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六拜體 號六廿月-1英港香 SATURDAY,

NOVEMBER 26, 1938. 日五初月十

No. 15684

FIGHTING ON THE "Telegraph" Interviews

Revisionist Demonstrations In Sofia

Sotin, Nov. 23.

Hundreds of students knelt in the streets to-day and shouted "Hell Hitler" in the course of revisionist demonstrations.

Four hundred studrats and others

were arrested, and a number injured, in clash between the pollee and the

demonstrators, who gathered in front

of the royal palace and the German legation to protest against the Treaty of Neulily, which fixed Bulgaria's presented frontiers.

Mounted police with truncheons cleared the streets, the police taking elaborte precautions ini Suflu and eller towns as further agitation is expected during the week-end.

The Minister of the interior appest- j ed to the population lo remain entm and not to participate in demons- trations-Reuter.

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HONGKONG BORDER Chinese Military Leader

Puppet Govt Poles Occupy

CHINESE SOLDIERS IN

FRONTIER SKIRMISH

BRITISH POLICE AND CHINESE SOLDIERS WHO ATTEMPTED CROSS THE FRONTIER NEAR SHATAUKOK WERE INVOLVED IN A skirmish THIS MORNING.

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FIGHTING IS REPORTED AT SEVERAL POINTS IN THE VICI- NITY OF THE BORDER.

A graphic story of the latest developments along the frontier were received by the "Telegraph" by telephone this morning from its Staff Reporters on the

scene.

Wounded soldiers, deserting Chinese troops and an increasing stream of refugees have poured into Hongkong since yesterday morning.

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Twelve critically wounded soldiers, still in their blood-stained uniforma, were admitted to the Kowloon Hospital last night.

Another sixty wounded men have been admitted to the Kwong Wah hospital in Yaumati.

U.S. SUFFERS FROM FIRE

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25.

have alded in driving back the fires which have been threatening half of the film colony for several hours, and gradually the blazes are being got under control.

FAVOURABLE WINDS

However the flames Buddenly leaped the Mandeville ridge in- day, threatening the Mandeville Canyon district, containing the homes of Shirley Temple, W. C. Fields and Joan Crawford,

The film stars chartered vans which walled in the drives ready- to remove the furniture if ne censary.

In the San Bernardino district. deputies ordered the evacuation of several mountain residences when a brisk wind sprang up.

The fire has threatened Devils Canyon, San Bernardino's largest watershed-United Press.

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-SNOW

NEW YORK, Nov. 25. THE EAST has bren dug out of one of the heaviest snow. storms in history, and at least 42 deaths have resulted from "the extended from storm which Georgia, where there were snow flurries and freezing temperatures to New England, where more than a foot of snow was experienced.

Low temperatures reign in the mid-west, and the Ice highways are proving dangerous to motor- kl.

From New England 14 storm deaths are reported, from Penn- sylvania elght, from New York while 15,

Indiana tivo; from Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas cach report one death, as well as scores of minor highway acci- dents,

An unidentified freighter has gone aground at Green's Reef off Norwalk, Conn.-United Press,

HONGKONG GIRL TO

PLAY IN GILBERT

SULLIVAN AND

Miss Hynes' Distinction

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NEW DISTINCTION has befallen Miss Aileen. Hynes, former Central British School pupil, and daughter of Mr. T. Hynes, erstwhile Superintendent of Mails in the Hongkong General Post Office; who three years ago leapt into prominence by being chosen to play in the Haymarket Theatre production of "Libel", and then made a series of gramophone records.

DRAMATIC INTERVIEW

A dramatic interview was afforded the Telegraph" representative, who cressed into Chinese territory ut Shalaukok, by Major Liu Yu, who hos taken command of 1,000 Chinese zoldiers who declare that, if they can they obtain arms and ammunition, will fight to the bitter end.

The thousand men, 300 of whom are in the Chinese city of Shataukok

the outskirts, and 700 just on members of the Fort Defence Corps of Bocca Tigris fort.

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After the battle for Bozca Tigris, the men made their way, overland towards the Blas Bay area, employing guerilla tactics against all Japanese they met. They complained bitterly of the desert.on of all their leaders.

"We are without commands,

of the are all Chinese troops south East River," declared Major Liu.

