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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 5, 1939.

DONALD DUCK

By Walt Disney

JAPANESE HARASSED

SHANGHAI, Jan. 4.

AGAIN TESTIFYING to the fact that a large number of Chinese troops are still behind, the Japanese lines, Japanese reports state that large numbers of Chinese troops have surrcn- dered in the region of the Taipeh Mountain, north and north-east of Hankow.

According to serial observation, further large numbers of Chinese regular troops are still distributed among various villages in this area.

It is expected that considerable

"Was DOT EATE

WALT DISNEY

JAPANESE CLAIM CHINESE

DESIRE TO MAKE PEACE

Pamphlets Showered On S'hai

Diplomats' Alloged

sighting will take place before tals Telegram To Chiang

region is cleared up, even if this is at all possible in view of the fact that the Japanese line north of Han- kow is not continuous

chough to

prevent the infitration of Chinese forces. Trans-Ocean,

FIGHT TO END

Lendon, Jan. 4.

SHANGHAI, Jan. 5. JAPANESE planes, flying over French Concession and the International Settlement this morning, dropped thousands of pamphlets written in Chinese, The Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Quo alleging that various Chincac! Tal-ch, speaking at National leaders wanted peace on the Trade Union Club in London to-day. basis of Wang Ching-wei's pro- wald that the determination of Chinese propic to fight to the bitter posals, and that it is only Chiang end, until an equitable and lasting Kai-shek's obstinacy which has peace could be obained, had been prevented this. strengthened.

the

the

Ten Suspected Bandits Held In Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Jan. 5. TEN arrests, Including three women, were made by the Shang- lat municipal pollen yesterday ryening in comicction with the hold-up of a party of Americans and Britons on December 28. when bandits stopped the party which occupied x cars, and robbed them of money, jewelry, and valuables-Reuter,

REPLY TO POLISH NOTE

The whole country was behind the Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador One pamphlet declared that Dr. leadership of Generalissimo Chiang to Paris, Mr. Quo Tal-chl, Chinese Kai-shek,

The Japanese peace terms were a Shih, Ambassador to

Ambassador to Londen, and Mr. Hu

Czecho-Slovakia's fraudulent attempt to make China had sent a telegram to Chiang Kai- Washington,

Assurances vassal State. Until Japan changed skek urging acceptance of Wang's her terms of policy towards China,proposals, while another pamphlet is there could be no alternative but to verbatim trenslation of a "Reuter"

PRAGUE, Jan. 4. continue resistance.

THE Czecho-Slovak note was story from Hongkong, rent on Decemhunded to the Polish Minister proposals.-Reuter.

to-day in reply to the various Polish protests.

While Jopon was showing signs of ber internal disturbance, China bad shown none of weakening, and there was no possibility of surrender.- Reuter.

Grim Street Battle In Tsengshing

Yungyun, Jan. 5.

31,

outlining

Mr.

Wang'o

CZECH MASS EVICTION OF JEWS

CHINESE EXPERTS DISAGREE

Rov. Wells' Court Evidence On Translation

Experts on the Chinese language were called 03 witnesses before Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor, at the Supreme Court this morning, when a claim was T-hing and Tang Slu-shu for the return of $2,304 guaranteed by Tang en a borrowing note.

*

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Z.B.W. Orchestra in A

Studio Concert

"LA TOSCA" ACT 3

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 6-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per second.

H.K.T.

0.0 Studio Children's Hour. 7.0 Closing local Stock Quotations. 7.02 Variety with Rale da Costa, Len Fills, Greta Keller, Turner Lay- ten and Mantovani's Tiplea Orches- Ira

Gerald Moore and Flute; 2. Maltinata Inutile (Bon:11); 3. Intermezzo (Siede),

0.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 Stadio-Z.B.W. Orchestro, 4. Valse "Yrelise" (Militello); 6. Neapolitag Nights (A Medley of Ita-: Casanova Suite (Becce); Interval Han Songs). Light Opera Company

with Oreb. 6. Ballet for Orchestra (Francis Popy); (B) Mazurita; (b) Pizzicati; (c) Valse Lente (d) Largo; (c) Galop.

8.30 London Relay-"At The Black

Der."

