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KWEICHOW CLASH REPORTED

KWANGSI TROOPS

OVER BORDER

INVASION

INTENDED?

Shanghai, July 6.

stute

Chinese press reports Kwangsi troops have clashed with Kwelchow provincial forces t Tuyun, 200 miles from Kwelynng.

No indication of the extent of the fighting nor of the number of casualties has been received.

nre

The Kwangel commanders reported to be transferring trous from the South Hunan positions to reinforce a body at present marching Into Kwelchow.— United Press,

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ETHIOPIANS TO

STRIKE AGAIN

DURING

RAINS

Awaiting Day When

Aircraft Impotent

BELEAGUERED

GARRISON

ITALIAN

DOOMED

(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")

Cairo, July 5.

The rains will impose a severe test on the Italian army of occupation in Ethiopia, declares Mr. Christopher Holme, Reuter's special correspondent, formerly with the Italian northern armies. He has just arrived here.

insist High-placed Italian officials in Ethiopia, he says, that brigandage is small, but concede that it is sometimes political and may take years to eliminate.

During the recent feast of Michael, the Ethiopians swore to drive out the Italians and boast now that they are reserving their big effort for the worst week of rains, when Italian aircraft will be impotent.

The Italians hold the opinion that The Ethiopians are more interested in inter-tribal pillaging than hire- but sisting the Italian decupation.

months large Canton, July 6. during the last two It is revealed that General | bodies of well-armed bandits have Chan Chai-long yesterday pro- fiercely opposed Italian punitive ex- ceeded to the Air Force head-peditions.

quarters here and later to the Soldiers Murdered avintion school where he n dressed aviators for fully three hours, urging them, firstly, to

The throats of a number of Italian

soldiers were out while they slept one night recently in various parts: be faithful to their duties and.of Addis Ababa itself, after which thon- secondly, to do their utmost to incident the Italians arrested

including some sands of persons,

released, Many were' others

induced were

work on the roads under talon super- vision, and the remainder are now jamming improvised gaols.

to

BRITISH

BILLETS ATTACKED

ARABS CREEP TO CLOSE QUARTERS

ENFILADED BY HIGHLANDERS

Jerusalem, July 5. There has been a recrudes- contined to towns, owing to the cence of the bombing art snip- diealty of maintaining chromurien-ing-in-Palestine tions with the interior,

resist the Japanese aggressors, Europeans.

General Chan assured the aviators that henceforth all members of the force would receive better treatment than they had bad in the past.

During

ing his visits, General Chan was viritantly armedbodygred by a heavily

It is understood that lurge numbers of the officers of the air force have been promoted to high ranks, and to posts accently vacated.

of

Italian garrison forces are largely

Garrison Doomed

During the week-end three Jews employed in the Public Works Department in Jerusalém

A garrison of several hundreds at were wounded seriously in a Asposafari is regarded as doomed, furbomb explosion.

is surrounded by thousands of arm- cd Ethiopiarts.

The regular Addis Ababa aeroplane traffe has already reased owing to the bad weather.

Bombs were also thrown in Jaffa,

Haifa and Nablus, but no casualties are reported from these cities.

A large number of Arabs were ar rested this morning in connection with an unsuccessful attempt to bomb s

'DELAYED FINANCING Postponement of the folution the $10,000,000 air defence bones until October was announced in an officiut statement today. Originally. the flotation was scheduled for July The present scheme is to raise from $5,000,000 in two months,

The Italians express, confidence in bridge, snipers crept up to a position October to November 30, and, another

their ability to control the situation

Aral $5,000,0000 #1 few months Inter through the medium of subscription and say they will give the re-in close proximity to the military bil- calcitrants the option of working or lets at lebron and opened fire upon of twenty cents by each adult in enlisting. The latter offer is the Cameron Highlanders in quarters Kwangtung.

The funds so raised will be entirely doubtedly-a most powerful induce-there. The lighlanders mustered and meut to pacification, as recruits for went out meet the attackers, execu- devoted to expansion of the air force the Italian army will receive a ting a manoeuvre which enabled them Another deeree has been issued by uniform and rifle, and a wage of 120 to colllade the Arabs' position.. Their the South-west Political Council, fire a month-Reuter Special.

fire killed one and rounded three Arabs.-Reuter.

announcing its decision to cense

collecting

ting the national defence income

tux as from July, on the grounds that

the sharp rise in commodity prices

and the increased cost of living makes! the task extremely difficult and the burden of taxation on the people severe-ffrutes,

HIGHWAY ROBBERY CHARGE

SERIOUS FIGHTING

IN PARIS

RIGHTISTS MOB. POLICE

REDS CAUSE TROUBLE

Paris, July 5.

of between hundreds

Tsoi Chu, unemployed, aged 20, of Singapore, was committed by Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy this morning to stand trial at the next Criminal Sesalons on a charge of highway robbery.

Defendant was alleged to. have A robbed a Japanese woman, Al Ichi demonstrators horo to-day resulted in Kawa, of a leather purse containing the mobbing of thirty policemen and of the $8.20

and

a gold hair ornoment set Mobile Guards, and twenty with fade,

at Eastern Hospital, Road demonstrators and ten police were on June 21.

