TELEGRAPH, THE HONGKONG
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 8,
1938
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.
Brief reports of the fighting are printed
the inconspicuously in
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 Kussian people are not scared threats, and that Stalinist youth ready at the first call of the
by
i
Farty and the Government to repulse the enemy,"
A London message on the Soviet- Munchukuo border Incidents sales that there is no tendency for alarm elreles London 111 well-informed
FUEL HAS BEEN ADDED to! the Czecho-Slovakinn minorities
DIPLOMATS MOVING IN EUROPE
Activity Discerned In Two Capitals
Home, Aug. 2.
The French Charge d'Affaires, M. Georges Blondel, has left for Paris, presumably to confer with M. Georges Bonnet, the Foreign Minister, re- gording the re-opening of the Franco- Italian conversations.
United Press.
AMERICANS CONFER
Prague, Aug. 2.
RADIO BROADCAST
E. Pellegatti ('Cello) And L. A. Lafford (Piano)
"NEW WORLD" SYMPHONY
Radio Programme Broadcast by z.B.W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. nnd 8-11 pan. on 1.52
second.
m.c's. per
6.00 Dance Music. Fox-Trots Admiration; Merry-
Duke Go-Round.
Ellington and His Orchestra; Slow Woltz-At The
Lord Perth, British Ambassador to Rome, has left for London for a two months' holiday, prior to which, it is understood, he will report to Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary Close Of A Long Long Day; Rumba Joc Loss Fox-Trot-Cuban Pete...
with vocal res and His Orchestra
ano and Whistling-Plano frain; Plano Medley No. 2; Intro:--Easter Parade; With every breath I take; His Ma- jesty the Baby; June in January; another; good time deserves One The big bnd wolf why dead. nald Gourley; Fox-Trot-Take My Heart; Waltz-Stars In My Eyes Americans deny there is
(From "The King Steps Out)..... political significance in the visit, dea- Maurice Winnick and His Orchestra pite the fact that its coineldes will with vocal retrain; One-Step-
dom-Alt La Marquise-Ah! Quickstep Like Bananas....Joe Lous and with vocal refrain: His Orchestra 1119
crisis by the entry of Father It is learned that the American Hlinka, leader of the Clerical Ambassador, Mr. C. S. Wilson, flies to Prague on Thursday to confer with Slovak People's Party, into the American Minister. the fight. He wants greater|| autonomy in Bratislavu.
CENSORS DISTORT DESPATCH
First Concrete Evidence
Face-Slapping Incident
Lord Runciman's arrival.-United Prcss.
10-
-Mam
Fox-Trots Sugar Rose; Sing Me A
Swing
Song.
Nat Gonella and n
NO PERMIT with vocal refrain by Nat
TO OCCUPY
BUILDING
Mr. Hugh Braga Pays Fine
Mr. Hugh Bragu, general works manager of the Hongkong Engineer-
Hawaiian Gultor Solo Waltzing To The Guitar-Medley..
Len Fills (1nwalian Guitar); Tango Con Canto The Tango of The "Mula": Waliz Con Canto-A
Garden of
Illusion.x-T Tipica Francisco Canare; Fox-Tro's
-You Don't Understand; Whoop
UP:
...Orquesta
Clarence Williams and His Washlard Band: Fox-Trot-1 am Playing Farewell To You; Waltz-I Have A Heart For Lovely Women..
Fred Stein (Plano Solo).
7.00 Some French Songs. Noel Patch (Silvestre and Masse-
ing and Cobstruction Company, Ltd. Enet)
Edmond Rambaud (Tenor)
MISHAP ON etual distortion and re-writing the Kowloon Magistracy to-dity on a du monde'): Le Lieutenant Souriant
FIRST LEG
OF FLIGHT
respecting the Russo-Japaness fa- Captain Hans Bertram
cidents.
Reuter's diplomatic correspondent stutes that this feeling is based on re- ports from Moscow and Tukya that
the incident not likely to lead to
discounted,
there 418 are
is 110 1 think noun. tendency at the menent such a course is neessaary-Reuter.
