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Hongkong Telegraph

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No. 13342

一拜被 ·號三十月六英港香 MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1938.

日六十月五

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PACKED TRANSPORTS STEAM UP YANGTSE

ATTEMPTED Czech Government Increases Its Majority

LANDING REPULSED

Fleet Of Sixty Ships Near Anking Causes Chinese Apprehension

the

Tsingyang, June 13.

The situation along the middle reaches of Yangtse River between Tatung and Kweichih, a stretch of about 40 kilometres, became suddenly tense again as a fleet of more than 40 Japanese vessels gathered with the apparent intention of forcing a landing.

Kweichil, 50 kilometres downriver from Hwaining, was subjected to a terrific naval bombardment on June 11 by eighteen Japanese warships.

JAPANESE

BURST RIVER'S DYKES

Vast Area Inundated And Refugees Fleeing West

Chengchow, June 13.

A nrgo area extending along The Lungthal line between Kai- feng and Laufeng now has been turned into a vast sheet of roar-

ng waters, driving a continuous stream of refugees westward to Chengchow, as a result of the Yellow River dykes north of the Japanese breaking of the main railway.

Rushing through the wide gaps in the dykes bust by Japanese arti)- lery Sombardment, the Blood, further swelled by continuous downpours

during the last few days, swept hun-

drels of houses and initındated thou- ands of acres of farms, to create a

europhe unprecedented for many

years.

Tens of thousands of refugees, most- ly women and children, have now arrived in the vicinity of Chengchow, destitute and deprived of all their

vicinityworldly belongings, waiting for suc- chance to

At the same time, eight transports, loaded with Japanese soldiers, gathered in the of Tatung apparently waiting for land.

Following a torrential rain yester- day morning, which swelled the river considerably, the Japanese ships luve shown more activity than hitherto.

At noon yesterday, ten Japanese vessels steamed up to Tatung and one of the ships, a transport, made Large numbers preparations to land.

Japanese soldiers, in several steam nches, approached the shore but Je repulsed.

In the exchange of fire, it is almed, two of the Japanese launches cre hit and overturned. Many of the Japanese were killed or drowned.

A report from Fanchang states that eight Japanese war vessels of the cruiser type, accompanied by twenty- five smaller craft, were heading up- river from Wuhu and Tikang yester day morning--Central News.

60 Warships Engaged

Hankow, June 13. Under cover of heavy bombardment from 60 warships, Japanese troops uttempted a landing on both banks of the Yangise near Anking yesterday (Continued on Page 12.)

ATTACKS CZECHS BEFORE HITLER

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The Japanese action in flooding the Lungiant line area, it is stated. was actualed by their fear of the activities of Chinese guerilla forces. By inundating these places. thei Japanese hope the position of the

Hongkong Women Ruerillas might become untenable.

To Learn Anti- Raid Precautions

Lady members and subscribers of the Kowloon Cricket Club are invited to attend a series of Icctures on air raid precautions commencing on Wednesday, June 15. at 10 a The object is to teach the women of Hongkong all there is to know about air raid precautions so that they can apply this knowledge !n their awn homes.

SECOND RECORD FLIGHT

R.A.F. Flying Boat Makes History

Early yesterday morning, squadron of more than thirty Japun- ese planes raided a large area south of the Yellow River with Chaotsun their mala largel. Countiess of flood refugees were numbers killed.

To the north of the Yellow River In north Honan, the similar action lins been taken by the Japanese in flooding the Wel River, Kwangehîn River and Meng River areas.

More than a score of small villages east of Menghalen, it is stated, häve been wiped out by the flood waters.

East of Sinyang

FATHER JACQUINOT DE BESANGE, the French priest who established the refugee safety zone in Nantao, Shanghai, has 250,000 persons for whom he and associates must provide food, shelter and medical attention. Here is Father Jacquinot with some of his charges. Similar safety zones, it is urged, should be built at Canton.

REFUGEE PAPERS

MAKE H.K. CHINESE NEWSPAPER CAPITAL

(By Special Representative)

The Chinese press centre of the Far East has shifted

a large area of from Shanghai to Hongkong, as the Colony has become furmland is now under three or four the refuge of a number of outstanding Chinese news-

papers from the Japanese-controlled Shanghai.

feet of water-Central News.

MORE EARTH TREMORS

IN BRITAIN

London, June 12.

Two further earth tremors, less

severe than yesterday's, were felt in London to-day.

