1938-07-13 — Page 19

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY JULY

1938.

London Still Discussing Loan to China

AMERICA PREPARED TO ENTER INTO NEW SILVER AGREEMENT

Chinese Using Funds Thus Obtained to Buy Arms

London, July 12.

FOREIGN PROPERTY FORTIFIED

Owners Protest But Embassy Declines To Interfore

AMERICAN FINANCE LEADERS ACCUSED

RADIO BROADCAST

Rev. C. B. R. Sargent On Opera from the Studio BEETHOVEN CONCERTO

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.D.W. on n Frequency of 045 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. 9.52 m.c's. per and 8-11 p.m. on second.

6.00 Relay of The Dance Orches-

tra from the Roof Garden of the wero Hongkong Hotel,

$1,000,000 Income Tax Evaded, Says Shanghai, July 13.

Federal Body It is learned in reliable quarters that the Chinese have begun fortify-

Washington, July 12. ing the properties of foreign firms in tukiang, notably the Astalle Two of America's greatest Petroleum Company, Jardine, Mathe-financiers, John Jacob Ruskob son and Company and banks' build- ings, entrenchments, reinforcing the and Pierre Du Pont, walls and cutting loop-holes, for accused to-day by the United; It is understood that the question of a loan ridemen and machine-gunners. States Board of Tax Appeals of The Still of the Night; (d) The Girl

made for China has been constantly under considera-urgent representations to the Chinese evading income tax amounting tion in London. Various suggestions have been Government in order to halt this to over U.S.$1,000,000 in 1929. made but it is gathered that matters have not Government responsible yet reached a point where a decision can be reached. Reuter.

APPALLING SUFFERING REALISED

London, July 12.

It is recognised in London that the situation in the Far East appears to offer no prospect of mediation at present but if the British Government were to see at any moment a hopeful chance of doing good in that sphere it would take that opportunity, either alone or in concert with other nations. This is the view of Reuter's diplomatic correspondent.

Observers in London are extremely conscious of the appalling numbers involved in the suffering which has resulted from the Far East conflict-Reuter,

Seeking New Silver

Agreement With U.S.

A

Washington, July 12.

I learned that China this week wld seek new silver agreement | with the United States Governmeul, It has been tentatively arranged that Chinese representatives should confer with offels of the Treasury and members of

the Government

have already indicated that the United States is willing to continue buying Chinese silver.

The proposed new pact would be the Arth made since May, 1936, under which the United States has purchased about 200,000,000 ouers of metal.

Meanwhile, Treasury officials said most of the Chinese credits which resulted from the sale of silver het been converted into dollars, which war supplies had been pur chused...United Press.

with

INSURGENT DRIVE ON SAGUNTO

Bitter Fighting For Advantage

Hendaye, July 12.

JAPANESE THREATEN BRITON

Demand Peiping Journalist's Endorsation Of Investigation

The

វវរ

(a) Mama, I wanna make Rhythm; (b) You're Precious to me: (c) In

with the Dimples.

0.14 Recorded:-Sweet Sue, Just The Board of Tax Appeals allegea You (Harris and Young); Poor But- work, announcing they will hold the

for May that the two financiers evaded tax terfly (Golden and Hubbell)....The

Dixie Devils with vocal chorus. by to their

"paper transactions" property as a result tion dumage to

6.21 (a) Romance in the Dark; (b) comes the Sandman; (e) Cry Here of such fortification and in the evout securities, says United Press. of a Japanese attack.

Raskob, who visited Hongkong in Baby Cry; (d) A Gypsy Told Mc.

0.35 Recorded:-Popular Melodies; The British Embassy hay been re-

Boy: When the quested also to protest to the Chinese March, 1989, is a round-the-world

Dgain;

Government, but It in gathered that passenger aboard the Canadian Pack-) Intro:-Shoe Shine No regrets;

at yet the Embassy has refused to act, holding the view that the Chinese Government hus the right to use any means to defend the country, in cluding the use of foreign-owned property providing it is prepared to foreigners for any loss

resulting

It is reported that the United States vigorously protested to the Chinese authorities against the destruction of the Sucony Company punteuns, umar Kukling, by which the Chines hoped to block the approach Juguese warships.-Rester,

Ambassador, who is in Hankow, his

CLAIM ADVANCE CHECKED

Hankew, July 12

L

The

fe liner. Empress of Britain was poppies bloom formerly Vice-President of General Take my heart; South Sea Island Len Green (Piano Solo, with lova... Motors Corporation, and took the Mogic; There isn't any limit to my

of National Chairman of the post of

Shortly Drums Accomp.); Wedding Chimes Bertin! Brothers (Reser). Democratic Party in 1928. afterwards.

with however, he President Roosevelt and became one Banjo and Gullar Duet).