Mr. Wilkes at home in his own Midnight In Paris-Quick Step Reynolds and Pascoe Thornton.

bar-parlour. Presented by S. E. (film Here's To Romance'); Here's To Romance--Slow Fox-Trot (from the film)..Mantovani and is Tipica Band, Orch. with Vocal orus; When I

9.0 The BD.C. Wireless Military

Vanity Fair-Overture (Fletcher);

brought by Lee Pal-yin against Yau Learn French (7 Chor.Greta Prairie Flower, March (Ord Hume);

Scott

Ballet-Dellbes)....cond.

+0.15 London Relay "Workl

Chinois

Keller with Orchestral accomp.: The Lynwood, March (Ord Hunc); Dance Laug Laugh Was On Me (Carter)....Greta Of The Flowers-Valse (from Le Keller with Fred Hartley and His Corsaire Quintet The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jnr.,

and dialogue by Archie by B. Walton O'Donnell, instructed .by Mr. D'Almada Tin Can Fusiliers: Toy Town Parade; Campbell; Medley Of Marches; Intro: Remedios, appeared for the plaintiff, while Mr. G. She, instructed by Mr.lery; Colonel Bogey: Rale Da Costa

Toy Drum Major; Tay Town Artil- Affairs," F. G. Nigel, appeared for second de- (Pinno) with effects; Swance Moon fendant, against whom the calm was

A talk by A. P. Newton, D. Litt. made.

9.30 London Relay The Kews. (Towers and Pelost)....Hawallan

Solo by Len Füs Mr. D'Almada said that security Memories (Harry Woods); Every bourin

9.50 Fritz Kreisler (Violin). Wood at the Plong;

So Many for the loan had been put up by the thing You Said Came True (Friend Plano accomp. by Franz Rupp.

Many Caprice Viennols (Kreisler); Tam- borrower by way of shares in a cer-

(Kreister)....with Shanghal company, and and Franklin). Turner guaranteed by second defendant. Waltz (Ager): Rosetta (Wende...Len

Vocal)

Layton Dt the Piano; The Winter the only meaning that could be at- touse, was that it was a guarantee: Gipsy Camp (Traditional-arr. Man- tributed 10 the document, Bald Fills and His Orchestra; Round A by Tang of the loon, and the sole toyant)....Mantovan! and His Tipica Soprano), Carmen Mells (Soprano) issue at point was for counsel to The note points out that the prove that guarantee. Czecho-Slovak Government is ready Luk Hok-king, court translator at to examine the Polish complaints of the Supreme Court, said that a trans- frontier violations, and is anxious to lation of the document as made by do everything in order to facilitate Mr. Chan Kwok-yan, a former court positive and quiet relations between translator, was a correct one, and he Czecho-Slovakia and Poland.

agreed with it. Witness sald that the of repayment of the loan. document was a guarantee by Tang DISAGREED WITH TRANSLATION

Called by the defence, the Rey, H. R. Wells, the well-known author

Orch.

10.0 Schubert-Moments Musicaux Played by Ethel Leginska (Piano). -10.23 Puccini's "La Tosca" Act III. Sung by Giuseppe Boltini (Boy) Plero Paull (Tenor), Nello Polal 7.40 Studio-Z.B.W. Orchestra, - (Tenor) and Glovanni Assimiont. Thomps); Interval Pretty Mocking of La Scale,

1. Overture "Raymond" (Ambroise Bass) with Chorus and Orchestra Milan conducted by Bird (Bishop)....Mavis Bennett Carlo Sabajoo. (Soprano) with Plano necomp, by 11.0 Close down.

LETTERS BRITAIN'S

Sold Out!

But the note underlines the necca Grim #treet fighting raged In

Prague, Jan, 4. sity of the Polish Government help- Taengshing, 35 miles north-east of A inass expulsion of emigres from int in these endeavours by just and Canton, on Monday morning. when Czecho-Slovakia will begin in the decent treatment of Czecho-Sloval Chinese troops blasted their way into near future with the eviction of 10,-nationals residing in the Olsa dis-; the war-tom city through the north 900 Jews and Aryans, it was an-trict, which was ceded to Poland. gate, according to military reports.

nounced here to-day. Japanese

of many Chinese books, and a teacher To the Editor, According to one newspaper,

Czecho-Slovak Government of Chinese for the past 27 years, said The casualties in the face of the fierce

