1938-08-11 — Page 19

AIR RAID

ALARMS

KULING'S

POSITION

IN CANTON | PRECARIOUS

Outlying Districts Bombed

Canton, Aug. 11, Two air raid alarms were sounded this morning.

The first alarm sent people acurrying to shelter, at 6.30 am, but heavy rain held out well-founded hopes that the Japanese Folders would not appear.

The weather was Just commencing to clear when the second alarm was sounded at 8.35 a.m. So far no bombers have appeared.-United Presti

..

Many Foreigners In War Zone City

(Special to "Tulograph”)

(By Courier from Teban)

Nanchang, Aug. 10. Railways have long since ceased to operate between Nanchang and Klukiang, and from Tchun 1 was forced to hitch-hike my way To the

war zone,

THE HONGKONG

Brutally Beat, Tied, Starved Young Girl

Junk Woman Sont To Prison

TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1938.

CHINESE

AIRMEN

SCORE

Hits Registered On Japanese Ships

Hankow, Aug. 11. The Chinese air force singed two

Stated to have been severely benten with a piece of firewood about un Inch thick, and led up for two days raids on Japanese warships in the without any

food, a girl, Fung Yangtse River yesterday. The first roid was carried out in the afternoon Yuet-ho, 13, appeared before Mr. Butters at the Central Magistracy by an undisclosed number of planes this morning, when a widow, Lam on six large and 10 medium-sized Yung, 40, was charged with assault-Japanese vessels between Matang and Ing her on board a junk at Shauid-Hukow. Power-diving, the machines wan harbour,

Columns of released their bombs. black smoke rose sky-high from two

of the vessels.

Over 10 Japanese planes flew up to challenge the ralders. The Chinese pirinen, having case.

completed their mission, returned

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A postat truck, carrying mail and cases of tinned milk, gave me a lift to Telion. We travelled through Mr. H. W. Fraser, Inspector of hilly and mountainous country, re-mul-tsal, said that the girl's mother miniscent of the Missouri terrah-in was rowing pust Lam's boat on Mon- America, except that the hillsides day when she coins alongside er were corrugated with puddi-helds.

to her. the ne Junk, the mother found her daughter bound hands and feet with a length of rope, and with her arms and lets second raid on a fleet of 13 Japanese Symphony Orch.; The Herd Girl' covered with a mass of bruises and blisters, which the girl alleged nd been caused by Lam beating her the day before.

OUTLYING DISTRICTS BOMBED

Canton, Aug. 11.

Even under the desultory Japanese Japanese planes visited outlying artillery #re, the Chinese peasants districts of this city this morning and are busy harvesting their inatured 16 bombed Pakong, on the Canton-rice, trying to save ng much us they can of their crop before the Japanese Kowloon rallway.

For actually averrun their fields Six other planes headed for Sam-tunately, the Japanese planes have chul.

not yet visited this area.

I arrived in Tehun after a five- One machine was reported over hour trip and found the city twenty Sheklung-Reuter.

miles behind the battle-front. The city walls and the railway station are PLANES OVER NANCHANG

in ruins, and the railway tracks have Nanchang, Aug 11.

been torn up by the Chinese. I slept at the British mission, deserted ex- Four Japanese planes circled over Nanchang this morning without drepcept for a caretaker and a lonely

fox-terrier dog. ping bombs,

the

P.M.G. Takes

Shortly afterwards, another squa- dron of Chinese bombers singed a warships in

vicinity Tons of high explosives were unload- of Hukow.

et. Inflicting heavy damage. The Japanese opened terrifle, anti-aircraft It seemed that on Sunday, Lamfire without effect-Central News, had asked the girl to row some paS ~ sengers ashore. which the girl did, but she forgot to collect the fure, and bu her return to the junk was fhrashed by Lam, and fled up until he was discovered by her mother. During that time, she was not given

and

on being taken to lice station, was in condition. The girl had been sold by her mother to Lam for $110 when she was 10-years-old, as Lam's prospec-1. Wydon, was the complaint tive daughter-in-law. Inap.

