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WEATHER FORECAST Rather Unsettled INCORPORATING THE ROYAL GAZETTE (Established 1828) and THE BERMUDA COLONIST (Established 1866) VOL. 23—NO. 213 HAMILTON, BERMUDA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1937 3D PER COPY — 40/- PER ANNUM HEAVIEST GUNS BROUGHT INTO SHANGHAI ARTILLERY DUEL SQUARE-RIGGERS AWAIT CONTROL OF SUBMARINE THE WIDER PATRIOTISM HURRICANE EXPECTED TO THEY SAY JAPANESE BOMBS KILL WOMEN HURRICANE'S PASSING MENACE NOW ASSURED A great British statesman a year PASS HERE AT 8 A.M. That the foreign news continues to LONDON, Sept. 11. (BOP)—This or so ago, said, keep newspapermen busy. AND CHILDREN IN NANTAO Race from Bermuda to New­ * * ss afternoon's session of the Confer­ "AU over the civilised world there Predicted Centre will be Only That this in spite of the fact that port Cancelled Yesterday ence at Nyon lasted two hours. Later has been a growth of bitter nation­ 100 Miles from Islands nearly aU the news is to the head­ it was announced that a complete alism. Lbve of one's country is a lines. agreement had been reached so far noble feeling. It is one of the SHIPS RETURN TO HARBOUR * * * Hand-To Hand Fighting As Japanese as the present negotiations go and great examples of the human GALE FORCE WINDS BLOW that the work of the Conference was faculty for sinking individual in­ That Soviet Russia is the only Power bold The captains of the two square- practically over. Draft proposals terests to devotion to the weUare The centre of the tropical dis-l enough to state her intentions. Drive Inland; Typhoon Hampers Japan; riggers, Joseph M. Conrad and Seven adopted this evening wiU now be re­ of some corporate body—a school, a turbance which has been moving _^ Seas, at present anchored in St. ferred to the Government's of the poUtical party, a country or a church. towards Bermuda for the past few That she says sihe is rea^ t0 st°P George's Harbour, have plenty to say states participating and to the ItaUan But there is a form of patriot­ days is expected, according to Meteo- ' - ^f U.S. Shipping Risk concerning the general cussedness Government which has been asked ism which, as we know, is the last rological Station forecasts last night, of the weather. After a drifting if it is prepared to join to the measures refuge of the scoundrel. It may not to pass about 100 mUes east of the That other Powers more able to do match to Bermuda from Newport laid down for ensuring the safety of be easier to draw the line of division Islands at approximately 8 o'clock this want considerable help from which tested neither of the two slops' merchant shipping from lawless at­ to this case than to others, and to this morning. each other. SHANGHAI, Sept. 11. (CP)—Japan's expeditionary force to­ capabilities, the square-riggers put tack. The German Government wiU say exactly where nobiUty ends and The disturbance at 5 p.m. yesterday I day launched an aerial and artillery bombardment of Chinese to sea from Hamilton Harbour early also be informed of the conference's scoundrelism begins. But one was centred about 200 mUes south-1That the EneUsk Labour Party is troop concentrations apparently in preparation for a general of­ yesterday morning determined to work in accordance with an assur­ test may help. If patriotism or east of Bermuda, moving north- against war but it approves of arma­ ance given by the convening Govern­ nationalism leads to hatred of other ments. fensive against the defenders of Shanghai Japanese planes and make a real battle of it in winds that north-west at approximately 12 nules promised to speed the vessels over ment's in acknowledging the German countries, it has become an evU an hour. It is attended by gales naval guns concentrated on the key Woosung forts at the juncture the 660 miles to Newport. and ItaUan repUes to the original thing. More than that, unless and winds of hurricane force near the That armaments mean plenty of of the Yangtze and Whangpoo Rivers and outranged the Chinese But, while the square-riggers were joint invitation. It now seems Ukely the patriot recognises that he centre. work and pay. artillery. The attack spread along the wide front from Woosung poised a few miles south of the the conference wiU be able to conclude owes a duty to humanity which According to the 7 o'clock forecast 13 tben comes alon w to T.