THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988.
GRAPHIC PICTURE OF FRONT BATTLE
TEHAN
Correspondent Watches Action From Kuling
Chinese Make
Good Use Of
Natural Defences
Nanchang, To-day.
(From Reuter's special" correspondent with the Chinese forces on the south Funytse front.)
TRADE UNIONS LORD HALIFAX
AND BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY
London, To-day.
In a speech at yesterday's session at Blackpool of the Trades The present Japanese drive towards Tehan is deve-
loping into one of the fiercest engagements in Union Congress, Sir Walter Citrine the present hostilities.
CALLS ON KING BORIS
London, To-day. Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secre- of: tary, called upon King Boris Bulgaria at his London hotel yes- terday afternoon,
King Boris, with Queen Joanna, recalled the interview between the will probably leave London on Saturday for Balmoral, where they The natural defences in the hills, which are all Prime Minister and the Trades are expected to stay as the private
grown over with thick foliage, make a long Union Council earlier this year on
sustained attack difficult.
guests of the King and Queen until
Tuesday.
The Foreign Secretary was again engaged all day with officials at JAPANESE AIRCRAFT AND ARTILLERY CAN DO MUCH TO the subject of rearmament.
He said the Premier had made a the Foreign Office on an examina- UPSET THE MORALE AND BLAST THE CHINESE OUT| OF CERTAIN POSITIONS BUT IN A FINAL ASSAULT, confidential statement on the need tion of various aspects of the situa
which CHARGES WITH BAYONETS AND HAND-GRENADES UP for acceleration of the rearmament tion in Central Europe, in
there has been no important change." THE SLOPES AND THROUGH THE THICKETS ARE programme...
No pledges had been asked for-British. Wireless. NEEDED AND IN THIS TYPE OF WARFARE, THE SUPER-
London, To-day. IOR NUMBERS OF THE CHINESE NECESSARILY PROVE or given.
All that had been sought was a Queen Mary visited the Empire MORE EFFECTIVE THAN IN THE OPEN COUNTRY.
general intimation from the Coun-Exhibition at Glasgow again yes- at the
former cil of its good will.
terday; remaining for five hours.- I was able to watch the opening ordered existence
Sir Walter Citrine mentioned British Wireless. stages of a Japanese offensive from popular resort now transformed in- a magnificent vantage point on top to a mountain eyrie overlooking a that the spokesmen for the Coun- gil, for their part, had told Mr. of Kuling Mountain, 3,500 feet battlefield.
Govern- above the surrounding countryside, · All foreign residents are safe and Chamberlain that the
ment's foreign policy did not com- in company with two other press-none desire to leave,
Kuling is comparatively quiet mend itself to the Labour move- men, the only foreigners allowed to proceed to Kuling since the fall of and has not been affected by the ment and that if the Government
for a few bad days wished
a widespread - and war except for Kiukiang-
strong response to an appeal to the After obtaining permission from after the fall of Kiukiang.
CHOLERA AT KULING Trades Union movement for its the Chinese party at the bottom,
Then, 20,000 Chinese refugees goodwill, then the nearer the Gov- only one path up. Kuling which could still be used, necessitated rushed up the mountain, crowding ernment's policy came to the prin- our proceeding due north from Te-all streets and lanes, bringing ciples of collective security the
Chinese cholera with them a scourge`which better.--British Wireless. han almost through the
was previously unknown in the front lines.
Heavy rain with cool weather
As we started, the Japanese were quiet resort. in the process of launching a pre- liminary bombardment...
of
of
prevented the outbreak from
SIR KINGSLEY
KING PETER'S BIRTHDAY
Belgrade, To-day. All Yugoslavia celebrated the fifteenth birthday of King Peter II yesterday when detachments of the Yugoslav army paraded before their young King, in whose honour a torch-light processions took place
out the country. Trans-Ocean,
spreading. Many of the refugees WOOD AT ELTHAM in all towns and villages-through-
were sent to Nanchang, others left at the rate of 2,000 a day un- til only about 10,000 Chinese re- main at Kuling.
range.
Wireless.
London, To-day.
in.
The R.M.S. "Empress of Asia". from Vancouver is due at Hong Kong on September 22.
