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STRIFE-TORN SHANGHAI
Refugee Tells Heart-Rending Story Of "City Of Gloom"
IF YOU TURN YOUR EYES TOWARDS STRIFE-TORN SHANG- HAI, AND VISUALISE THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE WAR AS TOLD TO A "DAILY PRESS REPRESENTATIVE BY A RE- FUGEE WHO ARRIVED BY THE P. & O. LINER, RAJPUTANA, YESTERDAY, YOU WILL BEHOLD VANDALISM, AND CITIZENS INCLINED TO EVACUATION THOUGH INCAPABLE OF RELIEVING FROM THEIR MINDS THE BITTER MEMORIES OF THE TRAGIC INCIDENTS THEY WITNESSED.
Graphic scenes, reminiscent of the 1932 Sino-Japanese hostilities, depicting the bombing of the International Settlement, were vivid- ly recalled by this refugee who refused to have his name published In the newspaper
He was grieved beyond all expression. His eyes watered as he spoke. He said that the girl he was about to marry was one of the victims who succumbed to death when the International Settlement was bombed.
In the gloomy city of Shanghai, the gate of war! He and his girl the Inhabitants lived Uke prisoners. joined hands in the cause of love, fear shadowing their lives. robbed In a flaming romance deeing from of freedom and enjoyment by the the strife-torn area to a place of threat of Japanese aggression. safety.
"CITY OF GLOOM" With the dawn the citizens of Shanghat awakened to the drama of their daily struggle for life. He and his fiancee went off to work. Returning at night, Shanghai. was a "City of Gloom," stricken almost dumb with terror by the most horrible tragedy in its history. The streets were but a mass of frightened humanity, with people running about in fear having little or no knowledge of their destina- tions.
Across the flaming skies, which were radiantly crimson, death rode high. Lives were but a pawn in
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In the course of their flight they witnessed the most pitiful of all tragedies Chinese man with his wife and four children were' blown to pieces when a bomb exploded Just a few yards from them.
Out of the panic-stricken people there present came'n youth, brave and courageous, who sacrificed his te to save the dog he loved. Amidst thunderous moments, with suns booming and buildings, crumbling, this boy ran to a fall- Ing building to save his dog, just in time to do his good deed, but lost his life when a pillar fell on him.
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46 Japanese Warships Off Shanghai
Shanghal, Aug. 19: Forty-six Japanese warships. representing i the largest Japanese fleet ever to be in Shanghai, are anchored in the Whangpoo and off Woosung. according to Chinese military re- ports made public to-night.
These include two aircraft car- riers, 25 chasers, and five cruisers. Aug. 18. Aug. 19. Sixteen of the vessels are now the Whangpoo động .19-15/16 19-15/16 strung .19-15/16 19-15/16 River. Central News
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JAPANESE SHIPS SCUTTLED: REPRISALS TAKEN
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BRITISH INTERESTS IN CHINA
SHANGHAI, AUGUST 19.
THE SUPPORT WITH
THE OF TROOPS LANDED FROM JAPAN
JAPANESE FORCES LAUNCHED AN OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE CHINESE LINES LINKING KIANGWAN AND WOOSUNG.. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE JAPANESE TROOPS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO ACTION SINCE THE HOSTILITIES BEGAN. THE CHINESE REPLY WAS BY INTENSIVE BOMBARDMENT OF JAPANESE POSITIONS WHICH STARTED. SEVERAL BIG FIRES IN JAPANESE OCCUPIED AREAS OF HONGKEW AND YANGTSEFOO. IN THE AFTERNOON JAPANESE BOMBERS BOMBED POO- TUNG.
THE JAPANESE FORCES ARE IN, IMMINENT DANGER OF BEING COMPLETELY SPLIT IN TWO AS THE RESULT OF A SUCCESSFUL CHINESE THRUST WHICH PIERCED THEIR LINES IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT TO A, POINT 500 YARDS FROM THE WATERFRONT AND A LITTLE MORE THAN A MILE FAST-NORTH-EAST OF THE GARDEN BRIDGE WHICH IS AT THE ENTRANCE OF SOOCHOW CREEK THE JAPANESE ARE USING TANKS AND ARMOURED CARS IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO PREVENT SEVERING OF THEIR LINES.-KEUTER.
Shanghal; Vice-Admiral Hasegawa has notified the Consular Body that the Japanese Navy wished to restrict river. traffic between Shanghal and Woosung, beginning at a point near the Japanese Con- sulate. The American Consulate replied emphatically that river traffic must be absolutely unrestrict- ed and the other Consular officials also replied in similar tone. Vice-Admiral Hasegawa's notifica- tion declared that the Idzumo was positioned in mid-river and traffice through the channel facing Pootung would be closed regardless of nationality while the traffic on the Shanghal side of the river
would be restricted-Reuter.
London: There is no weakening in the view held in all quarters in London that the chief danger to Japanese sivilians in Shanghai is due directly. to the landing of Japanese forces, declares the "Times" diplomatic correspondent in discussing the, proposed British peace plan, and adds that what the plan or project does is to face Japan once again with alternatives-prestige (which in this case means warfare) or co-operation. The position itself as seen from here is critical and complex, and it is hardly surprising that the gravest anxiety for British businesses, offices, investments and ren- eral Interests should be expressed in the City and elsewhere.
British direct interests in China are worth about £250,000,000, made up of £200,000,000 in business investments and £50,000,000 in Government obligations. Of this total the sum of £180,000,000 is tied up in Shanghai of which a high proportion is in the Settlement district, north of Soochow Creek. Reuter.
