Hongkong, Mar. 16.
Two persons were drowned and four others injured this afternoon when an automobile driven by Mr. 2. H. Roberts, local British-American Tobacco Company factory manager, swerved into the harbour to avoid resulted in an emphatic from a Chinese military hitting a child, Mr. Roberts and a Russian passenger, Mr, Meechap, were unable to escape from the automobile and were drowned, Four other occupy ants of the car, including Mrs. Roberts and Mr. J. Stafford-Smith, Hongkong manager of the British-'American Tobacco Company, were sent to the hospital with serious injuries.—United Press. sent from Kwangsi front March 12.
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At the machine-gunner's side was a sketch of the French river bank for a distance of about one-half mile with military objects designated and distances calculated to the foot. of Nanning, according to received here—Domei.
Advance from Nanning It is plain to any civilian that ar. attempt by either the French or the Germans to cross the river here would make an easy target for murderous machine-gun fire.
This front line, bristling. with heavy machine guns, the entire length of" the Rhine frontier, 120 miles from Basle to Lauterburg. The Germans say it is stronger than the opposing French defence. They claim. it is impregnable—United Press.
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