Evidence was given this morningaken to hospital.

Shi Hing Cheung jewellery shop, No. 137 Johnston Road, who said he had bought

a gold ornament; Exhibit A, from a man for $8. The man had asket him to inelt it down. Detesilve Inspector A, E. Carry then produced the jade part of the ornament, which he sinted had been given him by an informer who could not now be found,

Defendant made ne statement.

fight

Rightiste seizing chairs, syphona

Zeppelin

Sets New

Trip Time

Frankfurt, June 6.

The Von Ilindenburg arrived here

at 1.20 p.m. 19-day, thus establishing n world record for the return journey acress the Atlantic occan.

BONNY YOUNG BRITISH PRINCE

Curly-headed Prince Edward, eight-month-old gon of the Duke and Duchess of Kent is here seen eu-

joying the sunshine in the gardens of his home in Belgruve Square,

LEAGUE'S END

SIGHT?

IN

Paris Press Feels Deep Pessimism

TO POLICIES FORESEEN

RETURN OF FORCE

Paris, July 5. Disillusionment and

pessimism pervade the newspapers.here to-day where commentators concern themselves with the League of Nations' past week of drama.

Le Matin claims that Geneva has never experienced can atmosphere like yesterday's, when at any time a mere

nothing might have produced a serious incident.

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HUNTING

CHING'S SLAYER

ELABORATE POLICE INVESTIGATION

SPECIAL MEN DETAILED

Elaborate investigations are being undertaken by the police with a view to tracing the mur- [derer of Mr. Ching. Tien-tau, a former Treasurer of the Canton Government, who was shot deal 51 outside his residence at Robinson Road at 6.30'on' Satur- day evening. So far, no clo- finite clue has been seured as to the identity of the assassin, but the police are following up certain points which, it is hoped, may lead to the man's apprch.

ension.

On Saturday night and ugnin yester day passengers on the ferries and at ather points were searched by special police detailed for the purpose.

The victim, also known to his foreign friends in Hongkong as Mr. T. T. Ching, was one of the founder directors of the now defunct. Indua- trial

and Commerelal Bank Hongkong and was formerly owner of that Bank's building in Queen's Road Central, now the American Asintie Underwriters.

of

Having occupied some of the highest Government posis in Canton during the administration of the late General Chen Kwing-ming, Mr. T. T Ching has been living on retirement in the Colony for some years since the exit of his political associates after tho establishment of thes Nationalist Government in Nanking.

THREE SHOTS

On Saturday afternoon he proceed- ed home in his own motor-car, No. 1556. On arrival he was walking up somie stone steps leading from the road to his private residence when he was intercepted by an

League of Nations is soon faced i described by nonien man,

fired

to be with some disagreeable fait

man of about

This man hree ahots, with two pistols, at accompli at Danzig, after the Nazi leader Herr Greiser's out shots entered the back of Mr. Ching, close range of about six feet. Two burst before the League while the third ore lodged in his left Nations Council yesterday. arm. The fatal shot was belloved to

he

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Ils claim that he spoke on behalf have entered near his heart. The

of the whole German people when victim collapsed on the steps and was attacked air. Sean Lester, the seen bleeding profusely. That part of Irish Ith Commissioner of Danzig, the road being somewhat deserted at ntheial inspiration. He that time of the night the assassin tests asked that the High Commissioner had little difealty in escapin

ing. be removed, charging that he was When the chauffeur of the victim on the alde of the minority in and relatives inside the house heard Danzig.

the firing, they went out to make The League passed a resolution of enquiries and found Mr. Ching lying confidence in Mr. Lester, however, unconscious. The chauffeur, together and Herr Greiser showed his in- with Mrs. Ching and other relatives dignation. At one stage of the pro- wrapped up the wounded man in Le Journal remarks that the day was disastrous forceedings he said he knew he could blanket and took him to the Govern expect no more from the League in ment Civil Hospital. He was pro-

nounced dead on arrival, view of its dilatory methods. the League.

When the Polico A member of the Council, alluding

ere notified by of the

murder a number of Le Petit Parisien says the League has fortunately to Herr Greiser's speech, told Reuter: telephone of

"Here are the first fruits of this officers arrived and made investiga- rectified its error in imposing sanctions, but the process morning's Eluopian resolution. Lions. The Pantun hat worn by the victim was stil lying by the road sido

with blood. has badly shaken its prestige.

L'Oeuvre touches the depths of pessimism, declar- ing that yesterday's proceedings gave all delegates the impression that the institution must soon close down. There will be no alternative, this paper says, but a -policy of alliances; in other words, a policy of force.---

Reuter.

BABY DIES OF SCALDS

A nine-month old boy, Lam Shii-

ming, was admitted to the Govern-

The big sky-liner completed the passage from Lakehurst, N.J., in 45 ment Civil Hospital yesterday suf- Hours 39 minutes.

