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四拜禮 號六十月六英港香,

THURSDAY, JUNE

16, 1938.

日九十月五

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WHITEAWAY'S

CHINESE AID ENEMY TO FIGHT FLOOD

JAPANESE Insurgents Sink Another British Merchant Ship

ADMIT LOSS

IN DELUGE

Vast Army Trying To Divert Menacing

Yellow River

Shanghai, June 15.

The Japanese yesterday gave their first evidence of serious concern at the Yellow River floods, admitting that there had been certain losses of Japanese units overwhelmed by the raging sand-laden waters of the river,

The spokesman stated, however, that the Japanese losses had not been heavy,

Foreseeing the possibility of floods the Japanese 'army was well equipped with shallow draft boats. Military observers, however, doubt whether such craft can be used to rescue artillery and tanks which have had to be abandoned.

the

In addition to the Japanese diff- culties, Japanese aerial observations Indicate that several thousand Chi- nese troops have been marooned in various engulfed villages south-west

with Chengchow, gradually lapping closer.

Latest reports from the devastated aren state that the rains continue, and the flood waters are increasing both in volume and speed.

waters

Foreign missionaries at Kaifeng, ien of whom are British, hove organised a corps of Chinese farmers and guerillas who, face to face with a common enemy, have forgotten the enmity of warfare and are co-operat- Japanese frantically

with Ing

engineers and troops in an effort to repair the dykes.

JAPANESE

FIGHT

LOSING

BATTLE

Shanghai, June 16.

from To-day's reports

the

The magnitude of the task ahend Yellow River flood front state it Is indicated by news received yester- day that where the river has been is still raining and the flood has

ONE DIED HERE when a cargo of aviation spirit blew up and blazed in this cargo junk of the A.P.C. Installation at North Point. A staff photographer on the scene soon after the explosion, was able to get this exclusive photograph. others aboard the junk were badly burned and several were slightly injured.

Two

CASTELLON Flood Threat OCCUPATION COMPLETED

Starving Populace Welcomes Victors

London, June 16. Renter's Special Representa.! tive with the Insurgent forces announced that the capture of Castellon has been completed.

British correspondent wit-

rejoicing scenes of

The

nessed

AS

he

pierced the dykes were formerly 40slightly increased. The Japan-marched into the city with the feet high and 00 feet wide, while the ese army, assisted by Chinese victorious Insurgent forces. The best of the river had silted up with farmers, is waging a frantic and predominant emotion was gratitude sand until it was ten feet above the apparently losing battle with the that food had finally arrived for the

surrounding terrain.-Reuter.

Spreading South-East

the

waters.

besieged civilians, the correspondent having a loaf of broad torn from his The Japanese are being further im-hands by hungry citizens who had Hankow, June 15.

peded in this work by Chloese gueril-not tasted food for several days.

Food lorries were sent from every Flood-waters of the Yellow River, as who are sniping the Japanese as which crossed the Lunghai Railway they labour, according to an official province in Insurgent Spain to the

entered un Sunday, have now

besieged city. Japanese announcement.

Castellon is honeycombed, with an Chialu River and ore Bowing south- cast into the Kwai River in Anhwel Chinese and Japanese together have ciaborate system of subterranean the in- Province,

Chinese now commenced the hurried construe- air raid shelters, in which according to despatches from Chengchow.

tion of dykes and high emplacements habitants have hitherto led a weird The waters have passed Chengmou, along the whole length of the Lung-life, Chuhalencheng and Yushiel, which hat Rallway, seeking to establish Many women passed the lime by are completely Inundated, and have safety zones from the flood. At altering the red, yellow and purple renched Yenling, cast of Hsuchang

the red. every point where it is feared the flag of Loyalist Spain to The southern suburbs of Chung-flood may spread they are working yellow and red colours of Insurgent mou have been entirely inundated, with desperate haste.

Spain, against the day when Generat forcing the Japanese to close the It ія reported that Shan-Franco's forces would enter the city. Routh gate of the city wall. There is tung danger that Japanese and Chinese Reuter.

(Continued on Page 5.)

WHY TEN H.K. PONIES LOST TAILS

THEY WERE STOLEN

When the owner of the Hongkong Riding School at Tal Hong inspected his ponies yesterday morning he was horrified to find that ten were minus the hair on their tails!

the strangest

foods ore

controlled.--Router.

