NEW JAPANESE OFFENSIVE IN SHANSI
Shanghai, To-day.
CHINESE VIEW OF EUROPEAN CRISIS
The "Ta Kung Pao," comment- ing on the European situation According to Japanese military to-day, foresees increasing fric- despatches from North China, the tion in Europe and forecasts fur- aggressive actions by Herr Hitler who
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Japanese forces operating along the who has been encouraged STOP PRESS the north bank of the Yellow River by another victory through his in south-western Shansi, have com-policy of coercion. menced a general offensive.
ваув The "Sing Tao Jih Pao" that retreat and surrender "before
A fierce encounter is being aggression may retain a precarious fought at Tungkwan, the object peace but cannot prevent war and being to cross the Yellow River will only increase the state of ten- into Shensi Province.
sion and suspense.
The Japanese report claims | The journal, expressing sympathy that some of their troops, man-for the Czechs, remarks that their aged to cross the river a few struggle is not only for themselves miles east of Tungkwan, but this but for the system of democracy and is denied by Chinese circles, who world peace. It attacks the states- state that according to latest re- men of democratic countries,
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ports from the Lung-Hai area, have sliced off part Czecho- the Chinese are stubbornly hold- Slovakia for Germany by coercion. ing their positions along the This will only encourage the aggres- south bank of the River and that no crossing has yet been effected sors, it says. by the Japanese troops who have made several unsuccessful drives during the past week.
The paper believes that in order to extricate Europe from the pre- sent dangers, it is imperative that Britain, France and Soviet Russia
Both Chinese and Japanese re- ports speak of skirmishes be-cooperate closely.-Central News. tween the two forces in other
· areas along the Lung-Hai Line.- Our Own Correspondent.-
Tsoi Kam-shun, 23, unemployed, was fined $10 by Mr. R. Edwards the Central Magistracy this charged with Yaumati ferry
when on the
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