Prapie

Government has

has simultaneously instructed Its that he disagreed with the translation Chinese onslaught and were thrown taken a decison of this nature, and number of Warsaw to protest at the made by the former court translator, Into a precarious position. However, further measures for solving the number of incidents the timely arrival of heavy Japanese Jewish problem wil be announced district.-Trans-Ocean,

The

suffered

reinforcements

from Cinton

Shektan, saved the altuation.

minny

and poon.

the

already

The paper says that the national Under the terrific bombardment of character of the Czecho-Slovak State. the Japanese the Chinese later with- as well as economie necessity, makes drew from the city. They wrecked essential to eliminate the Jews all bridges and heavily damaged the from the State, adding that all inter- highways in the outskirts of Tseng-ational emigres must eventually ching.

leave Czeclio-Slovakia, Trans-

While the attack

Occan. Tsengshing on was going on, another Chinese unit surrounded 200 Japanese at Shetaul-

REFUGEE FUND NOW £805,000 ing, a hill in the neighbourhood of the city. Over 90 casualties were

London, Jan. 4. Lord Baldwin's refugee fund has inflicted on) the Japanese there.now reached a total of £305,000.- Central News:

Reuter.

Hongkong Telegraph.

same and detailed the words, phrases and

Sur-At 10.30 a.m. this morning I punctuation of

the

document which he was in conflict.

with sent a coolie to the G.P.O. In an Witness

tness endeavour to buy just 300 four-cent was of the opinion that the document stamps. meant that on the expiration of the time limit for repayment of the loan, order but our clicient Post Omice was It was not an extraordinary large had Yau been unable to repay, Lee unable to cope with it. was to take the shates to Tang, who

King Saud's Protest To Roosevelt

to

the

The First Shot

WORKLESS INCREASE

London, Jan. 4. The Ministry of Labour estimates at December 12 state that the num- ber of insured perrons in employment

than a month before, and about 10,- in Great Britain was approximately. 12.263,000. This WOB 5,000

If

I had done

as I was told-

I wouldn't have

this nasty cold!

Give me

BAYER

ASPIRIN

50

»Bayotu

SHOP TO BEST ADVANTAGE AT

more THE

registered

ASIACOY

FOR GROCERIES BUTCHERIES

The coolie was told to go again a 000 more than a year before. would the handing over of the proceeds

arrange for their sale and quarter of an hour later.

At the same date, the the plaintiff as repayment of

Venn SAP. unemployed totalled 1,831,372, com-I-KWAN BLOG. DESVŒUX RD. C. principal and Interest on the loan.

prising 1.414.010 wholly unemployed, From his translation of the document,

294,708 temporarily lald off, and 02,- Tang was not responsible for the re-

613 normally in casual employment.

The total was 3.200 more than payment of the loan.

Sir-I have pailently awaited and month before, and 105.965 more Professor su Ti-shan, professor followed cach issue of the "Tele-than a year before. The total In- King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabla,. of Chinese at the Hongkong Univer- Staph" for the past week, and I don't cluded 1.384,022 men, 45,540 boys, baa sent a protest to President sity, was also called by the defence. think anyone has taken up the pen 358.580 women, and Sungai Roosevelt in which he denounces the!

Mr. She: Can this document

to either contradict or help ex- British Wireless. anti-Arab akitude of the United translated to mean that if You fail-claim." States with regard to the Palestine to pay, then Tang must pay up? problem.

For the Week-end

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Cairo, Jan. 4.

ARAB LEADERS TO CONFER

No.

be Mariner to give the full story of his

44.321 girls.

Quietness Reigns

What are Tang's responsibilities in Mariner for his information, but he On Stock Exchange

17

taka

I must confess had not heard ofį this incident before, and I thank ex- It is stated that King Saud de- manded that if America finds it be responsible for the conversion of authority; whether he was

terms of this document?-Tang will doesn't tell us from where he got his necessary to interest nerself at all in the value of the shares and handing to be there for any reason, or if hel generally quiet, with an easler trend

#1 resident the Palestine problem, the should over the money for them to Lee.

of Sydney at that time; if he happened

London, Jan. 4. adopt a just atitude, and not let her

The London Stock Exchange was outlook be dictated by "one-sided

Has he any other duties other than had read it in some authentic news- owing to the approach of the end Jewish ideas."-Trans-Ocean.

