THE HONGKONG TELEGIAPH,
Soviet Expects Japanese "To Climb Down
NOT ALARMED
BY STORIES
OF CLASHES
But
To
People Prepared Meet Aggression
Moscow, Aug. 3.
The border fighting between the Russian and Japanese troops has not disturbed the calm of the Soviet capital, and the affair is regarded here merely as another local incident which causes bad blood, but which will blow over.
It is pointed out that Russia is not prepared for war, and she believes Japan is bluffing and will climb down if Russia makes clear her determination not to yield.
fighting are printed Brief reports of the
in inconspicuously
the
newspapers, which studiously avoid comment, but the general sentiments of the public and the country's pre- paredness are summed up in the resolutions adopted at factory meetings yesterday, which was observed as "Anti-War Day."
One resolution declares: "Let the Japanese Samural remember that the Russian people are not scared by threats, and that Stalinist ready at the first eall of the and the Government to repulse the enemy.
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Parly
A London message on the Soviet- Incidents alates Manchukuo burder that there is no tendency for alarm J well-informed respecting the cidents.
London
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DIPLOMATS MOVING IN EUROPE
Activity Discerned In Two. Capitals
1
Ronic, Aug. 2.
The French Charge d'Affaires, M. Georges Blendel, has left for Paris, presumably to confer with M. Georges Bonnet, the Foreign Minister, re- garding the re-opening of the Franco- Italian conversations.
Lord Perth, British Ambassador to Rome, has left for London for 'n two mantha holiday, prior to which, It is understood, he will report to Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary- United PreH3.
AMERICANS CONFER
Prague, Aug. 2, It is learned that the American
FUEL HAS BEEN ADDED to the Czecho-Slovakian minorities crisis by the entry of Father Ambassador, Mr. C. S. Wilson, flies Hlinka, leader of the Clerical to Prague on Thursday to confer with Slovak People's Party. autonomy in Bratislava.
the fight,
into the American Minister,
Americans
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E. Pellegatti ('Cello) And L. A. Lafford (Piano)
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12.30 Lesito Hutchinson Piano.
Once In A While
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12.40 London Plane-Accordeon
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deny there He wants grenier political significance in the visit, des- | Carr); Don't Dingle Dangle On The
pite the fact that its coincides with Lord Runciman's arrival.-United Press.
CENSORS DISTORT DESPATCH
First Concrete Evidence
Face-Slapping Incident
Shanghai, Aug. 3.
First concrate evidence of the
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1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather and Announcements,
poser
BRITISH MISSION TO
to
1.40 Mozart Symphony No. 34 In C (K. 338).
Played by the Royal Philharmonic
MISHAP ON actual distortion and re-writing PORTUGAL WORKS ON Orchestra conducted by Si: Thomas
FIRST LEG OF FLIGHT
of foreign correspondents' telo. grams by the Japanese censors was received in Reuter's Shang-
Beecham.
Ellington
2.15 Close Down. London, Aug. 2.
0.00 Danco Music. Admiral Wodehouse, head of the
Fox-Trots Admiration; Merry- und hai office yesterday. This was British Military Mission which has
been for some line in Portugal is Go-Round....Duke shown by the receipt of a mes-expected to return to Lion in the Ilis Orchestru: Slow Wallz-At The
July 7 near future.
Joe Part of the mission, Close Of A Long Long Day: Rumba LORS sage as despatched on
with vocal re- from Reuter Tsingtao corres-with Colonel Daly at the head, how- Fox-Trot-Cubna Pete.
Whistling-Plano ever, remains in Portugal, and it is and His Orchestra pondent to Shanghai. Russo-Japanese
The message ran: "A Briten, Jock understood the work of the mission frain; Piano and
With
breath
I take: His Mo- every Crighton, was stopped by a Japaneses not terminated.--British Wireless. Medley No. 2; Intro:-Easter Farnde; Jesty the Baby; June in January: sentry for smoking a cigarette on
One good time deserves another; Commercini Wharf this morning.
.Ro- The big bad wolf was dead,
in Captain Hans Bertram
Circling Globe
Reuter's diplonantie correspondent states that this feeling is based on re- ports from Moscow and Tokyu that the incident is not ikely to lead to serious conflict, It amounts only to frontier trouble.
