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|ILITARY CIRCLES ARE ASTONISHED AT THE RAPIDITY OF THE JAPANESE ADVANCE IN SOUTH CHINA.

Tokyo, Oct. 17.

With the extension of military operations in South China Ekely to entall various diplomatic issues, the Premier and Foreign Minister, Prince Konoye,

considered ilkely appoint a full-time Minister for Foreign Affairs, Domel learns from authoritative

sources

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It is pointed out in this connection that Japan's diplomacy relating to China la also assuming greater im portance with the steady progress in Lie offensive on Hankow.

In

A selecting competent per- sonality to occupy the foreign Port- folio, the Premier will consult Mr. Renzo Sawada, the newly-appointed VI-Munster for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Kensuke. Horinouchi, the out-

for going Vico-Minister

Foreign Affairs-Domei,

Highlights of yesterday's fighting including the successful crossing of the East River at three places French Trade

and a forced march along the Waichow-Canton highway

to within 48 miles of Canton; a major landing in Sanon Union Leader

County at the Pearl River delta of Namtau and a march

overland to Shatau, which is only one mile from the Found Dead.

Hongkong frontier; and three separate drives on the Canton-Kowloon Railway, which was expected to be cut before dawn this morning.

Meeting with practically no resistance the main Japanese Army is driving rapidly towards Canton.

mechanised and motor

-Heavy supplies of lorries, are being discharged into units, including tanks lighters, in which they ore tukan neross the bay to Nimshan. From tanks are Following the occupation of Nimshan the lorries and driving up to Walchow. Walchow at dawn on Saturday,

Japanese engineers have con- the Japanese forded the East scripted the River to the north bank at three inhabitants of Walchow to help re- separate points at 2 p.m. entered construct the bridges across the East

julver,

destroyed by Paklo, six miles north-west of troops before they retreated. Wnichow.

From there

Immediately

terrorised

Chinese

the Chinese

Paris, Oct. 10, The General Secretary of the Marxist Trade Unions for the district at Pontoise was found dead on Sun- day on the rails of the line between Paris and St. Germain.

It is not yet ascertained whether he committed suicide or was murder- ed, and subsequently placed on the rails where the body was allowed to be run over by the trains, in order to conceal the crime.

The pollee state that the deceased had recently received a number of threatening letters-Trans-Octan

pushed along the Wachow-Canton France Orders Flood

within to

be

highway

miles of ten Tsangshing, where a large force of Chinese troops are believed to entrenched. Tsangshing is 35 miles from Canton by rond.

While the main Jepanese Army i

towards Canton, another drove column remained south of the East River. to drive down the main

highway Hongkong - Walchow

to- words Cheungmuktau, the Tungkoon County railway city where up and down trains between Kowloon and Canton crossed.

OCTOBER 17, 1938.

RAPE OF CZECHS: BITTER ATTACK (Continued from Page 1.j

which had been deserted, destroyed and devoured, and was now being

Would this bring blessing or a cursa upon the world? asked Mr. Churchill. The question all the English-speak- ing peoples were asking themselves was, in this the end, or is more to comet

Could pence be secured by submission to organised and calcu- lated wrong-doing and violence?—

83 HORSES IN FIRST ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CESAREWITCH STAKES

Miss Windsor

Michosimy Dublin, Oct. 15. The Cesarewitch Stakes Handicap More Gossip Race for horses 3-year old and up- Near Relation wards will be run at Newmarket over Neilleward

out lympus a two and quarter-mile course October 20. There were 83 horses In Pors Bunlight the lat of first acceptances all of Punch which will be included in the Irish queen Shilling

Rannold Sweepstake be drawn on October Repondant

nussborough Hir Calldore The following horses had not been Birtem Mr. Churchill slushingly attacked scratched up to October 11 and art Raska Lightening Communist and Nazi tyranny, and regarded as probable starters.. Age Bios Wood added: "This Is a combination of of animal, weight carried and current paris mediaeval passion, party caucus, the price in betting follow each name. Biainless Stephen

Reuter.

