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Pincer

Britain's Export Trade

Movement Dwindles

In North

JAPAN'S CLAIMS TO

BIG ADVANCES

TOKYO, Oct. 20.

JAPANESE FORCES

in bave China Central shortened their steel cordon encircling the second defence line of Hankow, and in the past few days have con- their sidorably tightened pincer drive

on Hankow itself.

Exports Advance Theories On How To Recover

London, Oct. 10,

for

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

CLIPPER

AVERTS

FORCED LANDING

HONOLULU, Oct. 19, Philippine Clipper passengers to-day disclosed that they narrowly averted a forced land- Ing on October 8 en route to Guam from Manila.

THURSDAY,

OCTOBER

20, 1938.

Torch Singer's Troops Escort Ex-Husband

15,000 Rickshas

Faces Sentence From Hankow

Ito

Hollywood, Oct. 18.

of

Hankow, Oct. 20. In the small hours of this morning 15,000 ricksha cbolles marched out of the city escorted by troops, drawing rickshas in which were packed wives, children and belongings.

Forming a quiet, orderly proces- "Icft in total darkness on a they alone

CX-

The Grand Jury has indicted Colonel Martin Snyder, former hus band of Ruth Etung, the firm scar, for attempted murder, kidnapping and violation of the Gun Act.

He fuces a possible sentence from from three to 50

imprisonment. years

The Chinese Government is paying The death penalty under the kanap-long trek into the Interior. ping code was not invoked.

each rieccha

puller

evacuation penits, and also guarantees pald work in the interior later.

Stores of military lorries, carrying foodstuffs and medicines, accom- punied the procession; and 4,000 abic- bodied citizens also evacuated.

The

people of Hankow woke this morning to find not a single ricksha in the streets.

Atter Ruth, Etling had described half an hour of terror at the hunos o

husband, who ner former her

iwo threatened to kill her

had

com-

When 600 miles from Guam, the No. 4 motor on the starboard side began smoking and throwing oil,

Captain A. E. La Porte began side-panions, she hinted, as she emerged was slipping, and, keeping the right wing from the Chambers, that she

Mery not married to 100 feel at a rate of approximately Alderman, the man whom Snyder is 2,000 feet a minute, after which he alleged to have shot,

The highlights of Ruth Elling's levelled out and continued on three

her statement testmony was matare.

when Snyder discovered that she had $70,000 he made her gave it to him,

be explopetitive position should | high, descended from 6,000 feet to actually

that

He gradually attained a moderate attitude, and was able to change the abroad for motura at Guam, necesiliating a long and then hounded her for more, fre- ;

delay. United Press.

CLIPPER'S DISAPPEARANCE The wild stories that grew up out between Guam of the mysterious disappearance of the wall Clipper and Manila on July 20, when 15 men, passengers and crew, vanished from

The Parliamentary Secretary the Department of Overseas Trade, peaking at Shefield said that un- fortunately the upward trend of British export ceased towardsTM the end of last year, and in first half of

1938

there had been a drop of over ten per ecal.

"Every possible method of improv Ing our

he sald. "Among these I am convinced that one of the most important is to devise effective to enable Industries. In machinery to

on equal this country

terms ustries with

Mr. R. S. Hudson went on to refer to the high standard of living and cial services in Britain, unrivalled social and said that to maintain but those Japanese detachments which standards, and is competitive post- must clearly tion abroad, Britain started their general onslaught show a determination equal to that southward from Singyang along of other countries, and match their the west of the Peiping-Hankow progress with advances in its own

Melenty of

of production and organi-

human cognisance without leaving a Railway have reached as far as ation for export. This called for trace, are dealt with by Mr. Paul Pingtangkwan, a pass forming the united effort both from employers

Mallon,

Washington journalist, in a border between Honan and Hupch and employed, and not merely

from widely syndicated article. Provinces, while other Japanese units those industries engaged in the ex He says the theory of

of sabotage of driving mouth-wast from Shawo, port trade, also from industrict the Clipper is discounted by experts base of the Chiners

ete troops positioned

oned fortunnie

to be

be engaged

and the only pointer to its disaster around the Tapleb Mountain Range, SGE LEADERS CONFER

eted some market

seems to be that two professors en have broken through the, defence line of the Chinese troop statio

Stationed A

The points touched on by Mr. board may have opened a hatel

tre some instrument they wer Mountain Mopanshun

have Range and Hudson were also discussed at a advanced to the border between Ro-f special meeting called in London by Currying. How this would use alt is inexplicable so f, hum- the Association of the British Cham-ce Han and Hupets Provinces.

