Today's
Weather
jol
XXVI.,
No.
208.
A
3VO,
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
AM.)
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
northerly
wind,
eight
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.40
(rising);
temperature,
30;
sea
smooth.
Work
Such
as
Gyro
Club
Carries
Out
For
Children
is
True
Expression
of
Goodwill
Pastor
Delivers
Xmas
Talk
Community
activities
such
as
the
Oyro
Club
engages
m
lor
tne
De
terment
of
conditions
lor
boys
ana
girls
are
In
themselves
an
expres
sion
of
the
Christmas
spirit
of
giving
and
goodwill
and
an
Important
feature
of
them
Is
that
they
are
carried
on
not
only
at
this
season
but
throughout
the
year,
said
Rev.
Edwin
E.
Brandt,
pastor
of
First
Baptist
Church,
in
a
thoughtful
Yuletlde
talk
before
the
Prince
Ru
pert
Gyro
Club
at
Its
regular
wee
ir
iiinrhnn
yesterday.
Dr.
H.
;
u-a
rwv
otfpndance
nf
members
to
hear
Mr.
Brandt
who
related
the
history
of
some
Christmas
customs,
concluding
with
a
message
of
Inspirational
nature.
Mr
Brandt
told
of
the
traditions
as
to
the
origin
of
Christmas
observance
in
such
countries
as
Scandinavia.
Greece.
Rome
and
Egypt.
al
.
i,
imH
hppn
a
celebra
nt
O'l
nine
i
,
tlon
of
the
commencement
of
the
lengthening
ipys
of
the
year
In
thei
Northern
Hemisphere.
Pope
Julius
j
ir.
thi
Fourth
Century
had
definite
ly
decreecf
observance
of
Christmas
..
i.ivu
fho
onntversarr'nf
Christ's
blrjty
THe
Bishop
of
Smyrna,
who
tiad
becomq
known
as
the
"Saint
ofChildren,"
had
orig
inated
the
Idea
of
the
Christmas
ttocklng
quite'
by.
accident.
Wlsh-hg
to
make
a
gift
of
gold
to
an
Impecunious
nobleman,
the
Bishop,
so
the
story
went,
had
dropped
his
gift
down
the
chimney
and
It
had
fallen
Into
a
stocking.
Tne
cusiom
of
gift
making
at
Christmas
had
originated
with
the
Romans.
The
inspiration,
It
was
said,
came
from
the
Three
Wise
Men
who
had
come
to
Bethlehem
with
their
gifts
for
Jcstis.
The
Idea
of
the
gifts
was
in
the
way
of
expressing
the
Christian
spirit
of
those
who
had
sharing
with
those
who
were
in
need.
Grad-tiniiv
MiU
hnd
developed
Into
a
feel
ing
of
concern
for
the
welfare
of
others
In
a
personal
wey,
thus
emphasizing
the
sacrcdness
of
personality
and
the
dlvlneness
of
man.
More
Christmas
Customs
Continuing
his
discourse
on
the
development
of
Christmas
customs,
Mr
Brandt
told
how
the
Christmas
tree
idea
had
originated
In
the
sxnnriinnvi'in
muntrles.
It
was
as
late
as
ninety
years
ago
that
Christmas
cards
had
been
started.
It
was
some
seventy-four
years
ago
that
they
had
become
popular.
It
was
not
until
1906
that
they
had
become
commonplace.
The
"Sign
of
the
Babe"
for
Christmas
was
a
practical
sign
of
Christ,
as
a
human
personality.
babe,
was
God
speaking
to
men
in
n
i!monni
thev
could
understand.
rr.ru
r.ri
wiri
that
the
human
noro..vnmf
f
mnn
was
more
val
uable
in
God's
eyes
than
anythmg
In
th
nrnrlrl
The
srjcaKer
men
W
lit
llttV
I1W,.I
,
tlnnrrl
fh
flinptlMl
Of
the
ClUD
which
he
was
addrssing
In
endeavouring
to
develop
human
Pfrf"i
allty,
As
members
of
tne
ciuu,
behooved
all
Gyros
to
give
expression
to
things
that
were
noble
ana
fine.
