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PROVOCATIONS

ANTI-BRITISH

MOUNT THROUGHOUT

OCCUPIED CHINA

Britons Are Refugees. In Shansi; Shanghai Incident Brings Protest

PEIPING, JULY 30 (REUTER)—PRACTICALLÝ ALL BRITISH MISSIONARIES HAVE BEEN. DRIVEN OUT OF SHANSI, though the fate of a few in South Shansi is unknown, as they have not been heard of since the

its anti-British campaign assumed present intense form.

Sixteen British missionaries from the Baptist Hos-" pital in Taiyuanfu, were forced to leave by the anti- British movement and are at present marooned in Shihchtachuang. "Floods have completely disrupted traffle on the Peiping-Hankow railway, along which they were en route to Peiping.

The Peiping police to-day visited all Chinese shops, in- structing them to remove British goods and pack them away as they would not be allowed to sell them.

It is learned that several Chinese "guilds met secretly last week and passed a resolu- tion against the boycott of

Federation Scheme For India

British goods, stating that PUNJAB PREMIER'S

business was bad enough as It was and that they had notified the leaders of the anti-British campaign to this Peffects. SAMA

SHANGHAI PROTEST

PROPOSALS

HONGKONG, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1939.

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BRITAIN'S FAR EAST POLICY MAY SOON FOLLOW U.S. LEAD: PRESS TONE STIFFER Parallel Economic Action Effective: "Observer"

YROL

"This exodus is completely voluntary and is to be assisted by the two Governments, both at the point of departure and of arrival"-Signor Gayda.

FLOOD

DANGER IN NORTH

LONDON, July 30 (Reuter)—“It was recognized in British diplomatic quarters yesterday that the Améri- can abrogation of the commercial treaty with Japan was of the highest importance, not only in itself, but in its bearing upon the contingency of British policy which might at times be constrained to decide on a like step, declares the diplomatie correspondent of the "Observer."

New Admiral

Of The Fleet Appointed

The paper adds that it re-. cognized; that parallel econo-

weapons would be of immeasurably greater value than either one of them separately could hope to 'be.

While the Tientsin confer- ence is actually in session, LONDON, July 30 (Reuter) there can be no question -Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, of the British Government G.C.V.O., KC.B., C.B., First | following the American exam- Sea Lord, has been promoted ple, but a fater, possibility in

ceed Admiral Sir Ronald factor in the Far Eastern Tyrwhitt, who is retiring. situation and, "It is surmised,

CHINA Admiral of the Fleet to 'suc- that sense has now become a

GROWS AS MORE DYKES COLLAPSE

ROYAL VISIT

TO BELGIUM LONDON, July 30 (BWS)- SIMLA, July 30 (Reuter)- Details have just been made

Arrangements are in prepara- available of an alternative of King George and tion in Belgium fer the state

scheme for an Indian Federa tion, prepared by Sir Sikander Hyat Khan, Premier "of the Punjab.

is

The scheme, which aims at the SHANGHAI, July 30 (Reuter) attainment of dominion status for

The British authorities are India within twenty years, protesting to the Japanese described as an attempt to meet. against "the erection of as far as possible. the various in criticisms of the Federation Plan barbed-wire barricades North

off as embodied in the Government of which the four "Seaforth India Act. Highlanders were arrested on Saturday afternoon.

Kiangse

Road,

The plan groups provinces and states into seven zones, each con- sisting of one or more provinces.

It is contended that by the contiguous states, and each erection of these barricades the Japanese are violating the British sector.

zope would have a regional legis- lature, consisting of representa- Lives of its provinces and, states.

The arrest of the Seaforth High- The representatives of all re- landers caused a panic among thegional legislatures would collective-

Queen Elizabeth to return the recent visit of King Leopold to the Court of Saint James.

Their Majesties will, it is understood, make the journey to Ostend on October 24 in a warship. proceeding by rail to Brussels," where King Leopold will greet them and drive in procession to the Royal Palace.

