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五拜禮 號一十月三英港香 FRIDAY, MARCH

11,

1938.

日十初月二

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MOTORISTS WHOSE MOTTO IS

Safety

First"

ALWAYS FIT

DUNLOP TYRES

AUSTRIA THREATENED WITH CIVIL WAR

RIVAL FACTIONS IN

REPEATED

BIG TASK CONFRONTS

CLASHES M. BLUM

Graz in State of Virtual Revolution As Nazis Fight Fatherland Front

Vienna, March 10.

With the Nazis shouting "Away With Schuschnigg," their clashes with supporters of the Fatherland Front have spread bloodshed and terror, and Austria is rapidly approaching a state of civil war as a result of the forthcoming plebiscite.

Enormous Difficulties In Forming New Cabinet

Paris, Mar. 10.

M. Leon Blum to-day, struggled to form a Cabinet without repudiating ms former Communist supporters. Many Socialists, in addition to the Communists who hold 72 seats in the Chamour, gemanded retenuen of the Popular Front, while the Radical Socialists withheld their support, M. Bun's dennition of his policies, and

Cum-

Anancial and forell", the

the promise to

munists.

M. Blum proposed a union of the Socialists go that the formation of the Government could be an "exact] muge of the Popular Front," thereby imuga nhung the inclusion of Communists In the Cabinet.

Following a conference with M. Albert Leurun, the President, M.

Rumours of a putsch brought troops and reserves to the Chancellory to-day where Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg debated the Blum said: "I will try to constitute a necessity of imposing martial law.

Government demanded by the cit- cumstances which will be stable, autable, powerful and capable of rallying all the democratic forces."

M. Bium's difficulties are enormous. In the first place the Socialists Insist upon the retention of the Poputar Front. Secondly, M. Lebrun aesired hat M. Bium seck a majarity of Socialists and Central Viberais,

thus excluding

extreme

ona

Scores of Nazis, Fatherland Front followers and Communists have been injured in Vienna and Graz, while rioting became worse after dusk. Five thousand Nazis, defiantly wearing uniforms and flaunting swastikas, invaded the Leopoldstadt Ghetto shouting "Jew, thereby scrapping the Popular Front. go and hang yourself." They badly beat several youths.

It is unconfirmedly reported that Herr Seyssinquart is preparing to resign on Thursday,

Graz is in a state of virtual revolution, and scores of lorries loaded with troops are en route from Vienna. In the space of six hours, 25,000 Nazis overwhelmed Graz, "heiling" Hitler and denouncing Dr. von Schuschnigg. They clashed with Fatherland Front followers and Com- munists, who were shouting "We vote for Schuschnigg." -One ambulance - station received... 12- wounded people.

Meanwhile the rest of Styria reports similar riots.

"SCHUSCHNIGG MUST GO"

It is feared there will be bloodshed in the Leopoldstadt Ghetto as the Socialists have mobilised and are marching through the district shouting promises to protect the Jews.

Throughout the nation the Nazis have issued

which pamphlets

state: "Schuschnigg broke the Berchtesgaden agreement, Schuschnigg must go down with the swindle of the plebiscite.”.

'Although vastly outnumbered the police concentrated their attempts to protect Government buildings. Meanwhile supporters of the Father- land Front have mobilised on the outskirts of Vienna

a march on the od have started

It is unconfirmedly reported that Herr Hitler is attempting to inter- vene through his Under-Secretary of State, Herr Wilhelm Keppler, who, it is reported, is now conferring with Herr Seyssinquart in Viennn.—United Press,

TEN BADLY HURT IN MIDNIGHT

AFFRAY

Linz, Mar. 11.

ITALIAN ATTITUDE

UNCERTAIN

Fascist Grand Council Meets

Rome, Mar. 11.

FACING CRISIS

DR. KURT VON SCHUSCHNIGG

Thirdly, in order to obtain Senate support and to obtain the investors' support for the Aring loun, M. Blum;

the must apparently scuttle

Com- munisto

There are indications that he will make M. Camille Choutemps his Foreign Minister, M. Yvon Delbus vice-Premier, M. Jean Reynaua Minister of Flounce, and retain Max Dormoy

as Minister of the Interior-United Press.

SMALLPOX UNABATED

M..

Substanilul increases in the num- ber of smallpox cases reported to the local health authorities during the past three days may make the average for the current week the highest in the epidemic which has already claimed over 850 lives.

Another 33 cases were reported yesterday, 25 of these being in the residential area of Victoria, seven in Kowloon and one in Shaukiwan

PLOTTERS HATE HIM

LES

This is Colonel Batista. Cuba's "Iron Man," and his wife is with him. Plotters against his strict regime want his life, and there has been a rumour spread lately, indignant- ly denied by Americans, that the enemies of the dictator are not unpopular with United States interests.

SIR HENRY POLLOCK SUGGESTS SPLITTING GODOWN CO. SHARES

A request by the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock that the Directors consider splitting the shares of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., which at present are $50 each, in order to let in the small investor to "a steady and progressing business" was made at the 51st ordinary annual meeting in the Boardroom of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson this morning.

