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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1939.

13-19 Marine House, Queen's Road Central. G.F.D. Box No. 1

日期月四年政拾换佰玖千业英

JAPANESE HEAR NOTHING, SAY NOTHING AUSTRALIA

ABOUT AXIS ALLIANCE: CABINET MEETS

IN EXTRAORDINARY

SESSION TO-DAY

Militarists Will Give Government Its Orders

"

TOKYO, August 7 (Reuter)-A spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office declared to-day that no reports had been received from Lake Como about the meeting between the Japanese Ambassadors in Rome and Berlin.

The spokesman declined to comment on press re-. ports that Japan intended to adhere to the axis mil- itary alliance or to disclose the present position of the negotiations.

Persecution Of Chinese

In Siam

CHUNGKING, Aug. 7 (Central) The Central authorities are deeply concerned over the recent persecution of patriotic Chinese residents and suppression of various Chinese organizations by the Slam

Government.

Leading members of tne Cabinet, including the Prime Minister (Baron Hiranuma). Mr. H. Arita, Foreign Minister and the Ministers of Finance and the fighting services, will hold an emergency session to-morrow, according to the "Domel" news agency, to de- cide on Japan's policy "to- wards the new situation in Europe."

It is stated that the War Minis- ter. General Itagaki, who spent 3 hours at the Prime Minister's home on Saturday, will make im- portant recommendations based on decisions reached by the Army leaders.

*"Transocean" adds that, in all-

swer to a question as to whether

ESCALATOR

DOW

The moving staircase, ("Yorkshire Observer”).

Tokyo Talks Cannot Succeed Unless Silver Surrendered

TO MAKE BRITAIN GIVE AWAY WHAT SHE NEVER OWNED IS JAPAN'S LATEST BLACKMAIL DEMAND TOKYO, August 7 (T/Ocean)—The Anglo-Japanese negotiations for the settlement of the Tientsin dispute. were not resumed on Monday.

"

The British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigle, and other members of the British delegation who left Tokyo for the week-end are not expected to return to the capital before Monday evening.

The

Asahi Shimbun "i points out that Japanese

ANSWERS

GOERING

MELBOURNE, Aug. 7 (Reuter)—. Ir Britain is involved in a war owing to the pursuit of her pre- sent polley Australia will make a common cause with her, declared the Prime Minister, Mr. R, "G., Menzies, referring"to, a statement in Field Marshal, Goering's paper *National Zeltung" that Australia would attempt to keep out of the Hne of fire.

Japan's Illegal Blockade

further her blockade of China

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DEATH LEAP FROM

HOTEL NATHAN IN

FULL PUBLIC VIEW

After partaking of a meal and a few glasses of wine,

a Chinese jumped to his death from the fourth floor- of the Hotel Nathan yesterday, afternoon.

The identity of the man, who appeared to be about 36 years of age, has not been established. He went to the hotel about 1.45 a.m. and proceeded to the fourth: floor, which is used as a restaurant, where he chose a table near the verandah and ordered food. During the meal, the man engaged in conversation with a walter and described him- self as being employed in a certain firm at $18 wages per| month. He said that he had [been working for the same

employer for over six years.

The man ate heartily, and also ordered wine and ciga- rettes. About 2.30 p.m., he

Protest On Bombing Is Evaded

SHANGHAI, Aug.. 7 (Reuter)

SHANGHAI,' Ang. -7 | (Reuter)---- Japan is tightening up still expressed himself as being admiral Oikawa, Commander-in- satisfied with his repast. Chief of the Japanese Fleet, re- ports.

When the foki presented a bill plied to the two protests made for $3,12, the man asked that yesterday by Rear Admiral The Japanese Navy has re- quested foreign nationals and it be put on the table and he Vesey Holt, S.NO, Yangtze, say

ing that no Japaneseṛ naval “planes would pay a little later.

bombed ships, including men-of-war,

He Ichang yesterday. to leave Halmen Harbour, WALKED TO VERANDAH. promised to refer the subject to

Cheklang Province, by noon The man was then seen by an- the army, for investigation.