The visit will extend over three days.

NORTHWEST FRONTIER CLASH

South Hopei Districts Inundated

CHUNGKING, July 30 (Cen- tral) The flood in North China is becoming more serious, according to a Tien- tsin message.

As a result of breaches in the dykes along the Futo River and the South Grand Canal,

districts many

in South Hopel are lying under. water. These include Lung- ping, Nanho, Pinghsiang, Jen- hsien, Pahsiang, and Chulu. The flood is spreading to Yungnien and Feihsiang, dis- tricts further south.

Many farmis along the South Grand Canal are inun- BANNUS, NORTHWEST FRON-dated and not a few farmers Chinese inhabitants in the neigh-fly constitute a unicameral federal TIER PROVINCE, July 30 (Reuter) are understood to have been bourhood. Hundreds of them eva- legislature, having the same num-Rebel tribesmen to-day attacked drowned More than ten cuated and are now homeless. ber of members and the same pro-British troops at Razmak. The villages at Yanglinching, nine The situation was very tense portional representation as under latter opened fire, killing three and miles west of Tientsin, are before the Seaforths were released. the existing act.

wounding five.

|submerged, while a vast area British

About 800 yards of telephone north of Yangtsun, 18 miles

As

reinforcements and steel-helmeted Japanese blue-

The scheme envisages direct

:

JAPANESE PLANE OVER HONGKONG

A Japanese monoplane, bearing a red circle under each wing, was seen flying at an altitude of about 1,000 feet over: Takuling, In the New Territories, about 10 a.m. yesterday.

Takuling is. near Lin- mahang, where the Hong- kong Mines are situated, and is only a few miles west of Sheungshul..

Some alarm was "at first created among the vil lagers by the appearance of the plane, which even- tually flew off in the direc- tion of Bocca Tigris.

Japanese Coal & Oil Concessions

jackets patrolled North Klangse outset with defence and foreign the Dera Ismail Khan Bannu, under water.

associations of Indians from the wire were cut or removed along north of Tientsin, is also lying NORTH SAGHALIEN Road awaiting developments.

relations. Earlier messages stated that Japanese bluejackets on Saturday

afternoon arrested four Seaforth

Highlanders who were cutting up CHINA WAR NEWS:

barbed wires in an alleyway in the British sector near the northern boundary In the International Settlement.

A British army truck was also stated to have been seized.

After two and a quarter hours of negotiations on the spot between British Army and Japanese naval officers, the arrested Beaforths were released. *-*

It was stated that the Beaforths: had unwittingly entered an alley- way within the Japanese-occupied area off the British defence sector.

HITLER TOURS SAAR REGIÓN.

FORTIFICATIONS

BERLIN, July 30 (Reuter)

According to a communique, Herr

Bannu-Razmák roads.

SOUTH HUPEH SUCCESS: JAPANESE HONAN DRIVE

MEETS STIFF RESISTANCE

เ

PINGKIANG, HUNAN, July 30 (Central)-A Chi- nese force swooped down on Tingszekiao, eight miles south-west of Stenning, on the Canton-Hankow Rall- way in South Hupeh, and succeeded in occupying the railway station and the town on Wednesday. They ́systematically destroyed the railway track and bridges.

Several counter-attacks launched by the Japanese from Sienning and Puki have been repelled by the

Chinese,

LOYANG, July 30 (Central) latter capturing Hwalhotleg and Reinforced by 3,000 foot Yuehhotien, west of Sinyang, are advance with soldiers; and 500 cavalry men continuing their

north.

Hitler and Herr Von Ribbentrop and supported by some 70 Tungpel as their objective in order made au

unexpected tour of the tanks, the Japanese at Ming-to support their. comrades in the fortifications in the Saar rextons. klang, about 24 miles north The Reichs Fuehrer later return-of Sinyang on the Felping- ed to Bayreuth..

