1939-08-23 — Page 31

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 23, 1939.

Last Night's Assassination Drama In Wyndham Street

MYSTERY AT MURDERED

Treaties Not To

Be Abrogated

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON. Aur. 22, (UP)— Far Eastern trade officials here to-day predicted that Britain trade would not abrogate her treaties with Japan, barring of course the eventuality of war.

One official said such action would presumably result in Jogan's immediately defaulting rame £92.000.000 worth of Securities British - Japanese

vestors hold.

Trade experis have drawn at- tantion to the fact th

Japan would lose only one-sixth of her intal trade, which is far short of knockout blow while ari embargo would fall heaviest on Australia and India who would not lightly abandon a Japanese market.

--

Chiang's Adviser

Speaks

British Prestige In Asia

At Stake

MAN'S

RESIDENCE

Relatives Say They Did

Not Know Shum Had

Been Assassinated

·

COURT'S TELEPHONE WARNING Company Has No One To Answer Summons

4

A warning by telephone from

warrant would be issued if a re-

Court immediately, was neces-

Wang presentative did not appear in night, sary before Messrs. Butterfield

they

“APPARENTLY fearing further reprisals, four female the Central Magistracy that “distant relatives" of Shum Soong, the nephew of Ching-wei who was assassinated in Wyndham Street last professed not to have heard of Shum's death when were interviewed at 63, Shing Wo Road, Happy Valley, residence of the murdered man, this morning.

However, they evinced no surprise when informed of

the assassination by a "Telegraph" representative, but Anglo-Japanese they were clearly reticent to make any statements, and

averred that they did not know who or where Mrs. Shum Negotiations

was.

They protested that no near; fluent with his pen, and had written relatives of Shum were resident az tires for pio-Wang vernacular in the house, and that they newspapers here and elsewhere. ¡themselves were only distant

relatives,

Body Identified

The deal man's wife and other

They also declared that they knew! nothing about the murdered man relatives lentilled the body, at the save that he was the principal of the investitions were not relaxed in any

mortuary late Best night. Police; Ko Chung Middle School in Mara, degree from the time of the shooting and that he wie: staying with them but no arrests have yet been made. during summer vacation.

They also denied that they were seware that Shun Wan Jatical! follower of his uncle, Wang Chung-j

"BRITISH prestige in the, wer, or that he was the Hongkong:

whole of Asia is at stake."

agent for Want's peter movement

"Mayor Of Canton" From other, and reliable sources, learned that Shum however, it is Seong met Wang Ching-Wei in Can-

These were the words used by Mr. W. 11. Donald, Australian adviser in Marshal Chiang Kai-only this month, and that Want sick, when he discussed the who was on a special visit to the city situation in China with a "Hong to mterview General Ando, Japanese kong Telegraph" representative requested Uut his nephew be rained Commander-in-Chief in South China, this morning. Mr. Donald, hudu ul

Canton just stopped from the Ruys after It i further disclosed that when a two months' vacation to South Shum was Africa.

Mayor

"I betleve," he said, "that the oppmvite

the

offices.

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10 the

results of

JAPANESE TO WAIT AND SEE

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WHILE it is generally believed that TOKYO. Aug. 23 (Domel),

and Swire sent a representative to Court this morning and

pleaded guilty to two summonses

of failing to furnish the Police with the lists of non-Chinese passengers arriving in

the

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The passenger list for the Nam also had not yet been received. Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, the Mugis- trute, remarked that in the present circumstances, it was vilally neces» sary for the Government to know the number of aliens arriving in Hong:- kong

A fine of $50 on each summons was

The Anglo-Japanese negotiations have imported, virtually ended, informed quarters understand that Government autho- ritles are pursuing a "walt and see" polley following publication of the recent“ statements by the British and Japanese Governments.

IL

It is revealed that Mr. Sotomatsui Kate, the Japanese Minister-at- Large, has requested Sir

Robert

W. H. Donald In Colony

murdered last night, he was on his way to the On Lan Club. Japanese, representing 37,10 per cent.London to Ambassador Craigie falle went routh with the Ruys on her which is situated in On Lan Street 70 Chinese representing 61

Telegraph" present anti-British campaign is be-The club is a well-known rendezvous rent, and 1,968 nationals of

| Powers representing 19 per cent. ing deliberately Implimented by the of retired Chinese officials. Japanese in the hope that Britain

The only clues to last night's sen- will at last fake some action. This

assassination re would give them the excuse they soional political

two brand new choppers, one cover- badly need to get out of China.

ed with bloodi.

of pair spectacles.

