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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY,

NOVEMBER

JEW REFUGEES IN COLONY TELL

OF NAZI PERSECUTION IN GERMANY

Boycott Of Fled Penniless

Goods Urged

For Christmas From Homeland

A

LONDON, Nov. 21.

BOYCOTT of Japanean goods

by Christmas shoppers is urged by the South Wales Miners' Federation in its monthly bulletin, which says:

"Teople who buy cheap Japan- ese toys and novelties are help. jag to purchase raw materials war on China. by Japan for Only because of the dreadful pald to the Japanese wagce workers can models of bombing aeroplanes and bombs, signif- cant of Japanese actions, be sold for a penny or twopence. Only because people buy these things can real bombs be dropped from real aeroplanes on ettles China"-Reuter.

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CHINESE. RESISTANCE STILL STRONG

British Ambassador Interviewed in H.K. CHINESE WILL TO CONTINUE the fight is still strong, according to the British Ambassador, who has just returned from long journey in the western provinces.

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN

| German and Austrian Jews, refugees from Nazi persecution, reached Hongkong this morning on board the Italian Liner Conte Verde from Trieste.

Only one or two of the refugees landed at Hongkong. The others have all booked through to Shanghai for which port the Conte Verde sails at 1 p.m. to-day.

There

lenst 24have liked to have gone to Palestine, at were children and the same number but owing to the rush they were not of women among the refugees. able to procure visas.

"Yes, we are German Jews," they said in the smoke-room. We are all going through to Shanghai,"

In a conversation with one of the refugees, un Austrian, It was revealed that he spent 12 weeks in prison in Vienna before being allowed to leave the country.

"I served in the Austrian army in the Great War and won the highest Laward for bravery,

Plight Of War Victims In China

- LONDON, Nov. 21. VIEW OF THE VISIT of

Viscount Hallfax to Paris, Mr. que Tal-chi, the Chinese Am- Lord Halifax bassador during the week-end, and apart drew from pollical matters. attention to the plitful plight of the China ar victims.

BSW

While the sufferings of Ger- man Jews had justly exclted world sympathy, the Ambassa dor was constrained to point out that over 100,000,000 Chinese were in far more desperato straits, which seemed to go comparatively unnoticed,

Mr. Que Tal-chi told Reuter that Viscount Halifax' had re- ceived the representations with Paper Claims Nearly the utmost sympathy, and the Ambassador said he believed that 200,000 Loft Reich

an nitempt would be made to organise a scheme for Chinese Essen, Nov. 21. reilet by international CO.

operation. Reuter. Figures regarding the number of Jews who have emigrated trom Germany since 1933 are published by the National Zeitung in an article drawing attention to the efforts that had been made by the German au- 10 facilitate emigration. According to these statistics the number of Jews in Germany, ex- cluding Austria and the Sudeten- and, on February 1, 1933 was 515.- 000,"

approximately 10,000 having emigrated by June 1933.

"Now I am penniless, without thorities {jub," he said.

By trude he was an architect and hopes that in Shanghai the Jewish community will be

to assist

able

him

Many other refugees revealed in

Proin this latter date until January conversation that they could not talk about politlent subjects, as it would 31, 1037 the number of Jews in the only mean that their relatives still in Old Reich sank by 187,000, not in- Germany would suffer harsher treat-cluding a reduction of 18,000 a

ment in return.

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There were no Czecho-Slovakian Jews on the ship, the great majority from Berlin and Vienna.

Twenty-two were able to get visas in Singapore and landed at Manila.

Several said they would have liked

Sir Archibald Clark Kerr granted an interview to Press to have landed at Hongkong, but be- representatives this morning at cause they had not had time in which to get British visas, this was in- Government House, before leav- posible. ing for Shanghai on the Italian liner Conte Verde,

The refugees on the ship all said they had not been allowed to take Owing to a recurrence of an old more han £10 and their passage

mancy out of Germany. eye trouble, the Ambassador wearing dark glu-ses. Otherwise he was all and well after his extensive ed tradesmen travels in the interior.

was i

result of death.

Between January 31, 1937 and the end of January 1938 approximately 24,000 Jews emigrated from the old

Reich.

In addition 15,000 Jews left Au-

tria at the time it was incorporated. in the Reich.

DONE ALL POSSIBLE

newspaper

cording to this present moment, 135,000 in jhave applied

at the

Vienna

be cannot

particu-

2,000 DEAD IN CHANGSHA HOLOCAUST

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Four-Fifths Of City Razed By Fire

European War Risk Increases

Six Killed In New Border Clashos

1938......

VIENNA, Nov. 21. DANGER OF A FRON- TIER conflict increased during to-day.

It is reported that there is a "growing uprising" in the mountains in the in- terior of Ruthenia.

The Government denies that villages have requested their transfer to Hungarian rule..

In Prague, it is officially re- ported that frontier guards repulsed a group of Polish terrorists, and killed one Pele.

A Prague report says that at least six have been killed in border clashes.-United Press.

JAPANESE MASS FOR NEW DRIVE

Shansi

Offensive Is Imminent

CHUNGKING, Nov. 21, CHINESE PRESS

re-

TOKYO, Nov. 22. TWO THOUSAND ARE KILLED, including many army officers and Govern- ment officials, and 20,000 ports from Sianfu state Since then a further 12.000 Jews have been rendered home-that the Japanese military have emigrated from Austria. Ac-less as a result of the holo-authorities have massed five caust at Changsha, capital divisions in southern Shansi, for a permission to of Hunan Province, accord-

with a large number of emigrate.

ing to field dispatches mechanised equipments. "These applications met," adds the German newspaper received here to-day.

