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TEN DIE IN

DIE IN YAUMATI Seven Britons Adrift in Junk,

HOLOCAUST: CHILDREN TRAPPED, SUFFOCATED

CHINESE

CONVERSE Many, Injured In Jump,

Not Expected To Live

ON CANTON

Japanese Retreat

Into The City

CHƯNGKING, Nov. 17. SHATTERING THE JAPAN- ESE outer defences, Chinese forces are closing in on Canion and are ready to storm the city itself, according to military ad-

vices.

The main body of the Japanese troops which fell back from various! direet ons is reporu 10 treated into the city waiting

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nave

Over forty Japanese and transports

are now

After clearing up

the Japanese

the

Chinere

AT

T LEAST TEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND TEN ARE. IN HOSPITAL CRITICALLY INIURED AS THE RESULT OF ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC FIRES IN HONGKONG IN RECENT YEARS.

The outbreak commenced on the ground floor of 227, Shanghai Street, shortly after midnight.

Within two hours it had completely gutted the entire building, in which resided, it is estimated, at least seventy or eighty people.

the feature of A tragic bundy transporting reinforcements to disaster is that seven of the Canton for the defence of the caydead are children whose ages remnants at Falahan, about 10 miles range from two to twelve years. ney were members of a relugee southwest of Canton, columu advancing along the Canton- family which was completely wiped Samshui Railway has reached Shrk-out by the fire. wuitong, the eastern terminus of thei Railway, which hes on the bank of the Pearl River opposite Wongcha. It is ready to strike

Canton imminently.

south

Elven people were critically in- uued when tary were forced to imp atth rly feet from the first floor into un

alleyway, thirty feet below.

Chinese the

along driving down

The column

pearhead

ui

the

Paute

One of the injured died Canton-Hankow Railway is now at to the Kowloon Hospital, und several

Siuping, about seven

iniles from of the reina.ning teh ore noc expecia

Canton.

Meanwhile,

the

Canton-Kowloon

Rallway has been

al cut

several

children and their The seven

indicated. parents were. 1 Is now

death before the Luffocated to flames reached them.

places by the Chinese.

In the East River area Tsungla,

Pokio, Walchow, Tseng-hing, Tomshui

and Lungmoon have oil

been re-

They were living on

the second

nortedly recaptured by the Chinese floor and when the only stairway b:- after a series of harassing alteks launched by the regular and guerilisering Inferno gought escape through the communal kiehen at the forces in close co-berat n.

back of the builting.

In view of the disruption of their Bias Buy communication between and inland as a result of the Chinere recapture of Tanishul, the Japanese have made several attempts to re- take the town during the last few to find that the only window was daya, Their arsaults, however, have been repulsed by the Chinese.

A squadron of Chinese planes yes- terday morning heavily bombed the Japanese at Samshul, and Sainam on the West River, which are still held by the Japanese. Heavy damage to their defence works is believed to

FOUGHT THROUGH FLAMES They fought their way through the flames and reached the kitchen, only burred and locked on the outside.

They could not return the way they cane and, one by one, fell un- conscious as the poison-laden smoke choked off all oxygen from the -- ventilated room,

The nine bodies were found bud- have been done by the Chinese ex-dled in a corner in the room, burni plosive dumped.

olmost beyond recognition.

OPERATION ON QUEEN

Important Change In Tactics

Chinese Withdrawal

Of Troops OF NORWAY

QUEEN MAUD

·

Land on Pescadores

ACCORDING TO A "Demel News Agency" mosssage, telephoned from Taihoku to Tokyo by telephone and relayed to Hongkong by cable, seven Britons have landed at Koseisho, in the Pescadores Islands.

They include a British lady, the report states,

The British subjects, whe names are not given, are stated to have drifted for some

time in the China Sen in a Chinese junk.

When they landed at Kezzikho they were in the last stages of exhaustion.

The seven people have been taken from the Pereadores to Mako, in Formosa, where they are now under- reing examination by Customs and gendarmerie authorities.

There lo com'd-rable mystifleation in Hongkong regarding the report. have not been informed.

Hongkong naval authorities

World

It is beloved possible that the seven Brilons are members of one of the Innumerable Junks which are now travelling across the Pacific to the United States in a race to reach New York in time for the Exposition.

