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TYRE WITH 2000 TEETH.

HIS MAJESTY ILL AT WINDSOR LODGE

MILD ATTACK Chinese Aircraft Sink Warships on Raid

OF GASTRIC

INFLUENZA

Sudden Attack Keeps King Confined On

Eve of French

Tour

London, July 10.

A Bulletin issued from the Royal Lodge at Windsor, signed by Sir John Weir and Lord Dawson of Penn, states:

"His Majesty the King is suffering from a mild attack of gastric influenza, which will necessitate rest for the next few days, especially in view of His Majesty's projected visit to France."

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It is understood that there is authority for stating that the prospects of His Majesty visiting France originally planned are excellent.

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It is understood that the King has a slight tempera-

ture, which developed last night.

Sir John Weir and Lord Dawson

of Penn to-day motored to the Royal Lodge at Windsor, where the King was spending the week-end, and saw His Majesty, the Bulletin being issued shortly afterwards.

It is learned that the King is re- maining in bed to-day, and is likely to stay in bed for the next day or two.

The attack of gastrie tnfluenza. though very mild, win sudden. The King appeared quite well on Friday, when he left Buckingham Palace in the evening with Queen Elizabeth to motor to the Royal Lodge at Windsor.

It is understood that the illness wil

mean that His Majesty will not be able to carry out his engagements this week, but it is hoped that he will be about again towards the end of the week.

Expect Further Bulletin

A further Bulletin will probably be issued to-morrow after the doctors have seen the King.

Queen Elizabeth is remaining at

in

Armoured Cars Patrol

Further Bombing Outrages In Palestine

Jerusalem, July 10. Two abortive bomb outrages Jerusalem this afternoon produced renewed tension, and armoured cars were again patrol- ling the streets.

unexploded

bomb

An

was found in an Arab-owned cinema, Another was thrown from a bus

Windsor Lodge for the present, travelling through the Jewish Princess Elizabeth and Princess quarter, slightly injuring three

who are spending bystanders.-Reuter. the week-end there with their

Margaret Rose,

parents,

probably return to SIXTEEN NEW CASUALTIES Buckingham Palace to-morrow. This is the King's first illness since

Haiga, July 10.

his Accession to the Throne. He has. Sixteen persons were injured, some enjoyed exceptionally good health seriously, when a bomb was thrown during the past two years-Reuter, at a Jewish bus here this evening.

Death Aboard Empress Liner

Cholera Suspected As Baby Dies

Shanghai, July 10.

The Canadian Pacific ner Empress

of Rusin flew the yellow Quarantine

to-day.

The bomb explosion was the third to-day, making the total day's casunitles 24 Jews injured.—Reuter,

JEWISH YOUTH KILLED

Haifa, July 11,

A Jowish youth was shot dead al

home from work.

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HANGCHOW

SHANGHAI

JAPANESE TERRITORIAL GAINS IN CHINA during the first twelve months of the Sino-Japanese War are shown in this special Telegraph map. Although the Japanese are nominally in possession of the shaded areas their on the country is most insecure, owing to the enormous activities of guerillas, who are constantly, harassing the Japanese even as far north as Peiping and Tientsin, where the conflict started twelve months ago (Chinese flags were hoisted in the suburbs of Tientsin during the week-end). It may be said that, with the exception of the railway areas, the Japanese exercise little more, if any, control over the shaded areas than the Chinese regular army.

New Russian Embassy At Chungking

Hankow, July 10.

A party comprising seventy members of the staff of the Soviet Embassy, including clerka and servants, is proceeding to Chungking by special steamer to-morrow to open the U.S.S.R. Embassy there.

The Soviet Charge d'Affaires, Military Attache, Secretaries and Counsellors are at present re- maining in Hankow.-Reuter.

CHOLERA SWEEPS SHANGHAI

70 Cases Daily In Foreign, Areas

Shanghai, July 11.

As a result of the extreme

Tiberias to-day as he was proceding heat the cholera epidemic has One of the Jewish victims of the increased greatly during the bombing of a bus in Haifa lust night past week. has died of his injuries-Reuter.

Daval

FREQUENT CLASHES

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Jerusalem, July 11.

Since mki-May a total of 1,700

PEAK MURDER CASE OPENS AT SESSIONS

Former Cookboy Held For Slaying of Mrs. Challinor

The trial of Lam Chun, 30-year-old former cookboy, held for the murder of Mrs. Sybil Ruby Challinor, wife of Mr. R. H. Challinor, of Imperial Chemical Industries (China), Ltd., was commenced before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell, Acting Chief Justice, at Criminal Sessions this morning.

