1938-05-10 — Page 4

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, MAY

1938.

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JAPANESE STRIKE

SWIFTLY AT LUNGHAI RAILWAY (Continued from Page 1.) Tientsin-Pukow railways and South China aren.-United Press.

Japanese Weakened

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. AND UNDERWRITERS

M/V "THURLAND CASTLE”

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It is hereby notified that the M/V "THURLAND CASTLE" with corgo on board from North Atlantie Ports, Pacific Ports, and Manila, sustained damage to ship and cargo as the result of grounding on Tam Kan Inland on the morning of Monday, 2nd May, 1938.

In consequence thereof General Average has been declared.

Consignees aro requested 10 sign Lloyd's General Averago Bond before Bills of Lading can be countersigned for delivery of cargo,

No General Averago Deposit has yet been declared, and in the meantime Lloyd's General Average Bond must be accompanied by a Bond signed by the Underwriters interested in the cargo. Hankow, May 9. to Chinese guerilla Referring nctivities in the vicinity of Peiping. General Hou Pel-ken disclosed to- day that Chinese forces had aitneked Lalsul, Knopeltien and Zhitiho, along the Pingahan Railway, on April 25, Lukouchlao, Menteku and Tungehow on May 4 and 5, und Chinglungehlao on May 7.

AL

Chochow,

1.000

Manchukuo troops had deserted to the Chinese forces, and the total Japanese forces in the Pelping and Tientsin areas at present was only three regiments,

"Insufficiency of troops is beginning to tell on the Japanese everywhere, and they now realise that they raust give up huge tracts of previously con.. queret territory if they want to con- ventrate large forces anywhere, such an on the Tientsin-Pukow front."--| United Prem.

Evacuating Shansi

Hankow, May 10.

The Japanese evacuation of South Shanst and the massing of almost the entire Japanese forces in China for the battle for suchow represented the highlights of the military situa- slon, declared a Chinese army spokes. man to-day, reviewing developments during the past week.

Comparing the present Japanese Invasion to the Mongol invasion of the Thirteenth Century, the spokesman stressed the

foreign race conobility of any

the

China, since Mangal

scattered garrisons throughout China later were either wiped out or compelled to surrender, Reviewing the situation in south Shantung, the spokesman sald the main body of Chinese forces in the

sector

circled round Tancheng, and were nt.

Linyi. approaching

A present Chinese column operating west of Tancheng had prevented the Japanese there from forming a junction with the Japanese forces north of Pihslen.

had

Japanese Halted

The main battle on the south Shan- tung front, the spokesman stated, had taken place east of Talerchwang. The Chinese counter-attacked on May 3, advancing seven iniles, while the Chinese wings were closing in with a gap of only two kilometres separat

The Chinese left flank, ing them. south-west of Yihsien, had fallen back slightly but the Japanese ad- vance had been altered and there was no change in the situation at Hanchwang, where the Chinese and

Japanese were on each other

across the Grand

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Mussolini Criticises Pope Pius

· Sequel To Attack On Swastika

Rome, May 9.

A reply to the recent attack on the swastika fing by, His Holinces the Pope was made by Signor Benito Mussolini's newspaper, Popolo, d'Italia, this morning.

Addressing 500 newly-married couples last week, the Pope deplored The appearance of the Nazi swastika in Rome. The swastika is certainly not Christ's Cross", he declared.

"We should ke to say to the Father of all us Catholics that it is, very dangerous to speak of the Cross of Christ, and wave It above as if It were weapon," said. Popolo d'Italia this morning.

"One would then find oneself in the threatening and grinning com- pany of Masonic money-lenders and Bolsheviks, without even having in to one's hand the whip with which drive them from the Temple of Godt, and ta

alone, remain

desperately praying!" alone, praying,

"You may understand how necCS- sary it is for you to pray, pray, pray for the mercy of the Almighty in His largeness," His Holiness conclude

the his protest last week against beflagging of Rome with the swastika, --Reuter

BRITISH PROTEST REJECTED

London-Born Woman Confined In Russia Alone In Cell

Loyalists

Won't Treat SENNET FRERES With Enemy

Will Fight On To Day Of Victory.

London, May D. Reports of mediation in the Spanish Civil War were emphatically re- padinted by Senor. Del Vaye, the Spanish Government delegate to the League Council meeting, in a state- ment issued at Geneva last night.

According to the offeist Spanish Press Agency, the statement declares that nobody has been authorised to open conversations or negotiations for the conclusion of an armistice in

Spain.

