1939-04-25 — Page 27

FRANCE WARNS JAPAN AGAINST VIOLATIONS

CHUNGKING, Apr. 25.—It is fearned that the French authorities have warned the Japanese government against further flights by Japanese warplanes over Franch Indo-China. The warning was given after the Chincre notification that the Japaneso planos which raided Mongtex in Yunnan, and attacked the Eurasia plane on April 13 took off from their base on Walchow Island, south of Pakhol, and after passing over Choungnankwan on the Kwangsi border, cut across French territory to penetrate into Yunnan-Central News.

Ex-King

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

April 25, 1939.

SPIRITED FIGHTING IN INTERIOR

LATEST PHASES IN

CHINA

SIAN, Apr. 25. SPIRITED fighting has been going on in areas around Linfen, on the | Tatung-Puchow Railway in

Alfonso & Ena south Shansi.

Expect Recall to Spain

ROME, Apr. 24.

SITTING in the royal suite

of Rome's Grand Hotel FLEETS IN

to-day ex-King Alfonso awaits

a recall to the country from MEDITERRANEAN

which he fled eight years ago..

Restoration of the Spanish Anglo-German Naval

Movements

monarchy is expected to follow the triumphal march into Madrid,

At the same Lime

A complete

PARIS, Apr, 25. reconcilation between King Alfonso A GERMAN naval squadron and Queen Ena, who have been consisting of nearly 40 vessels estranged in exile, may be announc-and attendant auxillaries have ed.

"Nothing on be said yet. King arrived off Gljon. Alfonso is awaiting developments in Spain, his secretary said, but it is the ex-King, on significant that hearing that Madrid had fallen, seni a congratulatory telegram to General Franco.

Franco's Greetings In reply General Franco sent his "sincere and affectionate greetings."

The belief that the monarchy will be re-established is streng- thened by A decree recently

passed by the Nationalist Goy- crnment,

The fleet is reported to be en route to the Straits of Gibraltar for a week's manoeuvres,

They will visit Malaga, Ceuta, Tangler and Almireas after which they will return to Germany on May 10 vla Lishbon and Uigo-United

Press,

Cruiser At Bilbao

London, Apr. 24.

of

Last Friday, a Japanese force of more than 800 men thrust westward from the south Hwohsien, encountering Chinese resistance at a hilly region nearby. As a result of numeri cal Inferiority, the Chinese with- drew following a battle lasting several hours.

On the following day, after having

been heavily reinforced, tie

vin

staged a counter-attack and succeed- ed in repelling the entmy. The

Japanese left more than 200 dead

bodies and a large quantity of am- munalon on the field,

Another Japanese unit of 200 men belween Hungtung and Chaocheng on the Tatung-Puchow Railway struck westward on Sunday, but was beaten back.

Kiangsu "Guerills Front"

A Chinese raiding party launched a lightning attack on a village west of Linfen on Friday niglit. Hond- grenadea were showered 00 the Japanese garrison, Infleting heavy casualties.

"The

Japanese have rushed a total. of more than 3,000 reinforcements to cast of Kuwo. the Yicheng sector, Under the cover of a ferce artillery

they have launched barrage, counter-attack on the Chinese

vere repulsed.

Fighting of great severity continues

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but

The Exchange Telegraph Corres-unithated on both sides of the

reports that the German cruiser Admiral Scheer has arrived at Bilbao for a three day

This restores the property counts-pondent at Barcelona cuted from Alfonso and his family on the proclamation of the Republic in

1031.

[Ex-Queen Ena, 2 grand- daughter of Queen, Victoria, is now! In Rome. Friends of the Royal pair are convinced that they are already reconciled.]

visit.--United Press,

British Movements

The Japanese at Chungyang: Chungyang-Listlh highway in west are calling for reinforcements from Fenyang, In the east.

During the recent Chinese attack on Kongloelen, near Chungyang, the Japanese commander, and two other London, Apr. 24.

officers were killed, it is now con- The British Mediterranean fleet, which departed from Malta on Sun-Armed-Central News. day, will visit harbours in Greece, Cyprus, Palestine, and Egypt before

The Correct Answer? beginning manoeuvres in the eastern

LONDON.

The

Intense Kwangtung Fighting

Shlubing, Apr. 24.

OFFENSIVE

Peking

HOPEI

Jumka

FISA

sinan SHANTUNO

JANGTANGOjo Nanki

wsnow.

Hankow ANKING

AVTO CANTON

Wint

ALCHOW

On the Canton-Hankow Railway the Chinese are sill attacking Kong- stun, about ten miles north of Canton. The Japanese in Sunkal, about 17 miles north of Canton, pre reported to have all been driven off.

Central Netos.

Guerillas In Nanchang k

Changshu, Apr. 25. After the recapture of Kaoan, key town on the Nanchang-Changsha highway, Chinese guerilla units have extended their operations to the out- skirts of Nanchang Fighting Is going on at Siahau and Wanshoukung. approximately three miles soutli Nanchang

The main body of the Chinese troops which re-entered Kooan is engaging the Japanese in the regions northeast of Khoan and south of Fenghsin. The Japanese have called in reinforcements from Fenghsin.

A Japanese unit is surrounded at Kuoyuahih, northeast of Knoan.- Central News.

