1938-10-12 — Page 31

HONGKONG

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TROOPS

SENT TO FRONTIER

TO PRESERVE ORDER

WEDNESDAY,

ARABS ASK. AUTONOMY

IN PALESTINE

Cairo, Oct. 11

A demand for the establishment of a constitu- tional government in Pales- tine was the major point in

OCTOBER 12, 1938.

RADIO BROADCAST

*

"West End Cabaret": A B.B.C. Recording

IN "TOWN TO-NIGHT"

a resolution unanimously ZBW.

Captain of British Steamer Saw passed at the closing session is

;

Fifty Transports, Warships Enter Bay

A

of the Moslem Inter-me's. per second. Farliamentary Congress at present being held here.

JAPANESE LANDING HAS BEEN EFFECTED AT HACHUNG, IN BIAS national home for the Jews In Pales-

BAY.

BITTER FIGHTING IS NOW IN PROGRESS.

THE LANDING WAS EFFECTED FROM A LARGE CONVOY OF TRANSPORTS AND WARSHIPS WHICH CREPT INTO BIAS BAY

SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

The Captain of a British steamer which arrived in Hongkong at 5 o'clock this morning has officially reported that he sighted at least fifty transports, warships and supply ships entering the Bay at 10.30 o'clock last night.

At least 35 vessels were counted, while an additional twenty or so ships were seen in the offing.

The preliminary landing at 4.30 a.m. was it is believed, by only

a few thousand men,

At least 30,000 soldiers are believed to be aboard the ships and further landings are expected to-day.

BRITISH TROOPS MOVE

The Telegraph is officially informed that two Companies of the Middlesex Regiment have been ordered to the New Territories to support the Police there.

Large numbers of police officers have been drafted to the New Territories. It is emphasised in official quarters that the drafting of soldiers and police to the New Territories is a precautionary measure to control the enormous flood of refugees expected to cross the frontier,

The Hongkong Government has constructed a huge concentration

in the Territories and refugees will be detained there.

BRITAIN'S

DEFENCE

LARDER

Almost Empty At Time Of Crisis

LONDON, Oct 11.

MAJ. GEN. J. F. C. FUL-

LER, Military Corres- pondent of the Daily Mail

a bom-OFFICIAL

The landing at Hachung was effected after bardment which commenced at about 2 an.

camp

CONFIRMATION OF LANDING

IT IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED THAT A LANDING WAS EFFECT-

IN

It is believed that the Japanese will strain every jeffort to drive parallel with

the Hongkong-Kwangtung ED BY JAPANESE FORCES frontier and cut the BIAS BAY AT 4.30 AM, Kowloon-Canton

BETWEEN SIXTY AND SEVENTY Railway, JAPANESE TRANSPORTS ARE IN later dominating the river BIAS BAY, AN OFFICIAL REPORT mouth.

:

By this means they would effectively cut Canton off revealed in a special article from all supplies from to-day that "Britain's de- Hongkong.-Reuter, United¦ fence larder was almost Press and Telegraph mes- completely empty at the suges. time of the crisis.

"We could not have sent 20,000 men across to the Continent for over ૉ. month," he declared.

The Territorials would not have been ready for almost a year.

"Now Britain is at last doing the right thing. We are filling that larder.

"One day the fritish people will erect a statue to Herr Hitler because he shook us out of our lefharity."

General Fuller recommends that the terms Regular and Territorial Armies should tribished,

"We should call our forces, whe ther they be Territorials or Regulars our Army, for that is what they are."

JAPANESE DRIVE

INLAND

(Continued from Page 1.)

ON OTHER SIDE OF HONGKONG

Above twelve Japanese warships were spen yesterday steaming <T Chungshan district and at the mouth of Bie Pearl River, it is said.