SILVER IMPORTS CONTINUE

fering with scalds caused when he U.S. PURCHASES AT The total time for the journey to tell into a tub of boiling water at 32

five days Graham Street. He died at 10 p.m.] and from Lakehurst was nineteen hours and fifty-one seconds. yesterday. -Reuter.

....

SWIMMER RESCUED BY

Dr.

WONG

SIK-TO

L

at this means

of

HIGH LEVEL KEEPING PACE

·WITH GOLD

Washington, July 5, Sliver Imports Into the United States for the week ended June 26 totalled .$200,834,731 which is the highest since February 7, and which consisted chiefly of exceptional Chin- cse imports.

Reuter,

STOP

PRESS

Tokyo, July 6. Russian nad Japanese ships are racing against "heavy seas to the assistance of Soviet ship Simu, which has been aground near Omnokotan land, off Kamchatka, since July 2. Distress signals from the ship Buys she is leaking and that her engines are disabled.Reuter

Bankerneral story was that a man

wearing a white jacket, rushed down.

the steep path inmediately after the.

shooting

Relatives said that Mr. T. T. Ching hud never been warned of danger and was completely unguarded in all his movements. The last person who saw him alive was his chauffeur, who at the time of the shooting, was taking the car alowly from the rond into the garage..

EDUCATED IN AMERICA Fifty-six years old, the deceased was a native of Chungshan district, noir Muena. He received his early education in Honolulu and entered Stanford University in America,

Ilo 1006.

graduated from this

tho FOR | University with B.A. degree and

-studies

In

the

DELAYING CONVERSATIONS Nanking, July 4. The Japanese Ambassador has de chied to postpone broaching converen. tions for the readjustment of Japanese relations until after the Chicago Univeralty where he obtained C. E. C. session, necording to Japanese the Ph.D. degree. On returning wo reports. It in added Mr. Kawagoe Chinn he joined the then southern will meet Marshal Chiang Kai-shek at Government at the time of the late dinner to-morrow at Dr. H. 11. Kung's General Chen Kwinganing. From the residence and will como lo Shanghai post of Director of Public Works in the next day----Reuter,

Canton he was promoted to President (Continued from. Page 12).

FIREBOAT CREW WINS

NAVY'S

PRAISE

Naval authorities to-day paid a high tribute to the crew Island

of the fireboat which fought the fire at Stonecutters

last night and prevented what might have been a dangerous. spread of flaimes.

by Cheung Chi-kin, muster of the and glasson in the open air cafes on

Dr. Wong Sik-to, the well-known local eye specialist, was

From the East $5,400,000 worth of the Champs Elysees repeatedly clashed with police and Moblie Guards. Some instrumental in saving the life of an unknown swimmer who

silver arrived at San Francisco to- the got into difficulties on Sunday evening at Stanley. "It appears

day, completing, it is understood, part 1,000 civilians participated. In disturbanoes.

that a party of Chinese students had been bathing there, near a

of the regular purchases from China that the United States Treasury, come. However, the fighting was sporadic raft, when one of them, known to be a very good swimmer, sud-

tracted in May. aixi unorganised and moved up and denly got some form of cramp,

Using its water-guns as it came half an hour of the fireboat's arrival, Of the week's total imports Mexicon. down the boulevards, the de-

in two though the flames were visible He shouted for help and threshed; even to grasp monstrators shouting "Vive_Laroque,"

Canada $192,951, Honduras $40,453 continetors matsheds were blazing Hongkong and Kowloon for an hour, the leader of the Croix de Feu, the water frenziedly, but his .com- succour, and had to be hauled into supplied $936,089, Peru $245,970, alongside the pier, near which

the bont.:

Dr. Wong was assisted in reviving while the Soviet, Chile and the Phillp furiously, the firebeat's crow lost not

an instant's time in coming into An official statement from the At Aix-en-Provenco Leftists were panions thought that he was merely troublesome. They attacked automo- playing a joke on them, and paid no the swimmer by Dr. LI Bin, who pines contributed lesser amounts.

Gold imports for the same period action. The main hose line was got Naval authorities this morning said. biles flying the tri-colour.. Sovep attention. On the point of drowning, had been present on the raft, and who

must con smaller hoses attached so that the prevented the spread of the fire to were injured when the Mobile Guards he was seen by Dr. Wong, who was awam to the boat. The student was totalled $38,040,908, adicating that ashore in a matter of seconds, and that the Arabent's work definitely intervened and one rister was shot out in, his motor beat, with two taken ashore, though it was half an the silver purchasta

certainly saved much valuable pro- three times and is in a critical condi- friends. He decided that this was hour before he was able to walk, tinue for a long term in order to firemen could get to close quarters possibly dangerous proportions and

gold-United Press.

The firo was under control within perty tion as a result of the fighting no prank and throw a life-bolt. The He was assisted away by two friends, reach the desired proportions with and reach the heart of the fire.

youth, however, was too exhausted complaining of giddiursa..

At the wooldytin of the Rotary

Club to-morrow the speaker will be Rotarian PS. Cassidy, and bis sub joets "Hongkong Develops a Social Conscience."

United Press.