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The SECOND EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph.

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No, 15677

THURSDAY, 四興體辦三十月七英港香

JULY 13, 1939.

日七廿月五

Desperate Efforts

At Rescue Fail As Plane

Sinks

TWO KILLED IN R.A.F. CRASH NEAR

PILOT OFFICER BRYAN-GOWER AND SERGEANT OGDAN WERE KILLED WHEN THEIR ROYAL AIR FORCE PLANE CRASHED INTO THE SEA IN TYTAM BAY, OPPOSITE STANLEY, SHORTLY AFTER TEN O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

The two R.A.F. officers took off from Kai Tak- Airport at 9 o'clock for a routine practice flight.

As the machine was banking to turn away from the. cliffs on the far side of the bay, the tip of one of the wings struck the water.

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WHITEAWAY'S

Attempt To Force Legislation

ROOSEVELT MAY FIGHT DECISION

WASHINGTON, July 12,

ADMINISTRATION officials to-day indicat-

ed that President Roosevelt may employ a special message, probably in very strong terms, to renew the fight for enactment of neutrality legislation

Tug Master Japanese Warned By Consul this session of Congress.

Describes Last Dive of Thetis

MORE TROUBLE

AT TSINGTAO

TSINGTAO, July 12.

Administration leaders are holding many con- ferences, attempting to gauge the chances of reviving the Bill.

"NOTHING TO ADD"

Premier On Moscow Gobble Feast

The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and President Roosevelt, met to-day, presúm- ably to study the situatan. ...

ike any However, neliher would - comment. Other congressional strategists also remain silent,

A White House source said that

possible means to revive the measure this session. . Administration officials; are making efforte to persuade

LONDON, July 12. Senators George and Gillette lo QUESTIONED in the House abandon their opposition and thus of Commons to-day regarding permit the Foreign Relations Com-

the Anglo-Soviet negotiations, The Secretary of State is scheduled Mr. Chamberlain said that he

THE BRITISH Consul General in Tsingtao has received information that Mr. Roosevelt is exploring every anti-British demonstrations are planned for Friday and Saturday..

The new demonstrations may be of a more serious nature than that which occurred on July 11, when the demonstrators threw stones and let off firecrackers outside the British Consulate,

The machine spun around and, within thirty seconds, had sunk to the sea-bed, taking the two officers with it.

The two men are believed to have made desperate attempts to free themselves from the plane as it sank.

LONDON, July 12. Sergt. Ogdan apparently succeeded in freeing him-

A GRAPHIC descrip- self from his safety belt, but was drowned before help tion of the fatal dive by the Thetis was given by Pilot Officer Bryan-Gower, who came to Hongkong the Master of the ac- from the R.A.F. in Singapore only a month or so ago, was either killed outright by the crash or was drowned companying tug, Cap- and attacked the premises of two British banks.

tain Godfrey, at the|' The Consul General has been instructed to ask the resumption of the in- Japanese authorities for protection, and to hold them quiry to-day,windowresponsible for any damage to British life or property.

said: Captain Godfrey

The British escort vessel, Lowestoft, which put in The Thetis went down here, has left again for Hongkong. It is believed that stern first, and started to she will be replaced by the destroyer Diamond.-Reuter. roll from side to side. Then

London, July 12. her bow went down and she

An official British spokesman swung round to port on her

MORE BIG intimated to United Press to- helm.

night that if the United States Congress adopts the Pittman Bill, the British Government is virtually certain to Introduce

in his seat. His body had not been recovered at 11.30

o'clock this morning.

The Royal Air Force authorities in Hongkong observed extraordinary reticence regarding the accident, and blankly refused all information to the Press. Even up to the time this Edition went to Press it was impossible to obtain official con. firmation of the names of the two men who were killed, and all other information relative to the accident had to be obtained from independent sources.

ye-witnesses of the accident told the "Telegraph" graphic

stories of the crash.

