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Hongkong Telegraph

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No. 18307

二拜禮號二十月七英港香

TUESDAY,

JULY

12. 1938.

日五十月六

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UNTIL WAR BURSTS

AT DOORS

Determined Stand In Face of Japanese Request to Leave

PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR EMERGENCY

London, July 12.

The British Embassy here has merely acknowledged the Japanese request to evacuate foreign consuls and nationals from the Yangtse ports threatened by war and has forwarded the contents of the Japanese note to Hankow, where the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr is at present.

Although the evacuation of British nationals from Kiukiang has now begun, British nationals at Hankow, who are known to be most reluctant to leave except in the very last extremity, have been considerably cheered by the statement of the Acting Consul-General, Mr. C. E. Whitamore, who has declared there is no necessity for evacuation.

Mr. Whitamore's statement is in line with that of the Ambassador's reported instructions to all Consuls not to move any British nationals "unless it is absolutely essential."

The determination of Britons and | → other foreigners in Hankow not to evacuate follows the bitter experience of Shanghai and Nanking and many other places occupied by the Jopan- CSC where foreigners found that roturn after evacuation was most difficult and that they were subject to all sorts of restrictions,

In this connection it is understood the Brillah authorities vainly, endeavoured before commencing the evacuation of Kluklang to get a promise from the Japanese that they would be allowed to return as soon as everything was quiet,

Fear of Looting

£1

The attitude of British people in Hankow and other foreigners reflected in the following statement made at a meeting of the Hankow Foreign Residents Association, called to co-ordinate plans for coping with the present emergency by the British

'Mr. A. E. Marker: chairman,

"Experience has shown that return after evacuation is apt to be difficult than evacuation itself, and abandoned properties are far more subject to looting than properties which are cared for."

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May Have to Flee Although it is recognised that, in

a last resort, generol concentration

of all foreigners in the French Concession, as the only neutrol aren

of

in Hankow, may be unavoidable, as thut possible even wholcanle evacuation of titat area by way the river may become necessary, it le the fixed determination of the re- members of the British

Governor Of

Straits To

Visit N.E.I.

Singapore, July 11. Much interest has been aroused by the report that Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor of the Straits Settlements, is vistiing Batavia later this year,

Importance is attached to the reported visit in view of talk about Anglo-Dulch co-operation in, defence, following the recent visit to the Netherlands East Indica of Lord Gowrie, the Governor-General of Australls. -Reuter,

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Parliament Condemns Military's Action

BORODIN

BACK IN CHINA

Says Japanese Report

Tokyo, July 12.

Mikhati Borodin, "mystery man" of China and virtual diclater of the country during the early days of the Republic, has arrived in Hankow, accord- ing to a Domei message.

Borodin was called to Canton from Mosen by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1923. | and acted as Chief Political Adviser to the Kreekum until he was forend lo flec by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in 1927,

After eleven years exile, Domci reports that he arrived secretly in Haokow on July 8. presumably in

the

for way

conversations

pave

stick and Marshal Bluecher, leader

between Generatissimo Chiang Kai- of the Soviet Military forces in the Far East

Marshat Bluecher, who was also

china as military

adviser with Borodin, is believed to be arriving

in Hanks in the near future. The Chiang Kai-shek may have reaching effects.-Trans-Ocean.

conversations with Generalissimo

E

far-

Borodin. In 1923, was responsible

for converting the Kuomintang from purely nationalistle movement Inte milllant social-revolutionary movement.

Under Buccher was training Chinese cadets at the Whampoa Military Academy,

t

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tutelage,

Chinese generals were taking graduate

at Moscow's courses

wur colleges and preparations were pro-

the organisation

o

its throughout China. Early in

Soviels

in China. He was looked upon as

TRUE PATRIOT of China, this 60-year-old woman gave the whole of her life's savings to the Hankow authorities in response to the appeal for gold. Such cool and calculated courage and devotion to China's cause are rarely equalled and

never surpassed:

SMASH ALL RECORDS ON OCEAN · FLIGHT

Hughes and Crew Cross Under Seventeen Hours

London, July 11. Breakfast in London: Dinner in New York. This has become an actual possibility as a result of 127 Barodin became the real power the remarkable trans-Atlantic record created by Howard the sole author of every move, decree Hughes and his crew of four, who successfully crossed The right wing of the Kuo- the Atlantic to-day in their Lockheed monoplane "New and policy of the Hankow Govern- mintang, led by Chiang Kai-shek, grew alarmed, and led revoli York World's Fair, 1939" in the record actual flying-time Borodin and his retinue thed back to of 16 hours, 38 minutes, says United Press.

against the Russian influence.

