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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 28, 1938.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Franco's Drive France Will

R.A.O.B. (G.L.E.) CLUB

The Committee wish it to be generally known that with effect, from 1st January, 1939, the club is re-constituted. The committee extend # cordial and hearty Invitation to all members R.A.O.B. (G.L.E.) to vinit and attend the

club.

Particulars regarding member- ship and subscriptions may be obtained from the Hon. Secretary ur from incmbers of the Com- mittee.

D. A. PETERS,

Hon. Secretary.

December 22, 1938,

FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.

What to do to help a child

Anyone knowing of a child who has been assaulted, neglected, or ill-treated in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health, or knowing of a parent who is seeking advice on any matter concerning a child, would be doing an act of kindness by communicating at once with—

The Hon. Secretaries, H.K.S.P.C. The Old City Hall, Queen's Road C., Hongkong, UT the Inspector, 40, the Pokfulum Road, 1st floor; or Inspector, Violet Peel Health Centre, Wanchai; or the Inspector, 12. Sai Yeung Choi Street, 1st floor, Kow- loon.

All further steps will be taken, and expenses burne, by the Society,

The informant's name will be kept strictly private, except in cases where malice is proved.

CASUALTY ESTIMATE

Japanese Put Chinese At Two Millions

Continues Convert Big

Saragossa, Dec. 27. The Christmas offensive launched by General Franco In Catalonia was continued to-day. The Insurgents, In four days, have conquered 360 square miles, and have taken more than 5,000 prisoners, while 32 Loyalist planes are reported to have been phot down.

Loyalist divisions, fighting near Serus, aries, and were almost to have suffered completely unilulated. Over 500 Loyalists who had taken refuge in the church of Seros were tuken prisoner.

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The civilian population remained In most of the villages since the Loyalist Government had not time to evacuate them.

Railway Debt

Paris, Dec. 24.

The Finance Minister, in a broad- cost to the nation to-day, announced the conversion to a four per cent. basis of the entire external debt of the French rallways, mounting to 3,500,000,000 franes, which is now issued at from five to 8% per cent.

The new loan will run for 30 years, and will be reconvertible after threa yours.

of the

It is to be issued at 03. An official announcement loan states that France has negotiated a loan of £20,000,000 from a group- of Swiss, and Dutch banks, and that 12,000.000 will be placed in Hol- land and £3,000,000 in Switzerload, but the pubtle issue in Holland will be only £8,000,000 0 £1,000,000 were placed before the issue.-ru-

Insurgent military observers des cribe the

offensive as the *present beginning of the biggest battle in the Spanish; civil war. Action 15: Letter. prepared with the utm c, anu on a larger scale than ever before.

The greatest difficulties on a front reaching from the Ebro River to

by Temp will have to be overcome

the the columns operating in Pyrenees,

where they will have to

itzerla flight in belghts up 2,000

the southern The rapid advanez on the wing look the Loyalists in

in the Segre scetur by surprise. Loyalist position: on the lower Ebro, as well as theiri

bulworks in the central sector, enst and north-cast of Lerida, lave bien opt-flanked so that they have been compelled to construct new entrench- ments, and to recouzi their furces, thereby losing much valuable time. -Trans-Ocean,

MEDIATION

BY

BRITAIN UNWANTED

(Continued fram Page 1)

reply to the Italian not denouncing the Franco-11 iun

agreement

1935.

fur

Peasants, Gendarmes Clash On Border

Budist, Dee. 27.

One was killed, and many wound- ed in a clich between Slovak pra- sents, armed with kalves and stocks.

Hungarian gendaries in the commates of Nuysurany and Zog, near the Czech-Hungarian frontier, it is feially annatred to-day,

The encounter followed i deman- stration in which the Slovaks de- manded the return 10 Czeelio- Slovakia of two communes which had been allocated to Hungary in the recent Italo-German arbitration.-— - Reuter.

Nazis "Aryanise" Jewish Shops

Berlin, Dec. 27.

It is generally assumed that the Of the 3,750 Jewish retail shops in during the past | Berlin, 1.200 have been "judged suit- conversations held few days by the French Foreign able for Aryanisation" from Januny Minister with the British Ambassa 1. says the newspaper "Nachtaus- dor, as well as with the French Am-

tabe" which states that 700 of these; in London, were bassador

mainly have nlready

pass d intu Aryan with ending concerned

the question of hands, while there have been no Tunis.

purchasers F. the remaining 500. Press reports here to-day stated that owing to the urgency of the Tunis problem, M. Corbin, the French Ambassador to London, hadis already left Paris for London, but these reports are stated by the French Embassy to be incorrect.

