1938-06-21 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1938.

German Officers Accused in U.S. Spy Plot Occasional

NAZI

HIGH

OFFICIALS INDICTED

Grand Jury Reveals

Suspicion of

of Wide Operations of Ring

New York, June 20. Mrs. Jessie Jordan, the Dundee hairdresser who was sentenced in Scotland on May 16 to four years' penal servitude for espionage against Great Britain, is among the 18 defendants named in the Federal Grand Jury indictments.

Other defendants include Lt. Commander Udo von Benin and Commander Herman Menzel, both believed to be residing in Berlin and connected with the Defence Office of the German War Ministry.

CHINESE GAIN IN SHANSI

Japanese Admit Severe Set-Back

FRENCH TO EXPEL GRAND MUFTI

At Request Of Great Britain

Shanghai, June 20. The Japanese military spokes- | man admitted to-day that the

Cairo, June 21. Japanese were still far from The French authorities have de- being in control of Shansi pro-cided to expel the Grand Mufti, Huj Emin Efendi at Husseini, from Syriu, according to a report reaching here from Damascus.

Vince.

Chinese troops in the pro- vince, whose strength the The action is believed to have been Japanese spokesman estimated decided upon at the request of the at between 100,000 and 200,000, British authorities in Palestine. have re-established contact with! The Grand Mufti, who is the the Chinese army ол the supreme tender of the Mostem Coun- southern bank of the Yellow was deprived of his offices as River.

President of the Supreme Mosiem 43241 are constantly Council and Chairman of the General increasing their activity.

Wakf Committee on October ! last In foreign eireles here it is pointed thorities commenced a drastic purge year, when the British milltery au- out that dnes the Japanese spokes of terrorists following a number of man in Priping recently estimated assassinations which culminated in

11 Shonst was 50,000,

the number of Chinese troops the death of Mr. L. Y. Andrews, reinforcements must have since been

important District Commissioner of Galilee,

gained from some source

in this connection was reported some ago that large detachments of Chinese troops had crossed the northern bank of the Yellow River.

Trina-Ocran.

Five prominent Arab leaders were arrested Itar! deported 10 Seychelles from Palestine. but the

the Grand Mufti Look precincts of the Mosque of Omar at

refuge in Jerusalem.

The

Disguised as a Bedouin, he escaped to Damascus by boat on |October 18.

RAILWAY LINE CUT

Shangha, June 20. Threatened at last with retribution Katiway traffic between Shanghai at the hands of the British authort- Doctor Ignatz Griebl and Herr Werner the last Sunday when the Number the Grand Matt!

and Haniehow has been disrupted they, U he is deported by the French, has appealed to Gudenberg, two missing witnesses who dis-south of Kasben, was destroyed by Saud to intervene on his behalf.

42 Bridge of the line, 30 kilometres King Ghuz of traq and King Thn appeared from New York at the height of they of Chinese guerlilas

It is believed that the French order investigations, are also among the indicted despatched to the spot yesterday to

for expulsion has been made because

Arab activities in Palestine after his arrival in Syria-Trans-Ocean,

persons.

the

an

a

A Japanese engineering corps was repair the bridge.-Special.

25 DIVISIONS

Peiping, June 21

of Chinese Troups are now in Shans! Province,

Other defendants are a hairdresser aboard;

German liner Europa,

25 divisions acroplane Nearly mechanic, a private in the U.S. Army, and an Airding to the Japanese spokesman Force sergeant in the U.S. Army who deserted} in 1935.

Nine other defendants residents of Germany.

here.

The Chinese are concentrated in the souther part of the province, where they are attacking the Japan-

are described as ese garrisons.

Strong Chinese attacks are being Imunched un Chuwu, where Vie 30 to

The Government Prosecutor in Ministry will create p ticklish in Japanese are out-nun.bered charge of the investigations said that|ternational situation.

the brains of the alleged "Spy Ring"

lived in Germany, and were conneeled Three Executed For

with the German Governinent. They operated through ngenis in the United States and members of the crews of ships plying between Ger- many and American ports.

