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TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY

THE HONGKONG

Guerillas Defending Namoa Now

Swatow. Still Hoars

Persistent Fire

TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 23,

1938.

KING SEES What's Being

NAVY IN

ACTION

London, June 22.

What's Being ALHAMBRA

Done To Help China?

His Majesty the King has returned Questions Asked In

to London after another busy day spent with the Hame Fleet.

Parliament

the

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LAW OF THE UNDERWORLD

King George visited the naval Swalow, June 23, establishments at Portsmouth, and

London, June 23. Chinese defence forces, including later saw one of Britain's intest war-

In the House of Commons to-day the Peace Preservation Corps and ships in action in Weymouth Bay, Mr. G. le M. Mander, Liberal Mem- militia, on Namon Island, east of here, Whon His Majesty went aboard ber for East Wolverhampton, asked have now withdrawn to Lungou and H.M.S. Southampton, sister-ship of how far the Chinese requests nt Wunou to the west of the Namoa city, H.M.S. Birmingham now on Chinn meeting of the Council of the League where they are resorting to guerilla Station, all the officers and men, in- of Nations last May for an extension tactics against the Japanese invaders, cluding the Admiral of the Fleet, of League health services to Chine, The withdrawal was effected yester- were wearing gas masks and steel to prevent epidemies, and also how day morning in the face of strong helmets, A gas atlack was staged far the Chinese requests for loans und assaults of the Japanese,

who from "enemy"

aircraft, while the for action to assist the country under succeeded in landing on the island methods of extinguishing fires from Articles X1 and XVII of the League under n terrifie unval and

aerial incendiary bombs and de-contamina-Covenant, were being carried out. bombardment.

Lion from a mustard gas afinele were, Mr. Rt. A. Buller, Under-Secretary Dim, desultory rifle and gun fire also demonstrated.

of State for Foreign Affairs, replied from the island was still nudible here yesterday,

His Majesty saw H.M.S. Southamp-that the general position as regards Indicating Chinese

Anti-aircraft pom-pomis In assistance to China was as stated in sistance.

action, while the warship's planes the House of Commons

on June 14. Meanwhile, Swalow spent a day of were catapulted into the air to engage nervousness yesterday as Japanese the enemy.

As regards the last part of Mr. naval planes conducted extensive

Mander's question, Mr. Butler reconnaissance fights overhead and H.M.S. Southampton he signalled to the Council mecing in May had not

Before the King disembarked from that the Chinese representative released bombs on three occasions, the Fleet: "Splice the Main Bracel". demanded action by the League under

Around 7 o'clock curly in the and sent a message to the Comman-Articles XI and XVII of the Covenant, TOMORROW morning. reached the efty and dumped ex- on the high efficiency and marked seized of the original Chinese appeal der-in-Chief congratuinting all ranks The Council, however, remained

Now Universal plosives on the Choochow Swatow

Picturo Raliway.

saw was being under Articlen X, XI and XVII---- One heavy bomb landed in progress which he

Reuter. the suburbs, killing a coolie. Chinese made in every direction-Reuter, Anti-nlrcraft guns directed a brisk fre ut it, slightly damaging its tail and forcing it to retreat.

re-ton's

lone enemy maching

STREETS MACHINE-GUNNED

Another Japanese bomber come over aroutzi 10 o'clock. Flying low. It dropped severat bombs machine-gurned the streets.

and

A third visit to the elty by enemy aircraft was made around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Three bombs werr droppert at Wulf in the heart of the elty, and five more near the callway

sintion.

STOP PRESS Last Chinese

MIDSHIPMAN TESTIFIES

The first witness calted this morn-

Diplomat Quits Japan

Cops and killary battis

sold

ut

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on crime!

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an

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run, for the murder of Richard Attache at the Chinese Embassy in Dickinson, leading seaman, aboard Tukyo, arrived in Hongkong this 11.M.S. Dursetshire, was Midshipmenning

Messageries

Simultaneously, Japanean warships off the coast trained their guns on the Norcock harbour of Tenghal, north-cast of here, and fred more than 20 shells One hour later, the vessels shelled Chaoyang and flainen south of here. Six Japanese planes directed the fre by dropping daren. They also dropped a number of leaflets in the Swatow area.--Central News,

Old Barque On World Cruise

Yokohama, June 22.

