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SOVIET DENIES BLAME FOR FRONTIER RAIDS.

Peking, Aug. 20,

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COMPARATIVELY LITTLE DAMAGE SUSTAINED,

Shanghai, Aug. 10.

AUGUST 21,

CASE OF PLAGUE.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

1929.

TIENTSIN AFFAIR.

WORKERS IMPRISON FIVE POLICEMEN.

Tientsin, Aug. 20.' Extraordinary scenes occurred to-day in the premises clim

Carpet Factory, R Ellwork American conce, à, situated in the British Concession.

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Describing it as a rather hiy The tall-end of the typhoon that storians, ense, the Medical Officer A very reliable foreign report swept over Shanghai on Wednesday of Health, Dr. Hugh A. Fawcett from Harbin dated August 19, left behind in its wake a number made a statement at yesterday's summing up the situation in Man of shattered bill-boards, uprooted meeting of the Sanitary Bhard in churin, states that the frontlers and the wrath of numerous connexion will the case of plague situation la grave. It goes on to Shanghai residents. The damage, reported en Sunday.

Following a threatened strike as. state that small Russian aiding ight have been greater had the which was comparatively small,

After the routine uusiness of the result, of some dismissals last parties have clashed with Chinese troops near Munchuli, Suifenho Lyphoon decided to pay a real call the Board had been transacted. went, the management decided to

on Shanghai instead of merely the President. Mr. N. L. Smith. close down the factory, but

was forestalled when the und Lahususu, on Chinese soil.

The total Chinese casualties glancing over the city, as it were, said he was sorry to inform mem- muve

After hanging around Hang-bers that a case of plague had workers, armed with iron bars and elow for about two days, the occurred in the Colony. He did bricks, barricaded themselves in. typhoon decided to move for parts not think it was the first case ré- Not content with this they locked in Minor cases of sabotage con-

north and according to reports the ported for five years as he under-e foreign and four Chinese Bri- tinue along the railway.

The report states that individual centre of the "big wind missed stood that there had been isolated tish Municipal Council police, who

Shanghai by 50 miles, Yesterday cases while he was on leave. The hut gone in the scene to Chinese soldiers at Harbin bully treating Russian and Japanese afternoon, the typhoon was report discovery of the recent case had. possible disturbance when

workers. women, while it is reliably, reported to be loitering around the mouth of course, given rise to a certain management was to pay off ed that the Chinese military forces of the Yangtze Valley and early amount of concern.

It had been confirmed by the are treating Soviet prisoners and yesterday evening was ported on

its way towards Koren.

M. O. 11. and he had asked him interned persons cruelly.

Little damage, if any, was done to make a statement to the Board. was no cause to shipping, warning having been Apparently there received in time for masters of for bringing in the stringent re- under which arens craft" in the harbour to batten gulations down everything and make everywhere infection and ́ pecurred | thing fast. All small craft hug could be pulled to pieces," sred every nook and cranny in the

The Medical Officer of Health harbour that gave promise of safety in case the typhoon assum- said the case was reported from ed serious proportions, and an a3 Des Voeux Road West, the suf- result, further than a few of the ferer being a Chinese Indy of 62 Hitherto there is no confirmation mall Chinese junks taking a con-years of age. Dr. Fawcett said of the "ten thousand invasion,”.

siderable amount of water, little that he visited the house with which is regarded as, mythical-damage was done.

Dr. Hawke, who was in charge of Renter.

Considerable commotion was the case, but from the specimen witnessed on Avenue Joffre when taken for analysis at first it was WEATHER FORECASTS. a fex-house owned by Russians rather, difficult to come to a com cummenced to sway, A large elusion. He therefore paid awning used for both advertising second visit to the house and and sun-shading purposes arranged later the bacteriologist informed Sunday on one side of the ten-house, was him by telephone an

prncliently caught in a fierce gust of wind and morna that it was

who W35 elapsed. A Russian passing at the time had a narrow

Customs officials reaching Harbin from Tabello report that Chinese troops are evacuating that area, which is constantly pillaged by Russian riding parties,

Messages from Mukden state that reports concentrating there Indicate that the main object of the Russian raids across the border is to seize wilstuffs.

Kuominchun Want to Tight.

Shanghai, Aug. 20. According to the Kúmin Newa Agnes the lending Kuinehun rendrals are urging the National Government, to declare war against Russia and offer to lead their units as advance forces in the National { army.

It is reported that Chiang Kai- shek is due here to-morrow to in- speet the troops in the Shanghai- Wonsume area. - Router.

Homh on Itailway Track,

Tokyo, Ang. 20.

A message fini Manehuli staten thal, fearing

outbreak of

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The position was very ugly to view of the threatening attitude of the workers, but following a visit by the British and Amerlenu Con ails, appeals were made to the Chinese authorities, n representa tive of whom entered, the fnctory disguised na a workiman, assuring the workers that their terms would be considered by the management. The "workman" Induced them to open the factory and continue working, and incidentally release the police, who had been prisoners for almost five hours. Reuter.

EMPIRE DELEGATES MEET IN CONFERENCE.

London, Aug, 20. Leading meteorologists of the British Empire have met n the Air Ministry to discuss weather forecasting in its bearing on the Empire generally and aviation and agriculture.

The Air Minister, Lord Thein-

conference would arrive at spe son, presiding, safd he hoped the common methods of communica ting with ships. He visualized the time when airships and nero- planes would be guided ke ships hy meteorological stations.