SEP MOVEMENTS CONFIRMED

STATES,

JAPAN WILL

RESPECT POWERS' INTERESTS

Radio Programme Broadcast by ол a Frequency of 045 and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 pm, and D-11 p.m. on 0.532

3.00 Recorded Dance Music, -Swing-Swing As It Comes; Swin- Ellis....Bert Fireman's Quintuplets Of Swing Slow Fox-Trots-Silver The resolution declares that the Salls On Moonlit Waters: After All Congress considers null and void the There Ye Five; Tangos-Buen Amigo ..Juck Wilson and Hls Balfour declaration in support of Veriutile

Night On The La Plata.... Juan tine, and demands the immediate Lossas and Ha Tango cessation of Jewish immigration to Fox-Trot-Pop Corn Man; Quickstep Palestine.

Home Again Blues....Harry Roy

New

ew Pair Of Shoes (film Thoroughbreds don't cry'); Quick- step--Swing 15 Here To Sway (Alm treaty, a general anesty for political Roy, and His Orchestra. prisoners. the release of arrested leaders. The resolution finally claims that the acceptance of the above de- mands is the only possible sutution cepted all Arab peoples should be and Julie, The Mystery Singer. The of the problem and unless it is ac- asked to consider the British and the Jews as enemies with all the con- sequences which that feeling entalls. In # preamble the resolution states that in order to show the good will of the Congress the Jews already in Palestine will be granted full rights of citizenship.-Reuter.

It rejects the division of Palestine and

and His Orchestra; Slow Fox-Trot in any form and demands the estab-Got A ment, the signing of an Anglo-Arab All Baba goes to Town').... Harry

lishment of constitutional Gover-ter

ASSASSINE FAIL

tion

Jerusalem, Oct. 11,

An unsuccessful attempt 10 assassinate the District Commissioner of Jerusalem was made at mid-day to-day.

6.32 -Closing Local Stock Quola- tions.

6.35 B. B. C. Recording-"West End Cabaret."

With Effe Atherton, May, June Two Charladies, Madge Stephens Queenie Leonard and Edward Cooper, and Peggy Rhodes, Clifford Stanton, Madge Mullen ut the Plano, Piping by Ex-Pipe Major Wade as a Taxi-driver, Ord Hamilton Mangle Phillip and his 20th Century Band and In- terruptions by Leonard Henry as the Visitor. Devised and Produced by Cecil Madden.

0.00 Time, Weather and An- nouncements.

8.03 Chopin-Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21.

Arthur Rubinstein (Piano) and

Four bombs, two of which explod-The London Symphony Orchestra ed, were thrawn from the old city conducted by Joha Barbirolli. comparts at a convoy of cars pro- 8.32 Songs from Grand Opera. ceeding along the Jericho road. The "Pakilace!" (Leoncavallo); On convoy consisted of two military With The Molicy..... Nichard Thuber escort cars, a Police car and an (Tenor) with Orchestra cond, by G. armoured vehicle and the Com-Walter; "Madum

(Fue- missioner's car,

cini); And Izaghi and

Bi..

None of the occupants of the Rosina Buckman (Soprano) and convoy were hit and Police im Nellie Walker (Contralto) with Or- metintety cordong off the aren and chestra.

cand. by Eugen Goosscus; |searched it.—iteuler.

"The Magle Flute" (Mozart); WR- in These Sacred. Walls.

Svar An- dresen (Bass) with Orchestra cond. by Fritz Zweit; "Norma" (Romani- Bellini); Queen Of Heaven....Ins Souez (Soprano) with Orchestra cond. by John Barbirolli.

MORE FIOTING

Jerusalem, Oct. 11. Fighting all over, Palestine to-day has resulted in 17 Arabs being killed and numerous Arabs, pollee-men and constables being wounded.

Near Belsan 15 Arabs were killed while battling WE Bre British Trans-Jordan frontier forces under Captain Seymour Evans, who Wounded.

was

British troops have marke their headquarters in the courtyard of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in preparation for large-scale eam- paign. The city is still under Arnb control, however.