Thla latter advance, it is claimed,ber of Commerce to consider the ex

The tales emanating from natives makes imminent the full of Muchen port trade. Sir Granville Gibson

of the Philippine Islands as to seeing n cheap Chinese stronghold and terminus of

the view that the highway lending to

money polley had lost its driving the crash and a "lone survivor" were export trade probably inspired by the prospects Domel.

power so far as the

concerned The problem was not of a reward, it is cunsidered. ducing, but selling, and he asked

British Industry

sufficiently skifut.

LULL PREVAILS

Innkow.

Nanchang, Oct. 20.

д

A lull prevails on the Nanchang-it the oversea selling organisations ct Klukiang Railway.

The Japanese left wing advancing toward Tolki along the Slogize- Tehun highway is reported to have been repulsed by the Chinese whilst right-wing-ut Jollsouth

were

He mentioned possibility hinted at by Mr. Hudson that they ought to consider related trades seiling for export through some central organi-

the Wuning highway is sation, or even an amalgamaliony-of |

of the asid to be engaging the Chierse at Kanmukwan.

has

been

firms operating with similar gooda in similar markets.

Further devastating

Sir Ceeli Weir condemned quotas. wrought upon the war-torn townnd complahied of prohibitively high Shaho on the Nanchang-Klukiang turiffs and foreign export bounties, Raliway, 17 kilometres south of Kiu- but a representative of the cool trade kang and 111 kilometres north of defended the quota system without Nanchang, by the Japanese who have which, he argued, it would be im- burnt down large numbers of civilian possible for British conl exports to

ever.

National Guard Called Out For Strike

Sioux City, In., Oct. 19. The National Guard has been called out on duly at the strike-bound Swift plant "to help the civil authorities maintain order." It is emphatically denied that the nera is under martial

law

an

quently threatening her 1ft.

Snyder refused to testify to-day, Ruth Etting hinted that she had not when eloped with Alderman, and pressmen asked her if she actually married him, she replied: "Well, they could not And the record, could they?' --United Prem.

French And Japanese In New Incident

Hankow, Oct. 20.

A belated Tientsin report revealed another incident Involving Japanese soldiers and the French Concession authorities in the northern port elty on Monday.

that the It is stated

Japanese soldiers demanded the French police authorities to open the iron gate separating the French Concession and the Japanese occupied territory which has remained closed since its erection last year.

Upon the refusal of the French police, the Japanese opened rifle are, wounding a Chinese officer belong- ing to the French Munleipal Council. -Central News.

FRENCH PLANE BOGGED IN MUD

Heavy casualties are belleved to have/Polley embotlled in them, from which ences, or their submission to arbitra- [ The plane landed at Tourane but in {

Central News

RIVER PRESSURE

houses in the last few days. The compete in foreign markets against

1: un-subsidised coal exports from ether It is stated that it is solely cause of the incendiarism known.

countries.

operation to allow employees at tie Mr. D. Hamillon of Bradford criti- plant an opportunity to return to Chinese bombers raided Japanese troop concentrations on the Juzhongched the Oltawa agreement and the work pending negotiations or differ- Wuning highway on October 18.

i dated the increase in world tion.

thelt been infleted on the Japanese-economic and political dificulties, Nearly 2,000 strikers and

maintaining that reversal of that sympathisers at the Swift plant to- pulley would be the most effective day dispersed voluntarily-United ansare to Germany's colonial claims. Press.

the Shanguni, Oct. 20.

Alan Anderson thought Following the fail of Hwangshih-runcy for the dimeulties of expuri tang, the Japanese surface units trades and shipping industry lay in Van Zeeland operating up the Yangtse River is implementation of the pressing

M. Van Zeeland's remedy Ocheng, Important report. Chinese fortress 37 mllen below Ilan was appeastinent both politica! kow and 20 miles above Hwangshih-economic, and by far the most im- They had king, according to a communique portant was political.

In the Prime issued by the Japanese Flect

now the right man mand in China Waters.

The communique states that the and he hoped all Chambers of Com- re- merce would urge him forward on

the road to peace.

on

com-

capture of Kwangshihkang has suited from the close co-operation between the xiver fleet, landing forces, aircraft and Army troops.

