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1938.

RUMOURS OF UNREST IN MANCHUKUO STIR CHINA

INSURGENTS' BID

FOR PEACE IN

·

THE CIVIL WAR

HENDAYE, Dec. 15.

· FOR THE FIRST TIME since the Civil War commenced over two years ago, the Insurgents have suggested that there may be basis for peace

in Spain.

Headmaster

Stirred By Problems Of Health

circum-i

In a radio broadcast, General! 'Franco suggested that it might be possible to find a method of bringing about peace.

The broadcast draws attention to the fact that the Loyalists might form a new Government of "moderates."

aru

The suggestion is made that, feasible peace discussions once the extreme elements in the Loyalist Government are out of the way.-United Press.

BIG SPY ROUND UP

Barcelona, Dec 15. been sentenerd

Many have new

вез

death, and over 200 sentenced to 20 discovery of a widespread Insurgent ring throughout Catalonia.

years' imprisonment following the

THE ASSURANCE THAT, as soon us stances permitted, a Queen's College would be built was given by the Sir Geoffry Governor,

is alleged that the spy ring es- Northcote, when he attend-

tablished itself in influennal posts in ed the College this morning the Government, well as in army

the year's and politient quarters.—Reuter, present

and prizes. Geoffry was replying to

to

scholarships

COL, IRWIN.

Japanese Sending 10,000 Soldiers

FOR

SEVERAL

MONTHS, THERE HAVE BEEN RUMOURS THAT ALL IS NOT WELL IN MANCHU. KUO.

Rumours of discord be- tween the Japanese and Manchukuo officials. rumours of uprisings..

日五排月十

35,000

TON

SHIP

FOR REICH

KIEL, Dec. 15. ERMANY IS to construct a new 35,000 ton battleship' as the next addition to her navy,

The

battleship Gacisenat which was recently completed. and the Scharidorst which la still under construction, have both a displacement of 20,000 lons, so that the new slip will be the largest in the German HAVY'.

The construction programme includes also two light cruisers of 7,000 tons displacement and six additional cruisers totalling 35.400 tons.

The cubmarines construction programme includes 28 new units in addition to 43 sub- marines now completed and in Rervice. Trans-Ocean.

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MUSSOLINI READY TO START ATTACK ON FRENCH COLONY

ROME, Dec. 16. DESPITE THE WARNING by the French Foreign Minister, M. Bonnet, that any violation of French territorial integrity, it is authorita- tively learned that Signor Mussolini has decided to proceed with "Italy's legitimate territorial aspirations.

Responsible Fascist quarters believe that Mussolini is prepared to accept the risk of war with France, as Hitler accepted the risk of conflict over Czecho-Slovakia. It is believed, however, that Mussolini will not take the irrevocable step until he has received certain assurances from Herr Hitler.

H.K. SUBMARINE

FOR AUSTRALIA

ever-increasing hordes of THE "TELEGRAPH" LEARNS that bandits......fights between

the submarine

If Germany gives Italy an assurance similar to the one given the Reich by Italy during the September crisis, it is confidently expected in Fascist circles that Il Duce will carry out his campaign at all costs.

Phoenix, which has been stationed in Hongkong for several that Herr Hitler, addressing

Japanese troops and irregu-years, will depart, for Australia early in January. lars......mutiny of. Man- chukuo troops.

No official reports of discontent with the

ever

G.H.Q. STAFF Japanese overlords CHANGES IN One of the strictest censor-

HONGKONG exercised there.

LONDON, Dec. 15.

A. G. LIEUT.-COLONEL Neville of the Royal Artillery, and Lieut.-Colonel G. E. Grims-

come out of Manchukuo.

world is ships in the

The foreigner is not allowed!

parts necess to many

of the country.

To-day comes increasing!

that Japan is

The reason for the voyage is not divulged. IL.M.S. Phoenix was launched in October, 1929. She has a displacement of 2,000 tons, her armaments consisting of a 4.9 guri and eight, torpedo tubes.

