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CHINESE WOUNDED SEIZED

Japanese Foar Of Guerillas Said

To Be Excuse

Shonghal, Aug, 0.

According to a report Just received, i

CON MAN NETS £27,000

A WEALTHY Frenchman visiting London has been the victim of the most amazing confidence trick for years.

Ho parted with £27,000 in

AUGUST 5, 1938.

STOP PRESS

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the Japanese on July 30 mounted bank notes and despite an inter-are based on a brond view of the situation, materialise depends on the machine guns of the four corners of sive search by the police of two attitude of the Soviet Government." the British Church Missionary countries the confidence man is Society Hospital in Hongehow, still free.

forelbly entered the hospital and re-{ The robbery toolt place when the moved 103 Chinese soldiers wounded Frenchman handed over the money during the Hangehow hostilitles. A to show his good faith in connection written agreement had previously with the distribution of a been given by the Japanese to allow amount of money which the "con

man said he hnd won in a sweep-| the hospital to intern wounded for stake and wished to give to charity.

the duration of the war.

The Union Jack was fluttering above the hospital when the Japanese party, constating of military police the and consular officinis, entered premises and removed 103 out of 200 wounded Chinese soldiers.

The Superintendent of the hospital and Bishop John Curtis, argued for six hours in a fruitless effort to keep the Chinese soldlers, who were driven away to the old Chinese military prison.

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The Frenchman, who has now returned home to Paris, cannot speak English.

He met the trickster in a West End restaurant inrgely patronised by foreign visitors.

CHARITY REQUEST

Another message from Tokyo says that mutual "face-saving" proposals for a settlement of the border dis- pute at Changkufeng were advanced yesterday during an Interview be-

and Mr. Shigemilan Litvinoff, it is learned from a reliable tween source.

M.

The proposals were, it is under- slood, that Japan should withdraw the from the disputed territory on

do understanding that the Soviets not reoccupy it, and also that the neutral zone thus formed, will re- main until a commission is constitui- ed to re-demarente

It is belleved that the man for whom the

LAD police are searching Reuter. showed his victim a specially faked newspaper cutting Including his ple- ture, stating that he had won a big sweepstnice.

the frontler.

Ambassador Off To Shanghai

ite told a glib story of how. being a rich man, ho did not want the money and would like to give

charlties. It to

As he Dishop Curtis is lodging a protest

WAS leaving the country he with the British consulate in Shang-

wanted to find an honest man bal, as the Japanese action is

to distribute it for him. violation of the written freement

The Frenchman met the trickster between the Japanse and hospital the next night and handed over the

His Excellency the British Am- the authorities, whereby

left the re-bassador to

Archibald Chinu, Sir Chinese soldiers would be allowed to money. The trickster renin in the hospital for the dura-that each of them could trust one by the Einpress of Asia early

with the money to prove Kerr Clark Kerr, left for Shanghai staurant

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wounded

Interview with Neuler. Bishop Curtis said the most probable

reason for the Japanese aeflon was the fear of an outbreak of guerilla

another."

He did not retara.

activities on August 13, which is the ROOSEVELT HAS TOO

anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities Shanghat, and ค anxiety lest able-bodied men escaped from

the hospital to join their Conrades in the vicinity of Hang- chow. He declared that there was no question of the Japanese wishing to harm the men, as it is purely a matter of military necessity-Reuter.

Submarines Reinforce Island Base

French War Fleet Arrive

In Paracels

MUCH POWER

New York. President Roosevelt and his objec- tives remain popular throughout the country but the people dislike his methods, his advisers and associates and feel that he has too much power, says a quarterly survey by Fortune Magazine.

In addition to these observations, the magazine says is analysis of cross-section of public opinion dis- closed:

That without giving the President more power, the nation hopes that the next Congress will work more closely with him.

That although the New Deal rom- mits the country to federal centraliza-

tion, States' rights linger on

That the depression has marched on, reached every class and place; but better times may come soon.

That virtually no one belleves that A fleet of seven French submarines

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the improve arrived in the Paracel Islands from Wage French Indo-China yesterday to re-economie situation.

That the nation oppuses govern- inforce the naval units there, it is reported by local

press ment ownership of railroads.

That the Chinese-Japanese war is despatches trom Kwongchowan.

shocking than Germany'n The action is generally regarded as more

Chinese

a precautionary move again Japan- seizure of Austria and that the nation

ese interference. "

Last Tuesday three Japanese vessels from Lum Island, in the Paracels, penetrated the defence line of the French navy on the pretext of visiting Korean fishermen in the; islands. However, the vessela were finally halted by the French naval commander, who allegedly made it. clear to the Japanese that French vessels would open fire should they proceed further.

Chinesc de patches report that? there arc now three Japancie destroyers,

four cruiser and One aubmarines occupying Lum Island with 300 bluejackets.

Millary establishments in Kwang- chowan have been considerably strengthened in the past few weeks, Including the installation of several bist uns in strategic areas. It is reported.

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