Instructions Sent From

Liners

The general indictment charges all 18 accused with conspiracy to pro- cure and transmit to Germany seceret information regarding aircraft, ships and boastal defence of the United Stutes. According to the indictment instructions were regularly sent from the liners Bremen and Hamburg to agents in the United States, concern- in the procuring of

books. code prints, maps.

anal books, blue

models, and other secret documents on Americi nutional defence.

Only four of the defendants are in custody.----Reuter Special,

20 Indicted

New York, June 20. Jearned

Espionage By Nazis

Berlin, June 21.

П

A bare announcement was made last night that three men and woman have been executed in Berlin for espionage.

No tunes are given. --United Press.

Accuses Japan Of Wish To Thwart Talks

Restriction Of Opium Production To Be Discussed In Geneva

Geneva. June 20.

that Indictments A lively exchange between the against twenty persons suspected of Chinese and Japanese delegates participation in espionage on behalf occurred at to-day's meeting of the States League of Nations Advisory Coin-

mittee on Oplum Traffle,

of Germany In the United have been prepared for a Federal Grand Jury.

Although the Grand Jury voted on the Indictments to-day they are not expected to be published until later In the week.

pro

ol

one. Japanese reinforcementx are being rushed to the area from several directions.--United Press.

Belgian Lady Cautioned On Passport Charge

the Grand Mufti continued to foment

British And U.S. Ships In Danger Area

Hit By Bomb Pieces In Barcelona

Barcelona, June 20.. Two British and une American ships were hit by splinters from bombs dropped by Insurgent war- Įsips in Barcelona harbour to-day.

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· RADIO BROADCAST

Orchestra of Conte Rosso From the Studio ROTARY CLUB SPEECH

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2,15 p.m..

D.3% m.c's, per and 6-11 p.m. on second.

One-

6.00 Latest Dance Records. Fox-Trot-Glamour Girl: Step-Amazon Goes A-Wooing... Jack Harris

and His Orchestra; For- Tangos-Punto Arcans; San nando....Heinz Huppertz and Hils Orchestra; Waltz-I Hum A Waltz (From "This is my Affair'); Quick- step-Don't Say Goodbye....Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orches- tra; Fox-Trots-No More You; Good- nigh: To You All........... Jack Harris

and 11is Orchestra with vocal refrain: (From The Joy Parade'). Goona Goo: Big Chief "Swing I

Nat Gonelle and His

Georgians with vocal retrain: Tangos-Fireflowers: Moonlight On The Rio Grande, Heinz Huppertz and His Orchestra; Fex-Trots Chicken Reel; Phil The Fluter's Ball .Ronnie Munro and His Orchestra; Blues In My Heart; Cocktail Swing....Not Gonella and

Nat Gonella. His Georgiafts with vocal refrain by

6.50 Songs by Peter Dawan (Bass- Baritone).

Covered Wagon Lullaby (Freeman and Leonord); Emply Suddies (From Hhythm on the Range'): The Fleet's Not In Port Very Long (From 0. Kay for Sound'); The Rivettur

Sievier and Arlen).

7.02 Band Of H. M. Coldstream Guards.

H.M.S. Pinafore"—Selection (Sul- livan): Selection Of Wilfred Sander- Hon's Songs; Intro-Drake goes West; My dear Soul; Captain Mac: The Company Sergeant Major; Friend O' Mine; Up From Somerset, Until; Wer Macgregor Patrol (Amera); Police- mon's Holiday One-Step (Ewing)

7.24 Closing Local Stock Quota- Lions.

7.26 "Yes Madam?”

With-Binnie Hale, Bobby Howes, Berthu Belmore, Billy Leonard, Har- court Brook, Wylie Watson, Vera Pearce and the Hippedrome Theatre Chorus of Girls with the Hippodrome | Theatre Orchestra conducted by

Joseph Tunbridge.

8.00 Local Time Signal, Wenther Report and Announcements,

8.03 StudioOrchestra of ALM "Conto Rosso”—Conductor: Mr. A. Valenti,

1. Pattuglia Gola (Sarlon); 3. Canzonelta (Brusso); 3. Burlesca Conto d'amore (P. (Culotta); 4. Malvezza); 5. Amico Fritz-Inter- mezzo (Mascagni).

