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Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1061

No. 15576

五拜歳 號二廿月七英港香

FRIDAY, JULY

22. 1938.

日五廿月六

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LITVINOFF

REPLIES

TO JAPAN

Ready To Examine Any Evidence Produced Regarding Frontier

RESENTS THREATS OF VIOLENT REMEDIES

Moscow, July 22.

M. Maxim Litvinoff declares that there is "full calm along the frontier" of Russia and Manchukuo, but adds that this calm may be disturbed only by actions by the Japanese- Manchukuoan side, which, in the event of trouble, must bear the full responsibility of the consequences.

M. Litvinoff said that if Japan produced! material apparently at her disposal relative to the demarcation of the frontier, Russia would willingly consider it and express an opinion.

It is understood that the Japanese Ambas- sador, Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu replied that he did not believe Japan would find M. Litvinoff's reply satisfactory.

The demand for the withdrawal of Russian troops, sald M. Litvinof further, was not hacked by

documents

whatsoever,

nny

Win

satel

therefore unacceptable. Je Japan's sole evidence that Russia and penetrated Manchukuo territory "some indeflaile material F101

Was

communicated to the Soviet Govern- ment." He had only heard of "anonymous assertions from Man- churians which ore Impossible

verify."

In his rejection of M. Litvino('s) reply во Japan's protests Mr. Shigemitsu asserted that unleas Russian troops were withdrawn from the disputed area Japan must con- sider the necessity of forcibly ejecting them.

M. Litvinoff auswered sannothly: "It is hardly possible to think that the Ambassador considers such threats good diplomacy. Some Governments might give la to such threats.

KAU SING REPORTED SOLD FOR $50,000

Cost Hongkong $250,000 As Typhoon

Tug

The Telegraph understands that the former typhoon rescue Lug, Kau Sing, which was put up

he must understand he will not and for auction by Government two

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Last Minute

Dash For Kai

Tak Plane

Passport Lost When House Burgled

Chinese

AMERICAN

TANKER SUNK IN YANGTSE

Allegedly Bombed By Japanese

Kiukiang, July 22,

An American tanker was hit and sunk al Kutong in the Yungtse

River yesterday by a bomb dropped Japanese planes raiding various

| points along the river-eatrul

News.

NO DEFINITE WORD

Hankow, July 22.

A Chinese report stades that the Standard Oil Company's t1 boal

Metyun was stuk at Kluk yester

| day by Japanese planes,

The U.S. Consility in Hankow has

no information on the subject, and offletals of the Standard Oil Company

adso express ignorance of the sinking. Off Company officials state that the Me-lyun Was with the

U.S.S. Monocacy, which is anchored three | miles above Kluitian-United Press.

DENIES WAR

DEBT REPUDIATED

Lord Stanhope Puts Position Clearly

Hurl Back

Invaders

Yesterday morning, aboard H.M.S. Tarantula, His Ex- cellency the Governor and Lady Northcott left for Canton. They are pictured arriving there shortly after an air raid alarm had sounded. They are the guests of the British Consul-

General.

SHAREHOLDER HOTLY ATTACKS COMPANY'S

BALANCE SHEET

in Anhwei

JAPANESE RETREAT FROM HONAN-SHANSI BORDER POSITIONS

Recalling Troops to Meet Menace to Yangtse Lines'

Liuan, Anhwei, July 22.

Following up their recapture of Tungcheng, about 50 kilometres north of Anking, Chinese troops smashed their way into Shucheng, about 40 kilometres further north, and re-occupied the city on July 20.

Several columns of Chinese troops are now descend- ing on Hofei, stronghold of the Japanese operating in Anhwei. A part of the Japanese troops at Hofei have already been withdrawn to Wuhu whence they will be sent to the Yangtse River front.-Central News.

JAPANESE AT YUANKU WITHDRAWN

Sian, July 22. The Japanese at Yuanku, on the Shansi-Honan border, commenced a withdrawal eastward on July 18, and are being followed by the Chinese in hot pursuit,

Meanwhile, unable to withstand repeated Chinese assaults, the bulk of the Japanese in Howma, on the Turigpu Railway in. south Shansi, has retreated northward. The Chinese recapture of Howma is now considered only a matter of days.-Central News.

