THE CHINA MAIL
CHINA WAR
WAR SURVEY
Full Confidence In Ultimate Chinese Victory
JAPANESE SUFFER SERIOUS CASUALTIES
Hankow, To-day.
The fighting in South Shantung now centres around Tancheng which was reoccupied by the Chin- ese on Saturday after having been captured by the Japanese on Fri- day. The battle around the town still continues,
TRAINS CONVEYING MATERIAL KEEP
MOVING DAY & NIGHT
Hankow, To-day.
JEWEL ROBBERY
1.
IN RANPURA
A robbery involving jewellery to the value of £250 has been
When returning here on Saturday from a 14 days' belatedly reported by the master
visit to the front, Trans-Ocean's special war of the P. and O. s.s. Ranpura in a“ correspondent declared that the chief impres-letter to the Police sion received during his two weeks' tour was The letter states that between the dates April 13 and 17, either that all classes of Chinese are still optimistic on the high seas or in the Colony
· regarding the ultimate outcome of the conflict of Hong Kong, the jewellery was and that they have full confidence in the ability stolen from the first-class saloon of the Chinese army to withstand the Japanese The vessel left Shanghai for onslaught.
Hong Kong on April 13 and the theft was discovered a day out of
voyage
The Japanese launched an at- tack against the town of Pih- During his prolonged visit to the Tsinpu Railway, the correspondent found that the discipline and the morale of the Chinese troops are still ex- cellent and that the technical apparatus of the Chinese army, such as the Commissariat de
crosses
the
P
Imperial
hsien which is situated at a point where the Lunghai Railway Canal but they failed to reach the town since the Chinese deli- vered a successful counter-attack.
The Chinese declared that the Japanese losses, which they esti- mate at 20,000 'dead or wounded, were five times as heavy as their. own casualties in these actions. VILLAGES RETAKEN
0
The counter-attacking Chinese troops captured a number of vil- lages between
and Taierchwang.
Pihsien
partment, are functioning smoothly, so that there is no hitch in transport of provisions and ammunition to the front.
While on the. Lunghai Railway,
cabin of Mrs. H. E.. Parkinson.
Hong Kong on the Singapore.
BIG H. K. JEWEL ROBBERY:
PART RECOVERED
to
Some part of the jewellery,
as far as Hsuchow, which is quite LEAGUE MEETING valued at $3,700, which was lost
near to the front, show hardly any trace that a great conflict is. in pro- gress in close proximity, and trains with war material are constantly rolling over those sections of the
Chinese military quarters Pinghan and Lunghai Railways here, however, regard the present which are still in Chinese hands. engagements merely ́as a pre- lude for a great battle and they Passenger and non-military pointed out that both sides are goods traffic on these lines concentrating all their completely interrupted. available reserves in the antici- pation of such a battle. Trans- Ocean.
Now
CHIANG KAI SHEK MESSAGE OF CONFIDENCE
Shanghai, To-day.
Firm confidence in ultimate Chinese success is expressed by General Chiang Kai-shek in a circular of encouragement to all members of the Kuomin- tang in the country.
the
The message says that campaign of resistance has already entered the second stage, and that while the si- tuation remains grave, consi- derable progress has been made by regulars and gueril- las-towards attainment of ulti- mate victory.
.
"The Japanese armies are al- ready showing signs of ... ex- •' haustion, while the prospects of a Chinese victory are grow- ing ever brighter."Router.
SUPERIORITY IN NUMBERS
is
Although it is admitted that it is extremely difficult to estimate the relative strength of the Chinese and the Japanese forces which are now concentrated in this area, the Trans- Ocean representative declared that there is no doubt that the Chinese who are still receiving reinforce- ments practically without interrup- tion, have a marked superiority in numbers on the Hsuchow front.
The numerical superiority of the. Chinese, however, is set off by the in decided Japanese superiority mechanised units and technical equipment.
The correspondent declared that | from what could be gathered, of the situation during his visit to the front it appears rather improbable that the Chinese will launch at surpris attack in the near futuré.
DEFENSIVE ROLE.
The Chinese, so he said, will the probably prefer to remain on. defensive.
however,
The correspondent, thinks that the Japanese forces..in North China are likewise not strong enough at the present moment to force a decision by a large scale offensive.
He believes that the Japanese
MOSCOW CAUTION attack on the Lunghai Railway is
likely to produce any decisive
results as long as the Japanese for-
Warsaw, Yesterday. ces, engaged in this operation, re- No less than 6,000 arrests have main relatively, weak,and been made in Moscow. as a preven-every initial success these tative measure against possible may score, will at once be checked disorders on May Day, says a by the Chinese counter-attacks: press report-Trans-Ocean:
Trans-Ocean.
by. Mrs. Tobias on New Year's. Barcelona, To-day,
Day, Kas been recovered and the The Republican Government has thief apprehended and convicted. entrusted Alvarez del Vayo, the It was revealed this morning Republican Spanish Foreign Minis-that jewellery to the value of ter, with the mission of represent $1,700 has been recovered when ing Republican Spain at the next the thief, Wong Chau, formerly session of the League of Nations in the employ of Mrs. Tobias as a and has instructed its Ambassador coolie, was sentenced to six in London, Senor Azcarate, to de-months imprisonment by Mr. the Central Magis- putise for him during his absence Butters, at at Geneva.-Trans-Ocean,
tracy.
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