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MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1939. 日三初月五
BRITISH GIRL IN JAPANESE HANDS
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Cordon Hall, Tientsin
THE GORDON Memorial Hall in
MORE ASSAULTS IN TIENTSIN BLOCKADE
A YOUNG BRITISH girl, whose name is at present unrevealed, was severe- ly man-handled by a puppet-Government Chinese policeman at the Racecourse
Road exit from the British Concession in Tientsin yesterday afternoon, accord- ing to a special message from the London Correspondent of the “Hong-
Victoria Road, Tientsin. This kong Telegraph."
hall was named after General Gordon of Khartoum who, eighty years ago next August, accom. panted Lord Elgin's expedition which stormed the Tangku Forts at the entrance of the Haino River and captured Tientsin, General · Gordon planned the present British Concession. The British Concession in Tien- Isin comprises about 950 acres. The Bund along the river is a splendid' esplanade. On it are located the British Consulate, the Chinese Maritime Customs, the Hongkong & Shanghai Hank- Ing Corporation, Tientsin Club, Butterfield & Swire, Jardine, Matheson's and other fine build- inge.
'The French Concession, which adjoins the British Concession, comprises about 250 acres.
TREBITCH LINCOLN'S OUTBURST
"Vindication Of Right"
`SHANGHAI, June 19. THE BUDDHIST monk Chao Kung, alias Trebitch Lincoln, in an open letter to the press, says:
"What is all this hysteria about the Japanese blockading Tientsin ?"
He continues by saying that Britain "robbed the Germans of their concession in Tientsin,
German abolished
extraterri- toriality and caused Ger- mans and Austrians to be shipped from China like cattle after the world war.
The message states that the girl is believed to have been partially stripped by the policeman, who carried out the assault under the eyes of the Japanese guards. The girl was subjected to foul abuse.
man-
According to a "Reuter" message, which confirms the London report, the young English girl was handled when she attempted to leave the BritishĮ Concession to visit a house near the race-course in the Japanese Concession.
MAN STRIPPED NAKED
"Reuter" also reports that British
a stripped naked at the same search point.
man was
Several tins of canned foods which he was carrying were prised open with the point of the Japanese sentry's bayonet.
The two incidents-have-stiffened-the determination of British residents to see the blockade through," states the "Reuter" message.
The blockade took a more threatened turn yesterday when supplies of fresh food were cut off or turned back from the Anglo-French Concessions by machine-gun armed motor-boats patrolling the Halho River. No craft of any description are allowed above the former German Concession or below the Italian Concession, between which the British and French Con- cessions lie.
BLOCKADE SUCCEEDING
Mr. A. E. Tipper, Chairman of the British Municipal Council, admitted that the Japanese river blockade was the most serious step yet taken to starve out the British and French Concessions. He told "Reuter" that the river blockade had proved com- pletely successful.
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ADVENTURE IN PINNACE
King & Queen Adrift In
Choppy Seas
ABOARD EMPRESS OF BRITAIN,
: June 18. “REUTER'S" Correspondent aboard the Empress of Britain radios that the royal liner
War, has passed safely through the iceberg zone.
of Admiral
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LONDON, June 18.-Events in Tientsin, with the support- given to Japan by Germany and Italy, really amount to declaration of war against the British Empire, and it is a challenge which must be met, declared Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, addressing a parade of A.R.P. volunteers in London to-day.
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Admiral Keyes said he was convinced that if Britain was resolute and firm, and showed the whole world that she was ready to enter the struggle, making full use of her wealth, industry and man-power, she could win without a clash of arms. Reuter,
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Inspired By Friends LONDON, June 18-Japan is doubtless Inspired by her friends in Europe to deliberately and Imprudently foul both Deltal
her and
International obligations, declared Mr. Arthur Greenwood, the Labour M.P., speaking at West Bromwich to- He said that it must be made clear to the dictatorship and militarist Powers, whether in the East or West, tlat Britain and the other democracies would Dot tolerate this -organised attempt
the to undermine foundations of International law, And to impose the rule of force
the world. Peace was Imperiiied, not be- "desires of the cause of the people of Germany, Italy and Japan, but owing to the ambitions of their rulers. Such ambillions must be curbed.
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Mr. Greenwood criticised the polley of the National Govern- ment, to which ho ascribed the present threatening situation,--- Reuter,
KULANGSU SITUATION Negotiations To Be Resumed
AMOY, June 19. WITH THE return yesterday
As a result of the Intensification of the blockade, stocks of of the Japanese Consul-General, fresh foodstuffs are almost non-existent in the Concessions now.
The refusal of the Japanese to permit blocks of ice to be Mr. Uchida, from Tokyo, ne- taken into the British Concession resulted in the condemnation gotiations for the settlement of of a considerable quantity of fresh meat, fish and eggs which the Kulangsu situation will be
resumed shortly. : was stored in freezing chambers.
on were suspended on the advice of the There has been a run private homes possessing electric British consular authorities. "Now let all men behold the refrigerators, and small ice U.S. Newspaper Banned workings of eternal justice; let all men rejoice at the vindication
are fetching fantastic of cubes Right.
