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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MADAME CHIANG APPEALS

FOR HELP

Hankow, April 7.

A moving appeal for relief funds is made by Madame Chinng Kal-shek, the First Lady of China, on behalf

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1938.

Five Killed In Traffic Accidents.

Hongkong Road Toll

For Week

Ing the Island, Kowloon and the New In the Colony of Hongkong includ-

of the "many tens of thousands of Territories during the week ending children. bereft of parents

und

FIGHTING AIRMAN RETICENT

Vincent Schmidt Won't Talk Of Adventures

the

Captain Vincent Schmidt, homes" as a result of the Sino- 8 a.m. on Saturday, there were American ace who led the Interna- altogether 77 trame rezidents, as the tional Air Corps in Hankow, haa Japanese bostilities.

result of which five persons were strived in Bongitong. Madame Chiang asks the Chinese killed and 34 persons were injured.

He was sipping a long and cool Of the persons killed, a Chinese to contribute generously to the relief

years. Was drink, when a Telegraph reporter ap- fund campaign now in full swingmale, aged about 23 under the auspices of the Association knocked down by a tramcar while proached him in the Hongkong Hotel for War Refugee Children.

running across flic road.

A British male, aged 25, private Following is the English version of car driver, died from injuries received Madame Chang's appeal:

when his vehicle collided with n public ear.

to

A Chinese boy, aged 6 years, was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor lorry whilst running across the road.

"We have now been involved in a desperate war against a ruthless and unscrupulous enemy for over eight months. Because H is necessary to have full public support behind our A Chinese male, aged about 00 Government, and because there are years, was knocked down and killed critletsins that our Pderstand the across the road.

whilst running as a whole by a private car do not seem unture of their responsibilities In such a crisis, or the way in which they should respond to what is happening to our country, I feel that I should try to indicate where their interests and responsibiltiles do really lie.

MUST BE STRONG

A Chinese boy, aged 14 years. bicycle rider, died from injuries received when his machine struck by a motor lorry..

was

Or the persons injured, 23 were pedestrians; who were either walking or running Deross the road and were struck by vehicles.

lounge.

He was reluctant to speak of his exploits with the Chinese Air Force. I can't say anything.". he, picaded. "Give me a break, will you, and don't ask too many questiona

But there were one or two ques- tions that had to be asked.

"Yes," he replied in response to the first. "I might go back to Han- kow.

On the other hand, it's more| than likely that I'll go to Europe.

"Several of my friends are still with the Chinese in Hankow. I'm sorry I can't mention any names. You know how it is

Captain Schmidt refused to clear up the mystery surrounding the recent air raid on Taiboku.

"That is a lending question, and a leading question from a newspaper- man can cause a lot of trouble," he said, when asked if he or any other, foreign airmen had participated in the raid.

"The call now is for all who have

TURKEY BUILDING NAVY any strength, or any means, to come

TO NEW STRENGTH forward and give practical aid to the helpless and the homeless.

Ankara, Apr. 7. United effort can secure us victory,

Turkey is spending £6,500,000 Schmidt, 40 years old, six feet in and the very fact of helping to that

during the next three years to height and powerfully built, won the end will bring to each and everyone strengthen her navy, including the rank of "Bomber Captain" In the

cd feeling of gratitication of

it

slogan

of

lecil well done. Now the construction of a naval base in the Spanish Civil War, where he fought should-unequivocally

be Sea of Marmora.--Reuter "Bulletin.

everything and

for the everyone State,' Everyone should be courage. ously cheerful, unafraid, resolute, stalent, kind and self-sacrificing from beginning to end, helpfully philoso- The

GANDHI UNWELL

Calcutta, Apr. 7. Mahatmu Gandhi, who has phic, and always, I repeat, unafraid been unwell for some time, is stated and cheerful.

by his doctors to be weak. He spent restless night.—Reuter Bulletin.

"The things to do are many. Those who can afford it should apply funds, or labour, or material to national needs for supplies for soldiers, for the production of food of all kinds; for the relief of refugees. There are many ways of doing things, and many things to do. What, however, particularly on my mind at this

moment is children.

the problein of

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the

China adventure. The

with the Loyalists until promised greater Sino-Japanese

war.

confilet is his sixth He successively survived the Great War, Mexican revolution, the Shanghai fighting in 1932, the Ethio- plan War and the Spanish civil war. He has been in China since Novem Iber Inst.

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AIR MAILS TO CLOSE EARLY

"There are many tens of thousands of children, bereft of parents and homes. There are more with parents! who are too poor to feed and clothe them. These all must be cared for. They will soon be men and women, They must be housed, fed, clothed, and educated. They cannot allowed to drift, to become beggars,

that and potential criminals, to burden; The Post Office announces

streets and highways with their mails for the Imperial Airways which famished bodies. Pride in our race would ordinarily close carly to- alone should inspire us to prevent morrow morning, will close instead at such a catastrophe and our inherent

5 p.m. to-day.

love of children should cause us to This is because the mail plane will abhor even the thought of neglecting leave at dawn to-morrow. the thousands of them now in such sore need,

·CHILD COSTS $60 A YEAR

The Association for War Refugee Children is now making a drive for funds. It will cost $00.00 per year

in B

JAPANESE PLANES BOMB TUNGKWAN

LARGE QUANTITIES OF ARMS SEIZED

Hsuehow, Apr. 9. According to a telephone message from the front, enormous quantities of arms and ammunition were aban- doned

the Talerchwang by Japanese forces upon their retreat.

Military observers believe that it will take at least a week to collect and send them to the rear.-Central

Newa.

at

CHINESE RECAPTURE

KAOPING

-Tungkwan, Apr. 8. Tungkwan, on the Honan-Shensi

subjected to a severe) to house, feed, clothe and educate, i border, was

eight Japanese

Sian, Apr, 8. attack by a simple way, one child. We ask aerial

Five Chinese Kooping, a district south of Huah- yesterday. everyone of you to subscribe for planes

wounded. sien in northern Honan, has been re- several children, so that they can be were killed and six properly maintained. Our immediate Three of the Japanese aircraft captured by Chinese forces, who are object is to care for 20,000 children;; later new ever Hwayla. Five bombs now advancing north in pursuit of the and later to support as many us our were dropped, wounding three per- retreating Japanese-Central News. funds will allow.

sons and demolishing several houses. Trengshingehen near Hwayin WIS

"We shall distribute the children also bombed. Two persons were

to different centres in the rear, house wounded there-Central Netos.

them in safety under responsible supervision; see that they are neither neglected nor l-used; give them vocational training to fit them to take care of themselves; and, when they are

are able to work, provide them with something to do suited to their strength and ability to qualify them, when the time comes, to undertake the burdens of life

"In this movement there is great

of life for themselves.

it should be scope for good, and source of abundant pleasure and Inspiration to all contributors to feel that they have assisted materially in the building up of a new and strong und self-respecting China through its rescued man and woman-power.”— Central News.

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j'ters no official statement was issu-

Blum Cabinet led, but it is indicated that they tri-

Fall Likely

Paris, April 7. Members of the Cabinet met in- formally lost ovening. It is possible that there will be several resigna- tlons lending to the resignation of the whole Cabinet.

tend to face the Senate on Friday. and apparently there is no question of resignation before then--Router's Bulletin:

STRIKES SPREADING

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Labour troubles in the Parls dies,

The French press this morning triet. are spreading, with, an addi- predicts the resignation of the Blum tion of 3,000 strikers since yesterday Government..

The wumber. was $2,000, Following the meeting of Minis-Reuter's Bulletin.

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