Soviet Russin,

SWEDISH MISSION BOMBED

Staff Shelters In

Dugout

The five airmen left New York at 7.20 a.m., Eastern Summer Time, and landed at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, at 4.20 a.m., Greenwich Summer Time. Racing against the sun they lost five hours through having to put their clock forward every few hundred miles. Had they been racing in the opposite direction they could, by leaving Europe at 7.30 a.m., local time, have landed in New York at.6.30 p.m., local time, on the same day.

The swift crossing of the Atlantic -Hughes' average speed was 218 miles per hour-broke the previous record established by Dick Merill Sian, July 11.

and John Lambie in May, 1937, by 4 According

belated advises hours and ton minutes. In 1927, reaching Sian, the Swedish Mission Colonel Luidbergh took 331⁄2 hours to at Ishi, situated in south: Shansi atmake the same crossing-exactly the bend of the Yellow. River Afty twice the time taken by the "New miles north of Tungwan, was bombed York World's Fair, 1939," on June 30.

to

Mission premises were hit twice

Howard Hughes and his 'crew flew

was

and

were practically demolished. blind during the last stages of their Fortunately, there were no casualties flight. Some trouble was encounter- ns the Mission staff took refuge in aed with the oll pump, which bomb-proof dug-out, above which the changed as soon as they landed this

morning. bombs exploded.

Shanghai, July 11.-

PROBING NARCOTIC TRAFFIC

British Suspicions Of Stimulation In Manchukuo

Questions Asked

In Commons

NO RIGHT TO TRY

TO DISCIPLINE MEMBER OF HOUSE

Chamberlain Considers Breach Not Deliberate

London, July 11.

The House of Commons, without division, adopted a motion by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, agreeing to the recent report of the Committee of Privilege that a breach of privileges had been committed when Mr. Duncan Sandys, M. P. for Norwood, was summoned by a military Court of Inquiry to give evidence with regard to a matter which had arisen in. connection with his Parliamentary duties.

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Replying to Mr. Clement Attlee, leader of the Labour Opposition, the Speaker of the House ruled it out of order to discuss the action of the Secretary of State for War, Mr. L. Hore Belisha, in connection with something for which he had no responsibility.

HAIFA IN STATE OF TURMOIL

Jews Killed As Terrorists Strike

Haifa, July 11, Five bombs, thrown in the eastern quarter of the city in the course of an hour, wounded several Jewish factory hands and reduced Haifa to a state of

turmoil.

Any action taken by the Secretary' for Wor with reference to the in- eldent in question could, ruled the Speaker, be discussed on the appro- prlate Supply vote, or possibly when the report of the Select Committee came up for debate.

Mr

Labour Member for South Hackney, declared that the action of the Military

Herbert Morrison,

Court

of Inquiry was a flagrant defiance of the authority of Parliament,

Mr. Winston Churchill, who is Mr. Sandys father-in-law, expressed astonishment that Mr. Hore Belisha had not appealed to be allowed to sland between this subordinate Mili- tary Court and the

censure directed at them.

The Prime Minister sold that the report meant that the Military Court had committed a-technical breach. He did not consider that they had deliberately attempted to challenge

the

the authority of the House,

Sir John Simon, winding up

the impute-

Busloads of Jews were also debate, protested she was try- to shirk his responsibility. Sir attacked by rifle fire, and one tion that Mr. Hore man was stabbed to death,

Searchlights from H.M.S. Repulse John pointed out that the debate was privilege, and emphasised that the playing on the slopes of Mt. Carmel confined to a question of breach of helped police and marines to track Secretary for War would do his part down the gunmen..

F. V. Tobias, a former Jewish when the report of the Select Cont-

mittee was discussed-Reuter. resident of Cardiff, died in hospital following stabbing and stoning by Arabs. Three other Jews were kill- ed, and a third, in addition to the two mentioned above, was stabbed, dur- ing the day. Two of the dead were victims of a bomb explosion.--Reuter,

ARRESTS MADE

Jerusalem, July 11. bomb outrages occurred throughout Palestine Inat night.