In the case against Au Kit, 42, submitted a medical report of the girl's Injuries for the Magistrate's shroff, employed at the General Post Omice, charged with fraudulent dis- before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning.

any

food

The missionaries are at present at State Bolten

very were

The Chinese headquarter: bombed yesterday, but the Japanese were not able to score direct hits on their objectives.

General L 1an-yuan, the well known Contonese feader, says that the Japanese planes are practically useless now that the Chinese forces are in the mountainous terrain. through which the Jupanese will have to advance from United Press,

now

onwards

RUSSO-JAPANESE TRUCE SIGNED

(Continued from Pape 1.)

shelling on both sides ceased during the afternoon.

The attack ceased suddenly at 6.30 p.m., and was not renewed.

During the period of activity two Bights of Soviet pursuit planes re- pentedly power-dived over the Jay ese left Bank. Japanese anti-aircraft guns which went into action did not

any effect on seem to have

the Soviet airmen, and the Japanese gun- ners did not seem able to deal with the raiders.--Reuter.

LITVINOFF'S PROPOSALS

Moscow, Aug. 11. The proposals

which on

the Armistice were based were put for- ward by M. Litvinoff, according to a later communique,

M. Litvinoff also suggested that the "border commission should inelude an arbitrator from a neutral third Power, but the Japanese Ambassador would not agree to the proposal and M. Litvino did not insist on its in- clusion in the agreement.

The communique states that an agreement has still to be reached re- garding the bases on which the de- mareation commission will work.

M. Litvinoll proposed that the basis should be the agreements and mans bearing the

signatures

the

of

China and Russla, Mr. Shigemitsu

representatives

that other

plenipotentiary

suggested

documents:

should be included, but promised to fefer the matter to his Government and to reply shortly.Reuter,

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Moscow, Aug. 11.

the famous summer rosart at Kuling, 3,500

above fert

The battlelikd. tuge bomb craters tratily to the vigorous nature of the Japanese aerial bombing of Teham last week, and one or two craters are less than a hundred yards from the Mission premises.

HID FROM PLANE This morning 1 set out for the Chinese Army headquarters with a Chinese military escort. We were forced to flatten ourselves against the hillside as a lone Japanese plane, which the Chinese unenthusiastically

overhead. machine-gunned, flew

Eventually the clouds around maj- estie Lushan Mountain discouraged the Japanese pilot, who wheeled his machine and disappeared.

When I arrived at headquarter: I was informed that the front was at with the Japanese

present qull of Shabo on a ten

forth and

mile line. The total Japanese forces are estimated at 10,000 here and the invaders appear to be awalting re- inforcements before

commencing their push on Tehan.

The postman still carries out his long delivery service up Kuling Mountala to the famous health resort, although he has to travel nowadays by night in order to evade the Japan- ese surrounding the base of mountain.

the

KULING STRONGLY HELD Kuting is still in Chinese hands.. and la protected by several Chinese divisions.

Every time the postmun makes his ascent of the mountain, however, he as to come within reach of the Jap- nese machine-guns, which have the terraced pathway up the mountain- side ranged from the opposite side of the valley.

where Food is scarce at Kuling. there are all over 300 foreigners. Rice is 30 yuan a pleul, satt 60 cents catty and matches 50 cents a box. -United Press,

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DRIVE ON HANKOW FORMIDABLE TASK FOR JAPAN'S ARMY

(Continued from Page 1.)

Fraser

Action Against P.O. Employee

The Post Master General, Mr. E.

Air From Sulto In D-Transcrip- tion (Bach); Quartet No. 1 in D Major-Finale Allegro (Dittersdorf) Moment ....Lener String Quartet: Musical No. 2 (Schubert Op. 94); Etude No. 7 (Chopin, Op. 25)....

Tale- Lener String Quartet: Love In ness-Serenade (Macbeth)....Courf Dream (Aug. Lablizky). Orientale Violin, Flute and Harp; (No. 2 of Five Novelettes, Op. 15- Glazounov)....Pro Arte Quartet.