0.44 (n) Thanks for the Memory; of the founders of the Liberty League. |

Pierre Du Pont is Chairman of the (b) You took the words right out of

night, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight. famous munitions firm of E. 1. du my heart; (e) Moskow; (d), Good- Pont de Nemours.

The Board of Tax Appeals has left the exact amount of taxes to be the- termined later. It is estimated that Raskob might be involved to the ex- tent of about $1,000,000 and du Pont to about $600,000,

The claim made on behalf of the two annelers that the stock trans- The Japanese advance on Kluklang actions between them were bona fide Jum free checked by the Chinese

la described by the Board as "entirely seven miles east of the Yinglee city, too remarkable for belief." nerording to a report received here from the front.

ar

the

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0-

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7.00 Arthur Rubinstein At The Plano.

Grande Palonalse, Op. 22 (Chopla); Consolation No. 3 (Liszt); Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 (Liszt),

7.17 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.

..

7.10 Variety Including Grnetc Fields, Sandy Powell. The Hill Diles. And Jack Hylton's Orchestra,

Girl').companiment;

Little Drummer Boy (Noci, Pelosi); Lambeth Walk (From Me and My

Gracie Fields with Orches pro- Haskob and du Pont were

Everything Tea-Fox-Trot (From Chuese renforcements have recei-minent as political figures in January, tra Je Kluking, and are vxacted 1930, when the United States Govern. Stops For

Started Crooning On ment flied a brief against Pierre du Come Out of the Pantry') When The materially alter the situation

und named taskob as accum-Guardaman

Jack Hylton's Pom und Inessan Japanese naval

Parade Fox-Trot being the chorge

upon

But Nobody's Darlin' enured plex, the have

Orchestra: nered bombardments

101 Davis)....The considerable damage to the Chure which the present action is based--

Mine "fictitious"

(Jimmy stuck lussca 10

10 evade esitions on Lion Ilili, 12 miles

Billies wit

with their own Novelty Ac- Former LX. Raskob ac $1,026,340 Income of Kiukiang. This _Ac? salt k tt ?

by on (Wisc). .. Humorous Sketch dominates this Yangtse near Kukin, used the Demerralle administration componiment: Sandy The

prior to u

Powell and Company; When Sandy nd the destruction of the Chinese of Uming the suit just

You Gotta fortifletions there has rendered Ine linner and rally of the American San

Sing. You Gotto Sing Liberty League, and defunded is (From 'Gangway'); Lord And Lady task of the Japanese in tanding re-

stock trading with du Pont us the

'Gong- inforcements from their Leansport

Whoozie Fox-Trot (From "only

method under the law" to

O:- river such ensie.

Jack Hylton and His way with

vocal refrain; Walter, chestra Military circles in Hankow, never legally establish actual stock losses thelegs,

Gracie Fields' film The two Ananciers gained control Walter (From repari

position tunistically in view of the fact that of the General Motors Corporation in We're fait

to be rich'); The Trek film Gracie Fields' the Chinese forces appear have 13 when they purchased between Song

to

Song (From

Gracie Baskob persuad-We're going to be rich').. definitely halted the Japanese ad them 3,000 shures. vance, compelling the Japanese toed eighty friends to invest in Generni Fields accompanied by Fred Hartley hind many are renforcements be Mutors. They borrowed $20,000,000 and His Orchestra: My First

'She the to do so, and to-day each of the eighty Fox-Trot (From

shali are millionaires many times over.

Music'); May All Your Troubles Be fore they are able

(From Little Ones-Fox-Trot

Jack HyltonT'S shall have Music").

Blazin Orchestra with vocal refrain: The Trail (Samuels, Whitcup and Powell); Twilight On The (From Trall of the Lonesome Pine') The Hill Billles with their own Novelty

Accompaniment; Still More Old Songs; Intro: Maggie Murphy:

home Another girl at

like Mary; Broken Melody; I'm twenty-one to- hair grows whiter; day: As your Galloping Major....Jack Hylton and His Orchestra with vocal retrain.

city

to storm

it is also reported that the Chinese

t-

the

Peiping, July 13. The British Embassy to-day is making representations to the Japanese Embassy concerning the veiled threats made by a Japanese Staff Officer. Major forces have launched vigious Shigeyasu, against the personal tacks between Pengisch and Hukow,; satety of Renter's correspondent but is it too early yet to ascertain with what result. It appears, how- here.