The victim of the murder, which occurred outside the prioting rooms

A total of 102,832 persons of various ment's Instructions regarding a final lian adviser to Marshal Chiang SHANGHAI, Aug. 23 (Domer) -- Craigie to seek the British Govern- MR. W. IL DONALD, Austrn- nationalities are living in the Shange of the Tokyo parleys, hai area under the control of the

Upon receipt of instructions from Kai-shek, was one of several arending Japnee

$ Banding forces, Londen, Anthasandor Craigie will re-important people who arrived in the turn to Tokyo from Nikko where Hongkong this morning by the reusus taken by Japanese naval he is now recuperating from neural-K.P.M. liner Ruys.

The population includes

Mr. Donald has been on vacation. 38,068 In the event of the directions from

fast trip, left the ship at Tornatave, pering to provide any new hope for re- bird suming the negotiations, Minister and rejoined her on her northern run. Koto will proceed to China to nesume le is staying at Repulse Bay Hotel. Another orrival by the Roys was his duties as the Minister-at-Large Mrs. B. A. 11. Wyatt Smith, wife of

the British Consul in Manila, who| had been on a seven weeks holiday to Natal. Her husband, who came to

"They promised their people that they would 'deliver' China within three months. Well, over two years have passed and they have not con- quered China. Now they have to show their people that it is not the Chinese who are stopping them, and for that reason they are pressing this anti-British campaign.

Anti-British Bluff

"The present massing of troops along the Hongkong border can have no purpose in the war against China, and is all part of the anti-British bluff. If Britain takes a strong stand I think that, far from 9ghting, the Japanese will seize upon it asan excuse to get out, telling their people, 'Now we are oppused by the British too. We can't fight everybody'

Mr. Donald contended that the time for British action was averdue. In retallation for Japanese anti-British measures they should at Icast

prot Japanese ships trading ris. Instead the Japan- ports, ese were being allowed to insult. sirip, and even kill British subjects front of Chinese, Indicating to the Chinese that they were more power

w

long

ful than the British. He thought Britain's temporising policy shart- sighted.

As far as Chinese are concerned," he added, "the fighting will go on The Japanese have male repealed offers to secure peace. Their latest

3

Arithmetic On The Mongol Border

in China,

Anti-British Drive Hongkong a work ago by the Empress

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH**

Aug. 22 (UP). The

PEIPING, TOKYO, Aug. 22 (Reuler).—Re-

of Russia, met his wife here and will travel back with her on the Empress of Japan on Friday. of the "Hongkong Telegraph in ports of active warfare on the Outer Pavilion Theatre here to-day ceased

Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Wyntt a rom-showing Shirley Temple's picture Smith are staying at Mountain Lodge. Wyndham Street, was Shum Soong, Mongolian frontier contain

the Kwantung "The Little Princess" after Japanese: Dr. G. A. nephew of Wang Ching-wel, and munique issued by

C. Herklots, Professor Army. The reports claim that the gendarmes and Chinese police com-of Biology at the University of Wang's alleged agent in Hongkong.

Two thots were fired at Shum, Japanese yesterday engaged Soylet ptalued to the theatre's management Hongkong, was also a Ruys passenger. who was also struck with one of the und Outer Mongolian aircraft four that "such a pro-British picture was He had been seven months in East

traitorous," limes, bringing down 97 machines. choppers.

Africa.

this morning in- Investigations dicate that the three men who are known to be impleated in the crime must have carefully laid their plans.

11 is believed that Shum was first held up at the point of a pistol at the entrance to a laneway between the King's Theatre and the South China Morning Post Lid. building.

Japanese

Bomb Cities As

The Chinese Troops Advance

Drama Outside Theatro Fifteen minutes after the crime was committed patrons of the 7.20 p.m. show at the King's Theatre streamed out on to the street. Few, however, were aware of the drama that had shortly before been en- Aried outside the the

theatre.

From facts in the possession of the

It is

is presumed that Sum was police, walking down Wyndham Street to Queen's Road Central when he was cornered by the three assassing.

Within five minutes of the assas- sination, a large fores of police ollicers under Mr. F. W. Shaftain, Director of Criminal Investigation, was on the scene.

REPORTS received to-day from the various war fronts in China reveal that while Japanese planes continue to carry out merciless raids on open towns in Kiangsi and Hunan, Chinese infantry in Kwangtung, Chekinng, Shansi and Anhwei making advances, and that a considerable amount of important territory has been regained.

•

are

to have

A daring raid by Chinese forces on minopu near the Hunan border, the the Cheklang Klangsi rallway, where Kinshanwel, on the north bank of Chinese are engaged in a "mopping they dropped 14 bombs. Hanschow Bay on the Cheklang[up" campaign.