Flo

An army spokesman, at a press

to-morrow after which the other customer, Law, walking to Japanese will not be respon- the verandah: When Law naked conference, said that if reports of sible for any damage suffered. what he wanted there, the man damage suffered by British – pro- It is stated that the harbour replied that he wanted to pick up perty were true the matter was will be closed at that time something and asked Law to leave most regrettable. However, he had hitherto received no ofisia). with various obstacles and him alone.

He then climbed over the para-Japanese report on the subject. dangerous objects."

pet and jumped into the street in full view of a number of people NEW INSTRUCTIONS

BEING DRAFTED FOR SEEDS

CONSTANT REMINDER

the journey of General Teraucht SHIP HITS ICEBERG: official quarters hold the view TO JAPANESE

to Europe was in any way con- nected with the negotiations for the pact, the spokesman only re- ferred to the previous official statement to the effect that he

Reports from Bangkok state that a large number of Chinese leaders, including Kuomintang members, have been arrested in Biam. More than 20 Chinese schools were forced to close down since August

Officers of both the

Overseas Chinese Bank and the Bank of Canton in Bangkok, it is stated, were detained and questioned by the local authoritles for issued receipts for large patriotic was travelling as the head of the donations to the Chinese Govern-Japanese delegation to attend the Nuremberg Nazi Congress at the.

Gen. The persecution of Chinese 'n-invitation of Herr Hitler.

he said, had no terests in Sarn, it is believed, was eral Terauchi,

other mission. chiefly due to the Bangkok Gov- ernment's Intensification of "ts pro-Japanese policy. Initiated in 1932.

ment

having

REPLY TO POLISH DEMANDS

The Government of the

Free

ARAB SHOT DEAD city remitter yesterday morning

IN AKKO

to the Polish diplomatic represen- Lative a Note in reply to the Shortly after the assassination Polish demands relating to cus- of two Arabs in Haifa, a third toms house inspectors, according Arab was shot dead in Akko. A to an official statement issued in bomb exploded under motor Danzig. The. text of the reply has lorry neat a Jewish settlement not yet been published. (T.O.). seriously injuring the Jewish

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driver while his companiori suf- In view of the opposition in the fered minor injuries.

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RESCUE RUSH IN ATLANTIC FOG BOSTON, Aug. 7 (Reu- ter)-The 2,000-ton Cana- dian Paclic liner Beaver- hill, sailing from Montreal to London, is reported to have struck an iceberg In the Atlantic off Newfound- land.

The ice-cutter Cham- plain, which is proceeding to its assistance, is com- pelled to move slowly on account of fog.

The s.s. Susonia is stand- ing by, and the Montclair 13 proceeding to the scene from ten miles away.

The Beaverhill is not in immediate danger.

Senate the Egyptian Government TUNNEL UNDER

According to the Jewish paper will not insist on the adoption of "Haboker" the British authorities the inheritance Taxation Bill by' are considering the construction Parliament for the time being of a barbed wire fence along the especially since Parliament is go- од vacation on Tuesday.-- Palestine coast in order to presenting Illegal immigration-(T.O.),

<T,O.).

EXPELLED MISSIONARIES TELL OF ANTI-BRITISH

DRIVE IN NORTH

PEIPING, AUG. 7 (REUTER)—FIVE MEMBERS BRITISH BAPTIST MISSION AT TAIYUAN-FU, THERE BECAUSE OF THE ANTI-BRITISH MOVEMENT. RIVED HERE ON AUG. 3.

