1938-11-23 — Page 25

CHEVROLET/

Limited Number Canadian Chevrolet Two Ton Truck Chassis Available for

Immediate Delivery Price Each $2,650

FAR EAST MOTORS

THE FAR EAST AVIATION COMPANY, LIMITED. 20, Nathan Rd., Kowloon. Telephone 30101.

for

Manager "Hongkong Telegraph",

F&B Cz22%&fding Post, Ltd.,

High Water:~~21.40. Low Waters-15.10.

Hongkong,

The

FINAL EDITION

Supreme Court

Hongkong Telegraph.

35683

FOUNDED 100 三拜雞 號三廿月一·英港香

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1938.

SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS

$36.00 PER ANNUM

DUNLOP

SO YEARS OF GROWIN

DUNLOP Fort

The Tyro with 2,000 Teeth

CHIANG STARTS TALIANS Distorted Version of

EXPEL FORMER FAR EAST REPORTER

RE-ORGANISATIONER

OF CHINA'S ARMY

New Military Plan To Be Adopted Within Few Days

FOUR DIED; 50 HURT IN

HONGKONG

A NEW AND COM- PREHENSIVE military plan, including exten- sive

reformations in organisation and

strategy, has been map- ACCIDENTS ped out by the Chinese

WEEK'S TOLL OF

THE ROAD

Four people were killed and 50

High Command, follow- ing a recent conference in Hunan, Chinese sour- ces indicate.

While the plan is being

injured in 82 traffic accidents in kept strictly secret, it is

Hongkong during the week end-known

that two high

be centres will shortly established, one in

ing November 19, according to military

the official traffic returns.

Of the persons killed,

a Chinese the north-western and the

female, uge 32, died from injuries other in the south-western received while allghting from a mov-; Ing trumcar.

were Three European soldiers killed when their lorry (military) ran off the road and toppled over the

embankment in Customs Pass Road.

Of the persons injured, 23 pedestrians, who were either walking or running across the road and were struck by vehicles.

A publie car passenger and two blcycle riders were injured on foiling from their vehicles while in motion, One private car driver, one private cur passenger and ten military lorry passengers were injured when their vehicles ran off the roadway.

One ricksha driver, three bicycle riders and one bus passenger were injured as the result of collision be- tween vehicles.

Two tram passengers and five bus Injured while passengers were alighting from moving tramcars and moving buses respectively.

battle areas, in order to direct separate operations against the invaders.

It is reported that General Chiang Kai-shek has chosen General Yen Hsi-shan, veteran Shansi lénder, to direct opera- tions in the north-western war

zone.

General Pel Chung-bsi, the famous been op- Kwangsi strategist, has pointed in command of the south-

western zone.

As soon as the two military hend- are firmly established, quarters Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek will abolish his headquarters In Slan and Kwangtung,

included in the plan is a scheme for the establishment of a military school for turning out guerilla lenders. This indicates that fulure

Of the 82 accidents, 37 were colli-warfare in China will be of the type sions between vehicles; 30 were colli- so outstandingly successful in Shan- sions between vehicles and peder-unit. trians, 15 accidents were due to olher

causes.

"Telegraph" Talk with Envoy

ROME, Nov. 22.

THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES have ordered Frank S. Mothers of the "Chicago Daily News," former Far Eastern correspondent, to leave. Rome before the end of the month.

The expulsion is due to the "unfriendly tone" of his despatches, particularly those concerning ratification of the Anglo-Italian agreement.

It is noteworthy that he is the tenth newspaper corres. pondent to be expelled this year.-United Press.

Group of ship's officers and relief workers who left by the China steamer Wuchang this morning for Canton.-Staff Photographer.

Navigation Company'

Belligerent Rights: Move Forestalled By France

PARIS, Nov. 22.

THE POSSIBILITY OF HONGKONG

JAPANESE General

DIVERSION

Franco getting |belligerent rights out of the

Franco British

conversa-

tions in Paris appeared to

GOES TO

AT CANTON have been definitely WAR WITH

Istalled on the eve of thei

Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax.

UNIVERSITY arrival of Mr. Neville

"INVADER"

A DISTORTED VERSION of the interview Sir granted by the British Ambassador, Archibald Kerr Clark Kerr, to the Hongkong "Telegraph" is appearing in Chinese newspapers in Peiping.

In his interview with the the Hongkong "Telegraph",

British Ambassador expressed OVERCOME

the opinion that the Chinese will

to continue the fight with Japan was still strong. Resistance, he

AT CHANGSHA

anid in answer to a question, HOLOCAUST

showed no signs of weakening.

According to

"United Press"

message, a report distributed by the "Domei" News Agency from Its

Hongkong office

that states

Lise

Chiang Kai-shek's

British Ambassador praised the Kuo- Message Of Sympathy

mintang's determination to continue resistance.