Japanese Fice From Tungthan

́PINGKIANG, Apr. 25.

fantry-men rushed the Chinese lines, After their re-capture of Tungshan, Close-quarter fighting raged until 80 miles south east of Hankow, the evening. Nelther side gave any Chinese are pursuing the Japanese In quarter.

two directions. While fighting

One calusin is pressing westward was in progress Japanese troops were sent out Into Tsungyang, while another column several steamboats in the river flow is driving castward by the Tungshan- ing outside Sunwul to attack the Yingsinchen highway. The latter Chinese rear, Chinese troops guard-have recaptured Tapon, approxi- ing the banks prevented them from mately,

kiway Yongsinchen is between Tungshan landing.

und

After the arrival of 1,000 re-(now menured. inforcements Japanese nssaults According to a Beld report, Chinese around Kongmoon have been inten-tioops made a night attack on Yoyang sined. The Chinese are stubbornly on the Conton-Hankow Railway in

#north Hunan, on resisting,

Sunday night. Many Japanese were killed outside the east city gate.-Central News.

Grenades Used

"Telegraph"

on

A "guerilla_front" has been established by Chinese moblie forces the Kinngsu-Shantung border regions.

Pushing towards suchow, Im- portant Junction on the Lunghal and Tientsin-Pukow Railways, the mobile fighters plunged into a pliched battle with the Japanese at Taierchwang, 50 YEARS AGO

famed baltic-ground where

the Chinese won a smashing victory last April 25, 1889, About once a month we register a year, and in areas along the Lunghai Fighting for the possession of blood-curdling oath un the GC-Line.

Spirited engagements between the de- Sunwui is raging with great violence, cumulated files of the Telegraph to

The city has changed hands several the effect that the very next time guerillas and the Japanese have also will times.

our compositional staff exasperate us taken place at the hilly region about The Japanese launched a land, by their inconceivably idiotic style of 10 miles east of Hsuchow. The boom nuval and air attack on the Chinese spelling we will appeal to our renders, of artillery is said to be audible in positions outside the north city gate by publishing the puper with all its suchow occasionally. at noon yesterday.

errors on its head. We don't know that we shan't do it, nome day, but in the meantime we will get even to some extent by reproducing, iteratim, portion of familiar recitation, as "set up" the other day by a com- positor:

Mediterranean, I was officially clared here this evening. In the Southwark Diocesan Gazette,

flcct British home which he edits, the Rev. T. P. Stevens, assemble in Portland harbour on vicar of St. Paul's, Wimbledon Park, April 28 and 20, and except for those quotes the following answer given ships which escort the Repulse and Queen to by a boy in a Scripture exam he bearing the King

Preceded by four tanks, and es-

men, Q: Who was sorry when the Americs, the fleet will engage in the Prodigal Son returned home? A. The usual target practice near Portland-earted by a number of bombing

Trans-Ocean. fatted calf!

planes, several hundred Japanese in-

#et:

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THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOON Not a drum was heard not a funeral nate as his corse to the ramports, We nirmed not a sojdur discharged nis fore- well thot O'er the gram when our fiero we butred.

Wo baired him doubly at dead of night. The soda with ourbayoneta turming. "By the shugging inoon-huanis mirty light and the lantun drinly buning.

No melen coflin enclosed his breast not in shut nor in shored we wound him. But he lay like a wander taking its nut. Wilt his martial clock around him.

Few and short were the prayer and Maid and, we spoke not a work of sorrow, But we steadfastly ruled on the fall that was dead and we bitülely thought of the morrer.

25 YEARS AGO

April 25, 1914. Mr. Lloyd George is to introduce the Budget next Thursday.

The new and direct telegraph cable of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company betweer Singapore and Hongkong, the laying of which by the Telegraph Construction

and Maintenance Co.'s s.s. Coloniu has been in progress since the 12th Instant, was satisfactorily completed yesterday the Bnal splice being made at a point about 200 miles south of Hongkong.

10 YEARS AGO

April 25, 1929, Chinese reports from Canton are to the effect that Kwangtung has decided to wage war against Kwangsi, and that military movements already being carried out in ne- cordance with this direction,

5 YEARS AGO

April 25, 1034.

Are

the of

In a day of uproar, during which muny were shot, down in clashes be- tween Socialists and civil guards in Spain, churches and convents were set on fire and public buildings bombed, pitin warning was given by Senor Gil Hobles, the youthful tender of the Fascist

organist party, Catholic Popular Action plans, by the Fuscists to seize power, The threat carries with it the nicance of serious bloodshed. Senor Gli Robles indicated an expectation that a Fuscist coup would be follow- ed by a revolt by the Socialists and Syndicalists. If there is a revolu- tion in the streel," he said, "we shall go down to the street."

Troops

In

Concentrate Formosa

SWATOW, Apr. 25. Concentration of Japanese troops

new at Formaza has given rise to

of rumours

imminent 1- vision of Swatow. As 0 result, Lhore has been

large- scale vacuation of civiliai's in the last few days.

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Well-informed circles, however, be- lieve that at least part of these Le Japanese troops are intended to sent to Canton as reinforcements.

A'British gunboat and

Boveral

ited States munboats are anchored of the Swatow.const-Central News,

A Japanese counter-attack on Hat- on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Kiangsu, which was. retaken by the Chinese recently. hus been repelled-Central News.

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