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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 15, 1939.

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Colourful Scenes

France Celebrates Her National Day

Paris, July 14.

Not since the Victory March on witnessed as those connected with

July 14, 1819, have such scenes been

to-day's purnde, in which British trongis and naval ratings participated for the first time since 1919.

Hours before the purade was due to start. thousands were crowding the streets, rendering it almost im- possible to move along the broad

Rivements,

Significant of the growing prestige of the Air Force was that warplanes were Blying past ahead of the troops. of British planes Five quadrons opened the parade, dipping in salute

BRITISH EMBASSY MOBBED ON EVE OF NEGOTIATIONS

TOKYO, July 14. EXCITING scenes were witnessed here to-day when 50,000 persons attended an anti-British mass meeting at Hibiya Park. Later the crowds attempted to invade the grounds of the British Embassy.

Following the demonstration at Hibiya Park, carrying banners with anti-British slogans, marched to approximately 15,000 persons, led by brass bands and the British Embassy. They reached there at 3.30 p.m., but found the gates shut and over 500 Japanese police lining three-deep to protect the premises.

For the next few muutes this strong force was kept extremely busy, passively obstructing the al- tempts to invade the grounds of th Embassy by about 4,000 of the rougher elements who threw brick- bata and scores of Japanese flags in- eribed with anti-British slogans over the gates into the Embassy cum- pound and cheered the crators who were inciting them to rush the main gates.

to the President at 9.30 am., BST. The police defeated two attempts: They will fly back to Britain with-to crash the gater with motor cycles.

at landling.

Many of the demonstrators wore As the last plane disappeared the khaki overconts of the ex-Service- parade began with

group of alhmen's Association, while one leader betes tersed in white, followed by wore naval uniform. the military parade.

The excitement among the crowd, estimated at over one million, greso to fever pitch at the sight of the Jessi Garda leading the British con- fingent, wearing their fruits bear- skins.

General Ballotte, Military Gov- ernor of Paris, mounted on a horse, ted the march past of 30,000 men, queenting Fraitre's strongest forced of deferues

A picturesque note was still there

with I

After having spent a quarter of an)

hour merely obstructing the attempts to enter the Embassy. the police: began to push the demonstrators buel: and urge them to disperge,

While all this was in progress the Embassy staff continued their ustial | activities, showing not the slightest

perturbation.--Renter,

Many Mass Meetings

Tokyo, July 1

On the eve of the Anglo-Japanese]

Liberal's Win

In By-Election

London, July 14.

The North Cornwall by-elec- on held to-day resulted in Mr. P. L forrabin, Liberal, polling 17.072 against Mr. E. R. While- house, Conservative, who polled 15,808. The majority was 1,504. There was n ocharge.

The Liberal candidate had Taught the clection with the Inclusion

mi Mr. Winston Churchill in the Cabinet as the principal plank-Renter Special,

AMERICAN HELP

YUNNAN PROGRESS Government Plans More Production

Chungking, July 14. Mr. Chang Ni-ling, Yunnan pro- vince reconstruction commissioner, stated yesterday that it was Intent- ed to raise Yunusin's producilon 19 $100,000,000'a year.

A committee had been appointed which was charged with the tasks of research and technlent planning of various projects, planned to bene-i Yunnan's 12,000,000 inlbitants. Yunnan production et precont touched $40,800,000,

The extensive planting of mul- bery trees for the manufacture of sifk would mean the planting of 30,000,000 trees.

King Zog Offended

Riga, July 14.

King Zog of Albania arrived here to-day from Warsaw en route for London,

In his baggage are said to be Jowels and other valuables worth about £1,000,000.

Although apartments had been reserved for the ex-King at the Hotel do Rome, he declined to pul up at a hotel with a name which held auch unpleasant memories for him, and took Vom instead al Ilotel St. Petersberg.

The ox-King is expected to continue his journey to London by nea

Monday--Trane- Ocean.

