1938-08-05 — Page 15

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY, 1988.

Floods May Halt Japan's Drive on Hankow

CAPTURED CITIES

INUNDATED WHEN

DYKES COLLAPSE

Invaders May Be Forced To Retire To Anking Or Push Into Mountains To North

Shanghai, Aug. 5.

Threatening to bring the Japanese drive on Hankow along the north bank of the Yangtse to a complete standstill, the flood waters of the Yangtse are rapidly a large area spreading, and have already inundated north of Kiukiang, including the towns of Hwangmei, Susung and Taihu near the Anhwei-Hupeh border.

It is believed that the Japanese in this region will either have to fall back to Anking, or strike northwards area lying in an endeavour to reach the mountainous north of Taihu.

When questioned on the subject, a Japanese naval spokesman said: "We have information that the dykes for a distance of 80 kilometres have been broken, seven miles up river from Kiukiang-Reuter,

Fighting Resumed

Nanchang, NUR S

With their westward drive on the Rivet 18 or

Yaugise north bank checked by floor the Japanese forers have resumed their offensive at the. Kiuklang setor.

Bitter lighting broke out again at 17 Shamaushan and Shaho, ubout kilometres south of Kinklang yeslet - day, when 3,000 Japanese fantry,

netilley, supported by

attack on the Chinese positions,

The Invaders were repelled.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

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QUOTATIONS

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hundred Japanese vanguardis, who, enese e Gold Hands, daringly forced their way to the

4 by 76 Annie- Shado railway station, were routed

French Lond, ... with about 70 killed and one officer

Chinese 5 Crisp Loun, alive. Ten

Japanese 1912 captured

una Chinene Reorg Loan, machine-guns and sub-machine guna 03 (1dh, Is. were seized by the Chinese, Over Chineno 100 and 400 casualties were inflicted respectively on the Japanese right and left wings, comprising some 2,000 and 1,000 men.

Reinforcements

Sent

Japanese reinforcements are belag despatched to the Shaho front ani Chinese peasants are being forced by the Japanese to build a road linking Kiukiong and Shaho to facilitate troop movements.

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British Royal Princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret Rose recently wore their uniforms for the first time as members of Buckingham Palace troop of Girl Guides. They are shown at Windsor Castle re- viewing other Guides. Left to right: Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood; the Princesses; Queen Elizabeth: King George and Queen Mother Mary.

GUARDS DISCIPLINE TO BE TIGHTENED

Troopers' Case Questions in House

STRONG measures are expected to be adopted to tighten up discipline at the Royal Horse Guards barracks in Whitehall following the conviction of three troopers at the Old Bailey recently for an offence against a young girl.

It is anticipated that questions will be asked in the House of Commons arising out of disclosures made at the trial that some of the troopers of the King's Guard stand in the yard of the bar racks while off duty and freely converse with girls.

One question will probably be: How is it possible for a young girl to be smuggled into the barracks-actually into the sleeping quarters without the knowledge of superior officers?

Victor Lloyd Pullin, aged 29, a trooper in the Royal Horse Guards, was found guilty of an attempt to commit a serious offence against the girl and was sentenced to 22 months' hard] labour.

her to a condition of misery and despair in which one would havo thought every Englishman, nad cei tamly every English soldier, would 1have been anxious to help and pro-

tect her,

It was only because of the men's good characters and because they were young that the sentence, WOS

not mure severe,

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I'll In the witness-box hnd denied the charge against him.

The girl, who is under 15 years of Tige, had twice gone into the witness- box to desertbe what happened when: she was left alone with Pullin In the stables at Whitehall, and when she was with Reeves and Thomus In the barruck-room,

"FLIRTATION"

In his summing-up, Mr. Justice du- Parcq, referring to the use of lipstick "I do not know by the girl, said: that the use of these things is quite such a remarkable phenomenon now Passing sentence on Thomas and Reeves, Mr. Justice du Parcq said he as it was when I was a younger man found it impossible to make any dis- and some of you were younger.

There Enction between their cases. was much he could say which he re- frained from saying.

"But 1 am bound to say this," he

I went on, "I have seldom heard of a

His two companions, David Evan more horrible case of this horrible! Tlamas, aged 22, and Henry Richard offence."

Reeves, aged 28, had already been | GIRL'S MISERY

The verdict meant that the accused

"It is, perhaps, not very usual In a girl of 15. Some of you probably know as much or more than I do about that.

"I suppose a good many girls are.

Even

quite prepared for a flirtation.

girls as young as this one, if they ure precocious, are sometimes pre-

unhappy word--love- ing and abetting. They were each went into the barrack-room with the Pared to go a certain way in-it I sentenced to four years' penal ser- girl, who had gone through an ex- may use an

perience which must have reduced making, or pretended love-making."

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serious damage, however, was dune chartered Bank of LA.

C to the Chinese positions.