7.30 Songs by Amelita Gall-Cure! (Soprano).

Trio:

Serenata (Tosti); Carceleras ("Las Hijas Del Zebedeo"--Chapl): Bolero

Les Filles De Cadiz (Delibes). 7.40 Light Orchestral.. The Mughter Of The Regiment-

Vienna Overture Symphony Orchestra

From The Old And Paul Kerby: The New World-Fantasia (Dvorak Dol Dauber and His Sulon

Lane Wilson Melodies; Intro: When duil care; Phyllis has such charming graces The Sailor's Life: My Lovely Celia; Come, Let's be merry....Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Maleolin

(Donizetti)nducted by

art.

R. Lepestra:

inspectionked if she had anything toposal of $369.39 by public servant, Sargent.

Lin

say, claimed that she had beaten the girl because she had been disobedient, She also alleged that the girl wand unwilling to get married.

She was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

JAPANESE ADMIT LOSSES SEVERE

(Continued from Page 1.)

850-ft, wedge into Soviet territory, and at another point, where there is

Soviet # 1,000-11.

wedge into. Manchurian territory.

Artillery fire continues along the entire front.

the

The report indicates that Japanese wedge is at Bezmyani HIM, the neighbourhood of Chung- kufeng-Renter,

in

Soviet Consul Leaving Korea "on' Vacation"

Tokyo, Aug. 10. The Russian Consul General at Scout, capital of Korea, Ina doformed the Japanese Governor Ceneral that he is departing for Morrow ON vacation,

thats

Informed

Aszume

circles Soviet Russia will utilise his absence and the present frontier conflict as for closing the U.S.S.R. Consulate in Korea.-Trans-Ocean.

excuses

Russian Warning

Moscow, Aug. 10. Referring to the strength of the Red Army during the course of the Joint session of the Soviet Parliament to-night, M. Zveryev. the Commitear for Finance, declared: "Woe to him who dares try our Army's strength." -Reuter.

Bait of $500 was nilowed and the defendant was remanded for a week.

ANCIENT WALLS DISCOVERED IN CASTLE GROUNDS

London, Aug. 11.

Whilst digging a trench to lay a pipe in the lower ward of Windsor Castle to-dny, workmen cante upon a wall several feet thick.

The wall was about five feet_below the surface and was in a good state of preservation.

It is believed to be the foundation of the lookout tower built by King Edward 11. The wall was originally the outer wall of Windsor Castle but now is Just Inside the King Henry VIII gate.British Wireless,

TURKEY ANGRY AT JAPAN

(Continued from Page 1) bassy, saying the Ministry cannot be

lleve press reports that the con- ference is inspired by politient aims against the Soviet since it is diff- cult to

t to understand why Turkish ter ritory should be chosen for a con- ference of that kind in view of the particularly friendly Turco-Soviet relations,

The note points out that the Tur- kish Government could not authorise such an action.

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8.0 Time, Weather and Announce- ments.

R.02 London Relay--World Aftales". A talk by Edwin Inward. 8.15 Studlo A Concert by Z.BAV. Orchestra with Gaston D'Aquino (Tenor),

Waltz-Wiener Blut (Strauss) 1.2.3.W.

Orchestra; 2. Salut demeure chaste e pure ("Faust" Gounod)....Gaston d'Aquino; 3. (a)

Jester's

Mintit (Boccherini); (b) Serenade (Herbert)

.2.1.W Orchestra; 4. (a) Se Tu Non Torni (Tosti); (b) La Mia Canzone (Tostl); (c) A Marechiare (Toll)....Gaston

5. Scandinavian d'Aquino

Sulte (Frederiksen); (a) InThe Mountains; (b) In the Country; (c) March of The Vikings; (d) Elf's Dance...... Z.B.W. Orchestra.

London Relay-A 0,15

Visit To The Empire,Exhibition (Scotland), 9.30 London Relay The News. 9.50 Beethoven-Concerto No. 3 In C Mlinar, Op. 37.

(Piano)

Played by Arthur Schnabel and the London Phil- harmonic Orchestra conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent.

10.25 Songs by Derek Oldham

Oldham Medley: Intro:~~

Song

Sentry

(Madame Pom- padour"); Love in my heart awaking "The Merry Widow"); New Moon ("Whirled Into Happiness"); Serenade (Madame Pompadour"); Song of

the Vagabonds ("The Vagabond King"); Ah, must I leave thee ("The Pirates of Penzance"); (The A Wand'ring Minstrel I Mikado"); Rose Marle ("Rose- Mario").

