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STOLEN HOLIDAY

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IAN HUNTER

AUSON SKIPWORTH » ALEXANDER D'ARCY •'Directed by Michael Curtiz

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

BRITAIN'S PATIENCE EXHAUSTED

Firm Hand Must Be Taken To Protect

Palestine Lives

London; Nuv, 3.

A firm reply in the negative was

THURSDAY,

No Military Clauses In Anti-Soviet Undertaking

Berlin Denies Tale Chamberlain Tells

given by Mr. W. Ormsby Gore, Of Friendly Words

Secretary of State for the Colonies, when Mr. W. Gullocher asked if the Government was not going to recon- alder its attitude towards the Argb Higher Committee in Palestine and adopt a different attitude for solving the problem.

"Not I say quite definitely, No!" replied the Colonial Secretary.

"For a whole year His Majesty's Government has exercised, exemplary patience in the face murder and rebellion, and we have quite come to the conclusion that forbearance has been mistaken for weakness, anek that it is essential to restore law and order in the country If moderate Arabs lives, as well as Jewish lives. are to be saved. (Cheers)-Reuter.

CURFEW LIFTED

Jerusalem, Nov. 3. The curfew imposed in the old city of Jersusalem has been lifted to ac- commodate the festival beginning to- night when the Moslems fast during the daytime and eat at night-time for a munth-Reuter.

NOT PRESSING EXTRADITION

London, Nov.

In reply to a question in the iloise of Commons. Lord Cranborne id to-day the British Government was not pressing the French authorities to Catraciite thi Grand Mufli Jerusalem.-Reuter.

REFUGEES NOT

INVITED TO

of

Derlin, Nov. 3. Reports abroad that the Italo- anti-Comintern German-Japanese

Pact will contain a military clause directed against Russian intervention in the Far East, is denied in com- petent quarters here.

the

It is stated that the pact will con- tain no military clauses-Router,

OLD CORRESPONDENCE

London, Nov. 3. Neville Mr.

Chamberlain, Prime Minister, outlined the corres- pondence which had passed between him and Signor Benito Mussolini, the Talán Dictator, at the end of the summer, when he spoke in the House of Cominona to-day.

Ile stated that following a friendly message from II Duce which had been conveyed by Count Dino Grandi, the Italian Ambassador, he rent a letter to Signor Mussolin! regretting that the relations between Britain and Italy were still far from the old feeling of mutual affection which had lusted for so many years. He expressed the opinion that those feelings would be and restored If misunderstandings unfounded suspicions were cleared away. He declared the rendiness of སྙ་ the British Government to enter into conversations at any time to that end. Signor Mussolini Immediately res plied, expressing his own sincere wish to the same end, and agreement that conversations should be started.- Renter's Special.

KENYA COLONY Legion Doing

London, Nov. 3.

About 6,000 Abyssinian refugees, including many women and child- ren the majority of whom had tra- velled long distances and suffered very severe hardships, are now in Kenya.

Fine Work For Veterans

ty

now

There

a population approaching 1,000 in the British in This information was given in a | Legion Village near Maidstone, parliamentary answer by the Kent, England. The village com- Colonial Secretary, who paid tribute prises a sanatorium, a village settle- humanitarian wark of the ment for ex-patients and their Kenya authorities under difficult families, and a training centre where conditions, in rendering medical and the settlers are taught and follow other aid to the refugees,

various trade, eventually becoming

to the

Mr. Ormsby Gure took occasion | self-sup_soldiers and their fami-

to declare there was no foundation whatever for the suggestion that the Government of Kenya took any action to invite these refugees to the Colony.

may mention that owing to the situation of the camp at Istolu the refugees concentrated there are not

These

lies are only a few of those whom the Lestion alds with funds derived from subscription the world over. Previously acitnowledgel Col. G. K. Hall-Brutton.. Canadian Trade Commission T. C. Monaghan

In a position to engage in any anti-D. J. Gilmore Halian activities even if they wished A. Murdoch to do so".

He added that he could not say what the future of the refugees would

be, but they could not be Accommodated in Kenya where it would be impossible for them to maintain themselves.-British Wire- ¡css.

INLAND CARGO REACHES S'HAI

Shunghial, Nov. 4. Valuable native products for ex- purl arrived from Hankow by the B. und S. Wuha to-day this being the first shipment sent from up-river to Shanghai by water since the establishment of the boom at Klang-

$2,060.00

Lt. Col. and Mrs. Matthews Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Baskett Prot. W. 1. Gerrard

10.00

10.00

$2,265.00

10.00

NOVEMBER 4, 1937.

SANCTUARY IN NANTAO APPROVED

But Difficulty Found In Fixing Borders

been reached in principle

Shanghai, Nov. 4, it in understood agreement

for the establishment of a refugee quarter at

Natao, and that it will be respected

as auch by both of the warring armies.

Negotiations are now progressing to iron out the several details con- The Inter- nected with the scheme. national Refugee Committee. which submitted the proposals to the រ៉ន Chinese and Japanese authorities, of the opinion that if a particular area is removed from the danger of bomb- ing and shelling, it will solve the pro- blem of what to do with the home- less war victims of Naniao and the International Settlement.

One of the chief dimeulties attend- Ing the negotiations is disagreement over the proposed boundaries of the aren. Neuter.

