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WEDNESDAY, JUNE

1, 1938. 日四初月五

No. 15134

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WORLD'S MISTE

CHINA UNCONQUERABLE, KUNG DECLARES

CONFIDENT Insurgents Bomb and Sink British Steamer

OF FINAL VICTORY

Great Powers Still May Intervene To Stop Slaughter

By JANE HOWARD

Special Correspondent of the Untied Freas Association

Hankow, May 31.

A few hours after I arrived in Hankow to-day by plane from Hongkong, I was granted an interview by Dr. H. H. Kung, China's able Finance Minister who, next to the Generalissimo himself, is the outstanding political and financial leader of the great nation of 470,000,000 people.

Questions discussed at the interview, which took place at 4.30 p.m. in. Dr. Kung's office, ranged from the prospects of peace to the prospects of international intervention.

Dr. Kung does not believe that there are any immediate prospects of peace.

He admits that China is fighting a defensive war but he confidently predicted that China never would be

beaten by Japan.

"We, as the defenders, cannot stop |

a war of aggression," he told me.

"It is up to Japan to decide when she bus had enough of aggression.

**I believe there are only two possibilities by which peace will Either the Japanese mill- come. tarists will realise their folly of suicidal pulley of pursuing this aggression against a vast and uncon- querable country like China, or the various world Powers will realise the dangerous situation and 'persunde' Japan to end the war."

the

Dr. Kung, who is a direct descen- dant of the great religious teacher

und Confucius,

represents seventy-fifth generation of an illus trious family who have seen muny conquerors absorbed by the Chinese people, spoke surely und steadily as he told me that China was uncon- querable.

"There may be tremendous suffer- Ing but this vast natlon cannot be beaten in the present war,

our

"Its territory is too immense and its people too determined," he said. "Nothing is surer than that people will resist to the bitter end.

"Japan may win many battles and

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Two-Penny Stamp Sold For £1,350

1847 2d.

Way back in 1847, two-penny stampa for the Mauriilus Govern ment were printed in England, and were placed on sale in Mauritius on September 21, just a little over minuty years ago.

Two-pence was the cost of postage between Mauritius and England, and only five people thought it worth while keeping the atomps couvenirs.

1938

£1,350

Of

One of the five two-penny blue Mauritius stamps, Issued in 1847, was sold at auction hi London yesterday, The purchase price was £1,330) Trans-Ocean.

Paris Prepares

For Evacuation

DEFENDING" LUNGHAI RAILWAY this. If machine-gunners is typical of hundreds which yard of the Japanese advance. The mobility of army has given it a great advantage even against; mechanical equipment of the Japanese.

Huge Chinese Loss

WATCHFUL Claim

OF JAPAN'S MANOEUVRE At Hsuchow

FOR TRADE

Hull Avoids Answer On Pact Breach In Tariff Tampering

Washington, May 31.

Mr. Cordell Hull, the Seere-

tary of State, declared to-day

In War-Time that U.S. consuls in China were

n

Paris, May 31. The publication of Home Defence booklet discloses thut Lic French Government completed plans for the evacu ation of 1,500,000 inhabitants of Paris to country areas within ten days of the outbreak of war. The booklet caveals that near- ly 35,000 bomb-proof skellers have been constructed in metropolitan area, and A system of trenches, in which 0.200,000 civilians can take refurce, has been constructed in the suburbs. United Press.

DOIHARA STILL ISOLATED

the

Troops Dig In With

Backs To River

Hankow. May 31.

It is officially reported from the Lunghal front that General Dolhara

very much alive to the question of maintenance of the integrity of the Chinese Customs.

Replying to question whether the State Department confirmed re- ports that the Japanese had materially lowered the Customs tariff in Central China in favour of their own ex- porters, Mr. Hull said that American consuls were vigilant.

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Mr. Hull reiterated the interest of the United States in the maintenance Loc Integrity of the Chinese Customs and that country's interest in the manner in which trade was conducted in Chi

China.

One of the reporters at the Press conference demanded: "Didn't the Japanese change the Customs rates without the consent of the Chinese Government and, I so, does not the United States Government recognise this as constituting a violation of the Nine Power Pact?"