3,30

Loudon Relay Escape-6. First-hand accounts by Prisoners

Over 40 bombs were dropped dur ing the course of the raid, but no casualtics bove been reported.of War. 'Converted Try by Captain

Reuter.

READY TO STUDY BOMBINGS

J. L

Hardy.

0.00

Studio-Orchestra of 8.5. "Conte Rosso"-Conductor: Mr. A.

Valent!. London, June 20.

Traviata-Preludio III atto Screnata Nostalgien

In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. A Butler, Under-Secretary (Verdi);

of Stute for Foreign Affairs, un-(Manno); 3. Notturno (Valenti); 4.

that arrangements

Misinformed By Consulcaring completion for the despatch-Ponchielli).

were Danza delle ore-(Opera “Gloconda”

In Hamburg

to France of a commission of British, Swedish and Norwegian experts to report on acrlal bombardments

in

Passport regulations in Hong-Spain. kong are more stringent than The Commission will be ready to those in England,

0.20

Songa by Hubert Eisdell (Tenor).

Close Always As I

My Eyes (Handfield-Jones and E. Coates); Love's Song Is Sung (Salmon and Russell); Looking For You (Taylor and Sanderson).

proceed to any part of Spain at the request of either Loyalists or In- Leonore Walther, Belgian lady surgents-Reuter. visiting the Colony, discovered this today, when she was sum- moned before Mr. W. J. Lock- hart Smith for entering Hong-Jects are being held by General Lonesome and Sorry; If You knew kong without a valid passport.

177 BRITONS PRISONERS OF INSURGENTS

9.30 London Relay-The News. 9.50 Variety and Dance Music, Fox-Trots Fox-Trot Medley; In- tro-I can't give you anything but It is revealed that 177 British sub-Love, Baby; Drifting and Dreaming:

Franco a prisoners of war.

Susic; Are you from Dixie?; Happy The British Governrient hopes Days are here again....Harry Ray's The defendant sald that she had that arrangements will be made in Tiger-Ragamuffins on two pianos been informed by the Belgian Consul the near future for their release.What Have You Done To My Heart

with string

bass

Vocal and drums; Hamburg that no visa

was re Reuter. quired for entrance to Hongkong or to England.

ANOTHER SHIP HIT

Barcelona, June 21.

Issued last

(From

'Cafe Collette'); Twilight

Serenade; Intro:-Love's old

sweet Song; By the Fireside; I'll see

in my dreams. Plane

The Commiltre discussed o posal by the Turkish delegate that in order to prepare the ground for conference to limit the cultivation of the oplum poppy, a conference "I am afraid that your Consul was opium producing countries should wrong." Bald Mr. Lockhart Smith. Under the tile "Jury to Indict

first

The British sleamer Thorpe Bay and The Twilight called to fix minimum prices. be Hitler's Aldes", the New York Post

Det-Sergeant Loughlin old that has been damaged by a bomb from Solos--Charlie Kunz Plano Medley Mr. Amau, the Japanese delegate, the Belgion Consulate had been car on Insurgent plane, according to a reports that the indictments gettually name officials of the German Govern be called, Manchukuo, as a produc- necessary for England, but one was Reuter.

said that if such a conference should rect in stating that a visa was not communiqu ment who will be charged with ading, directing

ing country, must be invited to attend. required before aliens could and Anuncing

ink Dr. Hoo the Chinese delegate, re- espionage activities In the United torted: "By raising such questions,

re- Hongkong. States The newspaper asserts that the United States Government has Japan wants to torpedo the confer- caution, Mr. Lockhart Smith advhed given permission to the Federal ence for the limitation of ponny her to see a British Consul should Attorney in charge of the investign cultivation. Only the Council of the she, in future, have any doubts about, tions to name the German officials promote such a conference and decide

League of Nations is qualified to such matters.

if the evidence justifies such a course. "In view of the touchy pride of the Nazi Government, important diplo mmfic consequences are not unlikely the New York Post adds.-Reuter,

Germany Accused

New York, June 20.

especially if the questions of Man- to whom invitations shall be issued, churls and Jehol are raised."

enter

Discharging the defendant with a

RUSSIAN FINED

CH-

No. R. 9; Intro-Love Is Everywhere; night-Ev're Single little tingle of my Heart; Roll Along Prairie Moon; The Wheel of the Wagon le Broken; Love Me Forever, It's an Old Southern Custom Charlle Kunz (Piano); Vocal-Musketeers Melodies

Hongkong Was Cooler This Morning

(No!