They
should
not
be
unmindful
that
others
might
be
fashioning
their
lives
from
their
example.
Mr.
Brandt
held
up
the
Bible
as
v..
ovUMnif
lnsDlratlon.
The
Book
of
God
held
up
an
Ideal
unr
hat
Ideal
could
be
reached.
The
speaker
"ferra
to
an
exhortation
of
Roger
W.
Bauson,
noted
economist,
to
business
men
to
read
the
Bible
more.
There
were
men
who
as
they
attained
success
la
business
attached
more
time
and
importance
to
the
Bible.
Going
To
Spain
To
Help
Rebels
LONDON,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
The
Daily
Herald,
Labor
news-
paper,
reports
that
eight
thou-
sand
more
troops
have
been
h
sent
from
Italian
East
Africa
to
reinforce
the
Spanish
lnsur-
h
gents
following
their
recent
!
reverses.
Meanwhile
It
is
re-
I-
ported
from
Teruel,
Insurgent
h
stronghold,
which
is
report-
ed
captured
by
the
loyalists,
that
the
rebel
retreat
Is
con-
tinulne
steadily
northwestward
and
that
the
fall
of
Albarracln
to
the
government
forces
Is
x.
imminnnt
Pmm
Hpndave
on
UUUUI11.M.
-
-
tfih
frontier
-r
iii
i
i.
vv
tn;4nr
If
iroe
rprmrt.Pfl
that
In
IUUUJ
i
W
1
J
v
i
in
the
rhalr
viu
onri
and
thrre
there
was
was
a
a'j.
wo
emachpH
thrnuch
the
KOV-
ernment
siege
of
Teruel
mill-
tary
garrison,
a
radio
dispatch
adding
that
a
counter
often-
FORMER
TEACHER
PASSES
Miss
Mary
Gladwell,
who
for
years
tanght
school
at
Prince
Rupert,
died
in
the
Vancouver
General
Hospital
on
Sunday.
She
had
lived
in
retirement
at
Gar-rows
Bay,
North
Vancouver,
for
some
time.
Miss
Gladwell
was
sixty-two
years
of
age.
The
funeral
took
place
in
Vancouver
on
Tuesday.
EARTHQUAKE
IN
MEXICO
MEXICO
An
earth'luake
shook
Mexico
City
early
today,
killing
at
least
T.io
persons
when
adobe
homes
at
the
outskirts
of
the
city
crumbled.
Communications
with
interior
cities
have
been
disrupted
and
it
is
thought
possible
they
may
have
been
harder
hit.
One
report
is
that
the
southern
port
of
Toluca
has
been
damaged.
Puebia
and
Cuerna-vaca
are
among
cities
from
which
no
reports
are
obtainable.
TAE
CASE
TO
LONDON
TORONTO
Relatives
of
Charles
Vance
Millar,
Toronto
law-
r
9
rnncidcrin?
COillg
to
tllC
Privy
Council
with
their
appeal
against
the
clause
of
the
Millar
will
providing
that
his
?500,000
estate
should
go
to
the
mother
or
mothers
giving
birth
to
the
most
children
since
1926.
Yesterday
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
ruled
this
clause
of
the
Miller
will
valid,
leaving
it
to
the
Ontario
courts
to
decide
which
of
the
women
claimants
shall
receive
the
fortune.
Five
women,
with
ten
children
each,
are
apparently
tied.
WATCH
JAP
FISH
BOATS
MEXICO
CITY
Mexican
gunboats
have
been
ordered
to
Keep
a
watch
on-
Japanese
fishing
vessels
operating
off
the
.Mexican
coast
following
the
making
of
charges
that
Japanese
hydro-graphic
experts,
In
the
guise
of
fishermen,
have
been
working
from
these
boats,
their
activities
including
the
making
of
surveys
of
Mexican
harbors.