Mr. Hull replied that the question

Tokyo, May 31.

In an official recapitulation of the story

for of the Battle £Isuchów, Imperial Headquar- tern claims that the Chinese casualties in and around the city to May 24 totalled 240,000.

Of these, 103,000 were killed.— United Press.

CHINESE VICTORY CLAIMED

Furious Aerial

Battle Fought

Above Hankow

ct With

appers Established

Federal Authorities

Not Interfering With Negotiations

Princetown, Penn., May 31. Mr. James B. Cash announced at 5 o'clock this morning that he had established successful con- tact with the kidnappera of his 51% year-old son, who was neized on Saturday evening while his mother was absent helping Mr. Cash count the receipts of a nearby general storc.

The abductors are believed to have left two notes, demanding a ransom of $10,000.

he

Mr. Cash refuses to reveal whether

however, that he expected

to

BRITISH PRÓTEST NOTE APPARENTLY WHOLLY IGNORED

Heavy Loss of Life When Planes Raid Granoller

Valencia, May 31.

Within દ few hours of the Insurgent authorities at Burgos receiving the strong British note of protest regarding the sinking last Wednesday of the British steamer Thorpehall, with the loss of three British lives, comes news of another similar incident.

Carrying out an air raid on Valencia to-day, Insurgent planes dropped bombs on the 1,988-ton British freighter Penthames, which was lying in

the harbour.

Three bombs struck the ship, which sank immediately. It is not known at present

whether there were any casualties.

CANTON RAIDS TO CONTINUE

Despite Repeated

Protests

Shanghai, May 31. Despite repeated protests made by foreign Powers regard

bas paid the ransom. He stated, ing the Japanese air raids on Chinese cities, the air raids on advised at any moment regarding the Canton will be continued. whereabouts of the child.

Federal authorities did not inter.

fere with Mr. Cash's attempts to re-i

The Penthames was built in 1909 on the Clyde, and was formerly the Comtesse de Flandre, owned by a French shipping firm.

The present owners are the Pen- tirion Steamship Company Ltd., of London.-United. Press.

Terrible Loss Of

Life At Granoller

Barcelona, May 31. An heavy Insurgent air raid was carried out on Granoller, north of Barcelona, this morning. ***

The layer of the city, in a tele- phonic Interview with United Presa · states that between 350 and 400 were

killed and 800 were wounded.

Subsequent official figures issued

at Barcelona state that 100 werd killed and 450 wounded in the rald.

United Press.

This statement was made to STOP PRESS

cover the child by methods demand-day by a spokesman at the ed by the abductors.

However, Mr. Edgar Hoover, Chief

Japanese Hendquarters in

of the famous "G" Men, is reported Shanghai.

to be en route to Princetown by acroplane.

Mr. Cash is the owner of a chain tary objectives, and the respon- petrol-filing stations in Pennsyl-sibility for the killing of civilians

of vania.

"Our raids are made on mili-

STEPS TO CHECK

Two cases of kidnapping occurred cannot be laid to the Japanese We have re- napping of the Casi hufant. Betty

last week. In addition to the kid-army command. Hankow, June 1.

The Chinese claim to have won Ray, the four-year-old daughter of peatedly drawn attention to the INFLUX OF

a signal victory in the air when Japanese raiders attempted to bomb Hankow yesterday.

It was a desperate air battle,

that civilians should Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harboard, of Wat-fact sonville. California, is believed to

evacuate from the neighbour- have been seized.

Visitors to the ensino at Santa Cruz, hood of endangered zones in where the Harboards were holiday-

could more profitably be discussed the first to be staged in Hankowing, say they saw a plump, dark- Canton," the spokesman added. at a later stage.-Reuter.