Questions by a shareholder, who described the balance sheet as not only unsatisfactory and unhealthy out most shocking, featured the first ordinary general ANOTHER meeting of the Marsman Hongkong China, Ltd., which was held in the Company's offices at the Hongkong and AIR RAID

Shanghai Bank Building this morning.

The shareholder was Mr. J. L. Litton, who said that although the company was organised primarily for the purpose of investigating, securing and working mines in the Colony and the leased territory, as well as in China, it seemed from the balance sheet that the management had been concentrating in speculation on metals to the extent of £212,000 against an overdraft for

the same amount, resulting in a loss of about £60,000.

JAPANESE MASSING FOR BIG ATTACK

London, July 21. months ago without result, has In the debate on the Finance Bill been privately sold through Mr. in the House of Lords to-day, the Unprecedented Rush Of A. E. Gerondal, the well-known Earl of Stanhope, replying for the [local ship and freight broker.

Troops To Yangtse the British debt to the United States

Government, took up references to

It is understood that Mr. Gerondal by Viscount Somucl, is acting on behalf of the Moller}

He sold it was a subject on which

Steamship Company, Shanghai, which possibly might he misunderstood, and It was easy to say something which recently purchased several tugs Australia and South Afrlen.

itu

ON HANKOW

at

Japanese Planes Keep

High

Hankow, July 22. Nine Japanese bombers, flying 15,000 feet, dropped 40 bombs around the Hankow air- field at 10.10 a.m. to-day.

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Chinese Counter-Attack Kiuklang, July 22. Heavy fighting is raging at Pong- tsch, on the Yangtse, where the Chinese counter-attack is proceeding with increasing violence,

Occupying the high-level ground south-east of Pengtsch, the Chinese have been launching determined onslaughts on the Japanese in the city and on the bank of the Yangtse River. Heavy casualties have been inflicted on the Japanese.

It is said that the Japanese on the river bank are surrounded. Central News.

Violent Fighting At Yicheng

Loyang, July 22. Violent fighting is proceeding and Tsinghui in around Yicheng south Shansi.

The Chinese once broke into the

Mr. J. H. Marsman wus in the Unlike previous raids there Ichidir, and he said: The Report deals were fires. Nor did any

very fully with the activities of the Chinese pursuit planes make walled city of Yicheng through the Company, which, in common with their appearance.

others of a similar nature, has been

adversely affected by the outbreak At 10 a.m. twelve Japanese bombers of hostilities between China

and

Japan and the world-wide depressionproached from the east flying up the river in a westerly direction. But the Company's they did not approach Hankow.

which set in since formation.

The basic idea at the inception was The ten planes bombing the Han- that on all mining matters the advice kow airport were later joined by nine of the Manila Directors should be which flew in from the west. They sought and taken and that civil are still circling above (at 11.15 a.m.), with by the Hongkong Directorate bursting around then-United Press. engineering matters would be dealt with shrapnel from unti-aircraft guns | under the guidance of our Managing Director.

FINE PROSPECTS

Fire Aboard

in China, friendly co- Fire-cracker

Area

Under conditions of Shanghal, July 22.

greater political unity than were ever before. Indicating that the Japanese witnessed which perhaps might be such as to Purchase price for the Kau Sing is in the future than it had been in the numbers of men against the forming part of the National Govern- make the question even more difficult are preparing to throw large operation with the Chinese in some of the many engineering projects stated to be $50,000. The cost of past. past building the tug, which was launched

He agreed with Viscount Samuel Chinese in a mighty attempt to memine development programme,

$250,000,

The Kau Sing was

damaged when it went

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at the Taikoo Dockyards in 1925, was that the debt question did remain break through to Hankow, un seemed at last to have come within very much thorn in the sides of precedentedly heavy movements the realm of practical politics, and to severely the two great friendly people. It of Japanese troops are proceed. offer possibilities of mutual advant-

ound led to an unfortunate feeling) Ing in the Yangtse River. At 6.58 a.m. to-day, the Imperial

ashore Airways plane Daedalus was on the Ching Hue Island during the Septem and, on occasions, to unfortunate

According to foreign eye-witnesses, tarmac nt Kai Tak, her engines ber 2 typhoon last year. She was speeches.