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The mesutige was banded
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ISSUED
London, Aug. 2.
Hald
The seaplane, Nordwind, which set Crighton extinguished the cigarette EXCHEQUER RETURNS off 16-day from Port Washington
nald Gourley; Fox-Trot-Take My and apologized, whereupon the sen-
Heart; Waltz-Stars In My Eyes Crying Captain Hans Bertram try slapped his face."
(From The King Steps Out'). the first leg of an attempted record-
Maurice Winnick and His Orchestra Suggestions of possible mediation breaking flight of the globe, collided Reuter's office in Shanghai on July 7
with vocal refrain: One-Step-Mo“ there is with a yacht when landing here at after passing the censor, and ran as Exchequer returns show that the discounted, as
dam-Ahl La Marquise-Ah! Quickstep far as the word "apologised" but total ordinary revenue was £100,-
Joe Loss und 10 theak noon.
-I Like Bananas. tendency at the moment
His Orchestra with vocal refrain; such a course is necessary-Reuter.
The nose and a wing of the plane continued: "whereupon the sentry let 078.770 against £190,547,625 a year The total expenditure, less self- were damaged, while the vacht's him go."
Hitherto the acts of censors have
Song Swing
Nat Gonella and His merely been traced to suppression of balancing items was £319.186.724 Fox-Trots-Sugar Rose: Sing Me A Captain Hans Bertram, a Gennan the whole of telegrams or the cutting against £281,919,830-British Wire-Georgians with vocal refrain by Nat
Gonella; Hawalian Guitar Solo- Waltzing To The Guitar-Medley..
(Hawaiian Len Fillis
Guitar); Canto The Tango Tango Con The "Mula's Waltz Con Canto-A Aun. 2.
Garden or filusion.....Orquesta Tipica Francisco Canaro; Fox-Trols Don't Understand; Whoop It and His Up....Clarence Williams Washboard Band; Fox-Troll am
Public Indignation
Moscow, Aug. 2 Although the offietat attitude over the Manchukuo borde offerin
is plot of distinction, plans to travel out of certain passages. This is the days by first recorded incident of actual in- described as being calm and culiceted, around the world
commercial planes
sertion of a different text by the workers gathered at meeting hatis ordinary
consurs.-Router. to-day in the various factories and regular schedules-Reuter. voiced war-ilke threats,
1
Karelia read:
such
t
The Frontier Guards at passed resolution which
The Red Army will give lesson to the Japanese oandits that they will be unable to conte near us
for a lour time,"
Similar indignation meetings were
held in Leningrad
and Kharkov
faclories. United Press.
King Wildly Welcomed To Boys' Camp
London, Aug. 2.
IIis Majesty the King landed on the
in 12
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FRANCO-GERMAN Parts Old Soldier
Drowned
Out Sailing
Lt. Col. Sir Malcolm Murray Held Many
High Posts
London, Aug. 2.
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Brussels. ment has been signed, extending the convention to Austria, and lowering New York. the rates of interest on the French Montreal sections of the Dawes und Young leans, the difference being used fu Vienna amortisation.
Lisbon Madrid. Several minor matters have been Hongkong Sir Malcolm Murray, 71-year-old arranged, which include unblocking Shanghal Eambay Comptroller of the Household of the French assets in Germany, and Ger- Bomba Duke of Connaught, was drowned in many's economic relations with the Yokohama. Virginia
Water when he overbalanced French colonies.-Reuter, while sailing a boat. Reuter.
Lieut. Col. Sir Malcolm Murray, .C.V.D., K.C..., C., C.LE., e.v.o., has
bench at Southwold to-day in a been Comptroller of the Household LORD RUNCIMAN Rio de Janeiro..2.27/32
Duke
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of Connaught
since
LEAVES FOR PRAGUE
pay his of the rowing boat in order
annual visit to The Boys' Camp, 1908. He was querry to the Duke where 100 youths, half of them from of Connaught
ught in 1904, and he served public schools, and half from factor-In the South African War. He was les, are the guests of the monarch.
the General Officer Com- This
A..c. to the the first time for many manding the troops in Malta from
London, Aug. 2. years that a Sovereign
come 1901 to 1902, and occupied a similar Lord Runciman left London for ashore in England in such a manner position to the G.O.C. of the forces in Prague this afternoun
Recompanied Most of the boys were swimming refund from 1912 to 1904. He was
Lady in the act when the King, attired in
is
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Runciman,
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1/2 7.16 Musical Comedy Selections.