50,000 Feared Dead

Shanghal, June 16, Five hundred thousand people are atrendy affected by the floods. nc- cording to late reports received this morning from Japanese sources. Iš į is believed that 50.000 are dead......

United PreRN,

Planes Aid Fight

Kalteng, June 10. The area submerged by the waters of the Yellow River now covers 1,500

square miles, and includes 1.200 villages and hamlets containing 300,- 600 inhabitants,

Police Held

On Charge Of Extortion

Attempts

In Yangtse Valley Area

Hankow, June 16.

Floods are now feared in the Yangtse Valley.

A Chinese spokesman said to- the Yangise has brokena that day Ha banks in the vicinity of An- king, which was captured by the Japanese on Monday, and the highway on the south bank of the river is now completely sub- merged.

Rain in the Yangiac valley. which has lasted incessantly for week, is still continuing.-- United Press.

No Response

On War Debt

Enquiries

Only Finland Making Payment To U.S.

Washington, June 15.

The United States Treasury must Bill whistle for the interest on the War Debts totalling U.S.$12,779,242,- 853, owing by European nations.

With the exception of Hungary and Finland, no nation has responded to discreet enquiries regarding pos- June sible, payments of interest on

CANTON ESCAPES DISASTER Bombs Fall Close To Foreign-Owned Hospital

Canton, June 16.

Only a fortunate chance pre-

vented a serious loss of life last; night in the vicinity of St. Hilda's School as six bombs fell

within a very narrow area,

missing by only the barest mar- gin Dr. Scheyer's German Hos- pital and Holy Trinity College.

Several of the buildings belonging to these instilutions had walls crack- ed and windows broken and the Chinese temple in their vicinity collapsed on its occupants, who were fortunately sheltering in a home- made dugout and escaped uninjured. All six of the bombs tell so close to each other that it seems they must have

ave been relensed together from one plane.

Further afield, bombs fell upon the residences of the well-to-do in the Park, suburbs

beyond Central destroying houses and apartment bulidings.

Casualties everywhere are provi- denially light, owing to the large- scale evacuation.-Heuter.

WAR MUST DRAG ON

"Times" Exonerates Japan From Blame For China Flood

30.

Hungary is not paying interest on her War Debt of $1,008,000, con-|

London, June 16. tracted before the United States. The London Times in a leading became one of the Allies, but on article on the Yellow River floods,

European Involved In Post-war debts.

Kowloon

A Scottish Lance-Sergeant and

Unit,

says:

FRANCO PAYS NO HEED TO LATEST BRITISH PROTEST

Three French Vessels Sunk Simultaneously

London, June 15.

At the moment when the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, was warning General Franco in the House of Commons that "serious injury to friendly relations was likely if Insurgent bombings of British ships continued," Insurgent planes were raining bombs on the British steamer Lucky in Valencia harbour.

According to a message from the Marseilles agents for Lloyd's, the British steamer was struck and sunk almost immediately. Casualties are not mentioned.

Two French steamers are also reported to have been sunk in to-day's raids on Valencia. Insurgent planes scored direct hits on the small 500-ton French cargo steamer Gaulois, launched in 1903 and owned by the Enterprise Cotiere de Transport Maritimes, the vessel rapidly sinking. A second French vessel, the s.s. Karbear, was struck by bombs, set afire, and sunk.---- United Press.

Barbed Wire For

Palestine Border Line

Iraq

Jerusalem, June 15. il-lines have been dam- aged at Bre polnis by Arab guerillas, according to reports re- ceived to-day.

The Arst portion of the con.. signment of

tona 1,000

of barbed-wire which will be used. to close off the entire northern frontier of Palestine arrived to- day, the consignment totalling 350 tons. Trans-Ocean,

ENGLISH AIR MAIL DELAYED

New Plane Brings Bags To-morrow

Owing to a break-down on the London air mail run, there will be no English mall aboard the Daedalus when she reaches Kal Tak airport ut 5.30 p.m. to-night.

Three French Victims

Valencia, June 15. IL XIDW transpires that three French ships, were sunk or set on fire by Wednesday's air rald ON Valencia harbour.

In addition to the cargo steamer Gaulols and freichler Karbear, | French salling vessol was

sino sol

| afire and suuk—Reuter Special.

Welcome Stand··

Rome, June 15. The Italian press published in full Mr. Neville Chamberlain's speech in the House of Commons regarding the bombing of British ships in Spanish waters,

Most Italian newspapers welcome the fact that Britain is not taking measures which might compromiso the Anglo-Italian Agreement-ReU-

ter.

