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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Border Agreement

Unconnected With War In Europe

Tokyo, Sept. 18.

The Soviet-Japanese truce agree. tive ment has nothing to do with European situation nor has it been concluded through German mediation, declared the spokesman of the Foreign Oflee this morning. It was hoped that the agreement would have

good effects on

the settlement of other pending questions between the two

countries. If the diguted boundary

Joint

between Outer Mongolia and chukuo could be settled by conmission, the same principle might possibly be applied to the boundary between the Soviet Union and Man- chukuo

The

spokesman declared that there had been no talk of a non-aggression pact. Japan was not entertaining any such ideas at present.

He pointed out that Japan's polley of non-intervention in the European war as announced by the Government 4, remained intact. on September 4,

"For the purpose of concentrating our efforts for the settlement of the China Affair, we are prepared to come to terms with any foreign countries for the settlement of pending questions."; -Domes.

Domel.

Border Meetings

Tokyo, Sept. 18.

the hostilities:

Russo-German *Fear

London, Bent. 18.

of the Although portions Polish army may trouble the Germans for some days the chief interest of military obser- vers is how large an army Ger- many may deem necessary to maintain in Poland to face the All agree Russian Invasion.

the that the suddenness of

tho Russian action was due to necessity of preventing all Po- land being overrun by the Ger

barrier mans and creating a against German penetration to Lito ferliin cornlands of the Ukraine, which it has been an article of faith with all Bussians that Hiller ultimately plans to posses.

It is noteworthy that Russia walted to inform Germany that she was invading Poland till the last moment and supplied no detalls-Reuter,

Hit Police Officer

Watchman Refused To Be Searched

broke

September 19, 1939.

LATE NEWS

500 SAID LOST Eye-Witness Tells Of Attack On Warship

By PHILIP FAIR "United Press" Staff Correspon- dent aboard the U.S. Maritime Commission's steamer Collingsworth.

It is estimated that '500 members of the crew of the British carrler Courageous have lives.

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aircraft' their

on

The U-Boat which sank the 22,000- Into Lon warship fred its torpedoes. the port side of the Courageous Sunday night. The Courageous waN then at sea, off the south-west coast fof Ireland.

Five hundred and fifty members of jike crew have been rescued by other

warships and steamers,

Sank Storn First

I

arki The Courageous Bank stern within twenty minutes of being tor- pedoed. The

American steamer Collings- pan- worth, aboard which I am a

debris,

The

Wong Chun-lai 31, private watch-ruger, a Dutch laer mal a British Pulling; an end to along the Manchukuo-Outer Mongol man of Fook Wah Wood Oil Com-freighter raced to the scene.

We dropped lifeboats and picked up. hader, the representatives of the pany, appeared before Mr. Himsworth contending forces started negotin-at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for large numbers of men, who were tions on the spot at 4.30 o'clock on refusing to be searched and resisting, swimming around or clinging to the

surest. Saturday afternoon,

Buckled Flight Dock LA-COL Tanaka

Sergeant Matches said Wong was and Major

There were two explosions. Irimura of the Japanese forces met stopped by C371, Li Yau-ming, in right Soviet military representatives Chatham Road and was asked to be titante nature of the explosions com- including Major-General Potokov.searched. LI said he was a police pletely buckled the flight deck of

officer

cer, whereupon Wong stated that the Courageous, which was able to two lifeboats on the also was a police officer. When launch only

One Ilfeboat was com- Quict At H.K. Border

to preduce his credentials port side. "The skuntion on the New Terri Wong could not and Li proceeded to pletely crushed when the steleken tories border remains quiet and 10 search him. Wong objected and ship suddenly listed.

Many of its crew were trapped the as we can gather there are less struck Li મા まず chest. Li drew his than two thousand Japanese troops pistol and Wear made a grabs at it. below decks and in the mess rooms. Destroyers which were accom- there," said the Hongkong military Li shot at Wong's feet but Wong

the CourageouN dropped Li shouted to paying ran. free and spokesman yesterday morning.

The spokesman denied that ad-him to stop and blew his whistle, but depth charges, which, it is believed,

LI then destroyed the submarine, being Wong ditional British

continued running. troops were sent to the border area. Runours to fired at him again. Wong was chased this effect were gaining currency along Austin Road and arrested.

Omcers whom we rescued gald that the Colony, yesterday.

Leung Yuen. 30, painter of Shang-the Courageous had been hunting hai Street,

who was sitting on a submarines and had met with some bench in Chatham Road corroborated success when she herself was attack- the policeman's evidence.

ed. The number of Japanese in Po Ou

Wong said he was n Shanghai in the southern section of the Can-Chinese and did not understund Li. ton-Kowloon Railway is stated to He ran when he saw Li drawing his have been increased. Most of themt pistol, are believed to be at Shumchun.

Sergeant Matches said that The strength of the Japanese at formation had been received that an Namtau bas niso been reinforced, armed robbery had taken place in Japanese having reached there by the district, and it was customary to transports. The

of send out uniformed and plain-clothes Japanese in that sector is about men with orders to search' nny sus 2,000-international,

Japanese Said Reinforced

Shiukwan, Sept. 18.

Increase total

Artillery Withdrawn

Walchow, Sept. 18.

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picious characters. He asked Mr. Himsworth to take a serious view of the case.

Mr. Himsworth said he thought The Japanese remaining at Nam-Wong was more of a fool than a tau, Shumchun and Shatoukok last criminal and that he might have been week were estimated less than hit by a bullet. If he had accom- 500, while part of their heavy artil-

panied Li to the police station all the been withdrawn. Since lery hud then, however, the Japanese at Nam-rouble could have been avoided. He tau have been reinforced by 300 due imposed a fine of $10 or two weeks

due imprisonment to attacks of the Chinese, Reinforce ments sent to other paints in Po On are known to have been about 1,000. The Japanese control of the long- kow; border has been tightened since September 15. Chinese attempting to cross to the British side were sub- jected to a rigid search-Wah Yat Po,

Girl, 19, Charged

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A NINETEEN-YEARS-OLD girl was charged recently with the manslaughter of 15-years- old Frances Lyons, a tailoress.

Frances Lyons had been found carlier in

day with throat wounds at her parents' home in Top- low-street, City-road, EC.

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She was one of seven children of a transport worker, and died in St. Leonard's Hospital, Hoxton, shortly after admittance.

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Champs, winners of the Ewo Indoor Bowling League, at the Hongkong local police are looking for more one. Registered as Bowling Alleys on Thursday night, men like this

Women who John Joe, for drunkenness, and fined commencing at 9 pan.

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