KING
WINSLN
CRISIS
CAIRO
Tension
In
the
constitutional
crisis
in
Egypt
was
cased
last
night
with
the
announcement
that
the
government
had
yielded
to
the
demand
of
King
Farouk
that
the
Blue
Shirts
Fascist
organization
be
dlsolvcd.
mmln
panese
Conti
VST
-v
CHRISV
MS
ALL
YEAR;:
;;;v":xmas
gift
more
Italians
i
Mussolini
Denies
That
Piece
of
Italian
Somaliland
is
to
be
Given
to
Germany
ROME.
Dec.
23:
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
denies
reports
that
Italy
Is
to
give
Germany
a
portion
of
Italian
Somalland
as
a
Christ
mas
gift.
II
Duce
says
that
the
Dartlcular
area
which
it
has
been
reported
Italy
would
give
Germanj
would
be
useless
for
colonial
purposes
and
It
would
be
only
Insulting
Germany
to
offer
it
to
her.
Beer
And
Wine
iResorts
Will
Be
Open
Later
OLYMPIA.
Dec.
23:
The
Washington
State
Liquor
Board
announces
that
beer
and
light
wine
j
establishments
In
Washington
will
A
A
u.
be
n-rmlttort
perrnitted
tr
to
rpmnin
remain
nnen
open
vint'l
untH
slve
was
being
prepared.
meisage
received
at
Irun,
in-
.3
o'clock
In
the
morning
of
New
surgent
headquarters,
said
the
year's
Eve,
two
hours
later
than
garrison
and
some
of
the
civil
jthe
usual
closing
hour.
population
were
still,
resisting
t
government
assauus,
T
t
.
BULLETINS
J
HIS
HOPS
DEFERRED
POINT
BARROW,
Alaska,
Dec.
new
trades
union
principles
ir
it
is
to
survive.
Extension
of
Works
Progress
Ad-:
ministration
activities
In
also
urged
by
the
C.I.O.
Object
To
Navy
League
Tag
Days
i
Seamen's
Union
in
Monteral
Holds
Tinluing
of
Naval
Cadets
Is
Fcdral
Responsibility
MONTREAL,
December
23
(Ca-,
nallan
Press)Th9
Canadian
sea--xn'Mi
Uijlon;i.ipcilttUrt)ngithe
federal
government
to
Restrain
the
Navy
League
of
Canaca
from
hold
ing
tag
days
for
tne
purpose
o.
raising
funds
in
connection
wm.
!thc
training
of
naval
cadets.
This
ils
a
straight
federal
responsibility,
lit
is
claimed.
Formerly
such
tag
days
were
held
for
the
benefit
of
disabled
sailors.
sasaWH
nil
nv
,i.
OF
COLONY
:
:
11
CCO
JUAJJUl
ICU
VICTORIA,
Dec.
23:
CPi
it
is
estimated,
that
five
hundred
thousand
Christmas
trees'
have
been
shipped
thfsv
year
,
from
British
.Columbia
to
Eastern
Canada
and
the
United
States.
Chief
Foreiter
E,'C.
Manning
expresses
sme
cpncern;dlthe
'
volume
this;
export'
of
-."yfitoy
4
trees
Is
assuming;'
TODAYS
STOCKS
(Com
tssy.'jk
p!
JoiUislfjn
Cq.)
Vanconvfr
,
.
a
C.
.Nickel
.08U;'
'
,
Big
Missouri
.38.
..
Bralorne,
3.
jo.
:'
Aztec,
.07.'
':"
,
darlboo
Quartz.
1.
65.;.
'
Dcntonla.
.10.
.
..
-
;
Oo'conda,
05H.'
'
,
.
.-
"y
'
;
Mlnto.
;02i,
v
,1
Falrview
Amal.,
.04.
