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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

LATE NEWS

REFUGEE ZONE AT KULING Japanese Agree To Proposals

GERMANY'S PRESS

NEWSPAPER ATTACK ON ROOSEVELT

February 24, 1939.

H.K. Man Dies In Kuling

Poignant Features · Of War Zone Tragedy

Seos Anglo-U.S. Plan Toldest

"Distributo World"

BERLIN. Feb. 23, "WE GERMANS are unable AN AGREEMENT has been to discover in President Roose reached between the Japanesevelt's face or lineaments, an military authorities and execu-angel of peace, but only hatred tive oflcers of British and against the States who regard American warships in Klukiang bolshevism as the deadly enemy for the creation of a refugee of mankind," says the "Boersen zone in Kuling.

Zeitung."

The zone w.li. comprise the hotel and school in the south-western part of the sanatorium.

All foreigners remaining in Kaling will have to concentrate in these two buildings,

“.

can be made.

Mr. Alick Mackenzie, 'one of the local employees of the Standard-Vacuum Company. who had been seriously R in the Country Hospital at Kuling for nearly ten months. passed away at the mountain resort on Thursday of last week, Just received in Hongkong. February 16, according to a telegramn

One of the most admired and re-

of the spected members

Colony's

community, Mr. Mackenzie leaves a widow, who is in Hongkong, a daughter, Miss Allan

Mackenzie,

who is in England, and a brother and two sisters, both In Hongkong, to The paper maintains that the sur-mourn their loss.

A polguant feature of the last Kested fortißcation of Gunm and thei establishment of American naval days of Mr. MacKenzie's life was that bases in the Pacife, was the result he figured among those foreign re- of a hint given by Mr. Anthony Eden sidents In Kuling who were physical

ly unable to take advantage of the when he visited the United States.

bilities:

tance.

No guarantees will be given by the Japanese authorities regarding other

The paper, which asked whether opportunity presented by the Chinese buildings in Kuling.

Mr. Eden neted privately or by re-and Japaness military forces to leave) the death of Mr. A. Mac- Kenzie, of Hong an, die numbers or quest, says there are two just

threatened Japanese attack on the foreigners now remaining at Kuling

His untimely death, however, came "Firstly, has the new plan for the mountain resort. is 16.

of the World been some 'surprise,

us

As the meacre The Japanese authorities state that, distribution although they will endeavour to pro- secretly prepared between the United reports which had filtered through their States and Great Britain; secondly, is from the besieged health resort had teet these foreigners when

under the proganda action against Ger-indicated that he yielding to "mopping-up" operations are way, no guarantee for their safety many and other States with which treatment. However, a relapse seme she is friendly, only a limsy pretext time ago, when he was attacked by for diverting publle attention from pleurisy, gravely weakened his resis- really decisive events?

"These questions are justified in Mr. Mackenzie spent the majority view of the growing probability that of

working {ny* with Be hint for building the Pacifle naval Standard-Vacuum Company, and buses came from Mr. Eden.

was, in fact, due very shortly for "Is it possible that the dagger retirement. A member of the Row- pointed at the heart of Japan was loon Cricket Club almost stuce Ha placed in the willing hands of the Inception, he was, la his Younger United States politicians by a third days.

identified prominently

with Power?"—Renter.

parts, especially at the V.R.C. where The rowed and swam. He also played

a considerable amowit of tennis,

Although he only used his talent sparingly, he was an extremely clever water colour artist, and as a hobby designed houses.

ANOTHER CHINESE VICTORY Japanese Losing Air Superiority

Culminating a series of acrtal dog-| Oghts in whleb the Japanese have been hopelessly outclassed by su- perior units of the re-organised Chin-j ese air arm, another Chinese victory has been reported.

In spectacular air encounter over Lunchow, capital of Kansu province,

Treason Law In Eire

Dublin, Feb. 23. The second reading of the Treason Bill was passed in the Dull to-day by

the Chinese have brought down six 79 votes to 10. moro Japanese planes,

to

The

were signs ahead which might indi- cate troublous times, they wanted! possible powers to deal with the difficulty. Mr. De Valera has asked for 13 The Cosgrave opposition accepted

order rald unanimous acceptance in

to the Bill in principle, but the Labour The Japanese attempted

The coun-members, and some Independents, Lanchow for the second time in five safeguard their freedom. daya. On the first encounter they try was peaceful, he said, but if there voted against it-Reuter, lost nine planes,

The Japanese light yesterday con-: sisted of twenty machines. They were challenged by Chinese pursuit planes several miles from flie out- skirts of Lanchow, In the subse- quent dog-light, which gradually སམ་ veered towards the elly

as the Japanese bembers held on the course

while their pursul planes attempted

to ward off the Chinese attack, the

invaders were hopelessly outclassed.

Three Japanese machines caught Bee in mid-air and crashed in flames, their crew being incinerated.

Three other machines crashed in the castern outskirts of the city, Be- fore the Japanese were driven off some of their bombers succeeded in breaking rough and dropped their bombs on Lanchow.

Simultaneously with the

attempt

to raid Lanchow, several squadrons of Japanese planes ralded a wide area In northern Klangsi. Singize. Turhang and Saddle. Hill were exten- sively bombed,

New Pope May Not Be Italian

Washington. Feb. 23. Great interest has been caused in political circles here at the report of The Reme correspondent of the "New York Tunes" and other sources, that there is a great possibility that the new Pape will not be an Italian, but that instead, Cardinal Villeneuve (Canada) and Cardinal Mundelein (Chicago) are the most likely can- clitates.

The possibilities of such a deve- lopment are subjects for animated liseuasions, in which it emphasised that, inasmuch as North America, with its thirty million Roman Catho-

Anancial lies is now the strongest mainstay of the Vatican, America is untitled to urge her right to the choice of an American Pope.

Moreover, in the event of the new Pope being an American. It is pos

relations sible that the diplomatic between the United States and the Pope, interrupted for 50 years, might be resoned.--Trans-Ocean,

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Netherlands To Build Cruisers

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The Hague. Feb. 23. arrived from Singapore yesterday It is authoritatively learned that after a rough journey insling over the Government has given orders for two weeks.

two new cruisers which will be the The ship has come out from United largest warships in the Netherlands Kingdom to join the Barlane, another navy.

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Restrictions

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Shanghai, Feb. 23.

A new agreement has been renched

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On the other hand, the Japanese have abólished the food embargo,

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