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"Hongkong Dally Press”—Sept. 13, 1939.

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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1939. COMARCAROERTER

EXPEDITIONARY

FRANCE:

EASES PRESSURE

ON WARSAW

Paris Claims Advance Will Remove Germans From Mining Area

PARI

DARIS, SEPT. 12 (REUTER)—COMPLETE. SECRECY IS STILL BEING MAINTAINED CONCERNING THE MOVEMENTS OF BRITISH TROOPS AND AIRMEN IN FRANCE. ALL THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE ARE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS THAT THEY COUNTRY.

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IT WAS GENERALLY KNOWN IN BRITISH CIRCLES SOME DAYS AGO THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF BRITISH AIRMEN, EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST, MODERN MA- CHINES, WERE ALREADY STATIONED IN FRANCE AND THAT TROOPS WERE DISEMBARKING.

News from various towns and villages states that a great welcome by the populace was accorded to the British. official announcement that Meanwhile, the first British troops had landed in France" was made through : the nistry of Information in London this afternoon.

The Ministry stated that! the troops are not yet in ac- tion and no further details 'can, in the meantime, be

furnished.

THOROUGH PREPARATIONS

Thorough preparations, based in the experience of the last War, have been for the reception of British troops in France.

Base camps have been erected and all provisions made for tremendous supplies.

Dumps are springing up with amazing speed and hospitals are already prepared.

WESTERN FRONT

(REUTER) — PARIS, SEPT. 12 OBSERVERS, HERE INTERPRET SUNDAY'S GERMAN OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT NEAR SIERCE, CLOSE TO THE LUXEMBURG FRONTIER. AS A STRUGGLE TO AVOID BEING DRIVEN INTO THE SHELTER, OF THE CON- Once again British troops are CRETE EMPLACEMENTS OF THE moving "somewhere in France" MAIN SIEGFRIED LINE. in well-known goods trucks label- led "40 men-8 horses." French girls wave to the cheering soldiers as the trains pass through the where every quiet countryside Frenchman of military age is with the colours.

(Reuter)

The impression is gathering that the Germans are determined to hold as long as possible to the ad- vantares offered by the outposts of the ne, which include valuable artillery observation posts.

SEEKING DELAY?

It is presumed that the German

General Staff is aware that it wil

NORMANDIE WILL

soon have to cope with a real REMAIN FRENCH

push and is seeking by counter- PARIS, Sept. 12

-attacks to delay the time when Rumours that the French liner their forces must take quarters in Normandie, which is at present at the permanent fortifications. New York had been sold to an LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter)— American syndicate, were denied The Germans claim that the French evacuated aerodrome by the Minister of Public Works. bombed an He declared that the liner will at Saarbruecken. remain French.

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PRESS LAUDS LOYALTY OF EMPIRE COUNTRIES Maintenance Of Industrial And Agricultural Efficiency More Important Than Armies

LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter)--With so much at stake, minor grievances over which parties have quar- relled in different parts of the Empire, are seen to be of secondary importance, and all are uniting to defend a common cause states a leader in "The Times." " The paper declares that perhaps the most striking. example of this recognisation comes from India where offers of service have been received from all com- munities in such volume that the Government is find- ing difficulty in handling them. As in the great self-govern- ing Dominions and in India so it is in all the Colonies and dependencies, to say nothing!

New Japanese Military Appointments of Egypt and Iraq.

BRITISH WOMAN KILLED IN WARSAW Great as is the immedfate; and TOKYO, Sept. 12 (Reuter)-It is

LONDON, Sept. 13 (Reuter)- officially announced that General spontaneous rally of the Empire

countries, its effect will increase It is learned with deep regret Toshizo Nishio, Inspector-General

every week and month of the war. from the British Ambassador in Bir Howard Kennard, of Military Education, has been

The "Daily Telegraph" declares Warsaw, formally appointed Supreme Com-that it is not only by the dispatch that Mrs. J. Shelley. wife of the mander-in-Chief of the Japanese or expeditionary forces that the Passport Omcer of the British Forces throughout China.

Dominions can serve the common Embassy, was killed in an air raid Lieut-General Seishiro Itagaki canse. To maintain Industries last week. War Minister in the Hirazuma which will give a constant flow of

The remainder of the Embassy Cabinet, has been...

appointed munitions and agricultural effi-staff were unharmed. Those who Supreme Chief of Staff of the clency which will Assure food can be spared have been evacuated Japanese Forces throughout China, supplies is, of first importance. to Rumania.

in order to effectively cope with That two-fold fask, we are now

the new stage in the current Sino-well assured, will be accomplish- Japanese conflict.

ed," the paper concludes.

GROOMED AS, ENVOY FOR PUPPET GOV'T?

LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter)-All German attempts to break the Polish defences on the Narew and Bug Rivers have falled, states a communique broadcast from Warsaw by the official News Agency, which adds that German raids by fast motorised detachments on the rear of Polish troops, with the object of firing and destroying dwellings, has been eliminated..

BERLIN, Sept. 12 (Reuter) The Warsaw Defence com- mand announces that during After a fierce battle the enemy has aerial attacks on the city been driven back to the north-east about 20 percent. of the of Warsaw, a German communique enemy planes were brought The communique adds that in down, one bomber falling in their pursuit German troops cross- the centre of the city.

ed the railway line from Warsaw "North of the city the enemy to Bialostok in large numbers. were thrust back while on

As on preceding day units of the western sector Polish detachments, German air force alded the army minary to his appointment as Jap- after delivering effective attacks by harassing the enemy's rear anese Ambassador to "continued defensive preparations," lines of communication and driv- "Double Tenth Regime" of the the statement adda.

ing the fighters to the blocked eastern outlets of Warsaw.