Mr. J. Whyatt, Crown Counsel, is appearing for the pro- secution, and accused is represented, by Mr. H. C. Macnamara, instructed by Mr. M. A, da Silva.

It is alleged by the Crown that accused stabbed Mrs. Challinor to death in hier bedroom on the morning of May 5.

In the preliminary hearing Mr. Challinor told of his desperate fight with accused.

GLORY OF

RHEIMS RESTORED

the

DARING ATTACK ON

CONCENTRATION LYING OFF HUKOW

British Gunboat Steams Up-River to Avoid Trouble at Kiukiang

Talepraphte

(Special to "Telegraph")

Messages Ordinunge, 1894, Copyright by United Press. ceived July 10, 11.40 p.m. published July 1, 10.15 m.

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Hankow, July 10. Aviation headquarters here announces that Chinese aircraft this afternoon bombed a centration of Japanese warships in the Yangtse.

con-

The planes attacked sixteen Japanese ships off Hukow and pilots saw two of the larger vessels sinking after direct hits had been registered.

Of the remainder, those which were not disabled steamed off.--United Press.

KIUKIANG STILL DEFENDED

Chinese Deny Loss Of Important City

Japanese Vessels Severely Punished

Hankow, July 10. Chinese military headquarters cluím that Chinese bombers sink two out of three Japanese war- ships which were shelling Kiukiang this morning. The third Japanese ship retired downstream towards Hukow.

H.M.S. Cockchafer, which has been stationed Kiukiang, steamed upstream above the It is officially reported here city in order to avoid the Japan- that Kiukinng is still in the ese shelling and air raids. hands of the Chinese. Rumours

Chinese bombers also claim to that this important place had have sunk one Japanese warship fallen to a swift Japanese attack and badly damaged another

when the Japanese naval were denied,

The Council of the former British centration off Anking was Concession in Hankow, which is now bombed this morning.-Reuter. known as Special Administrative Dig- trict Number Three, is,building barb- Important Chinese Gain ed wire gates in fourteen streets lead-

Hankow, July 11.

ing into the

the area. Tho gates each

possess a turn-table.

This zone, It is hoped, will be the safe from bombardment and no troops will be allowed to enter it. There will be thousands of refugees seeking

con-

Nanchang, July 11. Japanese troops operating along Yangtse received a serious check.

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admission if the Japanese approach. STOP PRESS

-United Press,

ATTACK REPULSED

Hankow, July 11.

Messrs. J. Smith (foreman), F. The Japanese commenced their Tok, B. Chan, J. N. Nolasco da Silva, drive against Kiuklang, the important C. R. dos Santor Kwan King-sing Yangtse city of 180,000 people, where

and

J. Macpherson were sworn in as the biggest and most strategic boom the jury of sever

across the river prevents passage up

to

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ANOTHER

AIR LINK TO COLONY

one

A large number of European ladies | China's. "Dardanelles" to Honkow. were present in Court when accused In an attempt to flank the Chinese was brought into the dock, handcuffed forces defending Kluklang, the Japan- War-Wrecked Cathedral

to a police officer.

ese endeavoured to cross Poyang When the charge

Another air service to Hongkong was rend out Lake but. according to Chinese will be inaugurated on Wednesday, Re-Consecrated

accused did not seem to understand sources, the attack was, repulsed. when Air France make their first what was said, ond the charge had Japanese reports that Klukking has light to this Colony, commending a to be repeated before he pleaded, An average of seventy cases

Rheims, July 10.

"I did not intend to kill her at all," telephone communication

already fallen are premature, since regular weekly service between here daily are being reported to the The city was beflagged to-day accused sald. "I had lost my senses Kiuksiang and Hankow was still not at 11 am Wednesday.

between and Hanol. The first plane is due Municipal health

authorities. when

great martyred at the time. I did not know who mal last night.

The initial fight will be mado, in Deaths average eight daily. Cathedral of Rholms, which has was who."

Repeated Chinese attacks are be-a Fokker, with M. Pucheu, These remarks, were taken by Hlaing made on Hukow, further down the chief executives of Air France in Arabs and Jews clashed through- The French Concession and inter-|been rebuilt following its partial

the river. Otherwise, operations the Far East, usa

ing fing as she arrived from Hongkong out the day yesterday, and pailee and national Settlement appear to be the destruction twenty years ago in as a plea of Not Guilty.

nlong the Yangtse have been brought talled surveys detachments from H.M.S.chler sufferers from the epidemit. the Great War, was officially re-fires, but Cardinal Suhard obtained

begger De-> have

mede along Repulse were kept busy, constantly

standstill by heavy rains the route. Whether

* passengers Passengers were detained, aboard patrolling the streets.

