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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PEACE EFFORTS:

War Not Inevitable: Friendship Desired

Hope Of Averting World Disaster Not. Abandoned

AND

LONDON, MAY 29 (REÜTER)—WILLINGNESS TO HOLD OUT THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP TO THE GERMAN ITALIAN EX-SERVICEMEN, if their governments make it pos sible, but determination to defend the liberties of Britain if she was attacked, was expressed by Sir Frederick Maurice, in his presidential address at the annual conference of the British Legion.

Sir Frederick Maurice saty that! It was obviously impossible for them to renew the contacts they had made as long as the press of Germany and Italy were abusing Britain

the world," he declared. "She propues peace and it is to peace that she will sincerely. devote her effort,

PIRACY NEAR SHANGHAI

SHANGHAI, May 29 (Reuter -Pirates, from junks, boarded the Portuguese steamer Tejo, near Woosung, yesterday after- noon, and decamped after rob- bing the passengers of all their o Cash" and valuables.

GERMAN LINER WAS STOPPED

“HUSH-HUSH” ALLEGED

LONDON, May 29 (Reuter) "In spite of the renewed threats-The "China Press" learns He added: "We are willing to and uncertainties of the present that a Japanese warship, on renew our contacts, but let there hour, France does not wish to May 24, stopped the Shang- be no mistake about this: if our abandon the hope of saving peace," hal-bound Hamburg-Amerika country is attacked, we are going The American Ambassador, m

liner Sauerland, shortly after to defend it to the last; if our reply, declared that "to Americans,

the "Aramis incident. liberties are threatened. we are as to all great peoples in the going to fight for them: and if Western World, the acceptance of our friends are menaced, we are war is a less horrible, alternative going to stand by them.”

than the acceptance of enslave-

.

Peace Resolation MELBOURNE, May 29 (Reuter? --Sixty-thousand Catholles attend-- ed a mlly marking the climax of the Pope's Month of Prayer for Peace.

The speech was punctuated by ment." cheers by thousands of delegates.... French Desire PARIS, May 29 (Reuter)— France's desire to live

in friendship with all men WAS stressed by M. Daladier, the French Premier. in a speech at the inaugural ceremony of the new American Legion morial, in Neuilly Cemetery,

Me-

The gathering fervently cheered every utterance by speakers that war could be avoided by the will

world.

M. Daladler said that they of the peace-loving masses of the never had the pretention of pre- senting themselves as a prédes- tired race which was superior to all others and capable of enslav ing them.

Mr. R.G. Menzies, the, Common- wealth Premier, undertook to for- ward to the Governments of Great Their greatest happiness con- Britain, the United States, France. sisted on the contrary, in feeling Germany, Italy and Poland, and themselves stmilar to the noblest also to the Vatican, the resolu- most peace-loving among tion declaring that war was not inevitable and appealing for friendly discussion on interrra- tional problems and an end of the armament race.

and them.

Peace. Effort

"France is not playing a double game the map of

OVER HUNDRED CASUALTIES IN SHEKKI RAID

Direct Hit On"

Rice Factory

Democratic Informality

KING AND QUEEN DINE WITH PRESS CORRESPONDENTS BANFF, MAY 29 (REUTER) DEMOCRATIC INFORMALITY REIGNED IN THE HOTEL when Mr. Mackenzle King, Premier of Canada and the Government en- tertained the Royal Entourage and over 3 hundred journalists and photographers to dinner..

The whole company joined "în community singing songs.

of popular

three At the end of

It is learned from a reliable source that during the recent air raid carried out by the Japanese planes in Shekki, no fewer than 100 persons were killed and wounded...

Following the arrival of four Japanese planes, approaching the city from the direction of Tong kawan, on the afternoon of May 24, a second squadron of planes, joined in the rald.

the evening, Their Majesties "met the newspa- Several bombs were released at per correspondents as they were Hakee, Cheong Thai, and Tin Yee leaving the dining room and chat Wharf, causing a number of civited informally with them, after Lan casualties.

which the correspondents broke into rounds of applause as Their Majestic's entered, the lift.