CHINESE NOT YET BEATEN

Frank Warning By Japan Militarists

Tokyo, Mar. 11. A strong warning against excessive eagerness to end the China "incident" before finding a radical solution of the pro- blems involved, was voiced in a War Ollice pamphlet in com- memoration of Army Day.

"Up to now," read the pamph let, "the North China and Kiangnan areas. as far as Nan- king have fallen into Japanese hands. These areas, however, make up only a section of the Chinese territory still under control of the National Govern- ment.

"With an entrinous population and area many times larger than Japan's, State, China, rol being a modern secmed to be suffering less acutely than a fully developed inadern State, despite the severity in lasses of both men and money, Because of these circumstances, China still ploria long- term warfare even after the fall of Nanking China is also receiving war supplies from a number of for... eign powers which are anxious to safeguard interests and to weaken Japan by protracting the National Government's resistance.

There seems to be a conspiracy to reduce the strength of the Japanese Empire. and it is well-known that the activit ies of the Soviet behind the scenes in China are an important factor in the plot."-Reuter.

WORK FOR THE MASSES NEEDED SAYS ECONOMIST

Dalren, Mar. 11. That the Provisional Government will grow to become the Central- Government of China Was

the opinion expressed to newspapermen by Mr. Hirao on his arrival here en route to Peiping to assume the post of eronomic adviser to the Japanese garrison in North China.

Japanese Minister for Education, and Mr. Hirno, who lo a former

President of the Japan Iron Manu- facturing Company, added that it was urgently necessary to provide

In North China in order to maintain peace and stabilly.

The forthcoming retirement of Mr. F. H. Crapnell, Secretary, employment for the Chinese masses was announced.

The report of the Chairman disclosed that the war influx forced the Company to build three new godowns to accommodate goods and these were erected within 21 days, no additional storage charges being imposed.

The total number of cases since January 1 is 1,344, giving a mor- tallly rate of over 70 per cent.

A total of 152 cases have been re- Chancellor of Austria, who may Port cases of diphtheria (one cach sided and there were present: Mesara. in the past six days.

The Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson pre- have a civil war on his hands as a

Two

Kowloon); result of Nazi agitation.

two cases F. Austin, A. H, Compton, Hon. S. In Victor (one cach in Victoria and H. Dodwell, of typhold

D. Drummond, J.

H. Kowloon); live cases, of measles in- Jessen, Hon. “M. T

Johnson, L.. cluding one imported, (four in Vic- Kadourle, T. B

Wilson, (Directors) torla

In Kowloon); four F. H. Crapnell

Hon.' cases of meningitis (two cach in Vic-Sir Henry Pollock, D. Muc- toria and Kowloon); and two cases kenzie, A. Mackenzie, A, R. Fullerton. of dysentery in Victoria were also G. W. Sewell, D. F. Landale, N. V reported yesterday.

BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE IN EUROPE DEFINED

But Germany Wants To Talk Of Old Colonies Problem

The Fascist Grand Council ad- Rfes, te-preservers" and clubs journed until 10 o'clock to-night, were used in an ugly collision be- after hearing a complete exposition tween the Nazis and Fatherland of the International situation from Front storm corps shortly after mid- Count Clano, the Foreign Minister, night, ten being seriously Injured.

presumably including progress in the The Nazis' leaders stated that unless Anglo-Italian talks, and the Italian disarmed. the storm corps attitude towards the recent events in they would not answer for the con- Austria.

An almost entire absence of press Herr Seyssinquart cancelled his comment on the Austrian develop Halifax in a talk with Herr broadcast scheduled for to-night, and ments has left the Italian public, Joachim von Ribbentrop, German

the

pollco

sequences.

It is

London, March. 10. believed that Lord

It is reported that he is contemplating bewildered regarding Italian policy Foreign Minister, to-day, out- religning as a protest against the towards the Nazi encroachments-lined the attitudo of the British Government's rejection of his demand Reuter. for postponement of the plebiscite,

Government towards the and the fricfurion of two more Nazis

In the Cabinet

A Berlin message says there in a

TOMMY FARR problems of Central Europe,

feeling of indignation Anders FAVOURED TO

over Dr. von Schuschnigg's behaviour

ring in Germany.

euses Dr. von Schuschnigg of hood BEAT BAER

winking the Nazi representatives in

BERLIN IRRITATED

New York, Mar. 10.

4

was

particularly in Austria and Czecho-Slovakia.

The main purpose of the talks was to decide on an opportune moment to follow up the earlier contacts be- tween Viscount Halifax, Sir Neville th. Cabinet and of anying Austrian

Henderson und Herr Adolf Hitler. It Nazin equality of status which they Tommy Farr, the British heavy is believed the British Government should derive from the Berchtesga- I weight boxing champoln, who

no less anxious for a settlement den agreement.-Reuter.

recently beaten on points by Brad with Germany than with Italy.