£30,000,000 Plan To Aid Jewish Refugees HUNGARY'S

WHILE BRITISH

LONDON, Nov. 16.

AND AMERICAN leaders

strongest statement yet made by a member of the Cabinet was uttered by Sir Thomas Inskip in a speech at Man- of the anti-Jewish chester to-day, when he said. demonstrations in Germany:

studied $30,000,000 plans for German Jews refugees, the

NEW ANTI- JEW LAWS Severer Measures Are Contemplated

Budapest, Nov. 6. Still severer Hungarian logis- dissociate them- |lation against Jews announced by

ZIONISTS MEET"

prepared in the next.tow days by

special committee of the Government party will consist of two laws atates the Liberal newspaper, Az Est.

One

"Such appalling treatment of German people to innocent people will most cer-selves from this persecution-Ren-Prime Minister Imredy to he

ter Special. Our tainly find us unyielding. first duty as a nation is to help

London, Nov. 10. Nov. 17. thase people; not only in our own CHUNGEN

A meeting of the Zionist General THE LARGE-SCALE country, but also, if possible, in

Council in London, attended by 80

of these two laws aims at the Empire." u!!*

ietegates, representing Zionists from Chinese

and promoting Jewish withdrawal

It is understood that Mr. Joseph all over the world, appealed to the facilitating troops from the

north-Kennedy told Mr. Chamberlain that 43ritish people in this dark hour of enigration from Hungary, while the a percentage eastern part of the province it was impossible for the United Jewish history" to open wide the other will deal with

States officially to contribute towards gates of Zion for the return of the restriction of Jewish participation in activities not yet dealt with In the of Hunan is believed here the refugee problem. However, in Jewish people."

The appert declares that Palestine previous legislation. an important the event of Britain donating kind, to indicate

This

legislation will ch'elly affect they could privately raise a sum in offers an immediate possibility for change in the Chinese mili- the United States, while Jewish and the settlement of many thousands of the ownership of property and various

other charitable organisations homeless children and young people.branches of trad. and industry. tary plans.

throughout the world would be cx--Reuter Special. As informed quarters here pected to contribute.

the Japanese have point out, advanced so far into the province of Hunan that the loss of lurther important strategic positions in the mountainous regions could be prevented by the Uninese only with great difficulty.

Wei- compelled to withdraw their troops, so t is de lared, because the railway line run- .ng through lowlands in the cust o

utian would enable the Japanese roops to advance with great rapuny, Japanese mechanised units would Che

to push forward ikewise be able

"The Kinincse

W

It is also possible writes the Az Est that the participation of 20 per

be reduced.-Trans-Ocean.

Mr. Kennedy conferred with Lord CABINET DISCUSSES QUESTION cent. of Jews in the occupations will

London, Nov. 16. V.nterton to-day, as well as with the

At an 80-minute meeting of the commitice's American director, Mr.

Rubice.

Cabinet to-day, it is undermood that George

On Thursday Mr. Rublee will con- the Jewish problem was considered,

No reply ins yet been

received ter with Mr. Chamberlain and Mr.

To-night Mr. from the German Government to cha Malcolm MacDonald. MacDonald talked with the Austra-strong British protest against the lian High Commissioner, Mr. S. M. assocation of nam:s of Britsh poll:-

Lo settle clans with the murder of von kath. Bruce regarding a plant Jews in New Guinea.-United Press.

MORE VIOLENCE 18 ANTICIPATED

The Cabinet may also have ron- aldered the feasibility of a parallel approach by Britain and Amerien with regard to the treatment of Jowa

Germany. Berlin, Nov. 16.

Chamberlain End Jews fear that the funeral of Herscount Halifax go to Paris next von Ralh at Dusseldorf on Thursday

When

Mr.

attacks

LONDON, Nov. 16. QUEEN MAUD of

Norway uicidy.