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On the surface the Phoenix is capable of attaining a speed of over 17 knots..

Chamberlain's Grave Warning to Germany

Sir Growed appeal by the BALDWIN TO dale of the Royal Engineers, eeriencing dificulties in Max- not say the German people--reflect upon the possible conse

Headmaster, Mr. F. J. de

Rome.

BACK EDEN

Sir Geoffry also disclosed the

LONDON, Dec, 16, early retirement and departure

IT IS UNDERSTOOD that from the colony of Mr. Rome, who has been 28 years in Hong-Earl Ballwin is backing Mr. kong. He has been headmaster Anthony Eden's demand for a of the College for the last eight firmer foreign policy, and that he has been quietly coaching Mr. Eden, although avoiding an open anti-Chamberlain atand.

This quiet pressure coincides with open anti-Chamberlain opposition on the part of Liberals, Socialists and dissident Conservatives,

years.

Mr. Rome's appeal for the belated construction of a new College was contained in h's annual report, in which he dealt comprehensively and learnedly with educational develop- ments in the colony. What was needed, he declared, was a modern building in quiet, light, airy sur- roundings, providing a physical out-

bound to look which was

react strongly on the mental outlook of the boys. A school needed such attributes, particularly in overcrowd- rd Hongkong.

Mr. Rome reported that the maxi- mum enrolment was 018, the average the Average enrolment 578, and attendance; in other words, 10 boys were absent each day, which was in unsatisfactory position.

SICK SCHOOL-CHILDREN "There is no doubt, too," he stated, "that many boys attend school who really should be on the sick list and the number of boys who have to be exempted from physical training on nccount of ill-health is also matter. for concern.

"One reason for all this sickness, the situation of

I think, is the

school, surrounded as it is by slums and disease.

our

of

"Before assembly in the morning way-not we have to wend through avennes of trees as it should bo-but through, rows refuse heaps awaiting collection." Contending that the Class 2 School Certificate Examination

had com-

Meanwhile, in preparation for the first direct challenge to the Premier, the opposition has named Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Mr. Albert

have both been appointed G.S.0.1 to British.

to China; troops

Irwin and replacing Colonel Colonel Burkhardt on March 15, 1939 and March 21, 1939 respec- lively-Reuter,

During!

C. N. M. S. Irwin arrived in Imperial Defence College,

longkong on April 9, 1937 from the the Great War he commanded five separate battalions in succession, and was awarded the D.5.0, with two bars, the Military Cross, they French War Cross and was five times men- ioned in despatches, He served on the North-West

1030-31 operations.

Frontier in

the

Col. V. R. Burkhardt arrived in Hongkong on April.28, 1936, 1le was previously, in 1923, GSO-2 in China, after three years being appointed Brin. Major in North Ching In Alexander, addition to China, Col. Burkhardt has Sir Charles Edwards and Mr. Clement seen service in France, Belgium, of Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, support the motion

Monday next-United the islands of the Aegean Sea and

Gallipoli.

Attice to POTUTO on Pres.

1

10

am

pletely justified Itself, Mr. Rome de- clared: "This examination. convinced, has been a boon large number of boys for whom the

Britain's War

search after matriculation as a leave Debts To America

those.

ing certificate was futile; and 1 am therefore unable to support who wish to retain matriculation as

London, Dec. 15.

A White Paper was published this

our leaving certiflente or who wish evening regarding British war debts

to raise the standard of the present to the United States.

LONDON, Dec. 15. "WE MAY TAKE it that when German statesmen-I will chukuo that she will not admit. quences of a conflict, if ever a conflict should arise between our two countries, they will think not only of our nemaments, but of our great financial resources.

Japanese troops, sorely needed in) China, are being sent north.