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War Weariness

Extracts Taken From Japanese Letters

Delicines

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luscious

This is 0 sweet that will appen! to the whole family.

It's a great favourite

.sets

at parties, too. In crys- tai form it is easy to use, and

very quickly even in this climate. So just choose your flavour, and you can give them jelly to-day!

Tea prediction would #180. be important, and it was hoped to make

Chungking, July 14. Yungun the centre of China's te

Dend men tell no tales but what production.

they leave behind does. Chinese Great attention would also be de-imobile units operating in the trian- voled to agriculture. Annual pin- | Kuinr Shanghai-Nanking-Hangchow duction of foodstuffs in Yurion area, according to the China Informa- reached 20,000,000 quintale in 1,700,, Įtion Committee, have come into pos 800 acres of rice, 600,000 quintals in 1sion of numerous diaries and letters 900,000 acres of wheat, which was found on the boilies of Japanese of- rather low and an increase was de-Beers and soldiers or taken from warra sired.

captives. Passages therefrom, when

Better farming metinals would pleced together, provide an luanina- easily double production.

iting picture of the despondency grip- Suppression of the poppy wouldning: Japanese troops on the Eastern enable Yunnan farmers to utilise Pront, or other fronts. Fear for their further 1,700,000 acres of fertile land own safety, worries over thele famil for rice

sify the white-plied kepis of the conference mas mesting, designed Campaign To Raise in prection, by which a hugees. The feeling of imunineul doom.

of the Zouaves, the Spahis in flow to encourage the firm altitude of thei

marous

on Arah steeds, and Alpine troops with akis on their

Governmen and urge Britain to. abandon her "polietes of assisting the Chiang Kai-shek regime," took place; showalde:...

Aunored curs, guns on caterpillay at Tokyo and many other lars and numerous tanks testified to cities throughout Japan. the p the mechanised army plays

in modern warfare.-Reuter,

U.S.$5,000,000

province.

laughable superstitions, are candidly Cultivation of a special kind of recorded in these letters. cotton possessing the lentest and

Second Lieutenant Ninomura wrote Anest Are the world, was being to his wife Kishigawa Hidezo, but did Chungking, July 14. Under the ausplees of Christian

energetically pushed. organisations, a China Relief Associacattles would be incercased

The present output of

not live long enough to mull the letter, In Tokyo, over 100,000 citizens took tion has been formed in America 000,000 catties anmally.

3.500.300 Port of it reads:

to 12,- part in mass meetings at two places, with headquarters at New York, Hoyis

"The first replacement brought Park and Sauno Park.

Commissioner Chang concluded over 200 men to our battalion. But Sponsored by the Prefectural and President Roosevelt, is stated, is by slating that the Government where are they now? The majority The chief furiction as a preliminiveting

Municipal Assemblies, the two mass the principal supporter of the associa would welcome foreign and ova have been either killed

in Tokyo adopted man-ton. Other supporters are the Chris-tems Chiese capital-Trans-Ocean ory to the Bastille Day celebrations festoes and resolutions. The eltizens an Federation of the United Statre,

wounded to-alorrow was abrillant banquet later paraded the streets passing the the North American Christian Asp

British Embassy, and visited the ciation and other organisations. Yasukuni Shrine dedicated to the,

Banquet In Paris

Paris, July 13

held at the British Embassy,

The guests included the Premier, M. Edouard Daladier; the Forrigu Minister, M. Georges Bonnel; Gen- eral Marie Gamelin, Chief of Stair: the British Ambassador, Sir Eric Phips; the Chief of imperial Gen- real Starr, Viremant Gort; and Mr. Leslie lore-Belisha, Minister of War, in addition to the Chiefs of Staffs of the British and Prench navies and Air Forces.--United Press,

President's Message

Paris, July 14,

SPY SENSATION

war dead.

A resolution was addressed to the British Ambassador. It urges Britain to renunciate all past Jilusions and by returning the Concessions to China. to withdraw from East Asia, in the name of the seven million citizens of Teky and in behelf of East Aslan

Races.