Hankow Railway in South

A part of the invaders are push-

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CHINESE BUS DRIVERS GIVE NOTICE

A message from Rome states Honan, are driving westward. that important Italian air man with Tsinyang as their ob- oeuvres in the Central Meditor-fective.MY ranean, which lasted from Tuesday until Friday and in which 408 ing towards Yakang, west of Ming-

SHANGHAI, July 30 Ant1)- aircraft participated, were revealed kiang, while the rest towards Pal- About 150 bus drivers of the Bing in a communique, e me maochib, south-west of Mingklang, Japanese Bus Company to-day Entire squadrons carried out apparently attempting to make a save notice of their resignation, bambardments, with full war loads (flanking movement, M as they received a warning from of bombs over a distance of a Synchronising with the move, Chinese guerilias not to serve the

ment, the Japanese at Binyang, Japanese, hundred miles from their base.

in

SIR DUDLEY POUND

may even have its effect: on the Tientsin conference itself.

* TIMES" COMMENT LONDON, July 30 (Reuter)-The "Sunday Times," commenting on the American abrogation of the Comes mercial Treaty with Japan, says that it is encouraging insofar as suggests that the United States 13 not prepared to stand passively by and watch the ruthless ousting of western influence in

na

"It may even provide an example which, in some circumstances, the British Government might find useful to follow," says the paper. "But it does not in itself amount to an indication that Washington |would co-operate with London to

uphold the Nine-Power Treaty or defend common interests which Japan have fouted.

The new Admiral of the Fleet, who is 62, has had a distinguished "It would be very unwise, now and interesting career. He was in as always, to attempt to read into coinmand of H.M.S, Colossus at the the American action any more Battle of Jutland in 1916: being than was explicitly stated there," mentioned in dispatches.

the paper concludes.

JI

Between 1922 and 1925, he was Director of Plans Division at the Admiralty, and for the next two years was Chief of Staff to Ad- miral 8r Roger Keyes on the Mediterranean Station.

Promoted Rear-Admiral in 1926 he became Lord Commissioner ol the Admiralty, and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, and be-

tween 1929 and 1931 commanded

DISSENSION DENIED

IN BURGOS

BURGOS, July 30 (Reuter)---

the Battle Cruiser Squadron. He was promoted Vice-Admiral "There are no two trends in 1930, and was Admiralty Repre- Spanish politics", declared Gen. sentative on the League of Na-Franco's brother-in-law, Benar tions Advisory Commission in 1932. Suner, Minister of Interior, in an

PREDECESSOR FORMERLY ON exclusive interview,

CHINA STATION SAMA

Senor Suner roundly Te Jected the reports of internal dissension, but said it was

DISPUTE North Shantung is also threaten- ed by a flood disaster as a result

MOSCOW, July 30 (Reuter) of the collapse of the dykes along It is reliably learned that

authorities the Wel River and the Grand the "Boviet | Canal at many places. ⠀

North Saghallen have in- In North Shansi Hanyuan has formed the Japanese coal He was second Sea Lord and suffered heavy damage on account and oil concessionaires that Chief of Naval Personnel, 1932-35, the recent court judgment for and was promoted full Admiral in the latter year. After acting as half a million roubles would chief of staff on the Mediter- ICHANG, July 30 (Central)-As not be enforced by means of ranean, he was appointed First a result of the overflow of the attachment. proceedings if a Be Lord. Han River and the Tung Ching satisfactory settlement were! Bir Reginald Tyrwhitt, who is 89, has been settled in the quiet

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held various appointments and was simply and smoothly. Gen. Yague, effected.

Bimultaneously, the Soviet press Commander-in-Chief of the China far from being arrested, is on the best terms with me," he concluded, publishes a denial of the Dome Station, 1927-29,

of the overflow of the Hun River.

CENTRAL HUPEH" MENACED

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