THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 23, 1938
CHINESE
LAUNCHING
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BIG
OFFENSIVE FROM CHEKIANG
Bid To Breach Hangchow-Wuhu Communication
GRIM
ON
OF
DISCOVERIES RECAPTURE CHANGTEH
Hankow, To-day.
The Chinese forces on the south-eastern front, comprising eastern Anhwei and northern Che- kiang, are launching a general offensive in the near future, in an attempt to smash the Japan- ese line between Hangchow and Wuhu, accord- ing to Chinese sources.
CHEFOO CABLE CENSORSHIP
Peiping, To-day.
The Japanese authorities at Chefoo are refusing to accept coded telegrams from British and other businessmen and are not agreeing to a consular guarantee,~-- such as in force at Shanghai.— Reuter.
TWO CHINESE
Although the Japanese are said to be holding Wuhu NEWSPAPERMEN
and Hangchow in force, they are believed to have stationed only small garrisons at points between these two cities.
Chinese troops launched an
attack on Wuhu on Feb. 13 and a drive on Hangchow on Feb. 16, but
INTERESTING
after capturing strategic VIENNA CIRCULAR
points near the cities, were com- pelled to withdraw because of heavy artillery bombardments.
The Chinese high command, it is understood, plans to make the next
drive between Wuhu and
chow.
ATTACKING HUCHOW
ese are
Hang-
ARRESTED
Shanghai, To-day.
The proprietor of the Chinese] newspaper “Jen Pao" and two of his assistants were arrested yes-
CIRCULAR terday for unknown reasons by
Vienna, To-day.
which signa- A manifesto to tures are requested is now being circulated in all industrial and commercial firms in Vienna.
The manifesto states that workers are at all times ready to fight for Austrian independence Any threat to Austrian indepen-
In the Hangchow area the Chin-dence would not only entail disas- stated to be attacking trous consequences for the Aus- Huchow, on the
southern shore, trian working classes-büt `alse with the object of threatening the Shanghai-Hangehow Railway, while would increase the danger of a in the Wuhu sector the Chinese European war, with all its terri- are attempting to capture Hsuan- ble results for Austria-Trans- chen and Kaochun, points on the Ocean. highway between the two cities.
Central Government forces' are to bear the brunt of the forth- coming offensive, as it is intended to employ Government troops for attacks and provincial troops for defence of positions in quiet sectors.
MINISTRY FOR ASIATIC AFFAIRS
Tokyo, To-day. Germany's intention to recognise
Meanwhile the Chinese claim that Kwangteh, midway between Manchukuo has helped the Japan- Nanking and Hangchow, was reese Government to expedite captured on January 30.
STARK DESOLATION
in-
auguration of the "Ministry for Asiatic Affairs" designed tô guar~ antee a uniform course in the con- duct of Japan's-Asiatic policy by Normally with a population of co-ordinating and centralising the 80,000, the city is stated to have working of various departments been without a single inhabitant such as the cabinet committee for when Chinese troops re-entered the Manchukuo, the Asiatic Bureau, place, while no building had the Chinese department of the For- roof.. All were either burnt down-eign Office and the ministry for or destroyed.
administration of Japanese posses- sions overseas. Trans-Ocean.
Four hundred dead bodies.
·were picked up in the streets and among the ruins of buildings.
ANTI-RED PACT
Tokyo, To-day.
Kwangteh is said to have been recaptured without much fighting as the Japanese garrison was com- pelled to withdraw. following Chin- Reports from Dairen state that ese occupation of the highways Manchukuo has joined the Anti- surrounding the city. -Reuter, Comintern Pact Trans-Peean.
the International Settlement po- lice, accompanied by two Japan- ese officials.
CHINA PROTEST TO GERMANY POSTPONED
Hankow, To-day.
The circumstances leading to Germany's decision to recognise Manchukuo are believed to have been explained to General Chiang Kai-shek by Dr. Oscar Trautmann, German Ambassador, in an inter- view in Hankow on Monday after-
noon.
Meanwhile, the Chinese For- eign Office. has decided to post- pone despatch of its intended protest against the German deci- sion pending careful study of the original text of Herr Hitler's Reichstag speech.
Versions of the Fuehrer's ad- dress circulated here show con- siderable differences. Reuter.
papers publishing libellous state- ments.
This followed reports in Shanghai newspapers that Jap A Japanese news agency inti- anese sailors had plundered the Greek steamer which had been mated yesterday that drastic ac-seized by the Japanese authori- tion would be taken against news- ties. Trans-Ocean.
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