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OVERNIGHT NEWS PAGE

Britain To Make Refugee Experiment

London, May 12,

Mr. Neville Chamberlain in a state- ment on the British Guiana refuged mission's report in the House of Commons this morning, declared that the Government was prepared to offer the fullest fellitles for settlement on which the organizations may deckle. The Government assumed that the experi- mental settlement will be financed - from - - private Kources under the direction of experts appointed by the refugee organisations.

The Government of British Gularsa was prepared to co-operate fully with His Majesty's Government and make such arrangements 44 are necessary in personnel and organisn- tion with the refugee authorities.

The Government hopes that urrangements would be made to begin settlement in the coming autumn. They consider large scale settlement, which it is hoped may prove possible, will depend largely on the possibility of Indus- trial development. They urge there- fore that further inquiries be

Im-

mediately made to determine the possibility of creating industrial em- ployment for refugees, either within The areas originally offered or in other suitable areas in the interior of the Colony,Renter.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Jerusalem, May 12,

POLISH BORDER INCIDENTS

Soviet-Poland Relations

Danzig, May 12.

The House of Senators have pre- pared a protest against an incident on the frontier Inst night in which Polish soldiers were alleged to have shot at two citizens. of Danzig who refused to answer a' challenge when crossing a bridge into Polish terri- tory.-United Press,

REICH PUPPET'S VIEW

Danzig. May 12. "Nelther the speculations of the foreign press not the mobilisation measures on our frontier will make us lose our heads," declared the Pre- sident of the Danzig Senate, Arthur Grelser, when defining the Danzig Government's attitude towards the international situation in a stule- ment made at a réception of Labour Servlee leaders from the Reich.

"We will ny the destiny in the hands of the Fuehrer. The fate of the German ilving ance In Eastern Europe will have to be decided sooner or later, and then our fate will also be decided."

"The unrest which is observable on the frontlers of the Free State will not Induce the Danzig popula- tion to abandon their traditional calm."--Trans-Ocean.

POLISH OPPRESSION ALLEGED

Warenw, May 12.

now

The Polish authorities have begun to nrrest on a large senle members of the German minorities in Upper Silesia and In the southern part of the Polisti Corridor.

been. The persons arrested have sentenced in many cases to several weeks imprisonment for trivial offences, such as listening into broad- custs of foreign radio stations spreading of alarming reports.

or

A report from Palestine states that 180 illegal immigrants, who have been in quarantine at Haifa for some to short prison terms for spreading Some people, who were sentenced time, have been released. The inalarming reports, had merely migration quota for May hins been reduced by 180 the number of the illegal Immigrants.-Reuter Bulletin.

KULANGSU LANDING EXPLAINED

Amoy, May 12.

Following their Innding on the

com-

plained in public that their windows had been smashed by Poles.

In the mining district of Katowice and in other parts of Polish Upper Silesia a large number of German workers and employees have bern dismissed during the last few days.

In the Katowice district alone several hundred German workers received notification of their dis reuson for dismissal was thint organisation of the works sitated the measure.-Trans-Ocean.

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Anglo-Turkish Pact Is Announced By Premier

London, May · 12.

In the House of Commons the Prime Minister announced that England and Turkey will conclude a definitivo long- term agreement of a reciprocal character in the interest of their national security.

Pending the conclusion ofthis definitive agreement the the two 'Governments declare that in the event of an act of aggression leading to war in the Mediterranean area, they will be prepared to co-operate effectively and lend each other all the aid and asaistance in their power.

The declaration is not directed against any country, said Mr. Chamberlain.

Both Governments are consulting with a view to the Establishment of security in the Ballians-Renter,

Schooners Sink

-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,

May 12.

Three United Slates coast- guard vessels and a coastguard plano aro searching for 38 living men and one dead man adrift in 10 small dories in the open Atlantio as a result of the sinking of the fishing schooners Isabelle Parker and Edith Rose, 150 miles north-east of Boston on Wednesday. The men have very meager supplies of water and food United Press.

Co-operative Movement

In China

Imminent Attack

Near Macao

Japanese Said To Be Preparing

Following

Sheicki, May 12.

May 13, 1939.

More Raids On Chungking

Chungking. May' 12.

Twenty-one Japanese planes made

the

a surprise raid on Chungking at.7 p.m. They concentrated malaly on the north bank across the river. where several big fires were started. The bombing was so severe that even deep underground dugouts shook sa

carthquake and occupants suffered acute pain in the cardrums owing to the concussion.

Chinese planea engaged the raiders furious combats, while anti- aircraft guns open Are whenever possible.

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It is officially claimed that three of the raiders were shot down.-Reuter, FUKIEN BOMBARDMENT

Shanghai, May 12, Yungan, Important town in western Fukleri where the Fuklen Provincial Government was recently removed, was severely bombed by Japanese naval aircraft on Tuesday. Various cstablishments of the government were damaged.