10.36 Excerpts from Glibert and Sullivan.

"The Mikado" Behold The Lord It adds that if the conference has High Executioner: As Some Day It May Hoppen...Henry A. Lytton and ja purely economic

A Train Turkish Government should have Chorus of alen; Comes

of Little Ladies Chorus of

Three Little Malds.

charneter the

been notifled by the Japanese Gov-1us Of Girls; Three Little Maids

ernment-Reuter.

matter into her own hands and settle it by military action--United Press. At Close Grips.

.E. Grin, D. Hemingway, B. Eibarn and Chorus

Griffin, A. Please Your Sirf Girls; 50 Davies, B. Elburn, L. Sheffield and Chorus of Girls: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted.

Griffin and D. Oldham; With Aspect Stern-Finale,

Claim Soviet Attacks All Repulsed fending Shaho yesterday captured

Tokyo, Aug. 10. une Japanese officer and ten Japanese Russia's severest counter-attacks to soldiers, all of whom were left date have falled to bring any change Settlement of the dispute was off-reverely wounded on the battlefield to the situation on the Changkufeng cially announced by the Foreign after the Japanese forces were refront, according to a War Office com-

pulsed.

munique issued at 6 p.m.

At the conclusion of fighting that Act 1.....L. Sheffield, II. Lytton, D. Throughout the night, the ham. E. Grif. A. Davies, B. Soviet troops at 3.30 p.ni. were still combatants were entrenched on a

In stori

El

G. Baker and Chorus: "The confronting the Japanese forces at

(Cont'd)

Revels Your Changlurent, the two lines being five mile front in the Changkufeng Cease Finale det i.....13. Lewis D. area separated by only a few yards Okhant, A. Davies, 1. Elburn and separated

Oldham, of no-man's-land.

Chorus: Oh, Faithless One (Finale Act 1)....B. Lewis, D. Oldham. E.

ofcc.

The officers and

United Press,

sub- Russians and Japanese troops will remain in the positions held at mid-1sequently died in Field Hospital- night on August 10.

A mixed Commission, comprising tun Soviettatives, and Man- chukuoan

and

one

Japanese representative, will deal with the demarcation of the frontier.

The

Commission will o the Russo-Chinese map attached to the Agreement of 1800 as a basis for their work.--Reuter,

CONDITIONS OF ARMISTICE

Moscow, Aug. 11. The conditions of the Armistice are as follows:

1-Hostilities to cease cn both sides

fu-man's-land of

Soviet forces in this sector have

REPORTS ATROCITIES

Nanchang, Aug. 11. A reforce who arrived frum Khabout 150 feet. king this morning alleges that the Japanese have committed atrociles against the Jew Chinese people who remained in the stricken city.

Tokyo, Aug. 10.

terrible been increased to two battalions, the across the barbed-wire entanglements Grifin, and Chorus.

communique states.

Each ride tossed hand grenades that had been erected during the night. Desultory artillery fire is still pro-

Reports from the war front state ceeding at Shuillufen and Islaying that yesterday was a brilliant, sunny Women were rape, res have ens. Notre forces are continu-day, in contrast to last week's cloudy thrown into prison and children Javaneses

continu-conditions. been taken out to the Japanese slipsing their attacks on the Soviet lines, lying in the river, he alleges the communique adds. United Press. JAPANESE COLUMN DECIMATED

11singchi, Aug. 11.

There no change in the situation at Shatsaoping and 52-metre Will. Despite fine weather. Soviet planes failed to put in an appearance to-day, bit scores of Soviet machines are reported to be concentrated at Hansh, 12 miles north of Changkufeng, on

of Postlet Bay. the south shore

A large marshy tract. to the rear of the Soviet lies Is preventing a large Soviet concentratión, necessita- ting the Russian troops marching to the front along a roule commanded by the Japanese. Reports state that the Japanese are not molesting the Russian troops as they come up to the front, as Japan "does not intend

Domel's

border states that sporadie Russian attacks still continue, but the Japanese are abiding by the "Government's drei- slon not to agravale the situation." Domei's corrispondent adds that

A Japanese column of 2,000 men at noon on Thursday. Tocal time: pushing westward from Tsinghui to Z-Soviet and Japanese troops will Vibens in south Shaust, has been continue to occupy the territory they decimated during repeated attacks by were holding at midnight on Wednes-the Chinese,

to violaté Sovle! The Japanese suffered most heavily day:

Both sides will send represent Wangchal about 10 kilometres west tatives to arrange the details for the of sinshut, where they were sur-

attacked for five days and rounded cessation of hostililles.

from July 29 to August 2... Over 1,500 of them were slain.

