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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
January 12, 1939.
SPANISH APPEAL TO BRITISH PREMIER
TW
LONDON, JAN. 11. WO TELEGRAMS HAVE BEEN SENT TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN IN ROME, PRO- TESTING AGAINST INSURGENT BOMBINGS IN SPAIN, ACCORDING TO THE SPANISH PRESS AGENCY.
One, signed by the "Bereaved Mothers of Spain", states that the mothers of Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona witnessed children being mutilated by bombs from foreign aircraft.
"While the Rome conversations are being held, we appeal to you from the depths of our hearts and suffering to stop these unspeakable barbarous bombardments."
A telegram from the captains of British ships in Barcelona says:
JAPANESE ROUTED.
ALONG ENTIRE
SHANSI FRONT
(Continued from Page 1.) daya Dro reported in military despatches received, here to-day.
Lying in ambush near Ankuo, east of Tinghsten in west Hopel, a guerilla unit attacked on January -a platoon of about 100 Japanese troops with three armoured cars and two tanks! moving into Ankuo.
Most of the Japanrse were killed in a battle that followed and all the tanks and armoured Cars badly damaged. The Chinese also captur- ed a number of rides, machine-guns and two guns.
On the same day, another mobile band ambushed a caravan of over
"Yesterday, we buried our friend Norman Farthing, chief 10 Japanese trucks heavily loaded engineer of the steamer Alresford, who was killed while exercis-with supplies on the Tientsin-Paoling ing his lawful duties, by a bomb by an Insurgent plane. Weighway near Shentangchen, south- west of Tientsin. Seven of the demand fall protection for our men and ships carrying on.
trucks vere destroyed and four legitimate trade, and faithful to the honoured traditions of the seized by the mobile fighters. British merchant navy."--Reuter.
APPEAL TO BRITISH TRADE UNIONS
Landon, Jan. 11, Spanish tralle unionists, according to Spanish press agency message from Barcelona, have appealed to the British Trade Union Congress, say ing:
"In this hour, whelh is decisive both
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for our enuse and world democracy, we trust the British Trade Union movement will act quickly on our behalf."
The appeal adds that the insurgents regard the offensive on Catalonia os a decisive battle, but that the Loyal- ints can conquer by unity, self-sacri fee, and hard effort.-Reuter Special.
Dr.
The guerlins staged a surprise raid on Lisien, east of Ankuo, an the night of January 5 and succeeded in breaking into the city. They withdrew when the Japanese launch- da counter-attack upon the arrival
reinforcements,
north
The mobile fighters in Clninsu also destroyed лeveral Japanese trucks and seized a number of arms during an ambuscade on the Funghsien-Tangshan highway on
January 7.-Central News, Father Throws
Baby From Window
Boston (Lines).
FISHERMAN George Bryan Revell of Millhill, Boston, who in a drunken rage dropped his. baby daughter Rita from a twelve-foot high window, was sentenced to six months' hard labour recently at Boston Police Court.
Revell's wife, standing outside, caught the seven-month-old child in her arms. A policeman slopped Re- vell before he could push his strug- gling six-year-old son from the same window.
Mrs. Revell did not testify.
A constable suid: "She is scared stift of her husband."
Follec
Constable Mannestead
testified that he went to Revell's house because of Mrs. Revell's fears
for her children's safely.
Portuguese, Two
Indians Arrested
POSITION IN SOUTH Following the Chinese recapture of Sheklung railway station and other A daring holdup which occurred in important points in the area during Curioms Pass Road on Tuesday after the past few days, 4,000 Japanese been rushed noon had a sequel at the Kowloon reinforcements have
Chinesc Magistracy yesterday when a Porta- from Canton, according to
un-field,
here this ruese, Carlos Xavier da Cruz 32, un-
reports received
able
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employed, of Shanghal, and we with the arrival of the fresh troops Indians who are understood to be
now 2,500 to speak English fluently, Abdulia from Cunton, there are nashid 20, and Abdul Caramal 21 Japanese In Tungkun, 1,000 along the were charged with having robbed Sheklung-Tungkun highway and 3,500 TO You Tin-sang of $8 In local currency in the vicinity of Sbcklung.
Detective Inspector A, E. Carey, who is in charge of the case, asked for a counter-offensive on the Shcklung formal remand of twenty-four hours station and the poorly armed mobile units which effected the recapture of the station have evacuated custwards. with large quantities of military sup- plies captured in the bitter fighting preceding their entry into the rail- way station.
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"The door was locked," Pole Three Million Tons
"Re-
Constable Mannestead sald. vell opened the lower half of the bedroom window and held Rita, saying: here's your kid, I'm go ing to drop her."
Mrs. Revell caught the baby, The policeman dashed up the back stairs and gripped Revell as he was about to drop six-year-old Brian from the same window.
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The Times says it is at once. a testimony to the strength of the Bank and vitality of Chinese teade in the deplorable-conditions.
The Manchester Guardian draws attention to the fact that every port is occupied by the Japanese and for the Bank to have made any profit at all is evidence of its rescurceTM fulness.
The Financiat Times says a small reduction would have caused no sur- prise.
"It is a notable achievement," says
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Of Shipping Idle
Kobe, Jan. 12.
In southwest Kwangtung extensive reconnaissance flights were carried out along the cost of Vimchow und Limehow yesterday by more than 20 Japanese machines, it is also reported. the Japanese It is believed that military commander in south China has not abandoned the plon to invade
Kwangst from southwest Kwungtung.
ZBW Innovation Was Popular
On December 10, Inst laid-up trad- ing ships throughout the world total- fed 3,217,000 tons, showing on in- Last Monday evening, ZBW pre- crease of 29,000 tons over the presented a novel type of programme vious month, a survey compiled by entitled "That Music Reminded the Japan Ship Owners' Association You." ¡ indicates..
Firures according to different Adam' Charles, who was in charge countries follow: Great Britain. of the programme, requested listen- 837,000; the United States, 1.348.000: ero to write to ZBW proposing var!- another programme Japan, 14000; Norway, 168,000; Italy. ous tunes for 163,000; France, 176.000: Sweden. und stating why they remain in their 69,000; and Greece, 459,000-Doniel, memories.
The response from listeners in- dicate that this type of programme, is popular and, as a result, Adam Charles announced this morning that he will present a similar programme over ZBW at the end of this month.
JANUARY SALE AT
ARAB CHIEFS CONFER WITH GRAND MUFTI
Beirut, Jan. 11. Five Palestine Arab chiefs, who arrived to-day from Seychelles went immediately to confer with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and other mem bors of the Arab Committee on the choice of delegates to the London | conference-Reister,
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