Chuanchow, military base in south- ern Fullen, was attacked. One building occupied by troops burst Into flames-Domel.

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SEVERE DAMAGE ihe arrival of 0,000 troops from Formos, Lleut.-General

Chuanchow, May 12. Nikichl Andoo, Japanese Com- Heavy damage was sustained us mander-in-Chief in South China, has the result of a sovere ordered a counter-attack south of bombing on Chuanchow on Wednes Canton.

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way when several be the were leveled by more than 30 missiles to occupy Chungshan.

It is reported that the Japanese dumped from 13 planes. are coming in three columns. Ja-

Casualties were kept at a minimum panese bluejackets are to make the authorities.

by precautionary measures taken by landing at Wangmun and Chunghow from the sen with Changklapin as

group of eleven Japanese the Arst objective. The other two planes visited Changelow and directions are from Shiulam and Tip in south Fukien and extensively surveyed these places without drop- Good Progress Is shek, where fighting was in progress

yesterday.

ping any bombs,

According to a despatch from Should the Japanese push down, Yungisi, four Japanese planes visited Reported

Shekki will become untenable. How-

Chineze regulara ever, the invading force is said to be Changting, west Fuklen town, and about 1,200, who may be checked. dropped several bombs there, causing

unascertained damage. Central; have been Te-News Interced with feld-guns and

planes,

JAPANESE PLANE DOWN Japanese threats are intended to

Hoku, Shansi, Muy 12. was relleve that pressure on Sunwul nrid

A report from the Sulyuan front This move is likewise.

states that a Japanese plane was shot at drawing some troops from down by Chinese forces in the vicinity 30 miles north of

Chinese Industrial Co-operatives held The Hongkong Committee of the

chants Chub yesterday, when the im- its first meeting at the Chinese Mer- Portance of the stressed by several speakers.

movement

·

The Hon. Sir Shou-son Chew was the West Elver regions in order to of Wuchuan,

in the chair, and said that the aims open the way for Japanese drive Kweisul in eastern Suiyunn, on April

of the movement were to find work for the refugees who had been rea- dered homeless and unemployed by the hostilities, and at the same time

along

ong the West River to Kwangsl. JAPANESE LEAVE NAMTAU

28.

missal during the last two days. The develop the resources of the country, Naman bilejackets who landed at were killed and two wounded when

The

re-

neces-

districts. Some

and

T

LATE

from

After the withdrawal of the In Colonel Beck, will not attend the Mongolia to the south. China had and West

bambs.-Central News.

Statements

Critical Press Comments

Of the Japanese crew of five, three In Po On County and left on the machine crashed--Central News. ay 10 threatened that they would May Miss Ida Pruitt said that she had return to-day with more men and a SHIUKWAN CASUALTIES just returned from a tour of the bombing squadron to wip

the town

Shlukwan, Kwangtung, May 12. TROOP CONCENTRATIONS

Altogether 959 civilians were killed interior of China where, at first out unless the people capitulate be

The glance, everything seemed normal, fore noon.

retired to and wounded in 60 Warsaw, May 12.

Japanese

Dir ralds by The Polish

but many people were crippled or their steam launches under papers assert that

pressure Japanese planes here from August 31, Island on Thursday, Japanese blue-concentrations of German

troops they needed.

maimed and could not get the things of Chinese militia and former Blas 1937, to Apr 31, 1839, according to Jackels are policing Kulangsu

are taking place near the Polish-There were now 500 co-operatives ese were cleared from Po On and raiders dropped more than 1,000

ards. All Japan Bay anti-piracy guards.

the Air Defence Headquarter. The The Japanese authorities stress border in Moravia.

dis- throughout China, muking more than Namiau up to yesterday afternoon. that while searching for the culprits, papers say that this is due to

50 different things. Each co-opera- those districts.--Reuter

The arrival of General Pal Chung- the naval landing party is also under content in

tive must have at least seven people hal, Commandant of the Kwellin Chamberlain-Daladier taleing to prevent the activity of anti-Bulletin.

and most of them ranged between 15 headquarters, in

in Shiukwan signifles Japanese elements on the island.