SLASHING ATTACK

weapons of modern science, black-

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Name

ailing power and air bembing. It Archduken if is the most monstrous

Artiate Princa menace to Belle Pervenuo peace, order and fertile progress Black Speck that has appeared in the world since Botree the Mongol Invasions of the 14th Century."...

Broken Reed

Buttol

Cron

Celibata Contrevent

Coup de tol

Europe, continued Mr. Churchill, now lay abashed and distracted be Don Cossack fore the triumphant assertions of Dubonnet dictatorial power. He urged for the Earthstopper

Falting sake of peace, a swift and resolute ret gathering of forces to confront, not Flowing Tire aggression. Flying Image

"Reterary, but moral:

Foroughi

only

to the dictators, Mr. Foxchase Churchill said:

You

these Fox Star dictators on their

Golden Shore pedestals sur rounded by the bayonets of their remantle

Сутро soldiers and the truncheons of their Harewood Home pollee. On all sides they are guard-Inserind

Incantator noses of armed men, can-One Kept On nons, aeroplanes and fortifications-Limace they boast and vaunt themselves: Loves Legend

*** | Malkowicz before the world, yet in their hearts Mubarak there is an unspoken fear; they are afraid of words and thoughts-words spoken abroad and thoughts stirring at home."

A dictator all-strong without was all-weak within, declared Mr. Chuc- chill. He expressed the opinion that dictatorship was passing phase which could not long endure if

contact brought into

with the healthy world outside-Reuter,

Disaster CYPROEANS DEMAND

More Planes Brings Death From America Roll Of 192

Párls, Oct. 10.

Tokyo, Oct. 17. The death roll in the disastrous flood In Kagoshhan Prefecture Is alency mounting.

The effort which the French air make to compete with arm must

Up to 3 o'clock on Sunday after- German construction is being em- phasised by experts here. One au-

noon, 102 persons were known 10 thority declares that the French pro- have been killed and 203 are missing. IN SIGHT OF OBJECTIVE duction varies between 40 and 60 The number of houses washed away

388. Although all the bridges across the planes a month compared with Ger- is given

a month,

The southern districts of Kyushu innumerable creeks and small rivers many's 500

were hit by a The Air Minister, M. Lachambre,

ECVere typhoon on on this highway have been blown up to whose realism the by Chinese suppers, the Japanese

experts pay Friday night.-Domel column is reported to have inade a tribute, has won the confidence of considerable advance against

the Vallemin.

all aviators by appointing General

Chungling. Cheungfuling, Pingink and Takian. At eight o'clock last To all

railway centre, successively entering Chief of Staff.

a well-tried airman, as

fill one gap until the French

night the Japanese were reported to industry gets going, M. Lachambre be within eleves miles of the rail- has ordered 100 American Curtis- way, in sight of Cheungmuktau. Wright cyclone machines.

DRIVE NEAR HONGKONG Simultaneously, another force is driving westward towards the rail-i way from Bias Boy, vis Tamshul and the valley of Talkong River,

Tuls force entered Lungkok, mid-way between Tamshui and the Canton-Kowloon railway town of Shanghawal. At 8 pm. they were reported to be about 14 miles north of the British frontier town of Shataukok in Mirs Bay and about ten miles from Shanghawal,

It is estimated that French produc- tion will not altain full output until February 1940.

German pursuit planes are des- cribed by some experts as being twice as fast as the French, and German bombing planes are also considerably #11 immediate faster. France has need for 1,750 planes, for which

Royal Family Invited To United States

Parls, Oct. 16. King George and Queen Elizabeth have been invited to visit the United States next summer by President an announcement in the Parls Neto York Herald.

ere have been given. Irance Franklin D. Roosevelt, according to

reserves, it is estimated that needs over 4,000 planes, costing about nine milliard francs. Another BO milliard frances will be required to cover the cost of new air bases, build-

After two abortive attempts to land un the Sanon County const ings and personnel The number of the highly fortified Pearl River delta, air force effectives is to be increased the Japanese effected a major landing this year to 2,550 officers and 44,000 shortly before noon yesterday at men.-Reuter. Namtau, In Talchun Bay. Numtau is separated from Hongkong waters by the narraw Namtau Peninsula.

