1938-06-14 — Page 1

BRITISH BUILT

HOME LEAVE CARS

Flying

Standard

FOR

MOTORISTS

WHO PUT QUALITY FIRST

FAR EAST MOTORS - 59101

Dollar

Telegraph" jpg Posts Ltd., Hongkong.

The

Correct footwear for children-

FIRST EDITION Shoes & Sandals

Supreme Court

Hongkong Telegraph

FOUNDED 1801 二拜禮 號四十月六英港香 TUESDAY, JUNE

14,

1938.

日七十月五

No. 15343

SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS $36.00 PER ANNUM

for babies, little toddlers and older

children'

Soft flexible leathers and suedes with crepo soles.

PRICED FROM

$5,50

per pair

WHITEAWAY'S

JAPANESE RETREAT FROM FLOOD MENACE

CAPTURED Fog Aided Japanese in Surprise Anking Attack

TERRITORY

ABANDONED

Mighty River Loose,

And Millions

Of

Lives Endangered

Swirling red-brown waters of China's Sorrow the name by which the Yellow or Hwang Ho River has been known through centuries are threatening to overwhelm Japanese and Chinese alike on the Lunghai front, scene of last week's bitter fighting.

retreat

The Japanese have been forced to from Kaifeng, the dearly-bought capital of Honan province, and the all-devouring giant now completely surrounds that city of 300,000 people.

The few remaining inhabitants of the capital have closed the gates of the city and barricaded them with sandbags, hoping that the ancient, crumbling walls will provide protection until the floods subside. The suburbs are already under four feet of water.

Between Chengchow and Kaifeng the floods are sweeping across the Lunghai Railway on ten-mile front, carrying all before them.

Hankow. June 13.

No-one will ever know who caused the breaches in the Yellow River dykes,

The Chinese claim that Japanese artillery was responsible.

The Japanese claim that the Chinese deliberately forced farmers, at the point of the bayonet, to make the breaches in order to impede the! advance of the Japanese furces mi Chengehow,

Whoever is responsible has released an all-devouring giant who is threa- tening to consume Japanese and Chinese alike.

The sand-laden waters of China's

ADVANCE ENTIRELY

HALTED

Japanese Menace To Chengchow Removed

The

1

POSTER PARADE DEMANDS BOYCOTT

London Campaign

Against Japan

London, June 13.

==

Thousands of people in the

West End had their attention

SWIFT SERIES OF BLOWS CAUSES FALL OF KEY POSITION

Landing Effected Under·

Terrific Barrage

Shanghai, June 3.

The fall of Anking, capital of Anhwei province, and the second provincial capital to fall into Japanese hands within a fortnight, has now been definitely established.

Anking has long been regarded as the "Key to Hankow," despite the fact that it is 190 miles from the latter city.

The occupation was completed at 11 p.m. on

THESE PITIFUL HOMELESS refugees are fleeing from the Sunday by Japanese troops who landed on the

Japanese advance near Chengchow. Thousands more are now in frantic retreat from the even worse menace from the Yel- low River's flood, for the dykes are breached and a vast weight of water is pouring down upon the unprotected plains. Flood and famine, added to the horror of war, are creating for a huge arca's population conditions rarely paralleled even in that coun- try of repeated tragedies.

NAVAL PLANE

ON MERCY FLIGHT

called to the Far East by a Brings Urgent Case To

monster poster parade through The streets this evening.

The parade was organized by the China Campaign Committee, and banners, bearing slogans! such as "No Oil For Japan". were carried from Marble Arch to Westminster. Thousands of leaflets

distributed were route.

and Shanghud, people. Reuter,

ollier

en

Colony For Operation

Night Landing

In

Harbour

PIRATES REPORTED ABOARD TILAWA

Destroyer And Plane Rush To Answer False Alarm

northern bank of the Yangtse protected by a terrific barrage from Japanese warships anchored in a long line for several miles up the river.

BRITAIN STEERING CAREFUL COURSE

No Spectacular Action Over Bombing Attacks

Over

The Japanese concentrated 100 warships, several of them 10,000- tun cruisers, within few miles of the capital before they opened their barrage, which was kept up inces- santly throughout Sunday. Асто- planes, in addition, assisted in silen- cing the Chinese defenders while the landing was under way.

After the Japanese infantry. forces landed they enveloped the clly from the north and cast

The entire operation was in the nature of surprise to the Chinese defenders, who obviously did not expect an attack of such magnitude. The Japanese transports and war- ships, preceded by mine-sweepers, left Wuhu on Saturday night and by 1a.m. on Sunday had reached Tutung, 00 miles further up the river.