A rice factory in Sheungki, was the direct target of a bomb, re- leased by one of the planes, and After attending early morning nine persons at work in the service. Their Majesties left the factory were killed..

hotel at 10.30 am (local time) The Japanese also inflicted and motored in an open heavy casaultles on the fruit stalls through the

car Rockies to along Fung Ming Road with Louise, 40 miles west of Banff, machine-gun Are..

where they will rejoin the Royal train en route to Vancouver.

Another attempt by the Jap- anese to destroy the Kipshek Bridge proved unsuccessful.

Lake

A pusher jocomotive was hitched on to the Royal train to help it up steep mountain gradients.

in

months.

The Japanese boarding party examined the Sauer- land's papers, it is stated, and remained on board for twenty minutes.

The German Consul-General in Shanghai fs reported to have strongly protested to the Japanese authorities.

HUSHED UP?

CABLES

Subtle

Italian Plan

STERN SOVIET WARNING

AGGRESSORS WHO "DARE TO ATTACK”

ROME, MAY 29 (REUTER)— SIGNOR FARINACCI, FORMER SECRETARY OF THE FASCIST PARTY IN HIS PAPER REGIME FASCISTA," advises Italians living in France to yield to the alloged French suggestions that ther should enter political parties there and then, at the right moment, create confusion and disorder in the enemy's centre,” "He adds: "One hundred men attacking in the rear can obtain greater results than 1,000 soldiers fighting from the front."

govies Warning" MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuter) ~~ Further satisfaction with the ap- propriations for defence was ex- pressed when the Soviet Council continued its debate of the Budget for 1939.

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The Deputies warmly applauded the speech of Deputy Vesnin, who, It is added that the matter was In referring to the deferice appro hushed up. but that the news priations, said:

"Let all Fascist leaked out and was positively con-aggressors remember once and for Armed following the Sauerland's all that technical equipment of the arrival in Shanghai,

Red Army, multiplied by the cul- tural level, good marksmanship and courage of our men, constitutes an invincible force against which Chinese everyone who dares to attack our

IMMERSED

IN POOL OF MIRACLES

"IRON LUNG" BOY'S RELIGIOUS FAITH

LONDON, May 29 (Reuter)- The Iron Lung boy, Suite, was actually immersed in the Holy Water on his second visit to the Holy Grotto yesterday, He was taken to the baths next. to the Grotto at an hour when they "are" usually closed and with great care was removed from his "Iron lung" and supplied with a lighter apparatus.

He was then placed on a stret- cher and immersed in the water, which comes direct from the miraculous spring.

Joined In Prayers During the immersion he joined in the invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary recited by the Priest.

Afterwards Bnite was put back to his "iron lung," feeling none the worse for his immersion. He gazed for ten minutes in hig special mirror at the shine, while other pilgrims recited prayers in- voking Our Lady of Lourdes.

Saite was then brought back to town between rows of people who prayed for his recovery. JAPANESE FORCES IN KWANGTUNG

total number of Japanese forces KWEILIN, May 29 (Int1)-The operating in Kwangtung is about 50.000 men, according to an est- mate made here to-day. river deltas are bluejackets, while Those detachments near the

units from Formosa. A good many the bulk of the Japanese are army of the soldiers are Koreans, Formo- sans and natives of the Three Northeastern provinces.

mostly by naval landing parties, Hainan Island is garrisoned was who are in control only of the

Engineer, Public east and south-coast,

"I trust that this gift, compara- tively small as it is, may mean something more than a mere xx- A decree midi, to be made ab- pression in terms of money, for solute with the money, this country con-granted to Richard Patrick Brad-towns and villages along the north, veys also its whole-hearted co-ley, Executive operation in the well-being of the Works Department, Straits Bettle- Empire and its fervent bope that ments, against his wife, Una Alice long may it prevail in peace and Bradley, on an order made in dignity as a bulwark against the terms of the petition by Sir Percy forces of lawlessness and disorder," McEwaine, Chief Justico, in the declared Col. Cecti Rae moving the High Court last week. The co- $4,000.000 vote to Imperial Defence respondent was Mr. EL. Spooner at the meeting of the Federal Ellingston, of the Posts and Tale Council of the Malty States. graphs Department, Malaya.