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Shanghai, Aug. 19: The Chinese yesterday scuttled six Japanese steamers to strengthen the boom across the channel three-quarters of a mile south of the Shanghai Club where registration of British refugees has been taking place.-Reuter.
Shanghai, Aug. 19: The Japanese retaliated the scuttling of Japanese steamers on the boom In the Whangpoo River by seizing a Chinese wharf in Japanese occupied areas as prizes of war.
The German authorities have arranged to evacuate all their nationals voluntarily wishing to leave. Arrangements are also being made to evacuate Chinese refugees to Ningpo aboard steamers sailing twice daily. Rear-Admiral Hasegawa has promised them safe conduct, Japanese troops are in possession of the tenantless Shanghai University run by American Baptist "missionaries Chinese students and situated on the river front of the Shanghal-Woosung Road.-Benter.
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ASIA'S GREATEST ORDEAL
SINO-JAPANESE CRISIS ANALYSED
Address To The Hong Kong English Forum
The monthly meeting of the Hong Kong English Forum, held at the Chinese F.M.C.A., last night was attended by a large number of members, and friends who listened to a very interesting talk by Mr.. Alet. Einar Pratt, editor of "The Daily. Presa” on "Asia's "Greatest Ordeal." Mr. Peter Kwong was in the chair, and at the end of Mr. Pratt's address some very intergality discussion took place, & collec- tion, in aid of the North Chip refugees, taken during the evening realised $95.06.
In thanking Mr. Pratt for hi very interesting address the chair- man expressed the hope that they would be favoured with another address by him in the near future.
Mr. Pratt said:-
Rarely, if ever before in the entire history of modern civilization has any nation-boasted so much about its self-righte=" ousness and behaved with such contemptuous disregard for the fundamental principies of decent conduct as Japan not only in regard to her altitude to China and to Așa. but in her policy towards the entire world. For many years her arrogance, petulance, deceit and conceit have amused some nations and brought "others, less able to be philosophical, to the point of explosion through exasperation. In the councils of nations, as exemplified by her premeditated insolence at the Washington Naval Conference and the last meeting of the League of Nations to which she deigned to appoint delegates, Japan has mani- festa a scis. antipathy to any and all reasonable plans for international co-operation; and in the comprehensive realm ör trade and commerce she has shown a studied disinclination to support measures calculated to advancè reciprocal agreements.
True it is that Jagan has been a party to international agreements designed to promote world-wide peace, but, imper- vious to the consequences of being charged with and found guilty of perfidy, she has blatantly broken faith, thereby ap- raising the world in a most disagreeably callous manner of the slight importance which is to be attached to either her written or spoken word. Similar conduct has characterized her policy in regard to trade and commerce. Whatever that nation of much publicised wisdom and wealth has done, has been for her own advancement regardless of the feelings of others."
No nation with such a colossal | she is to be judged, and, in my conceit concerning its own self-opinton, found sadly wanting. II, sufficiency and impregnability can for instance, in the matter of the survive. Such a nation, like a present Sino-Japanese crisis-the smag, concetted, eonscience-lack-genesis and revelations, of which ing creature of materialism, is you are well informed-you were without soul and a nation or a to accept the official statements person without soul is a particular- authorised by the Japanese Gov- ly low form of life.
ernment and those by Prince ("Olive-Branch") Konoye and Mr. Kaki. Hirota, then you would be forced to the conclusion that zo nation could be more mannder- stood or more-used by China than Japan Judging by the
BESULTS
Deeds count to-day much more than they ever did, because the orld has become more cynical It is, therefore, by Japan's actions and not by the written or spoken words of her alleged leaders, that
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The picture tells its own story. Refugees aboard the sa King Yuan which arrived from Shanghai yesterday. (Photo by Capt.' T. E. Rees, M.B.E. of the ss. King Yuan).
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the dangers attached to the indux Japanese Ambassador son Headquarters.
of Chinese refugees in the Colony. due to the Elno-Japanese conflict, is dealt with by the Editor.
FOREIGN WARSHIPS
ASKED TO MOVE
"Attacked
Moscow, August 19.-
A remarkable attack on the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow was made in to-day's edition of the "Pravda" in consequence of his circularising foreign correspon- dents here on Tuesday with a vér- sion of the raid on the Soviet Con- sulate on August 1, which the
Great activity is going on at the Jockey Club in Happy Valley. The premises have been taken over by the Hong Kong Government Re- fugees' Committee, and are rapidly being turned into excellent quar. ters for refugees who cannot and accommodation in the local hotels, Members' boxes are being fitted up as bedrooms, and many beds hai harbour a distance of five will be put up in the Part-mutuel miles from the Japanese warships the action as "althy proclama standa. As each bax has 1
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Shanghai, Aug. 19: The Chinese Foreign Office has notified the Bri- tish and other Naval authorities
to move their warships in Shang-Soviet had attributed to Japanese
soldiera. The "Pravda" describes
separate toilet with running water, or compel the Japanese warships son of anti-Soviet propaganda" to move this distance away, other and accused it as abusing of the and many have gas-cookers, and all have wide open verandaha, it all tha that refugers housed here
wise the Chinese will not be res- ponsible for the consequences
will have cause for congratulation. The notification is China's reply Moreover all the Jockey Club baths and showers will be avall `able and the restaurant will cater
for their meals,”
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to complaints from the Powers of the recent air bombing and danger to neutral warships.-- Reuter.
official position in such a manner as only to lead to a worsening of Russo-Japanese relations. "If the Ambassador has a gift for writing we recommend he employ it else where." Reuter
A Ningpo Elver steamer fully packed with refugees evacuating from Shanghai (Photo by Capt. T. E. Hees, M.B.E. of the King Yuan).