The first troops were landed at Tassuchi. 12 miles north-east of Anking, at dawn on Sunday, and the fortifications at Chenglangicow were stormed and occupied before midday. Almost simultaneously, the main the body of Japanese forces was landed

London, June 13, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, will make a A report that the B.I. linerstatement in the House of Tilawa, well known in Hongkong, Commons to-morrow on Catapulted from the deck of was pirated when about 200 bombing of British ships in at Tawanghino and 'Sinkinokou, ten H.M.S. Dorsetshire with a sea- miles north-west of Singapore, Spanish Government ports, in acute appendicitis appeared in a recent issue of the reply to a question from the strapped in the rear cockpit, a Straits Times.

Labour leader, Mr. Clement Fleet Air Arm seaplane roared

R. Attlee. to and fro for 45 minutes }

man with

However, after a British destroyec

val vessel and

The statement is not likely to be long and rumours of spectacular British action may be discounted,

and eight miles respectively cast of Anking, and the march on Anking

commenced from three directions.

The Japanese were greatly assist- ed by a dense Yangtse fog, which completely enveloped the district and made defence against ап Invisible enemy almost hopeless.

Hankow, June 14. The Dean of Kingston headed the on procession, and was followed by Mrs, Japanese advance Serrow are now pouring through the Chengchow has been completely Clement Attlee, wife of the leader of above Hongkong last night, and a dying-boat had been despatch- destroyed kaollang mattresses-dykes

Parliamentary Labour laboriously laid down during the past halted by the Yellow River the

Party waiting until lighting facilities to the rescue from Singapore, the

In the course of Sunday afternoon ten years in a roaring eaternel, floods and the Japanese have Professor Wang, of the University of could be provided for it to land report was found to be false, and the

and evening, the Japanese occupied Chengchow Honan's

and Between

prominent in the harbour.

fying-boat were

The position is difficult, for the one after another the various parts Government must consider the non- of the elty, and at 11 p.m. on Sunday ancient walled capital city of Kai- now commenced a general with-

Adding another chapter to the recalled. feng, a swirling red-brown flood is drawal towards Kweitch from

intervention policy on the one hand night the Antwel enpital was com- 10,000-ton cruiser's recent series of irresistibly sweeping across the the Kaifeng area.

The report that the Tilawa was in and the policy of appeasement of pletely in possession of the Invaders. front-page adventures, Ordinary Sca- the hands of pirates reached Singa- Europe on the other, and desires toTrans-Ocean. Lunghal Railway on ten-mile front,

man James O'Shea developed carrying all before t

appendicitis aboard the warship as pore on the morning of June 3, and avoid anything which might damage It was atcuming through the China .M.S. Thanet and a Singapore Short what has already been accomplished. | Seu an exercises,

flying-boat from No. 203 Squadron.) Mr. Chamberlain returned to The scamar

Seletar, left immediately to locate London to-day and was examined by

received the Surgeon Cmdr. Crawford, who was the ship.

American Ambassador, Mr. Malcolm a witness inst week in the Dorsetshire

MacDonald, Lord Halifax and Sir of further receipt murder case at the Centre Magia shortly before 3 pan. that the report

Kingsley Wood separately. tracy, and it was decided that he

Completely Surrounded

The information was released by a Chinese spokesman at this morning's press conference,

The flood

waters grossed the

Kaifeng is completely surrounded by water. Gates of the ancient wall Lunghai Railway on Sunday morning around the city have been shut and and are now rapidly spreading east- sautheustward, forcing barricaded with sandbags, in the word and hope that the wall will prevent the Japanese troops and Chinese civilians elty from becoming completely im-like to retreat before their mennee. undated.

ANOTHER DEFENCE LOAN OUT

The breaches at Buankou re £209.000,000 Total Of

Funds Needed Since

1936

Suburbs outside the city walls are from 120 to 50 feet wide. In this under four feet of water, and many area, constant sliting of the river people trapped in this part are with sand has raised the river-bed perched on trees and roof-tops, vainly above the surrounding terrain, and hoping for succour.

the only thing hitherto keeping the The Japanese, whose mechanised river in check has been the man- With these and modern army was able to force made mattress dykes. the might of China's forces from dykes broken, the entire waters of Homan's capital a fortnight ago, has the Yellow River have found a new had to retient before tils ancient unimpeded path, along the old bed which, 60 years ago, took the mighty Continued on Page 4.)

waters of China's Sorrow to the sen The Loan will be at 3 per cent., ut Halehow instead of in the Gulf and will be issued at £90. It will of Chihi. 300 miles northwards,

Full For Victims Of

R. A. F.

Honours

Crash

Pretoria, June 13.

here

The funeral of four Royal Air Force boxers and two South Afrien Air Force officers took place to-day with full military honours and wos últended by 3,000 troops and).

