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A BOEING CLIPPER IN HONGKONG
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Pan-American Airways Make Air History With Inaugural Flight
LONDON, May 21.
MR. PEPYS vices across the
REGULAR air-mail ser- DIPLOMAT
IN HONGKONG
became
Atlantic
an accomplished fact to-day when the 74-
passenger flying boat Yan-
kee Clipper arrived at Lisbon with the first official mail from north America..
12th-Up very belines, it being a very fair day with a cool breeze, and so early to my office where 1 doc find so many papers as never were, And I doe perceive that there are pleted the
or two but whether they bee for
The Yankee Clipper com- trans-Atlantic
ACTIVITY
Halifax Confers Paris, Geneva
GENEVA, May 21. VISCOUNT HALIFAX, fresh from his three-hours talk with
great changes come in the last year flight in 20% hours. She M. Dalndier and M. Bonnet in good I know not. At about eleven will depart for Foynes, Faris at night, saw M. Maisky, of the clock in my barge to the Ireland, to-morrow morn- the Russian Ambassador to Lon- Empress bont with Mr. M. Nicholson of the American Treasury whos
don, for an hour and a half this
ing. Bors
back to Shanghal for a spacer And With the arrival of the morning.
the
five
The talk was described as exceed- ingly cordlul.
M. Maisky himself had seen M. Dolatier in Paris yesterday afternoon, en route to Geneva. also
Viscount Halifax
The same will apply to passen-
saw M. gers next month, after crossings of the Atlantic on missioner for Danzig, and he took ten Burchardt, the League High Com- non-passenger basis have been with M. Avenol. mude.
This evening he is seving M. San- A passenger from London will then dler, the Swedish Foreign Minister. be able to travel to London via India,
Report To Governments Singapore, Hongkong, Manila, San Francisco, New York, Newfoundland, Both Viscount Halifax and M. and across the Atlantic-Reuter and Maisky later reported to their respec- United Press.
tive governments.
I am grievi have not seen more Clipper in Foynes it will be of him but it seems he was much possible for letters to be sent thronged with affaires. With us comes Mr. A. day and we doe drink entirely around the world by air. a posset together and then inspect his cabin which is a mighty fine one upon bont deck and better than those in some other lines. And com- ing down thence into the great cabin I find the Reverend C. Brown and his pretty Lady, and it did irke me that I had forgot they were to suyte this I could give her nothing but day for i a salute at parting. Took some sandwiches to my huncheon in my office, which is now my general custom and very busy until five when I doe escort Mistress M. to the King's Picture House where wee doe sce a merry farce, and thereafter to the Mount to a farewell party to Mr. A Murdocli. But Lord! When I dor recall that we did play football to- gether these five and twenty years gone I am sad at heart, there being so few left who were here when I did first come, Home and eat a plece and so to bed.
The Yankee Clipper is a sister-shipIt is unlikely there will be any of the Boeing Clippers on the Hong-further development until after the kong-California route.
I meeting of the British Cabinet an May 24, to attend which, Viscount Halifax will leave here on the 23rd.
The greatest discretion is being ob- served regarding the position, and except that the atmosphere is be lieved to be more favourable, any cir- cumstantial reports must be treated with caution.-Reuter.
Cash Awards
For China's
13thThis day it is one which, War Wounded
doth cause mice some
astonishment,
my shoulder having so ached the
might before that I had thought to
have rain. Reading in the newes-
abectes am mighty glad to find that
花
the water will See turned on now
Maintaining Morale
CIANO IN BERLIN BERLIN. May 21.-Coun! Clano, has the Italian Foreign Minister. arrived, and was welcomed at the station by Herr Joachim von Ribben- trap, the German Foreign Minister.
They will sign the Italo-German military alllance to-morrow.
The Italian Ambassador, Signor Attoliyo, the German Ambassador to Von Mackensen, ond Rome, Herr leading members of the Government, Party, and armed forces were alzo The awards are made in the names at the station.
CHUNGKING, May 21. CASH AWARDS to China's And Lord! to think of wounded are one of the features the many months wee have been of relief work behind the firing
from six until nine at night con- tinuously.