The Chinese therefore plan to con- may lead to more, punishing decrees: week the whole course of events since

greater part of thth and a revival of anti-Semitic vio-Munich, lucluding German

will undoubtedly against the Jews underwent an abdominal operation entrate the

southern lenet. in London a bulletin states.

roops in the western and

along the

The United States representations come under consideration-Reuter, Hunan and have not comforted the Jews, because APPROACHES TO GERMANY She came through the operation art of the province

Doundary In well, but the next few days cannot Kwangtung. The mounta.nous ter- there are relatively few American

Jews in Germany, pass without some anxiety-Reuter rain there would favour delence. Special.

ikc

Fighting continues to rage between So far as can be ascertained at pre- the Chinese and Japanese around

sent, no other people were on the Samahul, Satnam and Mahow. The top floor of the building, although Chinese are making determined at thorough examination Di tempts to dislodge the Japanese and debris has not yet been made. remove the enemy's menuce on the The fire started at 12.20 am. West River-Central News.

the medicine store on the ground floor of the building.

in the Two fokla living

store were the first to raise the alarm.

When they rushed out on to the street, they left the door leading to the stairway ajar.

Grasshopper Plague In Australia

Melbourne, Nov. 16.

A severe plague of caterpillars,

the crops, pasture, vegetables, well as human beings.

sent

the

The draught quickly flames shooting up the narrow ankl only passage-way, and the retreat of all the people on the first and upper floors was almost immediate-

ly ent off,

The people living on the first floor.

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Only one or two escaped without broken limbs and they quickly dis- appeared In the crowd

Burma-Yunnan Highway Nears Completion

London, Nov. 16.

"It is hoped that an all-weather

in their

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Meanwhile Jews are taking refuge!

London, Nov. 10.

LATE NEWS

ENGLISHWOMAN

Considerable attention is being de- BELIEVED ABOARD

in the homes of foreigners.-United | voted to the question of Jewah re-

Preas.

CHRISTIAN COUNCIL

Stock Market Brighter

Tokyo, Nov. 17.

fugees from Germany, states Reuter's The Chinese High Command

diplomatie correspondent, who says that it is understood that considera-

A report has reached Tokyo that's above all is anxious to prevent the

TO BE FORMED Canton-Hankow Railway from fall-

tion is being given to the advisability mysterious junk, with saves English- ing completely into the hands of the

of calling in London shortly, u mee-men and one woman has been wash- London, Nov. 10. Japanese.

ing of the committee of the Vice-ed ashore at Taiyo, in the Pescadores, nudacity Chairmen It is not prudence, but

Lord Winterton, south of Formosa. The junk contain- under concentrations on Chinese !roop the boundary between Husan and which is now required to deal with and representatives of the United ed a rich cargo of Chinese damask

and costly trunks. Kwanglung also appear to Indicate the refugee problem, according to States, France, Holland and Brazil.

speech

The woman is probably Mrs. Ursula It is also understood that appro- hat the Chinese High Command will the Earl of Selborne in a

to the Church Assembly. ultempt to recapture Canton.

aches will be made to Germany by Lloyd, the aviatrix en route to the Discussing the situation of the re- The

columns are report- Japanese

the countries represented on the com- World's Fair in New York via India, Germany by the director oferew of Austral'ons in a three-masted is were driven to the rear of the lene-road from Lashlo to Yuananty willed to have made a further progress fugees, both Christians and Jews from mitice regarding the possibility of awith Captain Jim Peterson and n

advance on Changsha and Jermany, Earl of Selborne explaimed t

a re-funk-United Press. grasshoppers and flying ants

sult of the Evian conference.--- ravaging the State of Victoria. ment, and their only way of escaping be open to regular traffic shortly.

"The practicability of constructing to have reached the vicinity of Ping- that surely all the governments and

Informed Chinese quarters parlaments of the British Empire the organisation established

Router. Dust is also having a bad effect on was to leap to the ground below.

railway is, I understand, being declare that the population in the should do the great thing and sus- the Chinese pend the immigration laws, and sus- exarained by financial interests con-

regions from rem

troops had withdrawn, have been pend the protracted paraphernalia of *The drought has caused a 75 per Among the seriously injured are This reply was given by Mr. R. A. trained for guerilla operations and government passport visas in Berlin

and am- und Viennn.

If they walted for the Inter- cent. fall in the wheat yield, which an expectant mother and five children. Butler. Under-Secretory for Foreign are provided with arma

govemmental report to be framed is estimated to be 12,000,000 bushels. The condition of the children is be-Affairs, to a question by Mr. Hamilton munition for self-defence.