Sir Archibald gave no such Impression in his Interview with

CHUNGKING; Nov. 23.

A TELEGRAM EX- the "Telegraph." Ho merely mado PLAINING the circum-

u statement of fact, without ex-

pressing any opinion in praise or stances leading otherwise of China's determination

to continue fighùng,

conflagration recent

to the

in

and

The "Domel" report published in Changsha, provincial Peiping adds that the "Interview capital of Hunan, shows that the British Government is

still spiritually supporting the Chiang measures for rehabilitating reginic."

the city after the disaster According to "United Press" the has been received by Dr. Japanese riport odds: "Such state-

ments are really diplomatically un-H. H. Kung, President of precedented.

"Coupled with the friendly

え

the Executive Yuan, from

change of courtesies between British Generalissimo Chiang Kai- and Japanese naval officials in Hong-

kong,

Sir

Archibald's stalement shek for transmission to the shows a lack of co-ordination and National Government. hurmony in the British Government's foreign policy.

The Generalissimo said in his "It also demonstrates the un-dispatch that he was deeply possibility of developing good overcome by the widesprend Anglo-Japanese relations In the destruction and the tragic death near future."

of so many lives when he per- The United Press" message adds sonnlly visited the devastated that the "Domei" message splashed by all Chinese newspapers In Peiping.

was

News-Reel Men Film H.K. "Gas Attack"

area.

He revealed that he had ordered the severe punishment of the officials responsible for the fire and the appll- callan of measures for relieving the sufferers and restoring order in the city. Central News.

REFUGEE CAMPS ESTABLISHED

Changsha, Nov. 23. Five camps accommodating a total of about 2,000 refugees of the recent Are disaster have been established here.

(Continued on Pago 4.)

LATE NEWS

Three of them were established by Four newsreel cameramen whose Chinese relief workers, one at a nomes have become famous for their Catholic Church and another at on coverage

the of

Sino-Japanese hostilities were on the scene to-day outside the Colonial Secretary's HONGKONG HAS BEEN at Office to film the Hongkong A.R.P. CANTON, Nov. 23.

war for a fortnight and the Decontamination Squad in action, Taking advantage of permis-

George Krainukov It is believed M. Georges enemy has made considerable! They HEALTH REPORT sion by the American Consul

reliable (R.K.O. Pathe), Eric General in Canton to visit the Bonnett was able to give encroachments in the New Terri-(Universal Newsreel), A. T. Hull, Jr. of American-owned Lingnan Uni-assurances in this sense to torics, according to

which, however, has not been Wong (News of the Day). in the Garrison Lecture Hall on dysentery, two of puerperal fever, versity, Japanese officers created Sen. del Veyo, who came to information from the "Front" (Muvictone News) and "Newsreel" Friday and Saturday, but it will and one each of enteric fever and a diversion at the University on Paris to sound out the authorised by the military cen- Wing Commander Steele-Perkins, re-commence on December 2 when meningitis, were reported during the Saturday which may lead to an French before the discus-sors!

in charge of the A.R.P. in Hongkong. there will be a $50 Snowball.

NO TOMBOLAS

There will not be any Tombola

One case of cholera, six cases

last 24 hours.

"Shiver-Sweat" Weather Prelude To Winter

When they secured admission to the campus, the Chinese, with the standing by to see that they Japanese came to no harm from the refugees, No-aunched an attack on the British und

were

Warden was

Mayeli

scen

-

62 JEWS IN DEATH

RACE

LONDON, Nov. 23.

to-day News-Chronicle The

of Published an eye-witness story "torture and killing."

American protest..

sions with the British In a curt communique issued to was present.

day, the military give a short insight. Forty Japanese ofcers visited the Ministers begin.

of combined The scene filmed was the detection Into the progress university for the purpose, they said,

The French Government's in- manoeuvres in which the army, navy and climination of mustard gas by of inspecting the refugee centre there.

tention to stand by the terms of und air force are co-operating with the Decontamination Squad.

Volunteers in the annual exercises. A number of Chinese accompanied

(Continued on Page 4.)

An Air Raid The communique states: the Japanese party.

Redland (Hongkong) and 'Blue-patrolling the streets. He heard land' are at strained relations.

The correspondent says that at the Meeting a Precautionary Period was on approaching, he smelt the gas. Sachsenhausen concentration camp declared at 10 am, on November 21. Immediately, he put on his respira-Black Guards forood 62 well-to-do "Redland' Forces were early astir tor and proceeded to the scene of Jews to run the gauntlets for half- on November 22 drawing stores and

the explosion. He verified that the an-hour, while they were beaten with whips, clubs and spades, until 12 ammunition.

the remainder "The deployment was carried out gas was mustard and immediately dropped dead, and smoothly and by nightfall all troops telephoned for the Decontamination were unconscious.