12-Year-Old Girl Attacked

Man's Terrible Crime

According to "Central News" aver 10,000 Japanese troops have passed through Tientsin en route 10 Man-

Much speculation B been chukuo during the past few days.

aroused among foreign and Chinese circles in Tientsin regarding this soldiers. abnormal movement of the report continues. Chinese guerllas have been quick

On Young Sister to take advantage of the denuding of Japanese countryside the

STATED TO BE mentally de- of garrisons, and they have become in- creasingly active along the Tientsin-ficient, Lam Kwok-chung, 21, pleaded guilty at the Criminal train was de- Pukow Railway,

A Japanese troop

Sessions this morning to a when it Chenkuantun raited near

the rails. year old sister at Belcher Street, crashed over an embankment after charge of having raped his 12-

solders West Point, on October 12. Over a hundred Japanese

urillas had removed were killed, the report states.

Soldier's Bad

Record Divulged

"In a war of long duration these resource might well prove to bel the deciding factor..

"It is this sense which is always with us, and which, I am sure, has a very great influence in preser- ving the peace of the world." -The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville a speech in the Chamberlain, in

o! Commons yesterday British Wireless message.

From Berlin it is reported

three thousand motor car and rond workers on the completion of the 1,800-mile military high- way that links the interior with Germany's frontier, made the following declaration:

"I warrant to make Germany so strong that nobody can destroy us. "The outside world has forced upon us the task of constructing for tificatons such as civilisation has not yet seen.

"These fortifications are not mere copies of other existing fortifications. They are a work which corresponds Ito the German majority.-United

Press.

LATEST

S.O.S. FROM SHIP

IN CHINA SEA

An 8.0.S. from a British steamer reported to be sinking in the China Sea has just been flashed around the world

back to Hongkong. The ship Is the Ridley.

Manila report, '. According to relayed to New York, and then fashed to Hongkong via London by Reuter, the Ridley has sent out an 8.0.8. saying she struck a submerged object. Her engines are disabled and water is pouring into her engine- The report states that the have been advised of her position.

The exact position is not stated in a brutal the report but the Ridley is believed be midway between southern NO IMMEDIATE DANGER

Attack In Y.M.C.A.

room.

Recalled In Courts slowly sinking and all shing

to

Remarking that it was altack, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell at the Criminal Sessions this morning Japan and Formosa, sentenced Wat Kuk 26, and Kwan Fan. 28, to three years hard labour charge of robbing Tse Tai, 34- year-old amah, with violence.

Mr. J. Whyalt, Crown Counsel, told Ale. Justice R. E. Lindsell that pri- iconer hutt been under the observation

Accused pleaded guilty to the of Dr. G. 11. Thomas, following an

charge. It was stated in the Lower that accused proceedings offence against a young girl in 1930.

Court Although he was found to bo men caught hold of the complainant in a tatly deficient and simple minded, he small room adjoining the swimming was released three weeks later. Dr. pool gallery of the European Y.M.C., G. I. Shaw had also treated prisoner A, and robbed her of a watch, a gold

ring and, on imitation Jade ring. and his report was much the same.

He suggested, In' answer

FOREIGN WARSHIPS ARRIVING HERE

"He has not goi u good record, sir.

Dr. Thomas told the Court that in Mr.In the event of his conviction the It contains a letter from

services." So said, Capt. H. Mursh committed the act again he felt just- Class 2 Examination so that, in time, Sumner Welles, dated December 1, Army does not wish to retain view of the fact that prisoner had boys may matriculate on it."

enclosing details of the amounts due.

fled. In certifying him as mentally defective.

to Dir. The French cruiser Primuguet ly Mr. Rome pleaded for a more en- In the course of the letter, Mr. of the Middlesex Regiment to Mr. E. lightened and liberal curriculum for Sumner Welles reiterated that his Himsworth at the Kowloon Magist the Lower School, that is, Classes Government was fully disposed to racy to-day when he referred to the

the of

1st Battalion, Whyutt, that it would be better to due in Hongkong on December 18 and 3 to 4, and suggested three main discuss through diplomatic channels military record of Louis Brady, 22,

so that he would have to serve his Swatow, and Mindanao from Canton.