At Beisan there were very heavy eusuulties when the Arabs attacked and battled with the police until English planes. strafed the Arab positions, forcing them to retreat and leave 11 dead and three wounded. -United Press,

LONDON DISCUSSIONS

London, Oct. 11. Discussions on the situation in Palestine continued at the Colonal Office to-day between Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Secretary for Colon- The Japanese Consulate Generaties, and other ofleins, including the in Hongkong has not yet been High Commissioner of Palestire who

Is at present in London-Reuter. ofBefally Informed of the landing in Kwangtung. However, it has received unofficial confirmation from the Shanghai Consulate.

This morning the local Consul

A long-distance telephone com- munication from Walyeung, an im- purtant East River town worth of Gas General, Mr. T. Nakamura, an- Day, confirms that 30 Japanese trans-pounced that he had been informed ports ant 11 warships appeared off in advance by his Government that.

the most at 9.30 p.m.

landing in Kwangtung was

Shortly after the appearance of possible and that It would be a ex-military movement aimed at the

the warships all lights were tinguished.

LANDING CONFIRMED

SHANGHAI, Oct. 11.

| speedy fall of the Chiang Kai-shek

regime.

However, the Information also stated that under all circumstances

would be respected.

Death Stops

Liner Twice

In Hour

London Relay-"Empire Ex-

8.50 change."

Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and Colonies.

9.05 Reginald Foort (Organ) and the B. B. C. Dance Orchestra,

Lulworth Cove (Shadwell); Seville ('Cities ol Romance-Haydn Wood) cond. by

The B.B

B. C. Variety Orchestra Charles Shadwell with Reginald Foort .. the B. B. C. Theatre Organ; Hit Parade No. 3; Intro: Goodnight Angel, My He

Heaven on Earth, Have

you ever been in eaven. Why talk about love, Sere- nade to the stars. So long sweet- heart....Reginald Fourt at the B. D C. Theatre Organ; Cive Me Your Hand-Waltz, Marilou--Tango The B. D. C. Dance Orchestra direct- est by Henry Hinil with vocal chorus; Curtain Up (Ballerina Sulte-A. Wood); Manhattan Moonlight (Alter)

..The B. B. C. Varlety Orchestra cond, by Charles Shadwell with Re- ginnid Foort at the B. B. C. Theatre Organ.

9.50

0.39 London Relay-The News. 9.50 Songs by Richard Crooks (Tenor).

If I Am Dreaming (operetta "The

accomp. Dubarry')....Piano

by Frank La Forge; Without Your Love (Operetta "The Dubarry').....with Grace Moore (Soprano) and Orches- tra: You Will Remember Vienna (Alm Viennese Nights').....with Orchestra.

10.00 London Relay-"In Town To-night."

Introducing unusual stories from every walk of life and flashes from Twice within an hour the 24,000-C. F. Mechon.

the news of the week. Produced by. ton U.S. liner Manhattan was stopped i 10.30 London Relay-A Recital by for the burial of a captain's steward. The B. B. C. Singers.

The Arst sea burial was that of Murgaret Gudley; Margaret Rees; Gladys Winmill; Doris Owens; Brad-

A joint Japanese Army the Interests of foreign Powers Herman Vos, who had been transfer-bridge White; Martin Boddey; Stan-

and

Navy communique

issued this morning con- firms that a landing of

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Japanese troops and Huge German Debt Increase

front, and thereby eliminate the marines was effected “some-

necessity for a South China

com-where in South China" early

palen, particularly against Canton,

Military authorities here are of the to-day.--Reuter. opinion that the present landing is

EXCHANGE RATES

a prelude to the establishment of a strong base, after. which there will be a full while negotiators renew their efforts in Hongkong where the Canton representatives have fre- quently conferred with

Japanese Geneva ... .... gents, according to Japanese re- Berlin poris,

Colonel H. Wachi, one of Colony Athens

Paris. Delbara's trusted Heutenants, Is

mong the negotiators, according to Brussels.

reports.