Noble
nvt.vmCi-
PsnrJ
Oreille,
1.98.,;
Pioneer.
2,95.
.
..
Porter
Idaho.
.03.
f
f
'
.
-Premier,
1.85.
.
Reeve.
McDonald,
.37,
.'
Reno,
.58.
,
'
.
.'
Relief
Arlington.
.15,
"'
H
Reward,
.06,
Salmon
Gold,
.06..
Bad
WeathePrwritWminj
JXedleAmA4ia
Frbin'lakiiiskMtfonlight
Search
Premier
Border;
,01'j.
Flights
23:
(CP)
Sir
George
Hubert
W1I-
klns,
noted
explorer,
here
to
resume
the
search
for
Slglsmund
Lev-
aneffsky
and
other
Russian-
trans-Polar
filers
who
have
been
missing
since
last
August
on
a
projected
flicht
from
Moscow
to
the
United
States,
announces
that
unfavorable
weather
has
made
It
necessary
for
him
to
abandon
the
plan
to
make
moonlight
flights
this
month.
He
hopes
that
weather
will
permit
of
such
flights
being
made
In
the
January
moonlight.
C.I.O.
GETS
BUS
AGAIN
Starting
New
Drive
for
Increase
in
Membership
Warns
A.F.
of
I..
To
Modernize
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
23:
The
Committee
on
Industrial
Organization
Is
following
up
the
recent
collapse
of
peace
negotiations
with
the
Am-,
erlcan
Federation
of
Labor
with
a,
new
drive
for
Increased
membership.
!
The
C.I.O.
warns
the
Federation
that
It
must
be
prepared
to
adopt
Sllbak
Premier,
1.90.
Congress,
.02
:
i.
Sliver
Crest,
,03.
"
Home
Gold.
,01.
'
;
Grandvlew,
.08.
..
.
Indian.
.013,J.
T
..
-
'"
Quatslno
Copper;;-.03.
:
;
;
..
Quesnelle
Quartz.
.05.
t
Oils
;;
..
A.
P.
Con.,.
,32.
,.'
Calmont,
.60;
k-
C.
Si
E.,
3.D0.
"';
,:
-Freehold,
,07
V:
ro?-Hargal,
.27.,;
T
:
.-.
;
McDougal
Se'Tir.,,26.
Mercury,
;182.
.
Okalta,
1.93,
.
Pacalta,
.13..
.
.
Home
Oil.
.1,45.
;
.
..
.
Toronto
-
.
.
;
Bsattie.
1.21.
!
Central
Patricia,
2.35.
Gods
Lake,
,45.;
Little
Long
Lac.
5.00.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.00.
Pickle
Crow.
5.15.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,..
1914.
San
Antonio,
1.30.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.35.
Smelters
Oold,
.Oli.
McLeod
Cockshutt;
1.30.
Oklend,
.14".
Mosher,
.12.
-Madsen
Red
Lake,
.35.
Stadacona(
.37.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.0512.
Francbeur,
.47.
Moncta
Porcunlne,
2.10.
Bouscadlllac,
.10.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.33.
Bankfleld,
.63.
East
Malartlc,
1.01.
Preton
Ea?t
Dome,
1.03.
Hutchison
Lake,
.08.
Dawson
Wlilte,
,03.
Aldermac,
.50.
.
.
Kerr
Addison.'
1.72.
Uchl
Gold.
.90.
Ma-lln
Bird.
.39.
1
Int.
Nlckol.
6.00.
Noranda.
5.00.
Smelters.
47,75.
Athona,
.09.
.
Trvov'.
Wealhf.r
Terrace
Clear,
northeast
wind,
tcrr.nerature
14.
Al'-ansh
Clear,
calm,
10.
.
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calm.
18.
Anvox
Clear,
calm,
16.
Stewart
Par,
cloudy,
calm,
20.
Haclton
Cloudy;
calm,
4.
