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No. 42044

一拜禮 號六月三英港香

MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1933.

日一十月二

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DUNLOP

FORT

CHIANG KAI-SHEK DIVISIONS IN PEKING AREA

NAZI COUP IN FREE CITY OF HAMBURG

SEIZE CONTROL FROM COALITION

Hamburg, March 5.

Acting under orders from Herr Frick, the Reich Minister of the Interior, the Nazis háve seized control of the police of the Free City of Hamburg, where an anti Nazi coalition is in power.

The Brown Shirts seized and oceppied the Town Hall,

The Hurgomeister and the President of the Senate, Herr Petersen, has resigned.---Reuter,

ANTUNG AGROUND

MISHAP AT MOFU POINT,

HAINAN

MAKING WATER

The Butterfield and Swire vés- sel Antung is aground on Mofu Point, Hainan, according to a brief message received by the Naval wireless authorities early this morning.

The report states that the fore- peak of the vessel is making water, but the No. I hold is dry. The assistance of a tug to take her

off is mentioned in the report. which has been sent by Captain Ashby, the master of the Autung. Inquiries made at the office of Messra. Butterfield and Swire con- firmed the grounding, which uc eurred early this morning, though, the time was not stated. The Taikoo Dockyard is sending a tug to the assistance of the vessel at noon to-day.

The agents informed us that an-

Tension Increasing at Shanhaikwan: Japanese Rushing Troops

STILL BATTLING

IN JEHOL

REARGUARD ACTIONS BY

RETREATING FORCES

AEROPLANES ACTIVE

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, March 6, 9.24 a.m.)

PEKING, MAR. 6. FIGHTING IS STILL GOING ON IN JEHOL. CHANG HSUEH-LIANG'S TROOPS, WHO ALONE STOOD UP TO THE JAPANESE ONSLAUGHTS, ARE FIGHTING A REAR-GUARD ACTION, THOUGH THEY ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO A HEAVY AERIAL BOMBARDMENT.

"One of the narrow passes through

the Great Wall From Jahel te North China Chang Hauch-liang har through ordered that no troops be permitted auch passes:

(Photo: Serge Vargassoff).

The rest of the Chinese troops are streaming from VEHICULAR

the Province by three routes. The forces retiring from Chihfeng, which appear to have resisted the Japanese until they heard of the fall of Jehol City, are retreating westward into Charhar territory,

Another body of troops, probably the Dolonor troops from the Chengteh area, are making all possible speed towards Kupeikow, while those from the Ling- yuan area are nearing Heifengkow, one of the most im- portant passes through the Great Wall to the east of Kupeikow.

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FERRY

A peculiar type of machine-gun used by Marthal Chang Houch. liang' regulars. Picture shows an outpost on the Jehol front.

(Photo: Sorge Vargassoff).

AMERICA TO GO OFF GOLD

STRONGLY-VOUCHED REPORTS

ALL EXCHANGES UPSET

SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS

New York, Mar. 5. The Washington corre- spondent of the Daily News states that he has learned from a prominent Démocrat at the White House that the United States will be off the

NAZIS TRIUMPH IN gold standard officially as

ELECTIONS

HITLER AND ALLIES OBTAIN A WORKING MAJORITY

SERVICE, BEGUN BIG GAINS FROM RIVALS THIS MORNING

FIRST TRAFFIC Without any show to mark such an important event, Japanese acroplanes are busily bombing all three Hongkong's first vehicular retreating columns, keeping them on the move as speedi- ferry service commenced at ly as possible and also keeping them away from the 7.30 o'clock this morning. Jehol City area, The Japanese command is straining

The commencement of the ser

every effort to prevent them passing through or near vice was not generally.known and Jehol City, where still only a comparatively small body the morning's business was of Japanese have arrived.

General Tang Yu-lip'a men are!

other of their vessels, the 3.5. streaming back in disorder. Camel CHIANG KAI-SHEK SENDS Anhui, is standing by and taking trains are also streaming back, the passengers off the Antuifg:

The Antung was bound for Hoi-.

popr.

A public car was the first vehicle mati and an Air Force car the to travel from Honkong to Yau-

from Yaumati to

first to come REINFORCEMENTS loaded with ammunition, boxes

how from Amoy and Swatow when which have never been opened. al

the mishap occurred. She carries large number of them never have Two Divisions Now in the

aboard her about 250 deck passen-ing been unloaded. kers. The locality where she

grounded is on un exposed part of the coast, more especially at this time of the year with a north-east wind blowing.

LITTLE FEAR

There is, however, no fear of the vessel breaking up, and the Captain hopes to get her off with the assistance of a tug.

