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SOUND
AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
OF GUNFIRE
HEARD IN HANGCHOW Chinese Troops On Outskirts Of City
CHINESE
Japanese Outposts
IRREGULARS Driven Back
IN POOTUNG
Shanghai, To-day.
Shanghai, To-day.
An admission that Chinese troops are strong- Persistent reports regarding ly counter-attacking on various fronts, was made raids on Japanese army strong-
holds in Pootung by Chinese by a Japanese military spokesman this morning.
mobile units were confirmed this morning by a Japanese military spokesman.
The spokesman said that at present there are some 3,000 Chinese "irregulars" in Pootung,
where martial law has had to be proclaimed as a result.-Reuter.
CHINESE LEADERS CONFER ON STATEMENT
Shanghai, To-day. According to Chinese quarters here Chinese Government leaders at Hankow held a long conference yesterday in order to discuss the situation created by the Japanese announcement that the Chinese Central Government can "on longer be recognised by Japan.
statement
Although an official regarding the outcome of the con- ference has not been issued, politi-
Biggest operations yesterday, the spokesman added, were in the vicinity of Hsuchow, where the Chinese, after resisting several Japanese attacks, attacked in their turn.
ROYAL DUKE IN THE SOUP
Vienna, To-day.
The German Legation here has protested to the Austrian Government against the viola- Ition of the German national.
emblem by Duke Ernst of Hohenburg, son of the Archduke sination at Sarejevo in 1914
Francis Ferdinand, whose assis-
hastened the World War.
..
The Duke, so it is declared, smashed with his walking stick
The spokesman said that General Chang Fa- the name plate of the Vienna kwei, commander of the "Ironsides,” was assem-office of the German State Rail- bling his troops south of Hangchow along the Tien- tional emblem was shown.
ways on which the German na- tang River, their object being recapture of Hang- chow.
Yesterday their vanguard reached Japanese outposts, where an action lasting over an hour took place.
The Japanese outposts were driven back but the spokesman claimed that the situation was well in hand.
He admitted that the Chin- ese are advancing on Hang- chow from several directions
cal quarters here regard it as cer-is determined to continue resistance tain that the Chinese Government | against Japan.-Trans-Ocean.
ALLEGED ASSAULT ON TWO BRITISH WOMEN IN SHANGHAI
London, To-day.
A new incident which is likely to further strain
bations between Britain and Japan, is reported:
by the Shanghai correspondents of the London newspapers.
According to the report, two British women were assaulted and abused by eight Japanese sol- diers while they were out for a walk outside the In- ternational Settlement boundary.
Official confirmation of the incident, however, s still outstanding.
The British authorities in in the International Settlement. Shanghai, ît is declared, have The British Government, ac- ordered a court of enquiry, and cording to the London news- are trying to establish details of papers, will lodge a formal protest the affair.
in Tokyo as soon as a full report The incident is said to have of the affair has reached London. caused considerable indignation Trans-Ocean.
and that skirmishes have occurred, and are still oc curring, "very near" Hang- chow itself.
Passers-by who witnessed the incident summoned the police, who, however, released the Duke after having established his identity.
The Austrian Government has ordered an inquiry and has as- sured the German Legation that the violation of the nameplate Last night the sound of heavy of the German official institu- artillery was audible in Hang- tion would be prosecuted with chow. Our Own Correspon the full severity of the law. dent.
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