The German view, however, in that dock, is 2 to 1 on favourite to. Bent) Maxie Baer in a 18-round contest on colonles is the outstanding question Friday. Berlin, Mar. 10..

between the two countries, Britain Considerably irritated by the turn

Farr received two black eyes dur- maintains that this is a subject in of events, the Nazi party and doy ng his strenuous training and he re- which other countries are concerned, ernment circles plainly regard Sun- gards them as a good omen. He and any discussion of the Germon Austrian pleblacile as an declares that Uze Inst time he got colonial claim must be linked with anti-Nazi, manoeuvre-United Pressle eyes was just before he knocked the wider question of European peace.

out Neusol, and he is confident he-Reuter, will knock out Beer.. **Baer "talke incessantly about hia| Vienna, Mar. 10. baby son and what he is going to

day's

SCHUICHNICG SAFE

black

TALKS LAST TWO AND A

HALF HOURS ·

the Austrian Nexis and the

io to Farr for his sake:

Tront supporters are con-

Herr Braddock thinks that Farr will win Viscount by A-knock-out Reuter Special

Tnd on Pare: 4.) US

P

London, March 10. - Von Ribbentrop visited

Halifax at the Foreign

(Continued on Page

and

one

Shauidiwan, Aberdeen, the New Territories and the Harbour were

entirely free from notifiable diseases.

STOP PRESS

A. Croucher, Kwolt Hin-wang, C. L. Rickett, G. B. S. Thomson, Brent ith, J. M. Alves and Lo Kai-wing Smith, (Shareholders).

Tue Chairman said: The out-

standing

THREE HELD IN

MURDER MYSTERY

Detectives and police officers)

feature of the year's work- under Mr. H. W. E Heath, Direc-

Mr. Hirao told his interviewers that a Sino-Japanese Economic Council, with Mr. Wang Keh-min, chairman of the executive commia- slon of the Provisional Government, as chairman, was being established In order to improve Sino-Japanese economic relations.-Reuter Spectal.

Four Japanese Planes Brought Down

Hankow, Mar. 11.

ing is the incrementioned in the tor of the Crime Branch of the Chinese aviation headquarters an-

sources. As

Report, carnings for the first half of C.I.D., and Chief Detective Ins-nounce that four out of the 15 Japan- ese planes which ralded the Shensi the year had shown મ a decided in-pector J. Murphy, early this capital on March 8 were brought crease over 1936 and then during the

morning arrested three men In down by Chinese pursuit planes in latter months receipts were further increased from the large quantifies connection with the North Point two separate dog-nights. of cargo, consigned to other ports, Cave murder.

which were forced on us. No in- erenses in rates have been made since trouble in the north started,

DIVERTED CARGO

Two Japanese machines were shot down by the Chinese at Slan, while As a result of the crime

two were brought down by another Huen Kon-lung, aged 22, Chinese squadron which was return- is dead, and nia brother,

ing to Sian after rolding Fenglingtu Huen Kon-wan, aged 21, on the north bank of the Yellow is in hospital, critically wounded. | River,

opposite Tungkwan Reuter. He is not expected to recover.

The murder was committed in a

With the sudden influx of diverted cargo it became imperative to build further accommodation in addition to cave beneath a giant 10-foot boulder,

lying on the hillside above various leased godowns spaces which had

the

and

thu

been require Asinile Petroleum Company's Instal- BOMB WRECKS

Immediately. Accordingly three (Continued on Page 4.)

Federated Bank Of China Opens Its Doors

Pelping, Mar, 11. The China Federated Reservo Bank opened buzinom this morn- Ing with appropriate ceremonies. The bank olalmon that within an hour $1,000,000 were deposited.

„To-day-$3,000,000, of the new. CRITONOY; Une: been: Sanzed:to the

lation at North Point.

Huen Kon-ling and the wounded man were, according to a statement Kon-wan, assaulted by by Huen three men, whose descriptions were given to the police.

As a result of statements by Huen Kon-wan, detectives were able to tako a certain line of action which resulted in the detention of three men shortly after 8 o'clock this morning.

TIENTSIN TRAIN

on

Felping, Mar. 11. When two miles of the Tientsin East Station, a train from Tanghu to Tiantain was slightly damaged Police were unable to find the cave February 28 when a bomb exploded and the dead body of Huen Kon-hing under the engine of the train, it is until after the arrests were made, it just learned, Is stated. One of the detained men

The bomb, it is surmised, had been

is alleged to have led police officers affixed to the rail, and exploded when to the cave, and to have afterwards the locomotive passed over it. The lod detectives to a spot where a re- incident occurred at. 7 o'clock in the volver was hidden.",

evening. Although there were no The recovered revolver, li belleved casualles, considerable damage: WHE to be one that was stolen from P.; C." done to the track at that point, and, -13-855, Mohammed Din, an Indian all windows in the cabin, of 4 the

constable who, was found unconscious engine were amabediyimiz Raja