New

A bomb thrown at a Halfa bus wounded. 13 occupied by Jews Occupants, seven of them critically. "Another bomb failed to explode, but two bombs thrown in the streets do- tonated. 2

Three perpetrators of the bombing of the street in front of the fashion- able King David Hotel have been arrested Trans-Ocean,

STOP PRESS

CHINESE HARASS INVADERS

Hankow, July 12 With the Japanese using all their available troops for the drive on Hankow, leaving only small garrisons in their rear Chinese mobile units are displaying intense activity, as- cording to Chinese reports,

Although they encountered bad The Ishi Mission is occupied by Rev. J. S. Erickson and his wife and weather the winds were favourable Infant, all of Swedish nationality. from mid-ocean onwards. They arriv The Mission belongs to the Swedished at Le Bourget five hours ahead of Mission of China, which is associated schedule, with 300 gallons of petrol with the China Inland Mission. still remaining in their tanks, Headquarters are at Stockholm

On To Moscow

POSITION EXPLAINED Reuter,

London, July 11. ́ ́ Originally intending to depart for

Londan, July 11.

A Chinose communique claims that Chinese Repulsed

Hughes

In a written reply to Mr. V. Moscow at twilight,

Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary Chinese guerilids, have reached a nounced this morning that he was McEntee, Labour Member for or State for the Colonies, outlined point seven miles from Hofel, while Repented Chinese attacks on the staying in Paris overnight to Walthamstow West, the Under the Palestine situation in the House in northern Klangsu they have ra-

captured Fuling, and are

now attack- Japanese positions north of Hofel, in repairs to the radio installation. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, of Commons to-day. Hankow, July 13.

will take 850 gallons of petrol for Anhwei, were central

According to latest messages from Ing the Japanese units in the vicinity repulsed, mmunity to stay in occupation of

ILM.S. Cockchafer and the U.S.S.according

the non-stop flight to Moscow. Mr. R. A. Butler, said he could to Japanese report.

Heavy downpouts in the Hofel and their properties in the former British Monocacy, which steamed three miles Trans-Ocean.

From Moscow the plane will head not, on the information he the High Commissioners, there had of Yenchen and Nantungchow. Concession as long as it is humanly above Kiuliang yesterday in order

across the wastes of Siberia, making possessed at present, say been further incidents at Holfo and to - avold, the Japanese bombing possible.

countryside, bringing military opera- Bombers Active

Jaffa and Tel-a Viv, two stops en route, to Fairbanks, whether there had been an: in Jerusalem, but no new incidents at Chengyangkwan area are flooding the There are three dangers which and shelling of the city, have return-

Alaska. After leaving Fairbanks, crease in the sale of dangerous

Tension Shanghal, July 11/

persisted; however, in all tions to a standstill.

Japanese reinforcements have ar titose remaining behind must face: ed to the A.P.C. and Socony-Vacuum

Hughes hopes to hop to San Francisco druge in the International four efties, and the curfew was sull firstly, the over-running of the former oil Installations respectively. These Great activity was displayed by with only one further stop Settlement in Shanghal. being enforced.

rived at Chienshan, apparently with the intention of advancing westward. Japanese air force today, Edmonton, Alberta.

With regard to sources, it was be- The Colonial Secretary express on Tailiu. according to reports reaching hero," Only two persons have succeeded.

The Chinese and Japanese forces Japanese planes bombed the town Japanese warships yesterday bomb-ones boss north of in flying around the world along the loved, added Mr. Butler, that oplum his satisfaction that the authorities ed the Chinese positions in the low on the Felping-Hankow route Hughes is following. The late seized during 1937 came from both were doing everything feasible to are opposing each other across a Mika small, river joining the Yangtae with vicinity of Sinklang, below Klukian, Hallway, dropping most of their Wiley Post and Harpid Gatty flow north and south China, while heroin, restore law and order.

Marines from the battle-crulier Lake Poyang Reuter. A but did not shell Kluklang, itself

ference-

distance, of 18,474

Repulse had Asked whether the railwaynes missiles on the aerodrome outside the around the world's northern circum. It was thought, came mostly, from the

miles between June 23 and July 17 Replying to Mr. J. W. Banfield, he charged and disperso(Further Stop Press News on

Valamok Page:12.)« Between Klakinng and Narebung had bukás C

Chinese positions near Tienklachen, 1981 in 6 days 18 hours and 16 Labour Member for Wednesbury, Mr, the police-In the castern quarter of onthe Yeng se above Klukiang, were minutos. Four year's 1ster Wiley Butler stated that 200 poracas had Haifa, atter, Warning shote, fod into 15 severe aerial attacks. Post followed the same route on a been arrested In 1907 by the police the air by the police, had falloda to.

(Conflitued on Pade, 19).

Make (Continued on Page kii

breat up the crowd Reuter,

Concealan by retrogiing, demoralised installations are located three miles tho Chinese troops; secondly, the inten- below Kluklang." sive and indiscriminate bombing of Hankow; and Uirdly, floods,

Prepared for Emergency

Preparations for the omorgency

Hilroady been made ital stocks of food have bush

ordiningta, presente inane gall

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