1938-06-20 — Page 17

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1938.

Fire in Hold of Dutch Liner in

300 PASSENGERS

TAKEN ASHORE BY

POLICE VESSELS

Blaze Quickly Subdued And Damage Very Slight

Three hundred Chinese deck passengers were taken ashore from the J.C.J.L. ship Tjisalak following a blaze which broke out in No. 3 hold at 3 a.in. to-day.

The fire was first noticed in the cargo in the hold by a member of the crew who gave the alarm to the officers. The ship's siren and bell were sounded and three marine police launches were soon alongside the vessel.

An immediate signal Was made to fire brigade headquarters and four fire-fighting floats were soon on the scene, spraying gallons of water on to the blazing

hold.

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The side, of number police derided to take seslene all the 3 were scorched blark by Chinear deck passengeT -

The Chinese, who

refugees who bud bouder the ship

at Amay, were taken asduse in redaga

in the police launches and spent the rest of the night

police slution

the Kowloon

It took the fre Hout an hour and » quarter sabine the Bones which rone right mat of the bold and baked the deck Blings

NOBODY HURT

Now of the Chinese aboard was hurt in the blaze which was confianc to one hold. Exerpt for the curge there nothing was damaged, except the point work

The Tisalak WIR scheduled 14 Leave Hongtong at 9 am to-day for Java bu owing to the fre her departure be delayani wwwth about.m

The ship arrived in the Colony or Saturday aftertion from Dairen, vie Amoy.

STILL INVESTIGATING

At 9 am, puilee were still aboard the ship meestigating Uyes fire the cause of which is as yet unknown.

The damaged cargo WIN being taken ashore by Junkz

U.S. MUST DECIDE FOREIGN POLICY

Public Interest Being Stirred

Washington, June 19, Offelal of the State Department I have unestentatiously launched a campaign to make Americans foreign polley conscious,

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4,786 CIVILIANS KILLED,

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9,027 WOUNDED DURING RAIDS UPON KWANGTUNG

Canton, June 19. Semi-official statistics released for publication on Saturday afternoon show that, for the period from September 1 last year to June 14, Kwangtung Province was raided on 1,430 occasions.

During this period a total of 420 raids were carried out on Canton,

The number of Japanese planes ty different parts of the city have participating in the ralds totalled been struck by bombs, more than 8,000, and they dropped 10,480 bombs.

In the whole of the province, 4,780 civiliang liave been killed and 0,027

Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, bug indiested that the campaign. will be carried out through press releases of offelal speeches. diplomatic communications to

for wounded In the city of Canton powers in an effort to encalone, 1,627 civilians are known to Americans to take a dirret interest in American foreign affairs, to express ewable the State Department to oblant a definite gauge of what policy Americans wont.

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Some straw t rupt COVETTORS, apporeally part of the cargo. Wener - antouldering

H.K. FILIPINOS CELEBRATE

which the growing schlam between the totalitarians and democracies.

Toy say that the nation must de- code whether they will continue to i morally support the democracies sat attempt tothey of isolation.

have been killed and 6,720 to have One hundred and nine- been injurer!

Step-Mother Fined For Ill-Treatment

"Child Was In A Terrible Condition"

"The child was in a terrible condition when last brought into Court." said Inspector

A total of 5,384 buildings have been destroyed throughout Kwang- tung province,

Sixty per cent. of the civilians injured in the air raids are disabled for life, the majority being without one or more Imbs-Special,

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR CHINA DENOUNCED

Press Warning To Interventionists

This closely dovetails with Use steained relations between the United

Tokyo, June 19, States and Japan, and the increasing friction between the United States Fraser, of the Secretariat of

The Japanese press is becom- Germany ofcials muche no Chinese Affairs, when he appearing increasingly exercised over effort to conceal the belief that Gered in the Central Magistracy the alleged foreign help for meny, Italy, and Japan air largely this morning us complainant China. responsible for the widesprend dis- The local tilgang connanay cew, regard of the satelity of icradles and against a married woman named

and the brated at 1th Klub Bulbling at King's¦ international lawlessness,

Wong Tai, charged with - Parh the venty-seventh anniversary belie that the next Congress must treating a 10-year-old boy. of the barth of De Juse Rizal, fures irrenusider the whole scope of the j The cabe was heard before Mr.

foreign policy most Fibpum pallot yesterday, with tited States

It was stated that n a just hem at Ayah jatrely nations, Condell at Sid he would welcome: 1. 8. Butters.

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INDECENT PEEP SHOW IN CITY STREET

Mr

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complaint was made to the police station that the defendant was beat- ing the child at 10 Chiu Lung Street, the Defendant nitted beating

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child with striking it on the head with a metal ing and birthined in brief the He

eun history of Dr. Htizal

The chiki was taken to hospital Caught operating an Tike

arrangements for this rele- i

prep-show, with two small boys as where I was treated for an injury heation were in the hands of a com-

Defendant his patrons, Chan Fuk, 22 unemploy- to the head. mušter comprmed of the Chairman, was bound over in $30 to be of child's stepmother, and his father Mosses Pio Pineda, Hon. Secretary, good behaviour for six months when was working as a buy at the Malla Jullan Frautela, Hon. Tremurer and he appeared before Mr. W. J. lock-Hospital, Dr V N Abenza and 1of

hart Smith at the Central Magistracy Gonzalez

this morning

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In this connection, Great Britain i belagt indirectly attacked, France, like Soviet Russiu, is being openly denounced in newspapers.

The Nichi-Nichi, In an article yes- terday, says that the statement made by the Foreign Minister, General K. Ugakt, that some Powers were pro- longing the conillet by encouraging China, te understood to be a warning to certain countries.

"If France is not really assisting Hankow, she must prove it by facts and not mere statements,” the Nichi-Nicht stated,

Especial prominence is given by Japanese newspapers to alleged A line of $50 or one month's in construction by China and Russia of

jrisonment was imposed.

a railway from Cungking to Sinklang. vin Chinghai. The line would bring China's war-time capital in Sze- chuen to within 67 hours of Moscow.

The Asahi accuses France of for- getting the spirit of the Franco- Japanese understanding of 1907. under which the contracting parties undertook to ussure pence and security in the regions adjacent to their own territories. The news- paper argues, therefore, that Japan is entitled to a free hand on Hainan Island Reuter.

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