Tokyo, Dec, 27. haperial general headquarters an- nounce that for the year November, the Japanese dead were 47,153 and the Chinese dead 2,000,000, of which 823,300 were abandoned on the battlefields, including 01,000 in Shanghai, 83,000 in Nanking. 23,000 in Hangehow, 105,000 in the Wuhan retreat and 09,000 in North China querilla activities.

The announcement says the Japan- ese ne is 2,200 miles long, or four times the world war front. The com- plete occupation of seven provinces and partial occupation of four is claimed.- United Press.

Loved by a man

she wouldn't marry

Married to an

man

who walked out on

her love!

BETTE DAVIS

HENRY FONDA

THAT

Certain

WOMAN

IAN HUNTER + ANITA LOUISE Donald Crisp

Moines sad. Dunnet by Bänket Dvulling black by Man Booker - †. Plac Marketed Progra Frmented by WARNER BROS

TO-MORROW

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QUEEN'S

All other formerly Jewish-owned! shops will be dellnitely closed down,, it having been intimated that there

no demand for them. Tran Decant

However, is regarded as certain Chile Starts Purge Of Army Generals

that M. Corbin will see Lord Halifax on the subject early in the New Year. Diplomatic circles here believe that the French Government would wei- come "penceful intervention" by Eng- land in the Tunis question, and that the British Government would not be adverse to taking such a step, captation of a Popular Front Govern- cially as England is directly interest-

ed in maintenance of the status quo

in the Mediterranean.

Santiago de Chile, Dec. 27. The wholesale purge of Govern-} ment officials and high army officers! is taking place, following the instal-

ment on December 15,

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WHITEAWAY'S

considered likely that Viscount signation of eight generals, and the Rural Folk Obey Traffic believes. Producing figures to sup-

Halifax will endeavour to undertake mediation between Paris and Rome before the meeting of the League Council un January 16. It is also regarded us probable that the meeting of the French and British Foreign Ministers at Geneva on that occasion will be substituted for the visit of Mr. Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax to Paris, prior to their meeting with Signor Mussoltal.

Talk of a "probable visit of Count Clano to London" at the end February has been revived, although nothing definite can yet be predicted on the subject.-Trails-Occán.

CHIANG'S DENIAL OF PEACE RUMOURS

(Continued from Page 1.)

Tokyo of the China Development Board and with it a whole lot of hue and cry for China-Japan- Manchukuo" bloc, the Japanese design to conquer China has been. bared to its teeth. It would be un- thinkable for any Chinese people cognizant of the situation to enter- fain any tonger any idea of com- promise or peace.

*

General Chlang said he could vouchsafe for the fact that Mr. Wang was the bitterest hater and most un- compromising antagonist of Japan's designs.

The Generalissimo referred to the long and close relationship between snil Mr. Wang and himself and

any Wang entertained

had

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Mr.

different

policy

opinion China's national

he would certainly have tabled

it for open discussion before the counsels of the Party organ,

General Chiung in conclusion voiced the belief that the Chinese people would certainly not

waver

through the canards of Japanese pro- pagandists.-Central News.

Rail Disaster

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In Rumania

Bucharest, Dec. 27.

in

It has been possible to identify 52 of the victims of the railway cutos- trophe which occurred on Saturday night (and reported in the "Tele- graph" yesterday), while 41 others have been mutilated beyond all re- cognition.

Telephonie communications Dimanta have not yet been re-estu. blished and the whole country is still isolated in that respect from abroad. This explains the delay in obtain. Ing Information concerning the full extent of the disaster, although the scene of the uceldent is less than 20 miles from Gatulz,

Rumanian

All goods trome on railways has been suspended until further nolico na a precautionary mensure, in view of the exceptionally heavy snowfall.--Trans-Ocean.

Oklahoma City, Okla.

The reorganisation Involves the re-

dismissal of most heads of depart-

port his contention, Hale said that ments and permanent under-

when country folk come to a large secretaries.

It's the city dweller, not his coun- city they obey the signal lights, Seventy-five per cent. of the dipl.- inalic corps will be replaced.ry cousin, who most often is a jay- whereas city pedestrians are in the

walker, Truffle Engineer Jack Hale habit of ignoring them.

Reuter.

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