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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 22, 1939.

LATE NEWS

French Deputy Shanghai Crisis:

In Hongkong Next Japan Move | London Comments

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Declares Japan

Broke Promises

Tokyo, Feb. 22.

declares

War Preparations

The "Hochi Shimbun" that, following a conference between

London, Feb. 22. the Premier, Foreign Minister and The grimness of the calculation in the Ministers for War and the Navy, Chamberlain's speech in Commons held in Tokyo yesterday, instructions that the cost of maintaining Britain's have been cabled to the Japanese huge arms colossus when completed "Since the Japanese occupa- authorities in Shanghai to demand may be beyond the capacity of the tion of Hainan Island I have the immediate arrest of the assasalna tax-payer does not escape attention been

newspapers, pressing the French of Chen

Chen Lu by the S.M.C. authorities. of A demand will also be made for the generally recognised, however, that Government to authorise the oxport of war materials from apprehension of Chinese terrorists unwelcome as is prespect, there ein responsible for thirty similar "out-be no going back, particularly when Indo-China to China...I hope rages" in Shanghai, and the S.M.C. time is unripe, as Premer himse

will be told to take steps to prevent hinted, for the my voice will be heard."

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only alternative...... This declaration was made by M. recurrence of outrages in the future, disarmament.

There is wide agreement that a In the event of no arrests being Jean de Beaumont, representative- of French Indo-China in the French made and of the outrages continuing, disarmament conference that failed Parliament, when interviewed by the the Japanese authorities have been would be worse than no conference. Morrison's indiention that should Inform the Shanghal to Hongkong Telegraph" this after-instructed

Municipal Comell that the Japanese war break out British expeditionary noon.

"M. Beaumont in in Hongkong after Government will have to recognise force would be sent abroad is prom- a two months' tour af Indu-China, that the S.M.C. authorities are in-inently featured in later editions of luring which he had long talks with capable of preserving peace and morning newspapers, but was made the Governor-General and made aurder in the Settlement and, in. that too inte for general comment

se study of the political situation event, will take appropriate measures Reater Sperini,

in the Eastpartieularly in relation to maintain peace and order and will

in the recent necupation of Hainan iland by the Japanese.

Referring to the attitude of Indo- China in the present conflict, he said: "The policy of France has always laven quite neutral as regards war

Fathe

We have permitted the ex- port of foodstuffs to Chinn, but the

xport of

war materials has been, Corbidden. Indo-China has lost by this.

NEW JAPANESE ATTITUDE "Now, in face of the new altitude of the Japanese, who, in the con- quest of Hainan Island, have broken their contract with France not to occupy the island, I think we have

reason to prevent our exporters | and business people doing exactlyį as they like,

Xercise, if needs be, its right to self- defence by employing force.--Reuter,

Refugee Influx

Approximately 4,000 refugees en- fered Hongkang territory as a result of the Sham Chun outrage.

Two refugee centres at Fanling, re- opened yesterday afternoon, are now accommodating 2,700 refugees, while! another centre, accommodating 900.

has been re-opened to-day.

The refugees who have been con- centrated in the "neutral Shun Chun have been evacuated to' Hongkong.

200 DIE IN ICHANG AIR RAID

Zone in Women, Children

Among Victims

Japanese Official Goes To Tokyo

ICHANG, Feb. 21. WHOLESALE DEATH and destruction once again descended on Ichang when nine Japanese

Casualties list of the air massacre

"Since the Japanese occupation of Hainan Island I have been pressing the French Government to authorise the export of war materials from

M. Morishima, Counsellor of planes indiscriminately bombed China. I to Indo-China

I have sent several messages to France and I Japanese Embassy, left Shanghai for the town in a ruthless raid at

As I Tokyn by neroplatic at 0.30 a.m. to! hope my voice will be heard. am the only member of the French submit detailed reports on conditions nine o'clock this morning. Chamber with an electorate in the in Shanghai. Morishima will dis- Fast some attention is given to my cuss with his home Government "im-has not yet been completed at a late opinion on Eastern matters, and I sortant measures to be taken in: hour this evening, as many people are still buried in the ruin and debris hope that it will be so in this ense." Shanghua" "Domei" reports,

of scores of houses levelled by the Japanese missiles. A rough estimate dead and wounded, at over 200. and children.

PRESSURE FROM EUROPE

Al. Beaumont added: "I think the Japanese have made their Hainan gesture under pressure from Ger- Norwegian freighter Hoegh Silver ineluding a high proportion of women inany and Italy-particularly, increst, which went ushore off Sargosan view of her recent demands on coast, P.L. fast month, is totally: France, from Italy. It also has the wrecked. Ship is now breaking UP paistical purpose of allowing the Japanese army to claim a new suc-

Ship Total Wreck places the total number of victims,

cess.

DEATHI

TOLIVEIRA.—On

The Japanese fliers concentrated their bombardment on the crowded sections of the town. Missites were dumped in most haphazard fashion, causing many deaths at unexpected quarters.

Throughout the air attack, Chinese Monday. 20th anti-aircraft guns went into brisk February, 1939, at his residence, etion and forced the raiders to fly Foochow, Antonio (Nitle) at a high altitude and stay for only Marques d'Oliveira: passed away a brief duration over the town before suddenly. Macon papers please departure.--Confrat News, copy.

"Their lack of respect for under- takings with us shows that it, in thei event of trouble in Europe, we need a friend in the East we will need to look to China rather than to Japan. Why, then, should we not support China by supplying her with arms?" M. Beaumon said that the snus- Lion in Indo-China, commercially and in armaments, was better than ever! before.

The military staff was quie satisfied with the resources for the self-defence of 뭐한 country and the prople had not been alarmed by the

u occupation of Halm Istand; they took it merely as a gesture to im- ! prove the morale of the army. How ever, the French Fortige Minister and Colonial Minister were both alarmed, recognising it as a tactless and

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iteferring to the Lowu bombing:

Beaumont

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ind it intolerable to think that DESTRUCTION TO ALL HE TOUCHED OR LOOKED UPON ! British subjects have been disturbedl

and cannot understand the nem-1

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seems to me quite unjustifiable.

for

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M. Beaumont

cave will America by the Clipper on Friday. He Is looking forward to the chance to discuss the Eastern situation willi President Roosevelt in the interests of the three big democracies.

He hopes to fly to London on the Atlantic Clipper on Its malden voyage. Ilaving flown from France to Indo-China by Air France, from Hanoi to Hongkong by Imperial Air- fight by Clipper would make him the first man to circle the globe by normal commercini services.

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