THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 11, 1938.
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GATHERING
FORCES FOR NEW
NEW DRIVE Twenty Four Transports Arrive At Kiukiang
Major Battle Now Believed To Be Imminent
Nanchang, To-day.
A major battle south of Kiukiang is expected to
break out imminently.
BOMBING OF CIVILIANS
ON LEAGUE AGENDA
Geneva,"
To-day.
The League of Nations Secre. tary has agreed to the request of the Spanish Government that the question of protection of the civil bardment in war-time should be placed on the agenda of the com- ing League Assembly-Reuter.
The Japanese are rushing heavy reinforcements population against aerial bom....
and military supplies to Kiukiang for another general offensive..
Twenty-four Japanèse transports and warships ar- rived at Kiukiang yesterday with a large num- ber of troops, war horses and tanks, armoured cars and other arms.
It is said that the Japanese 20th
Division which was recently dis-
patched to Kiukiang has already
been thrown into the field.
The Japanese have strengthened
ments.
ONE BANK OR THE OTHER?
Hankow, To-day.
BOMB EXPLODES IN SHANGHAI
Hankow, To-day.
A hand-grenâde exploded behind the Petain Apartments on Avenue. Patain, in the French Concession, Shanghai, at three o'clock yester- day morning, throwing the people there into a panic, according to a Shanghai report.
IMPORTANT
DISCUSSION IN PRAGUE
Prague, To-day.
Two conversations of prime im- portance for further development in Czechoslovakia took place yes- terday,
Firstly, Lord Runciman was re- ceived by the State President, Doc- tor Benes, in order, as a report is- sued by Lord Runciman's Secreta- riat States, "to discuss with him a programme of further work."
Almost at the same hour a second conversation took place, namely be- tween the Prime Minister, Doctor Hodza, and the Deputy, Dr. Kundt, Leader of the delegation entrusted by Herr Konrad Henlein with the conduct of the negotiations' regar- ding the Nationalities Statute.
Dr. Kundt was accompanied only by Dr. Rosche
This conversation was of short duration and in all probability con- cerned chiefly the further course
of negotiations.
In
MINISTERIAL COUNCIL
their defences around Kiukiang Fighting still continues on both and have completed repairs to the banks of the Yangtze, but the highway running between Kiukiang and Shaho, about 10 miles south-position remains unchanged, ac- west, to facilitate troop move-cording to reports here.
Several windows of the apart- The Chinese military circles ex- In the meantime, fighting con-pect that the Japanese big scale ments-were shattered, but no-one
Hankow will was injured.
the afternoon, under the tinues on the Shaho sector. The offence against
According to investigations by Chairmanship of the Prime Minis- chief point of contention is Ho- commence shortly, but its likely
ter, the committee of Ministers en- chow, south-west of Shaho. The Japanese succeeded at one time in starting point still remains a mat- the French Police, the hand-grenade ter of conjecture, since in the was accidentally caused to explode opinion of the Chinese, the num- by a French soldier in the French ber of Japanese troops concen- barracks behind the Petain Apart- trated on the Yangtse is still in- ments. sufficient to enable an advance to be undertaken simultaneously on both banks of the river.
occupying Chenchialung, but be- fore they could consolidate the Chinese hurled them back after
two counter-attacks.
Eight hundred Japanese slain.
-
NORTH BANK
were
The situation on the north bank of the Yangtze River is still favourable to the Chinese An im portant victory is said to have been won by the Chinese troops in the Tsienshan sector. The Japanese at Yuchiachin, north of Tsienshan,
routed and retreated Tsienshan, leaving 1,000 dead and wounded and a large quantity arms and ammunition “on battlefield.--Central News.
were
JAPANESE BOMB TIENCHIACHEN
Hankow, To-day.
on
+
Hitherto, the Japanese have endeavoured, by means of iso- lated attacks at different points, to discover the weak spots in the
lines which Chinese
The report also revealed that an unexploded bomb was found in the International Settlement at five o'clock yesterday morning. Cen- tral News.
might ONE TACKLED LION
afford a possibility of breaking through.
STRONG DEFENCES
trusted with deciding political
questions assembled. .
is
Clearly an endeavour being made to convert the consultations, which up till now have been of purely Informative character, into definite negotiations.
reception of the Sudeten Ger- man Delegation by Lord Runciman is expected to take place to-day and will serve the same purpose.
What result will come out of
the
these efforts to solve the Sudeten German problem cannot at this all A charge of murder against a moment be predicted, since ed as independent, was accused those taking part in negotiations of using insulting, words and are required to maintain man who, it was said, once dis- strictest silence--Trans-Ocean. of
The carrying out of these tac- tics, however, has necessarily de-played courage in dealing with a manded considerable time and the lion which endangered people ot Chinese have thus been enabled a Blackpool circus, was not pro-
with
the
to bring up reinforcements and ended win at Manchester As-ISOVIET CONSUL IN
strengthen their positions, which izes recently. are now regarded as very strong.
SEOUL
LEAVES
Sentence of six months' hard labour was passed by Mr. Justiceļ A squadron of Japanese bombers
Hence, Chinese military au- Tucker on Joseph Leonard Hatch,
Tokyo, To-day. raided Tienchiachen, on the north bank of the Yangtze River in south thorities take an optimistic view 35, of Pembrokegrove, who plead-
ed guilty, to the mansluagter of The Russian Consul-General of Susan Bell, 35, a widow, of Hat-Seoul, which is capital of Korea, Hupeh, 150 kilometres east of Han- of the situation. kow, yesterday.. Slight damage Regarding the eventful Japan- ton-street, Longsight, and to has informed the Japanese Gov- ese advance on Nanchang, it is using an instrument. This plea ernor-General that. he is depart pointed out here that the moun-'
was caused.-Central News.
CHINESE AIR ARM ACTIVE.
Hankow, To-day.
tainous region is strongly forti-was accepted by the prosecution. ing for Moscow on vacation.
Insp. Pierpoint, referring to the Informed circles assume that fied, and that a Japanese flank-
ing attack from Lake Poyang circus incident, said that Hatch the Soviet Union will utilize his The Chinese Air Force staged would consequently encounter went into the lion's cage, put a absence and the present frontier Trans-Ocean, collar on the animual, and got it confliction as an excuse for clos- two raids on Japanese warships in, great difficulties.
laway. He was injured and had to Ing the Consulate in Koren, -
Trans Gowan: be taken to hospital
the Yangtze River yesterday,
The first raid was carried out in the afternoon on six large and 10 medium-sized Japanese vessels between Matang and Hukou. Co- lumns of black smoke rose sky- high from two of the vessels,
Another squadron staged a raid on a fleet of 16 Japanese warships!
STABLE BOY KILLED
Fong Fat, stable boy, admitted
in the vicinity of Hukou. Tons of to the Kowloon Hospital suffering high explosives were unloaded on from multiple injuries, died two the vessels, inflicting heavy dam- hours later. He received his in- age. The Japanese: opened terfißic. juries when dragged round the anti-aircraft gunfire without effect. compound of Whitefield Barracks by a mule which had broken loose. -Central News.
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