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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, MAY

: 1938.

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Chungking, May 3.

A NOW Douglas air liner will shortly supplement the C.N.A.C. machines on the Chungking-Hong- kong and the Chungking-Hankov routes.

STOP PRESS NEWS ALHAMBRA

CUSTOMS. CHINESE

PARLEYS TANCHENG CONCLUDE SUCCESSES

ance of the foreign debt service from

London, May 3,

Hankow, May 3. It is officially announced here that Tancheng is completely encircled conversations between the British by the Chinese and it is expected It The plane at present Is being Ambassador in Tokyo and the Japan-will be recaptured shortly, according assembled at Kal Tak, Hongkong, ese Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. to the latest military despatch from and it is expected to make its maiden Horinouchi, concerning the mainten- the front. fight in about ten days' time,

There

The Chinese forces on the south tre will be no niteration in the the Chinese Maritime Customs duties, site, ure reported to have reached present time table. The new machine have resulted in an agreement wilt ny un either route as the de-

villages ane kilometre south of Tan- The proposed measures are to re-cheng. On the west the Chinese mand arises.

maik in force for the duration of troops are attacking Mataucheng, and I will be the third air her of hostilities in Ching, this type to

China's! operate on internal airways system-Reuter States Special

Stalin Keeps One Hand On Red Army

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Vladivostok, May 3. Expansion and strengthening, of the powers of the polleat com- missars of Red Army units are being effected stendily in accordance with the wishes of the Communist Party in Moscow, according to a dispatch from! Moscow.

The party, organ, Pravda, and the Red Army organ. Krasanaya Zvuez, are advocating editorially that these commissart be given equal status in the army units with the commander, Their duties would be to "Stallnise"

the east, a Chinese dying column, The Governments of the United after moving around the Japanese and France have raised no ob flank and reaching a point behind Jections to the provisional application Tancheng, launched an attack from of the Agb-Japanese agreement, the north-east. The arrangement is that all customa Successes on the Wuhu sector are roceipts in all territories occupied by also claimed by the Chinese. Ac- Japan are to be deposited in thecording to n.Chinese communique Yokohama Specie

ece Bank, and after Chinese are converging

on Hsuan deduction of current expenses, the chen an important railway and high- debt service on foreign loants is to be way town near Wuhu, in three the first charge on residue.

columns. One from the south-west The Anglo-Japanese conversations is said to have reached a point only have been gonu on in this connee-400 metres from the city. That from tion since February 1.-Trans-Ocean,

the west is only two kilometres dis- tant, while a detachment from the south is reported to have captured i Sunchaipu after very severe street fighting-Reuter.

WAR FLIER FREED

Yokohama, May 3. His trip back to the United States from Chinn, where he served in the. so-called "Foreign Legion of the Air," Interrupted by the Japanese police, Melvin Gibben, American aviator, will sail again from here at 8 o'clock this afternoon,

of

JAPANESE AGAIN TAKE PUHSIEN

Chengchow, May 3, Puhslen, on the western Shantung border. has once more been taken

the Japanese.

Three Japanese columnis launched Berce onslaught on the town on April 30. The handful of Chinese

Chinese reinforcements have been rushed up to launch a counter-attack. -Central News.

the army,

Glibon, a passenger on the Em-troops stationed inside the town with- The commissar system in the army press of Asia, was taken off the ship drew after a brief resistance. originally Was Created to assure and placed under technical arrest at loyalty to the Stalin regime but the Hotel New Grand here. He was steadily lost significance before the later imprisoned; on h charge real power of the expert officer until having served with an "enemy the outbreak of the Tukhachovsky force.” incident Just May which brought on Proceedings against him, however, the revival of the system. Direction were dropped on the advice of of Red Army units has devolved on judicla), authorities.—Domci, the commander und commissars, so as to

two politieet

maintain the

Soviet system in the army.

FRENCH C. IN C. ARRIVES

Vice Admiral Le Bigot, Com-

In this connection, the position of Marshal V. Voroshitov, Defence Com- missar, is significant. Indications are mander-in-Chief of the French that his relations with Mr. Josef Stalin are still of the best. Although Far

Eastern Naval

Forces,

Is not known how political com-arrived in Hongkong at 8 o'clock

CHINESE ATTACK ON YENCHENG

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GENE RAYMOND ANN SOTHERN

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In a Heavy-weight Championship Title K.O. Bout

Hauchow, May 3. In order to northward

stem the Japanese NEXT CHANCE advance

northern Klangst, the Chinese have begun RKO-Radio their counter-attack on Yencheng, Japanese hands recently. north of Tungta, which

fall into

Prezents

The Japanese south of Shangkang- chen, a small town about 20 kilo- metres north of Yencheng, have been

missars are to be appointed, it up this morning in the cruiser forced to retreat, and are being pur- pears that they are all to be under

sued by the Chinese-Central News.

the supervision of Commissar of the Lamotte-Piquet.

Interior, M. Yezhov. The Kremlin Salutes were exchanged with Black. thus will have control of the Redhead Fort as the French flagship Army through the commissars.

steamed slowly up the harbour to her International,

buny

in the Naval anchorage. The Commander-in-Chief landed at Queen's Plet at 10.15 am, and paid an officiel call at Government House at 10.30 a.m. A saluté of 15 guns was fired as Vice Admiral £4 Bigot Innded.

NEW OPIUM TAXES IN PEIPING

Peiping, May 3. The Municipal Government has established an official at the Consolidated Tax Bureau to collect a tax of seven cents per ounce on all opium, and also to collect a business tax of 20 yuan a month on all opium shops, which "hereafter are prohibited to advertise themselves National Goods Stores."-United Press.

BOY BATHER'S BODY FOUND

да

The body of Leung Yul-lu, nine- year-old Kowloon boy, was found in the harbour this morning near the Chung Shing bathing shed at Kennedy Town. The lad was seen to go into the water near the whole- sale market at Kennedy Town on Sunday and to disappear.

A further call will be made upon Hit Excellency the General Offer Commanding, at Flagstaff House, al 12.30 pm.

Guards for both calls were furnish-

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