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THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1938.

RADIO

Conflicting Reports From BROADCAST

The War Areas

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

AREA.

FROM THE KWANGTUNG WAR

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 Sheungnam.

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 Sheklung, 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 to such an extent by Chlang Kai- shck five years ago that it has proved heavy lossen

were inflicted on impregnable to all Japanese attempta the invaders and adds that

to storm it from the sea, several thousand Japanese troops. north of the East River are now completely surrounded.

only slightly from an attack by land. The forts, however, are defended Additionally, they have been com- Additionally, it is claimed that thepetely cut off from Cariton, firstly, by Japanese have been entirely driven highway, which goes in a roundabout from the Canton-Kowloon Hallway

Fashion through Sheklung and. at Cheungmuktau and Pingwa, where secondly, by waterway, owing to the the Invaders, as reported by the closure of the boom and the vigilance "Telegraph" on Monday, sovered the of Japanese warships. line.

PROTECTING SHAMEEN

British and other foreign residents of Canton continue to evacuate to the coast through a tortuous indirect route, which takes them to Macao via Shelki. A further batch left Canton

The Chinese report states that, following the evacuation of tic Japanese from the railway zone, breakdown gangs have been sent out to effect repairs and railway officials, who were removed to Canton, have been recalled to yesterday. enice.

The indian and Naval guards on Disputing the Chinese clain, Japanese reports state that the entire Shameen Island, the Anglo-French allway zone from Pingwu to Shek-Concession at Canton, have been Jung, a distance of over thirty miles,substantially strengthened by the is now completely in Japanese hands landing of sailors from British and In addition, the Japanese report French warships. Two-thirds of that they have reached within 25 Shamoen Is British territory; the miles of Bocca Tigris forts at the remainder French. mouth of the Pearl River, on the

other side of the Hongkong Penin

sula.

JAPANESE PLANES DOWNED

Chinese zalfrees report through "United Press" that thirty Japanese planca have been brought down in a series of dogfights over the battle- fleld.

Claiming the capture of Sheklung shortly before dawn

this

The extra precautions are being

Mrs. O. N. Hamilton and Mrs. N. Littlejohn who acted as matrons of honour at the wedding on Saturday of Miss Marjorie T. Edwards and Mr. R. E. L. Beardsworth.--Staff Photographer.

HOUSES IGNITED BY BURNING

PETROL

Tony Gray and Pomping

Vila from the Studio "IN TOWN TO-NIGHT""

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.en. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. } and B-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c'o, per second,

H. K. T 0.00

Beethoven-"Pastora!" Bym- phony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 08.

Played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Waiter.

0.40 Operna.

Selections!

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"Die Meistersinger"--Overture The B. B. C. Symphony Orchestra cand. by Adrian Boult; "Tristan And Isolde Isolde's Love Song (Act 3)

Nanny Larsen-Todsen (Soprano) with The Bayreuth Festival Orches tra cond. by Karl Elmendorff; "Tann- hauserVenusberg Music' (Bic canale)....Bruno Walter conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra-- The

Landgrave's Address....Ivar Andersen (Boss) with Orchestral accomp. cand, by Fritz Zweig.

7.10 Closing Local Stock Quotn- Llona

77.12 Ballads.

Lo, Here The Gentle Lark.(Bishop) .Mavis Bennett (Soprano) with Plane; Dedouin Love Song (Pinsuti)

.Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) with Orchestra; Always (from 'Puritan Lullaby Dyrenforth and Smith)....Inn Souez (Soprano) with Orchestra.

7.25 D. B. C. Recording-"Out of] the Blue."

A short story read by Sapper (Li. Col. H, C. McNeile).

7.48 Lexile Jeffries and His Or-| chestra.

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8.00 Local Time Signal. Weather Report and Announcements,

8.03

Toby Studio Recital by Gray (Piano Accordeon) and Pomp-: ing Vila (Vocal and Piano),

(1) Plano Accordeon and Piano: Strutter Ball; (b) (a) Darktown

Mood

Indigo;

(c) Bye-Bye Blues; (2) Song. Alone With You (Pump-

acc.

ing Vila) Sophisticated

onel, Plano Selo (Pomping Vila); Song. I Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight.

