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THE

TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, HONGKONG

JUNE 16, 1938.

Warns Traders STOP PRESS NEWS ALHAMBRA

To Caution In German Trade

(Continued from Page 1.)

indicate that several thousand Chl-

Loan Negotiations Maynese troops have been marooned in

Cause Trouble

Mr.

Oliver

London, June 15. Referring in the House of Com- mons this evening to the Austrian Lon negcliations, Slaniey, President of the Board of Trute, said it was impossible present to make any announcement with regard to the nature of the action likely to be taken by Great Britain. Such netion, ho sald, must clearly depend upon circumstances.

Stif The British Government hoped that negodations would reach a successful conclusion, but traders must recognise that there might be dimculties in obtaining payments and must after the end of June, therefore use discretion in accepting uny new commitments which might result in an accumultation of debts In Germany-Reuter.

TRADE PACT UNSATISFACTORY

various engulfed villages south-west fof Chengchow, with the waters

gradually lapping closor.

ONE DEAD IN JUNK EXPLOSION

are

Lutest reports from the devastated area state that the cains continue,

One person has died, two and the flood waters une increasing critically injured and two slightly both in volume and speed.

Foreign missionaries at Kalfeng, injured as a result of last night' are British, have explosion and fire in a junk at the of whom need a corps of Chinese formers Asiatic Petroleum Company's Instal- and guerillas who, face to face with lation at North Point Inat night.

The casualties are: common enemy, have forgotten the enmity of warfare and are co-operat Ing frantically with Japanesc engineers and troops in an effort to repair the dykes.

The magnitude of the task ahend is indicated by news received yeater- day that where the river has been pierced the dykes were formerly 40 feet high and 60 feet wide, while the bed of the river had silted up with! sand until it was ten feet above the surrounding terrain-Reuter.

Spreading South-East

Lai Ng. 48, married woman, died of burns;

Hut Kan, 52 Junk-master, serious burns;

Chow Yau. 18. Toki, scrious burns;

Fu-monk. foki, aligiat Kwok

burna:

The

ip Fook, foki, slight burns, It

definitely been now was established that the junk contained several hundred gallons of Shell Aviation Spirit, which was apparent- ly loaded at the A.P.C. installation on London, June 15.

the other side of the harbour. Hankow, June 15. Disappointment with the working

The Junk apparently crossed the Flood-water's of the Yellow River, of the Anglo-Russian Trade Agree- ment was expressed in the House of which crossed the Lunghat Railway harbour to the North Point Installa-

Oliver on Sunday, have now

entered the tion, where it joined other. luden is bc- Commans to-night by Mr.

was destined feved that the cargo Stanley, President of the Board of Chialu River and are Rowing south-junks awaiting towage. It Trade

east Into the Kwai River in Aniwel

for Canton. on Trade, Province, according io Chinese Replying in the debate

No reason can be given by the Queen Mary Mr. Stanley said that the letter of despatches from Chengehow.

observed

outbreak. The waters have passed Chengmou, four victims now in

for the the Agreement was being

0.60 but it was being carried out in the Chuhsiencheng and Yushich, which Hscpital proportion

of re-exports to exports are completely inundated, and have explosion, which occurred ut

p.m., rattled windows in Kowloon, manufactured in Great Britain, which reached Yeniing, east of Hsuchang did not represent the spirit In which The southern suburbs of Chung-and was followed by an intense fre Outstanding courage was displayed Great Britain had believed the Agree-mou have been entirely inundated, that Inated far into the night.

forcing the Japanese to ment was going to be carried out.

Mr. Stanley disclosed that he was south gate of the city wall. There is by Sub-Inspector Butcher, of No. 5 Chinese Pollce Launch, who, with the private now discussing this most important danger that Japanese and question with those whose interests alike will be trapped and drowned launch Yuet On, was the first on the of were most affeted by the course of

Sub-Inspector Butcher. aware Trade with Russia-Reuter

the danger from the fiercely blazing craft to the other laten junks and to the A.P.C. installation wharves, nosed is launch into the flames and pushed

from

the the blazing junk aw

away danger zone with the bows of his craft. Crew of the police Inunch con- tinuously played a fire hose on their vessel to prevent it catching fire.

Exploding tins of petrol scattered the highly inflammable material over the surface of the harbour.

Nazi Ships Suspect In Castellon Bombardment

in the city.

close the

The level of the food waters is said to be high at Kaifeng, where the Japanese have closer all city gates and have barricaded holes in the city walls with sandbags in an effort to save the inner city frut sharing the fate of its suburbs.

At inust pliers, however, the float waters are stated to be only four feat

high, so the Japanese casualties due to the foods are not believed to be

Japanese artillery and mechanised units, however, have been rendered

uscless atrolutely

Beld Many pieces. tanks and forries are lying) below the surfare of the water.

Closure of the breaks in the dykes believed to be impossible for reveral months al Jensl, brenuse nothing can be done until the flood bombarded before its evacuation waters raging down the river from

Paris, June 16.

Valencia Official circles in

announce

that Castellon

by the Loyalists.

the mountains of Tibet become more:

The bombardment is alleged subbdued.

scene,

Police Face Extortion Charges

Churles H. Telfer, 26, a Scottish

to have been carried out by May Find Natural Course Lance-Sergeant, was charged with |foreign warships which appeared

to be German.

two

fuur Chinese constables in Kowloon On the other hand, many observers Magistracy this morning with Officials in Valencia were re-express the opinion that the present attempts at extortion. All were re- cently informed that a flotilla of Blouds may solve China's centuries-manded on bail of $250 each for one

old problem by allowing the Yellow week.

natural course to the German destroyers passed River to And

course, which The present through the Straits of Gibraltar sen. into the Mediterranean.-Reuter forces the river to flow into the Gulf

of Chibli, has been

been artificially main- Special.

Bombings Held Attack On Civilisation

tained along almost its entire leaf//

below Chengchow, the river being maintained with its bed of sand many

ARMY LORRY KILLS WOMAN

де

An Army motor lorry driven by feet higher than the surrounding M. Gray, of the Royal Army Ser- down an un- terrain and the cities through which vice Corps knocked

Wallaunu ii pusses

For instance, at Tsinan the known Chinese woman

Kowloon Sports near the bed of the river is about 20 feet above Road,

Ground, yesterday afternoon. the city.

Cities along the river are fortunate-cording to a Police report made this ly comparatively deserted as a result morning.

The woman, who has not yet been of the war, and this state of affairs) affords an excellent, chance for the identified, died on the way to Kow- river to find a natural course without loon Hospital. Paris, June 16.

If the "We consider the inhuman bom-causing a terrible death roil.

its old course, alung bardments being carried out in Spain river picks up

the sea prior to which it flowed to and China an attack on civilisation," declared M. Edouard Daladier, ad- 1802, its outlet will be in the vicinity dressing the Radical Socialist Party of Haichow, 300 miles south of the Executive last night.

present mouth. If it flows into the Kwai River, us seems indicated at

"I believe any confilet can be settled

by parife methods, on the condition present, the mouth will be over 600

that one party is not taken by sur-miles south of the present route to the prise. It was thus, as a result of the rea-Reuter,

London conversatons and u diplomatic plan of action drawn up, which en- abled us to overcome the first dim- culties in Czecho-Slovakin," he re- called. Reuter.

SEVEN DIE IN STORMS

Budapest, June 16. Phenomenal lightning and thunder- storms throughout Hungary yester- day killed seven people in various districts affected.-United Presa.

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