Won't Reveal

War Service

is still holding out at Sanyichị, where | Measures Now

he is completely surrounded,

Chinese military sources state that, Dethara's troops are busy digging dugouts in an attempt to conduct an underground defence on the south bank of the Yellow River,

The Japanese forces literally have their backs to the river, the Chinese being entrenched only a few hundred

from retreat across the river is

the bank. Dolhara's

cut except for a rickety pontoon bridge which his engineers constructed when he made his Initial crossing on the; march to Lonfeng-United. Preus. CRITICAL STAGE REACHED

Hankow, May 31, The struggle on the, Lunghal! Railway has now reached the critical

to

"The Mauritius two-penny blue stage and its further developments stamp la the rarest in existence, may prove decisive, according docal philatelist told the Telegraph reports here which state that fighting this morning. Only vanre inio now concentrated between existence, one being in the collection Kaifeng, of the late King George V."

towns around the (Continued on Page 4.)

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London. May 31.

In the House of Commons to-day, the Premier, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, gave a negative answer to the suggestion by Mr. Clement K. Attlee. Leader of the Labour Opposition, that a White Paper should be issued setting forth the methods contemplated by the Government for war- ilme service.

Mr. Chamberlain added that any plans for dealing with the situation in the ovent of war would be laid before Parliament if and when the occasion arose. Reuter.

STATEMENT PROMISED

London, May 31.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Premier, will make a statement In the House of Commons to- morrow regarding war-time ser- vice-Routre,

since the terrific combat be tween Chinese and Japanese a month ago.

It is reliably reported that 14 out of 34 Japanese planes were shot down by Chinese pursuit pilots.

Chinche Aviation Headquarters claims 15 enemy planes downed, 12 nt Hankow and three at Sukow,

Fifty-four Japanese and 80 Chinese planes fought over the city. As the Japanese drew near the north-west) suburbs Chinese, patrolling high above Hankcow, swooped down. A furious engagement followed at a great height, the Chinese attacking in three groups

were

One pilot came down by parachute, Two Chinese planes

forced down at the aerodrome.

•

Japanese Plane Shot

complexioned woman leading a small-Trans-Ocean. girl away-United Press.

NATIONS ARGUE ABOUT

COST OF WITHDRAWAL OF SPAIN

VOLUNTEERS

London, May 31.

The cost of withdrawing volunteers from Spain was dealt with at the sub-Committee's meeting of the Non-Intervention Committee to-day.

PENNILESS

While it would appear that re- fugees from Canton are pouring into Hongkong indiscriminately, it has been revealed that the police authorities here. дго exercising a certain amount of restriction regarding the entry of Canton evacuces,

The most Important regulation is that 'euch immigrant from China must have at least $20 in his possession. For those who can show this means of subsistence, right of way into the Colony is given.

If, however, a refugee does not

the police for enquiries. It is under- stood that if the immigrant cannot produce the required money, arrange. ments are made for returning him to his place of origin.

possess the amount he is detained by

The old Kowloon water

police are

The estimated cost of the collection, transportation

engaged on this task of checking up incoming Chinese, The Japanese planes eventualy and maintenance of volunteers in concentration camps

while R similar check la made on pas- abandoned the attempt to bomb the is between £1,000,000 and £1,500,000, while the, cost of

acngers by rail. Quite a large num- elty.-Reuler.

sea transport of volunteers homewards is £750,000.

ber of refugees have been temporarily their abode cost of, Lord Plymouth, Chairman of the restrained from taking up It is proposed that the

here until they

have been able to Down

collection and maintenance shall be Committee, mld that Great Britain here

comply

with the regulations. In Great Britain, was willing to contribute, and the many cases friends and relatives have Chengchow, Juna 1. borne equally by

German and Italian representatives | While conducting reconnaissance France, Russia, Germany and Italy, undertools to refer the matter to their came forward to help them out, and

It is understood that so far no re over the Chinese positions along the the Ave Great Powers participating Governments. Langhal Railway, a Japanese plane in the Non-Intervention Committee, The Soviet representatives, how-fugees have been sent back to their was brought down by Chinese anti- while the cast of sea transport will ever, declared that the cost of trans-homes. aircraft gunfire yesterday.

be borne proportionately by the port and maintenance of volunteers The machine burst into flames as countries whose volunteers are re-should be borne by the countries who

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patriated.

hnd volunteers in Spain.—Nauter,

(Further Stop Preta Nows on Page 12.)