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THE HONGKONG

WORST WINTER

IN YEARS

Britain Swept By:

Snow - Storms

London, Dec. 9.

The British Isles are in the grip of the severest weather for at least four years and the earliest onslaught of winter for over a decade.

TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY,

"Open Door" Violation Now Alleged

New Cause For

Protest To Japanese

DECEMBER 10, 1937.

BLIZZARDS RAGE OVER AMERICA

50 Now Dead In Bitter Winter

New York, Dec, 0. Flerce blizzards are raging over the North American continent, threatening food shortagen in many northern towns and the dislocation of rail and bus trame.

Snowdrls have isolated many townships in upper New York State, where the roads have been rendered Impassable. Furious winds have

seek shelter, while snow ploughs are helpless in 13 inches of wind-driven snow on the highroads.

London, Dec. 9. The question of the applica- Toboganning enthusiasts are re- Joleing in the heavy fall of snow. tlon of the Exchange Control

Gales have strewn the countryside laws in Manchukuo to dis in the Weal, and South-west of Belcriniinnte in favour of Japan was ond electric power; polca and trees, raised in the House of Commons forced the Great Lake steamers to tain especially, with broken telegraph blocking the roads and interrupting to-day by Mr. J. A. de Rothschild telegraphie communications. Seventy (Lib.) and Lord Cranborne, in

Salit Auch poles lay in the streets of bury a foot deep in snow, while written reply said the British Salisbury Plain, and West Wilts and Consul-General at Mukden at Dorset villages are completely already protested against this den to the South-west are dotted with was an evident contradiction of isolated. The main roads from Lon-discriminatory legislation, which abandoned cars, lorries and motor buses.

the principle of the “Open Door" and British treaty rights. The British Ambassador in Tokyo had drawn the attention of the snowdrifts, and many vilinges without light.

Japanese Government to the Automobile Association grouts re-position and he understood the mained on duty throughout the night French and American govern to warn motorists where roads were

ments had taken similar netion.

For twelve hours the main Southampton-Bournemouth road was blocked by fallen poles and five-foot

are

Impassable, but hundreds of motorists found that turning back was imprac- ticable, and spent the night in their cara or tramped to inns und coltages for shelter-Reuter's Special.

TSINGTAO NERVOUS

Chinese Promise To Defend Port If Japan Attacks

Admiral

Tsingtao, Dec, 10.

Shen Hung-lich, the

Mayor, and local military authorities, have announced their determination

In a wrillen reply to Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. Fletcher (Lab.), Lord Cran- borne sald that Admiral Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-Chief of the China station, had immediately pro- tested in regard to the Wuhu Incident to the Japanese Admiral, who had expressed

The British Am- regret. bustador nt Tokyo had also made representations

the Japanese Government.

to

With regard to the attack on the steamer Slusion, his present informa- tion tended to show that firing was

The southern part of the United States is still severely affected, and

buted to the weather-Reuter. 30 deaths are reported from various parts of the country, which are attri-

CANTON RAID

Invading Planes Fired On

Conton, Dec. 10. (10.30 .m.). Canton has just been treated in some spirited anti-aircraft and machine-gun fire directed at three Japanese planes which are believed to have dropped bombs 011 the Canton-Hankow railway.

Three Japanese planes, part of a

were ap-

carried out by Chinese troops. If group of nine seen earlier this morn- further enquiries, which were being ing heading northward, made by the British Consul-Generalparently heading soutinward to their base. They were big machines and In Shanghai, confirmed this, represen

were not tations would be addressed to the anti-aircraft guns.

seriously bothered by the Chinese Government-Router.

to resist to the death" any Japanese STOP PRESS

attempt on Tsingtao,

In an interview the Mayor said: "We shali defend Tsingtao to the last. Furthermore, any Japanese attempt to storm Tsingtao will be made as expensive as possible."

The Mayor added that the local situation was "fast heading towards o crisis as the enveloping movement proceeds."

All Chinese banks are keeping open and doing business as usual, while shipping and other commercial actl- vities are continuing at normal height.

Higher Chinese, officials are re- maining at their posts, but some of the minor oficială. have left Tsing- too owing to`reductions in the ad- ministration staffs of the Government departments-Reuter.

King Examines New Planes As An Expert

London, Dec. 9.

The King spent an hour ut the Handley Page Aeroplane Factory in North London to-day. He was ac- companied by Lord Swinton, Air Minister. He sal in one of the new bombers constructed by the arm and examined the controls,

This is the third visit made by His Majesty to aeroplane works in two days. Yesterday he visited the Vickers works at Brooklands.

The King himself is an experienced airman, having transferred to this branch of service from the Navy during the Great War-Neuter Bul- letin.

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Resistance Bound To Continue

Washington, Dec. 9. China will continue the war whatever happens at Nanking.. and even if two or three years of fighting are necessary, declared Mr. Ha Shin, special adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. addressing the Newspaper- women's Club to-day.

He said that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had recently called him asuarances that Nan- ́king's fall would not end Chinese resistanco to 110 Japanese Invasion-Reuter,

MUCH OF MAIL ON CYGNUS SALVAGED

In response to telegraphic inquiries from the Postmaster-General, itong- kong, the following message has been received here from the Portmaster- General, London:

"Your" telegramme regarding De- cember D accident to flying, boal Cygnus: Understand most of maila salvaged. Defalls at present lacking but will telegraph further particulars soon as possible,"

It is understood 3 considerable amount of Hongkong mail, which left here November 27, was on the lost plane.

machine-gun fire brom-pom and

out from a point only 100 yards from

rom Shomeen, but the gunners up- peared to be unduly optimistic as the planes were well to the west, heading south.

Chinese sources state that 17 pinnes were sighted in the vicinity of Bocca Tigris this morning. These are be- lieved to have split up into groups, portions of which caused the present outbreak.-Reuter,

Population Statistics Amendable

London, Dec. 9. To-day's House of Commons order paper contains over a dozen amend- ments to the Population Statistics Blil tabled by the Minister in charge of the measure, Sir Kingsley Wood.

Mere made In the second

debate last week that the Bill had been drafted too loosely and the Minister of Health proposes..to. delete the provision authorising questions on "any

"any other matter with

respect to which it is desirable to obtain statistical information."

now

DA

Additional information on the re- gistration of birth which it is desired to obtain to secure reliable in- formation on fertility rates is practically limited to the oge of mother, date of marriage, and number of children mather has had by the present or former husbands. In- formation is now specifically made privileged so that it cannot be dla- closed for use in legal proceedings.

Newspapers give prominence to the modification accepted by the Govern- ment as a result of House of Com- mons criticism and describe it as good example of the working of the democratic system.-British Wireless.

U.S. RUSHES TO INVEST MONEY

GOVERNMENT ISSUES

OVER-SUBSCRIBED

Washington, Dec. #.

Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, announced that the G$250,000,000 eight-year bonds had been

over-subscribed approxi- mately 16 times, and that the sub- scription list for the G$200,000,000 Ave-year note issue had been ex- ceeded 13 times.-Reuter.

Viscount

Ishii

Briefly Visits

Prime Minister

·

London, Dec. 8. Viscount Ishii paid a courtesy visit on Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, at 5 o'clock to-day; and slayed with him for half an hour. -Reuter,

PRINCE MAKING GOOD RECOVERY

Amsterdam, Dec. 9. The condition of Prince Bernhard, a recent who received injuries in motor accident, has so improved that no further dally bulletin will be issued-Reuter,

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