CRASH GIVES FRANCE NAZI PLANE SECRETS

The crashing of a Nazi warplane in France has presented the French Air Ministry with full detalls of one of Germany's latest air secrets...

It was a twin-engined fighter carrying four machine-guns. It fell twenty miles from the Swiss frontier, near Pontarller.

Both men on board were dead. They wore civilian clothes, but in their pockets were military papers.

French..experts who inspected the plane were surprised to find that Germany had twin-engined fighters. They thought that only their own air force used these powerful new type fighters. News that Britain uns experimenting with a twin-engined fighter to do more than 400 miles an hour was published In France recently, but no information about it has been issued in this country,

U.S. MEXICAN" LAND PROBLEM MEXICO CITY, May 29 (Reuter): A cheque for $1,000,000-the Aren of nine similiar annual payments for foreigners whose and has been expropriated under Mexico's agrarian development programme, will be handed over to Washing ton on May 20, 2

The joint American Mexican commissions which are estimating the final amount payable for the seized land are at present in recess. Some sources suggest that insurmountable difficulties have been encountered, but that Mexico Is complying with the spirit of its agreement with the United States.

EMPEROR OF ANNAM PARIS, May 29 (T/Ocean)-Ba6

beloved fatherland will break his

head." "

Continued form Pare 1

forces equally strongly entrenched across no man's land. On the Tungting Lake, Japanese bluerjackets made several un- successful attempts to land at Luchio on the east bank to 01 the main railway line. Early yester- day morning, eight Japanese arm-1 ed launches steamed up to the west bank and tried to land at Mashanpu, east of Hwayung, but were beaten on by the Chinese shore defence,

CHINA'S HEROIC Bank the Chinese rear

RESISTANCE

British I.P.C.'s Message

CHUUGKING, May 29 (Central) "China's berole resistance to ag- ression, now development victori- ously, is the most hopeful fact in the whole of to-day's worldwide struggle," declared the British I.P.C., in a message of greetings to the Second Annual Meeting of the Chinese IP.C., which has just been received by the IPC. China

Branch,

The British I.P.C. is now start- ing a fresh large-scale campaign

to ald China.

ATTACK IN NORTH KIANGSU

HINGHWA, KIANGSU, May 29 (Central) A Japanese attack on Santsalkow, in northern "Kiangsu, was repulsed with heavy losses by Chinese militia last Thursday, it is reported here.

Reinforced, the Japanese have commenced "a fresh attack and

fighting is reported to be con- tinuing.

About 100 Japanese blue- jackets landed on Wafanfang, on the Sherang River east of Fowning, from two Japanese gunboats recently, and have clashed to

with the Chinese militia there.

TEXT OF MESSAGE „ The full text of the message is as follows:

"China's beroic resistance aggression, now developing, vic- toriously, is the most hopeful fact in the whole of to-day's world- wide struggle. You are winning a a battle which is our battle also...

"In saying this, with grate- ful homage, we recognise that our Government has not done what in our view it should have done either to aid China, or to restrain Japan. "The British peace movement the British Government to extend has, as you know, sought to induce aid to China on an adequate scale, and to withhold war supplies and purchasing power from Japan; we wish that these efforts had been more continuously sustained," and achieving their object. had been much more successful in

"At present a further effort is being undertaken in which the British section of IP.C. will play you, our colleagues; we owe it to an active part. We owe this to the victims at Chungking: we owe to ourselves.-LP.C. British National Committee,"

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VETERANS MAY JOIN RAF. AGAIN

The Royal Air Force are tryins to find a lost legion of 300,000 mén, They are the retired veterans of the service the N.C.D.'s and pri vates who were in the Royal, Fly- ing Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, services are needed again, but the and the wartime RAF Now their Air Ministry do not know where to and them

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Missions At Ichang All Safe:

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Bombicial Tells

Experiences

CHUNGKING, May 29 (Central)-Although Ichang

Of

has

be

been severely bombed by the Japanese In the past few months and large sections of the town have been laid waste, the foreign missions at Ichang have miraculously escaped serious damagu or loss of life, said Mr. George Fitch, of the YMCA, on his recent return to Chungking from a visit to the downriver bort. The most interesting of the for over 20 years, has remained many stories that Mr. Fitch at her post and refuses to LOYANG, May 29 (Central)-brought back with him is that frightened from her duties. by The Chinese counter-attack on the of the double escape-or the same Japanese aerial attacks, central Hupeh front along and day of Deaconess Riebe of the north of the Hankow-Ichang high- American