IN DEEP BAY

From Namtau the Japanese are reported to have pushed on to Shatau, in Deep Bay, the waters of which are regarded as British. Shatau is only one mile from the Shum Chum River. which zat this part is

the Hongkong-Kwangtung frontier. Heavy Bring has been heard nt: several border towns, including Ping- than and Lokmachau.

Record Poll

In N. Zealand

Elections

Wellington, Oct. 16. Labour's emphalle victory in the New Zealand general election come as a painful surprise to the Nationalist This Japanese force is believed to Party, whose chances of success were be only ten miles from Shum Chun, regarded as very promising right to the C.K.IL railway village just across the end of the campaign. the border trom Hongkong. Their The final state of the parties is: advance to the railway has been Labour 54, Nationalists 24, Indepen- preceded by bombings of border dents 2. towns,

The must remarkable fact of the entire operations since the Japanese landed in Blas Bay has been the eare with which they have advanced on their objective.

500 VILLAGES FALL Since the landing in Dias Bay on Wednesday last, the Japanese) have occupied an area in which Thero

approximately 500 aro villages and hamlets containing a population of

than more

four millon people.

With the leunings of the two Inde- pendents known, Labour virtually possesses 65 seats against the No- lonalists 26. All Cabinet Ministers have been returned.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, and the Minister of Finance, Mr. Nash had huge majorities. The poli constituted a record-Reuter,

NAVY C. P. 0.

FOUND SHOT Chief Petty Officer George Pilman; Refugees who escaped to Hong-

of HIM.S. Dirmingham, was found kong from Tamshui after the Japan- ese entry into the city disclose that dead on Sunday morning in a room. the total Japanese force which feat in the China Ficet Club. entered the city of 10,000

Pitman had been shot and a fire- people was

lying near ten soldiers. They were in complete arm was

the body. possession of Tamshul for two hours, Although investigations have not bren until the main army came overland completed it is believed that the

Tamshui was subjected to fatal Injury was self-imposed.

Pitman is believed to have come terriic preliminary aerial and naval bombardiment

and was burning from Portsmouth.

Aereely as the Japanese entered.

Two bombs struck the Tamshul

High School, in which 250 children GERMANS ARRESTED

sought refuge. Eighty of the chill- dren were killed or injured by the explosions.

IN PANAMA

COUNT THE

A constant procession of Japanese

Panama, Oct. 10. convoys of transporte, escorted by Four Germans, who were allegedly TELEGRAPHS" destroyers and cruisers is entering photographing the cbast defences, and leaving Bias Day. Yesterday i have been arrested by the military further twenty transports arrived) authorities in the Canal zone, and EVERYWHERE,

and immediately commenced divem-jare being held under a military guard barking troops and supplies. on charges of explonage.--Reuter,

Official quarters In London refuse to comment upon the report, Court circles, however, state that the in- vitation has been accepted and pre- parations for the visit are niready being made.-Trans-Ocean.

PLANES COLLIDE OVER DETROIT

Detroit, Oct. 10.

A sight-seeing aeroplane, landing at the airport here to-day collided at an altitude of 300 feet, with an-

other plane which was hopping off.

The pilot, Willian Stanisinus, aged 35, and two passengers, Robert E. 31, were killed, Lee and his son, Robert, Jun., aged while the other

plane was burnt out, cremating the pilot, Walter Y. Paselit, aged 40, and Frank Baby, aged 24-United Press.

ANGLO-ITALIAN AGREEMENT

London, Oct. 10. Parliament will be afforded

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AUTONOMY

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direct negotiations between Greece and England.