Japanese troops have been rushed up He could only say that, so for warming up, ready to leave for refloated, but Government decided to Bangkok on schedule in two minutes. sell the ship rather than effect re- the Government was concerned, the the ngise hit the rate of about 5,000

question had never become one which daily for more than two weeks. was closed and falshed, but very vered into transports

Former cargo boats have been con- take the

Suddenly a frantic looting of a motor cur's horn attracted the atten-

palrs.

Such

Laden Junk

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STOP PRESS

JAPANESE CITIZEN MURDERED. IN S'HAI

Shanghai, July 22. Another alleged traitor has died of wounds Inflicted by 'assassins in the A junk loaded with fire-International Settlement at 9.15 am. crackers caught fire off the The virum is Zung Hyoh-poo, a' China Provident Company's Chinese-born but naturalised Japan- wharf at North Point at 11 a.m. ese, who took out his papers in 1004. He was on employee of # Japansee Arm in Shanghat. interlude for the crew who jump- Zung was also stated to be a mem- ed into the sea in fear of an ber of the Reformed Government in explosion.

Nanking.

He was riding in a rickshaw when The junk was pulled out into the he was accosted by a gunman who harbour by police launches. The fired three shots, from which Zung frefloat arrived very quickly and died almost immediately..

Li Chung-jento-day and provided a thrilling Flees, Claims Japanese

began to pour water over the cargo. The domes were

mast high

and

to Temporary repairs will be under much the other way. He contradict fresh troops up the river. They are tion of Imperial Airways officials taken at one of the Hongkong Docked a suggestions sometimes made that usually escorted by two standing beside the walting plane. yards, after which the Kau Sing wil the British Government failed to re-

three pr A car dashed through the airport be towed to Shanghai, it is belloved.

destroyers. cognise the great importance of this gates and swung on to the tarmac.

During the past fortnight, approx- A woman dashed out, clutching a

Value of the Kau Sing as a typhoor qucation and that the debt had been

Trooper Sergeant Idgar was near heimately 60,000 Japanese troops have in one hand..

rescue tug has been the subject o repudiated. passport

Arstid, were entirely unfouions,

gone up the Yangtso in the direction

Peiping, July 22. The last.

much controversy since the minute. passenger

He reminded their Lordships that of

Táken straight into Kluklang

The Japanese Specia! Military volumes of smoke poured from the at hand when the shots were fired and chased the assassin, accompani- Mrs. A. L. Dovey, visiting medical typhoon in which she was employed

in 1020.

debls due to

were very con- the torrid heat of central China, the Mission announces that General Li crackling boxes. Britain w officer to the Chinese hospital, whose

siderably greater than

debt Bri-soldiers are said to be suffering con- Chung-jen hos escaped from Lunn When the fire had been reduceded by two Chinone constables. The series of misfortunes early to-dny

refusing siderable discomfort, with tempera by scroplane, States. tain owed to the United

a smouldering mass, the fresassin fired on them and they ex- too fighters boarded the junk and began being out of ammunition, the gun- changed about 20 shots, after whsch, Chiang Kai-shek'a Included a burglary at her home in

He assured them that the state tures ranging above 100 in the shade deneralissimo

tossing the boxes into the sen

Tho which she lost her passport to Lon-

ment at the end of the communication at Nanking during the past few days. orders to return to Hankow.

man" was captured,—Reuter. don, £23 in sterling, a hand-bag and

The Mission states that the reason Junk was towed along leaving a trail which passed from the British Gov-tenter Special.

for Li Chung-Jen's action was the of boxes in her

wake ernment to the United States Gov

No person of the crew of six was Government bellef that the Generallazimo intended ornment unch year on the subject moment when

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a fountain pen,

Airways oficials had already . de-

AMERICAN AUTHOR PASSES AWAY

Providence, R.L., July 21.

the

the

to

elded that the plane could not wait The death has occurred of Mr. of uso debt was by no means, on thought they were likely to arrive to blame him for the Chinese defents injured but the Master of the junk, for Mrs. Dovey, when she arrived by Owen Wister, well-known American empty form of words. It was one at a conclusion satisfactory to both on the Hauchow and Anhwal fronts. Lee Shing, suffered the loss or spoil-

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United Pros which left the question off until the countries-British Wireless.

ing of 500 cases of Chinese crackers.)

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(Further Stop Press News on Page. 12.)