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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988.
NEW CZECH British Air PRESIDENT ELECTED
Hacha Has No Rival
For Position
PRAGUE, Nov. 30,
THE SENATE and Chamber
Minister To
Visit Paris
Will Talk With His French Vis-A-Vis
London, Nov. 30. The Secretary for Air was asked
JAPANESE
RETREAT NEAR SAMSHUI
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Hard-Pressed By Counter-Attackers CHUNGKING, Nov. 30. JAPANESE TROOPS,
of Deputies, in a joint congress in the House of Commens whether who under Chinese pressure to-day, elected Dr. Emile Hachahe Intended As President of Czecho-Slovakia strategieal supply arrangement with
to enter la ony new recently evacuated Samshui by 272 votes.
the French Air Ministry on his visit railway station, on the to Faris on Saturday, would
whether he Canton-Kowloon line, are be accompanied by staff to establish any standing organisation ward, Chinese reports state. odicers, and whether it was proposent retreating farther east-
No other candidate had been put forward, but there were 39 abstentions from voting.
for co-operation and liaison between the two air services.
Chinese
The congress met at 11 o'clock in
attacks In the the Chamber of Deputies, instead of taking the opportunity of a visit to tinuing.
Sir Kingsley Wood said he was direction of Canton are con- In the Hradein, us was the case on the international Aeronautical Exhl- almilar occasions in the past. Czech, bilion In Paris le inget the French Tsinghua, are reported to have
Chinese,
marching from Slovak and Carpatho-Ruthenian Air Minister and to discuss, with hin senators and deputies were present, matters of mutual Interest, and be advanced beyond Shenkan under son of the Slovak representatives would be accompanied by three heavy fighting. appearing in the antiorni of
linka guard.
thejembers of the Air Ministry staff.
The answer to the first
No further reports have been and third received frum The German National Soclufist ro-negative.~British Wireless.
parts of the question
Hunt-up was in the border fronts, Operations there presentatives were abscnt, but it is atressed that their absence was not
have apparently cume so a t- still. Bol parties are consolidating motivated by any objection to the new President, but only intended to
scrupled positions.-Trans-Ocean. emphasise the party's determination to shape its policy according to the altitude adopted by the new Govern-
mcnt.
With the single exception of Man- signor Volashin, Chairman of the Carpatho-Ruthenian National Party,
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the Japanese have halted at Pokut, a few miles from Shum Chun, are incorrect.
tion.
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It is understood that the Japanese are, in fact, retiring right back along the Canton - Kowloon Railway to inid-way between
SEE-BAW BATTLE
Yungyun, Dec. 1.
A see-saw battle is ragging at Talpingchong, 35 miles northscant of Canton, where henvy Japanese re.n- forcements are exerting efforts to check the advance of a strong Ch.ntse column
toward the Kwangtung provincial capital,
In a series of frontal assaults the Chinese recaptured
number uf vantage points
and on Tuesday launched flanking attacks to theca.en the enemy's wings. The Japanese suffered heavy casualties. Two of ther tanks were destroyed and more than 10 light and heavy mach.ne- guns were seized by the Chinese. The Chinese lost about 200 men.
morning. Their
Reinforced, the Japanese started a general counter-offensive yesterday
heavy directed concentrated fire on
artillery Chinese positions while their aircraft clrcled overhead, and opened heavy machine-gun Bre dumping bombs The terrifc artillery and aerini bombardment demolished many of the Chinese defence works. But the Chinese are Armely holding their ground. Central News."
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. IMMEDIATE ELECTION The President of the Chamber, M. Malypete, having declared that it had been ascertained that the neces- sary quorum of electors was pre- Cheungmuktau, sent, the clection was immediately Hongkong and Canton. proceeded with, Shortly
The Japanese military command is noon President Malypete announced understood to have given an assur- the result, whereupen a national dagance to the British military authori was holsted on the roof of the build-ties in Hongkong that no new at- Ing and a salute of 21 guns an-tempt will be made to approach the nounced the election of the new Pre-Colony's frontier until at least 48 sident of the Republic to the popula-hours notice has been given.
The Telegraph" was informed Prime Minister General Sirovy st border will be removed at 6 o'clock that all military restrictions along the once left the Chamber and drove to to-night, and the Police officials the residence of the new President, stalloned in the New Territories will to inform him of his election, and to resume normal duties. request him to appear before the National Assembly and to take the tre still maintaining control of the The military authorities, however, outh prescribed by the constitution. entire border nrca,
although the re- At 12.30 p.m. President Hache has been withdrawn.
quirement that passes are necessary December ntrived at the Chamber, in front of!
Jan. (1939) which deputations of
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