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THE CIVIL WAR IN SZECHUAN
Struggle Round Missionary Compound At Chengtu
CHINESE BISHOP'S GRAPHIC LETTER
JAPAN'S INTENTIONS
IN MANCHURIA
Troops To Be Increased To 65,000
Price
NEW YEAR HAMPERS
to notify.
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WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT | 10. Marter. • * • Brandy.
WILL BE IMPROVED
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.
The following given an account of the fighting between the 24th and 28th Armies in Szechuan, the former being under Gen- gral Liu Heiang and the latter under General Liu Wen Wei. The rent of the fighting is Bishop Mowell's house in Chengtu HOUR HOSTEL A BATTLE- | stop the street people from going military authorities are planning
into your houso to rob."
GROUND"
(Extract from a letter from Bishop
Song to Bishop Mowll, dated] November 18, 19321
"Fighting broke out at 2 p.m.. on the 18th at the Imperial City (this is, not far from the Hostel). While we were hiding from the bullets, which came down likes shower, many soldiers of the 24th Division suddenly stood on the roof of Miss Mannett's old house and fired their guns, and the troops of the 20th Division climbed into the leo" opposite the church (the upper storey of the building), and fired' bard. Our Hostel at once became -the battleground (the
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troops were firing at each other from the opposite side of our com- pound, with our garden and Hostel fawn in between); cannons, guns, gas, and other poisonous machine guns were fired, bulleta showering down in torrents everywhere. At once the soldiers dashed to the Y.W.C.A.. building in spite of Mrs. Kao's words. Your-empty house was taken and ransacked Miss Mannett and I ran under the shower of bullets to top the sole diers from looting, but it was no Then we tried to deal with the Lien-charg,' who helped us by shouting at his soldiers not to go into the house, but it was all in vain your house was simply ran sacked from top to bottom. Cheng (our cock) was almost killed when they demanded him to open the doors and produce the keys. When he failed to do so, they accused him of belonging to the 29th, and wanted to shoot him, but he escap ed. Then the fighting became worse and worse, and never stopped for a minute until about & p.m. on the 17th. 4, 1
Destruction and Loots,
"Yesterday Mrs. Kao, Miss Mannett, Mies Tang, Mim Yi, of the Y.W.CA., and myself went to your house under the torrents of bullets and cannons to stop the coldiers. from looting everything. We could not stop them. Some of them were exceedingly rude. Fortunately, they could not open your safe, so that is all right. They tried hard to break it, but our presence was a great hindrance, and they failed to do so. I ab afraid most of your valuable things are gone, and the fruita eaten. Im the afternoon, the sokliers insisted on driving your car away, saying that it belonged to the 29th Divi- sion Miss Mannett, Mrs. Kao and I dashed over: thank God He helped to stop them from moving it, although the gate was broken and the soldiers inside....
The tiles of all the houses are allatterly broken and swept away, and there are bullet holes "every." whero. We are very thankful that we gro all skle. Several big tan- non-balls fall quite near us, but did not explode, otherwise wo should have been killed. Already hundreds of people have been kill-
ed between the Imperial City and
the Hostel. One family of worm had six persong killed, and only one in left. Several soldiers were killed on our compound. It was a dreadful sight to see it
Felda Talk and Barricades.
Several days ago, I took care to get the gates Well looked, wooden bark put across bu“ non of us would have dreamed that fighting would have taken place on our roofs. There is no fighting- our quarter now, but fighting going on very hard in mot quarter throughoub fast.
ORDEAL OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ALL SAFE SO FAR."
Miss Mannett, in her letter at November 18, says:
We are all so far safe, and the compound is still hers; but on the night of the 16th we did not think there would be much left to tell the tale. For 24 hours on and the roofs and upstairs of all our places on the compound were the scene of advance and retreat, and such fre
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IN HONG KONG TODAY
TOKYO, Deo, 28. AWAN Office spokesman conarms the reports that Japanese
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to increase their strength in Man- churia. He also states that their present intention is to bring the total strength' up to sixty or sixty. | 1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy, five thousand troops, dưỡng the 1.1.Pt. G.F. Peppernunt.⠀⠀ next two years and to-improvė | 1 Pt. DOMA their weapons and equipment, ..... 8 Qua. Superior Rich Old Fort. *
JAPANESE PREPARE
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AGAINST LI'S AND FING'S FORCES
(THROUGH BEUTER'S, AGENCY.}
HARSIN, Dec. 28. JAPANESE troops of all arms are * "streaming eastward for a large scale "drive aimed at eliminating the forces of Li Tu and Ting Chao us a military factor. The drive, if successful, will marry the Japanese forces to the Eastern border of Manchuria.
| The troops of Li Tu and Ting" CHENKO are now concentrated in the Eng, Eisfuchen, Nishan and
YESTERDAY'S WEITHIK REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARES, 28BWED BY THE ROYAL OSSERVATORY AT 35 P.M., STATED -
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(THROUGH REUTER'" "AGENCY""]
Moscow, Dec. 25. THE rounding up of Kulaks, thiefs
and persons of no fixed abode, and the establishment of a single. passport system throughout the U.S.S.R. in order to improve the registration of the population has been ordered by a new decree issued by the Central Executive Committee. N
All citizens over sixteen who regularly live in towns, workers on settlements, also those engaged in transport work on state farms or enterprises under construction: must have passports which will be considered as identification papors..
A special department of workers and peasants militia,attached to the State Political Department, will be formed to ensure the work, ing of the decres.
In the main cities undesirabl will be expelled from the town.
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