"Some had their eyes torn out, and were busily Squad. Within a few minutes they were deployed and

their arrived and the foreman of the squad others their faces battered flat" strengthening engaged

It is added that the police, who defences.

jumped down from the lorry and delivered the group from Berlin "A successful Signal Exercise

by the Air were unable to bear the sight, and test communications and passing of CHUNGKING, Nov. 22.

Messages was carried out during the Rald Warden. He tested the ground turned their backs-United Press.

and found that Chao Tao-halen and Wang night of 22/23rd. November in which for liquid gar

Wis ground

splashed. He Teh-yu, two culprits responsible all troops on the Island were

and 2 to rig the for the murder of Mr. Hou Shu-gaged."

Manoeuvres are being conducted detailed Nos. 1 tung, member of the People's

"As a result of a 'Redland' Cabinet bomb drop and decided to investigate. CHUNGKING

Americans, saying that the Japanese were the true friends of China, and nnnd that Japanese, and not Brillsh American, assistance should be ac- cepted in future.

Pro-Japanese lenfels were also dia- tributed to the refugees-Our Own

The remarkable vagaries of Hongkong's weather have been vividly illustrated during the past week, during which time the thermometer has leapt from a minimum of 57 degrees on vember 14 to a maximum of 79-a variation of 22 degrees.

The maximum of 70 degrees was corded being on November 11, when recorded on Monday, when the mer-1.23 of an inch was registered. cury varied by 17 degrees from a

Actually only half an inch of rain minimum of 62 degrees.

Actually, while the maximum tem-has fallen to date during the month, perature each day has fluctuated and this was recorded on three Correspondent. from 87 degrees on November 14 to days, so that there has been 19 rain- 70 degrees, the minimum has reless days out of 22.

The total for the year is 55.34 mained fairly steady, varying only between G1 and 64 degrees since No- inches, as compared with the average. vember 16.

of 03.70 inches. Recapitulation of the daily tem- It is fairly certain now that the peratures recorded by the Royal rainfall for the month will come Observatory during the past ten days nowhere near the normal, which is vividly shows how the Colony suffers 1.70 inches, although this will be from rapid changes.

nothing like a record, as in 1924 no Maximum Minimum rain at all fell during November, November 14.

67 deg.

while in 1932 only .10 of an inch was registerad. 70 der. November 15.

71 des. November 16. r-17. aber 18. ber: 19.

14 des.

13 des.

deg.

43

60

The fine weather will continue ac- cording to the Royal Observatory,

FINNISH FASCISTS

DISSOLVED

ASSASSINS EXECUTED

Two. Murderers Face Firing Squad

In

10

was led to the scene

en-the

then returned to the squad and Berlin To

Political Counell, last month, on a different basising played by the bleaching powder with comm Hanoi Non-Stop: were executed before a firing the army, who are doing without the Nos. 5 and 6 were detalled to rope off squad yesterday morning.

the major port cement.

assistance of naval landing parties. the contaminated area to prevent the German Flight

The late Mr. Hou, it will be It is understood that the "enemy" publie from getting in.

Berlin, Nov. 23. After this, the whole squad worked remembered, was murdered by an have advanced in a straight line,

Manned by a crew of 5, the giant armed

at

In almost bisecting the New Territories his gang

house' Helsingfors, Nov. 22.

Chungking. The gang entered bis from cast to west, while ground has on the contaminated area by washing

been lost in the vicinity of down with water in order to wash off Condor plone will hop off from here The authorities have dissolved house on robbery purposes, and when niso

tne liquid gas. After that they ap-on November 28 on a record fight Peninsula, winds, fresh; Ane,

The weather report issued this timated to have a membership the gang killed him and decamped.

Chao and Wang, later idenuded as ployment of troops, who are out in neutralise the effects of any gas from Berlin non-stop to Hanol and

Domai. morning stated that the anti-cyclone of 50,000, which involves the members of the gang actually taking full nighting kit under ideal weather which might have permeated into the to reach Tokyo within 3 days. has decreased slightly in intensity, disbandment of 873 local organi- part in the crime, were arrested and conditions. Umpires are dishing ground, and appears to be moving eastward nations, and the immediate sup- now executed, while other two cul- from point to paint by car, acer- The depression la situated about 800 hile no rain has fallen on miles south of Manika; moving werk Prassion"""of ́· 18 · newspavors:- 1 prits, Hšjung Hot-san and Jen"Yiu÷taining whether the Invaders or desent to New York on the first Clipper.

United Press.

sen, are still at large. Central News,

the local forecast being:-North-east the Finnish Fascist Party, es- Hou raised an alarm, and resisted.Sile can be learned of the de-piled chloride of lime with sand to to Tokyo, and back. It plans to fly

79 der.

20

73 der

64.

OLIGALLE NO KAIN soutive days, the latt re}ward:**

(Continued on Paon 4) -

The films of this incident wWIIELDONIDAN (Further Late Neun, on!!”

Page 18.)

Page 25Page 26