FELT IN FRANCE

The Shun Pdo of Shanghai was the first of the four Chinese dailies to remove to the Colony from the north. As the oldest Chinese newspaper in China, established in the early 'sixties, and with a circulation of about a hundred thousand, the largest of its kind in the whole country, the Sham Pao was considered dangerous by the Japanese and consequently received the heaviest pressure from the invaders after the Chinese evacuation of

Shanghai.

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Alexandria, June 12. What is believed to be a

Shocks were also reported to have At the moment when It Was been felt at Deal, where they were understood that no more could the second new record for Royal Air described as being more violent, al-Shun Pao be published us before, the Force flying-boats, was establish- though less prolonged than Satur- paper decided to suspend publication ed to-day by the Short Sunder-day's tremors.—Reuter, Berlin, June 12,

land machine which had pre- attack

made Was echo-Slovakia by Herr Adolf viously made a record flight of tler's deputy, Herr Rudolf 1,200 miles from Gibraltar to Less, in the presence of the Malta in six and three-quarter fuehrer, in an address to-day to 200,000 people at Stettin.

An

on

Herr Hess said that it

was Apparent to all that in the first not Jace Czecho-Slovakia was

à a position to maintain calm and order within its own frontier, or to protect the lives of its citizens.

Secondly, Czecho-Slovakin had be-

hours.

The machine arrived at Alexan- drin from Malta having covered the distance of about 950 miles in 5 hours 15 minutes.-Renter.

Imperial Airways Plane Down

Simla, June 12.

The Imperial Airways flying-boat, Ceres, en route to Singapore, which come a source of danger to the peace left Karachi for Gwalior this morn- Europe when mobilisation was ing, was forced to allght owing to bad

of

suddenly ordered without the slightest reason,

Europe and the world owe it cutely to the Fuchrer that this dangerotis game had not resulted in a catas- trophe.

weather, and at present is in the shallow water of Lake Dingari, in the Tonk State.

The plane is not damaged, and the number of passengers aboard is at present unknown.--Reuter.

Italy's New Naval Air Fortress

and to move out of the Japanese controlled Shanghal. On December 15 last year, the paper suspended London, June 12.

publication, with another Influential Another slight earth tremer was paper in Shanghal, the To Kung Pao,

felt lo-day in the north of France and efforts were being made to

nge.

St.

Sino-Burmese Border Clash Investigated

und Belgium, but there was no damn-remove the paper to Hankow and to estobild a sister paper in Hong- betong. Paul's Cathedral will examined Monday to see whether the Despite many difficulties In con- tremor bad any effect 011 the nection with the removal, the paper structure.-Router.

succeeded 13 starting publication here on March 3. But 30 is reduced In size from 20 or more pages to four. for the Shun Pão lɔ'now a refugee sheet without a press and is printed the

New Empire Air Mail To Operate Soon

by the Tal Chung Yat Po Co.

Women Reported To Be Shot Dead

SUDETENS SCORE

SUCCESSES IN GERMAN DISTRICTS

Slovak Autonomists Fail To Make Good Boast

Prague, June 13.

The result of the Czech elections to date may be summed up as follows:

The Government bloc has greatly increased its majority, while the Sudeten Germans have maintained the same ratio of success in the German areas as in the previous two elections.

In Slovakia. Father Hlinka's party failed to substantiate its boast to represent the nation. The party is not appreciably stronger than before the elections.

It is significant that the Slovak Nationalists voted with the Government bloc.-Reuter.

JAPAN'S TRADE SUFFERS

Exporters Hurt By Restrictions On Imports

Boycott Grows Formidable

(By Staff Reporter) The total deficit of Japan's foreign trade from January to

Sudeten Gains

Prague, June 12. To-day's elections in nearly 8,000 Czecho-Slovakian communes passed off without serious incident. There were only one or two mluor clashes between Sudeten Germans and Czechs.

Coral results up to the present

galns for the Sudeten Germun Party while the German Social Democrats and Communists seem to have lost heavily everywhere, their | supporters generally shrinking sixty For seventy per cent.-Reuter,

Unanimous Votes

Berlin, June 12.

In 004 out of the 1,040 Sudeten German districts of Czecho-Slovakia, the Sudeten German Party obtained all voles in the week-end elections, reports the German News Agency from Prague.