Grossendorf, the western part of the Hela Peninsula, was occu- pled by German naval forces.

the

Warsaw suffered very heavily in extensive air bombardments "dur- ing the past 24 hours, according to Polish wireless reports.

One of the buildings destroyed

TOKYO, Sept. 12 (Reuter General Bugiyama, Commander- In-Chief of the Japanese Expedi- tionary Forces in North China, has been appointed to the post of Supreme War Councillor.

This is reported to be preli

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Page 2.Yachting. Home cricket, Local letter delivery in England.

Page 3 Cinemas, Crossword the new puzzle, Coming events.

Page Newsettes. London

Gazette. Page 5-Financial; Committee votes. Summary Court Judg- ment Ambulance destroyed, Page 6-Leading article: Peo-

ple at War,

new (Japanese-sponsored) Central Government in China which is: expected to be established shortly, Lieut-General Umezu, Japanese Ambassador to Manchukuo," has

A German communique issued by been appointed concurrently to

is believed to be the palace, famous the German High Command states the post of Commander-in-Chiet as Pilsudski's residence and now that the battle to the west of the of the Kwantung Japanese Army the Pilsudski Museum are regard- Vistula is drawing to a close, Ger- in succession to General Kinkichi ed as a national shrine by the man troops are approaching Mod-Uyeda who, has been attached to

Jin Fortress.

the Army's General Staff, Polis.

Page 8-Radio programme, Page 9 and 10-Finance and

-commerce. Page 11-Shipping news

THE AGA KHAN

Advisory Committee Is Appointed By Governor

DUAL ADMINISTRATION?

Special to the "Hongkong Daily Press "

A SITUATION, UNPRECEDENTED AND UNPAR- ALLELED IN ITS COMPLEXITY, has arisen in the ad- ministration of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Hongkong Branch, and it is unfortunate that so essen- tial a public service should be hampered in its internal affairs at a critical time like the present.

Various rumours of this Ambulance Brigade and Associa- strife within the camp of an tion, when interviewed, also, re- organisation whose fame is fused to disclose any information worldwide, have been current connected with the internal work- in Hongkong for some time, ing of the Brigade. It was lik

wise impossible to get any in- and latterly these rumours

formation from any of the other have grown to such serious ofcers of the Institution, the proportions, that a repre- facts of the question at issue, as sentative of the "Hongkong far as could be ascertained, were Daily Press. decided to in-neither denied" nor admitted, vestigate the matter so that however.

the public might be disabused DECIDED TO RESIGN.; of any erroneous implications Briefly, the position is that Mr. which may have found root, Morris, who has been connected and also to obtain the true with the Association's branch in the Colony from Its inception facts of the position.

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Mr. A. Morris, Director of the Hongkong Branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and Associa- tion, was, naturally averse to dis cussing the dissension, and, when interviewed, said: "I am not talk- ing to the press in any › circum- stances. If you desire any in- formation regarding the activities of the Brigade, I would refer you to the Secretary, Mrs. Langley. Good morning."

Mrs. R. Langley, secretary of the Hongkong Branch of the St. John

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Fatal Brawl In Brothel

BRITON FACES SERIOUS CHARGE SHANGHAI, Sept. 12 (Rea- ter)-John Dudley Morris, a 36-year-old Briton employed: In the Health Department of the Shanghai: Municipal

CANADA'S FOOD Council, appeared at the

FOR BRITAIN

British Supreme Court yes- terday on complaint of man- slaughter.

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OTTAWA, Sept. 12 (Reuter).

Morris, together" with The Opposition leader has pro

Chinese and German-Jewish that the posed to Parliament

of the refugee, was taken into cus- great food resources Dominion should be placed at the tody by the Japanese Naval disposal of Britain. He also pro- Landing Party on Saturday. posed that £1,000,000 worth of night following an alleged foodstuff be sent to Britain as a brawl in a brothel in which Dominion contribution.

Tin Quota Raised

the Chinese owner, named. Ting Shu-cheng, was killed.

The Japanese handed over Morris to the Shanghai Muni- cipal Council but detained the other two. Their case will be

The International Tin Commit-heard on September 18.

was Meanwhile, Morris tee has raised the quota for the

bail on suretles third quarter from 60 to 80 per granted cent, says "a Reuter message from totalling $4,000 (local cur-

rency). London.

Chinese Soldier Defies Fiendish Japanese Torture

The story of how, Yu Chun-teh, a Chinese member of an intelli gence corps attached to the Hupeh front, was captured and subjected to fiendish torture by the Japanese but remained loyal to his country to the end was contain- ed in a military report received here. The supreme, military authorities are considering posthumous bon- ours for the loyal soldier and a pension for his family. Yu, was sent to Tsaoping to study

CHUNGKING, Sept. 12 (Central)

LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter)— HH the Aga Khan, who' previously appealed to Tamaillans to support Britain's cause, to-day placed his enemy conditions, on July 3. On

own services, as he did in 1914, at his way he encountered several GERMAN TROOPS

the disposal of the Government of Japanese and in the struggle suc- India

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ceeded in killing two of the enemy with his automatic. He was over- whelmed by the others and escort- ed to the Japanese headquarters,

Threats falling to elicit any in

formation from him, Yu was sub- jected to torture by the Japanese.

SICK OF WAR

DESERTERS CROSS RHINE TO FRANCÉ PARIS, Sept. 12 (Reuter) Red hot fron was repeatedly ap- Reports received in Parts Contra plied to his body and he was then that a German officer and 20 several German soldiers have deserted at castrated. Yu fainted times and was revived with cold Funningue. water, but remained silent and de- The German officer is reported fant of the Japanese, a to have stated thi

Yu was finally sent to the Jap-bridge were anese field headquarters at Klu-Rhine about kiang, where he was executed."

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aced across the thousand more German soldiers would desert.