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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1939.

GERMAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS SHOWS SIGNS OF STIFFENING

HITLER'S ASSERTION OF BLUNT

NON-AGGRESSION AGREEMENT IS DENIED

Foreign Comment On Speech Described As Stubborn

BERLIN, April 30 (Reuter)-The tone of the Ger- man press showed signs of stiffening against Poland' last night, while foreign comment on Herr Hitler's speech is being studied, the complaint against such comment being that it is unreasonable and stubborn.

It is understood that Herr Hitler will not deal with foreign affairs in his speech on the May Day celebra- "tions..

POLAND

NAVAL MIGHT AT GIBRALTAR

GIBRALTAR,' April 29. (Ren- ter)-Five mora French waze ships arrived in Gibraltar yea

DEMAND terday including the 22,000-son

AMERICAN VIEW ON

HITLER'S SPEECH

NEW YORK, APRIL 29 (REU-)) ... TER→THE "NEW YORK TIMES” SEES AS MOST DISTURBING FACTOR IN THE SITUATION, Herr Hitler's blunt demand for "lving space," which, unlike the earlier German doctrine of racial unity, cannot be made without conquest.

far as is known, no new defence precautions have been taken.

Not trade, but Empire is Herr Hitler's Foal.

FORCED INTO OPEN

battleship, "PIOTERCO,"

There are now three. French battleships among the assem- bly of war crafé In Gibraltar harbour, while a large number of British and French warships. are near Gibraltar.

The border between France and Spain was suddenly closed yesterday with no reason given.'

A considerable number" of Spanish refürees who жето making their way home, were turned back,

NEW METHOD

章月伍年政拾棄的政千查案

War In China

OF GENERATING

ELECTRICITY

Latest Discovery By Old Scientist

LONDON, Apell 30 (BW8)--|| new discovery in the methods of generating electricity has been placed before the Physical Society in London with the ob ject of suggesting further re- -search.

* The discovery has been made. by Sir Ambrose Fleming, the eminent ́scientist, now in his -ninetieth year, He was the Inventor of thermonis valve -used in wireless, telephony,

CHINESE STORMING

TSUNGYANG CITY

Two Stations On C.-H.

Railway Recaptured

CHANGSHA, April 30 (Central)-Chinese forces driving westward by the Tangshan-Tsungyang high- way, in south Hupeh, have reached Tsungyang and are storming the city, according to field reports.

In an engagement in the suburbs the Japanese suffered heavy casualties. They withdrew into the city where they are making a stand.

Other Chinese units from Tungshan on a forced march in a northwesterly direction suddenly made their appearance on the Canton-Hankow Railway be- tween Sienning, and Tingszechiao yesterday morning. Braving heavy Japanese shelling, they attacked, the railway stations at Sienning and Tingszechiao and re- captured both of them.

· mountain

MR. EDEN OFFERS His new method of electrifica- tion consists of allowing powered WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reu- HIS SERVICES TO silica to fall through a tube on to |ter)-Official views on Herr Hitler's WAR OFFICE a perforated zinc plate, this ac- tion creating positive, electricity.

Japanese troops in 12 steamboats; ter-attack the Chinese. After a WARSAW, April 30 (Reuter)

speech are stil reserved.

General attitude, however, seems LONDON, Apr 30 (EWS). This current is then transferred tried to land at Buayung, on the bitter battle, they were defeated --Official circles here denied

to be that President Roosevelt's Anthory Eden on his appointment to a condenser, consisting of two west shore of the Tungting Lake and retired to Anyl. Chinese war Italy's Moves

In north Hunan yesterday morn booty included two -the reports circulated by cer-

initiative, far from clouding the as a Major in the Rangers, an- metal plates with a thin layer of ing. They were repulsed by the guns. 350 gas shells, three light tain foreign agencies alleging

ROME. April 30 (Reuter)-Gen. atmosphere, has clarified it, by nounced in the London Gazette, ebonite between them.

Chinese troops guarding the shore. machine-guns and 60 rifles.. that Britain sent a note to von Brauchitsch, Commander-- forcing Herr Hitler more and more offered his service to the War Sir Ambrose Fleming told the Poland pointing out that the Chief of the German Armies, ac- into the open.

HIGH COMMANDER. Office In any capacity.