Alleged Offer

Of Bribe To

Minister to deal with that problem. Radio Inspector

In adjourning the conference unti to-morrow, Sir Granville Gibson said

of

W

Hung Kwan-chor, 25, headmaster the Communication Electrical Englacering College, Lyndhurst After they completed occupation of a halt must be called to expenditure rerruce, and Cheung Wol-lun, alias Hwangalihkang

nt 4.10 o'clock on on social services and education, and erruce, and

Chong, 25, electrical Wednesday afternoon, the surface suggested a lengthening of working

engineering teacher, were charged be fore Mr. R. Edwards at the Central vessels immediately resumed their hours-British Wireless. forceful advance

Magistracy to-day with having offered a bribe of $100 to Mr. A. E. E. Jeffries, Government Radio Inspector, on September 27.

with upriver

Ocheng as their next objective, the

communique polats out.-Domel.

DRIVE ON NORTH YANGTSE.

Kwangisi, Oct. 20.

EXCHANGE

Selling

T.T. London Demond

22. India

Japanese forces operating along TT. Shangbal the north bank of the Yangise are TT. Slagapore rapidly closing on Kishut, Impor-TT. Japan Lant outpost of Hankow about

60 TT. miles east of China's wartime capl-TT US.A. tal.

T.T. Manila The Saho detachment took Wu T.T. Batavin wangchal; the Iwasaki detachment TT. Bangkok captured Litienpu; and the Waka-T.T. Salgon matau contingent reduced Yukiawan. TT. France

The fall of the important town on TT Germorty the north Yangtse bank is expected TT. Switzerland in the immediate future.—Domel. T.T. Australia

Baylor JAPANESE MAKE NO PROGRESS)4 m/s L/c London Tungshan, Oct 20, 4 m/c D/p do. The intensity of fighling around 4 m/s L/c USA. Lungkong to the southwest of Yang-4 m/s France.

sin has beeh reduced,

30 đ/ Indis

The Japanese have failed to make US. Cross rate in London

any progress in their westward drive

to Tungshan, about 40 kilometréa west, in three days' fighting and are slackening their offensive-Central News.

DRIVE ON RAILWAY

Sanklkow, Oct. 20.

1s. 2.27/32 18. 227/32 ,175 Nom.

53

100

.82

2014

After being bogged in the mud at Tourone for five hours yesterday the Air France Dewoitine plane reached Hongkong at noon to-day, a day late. trying to take off, one of the wheels became sunk in the muddy field, and as a result the machine could not move.

Passengers who had booked through on the Clipper which left Hongkong at 0.30 a.m. to-day, missed the con- nection and will have to travel by boat.

Among the passengers aboard were several prominent Chinese business- men from Hanol but oficials would not reveal their names,

The Imperial Airways mall plane is due at Kai Tak et 3 p.m. to-day.

NO CONVICTION FOR ALLEGED UXORICIDE

Mineola, N.Y., Oct. 19. The Nassau..county Grand Jury has declined to indict Harry C. John- son, wealthy retired gasoline distribu- tor, who in September, it is alleged, killed his wife who was hopelessly

Hung was also charged with being in possession of a transmitting and re- ceiving radio set without a licence.

Mr. J. Prentls, Assistant Crown Solicitor, appeared for the proseru- ill with cancer in the stomach.

tion, while Mr. Hin-Shing Lo was in

She repeatedly pleaded with her

Court for the defendants. The de- husband to end her life-United

00 fendants were formally remanded for | Prees.'• -

a week.

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SHIPS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

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Fresh, Fine Generally Is

Local Forecast

HITLER HONOURS LINDBERGH

Berlin, Oct. 19. Field-Marshal Herman Goering, on behalf of Herr Hiller, has presented with the Dis- Colonel Lindbergh tinguished Service Cross. and with the Star of the Order of the German Engle, which Mr. Henry Ford also

Yesterday's maximum temperature holds.

was 80 degrees, and the minimum It is the only Order avaliable to last night 08. This morning the foreigners-United Press. thermometer registered 74, with humidity at 67 per cent.

There was no rainfall during. Üre! past 24 hours.

The Royal Obstervatory

weather

report issued this morning stated that

FRENCH ADMIRAL

DEPARTS

Apparently with the interruption press of Russia, Sogres, fialyang, China and the neighbouring

the anti-cyclone covers the whole of Admiral Le D'got left for Shanghai

1205.