Man.

Most neutrals believe that the Can- | Oslo, tonese will not capitulate, despite Amsterdam, the threat of a Japanese advance on Copenhagen

Stockholm. Cantou and are of the opinion that the South China landing is partially Helsingfors..

Prague Intended to demoralise the Chinese during the advance

New York.. Hankow, 011 United Press.

*the

DOMEI CONFIRMS

LANDING

Bucharest Vienna.. Lisbon

Hongkong. Shanghal

Bumbay. Yokohama

Belgrade...

Montreal Montevideo.

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Hongkong, Ool. 12. Japaneso troops started tanding on Buenos Aires....18.03 eastern const of Kwangtung Rio de Janeiro...21 Province near Blas Bay on a large Silver (spot)....1086 scale at about 4 o'clock this mort Silver (forward),10 ing, it was authoritatively reported. War Loan.....101 --Domel

Berlin, Oct. 11.

The floating delt of the German Relch inercated in August from 4,000 millon Reichmarks to 4,500,000,000 Reichmarks, representing an increase | of twelve per cent, over the preceding

month.

GERMANY TO DEMOBILISE

Herlin, Oct. 11.

It is authoritatively learned that Germany will commence demobliisa- tion on October 18.

All Reservists will return to civil ife within two or three weeks of What date.-United Press,

L STRACHEY CANNOT

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LAND IN U.S.

New York, Oct 11.

18.03 The special board at Ellis Island 2.31/32 has ordered Mr. John Strachey, the 1964 British novelist, to be excluded from 1944 the United States on the ground that 101% he is not in possession of a

properly vianed passport-finited Prest.

-British Wiroicas.

red from the British steamer Jersey ley Riley; Samuel Dyson: Conducted City of which he was captain's sle-by Trevor Harvey: With Ernest Lush ward.

While this was taking place, Char- ley Cremeller (44) dropped dead, He had been steward to Captoln A. E. Randall, commander of the Man

hattan, for 12 years.

Vos, a 59-year-old naturalised Bri- Manhattan as the result of a mid- tish subject was transferred to the Atlantic radio medical aid.

message asking for

In the ner's hospital two doctors remained at his bedside for 24 hours in an attempt to save Vos.

Shirts for Statues

The authorities of Ostend have just

mada a decree

That all statues of the sort one used

to acc

In shops near the beach, Price ten francs each. Muut no longer be shown in their

nudiat state,

But must be shown (if at all) from

sald date.

Wrapped up as packets,

In paper jackets. So the shopkeepers, fearing trade

will be hurt, Advertise: "Statues, ten francs each,

In papar shirt,” And they say they sell more Than ever before. W. T. K

the Plano; Songs: To Lovely Groves

(Charles Tessier); Thy Lips like Roses (Claude Lejeune); Love me Truly (Jacques Lefevre); When I Behold (C. Goudimel); Fa, Lu, La,

I Cannot Cuneral It (Pierre Certon); Soul in Torment (Jean Hure); Ma- drigal (Gabriel Faure); Quartets with the Night; 3. Heaven plane, Op. 112: Yearning; 2. In 1.

Shines so Limpld und Clear; 4. See the Roses Growing: 5. Grow, Stinging Nettle, by the Rond. B.. Pretty Swallow, Dearest Swallow (Brahma).

11.00 London Relay--France. at Play'.

A talk by E. M. Stephan. 11.10 Cluse Down.

Manager Bitterly Disappointed

Chleago, Oct. 10. Hartnett, catcher and manager of the Chicago Cubs, is bitterly dis appointed World Baseball Series, and in an in the results of the

Interview anid: "There is going to be a shake-up in the team, You can of their jobs and they are bet that. Only four, guys are mure Deen, rest, I shall trade or sell to get rid Lee, Bryant and Hack. As for the

of any or all of them. That's as much as Xi tell you right now."-United Press

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