'Damages, according to Mr. Fitch, Church Mission. On were also sustained in the past way continues to claim regional the morning of April 26, Dea-few weeks of successive bombing gains from the Japanese,

coness Riebe was in the Sulhsier and Tsaoyang, the two pound of the mission school when and the Franco-Belgian Catholic com by the Scoth Presbyterian Mission important north Hupeh towns the air raid alarm sounded. which were lost to the Japanese

Mission. The Scoth Presbyterian

panese "pincer-movement" and re- children in her care to shelter. compound yard, but none were during the early part of the Ja- took charge and shepherded the the explosion of a bomb in its Deaconess Riebe immediately Mission was damaged slightly by

turned to Chinese hands after a scarcely had she seen lightning counter-stroke, are now safety when str bombs landed which adjoins Deaconess. Riebe's "their burt. The Catholic Mission," cleared of enemy traces, and within the confines of the com-home, was damaged to the extent normaley has returned to a wide pound itself area in north Hupeh where the herself was unhurt, but of the here, too, no one was hurt

Deaconess Riebe of several thousand dollars, but situation was tense a week ago.

The many Chinese who had taken re- other two missions in Ichang, fuge in the compound quite a the China Inland Mission and the number was wounded and one was American Luteran Mission, are killed.

still intact.

Over 1,000 Japanese at Yang- klakang, beaten back by Cal nese fresh troops, are retreât- ing in disorder toward Chung- slang, the Japanese base of operations on the Hankow- Ichang highway.

to

River Front Bombed

Miss Rasario Puno and Dr. Jose

In the afternoon, Deaconess Riebe left the school compound and went to her home which is Another report states that the half a mile away and fronts the Picelo have chosen June 10 for Japanese at Shungslang have river. The Japanese planes returned their wedding date in Manila made preparations for retreating and this time bombed the river The bride-elect a popular mem-

eastward along the highway to front instead of the city proper ber of the local younger set, is

Chingshan, four truckloads of men and supplies having been seen "moving out from Chungslang.

NEW TAX IN CANTON

SHAOKWAN, May 29 (Tat')){ Exploiting in every way the people

The raid look Deaconess Riebe by surprise as she was standing in the compound of her home. Four bombs fell in her immediate vicinity. One of them wrecked her home, a second exploded sunt distance away in the com pound, and a third partly des troyed the servant's quar-

the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Cle-

mente Funo of Guagua, Pam- ranga, and Manila Dr. Piccio, who is from Hollo, is, the resident physician of the Mean and de la Rama sugar Centrals in Negros,

The King and Queen were ex- pected to reach Vancouver yester in the occupied area, the Japanese 18 feet of the spot where she was plate of the engine. Their Majes

day. During the train journey the The fourth bomb landed within mountain scenery from the foot

King and Queen saw the beautiful military in Canton are levying standing and tore open crater ties stayed in the driver's cab for since they gave up working for acre) of rice field in the outskirts in the ground 12 feet wide and six 40 minutes Renter reports from their country and went into pri- of the city. rate employment they have scat if the tax is not paid, ronias other debris, but the Deaconess

feet deep The explosion milled the London air about her with diving stones and tered all over the country. Many have gone abroad.

The 49th annual parade of cart Dat. Emperor of Annam, according horses took place in London yes- to reports from Saigon, left his terday, reports Reuter. There were Capital on Bunday by French 500 entrants which is 75 less than plane for Marseilles to pay a state last year but the quality of the visit to Paris.

animal is "bigh kat

tax of $20 on each mow (Chinese

will cause all manner of inter- escaped with only minor injuries. ference. The held is also liable to The wall which dividen ber units, be damaged by Japanese cavalry pound from that of the

church was demolishe furce of the same bomb.

In the districts south of Canton,

the Japanese are saldo haver Remmined At Post placed poison in wells whenever Desconese Riebe

A Chinese, named Ng Lung, aged

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they are forced to beat a retreat Montana, who has been in China