THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 22, 1988.
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BRITISH RESIDENTS INTEND TO STAY IN HANKOW Position Made Clear In Official Statement
Former Concession
As Main Rallying
Point
Hankow, To-day.
In order to check the circulation of inaccurate re- ports and comments which may be prejudicial, the following is an authoritative statement res- pecting British interests in Wuhan, which has been handed exclusively to Reuter. The possibility of a Japanese advance to Wuhan advance to Wuhan have caused residents to give careful consider- ation to the safeguarding of their interests, should an emergency arise and close contact is therefore being maintained with the local Con- sular authorities.
In view of special rights grant- ed by Treaty in respect to the
Special Adiministrative District, FRENCH AIR
No. 3, (the former British Con-
cession) this is the principal rally-
ing point for British interests CHIEF'S VISIT
in
the case of emergency, but it must be observed that British interests of importance are widely distribut- ed throughout Wuhan and it is the fixed determination of those inter ests to maintain themselves on their properties, no less than in the Special Administrative District, No. 3.
NO WITHDRAWAL
TO GERMANY
Paris, To-day.
PRESIDENT EXTRAORDINARY
AIR ACTIVITY
LEBRUN TO RETURN VISIT
Paris, To-day.
It has been officialy announced that, President Albert Lebrun of France has accepted the Invitation. from the King to visit England.
President Lebrun, accompanied: by Madame Lebrun will pay an official visit to London in the first quarter of 1999 Renter.
TIENTSIN ANXIOUS OVER GUERILLAS
Hankow, To-day.
ON YANGTSE
Shanghar, To-day.
On the Yangtse front, the pre- parations of both sides still con- tinue
The Chinese attacks at Pengtseh and the activity of the air arms and the Japanese navy are the only signs of activity.
The Japanese
The Japanese spokesman in- Shanghai, confirmed this inactivity
terday, but claimed that 6,000
third-class Chinese troops had been driven from their positions, five kilometres south of Pengtseh. On the pretext of staging man- The Japanese had also occupied oeuvres, the Japanese troops at the township of Huangtuling, 10 Tientsin are building defence kilometres from Pengtseh. works in the suburbs against Chinese guerillas.
Since July 10, fighting has
anese
JAPANESE RETIRE
Loyang, To-day.
AIR ACTIVITY
been going on between the Jap- Private reports arriving from e and guerillas at Shang-Kiukiang show that both the Chin- fang and Wangkowchen south of ese and Japanese air arms in "that Tientsin. Central News,
district are extraordinarily active, Air fights and bomb attacks. going on almost without any inter- ruption. The Chinese again and again bomb the Japanese warships on the Yangtse, The Chinese planes also attack the Japanese troop con- The Japanese troops at Tsi-centration on the eastern shore of yuan, Po Ai and Tsinyang in the Lake Poyang.Trans-Ocean. north Honan are reported to be withdrawing eastward. Only A 20-year-old girl, Tang Man, skeleton forces are left.
was the victim of a snatch thief at Heavy losses have been sus- Nathan Road, near Waterloo Road, tained by the Japanese at Sin-yesterday. The snatcher, Man Peiping- King-yin, 22, appeared before Mr. Taokou-Q. A. A. Macfadyen this morning, Central and was sentenced to three months"
hard labour.
In confirmation of the report from Paris. of the forthcoming visit to Berlin of the Chief of Staff of the French Air Arm, 'General Vuillemin the "National Zeitung," of Essen, which is often regarded as the It is fully realised that under mouthpiece of Field Marshal Goer- certain circumstances, the difficulties ing, the Reich Air Minister, writes: attaching to the maintenance of "As we learn in connection with siang, junction of the 'communication may render the the report this French visit about Hankow Railway and withdrawal of British residents to take place, has been under con- Chinghua Railway from the outlaying. districts templation for some time past, in- News. desirable, but it is expected deed since the Flight-General Milch that the withdrawal will not, under paid a visit to the French Air Armut any circumstance, go further than last year and expressed the wish that.
that the leading men. the French The attitude of the residents is Air Arm should pay a return visit based essentially on their right to to Germany.
OF
continue the pursuit of their law- The German Air Arm will wel- ful avocations and maintain them come their distinguished French selves on their properties wherever guest with the same feelings of cor- this may be located, the immunity diality and comradeship as was of which is confidently expected to shown to General Milch and those be respected by both the belliger-who accompanied him, when they
visited France.
ents.
SAFETY ZONES
General Vuillemin, will have the opportunity to become acquainted References were recently made with the equipment of the German in the press to the attempts which Air Arm in all the particulars. Be- were proposed contain a large block yond doubt this visit, just like that of foreign property which in any of General Milch to France, will cade would be neutral and their lead to the strengthening of com- creation was advanced consequenti-radeship between the German and ally to assist foreign residents to the French Air Arm and will thus maintain themselves on their pro-influence Franco-German relations perties.
in a useful manner,
The impelling motive, however, At the same time, it should be is essentially humanitarian and it put on record that the visit to Ger- is the urgent desire of foreign re- many of the Chief of the French sidents, while maintaining them General Staff of the Air Arm serves selves in Wuhan, to give such as- no other purpose than the comrade- Fistance as
maybe within their ly and commendable inspection of power to the local Chinese popula- the equipment of the German Air tion and to safeguard them
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