A civilian is reported border was staged Inst Sunday night, Sporadle fighting has been in pro-been killed and a number of houses offer was that if the Chinese would They included Mr. W. L. B. Spar- says "Central News" report, which gress in the vienity of Changtienchen demolished. stop fighting they would, withdraw row, A.D.C.I., Mr. W. K. Bidmead, adds that following a hot engagement, and Yichen during the past few days. An hour later, Shangjae, northwest their troops. Marahal Chiang's - A.S.P., Mr. L. A. Searle, A.S.P., Mr. the Chinese occupied the cast gate of

The Japanese drive east of Yicheng of Hokow was attacked by 11 wer was that if they would withdraw II. W. E. Heath, A.S., Detective the town.

has been repulsed with heavy losses, machines, which dropped over 300 their troops China would stop Dght-Inspector C. R. Rozeskwy, A. L. Hop- The Jupanese, despite heavy losses, and the Japanese are now strongly bombs. Five civilians were killed

themselves inside and numbers wounded, China will go on Dghting to the king, L. R. Whant (chief of the Mur-stubbornly held on to the west gate. entrenching

der Squad), Divisional Inspector J. R. It was at Kinshanwei where the Yicheng. MeWalter, Sub-Inspector C. H. Good- Japanese effected a landing in 1937 Another Japanese offensive south-

Chungshan Tension win, Detective-Sgts. E. S. Brooks, H.which turned the tide of the Shanghai cast of Fowshan, which is near Lin-

Tension is again mounting in the fen, has also been beater back.

Chungshan district, says a "Central "The Japanese forces have failed R. Terrett, J. Forrest, J. R. Wall, R. hostilities in their favour.

Sgt. C.

Mass Air Raids

News" message from the Kwangtung city, as nine Japanese warships have The Japanese side of the

been sighted off Tamchow in the Pearl River delin de miles north of

Ing.

last man.

Japaneso Forces Fail

Eltis.

to

B.

G. Davitt and

Dead Man's Career The dead man, who was

which

be

Towyun, near Kongmoon, signally, especially with regard

was lost to the Japanese on August! Slan and Changsha. They told their

war 20 said to have been recaptured Emperor in January that within six

plan by the Chinese e de 300 Japanese picture is provided by communiques which tell of air raids on Shenchow, months they would take these two

alleged supply base for Chinese troops places and China would collapse, but known as Shum Chi-kou, was about were slain in the encounter,

The Chinese are now said to

in western Hunan, EE well as on the Chinese have defeated all their 35 years of age. He was married cfforts.

and lived with his wife at No. 03 pressing on towards Kongmoon.

Shenku, southwest of Shenchow, Shing Wo Road, Happy Valley, first

Kwangsin in northeastern Kiangsi, and Lishui in "Ten months ago they were on the floor. Well-known in Chinese circles Anhwei And Shansi Successes

southern Cheklang. Yangise River at Yochow (Yoyang). by his relationship to Wang Ching- In Anwei, a Chinese force is re- These raids, it is claimed, on the north-east of Tungting Lake,

wel and other political associations, parted to be pushing on towards carried out on August 21. but they have not yet been able to he held the post of Secretary in the Tikang, which is situated on the south reach the south-eastern end of that Ministry

The Japanese claim that over 20 of Communications In bank of the Yangtse River? faite. They hoped to take Stan and Nanking

warehouses near Shenchow several

The Chinese effected their advance bombed and damaged, three bursting ago, and acted

Domes. It la claimed, 000 Japanese were defeated.

successes Important Chinese

cut the road to Russia, but though

years

Shekki.

WAKE UP YOUR were LIVER BILE

were

they have been on the banks of the Also for a perlod as Vice-Minister of after a flerce battle in which, it is.into also contended that military!

passage to the other side, they have not yet managed to cross the river.

"I think that is a sufficient sharp commentary upon the Japanese malli

Communications.

For sonic time past he was known

in

Yangtse for two winters, when the

In establishments and godowns near Yangtze freezes hard and provides a to have conducted a private school Shansi are recorded in a message Kwongain in Klangs and Lahul in in Mueno, and he came to Hongkong from Loyong, which says that follow-Chekiang were bombed and damaged css than a month ago during the ing the retreat of the Japanese from Mass attacks were carried out by school vacation,

Tsincheng, which is a strategle city Japanese aircraft on open towns

"Central Reliable information suggests that in southeast Shanel, the Chinese are Klangl yesterday says the "C Shum Soong had

Wang approaching Kooping, north of Tsin-News." AS

Kian, about 125 miles southwest of Mr. Donald, whose stay in the Ching-wei's agent in Hongkong and cheng. Colony is Indefinite, Is at the Repulse Macao.

Meanwhile, following their re-Nanchang was raided by six machines, Bay Hotel.

Shum was said to be extremely capture of Tientsinkwan and Tsin-while 14 planes attacked Hokow, on

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