There was not five minutes the day when we were out of sight
-A 10-year-old boy, named Cheung or hearing of the Japanese planes which were harassing the Chinese
Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister for Su-kit, of No. 161, Temple Street, with 3 relentless barrage
The following morning the Ja-Air, yesterday inspected the balloon struck by a brick which fell from
at Kidbrooke a house under construction bombs and machine-gun fire:
panese bombardment began even barrage aquadrons “WE TAKE COVER?”
Park, Eltham, Kent. The balloon Shanghai Street yesterday was We
ourselves were frequently fiercer than the day before. obliged to take cover, once hiding leap-frog, as the artillery found the barrage is intended. to play an im- taken to the Kowloon Hospital, and
portant part in the defence of Lon-died a few hours after admission. over half an hour while nine heavy
from air attack British Shells began bursting regularly don bombers subjected the surrounding
round the Chinese positions in the area to a heavy bombardment.
We finally reached the foot of valley and against the hill slopes Chinese were holding Lushan Mountains and there em-where the barked on a gradual climb up the positions in the woods.
Far away, like a silvery stake on slopes towards Kuling.
River from the horizon, the Yangtse At this point the menace
A sentence of eight months' aeroplanes lessened since the wood-could be clearly glimpsed.
hard labour was passed on Wong ed,slopes provided plenty of cover while the few aircraft that passed I was able to count 41 large Ja-Seek, aged about 20, at the Central overhead appeared to be engaged|panese ships apparently composed Magistracy this morning, for the in scouting.
for the most part of transports and theft of a wallet at the General KULING REFUGEES
destroyers anchored, 25 of which Post Office yesterday. Down a steep track between bam-were off Kiukiang and the rest off Det. Sergeant Oakley said defen- boos, tramping along, in the hot sun, Juïchàng surrounded by smaller dant had four previous convictions
for larceny from the person. came a weary and endless proces-craft.
JAPANESE SHIPS -
POST OFFICE PICKPOCKET
BABY GOT DIARRHOEA?
REMOVE THE CAUSE
IT saps your baby's strength. Lowers his resistance to disease. Leaves him a prey to other sicknesses. Regulate the bowels and banish it immediately..
Read the experience of Mrs. Edith Stroud, of Brown's Line P.O." Ont.: huve nine children, have not had one look-serious illnd among them, and owe this to Baby" Own Tablets. For lar- rhoea they are invaluable. They quick- ly clear up the cause. I am positive they prevent indigestion. Children sleep a natural sleep,”.
sion of refugees from Kuling, car- A vessel, presumed to be the rying babies and belongings, many Wenchow, was clearly visible at the time being at any rate.-Reuter, Sitting on the verandah of obviously small tradesfolk not used A. P. C. Installation but British and
American gunboats could not be bungalow, I looked down on an 'to walking and carrying loads.
endless procession of Japaneso Intermingled with the refugees picked out.
LINES WAVER
bombers and pursuit planes were a few Chinese wounded and sick, soldiers, ✨ some shaking: with After spending 24 hours at Kul-ing strangely weird. malaria and hardly able to walking, the Japanese bombardment in- ARTILLERY BARRAGE
were strafing the Kuling was reached in moon- creased in intensity and part of the The planes
Promptly effective, also, in cases of light amid the roar of guns and Chinese lines were apparently way- Chinese positions and every now
and again the Chinese would simple, fever, colds, colic, upset sto rafile of machine-guns below as ering.
We decided to return to Nan-to shoot down the planes with rifle mach, constipation, simple croup, Indi the party traversed quiet lanes
gestion and teething troubles. Quickly expel worms towards the bright lights of a chang' before the Infantry attack, and machine-gun fire.
The aeroplane, barrage was short- Free of stupefying drugs and opiates. little town not five miles from which might have resulted in our
Easy to take as candy. Safe and harm- the most delicate the front trenches in the valley being completely cut off, started.⠀⠀⠀ly supplemented by artillery.
The journey back was hazardous Through field-glasses, I watched less. Can be
child. INCONGRUITY : More incongruous still was to but fortunately there were no un-shells bursting in the valley bed. Analy And a large body of foreign resi- fortunate consequences and we are neath each one exploding slightly often strike - dents living a peaceful and well-'now back at Nanchang safe for the beyond the last in a sort of gradual everywhere.
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