Mayor Denies Creation Of Neutral Zone

Shanghai, Nov, 4, Mr. O. K. Yui, Mayor of Greater Shanghai, emphatically denied Inst night that the Chinese Government was considering the creation of a neutral zone at Nantao.

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In a statement explaining the origin of the current rumours in this connection Mayor Yui sald that he had been approached by foreign member of the China International lted Cross Society In Shanghal for morking out a small area in the city for accommodating Chinese refugees. Appreciating the benevolent nature of the proposal, he promised to give it due consideration."

The some proposal, Mayor Yu! sald, And been made to the Japanese military in Shanghai.-Central News, UNDER FRENCH FLAG

Shanghai, Nov. 4.

(9 a.m.).

A survey has revealed that the Chiaolung University is housing 8,000 refugees who are being fed by the International Relief Committee and protected by the French flag.

Stecawei, a small Catholic settle ment outside of French Concession, Mean- is housing 4,000 war victims. while the

in the camps refugee ca

French Concession Settlement and are packed with miserable humanity. -United Press,

BELGIUM STILL BOUND BY COVENANT

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of

Shanghai, H.M.S. Cumberland, Do- The cargo left Hankow on October fender; Tsingtao, H.M.S. Duchess; 19, and after it had been carried Welhaiwel, H.M.S. Delight, Suffolk, past the boom by the inland route Grimsby: Tangku, ILMS. Sandwich; organised, it Hankow, H.MS. Capetown; Amoy, Daring; Tinkang Island, was transhipped from the Tungchow H.M.S. to the Wuhu.--Reuter.

H.M.S. Decoy.

Provisional movements on Novem- ber 6 are: H.M.S. Daring leaves Arnoy for Foochow and then to Shanghai where she relieves H.M.S. Defender

hich proceeds to Foochow

YOUTH ADMITS THIEVING

which

Warships in harbour: North Wall, H.M.S. Tarantula, Dainty, Olympus, Rainbow; South Wall, H.M.S. Chan Sze-ng, 19, unemployed, Lowestoft; East Wall, H.M.S. pearing on remand before Mr. Orpheus, Proteus, Pandora, Regent; Edwards at the Central Magistracy North Arm, H.M.S. Medway

and this morning was charged with the Submarines; West Well, H.M.S. theft of a table clock valued at $4.50Thracian, Westcott; Docks, H.M.S. and $1.20 in cash from No. 5 Po Hing Diana, Duncan, Taikoo Dock, H.M.S. Lane, second floor, the properly

Folk- Cicala, Phoenix, Falmouth,

Fung Tin, 34, married women.

and when the clock and the money were found in Jus

Lepanto.

possession,

as

ECHO OF ALLEGED SUBMARINE ATTACK ON DESTROYER

London, Nov. 3. After the First Lord of the Ad- miralty had recited in the House of Commons the story of the presumed atluck on the destroyer Basilisk, and how on the return of the ship to Gibraltar and investigation of all the evidence, an announcement was made fit tiint mistake had been made, he was asked if he was aware that it had been suggested that in fact the submarine WEA

us destroyed but in order to avold international com. plication it was glossed over,

Mr. Duff Cooper replied: "There is no truth whatever in the suggestion.

British Wireless.

WEATHER FORECAST

Temperature at 10 a.m. at the

corres-

but

per cent,

The defendant was scarched by a stone; No. 7. Buoy H.M. Submarines. Royal Observatory to-day was 77

Foreign men-of-war-Italian, sloop one degree lower than the Chinese detective at Ladder Street

reading yesterday; panding Chinese C/C_Chun lising; C.M.C. humidity was. 76, three ad- mitted having commitled the theft. Cruiser (15); Transports (2): Gun-higker, He was sentenced to п month's boots (2). Imprisonment and ordered to be sent back to his native village at the ex- piration of his term.

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Third Victim Of Fire

Dies of Burns

LAUNCH CREW STOLE IRON

Three Chinese employed on a Kowloon Docks launch were charged before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning of iron, with stealing eight pigs valued at $23, the property of the Docks. Defendants, Leung Fuk, 33, cook, Chan Chung, 22, seamnan, and

A third victim of the fire in Kow-Lam' Wing, 39, were remanded for loon City on Monday night has died 24 hours.

on

of her burns. Ip Ling-yee, middle- Inspector W. A. Russell said oged wanton, who had been admitted Tuesday 800 pigs of iron were land- to the Kowloon Hospital suffering ed on a wharf at the Docks.

from severe burns, 14.30 this morning.

succumbed

at

duty launch was borthed alongside. An Indian watchman on duty

The

saw

The other two victims were 10- the defendants, who formed part of year-old boys, one of whom was kill the launch crew, taking some of the ed in the fire. The other died at the iron on to the vessel. He went up and Hospital. Wednesday discovered that they had stolen eight

pigs.

Kowloon morning.

A ridge of moderately high pres-

Bure extends from Shantung to North Japan; a depression Is moving eastward across Monchuria.

Local forecast:-Eat winds, mode- rate to fresh; fair.

Duchess Of Gloucester Operated On

London, Nov. 3. An official bulletin states that the Duchess of Gloucester underwent a minor

this morning, uperation necessitated by a recent miscarriage. A month of rest will be necessary. The Duchess's general health is good, and no more bulletins will bo issued.--Reuter.

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