JAPANESE REPULSED.... The Rangers is a Territorial Society that if these plates, are

A high. Chinese commander Anglo-Polish agreement was companied by a number of Ger-

A Japanese unit which attacked Answering one of Herr. Eitler's

his old regiment, The separated their capacity is reduced whose name has not been disclosed Chuluhup, 20 kilometres north of not concluded with the inten-man Staff officers, arrived here charges, President Roosevelt's Unit of

and

potential correspondingly is reported to have arrived at the Hokshan, was repulsed yesterday. tion of encouraging the irresesterday evening.

secretary stated that thirteen and Kings Royal Rifles, in which he

raised. They could thus obtain Chinese front line at Nanchang to It retreated to Hokshan. concilable attitude on Po- At the meeting of the Italiana half hours elapsed between the served during the war.

electricity at very high potential direct operations. Cabinet yesterday, Il Duce report- ume that the message was sent to

Mr. Eden has recently been to

In a recent night, rald on the Bevere fighting continues to rage. Japanese military headquarters at land's part to reasonable pro-ed the decisions taken by the Chier Herr Hitler and the time it was/Tidworth uridergülug a refresher of many, thousands of volts, posals that might be made to or the General Staff and the

The city is surrounded by Chinese Tungkun the Chinese killed 30. her by Germany.

on three sides. Headed by a diy Japanese and set the ammunition sional commander Chinese depot on fire. "dare-to-die" corps captured

FIGHTING CONTINUES Shengchinta, a vantage point at

Fighting rages unabated at 27- Firea are still raging Inside the Yuncheng and the Chungtao city. By duplicating the hour-glass In an effort to relieve Chinese The Japanese have been con- Instruments and creating four pressure on Nanchang, Japanese tinuously sending reinforcements spokes of a wheel, it was possible troops were massed yesterday bein continuous supply of electricity at tively 20 miles southwest and 23 afstance is strong. high potentials,

miles west of Nanchang, to count

Poland's Reply

It is expected that Poland wii reply to Herr Hitler early next week.

Col. J. Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister, may make a speech on. foreign affairs at the same time

that the German memorandum is answered formally in Berlin.

Herr Hitler's assertion that he proposed a twenty-five year non-aggression agreement and a joint German-Polish-Hun- garian guarantee to Slovakia is denied and it is felt that Herr Hitler is trying to create difficulties between Poland and Britain.

The official attitude towards the Danzig motor road through the Corridor to the Free City ∙appears to remain' unchanged. It seems as if Herr Hitler's in- tention was to try the Polish nerve and he failed.

Finance Minister as regards the expenditure of a large part of the special defence appropriation of ten inilliard lire, which was eur- marked in December last.

An uninformative reference in a

made public.

President Roosevelt may reply to Herr Hitler's speech Lu one of his fireside broad- casts to the nation.

communique to the hew appro- Friations allotted to the Army is WATER OF LE

believed' to 'refer to the decision to

spend five milliard Ire over, it is HAVRE HARBOUR

stated, a period of ten years.

This expenditure is chara- IS POLLUTED

terized by the commentator Signor Gayda last night as an- other concrete Italian reply to the Democratic pulley of en- cirèlement of Italy and Ger- many.

HITLER'S SPEECH USELESS

PARIS, April 30 (T/Ocean)--The water of the harbour of Le Havre has been polluted by chemicals which formed part of the cargo of the liner Parts whose wreck Is partially submerged in water alongside a pler of the French Line's docks. The freight of the ship. it is pointed out, included a

.

LONDON, Apr. 30. (T/Ocean)-consignment of pulverise sodium

In a leading, article the "Obser- | cyanide. ver's" famous editorialist, Mr. J. I

This chemical, which is a dan- | Garvin, sharply criticizes the gerous poison, dissolved when statements made by Herr Hitler in water entered the submerged part bis Reichstag spech Mr. Garvin of the ship. The authorities of the declares that Hitler's speech was port of Le Havre have taken steps useless since the arguments put to assure that no fish are caught missed the point by in the harbour as long as the water evading the real issue.

is polluted.