Chinese have been affected by the consecrated by: Cardinal Em- the assistance of the Rockefeller and

Trans-Ocean,

mails will be carried at the outsch, the ship for six hours while the

American benefactors, and

is not known definitely but the Japanese authorities investigated the to derail trains in outlying districts, Most of the victims have been Rheims.

Several attempts have been made disenne, the deaths totalling 234. manuel Suhard, Archbishop of ather

finally completed the restoration

schedule is already settled as follows: 4leath aboard of Filipino baby. and several nets of sabotage aro re-

The plane to refugees.

The official opening ceremony was shortly before he was admitted to the

leave Hanol every suspected to be from cliolern.

The poricd.

Wednesday at 8.30. A hundred thousand residents in performed in the presence of many college of Cardinals in 1935.

am, and arrive in baby was buried at sea between

the French Concession have so for celebrated

Hongkong at 11 people, Including M. The Archbishop of Rheims, in his

a.m. Hongkong and Shanghol,

Press reports indicate that the en-been inoculated, and, at the present Albert Lebrunt, the President of sermon to-day, referring to the forth-

The plane to depart from Hong- tire country is in turmoil, and that time, about 30,000 injections are being

kong every Friday at 6.30 a.m. Marshal Petala,, the famed coming Paris visit of King George VI Thirty-two Chinese steerage pas-the situation is extremely critical-admistered daily.-Trans-Ocean.

and Barcelona, July 10. Ostender of Verdun, members of the

Elizabeth declared that Queould contact Trans-Ocean.

arrive in Hanoi st. 11 a.m. p sengers who had been in

The Foreign Minister hus Informed French Senate and House of Deputies,

France

No mention is made of the use of forget her the Cabinet of the receipt of the Fort Bayard as an intermediate stop 148 DEAD IN WEEK

Archbishops B 50 Cardinals.

and Paris would demonstrate British Note containing detalls of the ping place, though it is on the route

Non-Intervention Plan The Health Bulletin for Eastern and a host of other distinguished pro- / this with fervour in a few days. Ports, issued by the Hongkong Direc- lates, Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop. .of A thr

throo-day festival to celebrate

and has recently had its It is stated that the Spanish House of

on Friday, when Mr. William C. arising from the British plan.

Hanst is already linked to Europe Among the passengers who left at Givalads, south of Halfa, yeater-140, tire highest total of any Far East Much ofed Cathedral Way perform citizen of Rheims in recognition of ments since July, 1038, namoiy to Dawolne planes will be used on the by air and this link will give Hong- mons,

Much of the work of reconstructing to France, was made an honorary the position adopted by nil

** |with Europe,

It is learned }: that Mr. Three Jewish settlers word, sarlously Practically, the whole of the Fared by Cardinal Suhard, who succeed the many benefits bestowed upon the adjust action to the general interests service after the rokkor, has com

Injured in the affrey, Britfall froops East, from India to China, is affected ed the war-time Archbishop, Cardinal town by Americans.

of peace, for which the Spanish pleted the initial flightan are rushing to their assistance.d by the present epidemie, helped Lucon The famous building had The celebrations included o people have mudo such major The rebels cut the phone wires During the same period 301 cases been left a mero shell after four years Century mystery play and the flood-sacrifices during the past two years. before attacking Retitor

Continued on Pape 4.) use of, German bombardment and several lighting of the Cathedral--Router.. Reuter

with the baby were pinced in the Shanghal Isolation Hospital-Reuter.

LEAVES FOR MANILA

Hongkong on the Dutchi -liner Boissevain on July 9, was

Joseph A. Gutierrez of the Far East Merchants Commercial Association who will be visiting Philippines on business,

BRITISH RUSH ASSISTANCE

Jerusalem, July 11.

Bishops

and

never

STUDY BRITISH FORMULA

about 300, nttocked the Jewish colóny deaths, from cholera in, 'Macno dur-fand members of them com quillit, the United States Ambassador Meanwhile the Cabinet has vernong its accond direct connection Armed rebels, believed to number tor of Medical Services, reveals that Westminster and many British peers the restoration of the Cathedral began❘ Government will study the problems improved for such a sor "rodromu:

day.

in the week ending July a reached

centro affected by the epidemic.

12th

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