OF THE

WHO

LEFT

AR-

They include Dr. Ellen Clow, Mrs. Jasper and the Misses Poatelow and Combs. (The name of the fifth is not given.) They reported that there were

STRAITS

that the further course of the negotiations will be decided

by the nature of the new in-|PRO - CHINESE PAPER

IN OCCUPIED structions which Sir Robert Craigle has received from London.

in the hotel.:

Police: were summoned, and the Paras Zemoved to the Bowloon

Mortuar

LONDON, Aug. 7 (T/Ocean)-–- New Instructions, now being draft- fed at the Foreign Office for the

JAPANESE WARSHIP British Ambassador in Moscow,

SHELLS SHIHPU

Sir William Seeds, are characteriz ed by the "Times" as another at- KINEWA, Aug. 7 (Central)tempt to overcome the last ob One of three Japanese warships stacles to a political and military AREAS

which steamed near Shihpu, south-agreement with the Soviet Union. SHANGHAL, Aug. 7 (Reuter)-east of Stangahan on the Chektans The "Times' declares that political If these instructions fail to take A constant reminder to Japanese coast, laid a naval barrage on the quarters in London still hope that into account the Japanese demand soldiers that they do not control town yesterday, for the surrender of the Chinese everything in the province, a pro-

a formula acceptable to the Boviet Japanese Union will be found on the ques silver deposited in the British cop Chinese news-sheet is being issued planes "bombed and machine-gun-tion of the dennition of "Indirect cession in Tientsin and for the twice a week In the Japanese-nog Shibpu, killing three civilians prohibition of the Chungking occupied portion of Shansi

aggression." and wounding three others. dollar as.legal tender in the con-

MR. STRANG LEAVES The paper, written, edited and "Chinese shore batteries returned cession, the paper says, an ex-published by a Chinese college are. Three hours later, the nam- The British spécial envoy, Mr. student from Pelping, serves out ber of Japanese warships off Shih-William Strang, left Moscow on Fight Monday by air. Mr. Strang" 18 ny-

tremely critical situation will arise in the conversations.

Simultaneously,

two

If, on the other hand, the new concisely-written war and political py was increased to four.

news to readers in rural towns small launches were alongside ing first to Stockholm frum where

instructions do. take into don-

sideration the Japanese demands, and villages under Japanese occu-them, indicating that a landing he will continue to London, CT.

pation.

was attempted.

it is expected that the conversa- tlons will make rapid progress.

"FIGHT ON" The student abandoned tits text) books some time ago to join the

FRENCH ADMIRAL er bands in Shansi, but al TO ATTEND BRITISH though he can fire a rifle, the

FLEET REVIEW

leaders.

his guerilla

knowing talent for writing, made a news- LONDON. Aug. 7 (Reuter)-The paperman out of him His product Chief of the French Naval Staff, is known as "Fight On" and is Admiral Darian, arrived in Ports- distributed through secret me- month in the destroyer Volts on thods.

For" sources of news, he depends

PARIS, Aug. 7 (T/Ocean)

the Fleet by His Majesty, the King partly on a cheap radio receiving set,' on " which' he picks up every Ramours are current in Paris that on Wednesday. the Spanish Government is not He will be the guest of the evening the Chinese news broad- only once more considering the Admiralty in E M. B. Enchantress casts from Chungking.. project of the construction of; a |tunnel under the Straits of Gibral- tar but is even determined on its execution. The "Paris Mid!" claims to have information from Madrid | that a Hamburg firm has been charged with starting the prepara- tory work.

OF GIBRALTAR Tuesday to attend the Review of

co-

Rumours, of a revival of the tunnel project has been received with great misgivings in France although French" engineers" had worked out details of the plan in the years 1923 to 1929 in operation with the Spanish Colonel Pedro Jevenols. At that time the French expected from the execu- tion of the tunnel project undan- LOYANG, Aug. 7 (Central)-Angered passage of their African unconfirmed. report reaching troops to the French mother coun- here states that" foreign mission-try.

