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THRILL TO THEIR DEFIANCE OF THE BROODING, SINISTER, UN- SEEN WORLD.

MENACE!

Four Men and a Prayer

A 20th Century Fox Picture with

LORETTA YOUNG RICHARD GREENE

GEORGE

DAVID

G. AUBREY

SANDERS - NIVEN - SMITH

A KOWARD 320MDIJO - WILLIAM DETRY - JOHN CAFZADINI - ALAN KALY » REGINALD DENNE

BERTON CHURCHILL » BALKE FITISKRALD

COMING

TO

THE

KING'S

HE THOUGHT HE COULD

·OUTSMART 'EM ALL.

Exposing a fixed- fight fraud or out- guessing girls ... was all in the day's work to this live- wire sports writer! Buthomethismatch in this little spitfire who know how to uso her wits and hor fists to advantagel

WOMAN WISE

with

Rochelle HUDSON Michael WHALEN

THOMAS BECK ALAN DINEHART DOUGLAS FOWLEY

►

*

Executive Producer Sol M. Wurtzel • Directed by Allon Dwan

SHOWING TO-MORROW

. ALHAMBRA

STARTLING...T

BREATHLESS...

TERRIFYING.....

As A Desperate Convict's Race against Search- lights and Bullets in a Mad Break...». for FREEDOM!

OVER WALL

By Sing Sing's Faariese

. WARNER BROS.' Smashing New Prison Drama

WARDEN LEWIS E. LAWES

A COSMOPOLITAN PROD's - Directed by FRANK MCDONALD Screen Play by Crane Wilbur and George Belzkar

TO-MORROW

At The

QUEEN'S

THE

́HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988,

IMPORTANT CHARGE, DIPLOMATIC JAPANESE TALKS IN USE GAS

EUROPE

British. And. French War Machines Ready To Act

Paris, Sept. 6. The Foreign Office has in- structed all Ambassadors and Ministers at present in France or on vacation from their offices to return to their posts as soon as possible.

All League Member States Informed

Geneva, Sept. 0. The Secretariat of the League of Nations has published a new Noto from the Chinese Government, selting out recent alleged uses of polson gas by the Japanese, notably

in the neighbourhood of Klukiang.

municated upon receipt to all States The Note was inmediately com- members of the League.

HONGKONG GERMANS HELD BY CHINESE

Takon To Canton From Shataukok For Questioning

Four young German residents of Hongkong were arrested by on Monday morning, and today the Chinese border authorities

it was reported that they had been taken to Canton for further Investigations.

The four men are:

Among the eleven alleged cases during the past four months set forth in the Note was the wiping out of an entire Chinese division at V. Dlossel, 28, of Mody House, Single, south of the Yangice, on Mody Road, employed at Otto Wolss, 1,000 Chinese soldiers at Juichang on September 1, and also the gassing of Pedder Building;

H. Lucas, 29 of Observatory Road, August 23.

alsu employed at Otto Wolss;

Reports by Ave Red Cross docturn

as early as May 11 are cited and theem Siatow, 21,

D

If is learned that the French Navy has token certain secret preparatory measures,

Key Ministries have ordered their subordinates to remain at their posts. It is reported that M. Georges Bonnet, the Foreign Minister, has informed the British Ambassador, Sir Eric to the effect that they treated Chinese Phipps, of the reasons for strengthen- soldiers for gas poisoning in Hsuchow ing the Maginot line.

Talks which M. Bonnet had to-day with the Yugo-Slavian and Rumanian Ministers in Paris are considered to Arting in June contained feet across the border at Shataukok be most important.

Instructions for the use of gas, and to take a photograph. Public temper

serene and proved that the Japanese had a Apparently the men were out on determined to accept any challenge. special chemical

corps.holiday pienie. Arriving at Shatru- --United Press.

kok the

they proceeded to the border, and one of them, anxious to secure the picture of Chinese Woman

HALIFAX SEES MONARCH

London, Sept. 6. Lord Halifax, the Foreign Minister, who is attempting to attend the meet- ing of the League Counell in Geneva next Monday, spent to-day in con- tinued efforts to strengthen the line-| up of

of smaller European

States

The Foreign Minister vialted King Boris of Bulgaria at his London hotel, and was closeted with the visiting monarch for a short period.

Lord Halifax hopes to consult with other representatives of Balkan States In Geneva, as well as Colonel Josef Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister. -United Press.

FLEET GOES TO SEA

T. Wintry, 38 of Austin Road, photographer:

D.

of Austin Road, at Carlowitz and Company. Note stales that documents found on authorities when they walked a few They were seized by the Chinese the bodies of Japanese killed in nellon near

Reuter.

warfare

Mexico Ships Oil Cargoes To Germany

Causes Speculation On Trade Pact

Mexico City, Sept. 6. The despatch of three shiploads of Mexican oil to Hamburg has aroused London, Sept. 0. | speculation whether Mexico and The British Fleet left Home ports Germany have concluded a barter for exercises in the North Sca to-day.agreement.-United Press. The manoeuvres will continue for thie

duration of the crisis.

the Ad-

A statement issued by miralty describes as "nonsense"

#

report that the fleet is guarding the eastern and western ends of the English Channel,

ORDERED TO PAY WORKERS £6,000,000

Mexico City, Sept. 6. Under a ruling of the Supreme Court, oll companies, whose property

washing clothes in the creek close by, walked across the bridge which divides the Chinese and British ter- riory, Hla companions did not ven- ture so far, but they advanced about ten feet into Chinese territory, and all four were immediately arrested by Chinese guards.

Two hours later Inspector Booker, neting Assistant Superintendent of Police for the New Territories, was requested to assist in the investiga- tion which had been started by the Chinese authorllics,

but

although a considerable timo

was spent in Interrogating the Germans, the Chinese were not satisfied and de- cided to take them to Yiopin.

Later, it was ascertained by the police, the four men had been

Laken to Canton for further investigation. The German Consuls in Hongkong and Canton

natifled, and it was arranged that the Consul in Canton should investigate.

were

It is understood that none of the

picnic party carried any arms.

It is expected they will be

The Minister for Air, Sir Kingsley has becn expropriated by theleased to-day. Wood, to-day inspected a squadron Mexican Government, have been of anti-aircraft balloons, which will ordered to pay their workers approx- form part of the "barrage" raisedimately £6,000,000 as wages and around London in times of war-emoluments. United Press.

AUSTRALIAN MINERS TO GO ON STRIKE

Sydney, Sept. 6.

The companies are held to have broken their collective labour con- tracts by their refusal to accept the award of the official Arbitration and Conciliation Board.

re-

PASS SHORTHAND EXAMINATIONS

The following candidates have passed the Pitman's Shorthand ex- aminations held by the Evening

The verdict, which hits the British-Instituto in June: owned Mexican Eagle Oll Corpora-

Miss Marjorie Smith, 100; Ismall tion to the extent of approximately Kitchell, 80; Miss Eisle Kent, 80; £4,000,000, was not unanticipated in Miss Marie Pinna, 80; Wong Ming- local oil circles who do not doubt that chung. 70: Miss Florence Quark, 50. it will be ignored pending a show-

Chan Sheung-chee, Henry Tam,

A general strike in Newcastle's and West Maitland's famous coal mines is scheduled to commence on Friday.

Coal-miners in New South Wales are pressing for better conditions, down on the legality of the major Francis De Sousa, Pang Shiu-wah, including shorter hours.—Reuter. issue of expropriation-Reuter, and Li Tat-keung, elementary.

Filly Years

1888 (MARR) 103

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ASPIRIN'

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