of tacks have made the task Mr. Frank Oliver, the correspondenter, that the continual Chinese nt- concerned, was formerly employed in or Hongkong. He has refused to endorse Japanese who are attempting to ad- vance over the strip of land which the findings of Japanese investigaters connects Lake Poyang with

Yangise extremely difficult, and the which are an opposite conclusion to Mr. Oliver's eye-witness report of the Japanese have Leen forced to plan slapping of the wife of the Governor their thrust on Kallang on a much of liopel

larger scale than they at first anti- Mrs. Kao Ling-wel was twice teipated.--Trans-Ocean, stopped by a Japanese sentry at the

she had railway station because smoked a cigarette.

offered 10 The correspondent

A strong

banks

force southwards

of the

Inke.

the

MYSTERY SHIP OFF H.K.

Reports of a vessel behaving in an unusual fashion, apparently inside Hongkong waters, are causing in- quiries to be made by the authorities,

unknown vessel, of large dimensions,

Thre

Trail

0.00 Local Time Signal, Weather eport and Announcements.

8.02 Loudon Relay World At-

A number of persons observed anfalk by H. Wickham Steed. her funnel well sit, and with the lines

tanker, lying about

West

A

MARCH ALONG LAKE

Hankow, July 12. Simultaneously with their drive on

8.15 Studio-Rov, C. B. R. Sargent Three Insurgent armies drove for-publish the Japanese versing of the

mile south38th Series Of Opera ward relentlessly to-day in an effort affair but the officer who interviewed Kiuklang, the Japanese appear to be making a thrust down the Poyang

"Glyndebourne 1938". to enter Saguato and break the him said this would not be sumelent. Lnite towards Nanchang, capital of of Cheung Chau early this morning.

lent, he said, must Kiangst province.

Farther to sea was another vessei

9.00 Studio-The Rambles Of An correspondent, Valencia offensive before July 17, the The

Aimless Ambler (with Albert). second anniversary of the Civil War. endorse the Japanese investigations,

of Japanese is which appeared to be a destroyer.

The first ship was anchored, it along the

The Fifth Of A Weekly Series. driving in a although Mr. Oliver had no corner- The first anny is dri

and after lying in

9.10 Gilbert and Sullivan Selce direction twenty

easteit miles tion with the findings. westerly

which seemed, Turia The officer added that the matter reaches 80 miles south from the Lamme Channel for about an hour, south of Teruel, following the

"Patience"; Overture ..Symphony River 10 Valencia. The centre had aroused some feeling and your Yongtre, into which it feeds, and is proceeded slowly west and rounded the southernmost point of Lantau

Orchestra conducted by Malcolm column is driving up the Segorbe personal safety may be endangered." about to miles north of Nanchang

Island, apparently proceeding for Tai Sargent; Twenty Love-sick Maidens river, while the third column is Reuter.

An optimistic note is struck in

Bay. There, however, she has not We....Nellie Briercliffe, Rita Mac- Hankow regarding the strength of

vessel

has kay and Chorus of Girls with Orches- the Chinese forces defending this

Still Brooding On Their Mad tra: that arca, and it is believed

It is considered possible that she Infatuation;

Tell What This Chinese will be successful in check- ing Japanese in the hilly country east may have been and south of the lake.--Trans-Ocean, Japanese warships on patrol off

Pearl River mouth.

river,

straddling the

Valencia-Barcelona

highway north of Chillches.

Bitter Aghting la

nt proceeding

Sierra Espadon, on a twelve milc

Teruel-

front, and the Insurgents claim to be within six miles of the Segorbe highway.

Meanwhile, Insurgent bombers have cut the Segorbe-Sagunto roud

in many places-United Press,

SIX KILLED IN RAID

Killed

Woman In Nathan Rd.

Hurled from her rickshaw when a

the

START NEW SHANSI CAMPAIGN

Peiping, July 12. With the arrival of reinforcements, No. 9 motor bus collided with the the Japanese army in Shans has London, July 12, The Exchange Telegraph corres-vehicle at half-past eight this mor- begin its third large-scale campaign pondent In Valencia reports that six ning, Chinese woman was killed in that province since November,

instantly, while the were killed and ten Injured in on

demolished. insurgent air raid over the city to- dey. United Press.

24 KILLED

Madrid, July 12. Seven Insurgent bombers raided Cartagena, iliing 24 and wounding 35.-United Press.

