CHINA MAIL. DECEMBER 14, 1957
PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES ATTACK ON BRITISH CRAFT Full Details Of Wuhu And Nanking Incidents
HIROTA PROMISES
"IMMEDIATE ENQUIRY"
London, To-day.
The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, yesterday described the attacks by Japanese forces on British gunboats in the Yangtse, in reply to a private question by Mr. Clement Attlee, the Labour opposition leader, in the House of Commons.
Firstly, the Foreign Secretary gave details of the triple bomb attack on the concentration of Bri- tish merchant shipping accompanied by the gun-
TRAUTMANN CHINESE
NOT ASKED TO MEDIATE
Mr. Anthony
a question in the House mons yesterday, szi stood from the German
panese Governments that the Ger- man Ambassador in Nanking had not been charged to offer his ser- vices 18 peace mediato tween
the Chinese and Japanese Gover- ments-Beater.
boats H.M.S. Cricket and H.M.S. Scarab between FIVE-BARRED
Nanking and Wuhu.
"Fortunately," he declared, “no hit was registered and the British gunboats opened fire in return," (Cheers) with no reported result.”
Further incidents occurred at. Wuhu, where HMS. Ladybird, while proceeding to join a British tug which had been machine-gun- ned, was fired on by a field-gun battery.
SEVERAL CASUALTIES HMS. Ladybird sustained four
direct hits.
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ADMIRABLE RESTRAINT
London, To-day.
FLAG HOISTED IN PEIPING
PAPERS CLOSE
DOWN IN S'HAI
Shanghai To-day.
more Chiese papers, the Shan Pao and Ta Kung Pao," have the last edition to-day, nagement of the two well-known publications have de- laded to close their doors to
HOTTOW.
Both newspapers are reported to have received communications from the Japanese censors, asking them to submit proofs for perusal before publication, and that publicity should be given to the so-called "Ta- tao City Government and other or- ganisations.
These latter bodies should in no way be ridiculed, said the Japanese censors.
Peiping, 2 pm, To-day. The Japanese-sponsored “tem- The Tatao Government,” a 32- porary Government of Chinapanese-created body, is functioning was proclaimed formally this in Pootung. Reuter. Hitherto feeling in Britain over the Yangtse incidents has morning, in a special ceremony at been admirably restrained, but which the Kuomintang flag was ed, for any belief in Japan's self-hauled down and the old five years. proclaimed mission to "introduce barred flag of the Republic hoist dent.
Mr Eden deeply regretted to restability into the Far East" must port that a naval rating was killed, considerably and irrevocably be and there were several other forfeited in Western eyes by the casualties, including the Flag Cap-reckless manner in which she -tain
carries on the still undeclared war, says the Daily Telegraph," in a leading article this morning on the attacks on British and American gunboats.
The same battery had been firing on merchant ships, and at least one British merchantman had been hit BEE FIRED ON
HMS. Bee, which arrived short- ly after, was also fired on but was not hit
There may be genuine regrets în Tokyo that individual officers exceed their orders but there is no indica- The Senior Naval Officer landedtion whatever that this policy is be and lodged a strong protest with ing modified, however frequently re- the senior Japanese military officergrets are expressed when the wrong who stated that the firing on the ship is the target. warships was a mistake and he had: Moreover, it is clear that civilian orders to fire at every ship on the opinion in Japan is losing what little restraining infinence it might still hold over the service Junta.
river
WARNING PROMISED The Japanese civil, military and
Viscount Ishii on his goodwill
aval authorities at Shanghai were tour in Europe, is now disowned by mmediately informed, and had his government in Tokyo.-Reuter.
dertaken to warn Japanese forces.
the field
the
Meanwhile, Sir Robert Craigie, Ambassador in Tokyo, had made a strong protest to the For- eign Minister, who promised to make an immediate enquiry-Beu
ter.
US. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT FOREIGN OFFICE
ROYAL SALUTE
To-day being the 42nd birthday of His Majesty King George VI, a Royal Salute of 21 guns was fired from H M S. Adventure at Noon to-day.
Eden conferred with the His Excellency the Commander- Prime Minister, during the mom-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Sir Charles ing. The Yangtse incidents were Little, returned to the Colony this discussed when the United States morning by the Falmouth. Charge d'Affaires visited the For-
eign Office British Wireless
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yesterday
Lient Campling, R.A has report-
ed that while driving car
Hennessy Road yesterday, he knock-
dor in ed down Lau Pun-lan, aged 35, who
erved injuries to the head and
the deep regret of the Japan-was admitted to the Queen Mary
ment at the firing on Hospital.
ash vessels in the Yangtse and
life and injury caused. received of Wireless.
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