(3) (Pomping Vila); Piano Accordeon und Plano; (a) Says

Heart; (b) Chinatown.

8.10 Gülbert and Sullivan Seler-

tions.

Rescuers Caught In Burst Of Flame ture

נ!

taken in case the Japanese get near Saunders and

The houses occupied by the Robert Jones, of Maldon Hoad, Callaghan familles | Edmonton, who was one of the first enough to Canton to commence as were extensively damaged by the on the scene, said that he saw artillery bombardment.

force of the impact when the plane woman in flames staggering in

the crashed into them and were Then passage of the Saunders's home, It

helped to drag her out and returned to assist Mr. Saunders, who also was burned.

son

to

died

19

11

HORI

A resident in Dunholme Road kald the Guarddham; Strange Aut

...Derck

The Pirates of Penzance"; Over- ...Light Opera Orchestra under direction of Rupert D'Oyly Carte; Stay. We must not lose our

Senses.. Derek Oldham and Chorus of Girls; Monsters!....E. Grifin, G. Baker, S.

S. Robertson and Chorus; I am the Very Model of a Major General.. housands in that event, that enveloped in flaines from the burn-

George Baker and Chorus; of Chinese civilians willing petrol,

of the Guard"; Hereupon We're both Agreen.. attempt to storm the two bridges) The Spunders family were at din-

George Baker across the canal dividing Shameen ner at the time. Mrs. Saunders and

and Leo Sheffield; "The Yeomen of from the Chinese city.

His Fellers Free From her

Derek were burned The

of Canton, which death, another son, Roy, population

Grim.... "The 'plane struck the house with a

Elsie venture..

Grin, Dorothy morning, Was approximately two million be-hospitat. Mr. and Mrs. William caught Bre.

and Mr. Saunders Te terrifle crash and almost at oncere, Japanese reports state that, follow-fore the outbreak of hostilities with.

Gill, D. Oldham, Peter Dawson; I saw two persons Work What Was That, Sir?....P ing severe fighting on the East River Jupan, la now believed to number not

carried from the wreckage. Nearly Dawson, D. Oldham, A. Hosking, 1. Nearly threeghan, their three sons, and front, which stretches from the north more than 100,000. bank of the river to the vicinity of quarters of a million

are all detained in hospital. all their clothing had been burnt." Sheffield, G. Baker and Chorus; Like people have When the machine hit the ground Tsengcheng, Japanese succeeded been evacuated to the interior since parts flew in

Mr. G. P. Harrison, o next-door A Ghost His Vigil Keeping....George all directions. One in crumbling the Chinese right flank the Japanese landing on Dias Bay.

wheel was found the front garden friends were in a public-house abcut and Chorus.

neighbour, said that he und some Baker, Leo Shefeld, Arthur Hosking when they effected crossing of the

of a house four doors away; another 200 yards away when he was told Shaho River at two points.

0.00 London Relay "Enpire Ex- was found in the back garden of the that a plane and struck his house. change." Effecun the Japanese pushed along the north made any serious attempt to bomb wedged in the door of the Callaghan's house rushed to the scene in a van.

Although the Japanese have not yet Saunders's house. The engine Was A number of men in the publle-

Points of view by travellers from bank of the East River towards Shek-Canton from the air since the Bius house.

the Dominions and Colonies, lung, which fell this morning, accord-Bay landing, their acrlal activities

9.15 Plano Selections by

Benno Mr. J. F. Johnson, of Victoria | In the Saunders's front room there ing to their claims,

Motselvitch, The obvious intention, the report elsewhere are described as the most were the remnants of the family's Road, Edmonton, said he saw 0. Rondo (Hummel); Song Without

meal, Crockery states, is to push directly to Canton terrible and horrifying bombings the midday

and arroplane coming from westerly children's toys and clothes were direction over the housing estate. along the Canton-Kowloon Rail-world has ever known,