Witness and he was on Maritimes liner Marechal Joffre. the bridge when he heard the report When the Embassy was closed a and noted that the time was 1.33 man. few days ago and the majority of On seeing the body of Dickinson the staff came to Hongkong un the witnes informed the officers. Empress

Canada, Mr. Wang Dickinson's henri was bleeding pro- remained to complete necessary work fusely and his face was twitching. before following his colleagues back

Crus-examined for the defence,] to

to China. witness admitted having said at the Colonel Sabattler, Military Attache Board of Inquiry that them were at the French Embassy in Peking, lights on the boom.

arrived in the same ship, en roule Since then

have found this to Europe where he will Resume statement to 10: incorrect. and command in Paris of the 21st Regi- changed it at the Magistracy," he ment of French Culonial Infantry. said. "There were no lights on the boom."

event other

is it

it possible that since the you have discussed it with The four-masted, square-rigged people?--Yes, barque Taisei Maru, of the Toky And in that discussion the lighting Higher Mercantile Marine School, of the boom was mentioned?—Yes. salled this afternoon on another That might have had some effect 11,930 miles voy ng around the on your evidence now?-No. World.

After calling at Portland, U.S.A..

FOUND AMMUNITION

the Taisei Maru will sail for the The next witness, A. E. Muthies, Muster-at-Arins, said that after the southern hemisphere.

voyage is expected to take 103 shooting, at about 1.85 .m., he went A MIGHTY TECHNICOLOUR Drama of the GOLDEN WEST 1 days, during which time the cadets up to the hours, which were ther

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Colonel Sabuttier, after serving throughout the Great War, was with the French Army in Indo-China for some усата before Joining Embarcy Staff in China in November 1034.

the

Madame Sabattier and two children are accmnpanying the Attache back to France.

J. R. CLYNES RESIGNS MIS OFFICE

on board will be thoroughly initiated in darkness, and searched into life at sea under sail. The Taisei ashlight for the weapon. He found overcoa! Maru is equipped with an auxillary to weapon, but

gine, but this will be used only for which had a broken cloth back-lug. the purpose of leaving and making missing buttons, and a blue scarf and loose buttons in the pocket. Ite port.

Well treated and well cared for by left the coat where he found it, as

London, June 22. has he did not attach much importance expert navigators, this barque has

Mr. It was later brought

veteran J. R. Clynes, the sailed the seas for 35 years. She is to it at the time.

Lairour leader who rose from mill- scheduled to return to her moorings to hin and he identified it,

At about 4 am, on the inorning of boy in an Oldham cotton mill at ten in Tokyo Bay in October, with her the tragedy witness heard the Com-years of age to become a Minister in complement of Commander Ono and

protection.

locker, which was

13 other officers, 40 crew and over 50mancer tell Dwyer that he had to the first Socialist Government, was address by his for his own presented with an young future captains of Japan's Place him in custody

colleagues when he relinquished the mercantile murine.Domel.

Witness later went to Dwyer's presidency of the General and Muni-

not locked, and cipal Workers' Union to-day. found two clips of empty rifle shells, Five votes robbed Clynes of the one clip with two empty revolver leadership of the Parliamentary shells and two rounds of live ammuni- Labour Party after the 1922 elec- tion.

tions and alicred the entire course of British political history. The late Mr. Rumsay MacDonald was elected leader, and became the first Sociallst Premier In British history.

AMBASSADOR'S VISIT MAY

BE LENGTHENED

The Italian Ambassador to Chino, His Excellency Signor G. Cora, who arrived here from Shanghal last Saturday on the Lloyd Triestino liner Victoria, may extend his visit to the Colony longer than was at first anti- cipated.

QUEEN'S MOTHER

IS DEAD

London, June 23. The Duchess of Strauimere, mother

Signor Cora had expected to leave for Shanghai to-morrow but at of the Queen, died early to-day.

His Majesty the King and the present his plans are indefinite. He has not visited Hankow and is Queen were present at the end. unlikely to do so.

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