No armistice

is

or mediation

people of Spain and the German and Italian invaders.

possible between the Independent

The statement concludes by om- phasising that the Spanish Republic will resist until the end-namely, until victory-Reuter.

"SURRENDER" FRANCO'S ONLY PEACE TERM

Berlin, May 9. Herr Joneliim von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador 10 furmer

returned lo Berlin Landon, who recently from Burgos, declared to- that unconditional surrender day was the only solution of the Spanish Civil War acceptable to the Insur- gent leader, General Franco

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This was made clear in an omelal statement by the Insurgents, reply to Geneva reports of a Loyalist move for an Armistice and peace.- Reuter,

ETHIOPIA'S DELEGATES

ACCEPTED

AT GENEVA

(Continued from Pape 1.)

Council, acting within their sovereign rights.

Moscow, May 0. The Soviet Government has re- Jected the British Government's Note of Protest ut the detention of Roze Cohen, a woman Communist who has been undergoing solitary confinement the question of In a Russlon prison since September | came before the Council-Reuter. last year.

The Soviet reply to the British Note emphatically declared that Rose Cohen 6 a Soviet citizen.

In the case.of dutlable cargo, con-

The British Note to the Soviet signees are requested to inform the Imports and Exports Offee that they stated that Britain took a very grave have such goods for examination. view of the unsatisfactory state of No Fire Insurance has been effect-affairs revealed by the Colien affair, which disregarded the elementary The attention of Consignees is principles of International comnity.

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JAPAN TO EXTEND ARMED OPERATIONS

(Contlined from Fage 1.)

all British interests concerned in the dispute-Reuter,

Japanese May Use Poison Gas

Hauchow, May 10. It is learned from usually reliabie sources that the Japanese military authorities In Tokyo have given permission to the Japanese forces unt the south Shantung front to use polson gas and other chemicals on a large scale.

Continuing the spokesman, sald the Japanese were massing 20,000 men in west Shantung for a drive lowards Kweltch, west of Hsuchowfu. On the Pelping-Hankow railway front the Japanese totalled only one The Chinese Command is taking division which was scattered at adequate measures against this Sinhsiang, Ponal, Fengchiu and Tam- | threat.-Central News. Ing. The main body of the Japanese In Shans! were holding the Tung- chow-Pukow railway between Tai- yuanfu and Fengyang, with small detachments at Fenglinghu, opposile Tungkwan.

Falling Back

One division in west Shonal had fallen back towards Fengyung following the Chinese occupation of Bishih and Chungyang.

The Japanese hre rushing rein- forcements to west Sulyuan from Charhar to stem the Chinese advance on Kweisul. The spokesman said, they were also massing four divisions' south of Hsuchowfu,

Another column, advancing north- wards along the railway, had been stopped south of Kucheng, while a column proceeding towards Kweltch, by way of Hwaiyuan, Mengcheng and Pochow, had been halted 越来 Mengcheng.

Yangtse Situation Reviewing the situation in the Yangtse valley yesterday, a Chinese spokesman anid that Japanese troops had occupied Chaohsien, opposite Wuhu, on April 30,

Chinese troops from Holol advanced enstwards to meet the Japanese, and

Nazis Behead Dutchman

On Secret Charge

Amsterdam, Apr. 22. After lying in a Nazi jail for more than four months under sentence of death, Willy Cam- matis, a 44-year-old Dutchman, was bebeaded to-day.

Nobody, not even his family, was told what his crime was merely that he had committed "high trea" son."

Commans was born in Germany of Dutch parents, and served in the German army as a boy, without losing his Dutch nationality. .

After the Armistice Commans set himself up as a shoemaker at Venlo, on the German border of Holland, and married a Dutch woman.

Rose Cohen has been for many. years foreign editor of the semi- official Moscow Daily News, 'She was born in London in 1894 but morrled a Russian.Reuter,

BRITISH RAILWAY INTERESTS IN CHINA IN DANGER

(Continued from Page 1.)

as a sequel to the predicted startling military developments.

The Reformed and Provincial Governments have agreed to merge when through traffic is restored on the Tientsin-Pukow and Lunghai rallways-Domel.

Predicts Change In War Situation

Kyoto, May 9. Prince Konoye, the Japanese Premier, in a press statement to-day emphasised that the military stun- tion in China was developing exact- ly as planned, and was now ursum- ing an importance probably even attached to the than that greater occupation of Nanking.