LACKING LEADERS

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"We have tried to fight the Japanese. What can we do, how- without ever, when we are left leaders, without arms and without zuppiles.

"I have talked to the men—thic only. survivors of the Bocca Tigris fori.

We lost Bocca Tigris because we were bereft of supplies.

"But we are determined to fight to the last man for this outpost if we can get arms or ammunition from the British.

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"If we can get supplies wo make our Inst stand here, and die for our country.

"If we cannot get arms we interd

lo scatter over the countryside, and

we will become guerillas."

PANIC-STRICKEN FLIGHT

The major, who is the only com- missioned offfeer with the Chinese forces, was speaking only for his own troops.

Elsewhere along the border, the Chinese soldiers are

panic- in stricken fight.

POPE PIUS: CONDITION IMPROVING

Future Depends On Heart Resistance

VATICAN CITY,

Nov. 25.

of SHOWING SIGNS By dawn this morning, over a thousand soldiers had crossed the fatigue yesterday, the Pope border Into British territory, the majority laying down their arms and discontinued his audiences to internment la the on the advice, of his doctors. submitting barbed wire enclosares along the

An official bulletin states frontier.

But, at one point, a serious de- that the Pope's indisposition velopment occurred when a large is due to cardiac asthma, number of soldiers attempting to

the frontier refused to lay and that his condition is

Miss Hynes has been accepted as a usual talents which have for some cross member of the famed D'Oyley Carte years been gaining recognition in down their arms, Opera Company, and she will leave leading stage circles. London on December 23 with the Company for New York, to take part

An ugly incident appeared immin- ent, but a British official prevailed Shortly after Miss Hynes had left upon the men finally to comply with in a winter tour of the eastern States Hongkong for Home in 1932 she the British request.

torted a meteorie career. She won As a result of the incident, and To be included in a D'Oyley Carte A competition for the Marianne Rowe with tears of an intensified rush as company is an ambition realised by

of Americs, including Florida.

now improving.

Professor Minni, the Pope's medical adviser, after seeing His Holiness this afternoon said:

Plans Reach Deadlock

PEIPING. Nov. 25.

PLANS TO established a Feder-

al Government of China, with headquarters at Felping, have reached a deadlock, according to reliable sources.

The dimenity is stated to be a difference of opinion between the various sections of the Japanëso army regarding the form the new Government should take, and the task it should control.

Meanwhile, renewed guerilla activity is reported from north Honan and south Shansi.

Many Irregulars have crossed the Yellow River at Chengchow and Beriously damaged the Peiping-Hankow and Shansi rail- way, and also attacked, Isolated Japanese garrisona.

As much as a mile of railway track is being nighily removed by the guerilla forces, while the sleepers are' burned.-Reuter.

Border Town

After Clash

WARSAW, Nov. 25.

A CLASH BETWEEN Polish and Czecho- Slovakian troops occurred to-day in the Yavorina region on the frontier of the two countries, according to reports received here.

The reports add that the clash arose out of some. Poles wishing to occupy a strip of territory, which the Czecho-Slovaks refused to give up.

It is further stated that serious divergencies have arisen between the commis- sions appointed by the two governments to delimit the boundaries.

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It was apparently consequence of these diver gencies that the Poles E- sorted to force.

Casualties are reported on both sides, but no details

far available.

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CZĄCA OCCUPIED

Warsaw, Nov. 23. "Polish regular troops occupied Czaca on the Slovak border to-day, and it is presumed that this is a sequel to a communique issued yez- terday.Reuter.

BUDAPEST. RIOTS

Budapest, Nov, 23. Nationalist high school students, who had demonstrated on Thursday in front of the Parliament buildings on behalf of Premier Imredy, and against attempts to establish a popu lar front in Hungary, demonstrated again on this afternoon, but this time against the Jews.

Several hundred students marched to the building of the Liberal paper. Batikute which, in its last editon had sald

that the students' demon-

strations on Thursday had been "ordered by Premier Imredy," and bombarded the bullding, with atones, smashing the office windows..

of demonstrators Other groups amashed the windows of Jewish shops and establishments.

order

Police later succeeded in restoring

In nil parts of the city. There were anti-Semitic demon- strations throughout Rumenia to-day, according to a report from Bucharest. Jewish shops were set on fire in Temesvar, and in Arad, shots were fired at a Jewish shop.--Trana-Ocean.