Circling Globe
Shanghai, Aug. 3.
of St. George's Building was, fined with Orchsten; Le Chant Du Maria. First concrete evidence of the $75 by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at (Film Sonore "Dans tous les ports of foreign correspondents' tele-summons which stated: (1) that he (Film Sonore-"La Turatata").... grams by the Japanese censors being the registered owner of Kuw- Adrien Lamy with Orchestra; Aupres was received in Reuter's Shangon Intand Lot 2857, sile No. 18, De Ma Blonde (Chant populaire de Homunii, permitted, on July 13. Pile-de-France); Le Pit Quinquin hai office yesterday. This was occupation of a new building erected (anchon dormoire-A shown by the receipt of a mes on the above mentioned Lot without scaux)....M. Jean Sorbler with Or- sage as despatched on July 7 having received from the Building chestra,
Authority from Reuter's Tsingtao corres such building and (2) that he failed
to supply adequate dratanger, pondent to Shanghai.
The message ran: "A Briton, Jock
written permit to occupy
Deseous-
7.15
Musical Comedy Selections. "The Desert Song" Selceljon {Romberg).
Orpheans t Savoy the Savoy Hotel, London; "Bitter Crighton, was stopped by a Japanese| Admitting the sunnnous on behalf Sweet" (Coward); Dear Littic Cafe: sentry for smoking a cigarelic on of Mr. Braga, Mr. M. W. Lo sald See You Again....Peggy Wood Hortus, Azurez, Aug. 2.
Commercial Whorf this morning. that Mr. Brage's architect forwarded and George Metaxa with Orchestra; Millionaire Kid-Selection The seaplane, Nordwind, which set Crighton extinguished the cigarette to the Building Authority the plush off to-day froin Port Washington and apologised, whereupon the sen- that they had made, but they were (Mayert)....New Mayfair Orchestra serious confilet, as I amounts only carrying Captain Huns Bertram on
returned to them. Technical altern- with vocal refrain; Crest Of The to frontier trouble.
The the first leg of an attempted recurdy slapped his face." was message
handed to tions made were not approved, but Wave" Selection (Ivor Novello, arr.
the architects did not inform Mr. C. Prentice)....!
Tho Drury Lanc Suggestions of pussible mediation breaking flight of the globe, rollided Reater's office in Shanghai on July 7
Orchestra conducted by with a yacht when landing here at after passing the censer, and ran as Braga of this and in consequence he Theatre
for us the word "apologised" but thought that the plans had been Charles Prentice, Mus., Bac. continued.
"whereupon the sentry lel approved.
7.43 There was no question of
Closing Local Stock Quota- The nose and a wing of the plane
the house having been badly bulit tons. were damaged, while the yacht's him
Hitherto the acts of censors have as a certificate permitting occupation 7.41 Loniton Relay-Pirates'. nast was smashed.
merely been traced to suppression of hnd since been issued. When it was A talk by Richard Hughes.
0.09 Time, Weather and Announce- Captain lims Bertram, a German the whole of telegrams or the cutting learned that drain connections had
the nut been made in the house in ques-ments, pilot of distinction, plans to travel out of certain passages. This
all use of such drains im- 8.03 Marek Weber's Orchestra and in 19 days by first recorded incident of actual in-ion,
different text by the mediately ecated.
Webster Booth (Tener). around the world
commercial planes (71 sertion of
"Tales Of Hoffmann"--Potpourri ordinary
censors.-fleuter.
Mr. J. Dobson of the Public Works (Offenbach) .Orchestra; The regular schedules.---Retter.
Department prosecuted.
Merry Widow"-Wallz (Lchar),... Orchestra:
Qunker "The
Girl" Waltz (Monckton); Sweetheart-
Orchestra: manager
(J. Hop Wallz,
and Webster Booth: contractor for works ១៧
Janet Lind
Banks
Of The Volga fnlund Lot No. 2527, Sai Yee Street, Along The
of Russian Waltzes- was fined $25 by Mr. Q. A. A. Mac (Fantasia
at the Kowloon Magistracy fadyen
Orchestra; "Land With- to-day on a summons stating that he out had commenced erecting two houses, Webster Booth with The Lindonel without permission from the Build Three; "Die Fledermaus"-Selection
(J. Strauss)....Orchestra. og Authority, on July 12.