Mr. Shigemitsu conferred with Mt. Litvinoff from 7 to 10 p.m. and from 11

pam. to midnight. Shortly after- wards the secretary to the Japanese Ambassador announced the ugree- ment, ending a fortnight's bitter fighting. The

three conditions agreed to are apparently a compromise on the previous Japanese Remunds.--United Press.

GOVERNMENT IN

BENGAL SAFE

Calcutta, Aug. 10. The molions of non-confidence against the Minister for Labour and another Minister in the Bengal An- embly were defeated without divi- alon

Seven motions of non-confidenco ogainst other Ministers were not zanoved.—-Router.... Speciali.

The remnant of 100 which mic

iL

eceded in

in breaking through the Chinese cordon WAR

as again attacked at Wangchlapu, further west, In the afternoon August 3, suffering

of

handful more casualties. Only reached Yihsien.

The Chinese captured. 10 Japanese, more than 200 motor cars and trucks, four armoured cars,

trench mortars, 30 machine-guns and sub- Bachine-guns, 200 riites and other military supplles.-Contral News,

seven

NEW FIRST SEA LORD POSTED

London. Aug. 11. The retirement of Lord · Chatfield as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Stoff since 1933 took effect fo- day, when he was succeeded by Sir Ruger, Backhouse. Britten Wireless,

Domel.

Italian Flagship In Korean Port

Keijo, Aug. 10.

tern correspondent

110 Close Down.

MATERNAL MORTALITY REDUCED

Striking Figures Out Of Britain.

London. Aug. 10. Statistics of public health in the Kingdom, Issued in the United nnnual report of the ministry of

of or improvement on last year's Agures.

The Italian cruiser Monte Cuccoli, the Japanese are consistently defend Health to-day, show a maintenance Bagship of the Halian Far Eastern in the disputed territory, and also Squadron, has arrived at Kinsen, the Korean villages of Kolo, Keiko, Agochi, Selkaku and kishindon, senport of the Korean capital.

Captain Alberto de Zara, Comman-which have been subject to attack der-in-Chief

the of the Italian

almost-incessantly since Fer

com themencement of hostilities.United Eastern Squadron, was aboard Monte Cuecoll. He paid official calls Press, on General Jiro Minami, Governor- General of Korea, and General K. Nakamura, Commander of the Koreun Garrison,-Domel,

Strong Action Urged

Tokyo, Aug. 10.

Maternal mortality during 1937 was 3.1 per thousand births the lowest figure over recorded.

The section of the report dealin with public assistance records that the total cost of out relief for the Aircraft Strike

year was £16,029,000, ngainst Tokyo, Aug. 11. £10,834,000 in the previous year. Flying at П considerable height, Last year's Agures show a further Soviet aeroplanes suddenly swooped great advance in the work of moving provl- down and bombed the Japaneso posl-people from alums, and new tions on the border zane at 3 p.m. slons for the abatement of

over-

Reports from the Manchukuo-yesterday, according to an unofficial conditions of agricultural

erowding, and improving housing

workers

for

the

Siberia border indicate that there is Japanese despatch. no change in the situation.

Anti-aircraft guns went into action are also recorded. The Nichi-Nicht did not carry late and the raiders turned and dimppear- Property housing a population of

was declared 227,100 persona afternoon despatches from the war ed. | area.

The Soviet troops are receiving clearance during the year by The Yomiuri Shimbun declares that | heavy reinforcements and have local authorities, who also built Soviet Russia does not intend to settle launched an intensive bombardment, 77,944 new houses, of which 50,720 alum dwellings-Brilish the question by negotiation, and to which the Japanese vigorously replace advocates that Japan should take the replied before nightfall.—Reuter.

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