On

advice

The Cabinet is not expected to meet

be laformal contacts between minis- iers to-morrow.

should be sent immediately to the was incorrect, the destroyer and fly- Royal Naval Hospital in Hongkong ing boat were recalled before either in ready, though there will for an operation.

had reached the steamer. Brief radio messages were flushed) The Tilawa, which is a 10,000-ton to the Commodore in Hongkong, and liner owned by the British India Line, the debate in the House of Commons the seaplane was catapulted from left Singapore for Hongkong H.M.S. Dorsetshire, which was some Thursday June Z. distance at sea, at about 10 p.m.

Meanwhile, in Hongkong, arrange-

Mr. Malcolm MacDonald will open

O with a general review of the Colonlu! situntion. It is doubtful whether Mr.

STOP PRESS

Seeking To Cut Vital Rail Line

Honkow, June 13. Japanese detachments, are threa-

London, June 13. Reuter learns that the lists for a £80,000,000 Defence Loan will open ments were and close on Wednesday,

Dockyards to provide landing lights the liner was believed to be currying ance in Jumnica and the difficulties in near Siacheng, some miles south of for the seaplane which roared to and bullion. fro above the harbour ant!) the arrangements were completed.

In addition to a large number of Attlee will move adjournment to dls- cuss the bombings in Spain, as Labour rushed at the Naval passengers, mainly travelling deck, is anxious to deal with the disturb-tening the Peiping-Hankow Railway

be redeemable between 1954

On Saturday afternoon, Chinese 1958.

and

the Searchlights were turned on harbour from H.M.S. Enterprise and from the Dockyard Wall and a per-

The work of transferring the sick man from the scaplone to a launchi Including the £100,000,000 raised occupied only a few minutes and he terro by the Defence Loan of last year. was immediately rushed to the Royal

the total money borrowed for de- Hospital,

and Japanese troops were Bahting bitterly for possession of Paisha, # This is part of the borrowing pro- fect landing was made by the pilot. town on the southern bank of the gramme announced last year. river. Both sides were forced 10 abandon the region on Sunday, defeated by the new Reuter

ST. PAUL'S IS SOUND

London, June 14.

where.

tences since 1836, with fast year's awaiting his arrival, budget surplus of £20,000,000 reacties the staggering vum of £200,000,000,

or approximately £5 per capita of the total population of the United Kingdom.

surgeons

were

OPERATION PUT OFF Following a thorough examination of O'Shen after he was admitted to hospitui, It was decided to defer the many thousands of people from sur- After an examination by experts,

It is callmated that this total, which operation until this morning. it is omeinily slated that there is no rounding districts.

was ndministered at The airmen were killed when a evidence of any disturbance in the includes the present projected loun, anaesthetle plane in which they were travelling structure of St. Paul's Cathedral as will cover defence expenditure from 9 a.m., and the operation was being the a result of the earth tremors of June borrowed money for about a year, performed as this edition went to

to a sports meet mountains.--Reuter,

crashed

11-Router,

Reuter.

press.

The

►

Palestine-Reuter,

the Lunghal Railway junction at Chengchow, where 00,000 flood re- fugees, in addition to thousands of

torn

Areas, are tion southwards.

awalting transporta-

KING AND QUEEN refugees from Kulteng and other war WILDLY CHEERED sukdenly appeared near sincheng os

Their

A strong Japanese detachment.

The report was surprising be- cause at the time the message was. received, the Tilawa would have been near the Anambas, a group of islands far removed from the recognised piracy zone, a siretch of the China Sea extending from

Landon, June 14. there are now endeavouring to pre- Cupe St. James, in French Indo-

Majesties the King and vent it from straddling the rail- China, up the China Coast,

Queen went for a motor drive yes way line, an accomplishment that ILMS. Thanet arrived from Eng-Lodge and were wildly cheered by Itmuchow,

terday afternoon from the Royal would make Chengehow a second land only on May 31, and is due to the people along the route.

Simultaneously with this fighting continue her voyage to Hongkong

This is the Arst time in many days from Yushh are reported

In the northern area, Jupanese forces to be at once.

that the Queen has been seen out in attacking Yuchwin,

while another She is a 930-ton destroyer capable public as she has just recovered from Japanese column from Luyi in attack- of 30 knots. Hér main armament a cold.

ing Kwaiyuan, in the vicinity of comprises three 4-inch guns.

Their Majesties are remaining at Yencheng-Reuter. Lieut.-Commander R. C. M. White Windsor Catle during Ascot week.-- (Further Stop Press News on

Reuter,

Page 12.)

Is in command.