The defendant WHM present In
Gibson spoke Court, but Mr. J. S. for him.
Public Indignation
Museow, Aug. 2. Although the fetal attitude over the Munchukuo bortter Tir described as being calm and collected, workers gathered at meeting halls to-day in the vortutis factories and voiced war-Eke Darvals,
Karelin The Frontier Guards f
resolution which read; passed a
The Red Army will give such lesson to the Japanese bandila that they will be unable to come near BS for a long time."
Similar indignation meetings were held in Leningrad and Kharkov factories United Preas,
King Wildly Welcomed To Boys' Camp
London, Aug. 2.
His Majesty the King landed on the
annual visit to the Boys' Camp,
Old Soldier Drowned
Out Sailing
Lt. Col. Sir Malcolm Murray Held Many High Posts
London, Aug. 2.
FRANCO-GERMAN
BUILT WITHOUT PERMIT
The
of Messrs.
Strauss)....
ECONOMIC PACT and Company, Fa, Yuen Street, This Year Of Theatre Land, 1936.
NOW ACHIEVED
Berlin, Aug. 2. A Franco-German economic arce ment has been signed, extending the convention to Austria, and lowering the rates of interest on the French scetions of the Dawes and Young loans, the difference being used for amortisation.
Several minor matters have been
Kowloon
wem Bottes Medley (O. Straus)....
8.45 Sadlo-A Recital by Eltore Pellegatti ('Cello) and Lindsay A Lanard (Piano).
1. Sonato (Ch. Spowini); Largo; Mr. Gibson said that he applied for Allegro Spiritoso; Grave; Minuetto a permit for the defendant but had 2 Lamento Di Un Trovatore (A arranged, which included unblockinnot received it. One day when he Marion); 3. Scane De Carnaval; 1. Sir Malcolm Murray, 71-year-old French assets in Germany, and Ger- was out of his office the defendant Arlequin; 2. Pourquoi7; 3. Conte. Comptroller of the Household of the many's economic relations with the
telephoned enquiring about the per- 9.15 Soprano And Baritone Ballads Duke of Connaught, was drowned in French colonies.—Reuter,
nit and was told by somebody in The Shepherd Boy's Song (Pep- Virginia Water when he overbalanced
the office that everything was al-per); A Song For You And Me while sailing a boat.-Reuter.
right. He therefore went on with (Rizzi).....Peter Dawson (Boss the work on the house.
Mr. J. Dobson of the Public Works Department prosecuted.
Lieut.-Col. Sir Malcolm Murray, G.C.V.D., K.C.V.D., CH, CLE, C.V.O., hos
beach at Southwold to-day in his been Comptroller of the Household rowing boat in order to pay his of the Duke of Connaught since where 400 youths, half of them from 1906. He was Equerry to the Duke public schools, and helt from factor of Commught in 1904, and he served In the South African Way. He was ios, ure the guests of the monarch.
This is the first time for many ADC. to the General Officer Com
troops in Multa from manding the come years that a Sovereign
hans
LORD RUNCIMAN LEAVES FOR PRAGUE
NATIONS TO FIND HOME FOR REFUGEES
London, Aug. 2. The inter-governmental committee Lindy Runciman, and Mr. which, it was decided, should as- Pelo. Questioned hy semble in London to resume efforts
mis- Journalists on his 'independent
Baritone); My Dearest Heart (Sul- livan); A Summer Night (Marzlais and Goring Thomas)....Doris Vane (Soprano) with Piano; 'Cello Obbli- gnto.
0.30 London clay-Tho News. 9.50 Dvorak-Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 95, "The New World"). Played by The Royal Albert Hall Orchestra conducted by Sir Landon' Ronald.