Nether Mr. Lloyd George, nor any succeeding British Government has taken steps to full this promise, and In 1923 the Island was proclaim- cd a Crown Colony of Great Britain. At the prestal time all the legisla tive and executive power on the island rests in the hands of the Governor, us the constitution of the Istand was set aside years ago.

It is stated that indignation has risen among the natives of Cyprus through the ban imposed by the authorities on the teaching of Greek history and geography in the schools. is niso po.men out that administra- Ive officials

drawing high Enlarics which have to be raised by the none-too rich population.

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During past years all netivist and Greek patriots, including even priests, have been banned from the island Trans-Ocean,

EXPENSIVE BUS RIDE

Student Who Travelled Without Ticket -

A seventeen-year-uld student named Suen Hon-kwong was charg- ed before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday with having avolded paying his fare while travelling on a No. 1 (Shama- shulpo) rute bus at Kowloon on October 14.

Admitting the charges, the defen- dant said that he had forgotten to buy a ticket. He was fined $25.

It was said that about 5 pm. on

Friday, 3 Ucket Inspector boarded

the bus in which the defendant was sitting and Inspected the tickets of the passengers. The defendant was asked for his, and pretended to look amongst his books for it. He was eventually requested to leave the bus and asked to go to the bus Company, and as he left the bus he was alleged to love run away. He was chased and

detained.

Prior to imposing the fine, Mr. Himsworth pointed out to the defen- dant that if he had been honest and had bought a ticket, it would only have cost him Ave or 10 cents, where- as, if he did not and was caught it would cost him at least $23, which rum could buy many bus tickets.

LATE MR. FELSHOW

Ashes Deposited in Waters

Of Taun Wan Bay

opportunity of discussing any deci sion the Government may reach re- garding the bringing inio force of the Anglo-Italion agreement, staled Lord Halifax when Lord Crew and Sir Percy Harris, representing the Liberal Party, called at the Foreign minent local architect, who died at cuss developments in the international Office during the week-end to dis- situation.Reuter,

The ushes of the late Mr. William Charles Felshow, 51-year-old pro-

the Matilda Hospital on October 11 and whose remains were cremated the same day, were deposited in the waters of Taun Wan Bay yesterday, following a burial service by Mr. Russell assisted

Mr.

D.

Sliver. by PLANE OVER BORDER chief of whom were the deceased's A small party of mourners, the

wife and daughter, left for Tsun Wan on a launch at 9.30 am. Those on board also included Mra, B. Fant, re- presenting the Theosophical Society, Men, K. Levklkowlich. and Mr. J. Anderson.

Unidentified Machine In

British Territory

According to a report received

from Ko Wa New Territories,

yesterday, an aeroplane, the nation- allly of which was unknown, dew across the border into British terri- tory.

The report stated that about & p.m. the aeroplane, a two seater Aghung machine, appeared over the village and left after a short period. It bore no visible identicntion marks,

N.Z. ELECTIONS

Wellington, Oct. 18. The Anal state of parties in the general election le now: Independenta two--Reuter Bulletin. Labour 55 seats, Nationals 23, and

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For

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Cremer

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Patroclus

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japon and Monlia

(San Francisco date, 23rd Sept.). Pres. Coolidge Shanghal and Swatow

INWARD MAILS

From

Dua

October 17.

October 18,

October 18.

Strails and Holbow

October 10.

Japan

and Shanghai

October 18.

.October 15.

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October 10

Shanghal and Swatow

Yunnan

October 18.

Air Mai, by "Imperial Airways Direct Servios”—London date, 13th October.

Imperial Airways Piano October 19.

Airways Finne Santos Maru

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October 20.

Kamo Maru

.October 20.

Potsdam

October 20.

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.October 20.

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.October 21.

.October 21.

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only by the "Pan-American Alr- Pan-American only

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U.S.A., Japan

ways Direct Service" Jupan

and

Australia and Manila

Japan and Shanghal

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Air Mail for Slan, Lanchow Chang- Eurasis Plano

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........Mon, Oct 17.

G. P. O. and K. P. O. Reg.,

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Australia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, zqui October.

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Wednesday

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