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LEAGUE VIEWS ON PALESTINE

Britain Favours Partition

Geneva, Sept. 20. Winding up the debate on the Palestine mandate, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, pointed out to the League Assembly delegates that the speakers had shown a divergence of viewa which in- creased the mandatory difficul- ties in finding a fair and equit able solution.--

While Great Britain still favoured partition for Palestine she is unable

to reach a decision until the mittee presents its report,

Com-

THE HONGKONG

GRAVE CLASHES ON MYSTERY

BORDER MAY WRECK

HOPES FOR PEACE CHINESE

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Anglo-French communique, is awolt- ing the outcome of the current diplomatic negotiations, especially the British and French dealings, which have not only a settlement of the Czech problem as their aim but also a clearing of the entire European

late.

Prague will negotiate in full with all friendly nations, it is announced, The Government has decided, it is also announced, to protect the Ilfe and interests of the nation and also the interests of the various nationul groups.

Martial Law, however, is in "extended to Friedland, Braunau

and

In the Sudeten Trafenau areas-United Press.

It is

ENVOYS

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Bankers' Discussions With U.S. Treasury

TELEGRAPH,

Washington, Sept. 20. The mysterious Chinese financiers who flew across the Pacific in the Clipper last week under heavy guard are headed by Mr. K. P. Chen, representing the Minister of Finance

To-day the

party

conferred with American

Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Finance Minister, concerning tho United States silver purchase agree- Morgenthau states that the Chinese

and ment

other problems. Mr.

his came to the United States on

to "discusa mutual finan- Invitation cial problems.

He also said that the schedule of Chinese silver shipments will expire soon and one of the problems to be discussed is a resumption of Amerl- can buying. The conferences will continue for a week.

Long Document

London, Sept. 20, learned that

the British Ministers will not consider the Czech reply to the Anglo-French proposals

The other members of the party before to-morrow, The purport of the Note, which is a long document, are Mr. S. D. Yen, of the Foreign here officially-Trade Commission, Mr. Hal, of the

China, and Central Bank of secretary--United Press,

In the course of the debate Tewk Alsuwaldy, Foreign Minister of Iruq. urged Britain to retrace her steps, as the suggestion of partition fanned the Names of racial enmity. He suggest ed the formation of an independent sovereign state guaranteeing civil and not yet known

Reuter. religious liberty to all persons living in Palestine, including the Jewish Immigrants, and providing local autonomy for different rocial groups. -Reuter.

DESPERATE YANGTSE

BATTLE

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mountains on the north and west, presents an ideal stronghold.

At this spot the river flows through deep gorges and the Chinese possess elaborate defence works with of reinforced bombproof shelters concrete, concrete gun emplacements and the latest types of heavy guns, besides being protected by a river boom to keep naval units at a dis- tance-Reuter,

Battle Continues

Hankow, Sept. 21. Fighting for the possession of Bwangchwan (Kwangehow), gate- way to the Wulian tri-city area in south-cast Honan, continues wlih undiminished violence.

the

arc

Other Minorities

Berlin, Sept. 20.

The Foreign Office organ Diploma Ten Killed,

fische Korrespondenz states apart from obtaining satisfaction for

he wishes of the German element in Hundred Hurt

Czecho-Slovakia, a solution must also

be found which satisfies the Interests:

of all national troups, particularly In Train Smash

the Hungarian and Polish-Reuter.

Polish Demands

Paris, Sept. 21.

11 Is understood here that Poland plans to make immediate representa- lens to Britain and France in order to clarify her position in connection with Czecho-Slovakin.

to

Southern Pacific

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

1 A.M. NATHAN RD. CAR CRASH KILLS DRIVER

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street. By this time a small crowd had collected, and it appeared that the man who had got out of the car had disappeared."

"I found out later that he had got a lift from a passing car and had gone to the hospital to get an ambulance. I did not see him again."

Heavy Rain

"It had been ruining heavily just before, but when I went out into the street the rain had stopped."

"I went to the car and looked inside. There was a young Chin- ese man in the driving seat. He Lay back with his head hanging over the back of the seat.”

be quite "He appeared to

un- consclous. There was blood on his face and shoulder."

minutes after the crash occurred that "It was half an hour to forty

the ambulance arrived on the scene. "During this time I kept looking at the man at the wheel but he did not move, except now and then when he groaned."

Mr. Gladsky added that soon after- wards a car in which there were two Englishmen stopped. They got out and looked into the car but decided that it was impossible to do anything to the man inside until the ambulance arrived.