The Antung was build in 1926 by the Taikoo Dockyard and Engi- neering Company of Hongkong. She has a gross tonnage of 3,509 and a net tonnage of 2,107. She

Tang Yu-lin.

Tang

.Yu-liu,

for whose ar-

Threatened Zone

(Special to "Telegraph") .

Hongkong.

maintain an hourly service for

The Man Kung will be used to

the present month. The Man Kim Iwill then be brought on to the run and a half-hourly service commenced.

No passengers were

to-

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President Roosevelt is calling a special session of Congress to. meet on Thursday to deal with the banking crisis.

The decision to summon the conference was announced after an emergency meeting of the new Cabinet. President Roosevelt sub- sequently stated that he is pre- paring an immediate programme, to meet the monetary emergency. BANK SUPERVISION.

Berlin, March 6.

It is expected that the first act of Congress' will be to ERMANY HAS REACTED TO THE POLITICAL legislation permitting national rush EXCITEMENT OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS BY the banking system with the aim supervision and co-ordination of GIVING HERR HITLER THE MANDATE HEof restoring confidence so as to SOUGHT.

re-start the banking system. As a result of yesterday's elections, Hitler, and his has proclaimed a three-day bank President Machado, of Cuba, Nationalist allies, command a clear. majority in the holiday, the Cuban banks being Reichstag over all other parties, the Nazis and Na-crisis in America.

affected sympathetically tionalists obtaining 336 seats, while the others marshal South Carolina State bas de- 306. His working majority will probably be much

clared a seven-day bank holiday. greater. The Centre Party with 71 seats have promised Havana have been suspended for Bourse exchange operations in to work with him. Only the Communists and So- three days. cialists with 203 seats are definitely hostile.

The Nazis themselves polled more heavily than at any other time in their political history, and obtained 284 seats.

There were clashes in some parts of the country, although on the whole, polling day passed in ex- traordinarily quiet fashion all over the Reich.

day. as a Here we cared at NEW COMPOSITION OF REICHSTAG

rest an order: 1139 been is- aued, is still

(By Telegraph, copyright, minersphic at large in eadges Ordinance, 1871, Resolved, Karch been granted. Officials of the Jehul Provin. 1.40 m

company hope to have; full licencé ce. His where-

Peking, Mar. 6, 11.33 a.m.for vehicles and passengers in the abouts are noti

An official communique de-

Dear future; known al.

clares that the situation at though it is!

Shanhaikwan is becoming in- believed that

creasingly critical. he travelled towards 'Kal-

gan.

measures 338.5 feet in length: spokesman officially

Marshal Chang Hsuch-liang'a denies the

49.3 feet in breadth and is 24.1 report, that the authorities in feet deep. Her port of registry is Charhar London.

negotiating for amalgamation with Manchuko.

are

The s.8. Anhui, which is stand- He declares that that province) ing by, was bound for Hongkong from Singapore and Hoihow. She is now making preparations to is under the command of Captain defend its borders if the Japanese

Lupton. Like the Antung she too attempt to cross.-Reuter. was built by the Taikoo Dockyard and Enginering Company and his the same measurements, She has

ra gross tonnage of 3,494 and a net

tonnage of 2,080.

FOLKESTONE SENT OUT.

SWATOW MINED.

More Japanese troops are ar riving there by train, while Japanese aeroplanes are daily reconnoitring over the Chinese lines.

· ACCOUNTANT IN THE DOCK

FUND CONVERSION CHARGE

2

by the

A message from San Juan states that Porto Rico, the American bank moratorium. colony, has declared a three-day

CERTIFICATES FOR CASH.

meet

certificates and similar scrip to The issue of clearing-house.

The shortage of .cash ta being considered in a number of cities.

In New York certificates have been printed for issue on March Mr. Woodin, the new Secretary to the Treasury Department.com- ferred in Washington to-day with

policeman was shot dead and sev-poll. While there was a complete men, but made no announcement. At Breslau, Nazi auxiliary echt. of the electorate went to the leading bankers and business eral persons were injured in a absence of Republican flags and though it is thought street battle.

Red flags, there also seemed to be discussion dealt with the prospect...

that the At Worms, a Nazi-Communist fewer Nazi flags in Berlin. There of America's abandonment of the clash resulted in one Nazi-being were more old Imperial flags. dungerously injured and

gold standard-Reuter, Communists being arrested,

nine

thousand

Twenty

Stahlhel- TOKYO CLOSES DOWN. At Offenbach, a Reichsbanner meta" marched to the Unter den adherent was shot dead and an-

Linden during yesterday after-

Tokyo, Mar. 6. other severely wounded..

noon, They were cheered to thei

All stocks markets are being closed to-day and probably there were only forty-one arrests, jex-Kaiser's palace where they the American situation. Reuter. led up in the square outside the to-morrow will be dependent upon were addressed by their leaders before dispersing.

