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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1935.

VICTOR

IN

British Missionaries Held Captive

THE FIRST BIG HIT

IMPACT

DANGER BORDER LINE

OF THE NEW SEASON!

BUT YOU SHOULD SEE THE OTHER. FELLOW-

H.M.S. Ramillies, with crushed bows, in Portsmouth Harbour after collision with the German steamer Eisenach off Sandgate. during a 60-miles-an-hour gute. Eisenach was towed to Dover with a great hole in her bows. Three of her firemen, badly in- jured, were taken aboard the Ramilies, but the ship's ducturs could not save them. A fourth German suitor was lost.

ABYSSINIA'S ALLY IN WAR WITH ITALY

WILD, ·STEAMING DISEASE

RIDDEN LOWLANDS

London, Sept. 20.

"TALY intends to attack Ethiopia on two fronts during ITALY intends to attack Ethiopia on two fronts deng four year campaign, according to expert Military opinion. Italy will have the finest military equipment ever used in war. Ethiopia will have in its favour its formidable barriers and its wild, steaming, disease ridden lowlands.

•

Information in the hands of the British military intelligence is that Italian military leaders themselves believe it will take four years to conquer the country completely. That it can be conquered, there seems no doubt--but at a great cost in blood and money.

Whatever the outcome of war, Ethiopiamą gorgų approximately British experts are now con 2,500 feet deep which would be a vinced that the Italians will grave obstacle until roads could be

built. launch their big scale military offensive during the first week of October.

The estimate of the time is reached by the experts on the conviction that the Italian will

According to British military observers the ronda could be built only in full view of the

Ethiopian shooters,

For Eleven Months

WHY RANSOM HAS NOT BEEN PAID TO BANDITS.

£70,000 Before Anxious Wait Two Men Will Be For Parents In

Released

England

Manchester, Sept. 20. IN their home in King's-Road, Chorltoncum-Hardy, Man- chester, a father and mother are counting the days that will bring to an end their ten months' wait for news of their kidnapped son.

Since last October Mr. Rudolph Bosshardt, a missionary, and his companion, Mr. A. Hayman. a New Zealander, have been held captive by Chinese bandits.

.

Within a few days now Mr. and Mrs. Bosshardt will know whether their son is safe or-dend.

For the sake of other Euro- cans in China it was thought inadvisable to satisfy the fan- tastic demand of £70,000 ransom plus anti-aircraft guns.

Last November Mr. H. Becker, another missionary, set out on the dangerous task of negotinting with the bandits-without ade- quate funds.

He took his life in his hands. He found the bandits after n long. search.

This week the headquarters of the China Inland Mission in Lon- don received this telegram from Shanghal:=

"Have received telegram from Becker. Situation is very critical.'

"Darkness Before Dawn"

The telegram can only have one meaning, but Mr. and Mrs. Bosshardt refuse to lose hope.

"My husband and I are praying that Mr. Recker may be success- ful? Mrs. Bosshardt said to me.

"We believe that the 'critical stage' that has just been reached is the darkness before the dawn." Prayers have been offered in

Manchester mission halls for the safety of the captives.

missionary, and the wives of the two men were also captured. Mrs. utd Afra. Ilayman escaped and Miss Emblem was

Miss Grace Emblem, a woman

Bosshardt

released lafer.

Are You Sure?

1. Which British king

Was

Answers On Page 2. named the "First Gentleman in Europo

Charles II. George II.

George IV. Edward VII.

2. Two of these animals livel

in the sen

Wombat

Dugang

Iber

Cra1P 9 Platypus Otter

3. Where is Kalamazoo; Australia

Africa Chine

United States

Brazil

New Zealand

4. How many of these Euro-

. outpost sharp- Įpean countries have colonies on

wait for between two and three The Northern front battle line weeks after the rains-which of the Ethiopians was expected, started full force in June-have because of the nature of begun to subside,

the

tertain, to extend roughly fros Axum, through the Adowa region, It is little known, incidentally, and eastward to Adegrat, parallel that another rainy

ing the Eritrean frontier and some starts on the low Danakil plain 25 miles south of it. bordering Southern Eritrea in

'season

October, and that these rains Should the Italians advance from spread slowly into the interior Somaliland, their smithern culony, as far as Addis Ababa.

as they are expected to, obstacles The Italians are expected to even greater attack almost simultaneously from would face them.

than in the north

Eritren, their northern colony, The climate in the south is southward toward Addis Ababa, worse, the rivers feed vast and from Somaliland, west-north-swamps where fevers are bred, westward toward Addis Ababa.

water supplies are lacking, brand

the mainland of South America:

Spain Portugal

Britain

France

Holland Itely

5. The deck drains on a ship are called: Davita

Scuppers.

