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Chiang Kai-shek And Three Million Soldiers Determined To Continue Resistance To Japan
GEN. ITAGAKI SAYS WAR WILL GO ON
Tokyo, To-day.
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CONTINUOUS CONFERENCES
IN CHUNGKING
Chungking, To-day.
"If necessary we will march to "Neither the Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek, nor
the Chinese Nation as a whole have any inten tion to acknowledge defeat following the fall of Canton and Hankow"-state political circles here.
the remotest sections of China," declared General Itagaki, the War Minister, in an exclusive statement to Reuter on the occasion of the partial occupation of Hankow.
"Very soon we will be in occupation," he added.
full.
"What the fall of Hankow signi-
Chungking is in a state of excitement and all min- isters are in continuous conferences deciding the course to be pursued.
TWO CARS AND TRAFFIC "COP" IN GARDEN RD. COLLISION
Two cars were damaged, as the result of a collision shortly after noon to-day at the junction of Kennedy Road and Garden Road,
The cars involved were- car No. 3587, driven by Mr. Mundy of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd, and car No. 3553, driven by Miss Fung Ting, of Park Road.
Mr. Mundy was travelling down been forthcoming and it is presumed that con- Ting was driving aleng Upper ferences will be continued.
fies will best be known to General No official communique by the Government has
Chiang Kai-shek himself. After this, coupled with the fall of Can- ton, he will be little more than a local chieftain.
"But for the Japanese this is a mere milestone on the way to final and complete eradication # of all influences embracing Communism and resisting
Garden Road while Miss Fung
Albert Road intending to go That China will continue resist-over one million soldiers stationed across Garden Road into Ken- ance is considered certain by into the west of the Hanków-Canton, nedy Road. formed quarters, who point to four Railway Line and the Hankow The cars collided at the junction, reasons for it:
Peiping Railway line, that a fur-Mr. Mundy's "car was overturned ther million troops are holding the and badly damaged while the other Tine
farther west, while a third car a new saloon was extensive- peace million is being trained in the pro-ly damaged in the region of the
The constable on point duty at the spot was knocked down and received injuries to the right leg.
Both drivers escaped serious injury.
(1) National China stands
to
but vinces of west and south-west radiator.
Japan's just rights and aims. lose everything by making "We will not relax our efforts under the present conditions, until we have succeeded in build-to-win the war- if resistance is con- China. ing a new China and laying the tinued. foundation of permanent peace in the Far East.
"Only then, but not until then, will we stop." Reuter.
China, is also in possession of :(2) The Japanese army has considerable rezerves of ammunition never defeated, the Chinese army, and other war material and if the which has always succeeded in Japanese push- further west, condi- Officers in the Traffic Depart- offering stiff resistance, inflicting tions will become less favourable ment are investigating the cause of heavy losses and then retreating in for them.-Trans-Ocean.
the collision.
JAPANESE NAVAL order, CRAFT AT HANKOW
CHANGE WOULD CAUSE SPLIT
(3) A change of the policy hitherto pursued would result in a split since certain members of the Government as well as a con
Hankow, To-day. - Two Japanese motorboats with 20 Japanese marines on board,siderable percentage of the people drew alongside the Japanese Con- would insist on continuing to resist cession opposite the smouldering the invader. Consulate this morning, 200 yards
Tern.
(4) Japan is strangling herself
below H.M.S.” Gnat and H.M.S. financially through the campaign
and will not be able long to tinue the sacrifices now being made.
Standing on the foreshore in drizzling". "Fain' a Japanese officer gave an assurance that the Jacquinot Safety Zone would be respected,
The officer stated that a larger vessel was arriving at 5 o'clock this afternoon, and the main army. not until later-Reuter."
PRINCE CHICHIBU
3,000,000 TROOPS
con-
These are reasons given by poli- tical circles explaining why the resistance will be continued. It is declared that China has at present
been
with the forces in South
LEAVES CANTON China, has returned to Japan, ac-
BY AIR
(From Our Own Correspondent)
cording to well-informed sources. It is understood that the Prince was taken by Japanese naval plane to Taihotsu, in For- mosa, at seven o'clock this morn- Canton, To-day.ing and is proceeding almost im Chichibu, brother of mediately to Tokyo, also by air. the Japanese Emperor, who has Our Own Correspondent.
Prince
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