{prices. "The Japanese should feel, in
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When the liner emerged from the iceberg zone at 3 p.m., Their Majesties were resting after their greatest personal adventure of the tour.
This was a tour of the three escorting cruisers last night.
Their
Majesties went
aboard a ferry-boat towards
the cruiser Glasgow.
European Diplomacy
Owing to the strong wind, the Rumania Will Not
Glagow had been ordered to leave her moorings alongside the
99 other cruisers, and the Empress of Britain five miles down the bay, and to proceed to meet the ferry-bont..
"Bluebeard" Executed
Cede Territory
SILISTRA, Rumania,
June 18. THE HOPES recently express.
As the Glasgow approached, Theired in Sofia that Rumania might Majesties transferred aboard a small offer to cede part of Dobrudja naval pinnace to go alongside the to Bulgaria as conditions for the | latter's entry into the Balkan ploughing Entente were answered ́nega- the engines tively by Minister Titsanu fri a
Weidmann Guillotinedcruiser.
In Versailles
THE witnessed
PARIS, June 19. MORBID - MINDED their last thrill in the long-drawn-out proceedings against France's biggest murderer since Landru, when Eugen Weidmann, self-confessed killer of six people, was publicly guillotined in a beflagged square In Versailles to-day.
After bumping and through the waves, suddenly stopped.
It was found that the propellor speech to-day when unveiling
a statue of King Ferdinand 1.
had been caught in fishing nets.
For several minutes the boat Too much was spoken about the he drifted helplessly, when another minorities settled In Rumania, naval boat came alongside. The sald, and too little about the King jumped aboard and helped the Rumanian minorities outside of their Queen over.
frontiers-frontiers which were con- secrated by history and Justice- Reiter,
Receive Soaking Afterwards the parly re-embarked aboard the heaving motor-boat to The trial of Weldmann and speed towards the cruiser Southamp- The waves came crashing over his associates provided spectaton. tors with the greatest thrills the boat, and soaked all the members of the party unable to cram into the than any previous case within tiny cabin. living memory.
Richly-gowned women from Paris and London fought their way into the public seats to hear the German calmly confess to his callous crimes,
The vanity of Weldmann Wis amazing, right to the end much of his "an mall," was written on dainty crested and perfumed paper, and there was a constant attendance of ¡morbid feminino "hero" worshippers. Prison Post Office
"Fan mail" reached such propor- tions that a special post office had to be established inside the prison ta handle it.
The authorities allotted him #
a Prime Minister to enable him to
secretarial staff numerous enough for complete before his execution.
Despite the bad weather, Their Majesties were determined not to disappoint the officers and crews of the cruisers, and they went through the whole programme, afterwards vialting the Berwick.
to
They returned wel but cheerful the Empress of Britain. -Reuter.
LATEST
FIENDISH TORTURE.
Nine Chinese Put To Death
Hitler And Arabs
-----BERLIN, June 18.,” The announcement that Herr Hitler yesterday received Khall Dalhud, a special emissury of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabs, came 13 a surprise to-day.
The meeting was at Berchtesgaden, where the Fuchrer and Khali Dalhud had tea together.
The conversation lasted a consi- derable time, but nothing has been revealed as to its nature-Reuter,
Goobbels in Danzig
Berlin, June 18. The cheers which arose every time Dr. Josef Goebbels alluded to Dan- zig's desire for union with the Reich, and the Reich's loyalty to the free city when he addressed the citizens of Danzig over the week-end, greeted here as "Danzig's option for the Refch."
are
pro-
Dr. Goebbels is generally referred (j to as the emissary of the Fuchrer. The "Vocikische Beobachter" claims that "to-day, Danzig knows that It is not alone. That is the historic meaning of June 17, 1030," Reuter Special.
When asked to disclose the name of an Englishwoman who had sent Rear-Admiral Mido, chief of the one of these tender missives, without address and signed only by initials, Amoy Office of the China Affairs Weldmann was on his feet, blazing
To Prolong Stay Board, also returned here yesterday, with Indignation.
MOSCOW, June 18-Mr. William "I may kill those I love when the TIENTSIN, June 18-The Ameri-It is understood that Consul-General demon in me gets the upper hand,
CHUNGKING, June 19-Seven of Strung who has been sent to Moscow can owned "North China Star" has Uchida has
eighteen Chinese vegatable peddlers to conduct negotiations on behalf of brought with him but I never give them away."
One minute he confessed to the arrested by the Japanese in Tientsin the British Government, will pro- delivering this long delayed and The temperature has hovered be-been banned from the post
Friday Inst week.
important instructions from his home prosecutor that he alone slew a cer-on Saturday morning have died of long his stay three or four days.- deserved punishment of these tween 90 and 100 degrees for the
The publisher of the paper, Mr. Government regarding the settlement fain victim, Next he was on his heat
prostration.
