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YOONDED 41 一拜體 九十月十英港香

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938. 日六十月八

THOUSANDS DIE IN

MASS AIR HORRORS

Conflicting Reports From

America's Big Spy Trial

(Soo Column Saven)

WERNER G, GUDENBERG Former aircraft employe in But- falo, at Curtiss Wright plant. Ecraped to Germany without passport, during investigation.

Stow

JOHANNA HOFMANN Hairdresser on the liner Europa. Accused of relaying information to high ofelis in Germany.

QUENTHER GUSTAY

RUMRICH

Belf-confessed

novice

Deserter from the United States Army. field agent. Born in Chicago.

OTTO HERMAN VOSS GOAL-MOTİZMATUPAÍS ~ worker, Bosed of opionage at Severnky plant Long Relasid. Ife in a naturalizpe elila non-

The War Areas

Chinese Claim Waichow Japan Claims Sheklung CONFLICTING REPORTS ARE BEING RE-

CEIVED FROM THE KWangtung war

AREA.

Semi-official Chinese reports state that Wai- chow and Poklo were recaptured yesterday following a bitter struggle east of the Shaho River, which flows into the East River at Shoungnam.

The Japanese, on the other hand, claim to have! turned the right flank of the Chinese defences north of the East River, to have crossed the Shaho River, and to have captured Shellung, the important railway centre where the Canton-Kowloon Railway crosses the East River. Sheklung is only 35 miles from Canton, across flat country favourable to Japanese mechanised units.

The Chinese report states that when they effected crossing of the henvy losses were inflicted on Shabo River at two points. the Invaders and, adds that several thousand Japanese troops north of the East River are now completely surrounded,

Additionally, it is cinimed that the Japanese have been entirely driven from the Canton-Kowloon Rallway at Cheungmuktau and Pingwu, where he Invaders, as reported by the "Telegraph" on Monday, severed the

ine.

The Chinese report states that, following the evacuation of the Japanese from the railway gone,

Effecting one crossing at Palchom

Japanese pushed along the north bank of the East River towards Shek- lung, which fell this morning, accord- ling to their claims.

The abylous Intention, the report #tales, is to push directly to Canton along the Canton-Kowloon Hall- way. The distance between Can- ton and Sheklung by railway, which crocses large plaina which there are practically hilla, is only 35 miles.

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110

This route, the Japanese state,

breakdown gangs have been sent obviates the necessity of attempting out to effect repalen and raliway to ford the Innumerable rivers and oficials, who were removed to treams which constitute the Pearl Canton, have been recalled to River delta. The only waterway office.

etween Sheklung and Canton is the Disputing the Chinese cla!m,

Tsungkong River, another tributary Japontse reports state that the entire of the East River.

allway zone from Pingwu to Shek- lung, distance of over thirty miles,;

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HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE are dally visiting the Fourth Floor of the South China Morning Post Ltd. building in Wyndham Street to view the Exhibition of Pictures of the Year.

Prize-winning and other entries in the Eighth Annual "Telegraph" Amateur Photo- graphic Competition are .on display, Admission is free.

AS THEY CROSS THE FRONTIER into Hongkong territory refugees from the war- torn areas in Kwangtung are given bowls of rice and are then directed to the concen- tration camp nt Kum Tin Aerodrome. Over 3,000 are now encamped at Kam Tin.

Fall Of Waichow: Story

By Eye-Witness

ON SATURDAY the Telegraph" published an exclusive re- nort, denied by Eunday newspapers, that Walchow had fallen at 8.15 o'clock that morning.

Official confirmation of every detail of the "Telegraph's" re- port was received in Hongkong last niglit from the Walchow Correspondent of the "South China Morning Post," a mission- ary who apparently remained in the doomed city throughout the terrific aerial bombardment and subsequent Japanese entry. Confirming the ""Telegraph" | malaed, most of them, however, hav

the "South China ing escaped to the countryside. Thla despatch,

and thud, not to say anything of In addition, the Japanese report attempt to be consolidating their new Morning Post" Correspondent was the third day of din and roar

destruction and death. that they have reached within 25 position at Sheklang while their said: miles of Bocca Tigris forts at the engineers construct pontoon bridges

TERRIBLE ATROCITIES AT mauth of the Pearl River, on the across the East River.

TADISHUI other side of the Hongkong Penin- mula.

is now completely in Japanese hands.

JAPANESE PLANES DOWNED Chinese sources report through "United Press" that thirty Japanese planes have been brought down in a series of dogfights over the battle- feld.