10.30 Organ and Choral Music. The Heavens Are Teling ("The
London, Aug. 2. 1901 to 1902, and occupied a similar Lord Ramelman left London for ashore In England in such a manner position to the G.O.C. of the forces in Prague this afternoon accompanied
Most of the boys were swimming in the sea when the King, attired in Ireland from 1902 to 1904. He was by grey shorts and an open nee shirt, niso A..c. to the Inspector-General Geoffrey Jumped ashore. They gave him of Forees from 1804 to 1900.
Durlux the European War he son of investigation and mediation in with which the Evian miceling was Creation"-Haydn)....The Choir of tremendous welcome-Reuter.
Germany served as a Stail Officer, and from the Sudeten question Lord Runciman concerned-namely to find new homes Temple Church, London Organist and
for refugees from
and Director of Choir-G. Thalben Ball); The 1920 to 1937 he was Deputy Rangers reported to have declared his Austria will meet in the London The Holy, City (Adams)
conducted by of Windsor Great Park.
optimism, observing "It is no use
Locarno Room at the Foreign Omec Kentucky Minstrels He married Lady Hilda Finch, who going into a job like this unless you to-morrow under the presidency Leslie Woodgate, Reginald Foort at Dunean; died in 1931, in 1890; and there la are cheerful"-British Wireless.
Lord Winterton, leader of the British the Organ; Sololst-Jolin members of the committee. Many of Evening Song (Bairstow): La Nult the representatives of 32
(Elert)....Harry Goss-Custard (Or- other. nations who will attend, arrived 1 genist of the Cathedral) Played on the Organ of Liverpool Cathedral: London to-day-British Wiriess.
Andanting In D Flat (Lemare); Traumerci (Reverie Schumann) .. Edwin H. Lemare (Organ Solo). 11,00 Close Down.
PRESSURE
: RELIEVED
London, Aug. 2. The Exchange Telegraph corres- pondent at Madrid reports that he Loyalists successfully carried out an offensive un the Teruel frost, relicy- 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 Italian volunteers
one son.
CANAL COMPANY CONTRIBUTES TO NEW ROAD
Cairo, Aug. 2.
MANILA SHARES
The following quotations were re- ceived after the close of the morning | session, through Reuters:
Antamok Atok
Dale Gold Benguet Consolidated Coco Grove,
It is reported that the Suez Canal Company has agreed to contribute 300,000 Egyptian pounds towards the Censoldated Mines
Demonstration
cost of constructing a new milltary X... rond from Port Said to Suez.
Paracate Cum San Mauricio
Business Done Prices in Pesos Aur. 2. Aug. 3.
30%
RESIGNS GOVERNORSUIT THROUGH ILL-HEALTH
London, Aug. 2,
who Sir Herbert Emerson,
at BERLIN FAREWELL
present is on leave, will be unable,
for reasons of health, to return to TO CHINA ENVOY
20
Lng.
Unq.
11.00
11.00
42
42
1105
0045
1
20
Ung,
ny.
Und. Ung.
of Governor of the Punjab, to which
he had been reappointed for a fur-
403
& Fritz report on this morning's
India in October to resume the post
ther period of two years.
The King has accordingly approved
Berlin, Aug. 3. Practically the whole of the Chi- nese colony in Berlin, and represon-
The estimated total cost of the rood, Huyod In Spain during the Insurgent ad- which is one of the four stipulated in untied Paracale.... vance between Teruel and Barraces the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, will be
The following is Swan, Culbertson that Sir Henry Duffield Craik, who latives of the German ministries, from July 18 to July 24, are stated 440,000 Egyptian pounds.
is at present Governor of the Punjab, onde farewell to Mr. Tion Fong- during Sir Herbert Emerson's leave, cheng, former Chinese Ambassador to bo.27 officers and 200 men killed. Tho road will run through Kantara markot:
should continuo (10 Prlees were off he to 1340 in
Governor for to Berlin, when he departed for and 140 officers and 1.473 men and will entail the construction of wounded--Reuter Special.
this further period-Dritish Wireless, Copenhagan to-day-Router: four bridges.Reuter Special. quiet scaelon.
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