Bilge pipes Galleys

6. Who was the first Christian martyr in Britain:

St. George

St. Patrick

St. Paul

St. Alban

St. David

St. Andrew

7. Which of these countries] owns the greatest aren of forest Band:

Canada * India

Russia Bruzil

8. Which of the following are lighter than water:

Brandy

Honey Turpentine · Milk Cider

Ice

In order to wipe out the bitter] areas are covered with thorns and memory of their defeat at Adowa] jungle like brush through which when Ethiopian warriors cut tolun army could only with enormous pieces an Italian expeditionary difficulty hack its path. Even 9. Who was it in mythology force, killed or wounded 7,000 men mechanized units would be severe- whom Minerva, the goddess of wis- and captured from 2,500 to 3,000 ly impered.

dom, turned into a spider?

10. Ever heard of a lake two

It is bolleved that one of the first

Italian objectives will be Adowa,) The few wells in the region are miles and a half above the sen? stangerous, their mineralized ter Well, where is it and what is its

near the Eritrean frontier.

Vith airplanes.. tanks and having a laxative effect. More-nine?, motorised artillery co-operating over they are used by camels and. with Infantry, the Italiana are sheep and mau, containing sul expected to strike southward from phurated hydrogen, are perilous | the region between Asmara, ulike for man and beast. Eritrean capital, and Agordat.

It was thought that A flanking column might advance southward) from the neighbourhood of the

Gulf of Zula.

In their advance from the -Asmara front toward-Adown the Italiana will be confronted by the] Brst areat natural barrier

of

plished it would assure Italian victory.

roam.

British authorities believe Much of the Italian fighting. that the Italiana may attempt would have to be in the lowlands to conduct their campaign by in some parts, of which tons, building a railway into Ethiopia rhinoceros and leopards from the south. Realisation of but it must be remembered that such an effort would require, aven the climato hardened Ethio- under favourable circum plans, with exception of nomadic stances at least two years, it is tribes; live 'above the 3,000 feet estimated. But

accom-level,.

once

ATLANTIC AIR SPURS.

JACK VAN

Besilles the Abyssinian conflict the

Brenner boundary is an important

problem to Iinly. The picture shows

the lary stone at the Brenner

Pass, Hear the Italian-Austrinu boundary, Behind the stone is

Italian Custom Office.

Mother One Baby Nearer £100,000

the

NEW CONTENDOR FOR STORK DERBY

Toronto, Sept. 15. NEW contender in the Canadian "Stork Derby" for a £100,000 prize appeared to-day.

Mrs. John Nagle gave birth to

jher tenth child since 1926, the

took wrong turning year when Mr. Charles Vance

on first attempt to fly Atlantic, and Millar, eccentric lawyer, left few from England to Europe iristend

of Canada. No quitter, Jack will try £100,000 to the, Toronto mother

again.

"HONOUR-SLAYING” WIFE GOES BOHEMIAN

Washington, (D.C.), Sept. 15.

who in ten years bore the most children.

She claims leadership in the race with Mrs. Matthew Kenny. who has had thirteen children since 1926, alleging that Mrs.

Mrs. Thalia Massie, wife of the Kenny has registered only ten of United States naval oficer in thher children.. and only registered Honolulu honour-slaying trial, has births.ecunt_in_the_contest. disappeared from the fashionable, Washington circles in which she used to move and is living a Bo-! hemian life in the art colony at Carmel, California. writing her. memoirs,

Mrs. Massic was attacked by Butives.

to

Mrs. Nagle's claim is likely

be short-lived, however, Mrs. Kenny is expecting hor fourteenth child.

Another competitor is Mrs.

in Honolulu in 1932. One native was Grace Bagnato, who states that killed. Lieutenant Massie and Mrs. Portesene, his mother-in-law, accused jeight of her twenty-two children of his manslaughter, were sentenced have been born since Mr. Millar to ten years; later pardoned. Mr. Marsie won divorce at Renn hast year.

died.

THE OTHER

FELLOW

-AFTER A BRITISH WARSHIP HAD

BUMPED IT.

A close-up picture of the terribly damaged bows of the Ger- man steamer Eisenach, which teas towed stern firat into Dover Harbour after colliding with H.M.S, Ramillies in a Channel gale. A stern battle with the clemonta was waged to prevent the Eisenach running on to the Goodwina bofore tugs could arrive to tow her. into harbour. Hundreds of holiday-makers watched the crippled steamer arrive at Dover. The crew's damaged quarters were ez- posed to view by the great rent in the bo108,

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