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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1937.

日四初月七

No. 15281

Major Hostilities In

North China Expected In Week, Tokyo States

NEGOTIATIONS IN NANKING NOW ABANDONED; JAPANESE PATROL CAUSES CHAPEI UNEASINESS

Fighting Again Breaks

Out

Ten Miles

Miles From

From Tientsin

Tokyo, Aug. 9.

Events of the past month are considered to have greatly aggravated the situation in North China and it is feared that the struggle there is likely to be protracted and on a large scale.'

Now that the Japanese communities have been evacuated from the Yangtze Valley and Sino-Japanese relations have been virtually severed, hostilities are expected to open in the course of a week.

According to the Nanking correspondent of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi, the Japanese Embassy staff decided at a conference that it would be useless for Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, the Japanese Ambassador, to go to Nanking, as no peaceful settlement by diplomatic negotiation is possible in view of the present conditions.

It has been decided, therefore, that Mr. Kawagoe will not visit Nanking for some time.-Reuter,

CHINA WILLING TO NEGOTIATE

Nanking, Aug. 9.

Defining the Chinese Government's attitude should the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, desire to open negotiations, a spokesman of the Foreign Office said to-day there would be no objection to such negotiations as long as diplomatic relations were broken off.

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But he added that Sino-Japanese relations had reached such a critical stage that the issue of peace or war would have to be determined almost at once.- Renter.

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CHAPEI TENSION

GAINS

Shanghai, Aug. 9 (2.05 a.m.),

Chinese Peace Preservation Corps men were bastity mohitised to-day and flung up barbed wire entangle- ments and barricades in Paoshinn

Road, one of Chapei's main thorough- fare, and other nearby roads, after Japanese Naval Landing Party detachment of 20 men, on the regular evening patrol, had penetrated into

the Chinese elly deeper than

usual.

Chapel. the Chinese administered northern scetion of Greater Shanghai, was the scene of furious fighting between Japanese and Chinese Ave years ago, and blood has been spilled on Paoshan Road before.

troops

STOP PRESS

SHANTUNG QUAKE

Canton Cholera Outbreak

Authorities Take Special Measures

Canton, Aug. 1. Although drastic measures have been taken by local sanlary and medical authorities. the epidemic of cholera here has not yet been com- pletely suppressed.

Enquiries at various hospitals this morning showed that 17 cases sent in by various police stations have been registered. Two of them were fatal cases while the remainder are receiving treatment.

All hawking of ice-cream and cold drinks in streets have been suspend- ed by order of the pollee. Even ice cream parlours in the city have been badly hit, as their trade has been greatly reduced, although they have obtained special permission from

C.N.A.C. PLANE CRASH LANDING AT SEA

Giant Sikorsky flying-boat of shellar tupe to the CNC. plane, Cheklang, - which made a forced la ading off Chilong Point pesterday whilst on a Right from Hongkong to Shanghai. Three of those aboaril

are missing.

Many Nations Approve Of U.S. Policies

But Others Keep Significant Silence

Ministers Disowned By Church Bitterness Roused By Concordat With Rome

Belgrade, Aug. 8.

Washington, Aug. 8. General approval of Mr. Cor-

Scenes unprecedented in the dell Hull's statement of Ameri- Churches of Yugo-Slavia were history of the Greek Orthodox ean foreign policy is expressed in witnessed to-day when priests, the replies received from 37 nations, including Great Britain, read front the pulpits the list of Ministers and Members of Parliament exuded from the rights and privileges of the Church.

France and Russia, according

to an announcement by the State Department made to-day.

No replies were received from Ger- many, Italy and Japan however. China and Spain, too, refrained from making any comment, which is nole worthy, since Mr. Flull's declaration of July 17 was construed as particu; larly applying to the Spanish and Sino-Japanese conflicts.

They would be charged in the Ecclesiastical Court in Belgrade with

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C.N.A.C. FLYING BOAT

Dramatic Story of Dive Into Sea, and Rescue

After a rescue race to the scene where the big northbound China National Aviation Corporation plane crashed yesterday morning, a little while after leaving Hongkong, the destroyer, H.M.S. Thracian slipped into harbour at 6.45 am. to-day with the eight survivors from the ill-fated plane.

There were eleven men aboard the Sikorsky flying boat when she roared away from Kai Tak early yesterday. At 10.05 a.m., when nearing Chilang Point, 80 miles away, she came down on the sea owing to bad weather. Her wings torn off, eight men succeeded in crawling through a broken window and clinging to the floats until they were rescued by a sampan. Three are feared to have been trapped inside the water-logged hull and to have perished.