Shal Banking Corp. (Lda. Reg.) Throughout yesterday Japanese alr~ 1.K. & Shat Banking craft bombed Trenchlection, Chichun, Corp (Co). Reg.) ....

Engineering Weiyuankow, Matanchen and other Chinese

Mining beater)

points along the north and south chosen Corporatiun banks of the Yangtse above Khakiang. Pekin Syndicate Several shells landing in the river destroyed many junks and their

rews. Central Neina,

&

Remarkably Small Losses

Pelping, Aug. 5. An official spokesman announced that in the course of a mopping-up Gula Kalumpeng Rubber

Allied Ironfounders

operation in enst Shanst and south Asoc. & Elec. Industries Shansi, 3,500 Chinese, belonging to Austin Motors, ord. the 46th and 47th Division, were Cable & Wireless, New

Form, ord. routed, leaving 250 dend, while six British-American Tobacco prisoners were taken.

(bearer) Cammell Laird, ord. Mexican Engle

The Japanese losses were eight, Additionally, Istehsien was De-Courtaulda.

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three Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Bristol Aeroplate Imperial Chemient Indun.

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cupied on the evening of August 1,

following the defeat of 000 irregulars General Elec. (England)

who left 220 dead.

The Japanese losses

killed and 27 wounded.

20/-

South of Chislili, 400 Shonsi troops Imperial Tobacco

50/9 Jeft 50 dead Marks & Spencer "A" were routed. They

and 20 were taken prisoner.

In this engagemalt there were no

Japanese casuallles--United Press.

STOWAWAY

NEEDS JOB

Frank Dollor, 31,

Rolls Royca

Leyland Motora

Tate & Lyle

Turner & Nevrall

United Steal

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Armstrong Stevens, ord.

Presscd Steel, com.

Vickers, ord.

Woolworthin

Anglo-Dutch

* Rubber Plantation, Invest.

Trust

Burma Corporation

Commonwealth Mining

Maraman Investments

ancmployed, Randfontein Estates

who claimed to be an Amurican, was Western Holdings .... charged before Mr. R. Edwards at Sub-Niger the Central Magistracy this morning Gold Mining

with leaving the House of Detention Durmah

Anglo-Iranion

(bearer)

with permission for a limited period Shell Trane. & Trad. of time and failing to return at the.

expiration of such time.

Detective-Sergeant P. J. Loughlin

sald thint the defendant was charged

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as a stowaway in March and was GERMAN RESCUED

convleted. The defendant would

be sent to Shanghai in three or four days, and the prosecuting officer asked the not to impose an im- prisonment term.

Court.

FROM BANDITS

Peiping, Aug. 5. Defendant told the Court that he The Japanese special military had been looking around for a job, inission anounced yesterday int and that he squid noi paszibly get viiingors had rescued an unidentified any employment in Shanghai.

German from bandita near Tanng- Hls Worship re-committed the chow, Bouth of Tientsin.United datendant to the House of Belention, Prest.

CONVICTS RIOT AT PARKHURST

Kept Secret

THE "SUNDAY DISPATCH" IS ABLE TO REVEAL THAT SERIOUS RIOTING HAS TAKEN PLACE IN PARKHURST PRISON, ISLE OF WIGHT.

FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS A BAND OF CONVICTS BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN THE TOP OF THE PRISON HOSPITAL WING, SCREAMING, AND FURNITURE, AND BREAKING WINDOWS

DEFYING WARDERS AND THE GOVERNOR, COM- MANDER FOSTER.

enter.

DEFIANCE

One warder was injured and| hundreds of pounds of damage By the time warders had arrived they find barricaded the doors of the done by the berserk convicts.

ward with furniture and beds and The rioting which has been resisted all the warders efforts to kept a close secret by the Far three hours the fight went on. authorities, took place more than a fortnight ago, and was to the worst outbreak since the Dartmoor mutiny of 1932.

The troubic began on the morning

of June # in the hospital ward

Commander Foster urged the men

surrender.

Their reply was they would burn down the prison rather than glvo themselves up.

most of

It is believed that the three ring- the leaders, who caused damage, have been punished, but no olher action is being taken against them.

The three leaders, two

of them

"lifers," are among

the most des-

perate convicts in the prison. It is

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Convicts are allowed wages under the new scheme, but when in hospital they neither carn money nor get tobacco.

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Officer Fairweather, realising what was happening, managed to throw to

In these difficult times of anxiety

the keys through the third-floor strengthened in all parts of the and worry, the task of carrying on window inte the courtyard,

During a struggle with the men

prison.

Finally, when things began to took ho received arm and hand injuries desperate, the maddened convicts but he managed to escape from the frenzy began to die down. ward and at once raise the alarm. Commander Foster again invited The convicts, realising their at- them to come out, and after con- tempt to get the keys had falled, sulting among themselves they agreed went berserk.

to surrender.

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