PRESIDENT'S POWERS

200. To set up a gold washing that Warsaw, May 11,

the Chinese counter-attacks Inj It is pointed out that after the The Polish Senate has passed a

Co-operative required about $500. South China will be intensified as a forces Japanese naval

occupied bill empowering the President to

Most expensive

were the machine means to forestall Japanese attack shops.

of Kwangsi. General Tsai Ting-kal, Amoy, a landing party landed on rule by deeree until the next ordin-

Miss Pruitt said that there were hero of the 1932.Shanghai wor, is Kulangsu

Instituted policing ary meeting of Parliament, confer- and measures. The Chinese residents in ring or him extraordinary Deanclat any refugees in the co-operatives. directing the defence of the West

Many years ago when Chino was River regions-Special, the Settlement sharply decreased powers for defence.-Reuter.

threatened she built the Great Wall, later and handing over

CHINESE COUNTER DRIVE the police

SOVIET RELATIONS

but what was now needed was duties to the Municipal Police the

Shekki, May 12. Warsaw, May 12. economic wall,

Foreign

After most of the Pulish

Minister,PARTIC

stretching

Japanese at East Mahning, couth-west of the resources and raw materials, and Kwelchau, had been dispatched to forthcoming meeting of

of the League

only Council-In Geneva.

required trained

and Kongmoon, the Chinese have retaken men The semi-official Gazeta Polska in capital to develop them.

East and West Mahning. One hun-

Berlin; May 13. The Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall said dred and fifty Japanese were killed. The statements on the international morn-

that the movement was of paramount Due to the recent Japanese re- situation made by Mr. Chamberlain that this statement will making the announcement this ing

because it not only verse conditions are now better in and M. Daladier yesterday are re- serve to refute the reports about the importance alleged intention of Colonel Beck to strengthened the country's resistance the Sze Yap districts and passenger ferred to by the entire general press As many anti-Japanes elements confer in Geneva with the Foreign by development of her resources, junks have resumed services between as meant for home consumption" mingled with the Chinese residents, Ministers of France and Britain.

but also solved the problem of find-Sze Yap and Macao.

and intended to Chinese claim the reoccupation of proval for the ever lacreasing cost of

gain the public's ap the Japanese authoritics warned the As regards the conversations con- ing a livelihood for the 7,000,000

preventing Yukkong and Tongha, north-west of rearmoment and the economic con- Municipal Council on several oc-ducted in Warsaw by the Soviet As-refugees,

Commissar casions to control of the subversive sistant

for Foreign Japanese goods from penetrating into Kongmoon, on May 10.

On the

sequences which the two countries elements,

West River booms have had to suffer. Affairs, M. Potemkin, It is reported the territory.

been constructed by Kwangsi troops in the press that the real object of

The

press turna very sharply M. Potemkin's brief visit to Warsaw

near Fungtsun and Konghow near

of the Belfish the

border against the attempt Kwangtung-Kwangsi was to learn the views of the Polish

Mr. Edgar Snow, the well-known Booms will be laid soon at Kallung-the fate of the German population in

Premier to

to connect the question of Government on the future of Polish author of "Red Star Over China, chow near Wuchow-Wah Kiu Yas Danzig and that of Polish sovereignty

said that it seemed to him China was Po now in a stage of general mobilisa- on. She was not mobilised at the beginning of the war, but Japan was. soldate her military conquests, Japan was now attempting to con- while China was still in the stage of mobilisation, not only militarily but

economically. also politically an

Militarily, the mobilisation of

China was not enough, on of 2,000-

the evacuated Japanese marines crac island in July. last year.

marines,it is pointed out, panese- Chinese residents entered the Setlic ment from Sungsu on the mainland opposite the island and the popuin tion subsequently increased to about 200,000.

Recently, anti-Japanese elementa openly engaged in agitation and giv- ing street lectures. The Municipal Comcil allegedly failed to take nay

definite measures against the situn llon-Domel,

AMERICAN INTERESTS

Shanghai, May 12. Although the United States Con- sulate states that they are unaware of the the Japanese landing at Kulangsu,

that at last reports there were. seven Americans and 23 Fil- pinos residing there.

It is understood that the destroyer US.S. Bulmer is scheduled to make a routine call at Kulanġsu to-morrow, -United Press.

adds that

Soviet relations.

The help which Russia is expect ed to render in an emergency does not take the form, stresses the Dennie Narodovk, of an invasion of Polish territory by the Red Army -Trans-Ocean.

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IN STAGE OF MOBILISATION

000

JAPAN TAKES Over

Tokyo, May 12. The Asahi Shimbun states "that Jnpun several days ago Informally offered her good offices to Germany because of and Poland to alleviate the tension between the two countries-Reuter, army of at least 10,000,000. Politi- she had also not yet fully

sul! were

many

men size; she must have an

pressora.