Father Farnon, of the Mary- Knoll Mission at Sanley, said:

The plane was dying very low ver Tylam Bay and I was watching it at the time, as I thought that the plot was rather daring

"It circled around Tytam Bay and the other side.

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then crossed over to pilot intended British Agreements

With Two Nations

to fly over the mountains on the other side but got too close to tho CHINO.

"I thought he was going to crash into the cils. He was so close to them you could see the shadow of the machine outlined on the cliTM,

to gain alitede,

the tip of the water.

"She steadied up

а bit, al-

though she was still swinging on

FLIGHTS

mitice to reverse its vote.

or

tors-United Press, opposing had nothing to add to his state-

a broadcast speech.

ment made on Monday.

Action Imminent?

Mr. Banker (Labour) suggested WASHINGTON, July 12-It is be-on for three and a half months, and that as negotiations had been going lleved that actionby President us in the early weeks the Russian Roosevelt on the neutrality legisla-Government showed very great: tion issue is coming soon, either in willingness to come to tome agree the form of a message to Congrés, ment, the British Government should publish all the proposals put forward He is understood to have discussed on both sides, in order that the House

the responsibility lay. neutrality bill out of the Foreign ways und means of forcing the and the public could determine where Mr. Chamberlain ́replied:"""Prob- Belation Commitee on to the door ably before we have done there will of the Senate.

The New York preas has some hard which have been put forward, but I be a publication of the proposals things to say about the Senate com- do not think at the present it is mittee's decision to postpone further consideration of the neutrality bill desirable. It might lead to further

recrimination." The Seripp-Howard newspapers

Replying to supplementary ques-" declare that the Senate has provided tons, the Premier declared that he "psychological

PLEASE Turn To Page 4. encouragement for another Nazi snoin and grab."

The "Baltimore Sun" publishes a atcartoon depleting & Senator waving

and Mussolini to advance-Reuter.

until next session.

her helm, and then she dis- Larger Scale R.A.F. similar legislation aimed a storm lantern to encouragė Hitler

appeared,

"She Simply Sank" "She simply sank out of sight.

and was lightly down by the head."

Captain Godfrey added that it appeared to him the Thetis was AN OFFICIAL announcement in trouble.

LONDON, July 12.

to 18 knots on the surface, and Cap-

Displays Soon-

LONDON, July 12. ANOTHER FLIGHT over

Japan and authorising a quota or an embargo on the export to any violator of the Nine Power Treaty of arms, munitions and strategic war materials.

The authorities here are anxiously watching whether the Fittman Bill

France by British bombers is being planned, on an even larger scale, and will take place very

The prospect of such parallei legls- soon, probably next week.

While the exact number of planes lation by the United States and

will become law.

the

10

Germany Pleased

LONDON, July 12.-Great Britain and France regard the United States Senate's Foreign Relations Commit- ice's decision to shelve the neutrality legislation as a great blow-but Ger- many, and Italy are highly pleased. "President Roosevelt's dream of battering the position of London and Paris against the totalitarians uppears

one high Fascist source in Rome.

Berlin halled the vote as a "shat- tering blow" to the Government's hopes of altering the neutrailty laws, The London presa, however, refus- ed to concede that all hopes of alter- Ing the Bill are gone.

-opened his engine out wide in order strade agreement signed to-day vied him that the Thetis could,do 15 stood that more machines will partition in the Lobby, where the opinion to be turning into a nightmare," said

"Then he banked to the right, and regarding an Anglo-Rumanian Commander Botous had earlier ad-taking part is undecided, it is under- Britain la the topic of.cager conversa-

that this. Is states that the Board of Trade tain Godfrey asked him to accommotivate than in the last flight, an Air is being expressed

Ministry official told "Reuter."

first sign of effective measures "Be banked again to the left, and will guarantee principal and in- date his speed to that of the tug

Flane touched the terest and bonds issued by the which could do only 11 or 12 knals. crews totalling about 1,000 including