Desplle "great exaggerations" of the situation abroad, the Japanese Premier predicted a considerable change in the situation before the end of the month.

Japan was proceeding slowly with its polides towards the new Chinese regime in Nanking and Peiping. There may be some friction in the Cabinet and with Councillors, but everything would eventually be smoothed over.

This procedure was adopted when Italian aggression

ETHIOPIANS PRESENT

Geneva, May 9.

A private meeting of the League Council, which lasted half-an-hour. adopted the agenda for the session,

The two Ethiopian delegates were unexpectedly present as observers, but did not attend the secret meeting of the Council which followed.

Lord Halifax will make a state- ment at to-morrow's initial public meeting regarding the Anglo-Italian Agreement, after which the question of the Spanish appeal will come be- fore the Council-Reuter.

ETHIOPIA NOT SUBDUED

London, May 0. Emperor Haile Selassie, who is fighting to obtain continued League recognition of his claim to the Ethiopian throne, issued a statement in London to-night.

Revolts and resistance, he declared, bave prevented Italy from establish- ing military control in at least three- fourths of the total area of Ethiopia. Italian domination was confined to areas of a 30-mile radius around vil- lages and towns-United Press.

FRENCH ADMIRAL VISITS MACAO

Macao, May . Paying a courtesy call at the port of Macao, the French sloop Dumont Duville with Vice Admiral Le Bigot, Commander-in-Chief of the French squadron, arrived from Hongkong to- day at 8 am. Salvos were exchanged between the visiting warship and the port, and Lleut, M. Pinto, A.D.C. to H.E. the Governor, called on board to convey the respects of the

Governor.

The distinguished visitor funded at 10 nm. and after inspecting the guard of honour made an official call on His Excellency.

A large company of the leading "Japan is determined to co- officials attended the luncheon given operate with the new China," he at Government House in honour of declared United Press.

Wang Keh-min Returns

Pelping, May 10. Mr. Wang Keh-min, head of the Provisional Government, returned here from Tokyo by ale last night.

Whilst in Tokyo, Mr. Wang inter- viewed most members of the Japan- ese Cabinet on such subjects as reonamle co-operation, the union of

He often went to Germany on the Peiping and Nanking Provisional business, and on one of these trips Governments, the Japanese recogni- he wo arrested and thrown intoj tion of the two Governments.--- prison. He did not come out again, Reuter, and his wife heard not another word from him.

severe fighting was now in progress The execution took place in face at Wonchinahon, north of Chaohsian, of official protests by the Dutch Gov SCOTTISH

The situation, pointed out the ernment,

and the help of a Dutch spokesman, was not Important, as lawyer was refused. The trial being the total Japanese strength was re-sceret, no report ever reached Hol- latively small.

Innd, and even the death sentence Japanese troops from Yenchen who was made known to Mrs. Cammans were advancing northwards along the in a roundabout manner. Ma-coast Kounncheng

uling

have

been halted nt south of

were

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the French admiral, and H.E. Dr. Tamagnini · Barbosa was among the guests of the French admiral on the Dumont Duville.

The French warship will leave for Hongkong to-morrow morning.

NEW YORK CHINESE CELEBRATE UNITY

New York, May 9. Every Chinese, business firm was closed to-day for the celebration of the unity of China and the recent Chinese victories against Japan.

Six aeroplanes, piloted by Chinese

overhead during alert few monster' parade by local Chineso.— Router.

Woman Smashes Baggage

Ravensdale, Wash.

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London, May 0. The four Scottish universities aro Fuling

stated to be "hard up,"! according to a claims to have accupied of the Chientang River, and the report issued regarding their financial on May

situation. are belloved to be capital of Chekiang province. as Chinese troops had, premature,

In Kiangsu, the Chinese

Mrs. Alma Rivolt Floberg, station The report recommends they be communicated to headquarters, the nitacking Liyang and Yihsing, and given grants totalling £43,000 agent here, is the only women serving Information that on Monday the latest reports indicated they were annually. If the recommendations in that capacity with the Northern situation at Fuling was still obscure, only four miles from the latter city, are adopted, Glasgow University will Pacific Railroad system. During her Turning to the situation, south of At Liyang they were approaching receive 281,000 annually: Edinburgh eight-hour shift there is only one train the Yangtae, the Chinese spokesman the city wall, thus interrupting high- University: £13,000; St. Andrew's casibound No. 4, Besides meeting the declared that. Chinese forces were, way, communication between Nank-

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