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February 23, 1939.

LATE NEWS

MYSTERY OF JAPAN'S “APOLOGY”

European In Hospital

As the result of a collision between his car and a motor-cycle driven by Wu Kam-tai, Mr. A. G. Hargreave, of Imperial Chemical Industries, was admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital

injuries.

Japan's Consul Donies yesterday afternoon, suffering from

War Office Communique

During the Nows Bulletin broad.

cast from Daventry last night a statement was made that the Japaneso Consul General In Hongkong had Immediately expressed to the British authorities the regret of the Japanese Army for

rmy for the border incident Tuesday.

Official circles in Hongkong are rellcent, but the "Telegraph" under- stands that this statement has rel foundation in fact,

The

slatement Daventry apparently based on a communique Issued by the Japanese War Office at

yesterday.

The Japanese "Traits- communique. according to Ocean", elsimed that one plane, by mistake, "had dropped a bomb on bomb Altiins British territory, the

engine of

munique

lately afterwards, the com- added, "the Japanese Consul General in Hongkong ex- pressed to the British authorities the regret of the Japanese Army for the incident."

So far as the ascertain.

"Telegraph"

can

no such expressions of regret had been received in Hong- kong up to 9.30 o'clock this morning.

It is

is pointed out, moreover, that

the Japanese Consul General is at present in Tokyo and, obviously, no could have been expressions of regret personally tendered by him.

nice communtque The Tokyo War Office was carried by three News Agencies -Heaters, Trans-Ocean and Domei. The Daventry broadcast was credited to Reuters. In the Reuter report, pub- lished in Hongkong this morning, the violation of British territory was attributed to a misdirected bomb. The "Domel" story reports one bomb hitting a train. The Trans-Oecan" report mentions one bomb dropped on British territory.

apology Japanese The alleged makes no mention of the other bombs which fell in British territory, or of the casualties that resulted from Lie these explosions. Yesterday "Telegraph" nublished photographs

tivo craters in! showing at least British territory.

LATER. MR. T. ODA, JAPANESE CONSUL IN HONGKONG, ADMITTED TN15 "IT IS IN- MORNING THAT CORRECT TO STATE THAT ANY APOLOGY HAS BEEN EXPRESSED TO THE HONGKONG GOVERN- MENT YET."

statement obviously Mr. Oda's repudiates the Japanese War Office claim, made at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, that an apology had been to the Hongkong promptly made

Government.

PAKHOI LANDING REPULSED

An abortive attempt by a number

of Japanese warships on Tuesday

to effect 3 morning

landing at Iwantsuling, a small village west of Pakhoi on the southwestern coast of Kwangtung. is reported from Chinese sources this morning.

As soon as the invading warships of broke into the Chinese ne defence. they

immediately i challenged, it is sald, to aferee artillery duet by the Chinese battery!

were

units on the coast.

With the occupation of Hollow and] other parts in Hainan Island, accord- ing to the same sources, the number of Japanese vessels and neroplanes in Walchow Island off the Pakhot coast have been ennsiderably decreased,

It is said that there are only three Japanese warships, 15 planes and a company of a hundred blue-jockets stationed off and on The Walchow Island.

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ART EXHIBITION

It is announced that the Hongkong Working Artists Gulid will present an exhibition of Chinese palatings calligraphy by well-known

The St. John's Cathedral Fellow- and ship held their first Bridge and Muh-Chinese artists, Messrs. Wong Ding- Jong Drive on Tuesday evening, in Ping, Cheung Shun-cho, Woo Kim-

the Cathedral Hull.

The winners were:

Contract Bridge--Mrs. Hyde and Mr. Beavan.

Auction Bridge-Mrs. Smith and

Mr. Hunt.

Stone.

un, Cheung Shlu-shek, Chlu Shiu- ngong. Au Shlu-Im, Leung Tik-yu and Tec Hl. The exhibition will Catedral take place at St. John's llal on the February 28, 28. aid 27,

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