The new organisation plans to raise U.S. $5,000,000 to the relief of the refugees in China,

To Fight Cholera

A sum of $14,000 for the establish- - ment of a cholera Isolation hospital in Chungking has been appropriated by the West China Committes of the The manifestors adopted at the Advisory Commission for the Ad- meetings say that Britalit, regarding ministration of American Relief Fund Japan as her enemy, continues to for China in Shanghai.

sst the Chiang Kai-shek regimej

Warning To Hitler

Britain Prepared For Any Emergency

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London Has No Confirmation ment for the purchase of medicaltan's statement of the feet manocu-

London, July 14. No.official Information-has-yet-been- received as to the date for opening the Tekyo conference.

Įsupplies.--Central News.

Vaccino For Cholera

in action. Only 33 are still alive. By the time the second, third and other replacements arrive, I am afraid. none of the old soldiers will be left......"

From Anhwel. Japanese officer Onowashi Sakuko wrote to Teramoto Nobubian, his sweetheart back home. The following: passage is of interest: "Many of our troops were routed and fell back, War is a miserable business. We are safe when there are few enemy troops around us, but when- ever our own units are reduced we are immediately in danger."

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London July 14. The rising tide of Britain's President Lebrun telegraphed 10

Japanese militarists may continue tronomical defence budget and the to urge their prople to be prepared the King, "The wonderful bearing of under the pretext of protecting her The Committee has also allocated arms are matters of wide comment hope is more cherished among the

coniimted calling up of men under for a long-drawn-out war, but the British troops won the admira-rights and interests, and the British $25,000 to the Chinese Industrial Co- in British homes to-day." tion, of all. It is with profound Concessions in Shanghai, Tientsin operatives for the reflet of refugees

runk and fite of their soldiers than emotion that 20 years after their and other parts of China have be-on the Yellow River, $2,000 to the give resterday's

The nation's newspapers naturally that of "an early victory." However. Hassage under the Arc de Triomphe.rome the breeding-round of anti-National Association for the Promo- the finuse of Commons great pro- givings. As Selo Masaaki, a petty announcements in many of them have their own mis- Paris welconues again lactic com | Japanese plots,

tion of the New Life Movement for minience and impress on readers the officer, wrote to his friend Ohne pamous of glory, whose presence

The resolutens addressed to the the establishment of rural co-opera-huge sum Sir John Simon is likely Sekizo, "you should know China is was a symbol of the solidarity and

Prime. Minister, War. Navy, and tives, $1,000 to the Chinese Y.M.C.A. to seek to raise by a new defence community of ideals of our two Foreign Ministers declare that the for the erection of refugee camps, loan, issued on a patriolle appeal to

so boundless that no one can cover nations.". Reuter.

its entire campaign will never he accomplish-|and $5.000 the Health Department clerk and Anuncier alike.

extent. When will we ed unless Britain is defented.-Domci. of the Szechwan Provincial Govern-

return in telumph? No one knows, Following Mr. Neville Chamber. We wait patiently.

What else can one do?" vres, the papers comment on the In his letter to Kojima Seti, Cap- size-of-the-summer-mobilisation of lain Shiomi Mitsuru sald: "in my the fighting services with reserves, opinion, serious problems will arise for manoeuvres nad other training. Ometals, are reticent regarding the

Manila, July 14.

if our reservists are kept in service The Chinese Consul General, Mr.

As regards the loan inanelal wri- for more than one year. Now that we possibility of a British protest to Kuangson. Young, announced that theters freely assume that the issue will have extended our operations over Japan regarding the Tsingtao out Chinese Women's Association of the amount to £350,000,000 break, but the impression prevails Philippines will dunate 22,000 pesos

or the such a wide area, how are we going balance of the £500,000,000 to be to conclude the war and reap Its that the Japanese Government will for the purchase of one bilan doses harrowed after deducting £150,000,- Lenents?" be warned now that the greatly in- of cholera vaccine which will be sent 000, to which the portion of the Gov- creased anti-British agitatious gener- to the Chinese Red Cross,

emment's requirements to be met by have taken to gambling or drinking ally must prejudice the conference.