The missing are:

disobeying orders in hold Some

by working or voting for ratification of the Concordal concluded with the

Vatican.

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In Belgrade Cathedral, 2,000 persons) Mr. Maxim Litvinoff, the Russian Foreign Commissur, in us reply, assembled and listened in slience states that Mr. Hull's views are in while the list was read. In it were harmony with the principles of the the names of ten Ministers, Includ-| Soviet Government. Not only has ing the Prime Minister, and fifteen. the Soviet been propagating these members of Parliament. principles, but has been carrying them out in its foreign policy.

international

In the smaller churches In the

M. Litvinoff adds that the present suburbs, the people responded after

situation is full of the reading of each name with: "May! threats to the general peace, now in he be damned,"Reuter, one continent, now in another, and demands the most energetic counter- activity on the part of all nations,——

Reuter.

Leaders Win

Again

Cubs Shut Out Boston Braves

GREAT CANAL OVERFLOWS

INUNDATION OF BIG AREA

Hsuchow, Aug. 0. The waters of the Great Canal are rising to dangerous levels, the sec- tion in northern Kiangsu being par- ticularly perllous,

An important dyke protecting the

New York, Aug. 1. All three of the leading teams in day. Chicago blanked Boston, three News from Hainan Island states to nothing. Carleton allowing only

one hit.

the local authorities to continue thee National League won again to-/area on the left bank of the canal in

sale of ice cream and cold drinks.

of Mail Is

Salvaged

G. Orhngerber, Russian co-pilot; N. A. Chen, radio operator; F. H. Chen, steward.

Air

Afr. E. I. Wynne-Jones, Post-

master General, states that he has been informed by Mr. Tal, of the China National Aviation Corporation, that, according to one of the survivorn, some of the air mall despatched from long- kong for Shanghal by the Che-

klang has been salvaged and 15 now being held at the Chilang Ughthouse. Precisely how much mall has been saved is not yet known.

Soviet Asks U.S. To Sell Her Warships

Pelsien, northern Kiangsu, has col- lapsed for a distance of about 1,000 Would

feet, Inundating two-thirds of the district. The waters threaten to

that the epidemic at Kingchow has been effectively checked since pre-

New York scored ten runs against ventive measures have been applied by the Government. A special tem- Pittsburgh's two. Olt hitting a homer. Flse further.-Hua Nan News.

remainder of the Giants' porary hospital has been established and the

NERVOUSLY ALERT Реасе Preservation

Shanghai, Aug, D. nre Chinese press despatches state that at Inthou for cholera victims, Over crew putting up 12 hits. nervously alert and are guarding the Ilo Tse district, in South-Western 00 per cent. of the sufferers admitted siraw-covered mines and piles of Shantung, is at present a grenades in the streets of Chapel. ruins as the result of on earthquake number

mass of to hospital have recovered, They have warned newspapermen which occurred there on August

of cases has greatly de- not to approach their posts.

1. creased during the past No bullding escaped damage, and the Wah Kin Yat Po.

did not remain long

in

The Japanese naval detachment casualties are countless.

Chapel. It A steam of lava, stretching over an soon as the area of three miles,

withdrew promptly as

has created

Tungoh

effect manifested in the increasing activity The city wall, near

of its appearance was have throughout the countryside New

of Chinese troops. There are

no collapsed and numerous deaths are

signs of activity in the Naval Landing reported from the cities of Tungping Parly headquarters and barracks. and Talning.-United Press.

However, this incident had speeded

the evacuation of Chapel-United

Press.

REPORT OF ACTION

Tientsin, Aug. 9 (1.39 a.m.). At 8 p.m. last night Post Mee trucks, returning from an unsuccess- ful attempt to deliver mails south- ward, reported Sino-Japanese fight- ing at Yongliutsing, ten miles from Tientsin,

on the Tientsin-Pukow railway-United Press.

SNAP-SHOT BARRAGE

Pelping, Aug. 8.

A briak: fusillade of map-shotting marked the progress of Japaneso (Continued on Page 4)

Pepper Martin hit a circuit drive while for the Cardinals, and Medwick de- livered two, allowing St. Louis to week.win against Philadelphia, three lo

two.

New Airline's

Heads Killed

In Demonstration Hop From Lisbon

Cincinnati defeated Brooklyn, six' to four,

NAZI POLICE STRIKE

The pilot of the plane, Mr. Ed Smith, of San Francisco, Is the most seriously injured of the survivors. It Leared he has internal kurts and he is at Queen Mary Hospital, with three of the Chinese passengers.