-mlto. far up the Yangtze, and a broad section inland came in starting line, off St. David's Head, its labours on Monday, by which time transcends even his duty to his last night, the centre of the dis- r" * S ar and de- the Governments should have been str s for a large part of the heavy firing. Heavy casualties are believed and under a generous load of sail, country, he is a worshipper of turbance is expected to pass about 100 °y ever-ythtog. messages were exchanged by radio able to instruct their delegates. fsilse gods." miles east of Bermuda at around | to have been inflicted on the Chinese forces. The heaviest guns I That just as a fisherman can't help concerning the hurricane which is Press messages from Nyon say that Those words today are as true as 8 a.m. today. so far in the warfare were brought into action and shelled the approaching the general direction of according to the agreement reached they were when uttered. One Gov­ The forecast at 7 o'clock last night casting his Une, so a man with a Chinese positions around Kiangwan, the international recreation Bermuda and is expected to pass each nation wiU poUce its own ter­ ernment demands the withdrawal for the foUowing 12 hours was: gun can't help pulling the trigger. i Shanghai's northernmost outskirts. There the Japan­ to the eastward here early this morn­ ritorial waters whUe Italy wiU be of the Special Correspondent of a Fresh easterly winds backing to T at me a ver ese land attack rolled toward the Chinese lines early this morning ing. invited to co-operate with France and paper of a foreign State because it strong north-east early tonight. The ^ ™ -^ y envious person Britain to assuming the poUcing of wind wUl reach gale force soon after to the island. in an atte mpt to wrest this important territory from its defenders. Captain Hans G. Milton of the Seven does not Uke his presentation—perhaps Seas and Captain Alexander Troonin the Mediterranean as a whole, which interpretation—of their actions. midnight, backing to north or north-1 | That he draws cheques for £125,000.00 Japanese authorities admitted that the Chinese were putting up a of the Joseph M. Conrad decided that wiU be carried out by the latter two Two Governments refuse to meet to west early on Monday morning, a day for other people. valiant resistance. discretion was the better part of nations alone if Italy refuses. The committee with other great Powers and possibly increasing further. * * * valour and brought their charges to idea of zones, the eastern of which to confer upon an existing situation Heavy rain tonight. Japanese airmen swooped, over war- would have been assigned to the smal­ The noon forecast yesterday was as That no wonder he wants a hoUday. anchor in St. George's Harbour, fraught with danger to the whole • ss Sf scarred Shanghai and dropped bombs ler Mediterranean powers and Russia, foUows: Moderate easterly wind, on Nantao, a civilian district, killing there to stay until the hurricane world. passes. has been abandoned. It is provided becoming fresh north-east early That the junior yachtsmen came in and wounding an -gndetemi ined From east to west there are nations for some tributes on Friday. Canon Streeter Killed TOO MUCH WIND that aU submarines not complying refusing, for reasons known only to this evening, backing to north and I number of Chinese, principally with the provisions of the London probably increasing to strong to­ women and children. The Chapei their nationals, or possibly only to I That they deserved them all. It was not a question this time of protocol for humanising submarine their Governments, to co-operate night. Weather: Showery, becoming | native quarter also suffered. BASLEj Switzerland, Sept. 12. warfare wiU be considered as pirates. too Uttle wind, but of too much. towards international peace and se­ rather squaUy later in the day. (CF)—Canon Birnett Streeter, o s ort When the two ships wiU make their curity, ignoring wilfully, it would | At 8 a.m. yesterday the disturbance™* ^ generally has been im- Hand-to-Hand scholar and writer on theolo­ was centred 300 mUes south-east Prov«"i tremendously the last few start is now uncertain. Their de­ seem, the truth that -under modern gical subjects, was killed Friday of the Colony and moving north- years, parture wiU depend entirely upon conditions nations can no more Uve The drive inland from the Yangtze when the Berne-Basle plane north-west a_ 12 mUes per hour. At the hurricane. alone than individuals. River yesterday brought the Japanese struck a fog-obscured moun­ MILESTONES IN HISTORY noon it was forecast that it would l"13* this is due entirely to a few and Chinese into renewed hand-to- tain here. He was sixty-three The two craft, cruising off the East National ideals, whether conscious enthusiasts. Continued on Page 10 * * * hand fighting. The Japanese troops years old. Mrs. Streeter and End yesterday shortly before zerol or tmconscious are guiding the advancing from the river, pushed the the pilot were also killed.

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