Downeast, many Nipponese soldiers floating debt, (Treasury Bills) will for relief. "Comfort stations," mean- be confined.

The #gures of the number of men with the Japanese soldiers that late-

ing army brothels, under arms in August and September comers often have to wait for their so popular show that they will total in the turn. As Sergeant Nakamura noted neighbourhood of 500,000, including in his diary after having paid his 10,000 militiamen, the flest batch of visit one day, "this is the only good which are reporting for duty

place around here. Once inside, you forget all about the cursed wor," Central News.

Journalists Arrested

In France

Paris, July 13. Despite the severe Government decree banning the publication of news regarding espionage cases, the French Press has confirmed that two men, said to be among the most prominent personalities of the Paris Press, have been lodged in the Cherche Midi Military Prison by the military authorities.

The Daily Herald says that if the The donation was subscribed in the Japanese demands on Britain are as women's drive of July 7 at the Con- suited in 'n semi-officlal Domet mes-sul's request. sake, the negullations tre doomedl from the start.

The Consulate has already shipped The Daily Express states, "I we two million doses to China from refuse to co-operate with Japan in Mania through the co-operation of China, the failure of the Japanese the American Bureau for Medical Aldmorrow, war against China puls it out of the to Chim in New York, and said that question for her to wage war against the crist is one U.S. cent per duse us. We could wreck the Japanese (due to the special arrangements be economic structure if she ventured, tween the Consulate General and the The Paris Soir, this afternoon, an--but she will not push the demands Commonwealth health authorities

to that point."-Reuter,

United Press.

Oncial quarters maintained striet silence regarding the affair and there is yet no confirmation of the charges on which these two men are being

held,

nounced the case as being a "serious affair concerning the State's security,” and reported that the two men alleged to have confessed,

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One of the men arrested was City on an important afternoon Editor newspaper, while the other Manuger of prominent morning newspaper,

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The Paris Soir reported that the arrests were made following a con-

certed investigation by the mili

tary authorities, the Prefecture's

Specal police station and the Surete National Inspector mude the investi gations which led to the arrests.

In connection with the expulsion of

a notorious German agent named Otto Abetz, who operated In French circies for many years in an effort

Spokesman's Statement

Tokyo, July 14,

At a Press conference to-day, the Foreign Office spokesman said that

Artist To Help

New York, July 13. Friends gave a dinner in honour Sir Robert Craigle has been invited of the Chinese artist, Chang Shan-te to meet Mr. Arith at the Foreign who is touring with his paintings to Minister's residence to-morrow mort-raise funds for the nid of China. ing for the preliminary official con- versations regarding Tientsin.

Chang does not sell any originals, but speedily paints duplicates of The spokesman declined to give them for fullllment of his customers' detalls, declaring that the Press re-orders.--United Press. purts in this connection were mere speculation.

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VEGETABLES SCARCE Result of Hostilities In Chungshan District

fleet and air exercises ns the biggest Referring to the coming combined

the News Chronicle says that even conducted by Britain in pence-time, more significant than their scope in the fact that they will start this year several weeks earlier than customary, This opinion is reinforced in The Times, which says that is obvious that, with army training in tull swing. Britain will be in a state of preparedness for defence during the China Coast in being felt again in The Japanese blockade of the period of the year commonly regard-Hongkong with the Increased cost of ed as peculiarly liable to internation-living, especially al tension.

in freshwater fish und vegetables. Discussing the burden of the de- fence budget the Daily Matt

The increase voices

has been in force public sentiment aptly when it says since Sunday, the prices being in- willingly borne-enter Special, that onerous though it is It will be creased approximately 30 per cent. per catty. Only a handful of stalls were open in e market for the year-sale of fish: yesterday, while prac-

tically all the stall holders had clos ed before 5 p.m., which is normally the busiest period of the day.