Smlthcrs
Clears
calm..
2.
,
,
Burns
Lake
Snowing,
calm,
?cro
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY
DECEMBER
23,
1937.
ISHIP
BACK
INTO
PORT
City
of
Hamburg,
Which
Was
Sinking
After
Collision,
Reaches
Namesake
Point
Safely
BALTIMORE.
Dec.
23:
(CP)
The
Baltimore
Mali
Line
announced
yesterday
that
word
had
been
received
from
Hamburg,
Oermany,
of
te
return
there
of
the
liner
City
of
Hamburg
which
had
been
damaged
In
a
collision
on
Tuesday
and
which
had
been
reported
sinking.
Extensive
repairs
to
th:
City
of
Hamburg
will
require
two
weeks'
time.
First
Murder
In
Thirteen
Years
There
I
;SAINT
JOHN.
NeW
Brunswick.
December
23:
(Canadian
Press)
.
s-'int
-Tohn
hs
had
Its
first
murder'
in
thirteen
years.
A'
flftv-elght
year
old
shopkeeper
died
of
gun-sjint
minds,
received
at
lh
han
of
a.
hold-up
man
who
robbed
his
stom.
The
bandit
made
his
gctawav
and
police
are
now
endeavouring
t6
locate
him.
BUILDING
OF
HOMES
Tlan
Contest
is
Announced
By
Hon.
C.
A.
Dunning,
Minister
of
,
Finance
j
'
OTTAWA,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
A
new
plan
for
building
loans
in
Canada
,
under
the
Home
Improvement
Plan
i
was
suggested
by
Hon.
Charles
A.
Dunning,
minister
of
finance.
Loans
j
for
$2500
homes
would
be
made
j
available
In
British
Columbia
and
.
$3C00
elsewhere.
I
To.
provide
benefit
of
profession-l
nl
planning
for
low
cost
residence?
;
built
under
the
Dominion
Houinc
act,
the
minister
of
finance
announced
an
architectural
contest
for
homes
costing
not
over
$2530
in
British
Columbia
and
$3000
elsewhere.
The
winning
plans
would
.
be
made
ava'.labb
to
prospective
'
house
owners
at
$10
each.
Air
Service
To
New
Zealand
Is
Being
Started
:
AUCKLAND.
New
Zealand.
December
23
(Canadian
Press)
Inauguration
of
the
first
air
mall
and
express
service
between
United
Stales
and
iNew
Zealand
will
take
place
with
tha
expected
arrival
ol
a
o'ane
here
front
Honolulu
on
Wednesday
of
next
week.
l
Cant.
Edwin
Muslck;
veteran
ex-
.
plorer
of
the
Pacific,-
lett
Hono
lulu
today
for
Auckland,
pioneer-:lnj
the
new
commercial
air
route,
i
which
will
be
known
as
the
Sam-oan
Clipper
rcrvlce.
On
his
return
jhon
from
Aukland
hs
will
Institute
the
new
bi-weekly
service
be-itwecn
Australta.
New
Zealand
and
;
the
United
States,
i
Capt.
Muslck
took
off
from
Hon-tolulu
at
9:06
a.m.
Pacific
Standard
iTlme.
Welsh
Sitdown
I
Strikers
Win
CARDIFF.
Wales,
December
23
Fourteen
Welsh
coal
miners
ended
a
sitdown
strike
last
night
when
the
mine
owners
agreed
to
their
demand
for
increased
wages.
.
I
!
I
League
Council
l
I
Session
Called
I
For
January
17
t
.
GENEVA,
Dec.
23:
The
council
of
the
League
of
Na-
tlons
has
been
called
Into
ses-
slon
here
for
January
17.
There
is
a
feeling
In
some
quarters
that,
In
view
of
the
withdraw-
al
of
Italy
from
the
League
and
and
the
threatened
withdrawal
of
other
nations
as
well
as
the
apparent
Ineffectuallty
of
the
;ague
In
dealing
with
inter-
,
national
disputes
and
aggres-
slon,
that
this
may
be
one
of
the
last
sessions
of
the
council.