The only European passenger, Mr. E. AL SYR

M Walsh, an employee of the Kwanglung Government,

WON

un-

hurt. But he refused to say a word about Bio crash. The other passen- Gers were too greatly affected by shock to speak of the disaster.

The survivors, including Mr. Walsh and lot Smith, are: Mr. Chen Yi, Hongkong: Mr. Hsia Tch-pa, Canton; Mr. Wong Tan-pu, Canton; Mr. Wong Pao-shin, Canton; Mr. Toon Ta-yao, Canton; Mr. Choi, Canton,

Plane Turns Turtle Piecing together the brief stories that the survivors, still suffering from allock, and the rescuers, were Pitol able to tell, it appears that Smith made a landing in fog on a

running sea. The machine struck a wave which may have caused the throttle to jum open,

for it darted forward on the next wave

and snapped off a wing. The sca- plone then

turtle and turned

the passengera were thrown all over the interior, Pilot Sikh receiving severe injuries to the ribs and arm.

The

door was opened but The strong wind and sea forced it shut again and Mr. Isla, a burly Hong- window kong Chinese, smashed a with his fat, cutting his arm In ike He then assisted some of process.

countrymen through the window before getting out himself.

The unfortunate men then tound

minus three unhappily

Buy Three themselves clinging to the wing and

floats,

known.

of

Big Craft With their number, whose fate is still un-

16-Inch Guns

New York, Aug. 8.

Close To Bench

The seaplane was within a Lew hundred yards of the beach and Chilang Lighthouse, from which place The Soviet Government is re-their plight had been observed. The

the

ported to be reopening negotia remaining wing having broken off, MASS ARRESTS IN

tions for the purchase of three the men were left clinging to

floats

and body. CHURCH FIGHT battleships, to be constructed in A sampan put out from Chilang In the American League, New York

the United States.

Lighthouse and picked up the men but the craft was so zmall that to played in endless luck. The Yan-

Berlin, Aug. 8, kees' eight hits yielded six runs, and

The construction of one battle-avold the danger of foundering it Cleveland's 12 hits, including a No less than 75 men and 40 women ship of 35,000 tons, armed with nine was deemed wiser to transfer the homer by Sullivan, were only enought were arrested by the German secret 10-inch guns, is at present

under the

survivors to n junk, which came on for five.

police in Dahlem to-day, in connec discussion, but it is stated that Russin Chinese Maritime Customs cruiser, scene. Shortly afterwards the

of the arrested pastors of the three such vessela. header, the White Sox dropping the Evangelical Church, fi of whom are opener, slx to seven when 11iggins now in custody. homered, taking the night-cap 13 to nothing. when Whitehead pilched and Banura bit a home run.

Philindelphia twice defenied St.

Chicago and Boston split a double. tion with a demonstration in behalf would desire ultimately to purchase 1o Shing, and a motor boat, belong-

Lisbon, Aug. 8, Five directors of n new Portuguese air line were killed while making a Louls, ave to four in the early propaganda fight to-day.

Ing to the Chinese Maritime Customs, The subject was first broached last arrived and they took UYE "FIN" "DI

board. March, when Washington objected to All these preachers have been the Soviet request that the completed arrested for alleged offences against ships' guns should be inspected and

Thracian's Search the Church laws.-Router.

omelally approved by the U. S. Navy, The Thracian, under the. com- The question of 16-Inch guns was mond of Lieut-Commander Fancock, also a stumbling block.

proceeded to Chilang Point from WOMAN ON LONG Hor

The Soviet has now waived the re-Hongkong at 125 p.m. at 20 knots und arrived there late yesterday Bulawayo. Aug. 8.

quest for inspection and the United afternoon. After cruising round-for States recent decision to equip Its some time in search of the plane, she The Detroit-Washington game was] Mrs. Bonney, the noted Australian own vessels with 10-inch guns may dropped anchor and sent a party called at the afth who on A when Tigers lnd of the nth inning, nigwoman Australia to South facture of this, alze, of gun in the batter received a message from

good-will have opened the way for the manu-nshore to the having hilt a cliquit drive-Router. Africa, arrived here to-day-Reuter, United States for the Soviet-Reuter,

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game, seven to three in the late ses-

Their plane caught fire after fall-sion. Moses and Johnson hitting ing two miles off the coart of homers in the opener, and Moses Portugal,

between Lisbon and again in the night-cap. Figueira da Foz,

The plane was plioted by

Feason, the president of the newly-

"formed" company.-Reuter,

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