The conference will sit in private until September 2, and will issue a daily communique.- Reuter

Precautions Taken. Dr. Fawcett said he had the patient removed to hospital and The Sanitary Department Inspect

with. communicated were The case was rather unusual it had occurred to in the year, Cases were more likely to arise On August 1, a District Court. bostilities at any moment, Chinese Martial assembled at Gun Club up to June and July and in the and Russian merchants have a

Barracks to try Guaneraecond place the infected person Fely withdrawn. Japanese 'mèr Kartar Singh, wand Gunner was an old lady. Elderly people chants are prepared to follow their faswanda Singh. both of the did not as a rule get the disease example, but this is due to business.K.S. Brigade I.A., on charges as quickly as younger people. In depression rather than apprehen-

the third case the premises where sion of a Sino-Soviet clash being of striking a superior officer. imminant,

The Court found the accused the case occurred were partin A message from Harbin late last ruilty and ordered them to under-riy clean. The old lady was liv ing with her son on the top Boor. night states that an engineer was yo detention for 56 days.

of the house. She had occupied seriously injured and tivo ofiters'

the floor for shout three months slightly injured when the locomo-j

and it was rather difficult to un tive of a train from Harbin was

derstand how she became infected blown up near Tapinlin.. The ex- plosion, which is said to have been

All round the house, however, animals. It seemed likely that in due to a bomb on the railway tack,

were rice godowns and naturally the present case the rat had conte as a fuse was found nearby, is at-

the district was full of rats, off a ship and had made its way The house was not of the usual to the top floor of the house. tributed to n Soviet maleontent.-- Reuter

tenement type, however, and he had seen no signs of rats in the house. On these facts the ease was rather an unasuni ong.

Chinese More Truculent.

Tokyo, Aug. 20.

A message from Harbin says the number of Chinese tropps on the border and the failway is the creasing. They are assuming a more truculent attitude compared with the passivity hitherto main tabed.

These

Is, noteworthy that the Chi- |

authorities: through the mediuni of radio and the news- papers are circulating reparts de. trimental to the Soviet, alleging that Soviel troops have been guilty of incendiarism, Jooting and invasion of the border.--Reuter,

Russia Blames China.

Moscow, Aug. 20. The oficial Tass Agency reports that, owing to frequent raids on Soviet territory by White Guards and Chinese delachments, organised in Chinesa ferritory, the Foreign Commissariat has sent a statement to the German Embassy for sub- mission to the Nanking and Mukden governments.

detachment was attacked near village of Cherniaevo, and Soviet troops, were killed and

wounded,

It also mentions two altuek the warship Boulbednotn in Sungari River.

the

five

six

the

The statement says the Red army's border-crossing is the mi- come of all these raids, but the Soviet is doing its utmost to prevent its troops crossing, even at isolated points, it considers the Chinese Government must disarm the White, Guards and prevent the Chinese raids, otherwise It holds the Chinese Government responsible.- Reuter, ..

War Declared? According to a Shanghai cable published by the Chung Wah Yut Po, a Hongkong vernacular daily paper, the Russians are stated by a foreign source to have drafted a proclamation declaring war against China,

Tokyo Minister's Statement,

No Need for Alarm.

mystery before was now explained as the cause of the case was now found. There were never huidan cases of plague without inferted

The old lady had perhaps been bitten by a fent of it and had been Infected. That seemed a round- about way of contracting the dis- case, but it was the only way the present case could be explained. When the case was confirmed The old lady was one of the last the Sanitary inspectora were im- persons he would have expected to; mediately put on house cleaning get it under the circumstances.

Dr. Fawcett again wildled that he in the area. The entire block af property had been cleaned and he did not think there was any cause' he could bad drawn a zone round the pre- for alarm. As far as mises where the case occurred and prophesy, and it was almost impos- all houses in that zone were besible to prophesy with disease, he ing gone through. During the did not think there would be any but there might be house to house inspection the in- more cases spectors were making a note of all more infected rats. rat runs and of plices where rats might be found. Watch was also being kept in the zone for people who were reported ill.

"I think we have done all we need do, because it is late in the year and the easg,is nåt in a really poor district. I don't think there is any enuse for alarm and I shall be surprised if there are any fur ther cases," added Dr. Fawcett,

Mr Wong Kwong-tin asked whether a person infected with the disense might die from it in a few months or even in a few years.

The Medical Ofeer of Health infected persons replied that usually died or recovered in a few, days. Plague was a dramatic disease, as a person might be walking about in perfect health one minute and fall dead in the stréct the next. ·

Tokyo, Aug, 20. Declaring that the Soviet has been increasingly aggressive since August 16, the Chinese Minister in an interview with the chief of the Asiatic Bureau, emphasised that Chinese troops had no intention of

Inferied Rat Found. retaliating, though they were pre- The statement enumerates the pared to act if the Soviet attempted found in the area were being care whether it was possible for a per- Continuing he said that all rata Mr. Wong Kwang-tin also asked alleged incidents, with a view to to invade Chinese territory,

Ron to be infected a second time. proving the filsity of the Chinese Referring to the Soviet allega-fully watched. One rat bad been reports to the effect that Soviet tion that China had broken her pre- found in the block where the case The M. O. H. replied that the dia- sent case conferrell a certain amount troops have attacked Chinese forces. mise to restore the Soviet officials occurred and when it was 11 specifier seven incidents, between to the C.E.R., the Minister asseri- down to the Mortuary Dr. Cannon of immunity. He did not know July 18 and August 18, of which ed that the Chinese Government had just informed him that it whether or not there were cases on serious occurred on never committed themselves to any chowed definite signs of plague in record of the decase being con- August 10, when a Soviet border such pledge.--Renter.

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