Trapped In Seat

When the ambulance came, it took the man several minutes to extriente the driver from his sent. He was rushed to the Kowloon hospital but died shortly after admission.

Express Jumped Rails 303 Prince Edwards Road with

Los Angeles, Sept. 20. Ten are known dead and 101 Injured in the wreck of the southern Pacifle train which crashed last night,

It is believed that the Polish Am-The undamaged sections of the train bassador has already presented were used to carry the injured to the French Foreign Minister, Mihaspitals in Indio, California, and Georges Bonnet, a statement.

Yuma, Arizona,

An identical statement was

Hvered at the satne time in London and Berlin.--United Press.

von

Imredy Meets Hitler-

nt Obersalz-

The Californian

A preliminary Investigation in dicates that the brakeman aboard the Californian became confused when he saw the other train approaching and unlocked a swlich-United Press,

on

years

1938. 21,

RADIO BROADCAST

Elvie Yuen (Soprano)

From the Studio RACHMANINOFF CONCERTO

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St. from

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12.30 Orchestro Raymonde and Herbert E. Groh (Tenor),

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1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.

1.03

Fox and Ils Orchestra Roy with Josephine Baker (Vocal).

Stop You're Breaking My Heart- Fox Trot (Blm Artists and Models')

Refrain by

The two brothers, both from Shang-

Roy Fox and His Orchestra hai, had been spending the evening

Mary Leo and Trio); I Love Dancing

(Spencer Mr. Chan Wel-ching and were

Lonesome Love-Sick Williams); their way back to the vehicular ferry

Blues (Spencer Williams).

Josephine Baker with 2 PlanSinging Marine) to go over to Hongkong when the

I Know to

The occurred.

younger Fox Trot (Alm 'The tragedy

Yours And Mine-Fox Trot (film brother who was killed was 22

Roy Broadway Melody of 1938).... of age, and was known to his friends as Robert Sheng.

Fox and His Orchestra (Vocal Res Mr. Sheng Tan-sun's wife is ex-

by Barry Gray and Denny pected to

To Dream to reach here from Shanghai | Dennis); Afrald

(Alm He has three children 'You Can't Have Everything); The to-morrow,

Loveliness Of You (fim You Can't and a sister living in the Colony at

Have

Everything').Josephine the present time,

Baker with

On Inquiry at the Precious Blood hospital this morning 11 was stated that the injured man, who is suffer- ing from shock, is danger.

Police Investigations

Police

Report

The vice-President of the Rallway, e-J. H. Dyer, was a passenger on the wrecked train and he explained the accident to-day. eastbound train on its way from Los Angeles to Chicago, he said, was Berchtesgaden, Sept. 21.

siding waiting for the standing in a According to field dispatches re-

Herr Hitler, accompanied by Herr Argonaut to. pass westward on its ceived here late last night, Chinese troops are still making

Ribbentrop, German Foreign way from New Orleans to Los An- Minister, received Dr. Imredy,cles, when the fast moving train Inspector A. R. Brittain, of the Kallant stand in the southern part of

Hungarian Prime Minister, and Dr. suddenly jumped the rails and crash-Traffle Department, is in charge of the city whilst the Japanese

the Police Investigations into the Kanya, Hungarian Foreign Ministered into the Californian express. occupying the northern part.

accident. Japanese cavalry units have pushed at his mountain home to Shihlitun, to the west of Hwang-berk, to-day. chwun, to disturb the Chinese rear. German political circles state that The Chinese are exerting their efforts the discussions concerned the Sude- ten German and the Hungarian to repell them,

Chinese reinforcements are locked minorities in Czecho-Slovakin. in a severe battle with the Japanese column pushing southward from Kwangisi in cast Hupch with the Intention of Joining their troops at Wusuch. Lihslawan and Tooching- mino to the south-west of Kwangist have been re-occupied by the Chinese but Shalacho, another point there, has fallen into Japanese hands.

Japanese troops moving down along the Hwal River to reinforce their in south-eastern Honan comrades are checked by the Chinese.

Mr. Sung Sik-koo, of *303 Prince Edward Road, told police officers that he was driving his car along Nathan took to be that of his friend Sheng collide against a pillar. This was 1.10 am.

Statesmen IL DUCE BOASTS Road when he saw a car which he

An official announcement the visit of the Hungarian explains that the visitors dealt In their speeches with the "irrevocable claim" for the right to mination by their oppressed patriots in Czectio-Slovakia.-Reater.

self-deter-

com-

Support For Hungary

OF MIGHT

Rome, Sept. 21.