on

All was quiet in Berlin, where echo by huge crowds. They form-Tuesday. The decision regarding

It is learned that a consider- able body of Chinese troops ar rived in this area yesterday. Mr. Li Yau-taun, the well- They are reported to include known local merchant, figured as

FINAL FIGURES. two divisions which have been complainant at the Central Police sent to the North by Marshal Court this morning when an ac-

The final figures, which are Chiang Kai-shek.-Renter.

countant in his employ at 21, provisional and subject to slight Bonham Strand was charged be. amendments which cannot, how-| fore Mr. Wynne-Jones with ever, affect the outcome, show the which had been entrusted to the) defendant to pay accounts.

Advice has been received by the SNATCHER TO BE fraudulent conversion of $150 following result:

naval authorities in Hongkong that the entrance to the port of Swatow, has been mined by the Chinese authorities, and the port

In an attempt to refloat the ship will be strictly closed to all ship- arrangements have been made to ping between the hours of 5 p.m. unload a large quantity of cargo, and 7 a.m.

and in order to afford protection

while this is being done, H.M.S.

CANED

ROBBED EUROPEAN

other

Sub-Inspector A. H. Elston pro- ! secuted, and, in applying for a re- mand, indicated that there was a LADY

possibility of other charges, na it now appeared there were Appearing before Mr. Wynne-sume involved...... Jones at the Central Police Court The police objected to bail at this morning on a charge of this stage, as the total amount in- A. English, of Breezy Point, a 16-) year old. Chinese was ordered by his Worship to receive twelve strokes of the cane...

.

evening and counting began im-1

Polling ended at 6 p.m. last HONGKONG EXCHANGE mediately.

FIRST RESULT.

The first result declared (from | Dietramsze!) showed that the

DEMORALISED

AMERICAN CRISIS AND

...THE DOLLAR.

were

Nazis had gained a considerable kong.

Exchange conditions In Hong- number of votes at the expense morning in consequence of the demoralised this of the Socialists and the Bavarian likelihood of America going off People's Party.

the gold standard. The Hongkong The returns up to nine o'clock dollar remained unchanged, but p.m. showed that of 4,476,100 votes quotations were nominal, with no- counted up to that stage, approxi-one inclined to do any business. mately thirteen per cent. of the total, the Nazis had obtained a commodity prices in New York The general expectation is that considerable share, the figures be-will rise, and that silver will

Pro-Government

Nazis Nationalists

284 52

336

Socialists Communists >. Christian

Socialinte

Neutral

Anti-Government

118 79

203

$10,000...

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The defendant was formally re manded until Wednesday,

Centre

71 German Peoples 7 Bavarian

ing:

Peoples 20

State Party

CLOUDY WEATHER

5 -Router.

103

Nazis Socialiste Communists

1,896,500

763,300"

Centre

therefore appreciate, but it is doubtful whether silver prices in London will be materially affected.

The Hongkong dollar may,

Nationalists.

Folkestone departed from Hong- DR. YEN IN MOSCOW natching a handbag from Mrs. Evolved was stated to be about.

kong at 10.30 a.m. to stand by, while operations are being 'carried

out.

•

TO PRESENT CREDENTIALS passengers aboard the

TO THE SOVIET

Moscow, Mar. 5.

The Antung are being transhipped to the Anhui which is now standing

by for this purpose.

Mrs. English was walking down Park Road at o'clock on Saturday morning when the defendant

Dr. W. W. Yen, the now snatched the handbag and ran Chinese Minister to the Soviet away. Mr. A. Gillott, Victoria southward and is now centred to elections. Scores of alleged Com- The anticyclone has moved far less than In the November Mr. A. S. Fraser, of the Socony Government, has arrived here to Gaol, was passing on his motor the west of Shantung Fresh mon- mauists were arrested in the pro- installation at Laichikok, reported to present his credentials to the cycle at the time, chased the de-soon will prevail over the China vinces. the police yesterday, that whilat drive Soviet Government. He is ing his motor car along the Cheung-

ex fendant, and caught him. The coast and the Northern China Sea. shuwan Road near the Taipo Road hopected to return to Geneva short-handbag was thrown into the Local forecast: NE. winds, EIGHTY PER CENT, POLL. ran over and killed a brown dog.

ly Reuter

nullab

fresh; cloudy.

It is estimated that eighty peri

550,700

447,800

312,800

Bav. Peoples Party 306,800 erefore, remain more or less

TEN-P. M. POSITIONS.

unchanged. Shanghai this morning quotes

At ten o'clock the swing to the London-New York cross-rate wards the Nazi was becoming as high as 441, which is clearer. They had gained heavily equivalent to 234 American cente

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