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FIRST EDITION

Con Conek

Hongkong Telegraph.

YOUNDED 1831

三拜禮 號五月正英港香

JANUARY WEDNESDAY,

5, 1938.

ARWAT

No. 15407

TWO AMERICANS KILLED

PLANE

CRASHES

IN TAKE-OFF

AT ARMY FIELD

Shell Fired at Raiding Fliers Lands Outside

"Reuter's"

Two American aviators were Hankow, says the United Press.

Offices

Hankow, Jan. 5.

killed yesterday in

It is not stated whether the men were killed during the time of the Japanese air raid on the aerodrome, but it is definite that their machine cracked up in the take-off at the military flying field.

The death men are:

Alexander F. Sangster,

Houston, Texas;

of

Harold Greenlief Welch, of Las PALESTINE

Angeles.

Sangster, the pilot, only arrived in China a month ago, and is believed to be one of the intrepid fighting pilots of the International Squadron. Welch, a mechanic, had been two years in China.

HANKOW-FUNERAL FOR FOREIGN ARMEN

Hankow, Jan. 5. The funeral will take place to-day of the two fareign airmen who were killed when their plane crashed while taking off from the Hankow aero- drome.

One, the pilot was killed instantly, and the other was so seriously injured that he died later from his wounds. The-plane burst into flames and was destroyed.-Router.

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CHINESE SHOT DOWN

Hankow, Jan. 5.

lone Thrilling attempts by Chinese plane to evade Japanese pur- suit planca was witnessed by thou- sands of onlookers during yesterday's air fuld.

The Chinese machine, riddled with bullets, manoeuvred cleverly in an endeavour to shake off the attackers, on to a but eventually it crashed

of the Peiping- farm house west Hankow railway. The pilot killed-Reuter.

י.

INQUIRY OUTLINED

Terms Of Reference For Commission In New White Paper

Delicate Task For Britain

London:Jan-4---

The British Government has issued! a White Paper giving the terms of reference for the technical commis- sion which is proceeding to Palestine, following the decision of the League regarding the proposed Council,

scheme of partition.

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Confucius' Birthplace in Japan's Hands

British Banks

Show Bigger Year's Profit

London, Jan. 1.

JAPANESE ENGAGE HIDDEN CHINESE MARKSMEN

Most of the "Big Five" banks announced bigger profits for 1937. Tho Westminster Bank made-£1,750,000-net-profit-and shareholders will get an unex- pected bonus of two per cent. in addition to a repetition of the 18 per cent. dividend. Shares im- mediately rose on the market when this was known.

Barclays Bank nelled £2,131. 090, or £240,000 more than last year. The Bank is putting as additional half a million pounds 10 reserve.

The Commission's task is essentially a fact-finding one and not political. The terms of reference will be to con-

City circles are much cheered sider the plan of partition outlined in by this news-Reuter's Special. the report of the Royal Commission, but with full liberty to suggest modifications of the plan, including variations in the areas recommended for retention under British mandate.

SIX DIE

SHELL LANDS IN STREET

Hankow, Jan. 5. During yesterday's tir raid, one anti-aircraft shell fell in a street in front of Reuter's ofice, slightly in-

Chinese. The missile committees in Palestine and Trans- Juring two struck the macadumised roadway a Jordan, the Commission is asked to few feel from a coffin containing a recommend boundaries for the pro- corpse which was being taken away from the city for,burial.

Regarding any representation by IN PLANE

As soon as the alarm was sounded, the coffin was dumped into the road-

why.

areas and en-

posed Arab-Jewish claves to be retained permanently or temporarily under British mandate. A scheme is Arstly, envisaged which

CRASH

Frankfort. Airport Disaster

Berlin, Jun, 4.

A bomb, which was intended for will afford a reasonable prospect of the Hankuw nerodrome, struck and eveniuni esablishment, with adequate destroyed a shop which formerly be security, of self-supporting Arab

Slx persons, all Germans. WITC longed to a Japanese.-Reuler.

Jewish states; secondly, necessitate indusion of the fewest possible Arab killed in an aeroplane accident at the enterprises in the Jewish areys, and Frankfort airport when the afternoon vice-versa; thirdly, enable the Bri-plane, a Luthausa liner, coming in tish Government to carry out man- from Milan, crashed when datory responsibilities, the assump- and was completely destroyed. tion of which was recommended in the report of the Royal Commission,

CANADIAN. STATESMAN MOURNED

Sir George Perley Served Years In Parliament

London, Jun, 4,

landing

The dead comprise three passen- including obligations imposed by theers, the pilot and two mechailes. mandate regarding holy places.

It is helleved that accident was due The Commission also is asked to to show forming on the wings of the

machine.-Reuter. examine and to report on economic and financial questions involved in partition and also provision of effec- live safeguards for the rights of reli- glous or racial minorities in the areas allocated to the Arabs and Jews res-) pectively.