According to the "Hurjer Wars- zawski. Herr Hitler's speech had the effect of increasing the sub- scription to the defence loan. So forward-

NEW COLONEL

FOR THE GORDON Anglo- French Guarantees

HIGHLANDERS

LONDON, "April 30 (Reuter) — | Major-Gen. Sir James L. G. Bur-

Will Be Extended To Latvia,

nett, of Leyt, has been appointed Lithuania And Estonia

Colonel

in the Gordon High- landers with effect from June 1, In succession to Sir Ian Hamilton. who is resigning.,

Major-Gen. Sir James Burnett, CB., C.M.G., D.S.O., served in the Bouth African War from 1899 to 1902 and in the European · War from 1914, to 1918, when he was severely wounded and received the DAO. In 1917 he was promoted Lt-Colonel of the 1st Gordon highlanders and from 1923 to 1920 commanded the 2nd Battalion the Gordon Highlanders. In 1927/28. he was in command of the "T4th Infantry Brigade of the Shanghai Defence Force. He was born on April 1. 1880.

JAPANESE SUFFER. 300 CASUALTIES

AT TAIKU

LONDON, April 30 (Reuter)-The diplomatic cor- respondent of the Sunday Times" says it is under- stood that, among the questions the Cabinet will con- sider to-morrow, will be a report by the Foreign Secre- tary, Lord Halifax, on his latest conversations with M. Maisky, Soviet Ambassador in London, in which they " are believed to have discussed the "Soviet proposals, namely, that Russia join the Anglo-French guarantee to Poland and to Rumania and undertake to assist Britain and France should they, or Holland, Belgium and Switzerland, be attacked.

FOODSTUFF PRICES

RISING

IN SHANGHAI CHUNGKING, Apr 30 (Central)

"Britain and France will extend their guarantees to cover Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.. All these will be reciprocal pledges to be embodied in" an Anglo-Franco- Russia 'military alliance. ·

The correspondent,, understands i -As a result of control over sales that Moscow is prepared to forego and imposition of heavy tazes by any pledges in regard to the Far the Japanese and puppet authori- | East.

tles, prices of principal foodstuffs

in Shanghai, especially pork, are

rising sharply, according to

STAN, April 30 (Central)-Sub-Shanghai report.

jected to two days encircling

ese at the southern suburbs. of

庭

It is hoped that the British Government's endeavour to for-

mulate a compromise scheme,

which will meet the requirements of Poland and Rumania, will be

of.

attack by the Chinese, the Japan- WINDSORS IN PARIS tacitated by a modification of the Taiku, central Shansi town. 13 PARIS, April 30 (T/Ocean)The Polish objections as the result of miles south of Taiyuan, have Duke and Duchess of Windsor Herr Hitler's denunciation

the Polish-German non-aggression suffered some 300, casualties.

arrived here by motor car trom

pact. Braving Japanese fire, the Chinese Cape Dantibes where they spent broke through the Japanese barbed-the last two months. The Duke wired entanglements and took and Duchess proceeded at once to Rajendra Prasad, possession of two blockhouses, their Paris residence in Boulevard Right Wing views, was elected Their war booty included two light Suchet which is close to Bois de President of the Congress, say, a

Reater message from Calcutta. machine-guns, and about 100 rifles. Boulogne.

who holds

course.

CHINESE

To prevent waste of power and to allow it to be used again and again, he had devised an instru ment similar to the hour-glass. Having allowed silica to fall in ane

a

SUCCESS AT direction, the instrument was re- the southeast corner of the city, cheng. Estabelen, Wenst. Angi and?

NANCHANG

versed and, the process repeated.

Mountain Range ui south Shandi.

RAILWAY STATION to rotate them and thus obtain a tween Anyl and Fenghisin, respec- Chinese. However... Chinese

an effort to clear up the

OCCUPIED CHUNGKING, April 30 (T Ocean)-Chinese reports here on Saturday afternoon affirm that the Chinese succeeded in capturing the railway station at Nanchang, following the oc- cupation of the airport in the neighbourhood of the city.

It is stated that severe fight- ing is going on in the outer districts of the city and that Japanese, reinforcements hastening to Nanchang from Kluklang.

are

The reports add that the Chi- nese troops now encamped in the hills west of Foshan are offering resistance to further enemy ad-

vances.

FURTHER PROGRESS

AN UNDISCLOSED PLACE IN NORTH KIANGSU, April 29 (Cen- tral)-Further progress in the Chinese offensive in north Kiang- su is reported in field dispatches.

