JAPANESE NOW IN OCCUPATION OF AMOY
City Falls During Night After Severe Fighting
JAPANESE TRY TO GET TIN HO IN NIGHT RAID
Canton, To-day.
The city was in darkness from 9.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. last night,
when nine Japanese planes, in two groups, appeared near the city.
Chinese A.A. batteries attack-
ed the invaders but failed to
score a hit.
Bombs were dropped near the Tin Ho and White Cloud Aero- dromes, but it is stated that the Chinese planes which raided the Japanese along the coast yester- day morning, had left for an in- land, base and were not in the
Chinese Troops Withdrawing To Mainland
Kulangsu, To-day.
Occupation of Amoy Island was virtually completed by Japanese naval contingents late last night, after severe fighting which lasted all day.
JAPANESE BOMB MAIN CANTON STREET
Canton, To-day. Thirty-five dead bodies and wounded persons have already
been extricated from, the debris caused by a Japanese bomb which fell in the course of a fairly large raid, shortly before 9 a.m. to day, on one of the inain streets of the
east city.
A number of civilian dwellings were demolished.
*
Rescue work is proceeding apace
More than 3,000 Japanese bluejackets took part in the operations, but they met with stubborn re- sistance by the Chinese garrison and it was not until Amoy City fell into their hands that and it is feared that the casualties withdrawal to the mainland took place.
Isolated skirmishes are still oc-
hangars which the Japanese at-curring at different points of the tempted to destroy in last night's island, but as the situation now stands, there appears to be no- thing to prevent Japanese estab- within a few days. lishment of complete control
raid.
The
was
"all clear" signal sounded after 11.20 p.m.-Our Own Correspondent.
CONFIDENCE VOTE IN BRUSSELS
The situation in Amoy City is
PATIENCE OF
CHRISTENDOM
somewhat obscure, as all foreign. WITH WAR
ers have necessarily remained in Kulangsu, but refugees speak of savage street fighting and heavy casualties. The Japanese flag has been run up on all public build- ings. Our Own Correspondent.
Shanghai, To-day.
It is reliably learned that the Japanese have captured the whole Brussels, To-day. of Amoy Island, and that the The Chamber of Deputies last Chinese forces are retreating to night passed a vote of confidence the mainland. in the Government by 101 votes
All foreigners on Kulangsu are to 76 on its tax programme.
safe.-Reuter. The Chamber agreed that the "crisis" tax and the new customs excise duties should be dicussed as a-matter of urgency.
HANKOW COMMUNIQUE
Hankow, To-day.
HORRORS
may be heavier. ⠀
Twenty-one raiders appeared and concentrated their bombing mainly on the loop-line: between the Canton-Kowloon and Canton- Hankow Railways, and near the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial.
A.A. guns went into action, but no Chinese defence planes were observed.
Last night, an unknown number of planes raided, the city. These also concentrated on the loop-line and dropped at least a dozen bombs, but shortly after the night train from Kowloon had arrived. LONDON, TO-DAY. The damage is believed to be THE ARCHBISHOP OF CAN-negligible.--Reuter. TERBURY, REFERRING TO THE FAR EASTERN HOSTILITIES AT THE MEETING OF THE SO- CIETY FOR PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN
PARTS, CRITICISED. THE PATI-
THE HORRORS OF WAR. ENCE OF CHRISTENDOM WITH
"It would be futile to say that our sympathies are with China.
"We have got so accustomed to these horrors in the twentieth cen-
WALL
COLLAPSE KILLS EIGHT
ROTTERDAM, TO-DAY. EIGHT PERSONS WERE KILL-
Severe fighting is raging be- tury, so accustomed to Christendom ED WHEN AN UNSUPPORTEI These taxes cover £5,000,000 of tween Chinese coastguards and being patient when it reads about WALL SUDDENLY COLLAPSED
the £8,000,000 deficit.
the Japanese landing party_at bombings-and-glaughters,-that-it
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN The Chamber also authorised the Watung and Niching, villages on makes one wonder whether the De- OF THIS CITY.
ONE OF THE NARROW STREET: Government to bridge the gap by the east shore of Amoy Island, vil has not got possession of the finding additional economies and according to a Chinese communi-world and part of our own
tapping new sources of revenue. The Chamber meets again
morrow (Friday).—
-Reuter.
to-
que.
It is stated that Japanese marines and sailors from more than thirty motorboats made a forced landing at Amoy on Tues-
MEDICAL AID FOR day under cover of heavy bomb-
CHINA
science."--Reuter.
con-
It is feared that further victims are still buried under the debris. A cafe on the other side of the street was likewise partially demo-
PORTUGAL ACTS lished by bricks of the collapsing
Lisbon, To-day.. It is officially announced that
wall.
The dilapidated wall which caus- ed. the accident was left standing when
the.. street was .broken ago-Trans-
ing by sixteen planes and bomb- ardment by eleven warships.
About 300 Japanese troops Portugal has recognised the Franco through some years penetrated the Chinese defences, regime in Spain-Reuter.
Geneva, To-day. but the main body was driven It was announced at the League back by a Chinese counter- Council yesterday that the Nether-attack. lands Government has contributed Later the Japanese received 50,000 florins for purchase of me-
reinforcements in a determined dical articles for the Chinese epide-attempt to occupy Amoy, appar- miological services.
ently for the purpose of estab- The Danish Red Cross has also lishing a base for invasion of contributed a large quantity of me-
|Fukien.-Reuter. dical supplies.-Reuter.
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ISOLATED
Amoy is now completely isolated from the outside world. The Japanese have apparently taken over con- trol of the telegraph office · and no messages between Hong Kong and Amoy or be- tween Shanghai and Amoy are now possible.
The last message to be re- ceived stated that all Chin- · ese resistance on Amoy Is- land had ceased.
Ocean.
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