Trans-Ocean, the discomfort of the foreigners Charles Jatnes Fox, from Boston,
feet, to retract the avowal and accuse
Before their death, the unfortunate Massachusetts, is understood to be negotiations. marooned in the two Concessions,
Chinese were subjeċed to a one of those charged with him.
terrible drawing the attention of the United
ordeal: Stripped entirely noked. States Consulate to this ban-United
they were lined up and ordered to Press.
kneel on an open lot on Chluahan Street. An empty kerosene tin was. slipped over the head of each man and they were literally scorched to death by the terrible heat of the midday sun.
gant and unjust British, that arrogant they are the agents of Destiny and the champions of the cause of truth and justice,
"If peace is to be established on this earth Britlah arrogance, insati- able daninate and inveterate fust for
everything and
every- body must be abolished.
"Britain will never heed pleas for justice and fair play, they have been the most brutal and vindictive
of persecutors throughout all history," the letter concluden-United Press.
All Powers Affected
and
Importance attaches to the forth- coming negotiations between the It is noteworthy in this respect that
Japanese Consul-General, the foreign tho blockade is affecting all Anti-British Campaign -
consular body and the Municipal nationalities. The American, Nether-
TIENTSIN, June 10-While not Council, which will still centre on the lands, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian, German and Danish Consulates, in relaxing the barrier restrictions in addition
the to
majority of the slightest, the Japanese have five-point Japanese proposal for the of these
ather intensified their anti-British pro- reorganization of the International nationalities
countries, are in the pagando, and the Japanese press is administrative system-Domel. European
campaign, British Conccasion and are suffering carrying out a virulent equally with the British and French. supported by handbills.
They are niso using broadcasts for Considerable anxiety is being felt which loudspeakers havo beca children marooned in the Concession.
causing The food situation is Under ordinary circumstances, they growing concern. depart in mid-June for Peltaho or
Mr. A. E. Tipple, chairman of the other, summer resorts, in order to British Municipal Council, revealed Jescape the Tientsin summer. ›
800-Year-Old Town regarding the future for women and installed at all the searching posts.
To Disappear
MOSCOW, June 18.-The Russian Government has deelded that the 800 year-old town of Mologa, on the river Volga, and its entire neighbourhood, must be submerged in order to build power station at
of Mologa In 1930 WAS 8,000. At the present time a film company is busy taking a film of then and its cultural freasures, before it inally disappears beneath The Vora Trans-Ocean,
Ships Run Blockade Notwithstanding the severity of the blockade on fresh foodstuffs, two British ocean-going ships arrived at the British Bund without being stopped at the Japanese control polat on the Halho River
Consequently, owners are cabling hair Shanhgal offices to resume ship
ments of cargo to Tientsin, which..
"Honest Scot Pays For Stolen Ink
.....
"Accept My Head" - When the presiding judge pressed him for an expression of penitence, he threw up his arms with an air of bored resignation." pode qu
"I have already sold I am terribly I offer you all I have to te
deep remorse and my head. Accept them.
leave me in peace." and At the last minute the three other accused developed a new line of de- fence. They claimed that Weldmann had powerful hypantie gifts, and that anything they may have done was when their wills had been completely mastered by him.
Italian Naval Manoeuvres
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two
ROME, Júng 18-The First Naval Squadron, under Rear-Admiral Rje-j cordi, will leave Naples to-morrow The bodies of the dead peddlers for a fortnight's exercises of Spain, were then dragged to the cremation. Portugal and Morocco... ground and burned.
The exercises are described Two other peddlers trying to crawl normal trainingen fugget through the Japanese barbed wire The equadron consists of barricade into the British Concession battlus ips, ten cruisers, 20 destroyers,. with their supply of vegetables were and an unknown number of sub- caught by Japanese sentinels on roarines-itcuter Special. Saturday noon. They were brought to Holkwangssu and summerlly shot The situation in the British and French Concessions is steadily the coming worse, especially approaching o
of the Dragon Beat Festival," which, folls on Wednesday. be next? Wani irople feature of the blockade is that the Japanese. Con- MILWAUKEE cession and the native city are equally There's a cosmopolitan, lygişt to Mrs. I. A. Donnelly, a Bellon, Meliárty only 10 bents for 7,300 pens- Marquette Universlty's spring(sports and hire: M: BaRodger; an÷Ameri- full of ink on the ground that the ink team Jimmy Chẳng of China plays, can, baih-born in China, sivo) had was of such poor quality, 10 cents on the tennis tuam, and -- Emanuel an unpleasant experience a Wijan would be more than ample to cover Zorrilla of Mexico City in a varsity:
Itacoat,mited Press PLEASE Tum To Pago 4.
WINDSOR, OAL.. June 19.—A mon
to "Reuter" that while an enormous who filled his fountain pen in the post supply of rice and flour is available,
tlie
Japanese launch patrols on the office every day for 20 years mate river have effectively cut off the restitution, because his conscience vegetable, meat and fish supplies. hurt him.
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Women Detained
Signing himself "Honest Scot ho sent Postmaster General Norman C.
Teams Are Cosmopolitan
bo-
Bar Girls Exceed Co-eds
TULARE, Cal There are more bar girls than co-
eds in the United States, Etbal Hubler, national temperance leader, Ubid Lopal dudiences here.. There aro Tarvo girls. Working in liquor stablishments throughout the coun try, she said for every one-regist in American colleges,
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