It is estimated that there will be restrain Japan, He made this request because pre- 300 pilots. The official stated that Rumanian Government, totalling

Recall Envoys Sank In 30 Seconds

viously a submarine which he was the flights would be made non-stop, "There was a cloud of spray and £5,500,000 at five per cent. re-escorting ran away" from him.

but it is unlikely they will go beyond the plane slew around violently. payable over 20 years.--

When the Tholis disappeared, she "Yithin thirty seconds it had dis- The protocol provides for the pur-was only 300 or 400 yards from the the southern limits of France.

The distance covered appeared under the water.

chase of British cotton and woollen tug.--Reuter.

non-stop "Part of the wing was torn off by yarns, and carded wool at a value of

would probably be further than the the force of the

previous maximum of 1,200 miles. "Impset. Through £750,000 through ordinary trade our binoculars we could see the wing channels, and also provides for steps

Plana are also in progress for an lip or it may have been a part of a toʻfacilitate trade and payments, and The two final pontoons will be at- carly vit of French "bombers pontoon-floating. It was the only to establish a consultative committee tached to the sunken submarine England. remaining evidence.

to consider the difficulties, resulting Squalus to-day.

“I don't think anyone was saved from the agreement-Reuter. At least, we could not, see anyone from-hero,

►

Squalus Salvage

Portsmouth, July 12.

to

At Arst these will be daylight

Gorman Angor

The attempts to raise the craft will!8ights.-Reuter. Anglo-Greek Pact

commence at dawn on Thursday.- LONDON, July 12.-An Anglo- United Press. "The plane sank so quickly I had] Greek agreement had been concluded to rub my eyes to make sure under which the Department for wasn't dreaming,"

Overseas Trade will

guarantee £2,000,000 for Creek purchases of British goods.

Father Daly, who was another eye witness of the tragedy and who ran

down to the Stanley Police Station The relative securities will bear in- to report the occurrence, told the terest at five per cent payable over "Telegraph" by telephone:

"Doing Lot Of Acrobatics"!

20 years, and proceeds of the sale

Heutice the Greek purchases

"I was also watching the plans Router.

when it struck the watèz.

He was lying very low and dolex GRANDI TO LEAVE

a lot of acrobatics, but. I wasn't un- daly

excited because tho

machine, or another one like it, had

been doing the same manoeuvres on saveral days during the part work.

Speaking at a luncheon here lo-day in honour of five Deputies from the French Chamber, Lord Robert Ceell advocated the immediate recall of the British and French Ambassadors from Tokyo.

Later & Conservative member of Parliament. urged for further Anancial help to help expedite and improve the strategic roads from Indo-China and Burma for replen Ishing Chiang Kai-shek's armament supplies.

BERLIN, July 12 The suggestion by British newspapers that British

Lord Lytton presided over a big bombers are capable of flying to Po- land has infuriated the German press, private meeting in the House of this Liternoon. The "Encirclement from the air" and Commons

numer- "Crude threats against Axis towns" meeting was attended by are typical headlines,

ous M.P.'s and the Ave

It is believed that the British Cabinet will discuss the adverse effect of the neutrality situation at to-day's meeting-United Press.

FOOD SUPPLIES

IN WAR TIME

ano

LONDON, July 12--Great Britain's supplies of practically ell essential foodstuffs and raw materials sumcient to last for at least three months in the event of a war, declar-, Frenched Mr. W. S. Morrison in the House

of Commons to-day..