In addition to Haimen, Shayang. has been recaptured by the Chi- nese while Hwatyin and Hwaian are besieged by them. Panchal, a point between Hwaiyin and Hwal- an, has also returned to Chinese control

GUIDE TO THE NEWS

INTERPORT SOCCER

MANILA BEAT HONGKONG

IN ARTIFICIAL LIGHT

re-

PRESSING ON FOWNING After the recapture of Tungkan- chen, north of Fowning in north Kiangsu, the Chinese are pressing on Fowning itself.

U.S. BUILDING WORLD'S FASTEST

Lee Wai-tong Hurt: Will BATTLESHIPS

Not Be Playing Again

MANILA, April 30 (Reuter)--Manila avenged their defeat by Hongkong in February this evening when, in the first official Interport football match played in artificial light here, they defeated the Colony by three goals to one.

Misfortune dogged the visitors before the outset. Leung Wing-chlu, who it will be recalled sustained an fijury to his leg in the match between South China "A" and the Navy, was unfit to play while Lee Wal- tong was injured five minutes after the start.

Soviet Plane Forced Down

MACHINE BADLY WRECKED

Manila won the toss and Hong- kong were immediately, on the

offensive, Hau Ching-lo, left wing.

missing an open goal the open

ing minutes after which Lee Wal-

tong was injured and had to leave the Aeld.

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Renter) —A BH¡ allotting funds for the construction of two of the world's fastest battleships, both of 45,000. tons and costing between $75,000,- 000 and $105,000,000, is expected to come before the House of Repre- | sentatives next week, after:· ap- proval by the Appropriations Com- mittee.

The Bil will also permit the purchase of 250 new naval planes, besides allowing for the construc- tion of at least six destroyers and six submarines to be started.

Chinese Raid Japanese

After treatment, Lee returned Aerodrome

but was a passenger throughout."

CHENGCHOW, April 30 (Central)

In

a lightning raid on the

NEW YORK, Apri 29 (Beuter)~ The home team then took up the The Soviet plane, with AL. Hok-offensive but were unable to break kinak at the controls, which w through Hongkong's back line Japanese aerodrome at Changteh attempting a flight to New York which was excellent successfully on the Peiping-Hankow Radway. 231 kilometres south of shihchia- clearing time and again. The in- from Moscow, is reported to have trval arrived with the score sheet chang, on

April 16. Chinese made forced landing south of

guerillas damaged eight of ten Hudson Bay.

The Soviet airmen" were taking an entirely new rute for the night, a considerable part of which wag over the Arctic and Atlantic Ocears.

blank

Manila pressed throughout the second half scoring" twice before A. V. Gosano' netted the Colony's solitary point.

Japanese planes placed there.

Taken by surprise, all the twenty Japanese guards, were captured alive.

Upon the arrival of Japanese On the whole, Manila were faster reinforcements the guerillas had The fight was being made in and the wings were very speedy. already withdrawn Wed-

connection with the New York Their final goal was scored just captive. World's Fair.

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RELIEF FUNDS

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with their

before the whistle.

Hongkong's backs were standing but the absence of Leung Wing-chiu was felt

out

BOXER SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS CHUNGKING," App. 30 (Central)

mediate linen the inter- The Bokshan Chamber of Com- The artificial light did not seem-Competitive examinations Vazor merce in Hongkong decided at a to bother the visitors, pat the selection of students to purane meeting yesterday, afternoon to Hongkong will meet La Salle advanced studies in England on |remilt || $15,000/ (Chinese currency) Club on Tuesday and Yeo Athletics | scholarships from the Sino-Britian

to Hokahan District for the relief on Thursday. The Interport din Bozer Indemnity Refund will of refugees.

held at Chungking, Kunmin ner will be held on Wednesday.

It also decided to authorize the The Hongkong team will visit Shanghai and Hongkong on July Hokshan District Government and Bagine mountain resort on Friday 23-an 24

* Registration for participa

the charity organizations in Hot where they will play an exhibit the examinations will be helds.

shan to use a, deposit of $10,000 game: "(Hongkong currency) of the Cham- † - Lee Wal-tong will not be playing at Chimgleing and Shanghal f ber for relief purposes.

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