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JIYOZ JEAN LAND THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 16, 1988.
JAPANESE ALLEGATIONS REFUTED IN CHUNGKING Hankow Withdrawal Orderly And Successful
New Strategy To Make Japanese Task Dangerous
ARAB TRAFFIC STRIKE PERSISTING
JAPANESE WITHIN 62 MILES OF CHANGSHA
Jerusalem, To-day.
Chungking, To-day. The traffic strike which was be-
Hankow, To-day.
The Japanese forces are now
The Japanese had recently ad- south-west of Tyochow, it was vanced to Taolin, about 18 miles claimed.
Japanese reports alleging that the Chinese retreat-gun by the Arabs on November 1, less than 62 miles from Chang- ed in disorder from Hankow, were categorical- to accept identity cards issued by ducting the first Japanese press still continues since Arabs refuse sha, declared Colonel Nagai, con- ly denied yesterday by the Chinese military the authorities for the drivers of conference here yesterday. spokesman.
all vehicles. The spokesman stated that "by the time the Ja-
In view of the Arab attitude, the end of the strike is not yet in sight panese cavalry reached the vicinity of the Ja- and only in the orange growing dis- panese Concession at Hankow on the night of tricts of Jaffa
In their advance the troops were are Arab vehicles meeting with occasional Chinese October 25, the main body of Chinese troops had still in use, in order to ensure that resistance, according to Col. Nagai, left, and only 50 Chinese soldiers remained be-the Arabs' chief source of income, the Chinese divisions on the south the export of oranges, which are who asserted that the "strength of hind fighting a rearguard action to make the is not interrupted. withdrawal across the Han River secure.'
Food prices have risen consider- He added that the Chinese "lei-ably since only small quantities of He declared they had been order- surely set fire to the principal Ja-fruit, vegetables and other foods ed to engage in guerilla warfare in panese buildings two hours before are still being imported from the vicinity of Juichang, Tayeh, the evacuation of the Chinese main Syria and Lebanon.
Wuning, Tungshan and Tsungyang. body.
General Hata and Vice-Admiral Military operations "The orderly withdrawal
systemati-Oikawa witnessed was cally continue and extensive
an imposing facilitated by thorough preparation tions were carried out in the re-sand Japanese soldiers and sailors ac-parade yesterday of several thou- lasting several months.
gion of Samaria. "Successive readjustments of the
on the Chinese Race Course. Incidents reported yesterday in- line of defence conform to the pre-clude several serious shooting af- of those killed since February in The event was staged in memory determined plans of the Chinese frays during which a number of the drive on Hankow. command, which is now adopting Arabs were killed.· ̈
JAPANESE BOMB WIDELY INDISCRIMINATELY
CHUNGKING, TO-DAY. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT EX- TENDED THEIR SPHERE OF ACTIVITIES TO CHINA'S NORTH-WEST YESTERDAY WHEN THEY BOMBED TOWNS INNINGHSIA, KANSU AND SHENSI..
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Three machines appeared Ninghsia, provincial capital, early in the morning and staged an air holocaust which the city had never before experienced.
More than 70 civilians are known to have been killed and wounded. Many more are believed to be buri-. ed under the ruins. Scores of houses were reduced to a shambles.
At noon, a squadron of Japanese planes made another attack. They were driven away by intense Chin- ese anti-aircraft gunfire.
The alarm was raised in Lan- chow, Kansu, shortly after 5 o'clock in the morning when it was report- ed that three Japanese planes wore heading for the city.
molishing about 70
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a new strategy which will make the In the region of Gaza, tracks of Japanese positions in China even the railway line passing were ser- difficult and dangerous." iously damaged by a mine. Bri- tish troops who pursued the Arabs
more Reuter.
Yangtse front is sadly depleted."
TURN GUERILLAS
DOMINIONS'
responsible for the outragė, 'were CHOICE IN
fired at and three British soldiers were wounded.-Trans-Océan.
Miss Phyllis Li, residing at Kai Yan Road, reported that while shop- ping at No. 74 Queen's Road Cen-
Yiu Hung, of No. 22 Ventris tral, she lost a handbag, containing Road, has reported that at 9 a.m. money, jewellery, diary and a motor yesterday, some driving licence, the total valued at water pump to the value
person stole
of $50 $33, from the counter.
from the garden.
UNITED STATES LEARNS MILITARY LESSONS
FROM CHINA AND SPAIN
Washington, To-day.
a
Reuter.
EVENT OF WAR
was
London, To-day. The political independence of British Dominions, in the case of war,
underlined by Mr. Pirow, Defence Minister of the South African Union, in a speech at a dinner given in his honour by the South African Club in London.
Before a number of prominent guests, the South African Minister declared that, in many cases, mon- participation of a dominion in a war would be pure suicide.
On the other hand, he could per- ceive possibilities when a participa- tion in war against the wish of the population majority would lead to a'grave unrest.
Cooperation between members
interests and not on sentiment,
The raiders dropped four bombs Lessons from the Chinese and Spanish wars are of the British Commonwealth and at Tsingsienwanpao nearby, de-
stressed in the Annual Report of the Chief-of-England must be based on common Staff, General Malin Craig, to the Secretary of Trans-Ocean. War, revealing deficiencies in the army and suggesting remedies.
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houses.
Altogether 26 Japanese planes,
Eighteen bombed Sian's western
flying from Shansi, visited Shensi.
suburbs, causing, little damage. The authorised United States Army of 165,000 en-
They flew away afterwards. Japan- ese aircraft also visited Tungkwan, on the Shenai-Shansi border, and Wuyuan in west Suiyuan. At Wu- yuan, they dropped a number of handbills.
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listed men, says the Report, ranks only eigh- teenth among the armies of the world.
This marked inferiority suggests weapons.
FRONTIER CONTROL TIGHTENED
Brussels, To-day. The Belgian Government has tightened frontier control to pre-
The Government's announcement
that it is imperative to equip It Discussing organised reserves, vent immigration into Belgium. with the right sort of armament, but the Report declares that the rapid- An Anhwei report received here until the past year, appropriations ity with which modern wars are that concentration camps will be reveals that 21 Japanese bombers were devoted largely to aircraft launched, indicates that the time erected for emigres entering Bel- raided Taiping, dropping 160 ex-and, to a lesser extent, to tanks and available for training after the gium illegally from Germany has plosives there. Some of the mis-similar combat weapons. alles hit a hospital, killing scores
outbreak of an emergency, will be bean swiftly followed by practical The larger appropriations recent-brief compared with past exper- measures. Several hundred Jews wounded soldiers receiving treat-ly made will permit a marked reduc-ience. ment. Scores of non-combatants Ition in the extreme shortage of
have been quartered in the camp at were also killed and wounded. Over | semi-automatic rifles and anti-states that the air corps is now be
Dealing with aircraft, the Report Marxplas near Antwerp, BOY 60 houses were razed to the ground. aircraft armament, and ultimately ing equipped with, planes and ma- for a small remuneration. Further The inmates are required to work Lankl and Iwu, northeast of an efficient anti-tank weapon. Kinhwa on the Cheklan-Kiangel
terial equal, if not superior, to any concentration camps will · shortly The operations in China and military plane in design, speed, on- be erected at Marneffe, between Railway in Cheklang were also Spain illustrate the greatly increas-durance and suitability for mill- Namur and Liege, and elsewhere.- raided-Central News,“
led power of these new defensive tary purposes.--Router.
Trans-Ocean..