hon- Several engagements have taken Mr. Roosevelt added: ***The

ment which lately have been remou, Là Hon-wan and others held place at Sunchiao, north-west of United States will give no en-incarnated from the justice, of the a military conference somewhere in Kingshan. Polson gas is alleged to couragement to the belief that our dark ages.

North Kwangtung yesterday in have been liberally used by the processes are worn out or that we

connection with the present coun-Japanese in their attempt to dis- will approvingly watch the return

NEW YORK, March 5 (Reuter)-ter-attack on the Japanese post-flodge the Chinese. of forms of government which, for Herr Wiedemann, who arrived heretion in the vicinity of Canton. two thousand years, have proved en route to San Francisco to take their tyranny and their instability up duties as Consul-General for allke."

Germany, declined to discuss" poli- Roosevelt Continuing, Mr.

tics and said that his only aim was asserted: "There is * vast "goodwill." chasm between our representa-

- tive democracy and those by

reversion

to "personal- rule.

which has characterised these recent years.

"GOODWILL" AIM

The work of several Hongkong artists attracted grant atten- tion at an exhibition, held" at the Gallerie" de Boutie, Paris, which closed on Wednesday. Among those whose pictures were included in the exhibition were:-Above:--Mr. Les Byng (left) and Mrs. A.-N. MacFadyen; Below:---Mr. Pau Shlu-run (haft) and Mr. Luis Chan...

Though poorly equipped against GUNFIRE HEARD

poison gas, the Chinese have been The troops of the 12th Army able to hold back the Japanese Group are launching apother assaults. attack on Tsengshing, north of the On the Hankow-Tchang highway East River, and gunfire was heard the Japanese are also meeting with Conversing with reporters he said that Herr Hitler "made a very last night at Puk Load Tungku stubborn resistance from the Chi-7

The Chinese forces are moving good soldier" when he despatch runner under him dur- their new guns for storming the Japanese position in Tsengshing, ing the Great War.

which was quiet until two days

was

BRITAIN'S ARMAMENTS: GERMAN FEARS ALLAYED

BY AMBASSADOR

"COLOGNE, March 5 (Reuter)-A reply to fears ex- pressed to him from Berlin in regard to what guaran- tee there was that "your armaments would not be used later for a deliberate attack on Germany," was made by Sir Nevile Henderson, British Ambassador, in his speech at a dinner given in his honour on the oc- casion of the founding of the local German-English Society.

*

Slr Nevile referred to Mr. Chamberlain's speech in the House of Commons that British arma- ments were for defence alone and also the declaration by Lord Hall-!

Ego.

nese,

the

Another point of bitter conten- on is Sanyangtien, west of Han- kow. On Friday, about 400 Japan- Over 100 Japanese soldiers were ese casualties were inflicted in a killed in an engagement with a bitter encounter. Under further regiment of the 12th Army Group une there is reported to be waver-

Chinese pressure

Japanese

at Bunkai and Sunmenfor, about 35 miles north of Canton. The enemy retired to Taluk, leaving behind the dead and many rifles and machine-guns.

ing.

SITUATION IN SHANSI YUANKU. SHANSI, Mar, 5 (Cen- tral)-After a' brief occupation' by The Japanese have built several

2,000 Japanese troops from Hung- pontoon bridges across the Westtung in shansi, Kintauichen, west River at Hoching, according to a

of Hungtung, has returned to communique. At Kluktang, the

Chinese control. The Japanese Japanese are storing up arms for suffered considerable casualties in an expected drive westward.

SURPRISE

FOR ARAB

surprise was

the encounter preceding the Chi- nese recapture of the town.

TSENGSHING SECTOR

SHIUKWAN, KWANGTUNG, Mar, 5 (Central) Chinese troops launched an attack against the

in the Tsengshing sector, in Kwangtung, at dawn yesterday morning.

OF

WARSAW CENTRE

DIPLOMATIC ACTION

Poland To Make Definite Claim To Colonies In

Three-Power Front

LONDON, MARCH 5 (BEUTER)—THE PRESENT PERIOD OF APPARENT QUIESCENCE IS NOT LACK- ING IN DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY WHICH, NONETHE- LESS IS INTERESTING FOR BEING PARTLY VEILED. Diplomatic correspondents do not expect an overt development until the Spanish war is sufficiently Liquidated to permit Mussolini to disclose the extent of his claims against France. None risks any firm pró- phecy as regards the nature of the claims though some profess to see; grounds for the hope that they will be predominantly political rather than territorial. Interest in the present diploma- has just arrived at the head of a

BRITAIN'S AMBASSADOR TO

DELEGATES Japanese stationed at Lalchingan, NATIONALIST SPAIN tax in the House of Lords that no LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter)--It is

Party and no statesman in Eng-understood that a LONDON, Mar, 5 CT/Ocean)-land would for a moment contem- sprung on the Arab delegates at Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson, plate, an aggressive war or could the conference between "the Bri- who has been appointed first, Bri- ever get any support for such a tish Government and the Arabed on the Japanese line. Fighting tic activity centres on Warsaw. mission. The main subject for dis- tish Ambassador to Burgos, enjoys policy.