The names of the Commlasioners The death was annoured to-day of the Rt. Hon. Sir Gorge Inlacy are not announced. If, as a result of the investigations of the Commission, Perley, R.C.M.G., G.c.M.G.) P.C., former the scheme for partition is regarded Secretary of State to Canada.us equitable and practicable by the

Reuter.

Government, it will be referred to

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Shops Closed As Authorities

Seek Fines

Hebron Trying To Avoid Payment

This photograph, just received here, shows soldiers of the Japanese invading army firing against hidden Chinese marks- The men across a ereck in the country west of Shanghai. Chinese excel at this type of warfare, and are adopting in- creasingly and with rising success guerilla tactics which avoid massed concentrations and pitched battles.

LADY CLARA HO TUNG DANGEROUSLY ILL

SALVAGE VESSELS FOR EAST Moller Company In

Shanghai Expands

CHINESE RETREAT IN NORTH

But Concentrate For Fight Along Lunghai Railway

Peiping, Jan. 5, The Japanese have captured Chufu, birthplace of Confucious, 300 miles south of Tientsin.

It is believed the Duke Kung Teh-chang, 77th lineal descen- dant of Confucious, was in Chufu at the time. He is reported to have been offered the throne of China by the Japanese who visited him in August, but he declined, declaring that he and his line had never sought worldly power.---Renter.

Chinese Concentrate

Hunkow, Jan. 5.

Chinese forces on

the Tientsin- Pukow railway are concentrating at Hsuchowfu, the junction of the Tientsin-Pukow and the Lunghat railways, preparatory to fighting on the Lunghai line," according to Chinese reports.

Meanwhite Japanese forecs, push-

rapidly

in

southward along the Tientsin-Pukow line, captured Ta- wenkow and Chufu. Chinese troops had already evacuated Yenchowfu, the last Important clty in southern Shantung and Japanese forces were expected to enter the city early yesterday morning-Reuter.

Mr.

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Tsingtao Officials At Chuchen

Hankow, Jan, 0. The Hongkong Telegraphs under-

Mr. Shen Hung-lich, Mayor of stands that extensive additions have Tsingtao,

Iwanting, been made to the salvage fleet of the munaging-director of the Kizotsi The Telegraph learns with very great regret that Lady Clara Moller Shipping Company in Shang-Railway, and the Tsingtao Garrison hut.

Commander, have arrived at Chuchen Ho Tung is dangerously ill.

Two salvage tugs have been pur- in southern Shantung, by motor car, chused in Sydney, N.S.W., and Cap-Reuter. tain Potter. departed for Australia from Hongkong this week to bring them to the East.

Professor W. I. Gerrard, Dr. H. Balean, Dr. S. C. Ho and Dr. Eva Ho have been in attendance at Sir Robert Ho Tung's residence on the Peuk.

Grave anxiety has been expressed | regarding the outcome of her illness.

Lady Clara's strength has been FRENCHMEN

severely taxed by constant work on behalf of Chinese war victims.

She contracted a severe attack of ARRESTED

bronchitis after, zeeing wounded Chinese soldiers at the Tung Wah Hospital

Christmas Eve, on

and complications have rendered her con- dition critical.

Tung

Sir Robert and Lady. Ho with other members of the family, are at Lady. Clara's home..

Roosevelt's Message Discussed

London Opinion Not Unanimous

Favourable U.S. Reception

AT IRUN

Insurgents' Action Causes Surmise

Bayonne, Jan. 4.

A considerable sensation has been caused owing 10 the Insurgent military authorities arresting M. Du Coureau. French Consular agent

agents Irun, and three commercial of the French Consulate there.

The reason for these arrests is not known, but it is believed they may be n reprisni for the detention in France of Major Trancoso, former milltary governor of Irun, who was arrested in connection with attempt to seize a Spanish Govern- ment submarine.-Renter,

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hope of increase in the national income in the United States to $90,-) 000,000,000, City opinion realises that before this is achieved much con- truclive work remains to be done, concerning which the present address not pravide any specific does Indication.~Renters

Commands In North

Shanghal, Jan. 5. The Australian salvage tugs pur-

General Kung Ko-cheng, formerly chased by the Molter Company are the motor-tug Southland, which will commander of the 16th Communist Army, was recently appointed by the be renamed Frosty Moller, and the

for Military A. Boyd, which will be renamed National Commission Patricia Moller. Both

ships

Affairs to take charge of the opera- well-known on the Australian coast. China, according to Chinese reports. tions of all mobile units in North If weather and other conditions are sultable, the Patricia Moller will be

General Kung, who surrendered to the Government in 1934, left Han- lowed to Hongkong by the Frosty kow on December 31 to assume his Moller.