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-17/elec...Reading further. I do flod lines.
A
Lord!
the
It
of political gossip and
makes no marvel that half
world is
is ready to fly at the other of the Chinese Commander-in-Chief,
This night I did drive
haif's throat Bay and dine at the divided into four categories,
out to
old attempt to order my
base
new
It la not expected that Herr Hitler General Chiang Kai-shek, and are wil nitend the signing in the
Room from Ambassadors
of the privales to generals.
Chancellery at 11 a.m., but Herr von Hostelry there, and so spent a very
The moment a wounded general Ribbentrop will conduct Count Cinna pleasant évening.
14th (Lord's Day).-Up pretty be- arrives at
awards are: Colonel door at 11.30, where, it is thought, times seeing that it is a Sunday and £3.10.0. Other spital, he receives to Here, Hitler's nudy Gut Cinna bookesur Major £1.15.0; Captain or Licu- Count Clano will deliver a personal message from 11 Duce to the Fuehrer. somewhat. But the truth is that I tenant, 14/-; private, 7/-,
For
Following the signing of the pact, the purpose of making these have more than I can house in my cases and I am minded to buy an awards, the country is divided into both Foreign Ministers will other, but it is troublesome as I must four districts, and an elaborate card-brief speeches, which will be broad- needs have the exact size, form and index system has been devised to cast by all German colour of the one that stands in the eliminate, as far as is possible, eases stations.-Reuter.
or misrepresentation withdrawing room. But I doubt not of duplication or
The whole work is in the hands of Major-General J. L. Huang, Chief of comes Mr. A. Jay to drink a flaggonthe War Area. Service Corps, who of nie in the garden, and then I
his education at Columbia
I shall manage it in time..
Anon
to
-Mistress Dun and her Lord whereversity, New York.
I take my nuncheon and after to Deep
Bis staff visits China's 400 base
Water Bay where I give her a dish of
Very hospitals carrying bundles of bank-
tea while her Lord bathes,
pleasant in the cool of the evening
notes.
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and Italian
Manchoukuo Border Tension
May 22, 1939.
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Hsinking, May 22. Tension on the Manchoukuo-Outer Mongol frontier continues as
stili dispatches from the frontier oul
claim that
Outer one Mongol light bomber which alleged-
The awards are stated to have done and I did marvel there were not more much towards keeping the morale of
Golfe. It pleased mec playing at much that many of those who did China's wounded at a high level posts play are no more skilled at the game Reuter.
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16th-Up betimes and I find it a cool day on which I would fain walk over the his, but I must need to my Offler, and 1 doe catch the eight o'clock Tramme and am at my papers
Jews Planning Resistance
JERUSALEM, May 21.-The
ly invaded the Manchoukus territory was shot down by Japanese and Manchoukuo ground batteries near Lake Buir on Saturday.
The dispatches say that following
the large-scale clash between the Outer Mongol forces and Japanese- Monchoukuo patrols to the cast of Lake Bulr on May 15, a squadron of Outer Mongol light bombers ap- advancing on the frontler flew over parently covering their land forces the Monchoukuo territory. non-co- As the invading planes started scouting fight in the Manchoukuo territory, the Japanese-Manchoukuo defence forces severely reacted to them.-Domel,
for ten hours, eating a piece in the Jewish National Council has office. Home very tired, dined, and recommended to Jews a five-
10th-Blustering weather which point programme of
so to bed.
later turns to rain. Once more all operation in the event of the day at my office and thence to Mr. Implementation of the White A. Jay's house, which he hath fuPaper plan. nished very fine, and so talking with
him on business.. But I am sadde The proposals include the training at heart the dogge Martin is too big of young Jews for an emergency, the to live there now but has been sent encouragement of home products, to the New Territories. Home late thus replacing imports, reducing cus
***toms duties, non-cooperation with the and so to bed,
17th.To my office by a half after administrative organs, non-payment of taxes, and the restriction in eight and by barge to the Empress utilisation of profit-bearing publle and Lord! what a pother about going
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a knock at the door and a bashful what overdone with this mass of young man enters saying-be-la-trom
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