A vociferous welcome was given Signor Mussolini when he spoke at Udine this evening. Contrary to ex- pectations, the Italian dictator re-

Budapest, Sept. 21, On their return from Germany Dr.ferred only briefly to the International Tal-Imredy and Dr. Kanya declared that

situation.

Kang in cast Honan has been recap- they had discussed the whole Czech to-day was strong in the seas, air

tured from the Japanese series of counter-attacks,

after a

He claimed in the speech that Italy and on-the land as she had never

been before.

question with Herr Hitler and that Hungary, with all the means in her power, would support and defend the "For sixteen years the Italian Hungarians in

Czecho-Slovakia in people have never lost their calm," their fight for self-determination.-

declared Signor Mussolini. There is Reuter.

no need to advise them to keep it

Visit To Hitler

After days of sanguinary fighting, a full has set in the Singtze and Mahweiling sectors. Only spasmodic firing was heard in the Singize sector yesterday.

The Julehang sector On

on the south Yangtze bank 300 Japanese

Berlin, Sept. 21. made an assault on Fengchiapu, The Polish Ambassador visited Herr south-west of Julchang city in the 1er this afternoon and conferred wee hours yesterday morning. The with him.-Reuter, Chinese line was broken, but in a counter-attack the Chinese repulsed the invaders and recovered the ground lost.

Meeting at Godesberg

Landon, Sept. 21.

It is announced officially that the Prime Minister Mr. Neville Cham-

A number of polson gas bombs are said to have been dropped by four Japanese planes on the Chinese berlain, will meet Herr Eldier. Bi Godesberg at 3 pm on Wednesday, positions at Wuchinnao and Taho- shang, to the south-west of Julchang-United Press.

on Monday. Many Chinese troops were affected.-Central News.

NEWSPAPER REACTIONS TO LATEST

DEVELOPMENTS

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of the

old friendships, provided theso were not directed against any guarantor Powers.

·

Hitler. Not Satisfied

Progue, Sept. 20. Foreign observers doubt whether Herr Hitler will be satisfied with the Czech reply but it is not believed that he will take direct action until

now."

This little remark is interpreted as a reply to M. Datadler's appeal to France to remain calm.

"Sixteen years ago, we marched on Rome. in the succeeding years we have marched from Rome; it is not yet finished, and nobody will stop us,”- Signor Mussolini concluded.-Reuter.

Law Amazes Motorist

San Jose, Cal.

He took both occupants of the car to hospital.

FIRST AID TALKS

FOR PUBLIC

First aid lectures in English for the general publie (men and women). and all those taking the A. R. P. course will be held at St. John Ambulance Headquarters commenc- ing on Tuesday, September 27 at 8 pm. The lecturer will be Dr. H. the demonstrators el Arculli, and will be St. John Ambulance Brigade Officers.

In

The first-aid lectures at St. John's Cathedral Hall on Fridays will future commence at 10.30 a.m. and not 11

Examinations for the anti-gas short course will be held at the Peak Club on October 3, at 10 am, and at the Helena May Institute on October 4, at 5,30

on

First Aid examinations at Kowlooni will be held at the Y.M.C.A. September 29, at 5.30 p.m.

WHI

A Solomon-like decision WHS

: candidates send in their made in traffic court here. A names, and state whether they wish motorist wat arrested on a charge of a written or oral examination. drunken driving, Hls defence was that his engine was dead at the time) and that his car was being pushed by another car. The court held, how- ever, that he was at the wheel of the

he meets the British Prime Minister, stalled car, and hence operating it.

| Mr. Neville Chamberlain, on Wed-

nesday.

It is authoritatively revealed that the reply made a detailed exposition of the Czech viewpoint ond broadly with the

Polish

The paper also points out that the Hungarian demands for cesalon London plan also proposes the crea-Czech territory.United Press. tion of a system of economic assist- ance in order

the to compensate Czechs for the loss of industrial and mining assets and to enable her to place her defences on a new

fooling.

It would thus appear, comments the paper, that the negotiators in London did not lose sight of the interests of Czecho-Slovakia- Trans-Ocean.