XMAS
TRADE
IS
AVERAGE
Little
Difference
Seen
In
Volume
of
Business
As
Compared
With
Year
A?o
Better
Than
Depression
Christmas
business
a;
'ears
to
be
about
average
in
Prince
Rpert
this
year.
Some
merchants
report
it
better
than
a
year
ago.
Some
say
It
Is
not
so
good.
Others
see
little
difference.
SDcclal
Christmas
stocks
seem
to
be
getting
pretty
VelljeahedUg
now
aitfiougtTthere
are
stiirplenty
of
attractive
offerings.
There
may
have
been
extra;
help
taken
on
in
a
few
stores
here
for'
the
Christmas
rush
but
normal
staffs
in
the
most
of
cases
appear
to
have
been
suff'clent
to
handle
the
trade.
Although
possibly
not
much
better
than
a
year
ago.
Christmas
trade
In
Prince
Rupert
this
year
la
undoubtedly
better
than
It
was
In
depression
years.
Best
Since
Depression
Storekeepers
throughout
the
province
looked
happily
at
rapidly
diminishing
stocks
today
and
estimated
that
generally
their
Christmas
business
rush
would
at
least
equal
and
probably
exceed
last
year's
total.
Increased
payrolls
in
the
province
generally
are
considered
responsible
for
earlier
shop
ping
this
season,
according
to
a
Canadian
Press
survey
of
major
centres,
but
merchants
said
sustained
buying
during
December
hoisted
the
sales
total
In
the
ma
jority
of
cases
to
figures
never
reached
since
before
the
depression
In
1929.
The
cheerful
attitude
of
average
tradesmen
was
reflected
in
re
ports
from
such
widespread
points
as
Stewart
In
the
north
and
Trail
In
the
West
Kootenay
Interior.
Asked
To
Report
Economic
Survey
Former
lrmlrr
Pehlum
is
Invited
to
London
TmN.
Dec.
23:
C
Formr
--,i,.r
vi'
-n
Zeclond
of
B;1-qilum
has
been
Invited
to
London
to
make
his
report
on
a
world
economic
suvvy
vhlch
he
mode
last
vear
at
hp
request
of
Great
Britain
and
France.
SALVATION
ARMY
FUND
Previously
Acknowledged
..$499
73
'
Tucks
Inlet
Packing
Co.
5
00
John
Ivarson
"
1.00
H.
S.
Wallace
Co
5.00
W.
R.
McAfee
5.00
S.
E.
Sunbury
5.00
Xmas
Pot
4.93
Radio
Auction
12.15
'
High
6:26
tun.
19.5
fttttt.
18:53
p.m.
16.8
ftm
Low
12:41
p.m.
1.8
Ittfcft.
y-rwFt
IMllCE:
UIOCEMS
Their
Advance
JAP
TROOP
S
ARE
MOVING
1
FAR
AFOD
Garrison
at
Hong
Konj
to
I
be
In;
creased
with
Scots
Battasitalion
From
Bombay
British
Reinfor
iree
Tsingtao
and
Other
Chlnese-ase
Coast
Cities
Are
Expected
to
be3e
Attacked
Shortly
BRITONS
FLEE
IIANKCO.Otf
HANKOW,
December
23
E3
(Canadian
Tress)
Three
huiuunJrcd
Britons
and
other
loreiacigncrs
have
fled,
fearing
a
Japaneio
ese
it-tack
on
the
temporary
sea-eat
of
Chinese
government
since
s
Iht
withdrawal
from
Nankin?.
.7.
Tlity
are
aboard
an
Inlcmiwj
ationa!
"Christmas
Express"
evacusrualiim
train.
Of
tefujees
many
m
rare
th
wives
and
families
o
missiesionir
ies
at
Hankow,
Wuchan
jrig
and
Hanyang.