The following ships are expected to be in wireless communication with Hongkong radio: Kutsang, Changon, Potsdam, Tegelberg, Rajputana, Em- of the Hankow-Canton Rallway as Hinsang, Enbe, Munam,

Hallec

yesterday nboard his flagship, their objective, various units of Sirdhana,

Pressure is highest to the north of Lamotte Piquet. The Като Maru, Hakozaki

other large Japanese troops bro

continuing

Ajax, Maru,

Cyclops,

Yangise valley, and is relatively the Conte vigorous drive westward from Yang Blancamano, and Tilsadanc.

low over the Pacific to the south-east French cruiser in the Far East, the Primnguet, is undergoing overhaul in of the Loochoos sin, about 40 mlies: cast of the Rail- way line.

Local weather forecast reads: the Whampoa Docks, After occupying Shihwalyan and North and north-east winds, fresh; the cement works there, it is stated fine generally. that the Japanese moved westward,

JAPANESE ADVANCE

Honkow, Oct. 20.

The Japanese forcos, pushing wost-beading for Huangshihkang. ward towards the railway end high-

A Japanese cavalry detachment In

way to the south of Hankow, alter said to have reached Shengyangkang

wen Shihwayao and Huangshih- occupying Sanhelkou on Tuesday,

kang. captured Yanghangchang to tho

Japanese warships and plants arej south-west of Sanhsikol, it is nð-) mited in Chinese rallitary des-reported to be heavily bombarding

Huangshihikang. patches.

01

the

FAR EASTERN MIRROR

DIETRICH ARMISTICE

WITH HOLLYWOOD

The town is new virtually iso- lated from the rest of the world, Chunking with the exception of

and

river

can.

محاله

and Kumming by air, na traffic with the ports above Han- kow is interrupted by the struction of booms a few up-river. Hail and road communications south of Hankow are now threatened by the Japanese push ulong the highway towards Hsinning-Reuter.

SHARE PRICES

1

The following is the list of local share quotations issued this morning. Banks

HK. Bank, $1,400, b.

H.K. Bank (Lon. Reg), $84 b. Chartered Bank, £9 n. Mercantile Bank ., £13 n

A. & B. £28 n.

Mercantile Bank East Asia Bank, $38 n.

Insurances

Union Ins.. $503 b. China Underwriters, $2 n. $200 n.

1.K. Fire Insig

Douglas, $60 n.

H.K. Steamboats, $19 s. Indo-Chinas (Pret.), $60 n. Indo-Chinos (Def.); $24 n. Shell Bearer, /- 60/3 n. Union Waterboats, $9. n.

Docks Etc.

H.K. & K. Wharves, $120 b. H.K-Docks, (old)-$19-n H.K. Docks (new), $184 n. Providents (old) $6.30 b.

nts (new), $8.15 b.

Engineering Sh. $3.90 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $120 n. Kailan Mining Adm., 0/- 10/9 n. Raubs, $9.70 n. Venz: Goldfield, $3 n. Hongkong Mines, 74 cts. n.

Philippias Mining Antamoka, P. 3511⁄2 sa. Atoks, P. 324 0. Bagulo Gold P. 25 s. Benguet Consol, F. 11.48 su.. Benguet Explor

Coco Grove, I. 43 sa.

Big

Wedge,

Consolidated Mines, P. .003 n. Demonstrations, P. 27 sn.

E. Mindanao, P.-

Gumaus C'fields, P.

Ipo Gold, P.- IX. P. .01 s

Itogons, P.

Min. Resources, P. -

Paracale Gumnus, P. .131⁄2 sa Salacut Mining. P. --

San Mauriclo, P. .03 sa.

Suyor Consol.. P.

United Paracales, P. .30% 68.

Lands, Hotels, › @ic.

H. and ង, Holels, $0.60 b.

11.K. Lands, $30% b.

H.K. Lanas, 4 .ben $107. Shanghat Lands, Sh. $7.40 a. Metropolitan Lunds, Sh. -- Humphries $0.64.

n.

H.K. Realties, $5 Chinese Estates, Sul n

Public U ili-ima

H.K. Tramwaya, $16.40 b. Peak Trams (aid), Sut, b. Peak Trams (new), $3 Star Ferries, $7411⁄2 1.

Youmati Ferries (old). $24, n. China Light (old), $10.40 b. China Light (new). 504 0. H.K. Electric, $584 b. Macao Electric, $142. Мосао Sandakan Lihts, 10 n. Telephone (old), $24.00 b. Telephone (new), $8.70 b. China Buses. Sh.

Singapore Tractions, 5/- 25/- n.

Prof., 5/- 25/3 n. Singapore

Industrial

Cald: Macg. (ord.), Sh. $14 n. Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $13 n. Canton Ices, $1.70 1. Cements, $10 b.

H.K. Ropes, $4.05 n.