Reason for the increase and clos-

Asked whether the decisions of the cluding Manchukue and China for The two arrests, are reported to be Anglo-Japanese conference, would be the first half of the current year has

binding on the Japanese Army in resulted in an adverse balance of year to Yen 725,000,000 this North China, the spokesman pointed Yen 303,000,000, showing on Increase Domel, out that the negotiations were taking of about Yen 4,000,000 over the

Tientsin Britans place between the two Governments. corresponding period of last year. to undermine the country's morale, Queried whether the decisions were } Exports during the perlod under

Berlin, July 13. The morning newspaper l'Epoque binding on the Provisional Govern-review amounted to Yen 729,000,000

An interview with the Japanese charges that Abetz was also one ofment in North China, the spokesman and imports Yen 1.122.000,000. Ex-officer in charge of the blockade at tag of the stalls was stated to be the principal Nazi. sples in France said that the latter has nothing to do ports including cotton textiles and Tientsin. Colonel Hirota is published directly due to the Japanese invo who performed the double function of with the negotiations,

ilk yarn increased by about Yeny, the Angriff this evening.

slon of Chungshan and Shekil dis ›extending the organisation's tentacles

Questioned further regarding the 37,000,000 over the preceding year, the barriers dally, according to being sent to Shekki for tranship- About Ally British nationals passed tricts, Most of the supplies were Into the "Press, Parliament

anti-British mass meetings through while imports rose by about Yen Hirota, who went on to claim that ment to Hongkong after the fall of and political parties," and obtaining out Japan, the spokesman declared 41,000,000. French military Information.

Britain. could not complain of mol-Canton, but now that Shekki was that these were merely spontaneous Jopan's total foreign trade includ-treatment.. outbursts.-Reuter,

ing that with the Yen Bloc during the

being threatened, In conclusion.

even this outlet first six months of this year, however, every effort was made to facilitate Hongkong from Macao now are cald Hirota declared, van now closed. Stocks, arriving in Embassy Officials Busy

has brought about an excess of ex-matters for German nationals resid- to be accumulated suppiles, and there British Embassy officials are work-ports over imports amounting to Yening in the concession Trans-Ocean. will be a real shortnge when that

Tokyo, July 14. ing round the clock to-day to cope verse balance of Yen 195,000,000 for 40,000,000, as compared with an ad-

Exodus of Chinces

supply is Anished. with enormous pressure of work.

They had much to do In the morn-the same period of leat year.

Tientsin, July 14. The favourable balance

It is reliably learned that the the fahing centres

Saltwater Ash, which comes from Ing in tactfully the

dealing with three trade with the Yen Bloc this year authorities of the British Concession Cheung Chau, and Shauki wan. Japanese delegations which delivered amounted to Yen 370,000,000 as com- are malding efforts to check the exo- not so badly affected, but their prices protests on British policy in East pared with Yen 196,000,000 for last dus of Chinese citizens from the are also alightly increased. Asia.-Reuter,

year. Imports from the Yen Bloc Concession, Japanese Trado

increased from Yen 312,000,000 of inst Chinese transport worker and Prices of vegetables and greens Tokyo, July 14. year to Yen 355,000,000 this year, i rickshaw-pullera have reportedly have also been increased lately, as Japan's trade with foreign countries while exports to the Yen Bloc ad- been compulsorily detained by the supplies are also outside the so-called Yen Bloc in vanced from Yen 500,000,000 in lost Municipal Council authorifics. Slickki districts.

The expulsion of Abetz followed M. Daladier's sensational warning to the Chamber several weeks ago that, "we have the conviction that there is an attempt to envelop our coun- try in a network of trickery, intrigue and espionage."

The police are reported to have been effecting raids throughout country in order to break down the tentacles of German espionage.

The newspaper, Humanite, charges that one of the arrested received three and a half million francs and to. other one million franca, United Prezs,

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