Warmly Welcomed

London, June 15. Another Insurgent at rald was carried oul on Barcelona in the early hours of this morning.

Owing, however, to a heavy anti- alreraft barrage, not "much damage (Continued on Page 4)

STOP PRESS

DOG-FIGHT NEAR CANTON

The Times says that one inspired trade ongkong service, the Del- spocdler Chinese purault planes..

Finland, however, is paying in-

the "It is still diMcult to gange

The plane will be carrying Atis- terest in full on her debt of $8,279,- flood's effect on the Japanese strategy tralian and local mail, besides mail 000.

und the Chinese defence. The from India and Burma."

Canton, June 10. Though we have had no official Nine Japanese planes bombing the These are the only two nations who Japanese are now unable to reach four Chinese police constables, all will make any interest payments to Chengchow and it must be admitted information of the nature of the de- Canton Hankow Railway at Lokchang Over 15,000 Chinese peasants are belonging to the Emergency

that they are unlikely to have been lay on the main route, apparently it at 10 o'clock this morning were inter- Mr. the US. Treasury on June 30, missing in the Boods and are feared Kowloon, were charged before

Great Britain, whose original debt primarily responsible for the break-is because of the forced landing made cepted by Chinese pursuit planes. drowned.

A dog-fight ensued, during which Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon of $5,185,730,763 has been funded at ing of breaches in the dykes, thus by the flying boat Ceres in India Japanese aeroplanes are active Magistracy this morning on two

several days sald the Hongkong one of the Japanese planes was Police were immediately called in

$4,300,000,000, is the biggest debtor, delaying their own progress." following investigations, a 28- over the flooded uren, dropping empty counts of attempted extortion. and

The article continues that the un-manager of Imperial Airways, Com- brought down, as this despatch s named bags for use in constructing tem- They were Charles Hossack Telfer, and has made no payments for five

paid year-old unemployed man

off declared war looks as though it would mander Murray, to-day.

being fled the dog-fight is continuing, 20, A82, Leung Chi, 40, C202. Mal years. Britain, however,

the other two planes on the the Japanese attempting to evade the Chu Mo-knu appeared in Court this Porary dykes-Domet.

drag on for many months. Kwong-lu, C693, Sun Kul, 23, C606, $2,024,843,817 before 1933.

America's biggest debtors who have and Pun King-cheung, 26, C060.

thelt Japanese duration

nowspaper suggests the expliinus and the Dorado are at present Special. The charges against them allege that refused to pay Interest on

of the struggle are undergoing their annual overhaul, Italy

($2,004,900,000), beginning to they attempted to extort $20 from 000,000),

All the Belgium ($400,080,000) and Poland Japanese politicians who cannot for from the India services to Lam Kwan and $10 from Shek So.

get that one of the campaign's results, local gap. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Snr., appeared ($208,057,000).

Accrued Intercat unpaid to June. which on Telfer's behalf, while. It is under-

The Della, which is now at Bang- was nominally undertaken to Now York, June 16, stood that Mr. C. A. S. Russ will 30 last year amounted to $1,795,229,- detach China from the League, has kok, is expected to arrive at Kal

GOD.

beon to ruin a vast amount of con-Tak to-morrow afternoon with two Mr. Thomas I, Chadbourne, represent the Chinese constables.

At the request of Dolective originator of the World Sugar Pro

Britain's position is uniqué. She instructive work which the Chinese re- lots of English mall, the one delayed the by the forced landing in India and the duction Control plan, has died. He Inspector A, E. Cacoy, accused were owed almost as much as she owes publie had undertaken with

war-time League's technical experts to assist normal schedule mail for the end of was one of the leading economists of remanded for a week, on balls of the United States, by her

| her,—Router,

[the week.. the day-Router.

attles.-United Press. $230 each.

morning on one of

charges in police records,

He was charged with the theft of the hair from the talls of the ten horses)

Inspector A. V., Baker, who pro- secuted, told the Senior Magistrate, Mr. H. I. Butters, that horses' hair had several uses, and formed the basis of many articles. There was a ready market for it.

Chu was sentenced to six months'

hard labour.

U.S. ECONOMIST

PASSES AWAY

on May 8 and 11, in Temple Street, Great War loans oro France ($3,803,-{pense and tell on the nerves of another plane has been requisitioned |

(Further Stop Press News on

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