W.

Kerr in the House of Commons

statement issued here Router.

lieved to be critical.

to-day.

Mr. Kerr asked the Prime Minister declares that the Chinese act fire to all the Jews would be dead and Other speakers agreed that the whether, in view of Japan's action in Changsha in order to prevent this could be put into operation.

important base falling into the only way to christianise indignation "hampering foreign trade carried on

ษณะ to turn it into action. by sea on the east coast of China," ands of the Japanese undestroyed.

The entire town.with all its indus- the Government would pay increased attention to the importance of rail-trial plants has been converted into and York stressed the magnitude of played brighter sentiment, and values

which a heap of ruins by the fro way communication between Burma aged for three days and two nights. 90 problem, and hoped that what-i in most sections tended to be higher,

ever policy

was adopted in Palestine, with industrials occasionally record- and south-west China, and would "co- The Chinese emphasise, however, operate with the Chinese Govern-

for the Jews a spot where Gold-minings brought both focal Turing The Improvement af Anglo- The exchange of visits was

ment," which now had the matter in Lint all foreign residents in Chang-ere would be some means of en-ing appreciable gains.

Quicosts and Continental buying. they were not regarded hand in constructing both road and sha are safe.

Foreign exchange movements were Jaapanera naval relations is mention- ranged to take place between

and allens.

but the turn-over WBI JAPANESE SUCCESSES the visit of Mycko and H.M.S. Falmouth after railway which would carry British ed as the reason for

A resolution Was carried wel» | erratic. Admiral Shiozawn to Hongkong this which the Japanese admiral will en-exports "free from Japanese inter-

Foreigners were given quarters on coming the formation of a Christian generally small-Bouler Special. ference."-Reuter.

ond tertain Sir Percy to luncheon.

Adm.rois

the property of a foreign all company 'Council for German refugees, Neither of the

board to The Japanese cruiser Myoko' bear-

provided with food supplies. requesting the financo ing the Commander-in-Chief of the give an interview to the Press but

The Chinese authorities admit that frames scheme to raise at least Japanese forces in South China ar a communique will be issued by the rived in harbour tals morning and Japanes Navy to the effect that

The Archbishop of Canterbury on the northern Yangtse along the

Chico, Cal. later

£1,283 had that salutes were exchanged preparatory Admiral Shlozawa received an inviln-

announced Atlantic City, N. J.

Han River.

The Inte George Lobdell of this to conversations between H. E. Ad on from Admiral Sir Percy Noble

The small boy who wants to grow The Chinese attack on Canton is been subscribed at the meeting. mical Sir Percy Noble and the dis- to discuss means of improving Anglo-

The Asserably passed a resolution city remained faithful to California Areman will soon have held to be making satisfactory 'pro- up and be a Unwalabed visitor.

Japanese baval rointión. Vios-Admiral, ghlorawn, who is Admiral Shlozawa has accordingly a chance to study that trade ingress on the other hand. It is re-expressing indiquation at the "deeds even in death. His will just flied fire fighting parted that the town of Taungahus, of cruelty and destruction perpetrat for probate, reada: "If I should turn Commander of the 5th Crulier Bqua- taken the opportunity afforded by school. A course In drom, ktosfvod Mr. T. Nakamura, the conclusion of present Canton will be added to the curriculum of 50 kilometres north-east of Canton ed on the Jewish people of Gerup my lots before my wife does, I Courel General In Hongkong, woon operations to come to Hongkong for the Atlante City vocational school has been captured by the Chinese many and Austria Canon T. G. wish her to have the use of all my are Rogers of Birmingham. In moving property during her life, provided par mamiyalya local residents such an interview and for a frank It will include the maintenance of troops. Although no details

(Continued on Page ม

resolution, ou appening in the she seas fit to remain in California." fire apparattis and equipment. exchange of views. “

Japanese Admiral Here:

Seeks Better Relations

morning.

-

would

and

The Archbishops of Canterbury

London, Nov. 18.

The Stock Exchange to-day dis-

Fireman's Craft Taught the Japanese scored minor successes £58.000 to helo Christian refugees. Will Favours California

the