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TSINGTAO CAVALCADE
OF SORROW AND TRAGEDY Flight Follows Looting And Explosions
KONOYE BRITON LEADS FOREIGN JAPANESE
RESIGNATION
DENIED
Tokyo, To-day.
Shanghai reports of the immîn...” ent resignation of the Premier, Prince Koneye. were officially den- red by the Foreign Office this morning
It is added that Prince Konoye is steadily recovering from ~his recent illness Our Own Cortes- pondent.
BATTLE FOR TSINGTAO RESUMED
Tsinanfn
The Japanese
the
To-day.
VOLUNTEER CORPS ANTI-WAR M.P.'S
Tsingtao, To-day.
Events have commenced to move rapidly in Tsingtao, and the Mayor and garrison commander,
ARRESTED
Tokyo, Today.
Repeated rumours of growing
as well as all troops and marines, have left the city opposition in Japan to the
The Chinese police are deserting and looting
war
seem to be bome out by brought against two-japan-
has begun of the Japanese shopping district. Therese Members of Parliament this atmosphere has grown exceedingly tense.
The flow of refugees pouring out of Tsingtao
to the interior in an
to-day when thousands upo
Chinese city were determined
stream, thickened
ands in the evacuate safely
before the arrival of the Japanese.
the
presenting all nationals except m Americans.
They travelled on foot, on wheel Commander of the corps is a operations barrows and by every other form of Briton, Mr. A. P. Hogy, who has they
under him a force of 340 Tu against Chinese troops holding tra spart available, carrying their railway between Tsinanfu meagre belongings, and there was and Tsingtao were resumed this
2 cavalcade of sorrow and tragedy morning, when a large fleet of representing another of those tre- naval bombers co-operated with mendous shifts of population which artillery and infantry in an at- have marked the Sino-Japanese war tack on the Chinese defence lines.
At Taian, two brigades of infan- try were thrown into action at 7:30 this morning, and the battle is still
going on.
MORE DESTRUCTION
Meanwhile, more valuable pro perty, both Chinese and Japanese, has been blown up, and three ex- plosions following each other in quick succession this morning told The Japanese claim to have cap of destruction of the Kung Dah Cot- tured Pokshan, on the Tsinanfu-ton Mill at Tiangkow, 13 miles from Tsingtao Railway, though their Tsingtan advance on Tsingtao has made
appreciable progress.
NEW SHANTUNG
*
Testerday's attempt to blow up the electric plant recently built to supply Japanese mills with power, was not very successful. Only one generator was destroyed and all windows shattered, but it is believ The railway line connecting Taied that the Chinese will explode fur- nanfu and Tient is being repair ther charges and complete the job. ed, and in two days the Japanese
It is rumoured that the Chinese expect to be able to make use of this intend to destroy the Mayor's office and residence and the railway sta- tion as well as the Japanese "con- te and the Japanese Town Hall
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Taishato Party, before the Pub
of
on a charge
a "breach of
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ture, and that among Our
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