The Italian warship Bartolomeu í Coliconi is due on a visit to long- lines of approach. However, an In- any proposals which the British Gov-private

ed guilty to a charge of larceny of ofgarding payment. dispensable pre-requisite to any such ernment desired to put forward re- Middlesex Regiment. Brady plead-certify prisoner as a criminal lunatic the American gunboala Tulsa, from development was the proviston

Replying to the letter, the British 14 caret gold signet ring from a sentence even after he had recovered

His Lordship directed that prisoner kong the following day. that suitably-trained teachers, and in this

there Charge d'Affaires at Washington as-jewellery shop, owned by Mr. A. G. in the meanwhile.

be brought before him again on Tues- connection he insisted

A. F. Cochraneday morning. should be a radical reform in the tired Mr. Sumner Welles that His James, in Nathan Road,

DeL-Sergeant for graduate Majesty's Government was willing to University courses

subject said that on the evening of December re-open discussions on the teachers.

whenever circumstances were such 10, the defendant and two privates na warranted the hope that a satis of the Royal Scots regiment entered establishment and the jewellery factory, result may result.

to be shown some signet The White Paper shows that the asked amount due for the half-year to rings. December 15 was $123,000,000 on account of principal and Interest- Reuter.

IN JAPANESE WARPLANE British Sailor Here From Hankow

Flown from Hankow to Shanghai by Japanese plane, Leading Stoker Adler, of H.M.S. Peterel, is now in the Royal Naval Hospital in Hongkong.

Recently he sustained a compound military authorities to fly Adler to fracture of the leg whilst playing Shanghai,

The sailor was placed aboard the football ashore at Hankow. Palerel

H.M.S. Suffolk In

Quarantine

Warrant For

When a cardboard box containing Car Driver's Arrest

a dazen of the rings was taken out, the defendant, after taking one of the rings himself, handed two others to his componions to inspect.

three

men

The defendant then asked for the price of the rings and when it was given he and his friends ran out of were the shop. The The cruiser Suffolk was quaran- chased by the complainant's sons and she arrived from Taingloo.

The defendant sald that he had is Bettish gunboat stationed in the plane at the Hankow Airport and ined at Welhalwel yesterday, when Brady was arrested,

within six hours was in Shanghal,

Two cases of small-pox "Yangise, KARERA

$20 or one month's hard labour, says "Reuter." have been sent to the Naval Hospital, no statement to make. He was fined

From Shanghai he was brought to In view of the inadequate facilities in Hankow, the British naval authori Hongkong by steamer. He is making ties accepted an offer by the Japanesel satisfactory progress.

aboard

A warrant for the arrest of George) Lee was issued by Mr. R. A. D.

Forrest at the Central Magistracy this morning when he failed to ap-| ear on a charge of driving in Duddell Street, prohibited area.

True Sub-lispector Boker said that defendant had given the Trame Domment a lot of trouble by not This had happened before, he added. appearing in Court when summoned.

Later.

The naval authorities in Hongkong confirm report of Ridley S.O.S.

The Ridley reported that she struck a submerged object 300 to 400 miles enst of Shanghal.

vessel later The master of the

no in

reported that the slip was nssistance was required. immediate danger and no immediate The naval authorities are not des- patching

21 ship to the vessel's assistance.

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$30,000 FINE ON 5 MEN Record Sentences for Opium Carriers

WHAT ARE BELIEVED to be record lines were inflicted in the Central Magistracy this morning, when five Chinese

charges connected with. oplum possession. appeared before Mr. R. Edwards on

The five men were arrested on a sampan off Kennedy Town on December 9 by Revenue Officer F. Fowler. A total of 1,120 tuels of opium were found in their possession.

Fines against the five men totalled $80,000—or $0,000 apiece. If they do not pay they will go to prison for a total of

six years.