Committee yesterday in the form

The According to a Rome despatch cussion, according to the "Sunday the reputation of a gifted diplomat

Ол the other hand, added of a proposal from the British continued in the afternoon." of younger school. diplomer Neville, every British Party Government for a government in rumbling of cannons was audible Signor Gayda, who accompanied Times" Warsaw correspondent will Count Giano,- Italian Foreign be the attitude of the two countries years of age he began his diploma- tic career by accompanying Lord statesman, and individual would, Palestine during what 15 kcer in Poklo..southeast of TsengshinMinister, thither, has just returned to Russia on the one hand and to

Balfour in 1821-1922 as his Private self-defence, always be com- as the transition period.

pelled to resist forcibly any threat It is stated on good authority Secretary to the Washington Conto their independence or their vital that the proposal involves the

interests.

in

to the more

ference and was later attached to

division of Palestine into two or the British representations

Sir Nevile referred

canton's and provision for Washintgon, Sofia, Frague, Tokyo and Madrid. He played a pro- remark made by Herr Hitler on houses of legislature of which one minent part in the Laval-Hoare February 1 that Anglo-German will be the lower house in which Agreement.

co-operation would be fortunate for the Arabs and Jews would be re- Sir Maurice knows Spain from the whole world and Mr. Chamber-presented roughly in the present the time he was First Secretary lain's reference thereto and also proportion of the population.

Blackburn's speech

The upper chamber would be to the British Embassy in Madrid to Mr. in 1931, the year of the abdication February 22 when he agreed with similarly composed but it is un- Herr Hitler that he could think of derstood that the methods of of King Alfonso.

nothing which would conduce more reaching decisions will differ in the greatly to the establishment of two houses In the lower bouse world peace.

It would be by majorly while in The Ambassador concluded by the upper house decisions, would urging his hearers to work to be reached by Arabs and Jewi gether with him for the realisation voting separately.

FRENCH AMBASSADOR

IN CHUNGKING CHUNGHING, Mar, 5 (Central) M. Henri Cosme, new French Am- bassador to China, arrived here from Kunming by a Eurasia plane this morning. He was greeted at group of the aerodrome by a Chinese officials and oicers of foreign Einbassles and Consulates in Chungking

of this high endeavour...

11 KILLED IN BORDER. CLASH

од

JAPANESE DEFENCE WORKS DESTROYED YUNGYUN, KWANGTUNG, Mar. [4... (Central)

defence Japanese

P

work near Old Bamshul City have HHINKING, Mar. 4. (Reuter)-been destroyed by Chinese gueril- Eleven Soviet soldiers were killed|les,

The French envoy will pay his this morning during attacks on a The Japanese at Fatalen, 25 first offcist call on Dr. Wang Manchukuo frontier post 120 miles miles north of Canton, forced the Chung-hui, Minister of Foreign north of Manchull. The border Chinese able-bodied men to or- situation is reported to be more ganise themselves and help to pro- Affairs, to-morrow afternoon,

The date of presentation of tense as result of "constant Bortet tect the Canton-Hankow Railway credentials to Mr. Lin Sen, Chair-foraya,”-day Morn

against Chinese guerillas attacks. man of the National Government, No Manchukuo" losses are re- Instead, the Chinese took up their

{ported in to-day's engagement.. arms and joined the guerillas. has not yet been axed.

Braving heavy Japanese artillery| bambardment, they steadily press-

GUIDE TO THE NEWS

Page 2,-All-time record divi- dend at Valley Races. Home football résulta, Colony tennis championships.

Page 3-Kwangtung admin- istrative" programme. The Bervices.

Radio

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grammes. Page 5: Cinemar Cross- word puzzle. Diary of local events.

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6 Women's page. Newsetter. Page 7, Commemoration service for Germans, Chun- Shing. graduation function. Education Committee ap pointed. Combined concert cancelled. Page 8. Leading article: Japan's immense war bud- get.

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sults.

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