that?-No statement is given in the paper, it took care to do this, viz. account. [document. 79

the "Daily Mall") so we have just got to

Gilt-edged securities closed around his word for it and hand the day's lowest quotations in sym- It is understood that Britain and fessor Hau said that he was sure

Asked for a definite answer. Pro- nim the laurels.

pathy with the weakness of sterling." France nave agreed that the Arab that the document did not require mistake and meant to refer

Should ex-Mariner have made a Oils wero moderately active in leaders at present in Catro may visit any other duty of Tang than that bourne's Claim in his letter, I can re-tion of the Royal Dutch and Shell! to Mel- response to the overnight, publica- Lebanon in order to confer with the of conversion of the shares. Grand Mufti.

late already knew that prior to writing six per cent It is also understood that the first

par cevi nael ned 734 per cent. re- my first article; the fact I didn't men- spretively. meeting of the Palestine conference

Mr. She: Under that document, if ton it was; the "News of the Worsa" will take place on January 18, and it was intended that Tang should didn't seem any too eager to uphold sterling, the London ofcial gold Reflecting yesterday's weakness in that Mr. Neville Chamberlain will be repay the whole loan, ought there to when they published it; any way, price was fixed at the new high re- presentReuter.'

be more words in the document?— here! 1.

cord of 150/30. However, sterling Yes, a phrase should be added, thus, "The frat shot by a shore battery was firm owing to Continental proft If the shares are unsaleable Tang, ut an enemy ship, la believed to have, taking of dollars, prior to President must be responsible for the repay-been fired by the Queenscliff shore Roosevelt's address to Congress, and ment of the loon.

battery, Melbourne, Australia at 10 after the fixng, a small business was

Premier's Suite For Rome Visit

London, Jan. 4.

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DELIVERIES

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Mr. D'Almada submitted that the am. on Aug. 5th, 1014, when they transacted, with gold down to 100/1d. RETAIL & ACCOUNTS DEPT 20416) plaintiff had succeeded in his claimed to mop an enemy ship leaving Wall Street was steady.-Reuter (WHOLESALE & GENERAL OFFICE 22538) Notwithstanding the evidence given the harbour. (Ten a.m. Melbourne, Special.” by Rev. Mr. Wells and Prot. Heu, imp corresponded to midnight, It was clear, he contended, that the, Belsh time)." document was entirely unambiguous.

not

Puppets Attempt To Weaken Currency

The Prime Minister and the For-

The envied gunlayer's name was eign Sterclary will be accompanied i Mr. Sho submitted that the docu- to have attempted to claim it, should t mentioned, und he doesn't appear to home by Mr. Chamberlain's pri- ment was both ambiguous and un- he still be living, but if the story la vate secretary, Mr. O. Cleverly, the clear in its meaning. There was no cerider, I should think there would Parliamentary private secretary to guarantee by the second defendant, be records to substantiate it. the Premier, Lord Dunglass, the

Pelping, Jan. 4. the but only an undertaking to'da cer- Under-Secretary

The

"News of the Wold" docs, how Japanese-sponsored. Chinese pro- The Ministry of Finance of the the Foreign tain things. Office, Sir Alexander Cadogan, the

uphold what I had to say convincial government here announces His Lordship ruled that the docu-

curning Corporal John Brown King, Vint from February 20, the currency head of the South European Departma wa mambinus. ment of the Foreign Office,

Itoyer Marines of HMS: Amphion Mr.

short adjournment, on the earlier in the same column After Maurier Ingram, a member of the popucation of Mr. She, counsel for above.

of the Chinese, National Government press department of the Foreign defence asked permission to dispense This "First Shot" business seems to discount as against the Federal Omee, Mr. Charles Peake, and the with the other defences he had probe rather dificult private secretary: to "the_Foreign pared. Secretary, Mr. Oliver Harvey = Trans-Ocoun

Judgment was accordingly entered what you have, got to say. against: second defendant with costs. PROUD OF THE REGIMENT.

THE "TELEGRAPH” will send a Staff Photographer to all events of publie

as the still circulating in North China, winterest.

be subject to a further 30 per cent. x-Marinor, Reserve Bank, Turners &

Requests

should be addressed to the Pictorial

doesn't It - Nevertheless, lot's hear role naken by tale of 18 per cent Editor._________

discount omcially in respect" to National Governozani's currency?