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WEDNESDAY, MAY

25,

1927.

GERMAN WAR FILM.

·SUCCESSFUL ESSAY IN

REALISM.

tions. Marshal Chang has issued

Berlin. The first part of thei several orders prohibiting his

German offelal war film, released army from any further-

retreat Berilu recently, deserves, un- The Shantung main force la cun-qualified praise as

an. bonest centrated in Hauchow, the gate effort made to connect the loose way to Shantung, where they are series of pictures taken on the determined to make a final stand. Eastern and Western Fronts dur Much uneasiness is felt in Tainan, ing the first four months of the the Shantung capital, owing to war by explanatory photographs, Marshal Chang's serious revorso. ofleinl documents, and "trick" The military notes are being fur-films showing the strategical ther depreciated.

movements of troops. It thus pre- sents in sequence what was mere ly a series of harrowing episodes.

Marshal Chang Tso-lin has or- dered his son, Chang Hsuch-liang, to go to Hauchow to help the Shantung Marshal.-Nam Chung Pao.

"

In a difficult task it is com pletely successful, and does credit! to the Ufa Company when due reserve has been made in regard THREAT TO HANKOW.

to the concessions to popular taste displayed in sentimental leave- takings and flowery captions too Hundreds of Wounded Arrive,

redolent of one-sided heroism. Hankow, May 24. Mr. Lloyd George's speech in 1920, The threat to the Wuhan cicles expressing his belief that no one offered by the advance of General nation was responsible for the Sha Tao-yin and General Yang war, but that all blundered into it, Sen, is causing considerable un- is given in a printed facsimile, and easiness to the Hankow Govern- expresses the angle from which ment as indicated by the con- the film was taken. siderable troop movement now tak Ing place, mainly towards Wu-l chang. Gen. Yang Sen is report- ed to be advancing rapidly.

Dramatic Touches.

The pictures of life before the war and of troops parading In A conscription law has been in- London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin, Aroduced by the Communists, with a dramatic glimpse of car whereby one man in every three riage wheels and the bomb of is forced to join the army. It is Sarajevo, change to those taken believed that, all the conscripts on the Western Front before the will be sent as soon as possible Battle of the Marne, when the Germans were still in the full to the Ionan front where extreme- ly heavy fighting is taking place. Bush of victory, then to Hinden- Reinforcements have already burg's troops delivering East Prussia from the Russians, and to been sent to the front, and hun- the storm of German troops in dreds of wounded are arriving at Flanders, beaten back by the Bel- Hankow daily, A number of

scure.

troops have arrived from downgians opening the sluices.

Among these last are probably river but their attitude is ob- the most terrible ever seen on any screen. No film director. In his It is reported that the Fengtien-wildest dreams haa dared to show ites gained a victory over Tans the agony of a man's hand clench- Seng-chi's troops after a severe ed as he writhes on the ground in engagement, but that they were afterwards driven back in a fierce counter-offensive. The Reds are still being harassed by the Red Spears. Naval Wireless.

HANKOW CRISIS.

Lower Classes Starving.

Hankow, May 24.

a

death struggle, which come again and again into pictures of bursting shells, demented faces, and flying feet.

The German audience observed the attitude taken up in Grand Opera, and all attempts at spon- taneous applause were crushed by angry calls of "Hush!"

The food crisis in Hankow be HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? comes increasingly acute, and prices have scared to prohibitive prices. Amongst the lower classes many are literally starving, and little is being done to ameliorate') their lot.

The following are answers to questions on page 7.

1, 6ir Bamford Namen. 2. Bytowa. 3. ÜL Morits. 4; John. Howard Payne., Flurma S- rice. 6, Buchet.. 7, Anan, Scotland. 8, Black. During the last two days there 9, 1880.0. Fellow of the impiitute of Aes have been runs

on, the Central tales. 11, 114, 18, Willam Cobbett, China Bank, and only the posting of armed guards at the doors pre-premises and their use as a wire- vented large crowds from forcing less, station, the Nationalist Com an entry.-Naval Wireless.

A.P.C. PREMISES SEIZED.

Evacuation Promised.

missioner for Foreign Affairs has promised evacuation within a few days.

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WITH

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PARIS knew her as a daring dancer and favourite of many men.

But in Normandy she was just a peasant girl-in love.

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News from the Liunnchow-Lake Hochow front is scarce and it is understood that" hostilities have

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The above picture shows the wreck of the plane in which Lt. Comdr. Noel Davis and Lt. Stanton W. Wooster, both of the U. S. Navy, hoped to fly from New York to Paris. The machine crashed last month, and both were killed. At left, Davis and Wooster and

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PICTURES 2.30 to 8.30-

JANE NOVAK

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THE SUBSTITUTE WIFE