Japanese Told To Leave Drastic Action By northern Europesti States, thereby The, er. Countach, Vice-President of Malaya Government The Angrig describes the now the Chamber Foreign Affairs Com-limit, the Government

LONDON,

It is asserted that a fight to Poland Deputies, M. Maurita Moutet, former is impossible without passing over Minister to the Colonies, M. Paul

He added that in the few cases in violating their neutrality.

ture, M. Grunbach, Vice-President of which supplies were still below this. was making training lights as "another proot of mittec, Messieurs Fournet and Lapic. every effort to make

good: the Britain's determination to make war",

| deficiency——Trans-Ocean. Concerted Action

· TOKYO, July 12.No less and adds that anyong demonstrating LONDON

than 1,500 Japanese fishermen with bombers over European coun- At the luncheon M. Moutet de- tries must realing that serious com-clared that the moment has arrived the Malayan plications might arise. ROME, July 12-Count Grandi, who operate on As he was banking away from the fallon Ambassador to London, has coast have been asked by British The Nachtausgabe warns Britain for concerted action to check Japan cliffs on the other side of the bay, been appointed Lord Chief of the authorities to leave Malayan that distances which can be flown and appeal for economic action for however, he losi altitudo very quickt Seal and Minister of Justice.. The waters, according to

from London to the Continent, con "We could hear his engine roaring Sppointment did not cause surprise

a report equally well be flown from the Con- aarom the bay as he opened out the

from Singapore.

tinent to London."--Kleuter. One of Count Grandi's fret big throttle, but it was no UFO,

Owing to the refusal of the British "The lip of the plane struck the tasks in his new office will be authorities to renow Japanese fishing water, and in less than a minute settlement of the Tyrol migration licences, 300. Japanese have already there was only a ripple to show questions,

been forced to seek work ashatë, Ile is also mentioned as possibly while another 1,000 will lose their where the plane had struck.

Party-Reuter. the next Secretory of the Fascist jobs this year. R

in Rome.

Thirty Japanese fishing, vessels have to leave Malayan waters by the beginning of 1940,--Trans-Defan. '-

Jews For Guiana

Situation At Chungshan

"I don't think anyone was saved."

SHIUHING, July 13-After the Torpedo Boats Race To Scone

withdrawal of the Japanese from Father Daly immediately ran down) Free From Mishaps

Titshek, northwest of Shekki, the to the Blanley Police Station to re- The Royal Air Force has

been

fense, altuation at Chungchan. has Port the incident, A few minutes remarkably free from tragedies in

been cased considerably, after, he arrived an Army officer Hongkong.

However, a number of Japanese came down by car from the Stanley The last occasion on which a R.AF.

warships are still anchored off the Forin

officer was killed was on May 15, LONDON, July 12.-Proposals for Chungshan coast. They have been The police obtained a launch and 1930 when Pilot Officer A. J. Jarvis the settlement of Jewish refugees in Intermittently shelling the coast. Immediately proceeded to the scene) fell from his plane.

Brillsh Gulana have been worked out Retaliating, Chinose › shore batteries Two motor torpedo besta, racing) Proviously, four R.A.F. officers by the British refugee organisations have, sunk several Japanese motor soross the bay at over 40 knots in were killed when, on April 3, 1927, and have been submitted to the boats response to the distress valls, arrived their plane crashed on to the docks American refugee organisations, The Chinese are strengthening at the scene of the disaster at 10.30 of H.M.9. Hermes whilst exercising whose answer is now awaited their defences along the coast

Central News.

outaldo Hongkong.

Trans-Ocean.

thi

purpose. During the evening Brigadier General Spears was host to a dinner given in honour of the Frenchmen, at which Parliamentary members of both countries demanded a stiffer policy towards Japan.

Gloomy Outlook

Britain generally expects a sharp increase in Anglo-Japanese tension and the outlook regarding the negotiations due to open in Tokyo on Saturday, le: very gloomy United Press.

Answer To Correspondent

PRO BONO PUBLIco: Much as we sympathise, language is too violent,

-Ed.

July 12 Sir.. John Shuckburgh, deputy Under-Secretary for the Colonies, has been appointed Governor of Nigerin,' - In "' succession to Sir Bernard Bourdillon, who has been appointed Governor-General of

the Sudan-Reuter,

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