The
Song Selection Desert
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7.43
Closing Local Stock Quoin-
Crey shorts and an open neck shirt, also A.D.C. to the Inspector-Gener|Geogis on his independent mis- which, t. was decided, should s
jumped ushare. They gave him a tremendous welcome.-euter,
PRESSURE RELIEVED
London, Aug. 2. The Exchange Telegraph corres- pondent at Madrid reports that the Loyalists muccessfully carried out an allensive on the Teruel front, rellev ing the Insurgent pressure south-east of Teruel and also on the Teruel- Sagunto road.--United Press.
HEAVY CASUALTIES AMONG ITALIANS
Rome, Aug. 2. Casualties among Italiani volunteers
of Forces from 1994 to 1900.
Was
tions.
7.41
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1027 --British Wireless,
NATIONS TO FIND HOME,
FOR REFUGEES
London, Aug. 2.
London Relay-Thrates', Questioned by The inter-governmental commitice
talk by Richard Hughes. 0.00 Time, Weather and Announce- During the European War hesion of investigation and mediation in semble in London to resume efforts
ments. served as a Staff Oleer, and from the Sudeten question Lord Runciman with which the Evian meeting
8.03 Marek Weber's Orchestra and 1920 to 1937 he was Deputy Ranger is reported to have declared his concerned-namely to find new homes of Windsor Great Park.
optimism, observing: "It is no use for refugees from Germany and Webster Booth
London
Tales Of --Potpourri He married Lady Hilda Finch, who going into a job like this unless you Austria-yill meet in the
Orchestra; The Locarno Iloom at the Foreign Office (Offenbach) died in 1931, in 1808; and there is are cheerful"-British Wireless.
to-morrow under the presideney of Merry Widow"-Waltz (Lehar) one son.
Quaker Lord Winterton, leader of the British Orchestra: "The members of the committer. Many of Waltz (Monckion); the representatives of 32 other Waltz (3. Strauss).....Orchestra; The following quotations were re-nations who will attend, arrived in This Year Of Theatre Land, 1938,
Janet Lind and Webster Booth; Along The Banks Of The Volga ceived after the close of the morning London to-day-British Wirless,
(Fantasia
Waltzes ression through Reuters:
of Russian Borchert)...Orchestra; "Land With- out Music Mediloy (O. Straus), Webster Booth with The Lindonel Three: "Die Fledermaun" Selection (J. Strauss),...Orchestra,
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In Spain during the Insurgent nd-which is one of the four atipulated In United Parnesie .... vance between Teruel and Borraças the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, will bo The following is Swan, Culbertson
this & Fritz" report on from July 13 to July 24, are stated 445,000 Egyption pounds.
to be 27 offlecra, and 203 men killed, The road will run through Kantara | market; and 140 ofccra and 1,473 men | and, will entail the construction of wounded. Reuter Special,
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RESIGNS GOVERNORSHIP THROUGH ILL-HEALTHI
nt
London, Aug. 2.
who Sir Herbert Emerson, present is on leave, will be unable, for reasons of health, to return to India in October to resume the post of Governor of the Punjab, to which he had been reappointed for a fur- ther period of two years.
The King has accordingly approved that Sir Henry Duffold Craik, who ant present Governor of the Punjab, during Sir Herbert Emerson's leave, a should continuic as Governor for this further period,British Wireless.
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8.43 Sudio-A Rectal by Etore Pellegatti (Cello) and Lindsay A Lafford (Plano).
1. Sonnta(Ch. Spowini): Largo: Allegro Spiritoso; Grave: Minuctio; (A. Lamento Di Un Trovatore Marian); 3. Scene De Carnaval; 1. Arlequin; 2. Pourquoi?; 3. Conte.
6.15 Soprano And Baritone Ballads, The Shepherd Boy's Song (Pep- per): A Song For You And Me (Continued on Page 11.).
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