RAIN STILL HOLDS OFF

White Hongkong was cooler yester- day, rain still held off, and to-day the year's rainfall is 11 inches below average-32.08 inchica as compared with 43.05 Inches.

Maximum tempernture yesterday was 80, with the minimum last night

at 78, This morning the temperature was 84 and humidity was 70 per

cent,

been reported. vanished.

The

carrying fuel for Love Muy B&Lawson, N.

the Briercliffe, M. Eyre and Chorus of Girls with Orchestra; The Soldiers Of Our Queen; If You Want A Re- ceipt For That Popular Mystery.... Darrell Fancourt and Chorus of Dragoons with Orchestra.

0.30 0.50

SUEZ STRIKE. SETTLED

Cairo, July 12. The strike of workers of the Suez

und rickshaw was launching a general offensive from

the south of Pingyang, across the Fen Canal was settled to-day The accident occurred outside of River. Pingyang is in the middle of men are resuming work on Friday

Reuter. the Po Hing Theatre, Nathan Rond. the southern quarter of Shonsl.

Official reports reveal that several The bus was travelling towards Jordan Road, into the kerb to toys about to pull Japanese

been belet Sona In this area have

London Relay The Newa Beethoven-Concerto No. G In E Flat Major, Op. 13 ("Emperor"). Played by Artur Schnabel (Piano)

tra conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sar- and The London Symphony Orches

gent.

10,30 Songs by Mela Scimmeyer (Soprano).

10.30 Marek Weber'a Orchestra.

for two

months, tween Kiuklang and Tsinngshan uc-

Es blinkt der Tau (A. Rubinstein);. stop.

Liebesteler (F. Weingartner). The rickshaw passenger was and that planes have dropped foot ccrdlog to Chinese reports.

us the A Chinese communique states that thrown underneath the bus, and the and ammunition to them,

"Countess Maritza" Selection rickshaw was splintered. One wheel Chinese had cut all other means of the Japanese penetrated the Chinese

lines in the vicinity of Halangshan on (Kalman); Potpourri Of Waltzes, was wrenched off and the rest of the communication. framework broken and buckled. The Japanese declare the Chinese Monday. Chinese counter-attacks on

Miraculously, the rickshaw puller divisions in the southern section of the following morning inflicted 400 No. 3 (Robrecht); Fantasin On Melo- was thurt, and before onlookers had Shansi will be "annihilated," Reuter, casualties on the Japanese, who niso dies Of Johann Strauss (Weber).

lost

2 heavy machine-guns, 3 light recovered from the shock of the

REPORT CHINESE RETREAT.

over a hundred machine-guns and collision, he had run away. Police

Pelping, July 12. rißes. are now searching for him.

The Japanese spokesman announc Fighting is also continuing between ed to-day at the Chinese had re- Hukow and Pengtsch. trented

Chinese sources assert that eight) from Hsinyangahan in southerly and northerly directions, Japanese warships attempting to

"PEEPING TOM" Japanese were now advan steam up-stream from Hukow and

IN MAY ROAD

nt-

11.0 Close Down.

Quicker

BRASSO

and a shine as bright as lightning

launches cing townrda Yunnchu, where the two Japanese motor Chinese are building defences, tempting to enter Lake Poyang on when they Aerial observations show that Monday steamed away Yunnchu is afame, despite the fact were engaged by the Chinese shore that the town is still completely in batteries. possession of the Chinese

Japanese aircraft bombed Lion The Chinese are burning all vili-Hill, west of Hukow, on Monday. ages in their line of retreat," the. With the arrival of reinforcements at Klukiang, comprising crack Can- tonese troopa under the command of General Li Han-wen, Chinese circles are confident that the Japanese at- tempt to advance westward along the south bank of the Yangtse will meet Bole Agonte Imperial Chemical Industries- with stiff opposition.-Reuter,

Caught loffering at the backyard The Royal Observatory weather of May Road at about 1 a.m. yea- report issued this morning stated that terday, Leung Tin, a 22-year-old un- n weak anti-cyclone covers the employed Chinese, was fined $50 Pacife to the east of Japan. The with the alternative of two months spokesman alleged-United Press.

aver north-east China la hord labour by Mr. R Edwards at Pressure is relatively the Central Magistracy this morning. low over Tenging and the southern

It was said that the defendant was neen peeping into windows by a baune-boy several times before he was arrested.

Philippine islands.

Local forecast in winds, moderate; fair.

South-cost

HEAVY FIGHTING ALONG ·

→ YANGTSE

Hankow, July 13. Heavy fighting is progressing on Ithe south bank of the Yangtze be-

BRASSO

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