The distance between Can- is believed that the invaders are scattered about smashed and torn to was losing height rapidly, crashed on and Shellung by

the roof of a house before hitting the rallway.

way, employing every available machine pieces.

spread

street, where it broke up the pave terror, destruction and death

and ment and the among the unfortunate Chinese

road surface, civilians below,

bounced again on to the Saundera's

way.

tom

the

one crossing at Pakhom.

crosses

whleh

large plaina which there are practically

hilla, Is only 35 mites.

tu

on no

HORRIFYING AIR WARFARE

fate.

RESCUERS' FATE

{

Words-F Major (Mendelssohn); Hunting Song (Mendelssohn); Grillen (Schumann).

9.30 London Relay-The News. Joseph Sziget (Violin) and Egon Petri (Piano).

10.15 Orchestral.

German Dances Nos, 1 and 2 (K. 605) (Mozart); German Dance No. 3 "The Sleigh Ride" (K. 003-Mozart) Vienna Philharmonie Orchestra cond.

cond, the London Symphony Orches (Weinberger)....Sir Hamilton Harty

"I was told that she had been stand-by Bruno Walter; The Bagpipe Player

How rescuers were caught by a home. Tils route, the Japanese state, Every day since the Bins Bay sudden burst of

flame from the obviates the necessity of attempting Innding, between 100 and 200 wrecked 'plane was described by a

When he reached the spot, he saw to ford the Innumerable rivers and Japanese planes have been in the air

a woman lying in front of the house streams which constitute the Pearl almost continuously, dropping tons man who narrowly escaped a similar and a Boy Scout was attending her. River della. The only waterway of explosives upon the civilians and between Sheklung and Canton is the literally blasting their towns from forward after two other men who plane crashed. The table was set Mr. George Weaver said: "I rusheding in front of a gas stove when the Tungkong River, another tributary the face of the earth. of the East River.

It is stated that the entire area They were a second before me and

lived in houses nearer than mine, for dinner." between Blus Bay and Cunton along}

were burned the routes taken by the Japanese has

very badly. One has been reduced to a shambles.

died. It was that second which

BRIDGES BLOWN UP

Meanwhile, however, the Japanese

It is impossible to estimale how saved my life. In the garden of the

SEEN FROM HOSPITAL AND PARK

Patients and visitors at St. David's

tra with Harold Dawber at the Organ, 10.30 London Relay='In Town To-night',

Introducing unusual stories from every walk of life and Bashes from

C. F. Mechan,

attempt to be consolidating their new | many men, women and children have use, opposite the Saunders, which Hospital and hundreds of children the news of the week. Produced by

position at Sheklung while their

across the East River,

of nir raids. The total in many tens The two great railway bridges at of thousands, It is believed,

Sheklung, constructed with British capital and engineers, have been

blown up by the Chinese.

These two bridges have been unsuccessfully bombed by Japanese airmen for over # year in an attempt to effect the destruction now voluntarily undertaken by the Chinese.

Eden Appeals

For National

11.00 Close Down.

Welcome To P. I. Mission

engineers construct pontoon bridges been the victims of the mass series the plane first hit, I saw a man who playing in a near-by park saw the

believe

was the

pilot lying on the crash. Mr. J. A. Bragg, of Colbrook path. All his clothes were

burned

Blackfriars, off and his

an out-door vere Street, face and body terribly burned. It may have been patient at the hospital, said: "I saw it when it was hardly higher than the that he fell or jumped from the roofs of the houses and then it seem-

before I struck plane just

theed to fall over on to its side. 11 ground."

started turning round, and we ran Mr. William Forbes, who was re-out into the garden expecting it to lenser

from hospital with hands, E

crash into the hospital, but

It kept arms, and

neck heavily bandaged, on rolling and then burst into flames, An official welcome to the Philip- stated: "I saw some children around The last we saw of it was when it pine Mission to Washington, which the plane immediately after the disappeared beyond some houses, and is now en route by the President crash. In a couple of seconds there then there was a terrible crash. Coolidge, will bo given at the was a great burst of flame, and we