In the remaining German districts the Party obtained large majorities,

voics-Reuter, in most cases over 90 per cent. of the

Sudetens' Claim

Prague, June 12. The Sudeley Germans claim that

population.

the middle of May this year is estimated ut Yen123,185,000, according to an interesting article on Japan's foreign trade appearing recently in the influen- as a result of the three weekly elec tin Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, which tions, they have secured a total of 01 gives the total imports in the percent of the voles of the German period as Yen1,029,693,000 and A Berlin message says that Herr Yen906,588,000 respectively. In Konrad Henlein has received 81 per comparison with the deficits of cent of the votes in his horse district the same period in the past two says, is about 73.4 per cent less years, the present one, the article than that of last year and about STOP PRESS

50 per cent less than that of 1936.

This decrease in deficit, the article goes on, Is apparently and mainly due to the severe government restriction on imports and the limitation of the purchase of foreign exchange since the outbreak of the "China Incident." According to the provisional regula- tions governing foreign exchange and imports, any purchase of foreign exchange over Yen 100 must be given government permission, and 200 kinds of foreign goods are banned from import alnce they are not necessities in the daily life of the nation during the "national crisis."

However, it is estimated that not more than a decrease of Yen 30,000,-

Rangoon, June 12, The Burma Government, through 000 in imports per annum could have British Consul-General ut resulted from this ban on 269 foreign Yunnanfu, has asked the authorities articles. It is the strict restriction

of Ascher.-Reuter.

Planes Over Canton

Canton, June 13.

At 8.45 a.m, to-day an air raid

The present manager of the paper of the Chinese province of Yunnan imposed by the government on the alarm was sounded in Canton.

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the

is Mr. Ma Jen-ilang. It may be re-

what is to be done with regard to the importation of cotton, wool and tim-

At 9.10 a.m. planes were heard soldiers who called that three years ago the paper's Chinese

attacked ber which is responsible for the great

decrease in imports in the first five flying over the elly at a great height able manager, the late Mr. Shih Kachin tribesmen last week. Liang-tani, was assassinated by It is now reported that four months of this year, in which period but nothing was seen of them and no gangsters because, it was reported, he persons, including two Kachin wo- the total impurt of cotton and wool is bombs were released,

It is believed the planes are head- intly refused to allow his paper to

men, were shot dead in the clash, worth approximately Yen442,000,000 be influenced by à political group.

and two Shan women were wounded, less than for the first five months of ing for the railways north of London, June 12.

while a number of Chinese residents just year. This amount represents 82 clty-Reuter, The Air Ministry announces that TWO TABLOIDS MOVE-

per cent. of the total decrease of were also killed-Reuter.

(Further Stop Press News on Herr Heas added that the last war

Imports this year. the lost section of the new Empire

Following the Shun Pao In the

·was too recent in the minds of all

Flying Boat Route from England to

COTTON'S DROP nations to permit another contest to

Australia will be inaugurated on July move here were two tablold papers the Lili Pao made its first appearance

Before the Imposition of be lightly started.

tho "We warn

2 when the first Quantas Empire from Shanghai, the Star Datly and in Hongkong about two weeks later. rest of the world not to mistake

Airways Dying boat will leave the Lil Pao, four-page miniature Both of them are printed by the Tal restrictions, the average imports of

cotton per month last your Germany's love of penes for weak-

The island of Leros has been con- Singapore for Sydney. It arrives in morning papers of it by 16 inches. Chung Yat Po Co.

They were generally recognised, as Smallest in size prid largest in estimated at 1,743,000 piculs, while unces" declared Harr Hess. "Whoover verled by Italy Into a naval air Sydney July 5.

was the Lik Pas of the average amount from January to hiiinks he can prœums for long on fortress of first rank, states the Daily At first only surcharge mail win the two outstanding tabloids among circulation

Shanghai. Since the outbreak of the April this year dropped to 070,000 this love of pesce doce not know the Telegraph naval correspondent, be carried but within a few weeks the score of such in Shanghal,

The Hang Pao or the Star Daily Lukouchiao incident last july the plculs, according to the Asahi arman people. One day he will

He adds that it is claimed to be the "All up mall to Austraila will be which is financed by Mr, David Kung, circulation of this miniature paper Shimbun. vo » dreadful awakening, when he more strongly fortified than Malta, entrusted to this servies, - no com

Deyond any doubt, the present (Continued on Page 5.)

(Continued on Page 4.)

London, June 12,

acts of provocation, have their and is second only to Gibraltar pleting the Empire alt mall scheme son of Dr. H H. Kung, began pub was steadily increasing, until Shong-

Heation hero on March 10, while

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