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BRIDGES BLOWN UP

Meanwhile, however, the Japanese

After three

terrific days of bombing, the Japanese army began The two great railway bridges at its march into the city of Walchow Sheklung, constructed with British very early on Saturday morning, the capital and engineers, have been blown up by the Chinese.

These two bridges have been

altmen for

SE

had

been

the

PALESTINE WAR

BESIEGED ARAB REBELS DEFIANT

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Surrounded In Mosque Aroa

JERUSALEM, Oct. 18.

IN THE FIRST SIEGE since the war with the Saladins in the aircraft to-day 12th Century, directed the British troops who have besieged the old city, which Reports came that Aotow, on the is controlled by Arab reheis, flag and soldiers being seen on one coast,

that entered, of the fortresses on a high bill by Tomshul, important market town, strongly entrenched behind the 0 o'clock.

Heavy firing took place during the had fallen with terrible atrocities, ancient walls.

Two thousand British troops have unsuccessfully bombed by Japanese carly part of Friday. By morning and the next objective was to bel

been remorced by 4,800 Jewish over a year in an the Chinese soldiers had retreated Walchow, the largest city in the East

River attempt to effect the destruction and the Japanese were in complete

section

and formerly now voluntarily undertaken

by / and

The aeroplanes noverca abové tho Claiming the capture of Sheklung the Chinese.

possssion

of the city. In the mean-capital of the prefecture of 10 dls-supernumerary policemen,

tricts or countles.

towards the than 100,000 people of shortly before down

Lime more this morning.

One

the attack came after another city and directed fire hed Jeft during the Japanese attempts to bomb the Walchow Japanese reports state that, follow-

every few minutes from sustine to Keuch stronghold, which la in

mosque area. ng severe Bahting on the East River bridges from the air were rendered bombing and only a few old women

The riveis made openings in the front, which stretches from the north abortive by the ring of anti-aircraft could be seen anywhere in the city. sunset until it was impossible to say

how many and the number of bombs walls surrounding the Moique which sank of the river to the vicinity of guns in the vicinity, which kept This does not take into account the dropped is beyond reckoning. No the authorities had closed with ce- Escagcheng, the Japanese succeeded Japanese bombers at such heights thousands who left the ving round doubt this is one of the most scrious ment n crumbling the Chinese right flank

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sieges any city in China has so far

Troops stationed in high buildings WHIPPED INTO SUBMISSION been subjected.

outside the city walls, signalled the The city was liernily whipped LANDING FIELDS IMPROVISED rebels' movements.

A London message says that Mr. Into submission by attacks from the

a Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of All day Saturday there was

vialted air. Each morning the planes began constant line of infantry, cavalry, Stute for lie Dominions, to emerge from overhanging clouds

mounted guns, lorries and several Buckingham Palace to-day and gave soon after the rising of the nus and all armoured tanks entering the the King a detailed account of the at regular intervals all day long, deserted ely from the south. Within, affairs in Palestine-United Press. bombs being dropped indiscriminate-48 hours the city of 100,000 and more

Germany Demobilising Frontier Forces

METZ, Oct. 18. GERMANY HAS STARTED todemobilise all the troops brought up to reinforce her defences on the French Saar and Luxem- Surg frontiers during the crisis.

It is estimated that one-third of Heavy.feld artilery was withdrawn | yesterday evening, and since this he mobilised men have already morning about 10 regiments of returned to civil life-United Press.

nfantry, cavalry and motorised units began to leave for the Interior Germany.

of

about.

ly

rible

German Orders

To Spy

"Say You Are Working For England"

NEW YORK, Oct. 18. T THE RESUMED spy

AT

trial. to-day, Guenther Rumrich, who has turned State's Evidence said:

"I had been instructed in case of apprehension to say that I was working for Eng- land.

"I was not to use any re- ference to Germany, but to say I was working for 'Major Christopher Draper' of. Lon- don."

These instructions, аст cording to Rumrich, came from

a mysterious "Mr. Weigand," whom Rumrich. had met and from whom he received money..

Rumrich added that Weigand told him to be very careful and to address his letters in futuro (apart from those sent by messenger) to Mrs. Jessie Mor- gall, of Dundee, Scotland. (Morgan is now serving a prison term in England for espionage). Rumrich said that Weigand showed haphotograph of himself taken: at the German Embassy in Washing- ton along with Captain Wiedmann, who was then vielling the United States as Herr Hitler's Adjutant, and also with Herr Dieckhoft, former German Ambassador.

Weigand then gave him a letter Instructing him henceforth to con- centrate on Information with regard to American rearmament.

Another agent

Schmidt named asked it Rumrich knew anyone who was employed in the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, or the Du Pont plant.

Schmidt showed him two $1,000 notes which he said were going to a (Continued on 'Page 4)

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