WARNING ΤΟ SHANGHAI

STREET LIGHT PLANS ernment. the Japanese Government only

justteally China had cident as that while occurred in Ku-

New System Installed In Queen's Road Central

the

two entirely different problems, as Deutsche Allgemeine Zeltung writes,

which had nothing to do with each other.-Trans-Ocean,

ROME COMMENT

Rome, May 12. Surprise is expressed In Rome: political circles at the nature of the declarations made on Thursday by the British Prime Minister and the French Premier. All coinment to the effect that both statements Shanghal, May 12.

evinced ITALIANS' SUGGESTED MOVE

interd: there

the Intransigeance of the "It may be necessary to take similar Western Powers and hence falled to Tokyo, May 12, The Asahi Shimbun declares that, people who were backward and not action at Shanghal in the Interna

politically

to resist the ag- tional Settlement, if as grave an in- constitute a contribution to peace. at the suggestion of the Italian Gov

M. Daladier, says the Popolo di Roma, deliberately its mobilisation. The langsu oceum at Shanghat," declared timistic picture of led an op- will offer Germany and Poland its great resources of the country in row a naval spokesman at the press con situation in order to raise the morale good offlees for mediation in

materials and in human beings and terence, commenting on the Kulangsu effort to relleve the strained rela-

apsco must be brought to

VL the French public, while Mr. a mucli landing-Reuter. tions between the two countries and co

Chamberlain adopted the same tactics higher stage of mobiilsation. thereby to stave off the menace of

In order to banish the misgivings Despite the fact that half the war in Europe.

which have arisen as result of the slow progress made in reaching an The paper understands that the country had been penetrated, China.

agreement with the Soviet Union. would have. belleved

designed to make an impression en Prince Paul of Yugo-Stavia at pre- sent on a State visit to Italy. Trans-Ocean,

No

SPOKESMAN'S "VIEW"

Shanghai, May 12. The possibility that dispatch of one Japanese forces cross Soochow Creek

international

lem. which the Government first in Japanese proposal will not be formal. i had greatly stream three years ago into the unoccupied section of the Both speeches it is contended, were i

extended to Queen's Road from the easing of the strained situation in Hongkong and Shanghal Bank to Europe, Domel.

House Street. The latter lamps lumination' is

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are particularly good, and the it-

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vast improvement on A.R.P. EXAMINATIONS

that the

of

י.

The improved road lighting 675-

stalled experimentally in King's but will represent Japan's sincere Road, North Point, has now been intention to contribute towards the that China could have lasted as long International Settlement "may become as she had. This was miraculous. necessary," was blated for the first Mr. Snow then went on to saytime publicly by a Japanese Navy the co-operatives movement was spokesman this afternoon in reply to grent

importance to Chins beja question put by, a foreign corres- the action at It provided a livelihood to a pondent concerning cause large number of refugees, and would Kulangsu. "Should

Incident occur, prevent the Japanese from makinų. use of the country's resources, and action along similar lines may be

the spokesman sald. the people from being utilised as come necessary,

He declined, however, to elaborate puphinese industrial production The line of Japanese action will be decreased, this would open a road to dictated by circumstances, the spokes- the Japanese in consolidating thelt man stated, but he was unwilling to conquests, and the penetration of discuss auch an unpleasant even- their goods into the country. *** |tuality beforehand."—Domel.

the original at North Point, your, the system

Last

Recent Tests

was extended to Successful Candidates In Hennessey Road and Arsenal Street, but from Arsenal Street to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank old lights are still in

the

Following are the results cent A.R.P. examinations:

of re-

In Kowloon Inst year, Nathan Road from the Star Ferry to Mong- Air Raid Warden Instructors kok was fitted with the new light-Miss K. M. Anderson, Mr. S. V. ing. Though the Improvements were Boxer, Miss M. B. Hall, Mrs. C. to be continued this year, the pro- Hellavick, Mrs. D. Hollands, Mr. W. grammo has not yet been drawn up, B. Hollands, Mies Elmo Kelly,

Expenditure in Hongkong for 2030. Air Bald Wardens Mrs. B. M. on street lighting, amounted to Bond, Mr., C. T. Chan. $189,885.11, which was $12,114.89 Voluntary Aid.Mrs, N. K. Little-

less than the estimate of, $202,000. john. Agarden's Courses

In Kowloon and New Kowloon, the expenditure was $105,334.70, against the estimate of $112,000, and light- ing in the New Territories cost $2,095.08. ↑ againnt, the estimate of $3,000

Lectures of the current Air Raid Wardens course at the Jockey Club will be transferred from Monday to the ARP, headquarters, No. 20, feo House Street:

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Shanghal. May `12.

support in the Senate-sponsored Pan Cheng-tung, an official of the Committee. Reformed

The plan was sponsored by Excellency, the Governor, Sie Geoffry Great Northern Telegraph Company's the Department of State. It would attached to the Senator Gillette and was dratted by

Northcote will hold the anual offices in Shanghai, was stabbed to incorporate the premise of "trade at Inspection of the St. John Ambulance death this evening in the French own risk in the case of war for Brigade on the Royal Naval Recreo Contorsion. The assallant was ar- American ships, and citizens, who

lon Ground, Causeway Bay. He will rested soon afterwards in the act of cou

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