Storos, &c, 52434 b. Dairy Farms, Watsons, $74 b. Lane Crawfords, $8% n. Sinceres, $2 n. Wing On (HK), $47 n. Willam Powell, Ltd., 00 cts. n. Cotton Mi

Ewo Cottons Sh. $10.80 n.. S'hal Cotton (old), Sh. 808 n. Zoong Sings, Sh. $24 n. Wing On Textiles, Sh. $42 n.

Miscellaneous H.K. Entertainments, $84 n. Constructions, $134 m. Vibro Piling, $8.85 m.

Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G$ Bonds...

70% prm. n.

H.KI Govt. 4 Loan 6% Prem. n. 11.K Govt. 3% Loan par. b, Marsmans Inv, (Lon.), Bf- 15/6 n. Marsmans Inv. (HK), 5/- 3/4 n.

No Japanese In Po On

PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS**

S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

THE

sailing

October 21st

for

*at 9 a.m.

SHANGHAI

ww

HONOLULU KOBE - YOKOHAMA

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

Dollar Steamship Lines,

12. Pedder Street

Limited

Phone 28171.

SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC

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HOMEWARDS:

Balling about

29th Oct.

OUTWARDS to: Yokohama, Kobe & Osaka.

....STIE NOV.

M.V. "SHANTUNG"

M.V. "TAMARA”

M.V. "NANKING"

BLV. "PELPING"

Passenger Rates:

To London or Antwerp

Hongkong. GILMAN & CO., LTD.

Phone: 30000.

Agents:

15th Nov.

..13th Doo.

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OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

ACROSS

I A book about foreign colns is

not casy to tackle (11). Take a good look (4).

10 Putting in a remark (11).

11 This dish is apparently of

occidental origin (4).

14 If 10 down were simple as this

it would loan three letters (7).

17 Famous netor (8)..

18 The wlac men of the Anglo-

Saxon parliament (4).

19 He was swallowed. by a snake

for tea (5).

20 What you probably have in

hand at the present (B).

21 A croquet term (5),

22 Tennyson wrote more than one

(0).

23 A great eple (5).

24 This coll is mainly nothing

after all (5),

25 Any across might make this

wine (7). 20 A good dog of nursery days

(4).

82 Dogmatic (1)),

33 Invalid (4).

ber of balls (11).

DOWN

Parls, Oct. 10. Marlene Dietrich, famous Ialty- wood film star, told the press that The Far Eastern Mirror of August she had "made it up" with Holly- 25 reprints much of the comment in wood, and was returning on October

No trace of Japanese troops 134 Being present at a certain num- The Japancac forces On Tuesday evening, however, it

Hongkong newspapers condemning 29 to make a pleture-United Press. found in Po On and its neighbour- is claimed the Chinese forcos country Pelping-Hankow railway are sold to the Japanese attack on the CNA.C.

hood, according to a new arrival from that town which, he added, still attacked, easing considerably the be opposite one another in the hills aeroplane on August 24. There is s statement of the loss of British

remains calm and peaceful. Japanese throat on this sector, and south of Liuiing Station.

Chinese milltary headquarters capital in China computed by

Shipping boween. Po On and also the threat by the river where

Calder-Marshall

H.M.S. Diana has arrived at Swa-! Hongkong is na wsunt. The ss., Po the Japanese forces are attacking categorically deny Japanese reports Robert

ingthods tmy where she relleving HMS. On arrived here yesterday from Huangshihkang, strategic town on regarding the fall of Tchan, claiming: arucle on the obstructive the wuth bank of the Yangtze below "Chinese defence Lnes at Tehan used against the American hospital at Thracian now on her way back to that town, bringing fewer refugees Hankow, other Chinese reports state. remain intact."—Rouler.

Wuhu.

and

Sir An

DIANA AT SWATOW

the Colony

than before.

2 An auriferous district (4). 3 Second-hand anyhow (4). 4 te la among those beyond the

pale perhaps (9).

B Material for making ropes (5),-

¤ A little dash is enough clue (5).

7 By way of experiment' (11)7)

8 The place to tell the man with the horses to get to the side of the road (11).

12 No, those who are guilty of this crime need not be physically strong (11),

13 "Pals cycle It" (anag) (11). 14 A big step over something (7). 15 Feminine name (6).

10 Description of a dark person bashful about a skin blemish (7).

19 Scene of a battle in Ireland (5). 20 A little bird, you can see it after

the seed (8).

27 A reformed Siren (5).

28 An empty place to shun (5), 30 Early O.T. character (4).

31 This afler is in the future (4).

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