Councillor Toit, Deputy Mayor of Filipino Club, King's Park, this af- were driven

back before we could do Edmonton, and other members of the ternoon, when an informal tea party much to help. I was caught by the borough council left a thanksgiving will be held. as the others." flames, but was not so badly burned

It is believed that when the pilot to go to the scene of the five, with Mr. S. Osmenn. Vice- crash. They made immediate arrange-President of the Philippines at the realised he was in difficulties he ments for housing the people whose head, is going to Washington to be made an attempt to land in Pimm's houses had been damaged during ready to answer any questions which He argued that Britain would con- Park, which adjoins the housing salvage work. tinue to be out-distanced in the arms estate.

Japanese attempts to bomb the bridges from the air were rendered abortive by the ring of anti-aircraft guns in the vicinity, which kept Japanese bombers at such heights

that possible.

Defence Unity

London, Oct. 18. effective operations were - International Peace Society meeting Mr. Anthony Eden, speaking at the Prior to their evacuation of Shek-in the Guildhall to-day, again ap- lung, the Chinese removed all anti-pealed for party unity in tackling aircraft guns and blew up the concrete

the national defence problem. foundations.

continued

BOY'S WARNING People from surrounding

streeta

A few guns which were left were race, and as long as sho rendered useless to the Japanese by dynamite charges placed in their her present methods.

If rearmament could be more eff-worked hard to put out the flames, muzzien.

elently and speedily carried out by being folned by a special contingent Government representing all parties, of police and several RAF, men, but

A strong Japanese force appears to

be definitely striking towards Bocca then the case for such a Government the houses were well night before

Tigris forts from Cheungmuktau, the must Gurely be railway centre, if Japanese reports aro Material rearmament

unanswerable, the fire brigade could reach the spot, to be believed.

was not all. and houses on either side became in- Britain's wholo national economy volved. NEARING BOCCA TIGRIS

would require an overhaul, with à Robert Sorrell, aged 12, who lives now effort to deal with domestic pro-in Dunholme fond, told a

reporter The report claims that the blems, such as unemployment. that he was sitting on a gatepost out- Japanese vanguard is now withia Unity, strength and justice were side his house watching Lames Tant 25 miles of the famous foris at the the three equipments If Britain's playing in, the street when suddenly moath of the Pearl River.

work for peace was to be successful, he saw the 'plane diving towards Bocca Tigela (literally "Tiger's Britain's strength should be used, not him. "I shouted, "Look out, Jimmy." Mouth" received

its Portuguesa to impose her will or to show intolerand as I was running away I saw name from adventurous Portugueso ance, but to uphold certain standards the 'plane hit him." The gatepost en who sailed to the Orient : eight of International conduct, without which Borrell had been sitting was centuries ago. It is one of the oldest which there could not be peace-demolished by the plane as it swoop- forts in China, but was modernised Reuter.

ed down.

in connection with the local The mission, which consizia of

Japan Severs All Ties With Geneva

Geneva, Oct. 18.

It is authoritatively reported that Japan 115% week will announce her withdrawal from the League of Naitons', Inter national Labour Organikfort, thus sovering all remaining con- nections with 'Geneva.--Ünited Pres.

may arise when the Joint Prepara- tory Committee's report is published during the next few weeks, The report deals with the economic pos!- tion of the Philippines vis-à-vis American and Filipino residents.

The nússion will resume its Journey to the United Stnies by the President Coolidge which saila either to-morrow, or on Friday,

I.LO. TO MEET IN LONDON

London, Oct. 10 ·· The governing body of the League of Nations International Labour Ör- ganisation whose 25th season opens in London next Tuesday, meets here for the first time sinco 1920. The Minis- ter of Labour will attend the opening session-British Wireless.

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