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An additional purchase by Moller new post-Reuter. Interests la the salvage tug Henry War-Torn Areas Exempt Burton. This ship, which will be re- named Pauline Moller, will be brought to China from Durban, South Africa. Captain Asquith departed from Hongkong for Durban yesterday.

STOP PRESS

PIRATES FEARED

From Land Tax

Chungking, Jan. 6. At a meeting of the Executive Yuan here yesterday, It was decided to free all war-torn areas from the payment of land tax.

This measure, which was proposed by Dr. H. H. Kung, President of the Yuan and concurrently Minister of Finance, was designed to relieve the heavy burden and distress of the common peoplo victimized by war, Central News.

Shrapnel Prevents Golf Putt

Hankow Player's Exporionce

London, Jan. 4.

An armed guard from 1.M.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's message lo Congress formed prac-

Cicala, stationed at Wuchow in the West River, was despatched to the tically an exclusive topic of unlinated

assistance of the steamer Kong So discussion in City circles to-duy.

yesterday morning, following reports London opinion is disinclined com-

U.S. REACTION FAVOURABLE

that pirales were approaching the pletely to share Wall Street's cm-

Washington, Jan. 4. on the bearish aspects of the

ship.

Hankow, Jan. 5. It is pointed out that the Reactions to President Roosevelt's The Kong So, which was en route

The story of a golfer who had to continuance of an inflationary palley message to Congress asking for co- from Wuchow to Canton, ran aground

the piece of shrapnel off through armaments and public works operation in business to correct the on the night of January 3 on the remove

#reen before he could putt was told cvils have been more second bar of the West River. may safely be inferred from the economic

on hy

Mr. enthusiastic player, Fearing that approaching junks President's statement, which indicates spontaneous and favourable than to

of the that the Administration is apparently any

President's previous contained pirates, the Master of the Kenneth Fout, Hankow reprezentative of the Manufacturers Life Insurance raverting

economie messages, according to its Arst

White House vessel called out the ship's armed

Company. guard and despatched a radio message increased purchins-officials. lové, namely,

Mr. Foot, who was doing nine ing power: The President's ad-

Other officials in close touch with to the Britishi, naval authorities for holes, picked up several fragments of the White Itoure state that the only assistance. mittedly very vague promise to

The display of armed force aboard sharpnet from the golf course at the concerning messages to Congress contemplated dent

Hankow Race Club-Reuter, matters

by the President are on the budget | the ship won sufficient, however, to business in a separate message, at The Shops at Hebron closed 10- day and most wealthy persons have least does not squash every hope of and also urging strengthening of the frighten off the Junks, and the Kung

laws, with

possibly a So was later towed off the bar by BRITISH ROYALTY TO temporarily vacated their homes some understanding being reached anti-Trust

third submitting supplementary, the Kong Min. between the contending parties was Minister of the Oversos Military Graded reductions in government owing to the start of the authorities" On the contrary the President's extimates to rebuild the navy.

ATTEND WEDDING Mr. Marriner 5. Eccles, Chairman the Federal Reserve Board, estimates that the Board's Index figure for production In December In November and the Spring high- will be about 00, compared with 90 level of 122--Reuter,

Sir George Halsey Perry, who was the League Council for consideration, {•

years of age, was educated at the Olawa Grammar School and after- wards went throufth Hirvard. Ile Was elected M.P. for the County of 'Argenteuil In 1904, and

utain i

1923

1011 and ever since 192

in 1903,

He was a member of the Canadian) Government from 1011 to 1917, and

Reuter.

GRADED SALARIES' FOR CIVIL SERVANTS

Madras, Jan. 4.

Jerusalem, Jan. 4.

remark

with

Forces from 1910 to 1917. From 1914 servants' salaries were announced by drive to collect a one of £2,000 im to 1922 he was High Commissioner the Madras Congress Ministry on poard on the town on December 21 for Canada and in 1920 wa appoint- | January 1. They will only bel for the wounding of a Palestine should not be favoured over earned ed Secretary of State.

Applicable to those who entered the policeman. From 1930 to 1988 pe wa a Minis Services on.or. after April 1, 1937

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ter without portfollo, and took an according to an explanatory, sister No disturbances occurred, but the active part in Canadian poltics. prac- ment issued by the Ministry, to-day police were reinforced as a precau- fically up to the Ume of his desih,lasel

(Reister's Bulimia CePaLonary measuromilieuter's Bulletin,

that speculative Income income, suggests there is no intention of amending the capital and gains tax which has caused the virtual lock-out of capital.

While welcoming the expression of

of

(Further Stop Press News on Page 12.)

London, Jań, 4. The Duke and Duchess' of: Kent' left London to-day for Athene where they will attend the wedding of Prince Paul of Greece-feuerko