The Japanese authorities issued five other members of the Mission a pass to them valid for a return remaining at Taiyuan-fu and in September.. hoped that they would be safe, while four members of the same Mission at Hainchow, 40 miles north of Talyuan-fu, are stated

A Threat

DEIVEN OUT

to be safe and are staying on for aries at ginyang, on the Felping- The project had been postponed the present.---

Hankow, Rallway, in South Honan, by King Alfonso XII in view of and Kikunshan, popular moun-the high costs estimated at five They stated that they had been tain resort on the Hupeh-Honan millard francs according to the told by the Chinese Governor of border, have been forced to leave value of the French frane in 1929, Later, rapid political developments Bhanat that if they did not leave by the Japanese.

it might have unpleasant conse Anti-British and anti-American in Epain rendered the establish- quences for their Chinese con- posters are pasted on the walls ment of subterranean communica- verts, some of whom were already everywhere in Sinyang, the report tion between Europe and Africa under arrest.

'adds.

impossible up to the present Ume.

On Other-

Pages

PAGE 2-Cycling carnival' concludes: Indian wrestler's -challenge. 8. C. A. A doing

well on soccer tour

·PAGE 3.—Radio programmes. London Gazette. The Ser- vices. PAGE 5-Cinemas Cross- word puzzle. Coming, events. British film, ballot. PAGE 6.-Newsettes. Coogan fears a divorce. Tale of a "two" bob" mongrel, Menu PAGE 7-Postman and clerk charged. Air mall late agaia Gang killing in Shangha PAGE 8-Leading article: I

War Comes. PAGE 10-D. 9. Baseball,

Home sports notes. PAGE 11 Defence against

attack. Nutrition Hairy

research.

PAGES 12 and 18-Finance

and commerce,

His editorial office is situated in a farmer's house and he writes his copies on atencil papers. He has a", second-hand mimeograph "machine on which; with his own hands, he turns out 2,000 sheets in two hours,

PEARL RIVER REOPENED

CHINA WAR NEWS:

10.0.

CHINESE EXTEND THEIR OPERATIONS IN HONAN HUPEH: VIGOROUS ATTACK

TUNGKWAN, August 7 (Central) Following the arrival of reinforcements, Chinese forces around Hsta- hsien in south Shansi launched a vigorous offensive last Saturday and successfully routed the Japanese driving eastward from the town..

The Japanese retreated towards Wensi, Anyl and Yungcheng. Following up the success, the Chinese are reported to be pressing on Esiahstën.

fartillery and air bombardments. Extended Operations artille FANCHENG, Aug. 7 (Central) The Chinese now defend a line Extended operations by the Jap-extending from Huaitanchen, Tan- anese war-machine south of Ting-halenchen, to Watlen, to the weat pel and north of Julhsien, accom- of Lishan..

HMB. Seamew, which leaves at panied by heavy losses in man- Flanking Move

Tienhokow. south of Tungpel on 8 am to day fox, Canton, is the power and supplies, have resulted

in no compensating gain for the the border of Hupeh, was retaken first British gunboat to proceed

invaders during the week-end, up the Pearl River since its closing military quarters claim in official several days ago."--"

releases here. As

For a zig-zagged line of over Afty miles, from the Honan- Hapeh border southward to

fighting Juihalen, confused raged throughout the last few days. Japanese attacking units of 500 men each were repeat- edly repulsed among the 'diff- cult hilly terrain by stout Chinese resistance, suffering heavy, casualties,

Besides Italian films, the mam- ber and names of which are not yet known, films from the follow- ing foreign countries will be seen at this year's "biennale" in Rome: eight Aims from Germany, siz from Argentina, siz from France, four from Japan, three from Eng- land, one trom the Netherlokids," three from Sweden, two Enom Bwitzerland, two from Hungary Lishan, about ten miles north of and one each from the Union of Julhalen, was abandoned by Chi- South Africa and Uruguay(T. nese forces after the defence works there were pulverised by Japanese

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by the defendera Replenished Chinese forces are how effecting flanking movement against the Japanese at Klangklaho and Liu klaho in the south,

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