HANDS OFF ISLANDS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 150, 28 June 1938, Page 11

HANDS OFF ISLANDS

WARNING TO JAPAN BRITAIN AND FRANCE INTERESTS IN CHINA MIGHT MEAN UNDESIRABLE COMPLICATIONS I United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received June 28, noon.) LONDON, June 27. England and France have warned Japan that occupation of Hainan Island would be likely to lead to undesirable complications and that in the event of such an incident they would no doubt collaborate as was necessary. An announcement to this effect was made by the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, in the House of Commons., The warning to Japan not only concerns Hainan Island but also other Chinese islands in the vicinity of Hong Kong and Indo-China. Britain has already, either singlehanded or with the French, lodged five protests, to which the Japanese have replied that they have no territorial ambitions. DRIVE TO HANKOW JAPANESE RESUME FLOODED AREA CROSSED (Received June 28, 9 a.m.) TOKIO, June 27. .The Japanese claim to Have re:fliimed their drive to Hankow and to ;have crossed the flooded area south jot Chungmow. They say they are now )to complete occupation of the region ifest of the flooded area. CHINESE SUCCESSES BIG AIR REINFORCEMENTS CONCENTRATION AT HANKOW (Received June 28, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, June 27. The Hong Kong correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the concentration at Hankow of all aircraft for ■an offensive against the Japanese by. land, sea, and air forces indicates the immense Chinese aerial reinforcements. The Chinese land forces were successful in the Yangtze-kiang area, driving out the Japanese from Fenghuarishan and killing 1000 at a heavy cost. Chinese stormed hill fortifications at Luhoutow and Masushan with the bayonet.and wilted out Japanese who landed at Slangk'ow last week. 90 PLANES ENGAGE DOGFIGHT OVER NANCHANG SHANGHAI, June 27. Ninety planes participated in a dogfight over Nanchang today. The Japanese claim to have shot down 35 Chinese Russian-made planes and the Chinese claimed to have shot down five Japanese machines. The Chinese are vigorously attacking Japanese landing parties which are threatening the Matang boom on the River Yangtze. AT LEAST 10 YEARS JAPANESE ESTIMATE OF LENGTH OF WAR TOKIO, June.27. The Japanese War Minister, General Itagaki, said today that General Chiang Kai-shek would probably carry on the war for a long time. The Japanese must be prepared to continue hostilities for at least ten years. SPREE IN GAOL \ WRONGLY LABELLED TIN i 1 I (From "The Post's" Representative.) c SYDNEY, June 17. * A wrong label enabled a party of prisoners in a Brisbane gaol to have a > "spree," much to their own satisfac- 1 tion and to the dismay of prison of- i ficials. < The prisoners required an issue of i boiled linseed oil, and were supplied c from the store with a four-gallon tin 1 neatly labelled "Boiled Linseed Oil." c To the prisoners the tin at first just meant more work—but when it was j opened the fumes of methylated spirits j belied the label placed on it by a Syd- ] ney forwarding agent. It seemed too 5 good to be true, until the contents } were sampled. < The potent "cocktail" was quickly J poured down throats which had not £ tasted anything like it for months. Merriment arose from the gang. The action of the drink was immediate. So was that of the warders. j Three of the gang are now paying t the penalty on half rations. A fourth, c who said his breath was "always like that," was given the benefit of the .