THE CHINA
TAIYUAN TO GIVE BATTLE
PARSTE JAPANESE TROOPS NOW SOOCHOW CREEK
NEUTRAL REFUGEE ZONE IN NANTAO
Shanghai, To-day.
The agreement for establish- ment of a refugee zone in Nantao, with the object of ensuring the safety of homeless war refugees In Nantio-and the foreign areas,
was signed yesterday evening.
The Jesuit priest, Father Jac quinot, who took a leading part in the negotiations with the Chinese and Japanese authorities, is now busily engaged with his associates
CLOSE TO SHANSI
CAPITAL
Nanking To-day.
BATTLE RAGES ON
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further Japanese troops, bracing Chinese artillery and machine gun
Chinese despatches from Taiyuanfu indicate fire, which inflicted many casualties, that Chinese forces from the north and east Shansi succeeded in crossing Soochow Greek fronts are concentrating in the vicinity of Taiyuan, during the night under cover to which reinforcements are also being rushed.
This indicates that the Japanese offensive on the city will meet with very stiff resistance.
smoke screens.
MONUMENT RD. DANGER
in erecting barbed wire on the Rumours of the fall of the city are discredited the Japanese are
boundaries of the neutral zone- Reuter.
here.
Japanese pressure
on Changten-marching on Taiyuanfu, the Shan- fu, it is admitted, had led to the si capital, were only eight kilome
Military observers believe that
present position to bring a large body men across the Creek in the Mong ment Boad sector, and that, unless. the Chinese counter-attack success-
CHANGE IN NORTH railway staff evacuating Changteh tres away from the city yesterday fully, within a few days they should
CHINA COMMAND
station.
afternoon. At
And a large-scale attack
Japanese troops are attacking The Japanese have occupied the have sufficient man-power to launch the Chinese defences round towns of Huanghayuan, Yutze
It is generally conceded that Changten, which was reported to Singlungchen Shanghai, To-day
have been held still by Chinese Japanese, scouting planes report decisive battle may be fought very troops last night.
that the Chinese are retiring south shortly, outcome of which will doubt-
less decide whether the Chinese Chinese reports here state that Chinese-reinforcements are mov-ward General Feng Yu-hsiang, who was ing up from Chengchow in support Taiyuan itself was again bombed ces will have to w given command of the Chinese for-of the Changteh garrison.-Reuter from the air yesterday by Japanese from the city or will suce ces fighting in the Peiping-Hankow
planes, which also attacked a co driving the Japanese and Tientsin-Pukow war zones, has
Peiping, To-day. lumn of motorcars in which the the Creek-Reuter. been recalled to Nanking for A motorised Japanese force re- Japanese believe the provincial a "special reasons."
ports having reached Hsintientsun, thorities were travelling Trans- four miles north of Taiyuanfu, yes- Ocean. Gen-terday afternoon Reuter
The same source adds that eral Li Chung-jen has been in- structed to take over the com- mandOur Own Correspondent.
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POLICE NANTAO NEUTRAL ZONE
Shanghai, To-day.
Signing "of the agreement, which provides that the refugee zone in Nantao is to be free. from military activities, is ex- pected to ameliorate consider- ably the refugee problem.
The agreement was
as signed by the Chinese authorities and Father Jacquinot, chairman of the refugee committee, on one side, and the Japanese authorities and Father Jacquinot on the other.
The zone comprises the northern part of Nantao, bounded on thr sides by the French Cond and to the south by Road which cuts across Nanta
It will be policed by body of Chinese police, under th direction Lugee committee.
the re-
The Chinese authorities emphas- ise that consummation of the plan does not involve agreement betwee the Chinese and Japanese-
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