LATE NEWS

BOMBS FALL NEAR N. T.

Four bonkur were dropped by

"The Pope is a little better. He THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES crossed the fougkong fronter yesterday to Japanese planes outside the New nourishment. I personally am

but a few, for D'Oyley Carte,elp at the Royal College of the Japanese approached, it was de has been able to take some never-ending, stream, TOP shows'some of the unfortunate people-wo- | Territories border this morning, and

heart."

sido na the long trek to Hongkong-Staff Photographer,

after reaching the sanciasry of Bellish territory. BELOW. Brought over at Mankénto, Takuling and Linzan-

This was revented_at 10

am by the Commissioner of Police, the Hon. Mr. T. H. King, to the Telegraph" this morning. He revealed that the four bombs fell just before 10:

For the Productions of Gilbert and women sopranos and mezzo-sopranos ing to ask for military reinforce optimistic. Naturally everything 30 miles from the interior in a basket, this 21stle fellow wonders what it is hat, three miles from the frontier.

between the ages of 17 and 22, despite menta.

In response to the call a platoon depends on the resistance of the [ all about. Many children, particularly girl, were abandoned on the way- | Sullivan operas, hos always insisted the fact that she was the youngest upon the beat, and nothing but the competitor, and that her training had of the Company of the Middlesex Re- best talent for the exacting parts in the G, and S. operettas, So closely consisted of six lessons from a Pro-giment already on the frontier were have D'Oyley Carte and Gilbert and lessor of Volce Production shortly sent to the scene. Sullivan operns been identified that before competing.

the

names synonomous and to

SHUM CIUN EXPECTED

TO FALL AT NOON

are now practically

Miss Hynes, with a lovely mezzo- hear D'Oyler Toprano voles, won the scholarship Carte mentioned is to remind one which was for three years, and shortly! At dawn this morning the war had Immediately of Gubert and Sullivan, after completing it, she was given a practically reached the Hongkong and vice versa. The DOyley Carte ale in the Haymarket Theatre pro- frontier. Machine gun and rifle fire Actions of C. and S. have been auction of "Libei.”

was plainly audible at several points. to the homes of millions

A Japanese plane circled lazily over

through gramophone recordings, and

Then the gramophone recording -the Company has done more than companies heard of her and she start

the British bridge near Shum Chun,

The Pope in the evening said he felt better.

A semi-emcial news bureau states that oxygen it ready, but so far has not been used.

Doctor Milani again visited the

ORGANISING THE

Pope at 8.15 pm, and it was reported NATION MAN-POWER

two hours later that improvement in the Pope continues.-Reuter

any other agens to keep fresh and ed to make records, some of which and it was expected in British circles NO WARSHIPS IN Milve-- the brilliant Gilbert and were subsequently relayed from complete the occupation by noon to-

Bullivan Coun

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that the Japanese would move up and

day. From that point a successful career Most of the rifle fire early - this was established, and the latest dis-morning was not, however, from the - This Mia Hynes' Inclusion in such unction is but one more progressive Japanese but was by Chinese soldiers Shed Company is great step towards the fulfilment of a great firing off their rifles before throwing

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MIRS BAY

LONDON, NOV. 25,

STATEMENT IS BEING MADE IN PARLIAMENT NEXT THURS. DAY REGARDING THE ORGANISATION OF BRITAIN'S AVAIL- ALL DAY REGARDING

Plans are now practically completed, and are expected to receive the finál ́approval of the Cabinet next

"Further military - detachments: aro being moved to the border to cope with the situation, and last night some 200 Chinese troopă, were dis- armed and interned after entering Brillah territory," he said. "More. police are being moved to reinforce the border patrol.”

Mr. King was not able to say how many people had cromed the borders He estimated that nots more .... than 5,000 Tucson came over bos "Owing to Kim Tin, samp bein Al accommodation in being "Sourt.

concluded

The naval authorities stated' this It is unlikely they will include nounce the introduction of a when by the Governaderby morning that the border incidents any provisions for compulsion. BU PROBABY" have not caused them to take any

Anderson, Lord 20ARATI Bir John special precautions, even to the exiest of sendin' a fals to Mirs Be', {