All
foreigners
as
have
been
urged
to
evacuate
YsVanfste
Valley
at
the
earliest
pocposslblc
moment.
SHANGHAI,
Dec.
23:
(CPPI-Rc-ports
that
thirty
thousand
-
Japut-ese
troops
have
left
Shanglsh"'
lor
an
unknown
destination
anrrnd
that
eighty
transports
are
ready
to
lata
additional
troops
give.
tap-n)eW
to
fears
that
Tslngtao
as
w
well
as
other
Chinese
coastal
citics-ars
are
to
be
attacked.
"
"
'
"
"
ported
closing.
In
oh
Hataangchor,
one
being
eighteen
miles
a-w.wa
and
the
other
twenty-five
miUIiles,
the
Japanese
today
demanded
o
evacuation
of
Hangchow
by
the
o
Chinese
in
order
that
the
ancient
canity
with
Its
historic
treasures
mlgl-ight
1m
saved
the
destruction
Involoolved
In
heavy
bombardment
If
theroxre
to
not
Immediate
surrender.
The
Japanese
discounted
o
Chinese
claims
of
a
victory
by
10,0OC00
Chinese
land
forces
near
Hanamgchow.
Meanwhile
there
are
pe-9erslj:ert.
Chinese
press
reports
ot
lI
Impcfld-;
lng
aid
for
China
from
Sovv-viet
Russia.
Japanese
officials
henoere
an-:
nounce
the
formation
ot
'2
new
autonomous
government
ac
at
Nankin'
nrcsumabiy
lcnlaclrH-iinr
the
Chinese
regime
of
Premier
-
CWanj
Kai
Shek
which
fled
the
iormcr
capital
a
month
ato.
British
Troops
Goinxrxi;
LONDON,
Dec.
23:
(CP-
Tho
War
Office
announces
tMihat
the
British
garrison
at
Hong
K3on?
be
strengthened.
The
tndtroopshjp
Dunera
is
prepared
to
leavese
Soutp-"mpton
to
take
aboard
the
s
e
Secogd
Battalion
of
Royal
Scots
ac
at
Bombay.
They
will
reach
Hoaxing
Kong
on
January
28.
The
government
Is
said
.
to
Ium;
decided
that
there
Is
no
m
necessity
for
substantial
naval
re-9-elnforce-ments
In
Chinese
waters,
j
Was
An
Accident?
7"?
TOKIO,
Dec.
23
The
JL
Japanese
Foreign
Office
today
ollcretj-ed
a
nevv
explanation
for
the
recent
x
Incident
of
the
sinking
of
the
Vnlte-o-ed
Stat?
gunboat
Panay
in
the
YaxriUgste
Rt-ver.
It
is
now
suggested
thacnat
it
wm
an
accident
due
to
mlstakejKen
identity.
As
proof
of
this,
it
Is
z-s
pointed
out
that
Nipponese
soldltsUers
were
'-llled
and
wounded
by
tHJthe
same
tombing
that
sank
the
oe
Panay.
TRarese
soldiers,
It
is
sac-ald.
went
aboard
the
Panay
to
offe
a"er
assls'-
nce
to
the
Americans
an-rmd
It
wan
'bfn
that
bombing
planrxies
camr
over
asnln
and
dropped
pmcproJtclll',s
hat
kl'lod
and
woundedfa-d
several
Taranese.
These
claims
anre
In
direct
contradiction
of
the
f
'
American
reports
that
Japanese
baoooaU
machine-gunned
the
Panay
a
after
the
bombing
after
which
the
-
Japanese
rame
aboard
and
then
left
the
sinking
vessel
without
offoXerlpj
any
assistance
whatever,
1
Col.
Hashimoto.
ho
Vis
In
charge
of
Japanese
rlveuver
forces
during
the
Panay
lncldIxleri
has
(Continued
on
Page
E3
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