It is said that inside the city because foreign countries,

The dispatches state that the of Linching alone, 40 miles larly Britain and U.S.A. with in-

dis-conflagrations at Changsha are north-cast of Fenglingtu, the measurable territory at their posal, have closed the door on the result of the Chinese Japanese have massed 300 tanks, Jewish minigration, and have left scorched earth" tactics.

and that recent troops reinforce- the care of these Jewish existences

ments in southern Shansi num- to Germany.

Four-fifths of Changsha have been ber over 20,000, who are all con- Germany," the article concludes reduced to ashes.--Domei,

scripts since the war began. German women among the re-"has done all in her power to solve He agreed that he had met the

the Telegraph" they the Jewish problem in Central

PRESENT CONDITIONS

It is reported that the Japanese are Generalissimo three times in the fugees told

busy commandeering carpenters to Changsha, Nov. 22. Interior. Madame Ching was with bad not told their children why they Europe.

construct Junks In preparation for "Judging from previous expert- and had been forced to leave the country.

Postal and telegraphic communica-the Japanese crossing of the river W just snid the family was leav-ences its efforts are not likely to Lions between Changsha and the oth on the west and south sides in

with acknowledgment nor it is Sir Archibald revealed that he ing for abroad," sald one mother, that anything will be done to outside world, which were disrupted the armpit of the Yellow River. spent ten days travelling by car in "but when the children want to reach a settlement. In the meantime recently owing to the fire disaster,

know what has happened to their the interior on rough but not une uncles and aunties, we find it hard Germany will continue to pursue the have now been restored. Ing daring surprised him. He had to know what to say,"

lu reply to a question as to whe- ther he had formed any opinion on the Chinese resistance, Sir Archibald anid the Chinese resistance showed no signs of weakening.

him and both confident,

were

serene

comfortable rouds and the engineer-

Most of the men were of the skill-

and artisan class, though there were several doctors and professional men on the ship.

When the Conte Verde berilted, they were met by several prominent Hongkong Jews, one of whom claim ed to have been a refugee from Nazi persecution since 1933.

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The papers report that over 2.000 Japanese troops are stationed at four feld, pieces, path which it has recognised as the

Two temporary postal offices have Fengingtu, with ight one leaving the verdict to his been established at the East Station which are responsible for the dally used Government Rest Houses oni From conversations, it was reveal-tory."-Trans-Ocean.

and Tsewumenkow In the city to bombing across the river.

the meantime a Central News his balts and found them mosi com-ed that none of the Jews have de-

handle the incoming and nutgoing

the Japanese says that message mail. finite jobs waiting for them fortable.

troops met with a crushing defen! in Shanghai. Leaving Kunming by car he took

LADY NOBLE ARRIVING

The Central News Agency yesterday the Yungcheng district, 60 miles оп the They confined in six days to cover the 800 miles to

received two telegrams, which were north-east of Lady Noble, wife of the Com- Hunan, then on by car to Chungking newspaper stories of atrocities and from where he took plane to Hong-persecution in Germany.

mander-in-Chief, Sir Percy Noble, is suld to be the third and fourth so Tatung-Pukow lingu

It is cinimed that Chinese guerillas pursued the Japanese up to the wall keng arriving in Ave hours.

"We left Trieste at the end of arriving in Hongkong by the P. & C. far received in Changsha since the

conflagration. October," said one of them, "Things liner Corfu on Thursday,

Yuncheng city in which the Japan- It is understood that Mr. T. V. were very bad in Berlin then, but | It is notlled that the Commander- - New telephone and telegraph poles ese garrison was holding out.

being erected throughout the

It is said that fighting between the Soong was among the officials who heaven knows what has happened in-Chief's visiting book will in future are

houses the gate of Admiralty city. Many of the be kept at were received by His Excellency in since Ben."

Japanese troops and Chinese guerillas Hongkong.

Many of them said they would House.

were not damaged are new thrown was raging in all corners of Shanghai. open to accommodate the large num- It is thought that

Japanese are planning to advance to Sinn vin Tungkwan. but this measure is un- A greater portion of the machineryse until the suppression of the In the power plant was not damaged Wis and repair work is feverishly being guerillas in the entire province has the latest fight- done with the expectation that the been effected, hence

the Shansl all fronts on plant will resume operations within ng on

plateau-United Press. three weeks.

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spokesman zald A Chinese military, Nov. 21. severnt co-operative stores have been to-day that there had been

phieno- menal withdrawal of Japanese troops established.

of the execution of the froin the north Hunan front observed officials responsible for the fire dis- during the past four days. aster was received by the people with great excitement. Huge crowds gathered to read posters announcing the execution.

Chairman,

He said that Chinese troops bad recaptured Pingklang. 65 miles north- east of Changsha on the highway, besides the recapture of other points, including South Yochow and Chung- yan, north-cost of Yochow.

a

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He said that the Japanese had left on Sunday, a Changsha Fire Disaster

small garrison in Yochow, and the Eemergency Relief Commission was formally organised with Mr. Yi Jen rest of the troops had returned

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Even the Japanese vessels well-known Chinese writer, as Vice-Tungting Lake, whch had recently The relief funds were tentatively been very busy landing troops on the fixed at $500,000 of which $200,000 cast shore, had withdrawn except for will be appropriated by the National dozen small steam launches at Military Council and $300,000 by the present still remaining off Yochow.

A Central News report says that Hunan Provincial Government,

It was also decided in the meeting Japanese troops of the 108th Division and two Formosan regiments operat- that Mr. sich Tsu-lin, Mayor of ing on the Yangtze, had been trans- Changsha, be dimissed from his post ferred back to Japan due to the fact for negligence of his duties but be that they were over-fatigued. allowed to relaia his duties-Central News

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