1); Intro: Dinner at Eight; Good- night little Girl of my Dreams; Don't blame me; I've found the Right Girl; Trouble in Paradise: Yvonne; The Last Round Up....The Four Mus- Ivan Evgenievitch Sllensky. 41. n

keteers (Vocal Quartette) Mabel Russian merchant was fined $30 by

Pearl at the Piano; Fox-Trot-Where The Japanese delegate did not Mr. W. J. Lockhart Smith

The World Ends; Waltz-Must you art the reply.

Central Magistracy this morning for Showers Are Likely

Say Goodbye? (From 'Burgtheater') The Turkish delegate withdrew his once and for entering the

Eugen Wolff and His Orchestra; breach of the Registration Ordin-

Orchestra-Happy Swiss proposal and it was decided that the without a valid

Colony

Memories The Federal Grand Jury Investigat-Committee itself should discus the pulsion order was made against him o'clock this morning, according to Shells Of Arnby....Nat Gonella and

pasport. An

Hongkong was a little cooler at.10 conductor G. Betz; Fox-Trot-The (Arr. G. Betz)....Swiss Ensemble Ing espionage in the United States question of fixing minimum prices. In the second charge.

Royal Observatory figures, which His Georgiang with vocal refrain. showed that the temperature wies 83 Acting Detective Sub-Inspector J. degrees, as compared with 85 ut the

19.30 London Relay Gibraltar. Edwards sald defendant informed same time yesterday, The humidity Tuffrail (Captain Taprell Dorling, A dramatized historical survey by the police by letter on Saturday was 60 per cent, nine per cent higher D.S.O., R.N.) Capture of the Rock morning that he had recently arrived than yesterday. in Ifongkong from Hankow. En-

in 711 by Tariq ben Zald--The bulld Yesterday's maximum temperature ing of the Fortress Occupied by the quiries were made and it was dis- was 09 with a minimum inst night, British under Sir George Rooke in covered that the defendant had been of 80, in and out of the Colony several With 34 inch of rain recorded inauguration of the Keys by Str 1704--The Grent Siege 1779-1788- times in May and June.

during the past 24 hours, the total George for the year is now 24.10 inches, Heathfeld-Gibraltar

Elliot, afterwards Lord during the compared with an average of 33.57 Great War and to-day, Produced by inchcs.

Lealle Stokeš, --

has oficially named Germany as the Reuter.

country sponsoring a wide spy not- work which is seeking American de- fence secrets.

The Grand Jury has returned three Indictments against eighteen persons charged with conspiring to obtain and transmit to Germany plans and codes denling with aircraft,

naval

and cuestal armaments of the United

States United Press.

STRIKERS AGREE

TO ARBITRATION

London, June 20.

A report to the Colonial Offer by

The defendant said that he did not the Governor of British Guiana státes know the rules of the Colony..

that at the suggestion of the Labour Commissioner, the strikers on thei

Fear Complications

Glaser and Rumrich Voss have been tion,

United Press adds that Hofman sugar estates have agreed to aribitra-

arrested and are charged with trans-

This morning'e weather report is sued by the Royal Observatory slated DAIL ESTREATED

that pressure is highest over the mitting the restricted code used by have accepted a

On one of the estates the labourers

Pacifle to tie onat and south of Falling to appear before Mr. W. J. American military aircraft, "with

now rate of pay Lockhart Smith at the

in rollively low over Japan; it intent to be used to the advantage of which gives them a slight Increase in Magistracy this morning on a charge situated over Tongking and in the Central China generally, and depressions pro a foreign Power, to wit, Germany." wages and also slight changes in of keeping a common gaming house, vicinity of Tokyo,

It is expected that the direct nam- the Labour Commissioner in consul-Ho Leung, 36, had their balls

working conditions, as suggested by two men named Leung Mun, 62, and Local forecast is-South and south- ing of members of the German Wariation with the employers-Reuter,

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