MR. EDWIN BUTLER

dealt

berlain on Wednesday, according to rumours circulating here,

He does not intend to tolerate any

Wasp Sting Kills Woman

Orchestra; Gone With Wind-Fox Trot (alm 'Gone with the Wind'); The First Time I Saw You-Fox Trot (film "Toast of New York')....Roy Fox and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis)..

and Rugby Press, 1.30 Reuter Weather Forecast and Announce- ments,

1.40 Latest Variety Numbers. Dance Orchestra-Hot Lips (Busse- Lange-Davis)....Harry Roy's Tiger- Ragamuffis on two plonos with string bass and drums featuring Clarinet and Vocal by Harry Roy, VocalAdam And Eve (Duncan Sisters-Harry Granatt); TI-PI-Tin (Leveen-Grever) ....... The Duncan Sisters Accomp. by two planos; Dance Orchestra-Lost And Found-Fox Trut; Outside Of Paradise-Fox Trot (film 'Outside of Paradise)...Jock Harris and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain

by Sam Browne); Vocal Hawall Calls (from the flim); Down (Alm Where The Trade Winds Blow

'Hawnlt Calls') .....:Bobby Breen with Orchestra; (Boy Soprano) Dance

You Like Dancing? Tango; Night Of Love Divine Tango....Dajos, Dela-Dance Orchestra: Vocal and Plano-Two

Orchestra-Do

Bouquets (flm Kickin' the Moon Around) Grove')....Læsile

Says My Heart (làm

"Cocoagut.

chinson at the Plano,

Hut-

2.15 Close Down. 6.00 Schubert Quaries. No. 14 In D Minor ("Death and the Malden"). Played by the Roth String Quartet. 0.38 Beethoven-Sonata In A Major For Piano, Op. 110.

Played by Wilhelm Kemp. 6.58 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.

7,00 Selections from Light Opera. Les Cloches De Corneville-Over- ture

(Planquette); La Fillo De Madamo Angot-Overture (Lecocq) Vienna Symphony Orchestra cond, by Paul ́ ́Kerby; The Three Musketeers-Vocal Gemis Victor

Tho

Light Opera Compans (Morton and New YorkVocal Kerker)....Columbia Light Opera Company with Orchestra; Lily of Killarney-Vocal Gems (Benedict).

Light Opera Company with Or- chestra.

7.32 Dance Music,

and haggling or efforts to delay and at- Edith Harding, 50, of Old Windsor, vocal chose Who

Ultimatum

Berlin, Sept. 21.

of

London. Ten minutes after being stung on the large toe by a queen wasp, Mrs. tenunte capitulation through dipio- collapsed and died. Dr. Forbes Alex- matle negotiations. It is said.

ander said the polson fected the The Ministry of Propaganda has woman's weak heart and killed her. announced that It has reserved seats for German and foreign newspaper-

| men on to-night's train to Godesberg. Herr ter intends to Lot- It is reported that Herr Hitler will mediately insist on unconditional insist at this meeting that his demands 'soceptance' at his demasida in full are met in full by the end of Sep-

at the conference with Mr. Cham-tember.-United Press.

New Blue Funnel Vessels

Leaves for England After Near Completion In H.K.

Many Years in Hongkong

Salling on the Sarpedon to-day on HONGKONG'S ship-building peak is rapidly drawing nearer as retirement is Mr. Edwin Butler,

two ships for the Blue Funnel line attain completion at Talkoo

Superintendent Engineer of Alfred dockyard.

Hok & Co., Managers of the Blue

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Funnel and Glen Llae, and Mrs, The frames of both vessels kong and the third largest to be Butler, With his departure, hstand high above the rest of the constructed at any yard in the British engineering world in the Colony loses one of its most outstanding buildings and a small army of Empire, outside the United Kingdom. ngures. Mr. Butler has been asso Chinese workmen swarm like The ships will be used on the For ciated with the Blue Funnel Line bees up and down the steel net-dem. They will each have a speed East trades route to the United King- for over 30 years and has been

of 18 knots, and will have first class Superintendent In Hongkong since Works.

Both ships are being built side by accommodation for twelve passengers. During the acute water shortage | side and the first one, the Brecon- Primarily dealigned as cargo bonta -in: 1920, Mr.- Butler worked out ashire, will take the alipway on and driven by Diesel engmes, the scheme for making use of salt water December 6. The other vessel, the ships will embody all the latest con- for drainage, fushing, street cleans Glenorchy, will be launched in March, struction ideas in modern marine

engineering.

Previously

lein and fire extinguishing,

Yesterday morning colleagues, at clallol! #Wharf made, a presentation fo

biggest ship to be The ships are each between 9,000 and 10,000 tons. They are the big built at Talkde was another Blue gest ever to be constructed In Hong- 1 Funnel hout of 8,800 tons.

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